[ { "url": "http://1019therock.com/vinnie-vincent-invasion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:05Z", "digest": "sha1:BNWGVRLFRU2AJEPVHL2YONC3KH56HSCE", "length": 5496, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "1019therock.com", "title": "Revisiting Vinnie Vincent's 'Invasion'", "raw_content": "Revisiting Vinnie Vincent\u2019s \u2018Invasion\u2019\nVinnie Vincent might not have been a great fit for Kiss personality-wise, but his work on the band's 1983 comeback album Lick It Up unquestionably heralded the arrival of a major talent \u2014 one that seemed ready to fully come into its own with the release of his 1986 solo debut.\nBased on the strength of his Kiss contributions, Vincent secured a solo deal with Chrysalis Records, where he assembled a new band he called the Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Blending new blood with established talent, Vincent recruited Los Angeles rock vet Dana Strum on bass and added drummer Bobby Rock after an audition \u2014 and on vocals, he enlisted Robert Fleischman, whose brief stint in Journey during mid-to-late 1977 produced a handful of co-writing credits that included the band's future hit \"Wheel in the Sky.\"\nWith Vincent and Strum co-producing, the quartet tracked a 10-song debut set, titled Vinnie Vincent Invasion, that arrived in stores Aug. 2, 1986. Fueled by Vincent's Kiss notoriety and a glam metal sound perfectly in step with the times, the record seemed like a surefire hit \u2014 but a number of factors were already conspiring to keep the Invasion from success.\nFor whatever reason, Chrysalis found it difficult to connect the band with the metal-loving hordes of America. In terms of songs and production, Vincent had his finger on the pulse of the moment, but that might have been part of the problem \u2014 in 1986, there was no shortage of bands that sounded like the Invasion, and most of them boasted guitarists who could shred underneath a mountain of makeup and Aqua Net. Radio-friendly as the record was, it didn't stand out far enough from the pack.\n\"On the one hand, we were never pop-metal enough to really justify that much of a Poison/glam vibe,\" Rock mused years later. \"On the other hand, because of all the glam s---, we probably alienated a lot of the heavier music fans \u2014 and even some of the musician types \u2014 who would've otherwise dug the band.\"\nAlso complicating things were the worsening relationships between Vincent's manager and the rest of the band. After tracking vocals on the record, Fleischman was bumped out and replaced by new singer Mark Slaughter \u2014 who, despite not singing on the album, appeared at the mic in the video for its single, \"Boyz Are Gonna Rock.\" When fans caught the band in concert during tours in support of Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden, they were getting a different product than the one they'd bought on Vinnie Vincent Invasion.\nThe Invasion LP ended up spending about half a year on the charts, and although it lingered in the mid-to-lower reaches of the Billboard Top 200 Albums tally during most of its run, it still did well enough to justify a follow-up \u2014 perhaps partly because Chrysalis had invested enough in Vincent and the band that they weren't ready to cut bait just yet. But not long after the release of their second effort, 1988's All Systems Go, things went completely sideways.\nIn one of the more complete band mutinies of the rock era, Strum and Slaughter quit the Invasion together in 1988 \u2014 and ended up essentially stepping into their old group's Chrysalis roster slot thanks to a contract clause giving the label first option on any exiting band talent. Having already groomed Slaughter for frontman status during the Systems promotional campaign, and tired of Vincent's growing reputation for eccentric behavior, the label let Vincent go and hitched its wagon to Slaughter's star. The result, 1990's Stick It to Ya, went double platinum.\nFor Vincent, the implosion of the Invasion was just the start of a lengthy professional downward spiral. At the time, however, he vowed to keep working, signing a new deal with Enigma and reuniting with Fleischman for an album that was supposed to give listeners a glimpse of who he really, truly was as an artist.\n\"I was at a vulnerable part of my life during the early parts of my solo career and I was kinda treading water,\" Vincent told Kerrang! in 1990. \"The Invasion was really a bunch of people I found to try and execute my thing. When I put my blood and soul into something and it gets tampered with\u2026 It's like additives. You either get homemade something or you get chemicals. The public won't know any different and they'll eat it anyway. My tastes are more special, so I won't eat it. I can tell the difference.\"\nUnfortunately for fans, the Fleischman record never materialized, with only a handful of tracks seeing release later in the decade as part of an EP that was supposed to lead into yet another album \u2014 which has also yet to arrive. In recent years, Vincent has become known more for his legal travails and online auctions than his prodigious guitar talent; as outlined in a 2014 Rolling Stone profile, it's often been difficult just to figure out where he's living. With the benefit of hindsight, at least one of his former bandmates wonders whether it all could have been avoided if things had gone just a little bit differently behind the scenes.\n\"Looking back,\" admitted Rock, \"I feel like Vinnie was probably less of a liability and more misunderstood, mishandled and mismanaged all the way around. It seemed like, on a certain level, he was being 'imaged' as more of a super-glam, wild and crazy rock star kind of character, when he should've been handled more like a private Ritchie Blackmore kind of character, which is more what he was like.\"\nNext: Top 10 Vinnie Vincent Songs\nSource: Revisiting Vinnie Vincent\u2019s \u2018Invasion\u2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 7262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 228.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://151bet.com/athletics-world-cup-great-britain-third-in-inaugural-staging/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:NI3RHZAN7KTIAJETJG6BS3HXPYE6S25B", "length": 1923, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "151bet.com", "title": "151 Bet | Athletics World Cup: Great Britain third in inaugural staging - 151 Bet", "raw_content": "Track Field / Athletics World Cup: Great Britain third in inaugural staging\nAthletics World Cup: Great Britain third in inaugural staging\nCoverage: Highlights on Saturday 21 July, BBC One and Red Button\nGreat Britain finished third in the inaugural Athletics World Cup at London Stadium, thanks in part to a surprise victory in the women\u2019s 4x100m relay.\nBritish anchor Shannon Hylton held off fast-finishing Jamaican Tissanna Hickling for the hosts\u2019 solitary win on the second day.\nBritons Morgan Lake, Nick Miller and Adelle Tracey won silvers in the high jump, hammer and 800m respectively.\nThe United States came top of the overall standings, clear of Poland.\nThe winners share a prize pot of almost \u00a3350,000.\n\u201cWe are a diverse country and to see this team be so diverse, I am proud to be American just now,\u201d said United States captain Queen Harrison.\n\u201cIt is fantastic to be the first winners of the Platinum trophy \u2013 every other country will have to come and live up to that and try to win it and we will really want to come back and win it again.\u201d\nFormer world champion Dai Greene, representing Britain for the first time since 2013 after a run of injuries, came third in the 400m hurdles.\nOjie Edoburun came fourth in the 100m, while team-mate Beth Dobbin marked her international debut with a third in the 200m and Neil Gourley won bronze in the 1500m.\nThere was confusion before the 4x400m relay, the final event on the track, when Britain were forced to withdraw just before taking to their blocks because of an injury to anchor Cameron Chalmers.\nElsewhere American Sam Kendricks, who won the world title on the same stage last summer, was victorious in the pole vault with a leap of 5.83m.\nFinal Athletics World Cup Standings\n1. United States 219 points\n2. Poland 162 points\n3. Great Britain 155 points\n4. Jamaica 153 points\n5. France 146 points\n6, Germany 137 points\n7. South Africa 135 points\n8. China 81 points", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 4104, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://1js.bet/greenhouse", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:47Z", "digest": "sha1:XAFA3OXISUDDNOTIIJMXMXZH4GBLZ4FM", "length": 837, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "1js.bet", "title": "Greenhouse Essay Topics To Write About | Topics, Sample Papers & Articles Online for Free", "raw_content": "HOME Free Essays Greenhouse\nGreenhouse Essay Examples\n\u201cGases that trap heat in the atmosphere are often called greenhouse gases\u201d (Environmental Protection Agency, 1). Some greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, occur naturally and are emitted into the air through natural processes and human activity. Other greenhouse gases are emitted only through human activity. These include \u201ccarbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated\u2026\nPips visit to Satis House\nDiscuss how the theme of class is developed through Pip\u2019s visit to Satis House \u2018Great Expectations\u2019 is a novel was written in the early 1860\u2019s. The novel was written in the early 1860\u2019s. The genre of \u2018Great Expectation\u2019 is a bildungsroman. This essay will be discussing how the theme of social class is developed through\u2026\nWE WILL WRITE A CUSTOM ESSAY SAMPLE IN Greenhouse", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 250.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://2009.diadeltango.com/2009/10/tango-pulsacion-no1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:08Z", "digest": "sha1:MY4A4ZXJYJZCL4JHXFTFSXV6PALNGLI3", "length": 1791, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "2009.diadeltango.com", "title": "D\u00eda Del Tango Festival 2009: TANGO, PULSACION No1", "raw_content": "A man. A woman. Tango. Paris, Buenos Aires and\u2026 (lights)\u2026 Broadway!\nTango, Pulsacion n\u00b01 is a dance piece for two characters, blending together Argentine tango, video art, drama and music-hall. This work is a true odyssey through the personal universe of two people. It is both a journey of initiation into the fascinating world of Argentine tango and a profound contemplation on the relation to the other person, to oneself and to the stage. Tango, Pulsacion n\u00b01 is an unclassifiable and unique piece, constantly oscillating between comedy and tragedy. This not a tango show, rather a drama without words in which the Tango is one of the characters.\nThis piece is created and performed by C\u00e9line Ruiz and Dami\u00e1n Rosenthal, two Argentine tango choreographers and dancers who have been collaborating since 2000. Recognized in the world of Argentine tango for their creativity and quality performances, they have appeared in numerous international festivals as well as in many theatre shows such as Tango Clasicos at Paris\u2019 Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National de Chaillot, the shows of the tango companies Union Tanguera, All That Tango Dance Company and Compania Argentina. They have worked alongside several renowned musicians such as Richard Galliano and Juan Jos\u00e9 Mosalini. Tango, Pulsacion n\u00b01 is the result of many years of research on Argentine tango, movement techniques and theatricality.\nThe show arrives in Bulgaria less than two months after its very successful preimere in Paris. The performance in Sofia is organized by TanguerIN Studio as part of the festival DIA(s) DEL TANGO 2009 (www.diadeltango.com). The show will be followed by a special milonga (tango party) in the space of Modern Theatre, entrance to which is included in the price of the ticket.\nExcerpts from the video used in the show:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2855, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 231.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://2dopeboyz.com/2018/08/17/migos-is-you-ready/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:05Z", "digest": "sha1:W5ZAHTDGRBW3NP6KBSNMBSSZKINHMVY5", "length": 502, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "2dopeboyz.com", "title": "Migos \u2013 \u201cIs You Ready\u201d | 2DOPEBOYZ", "raw_content": "blame it on Meka August 17, 2018\nAlthough Quavo recently went the solo route with a trio of songs, the Migos are at their best when they\u2019re all together.\nThis time, they lend their talents to the soundtrack for Mark Wahlberg\u2019s action thriller film Mile 22 (currently in theaters). The track can be heard below.\nMigos \u2013 \u201cIs You Ready\u201d was last modified: August 17th, 2018 by Meka\nTags:migos\nDRAM\u2019s Take on Andr\u00e9 3000\u2019s \u201cPrototype\u201d Is Simply Amazing\nWiz Khalifa & Travis Scott Are \u201cTrippin\u201d with DP Beats", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 2519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 274.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://42stocks.com/cgi-bin/symbol.py?symbol=nerv", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:12Z", "digest": "sha1:2ZB25DEV6NKIZ6Q3CCX5FLBEBAMR2T4U", "length": 1123, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "42stocks.com", "title": "NASDAQ:NERV", "raw_content": "NASDAQ:NERV - Minerva Neurosciences, Inc.\nMinerva Neurosciences, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of a portfolio of product candidates to treat patients suffering from central nervous system (CNS) diseases. The Company's product portfolio and indications include MIN-101 for the treatment of schizophrenia; MIN-202, for the treatment of insomnia disorder and major depressive disorder (MDD); MIN-117, for the treatment of MDD, and MIN-301 for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. MIN-101 is a compound that blocks serotonin receptors and sigma receptors, two receptors in the brain that are involved in the regulation of mood, cognition, sleep and anxiety. MIN-117 is meant to block a specific subtype of serotonin receptor called 5-hydroxytryptamine type 1A (5-HT1A). MIN-202 is a selective orexin 2 receptor antagonist. MIN-301 is a soluble recombinant form of the Neuregulin-1b1 (NRG-1b1) protein, for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Read more at reuters.com\nNERV avg for\n2019-02-14 : NERV\n. 38.625 :: FINAL WEIGHT for NASDAQ:NERV", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 5450, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 194.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://80couches.com/2014/10/20/chaos-theory-travel/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:49Z", "digest": "sha1:MH2OWJMORJNXGO53T4AI2ALONQF5NCF4", "length": 6311, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "80couches.com", "title": "Chaos Theory of Travel - 80 Couches", "raw_content": "South America made me want to do this from time to time.\nExactly two years ago today, Christine and I were robbed in broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon in Buenos Aires, Argentina. What unfolded from that point forward was an unforgettable, life-changing trip. Was the robbery a low-point in our adventure, or was it the event that made all of the subsequent wonderful things possible?\nThe Chaos Theory is most commonly summarized in the following manner: A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazon, causing a typhoon to hit Japan instead of a clear day. A seemingly insignificant event creates an escalating series of knock-on effects, and the future timeline is forever altered.\nThis story starts with a subway ride in Buenos Aires. Sure, we could have taken a cab, but we decided not to. The train dropped us off about five blocks from our hostel, and we had an option of a couple of different roads to get there. We picked the wrong one. We were robbed less than two blocks from the hostel (and one block from the police station), and the rest of our trip, arguably lives, changed forever.\nWe hadn\u2019t planned on spending 9 days in Buenos Aires, but the travel gods had other plans. It happened on a Saturday, which was supposed to be our last night. Instead, we spent the day at the police station, and couldn\u2019t leave the city until the U.S. Embassy replaced my passport. Of course, the Embassy was closed over the weekend, so we waited around. We tried to enjoy the San Telmo antique market on Sunday, but the recent events weighed heavily on our minds, making it difficult to appreciate the city\u2019s charm.\nAfter spending most of Monday at the Embassy, I had my temporary passport, and I was ready to go. Unfortunately the buses were not. Or rather, the bus drivers were not; they thought it was a great time for a strike.\nNot even a beer could cheer me up the next day.\nThis being South America, the bus company didn\u2019t tell us about the strike straight away. Instead, we sat in the shady bus terminal for hours, afraid to even go to the toilets, only to find out well after midnight that the bus wasn\u2019t leaving that night. They assured us we could use our ticket the next day, assuming the strike was over, but we absolutely could not have our money back. Not wanting to spend the night at the bus station for a well justified fear of being robbed again, we called the hostel where we had been staying\u2013Puerto Limon, whose management we cannot thank enough\u2013to ask if they still had space available that night. The hostel manager, having already helped us through our robbery fiasco, and booked our bus tickets, had only one thing to say when hearing about the strike, \u201cJesus, man.\u201d He then hooked us up with a free night\u2019s stay, and we were certainly in a position to accept his pity. The next day he explained that in four years of booking with this company this had never happened before. Yeah, this is the sort of luck we were having.\nLate Tuesday night, we finally left Buenos Aires behind, three days late. We\u2019ve never been so happy to take a 20-hour bus. What transpired from there was the most amazing couple of months we\u2019ve ever experienced, and it simply wouldn\u2019t have been the same trip if everything had stated smoothly. The Chaos Theory can have far-reaching impacts when months are involved. Essentially, the whole trip would have been different.\nI start by playing the scenario out in my mind: if we left Buenos Aires earlier, we would have never met the helpful Danish couple in Puerto Madryn. While our hostel owner was only interested in selling us expensive tours, this couple introduced us to another hostel owner who gave us detailed instructions on how to best appreciate the area. Without his advice, we would have never rented a car, and it\u2019s likely we would have never seen the penguins, whales, dramatic Patagonian sunrises and sunsets, or the dramatic, but fruitless search for the orcas.\nIf we had left Buenos Aires earlier, perhaps we would have left Puerto Madryn earlier. From there, maybe we could have gotten the ferry from Puerto Natales, which wasn\u2019t running when we arrived, due to suspicious and ambiguous \u201cmechanical issues.\u201d I certainly would have never shared a bottle of wine with Christine in a run-down hotel in Punta Arenas, and never would have had the chance to ask her to be my girlfriend. Maybe we would have had that conversation elsewhere, but then again, maybe not. If we never get robbed, do we even fall in love? Perhaps, but the early adversity only added fuel to the fiery early days of the relationship. It quickly became \u201cUs against South America,\u201d and we\u2019d be damned if we let it beat us.\nIf we managed to catch the ferry from Puerto Natales, we end up in the Lakes District, far away from Santiago, and never have the pleasure of meeting and couchsurfing with Alex and Fernanda. Alex and Fernanda are just two of the dozens of interesting people we wouldn\u2019t have met if things had just started out a bit differently for us on this trip. We would have met completely different people along the way, and based on their suggestions, or the suggestions we never heard, there are a lot of experiences we would have missed out on.\nThis mental exercise is also a good reminder about the importance of taking time to enjoy the experience. Too often we are caught up in the momentum of travel, we forget when to stop and appreciate our surroundings. Sometimes, indeed oftentimes, the best things to see are not in guidebooks. Had we taken a different route, or even a different day, we would have never heard about or considered spending a night at Isla del Sol or on a five-day public ferry up the Amazon. Without any of these experiences, our trip simply wouldn\u2019t be \u201cOur trip.\u201d Maybe in some alternate dimension, we went on this alternate, less dramatic trip. Maybe we even enjoyed the alternate experiences and companions as much as we did in this universe, but it\u2019s still not the same, and I wouldn\u2019t want it any other way.\nAnd if nothing else, at least being robbed gave us a story to tell.\nTags: Chaos Theory South America Travel\n\u2190 Strange Places I\u2019ve Called Home: Part 5, Seoul, Korea\nStrange Places I\u2019ve Called Home: Part 6, Paju, Korea \u2192\n1 comment for \u201cChaos Theory of Travel\u201d\nPingback: Travel Wise: The Cautionary Tale of North Korea - 80 Couches", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 9187, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 279.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://92moose.fm/teresa-giudice-milania-debut-music-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:34Z", "digest": "sha1:P6434GGPLFYTLYU6Y4NCEJURVVJIFJKM", "length": 1459, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "92moose.fm", "title": "Teresa Giudice's Daughter Milania Releases Music Video", "raw_content": "\u2018RHONJ\u2019 Star Teresa Giudice Appears in Daughter Milania\u2019s Debut Music Video (WATCH)\nBravo via YouTube\nTeresa Giudice made an epic cameo in her daughter Milania Giudice's new music video.\nThe Real Housewives of New Jersey star's 12-year-old released the music video for her single \"I Can't Wait to Grow Up\" following last night's (Jan. 16) episode. However, we had no idea Teresa was going to make an appearance!\nIn it, she tells Milania and her friends that they don't know the true meaning of having a slumber party (since all they're doing is playing on their phones), so she gives them the board game Mall Madness to play with.\n\"Are you guys kidding me? This is what you guys do for slumber parties. Why even hang out? They should just be at their own houses,\" Teresa says. \"When I come back in, make sure you're playing it. Ciao.\"\nLOL, what a gal! The girls oblige and are whisked away to the mall, where Milania dances and raps about wanting to get older. In the catchy song, she sings, \"Hey, it\u2019s me, Milania / I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve seen me around / You\u2019ve probably seen me on TV.\" She also raps about her goals, singing, \"We ain\u2019t chasing boys / We chasing checks / We chasing dreams / We chasing goals / Big things popping, little things stopping.\"\nCheck out the music video, below:\nSource: \u2018RHONJ\u2019 Star Teresa Giudice Appears in Daughter Milania\u2019s Debut Music Video (WATCH)\nFiled Under: Milania Giudice, Real Housewives of New Jersey, RHONJ, Teresa Giudice", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 3641, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 336.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ablepalmsfl.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:05Z", "digest": "sha1:67T3LBIQBHN7JJDAFTPQAMYS6VEKDKCP", "length": 1677, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ablepalmsfl.com", "title": "Homepage - Able Palms Florida", "raw_content": "What is Able Palms Home & Health Care?\nAble Palms Home & Health Care Services, located on the prestigious campus of The Palms of Largo, is a Medicare certified home health agency licensed by the State of Florida to provide both skilled and private duty services to seniors in their homes throughout Pinellas and Pasco Counties. Click here to learn more about Medicare benefits.\nAble Palms offers a large scope of services ranging from minimal assistance to clinical professionals to ensure we meet your unique health care needs. Our care is defined by our clinical expertise and the compassion we deliver \u2013 one patient at a time. Our goal is to offer exceptional service at every level and in many forms. Care plans are created in cooperation with the patient, the patient\u2019s doctor, family members of the patient, as well as the agency.\nThe very concept of home care is one that is rooted in the most basic human need \u2013 that of independence, familiar surroundings and the companionship of caring individuals. Home care is a cost-effective means of providing skilled professional services to patients in a comfortable environment that is safe and secure.\n(See Health Affairs Health Policy Brief, Improving Care Transitions (Sept.13, 2012).\n\u201cThank you for taking exceptional care of Dorothy. I have been her sole caretaker since she was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s in 2008. My children have long urged me to hire help, but I refused to due to guilt and the feeling that \u201cno one could care for her like I do\u201d. It took a few weeks to figure out who she would be most receptive to and not become combative. Once we figured that piece out, it was smooth sailing!\u2026\u201d\nDoug at Regal Palms", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2698, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 302.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://according2g.com/tag/cilantro-killer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:32Z", "digest": "sha1:MXNFOSEJG2ZH2HLFAXKUWTSWEDJ2VU4W", "length": 176, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "according2g.com", "title": "Cilantro Killer | According 2 G", "raw_content": "Cilantro Killer\nLove this! Never been a fan of cilantro. This is not an endorsement of murder. Don\u2019t get it twisted.\nTags: 2013, Cilantro Killer, Los Angeles, Photo, Street Art", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.57, "perplexity": 313.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://adlinsadventures.blogspot.com/2007/03/24-seconds.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:58Z", "digest": "sha1:II4Q3GAVWITDRQWB4TFTC25B6TCPKNBS", "length": 1333, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "adlinsadventures.blogspot.com", "title": "Adlin's Adventures...: 24 Seconds....", "raw_content": "24 seconds never sounded or seemed like a lot of time until last night. Why last night? I participated in my second boot-camp style class. Even though they refer to as Boot 24, it's more like an interval class. The class does 3 minutes of cardio and then 3 minutes of resistance training. 24 seconds before the end of the the 3 minutes, a bell rings (like in a boxing match). You think, oh good, we're almost done. Well, you can do a lot in 24 seconds. Several sets of whatever, in fact.\nThe class is done using a Core Board. This means you balance on it (as mentioned in a previous post). Last night I realized it's been over 6 years since I really participated in an exercise class. I'm not counting the \"boot camp\" I did last year in Arkansas for 6 weeks. At the end of the class we did balancing work on the core board. This means one leg. I was impressed that I didn't fall off. I realized this is good for me. This class is 30 minutes, so I'm thinking that I should either do the the step class before or the weight class after. I'm not ready to dive into 90 minutes of exercise, but may try to do the step class, also 30 minutes, that's right before it next week.\nYesterday, I also did 12 minutes on the stationary bike for warm-up, bringing yesterday's excise to about 50 minutes, including stretching.\nLabels: exercise class", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 254, "original_length": 6427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 229.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://afghanspirit.com/justice-must-prevail-women-must-not-live-in-fearjustice-must-prevail-women-must-not-live-in-fear/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:16Z", "digest": "sha1:N3O7OVIUMPLOBKHOW5N2B4WE3R3TR4EI", "length": 3312, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "afghanspirit.com", "title": "Justice Must Prevail: Women Must Not Live in FearJustice Must Prevail: Women Must Not Live in Fear | Afghan Spirit", "raw_content": "Justice Must Prevail: Women Must Not Live in FearJustice Must Prevail: Women Must Not Live in Fear\nJust over a year ago Kabul and all of us who work here for a better Afghanistan were in shock. A young woman had been brutally beaten to death on the streets of the country\u2019s capital city. Mob justice had ripped through a crowd to kill an innocent woman: Farkhunda.\nInitial reactions against the killing were muted, but many men and women, young especially, were rightly strongly against the killing and played their part in highlighting the case and violence against women in Afghanistan. Women carried the coffin of Farkhunda, determined to show solidarity.\nThe latest ruling by Afghanistan\u2019s Supreme Court now shows a judicial process in action. The judgment has reversed or set aside not guilty findings against police officers and civilians and convictions against police officers who received low sentences.\nAs a result, additional convictions and tougher sentences now look likely. The court is demonstrating that it wishes to ensure meaningful justice.\nThe Supreme Court has now indicated there must be higher standards for police accountability as well. And there\u2019s been a genuine review of evidence so justice can be undertaken fairly.\nThe hope, but also strong expectation, is that Afghanistan comes out of this stronger to see that justice is done. But also that individual police officers will be held more accountable for their actions and response for violence against women.\nAfghanistan\u2019s legal institutions can then address women\u2019s rights more rapidly and forcefully.\nFor women in Afghanistan the cry is that more still needs to be done.\nAs a long-standing member of the United Nations, Afghanistan has committed to protect women and support the equal participation of women in all walks of life, including in conflict-prevention, peace negotiations and post-conflict processes. And under international law Afghanistan has committed to take the necessary actions to prevent, protect against and respond to violence against women.\nAnd critically women\u2019s access to justice must be enhanced through the provision of free legal aid, court representation, and adequate protection measures for survivors, including accommodation in shelters.\nThe impunity that is all too often seen for violations of women\u2019s rights must end. All human rights violations must be properly investigated, prosecuted and punished by bringing perpetrators to justice.\nWomen continue to need protection in Afghanistan and are still vulnerable in public spaces. It is everyone\u2019s responsibility to ensure that violence against women is eliminated, that women can play a full role in society, and that girls can go to school and grow up without fear.\nMy hope now from the tragedy of Farkhunda is that there will be more positive action and better protection for women. And that message and the resolve of the Government and the judicial systems will be heard loudly throughout Afghanistan.\nMark Bowden is the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan\nMEHWAR: 50 Percent of National Income Obtained Through Customs\nMEHWAR: Establishment of National Unity Government Discussed\nBe the first to comment on \"Justice Must Prevail: Women Must Not Live in FearJustice Must Prevail: Women Must Not Live in Fear\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 286.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://afritvet.org/index.php/Afritvet/article/view/58", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:22:00Z", "digest": "sha1:BLGTN7NH5OW7WF4VS4IB2PILERM43ZN7", "length": 300, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "afritvet.org", "title": "The Priorities to Guarantee Sustainability of Universal Primary Education in Rwenzori Region in Western Uganda | Africa Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training", "raw_content": "Nganzi, C., Ferej, A., & L, K. (2018). The Priorities to Guarantee Sustainability of Universal Primary Education in Rwenzori Region in Western Uganda. Africa Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 3(1), 35-44. 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Enjoy the videos below and get to know this fantastic holiday destination.\n\u0395\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ad\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 Republic of the Fiji Islands", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 2757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 103.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://almanzosgeneralstore.com/wooden-slingshot/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:30Z", "digest": "sha1:YVB5S5MKL6PLXN6KCKW2QTNPNSDGAPMJ", "length": 149, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "almanzosgeneralstore.com", "title": "Wooden Slingshot - Almanzo's General Store", "raw_content": "Favorite 'catapult' American folk toy was certainly very popular in the mountainous regions of the United States. 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Not only are modern films celebrated, but also many of the silent films almost never seen anymore. With the advent of sound for film, the popularity of the silent began to wane. Now, only the most fervent of film lovers watch them \u2013 and they are the true winners because many of these movies were thought provoking, clever and occasionally absolutely hilarious.\nThat said, today we begin an exploration into a movie called Street Angel. This was the story of a young woman willing to do what she needed so she could take care of her sick mother. When she tried to steal money for mom\u2019s medicine and got caught in the act, she ran. By the time she returned home, mom was already dead. Poverty stricken and alone, she joined the traveling circus and fell in love. But her past crimes refused to leave her alone. Directed by Frank Borzage and starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, Street Angel was a technological, commercial and critical hit upon its release. 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That was back when Dad was still called \"Punkie.\" She says that he was a brat, but he was cute. Gee, that must explain why us kids turned out the way we did! I've heard that by the time they were 16 they were spied holding hands in church.\nNaomi, age 6\nWes and Naomi\nMom and Dad were married August 9, 1951, in Piggot, Arkansas, when they were both 19 years old. Dad came home on leave from the Navy on Saturday, they went to church on Wednesday, and Dad says, \"Let's get married.\" A small wedding was planned for the following Monday at the pastor's house, but the next morning Dad was knocking on Mom's door, wanting to cross the state line into Arkansas to avoid the waiting period, and get married immediately. So... they hopped in the car and away they went. Witnesses were Mom's brother, Bill, and Dad's mother. The rest, as they say, is history.\nThis slideshow contains nine pictures from Mom and Dad's dating days up through 1964. For those of you who don't know us, I, Harriet, am the oldest, followed by Gene, Paula, and then John.\nDad in Uniform\nThis is for you Dad, just because you asked!\nMom and Dad are the parents of 4 children, the grandparents of 12 more, and the great-grandparents of 7. They've taught us all by example how to live and how to love, and for that we thank them. Our parents gave us a safe and happy home to grow up in, and they made each one us feel that we were special in our own way.\nMom and Dad.... we all want you both to know how much we love you and how blessed we feel to be a part of your lives and to have you as a part of ours. Here's wishing you a Happy Golden Anniversary and many, many more wonderful years to come.\nHarriet, Gene, Paula, and John\nPlease take a moment to sign the guestbook and\nwish Mom and Dad a Happy 50th.\nIf you have an interesting story to tell about Mom or Dad...\nthis is your chance to share it with the world!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 3182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://angiemedia.com/tag/gestapo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:11Z", "digest": "sha1:R7LU6HX52VXHCRKXDYC46JO6DTCI2P7K", "length": 1080, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "angiemedia.com", "title": "Gestapo | angiEmedia", "raw_content": "Posts Tagged \u2018Gestapo\u2019\nDo you ever have guests in your home? Not to be antisocial, but your guests could inadvertently help land you in a heap of trouble, even if they do nothing illegal or immoral and have no ill intentions towards you. That\u2019s because of America\u2019s blatant disregard for its Constitution. 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(NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the internet datacenter, cable broadband, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and telecom markets, today announced it has produced over 1.4 million 25 Gbps Distributed Feedback (DFB) laser diodes, since first shipping the products in late 2015.\nAOI utilizes the overwhelming majority of the diodes produced in its 100G QSFP-28 transceiver products that are primarily deployed in hyperscale datacenters. The 1.4 million 25 Gbps laser diodes have passed all production testing and are fully qualified for use in AOI's transceiver products and have either been shipped to customers or are in the process of transceiver manufacture.\n\u201cWe are currently on track to achieve our production ramp goal of producing approximately one million fully-qualified lasers per month by the end of the year. In May, we produced nearly 600 thousand such laser diodes. We would like to publicly acknowledge all the hard work by AOI\u2019s engineering and production staff by marking this milestone,\u201d commented Dr. Fred Chang, AOI\u2019s Senior Vice President and head of the Optical Component BU. \u201cAdditionally, the expansion of our fab capabilities in Sugar Land last year have enabled the ramp in production and we continue to build out capacity in the fab in order to reach our production goals.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 5669, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 239.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apfelportal.news/tag/launch/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:31Z", "digest": "sha1:65PO2BNRUHLBQOTAXJOYBGL67FPH46JH", "length": 2141, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "apfelportal.news", "title": "Launch | Apfelportal", "raw_content": "The leaker, who claims to have received the tip from sources in Apple\u2019s supply chain, says that Apple will call the model \u201eChina Red,\u201c and not the PRODUCT(RED) branding that the company typically associates with the color.\nApple globally launched a mid-cycle (PRODUCT)RED edition iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in March 2017 and a [...]\nWhile Apple is planning to preview its rumored streaming TV service at an event that\u2019s set to be held on March 25, a launch may not happen for several months.\nAccording to sources that spoke to Variety, Apple will announce the service in March, but it may not be available to customers until the summer, or as late as fall.\nSources familiar with the plans say Apple\u2019s video service will be targeted for a launch in summer or fall rather than the April timing that has been the subject of media speculation. Apple has vowed to its high-caliber producing partners to mount marketing blitzes on behalf of the shows in addition to the service [...]\nApple is planning to launch its rumored streaming television service in April or May, but some cable content providers won\u2019t be participating, reports CNBC.\nRecent rumors have suggested that along with Apple\u2019s own original content, which will be provided to Apple users for free, the service will allow Apple customers to subscribe to additional add-on subscription services on top of Apple\u2019s own offering. Customers will be able to sign up for existing digital services like Showtime and watch that content within the TV app, so long as those services are partnered with Apple.\nAccording to CNBC, as Apple prepares to launch the service, some content [...]\nApple\u2019s plans for a March 25 event were revealed yesterday, but at the time, Apple was only known to be unveiling an upcoming news subscription service in Apple News. 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We have of late......", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1241, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 223.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.spectator.co.uk/page/6th-january-1923/3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:24Z", "digest": "sha1:PYWZNE6VP23SRCEY6S3EHMOPQW5STGHU", "length": 181, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "archive.spectator.co.uk", "title": "Page 3 \u00bb 6 Jan 1923 \u00bb The Spectator Archive", "raw_content": "FROM JANUARY 6th TO JUNE 30th, 1923, INCLUSIVE, TOMOS OF THE DAY. A GRICULTURE, the Condition of .. 501 Agriculture, the Interim Report on .. 616 Agricultural Dispute, the, in......", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1022, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 278.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.eternitybiblecollege.com/2012/02/13/why-christians-are-bad-at-dating-part-1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:26Z", "digest": "sha1:RNEHVYRXGUGRS2ASK5EWXM6Y5ZCWILIT", "length": 7767, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "archives.eternitybiblecollege.com", "title": "Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 1: The Pressure to Marry - The Archives: Eternity Bible College", "raw_content": "A couple from TLC\u2019s show \u201cThe Virgin Diaries\u201d sharing butterfly kisses.\nI doubt I\u2019ll surprise anyone by saying that Christians are bad at dating. We all feel it in our bones and see it at every church function. Christians tend to be awkward when interacting with members of the opposite sex. Much of this is simply a human problem and not a specifically Christian problem. But our Christian culture places weird pressures and expectations on us, so we end up with some unique manifestations of awkwardness in dating.\nIn honor of Valentine\u2019s Day, I\u2019d like to explore some of this awkwardness. No, I don\u2019t have any \u201cmoves\u201d to pass on. And no, I don\u2019t think that I\u2019m less awkward than anyone else. But I would like to debunk a few myths about dating and the road to marriage that have become as engrained in Christian culture as evangelistic bumper stickers.\nHere is a myth that most of the church has embraced, but that remains a myth nonetheless: \u201cI need to get married.\u201d Do you? Why?\nI\u2019m not surprised that Christians feel this way. Marriage, of course, is a great and beautiful thing, and I have been incredibly blessed in my marriage. I\u2019m a huge fan of marriage. But should every Christian be married? I don\u2019t see how we can possibly say or even suggest that this should be the case. Is it possible to be a godly Christian and not married? Jesus obviously thought so. So did Paul. In fact, read 1 Corinthians 7 if you\u2019re tempted to believe that marriage is inherently better than singleness. Paul seems to be making the opposite case: remain single unless God specifically calls you to be married.\nI have heard many young people (guys more than girls) appeal to Paul\u2019s statement in 1 Corinthians 7:9 that it is better to marry than to burn with passion. \u201cI have these lust issues, so I need to get married. Paul says so.\u201d But believe it or not, marriage doesn\u2019t magically cure lust. If lust is in your heart, then changing your external situation (having a spouse to have sex with) is not going to fix you. That lust is in your heart and will find new and more inventive ways to manifest itself. You may spend your honeymoon lust-free (probably you\u2019ll just be venting your lust with your new spouse), but only gaining self-control through the power of the Spirit will change the desires in a person\u2019s heart.\nNo, Paul seems to be talking about a person who is called to be married and who tries to deny that calling by trying to live single for the rest of their lives. In other words, Paul isn\u2019t saying that you should get married as soon as you feel lust. Instead, if you are the kind of person that God has called to marriage (and this implies that there is another kind of person as well), then don\u2019t run from God on this issue.\nAt every wedding you attend, you will hear the pastor read Genesis 2:18, \u201cIt is not good for man to be alone.\u201d For many, this is an affirmation that singleness is bad, so everyone ought to end up married. Adam was an unmarried man in the garden, God looked at him and decided that being unmarried was bad, so He solved the problem by creating a wife and getting Adam married. But I don\u2019t believe that this is the point of Genesis 2:18. When God looked at the one human being He had created, He decided that human beings shouldn\u2019t live in isolation. So He created another human being so that Adam could live in community. Eve was a wife, to be sure, but she was also another human being. If Genesis 2:18 means that singleness is bad, then Paul was mistaken in 1 Corinthians 7.\nLet me just re-affirm that I like marriage. I think it is a good thing. But we all know that good things can easily become idols. Rather than assuming that you have to be married, why not leave that up to God? Here is the attitude I would recommend: \u201cMy goal is to glorify God as long as I\u2019m single, and if God decides at some point to give me a spouse, then I\u2019ll glorify Him in marriage.\u201d\nI think that much of the awkwardness surrounding dating in Christian culture stems from fact that every single Christian feels pressured to shop for a godly spouse. Let\u2019s stop the pressure. Let\u2019s play it cool, trusting God\u2019s unfolding plan more than our own assumptions. Let\u2019s not misuse the people God placed in our lives by constantly assessing their marriageability. Let\u2019s love God and love people and allow Him to move us into the marriage arena in His time and on His terms if that\u2019s what He wants to do with us.\nTomorrow I will try to sort through the awkward language we use for dating (e.g., courting, dating, boyfriend/girlfriend).\nSeries Navigation Why Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 2: What Do We Call It? >>\nPrevious articleWhy You Should Care About the Arts, Part 5\nNext articleWhy Christians Are Bad at Dating, Part 2: What Do We Call It?\nTaylor Hay February 13, 2012 at 1:40 pm\nMy buddy Michel and I did some study on that Corinthians passage and we think that Paul was for sure married at some point. His ranking as a Jew couldn\u2019t have been reached if he wasn\u2019t. Marriage was a prerequesite at that time. And perhaps that\u2019s why he spent a good bit of time talking about divorce, because later it looks like he wasn\u2019t married\u2026\nbut I could be super wrong here.\nAlex Groh February 13, 2012 at 7:50 pm\nI don\u2019t think Paul\u2019s previous marital status would change his point in the Corinthians passage. Whether he was married and his wife died or left him in the past wouldn\u2019t change the fact that he was single through most of his ministry and it seems fairly clear that he wasn\u2019t seeking marriage. Although it\u2019s an intriguing question to ponder what might have happened in his past, it\u2019s conjectural and ultimately it doesn\u2019t affect the exegesis of the passage.\ntorri February 14, 2012 at 2:22 pm\nhahaha\u2026 Christian bumper stickers\u2026.\nalso, GREAT\u2026\n\u201cLet\u2019s not misuse the people God placed in our lives by constantly assessing their marriageability\u201d\nDevan Safer April 2, 2012 at 7:58 pm\nI like this article, but I don\u2019t see how anyone could conclude that Paul\u2019s message was at all \u201d stay single unless God called you to be married.\u201d He expresses his preference for singleness and says that he didn\u2019t command anyone to be single. As a matter of fact Jesus\u2019 message about singleness is the opposite in Matthew 19:11. In that verse it implies: get MARRIED unless SINGLENESS is revealed to you. Otherwise this article is great.\nMarkBeuving November 8, 2013 at 12:08 pm\nPaul says each person has his own gift of God (presumably the gift of marriage or the gift of singleness). Then he says, \u201cI wish that all were as I myself am\u201d (i.e., single) (v.7), \u201cto the unmarried\u2026I say that it is good for them to remain single\u201d (v. 8), and \u201che who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better\u201d (v. 38). It would be a stretch to say that Paul thinks everyone should be married except for those exceptional cases where God calls someone to be single.\nAnd Jesus doesn\u2019t say that only a select few can be single. Jesus often said important spiritual truths that everyone had to come to grips with and then said, \u201che who has ears, let him hear.\u201d Jesus wasn\u2019t winking at a couple of destined-to-be-single disciples when he said this, he was giving an important teaching to mankind and saying, \u201cif the Spirit enables you to understand it, do.\u201d\nMen & Women CAN Be Friends | Theology for Real Life July 30, 2014 at 5:02 am\n[\u2026] you're interested in delving in to this topic further, I recommend this blog series on dating, and this excellent [\u2026]\nStop Looking for \u201cThe One\u201d | Theology for Real Life February 16, 2015 at 5:01 am\n[\u2026] are pressured on all sides to be married. (If you want to know why this mentality is a mistake, click here.) But I also believe that singles tend to put this pressure on themselves. One of the major factors [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 12317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 238.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aroundtravels.com/article-about-russia/kids-camp-in-barnaul-on-summer-childrens-camps-in.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:26Z", "digest": "sha1:26UFIO2SI4QZ6JS7ULSL4SJNID3YUIFM", "length": 3134, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "aroundtravels.com", "title": "Children's camps in Barnaul for the summer. Children's camps in Barnaul 2015", "raw_content": "Home>Articles on Russia>Children's camps in Barnaul for the summer. Children's camps in Barnaul 2015\nChildren's camps in Barnaul for the summer. Children's camps in Barnaul 2015\nChildren's camps in Barnaul\nIn Barnaul, as in many other large cities in Russia, it operates a large number of children's centers and camps. The infrastructure facilities of this type is very well developed.\nFor leisure activities in summer camps have specific requirements:\nTeachers and counselors are guided by all the children together and separately on each;\nThe program is developed in accordance with the age of the children;\nwhile relaxing the mandatory measures are in an optimal ratio of voluntary affairs;\nactivities aimed at developing the creative potential of children, their self-realization and self-expression.\nChildren's camps in Barnaul alandscaped area, where there is a dining rooms, sports fields, playgrounds, and other cultural and recreational facilities. In the children's room facilities have health care. continental climate of the city. Here the hot summer and cold winter with little precipitation.\nWeather in Barnaul enoughcontrast, due to the influence of air masses coming from the Altai mountains of Central Asia and the Arctic Ocean. Quality and interesting children's holiday is possible all year round. Children spend leisure time in the camps, day care centers, not only in summer but also in winter. The coldest month is January. The rest of the time in Barnaul, usually sunny and clear.\nThe city has many green spaces, parks,parks and boulevards. However, Barnaul can not be called environmentally friendly. Industrial enterprises - the main sources of air pollution. In addition, the air in the city car exhaust spoiled. Parents try to buy tickets to suburban camps, which are located in a clean ecological zone.\nWhere are the best camps\nChildren's camps in Barnaul, located on the shoresOka and Barnaulka. The children during the holidays make excursions. The city has many historical monuments, which are of interest from the students. This ancient sites, mounds and settlements. In total, the city has 63 ancient locations. The most famous natural heritage is considered to Barnaul belt forest - forest belt surrounding the city. This forest is unique and is a monument of nature. A huge area is covered by coniferous and deciduous trees. Therefore Barnaul suburbs - this is the best place for recreation for children. Guys go hiking the forest, picnic and enjoy the beautiful nature. Pure forest air has beneficial effects on children's health.\nPhotos of children's camps in Barnaul\nThe capital of the Hawaiian Islands: map, photo. What is the capital of ...\nAirport in Buenos Aires: a diagram photo. How to get ...\nSight Belgorod area. List of the best viewing points in Belgorod\nBeaches in Moscow: Photos, Video. The best sandy beaches in Moscow (Russia)\nAirport Kemerovo diagram photo. How to get to Kemerovo Airport\nTransport of Belarus. Public transport Belarus - species development\nOutlets Spain - prices, brands, outlets addresses\nHitchhiking in Thailand is! Fun and relaxed from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 287, "original_length": 9059, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://arrivalguides.biz/trends/travel-industry-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:02Z", "digest": "sha1:KXZFU72KT5ZVR5C7MPWUYFGLZ3U74HB4", "length": 6079, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "arrivalguides.biz", "title": "Cruises, Mobile and Conscious Tourism: What to Expect from the Travel Industry in 2018 \u2013 ArrivalGuides B2B", "raw_content": "Cruises, Mobile and Conscious Tourism: What to Expect from the Travel Industry in 2018\nThe travel industry is in constant flux, evolving, offering new services and finding innovative ways to fuse tech into the travel experience. Here are some of the key developments that will shape the travel landscape in 2018 and beyond.\nRise in Cruises\nCruise ship travel is expected to grow 4.5% in 2018, and the industry is preparing for that huge surge in growth accordingly. Cruise companies are adding ships to their fleet \u2013 often smaller ships, both to accommodate the more specialized travel experiences demanded by travelers and to decrease the companies\u2019 carbon footprints \u2013 and the range of experiences and destinations available on cruises is expanding rapidly.\nItineraries are becoming more complex, more sophisticated and more specific. It is now possible to sail across the Atlantic, around Canada or through the Caribbean, and then back again to Europe, without ever having to visit an airport. There is also increasing interest in cruises in more far-flung destinations, such as Asia or South America, as river cruises become ever more popular as a way to experience more off-the-beaten-path places and immersion in local culture. On-board experiences are also evolving to include encounters with virtual reality, Wi-Fi at sea and other tech, while some companies are collaborating with world-class chefs to provide first-rate culinary experiences and epicurean-themed cruises.\nExperiential Travel Evolved\nIt feels redundant at this point to say that travelers long for \u2018unique\u2019 and \u2018authentic\u2019 experiences. According to the Adventure Travel Trade Association, what constitutes adventure travel is shifting from extreme sports and adrenaline-filled activities to \u201cexperiencing a new culture,\u201d and again the industry is responding. \u201cAdventure\u201d tour operators are now offering culinary and shopping tours, delivering experiences unique to a specific destination. Culinary tourism in particular is on the rise, with numerous new companies dedicated to sharing a meal with locals in their homes, representing a slight shift away from fine dining towards intimate family settings.\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean that adventure travel is altogether obsolete. Along with experiences, travelers today seek challenge and achievement, a feeling of having accomplished something during their trips. Traveling to run a marathon, summit a mountain and/or complete other demanding activities with a clearly defined goal will steal the show in 2018.\nEvery year the travel landscape evolves, and the demographics of travel evolve with it. The lines between what different age groups want from their travel experiences is being blurred, with ever more millennials looking for relaxing getaways, and increasing numbers of Baby Boomers seeking adventure. The takeaway from all of this is simple: cater to lifestyles, not age groups. As reviewed above, people are looking for life-changing experiences, and companies that can provide them for all, rather than a select group, will succeed in the coming year.\nSolo travel is also on the rise, seeing a 40% increase over the past five years, reaching record numbers of Google searches for \u201csolo travel\u201d and \u201ctravel alone\u201d in January 2018. Wise companies are investing heavily in catering to solo travelers and providing the facilities, services and experiences they require, including designing solo tours and increasing the number of solo cabins on new cruise ships.\nTraveling solo doesn\u2019t mean people don\u2019t want to meet and interact with their fellow travelers, however. Providing spaces where travelers can mingle, while also having private accommodation designed specifically for independent travelers\u2019 needs, will be key for hotels in the coming year. Many hotels, such as Marriot\u2019s Moxy hotels, are focusing efforts on open-plan lounges, with bartenders and in-house coffeehouses open around the clock.\nNew tech will also take center stage at hotels in 2018. Hotels are not only improving Wi-Fi services, but also designing apps which allow guests to seamlessly access and use numerous services in the hotel, such as room service, spa bookings and airport transfer arrangements.\nMaking travel sustainable has long been a concern of both travelers and providers, and the concept has evolved yet again, giving rise to \u2018conscious travel\u2019. Added to sustainability and eco-friendliness is a renewed focus on the community, on making sure that tourism to all destinations has only positive impacts on both the local economy and local life. Small-scale, local businesses will greatly benefit from conscious travel. Rather than competing for travelers\u2019 attention, travel providers should focus on cooperating with local communities to ensure that tourism in their areas is at once kind to the environment and beneficial to local businesses and residents.\nThe problem of overtourism in certain destinations demanded attention when residents of Barcelona and Venice protested the effects of the unmanageable numbers of tourists in their cities during the summer of 2017, and some places have already begun to limit the amount of visitors or hotel capacity allowed. It is clear that limits must be drawn, sometimes in the form of legislation, but as a result, lesser-known destinations have a chance to take the spotlight.\nNearly half of all bookings made through a tour operator\u2019s website last year were carried out on mobile, up from 31% in 2016, according to TrekkSoft data, and the trend seems only to be increasing. Travelers are on their devices throughout every step of the planning, execution and post-trip phases. One huge advantage of mobile is the ability to provide meaningful interactions with users pre-trip, post-trip, and perhaps more importantly, in-destination. Carriers, operators and travel providers which learn how best to harness the power of mobile will have a huge leg up in 2018 and the years to come.\nThis entry was posted in Trends and tagged 2018, cruises, hotels, mobile, solo travel, tech, tourism, travel, travel industry, trends.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 7599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 286.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://arsenalblogz.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-thought-on-arsenals-injury-crisis.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:57:22Z", "digest": "sha1:PRXXZXEG3BI6HYLWIDPWMB2YERAJF6JC", "length": 5755, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "arsenalblogz.blogspot.com", "title": "Arsenal Blogz: A thought on Arsenal's injury crisis", "raw_content": "A thought on Arsenal's injury crisis\nInjuries aren't exactly fair to us, huh?\nWith Theo, Podolski, Santi Cazorla and the Ox all out for long term, it is quite incredible that Arsenal have all of their four wingers injured already at the start of the season. However, it is not just them. Bacary Sagna and Laurent Koscielny have also picked up knocks recently which will undoubtedly put a strain on our already thin defence. Yaya Sanogo, our backup striker, is out with a back injury before he kicked a ball for the club. Our squad, which is thin enough due to the sale of the deadwood, is already starting to give way. Oh, and don't even get me started on Abou Diaby.\nEven so, we are on top of the league. It is quite remarkable that a team which is missing their last year's most influential player, along with two reliable wingers in the form of Podolski and Walcott, are still managing to be on the top of Europe's most competitive league. While it is early in the season and we still haven't faced tough opposition apart from the Spuds, no one can deny that the early signs are good. However, the niggling problem of the constant injuries plaguing us won't leave the minds of every Gooner, because we know that we need to end our drought this year, and we don't want anything messing up that road to success.\nWhich is why the recent news of Koscielny picking up a thigh strain was met with groans and grumbles. It was just another blow on our injury list which seemed to be easing after Wenger said that he hoped that Cazorla and Podolski would be back after the international break. As it is, we have only 3 center backs in this squad, and injuries there only worsen our weakening condition. Add to that the loss of key wingers, and that forms the black lining in an otherwise silver cloud.\nAnd it's not like this is the first time this has happened to us. Over the season, this Arsenal squad have been losing key players to injury, so much so that their return has been hailed as a \"new signing\". Last year it was Jack Wilshere, the year before that it was.... well, Wilshere, and the year before that it was Thomas Vermaelen (in form!) and Cesc Fabregas. Also, constant injuries to van Persie meant that we never really had a proper, fit squad. Were we unlucky? It's certainly a possible explanation, but I'd like to float a different theory.\nLet's not kid ourselves, the only player in our squad last season who could be classified as a world-class player was Santi Cazorla. If he wasn't Spanish, he would've got a lot more international caps for his country. My point is, our only world class player played EVERY SINGLE PREMIER LEAGUE GAME of last season. That is like, the definition of overplaying, which hardly makes it surprising that he is injured right now. If Arsene Wenger overplays his world class players so much with such poor man management, the players are likely to succumb to injuries.\nIt's not only Cazorla. Wilshere was overplayed in the 2010/11 season, even when he was 19 and the season was already dead towards the end. Even though he was in the red zone, Wenger continuously played him, and after he recovered from his 1 year rehab, the manager did not ease him into the squad. Instead, he rashly made him start every game until he got injured again. I mean, what the hell?!\nOur deadly attacking trio of Fabregas, Nasri and van Persie were injury prone too. Even though van Persie did indeed have his own \"glass ankles\" agenda, I was infuriated by watching how much Wenger overplayed Fabregas and Nasri - especially Fabregas - which led to hamstring and ankle injuries. One particular example on how dependent we were on those players was a game against Aston Villa 3 or 4 years ago, when Fabregas, who was unfit, was forced to come off from the bench after a goalless 60 minutes. He then proceeded to score 2 goals and aggravate his injury again, which was inspirational, yes, but ultimately symbolic of how horrible a man manager Wenger is.\nWe have 6 quality midfield players, out of which the likes of Arteta, Wilshere and Rosicky are benched. I hope Wenger rotates his midfield regularly to stop injuries happening to Flamini, Ramsey and Ozil due to overplaying, but if he doesn't, he would have no excuses, having had suitable replacements raring to take to the field. However, needless to say, I have no faith in Wenger's man management skills, and at this rate, I expect Ozil and Giroud to be out for long term and Arsenal fans failing to see Wenger's fault in it.\nOlivier Giroud has been playing as our only recognized striker for more than a year, and it's surprising that he hasn't been injured yet. He was considered injury prone at Montpellier, yet he managed to go through the whole season without picking up serious injuries. The burden already seems to be getting to him, because his performance against the Baggies was a bit below-par. However, failing to buy a striker and keeping Bendtner as backup is ridiculous, and I expect Giroud to find injury soon.\nAfter two seasons, we genuinely look like title contenders and the other teams are beginning to take us seriously. We have a decent defence, a strong midfield and a good attack. The only remaining requirements in this squad are a center back and a striker. It's no use blaming Wenger and crying over spilt milk, instead, all we can do is hope that he rotates the current team we have to mount a sustained title challenge until January, when the winter transfer window opens. However, I don't think that he is going to buy anyone in the January transfer window, which will lead to another disappointing campaign.\nI feel that the season is destined for disaster. 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During the recent trial in Reading, and also in some newspapers, it was mentioned that some kind of a deal was made, if I would not run for the mayor's position against Mayor Daddona. There was never a deal of any kind made. I had no intentions of running for mayor of the City of Allentown. In retrospect, I knew, then, in 1981, and still do know, that there is no one with better background, knowledge and professionalism to occupy the mayor's office at City Hall, than our present Mayor, Joe Daddona.\nNo political promises were made, either to me or to any member of my family. I respect, honor and believe in our mayor, and gave him the most precious thing I own, my vote.\nErnest E. 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Martin on December 23, 2012 at 9:53am in Politics\nAt a dinner party last night, I overheard two sisters talking about a third who lives north of here. The two -- let's call them Alice and Becky -- were critical of the third sister's husband, Jeff, who followed the gun control controversy and expressed frustration and anxiety. Alice, whose husband probably has a hunting rifle at most, is fairly open-minded and the least rigidly religious of the three, Becky being more conservative (and more religious), married to a Baptist country boy who probably has a rifle or two and a shotgun. The gun-lover's wife, Cathy, is an evangelical. That's right: there is a direct correlation between the extent of their religious inclination and their ownership of weapons.\nWhile I was with Alice and Becky last night, Becky discussed a phone call she had with Cathy, who was bemoaning the fact that her husband, Jeff, robbed the piggy bank after concluding from Fox News broadcasts that the government was about to pass new gun control laws. And even if they didn't do that, they were going to pass laws limiting how much ammo you could have, or whether you could use clips of more than ten rounds. Before she could point out that the money could be better applied to house repairs, things he'd been saying for months, \"Oh, I'll fix that.\" He indulges his weapons fetish along with one for motorcycles and must have been watching too many Mad Max movies, only in this case it is Mad Jeff.\nIt became clear to me that Alice and Becky both dislike Jeff. From what I know of him, I am inclined to agree. I grew apprehensive about him several years ago, before he and Cathy moved away. He gave a brother-in-law a thick, full color, fully detailed encyclopedia of arms and ammunition. While we were saying the dinner prayer, I engage in my usual blotting out of the \"blessing\" and interiorization of what I had learned up to that point. One thing is that gun freaks tend to be deeply religious, but if ever there was a non sequitur surely it is giving someone a book about things that kill on the day their silly Christ was born. Another thing is that for guys like Jeff, guns and ammo become an obsession. I have to wonder about people obsessed with guns who also have apocalyptic religious beliefs.\nGuns are strange. My Dad caught hell from friends when he traded a .306 for a 30-30 Winchester. They said the .306 was easily the best deer hunting rifle, but Dad said the 30-30 was lighter. When I shot my one and only deer, I proved Dad right. Nobody to this day believes the story but I was straddled between tree branches high above a pasture, and in order to make the shot, I had to twist my torso about almost 180 degrees, reshoulder the 30-30 and resight. I did. It was an eight point buck and I had killed it with an ass shot. Pssst do not tell anyone around here, they will take to callin' me \"Ass Shot.\"\nI am very proud of the fact that I have never killed another animal since, and I was in my teens. The host for the shoot was my best friend's Dad, a surgeon who had suffered a stroke and had to take up anesthesiology. Doc seemed p.o.'d that I had killed the only deer, his sons being empty handed at the end of a week-end hunt. I went hunting once after that and was not even tempted. I did it mostly for camaraderie. Everyone had a bottle of Canadian whiskey.\nPermalink Reply by Michael Black on January 22, 2013 at 12:58pm\n$300.00 isn't that much to drop on amo. I question his reasoning, but not the action. I hope that he rotates his stock. Not doing so could result in damage to equipment or personal injury.\nI agree that it wouldn't be under normal circumstances, but when you need that $300 for things like providing a warm place for your kids to sleep at night, it's almost unimaginable. If there were a clear and present threat of violence, maybe, but not other than that.\nI agree with you James in that I would be leery of that Jeff guy too. I think it's worrisome that he is obsessed with guns and the end times.\nPermalink Reply by John Aultman on January 23, 2013 at 12:35pm\nWhat people like Jeff don't realize is that the NRA, ammo and gun manufactures and retailers use the gun control debate to inflate prices on ammunition and guns. After Obama was elected in 2008 ammo prices skyrocketed (a box of 50, 380 cal bullets was $65 dollars at a local gun shop here in Tennessee) because the NRA President Wayne LaPierre and others said Obama was out to take their guns and restrict the purchase of ammunition which didn't happen. Now it will start again and the ammo, gun manufactures and the retailers will laugh all the way to the bank.\nPermalink Reply by James M. Martin on January 23, 2013 at 10:07pm\nSince the last time I shopped for shells was probably around 1980, I am astonished at how high cartridges are. It's as if they're trying to keep up with cigarettes. But I think there should be a new tax to cover families of victims of gun use and abuse. And if you do not own a gun, you are exempt from the tax. 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The poster was to be issued at the outbreak of the war in 1939. The crown represents the King and the message was meant to reassure the public that everything was in order during the outbreak of war. For some reason, the poster wasn\u2019t widely distributed and therefore was not well known at the time. Since then London has remained a hot target for terrorists (think IRA in the 70s or the 7/7 bombings). No doubt the message has relevance fifty years later.\nThe recent incarnation of the poster can be seen in a different light. It\u2019s a great message to have in place where things might get a big hairy from time to time. Imagine a house with lots of children dashing about and a frazzled parent, or a crazy-busy office, for example. Picture the saying as a great bumper sticker on Vancouver cars as drivers routinely change lanes without signaling and commit other irritating transgressions.\nA collection of Keep Calm posters. Some are more gentile than others!\nKingdom of Style website\nTCritic blog", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2615, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bcfamily.ca/lions-gate-bridge-dangerous-construction-conditions", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:08Z", "digest": "sha1:X7ZIP5HPLZVI7T4O7DKLKCJEIQXXXQSA", "length": 1750, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "bcfamily.ca", "title": "Lions Gate Bridge: Dangerous Construction Conditions | BC Family", "raw_content": "Posted in On the screen, Our British Columbia\nLions Gate Bridge: Dangerous Construction Conditions\nFor 3 1/2 years I lived by Capilano River and drove over the Lion\u2019s Gate bridge almost every day of the week. The dramatic view of the water from the bridge made an impression every time \u2013 especially during a sunset. Other than clips of the royal visit in 1939, I haven\u2019t seen historical information about the construction of the bridge. I didn\u2019t know about the circumstances surrounding its financing, architectural and engineering design. Most importantly I didn\u2019t know about the dangerous work conditions that workers endured while it was built.\nThis week the Knowledge Network will screen Lions Gate Bridge: Spanning Time, a special documentary about the history of Lion\u2019s Gate Bridge. For residents of the Lower Mainland and people who use the bridge going to the ferry, it is \u201cmust see\u201d television.\nThe most notable portion of the documentary is the footage of workers climbing precariously high sections of the bridge without safety wires or safety nets. Tragically a construction worker died during the construction of the bridge. (British Columbians will remember that 18 men died in an accident during the construction of the Second Narrows bridge.) While watching the documentary, I had an opportunity to see these men working and appreciate the dangers that they undertook to be able to have a regular job during the economic depression of the 1930s.\nTuesday, December 31 at 7 PM\nWednesday, January 1st at 6 PM\nIf you missed these screenings, it looks like Knowledge Network has screened the documentary in previous months. 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But then, this happened\u2026\nWhile the world was going nuts over A O Scott\u2019s tweet being used by the makers of Inside Llewyn Davis in a full-page ad in The New York Times, something on a smaller scale was happening in India. The NYT ad cost\u2026\nWhen Times Internet tried to hire a Zomato employee\nBack in early 2013, there was a minor brouhaha on Quora about an ex-employee of Zomato talking at length about why he is an ex-employee and his not-so-pleasant experience there. 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We are committed to a policy of transparency in all our dealings with the public, so please call if you have any questions or would like any additional information.\nThe Board of Educational Lands and Funds was established by the Nebraska Constitution to serve as trustee of the lands contributed to the state in 1867 by the federal government. As trustee of these lands, the Board is bound by fiduciary duty to its beneficiaries \u2013 the K-12 public school children of Nebraska. In exercising this fiduciary duty, the Board must use the judgment and care that persons of skill, prudence, and intelligence would exercise in the management of their own affairs.\nThe Board and its staff are firmly committed to the mission of maximizing the income from our properties, while still exercising careful stewardship of the land, and treating our Lessees fairly. In pursuit of these goals, every effort is made to conduct the Board\u2019s business consistent with a profit motive patterned after the most efficient enterprises in the private sector.\nThe Board serves in the dual capacity of land owner and land manager, collecting rent on approximately 3,000 agricultural leases and hundreds of mineral and renewable energy leases. In its capacity as landowner, the Board makes expenditures for conservation, improvement and management of the land in its care. The Board also sells and trades land to the extent that such transactions are consistent with the Board\u2019s fiduciary duty.\nThe Board pays full county real estate taxes on its land in support of K-12 schools and other local entities. Millions in real estate taxes are paid by the Board during a typical year.\nThe Board does not receive funding from the State. Thus, no tax money is received by the Board and all funding for the Board\u2019s operations comes from its leasing operations. None of the net income obtained from the Board\u2019s operations is paid to the State; rather each year all of the net income earned by the Board is paid out for the benefit of K-12 public education in the State.\nThe net income from the Trust is deposited in the Temporary School Fund and then is annually distributed from that fund to the K-12 public schools statewide on a per pupil basis. Proceeds from land sales and mineral royalties are deposited in the Permanent School Fund. The Permanent Fund is managed by the Nebraska Investment Council. The net income from the Permanent Fund is also deposited in the Temporary Fund and distributed to the public schools each year. Since 2005, the total combined amount distributed to the K-12 public schools was $531.5 million.\nDuring 2017, approximately $47.255 million was distributed for K-12 public education. This amount does not include county real estate taxes paid by the Board; a majority of which funds local public schools.\nAll board meetings begin at 8:15 a.m.\nMar. 12 Burt 4A\nmap Burt Map\nOil And Gas Lease Auctions\nNext Sale is May 7, 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3985, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bestnjrealty.com/new_milford.cfm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:42Z", "digest": "sha1:4WKV3OBUMYGX2GT5KFWNMX2YDIEV3E2R", "length": 1854, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "bestnjrealty.com", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "Relocating to New Milford, New Jersey? If you plan on moving into New Milford, we can help. First begin by searching for homes in the New Milford area. Next make sure you signup for our FREE Portfolio Manager so you can keep track of your New Milford properties and also receive free email alerts on new listings matching your search criteria.\nPreview some of the fine homes for sale in New Milford\nThinking of selling your home? Find out how much your New Milford home is worth?\nMoving to New Milford in Bergen County, New Jersey?\nThe borough of New Milford is a family-friendly community located in the heart of Bergen County. It has a population of about 16,000 residents and enjoys a strong school system. It's convenient location that makes commuting to New York City or other parts of Northern New Jersey easily accessible.\nThere is plenty of shopping, entertainment and dining options nearby. New Milford is located in close proximity to Paramus and Hackensack, which offer hundreds of stores, restaurants and professional services that serve the greater area.\nFor outdoors and recreation enthusiasts, there are numerous golf clubs located nearby. The Knickerbocker Country Club, White Beeches Golf and Country Club and Van Suan Park are all in close proximity to New Milford, and the borough\u2019s location near many major roadways makes getting to other points throughout the County easy.\nThe New Milford School District is excellent serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district includes two elementary schools, one middle school and all students in grades nine through twelve attend New Milford High School. The school system offers a variety of activities for students, including clubs, field trips and successful sports programs. In fact, the high school baseball team made it to the state semifinals in both 2004 and 2005.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3278, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 180.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://betprepare.com/?show=dogadjaj&id_dogadjaj=597404&id_vrsta_dogadjaja=3&id_sport=6&id_natjecanje=18542_1&datum=2018-02-13", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:13Z", "digest": "sha1:YZLUBKBFURSG6GBJ3PZVZRMBEP4VI2U2", "length": 111, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "betprepare.com", "title": "betprepare.com: Christopher Eubanks - Ernesto Escobedo (New York)", "raw_content": "Tenis \u00bb New York qual. (M), Hard court (indoor), 2nd Round\nChristopher Eubanks - Ernesto Escobedo (7:5 4:6 4:6)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1940, "original_length": 53306, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.58, "perplexity": 274.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://biofors.dk/press.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:08Z", "digest": "sha1:SOXJUFUJGGNOEYDIEHQFMX65F6T5NCES", "length": 47, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "biofors.dk", "title": "biofors.dk", "raw_content": "The press release can be found here (in Danish)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 431, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 100.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bizfaculty.nus.edu/faculty-profiles/479-ke-michael", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:06Z", "digest": "sha1:Q4ZEIB5XC3T3IKU5XNL3BOOGEQZWR6HH", "length": 2856, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "bizfaculty.nus.edu", "title": "FACULTY DIRECTORY FACULTY AND RESEARCH PORTAL", "raw_content": "MAI, Ke Michael Assistant Professor Department: Management & Organisation Office: BIZ1-8-39 Contact: +65-65163125 Email: bizmke@nus.edu.sg Curriculum Vitae\nDeviance Behavior\nMAI, Ke Michael, Ellis A.P.J, Christian J.S and Porter C.O.L.H (2016), \"Examining the effects of turnover intentions on OCBs and deviance behaviors: A psychological contract approach\", Journal of Applied Psychology, 101, 1067-1081\nMAI, Ke Michael, Ellis A.P.J and Welsh D.T (2015), \"The grey side of creativity: Exploring the role of activation in the link between creative personality and unethical behavior\", Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 60, 76-85\nMAI, Ke Michael, Welsh, D.T., Ellis, A.P.J. and Christian, M.S. (2014), \"Building a self-regulatory model of sleep deprivation and deception: The role of caffeine and social influence\", Journal of Applied Psychology, 99, 1268-1277\nMAI, Ke Michael, Ellis, A.P.J. and Christian, J.S. (2013), \"Examining the asymmetrical effects of goal faultlines in groups: A categorization-elaboration approach\", Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 948-961\nMAI, Ke Michael, Podsakoff, N.P., Whiting, S.W. and Welsh, D.T. (2013), \"Surveying for artifacts: The susceptibility of the OCB--performance evaluation relationship to common rater, item, and measurement context effects\", Journal of Applied Psychology, 98, 863-874\nEllis A P J, MAI, Ke Michael, Welsh D T and Christian M S (2016), \"Self-Regulatory Model Contingencies of Sleep Deprivation Influencing Unethical Behavior\", Annual Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference\nMAI, Ke Michael and Ellis A P J (2016), \"Differentiating between premediated and impulsive unethical behavior: A criminal justice perspective\", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management\nLi A, MAI, Ke Michael and Bagger J (2015), \"Family Support Provision: A Moral Licensing Perspective\", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managemnet\nZhu X, Fu P P and MAI, Ke Michael (2015), \"Contaminationor Transformation? The Impact of Coworkers' Unethical Behavior on Newcomers\", Asia Academy of Management and Taiwan Academy of Management Joint Conference\nPh.D., Management, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, 2015\nM.A., Human Resource Management, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 2010\nB.A., Mass Communication, School of Journalism and Communication, Nanjing University, 2008\nAssistant Professor of Management, Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, 2015 - 2016\nGraduate Research Associate, Department of Management and Organizations, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona, 2010 - 2015\nResearch Assistant, Center for Human Resource Strategy, Rutgers University, 2008 - 2010\nMember, Society for Human Resource Management\nMember, American Psychology Association\nMember, Society of Industrial-Organizational Psychology", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 4366, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 289.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.darkbuzz.com/2014/11/listening-to-authorities-claiming.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:07Z", "digest": "sha1:7NVJN2U7UMFVPHLDLZC5UFLZTVGQYMVG", "length": 10680, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "blog.darkbuzz.com", "title": "Dark Buzz: Listening to authorities claiming settled science", "raw_content": "Scott Aaronson posts Kuperberg\u2019s parable on why we should accept non-expert authority figures on subjects like global warming.\nIn the parable, the physician cannot explain to the patient the risks of cigarette smoking, and can only say that the science is settled that it is bad. This is not enuf info for the patient, and asks more questions about the actual risk. The physician does not have the expertise to answer the questions, and just wants the patient to do as he is told.\nThis reveals an authoritarian mindset. I have met people who believe in always doing whatever the physician or other professional recommends. They seem baffled if I say that I like to make my own decisions. The fact is that when a physician makes a recommendation on some subject like eating saturated fats, he is probably not following the settled science.\nI realize that there are a lot of people with irrational objections to scientific evidence, and that it may be a waste of time for the physician to learn the details of smoking risks. But he could refer the patient to a reliable source for the patient who wants to be informed.\nI follow the hard science, and that is almost never wrong. But the science authorities are often wrong. They join fads and over-hype results.\nI see physicists jumping on stupid fads all the time. Climate science is probably ten times worse.\nThere is hard science showing that CO2 concentrations are increasing, that the increases are attributable to humans burning fossil fuels, and that CO2 absorbs infrared heat. I do not question any of that. But the climate authorities want us to accept all sorts of other things, like the recent USA-China agreement where China makes a non-binding commitment to stick to projections of emission reductions starting in 2030. It seems like just a public relations stunt to me.\nThere are huge uncertainties in the temperature projections, and considerable doubt about the policy implications. A slightly warmer world might do more good than harm. It is a crazy idea that we should all drive electric cars because some authority figure says the climate science is settled.\nGreg Kuperberg explains his parable:\nIf you look carefully, the patient in effect demanded certitude from the doctor, only to then use it against her. The doctor was willing to provide the general correlation between smoking and fatal illness, and to discuss causal models. The patient brushed that away as well, first by citing that correlation does not imply causation, then by implying that a general theoretical model might not apply to him specifically.\nThese are all clever debate positions, but what\u2019s behind them is a misinterpretation of the role of uncertainty in science; and a misreading of the purpose of talking to scientists or doctors. The role of scientists is not to win debates \u2014 maybe debates with each other sometimes, but not debates with people in general. The role of scientists is to explain and advise to their best abilities. Part of a good explanation is admitting to uncertainties. But then the clever debater can always say, \u201cAha! Until you know everything, you don\u2019t really know anything.\u201d (As Scott already pointed out.)\nNo, this is wrongheaded for multiple reasons. First, the physician is not a scientist. He does not do experiments on patients. He is not trained to do or evaluate scientific research. One might occasionally publish his findings, but they nearly always treat patients according to accepted textbook wisdom.\nPhysicians need to explain and advise, but that is not the role of scientists. Scientists need to demonstrate evidence showing how their hypotheses are superior to the alternatives. And yes, their role includes estimating the uncertainty in their assertions. But the doctor in the parable fails to do all those things.\nIt really is true that a lot of medical studies show a correlation without causation. And there are population risks that do not apply to particular individuals. Table salt is an example. The advice is commonly given that cutting back on salt will make people healthier, but salt has no known adverse affects for most people.\nA central point in Al Gore's movie is a chart showing a correlation between CO2 concentrations and warming. What he does not explain is that the CO2 increase seems to occur 800 years after the warming. Yes, people are right to ask these questions. Aaronson and Kuperberg show their authoritarian mindset when they say that we should just accept official advice without question.\nScott adds:\nI think it\u2019s unfortunate that people focus so much on the computer climate models, and in retrospect, it seems clear that climate researchers made a mistake when they decided to focus so heavily on them\u2014it was like announcing, \u201cas soon as these models do a poor job at predicting any small-scale, lower-order phenomenon, you\u2019re free to ignore everything we say.\u201d ...\nOn reflection, I\u2019d like to amend what I said: building detailed computer models of the climate, and then improving them when they\u2019re wrong, is exactly the right thing to do scientifically. It\u2019s only a mistake politically, to let anyone get the idea that the case for action on climate hinges on the outputs of these models. ...\nIn my own life, when people talk nonsense about quantum computing, I often feel the urge to give them a complex, multilayered reply that draws heavily on my own recent research, even if a much simpler reply would suffice. After all, that way I get to showcase the relevance of my research! Yet whenever I succumb to that urge, I almost always decide right afterward that it was a mistake.\nHe is currently writing a book whose main purpose is addressing the quantum computing nonsense that people still had after reading his previous book. I wonder whether he will address my arguments against QC.\nI guess he is saying here that he has does interesting research into the computational complexity classes that arise from QC, and he thinks that such research is worthwhile, but it all collapses if QC turns out to be impossible. This is similar to the arguments for string theory -- mainly that lots of very smart people have discovered some fascinating mathematical models, and it would be shame if it had nothing to do with the real world.\nIt is argument from authority, in spite of all real world evidence being to the contrary.\nUpdate: Here is Scott's latest, giving another example of the leftist-authoritarian mind at work:\nBut doctors have always gone beyond laying out the implications of various options, to tell and even exhort their patients about what they should do. That\u2019s socially accepted as part of the job of a doctor.\nThe reason for this, I\u2019d say, is that humans are not well-modeled as decision-theoretic agents with a single utility function that they\u2019re trying to maximize. Rather, humans are afflicted by laziness, akrasia, temptation, and countless things that they \u201cwant to want, but don\u2019t want.\u201d Part of the role of the doctor is to try to align the patient\u2019s health choices with his or her long-term preferences, rather than short-term ones.\nIn the specific case of marijuana, I\u2019d think it reasonable for the doctor to say something like this: \u201cwell, marijuana is much safer and less addictive than tobacco, so if you\u2019re going to smoke something, then I\u2019m happy it\u2019s the former. But please consider getting your marijuana through a vaporizer, or mixing it in smoothies or baking it in cakes, rather than smoking it and ingesting carcinogenic ash into your lungs.\u201d\nAkrasia is an obscure Greek word meaning \"the state of acting against one's better judgment\" out of a lack of self-control or weakness of will.\nIn other words, the people are sheep who need authorities to tell them what is good for them. But such advice should be modified to not conflict with popular leftist causes, like dope-smoking. He also says:\nI haven\u2019t studied the IPCC reports enough to say, but my guess is that they massively understate the long-term danger \u2014 for example, by cutting of all forecasts at the year 2100.\nHe also says that he is rejecting policies that cause: \"no extra suffering today, but massive suffering 100 years from now that causes the complete extinction of the human race\".\nThe climate experts are only predicting a sea level rise of a couple of feet in the next century, not complete extinction of the human race. So it seems clear that he is not concerned with the hard evidence for what is really going to happen. He wants some like-minded leftist authoritarians to dictate policy to the masses, and have them accept it as progress towards a better world.\nUpdate: Lubos Motl piles on. He frequently criticizes global warming alarmism. (That is, he says there may be some human-induced warming but it is not economically significant.)\nHowever, the doctor wasn't able to offer any numbers to the smoker. I will do it for you momentarily. More importantly, the doctor was a Fachidiot who considers the recommendations she hears from fellow doctors as a holy word \u2013 and seems to completely overlook the human dimension of the problem, especially the fact that people have some positive reasons to smoke, reasons she is completely overlooking. (In the same way, people may have very good reasons to veto a surgery or some treatment, too.) She looks at the patient as if she were looking at a collection of tissues and the only goal were to keep these tissues alive for a maximum amount of time. We sometimes hear that doctors are inhuman and look at their patients as if they were inanimate objects; however, it's rarely admitted that the physicians' recommendations \"you have to stop A, B, C\" are important examples of this inhuman attitude!\nThis parable does seem to illustrate different thinking styles. I am really surprised that smart people like Kuperberg and Aaronson so aggressively defend such an anti-factual persuasion method.\nWhile it true carbon dioxide does play a part in our atmosphere, there really is no actual evidence it drives temperature change. It is the computer models that indicate carbon dioxide drives the climate, and the only reason they do that is that they were programmed that way. If you would like to read what informed skeptics think and why they think differently than the mainstream, you could try:\nAnd then again, there is my favorite climate documentary that gives a good overview of the theory and origins of global warming:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-m09lKtYT4\nAn argument from authority is an incredibly weak position to champion facts. 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I\u2019ll have more posts later, but for now I hope\u2026\nIntroducing Adam Scot Piper \u2026.\nIntroducing Adam Scot Piper, the newest addition to Heather and Brian\u2019s family. Adam was born January 31, 2007 at 9:57am\u2026\nGary and Shannon\u2019s Scottish Roots \u2026\nI came across this map and thought it was pretty cool. It shows where the more prominent clans of Scotland\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 8135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 277.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2017/08/landi-chair/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:46Z", "digest": "sha1:UUIK2S65DWE5LHCF2HM6AZM6D2BEJ46P", "length": 1549, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blog.nationalmuseum.ch", "title": "Landi Chair - Swiss National Museum - Blog", "raw_content": "Like no other of its kind, the piece of furniture created by Hans Coray (1906-1991) stands as a hallmark of Swiss quality production. The garden chair Coray designed in 1938 was shown the following year at the Landi, the famous Swiss National Exhibition in Zurich, where it came to be seen as the embodiment of a modern and innovative Switzerland. The aluminium material and the seat\u2019s arched shell display almost avant-garde features. Immediately after the Landi the chair went on sale for fifteen francs, but subsequently fell into oblivion for many years.\nDuring the Second World War and in the mood of \u201cspiritual national defence\u201d, Swiss consumers turned back to wood as their preferred basic furniture material with a taste for traditional rustic forms. Aluminium was out. It was only in the 1950s that Coray\u2019s chair was revived, this time featuring only sixty instead of ninety holes for the sake of better stability. Production has been in the hands of the Swiss company Vitra since 2014 after various furniture companies at home and abroad had tried to relaunch the chair, albeit with limited success. The furniture\u2019s redesign, very much in the style of the 1938 original, was supported and monitored by the creator\u2019s widow, Henriette Coray.\nThe Landi chair ranks as one of the milestones of Swiss design and, thanks to the new producers, will certainly also make its mark on the twenty-first century.\nHans Coray\u2019s legendary chair is considered a design icon to this day. Photo: Swiss National Museum\nThe Landi chair in a short film portrait", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 3154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 232.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.newground.com/blog/hqprojects", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:16Z", "digest": "sha1:X7T777LMMABHOYSV2DMKPVH4JFROI5YA", "length": 5677, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "blog.newground.com", "title": "Designing and Delivering Headquarters: NewGround\u2019s Projects Showcased", "raw_content": "Search Anytime by Typing. Press Enter to Search.\nDesigning and Delivering Headquarters: NewGround\u2019s Projects Showcased\nAt NewGround, we look at a company holistically, taking brand, culture, and place into consideration to build the perfect headquarters space. We know that a headquarter is a reflection of your entire brand and is meant to last for a long period of time. The key difference between a nicely designed building and a great one is planning. We work from start to finish to ensure that this process runs smoothly from design all the way to delivery. Below are a few of our headquarters projects that had many conversations and planning from the time the contract was signed, all the way to when the design was finished and beyond.\nDenton Area Teachers Credit Union, known as DATCU, was established in 1936 by 13 professors with just $650.00. However, with growth to over 86,000 members and $800 million in assets, DATCU knew it was time to expand, choosing NewGround to help do just that. Due to the overwhelming growth, DATCU was forced to split its team into multiple buildings which had negative outcomes like logistical problems and the decrease of employee well-being.\nThere were two options: remain in their downtown location or build fresh somewhere else. Due to their future plans, market research, and financial planning, DATCU came to the conclusion to start from scratch and build a large headquarters somewhere else. That somewhere was Corinth, Texas.\nThis space ended up being two levels, allowing employees to have space while still working together. There was also a large collaborative zone for brainstorming sessions, meetings, and conversations, located in the middle of the building. With employee well-being and effectiveness in mind, we also created multiple outdoor terraces to enjoy sunshine and fresh air.\nThrough the entire process, NewGround considered the employee experience, demographics, and community to build DATCU the perfect headquarters. To see a video on this project and read more click here: https://www.newground.com/case-study/datcu-headquarters\nHickam Federal Credit Union (FCU) Headquarters\nHickam FCU is the longest-serving financial institution on the Hickam Airforce Base, now known as Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. They began to face one major problem; they had run out of space at their corporate headquarters. Due to limited space and security measures, expanding the current location was not an option. In order to move off-base, Hickam FCU needed a partner, that\u2019s where NewGround came in.\nFinding a property was the biggest challenge we faced due to the scarcity of developmental property in Honolulu, Hawai\u2019i. Eventually, we found 6.5 acres of land, perfect for the Credit Union\u2019s Headquarters. When designing, Hickam FCU used the word \u201copen\u201d to describe the vision they had in mind. We took that vision to life and created modern and open spaces that encompassed workplace trends like low-partition workstations near windows, modular glass wall systems, large and small collaboration areas, and meeting rooms and privacy enclaves. NewGround also brought technology to the forefront through self-service in-lobby tellers, a technology bar, drive-up, and digital media. We incorporated bright colors and interesting textures on both the exterior and in the interior and aimed to maximize the beautiful exterior views of the island. The Hickam FCU staff, board, and members look forward to a more collaborative space with everything they\u2019ve envisioned. To learn more about this project, go to https://www.newground.com/case-study/hickam-fcu-headquarters\nTTCU Federal Credit Union (TTCU)\nTTCU, located in Tulsa Oklahoma, had a large problem that was ultimately affecting the overall business and experience for both members and employees. They had employees spread across town in various buildings, offices, and even basements. They knew they needed to realign their business and its employees intoa single structure, driven by efficient design. The end goal was to create a space that fostered communication and encompassed a strong community work environment.\nThe employees were the main reason for these key changes. We gave multiple surveys, met with all employees who had a leadership role, and had a two-day Discovery session to find out what they really wanted and needed. From there, NewGround created an Idea Book\u2014to make everything TTCU wanted\u2014come to life. A towering staircase was the perfect centerpiece. Located next to the elevator and surrounded by large windows to bring in natural light, this staircase was a great way for employees to bump into each other throughout the day. A large IT room, which kept all servers and six data center racks, was also a huge development for the space. With it being located in Tornado Alley, we provided additional protection with concrete block walls on the first floor to ensure the safety of employees and members. The two most luxurious features we created for employees were the large gym and cafeteria which encompassed large windows like the rest of the space and provided healthy and social options for employees.\nThe six-story building consists of 1,234 exterior glass panels, 682 thousand pounds of concrete, 496 tons of steel, 100% emergency backup power and SmartRowTM data center infrastructure. We hope the bonds TTCU employees will form from being able to grow in the same space, will prove to stand equally as solid as our structure. To see a video on this project and learn more, click on the link below https://www.newground.com/case-study/ttcu-federal-credit-union\nDesigning and Delivering Branches: NewGround\u2019s Exceptional Work Highlighted", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 5953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.privatewifi.com/hey-yahoo-recycling-cans-is-good-recyling-email-addresses-is-bad/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:29Z", "digest": "sha1:K447T52ASIBBMAT2FOPRRYHU3U4QVDSV", "length": 4567, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "blog.privatewifi.com", "title": "Hey, Yahoo!: Recycling Cans Is Good, Recyling Email Addresses Is Bad \u2013 Private WiFi", "raw_content": "Hey, Yahoo!: Recycling Cans Is Good, Recyling Email Addresses Is Bad\nby Eva Velasquez \u00b7 October 17, 2013\nWhen Yahoo announced its plan to recycle old email addresses earlier this year, it was supposed to be a simple process. Yahoo would shut down email addresses that had not been used for 12 months or more. Those email addresses would then be made available to a new owner.\nHowever, when the process rolled out, something happened that the company didn\u2019t plan for: new email owners started receiving emails intended for the original owner. Along with e-newsletters and other mundane items, more personal and even dangerous messages such as medical information, credit statements, bank account credentials, and more were delivered to new owners.\nYahoo responded to the complaints and fears of their customers by developing a button which new users could click on to say that an email was not intended for them. While this helped new email owners cut down on the previous owner\u2019s spam, it did not do anything to prevent the privacy violations for the person who previously used that email address.\nThe company also implemented a new type of validation called \u201cRequire-Recipient-Valid-Since.\u201d This process requires the sender, such as a company like Facebook, to add a line to the header of an email to a Yahoo user specifying when Facebook last confirmed the email address, such as when someone initially signs up for their service and provides their contact information. Yahoo would then compare Facebook\u2019s \u201clast confirmed\u201d date with the date of the new Yahoo email address ownership, and if the \u201clast confirmed\u201d date from Facebook is before the creation of the new ownership, the email would not be delivered and be bounced back to Facebook.\nThis method requires the participation of anyone who is sending an email to the Yahoo email address owner, so there is no guarantee that this process will work for every incoming email. According to an article published on PCWorld, Microsoft confirmed they also recycle Hotmail, Windows Live ID and Outlook accounts. Microsoft\u2019s Service Agreement requires that users sign in to their account every 270 days, otherwise their account may be deleted; however, they do not mention that the email addresses may be recycled. The article also quotes an email from Microsoft describing that when an email account becomes inactive, \u201cThe email account is automatically queued for deletion from our servers. Then, after a total of 360 days, the email account name is made available again.\u201d\nAll of this makes Google look good, as they confirmed that they have never recycled addresses and will never allow anyone to use your email address once it is deleted.\nPersonal Privacy: Your Home\u2019s Mailbox Vs. Email Inbox\nWhen the Identity Theft Resource Center was asked how this could affect the privacy of an individual or even lead to identity theft, we compared the situation to receiving someone\u2019s regular mail. What if an individual received your mail, which may include bills, personal statements, tax returns, or a medical insurance company\u2019s explanation of benefits? They would then have quite a bit of personally identifying information. Perhaps the person would send the mail back and inform the sender that the address was now incorrect? Maybe they would destroy the documents?\nOf course, there are other more harmful options. The recipient could use whatever sensitive personal information contained in that mail and wreak havoc in someone\u2019s life by stealing their identity or blackmailing them. So while it may have been exciting for Internet users to have the chance to grab their desired email address, the process needs to be worked out to provide better protection for prior email address owners.\nIt is our hope that Yahoo will investigate this problem and begin thinking of privacy and security as a necessity rather than an afterthought. It just may help stop a case of identity theft before it even begins.\nEva Velasquez is the President/CEO at the Identity Theft Resource Center, a non-profit organization which serves victims of identity theft. Velasquez previously served as the Vice President of Operations for the San Diego Better Business Bureau and spent 21 years at the San Diego District Attorney\u2019s Office. Eva has a passion for consumer protection and privacy issues and is constantly striving to educate the public about these important topics. She is recognized as a nationwide expert on identity theft and has recently been featured on the Ricki Lake show and MORE magazine, as well as numerous other outlets.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 9451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.privatewifi.com/seven-wifi-myths-we-live-and-die-by/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:24Z", "digest": "sha1:NBOTG33CTQZYX33FBBSPYSGMWWWLTALO", "length": 3647, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "blog.privatewifi.com", "title": "Seven Wifi Myths We Live and Die By \u2013 Private WiFi", "raw_content": "Seven Wifi Myths We Live and Die By\nHave you ever been made to look like a fool because you fell for an urban legend? You know, that\u2019s a story of unknown origin with little or no supporting evidence that spreads like wild fire, gathering momentum as it\u2019s passed from one gullible person to another.\nWhen it comes to wifi security, those pesky myths about how to protect ourselves from hackers are spreading faster than we can connect to the wireless web. Falling for any of them can put us in danger by creating a false sense of security \u2013 making us believe wireless networks are safe from hackers when they\u2019re not. So let\u2019s put these wifi legends to rest once and for all.\nMyth #1: WEP (Wired Equivalency Privacy) is safe to use in the privacy of my home.\nNot by a long shot. WEP was invented in the old millennium; and hackers have come a long way since then. WEP is so easy to crack, a ten year old can do it. It takes more experienced hackers a matter of seconds. That\u2019s why WPA (Wifi Protected Access) and WPA2-Personal were invented.\nMyth #2: If I use WPA or WPA2-Personal, my wireless network will be safe from hackers.\nThat\u2019s a great first step. But even when you\u2019re using WPA, a weak passphrase can be the Achilles heel of your wireless security. So it\u2019s critical to create a strong passphrase (PSK) and only share it with people you trust. Passphrases should be a combination of eight to twenty letters, numbers and characters that are easy for you to remember, but difficult for hackers to guess or crack using brute force attacks.\nMyth #3: Disabling SSID broadcast hides my wireless network from hackers and war drivers.\nSorry, SSID suppression simply doesn\u2019t work. Hackers can use free tools from the Internet to defeat SSID suppression faster than you can check your email.\nMyth #4: If I can\u2019t connect to my wireless network from a parking lot, hackers can\u2019t either.\nWouldn\u2019t it be great if this were true? But it\u2019s not. If your laptop and your wireless adapter are both turned on, hackers using strong antennas and other powerful equipment can easily find you. They can also use public spaces inside buildings such as bathrooms and meeting rooms.\nMyth #5: If you use Ethernet in your hotel room, it\u2019s safer than using wifi in the lobby.\nSo now you\u2019re trying to outsmart hackers by using outdated technology? That won\u2019t work either. Users connected to the same public network can browse each other\u2019s fileshares and attack each other. It doesn\u2019t matter whether they\u2019re connected using Ethernet or wifi.\nMyth #6: If I use a commercial wifi hotspot where I pay a fee, I\u2019m safer than if I use a free wifi hotspot.\nUnfortunately, commercial hotspots are usually unencrypted, just like free public hotspots. Don\u2019t equate paid access to the Internet with safety.\nMyth #7: If I use a firewall and have up to date antivirus protection, I\u2019m safe from hackers at public hotspots.\nAntivirus software and personal firewalls can protect your computer from viruses. But you also need to defend your laptop from malicious users connected to the same network. Do that by disabling file sharing and watching out for Evil Twins.\nThat\u2019s not all. Firewalls and virus protection can\u2019t protect the information sent and received over the wireless network. When you\u2019re using public wifi hotspots, Internet privacy protection isn\u2019t part of the package. That\u2019s why you need a VPN (virtual private network) like PRIVATE WiFi\u2122 to ensure that your online data is invisible to hackers.\nIf you were taken in by a wifi myth we haven\u2019t mentioned, give us a shout. We\u2019d like to hear how you discovered it was too good to be true.\nTags: Hacking Threatswireless security", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 8449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 300.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.renaldi.com/2007/10/autumn_9814.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:21Z", "digest": "sha1:KEB2Y4ZDLR57T3VB3U6HA5TUJHE64ZN2", "length": 13, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "blog.renaldi.com", "title": "Richard Renaldi's News and Events: Autumn", "raw_content": "I found you!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 2235, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 161.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.skeese.com/2008/09/free-fun-fridays.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:47Z", "digest": "sha1:UXBSJXUVLZZO2MP6AZOKWIHUET6VOHGS", "length": 810, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blog.skeese.com", "title": "Skeese Greets: Free & Fun Fridays", "raw_content": "Free & Fun Fridays\nAt a recent Danskin Tri expo I overheard a man say that he uses a Skeese Greets card image as his screen saver. I was kind of surprised by this, yet flattered at the same time. I wondered how he obtained the image so that it actually looked good on the screen. Nevertheless, it gave me the idea to create some free screen savers. This \"Unchained Heart\" design was the first bicycle chain greeting card I created. So here it is as the first of several soon-to-be released screen savers. Right now it's only available as a full screen image at 1024x768. How to install: Click on it, then right click & \"Set as Desktop Background.\"\nI hope it works for you & I really hope you like it!\nQuote of the Day: \u201cAn idea is salvation by imagination.\u201d Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)\nLabels: screensaver", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 3264, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.thesmallguidesite.com/2011/02/g2r-second-conditional.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:21Z", "digest": "sha1:3PJW7IKBXDQJWW6JD4B2ADVXH6QTXE4Y", "length": 1924, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "blog.thesmallguidesite.com", "title": "the small guide site's blog of English lessons: G2R - the second conditional", "raw_content": "Alright everyone, here's our first post of Grammar2Remember. Let's brush up on our use of the second conditional. Proper use of the second conditional is really impressive.\nA few things to keep in mind about the second conditional:\n1. It talks about the present or the future.\n2. It talks about an unreal possibility or option, which means what you're saying is not true at the moment.\n3. We use the past tense in the if clause and a conditional modal (would, could, may, might) in the result clause.\n4. Use only \"were\" for the verb \"to be\" in the if clause. (People often mess this up, and grammar textbooks are becoming flexible with using \"was\" as the informal alternative.)\n1. If we had some extra time, we would stop by for a visit.\n(This means: We don't have any extra time, so we won't stop by for a visit.)\n2. If I were rich, I might buy a boat.\n(This means: I am not rich, so I won't buy a boat.)[Using might means I am less certain.]\n3. If she knew how to cook, she would cook up a feast because she has a lot of free time.\n(This means: She doesn't know how to cook, so she won't cook up a feast.)\n4. If he didn't like that place, he wouldn't go there every Sunday.\n(This means: He likes that place, so he goes there every Sunday.)\n5. If she were coming to the party, we could celebrate her birthday then.\n(This means: She's not coming, so we can't.)\nAlright, just to practice, say what you would do if you were somewhere else. (If I were at home, I would ...; or If I were at work, I could ...; If I were on vacation; I might ...;\nWhat about thinking of what or who you might know? (If I knew the President, I might ...; If I knew how to scuba dive, I would definitely ...)\nAlright, everyone. Be bold. Write some sentences in the second conditional in the comments section below. Next up on G2R, I'll talk about more advanced structures using the second conditional.\nWell, so far so good, I think. What about you?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 5158, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.votacall.com/topic/on-premise", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:26Z", "digest": "sha1:JOM3FAWKOPEP5LYTT4CDZFJGYT7RSFDS", "length": 19, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "blog.votacall.com", "title": "Votacall Blog | on-premise", "raw_content": "Posts in on-premise", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 1705, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 280.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bmce.ie/portfolio/newtownmountkennedy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:07Z", "digest": "sha1:ILHCD6EBHNTUBFFUNWDTBMWEXBDCCR7G", "length": 129, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "bmce.ie", "title": "Newtownmountkennedy > BMCE - Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers", "raw_content": "NewtownmountkennedyBarrett Mahony Consulting Engineers2018-08-15T15:41:14+00:00\nProject: Newtownmountkennedy Housing, Co. Wicklow", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 1399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.59, "perplexity": 229.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bobandelsa.com/Travel%20Writings/020619syracuse/salt.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:46Z", "digest": "sha1:AN2YFD6KRYVUSA3X42OJFQAL27ICPBSA", "length": 4222, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "bobandelsa.com", "title": "19 Jun - Syracuse, New York", "raw_content": "If you go east on NY State Route 5 from Syracuse, you eventually come to the town of Wampsville. There's a traffic light at a crossroads, and maybe an old gas station or general store on one corner. If you continue east you've gone too far, because the next block after the intersection announces the fact that you've entered Oneida, which is the principal city of Madison County.\nSo you turn around and go back, looking hard for downtown Wampsville. No, you didn't miss anything, there's nothing there. But turn right on the crossroad, and in about six blocks you come upon the county courthouse, sitting right in the middle of nowhere. All we can figure is that the representative from Wampsville once had the tie-breaking vote in a critical matter, and he traded his vote for locating the county seat in his town!\nMost county courthouses are busy from 8 o'clock on, but Wampsville doesn't really open until 9. We must have looked baffled, because several times an employee asked if they could help us. We wanted the recorder's office, and the Surrogate Court. None of them knew where they were, although in the first case we were in the same building. They even had trouble telling us how to get into the main court building!\nHowever, once we reached the recorder's office we found the same orderly shelves of deeds and mortgages we've seen elsewhere, with helpful clerks. It was a clerk who suggested we speak to the County Historian up on the fifth floor.\nSure enough, in a tiny office next to the planning department we found the Madison County Historian, who checked (fruitlessly) her index of naturalization records and who gave us several suggestions of places to look for more traces of our ancestors. She is working on the current Hot Topic: The Underground Railway, which includes many safe houses and hiding places still being discovered throughout the state. Heid's Restaurant\nNew York State has a law dating back to 1919 which requires each county and township to appoint a historian. Thus, in addition to the public libraries and the college libraries and the historical societies and the local museums and the churches, each historian guards local records. Additionally, local genealogical societies and hobbyists are at work transcribing cemetery records and birth, death, and marriage records and posting their reports on the Internet. This has created a web of amazing complexity, especially because many of these entities don't communicate with each other.\nIt's sad but perhaps not surprising that with all of these layers of information collecting, not one of these little towns seems to have published an adequate local history.\nWe have an idea that being a town historian in New York State is somewhat like being National Historian of the Reserve Officers Association. You get to define the job yourself, you have a lot of fun, but nobody pays any attention!\nThe problem, of course, is that so few people are interested in matters historical. We keep hoping to find a town historian who sees the job as educational, trying to inform the townspeople of the importance of local history, but so far the people we have found in the position are archivists and The Waterfront restaurant amassers of data, with occasionally some organization. Help is always offered to the inquirer, but the rest of town government doesn't care.\nAll of this information-chasing makes us hungry, of course. Still looking for salt potato, we were directed to Heid's, a local landmark. No salt potatoes, but we did have outstandingly good hot dogs and pickles.\nThe following day we struck pay dirt. A desk clerk at our hotel was determined to find our salt potatoes, so she called her father for his advice. They directed us to the nearby town of Brewerton, on the shore of Oneida Lake, where in The Waterfront we gazed out at fishing people and boaters and tucked into pulled (barbecue) pork and Salt Potato - sweet small new potatoes swimming in a buttery sauce. 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Aldiss website. As well as being a distinguished SF writer, Aldiss is also an important mainstream novelist, a poet, an essayist, a dramatist, an SF historian and critic whose work has been published in dozens of countries around the world.\nIn 2015 Brian wrote\u2026I am trying to keep this quiet, but in August I am going to celebrate my ninetieth birthday.\nMy publishers will celebrate by publishing a limited edition in facsimile of my teenage collection of stories entitled \u201dWhip Donovan\u201d. These wonderful survivors are liberally illustrated by my watercolour paintings. They were executed when I should have been studying theology\u2026\nI am currently working on a long novel set in Russia in the 18th century. Typical SF, of course.\nHarper Voyager will soon reprint everything I wrote in the sixties decade (another case of missing theology\u2026)\nFantastically now re-released Hothouse (Penguin Modern Classics)\nRe-released Greybeard (S.F. 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And in a new direction for them, this one's more of an adventure with some cleverly placed mini-games to break up the story and provide a distraction to the player as they progress through the plot.\nOverall, the game plays out as a point and click adventure. The player assumes the role of the hero (which they are free to name as desired) on a dual mission to search for his missing parents and to rebuild the family farm after a mysterious attack on the property. If anything, the story might be the weakest part of the game. It's not utterly bad, but it tends towards simple concepts and smacks of a story written around a game engine, rather than a game designed for a great story. Still, there's humour by the bucketload, lots of action and it does its job without being truly memorable.\nGame progression is very straightforward. The player simply clicks on an area of the screen that might be of interest, and the game performs a context sensitive action depending on what elements have been selected. Click on a person to converse with them, a shop to enter it and deal with the merchant inside, or an object to pick it up or examine it. When in conversation, the player can often choose from a variety of responses, but in the end, there's nothing to be lost by trying all of them in succession. In fact it's very hard to become stuck at all; the puzzles are simple and the cause/effect nature of the linear plot makes the game feel a bit more like interactive fiction that a true adventure. It's a game that would be perfectly suited to kids from the age of about 5 to 10 years old. Mature gamers will probably find the action a bit light and the concepts quite basic. There's around 5 to 10 hours of play here, depending on how fast or slowly you'd like to progress through.\nDuring the course of the game, the player will need money for their character's progression through the story. That's where the crazy looking animals in the screenshots come in. By rebuilding the family ranch, the player will ultimately be able to care for and breed lots of strange beasts to sell as required. They need to be fed and groomed regularly in order to become happy and healthy. Of course, the better the animals are cared for, the more money they can be sold for at market. In a clever twist, the needs of the animals continue to be tracked in real time, even as the player is off following the storyline, so frequent trips back to the farm are advisable. This part of the game is quite addictive, and reminded me a lot of a game I got hooked on a few years back, where the player had to tend to an aquarium of goldfish, discover new breeds and make money in a real time environment. Although the player is free to cross-breed different types of animals, I'm still unsure as to whether coding to simulate genetics has been implemented. Certainly, offspring colour seems to be dictated by the colours of the parents, but sometimes, seemingly random species could unexpectedly come from like-species breeding. In any case, there's lots of fun to be had with experimentation.\nAnd lots of animals means lots of food will be required. Different breeds of beasts will have different preferences when they get hungry. More mini-games that involve reflexes, skill and luck in equal quantities are used to collect foodstuffs like fish, acorns, apples and mushrooms. But if you're rich and feeling lazy, for a price you can buy magical potions that instantly satiate any animal. Excess food can be sold off to vendors, and this is another way to make cash early on in the game.\nAs usual for a KarjaSoft title, the most striking feature of Wildhollow is, without a doubt, the immaculate presentation. From a seamless install, to a seemingly bug free playthrough, and a clean uninstall \u2013 everything worked perfectly. It's hard to find fault with such a professional offering. The hand drawn background artwork has a warm and evocative feeling to it. Characters are presented in cartoon style and emote their lines with varied facial expressions and poses. Each character is distinctive and interesting in their own way, and the syntax is free of the spelling and punctuation errors that can be the bane of indie adventure games. The music and sounds do a great job of immersing the player in the game world, and are of equally high quality.\nWildhollow is an interesting mix of a couple of genres. I'm not the kind of player who could sit through an entire playthrough of a strict hidden object game, but as part of the bigger picture, the hidden object elements (and achievements) in Wildhollow were quite fun. Likewise, a simple point and click adventure game can be droll unless the story is substantial enough to carry it. 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I really related to his story which in general tells of his journey from being lost in a life of sex, drugs and rock\u2019n\u2019roll to finding peace in meditation which has helped him find happiness in life. The book is filled with insights but the one that keeps ringing in my mind is \u201cspirit loves committment\u201d. I have discovered that when you commit yourself to something that you love and feel enthusiastic about, somehow along the way you are supported and things fall easily into place.\nLike my music. I remember the day when the idea came to me to record my first CD. I received a complete \u2018download\u2019 of how it would sound, what mantras I would use, the name of the CD and the image for the cover. This was the PEACE CD. I began recording and everything flowed easily and I finished it in one month. Soon after, the 2nd CD came along which was CHAKRA SOUNDS.\nThis was all good, however, I was short on funds and couldn\u2019t afford to keep recording, mastering and printing more CDs. I had a thought that I really needed some help. Someone to do the art, print and publish for me. Well\u2026.. of course \u201cspirit loves commitment\u201d. I was at the Byron Beachside Market playing my music when this couple approached my stall. They were asking all sorts of questions about how I recorded and who did the artwork for the covers. I then asked why? He said, well we are music publishers and we really like your music and in particular the meditation CD. We want to publish you and distribute your work across Australia and New Zealand. Ha! OMG! Thank you spirit, god, the great mystery! I couldn\u2019t believe it\u2026.. then again, I could because I was committed!\nSo this is a story of being inspired and committed. It can help anything you do. Whether it is meditation or yoga practice, going for a walk, doing a painting, cleaning the house, looking for a new job, eating good food, helping others\u2026.the list is endless really.\nI just wanted to thank my friend Jez for his book of insights and reminders and just had to share this with you.\nMay all beings find peace, health and happiness!\n* Black Sheep White Light by Jeremiah Messenger is published by Balboa Press. 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Other formats of number (281)902-8825 are 2819028825 and 281-902-8825, area code is 281, in Houston, TX. Check online if you get any call from online and if the phone number is unknown. I have searched online for the phone number (281)902-8825 and found that the caller of the phone number used this number for 8x Telemarketer, 3x Unsolicited call, 2x Scam call, 2x Financial services, 1x Fax machine, 1x Nuisance call. I have found this data from Bing site. There are many another such type of websites where you will get information about other websites. From those websites, it is also detected that phone number (281)902-8825 is not a good one. You should be careful if you get any call from unknown.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 23378, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 319.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://canadianangelxo.com/2013/02/wordless-wednesday-happy-birthday-kurt-cobain.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:49Z", "digest": "sha1:CB6QTP3EVSZQJF6D7745E6KZUZYT5LYF", "length": 1440, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "canadianangelxo.com", "title": "Almost Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Almost Wordless Wednesday / Almost Wordless Wednesday \u2013 Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain\nAlmost Wordless Wednesday \u2013 Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain\nAs much as I love beauty and everything related to it. I also love music! Back in the 90\u2019s I became a huge fan of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, still am to this day. I will never forget the day I first heard \u201cSmells like teen spirit\u201d on the radio, I was instantly hooked, along with everyone else.\nThe passion, is energy and of course the pure talent was right there! It stood out like a sore thumb. He captured the mood of a generation of young people, his music was purely a reflection of his difficulty dealing with life and the times, something a lot of us all could relate to.\nKurt had a charismatic soul despite all the negative ways he was portrayed in the media. His songs were and still are about as far removed from modern money grabbing pop music as you can get. He became famous without wanting to, in fact he hated it. His story is a tragic one and a stark warning to anyone thinking that fame and excess is cool.\nKurt accomplished so much in the short time he was with us. Today we celebrate the birth of this amazingly talented and gifted man on what would have been his 46th birthday. It\u2019s hard to believe that he\u2019s been gone 19 years already! I only wish he was still here to celebrate it with us.\nFiled Under: Almost Wordless Wednesday, Celebrities, Wordless Wednesday", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 4383, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 273.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cascadebusnews.com/business-tips/financial/214-hiring-the-best-accountant-for-your-business-an-associates-degree-that-works", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:50Z", "digest": "sha1:HTETARMRUTLMVMQ5RNU42GDYQIIQLQ7D", "length": 6268, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "cascadebusnews.com", "title": "Hiring the Best Accountant for Your Business: An Associate\u2019s Degree That Works - Cascade Business News", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbBusiness Tips\u00bbFinancial\u00bbHiring the Best Accountant for Your Business: An Associate\u2019s Degree That Works\nHiring the Best Accountant for Your Business: An Associate\u2019s Degree That Works\nBy M. SCOTT HAYS of Central Oregon Community College on\t November 4, 2009 Financial\nI\u2019m not much of a sports fan. I don\u2019t root for any particular baseball, basketball, or football team. In fact, I don\u2019t even own a hat or a shot glass with a major sport team logo on it. However, each fall I do look forward to watching a few football games. There is just something exciting about watching two rival teams spring into action once the ball is hiked. The competition is fierce as one team attempts to move the ball forward and the opposing team attempts to move it backward. Team spirit is high on both sides of the scrimmage line as teammates work together to accomplish their goals. When the battle is over, the best team (usually) wins.\nBusiness is a lot like football. Companies compete in a fiercely competitive environment, and those with a great team succeed. Like a football team, businesses should be hiring the most competent players for each position\u2014from top management to janitor. Every position is important, especially in down times such as these. Unfortunately, too often companies of all sizes ignore this hiring principle. As a former practicing CPA, CFO, and controller, I\u2019ve witnessed several companies hire the best players in their trade (e.g., a plumbing contractor hiring great plumbers) only to fill the accounting position with a person with little or no accounting education/training. Simply put, the newly hired accountant does not have the accounting knowledge or skills required to be an effective team player. In effect, the company has hired a fumbler. What happened to team spirit?\nFor a large company, hiring a Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Management Accountant would ensure they are getting a competent accountant. CPAs and CMAs definitely have the education and training to handle complex accounting issues. However, many small to medium sized companies don\u2019t need to hire an accountant with four plus years of college. It might be a better fit all around for a company to hire a well qualified accountant with a two year accounting degree to handle their day to day accounting operations. You might be surprised by the extensive knowledge and skills two-year accounting program graduates possess.\nHere in Central Oregon we are fortunate to have an excellent two-year accounting program at Central Oregon Community College. Our Associates of Applied Science degree program in accounting was designed to give students the knowledge and skills to be successful in the accounting profession. Their graduates are ready to jump into accounting positions in a vast array of small to medium sized companies throughout this region and beyond. In fact, they are ready to go to work in the accounting departments of large companies as well.\nCOCC\u2019s accounting program is rigorous, requiring students to complete 96 college credits. Most of the courses required for the degree are business related, with nearly one-third of the courses in accounting. The accounting program includes several financial accounting courses. It also includes courses in managerial accounting, cost accounting, payroll accounting, and computerized accounting. To ensure that graduates have a well rounded education, they will leave with non-accounting knowledge and skills as well. COCC\u2019s graduates will have taken one or more courses in finance, math, English composition, speech, customer service, marketing, management, business law, business communications, and some general education electives. In addition, they will have studied and used several computer software applications, with extensive training in Excel spreadsheet software.\nAnalytical skills, teamwork, people skills, and ethics are also integrated into nearly every business course in the program. Finally, accounting students will have completed their education at COCC with a cooperative work experience course in which they practice their skills while working directly for a local business.\nOverall, business owners who are familiar with COCC\u2019s two-year accounting program are impressed with the high level education students are receiving. However, on occasion I have heard owners comment that they only hire accountants with considerable work experience. The work experience issue seems to be a hurdle nearly all new college graduates face when trying to land that first job. I cannot disagree with these potential employers that work experience is important. However, I will point out that this is an accounting program where practical accounting is practiced daily.\nThis is an Associate of Applied Science degree\u2014less accounting theory and more hands-on, experiential learning. Students just don\u2019t talk about accounting; they roll up their sleeves and do it. At the end of the two-year program, a graduate will have analyzed and recorded hundreds of accounting transactions \u2013 using both manual and computerized accounting systems. He or she will have prepared master budgets, calculated Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return, recorded stock and bond issuances, and recorded end-of-year adjusting and closing entries. The graduate will have prepared dozens of financial statements for different business organizations, including corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships. Additionally, the graduate will have evaluated the financial health of dozens of companies using a number of sophisticated ratios and other analytical tools.\nThese graduates know accounting.\nHiring that right accountant with the knowledge and skills to be a key team player can be an onerous task. Business owners should take special note of applicants with two-year accounting degrees as they may be a perfect fit for their company. COCC\u2019s AAS degree program in accounting is designed to make sure their graduates are ready to hit the field running \u2013 the accounting field that is.\nM. Scott Hays is the department chair of the Central Oregon Community College business department. You can contact him either at shays@cocc.edu, or 541/383-7715.\nM. 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SEKONDI/TAKORADI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL\nKORSAH, C.J., GRANVILLE SHARP, AND AKIWUMI, JJ.S.C.\nMaster and servant?-Negligence of servant?-Scope of employment?-Servant acting under orders of foreman of municipal council?-Liability of council.\nThis action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries in consequence of the negligence of the second defendant, an employee of the Sekondi/Takoradi Municipal Council, while driving a small motor bus, the property of the council. The second defendant was employed as a fitter, with a driver's licence, to enable him to drive vehicles under test, and at the material time he was working under one of the council's foremen, who had authority to order vehicles out and also to test them. According to the council's manager the second defendant was under the foreman's orders \"and was bound to obey his instructions, and normally was bound by his orders.\"On 10th May, 1956 the foreman, at a time when heavy rain was falling, ordered the second defendant to drive him home, in a bus which had been withdrawn from general service but was still available for private hire. It was, however, a bus held by the council between the hours of 4 to 5 a.m. and between 10 to 11 p.m. for the use of municipal bus drivers and conductors going to and returning from work. There were notices in the garage warning employees and all concerned not to use these buses for their private or unofficial use.The second defendant had no reason to suppose that the order given by the foreman to drive him home was unreasonable or one which he had no authority to give. While the second defendant was thus driving the foreman home, he negligently collided with the plaintiff's car, injuring the plaintiff and damaging his car.The trial judge found the employment, negligence, and the amount of damages proved but dismissed the case as against the council (the first defendants).\nAPPEAL from a decision of Sarkodee-Addo, J., in the High Court Sekondi on February 25, 1959 in an action for damages for negligence arising out of a car accident. The plaintiff sued the Sekondi/Takoradi Municipal Council and also an employee of the council, Judgment was given against the employee, and the claim against the council was dismissed.\nJUDGMENT OF GRANVILLE SHARP, J.S.C.\nGranville Sharp, J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court: In this case the plaintiff has sued for damages for injuries occasioned by the negligence of a servant in the employment of the defendant council when driving a small motor-bus, the property of the council.\nThe employment, the negligence and the amount of damages have been found and assessed by the learned judge and the only question raised in this court has been whether he was correct in his finding that the council are not liable to the plaintiff because the co-defendant, the council's servant, was not acting in the course of his employment at the time when his negligence caused personal injury and damage to the plaintiff. The facts relative to the issue thus raised, as they are narrated in evidence, are in small compass. They are that the second defendant worked as a fitter with a driver's licence to enable him to drive vehicles on test. He worked on the material date under a foreman named Kwata and both Kwata and another foreman had the power to order vehicles out and also to test them, and the second defendant \"was\", to quote the council's manager, \"under Mr. Kwata's orders and was bound to obey his instructions and normally was bound by his orders\". Thus the council delegated to Kwata their own power to give such orders.\nThe particular bus driven by the second defendant at the time of the accident was one of a number of buses that had been withdrawn from general service, but were still available for private hire. It was a bus which was in fact held by the council between the hours of 4 to 5 a.m. and again between 10 to 11 p.m. for the use of municipal bus drivers and conductors going to and returning from their work. There were notices in the garage warning employees and all concerned not to use these buses for their private or unofficial use.\nOn the 10th May, 1956, Kwata the foreman ordered the second defendant, who was on duty at the time, to drive him home. This defendant's evidence was that:\nIt was quite proper for Mr. Kwata to give me instructions and/or orders which I should obey. He did not tell me that any testing was to be done. If Mr. Kwata asks me to do a job outside my profession such as mending a light even though I am not an electrician if I know how to do it, I will do it. It is not for me to question why. When he asked me to take out the bus I simply had to obey his orders\".\nThe witness further stated that at the time it was raining heavily.\nSuch are the facts which gave rise to the contention of the first defendants that they were not liable for the negligence of their co-defendant because he was at the time acting outside the course of his employment.\nAs long ago as 1934, Baron Parks, in the case of Joel v. Morison (6 Car P. at p. 503) summed up the law as follows: -\n\"If the servants, being on their master's business, took a detour to call upon a friend, the master will be responsible. If you think the servants lent the cart to a person who was driving without the defendant's knowledge, he will not be responsible. Or, if you think that the young man who was driving took the cart surreptitiously, and was not at the time employed on his master's business, the defendant will not be liable. The master is only liable where the servant is acting in the course of his employment. If he was going out of his way, against his master's implied commands, when driving on his master's business, he will make his master liable; but if he was going on a frolic of his own, without being at all on his master's business, the master will not be liable.\"\nEver since the time when this summation of the law was given it has been held to be the classic test in a case such as the present, and in more recent times has repeatedly been approved in the courts. In Irwin v. Waterloo Taxi-Cab Company Limited ([1912] 3 K.B. 588) it was held that where a driver in the defendants' employment by the order of the general manager whose orders it was his duty to obey drove him in a cab upon his private business, the general manager having no authority to use the cab for that purpose and the driver having no reason to suppose that the order was an improper one, the defendants were liable for the consequences of the driver's negligence in the course of the journey.\nThe decision in Joel v. Morison (supra) and Baron Parker's reasoning as well as later cases in which it had been examined and approved were fully considered, and much emphasis was placed upon the fact that it was the duty of the driver in his position as a servant of the company to obey the orders given to him in the ordinary matters of his service.\nIn the present case it was the duty of Quaye Fio to take orders from Kwata and this latter person was his superior officer who had general authority to order vehicles out and to order testing and to act for the council in giving such orders. I cannot think that the second defendant could have supposed that the order given to him, even if unusual, was an unreasonable order or one which Kwata had no authority to give. Quaye Fio was to remain on duty until 10 p.m.\nHe was one who had a driver's licence for the purpose of driving buses on test, and it would in my opinion be taking too narrow a view to hold that the journey he was ordered to take was so foreign to his employment as to lead him to question the order given, or to think that he was using the vehicle for private or unofficial use. He was to drive his superior officer to his residence at a time when heavy rain was falling and in circumstances when it was in the interest of the defendant council that his superior officer and their foreman should not be put to the risk attendant upon a journey unprotected and without cover through a heavy rainfall.\nEach case has to be considered in the light of its own special circumstances, but I would go further and on general principles conclude that the defendant council are liable. A servant is presumed to act in the course of his employment unless it can be shown that he acted in his own interest in his use of his master's property, surreptitiously, without the knowledge of his master and independently of orders from any superior whose orders he was bound to obey. This general duty to obey orders that emanate from superiors is in the general interest of employers and is therefore of considerable importance in decisions of the kind here in question. As I have said, I hold the view that the learned judge, albeit that the question raised is always of some nicety, and that the borderline, marking the scope of employment is often not very clear, took too narrow a view of the matter.\nI would therefore allow this appeal and, in reversing that part of the judgment which is complained of, order that judgment be entered in the action against the municipal council.\n(1) Joel v. Morison (1834) 6 Car. and P. 501; 172 E.R. 1338;\n(2) Irwin v. 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Upon completion, the students are eligible to take the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification exam offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.\nFor more information, call 706-721-3676, or visit http://www.gru.edu/nursing/pmc.php.\nPrimary care settings such as health clinics, medical offices and managed care settings.\nSpecialty settings such as cardiology, emergency medicine, occupational health, women\u2019s health, psych-mental health and acute care.\nOther areas such as clinical research, education and public health.\nSalary varies according to the location, setting and expertise of the practitioner with a starting salary approximately $70-90,000 annually.\nThis program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Graduates are prepared to meet the eligibility requirements for national board certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.\nComputer literacy - A laptop is required upon enrollment. See minimum laptop specifications at http://www.gru.edu/nursing/laptop_requirements.php. A working knowledge of word porcessing, presentation, and data spreadsheet software is highliy recommended.\nhttp://www.gru.edu/admissions/graduate/FNP-CERT.php\nFamily Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program Curriculum\nSpring Semester: 6\nSummer Semester: 6\nFall Semester: 5\nNURS 8319 - FNP Practice III: for the Post Graduate Certificate\nNURS 9191 - APRN Practice Synthesis\nNURS 9193 - Advanced Practice Nursing Practicum for Post Graduate Certificate\nThe following courses are required if not completed prior to the start of the certificate program:\nNURS 7425 - Advanced Pathophysiology\nNURS 7430 - Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nurses\nNURS 7465 - Advanced Studies in Lifespan Development\nNURS 7470 - Advanced Health Assessment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 6751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 275.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://catalonia-horse-trails.com/index.php/en/component/k2/item/231-ramon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:58Z", "digest": "sha1:N4BNR5MH6IPLUOOL7QFJO3ACZEKW6PRE", "length": 2343, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "catalonia-horse-trails.com", "title": "Ramon", "raw_content": "Along the same lines, he inaugurated a second centre, l'H\u00edpic Llanars-Camprodon, in the Catalan Pyrenees in 2002, and complemented the facilities with a hotel and bar-restaurant suited for organizing riding camps and Equestrian routes and stays in a unique environment. Under the brand H\u00cdPIC HOTEL, this center soon became a leader in the field of Catalan tourism and also a useful all-round service and location for other clubs and riders from around the country and internationally.\nIn 2009, Josep Ramon Casas decided after much thought to change the focus of his riding clubs to Equestrian Tourism. This brought him to join the Itiner\u00e0nia program, a network of hiking trails in the Ripoll\u00e8s, Garrotxa and Alt Empord\u00e0 regions, as well as the 3mons route, which links three national parks (Montseny, St. Lloren\u00e7 del Munt and Obac) with Montserrat. He started offering horse-drawn carriage rides, based on a Catalan-French project for the recovery of animal traction in tourism, the transhumance route, herding cattle on horseback between the Alt Empord\u00e0 region and the Valley of Camprodon and came to lead the Valls de Moncau Equustur program. On a personal level, he rejoined the Catalan Equestrian Federation and is still a member of the Equestrian Tourism Commission.\nIn 2012, he was given the opportunity to continue the work of Mick Peters, recently deceased founder of Can Jou-Catalonia Trails that had been offering equestrian for over 15 years and talked abaout by many riders. Having already an equestrian center based in the Pyrenees, and with the possibility to improve the trails nearer the beaches, he leaves Can Jou base and imagine a new way for Catalonia Trails.\nConsequently, with this new reorganization based on his vast experience in the world of horses and horse riding, Josep Ramon Casas opened a third center in Empord\u00e0, the new Catalonia Trails logistical center, as Can Jou in the past, called Can Sort, completing the route stages and H\u00edpic Hotel's riding school and activities in order to promote equestrian tourism in Catalonia with a quality label. The trails have been somewhat modified and renewed, whilst the equestrian holidayspirit of the Can Jou founder endures from the beautiful estate of Can Sort. Most of the horses and guides, as well as the support members, are the same that formed a team at Can Jou.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 4106, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ccrcork.com/admissions", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:26Z", "digest": "sha1:PSQ3M4OMNFHUKW6YZJS65SONCTMXPQQG", "length": 9251, "nlines": 62, "source_domain": "ccrcork.com", "title": "Admissions | Col\u00e1\u00edste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed", "raw_content": "Please contact the office by phone or email to request an application pack for our school\nSection 9 of the Education Act makes it mandatory for a school to \"establish and maintain an admissions policy which provides maximum accessibility to the school\" Section 15 (2)(d) of the Act requires a Board of Management to \" publish ... the policy of the school concerning admission to and participation in the school, including the policy of the school relating to the expulsion and suspension of students and admission to and participation by students with disabilities or who have other education needs...\"\nCol\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed is an evolving Christian community committed to Catholic education; we pursue academic and sporting excellence within a unique Gaelic culture and tradition, our Curriculum maintains a creative balance between preparation for the workplace and development of the person.\nCol\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed is an all boys school managed by a Board of Management which is committed to the successful implementation of recent education legislation, in particular the Education Act 1998, the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 and the Equal Status Act 2000. The Board fully subscribes to the underlying principles of the legislation: partnership, accountability, transparency, inclusion, and respect for diversity, parental choice and equality.\nThe legacy of Edmund Rice, and by extension, the Gospel, challenges our school to be inclusive, to be especially mindful of those with special needs. It also challenges our school to be truly a resource for the local community, to be mindful of local needs and to focus on the importance of value-based Christian education in the Catholic tradition.\nThe characteristic spirit of Col\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed is built on these values and principles and provides the contact for the mission of the school, the school plan, its operating policies and the day-to-day work of the school which includes the financial and teaching resources of the school provided by the Department of Education & Science grants, teacher allocation, voluntary contributions and fund-raising. Voluntary contributions from the parents/guardians including registration fees, are used to cover miscellaneous expenses such as administration of applications and tests etc.\nCol\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed is a voluntary secondary school which operates within the regulations laid down by the Department of Education & Science, following the curricular programmes prescribed by the said Department and which may be amended from time to time in accordance with Sections 9 and 30 of the Education Act 1998.\nManagement is committed to a policy of continuous review and updating of procedures and practices to the benefit of the whole school community.\n4. APPLICATION PROCEDURES:\n4.1 General Information.\nDecisions in relation to Admissions are made by the Board of Management. The Manager and a Coiste Iontr\u00e1la act on behalf of the Board in dealing with the day to day operation of the school's admission procedures. An Admissions Policy exists and is applied when considering applications (see below).\nApplication Form and Prospectus for admissions may be obtained from the school office during normal working hours or at the Information Evening which is usually held in September preceding entry.\nThe deadline for applications will be specified annually in the application pack. Properly completed Application Forms must be accompanied by an original copy of the prospective student's Birth Certificate and two Passport-type photographs.\nNote: Secondary school students must be aged at least 12 on 1st January in the calendar year following the child's entry into First Year.\nThe receipt of properly completed Application Forms will be acknowledged in writing. It will either confirm the offer of a place, or allocate a number on a waiting list, and applicants will be asked to confirm (in writing) acceptance of the place offered within the timeframe specified in the Offer Letter. In the event of these significant dates falling on a weekend, applications collected in the school post box at the opening of school on the following school working day will be considered as having been submitted on time.\nApplicants who fail to return their acceptance form by the specified date will be placed on a waiting list. Late applicants for entry to the school will be added to the waiting list and will only be dealt with after the on-time applicants have been processed.\nA series of standardised tests is administered to successful candidates by the Guidance and Counselling Department in the year of entry. Notification of dates, venue and times of these assessments is issued with the Prospectus and in the Offer Letter.\nThe Board of Management welcomes students with disabilities and special educational needs. In order to put in place suitable support programmes and resources for such entrants, access to past reports and test results will be required.\nFor this reason a Release of Information Consent Form and a Special Education Needs Form will be forwarded to parents/guardians and guardians of entrants with the Offer Letter. This documentation will allow us to apply to the Department of Education and Science and other bodies for appropriate support and resources.\nProvision of Key Information by Parents.\n- Pupil's Name, Age/DOB, Address and Passport Photograph.\n- Parents' / Guardians' names / address/ telephone number / e-mail address.\n- Emergency Contact Numbers.\n- Details of medical conditions.\n- Any disabilities or special educational needs.\n- Religion.\n- Previous schools attended.\n- Reasons for transfer if applicable.\n- Any other relevant information.\n4.2 Transfers From Other Second-Level Schools\nApplications can also be made by students seeking to transfer from other second-level schools at any time subject to:\n1) The school's Admissions Policy\n2) The school being satisfied with the reasons for transfer\n3) The school regarding the move as being in the best interest of the student\n4) Advice of the Education Welfare Officer if appropriate.\nThe Board of Management reserves the right, in exceptional circumstances, to refuse an application for admission. In such a case, parents or guardians will have the right to appeal under Section 29(1) (c) of the Education Act 1998.\n4.3 Entry Policy\nWe endeavour to make a place available to any boy who genuinely wishes to attend our school and urge students not to apply if their application is not genuine as it can result in others being disappointed.\nCol\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed does not operate a waiting list or enrolment list. Instead, it allocates a quota of places to each of our feeder schools based on the average number of students who took up places in Col\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed from each school over the previous three years. The Principal has the discretion to allocate a number of places.\nEach application is considered and pupils are selected to fill each quota according to a number of criteria:\nAt present this favours families who currently have or previously had boys in our school.\nNext to be offered places are those whose fathers or uncles have attended our school.\nAfter this selection we allocate the remaining places of each quota on the basis of\nproximity/convenience to our school, and finally (should some of the quota still remain unfilled), by recourse to a lottery.\nAssessment is not permitted in the allocation of places but we do evaluate pupils for the purpose of arranging class groupings once places have been allocated and accepted.\nStudents should inform their Primary School teacher or Principal of their interest in Col\u00e1iste Chr\u00edost R\u00ed when the time comes and make sure that an application form is obtained.\n5. CODE OF BEHAVIOUR\nParents/guardians of all new entrants to the school will be provided with a copy of the school's Code of Behaviour - Smacht agus B\u00e9asa. (Education Welfare Act 2002, Section 23(1). They will be requested to sign and return a statement attached indicating they have read and accept the code.\nA document on the schools Pastoral Care-C\u00faram programme is also provided.\nThe curriculum includes Junior Certificate, Leaving Certificate, Transition Year option and Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme.\n7. THE SCHOOL DAY:\nThe School day officially begins at 8.30 a.m. and ends at 3.25 p.m. Lunch-break is from 12.45 - 1.25 (40 minutes). Pupils (First Years to Fifth Years) remain within the confines of the school for the duration of the lunch-break. Permission to leave the school during this time is subject to the approval of Management.\nThe School office is open from 8.10a.m. to 3.45p.m.\n- Address : Capwell Road, Cork.\n- Phone number : 021-4274904\n- Fax number : 021-4964784\n- E-mail address : info@ccrcork.com\n- Web address : www.ccrcork.com\nThe school facilities include standard classrooms, science labs, computer rooms, sports complex, video room, guidance and counselling offices, materials technology wood and metalwork rooms, prayer room, technical graphics rooms, library, music room, art room and sports field, theatre and horticulture garden.\nName of Principal \u2013 Michael Carey\nName of Deputy Principal \u2013 Daith\u00ed o hAodha\nAll correspondence to the Board of Management on School business should be sent to the Secretary to the Board.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 10145, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ccscambridge.org/content/nick-lontz", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:06Z", "digest": "sha1:364COJGIK6WJOBOGICEE6F6KBSS3TUVE", "length": 308, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ccscambridge.org", "title": "Nick Lontz | Community Charter School of Cambridge", "raw_content": "nlontz@ccscambridge.org\nBA, St. Cloud State University (English)\nNick is the 12th grade learning specialist. Prior to joining CCSC, he worked as a Special Education Teacher for Phoenix Charter Academy in Lawrence. Among other things, he is responsible for providing services to 12th grade students with IEPs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 175.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cfinsider.org/event/cf-commencement-ceremony-dec-15", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:56Z", "digest": "sha1:DGM6H3SRYUGVVPOZYU6F6MYXJ2LAT4LX", "length": 538, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "cfinsider.org", "title": "CF Commencement Ceremony, Dec. 14 \u2013 CF Insider", "raw_content": "\u00ab \u2018Celebration of Dance Education in Marion County,\u2019 Dec. 7\nExperience Student Life, Dec. 15 \u00bb\nThe College of Central Florida will hold its fall 2018 commencement ceremony at 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, at First Baptist Church of Ocala, 2801 S.E. Maricamp Road. Dr. Cash Pealer will be honored with the CF Distinguished Service Award and student Natascha Kehri will be the graduation speaker. For those unable to attend, the ceremonies will be webcast live at CF.edu/graduation.\nirst Baptist Church of Ocala, 2801 S.E. Maricamp Road, Ocala", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 323.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chambersheritage.com/pafg457.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:50Z", "digest": "sha1:PRW455MGV5VUDFTQFIKO3IC3DXAGP7DX", "length": 8966, "nlines": 64, "source_domain": "chambersheritage.com", "title": "Chambers Heritage - pafg457 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File", "raw_content": "Charles ROULEAU died . He married Jane CHAUVIN.\nJane CHAUVIN died . She married Charles ROULEAU.\nF i Felicity ROULEAU\nAnthony LABADIE [Parents] was born on 1 Dec 1838 in St. Anne's Church, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Mary Felicity BEAUBIEN on 2 Sep 1873 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nMary Felicity BEAUBIEN [Parents] was born on 26 Jun 1856. She died . She married Anthony LABADIE on 2 Sep 1873 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nF i Helena Felicity LABADIE was born on 21 Aug 1874 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died in Dec.\nM ii Thomas LABADIE was born on 12 Nov 1876 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM iii Elmer Anthony LABADIE was born on 7 Jun 1879 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF iv Mary Charlotte LABADIE was born on 5 Jul 1882 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nM v Bernard LABADIE was born on 14 Aug 1885 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nJoseph BONDY [Parents] was born on 9 Apr 1842. He died . He married Elizabeth LABADIE on 9 Feb 1864 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nElizabeth LABADIE [Parents] was born on 3 Sep 1841 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . She married Joseph BONDY on 9 Feb 1864 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nF i Felicity BONDY was born on 19 Feb 1866 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . Felicity was baptized on 20 Feb 1866 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nF ii Hilary BONDY was born on 10 Mar 1868 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . Hilary was baptized on 14 Mar 1868 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nM iii Louis Charles BONDY was born on 21 Oct 1869 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He was buried on 4 Mar 1871 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. Louis was baptized on 31 Oct 1869 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nF iv Adeline Josephine BONDY was born on 3 Mar 1871 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . Adeline was baptized on 2 Apr 1871 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nM v George Francis BONDY was born on 14 Feb 1873 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . George was baptized on 16 Feb 1873 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nF vi Ann Magdeline BONDY was born on 28 Oct 1874 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . Ann was baptized on 1 Nov 1874 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nF vii Eliza Zoe BONDY was born on 15 Oct 1878 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She was buried on 18 May 1881 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. Eliza was baptized on 20 Oct 1878 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nF viii Matilda Philomene BONDY was born on 4 Dec 1882 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . Matilda was baptized on 10 Dec 1882 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nJoseph BONDY died . He married Julia RENAUD.\nJulia RENAUD died . She married Joseph BONDY.\nM i Joseph BONDY\nF ii Julia BONDY\nCleophas SALIOT [Parents] was born on 1 Feb 1837 in St. Philomene, near Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Julia LABADIE on 28 Jan 1866 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nJulia LABADIE [Parents] was born on 17 Apr 1842 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . She married Cleophas SALIOT on 28 Jan 1866 in St Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Michigan.\nM i Richard SALIOT was born on 1 Dec 1869. He died . Richard was baptized on 21 Dec 1869 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nPeter LABADIE [Parents] was born on 2 Oct 1843 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Victoria PIETTE on 12 Jan 1864 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nVictoria PIETTE [Parents] was born on 2 Mar 1840 in St. Anne, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . She married Peter LABADIE on 12 Jan 1864 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nF i Mary LABADIE was born on 2 Oct 1866 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nM ii Eli LABADIE\nF iii Frora Angelica LABADIE was born on 20 Mar 1873 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nF iv Laura LABADIE was born on 26 Jan 1875 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nM v Alfred Edward LABADIE was born on 22 Apr 1877 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM vi Edmund LABADIE was born on 18 Aug 1879 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM vii Henry Philip LABADIE was born on 10 Jun 1882 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF viii Emily Monica LABADIE was born on 3 Sep 1884 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nJoseph LABADIE [Parents] was born on 15 Jun 1845 in St. Anne's Church, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Julia BONDY on 20 Jan 1874 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nJulia BONDY [Parents] was born on 11 Jun 1854 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . She married Joseph LABADIE on 20 Jan 1874 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nM i William Anthony LABADIE was born on 27 Nov 1874 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF ii Helena LABADIE was born on 15 Mar 1876 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nM iii Louis LABADIE was born on 3 May 1877 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF iv Mary Josephine LABADIE was born on 6 May 1880 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nAlexander LABADIE [Parents] was born on 17 Mar 1847 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Philomene Margaret PITRE about 1871.\nPhilomene Margaret PITRE [Parents] was born in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died . She married Alexander LABADIE about 1871. Philomene was baptized on 21 Sep 1848 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nM i Alexander Anthony LABADIE\nM ii Peter Columbus LABADIE was born on 25 Feb 1875 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM iii Albert George LABADIE was born on 8 May 1877 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF iv Elizabeth Felicity LABADIE was born on 3 Apr 1881 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nM v John William LABADIE was born on 13 May 1883 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM vi Michael Philip LABADIE was born on 17 Oct 1885 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM vii Julian LABADIE was born on 17 Aug 1889 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died on 17 Aug 1889 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He was buried on 18 Aug 1889 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nCharles LABADIE [Parents] was born on 17 Feb 1852 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Ann Veronica CICOTTE on 25 Feb 1873 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nAnn Veronica CICOTTE [Parents] was born in 1855. She died . She married Charles LABADIE on 25 Feb 1873 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nM i James Robert LABADIE was born on 9 Jun 1874 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF ii Victoria Elizabeth LABADIE was born on 1 Apr 1876 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She died .\nM iii Francis Louis LABADIE was born on 2 Jun 1877 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM iv Claude Hyacinthe LABADIE was born on 29 Jun 1879 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He was buried on 26 Oct 1886 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nM v Benjamin Albert LABADIE was born on 6 Oct 1881 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nM vi Hyacinthe Henry LABADIE was born on 6 Apr 1884 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .\nF vii Eleonora Aurelia LABADIE was born on 30 Jun 1885 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. She was buried on 5 Aug 1885 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nOliver LABADIE [Parents] was born on 1 May 1854 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died . He married Elizabeth DUBEAU on 8 Sep 1880 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nElizabeth DUBEAU was born on 3 May 1857. She died . She married Oliver LABADIE on 8 Sep 1880 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan.\nM i Anthony Joseph LABADIE was born on 20 May 1881 in St. Francis Xavier, Ecorces, Wayne County, Michigan. He died .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 9415, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 185.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chandlersoffice.com/2017/02/27/starting-a-small-business-in-colorado-a-beginners-guide-to-sales-tax-reporting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:31Z", "digest": "sha1:WAQKCXSPDLJQ625PRFIQIMFVIK7MGMKE", "length": 3120, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "chandlersoffice.com", "title": "Starting A Small Business In Colorado? A Beginner's Guide To Sales Tax Reporting - home office tax issues", "raw_content": "If you're planning to start a small business in Colorado selling anything, you've probably wondered what your responsibilities regarding taxes might be. Sales tax is something most Colorado entrepreneurs have to deal with, but it doesn't have to be as intimidating as you may think. Here's a quick guide to handling your Colorado sales tax obligations.\nWho Do You Charge? Colorado's sales tax system is based on the idea of \"nexus\" -- the physical location your business sells from. Most small or home businesses have one nexus: their sales space or inventory location where things are shipped from. When your nexus is in the same jurisdiction(s) -- state, county, city, or special taxing district -- as the customer's nexus (location), you would charge them the appropriate sales tax. For example, a seller in Fort Collins who delivers to a buyer in Loveland shares two jurisdictions: state and county. The Colorado Department of Revenue provides a list of taxing jurisdictions (you may be subject to more than one) and whether you can report their taxes to the state or if you must report to the jurisdiction directly (contact info is also helpfully included).\nHow Can You Calculate the Tax? If you're a stationary seller, you will likely simply need to learn the sales tax rates applicable to your home location. If you sell online or at other locations, you can look up several officially recommended providers whose websites can help you determine which of the 4 jurisdictions you share with your customer (based on the address) and how much to charge for each applicable sales tax. Simply look up any long-distance customers by address and use these rates to collect the correct tax.\nHow Do You Report? You can apply for a sales tax license through the Department of Revenue website. In addition, the actual tax is reported on Form DR 0100. Based on the amount of expected sales tax due, you are required to file either monthly, quarterly, or annually. Returns are due on the 20th of each following month. The easiest way to file is through the Department of Revenue's online system, but you can also drop off Forms DR 0100 to a local office throughout the state or mail it in.\nWhere Can You Learn More? The Department of Revenue offers free, two-hour sales tax classes at various times. These classes are small and very hands-on, so you can learn the basics of how to calculate the taxes necessary and how to fill out the DR 0100 reporting form. You will do sample returns and have the opportunity to ask questions during and after the class if you have specific concerns about your own business.\nIf you have multiple locations or sell items that may be exempt to some sales tax rules, you may benefit from working with an accountant who has experience in small business accounting and tax reporting. Because there can be penalties and fines for not reporting correctly, it's best to be sure you understand the system and can have confidence that you're meeting all your taxing requirements. Then, you can focus on making money at your new business. To learn more, contact an accountant like Don Lamb CPA Inc P.S.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 3951, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 275.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chase-what-matters.com/the-dream-box-project-september-drive/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:56Z", "digest": "sha1:BTGFQTLHPPZP6C2UF5L37ZTZOA26N6QX", "length": 895, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "chase-what-matters.com", "title": "Chase What Matters | The Dream Project \u2013 Because Every Child Matters", "raw_content": "The Dream Project \u2013 Because Every Child Matters\nPosted in Dream Project\tby\tDenise Logan\nWe had an amazing opportunity to join forces with 350 entrepreneurs to pack boxes for 500 kids living in long-term foster care in Chicago, IL.\nSome of these children have been in and out of more foster homes more times than you could imagine. Many of them don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to feel truly loved and cared for. And frankly, that breaks our heart.\nOf the original 350 volunteers, 25 helped deliver boxes, with some coming from as far afield as Toronto, Vancouver and Florida. All of us shared one common goal: to put a smile on these children\u2019s faces.\nWe had a huge pizza party with the kids and had a blast getting to know them all.\nYou can read more about our trip in Denise\u2019s article for Medium.com: \u201cA True Tale of No Child Left Behind . . . Helping Older Children in Foster Care Know They Matter.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 273.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chefenvy.com/?p=11432", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:58Z", "digest": "sha1:ASRMPWGZR2S4ZKKZMV2E6K37DIQM2AF5", "length": 252, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "chefenvy.com", "title": "How do I make my sushi not stick to my containers? | ChefEnvy Free songs", "raw_content": "How do I make my sushi not stick to my containers?\nSo I\u2019ve been making bento box\u2019s for a week and something I\u2019ve noticed is that no matter what I just can\u2019t seem to not make my sushi stick to the bottom or sides of the box. Reading More May Cause Envy\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 2504, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 336.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chembl.blogspot.com/2011/05/molecular-databases-and-molecule.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:41Z", "digest": "sha1:NBKZFXJHV2HXZXTHJ5SKQZTROYZVCP2X", "length": 6242, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "chembl.blogspot.com", "title": "The ChEMBL-og: Molecular Databases and Molecule Complexity - Part 3", "raw_content": "Molecular Databases and Molecule Complexity - Part 3\nSo we can run some numbers, to get an idea of the scale of the issue, and then draw things together (in the next post) with a couple of things we are thinking of ourselves to do in ChEMBL.\nStereocenters\nFor a molecule stored in a database with a single undefined sp3 stereocenter, there are two possible distinct physical molecules (enantiomers), remember some properties are invariant w.r.t. the stereochemistry (e.g. logP) others aren't (e.g. binding energy to a receptor). As further undefined stereocenters are introduced, the number of possibilities increases as a simple combinatoric product. For three stereocenters, there are therefore 2**3 = 8 possibilities. There are a number of programs available to perform this stereo-enumeration - including stereoplex.\nEnumeration of possible tautomers is a complex issue, and there has to be introduced the concept of an energy difference (which will reflect how frequent that tautomer occurs) - however the energy difference between two tautomers is crucially dependent on solvation and stabilisation of a particular tautomer by complexation in a binding site, so it is a not trivial task to treat this matter both comprehensively and accurately. There is probably an interesting average scaling of the number of 'reasonable tautomers' as a function of molecular weight for typical drug like molecules in a database such as ChEMBL (we just haven't looked yet). However, it is an area of active research, and there are many tools available to treat these systems - including MN.TAUTOMER.\nIonizable centers\nAs per tautomers there is the concept of reasonableness that needs to be applied here - in theory, benzene can act as both a base and an acid, but the pKb and pKa will be so outside the range encountered in what we currently understand as life-like conditions that it is irrelevant (the pKa of benzene is ~43). However, for molecules with 'regular' basic and acidic groups, there will be two (or more) states for each ionizable centers. There can be multiple states for some functional groups (e.g. polyprotic acids), such as phosphates which will have multiple pKa values, reflecting increasing levels of overall charge. These charge effects will greatly affect binding to a target. A further complicating factor is that the pKa of molecules is often perturbable by their molecular environment, and this shifting of 'standard' pKa values is often a defining feature of catalytic residues in enzymes.\nHowever, for simple groups such as carboxylic acids, there are two states, and for simple aliphatic amines there are two states to be considered. These combine again in a combinatorial fashion, so a molecule with a simple basic and simple acidic center will have four possible states.\nA key feature in dealing with the treatment of the ionization state of a molecule from a normalised chemical database is via prediction of the pKa/pKb of a molecule. There are many tools available to do this - including ACD/PhysChem Suite.\nTo further complicate things, the calculation of pKa/Pkb depends on the tautomers that the calculation is performed on.\nConformational flexibility\nIt is tempting to think of storing three-dimensional structures for molecules, since this information can be used in tasks such as docking of a library of rigid molecules to a receptor, or the generation of pharmacophores from a set of molecules that are known to bind to a receptor. However, in general the number of possible conformers is very large, and when combined with the additional complexities above of undefined stereocenters, tautomers, ionizable centers makes this a very challenging task. To give an idea of the complexity, two sp3-sp3 bonds will have three energy minima around that bond; as the number of rotatable bonds is increased, there will be an approximate combinatoric product, so for three independent sp3-sp3 rotatable bonds there will be 3**3 = 27 plausible conformers. Again these will have different energies (and therefore population frequencies), but again these energies are crucially dependent on tautomers, ionization and the solvent/receptor environment. It is complicated.\nA very widely used estimate of the conformational flexibility of a molecule, and the implied entropic cost of ordering a flexible molecule on binding to a receptor, is the number of rotatable bonds.\nAgain there are many tools for the generation of reasonable three-dimensional conformers for a molecule - including CORINA.\nSo there is therefore a scale of complexity, molecules that are rigid, have no tautomeric forms, are not acids or bases and have completely defined (or no) stereochemistry are unambiguous, and can be safely used from a database like ChEMBL for things like docking. It is also possible to calculate a variety of descriptors for these molecules, and these calculations will be 'robust'. However it is important to appreciate that many property calculation methods require the selection of a single representative structure from the set of possibles.\nOther molecules are more complex, and to obtain a physically relevant structure (or set of low energy structures), may require substantial processing/enumeration, the number of possible physical forms can easily extend into hundreds for drug-like molecules; for example, the simple molecule below, has 96 possible forms to consider for something like docking (and this ignores the very large number of conformational states from the 10 rotatable bonds in the structure, which alone are about 3**10 or over 59,000 'states').\nAn annotated form of the points of interest in this molecule is\nIn the next post, we will try and bring this together in the context of the ChEMBL database, and how we normalise our chemical structures on registration, and also how we calculate our descriptors, and some of the assumptions we make in this process.\nThe image above comes from the ever inspiring xkcd.\nLoving this series; it's good reading material for people starting in cheminformatics! And I'm very much looking forward to the next post! Particularly, your description on how to deal with mixture drugs!\nBeware that the stereochemistry of the 2 centers shown as known may not be absolute!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 303, "original_length": 13128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 312.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chiropractormilwaukieoregon.com/new-patient-center/health-resources/back-surgery-.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:41Z", "digest": "sha1:BKNQ3RO46H5R2ARDOYBJRAM7NHJYD4MN", "length": 1028, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "chiropractormilwaukieoregon.com", "title": "Fast Pain Relief!-Back In Shape Chiropractic-Milwaukie Oregon Chiropractor. :: Back Surgery? 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The article does not mention Chiropractic, but does talk about conservative care being the first choice.\nIf you are looking for a chiropractor in the Milwaukie, Happy Valley, Clackamas, Portland, Oregon area as a way to avoid back surgery, Dr. Segal would be happy to assist you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2620, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 229.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chitrolekha.com/emilia-onuegbus-cartoons/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:22Z", "digest": "sha1:2OHCNXWRWXWQUIADWCUIN3UOF3S7AFI7", "length": 6550, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "chitrolekha.com", "title": "A Critical Study of Emilia Onuegbu\u2019s Cartoons - The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design A Critical Study of Emilia Onuegbu\u2019s Cartoons - The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design", "raw_content": "A Critical Study of Emilia Onuegbu\u2019s Cartoons\nFederal College of Education, Zaria, Nigeria\nAs the world continue to improve its civility to prove that both genders have equal capacity to display skill in various acts, a case in time fails at this. The Punch newspaper like any other has the knack for publishing strips that depict the style of each cartoonist. This style distinguishes each other from the other making it possible to tell the cartoonist apart from the other. This article reveals an act of plagiarism between a male and a female cartoonist that plagiarised, and covertly allowed other male colleagues to make strips with her name on it despite an evident inability in the particular female cartoonist to draw cartoons.\nKeywords: depiction, cartooning, originality\nThe cartooning scholarly field in Nigeria continues to grow with a narrow perspective brought to bear on cartoons. This narrow perspective is mostly based on political cartooning as though other issues cannot be raised effectively. The other perspectives such as anthropomorphic, gender, linguistic studies among others have saliently begun to be studied. Other perspectives include stylistic traditions practiced by various Nigerian newspapers extensively studied by Teju Olaniyan while other scholars like Oyin Medubi and Modupe Alimi focus on linguistics. It is worthy to note that most studies exclude the works of female cartoonists as though they did not practice the art form in the over seventy years of cartooning in Nigeria. Hart (1998) avers that\nMan has been making funny drawings since the beginning of time. Cave paintings are filled with lion-rips-hunter-to-shred gags, which, frankly, were a bit over the top but at least they had a premise. To learn about humor, a good question to ask is, what makes a drawing funny? An even better one is what techniques can I use to make my drawings funnier? Whatever happened to that lady who sang \u201cI will survive\u201d? is perhaps, the question of all\u2026\nThe two questions asked above definitely sets the tone for being able to make a funny cartoon albeit the genre Onuegbu made her strips in. He asserts that to practice cartooning, the would-be practitioner must study through a thoughtful and writing process that will characterise the planning of the strip the cartoonist intends to create. Perhaps, one of the down-sides of cartooning in Nigeria is the fact that it is not taught at any of the tiers of the nation\u2019s educational system. In an interview with Akila Jibrin on the 12th of March 2013 via text message, he holds that \u201cDrawing is the basic, then ability to exaggerate in an amusing way is the key (amusing drawings alone can pass the intended message). In addition to (Amusing) Drawing is dialogue (constructive and brief) which helps your readers to understand the message more clearer.\u201d However, the Fine Arts courses coupled with comic books imports continue to be the \u2018teaching-learning\u2019 materials relied upon by many, if not all that practice the art form, with or without a fine Arts background especially at the secondary and tertiary school levels. This article focuses on a female cartoonist that practiced the art form and used just a template to express various thoughts on children\u2019s witty way of life.\nAdejuwon and Alimi (2011: 66) add that \u201cPlanning of the cartoon frame is given a strong character of order, balance\u2026in weight distribution within the image area. This is attributable to the prominence given by the British Art School-influenced artists of the post-colonial era to order and placement of design elements within art compositions\u201d. This is borne out of the dedication informed by the acculturation that has made cartooning to find a foot-hold in the British society. In comparison to Nigeria, Medubi (2009: 211) avers that\nFrom the times of Lasekan to the today, cartooning has been appeared to be the hobby of the so-called cartoonists who have remained essentially painters, sculptors, graphic artists and so on, professions for which they are primarily trained. Not a single cartoonist has any formal training in cartooning, and as stated earlier, no art institution offers cartooning as a course. Thus, cartooning continues to be a by-product of artistic engagement and talents.\nThis might not be far from why it is difficult for the male artists to teach others what they do not have. It is therefore, on this premise important for cartoonists to hold workshops with the aid of foreign cartooning schools to teach cartooning in Nigeria so as to further improve on the skill.\nThe objective of the study is to reveal the unstated retrogression her cartooning practice was subjected to, without proper assistance and editorial supervision.\nThe purposive research method is adopted for the study since the subject is the only female that practiced the art form under a mannerism condoned when she worked in the Punch newspaper. The qualitative and descriptive research methods are also relied on to discuss her works as a pointer to the competence expected in the cartooning art form. The works presented in the study are randomly selected to fit the purpose of the study so as to reveal the cartooning experience she had in the Punch newspaper. An interview scheduled was used to find out why she used a template in all her works, and why there are works of her colleagues that look similar in their stylistic depiction with her works.\nAn archaeological perspective is relied on this study in the study since Carpenter (2012: 169) holds that \u201cArchaeology\u2019s emphasis on artifacts, especially its use of reverse engineering of the construction of artifacts to understand creative practices and social relations, has implications for the way in which cultural anthropologist address and theorise cultural production.\u201d This is aimed at learning out the secrecy that characterise the unwillingness of cartoonists to explain the underlying inspiration behind their works.\nData and narrative\nEmilia Onuegbu studied Law at the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus. She had started as an Illustrator with Letramed; a publishing company that also make comics, in Lagos while she was a final year student. She later moved to the Punch newspaper as a freelance cartoonist where she continued throughout her service year (NYSC). In being able to understand an artist\u2019s works it is important to speak with the artist about the inspiration and meaning of the work(s). The chance of getting a favourable response is usually very difficult when it comes to the field of cartooning\u2026Full Text PDF", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 10329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://christophergutierrez.org/shows/1148/american-crime/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:33Z", "digest": "sha1:STVGU5ZB2TUXG2JVFIZAXIXJ3BXN6MAU", "length": 18504, "nlines": 672, "source_domain": "christophergutierrez.org", "title": "American Crime Torrent Download - EZTV", "raw_content": "American Crime (2015) - TV Show\nAmerican Crime is an American anthology crime drama. The series centers on race, class and gender politics. 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In later times it is said to have been used by smugglers.\nThe Pilot house features in the short story 'The Old Men of the Twilight' by William Butler Yeats:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4420, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 133.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://circledesigngroup.com/cummins-global-distribution-headquarters-opens/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:41Z", "digest": "sha1:CZJVYPWVT365EELLY3O7VOGU4ASFZM5L", "length": 503, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "circledesigngroup.com", "title": "Cummins Global Distribution Headquarters Opens! \u2013 Circle Design Group", "raw_content": "Home/News/Cummins Global Distribution Headquarters Opens!\nOur firm was engaged to provide MEP services on this exciting downtown project and we are so very proud of it. This nine-story corporate office building, which opened in January 2017, houses approximately 450 Cummins employees in an inviting corporate atmosphere. It was our honor to serve Deborah Berke and Partners (New York) for first time, alongside Ratio Architects.\nIf you are in the downtown area, check it out! It\u2019s a beautiful building.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1828, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 301.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://clallam.net/DC2/qa.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:46Z", "digest": "sha1:M42OVFA5AIU2XL5WOTRSBQVPQ6D2LEWR", "length": 1675, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "clallam.net", "title": "District II Court - Questions and Answers", "raw_content": "I want to file a divorce, can I do that in your court?\nDistrict Court does not handle divorce cases. You would need to contact Clallam County Superior Court. You also may want to contact the courthouse facilitator, 360-417-2588, who may be able to assist you with forms and procedural advice.\nI have a green ticket and I want to come to court, how do I do that?\nRead the back of your ticket completely. Determine what kind of hearing you are seeking. Check the appropriate box, sign it and mail or bring it into our office within the 15 days. The court will then set a court date and notify you by mail.\nI received a warrant in the mail and I was wondering how to take care of it?\nWalk-in warrants are any Thursday (excluding holidays) at 1:30 pm. 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His background seems quite unfortunate (check out Wikipedia). The more man lost his hearing at an early age. Almost nothing of his is performed on the concert stage today, but thanks to recordings on label such as CPO (at least six discs), Dabringhaus und Grimm (at least four discs), Hyperion, Telos (complete solo piano music on three CDs), Altarus, TYXart, and the MSR label, we can at least hear some of his more important works. Apparently he really never made it big-time in his own lifetime. CPO has issued a new CD [555 107] of his works, including two two quintets (one with piano), something called Scene, Op. 69 for violin and piano.\nHere's Wikipedia at a click:\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Draeseke", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2695, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://clubs4uk.co.uk/gun/hertfordshire-potters-bar-gun-club.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:12Z", "digest": "sha1:JZU6MM332BS7DQQEPNXPECCVC3LBFDGI", "length": 1322, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "clubs4uk.co.uk", "title": "Potters Bar Gun Club", "raw_content": "Potters Bar Gun Club\nPotters Bar gun club in Hertfordshire should be a member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) of United Kingdom and the National Small-bore Rifle Association (NSRA).\nAsk also to speak to your local Potters Bar police firearms liaison officer, who will tell you what you need to fill those forms out to his or her satisfaction. They may also want to see a 'good reason' for you wanting a gun, such as membership of Potters Bar gun club or for pest control. They usually want to see that you will keep your gun or guns in a secure place, such as a steel gun cabinet bolted to a wall. You have to store ammunition separately.\nPeople who apply for a Firearm Certificate for a rifle or muzzle-loading pistol from 1 October 1997 need to be a member of a rifle or muzzle-loading pistol club approved by the Home Office or Scottish Office under the Firearms Acts if they intend to use the gun for target shooting only. Muzzle loaders are now the only legal useable handguns available to UK shooters (apart from the historic cartridge firing handguns kept at designated sites). However, in order to conduct your shooting you will need a supply of blackpowder which as a classified explosive, has its own restrictions requiring the acquisition of a blackpowder certificate from your Potters Bar police force.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 7157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 226.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cmesam.com/PubCMEDetails.aspx?id=17565", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:44Z", "digest": "sha1:FNMOCGNF26OC5WBA5KVIA6IVL4BQXMHJ", "length": 1418, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "cmesam.com", "title": "\"; // contentStr += \"", "raw_content": "The Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is federal legislation enacted by the United State Congress and signed into law by President Obama on April 16, 2015, intended to contain healthcare costs and to focus Medicare spending on the quality of services beneficiaries receive rather than the quantity of those services. MACRA repeals previous Medicare physician payment formulas, modifies and combines quality and information technology programs, and reauthorizes the 1997 State Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).\n\u2022\tCompare how Medicare reimburses physicians before and after MACRA\n\u2022\tDiscuss how Medicare intends to emphasize quality and cost in physician reimbursement through MACRA\n\u2022\tIdentify strategies to maximize physician reimbursement under MACRA\nChristopher J. Laney, JD, CHCQM is Assistant General Counsel for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and a member of the Government Programs practice group where he primarily supports BCBSM\u2019s Medicare Advantage and Part D drug plan lines of business. 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Insanity Now Mainstream\nIt is a point of supreme irony that those who profess to be the most devout Christians and Muslims are usually the ones who act in the LEAST Christian or Muslim way. I thought Christianity was about \"love thy neighbour\" not \"watch gleefully as thine neighbour is smited because he hath chosen to believe in something different than thee\". I tell you what, if there really is a God and all this talk of the \"rapture\" and the \"second coming\" is infact something other than the patent BULLSHIT I'm assuming it is, then I'm really sorry but God is a fucking asshole and doesn't deserve to be worshipped by me or anyone else!\nby Bill Moyers\nOne of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.\nTheology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a worldview despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the facts.\nRemember James Watt, President Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior? My favorite online environmental journal, the ever-engaging Grist, reminded us recently of how James Watt told the U.S. Congress that protecting natural resources was unimportant in light of the imminent return of Jesus Christ. In public testimony, he said, \"after the last tree is felled, Christ will come back.\"\nBeltway elites snickered. The press corps didn't know what he was talking about. But James Watt was serious. So were his compatriots out across the country. They are the people who believe the Bible is literally true - one-third of the American electorate, if a recent Gallup poll is accurate. In this past election several million good and decent citizens went to the polls believing in the rapture index.\nThat's right - the rapture index. Google it and you will find that the best-selling books in America today are the 12 volumes of the \"Left Behind\" series written by the Christian fundamentalist and religious-right warrior Timothy LaHaye. These true believers subscribe to a fantastical theology concocted in the 19th century by a couple of immigrant preachers who took disparate passages from the Bible and wove them into a narrative that has captivated the imagination of millions of Americans.\nIts outline is rather simple, if bizarre (the British writer George Monbiot recently did a brilliant dissection of it and I am indebted to him for adding to my own understanding): Once Israel has occupied the rest of its \"biblical lands,\" legions of the antichrist will attack it, triggering a final showdown in the valley of Armageddon.\nAs the Jews who have not been converted are burned, the messiah will return for the rapture. True believers will be lifted out of their clothes and transported to Heaven, where, seated next to the right hand of God, they will watch their political and religious opponents suffer plagues of boils, sores, locusts and frogs during the several years of tribulation that follow.\nI'm not making this up. Like Monbiot, I've read the literature. I've reported on these people, following some of them from Texas to the West Bank. They are sincere, serious and polite as they tell you they feel called to help bring the rapture on as fulfillment of biblical prophecy. That's why they have declared solidarity with Israel and the Jewish settlements and backed up their support with money and volunteers. It's why the invasion of Iraq for them was a warm-up act, predicted in the Book of Revelations where four angels \"which are bound in the great river Euphrates will be released to slay the third part of man.\" A war with Islam in the Middle East is not something to be feared but welcomed - an essential conflagration on the road to redemption. The last time I Googled it, the rapture index stood at 144 - just one point below the critical threshold when the whole thing will blow, the son of God will return, the righteous will enter Heaven and sinners will be condemned to eternal hellfire.\nSo what does this mean for public policy and the environment? Go to Grist to read a remarkable work of reporting by the journalist Glenn Scherer - \"The Road to Environmental Apocalypse.\" Read it and you will see how millions of Christian fundamentalists may believe that environmental destruction is not only to be disregarded but actually welcomed - even hastened - as a sign of the coming apocalypse.\nTopics: Armageddon, Iraq, Israel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 249, "original_length": 12066, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 267.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://conferences.ici.org/faqs/faq/mfs/faqs_mf_liquidity", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:54Z", "digest": "sha1:LU7JI3BSFZRSMLP2OJ6W5HXNP4RWJ6KU", "length": 5114, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "conferences.ici.org", "title": "ICI - Mutual Fund Liquidity: FAQs", "raw_content": "Home FAQs & Resource Centers Frequently Asked Questions Mutual Funds FAQs\nThe term liquidity can have several meanings. With respect to a particular asset, it may refer to an investor\u2019s (including a mutual fund\u2019s) ability to sell that asset, considering timeliness and cost. In this respect, the liquidity of different assets and asset classes varies (and is variable), and may be viewed as falling on a spectrum.\nIt also may refer to the overall liquidity of a mutual fund, and its ability to meet redemptions without significantly diluting the interests of remaining shareholders. At the fund level, liquidity risk assessment includes evaluating the liquidity of the fund\u2019s portfolio investments, along with other important factors, such as cash flow projections and outside funding sources.\nWhy is liquidity important to mutual funds?\nA defining feature of mutual funds is their daily redeemability. Open-end mutual fund shares are continuously offered for sale, and shareholders may redeem their shares on any business day. A fund must stand ready to meet these redemptions while also fulfilling ongoing obligations to its remaining shareholders, including the fund\u2019s duty to pursue its stated investment objective, strategies, and policies.\nHow do funds manage liquidity generally?\nFund managers have many ways to manage liquidity and meet redemption requests. Even when some fund investors are redeeming, others are buying\u2014and so funds usually have cash inflows from the proceeds of new fund share purchases. Funds gain additional cash on a regular basis from the maturation, prepayment, and calling of bonds (fixed-income funds in particular) and from interest and dividend payments that shareholders reinvest. Funds carefully manage their cash levels and holdings in other liquid investments to balance the need to meet both unanticipated redemption demands and the funds\u2019 investment objectives. Finally, funds\u2019 high levels of liquid investments mean that they can readily sell portfolio holdings to further enhance or maintain liquidity.\nAre there standards for liquidity that funds must meet?\nUnder the Investment Company Act of 1940, a fund has up to seven days to pay proceeds to shareholders who redeem shares; in practice, funds usually pay redemption proceeds even sooner, within one or two days of the redemption request. Because of this requirement, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued guidance that limits a fund\u2019s \u201cilliquid assets\u201d to 15 percent of the fund\u2019s net assets.[*] In October 2016, the SEC adopted a liquidity risk management program rule and related reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to mutual funds and open-end ETFs, which will supersede this current guidance and substantially enhance funds\u2019 regulatory obligations in this area.[\u2020] For most funds, the compliance dates for most of these new requirements is December 1, 2018 or June 1, 2019, depending on the requirement.\nDoes liquidity risk management differ for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs)?\nMutual funds customarily pay redemption proceeds to all shareholders (retail and institutional) in cash. By contrast, ETFs offer their shares to, and redeem them from, authorized participants (APs)\u2014typically, large financial institutions. Retail investors then buy and sell ETF shares on an exchange, much as they buy or sell any listed equity security. Compared to mutual funds, ETFs are far more likely to meet redemption requests from APs in kind\u2014that is, by distributing portfolio investments (instead of cash) in exchange for ETF shares. In-kind redemptions have the effect of transferring any liquidity risk associated with the distributed portfolio investments from the ETF to the AP. Consequently, the liquidity risk management practices of mutual funds and ETFs may differ somewhat. The SEC recognizes this in its liquidity risk management program rule, which imposes different requirements on mutual funds and ETFs.\nHow successful have funds been in managing liquidity and meeting shareholder redemptions?\nMutual funds have had a history of successfully managing liquidity and meeting shareholder redemptions since the enactment of the Investment Company Act in 1940. Sound liquidity management practices have developed not only in response to legal and regulatory requirements, but also as intrinsically important elements of portfolio and risk management. Thus, liquidity management is a constant area of focus for portfolio managers, traders, risk managers, and legal and compliance personnel, and part of a fund board\u2019s oversight of a fund\u2019s compliance and portfolio management. These liquidity risk management practices will continue to evolve, as funds implement the SEC\u2019s requirements adopted in 2016.\n[*] Revisions of Guidelines to Form N-1A, SEC Release No. IC-18612, 57 Fed. Reg. 9828 (March 20, 1992).\n[\u2020] Investment Company Liquidity Risk Management Programs, SEC Release No. IC-32315, 81 Fed. Reg. 82142 (Nov. 18, 2016). 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Luckily her mother saw her passion and signed her up for classes at Artstogether.\nFisher went on to pursue her passion for the arts as a member of the Musical Theater program at Northwestern University in Chicago. After graduation, she went on to perform and teach in the Midwestern and Northeastern regions for many years. Eventually she went back to school and received a Masters in Educational Theater from New York University and Masters in Special Education from George Mason University. While in graduate school, she had the honor of working with the Royal Shakespeare Company to create a performance of The Tempest with students on the autism spectrum. In Brazil and Puerto Rico, Fisher also studied, facilitated, and created works of art focused on the Augusto Boal's Theater of the Oppressed. Her plays were also workshoped and produced on the NYU campus.\nFisher believes passionately in the importance of the arts to empower and inspire young people. Most recently, she was the Arts Education Specialist for Arlington Public Schools in Virginia where she worked to ensure all students had access to the magic of the arts. She is looking forward to an exciting year of creating, problem solving, and collaborating with her students.\nemail: sfisher2@wcpss.net\nphone: 919-856-7637 - Office 919-856-7643 - Fax\nTwitter: @Artsedfisher", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2268, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 185.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://content.indiopd.org/CORP.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:15Z", "digest": "sha1:SHC5LIRFVJROXL4EMBIM37XIOW7XZB6H", "length": 3278, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "content.indiopd.org", "title": "Indio PD CORP", "raw_content": "Community Outreach Resource Program\nCommunity Outreach Resource Program (CORP)- The City of Indio and the Indio Police Department staff consistently work on researching and identifying ways to assist those citizens who are sometimes the most in need of social and governmental services. Recently, the Police Department worked with local and regional stakeholders, including social services providers, the Riverside Country District Attorneys and Public Defenders Office, courts, probation, mental health, and several other non-profit private organizations to formulate a Community Outreach Court, which will allow low level pending criminal matters to be dismissed after successfully completing a series of established programs, designed to help reform and integrate them back into the community as a productive and contributing member of society.\nCORP Community Partners\nABC Recovery Center...........................................................................................(760) 342-6616\nArizona State University........................................................................................(480) 965-2100\nCoachella Valley Rescue Mission..........................................................................(760) 347-3512\nFIND Food Bank..................................................................................................(760) 775-3663\nHealth to Hope Clinics .........................................................................................(951) 595-4444\nIndio Police Department........................................................................................(760) 807-3449\nLighthouse Social Service Centers.........................................................................(760) 347-4741\nMartha's Village and Kitchen................................................................................ (760) 863-8216\nRiverside County Indigent Defense Program............................................................(951) 955-1110\nRiverside County Probation Department..................................................................(760) 863-8221\nRiverside County Law Offices of the Public Defender................................................(760) 863-8231\nRiverside County Department of Public Social Services............................................(760) 863-2900\nRiverside County Department of Mental Health........................................................(760) 863-8455\nRiverside County Mental Health Board, Desert Region.............................................(760) 951-7141\nSuperior Court of California, Riverside County..........................................................(760) 393-2617\nThe Narrow Door..................................................................................................(760) 775-6200\nIndio Police Department's Office of Community Safety has created and distributed CORP educational material for display by community partners. If you would like to display a CORP poster(s) at your business or community organization please contact the Office of Community Safety at 760-342-4063 ext. 4020 or via email at icarrillo@indiopd.org. 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It serves as an introduction to knowledge, research, and application of skills necessary for helping others with health behavior changes, while creating healthier environments in the home, school, workplace, and community.\nBrandi Niemeier\nThis is a web based course. 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UWC PhD Student to attend Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau\nb. UWC, Associate Professor, Isabella M Venter visits University of Eastern Finland\nVUT Annual Research Awards:\nWORKSHOP OF THE \"OFF THE BEATEN TRACK FIELD SCHOOL 2015\" - Honeybee-Culture in Gozo and Malta\nUppsala - Zennstr\u00f6m climate professorship to Doreen Stabinsky\nAfrica: Building Universities Cannot Wait for Good Governance\nLeadership [Views from the Top]\nRESEARCH & INNOVATION:\nUniversity of Botswana (UB) - Socio-economic & environmental impacts of Jatropha cultivation and biodiesel production in Botswana (2013-2016).\nUniversity of Gothenburg - Durability of oral hypoglycemic agents in drug na\u00efve patients with type 2 diabetes:\na. UP -Discovery leads to patenting and international demand\nb. Department of Nuclear Medicine lauded by the International Atomic Energy Agency\nUWC - Department of Biotechnology - Research Interests and Current Projects\nScientists can now predict breast cancer in four out of five cases\na. New method can predict breast cancer two to five years before it occurs.\nb. How different are we on the inside?\nc. Sweden\u2019s view of what makes ideal parents\nMAH - New technique improves the adhesion of the ceramic tooth replacement\nUEF - Finnish breakthrough in Alzheimer\u2019s research\nb. Department of Physics: Nanosciences employed in the battle of big C:\na. Uppsala - New biomarker for uterine cancer discovered\nb. Uppsala Health Summit on Antibiotic Resistance to follow decision by WHO\nc. Uppsala - How does climate change affect biodiversity?\nBook Offer - \u2018Teaching in a Digital Age\u2019 now ready and available\nThe University of Eastern Finland Welcomes Southern African Students and Scholar\nUEF Kuopio Campus in Winter\nThe University of Eastern Finland, UEF is one of the largest research universities in Finland. The university was established in 2010, as the result of the merger of the former University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio. Today UEF has 15,000 students and 2,800 members of staff on its three campuses in Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna. The four faculties of the university \u2013 Philosophical Faculty, Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies place a special emphasis on interdisciplinarity . Teaching is offered in more than 100 major subjects. Read more:\nUEF\u2019s long-term African partner universities within the SANORD network include, among others, North-West University, University of KwaZuluNatal, University of Limpopo, and University of Namibia. In addition, cooperation has been taking place without formal agreements with several other SANORD members, e.g. Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropole University, Rhodes University, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, University of Pretoria, and the University of the Western Cape. Current areas of research and educational cooperation include, for example, Applied Education, Biblical Studies, Child Law, Computer Science, Demographic Studies, Fine Particle and Aerosol Technology, Education Law, Educational Technology, Environmental History, Forest Biotechnology, Geography, Health Technology, International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy, and Public Health.\nOne of the \u201cimports\u201d from Southern Africa to Eastern Finland is the annual SciFest Joensuu, the international Science and Technology festival, which has been taking place in the wooden Joensuu Arena every April since 2007. The inspiration for this event, organised jointly by the Joensuu Science Society, UEF, enterprises, and national and local authorities, was the SciFest Africa taking place in Grahamstown, South Africa. Thousands of children, youngsters and scholars from all the world participate in the workshops of the Joensuu SciFest. The theme of this year\u2019s festival is the \"Power of Light\". Read more:\n\"Hosting High-Level Researchers\" of the French National Research Agency: Deadline: 29 May 2015.\nThis funding instrument is open to scientists from all scientific fields and enables researchers from any country to carry out an ambitious research project in a reputable institution in France. The ANR funding is designed to help French laboratories fulfil their role as host and researchers to conduct their research. Read more:\nProf Azwinndini Muronga: Director of the Science Centre; Prof Debra Meyer, Dean: Faculty of Science; Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture Ms Rejoice Thizwilondi Mabudafhasi & Prof Ihron Rensburg: Vice-Chancellor of UJ\nProf Debra Meyer is the new Executive Dean of the Faculty of Science, with effect from January 2015.\nThe returns on higher education are growing globally and they are highest in Africa, Claudia Costin, a senior director at the World Bank, told the African Higher Education Summit. There is an urgent need for Africa to build quality and capacity in universities and to create skills that remain on the continent \u2013 and public investment is central.And so it was that a Brazilian academic rang the final death knell on a controversial former World Bank policy widely blamed for decimating higher education across the continent. Read more:\nACCRA - Ending the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is a difficult task, but it is \"within our reach\", the UN's new mission chief of Ebola said, warning that the world has no choice but to beat back the infection. \"This is a global crisis. We definitely have a difficult time ahead of us, but we can achieve it,\" Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the new head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), said on arrival in Ghana on Saturday. Read more:\nBy Njonjo Kihuria:\nScholars are calling for enhanced harmonisation of higher education in Africa to ensure effective development in the continent.\nA summit aimed at revitalising higher education for Africa's future that was held in Senegal last month was presented with a policy brief that explores the pitfalls of insufficient harmonisation. It stresses the urgency in aligning continental higher education agendas within a framework of sustainable development.. Read more:\nProf Jan Kramers and Dr Herman van Niekerk from the Department of Geology, together with their Masters student Pedro Boshoff and the Speleological Exploration Club (SEC) are involved in the exploration and study of this spectacular cave system which is situated between Lenasia and Potchefstroom. This cave system is not only spectacular due to its tremendous depth and size, but also because it is highly likely that the cave system was formed in direct response to geological structures (low angle thrust faults and joint sets) that originated as a result of the Vredefort meteorite impact that took place about two Billion years ago. This cave system therefore exhibits very good evidence for \u201cimpact induced speleogenesis\u201d. Faculty of Science March 2015 Newsletter, Read more:\nView from the bottom of the sinkhole that leads to the cave\nThe Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting is a prestigious annual global conference where young up-and-coming scientists can interact first-hand with Nobel Laureates. This year, a record-breaking 70 Nobelists will be attending the 65th meeting from 28 June to 3 July 2015 in Lindau, Germany, transferring knowledge to 672 of the world\u2019s young researchers - including University of the Western Cape PhD student Didam Duniya.\nDidam, who hails from Nigeria, wa\u200b\u200b\u200bs jointly nominated to attend by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Germany, and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) for his work in astrophysics. Under the supervision of UWC Physics Professor - and SKA Research Chair - Roy Maartens, Didam is working on the effects of Einstein\u2019s Theory of General Relativity in galaxy surveys. Read more:\nPicture: The candidate, his family and Isabella Venter at a resort near the Russian border. Isabella M Venter, Associate Professor in Departmental Chair of Computer Science at University of the Western Cape was invited in December 2014 to act as an opponent for a PhD student. It is a public and televised defense of the doctoral student's thesis.\nShe was also expected to give a public lecture during her stay and this was based on work she did with two colleagues: 2015 Venter IM, Blignaut, RJ and Renaud, K. Skills required to design mobile interfaces for diverse users. University of Eastern Finland School of Computing Seminar Series. Joensuu, Finland, 28 January 2015.\nProf K C Moloi acknowledged for dedication and commitment towards producing research that matters.\nHosted by: University of Leuven (Belgium)\nThe aim of the workshop is to gain and exchange experiences in anthropological and interdisciplinary research on topics concerning beekeeping: Session dates: June 10, 2015 - June 29, 2015 July 4, 2015 - July 23, 2015 July 28, 2015 - August 16, 2015. Read more:\nClimate researcher Doreen Stabinsky will be Uppsala University\u2019s first holder of the Zennstr\u00f6m Visiting Professorship in Climate Change Leadership. She is to take up the position on February 1st and contribute to the establishment of an environment that will be unique, both in Sweden and internationally.\nVAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (VUT):\nHow effective is our teaching in our classes - written by Prof. K. Moloi\nThere is much debate within the higher education community on how teaching or teaching effectiveness may be defined. For instance, Centra (1993:42), defines effective teaching as that which produces beneficial and purposeful student learning through the use of appropriate procedures. Braskamp and Ory, (1994:40) define effective teaching as the creation of situations in which appropriate learning occurs and shaping those situations is what successful teachers have learned to do effectively. Read more:\nBy Nick Ishmael Perkins\nInvesting in Africa's higher education sector will build momentum for a virtuous cycle of better governance.The case for investment in research at tertiary institutions in developing countries is relatively easy to make. Last week 500 delegates from an impressive array of sectors and institutions gathered in Dakar, Senegal, for the inaugural African Higher Education Summit, to discuss revitalising such investment in Africa. From the outset, the level of intent was so high it was almost over\u00adconfident. Nkosazana Dlamini\u00adZuma, chair of the Africa Union Commission, declared at the opening plenary that it would be the most important gathering of Africans anywhere, on any opic, this year.\nThe conference organisers put forward an impressive list of 17 \"expected outcomes\". [1] Discussions on the first day covered a mix of the usual challenges for low income countries, such as funding. The debate also included well\u00adrehearsed ambitions, such as creating knowledge economies, as well as intriguing new initiatives, including public\u00ad-private partnerships. Read more:\nEmbracing Failure to Spur Success: A New Collaborative Innovation Model:\nDespite all this healthy respect for failure on our campuses,\nwe tend to shun it in academic administration. Read more:\nUniversity of Cape Town: AngioDesign together with his University of Cape Town (UCT) colleague Sylva Schwager and Professor Ravi Acharya and Dr Ramanathan Natesh based at Bath University, Prof Edward Sturrock published the first three-dimensional structure of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) in Nature in 2003. Their breakthrough created enormous interest from the international scientific and medical communities at the time, as over the years numerous high-profile research teams had tried \u2013 and failed \u2013 to map the enigmatic enzyme. Read more:\nDepartment : Okavango Research Institute Researcher : Prof. Donald L. Kgathi\nThis study will focus on the opportunities and risks of Jatropha production and use from a socio-economic and environmental viewpoint. The specific research objectives are as follows: 1) To assess the implications of the use of land for Jatropha cultivation on land rights for farm households. 2) To examine the potential impacts of Jatropha production and use on the local economy (e.g. household income generation, access to energy, education and other non-financial benefits 3) To examine potential financial costs and benefits associated with the production and use of Jatropha. 4) To assess the overall environmental balance of benefits and disbenefits of biodiesel production from J. curcas production such as those on biodiversity, water use, energy balances, and life cycle-based greenhouse gas emissions analysis. 5) To determine the potential contribution of the production and use of Jatropha biodiesel to energy security and the national economy.\nReport from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR).\nAuthors: Nils Ekstr\u00f6m, Ann-Marie Svensson, Mervete Miftaraj, Andersson Karolina Sundell, Jan Cederholm Bj\u00f6rn Zethelius, Bj\u00f6rn Eliasson & Soffia Gudbj\u00f6rnsdottir. Read more:\nThe recent UP discovery of a novel compound holds so much promise that some of the world\u2019s leading scientists and pharmaceutical companies want to get involved in its future development. Dr Candice van Wyk and Dr Francien Botha, of the School of Dentistry and the Phytomedicine Programme of the Department of Paraclinical Sciences respectively, managed to isolate a compound from the plant extract of a common tree in South Africa that is proving to have miraculous anti-fungal properties. The compound is showing particular effect in treating fungal infections like candidiasis, an infection that often targets immune-compromised people. Read more:\nDr Francien Botha\nDr Candice van Wyk\nThe Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pretoria (UP), which collaborates with Steve Biko Academic Hospital, received accolades from the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr Yukiya Amano, who recognised the Department for its extensive research into improving the lives of cancer patients and the training offered to medical nuclear physicists from the African region. Read more:\nA biotechnologist is a scientist who studies all aspects of life. Biotechnologists create or improve products and processes involving biologically based materials. Every day, biotechnologist\u2019s findings are critical to research and application in health, industrial, agricultural and environmental sciences. They contribute significantly to the quality of life. To conduct their studies, biotechnologists combine the techniques of microbiology, genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, physiology, physics, ecology and pathology. The many accomplishments of biotechnologists have significantly affected our lives. Read more:\nIn a new study, scientists have devised a new method which enables them to predict if you will develop breast cancer within the next two to five years.\n\"This method is better than mammography, which can of course only be used where the disease has already developed,\u201d says Rasmus Bro, co-author of the study and professor of chemometrics at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen. Read more:\nWe vary quite a lot on the inside and that can be a blessing. For instance, if you have a large liver you can save more than one life.\nHow significant are the individual differences inside us? We have different noses and the size and colour of our eyes vary. But do our intestines, kidneys, hearts and livers look alike? Or do their sizes, weight and colours differ from one person to another? We asked Inge Morild, a pathologist and professor at the University of Bergen.\nOur organs come in many colours and shapes, explains Professor and Pathologist Inge Morild.\n\u201cInternal differences are just as big as external ones, both in shape and size. There are also a variety of colours,\u201d says Morild.\nMost of us have the same basic \u201cgear\u201d and everything is placed in the same internal spots. But already at birth this body equipment differs individually. The size, shape and colour of internal organs can vary. Read more:\nThe ideal parents see children as bringing meaning to their lives. What does it mean to be a good mom or dad? Our notions of what makes good parents can be revealed based on an unusual source: the reports made on potential adoptive parents who want a second child. The reports present an unambiguous picture of the adoptive parents, says Cecilia Lindgren, a Swedish researcher at the Department of Thematic Studies \u2013 Child Studies at Link\u00f6ping University in Sweden who has studied how Swedish social workers describe the good parent. Read more:\nPRESS RELEASE. A new patented technology, developed at Malm\u00f6 University, increases the ability to attach ceramic material to replace lost tooth structure. One of the researchers behind the new technology is Evaggelia Papia, doctoral and dental technician at the Department of Material Science and Technology.\n- With the help of glass particles, we have developed a surface structure that allows the ceramic denture to attach well on teeth using cement, she says.\nEvaggelia Papia\npdh-student, dental technician\nE-mail: evaggelia.papia@mah.se\nThere are several different materials used to replace teeth or tooth substance. There is also a continuous development to improve these materials. A clear trend in recent years is that more and more dentists use so-called all-ceramic restorations. But there can be problems getting the material to adhere, which is due to the surface of the ceramic tooth replacement is smooth, homogeneous and chemically inactive.\n- It is good for the patient because it is difficult for plaque to attach on a smooth surface. But the downside is that it is difficult to attach the denture without having to grind on existing teeth, says Evaggelia Papia. Read more:\nA research team at the University of Eastern Finland has made a significant genetic variant discovery. As a result of an international collaborative project, the team has identified mutations in the ABCA7 gene that double the risk of developing Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\nThe genetic variant discovered by the University of Eastern Finland doubles the risk of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Professor Hilkka Soininen explained in an interview with Yle that this finding is ten times more significant than the other recent genetic variant research findings related to Alzheimer\u2019s disease. A research team at the University of Eastern Finland has made a significant genetic variant discovery. . Read more:\nRESEARCH AT UFS:\na. Department of Chemistry:\nProf Jeanet Conradie, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of the Free State (UFS), has received the Merck Medal for 2014 from the South African Chemistry Institute (SACI), for her paper Redox potentials of ligands and complexes. A DFT approach, S. Afr. J. Chem. 2011, 64, 203-209. Dr Karel von Eschwege, the co-author of the paper is also from the Department of Chemistry. Read more:\nProf Jeanet Conradie and Dr Karel von Eschwege.\nProf Martin Ntwaeaborwa of the Department of Physics is in the race to find less invasive treatment for the big C, cancer. His research focuses also on the study of luminescent nanomaterials in powder and thin film forms for application in light-emitting diodes, displays, solar cells and photodynamic therapy (treatment of cancer). In 2009 he received NSTF\u2019s National Young Researcher award and the Young Researcher award from the American Vacuum Society in 2010. Read more:\nResearchers at Uppsala University have, together with researchers from Turku and Bergen, discovered a new biomarker which makes it possible to identify women with uterine cancer who have a high risk of recurrence. The findings were recently published in the journal Gynecologic Oncology. Read more:\nShortly after the World Health Organization's (WHO) global action plan on antibiotic resistance has been adopted in May 2015, researchers, politicians and representatives from public health organizations and the pharmaceutical industry will gather in Uppsala, Sweden, to discuss the most urgent next steps. Read more:\nHow does climate change affect species\u2019 abundance and spread? This is a key question in climate debate which is hard to answer without information about a species\u2019 natural variation. Now, researchers at Uppsala University for the first time are able to paint a detailed picture of natural variation in a large study published today in leading scientific journal Current Biology. Read more:\nIT\u2019S OPEN! IT\u2019S FREE! IT\u2019S ONLINE! IT\u2019S READY! Read more:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 23427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 290.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://createsend.com/t/t-89B80371E14B7581", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:13Z", "digest": "sha1:MIFZHH3HF4EMB2TIJRBBJIQK3HNUGKBN", "length": 5701, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "createsend.com", "title": "CEP Newsletter", "raw_content": "Japan in full preparation for the 3rd World Congress on Probation\nAfter having taken the initiative for the First International Congress on Probation (London 2013) and a successful Second World Congress on Community Corrections (Los Angeles 2015), CEP was very pleased to learn that the Rehabilitation Services of Japan will organise the Third World Congress on Probation in 2017. It is time to see how Japan is preparing for this big event. That is why CEP did an interview with Akiko Tashiro. One of the organisers of the Third World Congress on Probation.\nClick here to read the interview >>\nThe Criminal Justice Platform is launching a new event in Barcelona July 2017. The focus will be on developing practice. Expert practitioners will be running courses for colleagues from across Europe.\nCross Border Workshop( 21-22 September 2017, Utrecht, Netherlands)\nIn order to be able to organise European Framework Decision 829, it is important to share knowledge and experience. For this reason, The International Office of the Dutch Probation Service (Bureau Buitenland) in cooperation with the Public Prosecutor will organize a Cross Border Workshop on the 21st and 22nd of September.\nThe five stages of prisoner reentry\nIoan Durnescu, former CEP Board Member and professor and researcher at the Bucharest University, wrote a paper on the five stages of reentry that prisoners go through after they get released from prison. The research was done on 58 former prisoners from the Jilava prison in Bucharest.\nRead his paper and an interview with Ioan Durnescu here >>\nSlovenian Government adopts the wording of the Draft Probation Act\nThe reform of criminal procedure, the establishment of a probation office and financial incentives for foreign investment are just a few of the numerous topics addressed by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia at its regular session today.\nWith European funds the Slovenian government today adopted the wording of the Draft Probation Act, which establishes a single probation authority. Probationary duties are currently performed by the state prosecutor\u2019s office, centres for social work and prisons, while house arrest is supervised by the courts alone or in cooperation with the police.\nBrian Heath has been made Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire\nBrian Heath, Board Member of CEP, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours List in the UK for services to probation in Jersey. Brian has worked for Jersey Probation and After Care Service (JPACS) since 1983. He became Chief Probation Officer in 1999. Brian has been a key driver in innovation and development in probation practice design.\nCEP congratulates Brian Heath on this important and richly deserved award and acknowledgement of his contribution to probation.\nExpert meeting Stockholm: the use of applications in probation\nDuring the conference \u201eAlternatives to detention\u201d, organized by the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) in Bucharest, Romania (6-7 October 2016), the workshop session \u201eTechnology in the process of alternatives to detention\u201d was held, where the utility of web and smartphone based applications within probation practices was discussed. It was identified that very similar developments were emerging in various European countries. Considering this important developmental trend of probation practice and in cooperation with the Swedish Correctional Service (Kriminalvarden), the CEP organized an expert meeting in Stockholm, Sweden (9-10 March 2017) on the development and implementation of applications in probation practice.\nRead the report on this expert meerting here >>\nPNBI wins award for Changing Lives app\nAs part of adopting and developing innovative digital technologies to deliver probation services, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, created a mobile application called 'Changing Lives' for people under supervision. This app provides support for people on probation through a journal to capture thoughts, a calendar to help remember appointments, useful information on Probation, advice on mental health/addictions, and an easy to use contacts section.\nThe App was launched in October 2016 and has created a lot of international interest with its innovative approach to reducing the causes of offending behavior.. In June 2017 this pioneering approach was recognised by a highly experienced panel of Judges at the Digital DNA where it won App of the Year.\u201d\nRAN radicalisation in probation meeting in Dublin\nThe second meeting of the RAN Prison and Probation Working Group in 2017 took place in Dublin on 22nd and 23rd of May, in close collaboration with the Confederation of European Probation. The meeting was hosted by the Irish Probation Service. Participants were mainly experts on probation both on practitioner and policy level. Some of them already had vast experience with CVE/PVE and/or are tasked to deal with it, while some others were dealing with the topic as one of the challenges for current probation practice. A representative of the European Commission (DG Home Affairs and Migration) also attended the meeting.\nDrink&Drive programme in Moldova\nThe Dutch Probation Services and the Romanian Probation Directorate succesfully implemented project Drink&Drive Programme Moldova, financed by the Dutch Embassy in Romania. The project equipped the National Probation Inspectorate from Moldova with a new rehabilitation programme that can be used in working with offenders. The programme is available in seven probation services in Moldova.\nDo you always want to be the first one to see our latest news updates? Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 6428, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 290.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://creatrixstudio.com/filmfestival.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:03Z", "digest": "sha1:STM55J6FX374W6XQEK6HVPW7J25CS4PQ", "length": 19970, "nlines": 70, "source_domain": "creatrixstudio.com", "title": "Conscious Life Film Festival", "raw_content": "5711 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, California\nNote: All information is on this one page.\nRETURN TO CREATRIX STUDIO\nThe Conscious Life Film Festival grew out of a series of sidebar film screenings at the expo, and is now emerging as a new film festival in its own right.\nThe films that are included in the festival are humanitarian in vision, and focus on the possibilities of transformation. Approximately 25 films will be selected for screening.\nThis year's film festival runs from February 13 \u2014 15, 2009. On February 15th award certificates will be given out to award winners at a reception, following a panel on transformational film.\nTo receive updates on the film festival, please enter your email address by clicking on this link, and writing subscribe click here\nTHE CONSCIOUS LIFE FILM FESTIVAL - 2009\nMore and more filmmakers are drawn to the \u201cgenre\u201d of Transformational Film because the world is in crisis and there needs to be a shift in consciousness to help put an end to war, eliminate hunger, and to stop the destruction of our planet's precious environment. Some filmmakers in this festival have devoted their energies to courageously pointing out injustices, some are focused on magically and creatively dreaming in a new world, others are doing both. We applaud all the filmmakers, who have submitted films, for their efforts to understand and elevate the lives of sentient beings on this planet. Conscious Creators are a catalytic force because they use the power of imagination to call forth a new age that reflects a quantum leap in evolutionary development and a new paradigm for life. We celebrate the work of all the filmmakers whose films are screened at this festival, because they are at the forefront of creating a new world. You are amazing!\nSUBMISSIONS - THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR THE FEBRUARY 2009 FESTIVAL\nThank you to all the filmmakers who have submitted so many wonderful films for the February 2009 Conscious Life Film Festival. We are currently reviewing the films and will be making final decisions once all the films are screened, so please be patient. The films that are selected will screen over three days of this Los Angeles based Expo. We will show shorts, feature films, and documentaries that are transformational in nature. We are including spiritual/metaphysical films, films on health and healing, political and environmental films. You will be notified by the end of November or December as to whether your film will be included in the festival. Again, thank you for your submission and for all the wonderful work you are doing to bring on the Shift.\nInformation about future festival deadlines will be posted in 2009.\nwww.creativescreenwriting.com\nThanks also to our Associate\nElevate Film Festival \u2022 www.elevateexperience.com\nApproximately 25 films will be selected for screening. These are a few of the outstanding films that have been chosen to screen, in an early selection process. The rest of the films will be determined after selection screenings are completed in early November. We might also want to included some of the selected films in the San Francisco Wisdom Festival that takes place in the Fall of 2009.\nFUTURE BY DESIGN: William Gazecki, Director. Imagine a world free from hunger and war \u2014 where our collective focus is education and environmental sustainability. Visually and intellectually engaging, Future by Design is an exploration of one man\u2019s vision of a future worthy of our children, our grandchildren, and beyond.\nTUNING IN: David Thomas, Director. \u201cYou always have been, and always will be, in control of your life as a piece of God in this Universe\u201d is the central theme in this unprecedented film bursting with powerful, uplifting and awareness-awakening insights. For the first time, six prominent channelers and their spirit counterparts are interviewed in this film: Lee Carroll/Kryon, Geoffrey Hoppe/Tobias, Shawn Randall/Torah, John Cali/Chief Joseph, Darryl Anka/Bashar, Wendy Kennedy/Pleiadian Collective.\nBLOODLINE: Bruce Burgess Director, Rene Barnett Producer. Bloodline is a three year investigation into the so-called Bloodline conspiracy, that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene, had children, and fled to France where they are secretly buried today \u2014 facts that would totally refute the whole foundation of accepted Christianity. Bruce will speak about Bloodline.\n2012 SCIENCE OR SUPERSTITION: December 21, 2012: the end date of the sophisticated Long Count Calendar created by the ancient Maya in central america. In this film the leading researchers, writers and scientists in the field tell us exactly what this date means to them, why it's important, and what we should expect. Featured in the film are Graham Hancock, John Major Jenkins, Daniel Pinchbeck, Alberto Villoldo, Anthony Aveni, Robert Bauval, Jim mars, Walter Cruttenden, Lawrence E. Joseph, Douglas Rushkoff, John Anthony West and Benito Vegas Duran.\nTHE REFLECTING POOL: Jarek Kupsc, Director. An investigation of the 9/11 events by a Russian-American journalist and a father of a 9/11 victim implicates the US government in the attacks. The Reflecting Pool is an intense, sobering investigation into the most controversial tragedy of our time. Drawn from established sources and based on verifiable facts, The Reflecting Pool is a thought-provoking study of a search for truth and the profound consequences of not looking for it any further than the nightly news.\nAN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP \u2022 Saturday \u2022 Feb 14, 2009 \u2022 4:00 PM\nDreaming in a New World: An Experiment in Creating the Transformational Story\nThis workshop, facilitated by Celeste Allegrea Adams, will begin by offering writing games for all those who want to explore and expand their creative potential. These games will be followed by a journey into a deep state, some may enter into a trance state, so that we can spontaneously create a new dream for the future by sharing our visions. The team of channelers from \"Tuning In,\" which will screen prior to this workshop, will all be invited to participate. Those who feel inspired to channel are invited to do so, others can use their imagination to offer a vision of life beyond an apocalyptic future, beyond 2012 -- to visions of a Golden Age.\nThis workshop is interactive and participatory and focuses on freeing the imagination so that we can awaken the dreamer within and communally create a story of an enlighted future. Channellers, Dreamers, Futurists, Artists and those who want to expand their imagination are invited to participate.\nPANEL \u2022 Sunday \u2022 FEB 15th, 2009 \u2022 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM\nTRANSFORMATIONAL FILM PANEL\nBRINGING IN THE NEW DAWN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN\nThis panel will explore the question of how we can keep our focus on creating a golden future, while not shutting our eyes to the challenges plaguing this country and the planet. There is often a split in perspectives between people who think that discussing or focusing on the negative (the wars that are being fought around the world, voting corruption in the US, health care fraud, environmental devastation, the AIDS crisis, etc.) helps to attract and perpetuate a dark situation, while others believe that world atrocities can only be alieviated by exposing abuse and corruption. How can the perspective of \"Never Ignoring or Forgetting Injustices\" (as forgetting the past means repeating the past), work hand-in-hand with \"Being the Dream of a New Beginning.\" How can we create a bridge between the whistle-blowers and the Visualizers; between the Delphinian type Oracle or Sibyl, who sees visions of apocalyptic gloom, and those who want only to hear positive good news. Is one perspective right and the other wrong, or are both essential to helping us make a leap in our evolution? How would \"popular\" ;-) Quantum Physics or String Theory describe these alternate views on reality? Will the election of a new president, who stands for Hope and Change, influence the subject matter and perspectives of filmmakers, (both independent and studio)? Please join us for what promises to be a lively, energetic and provacative discussion.\nMichelangelo's depiction of the Delphic Sibyl, sometimes identified with Cassandra.\nPARTIAL LIST OF PANELISTS: A COMPLETE LIST OF PANELISTS WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED\nCeleste Allegrea Adams: (Moderator / Writer \"Keepers of the Dream\"). Director of the emerging Conscious Life Film Festival, traveled the world, exploring ancient and modern myth for books and film. She is an American Film Institute alumna in screenwriting and worked as an Editor for Jacques Cousteau and many others, before becoming a Novelist, multi-award winning Screenwriter, Documentary Narration Writer and Story Consultant. Her short mood piece, \"A Love Song from a Vanishing Honeybee\" is screening in the festival.\" She is currently writing the novel / screenplay, \u201cStartribe\u201d and \u201cEmissaries of Peace.\u201d She also leads workshops in \u201cWriting the Transformational Story: New Millennium Techniques for Creating Visionary Books and Films.\u201d\nWilliam Arntz: \"What the Bleep,\" and the soon to be released \"GhettoPhysics.\" William Arntz - retired Physicist, Computer Scientist & Entrepreneur is now a Filmmaker. Having Produced and Directed What the BLEEP Do We Know!?, William has moved to the GeoPolitical/Social level and is currently working on the film: GhettoPhysics: Will the Real Pimps and Ho's Please Stand Up!, scheduled for release this summer.\nJoseph Culp: \u201cReflecting Pool,\u201d (Actor/Producer). Challenges mainstream media\u2019s perspective on 9/11 and why there is a coverup. Joseph co-produced and starred in \"The Reflecting Pool\", the first investigative drama to challenge the official version of 9/11. As an actor, his numerous film credits include leading roles in Alan J. Pakula\u2019s \u201cDream Lover,\u201d Monte Hellman\u2019s \u201cIguana,\u201d and Maria Novaro\u2019s \u201cEl Jardin del Eden.\u201d He appeared in Ron Howard's \u201cApollo 13\u201d and Mario Van Peebles' \u201cBadassss\u201d and starred in the award-wining sci-fi comedy \u201cCyxork 7\u201d and Hallmark's \u201cWild Hearts\u201d. Joseph won critical acclaim for his performance as the starving writer in \u201cHunger,\u201d which he produced with director Maria Giese and which featured his father, veteran actor Robert Culp. Joseph is the founder of the L.A.-based Walking Theatre Group.\nWE ARE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATIONS FROM A NUMBER OF OTHER PANELISTS AND WILL POST THEIR NAMES IN THE UPCOMING WEEK.\nAWARD RECEPTION - Sunday, Feb 15th 4:00 - 6:00 PM\n\u2022 HUMANITARIAN AWARD - Changing the World through Media: This award goes to a Filmmaker whose lif'e's work is devoted to shifting and uplifting humanity through filmmaking.\n\u2022 GOLD AWARD: This award goes to the filmmaker whose film is best in show.\n\u2022 SILVER AWARD: This award is for the second most outstanding film in the festival (up to three silver awards can be presented)\n\u2022 INDIGO AWARD: This award is for an unusual film that excels in originality and experimentation.\nPHOTOS FROM THE 2008 CONSCIOUS LIFE FILM FESTIVAL PANEL AND RECEPTION\n............. ........\n2008 Panel at the Conscious Life Film Festival: Left to Right: David Wilcox, author of \u201cThe Reincarnation of Edgar Casey?\u201d; Pamela Jaye Smith, author of \u201cThe Power of the Dark Side\u201d; Celeste Allegrea Adams, moderator, screenwriter & author \u201cKeepers of the Dream\u201d; Mikki Willis, Founder of the Elevate Film Festival and winner of the 2008 Conscious Life Film Humanitarian Award; Drew Heriot, Director of the best selling DVD, \u201cThe Secret.\u201d\n2008 Gold Award Winner (middle): Paula Fouce, Director, receiving Best in Show Award. \"Not In God's Name\" shows how the world is ravaged by extreme divisions between religions. Featuring Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa, Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Dr. Karan Singh, Ph. D., Georg Feuerstein, Ph. D., and leaders of many faiths.\n2008 Humanitarian Award Winner for Changing the World through Media. (far right): Mikki Willis, Filmmaker and Founder of the Elevate Film Festival. The Elevate Film Festival recently took over the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles, for their most recent festival. He has received this award for his enormous generosity and heart in advancing media that encourages a shift in consciousness.\n2008 Additional Awards: Indigo Award, to Scott Cervine; Silver Award to Sally Marr and Peter Dudar; Silver Award to Caren Cross; Silver Award to Walter Cruttendon.\nIMAGES FROM THE 2008 CONSCIOUS LIFE FILM FESTIVAL PANEL AND RECEPTION\nTHE FUTURE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL FILMMAKING:\nThe Power of Imagination, Vision and Breaking out of the Box\nNCB Magazine: Do we need to create a genre for conscious or transformational filmmaking?\nCeleste: Whether or not transformational or conscious film needs to be categorized as a genre is up for debate. The advantage to this kind of categorization is that it helps to inspire more filmmakers to reflect on the deeper message of their film. The disadvantage is that the use of this term suggests that films in other genres aren\u2019t as \u201cconscious.\u201d This is not necessarily the case at all. It is my hope that in the future we no longer need to use the word conscious or transformational. All films should be made in a conscious and awakened state of mind. In this day and age, when we are teetering on the brink of destruction, it is madness to spend millions of dollars on films that do not elevate the human condition, but contribute to further suffering.\nEach new film that is brought forth has the opportunity to contribute to an evolutionary leap for humankind, or it can further contribute to the decline of our civilization. Our films need to become guiding lights during this time of confusion and out-dated mythologies. We need to be liberated from the tyranny of dead ideas that keep us locked into a kind of dark age. Transformational films can be torch flames of vision, possibility and truth.\nBetween environmental, political, and economic challenges, we are living out of balance. The Hopi word for this is Koyaanisqatsi, pronounced Ko.yaa.nis.qatsi, which means crazy life. We are being called to another way of living. The film, \u201cKoyaanisqati,\u201d made almost 25 years ago, depicts the artificial environment in which we live that is separate from nature. Its message is even more important today. One of the ways to help the planet move through this challenging time is through the guidance of films that focus on creating a harmonious planet.\nNCB Magazine: Can we have films without drama, without themes of us against them?\nCeleste: In an article that I wrote several years, entitled \u201cFrom Warrior to Magician: Entering the Realm of the Miraculous,\u201d I discussed how the second millennium ended with films like \u201cGladiator\u201d and \u201cCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.\u201d These are films, which featured reluctant warrior heroes. I wrote that the warrior hero, Maximus, in \"Gladiator,\" for instance, is tired of warfare and disinterested in power. Yet despite his peace loving nature, he is forced to fight as a slave in the Coliseum of Rome. Similarly, Li Mu Bai, is not able to live the peaceful life he dreams of, in the violent and action-packed movie \u201cCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.\u201d\nThe reluctant heroes of these blockbuster movies reflect the mood of a culture which wants to put aside warrior ways, but which doesn\u2019t know how to do this. My article, (which can be read online at: www.creatrixstudio.com/articles.html) discusses the transition from the celebrated warrior hero in films of the late 1990\u2019s to the magician hero. The protagonists in the Stars Wars Trilogy and Harry Potter, for instance, do not rely on physical abilities to solve the challenges that confront them, but have an understanding of the deeper mysteries of life. Luke Skywalker cries out, \u201cLet the force be with you,\u201d in George Lucas\u2019 Star Wars and Obe Wan Kanobe, uses his secret knowledge of \u201cThe Force\u201d and advanced technology to renew the workings of his galaxy. The audience of Lord of the Rings learns that magical powers can destroy the world.\nAs various characters are tempted by the power of the ring, we realize that the true battle between good and evil is not so much out there, but within ourselves. We learn to choose good over evil. As we begin to move away from films that focus on us against them, we enter into an internal struggle between choosing good over evil, faith over fear, honesty and integrity over deception, attracting and magnetizing over struggle and control. I think this internal conflict, our lower self versus our higher self, will become the greater battleground in new millennium films.\nNCB Magazine: How do you define transformational film?\nCeleste: My personal thoughts on the subject are that transformational films, which are films that focus on creating a shift in thinking, can be spiritual, metaphysical, political, or environmental. Spiritual or metaphysical transformational films incorporate many new-age principles and a subject matter that might include a quest for personal wisdom; a desire to understand the meaning and purpose of existence; efforts to save the planet; manifesting, the laws of attraction, accessing the power of the magician; gifted children and unusual powers; encounters with ETs, inter-dimensional beings, other worlds; ascension; super-consciousness; storylines related to the emergence of the divine feminine; new messages based on reinterpretations of ancient spiritual texts; and the potential of our future beyond 2012.\nFilms that are politically transformational are focused on blasting people out of the matrix of limited thinking, into more enlightened understandings of the structures of mind control existing in the media, society and in the government. Their very purpose is the transformation of the human mind and heart and a makeover of society.\nWith time and hindsight, we might be able to gain a better understanding of all the qualities and characteristics of this emerging genre, as it is not possible to understand the potential of this genre in such early stages. Art theorists could articulate the nature of Bauhaus, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Impressionism, Futurism, Minimalism, Pop Art, Realism, Romanticism, etc., once the movements had progressed beyond the formative periods. Film theorists are able to write about the scope of film movements, such as the Avant Garde, Cinema Verite, DocuDrama, Neorealism, New American Cinema, New Wave, Surrealism etc., once it gains strength and momentum as a movement. Regarding transformational film, we are better served by focusing on the meaning and messages of these films rather than struggling to explain their characteristics as a genre, during this formative period.\nThe complete article will be posted in the near future.\n\u00a9 2008, Celeste Allegrea Adams\nPlease click here to add your comments to a brand new\nCONTACT INFO \u2022 CELESTE ALLEGREA ADAMS \u2022 CREATRIX STUDIO\nwww.CreatrixStudio.com E-Mail \u2022 Celeste.A.Adams@mac.com\nCreatrix Studio P.O. Box 3775, Santa Monica, California 90408-3775 USA\nCeleste Allegrea Adams, Creatrix Studio. Director of the emerging Conscious Life Film Festival, traveled the world, exploring ancient and modern myth for books and film. She is an American Film Institute alumna in screenwriting and worked as a Sound & Dialogue Editor for Jacques Cousteau and many others, before becoming a Novelist, multi-award winning Screenwriter, Documentary Narration Writer and Story Consultant.\nShe is also a prolific writer on metaphysical subjects. Her novel \"Keepers of the Dream: A Myth for a New Age\" is described as, \u201crevelatory and deeply transformative, a torch flame of truth.\u201d Her cutting-edge articles are collected in her \"Anthology of New-Millennium Metaphysical Articles and Interviews.\u201d\nShe is currently writing the novel / screenplay, \u201cStartribe\u201d and \u201cEmissaries of Peace.\u201d She also leads workshops in \u201cWriting the Transformational Story: New Millennium Techniques for Creating Visionary Books and Films.\u201d Please visit her at: www.creatrixstudio.com/writingservices.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 21275, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 280.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://crimeresearch.go.ke/background/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:38Z", "digest": "sha1:VQ33D746U2GSM3OYRQJ4HI4JIFXCNK2R", "length": 2153, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "crimeresearch.go.ke", "title": "Background \u2013 Crime Research Centre", "raw_content": "BackgroundCrime-admin2018-01-16T21:09:04+00:00\nThe need for research and database for the management of crime was recognized by the Government sometimes back following the serious threat posed by crime. The then Attorney General Mr. S. Amos Wako came up with an idea of setting up a National Crime Research Centre (NCRC) with the overriding objective of carrying out research into the causes of crime and its prevention and to disseminate research findings to Government Agencies charged with administration of criminal justice with a view to assisting them in their policy formulation and planning. He shared the noble idea with a visiting Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) official whose country had experienced similar problems before establishing a criminal research centre. The commitment to establishing the centre was subsequently captured in the 1994-1996 National Development Plan.\nThe Attorney General later proceeded and established an inter-ministerial committee comprising representatives from the Police, Prisons, Probation Services, Judiciary and the Office of the Attorney General to explore ways and means of setting up a crime research centre. The State Law Office provided secretarial support including technical input from Planning, Human Resource and Administrative Departments to the Committee.\nThe output of the Committee was a Background Research Paper, a Draft Cabinet Memo and a Draft Bill, The National Crime Research Centre Bill (1993). These efforts culminated in the enactment of the National Crime Research Act No. 4 of 1997 which provides the legal framework for the establishment of the Centre.\nThe establishment of the Centre is in line with the International best practice where research has provided critical information on what works to impact on crime and disorder and has helped to generate programmes that can assist criminal justice agencies. The Centre strives to foster coordination in international and regional research, sharing information, infrastructure and mutual assistance. The Centre is offering practical cost effective solutions to crime that are geared towards improving people\u2019s lives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 4354, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 156.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://curacaochronicle.com/politics/ninth-member-of-advisory-council-sworn-in-by-governor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:43Z", "digest": "sha1:IFFXPXCFIT7DP7XX6TRBRCV7SD27NE4W", "length": 1269, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "curacaochronicle.com", "title": "Ninth member of Advisory Council sworn in by Governor - Cura\u00e7ao Chronicle", "raw_content": "Ninth member of Advisory Council sworn in by Governor\nWILLEMSTAD - On Thursday, May 3, Mr. Luigi Virginia sworn in as a member of the Advisory Board. He has taken his oath before the Governor of Cura\u00e7ao, Her Excellency Lucille George-Wout.\nMr. Virginia obtained the title of master in law at the University of Leiden in 1999 and has extensive legal knowledge and experience. Since 1999 he has been working as a lawyer at the law firm HBN Law and is since 2008 a partner. Mr. Virginia has various additional positions, including his membership with the Board of Trustees on the Cura\u00e7ao Bar Association (Disciplinary Court). Furthermore, in the past, he has been associated with various training institutes as a part-time teacher.\nWith the appointment of Mr. Virginia, the Board has nine members. The core task of the Advisory Council is to advise on matters of legislation and administration. The government hears the Advisory Council - obliged - about, among other things, draft regulations that it intends to offer to parliament and draft national decrees, containing general measures, which it intends to adopt. In addition, the Council also advises parliament on draft national regulations before they take them into consideration.\nAdvisory CouncilGovernmentGovernor", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2682, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 161.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cwb.farmersforjustice.com/bse/2003-10-09.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:20Z", "digest": "sha1:H4FJ7HJOXMLE3OT7LALW5EOQGTUIGIV7", "length": 2533, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "cwb.farmersforjustice.com", "title": "CFFJ :: Government Comments", "raw_content": "Mr. Howard Hilstrom (Selkirk\u2014Interlake, Canadian Alliance): Mr. Speaker, the current price for live beef cattle is below the cost of production. This problem can be corrected by getting the U.S. border opened up right away.\nThe agriculture minister has been working on this issue since May 20, so surely by now he must have been able to negotiate a date to open the border.\nWould the minister tell us on what date we will be able to export live cattle?\nMr. Claude Duplain (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, opening up the border is based on science and we are in the process of proving that it can and must be opened. Negotiations with the United States continue daily.\nMr. Howard Hilstrom (Selkirk\u2014Interlake, Canadian Alliance): Mr. Speaker, ministers come into the House and admit failure when tens of thousands of our farm families are running into financial problems on the basis of almost losing their farms.\nI would like to ask the minister, has he been briefed by the agriculture minister as to the rules that will be coming into place in order for us to export live cattle, and what are those rules?\nMr. Claude Duplain (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, these rules are being negotiated with the United States. The border is not open yet, but we are working very hard; the minister knows full well that the problem will be resolved when the border is fully open. In the meantime, we are taking various measures to help the farmers, such as the policy framework that they can take advantage of to sign agreements and get a little money.\nMr. Rick Borotsik (Brandon\u2014Souris, PC): Mr. Speaker, today I received a self-serving communications package from the Minister of Agriculture telling us how wonderfully he has been handling the BSE file, but hello? The border is still closed to live cattle. It is not open.\nThe agriculture committee was making arrangements to go to Washington. Unfortunately, the minister decided to cancel that trip. He made the chairman cancel the trip to Washington. I want to ask the minister, why is that? Is he threatened or is it the fact that he just does not like a proactive initiative?\nMr. Claude Duplain (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the committee cannot go; however, I will ask the hon. member to check whether the Canadian Cattlemen's Association could have requested that the committee not travel to the United States.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 2700, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 228.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dacsanquephanrang.com/what-you-should-know-about-signs-this-year/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:35Z", "digest": "sha1:J6LJITYNESP3MWXY2O555MJB4DSSPDHR", "length": 3175, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "dacsanquephanrang.com", "title": "What You Should Know About Signs This Year | Bathroom Gallery", "raw_content": "Bathroom Gallery \u00bb Health Care & Medical \u00bb What You Should Know About Signs This Year\nGreat Name Design For Badges\nWhether they are going to any public event or they are going to any private event, there is no doubt at all that they want everybody to see their name badges.We can see the presence of different sorts of identity tags in the company and due to the presence of this kind of custom name badge, employees can reveal their identity to the outsider with different style and design.\nYes, if we want to customize our identity badge, then employees have the option to be creative with the product.As far as simple badges are concerned, they comprise of name as well as post and the address of the home and office and the mobile number is also written on the name badge itself.Sometimes the government also issues it as well. As far as complete information is concerned, keep in mind that it contains the complete details of the surname, occupation, nationality, as well as social security card as well. Thus, the first thing you should do is to consult a lawyer so that you can get ample information on how you can best use the information at your disposal to make name badges quite useful.This is very important in areas where security is usually a critical issue, and you should therefore make sure that you get this part right.\nYou may also try to make the name badges a bit more interactive, and this is through the use of photos.For example, having a name badge bearing the name and photo of an employee will make it very easy to track them suppose they lose their name badges and it also hastens the process of verification and identification through security checks.In this regards, we must mention that if employers have decided to go for the paper name badge, then many employees can sit with the printing team to get it done according to their requirement.The question is, of what material, the badge is generally made and keep in mind that they are of the same size as well as they are made if metals or any other strong material, which is safe enough.\nWhen we talk about plastic name badges, then we should consider the affordability of the product.These name badges are more on demand, due to its affordability and durability of the materials such as Silver, Copper, Gold and Aluminum.Convenience can be one particular reason men and women adore to shop online.Searching on-line may stay away from locations which help make men and women upset waiting around in addition to decreasing within collection only to cover the items that they have only purchased.Online searching offers buyers the power to shop at a time that is certainly effortless to these folks.The employee carries with him the badge and this badge does the advertisement work for the company.\nWallpaper Name : What You Should Know About Signs This Year\nDescription : Download What You Should Know About Signs This Year HD Widescreen Wallpaper from the above resolutions from the directory Health Care & Medical. Posted by jesse jie on May 7, 2018 If you don\u2019t find the exact resolution you are looking for, then go for Original or higher resolution which may fits perfect to your desktop.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 4819, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/bill-daily", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:58Z", "digest": "sha1:NRLIVYBONGKTV6D23MPNT4JMOCIBFKSI", "length": 2714, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "data.desmoinesregister.com", "title": "Famous Iowans - Bill Daily | DesMoinesRegister.com", "raw_content": "Comic actor | 1927-2018 | Des Moines\nDaily/\nFew actors can say they starred in a classic television comedy. Bill Daily has been in two perennial favorites.\nHe played Roger Healey, a fun-loving astronaut, on \"I Dream of Jeannie\" from 1965 to 1970, and was Bob Newhart's clinging neighbor, airline pilot Howard Borden, from 1972 to 1978 on \"The Bob Newhart Show.\"\nWilliam Edward Daily says he was born Aug. 30, 1927, in Des Moines, the son of Fern Ellis Daily, a pretty pageant winner with \"a brilliant sense of humor,\" and Raymond Daily, who went out for a loaf of bread two weeks after his baby was born but never returned.\nDaily says he never saw his father until many years later when he was summoned to his deathbed in Kansas City.\nDIME STORE: As a small boy in Des Moines, Daily remembers visiting the F&W Grand dime store on Walnut Street, where his mother worked during the Depression; having fun at \"a swimming hole\" with his favorite uncle, Virgil Ellis; briefly attending an elementary school, \"where they gave away toys at Christmas; and visiting The Des Moines Register, where his Uncle Virgil was an office boy.\nThe Ellises lived for a time on Hartford Avenue, just east of Indianola Avenue.\nDaily's mother took him to Chicago to live when he was about 5, so that she could be closer to her sisters and find a better job. Daily, an Irish Catholic boy, grew up \"in the Polish ghetto.\"\nDaily had trouble in school because of dyslexia, but his quick wit helped him overcome many obstacles. \"Humor got me through everything,\" he says today.\nJAZZ MUSICIAN: As a teenage aspiring musician, Daily played upright bass with small jazz groups, traveling the Midwest in the early 1940s. He added comic bits along the way.\nDuring the Korean War, Daily served in the artillery but also found time to entertain troops. After the war, he joined an NBC television affiliate in Chicago as a floor manager, writer and musician while studying directing at the Goodman Theater's School of Drama.\nHe then became a regular on \"The Mike Douglas Show,\" and his work came to the attention of Steve Allen, who hired him as an announcer on his \"Tonight\" show and used him in comic sketches.\nNow living in Albuquerque, N.M., Daily says he is healthy and \"I do what I want.\" He travels frequently for special appearances, acts in plays about twice a year, and does some directing.\nOver a recent Labor Day weekend, he participated in a 16-hour autograph-signing session in Los Angeles with astronauts.\nDaily was first married in 1949 and raised an adopted son and daughter. He has been happily married to his present wife, Becky, for 14 years.\nThey have a dog, Hi Bob, named for the line he said innumerable times on Newhart's show.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 218.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://datacan.ca/products/Gauges/Multi-Gauge%20Piezo%20Bottom%20Pressure%20Tool", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:34Z", "digest": "sha1:KRAYEVMFK4AVZR6XLRYIDI5KGLHOB4XP", "length": 566, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "datacan.ca", "title": "DataCan Multi-Gauge Piezo Bottom Pressure Tool", "raw_content": "Multi-Gauge Piezo Bottom Pressure Tool\nDataCan\u2019s Multi-Gauge Piezo Bottom Pressure Tool can be used on its own or at the bottom of a multi-gauge pressure system.\nThe Multi-Gauge Piezo Bottom Pressure Tool is easy to install and produces high quality reservoir data in real time. It\u2019s fully welded construction, dual protection metal to metal seal design, and hermetically sealed electronics make it a very reliable product. This is the final gauge in a multi-gauge system. Alternatively, this gauge can be used on it\u2019s own as a single gauge in a single gauge system.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1466, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dbcactivespinecare.com/blog/2017/01/why-is-it-hard-to-diagnose-your-back-pain/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:02Z", "digest": "sha1:CZSQHBCQU4TUNJQ43GQEIYDQQOMAG2DA", "length": 2460, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "dbcactivespinecare.com", "title": "Why Is It Hard to Diagnose Your Back Pain? | DBC Active Spine Care", "raw_content": "January 24, 2017SlinkLower Back PainMedical Servicesactive spine careadvanced pain managementspine and orthopedic center\nIt can be frustrating to go to a spine and orthopedic center for your back pain, only to continue having the same pain after treatments. The reality is, back pain is difficult to diagnose due to a variety of factors. Your doctor will ask you multiple questions or have an MRI, X-rays and other diagnostic test done to try to narrow down the problem, but you may not even be able to pinpoint the pain to answer his questions accurately. Here are some other factors contributing to the difficulty of treating and diagnosing back pain.\nSubjectivity of Pain Tolerance\nPain tolerance is different for everyone. The challenge advanced pain management centers deal with on a daily basis is determining the level of pain a patient has. Sometimes an over-the-counter medication is sufficient for one patient, but another patient with the same condition requires more intense treatments. It\u2019s important to be as honest as possible when talking about your pain with your doctor so he can prescribe the right amount of medication or offer the best type of treatment.\nTrial And Error Treatments\nA spine and orthopedic center may be able to correctly diagnose the root of your back pain, but treatments may take a couple of tries. There are usually many different ways to help back pain, and since every person is different, everyone reacts to medication and treatments differently especially depending on their current physical condition . Be sure to pay attention to the type of pain you\u2019re having and tell you doctor exactly how the treatments are working. What works for someone else may not work for you, but the doctor won\u2019t know that until you give it a try.\nTests Can Be Inconclusive\nDiagnostic tests could show why you\u2019re having back pain, but they don\u2019t conclude the exact treatment needed. Usually, active spine care treatments have been scientifically proven to be the best treatments to help patients with back pain. Again, the intensity of the treatments varies from person to person, so a certain test may not prove anything about the treatment you specifically need.\nActive spine care treatments are what we specialize in. We have helped thousands of people target their back pain and effectively treat it. If you have experienced back pain for any length of time with no success of your pain subsiding, be sure to contact us right away.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 4005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://debbyhindus.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:22Z", "digest": "sha1:RAFPBA65ARVTUG6TT6Y32JML5H4ABYZS", "length": 1675, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "debbyhindus.com", "title": "Debby Hindus Home Page", "raw_content": "Welcome to my web site (being updated May 2009)\nThis site is mostly about my earlier work as an industry research at Interval Research. I\u2019ll be redesigning and updating it soon. In the meantime, here\u2019s a recent bio:\nDebby Hindus is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur-at-large and expert in innovative user experiences. She is currently advising two young companies, Mefeedia and Holox Technologies, following the acquisition of her previous company, Rapport Incorporated, a reconfigurable computing company. As Rapport\u2019s co-founder and VP Strategic Alliances, Ms. Hindus worked closely with Rapport\u2019s major partners, with IBM as a particular focus. She has recently been consulting on user interaction architecture for enterprise applications.\nMs. Hindus is a technologist and applications designer in addition to being a veteran commercial software product developer. She focused on consumers, communications, technology and the home while at Interval Research Corporation in Palo Alto, CA, from its founding in 1992 until its closing in 2000.. She taught a new Stanford course on The Design of Domestic and Consumer Technologies. Her earlier work addressed a new kind of computer-mediated communication, the audio space, and the design of user interactions within an audio space.\nMs. Hindus holds an MS degree from the MIT Media Lab and a BSCS degree from the University of Michigan. She has spoken at numerous industry conferences, participated in FCC proceedings and been active in industry standards and advocacy consortia. In addition, Ms. Hindus is known for her presentations at academic conferences and universities, along with numerous publications and six U.S. patents.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 1946, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 193.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://deeptruths.com/articles/picnic.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:01Z", "digest": "sha1:4QES4WMWJORMKG3M7DME5UVS6UKSCDWA", "length": 5780, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "deeptruths.com", "title": "A Heavenly Picnic! The pleasures of being in Heaven with Jesus", "raw_content": "A Heavenly Picnic!\nHOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ON THE PERFECT PICNIC?--In a beautiful park or country area where there are no ants, no flies, no mosquitoes or any other insect pests!--Where there is always perfect weather, never too hot, cold, cloudy, bright and with no rain or storms!--Where you are always perfectly safe, with no poisonous snakes, spiders, thorns, stickers, itchy grass, poisonous plants or pollution to trouble you!--A place where you can be perfectly free to enjoy yourself and each other to the full--with no noisy, nosey, unfriendly, unwanted guests!\nWELL, THE TIME IS COMING WHEN SUCH A PICNIC WILL BE POSSIBLE!--Because according to God's Word in the Bible, this is how the entire Earth will be when God's great Heavenly Space City arrives from Outer Space! The Bible tells us that this great, golden, pyramid-shaped City will stand upon the Earth a gigantic 1500 miles long, 1500 miles wide and 1500 miles high! (Rev.21:16)\nTHE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE EARTH WILL BE CLEANSED and RECREATED into a beautiful New Earth like the Garden of Eden! (Rev.21:1) The Curse that came upon man and the Earth when man fell into sin will be completely removed, and all of the cursed and poisonous pests and plants shall be no more! (Rev.22:3) God's creation will at last be at perfect peace and beautiful harmony with itself, and all of the animals will be the friends of man and each other, as God originally made things to be in the very beginning!\nBUT YOU CAN'T REALLY APPRECIATE HOW WONDERFUL THIS HEAVENLY PICNIC WILL BE UNLESS YOU FIRST KNOW HOW WONDERFUL YOU WILL BE WHEN YOU GET THERE! When Jesus comes back soon, all of God's saved children will receive new super-bodies that will fly up from off the Earth to meet Him in the clouds! (1Th.4:16,17)\nJESUS SAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BODIES LIKE HIS BODY WAS AFTER HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD! (Phil.3:21; 1Jn.3:2) He could appear or disappear, walk right through walls or locked doors, and fly from one place to another with the speed of thought! (Jn.20:19; Lk.24:30,31,51)--And with our new bodies, we'll be able to do the same!\nOUR NEW BODIES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY ALL THE FUN THINGS and PLEASURES THAT OUR EARTHLY BODIES ENJOY NOW! (Lk.24:36-44; Jn.21:9-13) And in our wonderful, new, supernatural bodies we'll be able to eat and drink and be merry, make love and enjoy all of the pleasures of this present life!--But we'll be able to enjoy all of these things to the full!\nWE WON'T HAVE TO EAT TO SURVIVE, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO EAT JUST FOR PURE PLEASURE! And There, we'll be able to just pick all of the natural foods and fruits right off the trees and eat them without having to wash or cook them, as there won't be any bugs, worms, pests, pesticides or poisons!\nWE'LL ENJOY ALL OF THE PLEASURES OF PARADISE JUST AS ADAM and EVE DID IN THE FIRST GARDEN OF EDEN!--Of course, we won't have to make love or have sex, but we can if we want to! And we won't have to take scenic strolls and walks through the park, but we can if we want to! And we'll be able to do a lot of other things that we can't do now!--Like all of these Heavenly flyers in the picture!\nAND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ENJOYING LOVE and ROMANCE and LOVE-MAKING IN HEAVEN--just like the angels did with the beautiful young women on Earth before the Flood--why shouldn't we have children there too? (Gen.6:2,4) Think of it, they'll be born right in Heaven! The Lord told me that that's why there's so much extra space in that gigantic Heavenly City, so the population can grow!\nTHE INSIDE OF THE HEAVENLY CITY IS MOSTLY BEAUTIFUL PARKS, WOODLANDS and COUNTRYSIDE, not just a bunch of crowded ugly buildings like most cities today! Most of the ground floor of this 1500-mile-high pyramid is like the Heavenly New Earth outside of its walls.--Only even better and more beautiful!\nFOR INSPIRATION and ENTERTAINMENT, WE'LL ENJOY ALL KINDS OF BEAUTIFUL, HEAVENLY MUSIC THERE! We'll have the greatest choirs, choruses and symphony orchestras that the World has ever known!--Playing Heavenly music on Heavenly instruments with singers and sounds that will be truly out of this World!\nAND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN VISION, EVERYONE THERE WILL BE CLOTHED IN BEAUTIFUL, SPARKLING, WHITE ROBES OF LIGHT! They are quite see-through, beautifully revealing the natural beauty of the human form! And of course, these robes of light will never need changing, washing, mending, ironing or anything like that! (Rev.19:8)\nAND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE'LL EVEN HAVE FLYING SAUCERS FOR GROUP TOURS!--Or so we can share some of the sights and wonders of the City with the folks who live outside on the New Earth, who won't be able to fly like those on the inside.\nBECAUSE ONLY THE SAVED WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE GREATEST BLESSINGS OF GOD BY BEING ABLE TO LIVE FOREVER WITH THE LORD INSIDE OF HIS GREAT HEAVENLY CITY! But outside the City on the surface of the New Earth, the Bible says there will be whole nations of unsaved people who have been raised from the dead. (Rev.21:24-26) Those within the City will help and heal those outside, lovingly teaching them the ways of the Lord. (Rev.22:2)\nONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT OUR HEAVENLY PICNIC and OUR COMING LIFE THERE IS THAT IT WILL NEVER END! We're going to enjoy each other and the Lord and all of His Heavenly wonders forever!--With no more pain, sickness, sorrows, tears, sin, evil or death!--Only love and laughter and peace ever after! Will you be there?!\nYOU CAN BE!--IF YOU'LL JUST RECEIVE JESUS INTO YOUR HEART BY PRAYING THIS SIMPLE PRAYER: \"Lord Jesus, please forgive me for all my sins. I believe that You are the Son of God and that You died for me, and I now open the door of my heart and ask You, Jesus, to please come in and give me Your free Gift of eternal Heavenly life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 10254, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 318.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://defendinginerrancy.com/bible-solutions/Deuteronomy_33.2.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:50Z", "digest": "sha1:K6HKD66QP66ZACABYNG2QSAZAOBUTIG4", "length": 1220, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "defendinginerrancy.com", "title": "Is there a Bible contradiction in Deuteronomy 33:2?", "raw_content": "Problem: Many Islamic scholars believe this verse predicts three separate visitations of God\u2014one on \u201cSinai\u201d to Moses, another to \u201cSeir\u201d through Jesus, and a third in \u201cParan\u201d (Arabia) through Mohammed who came to Mecca with an army of \u201cten thousand.\u201d\nSolution: First of all, this contention can be easily answered by looking at a Bible map. Paran and Seir are near Egypt in the Sinai peninsula (cf. Gen. 14:6; Num. 10:12; 12:16\u201313:3; Deut. 1:1), not in Palestine where Jesus ministered. Nor was Paran near Mecca, but hundreds of miles away near southern Palestine in the north eastern Sinai.\nFurthermore, this verse is speaking of the \u201cLORD\u201d (not Mohammed) coming. And He is coming with \u201cten thousands of saints,\u201d not ten thousand soldiers, as Mohammed did. There is absolutely no basis in this text for the Muslim contention.\nFinally, this prophecy is said to be one \u201cwith which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death\u201d (v. 1). If it were a prediction about Islam, which has been a constant enemy of Israel, it could scarcely have been a blessing to Israel. In fact, the chapter goes on to pronounce a blessing on each of the tribes of Israel by God, who \u201cwill thrust out the enemy\u201d (v. 27).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 3738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 228.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://defunts.smainternational.info/fr/necrologe/1024-le-pere-pierre-hess", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:58Z", "digest": "sha1:AUR4PO6IAMTFJP5TFDI35QMOI7XEUV6N", "length": 3832, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "defunts.smainternational.info", "title": "Le P\u00e8re Pierre HESS", "raw_content": "Le P\u00e8re Pierre HESS\nn\u00e9 le 10 f\u00e9vrier 1872 \u00e0 Bishoffsheim\ndans le dioc\u00e8se de Strasbourg, France,\n1895-1898 Clermont, puis Cork\n1905-1921 Keer et Pont-Rousseau\n1922-1937 G\u00e9orgie et Tenafly, NJ\n1937-1939 Haguenau, directeur spirituel et repos\n1939-1967 Tenafly, travail en paroisse dans les dioc\u00e8ses\nde Newark et Paterson\nd\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Tenafly, USA, le 1er avril 1967\nFather Pierre HESS (1872 - 1967)\nPierre (Peter) Hess was born in Bischoffsheim, Molsheim, Alsace, in the diocese of Strasbourg, on February 11, 1872.\nHe died in the American Province Provincial House, at Tenafly NJ, on April 1, 1967.\nThere is certain confusion as to the date of Pierre (Peter) Hess\u2019s birth. The Society Etat records it as February 10, 1972, while a copy of his birth certificate made in 1925, now in the American Province\u2019s archives at Tenafly, sets it on February 11th. He was born Etienne Andree and Marie Rufine (nee Sommer) Hess. His father was a carpenter. Peter attended the Society\u2019s Apostolic School at Clermont-Ferrand, France. He then entered the Major Seminary at Cours Gambetta, Lyon, where he studied philosophy and theology. He was received as a member of the Society on May 10, 1893 and was ordained a priest in the seminary chapel at Lyon on June 29, 1895. Ordained with him on that day was Eugene Peter who was also to serve in America.\nAfter ordination Peter was sent to St. Joseph\u2019s College, Wilton, Cork, Ireland, to learn English. This was to prepare him for service in the British Colony of Nigeria where English was required for day-to-day business as well as in schools. During his time in Cork \u2013 he spent two years there \u2013 Peter also taught in the apostolic school. He was then sent to the Vicariate of the Bight of Benin, in south-west Nigeria arriving in that territory in the autumn of 1899. He was to spend six years in Lagos before falling ill and returning to Alsace Lorraine. He taught in the Society\u2019s colleges there and in Nantes during the First World War. He also ministered to the spiritual needs of many American soldiers stationed in France, his knowledge of English greatly aiding him in this work.\nIn 1920 Peter was assigned to the works of the Society among African Americans, where he joined another Alsatian, Fr. Ignace Lissner, founder of those works. During the next six years he ministered in the Society\u2019s mission parishes in Macon and Augusta and especially in the church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Atlanta. In this latter appointment he was frequently threatened by the Klu Klux Klan who resented the efforts of the Society in improving the lot of African Americans. In 1926, after a series of stressful incidents with the KKK, he was re-assigned to the American Branch\u2019s headquarters at Tenafly, where he was made superior. Eleven years later he fell into ill-health and returned to Alsace-Lorraine in order to recuperate. He was sufficiently recovered by 1939 to return to America where he was stationed for a year as bursar of Queen of Queen of Apostles Seminary in Silver Spring, Maryland, before being re-assigned to St. Anthony\u2019s Mission House, Tenafly. He lived here in semi-retirement until the time of his death. In 1955, after celebrating his Diamond Jubilee of priesthood, he returned to Alsace-Lorraine to celebrate and visit with his family. During almost four decades spent in Tenafly, Peter assisted on weekends in many parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Paterson, particularly in Hudson and Bergen Counties. He also was confessor for various communities of sisters, served for a while as assistant chaplain at Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, and spent long hours in the confessional in the chapel at Tenafly.\nPeter became an American citizen on June 15, 1928. He was admitted to the American Province in June 1946. He was ninety-five years at the time of his death.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 4628, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 143.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://defunts.smainternational.info/fr/necrologe/1049-le-pere-patrick-j-mchugh", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:47Z", "digest": "sha1:UWBFQXINZQ3W24GGYK4QJMEJRD7BV43Y", "length": 6644, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "defunts.smainternational.info", "title": "Le P\u00e8re Patrick J McHUGH", "raw_content": "Le P\u00e8re Patrick J McHUGH\nn\u00e9 le 15 ao\u00fbt 1894 \u00e0 Parke\ndans le dioc\u00e8se d\u2019Achonry, Irlande\n1928-1931 vicariat du B\u00e9nin\n1934-1936 Kilcogan\nd\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Ballinamore, Irlande, le 5 avril 1956,\nLe p\u00e8re Patrick McHUGH (1894 - 1956)\nA Ballinamore, (Irlande), le 5 avril 1956, retour \u00e0 Dieu du p\u00e8re Patrick Mac Hugh, \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 62 ans.\nPatrick Mac Hugh naquit \u00e0 Foxford, dans le dioc\u00e8se d'Achonry, en Irlande, en 1864. Il fit ses \u00e9tudes dans les maisons de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, fit le serment en 1920 et fut ordonn\u00e9 pr\u00eatre en 1924. Apr\u00e8s trois ans d'apostolat au Liberia et trois ans au B\u00e9nin, le p\u00e8re revint tuberculeux. Apr\u00e8s quelques mois de sanatorium, il peut prendre le poste de professeur d'anglais au coll\u00e8ge de Tanta en Egypte. Il ach\u00e8ve l'ann\u00e9e scolaire 1932-1933 et doit rentrer se reposer \u00e0 La Croix. Destin\u00e9 \u00e0 l'enseignement par ses sup\u00e9rieurs, il peut reprendre un poste en 1934. Il enseigne \u00e0 Kilcogan et \u00e0 Ballinafad. En 1943, sa sant\u00e9 l'oblige de nouveau \u00e0 s'arr\u00eater pour trois longues ann\u00e9es. En 1946, il peut de nouveau repartir pour le coll\u00e8ge Saint-Georges, en Egypte, o\u00f9 il reste quatre ans. Il travaille dans le dioc\u00e8se de Nottingham de 1951 \u00e0 1954, ann\u00e9e o\u00f9 la maladie ne lui permet plus de servir, m\u00eame de souffrir. Bon c\u0153ur, de caract\u00e8re timide, mais jovial et studieux, le p\u00e8re Mac Hugh aurait pu faire beaucoup, mais sa mauvaise sant\u00e9 ne le lui permet pas.\nFather Patrick Joseph McHUGH (1894 - 1956)\nPatrick McHugh was born at Parke, Foxford, Co Mayo, in the diocese of Achonry, on l5 August 1894. He died in the St. John of God nursing home, Ballinamore, Co Mayo, on 5 April 1956.\nPat studied in the colleges of the Society. He received his secondary education in the Sacred Heart college, Ballinafad, Co Mayo (1914-1915) and in St. Joseph's college Wilton, Cork (1915-1918). He entered the Society's novitiate and house of philosophy, at Kilcolgan, Co Galway, in October 1918 (a member of the first class to study in that house). Pat was admitted to permanent membership of the Society on 22 July 1920. Two months later he commenced his theological formation in St. Joseph's seminary, Blackrock Road, Cork. He was ordained a priest by Bishop Daniel Cohalan of Cork diocese, in the chapel adjoining the seminary, on 14 June 1924. He was one of a group of eleven ordained on that day.\nPat never enjoyed robust health. Nevertheless after ordination he spent six years working in the tropics. His first appointment was to the prefecture of Liberia, in West Africa. This was the first mission entrusted to the Irish Province on its foundation in 1912. S.M.A. missionaries had first come to Liberia in 1906, after three previous efforts to root the Church there, in 1842, 1884 and 1903 had failed. When Pat came to Liberia the Church was firmly established on the Kru Coast, about 150 miles east of Monrovia the capital. On arrival in October 1924, Jean Og\u00e9, the prefect, appointed Pat to Monrovia where the Church was still in its infancy. This station had been opened (or more correctly re-opened) in 1921, when Mgr. Og\u00e9 decided to make a renewed effort in the region. Pat joined a staff of three missionaries, led by Michael McEniry and with Joseph Donaghy as the second assistant priest. Together they served a Catholic community of 160 members and 39 catechumens, many of them immigrants from the Kru coast. There was also one elementary school to be staffed and supervised, with 232 pupils on the roll. Pat was given special responsibility for the school and soon made his mark in this difficult work.\nIn May 1927 Pat began to feel unwell and in July he returned to Ireland on the advice of a doctor. When he had recovered his superiors decided to send him to another mission, to the vicariate of the Bight of Benin, in south western Nigeria. He arrived in this mission in July 1928 where he joined the founding staff of St. Gregory's college, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria's first Catholic secondary school. Leo Taylor was principal, while other members of staff were Frank McNamara, Tom Hughes and James Saul. There were 91 boarding and 115 day pupils in the college and 30 students in a teacher training department attached to St. Gregory's. In June 1931 Pat was invalided home to Ireland with tuberculosis. After eight months in a sanatorium at San Remo, in Italy, he was assigned to the Egyptian mission which, with its dry heat, was considered a good climate for those suffering from consumption. Egypt was also a place where Irish members with teaching skills were often posted.\nPat was an excellent educator and most suitable for the teaching post which he took up at St. Louis college, Tantah, in September 1932. Pat taught English in this secondary college until the end of the academic year when ill-health again intervened and he withdrew to St. Croix Valmer, France, to convalesce. Later he returned to San Remo for a spell. In 1934 Pat was able to resume his teaching career, this time in Ireland, at Kilcolgan and later at Ballinafad. In 1943, however, he again fell ill and had to withdraw from active work for a period of three years. In 1946 he returned to Egypt, teaching in St. George's college, Choubra. This college, situated at 8 Midan El-Afdal, was also known as 'the Anglo-Copt college', because tuition for the 250 students was through the medium of English and most of the students were Europeans or oriental Christians - Copts. When Pat came to Choubra Tom Donoghue was superior. A year later John Heaney succeeded Fr. Donoghue. David Hughes was the third Irish member of staff. Pat went to Ireland on home leave in 1951. Between 195l 54 he worked in the diocese of Nottingham, serving in Lincoln, in St. Joseph's presbytery, Goodwood Road, Leicester, and also in St Charles Rectory, Hadfield. Finally his ongoing poor health forced him to retire from the active ministry. He spent his retirement in the Provincial motherhouse at Blackrock Road, entering the St. John of God nursing home at Ballinamore, in October 1955, not far from his home.\nThe following appreciation of Pat was written by a colleague: 'He was noted for his knowledge of English literature, especially of Shakespeare. His was a calm, contemplative soul. He travelled far as a missionary, and perhaps the most extraordinary thing about him was the way he seemed to look on life itself as a voyage. He lived as one does on a ship. He had a tourist's keen interest in his fellow-travellers and in passing ports of call. He studied the plays of Shakespeare as one studies the passenger lists. 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He trained in various prestigious and teaching hospitals in London, including the Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew\u2019s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and Mt Vernon Hospital. An established oncologist of long duration, the provision of treatment maintaining the highest quality and offering state of the art technology together with an up-to-date knowledge base, remain Mr Chakraborti\u2019s top priorities.\nMr Chakraborti is an active and prolific participant in a number of national and international trials of breast and urology patients.\nBiological and targeted treatments\nRadiotherapy and chemotherapy with special interest in biological treatment, novel targeted anticancer drug treatment\nImage Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)\nDr Prabir Chakraborti works with the following private medical insurance providers:\nDr Prabir Chakraborti does not hold a share or financial interest in Derby Private Health.\nDr Prabir Chakraborti does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at Derby Private Health.\nDr Prabir Chakraborti does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Derby Private Health.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2561, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 322.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://descargarlibrospdfgratis.net/fernwood-publishing.pdf", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:03Z", "digest": "sha1:P5XPNPQPHEN2TXTMIXKMHI6VU44KOVSR", "length": 83, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "descargarlibrospdfgratis.net", "title": "Fernwood Publishing - descargarlibrospdfgratis.net", "raw_content": "The requested fernwood publishing was not found on this server. That\u2019s all we know.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 145.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dfsmag.com/secret-dating-successful-marriage/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:46Z", "digest": "sha1:5Q7MJALJMCGOZPIDIPXHYQSKZMOEV6J4", "length": 6666, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "dfsmag.com", "title": "The Secret to Dating into a Successful Marriage - Disfunkshion Magazine", "raw_content": "Home / Featured / The Secret to Dating into a Successful Marriage\nThat doesn\u2019t sound very sexy, I know. But it\u2019s the most powerful truth you can embrace in your search for the man you\u2019re going to marry, have kids with, and live the greatest adventure of your life alongside of (it also turns out to be the sexiest answer there is to that question, but that\u2019s the subject of another article).\nWhat the heck is the marriage covenant, anyway? And what does it have to do with the revolving door of dating, breakups, let-downs, could\u2019ve been\u2019s and broken hearts that is my single life? Well, the marriage covenant is the goal; it\u2019s what you\u2019re aiming for. It is designed to be the launch pad of your soul, the security of your heart and the safest place for your sexuality, your motherhood, and your wildest dreams. It is the unbreakable promise you make that no matter what happens in the years ahead\u2014no matter what\u2014you are going to overcome it hand in hand, heart to heart, together. And so you really just need to reverse engineer your dating from there.\nWhen I say covenant, I mean just that: a bond that you make before family and friends, that you both commit to for the rest of your lives and guides and protects you through the incredible journey that lies ahead. I know it sounds a little counter-culture because isn\u2019t marriage an outdated and dusty institution from the dark ages meant to trap you and stifle your freedom? Well, after over 17 years of marriage and 5 kids later (not to mention thousands of years of the marriage covenant being the very building block of society all over the world) I can confidently tell you it isn\u2019t dead. In fact, it\u2019s the secret to your success. Not just for marriage but in your dating life as well. Here are two reasons why.\nThe marriage covenant focuses on the big checkbox qualities in a spouse, making your decision intentional, clear and focused. Let me share with you one of the problems I have seen with \u201cdaters\u201d over the last two decades that has become a marriage-killing phenomenon: they major on minors and minor on the majors. In other words, they have no idea what are the most important boxes that need to be checked in a potential spouse, so they\u2019re consistently passing on incredible opportunities.\nListen, here are the big checkboxes your imperfect, not-as-wealthy-as-you\u2019d-like, quirky, irritating, issues-filled boyfriend needs to have for you to consider him marriage material. You ready? Character. Integrity. Honesty. Humility. Also on this list you\u2019ll find Compatible Visions For Life and Romantic/Sexual Attraction (which one might argue could be on the medium checkbox list, but let\u2019s skip that controversy and put it here). Compatible Spiritual Faith can be on this list as well. And lastly, of course (really firstly), is an understanding of and commitment to the covenant of marriage.\nIf he has these traits on board\u2014listen to me\u2014everything else can be overcome. That doesn\u2019t mean you have to marry this guy, it just means that he\u2019s got enough on board to make a successful life within the covenant of marriage.\nAdvice: major on the majors and minor on the minors. Twenty years and three kids from now, you\u2019ll be happy you did. Because twenty years from now the sexiest guy in the room is the one who loves you unconditionally, serves you, hasn\u2019t cheated on you, and is an amazing and faithful father. Hollywood may have passed him by but not you because you know what you\u2019re looking for. #therealthing\nThe covenant is designed to be difficult because it is designed to mature you. Marriage isn\u2019t hard because there is something wrong with the concept of marriage\u2014it\u2019s hard because there\u2019s something wrong with all of us! Tons of something! And let\u2019s not even get started with this guy you love/hate that you\u2019ve been dating for the past 9 months. Look, both of you have loads of issues that need to be tweaked and dealt with, of course\u2014we all do. But that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get married to him (as long as he\u2019s got the big checkboxes marked!).\nMarriage isn\u2019t for perfect people. It\u2019s for screw-ups like you and me who are willing to throw our hearts and souls into a covenant of power that is designed to change us, little by little, day by day, until we one day look in the mirror and realize we are becoming the incredible person we were created to be.\nAnd that happens because we don\u2019t run from difficulties in our relationship, we embrace them (and I don\u2019t mean physical or mental abuse, manipulation, or whatever else Christian Grey is into. I\u2019m talking about the imperfections in an otherwise healthy relationship). Difficulties spring up due to the issues we have inside. Marriage is designed in such a way that we can\u2019t run away from the uncomfortable pain like little children; we have to face it like adults. When we do\u2014with grace, patience and humility\u2014we grow.\nSo don\u2019t jump ship too early in your current relationship if you\u2019ve got a big checkbox guy just because things are tough. The only question you have to answer is: do I want to go through the tough stuff with this guy?\nI got married a month after turning twenty-one. Seriously. You think I had everything on board, my career in place, and was perfect in every way? Heavens, no! Here\u2019s what Holly and I had: a deep faith that we shared, character, honesty, humility, attraction, an excitement and vision for life together, and\u2014you guessed it\u2014an understanding of and commitment to the covenant of marriage.\nI promise you, there is no more freeing, secure, empowering sensation in the world than to know that the person who shares your heart is going to forgive you when you screw up, stand there with you through the tough times, and hold you through the trauma of life. In fact, it is that ability to throw yourself into the marriage covenant with full abandonment that gives your relationship the power that causes you to grow in your spouse\u2019s love and change your life forever.\nSo dust off that old marriage covenant if you have to and take another look at it. It\u2019s not a straight jacket; it\u2019s the key to the greatest freedom your soul can experience with another human being on this earth. It\u2019s the blueprint to reverse engineer why you\u2019re dating who you\u2019re dating and how.\nUnderstand it. Commit to it. And find that imperfect, adventurous, quirky dude who will do the same. Because all the expensive, exotic ingredients in the world don\u2019t matter if you don\u2019t have the right ones. Start with those\u2014the rest is for flavor and spice.\nBy Dean Kaneshiro // Image by: Vera Wilde\nPosted on October 11, 2015 by Cristina in Featured, Life Alchemy, Love Move(ment)0 comments\nTagged as Love Move(ment), marriage, relationships", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 8090, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 317.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://diabetes.org.kw/en/page/view/level/3/id/37", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:00Z", "digest": "sha1:N77IW4UVU6SJ2W7ZSLVMUWO25FLQ4PU5", "length": 531, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "diabetes.org.kw", "title": "Diabetes Kuwait", "raw_content": "Temperatures are very high during summer in Kuwait, making it unsafe for you to stay outside for prolonged periods of time. Exposure to the intense sun and heat can put you at risk of dehydration and heat stroke. This is especially important to consider for younger children and older people.\nAvoid the outdoors as much as possible during the hottest hours of the days\nAvoid drinking a lot of coffee, tea, or other caffeinated beverages\nOnly exercise in air-conditioned areas\nAvoid prolonged exposure to the sun as much as possible", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 248.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dialectmagazine.com/category/events-and-travel-and-food/page/36/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:59Z", "digest": "sha1:YFMC3FDLTEAPA2OXZ7FELI63ZKWFX5IW", "length": 1627, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "dialectmagazine.com", "title": "EVENTS/TRAVEL/FOOD \u2013 Page 36 \u2013 Dialect Magazine", "raw_content": "Art, Europe, EVENTS/TRAVEL/FOOD, FEATURE, France, Germany, GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT, Italy, LOCATIONS, Manhattan, New York, North America, PRESS RELEASES, United States\nChaos and Classicism Exhibition: Art in France, Italy & Germany\nFull rotunda show includes painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, film, fashion, and decorative arts, featuring many works never shown before in the United States\nSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, Location: Full rotunda and all ramps; Annex Levels 5 & 7\nDates: October 1, 2010-January 9, 2011, Preview: Thursday, September 30, 10am-1pm\n(NEW YORK, NY \u2013 August 5, 2010)\u2013\u2013Rising from the ruins and horror of World War I, European art and culture returned to the classical past, seeking tranquility, order, and enduring values. Artists turned away from prewar experimentalism and embraced the heroic human figure and rational organization. Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918\u20131936 is the first exhibition in the United States to focus on the vast transformation in European culture between the world wars. With approximately 150 works by more than 80 artists, comprising painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, film, fashion, and the decorative arts, this thematically organized exhibition examines the return to order in its key manifestations: the poetic dream of antiquity in the Parisian avant-garde; the politicized revival of the Roman Empire under Benito Mussolini; the functionalist utopianism of International Style architecture that originated at the Bauhaus; and, ultimately, the chilling aesthetic of nascent Nazi society.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 7004, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 211.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dianeabbott.org.uk/news/articles/news.aspx?p=1021628", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:42Z", "digest": "sha1:W7S63SMLCVJ4S3W5R26GGT2FZIP5NWRS", "length": 6335, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "dianeabbott.org.uk", "title": "Serco and the degrading living conditions for asylum-seekers", "raw_content": "Serco and the degrading living conditions for asylum-seekers\nYou are here: Home / News / Articles / Serco and the degrading living conditions for asylum-seekers\nThe inadequate housing system for refugees is a disgrace.\nIn the last months of 2018 we saw two damning reports of outsourced asylum accommodation in Britain, and yet this week the Government went ahead and gave billions of pounds worth of new contracts to outsourcers including SERCO anyway.\nThese private companies have already failed to provide decent asylum accommodation, as they have failed in so many areas of social provision, and campaigners have termed the award of these contracts as a slap in the face to those of who have suffered at their hands.\nA report from Parliament\u2019s Cross-Party Home Affairs Select Committee in December received widespread coverage and delivered a devastating critique of the system of housing for those who apply to be a refugee, and castigated Home Office failure to show \u201cgreater urgency\u201d about improving conditions.\nIt is a simply a disgrace that in 21st century Britain, ministers are failing to fix \u2018degrading conditions including 'vermin-infested' housing for asylum seekers, yet the report found exactly that, saying ministers have \"done little\" to ensure that companies providing housing have met their contractual obligations.\nThe report also warned that \"vulnerable people, including pregnant women, torture survivors and individuals suffering from PTSD, have been housed in badly maintained, damp and vermin infested properties.\"\nIt also warned that councils are at risk of pulling out of the system because of a lack of support by the Home Office, saying \u201cthe Government must act now to reset its relationship with local authorities on asylum accommodation.\u201d\nMany of us have felt for some time that the \u201cdispersal\u201d scheme used to place asylum seekers around the country simply doesn\u2019t work.\nAs the scheme is voluntary, some local authorities are not taking part, meaning that applicants are more concentrated in a small number of areas, including some of the most deprived areas.\nA very small number of local authorities are over-stretched while others do little to meet our collective duty to asylum seekers.\nThe government has also thrown many of the ancillary costs of asylum accommodation onto local authorities but without providing the necessary funding. These other costs include safeguarding and education, and ultimately, it is for the Home Office to ensure that councils receive adequate support so they can provide the housing and services these incredibly vulnerable people need.\nThe services have been run by the outsourcing firms G4S, Serco and Clearsprings since 2012, and this report is the latest in a series of critical reports by the committee.\nTwo-and-a-half years ago, MPs accused the Home Office of very similar failures, and it seems that the government has done nothing effective to remedy the situation, despite sharp criticism in this time period.\nIndeed, this Home Affairs Select Committee report a came just weeks after a much-delayed official report found that less than a quarter of state-run accommodation for asylum\nseekers is compliant with standards.\nIn this report, Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration David Bolt cited evidence of damp, dirty and vermin-infested properties, and found that some of the accommodation was found to be unsuitable for vulnerable groups.\nHe added that the inspection \"proved more challenging than most\" because of \"several reasons, not least the difficulty of extracting evidence from the Home Office.\"\nAccording to the report, Home Office contract officers - whose job it is to check accommodation meets the requirement of the contract - inspected 8,313 properties in 22 months and declared 3,567 (43%) as \"not fit for purpose\" or needing \"urgent\" repairs. Only 24% were found \"compliant\" with standards.\nMr Bolt also expressed concern about the way information on pregnant women and new mothers was recorded and shared, saying \"an overall grip on the numbers and distribution of pregnant and post-partum women within the asylum accommodation system is not a 'nice to have', but is essential to a proper understanding of whether the present policies and practices are meeting the needs of this particularly vulnerable group.\"\nIt is clear then that we are failing in our collective duty to people in this area.\nThese are people who are exercising their international legal right to seek asylum, and in many cases that right has been granted. Many of them will be very vulnerable people, frequently the victims of torture or other abuse, some suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Some will be pregnant women or have very young children.\nMany will be fleeing desperate circumstances of war, famine, water shortages, persecution and even attempted genocides.\nAs I have already mentioned, the housing is provided by private contractors, who of course are in it to make a profit.\nPrivate companies are not benevolent funds. The government insists in this case, and in all similar cases, that the private sector is a more efficient provider. But it offers no evidence for this repeated assertion.\nHow could it be that the private sector, where the costs charged to government must include a hefty profit margin, is a more efficient provider? In providing a service such as accommodation, the main ways to meet those profit targets are to over-charge the customer, which is ultimately you the taxpayer, as well as cutting back on the service provided.\nThat is why windows stay broken, heating doesn\u2019t work or vermin are not eradicated. We are all worse off from this system, none more so than vulnerable asylum seekers themselves.\nThe medium-term solution is to bring all these contracts back into the public sector, where they can be properly administered and monitored. The likelihood is that taxpayers would also save money. At the very least, these disgraceful conditions would end.\nEveryone should be able to access decent housing, and the sooner these services are run by the public sector once more, the better.\nPrivate firms have no business running homes for asylum seekers, and Labour will end this rotten system.\nThese reports have played an invaluable role in highlighting this important issue - now lets build up the pressure for change.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 6964, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://digital.fairfield.edu/cdm/search/searchterm/NBC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:29Z", "digest": "sha1:LMF6ATT562XBDH5OMTCFDKZWDAA7JYQW", "length": 79, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "digital.fairfield.edu", "title": "Fairfield University History Online", "raw_content": "All fields: NBC\nFairfield a university in motion - Vol. 03, No. 04 - April 1975", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 3063, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 254.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://digitaledition.innerwestweekly.com.au/?iid=23823&startpage=page0000046", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:27Z", "digest": "sha1:NS57CTTHN6UMK3OJZB7BLLZ6XZ7SPCNS", "length": 14384, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "digitaledition.innerwestweekly.com.au", "title": "Cumberland Newspapers | Inner West Weekly", "raw_content": "46 INNER-WEST WEEKLY, Thursday, April 2, 2009 MB Positions Vacant NANNY Exciting opportunity for a passionate & happy childcare professional to care for 2 girls aged 2yrs & 8months. Central location in Rod Point, brand new home. Light home duties. Mon, Tues & Wed - 7am-6pm neg. Contact Chris on: 0417 721 565 or Ian 0439 113 220 References required. Start 1st week of May Childcare Teachers Needed Explore and Develop Breakfast Point is located in the Inner West in the grounds of a beautiful housing development. Licensed for 88 children in the 0-5 year age group, we have positions available for ECTs and Diploma qualified staff. You must have sound knowledge of child development, experience in planning, able to implement daily programs and have knowledge of 2004 regulations. Current First Aid Certificate also required. Work with a committed team with lots of support from owners of this privately run centre. Your contribution will be truly appreciated. 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Over 20,000 readings! 99% accuracy! 1902-215-562 $3.96 per min mobX 24hrs Credit card only $3.50 per min- Call 1300-498-831 2057658v3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 14829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 175.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5204", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:21Z", "digest": "sha1:YGNRF747YQU5XZMPIHVLAKVBFXH4GCAN", "length": 1865, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "digitallibrary.amnh.org", "title": "The identity of Tarsius pumilus, a pygmy species endemic to the montane mossy forests of central Sulawesi. American Museum novitates ; no. 2867", "raw_content": "The identity of Tarsius pumilus, a pygmy species endemic to the montane mossy forests of central Sulawesi. American Museum novitates ; no. 2867\nMusser, Guy G.; Dagosto, Marian.; Raven, Henry Cushier, 1889-1944.\n\"In 1917, Henry C. Raven obtained a small-bodied tarsier from upper montane rain forest in the mountains of Central Sulawesi. Miller and Hollister (1921b) designated the specimen as holotype of Tarsius pumilus, included two others collected from lowland evergreen rain forest, and pointed to small body size as one of the diagnostic specific characters. Subsequent faunal checklists and taxonomic revisions treated pumilus as a subspecies of the widespread Sulawesian Tarsius spectrum until 1985 when Niemitz advocated recognition of specific status for pumilus based upon the original series and recorded vocalizations. But only one of the three specimens discussed by Miller and Hollister is an example of T. pumilus, and the calls said to be those of this species were probably made by T. spectrum. 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[1].", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 3628, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2008/01/when-your-lover-has-gone.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:03Z", "digest": "sha1:5EQFQ2YT6BRBPHJPMYDWNCAIKT3364CN", "length": 20927, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "dippermouth.blogspot.com", "title": "The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong: When Your Lover Has Gone", "raw_content": "Written by Einar Aaron Swan\nLouis Armstrong, trumpet, vocal; unknown, trumpet; Preston Jackson, trombone; Lester Boone, alto saxophone; George James, alto saxophone, clarinet; Albert Washington, tenor saxophone; Charlie Alexander, piano; Mike McKendrick, guitar; John Lindsay, bass; Tubby Hall, drums\nOkay, it\u2019s been almost a month, but I think it\u2019s about time I resurrect the original format of this blog: no-details-spared examinations of individual Louis Armstrong performances. Today, I hit the shuffle on my Itunes it landed on \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone,\u201d a haunting song that Armstrong definitely had a hand in making it the jazz standard it has long since become. The song was written by alto saxophonist Einar Aaron Swan, who played with popular dance bands such as those led by Sam Lanin and Vincent Lopez and even wrote some arrangements for Fletcher Henderson. \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d would prove to be his best known composition (though he also wrote \u201cIn The Middle Of A Dream\u201d for Tommy Dorsey in 1939). The song was written for the James Cagney-Joan Blondell film Blonde Crazy, a fun slice of pre-code Warner Brothers mayhem. The film premiered on November 14, 1931 but the song\u2019s publishers must have been hustling the piece while the film was still in production since it had already been the subject of numerous records before the film was even launched. (A previous Cagney film, Public Enemy, memorably featured \u201cI Surrender Dear\u201d in the background of one of its scenes.)\nPerhaps the earliest version of \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d came from a Charleston Chasers record with a vocal by Paul Small (stage name anyone?). Ah, the days of the band vocalist. Small\u2019s from the Chick Bullock/Seger Ellis school\u2026a university that went bankrupt around 1934. Please, though, listen to his vocal because when we get to Armstrong, the difference is frightening. Oh, and also listen to the work of a few slouches with names like Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and Dick McDonough. This comes from February 9, 1931 (and though the song is on the Red Hot Jazz Archive, I\u2019ve chosen to use a YouTube version of it for the lovely pictures of Jean Harlow\u2026she had nothing to do with the song but it\u2019s better than staring at a RealPlayer!).\nFor a torch song, it\u2019s pretty jaunty, but it\u2019s a nice period performance. I\u2019ve always loved the verse to this song and, like many records of the day, it\u2019s buried in the middle, after the vocal, a nice change-of-pace strategy that\u2019s rarely employed today.\nThe very next day, February 10, 1931, Columbia tried the song out on Ethel Waters (the Charleston Chasers record was released as Columbia 2404-D; Waters\u2019s is 2409-D). Waters\u2019s record is quite lovely, in my opinion. The tempo isn\u2019t exactly a dirge, but it is slower than the Charleston Chasers record. Waters starts in with the verse and really gives the lyrics the feeling of despair that they cry out for. However, in the instrumental interlude, the band begins swinging a bit, if not like Basie, with a steady, shuffling chug, which causes Waters to feel the spirit and start taking chances with her phrasing. Waters\u2019s voice soars on the phrase \u201cLife can\u2019t mean anything,\u201d which, as written by Swan, is a perfect climax, very suitable for trumpet playing, as we shall see. But for now, again, courtesy of YouTube, here\u2019s Waters\u2019s recording of the tune:\nNow just because YouTube is chock full of good stuff, here\u2019s another 1931 version of \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d (don\u2019t know the date) from a British dance band, Henry Hall and His Gleneagles Hotel Band. This is pure dance band fun and if you\u2019re a hardened jazz lover, please skip ahead. But I enjoy this kind of stuff, right down to the stiff-upper-lip vocal (though please pay attention to the transition immediately after the vocal as we\u2019ll be hearing it again very soon). Here goes:\nOkay, so now off to Pops. Louis Armstrong\u2019s record of \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d was the final one he made during a tremendous month of April. Armstrong made three sessions for OKeh in April 1931, waxing classics such as \u201cI Surrender Dear,\u201d \u201cWhen It\u2019s Sleepy Time Down South,\u201d \u201cBlue Again\u201d and \u201cYou Rascal You.\u201d He was backed by his working band, arranged and led by trumpeter Zilner Randolph (I wrote more about this band in my older entry on \u201cWrap Your Troubles In Dreams\u201d). This was no great orchestra but it was a happy band fill with New Orleans homeboys and they often gave their leader enthusiastic, if a little pitchy, support.\nThe band recorded four songs across two sessions on April 28 and 29. The session on the 29th opened with a swinging romp on \u201cThem There Eyes,\u201d a song that would be associated for years with Pops (Chick Webb loved to hear him play it and Billie Holiday more or less aped Armstrong\u2019s vocal on the tune for her famous recording of it). Armstrong was clearly in good blowing form that day and the band was more than ready to tackle \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone.\u201d They couldn\u2019t have been playing it for long since the song was brand new, but they had enough of a handle on it to bang out the master take in one try. This is classic stuff. Listen for yourself by clicking here.\nThe record begins with the always perfect combination of Louis Armstrong and a minor key. The arrangement, presumably by Randolph, opens with a somber, modulating eight-bar introduction that alludes to the verse, which soon follows. Armstrong plays it brilliantly, but the work of the reeds kind of gets in the way. Armstrong plays it fairly straight for eight bars before the reeds take the baton, only to pass it to Preston Jackson\u2019s lone trombone. A modulation then leads to the vocal\u2026and what a vocal.\nMind you, Swan\u2019s lyrics, as the title implies, aren\u2019t exactly optimistic. In fact, I can think of few songs in the Armstrong discography that emit such despair. As already heard, Waters\u2019s version is a downer and later performances by the likes of Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra can wring tears from the listener\u2019s eyes. But not Pops. He was too young and too vivacious to instill such an emotional lyric with the quiet passion it deserves. No, to the Louis Armstrong of 1931, lyrics were just words, notes to be swung and on \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone,\u201d he swings with ease.\nHe immediately opens by changing Swan\u2019s melody, which is heavily centered on the major seventh. Armstrong sings it in G and as written, it simply descends, F#-F#-F natural-E. Pretty, but not good enough for Pops, who turns it into five notes, F#-F#-D-F#-E. However, from there, he stays pretty straight, offering no scatting or anything, but not exactly sounding doleful (you can hear him smile on the word \u201calone\u201d). He even gets tripped up briefly by one of the lyrics, \u201cThere is no sunrise,\u201d singing it as \u201cThere is no sun, sunrise.\u201d However, this quick slip-up is immediately followed by the highlight of the vocal. Armstrong leaves a few beats of space, allowing the clarinets to shine through with a sad, but pretty, statement. Armstrong then only has to sing the title phrase. Once isn\u2019t good enough for the young genius, so he repeats it three times. The first time is on a high D, all on a single pitch. He then drops to the D an octave lower and moves up to the neighboring E for the word \u201cgone.\u201d And for the third repetition, he starts at the G right smack dab in the middle of the D\u2019s and ends on an F#. The whole thing has a sing-song quality that just plain swings, though again, I think any phrase could have sounded as good and not just the sad titular phrase (try \u201cWhen the liver is done\u201d).\nHalfway there, Armstrong begins the second 16 bars in a straight fashion, almost like an impish prankster who knows he\u2019s gone too far with his frivolity. But the trickster in Armstrong can\u2019t be suppressed so he just can\u2019t help winking at the listener and singing the word \u201chours\u201d as \u201chow-ers,\u201d perhaps adding a subtle British tinge to his voice (like the \u201ccahn\u2019t\u201d in \u201cPut \u2018Em Down Blues\u201d). He\u2019s having fun; he sounds like he\u2019s happy his lover is gone (wasn\u2019t Lil on the outs by this point?), but all kidding aside, his tenor voice sounds quite lovely in its upper register, especially on the words \u201cLike\u201d and \u201cLife.\u201d\nThen after singing \u201cLife can\u2019t mean a thing,\u201d Armstrong attempts to set the record for the most repetitions of the syllables \u201cbay\u201d and \u201cbee\u201d in the span of about three seconds. As my ear hears it, he sings, \u201cLife can\u2019t mean a thing, bay bay bay bee,\u201d followed by a soulful \u201cOh, baby, bay bay, When Your Lover Has Gone.\u201d First off, the written lyric is \u201cLife can\u2019t mean anything,\u201d but Armstrong felt the need to edit down to just \u201ca thing.\u201d And as I\u2019ve written before, I think Armstrong\u2019s \u201cbaby\u2019s\u201d during this period reflect Bing Crosby\u2019s \u201cBoo-boo-boos.\u201d But just listen to the bluesy way Armstrong sings the final \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone,\u201d without hitting any blue notes, just by merely rearranging the melody. Is it wrong to feel so joyful after hearing such a tragic song?\nNow if you listened to the Harry Hill hotel band version from above you should have heard some familiar stuff in the Armstrong version. First, the clarinet backings I mentioned briefly above are lifted straight from the Hill record but the biggest steal is the trumpet modulation from the end of the vocal (in G) to the start of Armstrong\u2019s trumpet solo (in Bb). Jos Willems has the trumpeter listed as \u201cUnknown,\u201d but it must be Zilner Randolph. Whoever it is, he plays the same part that can be heard on the Hill record. Now, whose record came first? That\u2019s a good question and because I don\u2019t know the answer, it\u2019s possible that Hill took these elements from the Armstrong record but more simply, I believe both Armstrong and Hill were working off stock arrangements. However, the Armstrong stock was a little more suited to its leader, as we shall hear during the magnificent trumpet solo.\nArmstrong the trumpet player often showed the humorous qualities as Armstrong the vocalist, usually in the use of quotes, but Armstrong was also able to maintain more of a straight-face behind his horn and thus, was able to instill his trumpet solos with some of the serious passion that is often missing in his vocals (not a complaint of course. Listen to the \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d vocal again\u2026who needs serious passion when you have THAT?). But regardless of whether he was singing or playing, Armstrong was born to swing and there\u2019s no better illustration of that than in the opening of his \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d solo. Here\u2019s a song with a melody tailor-made for pure lead playing but Armstrong decides to edit it, only keeping the most important notes. And what phrasing! Please, tap your left hand to the steady 4/4 of the song, then tap your right hand every time Armstrong hits a note at the start of his solo. When you listen to it, it sounds so daring and complex but look at how many of those opening notes land squarely on the beat. I marvel at it every time I hear it.\nArmstrong continues in a very flowing mode, jumping up to a singing high G, then tumbling down with some casually tossed-off ruminations. In bar 7, he hits on a double-timed, double-note motif that reminds me of the opening cadenza of \u201cBlue Again.\u201d This immediately segues into the famous Armstrong calling card: Bb-G-Bb-G-D. There\u2019s nothing more I can add to the next eight bars. He opens with pure melody, but throws in a few extra notes that would have easily been \u201cbaby\u2019s\u201d if he was singing instead of playing. Then, right where he repeated the title phrase during the vocal, he employs a similar tactic, repeating three notes, F-G-A (\u201cWhen Your Love\u201d) three times, which really grabs the listener\u2019s attention. The slowly spiraling phrase he resolves this motif with is full of tricky rhythmic turns.\nThen, leaving a little space for his solo to breathe, Armstrong returns with the most passionate moment of the record. Here\u2019s where Randolph probably doctored the stock arrangement, giving Armstrong something that he always loved to blow over during this period: the reeds churning out notes on the first and third beats of the bar. As written, the melody would be A-A-Ab-G. Seeing the motif of the melody, Armstrong blasts out a high A, waits, hits the Ab, then G, then repeats the three notes, slightly faster, then again, in and around the beat, then once more even faster, catching up with the beat, before holding the Ab, skipping the A and ending this part of the solo with the G. Have I used the word genius lately? This segment is pure passion and conveys the message of the song better than the any of the lyrics could possibly do. It\u2019s as if Armstrong\u2019s screaming, \u201cPlease! Don\u2019t! Go! Please Don\u2019t Go! Please Don\u2019t Go! Please! Don\u2019t! Go! Please\u2026Go!\u201d It brings me to my knees every time.\nArmstrong then reverts to the middle register to do some conversing because screaming didn\u2019t do the trick to lure his lover back. He plays a few arpeggios before a quiet low phrase that almost sounds like mumbling. He doesn\u2019t even allude to the melody in this section but since the written line has such a strong ending, Armstrong can\u2019t resist passionately playing melody in the final eight bars. It\u2019s a beautiful moment but just when you think he\u2019s going to end way up high, he resorts to the middle register again to end the 32 bars, bending his next-to-last note to emphasize his melancholy mood. Instead of ending right there, there\u2019s a quick coda, with Preston Jackson\u2019s moaning trombone seemingly telling Pops, \u201cKeep your chin up, pal.\u201d Armstrong answers, still in the middle register, with repeated Bb\u2019s and G\u2019s before heading up for a triumphant final high Bb. A magnificent record.\nUnlike the other song recorded that day, \u201cThem There Eyes,\u201d which was a staple of Armstrong live performances for the next decade, \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d looks like it disappeared. There are no broadcasts or concert versions of it and no mentions of it in period reviews from the 30s and 40s. When the Autobiography project came around in 1956, Armstrong remade \u201cThem There Eyes,\u201d but left out \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone.\u201d But the following summer, in August of 1957, Armstrong recorded two albums for Norman Granz\u2019s Verve label, both featuring big band and string arrangements by Russell Garcia. On this occasion, Armstrong decided to tackle a few more songs of his youth, including \u201cI Gotta Right To Sing The Blues,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve Got The World On A String,\u201d \u201cHome\u201d and yes, \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone.\u201d Unfortunately, like most of Armstrong\u2019s Verve work, he was never completely rested for a Granz session, always having performed the night before. On an August 1 session with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Louie Bellson, Armstrong\u2019s trumpet sounded in fine form on a warm-up \u201cIndiana\u201d and on \u201cWillow Weep For Me.\u201d But by the time of the final Ella and Louis Again session of August 13, Armstrong\u2019s chops must have been hurting because he didn\u2019t pick up his trumpet once during the five-song session.\nUnfortunately for Pops, Granz had much more planned for August 14, 15 and 16, the Garcia dates, which would result in Armstrong recording four songs the first day, six on the second and a ridiculous eight on the final session. These sessions contain some of Armstrong\u2019s most \u201chuman\u201d playing, especially on \u201cStormy Weather,\u201d where you can just hear the pain in his solo. In 1999, Verve issued this material on two discs, with plenty of alternate and breakdown takes that illustrate just how much difficulty Armstrong was having blowing the horn during these sessions. Fortunately, Granz took a day off on August 17 and what a difference a day made as Armstrong\u2019s trumpet sounds quite wonderful on the Porgy and Bess sessions of August 18 and 19.\nBut back to the Garcia sessions. The very first one began with \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone\u201d in a treatment that couldn\u2019t be any more different than the 1931 original. Instead of casting the song in a swinging light, Garcia saw it for the brooding tune it is, with grumpy horns moaning throughout. The tempo is slow and stately and Armstrong responds.\nUnlike the original, Armstrong sings the remake in the key of F, down a step. The tempo\u2019s slow, but it\u2019s not a dirge; the rhythm section, with Paul Smith on piano, swings lightly and Armstrong seems to dig the feel. He sings the first chorus almost unusually straight, giving the tune a lot of respect. You can still hear him smile here and there, but really, it\u2019s a pretty solemn reading from a man many critics spent the summer of \u201957 calling a clown and an Uncle Tom (of course, Little Rock was only a month away). It\u2019s a very mature vocal and though it doesn\u2019t have the contagious enthusiasm of the original, it effectively conveys an entirely different, lowdown mood.\nThe same goes for the trumpet solo, which is one of my favorites from Armstrong\u2019s later years. While listening to Armstrong play \u201cSweet Lorraine\u201d in one of my Rutgers Master\u2019s classes, Lewis Porter commented that on that solo, from another Verve session with Oscar Peterson from October 1957, Armstrong \u201cout-Mileses Miles!\u201d I\u2019ve always loved that expression. For all the heart-pounding enjoyment I get out of Armstrong wailing away in the upper register, hitting those sickeningly good high notes, I always love his more reflective playing. Who knows, perhaps Armstrong would have approached the song differently if his chops were in better shape, but I love the feel and the tone of this version of \u201cWhen Your Lover Has Gone.\u201d\nYou can always tell when Louis Armstrong\u2019s lips were bothersome by listening to how much he futzed with his horn, constantly noodling behind other musicians and drum solos before he would step into the spotlight. Grans\u2019s recording engineer captures a great moment as you can hear Armstrong\u2019s lip flutter quietly in his mouthpiece as he places the trumpet to his lips, followed by a quick flicker of the valves. He starts out by quietly pushing out the first four notes of the melody, with that slightly burnished glow of his lower register playing. He leaves the requisite space before going for himself. He sounds so relaxed\u2014there are some nimble little phrases buried in all the soul\u2014and I especially love how he holds that low E in the fourth bar before resolving it to two D\u2019s. The next bar is pure Armstrong but then he rips out that short, descending chromatic phrase, pausing to squeeze out that Db, sounding very hip and a little like Red Allen\u2014or is it the other way around?. In fact, if Red Allen and Miles Davis had a baby, it would probably play a solo like this one.\nUnfortunately, and probably because of chops trouble, Armstrong only plays a half-chorus solo, but what\u2019s there is hauntingly beautiful. Armstrong continuously throws in snippets of melody in between all these slithering phrases. Rhythmically, he\u2019s floating and harmonically, he\u2019s pretty modern. There\u2019s a complexity to this solo that I find irresistible, though it might sound somewhat subdued and simple at first or even second hearing. But really, dig this one out, and play those 16 bars a few times and I guarantee you, you\u2019ll be surprised.\nWith the blowing down, Armstrong then sings another full chorus, this time rephrasing the song to fit his needs. This is good stuff. He\u2019s not as impish as in 1931, but he truly does create a new melody and I particularly like his phrasing on \u201cthe magic moonlight dies,\u201d separating it into two phrases, \u201cthe magic,\u201d pause, \u201cmoonlight dies.\u201d Instead of a hundred Bing-like \u201cBaby\u2019s,\u201d Armstrong places once solitary \u201cBaby\u201d at the 3:21 mark and the result is mellifluous. Then, in a throwback to the 1931 original, Armstrong sings the title phrase three times, this time singing each one on the same pitch, a C, before humming a lower D-F-E, turning the hum on the E into a righteous \u201cYeah.\u201d\nHeading into the final 16 bars, Armstrong reverts back to the melody, leading into some of the phrases with an \u201cOh\u201d or a raspy grumble. When he gets to the climax of the final eight bars, Armstrong goes up, as he did in 1931, on the line, \u201cLife can\u2019t mean anything,\u201d before singing a high \u201cOh yes,\u201d that lands on a high F. It\u2019s the same spot where his trumpet solo climaxed and clearly, he felt the need to make the most of it. After the \u201cyes,\u201d Armstrong scats a closing cadenza before singing the title phrase once more, holding the final \u201cgone\u201d for an impressive nine seconds.\nAs always, choosing is no fun. I\u2019d have to go with the 1931 original because it\u2019s long been one of my favorites. That vocal is all over the place (in a good way) and the passion of the trumpet solo gets me every time. But do not forget about that 1957 remake because I think it\u2019ll surprise you if you haven\u2019t heard it in a long time. Pardon my language, but there\u2019s some deep shit on that record.\nOkay, with the juices flowing once again, I hope to be back in a couple of days with yet another song that Armstrong recorded in the early 30s, only to remake with Garcia on the same August 14, 1957 session: \u201cI Gotta Right To Sing The Blues.\u201d Til then!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 242, "original_length": 26135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://discountinsurance.ie/about", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:19Z", "digest": "sha1:QB3YCL5BGD3HC7FXDRS7MQ3RZT4YAVSV", "length": 305, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "discountinsurance.ie", "title": "About Us", "raw_content": "Get Insurance Quotes Now\nGet protection for your home and it\u2019s contents \u2013 fast. 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Search the market to get the very best rates and cover.\nIt's fast and easy to find Ireland\u2019s Best Deals on Life Insurance - in just 30 Seconds", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2641, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://discourse.col.org/t/what-are-the-potential-economic-gains-to-be-harnessed-from-oer/112", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:55Z", "digest": "sha1:EIXMQWSG7RXN5BL433YHDXF3A7SMUZM7", "length": 2678, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "discourse.col.org", "title": "What are the potential economic gains to be harnessed from OER? - Basics of OER - COL Community of Practice (CoP) Platform", "raw_content": "What are the potential economic gains to be harnessed from OER?\nHere are four (4) potential economic gains that could be harnessed from OER:\nHarnessing OER in the creation of new, contextually relevant courses.\nThe case study from Guyana (page 13) demonstrates powerfully the significant cost reductions that this approach can yield. The OERu is an example of a global consortium of universities that is harnessing OER to offer open, flexible, and credit-bearing post-secondary courses to formal (fee-paying) and informal learners worldwide.\nApplying open licences in the textbook market.\nThe economics of the textbook market, especially in places where economies of scale are readily applied, indicate clearly that significant efficiency gains can be attained by shifting to open licences. This approach is accompanied by clear evidence from around the world that governments and other institutions are increasingly understanding its potential and starting to shift decisively towards such models. For example, Tidewater Community College in the United States pioneered the development of the zero texbook costs \"Z degree. This initiative results in improved program persistence, performance, and completion, a model that is referred to as the INTRO (INcreased Tuition Revenue through OER) model.\nReleasing research under open licences.\nAlthough not OER per se, research is a critical resource requirement for effective education, particularly at the higher education level. Although there is still some debate about the merits of open access approaches, data is emerging that demonstrates the economic value to be gained from supporting open access models.\nHarnessing OER to create alternative accreditation pricing models.\nThis work is still in its infancy, and thus there is no concrete data to demonstrate actual economic gains, but it will be interesting to monitor progress in this area over the next few years.\nTo know more about this topic, please explore this (free) e-book: \u201cExploring the business case for Open Educational Resources\u201d.\nFor more information about Open Business Models, please read this article by Paul Stacey.\nOER, economic gains, potential, courses, open licenses, textbook, research, accreditation\nStacey, P. (2016). What is an open business model and how can you generate revenue? 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They have a creamy white face, with distinct black feather lines and a green forehead.\nThe canopy layer of the rainforest in parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.\nA range of fruits, nuts, seeds and occasionally flowers and leaf buds. They will also occasionally eat clay from riverbanks to supplement their diet.\nOn average these parrots will live for 70-80 years, although the oldest one we know of got to 106!\nBlue-and-gold macaws mate for life. Pairs can often be seen flying high above the rainforest with wings almost touching. It is thought that this flight may reinforce the bond between the two.\nWhilst feeding, macaws allow plenty of seeds to fall to the forest floor (whilst eating and also in their droppings), which helps to generate much of the forest growth, making them extremely important in the forest ecosystem.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 2218, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 234.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dlcda.com/Site-Selection/Programs-Services.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:32Z", "digest": "sha1:KC7S2OSXW5OC2T6PVTQCG2HFAGWTAQCV", "length": 317, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "dlcda.com", "title": "Dublin-Laurens County Development Authority - Area Maps", "raw_content": "/Site Selection / Area Maps\nAs the maps below illustrate, we are literally in the heart of Georgia, half way between the state capital of Atlanta and the port city of Savannah. We are the regional hub for a thirteen county area. Over 600,000 people in a 60- mile radius call the Heart of Georgia home for good reason.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 3161, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 330.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://docepaixaowap.com/country/south-korea/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:34Z", "digest": "sha1:M6SH3TQEGFABDWEOKG2O6KJQV63CTPRG", "length": 148, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "docepaixaowap.com", "title": "South Korea Archives \u00ab Yo-Movies", "raw_content": "A gamer named Kwon yoo (Ji Chang wook) is unemployed, but in the virtual world he is a leader. Kwon yoo is then framed for murder. With the help of\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 3578, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dolbydisaster.com/?p=20578", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:49Z", "digest": "sha1:4KQZN4GTJ6JC2OBJUZK45BXWTOXOKOAM", "length": 8487, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "dolbydisaster.com", "title": "\u201cJim Carrey: Maybe Untangling This and Other Messes\u201d \u2013 Dolby Disaster", "raw_content": "\u201cJim Carrey: Maybe Untangling This and Other Messes\u201d\n* \u201cYou\u2019ve been so busy lately\nThat you haven\u2019t found the time\nAnd watch the world spinning\nGently out of time\u201d\nAfter Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary this last May, my cousin shared this image on facebook which was Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura 2, I think with some sort of like spear stuck into his leg, and making this exclaiming mannerism, like \u201cWTF!\u201d The caption then read something like \u201cWhen you have to choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.\u201d\nWhat\u2019s funny is that pretty much no one, at least who I happened to talk to, knew at this point that the actor\u2019s girlfriend had committed suicide, just eight or so months before.\nNow, Jim Carrey is still alive and well, as far as we\u2019ve heard. That is, there\u2019s no NEWS STORY with him right now, other than of course his late girlfriend\u2019s family suing him for wrongful death, a case which has made minor news in a couple publications. Nope, at this point it\u2019s only an extremely haunting tale, made only more so for how little attention it\u2019s got considering that we\u2019re talking about a man who was once arguably the most famous and talented actor on the planet this side of Tom Hanks and Chris Rock.\nWell, we don\u2019t know what death is. And really, we don\u2019t know what girlfriends are, either. Maybe we suspect shallow motives for having them. We\u2019ve seen, after all, enough of these Hollywood stars dating girls who are like half their age\u2026 maybe we\u2019re hardened. Or maybe it\u2019s just become accepted that as a Americans, our lives are \u201chard,\u201d our lives are a \u201cstruggle,\u201d when really, we still have way more luxuries than almost anyone else on the planet.\nOk, here\u2019s the story, as far as I know it. I\u2019m faint of heart. The girl OD\u2019s on pills, she\u2019d been dating Jim Carrey on and off for three years, she got the pills from Carrey. Her family is now suing Carrey for wrongful death, claiming that he caused her untimely demise by slipping her those drugs, and that he had somehow caused her emotional traumas in some other ways. The blame game begins.\nI myself have been very busy this fall, but I have to admit, when I heard that Jim Carrey\u2019s girlfriend committed suicide, I was very surprised. In a way, to me, it\u2019s even more haunting than Robin Williams doing himself in. That is, at least with him, I\u2019d already known he was SENSITIVE. I wouldn\u2019t say I wasn\u2019t surprised at ALL \u2014 I mean the guy\u2019d had an exorbitantly successful career, obviously, and he had a beautiful young family to take care of\u2026 how does the meaning just get zapped out of someone\u2019s life like that? Well, it\u2019s gotta be drugs, I guess, and according to rumors Williams was quite the coke-head in the \u201880s, a fact which more than anything really makes me glad I didn\u2019t grow up in the \u201880s, because there but for the grace of God go I. We were total hippies in the \u201890s by comparison, don\u2019t let anyone tell you different.\nOk but\u2026 what exactly the fu** happened here? I mean I think of Jim Carrey as successful. He\u2019s not exactly like the lead singer of Everclear, or something, \u201closing (him)self in a white trash he**\u201d with a \u201cheroin girl,\u201d you know? I mean this isn\u2019t how we think of our Hollywood heroes, the people who brought us Ace Ventura, The Mask, Me, Myself & Irene\u2026 the man I saw deliver one of the single most brilliant interviews that I\u2019ve ever seen for MTV in 1998, just following the shooting of The Truman Show (which admittedly was an unwatchable film, I thought)\u2026 Jim Carrey\u2019s sense of humor was entirely original and inimitable, just like Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson, the Wayans Brothers, and everyone else who was on In Living Color, the predominantly black and hilarious sketch comedy show back in the \u201890s. How am I supposed to watch In Living Color now?\nI can still watch Dead Poet\u2019s Society, no problem. I mean just look at the title: \u201cDead.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re all fertilizing dandelions,\u201d or whatever.\nHow am I supposed to watch Ace Ventura? How are we to truly laugh again? What kind of hard bark would it take on someone to continue to indulge in these \u201ccomedy\u201d movies, when it\u2019s plain and clear right before our very eyes: life isn\u2019t that da**ed funny? Life drives people to want out, to points where they can take no more, and to top it off, we have this despicable rich Hollywood family suing one of America\u2019s favorite funny men, the man who gave us all these laughs over the years. Where\u2019s the banding together, where\u2019s the sense of camaraderie, of spirit, of humanness?\nTennesse Williams once said of Hollywood, after having gotten a little taste of it but then being turned off, that there was a \u201cspiritual death ray\u201d running through everything out there. But I mean, Wow, this is like taking things to another level completely. There\u2019s having everything be about money, which we all thought was sort of a lingering threat, once the potential for music diminished by way of its cheapening on the internet, and from like Black people just being really da**ed sick of living in this country, but this wrongful death suit on Jim Carrey is entirely just scabrousness on an unprecedented level. It\u2019s insinuating somehow that Carrey WANTED his girlfriend\u2019s death. Why is \u201cwrongful death\u201d even an available tort, in the first place? As if money can make up for the loss of a loved one? Where was this family at while this woman was alive, going through these tough times, and why didn\u2019t they step in and support her when they had the chance?\nNobody really understands death, I guess. Maybe this is why nobody seems to care when it happens anymore: we just go on gnashing our teeth before the cluttered masses as we did before, bemoaning the fact that we don\u2019t seem to stand out in any way.\nOr maybe there\u2019s something even darker here, that I\u2019m not noticing. Carrey\u2019s been incredibly quiet about this. Maybe he just REALLY DOESN\u2019T BLAME his girlfriend for killing herself, sort of like the Cat Power song \u201cI Don\u2019t Blame You,\u201d which is about Kurt Cobain. We\u2019ve lived through, in this country, a period of being lied to, and of endangering our troops in a war built on false and brutal premises. We\u2019ve seen a \u201cunification\u201d under patriotism which has nothing to do with being friends with the world at large, or doing the right thing diplomatically, but rather just falling in line like a bunch of robots, and agreeing with our dictator, whatever the fu** it is he says.\nThe world was supposed to end in 2012. It didn\u2019t. Carrey and his girlfriend had made love. There was no mystery left in life. LA was still polluted, crowded and violent \u2014 the clothes were still slick and expensive, the people still skittish and defensive, and movies were worse than ever, if Brides\u2019 Maids and SLC Punk 2 were any indication. What was there left to live for, maybe, for Carrey OR his girlfriend? Sure as heck not family, from the way it sounds.\nThis story of the actor and his former girlfriend had broiled to the front of my mind significantly a month or so ago, and I was all gung ho about trying to do an expose about it\u2026 but then this Trump thing happened, and all of a sudden it got beaten back down like a beaver at one of those mallet arcade games. But now, a few days have past since the election, I\u2019ve gleaned a decent amount of perspectives about the whole thing on facebook (check\u2019s in the mail, Zuckerberg), I\u2019ve gone to work and back a couple times, school and back a couple times, and I remember all over again: we\u2019re all human. We all have spirits, we all have hearts. Sh**, man, we\u2019ll get by. Why couldn\u2019t someone have told Jim Carrey\u2019s girlfriend this? Maybe nobody ever thought to imagine her as going through a hard time, except Carrey himself, who happened to be, you know, maybe IN LOVE with her\u2026 is it really that unfathomable? Is it that you hurt the ones you love, or is it that he\u2019s just such a good ACTOR that he\u2019s good at acting aloof of her, and therefore KEEPING her by his side? Maybe he really liked her laugh, her smile. I mean sh**, stranger things have happened. In light of how evil this chick\u2019s family is, it\u2019s not really hard to imagine her situation as having lent her to a \u201cbetter place,\u201d as they say after funerals, etc. I just wish a little more of a fight was being put up AGAINST this idea, by the media, by the actor himself, or by sh** anybody I talk to. 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In administering the Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician (MHRT) certification programs, CFL develops knowledge competencies, designs and implements quality assurance processes, and assesses workers' qualifications. CFL also collaborates with academic institutions and other agencies in Maine that provide education and training to ensure that mental health courses, programs and trainers meet standards outlined in the MHRT/C Procedural Guidelines and Trainer and Curriculum Standards\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 260.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dunnscreekbaptist.org/home-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:04Z", "digest": "sha1:HSHGT7MDCFOAJLTCR33JNFYJ7TKUWNUG", "length": 1324, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "dunnscreekbaptist.org", "title": "Dunns Creek Baptist Church", "raw_content": "Most of all, we believe that JESUS CHRIST loves YOU fully, completely, and perfectly, exactly where you are, just as you are, and He loves you too much to leave you there.\nSundays, 10:30am - Worship Service\nJoin us on Sundays for a dynamic worship service, full of fellowship, praise and worship, and practical teaching from God's Word. During the worship service, children (birth - 5th grade) are led by a group of skilled and screened volunteers in age-appropriate worship environments. For questions regarding children's ministry, e-mail us at children@dunnscreekbaptist.org.\nWednesdays, 6:00pm - Adult Bible Study/Prayer\nOn Wednesdays at Dunns Creek, adults gather for Bible Study and Prayer. This time of community is set aside for the discussion of God's Word and a commitment to pray for the needs of congregation and community. If you have any needs that you would like the church to pray over, please e-mail us at info@dunnscreekbaptist.org.\nWednesdays, 6:00pm - DC Students\nOn Wednesdays at Dunns Creek, teenagers gather for fellowship and fun. This time of community is focused on learning more about God's Word, growing in relationship with each other, and dreaming about what God has in store for our future. If you have any questions about our youth gatherings, please e-mail us at youth@dunnscreekbaptist.org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 2089, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eatstopeatskeptic.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:24Z", "digest": "sha1:B3VNIITAOXIQPDPAK2PRYUJLYW7S6AEE", "length": 5266, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "eatstopeatskeptic.com", "title": "Eat Stop Eat Skeptic", "raw_content": "Welcome to Eat Stop Eat Skeptic\nTo begin, I\u2019m a confirmed Eat Stop Eat skeptic. That\u2019s not to say I have anything against Eat Stop Eat and certainly not that I\u2019m biased against it.\nIt\u2019s more that I\u2019m skeptical about any diet plan. I\u2019m skeptical that any plan really can deliver the results people say it can.\nA skeptic verifies. They look below the surface claims to see what\u2019s really there. That\u2019s the way I\u2019ve approached Eat Stop Eat.\nAt this point, I have to tell you part of the reason I\u2019ve become a skeptic is because I\u2019ve been burned so many times. Too many diet plans make claims they can\u2019t deliver on.\nThe Road to Becoming a Skeptic\nI\u2019ve struggled with my weight all my life. In grade school I was the fattest kid in the class. My loving mother referred to me as \u201cstocky\u201d, but the kids calling me \u201cfatso\u201d (and other less polite names) were probably more accurate.\nIn high school, the combination of a growth spurt, lifting weights and watching what I ate combined to help me get to a pretty normal weight. Over the decades since I\u2019ve more or less maintained a reasonable weight, but it\u2019s always taken effort. I always need to watch what they eat and I always need to do some form of exercise. And even doing all that, I carry some extra weight.\nI don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m one of those people who have lost weight only to see it come back gradually. Then I\u2019d struggle to lose it again. I\u2019ve always wished that it was as easy to lose it as it is to gain it.\nOver the years, I\u2019ve tried more diet and fitness plans that I can easily recall.\nHow Many of These Diets Have You Tried?\nI well remember the claims that all we needed to do to lose weight was eliminate virtually all fats from our diet. I did that for a while. That is, I did it until food companies produced fat-free foods that proved it was extremely easy to gain weight while avoiding fat.\nThen came the counterclaims of the Atkins diet and others that fats were fine, it was carbohydrates that we needed to limit.\nI won\u2019t bore you with a detailed list of all the things I\u2019ve tried but my personal conclusion is that for me I do best with a high protein diet with lots of vegetables, some fruit and relatively restricted non-vegetable carbohydrates, even carbohydrates that are generally considered healthy such as beans and whole grains.\nSo it\u2019s with this background that I looked into of a diet trend referred to as \u201cintermittent fasting\u201d and Eat Stop Eat in particular. What I found has given me reason to reflect and reconsider some of the \u201cproven\u201d wisdom we are currently handed.\nMaybe it\u2019s not best to eat every 3 to 4 hours. Maybe breakfast isn\u2019t the most important meal of the day. Maybe there\u2019s nothing wrong with going under 2000 or even 1800 calories a day. Maybe our metabolism works in ways we haven\u2019t considered.\nI\u2019m not sure how much you\u2019ve heard about Eat Stop Eat. It\u2019s a form of intermittent fasting. Rather than specifying the kinds of food you can and can\u2019t eat or limiting the amount of food that you can eat, intermittent fasting specifies the times you can eat.\nIn my looking around on the web as well as in some published books, I\u2019ve seen a lot of variations. Generally, the so-called fasting period ranges from 16 to 36 hours. However there are a lot of other variations.\nFor example, some so-called cleansing programs have you avoiding any solid food and drinking only fresh vegetable juices and teas for 7, 10 or even 14 days. Personally, I have no interest in that type of program.\nBut I have to admit to being curious about intimate fasting in general and Eat Stop Eat in particular. I kept coming across references to it from many different angles.\nIs Intermittent Fasting in Our Genes?\nFor example, I was reading about the primal lifestyle, including the paleo diet. This is something else I\u2019m skeptical about, what there are aspects of it that make a lot of sense. Basically, people following this approach advocate living the way our ancient ancestors did in the days of hunter-gatherers. They recommend low levels of activities most days interspersed with relatively brief episodes of intense physical activity along with a diet emphasizing meat, vegetables, nuts, seeds and some fruit.\nThey also recommend eating intermittently, since food supply was never reliably abundant in hunter-gatherer days. There\u2019d be times you\u2019ve feasted followed by times you went without.\nAlthough that\u2019s coming at it from a different approach, that sounds a lot like intermittent fasting.\nCould It Be That the Standard Thinking Is All Wrong?\nOr at least partly wrong?\nThe more I looked into intermittent fasting the more curious I became. To a large extent, it flies in the face of what we\u2019ve come to accept as the proven wisdom I referred to above. But what if some of this \u201cproven\u201d wisdom is wrong? What if it\u2019s as bad as the advice we were given about low fat diets? What if we completely misunderstand how our metabolism works?\nI won\u2019t draw conclusions for you. Probably one of the few things I can say from my experiences over the years is that everyone\u2019s different and what works for one person may not work for another. I put together this website to provide information so you can decide for yourself. I basically wanted to save you the time it took me to do the research.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 5949, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ecstatic-for-books.blogspot.com/2015/10/review-illuminae-by-amie-kaufman-and.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:40Z", "digest": "sha1:HZF2FJMZBHID2SMDJSDHP2JEQQPJM46D", "length": 3386, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "ecstatic-for-books.blogspot.com", "title": "City of Books: Review: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff", "raw_content": "Authors: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff\nThere was so much hype surrounding this book that I was initially kind of nervous about reading it. But it ended up being just as great as I thought it would be! Illuminae is such a well-written, innovative and captivating book. Sci-fi fans everywhere need to pick this one up as soon as they can.\nI really enjoyed the format of this novel. As everyone knows, it's not written in the normal prose form. Instead, we get to know the story and characters through IM messages, emails, official reports, journal entries, interviews, etc. And all these documents are hacked and retrieved by Illuminae.\nOur protagonists are Kady and Ezra, whose home planet suffered an attack, and only a few escaped with their lives, now survivors on three different spaceships. Kady just broke up with Ezra before the attack happened, so things are pretty awkward between them at first. But they need each other to escape. The two of them end up on different ships, and communicate through IMs to figure out what happened and how to fix the numerous problems cropping up on the ships.\nSince I was reading an eARC of the book, the text of some pages were way too small for me to read, and I couldn't even zoom in. So there are a few things I missed out, like the Wikipedia-style entries and a few other one-page documents. I feel like that really would have helped me figure out what was happening, because things get pretty technical in this book. But once I got past that and into the actual plot, I was sold.\nKaufman and Kristoff weave complex threads together to tie into a fantastic sci-fi novel that'll give readers a unique experience. I thought I wouldn't get to know the characters as well through a format like this, but I was completely wrong. I loved Kady's spunk and initiative, and her technology skills are off the charts. I also loved Ezra, and found it adorable how he'd tell Kady what he feels for her. They're apart for most of the novel, so interactions are just through IM conversations. And yet, that was enough to develop a working relationship between the two.\nThe eARC I read was 215 pages, but it was a lot longer than it seemed. I heard that the actual paperback book is over 600 pages, and I'm not surprised. This is a super long book, but there are no dull parts at all. Okay, the beginning is a bit slow and it took me a while to warm up to the style of writing, but other than that it's great.\nI have a few little issues about the ending of the book, but I won't get into that because of spoilers. Regardless, I'm really excited to see what comes next for these characters I've already grown to love!\nLabels: Amie Kaufman, ARC, Jay Kristoff, The Illuminae Files, Young Adult\nExcellent review. I picked up the ARC at BEA and it was a hardcover ARC and it was 599 pages. I thought this was a great book. I hope you love all your new books.\nYay :D I'm so glad you mostly loved this book Richa. I loved it a bit more, hih :) But so glad you didn't hate it, lol. <3 Gorgeous review sweet girl. Hope you will buy the finished copy :) I'm getting a bunch of them, lol.\nYes, lots of hype but I'm glad it wasn't disappointing :) When I first heard about Illuminae I wasn't that excited but people seem to be really enjoying it so I'll have to pick it up. I'm glad the non-prose style worked well and I'm eager to meet Kady and Ezra :D Great review!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 14121, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 294.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://electrodoc.musiques-recherches.be/fr/c/6760/horning-susan-schmidt", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:08Z", "digest": "sha1:BZ4AFMIGMXF2IZKYQOJ5NRVXH6EXG32J", "length": 1849, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "electrodoc.musiques-recherches.be", "title": "Musiques & Recherches", "raw_content": "Cr\u00e9ateurs > Horning Susan Schmidt\nHorning Susan Schmidt\nM.A., The University of Akron, 1992\nB. A., summa cum laude, The University of Akron, 1990\nSusan Schmidt Horning came to St. John\u2019s University in 2007 after teaching at The Cleveland Institute of Art and at Case Western Reserve University. She specializes in 20th c. United States cultural history, history of technology, and sound studies, and she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in postwar U.S., technology and science, the 1960s, media and technology, urban history, and global history since 1500.\nProf. Schmidt Horning\u2019s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of University Women, and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and her essays have appeared in Music and Technology in the Twentieth Century (2002), The Electric Guitar: A History of an American Icon (2004), and in the journals ICON and Social Studies of Science. Her first book, Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013), explores the interplay of technology, music, sound engineering, and creativity from the birth of the music recording industry to the 1970s. Her interest in music and technology is the natural extension of her previous life as a rock guitarist and singer who began playing at age fourteen in an all-girl rock band. She is currently working on a history of girl bands during the 1960s and 1970s, a study of how women engaged with technology and navigated the male-dominated world of rock music in the postwar era.\nSpatial Effects: Sound, Space, and Technology in Twentieth Century Popular Music Horning Susan Schmidt\nKompositionen f\u00fcr h\u00f6rbaren Raum / Compositions for Audible Space Horning Susan Schmidt", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 3220, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 96.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://electromontaj.com/artists/The-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:19:03Z", "digest": "sha1:DBHK4B2SWR4UJYZOEQ2HM2D3XGPY7CHL", "length": 798, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "electromontaj.com", "title": "The Presidents of the United States of America Lyrics, Songs, and Albums | Genius", "raw_content": "About The Presidents of the United States of America\nThe Presidents of the United States of America, or The Presidents for short, is a post-grunge alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington. In the midst of the post-Nirvana explosion of grunge, The Presidents rejected angsty lyrics and heavy guitars and instead embraced a goofy humorous persona. The band consists of Chris Ballew, Dave Dederer and Jason Finn.\nPopular The Presidents of the United States of America songs\nFuck California\nWe Are Not Going To Make It\nShow all songs by The Presidents of the United States of America\nPopular The Presidents of the United States of America albums\nThese Are the Good Times People\nFreaked Out and Small\nDune Buggy: Australian Tour EP\nShow all albums by The Presidents of the United States of America", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 2174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 135.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.economywatch.com/features/Using-Breakevens-over-Spreads0322.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ALDTLU2SO6D2THZQUUQP7YSR7JLNHHCV", "length": 2442, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "en.economywatch.com", "title": "Using Breakevens over Spreads | Economy Watch", "raw_content": "Using Breakevens over Spreads\nMarch 22, 2016\u2022 Bonds\u2022 by Marc Chandler\nUntil last September, the Federal Reserve seemed to play down the market-based measures of inflation expectations, preferring the surveys that showed views were anchored. At the September 2015 FOMC meeting where the Fed had been expected to tighten until the August turmoil, officials cited among other considerations, the decline in market-based measures of inflation expectations.\nThere are many problems with using the spread between conventional Treasuries and the inflation-linked securities as predictions for future inflation. First, it simply has a poor track record. In fact, a study by the San Francisco Federal Reserve found two simple approaches are superior. One is to assume the Fed reaches its target every year. The other is to use this year's core rate for predicting next year's headline rate.\nThe other set of problems for using the breakevens as inflation forecasts is that there is a liquidity difference that impacts the spreads. US Treasuries are considerably more liquid than the inflation-protected securities. Market-based measures seem to reflect current and past inflation movements and provide little forward-looking information.\nThe Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg, shows three time series. The white line is the US 10-year breakeven. It had risen from 1.2% on February 10 to 1.65% yesterday. This is the highest since last August. The green line is the 10-year German breakeven. It has risen as well, but less so. It bottomed on March 1 near 68 bp and was a 94 bp yesterday. The third line, in yellow, is the price of light sweet crude oil.\nThe co-movement is striking though the German breakeven seems less tightly related to oil. The correlation between the US10-year breakeven and oil prices is a little more than 0.55 (60-day percentage change basis). This is where the correlation peaked twice in 2015. The last time the correlation was higher (than last year) was in 2011 when it was over 0.70.\nGermany's 10-year breakeven is not as tied to the price of oil. The correlation between the German 10-year breakeven and Brent is less than 0.30 (60-day percentage change basis). It peaked last year near 0.50, which is the highest since at least 2011.\nBottom line: Rising oil prices lift all inflation expectations, but some more than others.\nGreat Graphic: 10-Year Break-Evens and Oil is republished with permission from Marc to Market", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 8132, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 338.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/1499.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ZECD6M7GZAXXCQBHMV6ZPVRHDVREMGYR", "length": 958, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "en.espn.co.uk", "title": "John Raphael | Rugby Union | Players and Officials | ESPN Scrum", "raw_content": "Full name John Edward Raphael\nBorn April 30, 1882, Brussels\nDied June 11, 1917, Remy (aged 35 years 42 days)\nTest debut England v Wales at Blackheath, Jan 11, 1902 match details\nJack Raphael was a brilliant all-round sportsman who played first-class cricket to a high level and represented England nine times as a three-quarter. It was reported that he possessed \"a beautiful kick, a brilliant field, and possessed of a good turn of speed, he was a fine natural player, even if his special qualities did not always make for success as one of a line of four three-quarters in international encounters\". He gained his blue as a freshman at Oxford in 1901, not only appeared for his University against Cambridge on four occasions, but only once failed to secure a try. In 1910 he captained the British Lions in a tour of Argentina, consisting of the South American nation's inaugural Test. He died as a result of wounds received in the Battle of Messines Ridge.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 254, "original_length": 5673, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 127.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://endlesscatalogs.com/palm_beach_jewelry", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:06Z", "digest": "sha1:QAUXHISD2GUGIL3NHQIQPRCV3UILBIHN", "length": 365, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "endlesscatalogs.com", "title": "Palm Beach Jewelry | Affordable Jewelry Catalog", "raw_content": "Offers jewelry for men and women at savings of up to 65%. Browse our selection of over 6500 rings, bracelets, earrings, watches, chains, and cubic zirconia jewelry.\nEddie Bauer Women's Catalog\nBrowse for women\u2019s and misses clothing, swimwear, shoes, and gear for work or play.\nBrand name scrubs, nursing uniforms, medical scrubs, nursing shoes and medical supplies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 2204, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 312.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eng.majalla.com/2014/04/article55249588/arab-art%E2%80%99s-social-adjustment", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:39Z", "digest": "sha1:B3JRDNQPDSZFOLAPPWEX2AXMQJSHT5JI", "length": 7118, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "eng.majalla.com", "title": "Arab Art\u2019s Social Adjustment | Majalla", "raw_content": "Nawaf Al-Janahi, accompanied by filmmaker Khalid Al-Mahmood, tours the UAE to raise awareness for his Emirati Cinema Campaign, one of the projects successfully funded through Aflamnah's crowdfunding platform in 2014. (Courtesy of Aflamnah)\nOver the past few years, a sharper lens has been focused on the Arab world\u2019s contemporary arts and culture sectors. But as they have continued to grow across the region they have faced a common challenge: limited access to sustainable support and adequate funding infrastructure. The issue inspired long-time Dubai-based communications and media professional, Vida Rizq, along with her husband Lotfi Bencheikh, to come up with a new way of providing support to this burgeoning creative scene.\nIn July of 2012 they launched Aflamnah, the first crowdfunding platform dedicated to creative ventures in the Arab world. \u201cWhen we did our research, [we found that] 85 percent of projects don\u2019t get offered the money and opportunities they need\u2014and the ones that do, don\u2019t get all the money they need. There are projects that simply never see the light of day,\u201d Rizq told The Majalla.\nAflamnah, based in Dubai, is a startup with a core advisory board comprised of professionals in the legal, media, finance, and arts fields. It was designed as a participatory funding model to encourage public engagement in creative endeavors.\nAccepting state funding, grants or other private funding opportunities can often leave an artist or innovator incumbent to the requirements of the donor. Aflamnah\u2019s crowdfunding model, therefore, may well be a game-changer and, many hope, an indication of a greater cultural shift. The idea, according to Rizq, is to encourage people to invest, no matter how small the amount, in the future and vitality of their own creative cultures. The crowdfunding model promotes not only the engagement of the public, but a sense of shared responsibility and a network of support on the civil society level.\n[inset_left]It was designed as a participatory funding model to encourage public engagement in creative endeavors.[/inset_left]\n\u201cWe say this all the time: \u2018There\u2019s no shame in giving small amounts\u2014the real shame is in not participating. We are saying, \u2018Please take part,\u2019 instead of placing emphasis on the amount of money given.\u201d\nRizq is firm in her emphasis on building up a culture of support rather than merely providing funds where they are needed. This also means that, as a small and relatively new startup, Aflamnah needs to earn peoples\u2019 trust. To this end, Aflamnah has been proactive about partnering with high profile organizations and brands to establish a trusted public image for participants and funders. \u201cWe never wanted trust to be an issue,\u201d said Rizq. \u201cWhich is why we asked for [major brands such as Arab TV channel MBC and the Dubai International Film Festival] to morally support our projects . . . In this part of the world, it legitimizes us.\u201d\n\u201cArab projects tend to get lost,\u201d continued Rizq, speaking of the world\u2019s limited focus on contemporary Arab projects in the creative field. \u201cWe want to tell different stories, to change the stereotypes of the Arab world. This year the Oscars had three Arab films nominated. [This] demonstrates an interest [in the region], but there is still a dearth of stories being told.\u201d\nWhile crowdfunding is a common model in other parts of the world\u2014take widely known platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo, for instance\u2014the concept has not yet impacted the Arab world\u2014until now. Since its launch in 2012, Aflamnah has funded 70 projects in the region and raised 300,000 US dollars, going from an initial two projects a month to its current six projects a month.\nPast Aflamnah-funded projects include Bilbaal, a social network created by Dana Salloum and Rasha Kashkoush which connects people with Palestinian nonprofit organizations across the globe; Champ of the Camp, a documentary film by Mahmoud Kaabour that explores a singing competition in the labor community in Dubai; and The Brain that Sings by Emirati filmmaker Amal Al-Agroobi that documents the lives of two young autistic boys, and was created to raise awareness of the condition in the UAE. The award-winning film, When I Saw You, by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir, was one of Aflamnah\u2019s launch projects.\nIn April this year, at the recent Middle East Film and Comic Con, Aflamnah hosted a live crowdfunding event\u2014the first of its kind in the region\u2014with Dubai-based photographer Martin Beck. His photography exhibition We Can be Heroes marks one of Aflamnah\u2019s recent successes. The event attracted nearly 200 supporters who made donations on the spot, switching from the virtual realm to face-to-face interaction.\nIn March, Aflamnah teamed up with MBC\u2019s corporate social responsibility chapter, MBC Amal, to hold a crowdfunding workshop in Egypt, at the British Council in Cairo. The event was led by Emirati filmmaker and director Nawaf Al-Janahi, who used the Aflamnah platform to successfully raise funds for his project, the Emirati Cinema Campaign, an initiative that educates people on the UAE\u2019s rich, yet underrepresented, cinema culture.\nAn upcoming crowdfunding workshop is being planned to take place in Saudi Arabia. \u201cThe workshops are very hands-on,\u201d reflected Rizq. \u201cWe don\u2019t glamorize crowdfunding; we need people to see what it really takes.\nAs a first in the region, Aflamnah\u2019s approach to crowdfunding is significantly hands-on. Each project that comes across the virtual desk is carefully reviewed not only to make sure it fulfills all requirements, but also to ascertain if it is strong enough. Once the submission is approved, constructive feedback is given. \u201cPeople often underestimate the amount of time it takes to put a campaign together. We tell people all the time: \u2018It\u2019s a full-time job.\u2019\u201d\nEstablishing a break-out market in Dubai and across the Arab world has also required some adjustments from the traditional crowdfunding model: Aflamnah allows participants to take home all of the funds raised, regardless of their target fundraising goal.\n\u201cWe are not an all-or-nothing platform,\u201d explained Rizq. \u201cWe found in our research that people felt the risk was too great to put so much effort and commitment [into a campaign]. From the viewpoint of creative people, some money still brings them closer to their goals.\u201d\nIn terms of Aflamnah\u2019s future goals, Rizq believes that \u201cthe education [of the public regarding crowdfunding] still needs a push.\u201d Along with more projects, she would also like to see more corporations and brands brought in to fund projects they support. Aflamnah\u2019s plans also include tapping into new sectors, such as gaming and technology. \u201cWhat\u2019s interesting is the number of \u2018invisible\u2019 projects that come alive; the number of projects that don\u2019t fit into [traditional] categories. People can make a difference if they believe in it. The creative field is built up of normal people . . . We don\u2019t do that alone. That\u2019s social change, evolution,\u201d she says.\nAn earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Aflamnah does not take a commission on funds raised through the site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 8623, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 269.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eng.wirc.businessplaza.co.uk/advertisement/Health,+Fitness", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:06Z", "digest": "sha1:LK3ESA3EHU4VY2FINA2YP5IQVSDR42D2", "length": 30, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "eng.wirc.businessplaza.co.uk", "title": "Health, Fitness | Business Plaza", "raw_content": "http://www.london-welsh.co.uk/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 808, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.55, "perplexity": 31.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://envisupport.info/?p=1802", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:22Z", "digest": "sha1:OVIP3MOUPLVC2MZKIEISYAQSYYKHNBAO", "length": 2761, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "envisupport.info", "title": "Forensic Science Technician Jobs Opportunities And Salary \u2013 Support Vector Machine", "raw_content": "Forensic Science Technician Jobs Opportunities And Salary\nIf you are interested in forensic science technician jobs, and have completed a degree program in forensics (or chemistry or biology with a concentration in forensics, depending on what was available to you), there are a lot of places where you can look to try to find available forensic science technician jobs.\nBefore starting your job search for forensic science technician jobs, it might be useful for you to go to the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics website (www.bls.gov) to find out what type of salary you should expect for different types of positions in different locations.\nThe American Academy of Forensic Sciences lists forensic science technician jobs on their website at www.aafs.org. There aren\u2019t necessarily a lot of positions posted here at any one time, but it is a good place to start your search.\nYou can also look for forensic science technician jobs on general job search websites. However, as there are many possible titles for these jobs, you should be sure to search under all the possibilities. These include: Ballistic Expert, Ballistician, Forensic Ballistics Expert, Crime Lab Technician, Crime Laboratory Analyst, Crime Scene Analyst, Crime Scene Investigator, Crime Scene Technician, Crime Specialist, Criminalist, Criminologist, Evidence Technician, Fingerprint Classifier, Fingerprint Expert, Forensic Chemist, Forensic Investigator, Forensic Pathology, Forensic Scientist, Keeler Polygraph Operator, Latent Fingerprint Examiner, Lie Detector Operator, Polygraph Examiner, Polygraph Operator, Ballistic Technician, Evidence Technician, and Forensic Science Technician, among others.\nDifferent forensic science technician jobs focus on different aspects of the job. You might want to concentrate on applying for the forensic science technician jobs which require the skills you have the most experience with, or enjoy the most. If you have a lot of experience with polygraph tests, it might be better to apply for a Polygraph Examiner Position rather than a more general Forensic Science Technician.\nAccording to Payscale.com, if you are just getting started out on your career, you can expect to make a median salary of $30,000 to $40,000 per year or so for forensic science technician jobs. Those with 10 years experience in forensic science technician jobs have a median salary of $64,998 per year, so experience definitely makes a difference in salary for this career.\nWorking for the federal government is also likely to pay more than working for state and local governments or a university. Location also makes a difference, with those working in some cities making much more than those in other cities. 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They resemble and are hard to distinguish from true epileptic seizures and are related to psychological factors rather than electrical disturbances in the brain. Since epilepsy is difficult to diagnose, individuals with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are often assumed to have epilepsy and receive unnecessary testing and treatment, including powerful antiepileptic drugs. They also risk losing driver licenses and other privileges. One study found that wrongly diagnosed psychogenic patients received unnecessary antiepileptic therapy for an average of seven to 10 years.2\nPeter Crino, MD, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Neurology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a co-author of the new study. His former laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania conducted key studies of Cognizance Biomarkers\u2019 approach. Dr. Crino noted, \u201cMany individuals are being treated for epilepsy who do not actually have this disorder. Individuals with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures are especially at risk for an epilepsy misdiagnosis. These results provide strong preliminary evidence that neuroinflammatory-associated biomarkers can be used to triage suspected seizure patients for expert evaluation, thereby ensuring that patients are accurately diagnosed and appropriately treated.\u201d\nEpilepsy is currently diagnosed using electroencephalograms (EEGs) and comprehensive patient assessments. The process can be subjective, cumbersome, expensive and inconclusive. Video EEGs are more informative, but they require costly hospitalization. Cognizance Biomarkers\u2019 simple-to-administer blood test aims to accurately diagnose epileptic seizures based on proprietary methods for biomarker assessment, leveraging recent research showing that neuroinflammation is associated with epilepsy and is both a cause and consequence of seizures. Prior clinical studies have confirmed the ability of the Cognizance neuroinflammatory biomarker test to distinguish actual seizures from seizure-like events.\nIn the study reported today, researchers screened for levels of 51 inflammatory-associated proteins in post-event blood samples from confirmed epilepsy patients and individuals with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. A series of analyses selected four protein biomarkers that were highly predictive in distinguishing true seizures from seizure-like events. Additional analyses identified substantial differences in clinical histories and comorbidities (i.e. risk factors) between ES and PNES patients. The selected neuroinflammatory-associated biomarkers were combined with the PNES risk factors to generate and refine a diagnostic algorithm that demonstrated strong performance in distinguishing true epileptic seizures from nonepileptic psychogenic seizures with 100% specificity, 87% sensitivity and 98% accuracy.\nTodd Wallach, President and Chief Executive Officer of Evogen/Cognizance Biomarkers, commented, \u201cThese new data further confirm that our biomarker-based blood test has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis of epilepsy. The results we are presenting today address one of the most vexing diagnostic issues in epilepsy\u2014differentiating true epileptic seizures from similar-seeming psychogenic nonepileptic events. Our neuroinflammatory biomarker test combined with selected psychogenic risk factors accurately distinguished these two groups. Our blood-based diagnostic test will enable epilepsy to be diagnosed and treated more rapidly and accurately and has the potential to guide epilepsy clinical research and manage treatment over the lifecycle of the condition.\u201d\nThis research was conducted with grant support from the National Institutes of Health.\nThe 2018 AES Annual Meeting is being held in New Orleans, LA from Nov. 29-Dec.4, 2018.\n1 \u2013 Poster Session 3, Dec. 3, 2018; 8:00am-2:00pm.\nAES Poster 3.094 \u2013 Predictive Blood Test for Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: Post hoc Assessment of Plasma Biomarkers and Risk Factors, JM Gledhill, Jr., E Brand, R St. Clair, T Wallach, J Pollard, PB Crino\n2- Benbadis, S. \u201cThe differential diagnosis of epilepsy: a critical review.\u201d Epilepsy & Behavior 15.1 (2009): 15-21", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 7352, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 262.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://epsandamy.co.uk/category/travel/page/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:56Z", "digest": "sha1:TYDANBYSZD3AN57AURRM4LXYVF2EI2BU", "length": 458, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "epsandamy.co.uk", "title": "Travel Archives - Page 3 of 3 - Eps and Amy", "raw_content": "Southern Rail Sucks!!\nOh God how much I hate public transport! I decided to take the kids to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for a day out this half term. Being a non-confident driver I don\u2019t like to travel that far driving myself so I [\u2026]\nToday\u2019s post is written by Charlie from world of travel photography, if you would like to know more about Charlie, please scroll down to the bottom of this post where you can find his details. You may have heard about [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 280, "original_length": 23665, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://epuja.co.in/legend-details.php?legend_id=14", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:23Z", "digest": "sha1:2UGXXUKX6ECJJU3C7LDYQEJ2OR3PQVZJ", "length": 2180, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "epuja.co.in", "title": "Online Puja | Hindu online Puja, Homam & yagna Service", "raw_content": "Krishna is the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu and one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities. Krishna is mostly depicted as an infant eating butter (makkhana), a boy holding a flute standing with Radha or an elder showing the way to Arjuna, as described in Bhagvada Gita.\nThere are a lot of legends about Krishna's mischievousness and bravery. It is said that he was the Poorna avatar of Lord Vishnu, thus, possessing similar powers to the Supreme Lord. There is a legend about Krishna that once he rescued the whole village from the serpent Kaliya living at the bottom of the river Yamuna by making the serpent surrender in front of him. Another legend says that he again saved the villagers from a big famine when there was no rain in the region from a long time. He suggested the villagers to worship the Govardhan hill instead of Indra, which made Indra very angry and he sent a storm to the village. In order to save the villagers, Krishna held the Govardhan hill on his little finger and gave all the villagers a shelter. He narrated Bhagvada Gita to Pandava prince, Arjuna to counsel him for the big fight, Mahabharata. Krishna has always rescued his devotees and has always shown them the right way.\nKrishna is worshipped all over the world and has a number of temples. A famous temple of Krishna is the ISKCON temple having branches almost everywhere. Located in Gujarat, Dwarkadish temple is a renowned temple where Lord Vishnu slew the demon Shankhasura. Another significant temple is in Vrindavan, which is considered to be the childhood home of Krishna. Some other famous temples of Krishna are Jugal Kishore Temple located in Mathura city (birthplace of Krishna), Jagannath Temple in Puri (Orissa) and Guruvayur Temple called as the Dwarka of the South.\nKrishna is mostly worshipped with Radha and includes chanting of the mantra Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, HareHare. Chanting this mantra gives immense peace and inner power to get through the difficult phases of life. 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Right when the war began Grant obtained a position on the staff of General George McClellan.\nDuring the war he showed courage in both physically and morally manners. In February 1862 Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson with help from the Federal navy. In October he was appointed commander of the Department of Tennessee, and told to take Vicksburg, Mississippi. Earl Van Dorn captured Grant's base at Holly Springs and he had to retreat. In 1864 Grant was promoted to lieutenant general and named general in chief of all federal armies. In April 1865 ...\narmy in Virginia. In Richmond Lee drove the unionist away from the capital in the Seven Days' Battles. In August he defeated the Northern army in the second Battle of Bull Run. In May 1863 Lee won his greatest victory but also suffered his worst loss in life. The Unionist were driven back with heavy casualties. The following year Lee led his army against a series of bloody attacks against the Northern Army commanded by Ulysses S. Grant. Robert Lee was one of the best commanders during the Civil War and was an American hero.\nStonewall Jackson was a confederate general in the American Civil War. He joined the Confederate army in 1861 and later fought in the first battle of Bull Run. There he earned his nickname, \"like a stone wall\". In 1863 Jackson commanded a Confederate army in the Shenandoah Valley, and he defeated Federal generals whose strength was several times his own. In May of 1863 Jackson was in command of more than half of all the ...\nremained in the U.S. Army until 1861, when he joined the Confederate army. On July 3, 1863 he led his troops on a spearhead attack on Cemetery Ridge that was supposed to break through the center of the union line. This has been called the Confederacy's \"high-water mark\".\nHarriet Tubman was an abolitionist and a fugitive slave. She was born to slave parents and escaped to freedom. In the 1850's she made many journeys to free slaves through the Underground Railroad.\nShe was aided by abolitionists and Quakers, and John Brown who consulted with her for the Harpers Ferry raid in 1859. During the Civil War she served as an army cook, a nurse, and became a spy ...\nPeople of the Civil War. (2011, March 20). Retrieved February 15, 2019, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/People-of-the-Civil-War/96401\n\"People of the Civil War.\" Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 20 Mar. 2011. Web. 15 Feb. 2019. \n\"People of the Civil War.\" Essayworld.com. March 20, 2011. Accessed February 15, 2019. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/People-of-the-Civil-War/96401.\nSubmitted By: guccigirl", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4176, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 111.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eubias.org/NEUBIAS/what-is-taggathon/4-szeged-hungary/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:30Z", "digest": "sha1:TZ7Q5R2DGBBLPTK2DM2FD26KAJ2FFVIU", "length": 1235, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "eubias.org", "title": "#4 Szeged (Hungary) - NEUBIAS: Network of BioImage Analysts", "raw_content": "The 4th Taggathon (Taggathon#4) will be organized by the Biological Research Center (BRC) of the Hungarian Academy of Science and hosted by the Institute of Informatics at the University of Szeged,\nTime and Place: Szeged, Hungary, from January 28th to 30th, 2018.\nParticipation: on Invitation by WG4 and/or WG5 (NEUBIAS)\nA screen capture of the Webtool in October 2017.\nThe general purpose of Taggathons is to implement and feed the content of NEUBIAS online resources, e.g. the webtool. This webtool \"BIII\" aims to provide an organized repository of bio image analysis software and workflows to biologists, bioimage analysts and algorithm developers. Further information about previous taggathons is available on the pages of previous editions #1, #2 and #3.\nTaggathon #4 will be focused on identifying and curating tools for big data image processing, on the focused topics of light sheet microscopy and electron microscopy.\nTaggathon#4 will be held in parallel of Training Schools TS#6 and TS#7 and at the same location, but is only open on invitation. 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I was almost directly below him, but I was still very far away. I stood on the ground pointing my camera at him. And he laid up in the tree pointing his snoot at me. I was now in a staring match with a squirrel. But how did this situation come about?\nIt didn't start off this way at all, no. As I was walking up the path, all I saw in the tree was a lump laying across one of the high branches of a tall tree. When I looked closer, I could see that not only was it a lump, it was a very furry lump!\nAfter quite a bit of consideration and confusion, I determined the lump was made of fur. And I also determined with my quick and brilliant brain that this obviously must be a squirrel laying up there on that branch. It's pretty easy; tree, branch, lump, fur. Sounds like a squirrel to me. All that was still needed was a little bit of movement.\nThe movement didn't seem to be happening just yet, so I decided to move around where the sun would give me a bit better angle. I'd be able to see exactly what was going on, and why this squirrel was just laying there on a small branch so high up in that tree. I mean, how is that any way for a fine upstanding squirrel to act?\nAs I moved in position for the sun to light my view, it hit me! No, not the squirrel! An idea! I knew what the squirrel was doing, and why it wasn't moving. I remembered seeing this kind of thing before. The squirrel was taking a nap on that small branch so high up in the tree. It was fast asleep!\nI never thought very much about it before, but this actually shows even more incredible balance than I thought even squirrels had. I knew they were graceful acrobats, but I didn't have any idea that they were so good at it that they could literally do it in their sleep! As a matter of fact, this was only the first of four squirrel I would see this same day sleeping on small tree branches.\nOf course, when the squirrel figured out that I was watching him, he began to wake up. 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And they cooperated, instead of just teasing me.\nI was out in the meadow of my currently favorite, but smallest nature park on a very windy day. The odd thing about this event was that there were no other birds in the park because of the high winds. I probably shouldn't have even been out there because I watched another big tree fall. This one had me pretty nervous this time. That's when I decided to get out of the forest for at least a short time.\nIt turned out to be kind of lucky because that's when I found this blue jay, and he wasn't alone! That's right! There were more than one blue jays!\nI was walking back to the woods after trying for the longest time to wait out the wind. I was almost there when I saw the first blue jay on a branch in a small tree at the edge of the forest. I couldn't believe my luck! Now I only hoped it wouldn't fly away before I had the chance to get at least one decent shot.\nI eneded up getting all four of these, and even more before it flew over to another section of the trees. I thought it was all over, but it flew right back after a few seconds! As I began taking more pictures, another blue jay flew right past me. I soon realized after the third one showed up that this was a small flock.\nIt seemed as if after all of my problems trying to get pictures of them, the blue jays decided that I was finally deserving enough to have their pictures. The lighting was coming from just the right direction this time. They were at a very good distance to get clear pictures. And they posed in every good way that I could want.\nI was even able to get a couple of videos of them, but a combination of the blowing wind and my shaky hands ruined that part of it all. I guess the video is just not meant to be quite yet. Even so, the important thing is that I finally got my pictures!\nNow onto my next challenge; I need to be given one million dollars, for doing absolutely nothing. That one should happen any second now. Any second now...\nWhen the blue jays finally decided to fly out of my view for more than a few seconds, and the wind had died down enough to stir my bravery up, I decided to reenter the forest. Crossing through the forest trail was the only way to get back to my truck, so I had to do it. I would be walking right past the tree I watched fall.\nIt turned out to be an uneventful journey, and I was glad of that. Now, as I sit here at home, I want to ask all of you rich people out there to please send me that million I need for my goal. It's a pretty good goal, don't you agree?\nNature Center Magazine - Copas has his newest article up today about the states. This time he's featuring the great state of California! This one should interest many of you. California is a really good place for hikers and all nature lovers.\nI'm finally able to read some of your blogs, but there are very many of them. It'll take me a day or two to catch up on all my favorites.\nA Spring Cardinal\nWell, my luck with birds seems to be continuing. I really do have to give a lot of credit to the new camera for pictures like these. But to get the pictures I have for you today, I had to search patiently through the trees for the sounds I was hearing.\nA problem I've had is that I have trouble telling one bird from another by the sounds they make. But I think I made a small breakthrough with this cardinal in the pictures. A cardinal actually has a very distinctive call if you listen closely, and I've been lucky enough to hear a great many of them lately. It always helps to have enough birds around making noise to be able to learn from.\nAfter listening to the calls of this bird for several seconds, maybe even minutes, I began to realize it wasn't coming from just my everyday robins. This was a distinctly different sound, almost like a quickly up and down slide whistle. I guess you'd have to hear it to understand.\nAnyway, it was different than a robin, okay? The important thing is that I think I'm finally beginning to hear and understand the different bird calls. It may not seem like much, but for me it's a huge breakthrough. Listening to a bird is really the only way to find them in the trees, and knowing which kind of bird you're looking for helps a lot.\nI actually stood there taking more pictures than you'd believe. I've told you before that I've taken anywhere from 50 to 100 pictures of the same subject at a time. It was probably about the same here. I do it like that because a digital camera makes it easy to save that many, and I want to make sure I get at least one good picture out of that mess!\nTrust me, it's not at all easy to get a picture of a bird. They don't really like to sit very still, especially when they notice you watching them!\nPeople like to use the term \"bird brain\" to refer to a stupid person, but we are finding out more and more that some birds are very intelligent. I don't know how intelligent a cardinal would be, but I do know that this guy was watching me right back. He knew I was there, but I think he felt relatively safe at the top of the huge tree he was in.\nHe turned out to be confident enough to stay there until I left. I didn't leave because I was tired of him though. There happened to be a strange big bird flying by. I tried to get video of it, but there were too many branches in the way. When I turned back to the cardinal, it had decided to make an exit as well. There will be more cardinals one of these days.\nDo you notice that the pictures above are a little dark? I like them that way this time, but I know how to brighten them up, and even improve them quite bit, thanks to Diane. Do you want to learn how to do this? Go to Nature Center Magazine today for Diane's nice lesson on beginner photo editing, and to learn who the mysterious Diane is. Some of you actually know her well.\nUpdate: I've been a little absent from the web the last few days, but I'll try to visit some of your blogs later today.\nThe Unfortunate Secret Of The Deer\nI showed you this deer in yesterday's post, and I also revealed that I was going to reveal a terrible secret about it today. I waited until today because I it happened in two parts for me as well. I originally thought how beautiful it was when I found it there eating peacefully. Then when it began to move I discovered that this poor deer has a bad leg.\nI don't know what happened to him, but one of his back legs is in bad shape. That might be why he's all alone. He looks really bad when he's moving around, and he's not going very fast. He seems to be having a lot of trouble walking, but he's getting where he wants to go just as readily as any other deer.\nI am guessing that he was injured in some way, probably hit by a car. It looks like we're in the deep forest out here, and this is a huge forest network, but this forest is divided by a lot of roads. I've seen the same groups of deer from this forest in my backyard which is at one end of this huge forest. There are a few major highways in between. The streets are dangerous for suburban deer like this one.\nThis episode of Rat TV is not a fun one. Watch it at your own risk. If you're sensitive to sad sights like this, you may just want to skip it. The deer doesn't have any open wounds or anything like that, but the way he's walking doesn't look good at all. Even though this isn't fun to watch, it's still very much a part of nature and life.\nOn the positive side, he looks as if he's getting where he wants to go, and he isn't in any obvious pain. There are a lot of places for deer to hide out here, because like I said before, this is a very big forest. He also won't be jumping out very quickly in front of any cars now. They'll easily see him coming.\nI left him alone there where he was because it's not my place to interfere. I've seen injured deer before, and there's not really anything I can do for them. I could try to contact someone, but I don't think they could do anything positive either. When I came back through this way the deer was nowhere in sight. The only thing to do is hope he can make his way as he is.\nNature Center Magazine - Emma has a new Nature Site Of The Week up. She is featuring a place called Stokes Birding Blog. I know she has been looking for one like that for awhile. I don't ever make suggestions to her, so this one is a new one for me. As always, she features the best of the internet. So you would do good to check it out.\nA Deer In The Woods\nThis deer is what I met in the forest after I walked up the stairs from the fishing platform by the lake. It was just standing there looking at me. As I always do when I meet any wild animal, I stopped where I was and didn't move. It put the deer at ease enough to resume what he was doing, eating the grass off of the forest floor.\nI stop because I don't want to scare them. I learned awhile ago that if I stop where I am, and don't move towards them, the animals are less likely to run away. Alternatively, it's probably just as bad to run from an animal. If you run, the animal would be more inclined to chase you.\nAny animal can be dangerous, even this gentle looking deer. So if you would rather not take the risk of encountering a dangerous animal, the best thing would be to make a lot of noise while you're alone. I don't live in a place where there are animals that would normally present a danger, so I always stay as quiet as I can. That's why I see so many animals like this deer.\nMy new camera has a special button on the back for recording video. I don't have to switch to a special video mode; all I have to do is push the record button, so it's quick and easy for me to get video now. So I have a new episode of Rat TV for you today featuring this deer.\nDid you notice at the beginning of the post that I called the deer he? That's because he is a he. Take a look at the top of his head. That's the beginning of antlers. It's almost always male deer that have antlers. Females don't really need them. It can get pretty violent to be a male during mating season, so they need those antlers.\nThere's something else about this deer that I haven't revealed yet. That will have to wait until tomorrow. I have a terrible secret to tell you about what happened next. I don't know that you will want to see this, but I have another video coming tomorrow.\nNature Center Magazine - Monday is the day we bring you the Cool Nature Video. This week we are featuring another deer. This time we'll see what happens when a deer is provoked into violence. You may or may not like what you see. I found it kind of amusing. Go watch it and see why.\nFirst Flower Of The Year\nWell. It's been a bit of a rough night for me. I'm writing this post very early in the morning because my power went out right as I was getting it together last night. I actually planned a late night on the web, reading some of your blogs, but that was rudely interrupted too. So now here I am, typing this in the wee hours of the morning.\nAnd what do I have for you today? It's not my usual animal post. I really like the animals, that's why I feature them so often. But sometimes there's something else that I stumble upon that's every bit as good as being chased by half a dozen raccoons. Today it's this flower.\nBut what kind of flower is it? This is the part where I usually string you along for a bit and then reveal the identity of my new find, but this time I have to say that I really don't know what this flower is. I'm getting pretty good with animals, but plants are another story altogether. But don't worry, I still have a story for you.\nYou see, I found this flower in the strangest place, under odd circumstances. I was at the back end of a good sized nature trail, in the middle of the forest, under all of those trees, when I saw a pretty big animal. Yes, it's back to animals again! I never did get a good look at the animal, but when I rounded the corner to where it was, I found this flower instead.\nThis is the first flower I've seen in the wild this year. Notice I didn't say wildflower. That's because I don't think this is a wildflower. I don't know why, but it just looks too domestic to me. Of course, I could be wrong you know. Some of you may recognize this one easily, but as I said, I'm not good with plants yet. If you know what it is, I'd be grateful for a positive I.D. though.\nNow the reason I don't think it's a wildflower is because I saw these same flowers later that evening growing near the benches at another nature park, as if they were planted there by someone. Yes, I sometimes go to more than one in the same day. I'm addicted!\nBut here it was, this flower was growing out in the middle of a dark forest, all by itself. How it got there, I don't know. There is one person I could ask, but I haven't seen her since then, so that isn't happening right now. For now, I just want to share this flower with you. I hope you like it, because I do. It's my first flower of the year!\nAs for the identity of the animal I saw, the answer to that will come another day.\nAnd that's my story on this rainy early morning after I finally got my electricity back. It woke me up just in time!\nDowny Woodpecker In Bare Trees\nI became confused about this bird for a time. This is a downy woodpecker. I actually took this picture in March, right before the leaves began growing on the trees. That day there were chickadees all through these small trees. This woodpecker seemed to like their company.\nBut wait! What was it that confused me? Well, while checking a couple of bird guides, I found out that this downy woodpecker bears a striking resemblance to another woodpecker, the hairy woodpecker. Even though I never try to tell anyone that I'm a nature expert, I still don't like to be wrong about what I tell you. So I decided to wait to show you these pictures.\nAnd how do I know the difference between the two now? After a lot of searching around I found out that, for one, the hairy woodpecker is quite a bit bigger than the sparrow sized downy woodpecker. The bird here is the size of a sparrow, a small bird. Also, this bird has the shorter beak of a downy woodpecker. A hairy woodpecker has a much longer beak. That's the real giveaway.\nAnother thing I realize about my recent success with bird pictures is that it may not last. These pictures somewhat illustrate why I've been able to get them. There are no leaves on these trees. The birds will be able to hide in among the leaves when the green comes all the way back.\nThe tree you see in the pictures is most likely much greener right now, so the birds have more places to hide today. I honestly hope my little theory doesn't prove to be absolutely true though, and so far it isn't. I'm still getting some excellent bird pictures, but since I don't just focus on birds here, I try not to overwhelm everyone with them. Plus I want to try to make sure I identify them right, like I did with this one.\nOne more thing I haven't shared with you yet about this little guy. Yes, I said guy! This woodpecker is definitely a male bird. How do I know? You can't check a bird in the same way you might with a dog. All you have to do with a dog is look underneath at the tail end. Oddly, it's the other end you check with downy woodpeckers.\nDo you see that red patch on the back of his head? That's how you know this is a male. A female downy woodpecker doesn't have that red patch. If you can get even halfway close to one of these birds, you should watch for that flash of red. That's when you'll know.\nAnd so ends my little lesson on downy woodpeckers. It's not at all complete, but it can give you a good start. It's probably impossible to give an adequate lesson on any animal in just one blog post, but you can do a web search to find out all you need. There are many good web nature guides out there.\nWhy They Call Them Tree Squirrels\nThis post is so much more than just game results, but that is part of it. Today I'm sharing with you one of the strangest sights I see while I'm in the forest. The fox squirrel in my pictures today is demonstrating why they are called tree squirrels, but in the most extreme way!\nI don't know what impression you get when you look at this top picture, but this squirrel is at the very top of some very tall trees, eating the new buds and leaves off of the branches. The branches around him look as if they could barely hold up a bird, but this squirrel is navigating them with the greatest of ease.\nI've seen this happen before in this same exact spot, but I didn't have a camera I could zoom in so close. It may be different squirrels that I've seen doing this, but I like to imagine that it's the same squirrel every time. It's Flynn, the daredevil squirrel! Hero to all squirrels everywhere! The squirrel who valiantly poses for the pictures taken by those dangerous humans! Some squirrels even say that this audacious adventurer once rode on the back of an angry dog! They whisper his name in awe. Flynn, simply Flynn.\nOkay, it's game results you wanted, and it's game results you're gonna get! Where was the squirrel hiding? I think you've all figured that one out by now, but I think it's still a good idea to point him out for you. What you see above is the original picture from yesterday's game, but with one small change. I have circled the exact place where Flynn the fantastic daredevil is located.\nI have to be honest. I thought nobody would find the squirrel this time. But then to my total surprise, Ann, with the very first comment, Described exactly where it was! Tanya(allotments4you) pretended to be clueless, but I think she also got it right. Ginnymo, who I think is one of the best animal photographers ever, knew exactly what the squirrel was doing up there. And Harumi, who reminded me that I should also bring back the polls, also figured this one out. Others were close, but not quite there.\nCongratulations to all of you who won. And I'll also say, \"Curses, foiled again\" as I shake my fist comically. If you all want a real treat, go and visit their blogs, and maybe even visit some of the other bloggers who played the game. You'll really make their day, and yours too.\nJust to show you what this crazy squirrel was doing, lets zoom away just a bit. There he is right in the middle of the picture this time. The picture I used for the game was no accident. The reason I didn't center the squirrel in that picture is because I intended it for a game all along. My thoughts are of entertaining all of you even when I'm out on a hike!\nHere he is in the same pose as he was in the game picture, but he's now close enough to see the hairs on his tail. The picture from the game is what I saw when I looked up into the trees. The camera really helped me out with this. The only thing that told me it was a squirrel up there was the way it was moving.\nJust think of the maneuvering Flynn the fantastic fox squirrel had to do to get from the pose he is in above to the one in the first picture! Remember that when you dismiss your neighborhood squirrel as just an average everyday common squirrel. That squirrel is really a fascinating daredevil.\nAnd we finally come to the last picture of Flynn. If you look closely, you can see him looking this way, as if he's checking to make sure he has an audience. We're watching you, Flynn. We know how great you are.\nI'm glad I was finally able to share these scenes of what a squirrel can do. I don't know if we really stop and think about some of the amazing feats our animal friends are capable of. But all we have to do is take the time to watch. They'll amaze us every time.\nNature Center Magazine - There is a very special edition of our Free Wallpaper feature up today! Tanya from Allotments 4 you brings us a wonderful combination of photo and story. The story is probably even too good to be just part of the Free Wallpaper feature. They are both phenomenal! And whenever we have photo contributors, like Tanya, the photos are always excellent. You have to read this one!\nGame - Find The Squirrel\nI've been thinking for the past few days that there has been something missing here at The Everyday Adventurer. It finally occurred to me what it was. My Games! I haven't had a game here in quite awhile. It's been so long that many of you don't have any idea what I'm talking about, so I'll explain it to you.\nThere is a squirrel in the picture above. It's hidden very well. What you need to do is find the squirrel. If you click on the picture to make it larger, it might help a lot. When you think you have found the squirrel, do your best to describe its location in the comments section below. Even if someone else already has the same guess, go ahead and tell me where you think the squirrel is. Even a humorous wrong guess is fun. No prizes. This is just for fun.\nI'll reveal the location of the squirrel in tomorrow's post. You won't want to miss it because you're not going to believe your eyes. I'm telling you this might be one of the strangest sights I've seen, but this squirrel does it routinely!\nNature Center Magazine - Copas is featuring the state of Arkansas today. His articles are some of the most interesting features of the site. Do yourself a favor and take a look.\nI guess my new found birding skill is still with me. I think the new camera deserves a lot of the credit for this one. I watched as this red-bellied woodpecker flew from tree to tree high up in the forest without ever imagining that I might be able to get a picture. This kind of thing is much easier now, so I got three of them.\nI specifically picked a point and shoot camera, and not a DSLR, because I thought it would be quicker for animal photography. I don't have to change lenses or set many manual settings, although I can. All I have to do is zoom in and try to point the camera at my target. It's proving very convenient so far.\nThis is the very first red-bellied woodpecker I've ever seen, so it took me awhile to identify it. Most birds are still new to me, mainly because there are just so many different kinds. I was really never able to get pictures like this before, so I didn't attempt to do it very often.\nThis woodpecker was so far away that I could barely see it. I had to wait for any movements on the side of the trees. Usually a woodpecker would identify itself by its loud knocking on the side of the trees, but this one wasn't doing it enough for me to know this was the one. I just knew it was a bird and I wanted it.\nAs you can see by this last picture, this bird has a very red head. If you're wondering where it gets its name from, you might want to expand the first picture and take a closer look. It's not easy to see, but you can see the red on its belly in that one.\nThis is one of many birds I've been surprised to have gotten recently. There will be more to come as soon as I can organize everything. I'm not good at that part. I usually do all of this in a very chaotic way. I even write my posts at the very last minute. I guess it keeps everything I say natural that way.\nOn Nature Center Magazine today there is a news story that I wrote myself, even though all news goes under the magazine name. The story isn't something I usually like putting on there, because it's kind of a gruesome one. It's about an incident that happened in 2005 between a pack of black squirrels and a dog. It's a very interesting bit of news, but it's not pretty at all!\nConfession For The Birds\nI have two confessions I want to make today. The first one is that even though I have pictures of a few birds that I find much more exciting than these pictures of robins that I'm showing you today, I really like these pictures of the robins because they're some of my best. The second confession comes further down the post.\nThis robin above is one of my favorites not because I consider it to be the most beautiful that I've had, but because of the detail it shows. I have never been able to show you this much detail in a photo of a robin before. You can zoom right in and see individual feathers on this bird.\nOne reason for this is because when I was on the trail I suddenly looked up at a branch just above me to see this robin perched there. It was only five feet away from me. Somehow I had walked up on it without it noticing me. I guess I'm geting better at being quiet than I thought.\nThis is one of the many other shots I got of this robin as he stayed perched there oblivious to me presence. Honestly, it didn't take him long to realize I was there. Maybe he knew all along, but just didn't mind. I did notice that he subtly turned his back to me while I was getting my pictures. A sure sign that he had detected me.\nI tried to move to a better angle for the sunlight, but it didn't work out well. Even though he stayed where he was, the sun just wasn't cooperating. I couldn't get a better angle than this. I guess these were just the pictures I was meant to have. I really like robins because they do let me get very close to them.\nFrom close to far. The robin in this picture wasn't close up like the first one. As a matter of fact, it was very high up in a tree that I wasn't standing very close to anyway. All I could see with my eyes was a flash of red. I thought maybe I had a cardinal, but the other birds that had flown with this one were definitely robins. The camera proved this was too.\nNow, why do you suppose I've been getting such good results out of my camera lately? I'll explain below.\nThe picture tells the tale. I got a new camera! As you can see, it's a Canon PowerShot SX20 IS with a 20x zoom. I researched for a very long time, and bought the very best point and shoot camera there was. The previous version of this camera is the same, except this one is a little higher in megapixels and it shoots high definition video. I don't use the hi-def, but you might notice my video quality has also improved.\nBy comparison, my old camera is a Canon PowerShot A590 IS with a 4x zoom. It's a very good camera, especially for a beginner, but I wanted to move on to the next step. My new one seems to focus right in on any animal I aim at. And I don't have too many problems with blurry shots like I was having before. I'm very happy with this camera.\nOkay. Meanwhile over at Nature Center Magazine today, Emma is featuring another Nature Site Of The Week. She always features the best of nature on the internet, so go take a look at what Emma has to say about this newest site she focuses on. Who knows? One of these times she might find your site, and decide to write about it. She also takes recommendations if you know of a site that should be featured.\nThe Shadowy Watcher\nI have a shadowy tale to tell you today. Well, it's not exactly a tale, or tail. It's more like a shadowy face that I found staring down at me from a tree. It appeared to be an alien from another planet or maybe another plane of existence. It had big black eyes, long pointy ears, and what looked to be a shadowy aura that surrounded it.\nThere was not so much as a sound from this sinister watcher from elsewhere. It just silently stood there examining me as if I was the one who looked strange. I don't look strange at all! I mean, it's not as if little kids run away at the sight of me! Well, there was that one time...\nI don't know what this mysterious creature wanted from me. Maybe it just wanted me to go away. Of course, I wasn't going anywhere yet. I had to take pictures of this strange little invader from elsewhere. If it was going to zap me into oblivion with its super advanced ray gun all of a sudden, then I wanted a record of this so somebody might know what happened.\nIt was about the time I took my last picture that the mysterious alien finally lost interest in me. It simply turned and began scanning another part of the forest. That's when it dawned on me! I knew exactly what this strange creature was!\nHave you figured it out yet? Well if you don't know then I'm not going to tell you! Just kidding.\nThe creature was a simple little squirrel all along. What was once unidentified was now found out. Sometimes the mysterious becomes known if we simply take the time to observe and pay attention. Sometimes it takes some investigation, but most mysterious things become typical and well known after awhile.\nSpeaking of squirrels, over at Nature Center Magazine I have a new Cool Nature Video up today featuring a squirrel. This is not just any squirrel though. This is a drunk squirrel. Watch the video to find out how a squirrel could get drunk.\nMy Blue Nemesis\nI am getting closer to defeating a major nemesis of mine. I'm getting closer all the time. The one I speak of is a blue jay! You see, one of my first photography goals was to get a picture of a bird. Any bird. It took me a very long time to get to that point.\nSince then I've done that, and with each goal met with my bird photography there have been greater goals that become a next step. I took pictures of birds in flight. I found new types of birds, and took photos of them all. It was amazing to find out the many varieties and colors of birds as I went on. But one well known bird eluded me.\nIt was the blue jay that did it! Oh, I saw the blue jays, of course. It wasn't that there weren't any around. There were plenty of them, and they always eluded me. If I was able to get a shot of one out in the open, the picture would turn out blurry. If the picture wasn't blurry, the blue jay would be only caught hiding behind a tree branch. Again, no good pictures!\nNow you see my latest efforts. I am getting closer every day. The first picture almost had him, this terrible little beauty of a beast. He was lost in shadow that day. If I had been looking away from the sun he would have been mine. But the blue jay knew that, and in his devious little mind he stopped to torment me once again!\nIn this second picture, just above, I saw a flash of white in the trees across a good sized pond. I zoomed the camera in all the way towards him. I gave it my best, but it just wasn't quite good enough. I just wasn't close enough, and he still hid behind a tree branch. He once again knew I was there!\nI think they are laughing at me, those monstrous little blue jays. But I know that I'll have the last laugh. I'll get you, my pretty!\nThen I almost had the blue jay again. He would only stop for a few seconds at a time, leaving me no time to quite get my shot off. Still teasing. Still tormenting. But I know I'm getting closer. I know that it is only a matter of time before I will have my prize!\nYou cannot get away from me! Do you hear! I'm coming for you, little blue jay, with your little pointed head and glorious bluer feathers! I'll never stop til you are mine! I'll capture you on camera, and then you'll be mine forever!!!\nTowards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering blue jay; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.\nThis post was brought to you by The Mr. Nutz Facility for the Mentally Demented.\nFast Old Squirrel\nI saw this squirrel sitting on a fallen branch while I was out on my routine hike and animal search. I thought maybe I found a common gray squirrel, which is not so common around here. But after looking closely at my pictures, I'm sure this is just one of my fox squirrel friends. The gray fur might mean that he's kind of old though.\nHe seemed to be preoccupied with an itchy paw while I hid behind a tree and got several bad pictures of him. The view I had wasn't very good with that tree on the left of the picture hiding him a little bit. I had to get a better position if I was going to get any good pictures at all. So I stepped just to my right and moved away from the tree that obscured my presence. I got this one picture before he saw me standing there.\nThat's when he decided to move! The squirrel that looked like a cranky old man who might not be very spry just a second ago, became a flash and a blur! No camera can catch him now. This old squirrel was gone as quickly as he appeared.\nHe may have been a fox squirrel like I see many times a day, but with all of his gray fur he was a unique little guy. I've even seen other fox squirrels with patches of gray fur, but none were quite like him. Even though he's gone, I'll still never forget this unique little squirrel. I hope I see him again one day.\nEvening Update: The story doesn't end here! Take a look at the comments below for further questions and information about this squirrel.\nA Pair Of Groundhogs\nI have an extra long and extra good post for you today! On a day after it rained all night I had a feeling the groundhog would be back out. So I went out to the field where I always see him, and I got double the groundhogs for the price of one. That's right! There were two of them out there!\nI know some of you wanted to see the groundhog's face a little better the last time I shared him with you, so I made sure I got that for you too, and maybe even a little bit more! I had to stretch the zoom on my camera to its limits, but I think I got some good stuff.\nI made sure this post was going to cover everything this time. Not only did I get some good pictures of the groundhogs, I also have a new episode of Rat TV for you, and this one features both groundhogs! There's the one in the front, and then another one that decided to hang out in the back.\nWatch them as they keep looking up just in case a predator might be approaching. These two are always really nervous, so I couldn't get very close to them. I couldn't risk even getting out of my truck, so there is some noise from the engine in the video. They were fine with that part, so I didn't dare shut it off.\nHere's the lead groundhog eating grass while holding it with his front paw. Just like a human eating a snack! Grass is one of their favorite kinds of food. They are mostly herbivorous, but they sometimes like a good grub. Other rodents, such as squirrels, are more willing to eat smaller animals.\nA fun little fact is that groundhogs are actually a type of squirrel. They are what is known as ground squirrels. They are in the family of Sciuridae, just like any tree squirrel that I've shown in the past, and will definitely be giving you a fresh look at soon. A groundhog's scientific name is Marmota Monax.\nFinally, here is the second groundhog. She seems to want to hang back near the den. It looks like she can see me watching them, so I understand why she won't come closer. Groundhogs are normally solitary creatures, but right now is the heart of mating season for them.\nHere is the lead groundhog rooting around in the grass while the other one looks out for any danger that might be about. I referred to the one in front as he, and the one in back as she, but I really have no idea which is which, and I have no desire to go over and ask them. I only talk this way to help give them personality.\nWhile they would most likely run and hide if I were to approach, groundhogs are known for sometimes being aggressive fighters. They don't like to play around if they are threatened. They can and will defend themselves. I think that's enough for me to decide to stay away from them, especially these two big critters.\nThe last time I saw this chubby guy, he was running across the grass chasing something. I don't really know why he did it. Maybe he was just protecting his territory. He moves a lot faster than his chubby frame might indicate. As big as he is now, he will get about twice this fat by the time he's ready to hibernate for next winter. That's a lot of groundhog! He's quite a bit bigger than a house cat, weighing more than twice as much.\nThat's it for this look at my two local groundhogs. I enjoy watching them as much as I can, but there's always a new adventure for me. I wonder what I'll see next...\nToday over at Nature Center Magazine, Rob will be featuring a new Free Wallpaper. Today's contributor of wallpaper is Jean from The Joy of Bird Watching and Living a Simple Life! Some of you may be fans of her blog, just like I am. Go take a look at her free wallpaper and tell her how much you like it. Then follow the links to visit Jean's wonderful blog.\nMourning Cloak Butterfly 2010\nYou may notice that I added 2010 to the title of this story about the mourning cloak butterfly in my pictures today. That's because I had a few very good pictures of another one slightly over a year ago. This was the only way I could think of to make a different title. I have a good story to go along with this one that's different from the one from a year ago anyway.\nI actually took these pictures on the same day that I saw the tree fall in the forest. I had actually been watching three of these butterflies flying past me on the trail when that tree fell. I was marveling at seeing even another fun sight that day. They passed by, the tree fell, and I had begun to head out of the forest. But then one of them came back.\nIt landed on the trail right in front of me. My mind was still full of seeing that tree fall, but I remembered almost trying to project thoughts at the butterflies, wishing that one of them would land in front of me long enough for me to get a picture. When this one actually did it, I almost couldn't believe my eyes! I began to believe just a little bit that it must have really heard me! Maybe they were just waiting for the tree to be done causing its commotion.\nI wasn't going to give up this gift that the butterfly was giving me.I began taking pictures of it at a furious pace! I took most of them as close as I could zoom the camera in to it while still being able to remain steady. I did my best to get a few other shots too, but I thought I had to act fast.\nWell, I thought wrong. The butterfly didn't leave! It just stayed there in front of me. It seemed perfectly content to sit there in front of me. If an animal does that then it almost becomes a contest with me. I feel like I have to keep taking pictures. I can't be the first one to leave. I finally lifted my hand up and passed my shadow over this butterfly. That's when it flew away.\nBut then it came right back!\n20 seconds long.\nThis time I remembered to get a video! I wouldn't have thought of it before this, but the butterfly gave me plenty of time for the thought to ooze into my brain. So this episode of Rat TV was done with the intention of showing you the butterfly in action.\nI was hoping it would move, but it wasn't exactly cooperating. So I waved my hand again and it finally took off into the air. It's hard to see it but I think I did a pretty good job of following the butterfly. You'll be able to see it flying if you watch closely. This was a fun video for me.\nThis was the first picture I took of the butterfly. I began taking them as soon as I saw it. I sometimes forget to not try to get all of them so close up. I'd say this is still good enough though. The funny thing is that when this one finally flew away, another one that I hadn't noticed before came off the side of a tree about ten feet away and flew by me in the direction this one had gone. It seemed as if that one had been perched there watching the whole event.\nThat's the story of how I found this early spring creature, the mourning cloak butterfly.\nToday over at Nature Center Magazine, Copas has a new article up. Copas is writing about nature in each of our fifty states here in the United states, one by one. He shares a lot of good information about each one, and includes some very informative links so you can find out more. His subject for this week is Arizona. Please go take a look. I'm hoping that he'll stay on after he's done with all of the states; he really does a good job.\nThe Red Squirrel And The Nut\nMy Hike At Island Lake\nGreen Comes To The Forest\nMy Groundhog Is Back\nThe Sneaky Little Red Squirrel\nHow A Rat Got Close To Turtles\nTurtles Turtles Turtles!\nOverwhelmed By Nature\nMy Own Personal Easter Bunny\nPoor Little Bald Squirrel\nI Was Almost Killed!\nNothing On The Moon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 518, "original_length": 53066, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 269.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://evidencebasedblog.com/2012/07/31/renewables-not-whether-but-when/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:07Z", "digest": "sha1:CVUUNZBAHZTV6QYW43HY7NPWCJP5JFAG", "length": 5070, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "evidencebasedblog.com", "title": "Renewables \u2013 Not Whether but When |", "raw_content": "\u2190 Was 1934 the Warmest Year on Record . . . Again?\nDon\u2019t Get Fooled by the Graphics \u2192\nRenewables \u2013 Not Whether but When\nA report released by the US Department of Energy makes clear that replacing fossil fuel-based and nuclear sources of electricity is a matter of when, not if, contradicting and industry views that renewable energy was not a serious alternative to traditional fuels. According to the report, the US has the technical potential for generating 463,700 terawatt hours of electricity per year, although actual deliverable energy could be much less. Nevertheless, this is more than 100 times the 4,106 terawatt hours consumed in the US in 2011.\nEnergy Production, 2011, US DOE\nThe pie chart on the left shows the distribution of net energy generation by source in 2011. Fossil fuels accounted for 72.01 percent and nuclear for 19.28 percent, totaling 91.29 percent of energy produced. By contrast, renewables accounted for only 8.21 percent. For this reason, there is a lot of room for fairly rapid replacement of carbon-based and nuclear energy sources.\nIt has been a long climb as renewables have inched up as a fraction of total energy production. However, Manish Bapna, of WRIInsights, suggests this may change quickly.\nDespite conventional wisdom, there is a growing body of evidence showing that renewables are no longer decades away from being a viable and affordable alternative to fossil fuels. Instead, onshore wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) are close to a tipping point to compete head-to-head with coal and natural gas in many countries.\nBapna makes four points:\nPV residential electricity prices are on track to be competitive by 2015.\nIn Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Japan solar PV will be competitive next year.\nIn Brazil, wind power is already undercutting natural gas prices.\nIn China, wind power may be competitive with coal in two years.\nAccelerating Growth in Solar\nCosts are coming down quickly and sharply. For example, between 2007 and 2010 installed PV costs fell 22 percent, followed by an 11 percent decline in the first half of 2011, according to a report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This suggests that in the near future, photovoltaics will be cheaper per than carbon-based and nuclear electricity sources. While Energy Outlook has questioned whether this trend would continue, Ray Kurzweil, noted for his accurate technological forecasts, reportedly said in 2011 that solar power will provide all the world\u2019s power in 20 years of less. Also, the Times reported that more solar was installed in the third quarter of 2011 than in all of 2009, but also mentioned the need for continued government subsidies. The Congressional Budget Office states that renewables have been getting significant subsidies through both the tax code and direct spending that have exceeded subsidies to the oil-gas sector. While many of these will expire between now and 2013, tax preferences for fossil fuel and nuclear energy are permanent.\nHidden Costs of Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power\nHowever, even more important from a policy point of view are the hidden costs of a carbon-based economy. The one everyone is talking about, of course, is climate change. Beyond climate change, carbon-based and nuclear energy costs include negative health impacts due to pollution as well as environmental destruction, for which the industry pays nothing. By contrast, private citizens, through insurance and direct charges for health care, and the government paying for health care for those citizens who can\u2019t pay, do bear these costs. In addition, environmental loss (like mountain-top removal in West Virginia) is not priced at all. Economists refer to these kinds of costs imposed on society as \u201cexternalities\u201d that make carbon-based and nuclear energy appear cheaper to society than they really are.\nEconomists generally don\u2019t like subsidies or taxes that distort private decision making. However, externalities present just the case where tax policies or subsidies can help offset and rectify these hidden costs to society or externalities and level the playing field. Currently, renewable energy costs are higher than both carbon-based energy and nuclear energy costs, although this is changing quickly. In this case, subsidies \u2014 through either the tax code or directly \u2014 can level the playing field and help spur the technical innovations that can lessen the costs of wind and solar.\nFurther, those who decry subsidies and claim that government cannot make things better forget the important role that government action and funding played in many successful innovative technologies like the transistor, high efficiency gas turbines, the jet plane, the internet, and, recently, more efficient electrical lighting.\nTagged as Bill McKibbon, carbon, CO2, electricity, energy costs, fossil fuels, global warming, photovoltaicsm carbon-based economy, Ray Kurzwiel, renewables, solar, solar energy, solar power\nOne Response to Renewables \u2013 Not Whether but When\nPingback: Renewables \u2013 Not Whether but When \u00b7 Sierra Club New York City Group", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 6502, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 243.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://executivesonly.com/find-jobs-folder/preview-executive-jobs/preview-job.aspx?jobid=7572ebe3-301a-44ef-af8a-07502dc66d4f", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:46Z", "digest": "sha1:FVZDHORWMIST2UV2OD2G7XXPFXOKYAVP", "length": 198, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "executivesonly.com", "title": "ExecutivesOnly.com, powered by The Barrett Group", "raw_content": "BERLIN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Berlin Area School District, located in Wisconsin, seeks an individual with visionary leadership and strong administrative skills to lead a d...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 747, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 192.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://exopoliticssouthafrica.org/news/?start=48", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:27Z", "digest": "sha1:H6NGEWGVK5WIX25NVLX75LUWB64YQNCQ", "length": 13441, "nlines": 70, "source_domain": "exopoliticssouthafrica.org", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "I was delighted to receive a complimentary copy of Philip Mantle\u2019s latest UFO Today, Issue 2.1 which is quite impressive in the amount of ufological information it covers. This issue begins with a Historical Perspective, written by Steve Purcell of MUFON. Purcell discusses how the year 1957 defined a decade of innocence lost, an overview of the Levelland, Texas sightings, followed by the Dante humanoid sighting and landing trace case which occurred north of Knoxville, Tennessee. Confounding the latter, however, is a story told over the radio by Reinhold Schmidt, a man with a dubious reputation. Does one person\u2019s unusual humanoid encounter invalidate, or strengthen, the other\u2019s? Only a true UFO historian can get to the bottom of cases such as these and we will no doubt be learning a lot more in Purcell\u2019s upcoming book on the UFO Phenomenon in the State of Tennessee.\nThere are interesting contributions from Rebecca Lomas\u2019 The Daily Saucer regarding NASA and Curiosity Rover\u2019s discoveries since its launch in 2012. Other subjects covered include Worldwide UFO News, an update about Crop Circles, Comet Ison and Exopolitics \u2013 and we\u2019re just one quarter of the way through the latest issue of UFO Today which encompasses a staggering 82 pages. You won\u2019t find this much ufological news in one magazine anywhere else.\nRead more: A commentary of UFO Today, issue 2.1\nThis week a new semester of courses starts at the Exopolitics Institute. The two courses that are given this time are:\n- Introduction to Exopolitics (http://tinyurl.com/exo101)\n- Developing the Road to Disclosure- Quantum Cosmology (http://tinyurl.com/exo106)\nBook Review by AJ: Farah Yurdozu, Love In An Alien Purgatory: The Life And Fantastic Art of David Huggins\nIn Farah Yurdozu's latest book, Love In An Alien Purgatory, we learn that David Huggins, an unassuming and gentle man, had his first consciously recalled abduction experience when he was eight years old. That experience, and many of his later encounters, occurred during the day when he was outside playing. Like most abductees, the Beings conditioned David throughout his childhood, blocking many of his memories from conscious recollection using telepathic suggestions that he was not to remember his interaction with them. David, however, not only eventually recalled his experiences consciously; he remembered many of them in great detail. Another fortuitous event is that David would grow up to become an artist, and it is the artist-abductee who brings the nitty-gritty of abduction to life in the pages of this fascinating, and at times, disturbing book.\nRead more: Book Review: Love in an alien purgatory, by Farah Yudozu\nInterview with Clifford Stone about crash retrievals and aliens.\nwith the help of his collaborator Joseph Zeromski.\nby Paola Leopizzi Harris\nCliff, Tell us about Aliens who look like us. Can you repeat the story you told me about their living in Texas among Humans.\nPH: The family from Texas, they said they look like us, right?\nPH: Did you say a mother, father and two boys?\nCS: Mother, father and son.\nPH: And they look like us. You don\u2019t know where they came from; you just know they were aliens.\nCS: I wanted to get security clearance, so I was talking to the Security Clearance Operations Officer. I didn\u2019t know I already had a security clearance, but all these things I was doing required a security clearance, and I didn\u2019t have one, as far as I knew. So I went and talked to him. He told me a story about when they had this hurricane in 1977 or 1978. He said it destroyed the whole community. And this one young man saw a young girl very upset by this, and he thought he could cheer her up and let her know that there\u2019s other life out there. So he said to her, would you like to see the family\u2019s flying saucer? And she starts to smile. So he said, I will show you the craft that\u2019s in the barn. So the next day they went over, the whole family was gone, and there were these Air Force guys there. And they left. But I can tell you because I was involved in the operation in California.\nRead more: Paola Harris interviews Clifford Stone\nOne of the better known cases in Southern Africa is the incident in 1994 where a craft landed next to the Ariel School in Ruwa, Zimbabwe. 60 students saw the craft and its occupants. The case was investigated, among others, by John Mack.\nNicolas Berasain from Exopolitics Chile did a presentation on the Ruwa case. The presentation is in Spanish, but there are English subtitles:\nInterview with Neil Gould on Galactic Diplomacy\nCheuk Fei interviews Neil Gould on Galactic Diplomacy, and his encounter with a Nordic looking alien.\nNote that this was done in Hong Kong: the first few minutes are in Chinese but from then onward everything is in English.\nGenerals, Pilots and Government officials discuss their experiences with UFOs\nOn Thursday 5 September at 10:30 p.m. GMT, a number of Generals, Pilots and Government officials went on the record live to discuss their experiences with UFOs. They were joined by a panel of credible witnesses, each speaking for 10 minutes before a 30 minute Q and A session.\nLeslie Kean, author of the New York Times best seller \"UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go On the Record.\" She spent 10 years researching the book, which includes officially documented cases and reports by highly credentialed people from around the world.\nJose Lay, international affairs director at CEFAA in Chile, a government agency whose mission is to collect, study and analyze scientifically, all reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in Chile.\nColonel Charles Halt, who in 1980 officially reported a UFO at RAF Woodbridge in England, which later became known as The Rendlesham Forest Incident.\nCaptain Robert Salas, whilst an officer in the US Air Force, witnessed 10 nuclear missiles become non-operational after guards reported UFOs hovering above the facility.\nCaptain Ray Bowyer, along with some of his passengers, witnessed an object estimated to be up to a mile long over the English Channel in 2007.\nParviz Jafari is a retired General of the Iranian Air Force. In 1976 he was ordered by the Air Force Command to approach an intense flashing object observed over Tehran. Jafari\u2019s weapons were jammed and communications garbled when he approached the object.\nHere is the video of the event:\nErica Koen interviewed on Zone Radio\nErica Koen\nAlain Howes\nOn 23 July 2013, Zone Radio's Alain Howes interviewed Erica Koen.\nAlain was kind enough to make a copy of the interview available. You can listen to it here (by pressing on the play button' - you may want to adjust the volume on your speaker set):\nOr you can download it from www.exopoliticssouthafrica.org/download/Erica-Koen-On-Zone-Radio.mp3.\nWith special thanks to Alain Howes, and Zone Radio (www.zoneradio.co.za).\nEdwin's Contacts\nVan Vlierden\nEdwin\u2019s Contacts\nBy CRiSTo LouW - 2005\nFrom the shores of a major coastal city in South Africa comes a story of contact with extraterrestrials that spans decades and is still ongoing. Durban is the name of this city and the Confederation of Twelve Planets in an anti-matter Universe is where these cosmic family members originate from.\nCraft have been seen on numerous occasions, not only by those first-hand experiencers, but also from various independent locations and by unrelated witnesses. Some of these sightings have made it into the popular press and a book referencing in detail some of the more significant events has been published. Carl van Vlierden authored \u201cThe Twelve Planets Speak\u201d and together with the primary experiencers gave their permission for this story to be retold by this author. As MUFON\u2019s coordinator for Africa, Cynthia Hind (the most respected and well-known UFO researcher/investigator in Africa), had the following to say about this case: \u201c..if you read the book, you will realize how profound and technologically advanced many of the theories are; and I find it difficult to accept that it all originates in Edwin\u2019s mind. I cannot believe this is all an elaborate hoax: for whom, and for what purpose?\u201d\nMr Van Vlierden says of Edwin: \u201cHe is tall and slim, and I was impressed by his simple, unassuming manner and quiet confidence. He had started out as an artisan but now manages a furniture factory in Durban. Over the years, I have found him to be a stable person who has no desire to attract attention to himself - quite the contrary, he shuns any personal publicity and, at his request, his true identity has been withheld.\u201d\nRead more: Edwin's Contacts\nRead more: Book Review: The Kendall Stone, by Richard Bonenfant\nExistence of a treaty \u2013 The US Government has had contact with extraterrestrial civilisations, and this resulted in a treaty with a consortium of aliens.\nContent of the treaty \u2013 Part of the treaty was a deal in which technology was exchanged for the right to abduct, on the condition that the people were not harmed, and returned without any memory of the event. Lists of people who had been abducted had to be handed over. Other aspects involve the permission to have bases on US soil, as well as an exchange programme.\nPARAMILABS \u2013 Another (paramilitary) group of humans engages in abductions of abductees. They dress up in black or brown uniforms that are not standard type military uniforms. Their origin and goals are unknown, but I speculate they have ties with a group within the MIC. (MILABS, type 2 - PARAMILABS).\nPLFs \u2013 Related to item 6, Steven Greer mentions abductions carried out by \u2018Programmed Life Forms.' (PLF abductions). These PLFs are Greys and Reptilians who have been created by a group of humans with links to the MIC for the purpose of abducting as part of an \u201cextraterrestrial enmification\u201d program. So the purpose of these PLF abductions is to make the extraterrestrials look like \u2018the enemy.' This would be done as part of a preparation for a false flag operation. \u2013 I do not have any information that would corroborate Greer's theory, but I don't want to discard it a priori as it seems a possible scenario.\nThe \u201cit's-only-in-your-mind\u201d factor: Complicating all of this is that we have to take \u2018Virtual Reality Scenarios' into account, as well as \u2018psyops' / mind control operations. These can be human and extraterrestrial in origin.\nRead more: Some Hypotheses on Alien Abductions\nThe Betty Hill Star Map (Part 1)\nBarney and Betty Hill\n\u201cWhere are YOU on this map Betty?\u201d\nImportant update: Marjorie Fish, who first identified Zeta Reticuli as the location of origin of the Greys who had abducted the Hills, passed away some weeks ago. Her obituary mentions: \"Later, after newer data was compiled, she determined that the binary stars within the pattern were too close together to support life; so as a true skeptic, she issued a statement that she now felt that the correlation was unlikely.\" Which is what this article argued in the first place.\nSource: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/portclintonnewsherald/obituary.aspx?n=marjorie-eleanor-fish&pid=164148568&fhid=8672\nNote from the Editor: this article was contributed by author Steve Pearse. It was originally published in 2012.\nBecause of the size of the article, it was split up in two parts. Part two can be found here: The Betty Hill Star Map (Part 2)\nSeptember 19th, 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of the Betty and Barney Hill case, one of the world\u2019s best known and documented cases of alien abduction ever recorded in the history of Ufology. On a lonely road in the White mountains of New Hampshire, they became the victim to the perfect crime of a horrific abduction by the occupants of an unknown flying object late at night. The Hills\u2019 story is a richly detailed CEIII-5 abduction case with a highly unusual epic tale of being stopped by a group of humanoids on a side gravel road and taken aboard their landed spacecraft for medical examination. It soon became the most thoroughly investigated UFO case study ever, and their story got worldwide attention.\nWithin a week after they arrived back home, both Betty and Barney Hill started having nightmares, flashbacks to the missing two hours of time that they could not account for. They were taken back by the scary thoughts and images that they were experiencing, and the anxiety they were feeling was absolutely overwhelming. Barney was becoming very troubled with everything, and he later confided with his personal doctor, who then referred Barney to another doctor in the same building Dr. Duncan Stevens. After treating Barney Hill for about six months, Dr. Stevens decided that the couple really needed to see a specialist in the field of psychotherapy who used hypnosis. Doctor Stevens then referred them to Dr. Benjamin Simon in Boston, Massachusetts, and their first consultation took place on a Saturday morning on December 14th, 1963.\nRead more: The Betty Hill Star Map (Part 1)\nWelcome to the new News site\nWelcome to the new news site for Exopolitics South Africa!\nRather than go through the trouble of upgrading the old news site, we decided we'd start afresh, and copy the few interesting articles the old site had across.\nWhat can you find here? Contributions from our readers ('Viewpoints'), announcements (Events, News Flashes, Press Releases, ...) as well as in depth articles is what we will start off with. We will probably add some video and audio as well.\nIf you have any articles you would like to submit, please contact mlamiroy at exopoliticssouthafrica. org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 17368, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 322.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://falkirkthi.com/project/44a-vicar-street/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ZHYV3QY2BHRBU722LPJ7YLCXPXPJS2JH", "length": 939, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "falkirkthi.com", "title": "Falkirk THI | 44A Vicar Street", "raw_content": "Reinstating architectural detail - shopfronts\nThe shop unit at 44A Vicar Street was originally two shops but the properties have been joined at some point in the past.\nThe modern shopfront which existed before the THI grant-aided works was not in keeping with the proportions of the original shopfronts or the building that it sat within. The signage area at the top (the fascia) was much bigger and deeper than it would have been originally. It had fallen into a considerable state of disrepair and looked \u2018ajar\u2019 from the bar and shop unit which it sat between. Both the adjacent bar and shop have more traditional proportions and less deep fascias.\nThe THI grant has allowed this owner to remove the modern shopfront and replace it with one which is based on the previous shopfront design and to more appropriate proportions.\nThe unit has been empty for a number of months and this new, high-quality shopfront has attracted a new tenant.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1846, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 255.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fareasternpotato.blogspot.com/2016/06/timing-of-long-hair-leung-kwok-hungs.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:22:54Z", "digest": "sha1:OTOZMCMEXM6HGI27HUNASN3V3SS3SNG6", "length": 913, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "fareasternpotato.blogspot.com", "title": "The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: Timing of \u2018Long Hair\u2019 Leung Kwok-hung\u2019s Arrest Raises Questions", "raw_content": "Timing of \u2018Long Hair\u2019 Leung Kwok-hung\u2019s Arrest Raises Questions\n\u2018Even the blind can see what\u2019s going on\u2019\nThe arrest and charging today of \u201cLong Hair\u201d Leung Kwok-hung (\u6881\u570b\u96c4), a lawmaker with Hong Kong\u2019s League of Social Democrats, on one count of misconduct in public office relating to an alleged HK$250,000 (US$32,000) payment received in 2012 has raised suspicions of political interference less than a month before the registration period for the Legislative Council elections in September.\nLeung, a thorn in the side of pro-Beijing interests in Hong Kong, is accused of failing to declare the payment, allegedly made by Next Media founder Jimmy Lai (\u9ece\u667a\u82f1), another Beijing critic, on May 22, 2012. According to the territory\u2019s Independent Commission Against Corruption, Mark Simon, Lai\u2019s assistant, handled the alleged payment. The 60-year-old lawmaker is set to appear at the Eastern Court at 9.30 am tomorrow.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1408, "original_length": 104731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 197.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fentonnazarene.org/?subpages/Who%20We%20Are.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:30Z", "digest": "sha1:4R23EZVHT6EDUDM6FM63I24KR7PXM5OU", "length": 2613, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "fentonnazarene.org", "title": "FENTON CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE", "raw_content": "Our Focus at FCN\nWe are a community of Jesus followers who are on a journey of a lifetime!\nOur mission is to Build Bridges of Love that Lead to Life!\nOur journey is one that has been entered upon by many who have come before us, and who now walk beside us. Many have taken this path less traveled. Many have ventured into this incredible life in Jesus. Many have left footprints of faith, hope, and love that encourage us as we follow. We identify ourselves with the historic roots of the Christian faith, and the community of Christ followers throughout the ages.\nWe are a Holiness People.\nWe believe that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins so that we could experience His forgiveness and enter into a real relationship with Him. Although we believe that God loves us just as we are, we have come to realize that He loves us too much to leave us there. When we enter into a relationship with Jesus we are not only forgiven, but we begin the journey of transformation from the inside out. God wants to re-create, and re-shape our lives as they were intended. He wants to shape our hearts and lives to look like Jesus. He wants to make us holy.\nWe are a Missional People.\nWhen we enter into a relationship with Jesus we enter into a life of God's amazing grace and blessing. However, our journey with Jesus is teaching us that experiencing the blessing of God's grace is not an end in itself. We are blessed to become a blessing, and we are saved to serve. As God fills our lives with His grace His love cannot be contained. It overflows through our words, actions, and attitudes. God has something for us to do here! We are called to express the Good News of Jesus in our world.\nDon't get us wrong, we have not arrived yet. We are still on the journey. We still face everyday struggles, pain, and at times, yes, failure. The difference for us is that we are no longer living on the treadmill of life going nowhere fast. We have entered a journey of grace, truth, love, and forgiveness. We have a new hope! We are finding that the more real we get with God, and each other, the more real God becomes to us. And, we are finding that this is not a solo journey. We are better together. We travel with the community of Jesus - His church.\nIt is our hope that you are either on this journey, or about to begin this journey of a lifetime. If you haven't found a community to travel with we would love for you to consider making the journey with us! The only requirement is to come as you are, and open yourself to the amazing adventure of who you will become, and where you will go as you follow Jesus.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 6147, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 237.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fertstertforum.com/crawfords-infertility-insurance-mandates/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:51Z", "digest": "sha1:N7NHREPG67LZZ5A3LSOMF5IDJQ3LHNKU", "length": 2111, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "fertstertforum.com", "title": "Assisted reproductive technology use embryo transfer practices and birth outcomes after infertility insurance mandates New Jersey and Connecticut - Fertility Sterility Discussion", "raw_content": "Assisted reproductive technology use embryo transfer practices and birth outcomes after infertility insurance mandates New Jersey and Connecticut\nInfertility insurance mandates in New Jersey and Connecticut were associated with increased ART treatment use, but not a decrease in the number of embryos transferred or the multiple birth rate.\nSara Crawford, Ph.D., Sheree L. Boulet, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., M.P.H., Carol Stone, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A.S., M.A., Jewel Mullen, M.D., M.P.H., M.P.A., Dmitry M. Kissin, M.D., M.P.H.\nTo explore whether recently enacted infertility mandates including coverage for assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in New Jersey (2001) and Connecticut (2005) increased ART use, improved ET practices, and decreased multiple birth rates.\nRetrospective cohort study using data from the National ART Surveillance System. We explored trends in ART use, ET practices and birth outcomes, and compared changes in practices and outcomes during a 2-year period before and after passing the mandate between mandate and non-mandate states.\nCycles of ART performed in the United States between 1996 and 2013.\nInfertility insurance mandates including coverage for ART treatment passed in New Jersey (2001) and Connecticut (2005).\nMain Outcome Measures(s):\nNumber of ART cycles performed, number of embryos transferred, multiple live birth rates.\nBoth New Jersey and Connecticut experienced an increase in ART use greater than the non-mandate states. The mean number of embryos transferred decreased significantly in New Jersey and Connecticut; however, the magnitudes were not significantly different from non-mandate states. There was no significant change in ART birth outcomes in either mandate state except for an increase in live births in Connecticut; the magnitude was not different from non-mandate states.\nThe infertility insurance mandates passed in New Jersey and Connecticut were associated with increased ART treatment use but not a decrease in the number of embryos transferred or the rate of multiples; however, applicability of the mandates was limited.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 5151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 179.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://financeestonia.ee/member/kpmg-baltics-ou/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:01Z", "digest": "sha1:FANKG56UH6IUG2C55KHW7JBGMVV663WF", "length": 780, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "financeestonia.ee", "title": "KPMG Baltics - FinanceEstoniaFinanceEstonia", "raw_content": "With a worldwide presence, KPMG International continues to build on our member firms\u2019 successes thanks to clear vision, rigorously maintained values and, above all, its people. The following pages describe who we are, what we do and how we do it.\nKPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services and industry insight to help organizations negotiate risks and perform in the dynamic and challenging environments in which they do business. We assist firms and organizations in meeting their compliance requirements and help them to develop, adding value to our clients\u2019 business. We have specialized staff with many different skills and backgrounds, and we are flexible \u2013 we adapt our services and develop new ones to meet the needs of clients as market conditions change.\nwww.kpmg.ee", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1622, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://firstumcmv-ny.com/the-sanctuary/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:59Z", "digest": "sha1:B64VAR3BRH2PFLJ5OM64CBG4IP4OFAXR", "length": 14949, "nlines": 68, "source_domain": "firstumcmv-ny.com", "title": "Our History \u2014 First United Methodist Church", "raw_content": "First United Methodist Church is one of the congregations of the New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Our congregation seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to grow in their faith as they serve God and others. This is in keeping with our mission of helping each person live faithfully and purposefully as a disciple of Jesus Christ.\nA BRIEF HISTORY OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH\nThe Methodist movement took root in the village of Mount Vernon in 1852. The First Methodist Episcopal Church was established as the first organized congregation in the city limits of the village of Mount Vernon. It was located on what is now the corner of Second Street and Eighth Avenue. The building was dedicated on February 8, 1854.\n\" ... in early 1852, services were conducted by the First Methodist Episcopal Church in one of the Mount Vernon private residences, and the cornerstone of the church building was laid by the religious organization in 1853.\" (taken from 'Historical Review of Mount Vernon, NY', 1927, page 19)\n\"On Sunday, January 13, 1861, Rev. William H. Book, the staunch abolitionist pastor of the First Methodist Church, preached 'Antidote to Rev. H.J. Van Dykes's Pro-Slavery Discourse - American Slavery has no foundation in the Scriptures.' He argued that the Bible did not approve slavery. It was a public and courageous sermon Book proved his strength of his faith by resigning and becoming the Union Army chaplain.\" (taken from \"Images of America - Mount Vernon\" written by Larry A. Spruill, PhD, page 28.)\nIn the 1880s, the village of Mount Vernon expanded very rapidly, and was incorporated as the City of Mount Vernon in 1892. Much of the expansion was in the East Lincoln \u2013 \u201cChester Hill\u201d \u2013 area, where many spacious homes were being built. Despite the fact that First Methodist Episcopal Church, at West 2nd Street and South 8th Avenue, was flourishing and had just opened its new commodious red-brick building in 1886, a group of Methodists near East Lincoln Avenue desired to open a new church on Chester Hill.\nThe Chester Hill Methodist Episcopal Church was incorporated on Nov. 22, 1897, and met in a temporary wooden chapel on Summit Avenue while our present Church was being built. The first Pastor, the Rev. Royal W. Raymond, was appointed in 1898, and the first President of the Board of Trustees was Dr. Thomas A. Fletcher, a dentist. (His name is perpetuated in Fletcher Avenue, three blocks west of our Church.)\nUnder his vigorous leadership, the Trustees took title to the present property on May 20, 1899. On June 7, 1900, ground was broken, and the cornerstone laid on July 28, 1900. The Church building was dedicated on May 19, 1901 by Bishop Cyrus D. Ross. The Rev. Crandall J. North was then the pastor.\nTwo trustees were builders: John Dawson and William Archer. The firm of Dawson and Archer had already built the First Methodist Church, and now they acted as contractors for the new Church, with personal commitment, enthusiasm and generosity. Working from plans by the architect, George Washington Kramer, they built the church in one year.\nThe building, at the summit of the hill, was constructed in the I Romanesque Revival Style, and on the \u201cAkron Plan\u201d, which was very popular among Protestant Churches at the time. The main feature of the \u201cAkron Plan\u201d is the folding wall between the sanctuary and the Sunday school rooms, allowing for a very large, open space, if needed.\nThe Church is built with stone quarried in Mount Vernon (in the area of Primrose and North Columbus Avenues.) The tower is 85 feet high, and contains a clock installed by the nationally-known Seth Thomas firm. The Pulpit and Communion table were made in the Methodist Mission School in Venice, Italy, by students learning the art of fine woodcarving; and a small plaster rosette, in the ceiling of what was then the pastor\u2019s office, was taken from the original ceiling of Wesley\u2019s Chapel in London, and donated to tour Church.\nThe Chester Hill Church prospered and in the early 1930s, the congregation decided to expand the building. With a very generous challenge gift by Warren Diefendorf, the present Gym (\u201cDiefendorf Room\u201d) and the three large classrooms above it, were opened for service to the Church and Community in 1935.\nThe Morrison Place Methodist Church, located off of South Fulton Avenue, was a congregation comprised mostly of Methodist of Swedish origin. On September 12, 1954, Morrison Place Methodist Church merged with Chester Hill Methodist Church.\nAfter World War II, memberships in both First Church and Chester Hill Church declined and on May 23, 1967, the congregations merged, using the First Church name and the Chester Hill site.\nOver the years, the church building has been home not only to congregations of United Methodist for worship but has opened for many community programs and functions, including a Food Pantry, a Tutoring Program for elementary children for over 20 years, gym activities for Mount Vernon\u2019s youth and other congregations ( Bible Church of Christ, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, our current congregation sharing our facility, Christ International Center, a Spanish-speaking church.\nAfter many years of good intentioned but inadequate repairs, the Administrative Council and Board of Trustees approved an architectural condition-survey program and a fund-raising campaign (\u201cYour Church \u2013 Moving Forward into the 21st Century\u201d), to commence on January 1, 1998. This was activated to enhance the congregations\u2019 worship center as well as provide better and safer services to the community. Since that beginning, the infrastructure of the church such as the heating plant and electrical work has been replaced or upgraded, a fire and safety alarm system increases the protection for groups using our building, and the signature clock has been repaired. The gymnasium received a new floor and echoes the sounds of basketball games for various age groups throughout each week. The sanctuary, including stain glass perimeter windows and a replica central chandelier from the stained glass skylight, has been restored to reflect the beauty that first shown over 100 years ago. The Church building is now a part of the National Registry of Historic Places.\nTHE BARTHOLOW BIBLE CLASS\nThe Reverend Otho Bartholow was appointed pastor of First Church in 1905. On the first Sunday of October, he began the Men\u2019s Bible Class with 8 men attending. The first Sunday of October 1906, 56 men attended, and in 1907, 276.\nThe class continued to grow until it had over 1,000 members. In the meantime, the Women\u2019s Bible Class grew to over 700 members.\nDuring the 1920\u2019s, the Bartholow Class was instrumental in the formation of the National Federation of Bible Classes, still in existence and built the Memorial Building across the street from First Church for the Bible Class and other activities (now known as the Macedonia Community Center). Dr. Bartholow taught the class until his retirement in 1942 and, with few exceptions, Pastors have followed in his footsteps.\nBible Storytellers\nChoir - Senior\nChoir - Youth\nLay Servant Speakers\nLiturgical Praise Dancers\nthe new heights of praise ensemble\nACOLYTE MINISTRY:\nAcolytes are children and adolescents who perform simple tasks in the weekly worship service. Contact person:\nSis. Kim Wilson-Owens\nCHOIR & MUSIC MINISTRY:\nThe choir leads the singing during the weekly worship service and on special occasions. As we seek to build our choir and music ministry, we are looking for others to be involved. Contact person:\nBro. Guy Loving\nUSHER MINISTRY:\nUshers perform various tasks during the weekly worship service and on special occasions to make the experience a pleasant one for all. To volunteer as an usher, please contact:\nSis. Terry Kean\nRev. Noel Chin is the pastor of First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon. Prior to July I, 2011 when he began his appointment there he served, for eight years as the district superintendent of the Metropolitan District of our conference. Currently he serves in a number of leadership roles across the conference: he is a member of the Board of Ordained Ministry where he is the chairperson of the Committee on Conference Relations and he serves on the Conference\u2019s Committee on Nominations. He is also a member of the Board of the United Methodist City Society and is the chairperson of that board\u2019s Nominating Committee.\nHe has represented the New York Conference at the two previous general and jurisdictional conferences. At the 2008 General Conference, in Fort Worth ,Texas, he served in the legislative section on the Local Church. At the 2012 General Conference in Tampa, Florida he was a member of the legislative section on Higher Education and Ministry.\nA graduate of Chandler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta, GA., Noel is committed to the growth and development of the local church. He believes that strong local churches are essential to the continued revitalization of our conference and the United Methodist Church. A strong church is anchored spiritually and takes advantage of the great organizational structure of our denomination as it engages enthusiastically in mission and ministry. He considers that the United Methodist Church has an important role to play in a constantly changing society and is always motivated by Charles Wesley\u2019s challenge :\n\u201dTo serve the present age, my calling to fulfill. O may it all my powers engage to do my Master\u2019s will!\u201d (UMH #413)\nREVEREND SABRINA JOHNSON CHANDLER\nRev. Sabrina Johnson Chandler is an ordained Deacon of the United Methodist Church, Metropolitan District. She most recently served as Pastor of Woodycrest United Methodist Church from July 2014 to July 2016. Rev. Chandler has served on the pastoral staff at St. Mark\u2019s United Methodist Church in the village of Harlem, NYC. And, prior to joining the staff at St. Mark\u2019s, she served as Minister of Christian Formation for Youth and Children at Mamaroneck United Methodist Church and Affiliated Deacon at First United Methodist Church in Mount Vernon. She served 23 years at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, NY, most recently as Director of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer. In September 2018, Rev. Sabrina was appointed Executive Director for Hyuman Resources at York College in Jamaica, Queens. Rev. Sabrina received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; a Master\u2019s degree in Adult Education and HR Development at Fordham University, NY; and a Master of Divinity degree from New York Theological Seminary. She is past Chairperson of the NY Annual Conference Personnel Committee, has held membership on the Conference Board of Health & Pensions, the Strategic Economic Analysis Task Force, and currently serves on the Metropolitan District Committee on Ministry and the COMPASS Planning Team. She loves to sing, teach, and is a bit obsessed with playing Candy Crush Soda Saga! Sabrina is married to Marvin V. Chandler, a Human Services Caseworker and jazz enthusiast. Marvin and Rev. Chandler are partners in life, love and ministry.\nREV. sabrina chandler, AFFILIATED DEACON\nmin. daniel asibuoh sarpong, MINISTERIAL ASSISTANT FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRIES\nSIS. KIM WILSON OWENS, LAY LEADER\nBRO. ROY BAILEY, ASSOCIATE LAY LEADER\nBRO. HOWARD BLOOM, CERTIFIED LAY SERVANT\nbRO. vINCENT cUMMINGS, CERTIFIED LAY SERVANT\nSIS. MYRA DIXON, CERTIFIED LAY SERVANT\nSIS. ANNEISHA RHODEN, CERTIFIED LAY SERVANT\nSIS. KIM WILSON OWENS, CERTIFIED LAY SERVANT\nBro. roy bailey, local lay servant\nbro. ron mitchell, local lay servant\nSIS. EVENA SPRINGER, LOCAL LAY SERVANT\nbRO. KENNETH SWANSTON, LOCAL LAY SERVANT\nWHERE ARE YOU CALLED TO SERVE?\nBelow are some areas of service in the congregation. If you are not currently involved or would like to increase your involvement, we invite you to choose three areas of service.\nMUSIC MINISTRY: This service area includes participation in the choir on a regular basis or for special services, and ministry with a children's choir.\nMISSIONS: This service area includes volunteering to work with our Food Pantry which provides assistance for our neighbors every other week, and providing support for our outreach to children of mothers incarcerated at two New York State women's correctional facilities in Westchester County.\nWELCOMING MINISTRIES: This service area includes greeting and welcoming worship guests as they arrive at church, serving as an usher, making telephone invitations to recent worship guests. and making follow up contact with worship guests.\nEDUCATION MINISTRY: This service area includes teaching or substituting in children's or youth Sunday School: participating in Wednesday evening Bible Study/Prayer Group; or starting a small group with a particular focus.\nWOMEN'S MINISTRY: This service area involves participating in the activities and programs of the United Methodist Women (UMW), which meets on the 2nd Saturday of most months, for its business meeting and engages in activities at those times.\nMEN'S MINISTRY: This ministry involves participation in the life and mission of the United Methodist Men (UMM), which meets every 4th Sunday of each month, following the worship service. The UMM has recently started a weekly basketball activity for fathers and sons or mentors and mentees each Saturday at 10:30 AM.\nYOUNG ADULT MINISTRY: We invite the participation of young adults in an effort to reorganize our young adult ministry. The reestablished group will determine its schedule and program activities.\nYOUTH MINISTRY: This ministry involves participation in the life of the United Methodist Your Fellowship (UMYF), which meets on Fridays at 6:00 PM. Adults are needed to provide leadership and youths are needed to participate and to invite other youths. The group has three emphases: Spiritual Growth, Social Interaction and Service.\nFOOD MINISTRIES: This service area includes providing help for church luncheons or coffee hours, such as setting up tables, making tea or coffee, serving meals, cleaning up: as well as cleaning the kitchen on a regular basis.\nOFFICE MINISTRIES: This service area involves working collaboratively with our part-time secretary, helping with light office work, making copies, stuffing envelopes, filing, and answering the phone or making phone calls.\nCOMMUNICATION MINISTRY: This ministry is developing and involves a number of areas including working as a member of our Audio/Video Operations Team during worship once per month and collaborating with others to revive our newsletter, The Herald.\nBUILDING MINISTRIES: Participants in this area will be invited to work with the members of the Board of Trustees in caring for the church's properties by performing such tasks as minor repairs, gardening, and cleaning at certain times of the year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 29031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 202.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fkli.blogspot.com/2014/04/sometimes-markets-whenwill-give-you.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:24Z", "digest": "sha1:V6CBAFV7SC3M67VBLFUNEDONI75W542K", "length": 313, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "fkli.blogspot.com", "title": "FKLI Futures Trading - Bursamalaysia", "raw_content": "Sometimes the markets whenwill give you a pleasant surprise... and at a time when the majority were looking for the next crisis.\nInsas, UOADEV...\nhttp://www.theedgemalaysia.com/index.php?option=...\nResteting the spike highs\nCahill: It's the end of an era | FourFourTwo\nESPNFC: Soccer Gamecast: Man Utd vs Man City", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1881, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 301.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/200800142.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:10Z", "digest": "sha1:XZZIO3IUNZ2SIRZ2FB354BD7QOCHHIVI", "length": 640, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "florawww.eeb.uconn.edu", "title": "Alluaudia montagnacii {Didiereaceae} Alluaudia", "raw_content": "Alluaudia montagnacii Rauh\nCommon Name: Alluaudia\nCountry of Origin: Madagascar (Itampolo)\nThe Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 29, 2017.\nWCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, September 29, 2017.\nAlluaudia montagnacii at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Friday, September 29, 2017.\nBrooke E. Crowley; Laurie R. Godfrey\nWhy all those spines? Anachronistic defences in the Didiereoideae against now extinct lemurs\nS. Afr. j. sci. vol.109 n.1-2 Pretoria Jan. 2013. Last accessed on Friday, September 29, 2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2133, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://focoprendido.org/essay-on/Defending-the-Arts/478429", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:13Z", "digest": "sha1:H4LRKTB2FY4N4OXSKPI6YUXDG4A7WNE7", "length": 17128, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "focoprendido.org", "title": "Defending the Arts - Term Paper", "raw_content": "Submitted By akuriq\nTrouble Carter\nARTS/100\nDoris Doyon\nI recently attended a college Step Show in my community a few months ago. Step Shows showcase multiple teams who stomp, clap, dance, shout, and ignite the audience. I have been viewing Step Shows since my first year in high school. I frequent Step Shows due to the electrifying energy that the step teams display. These teams work hard to perfect their artwork of expression. Some of them even employ professional dancers to assist with the stage shows. Just like painters or sculptors, step teams provide messages and creative expression in every performance.\nStepping is a growing art form and an important part of our country\u2019s artistic and cultural heritage. In stepping, the body is used as an instrument. The body motion and movement is part of the story. The step teams maneuver in synchronized progressions to create intricate rhythms through a plethora of footsteps, claps and the spoken word (Degregory PHD, 2015). The winner of the Step Show approached the stage wearing clown outfits including colorful masked faces. The clown outfits mislead the audience to expect a clumsy, unorganized show. We received the exact opposite. The winning step team was well organized and choreographed, regardless of their clown suits. They brought the crowd to their feet with \u201ccall and response\u201d chants.\nMoreover, the Step Show entertained me to the fullest. I enjoyed every team\u2019s performance. I get excited watching the precision and stepping. The vigor that the individual team members display is very electric-like (Fine, 2007). The energy from the stage is often transferred to the crowd. Watching a step performance puts me in the mind of being at a sporting event and your team keeps scoring. Everyone is engaged with the athletes and vicariously feel their highs and lows.\nI long for the arts to\u2026...\n...this. It seems like when they get up on the pedestal where they have placed themselves they forget about us the little person. I think that everything should be voted on by the people and not just a hand full that seem to have their best interest at heart and not ours. The people should be allowed to vote on things like health care reform, pay freezes and cuts, and pay raises for congress etc. The trouble with things in the past and today is everyone is looking out for themselves and does not give a thought to others. I especially think the next time our government gives millions of dollars to big businesses we should have a vote in it, after all that is our money to start with. Now do not get me wrong I love my country and will die defending it, but let\u2019s be fair about the whole voting thing. We have accomplished much as Americans and the Constitution of the United States is outstanding, but it was drawn up many years ago, maybe it needs revising a bit....\n...country\u2019s need to raise interest rates but critics said it will trigger panic. Brazil needed to strengthen its commitment to maintaining a stable Real by adopting a currency board system for managing the exchange rate and keep the Real locked to the Dollar. Brazil needs to now look attractive to bring investments into the country and boost economy and by doing this they could gain new Real as foreign investors will bring dollars into the country. By pegging the Real to the US dollar Brazil can succeed but only if they are disciplined as a country. Question 3 Do you think the Brazilian government was correct to place a high value on defending the peg of the real against the US dollar? What were the costs to Brazil of this policy? What were the benefits? 3. (A). No the Brazilian government should not have placed such a high value in defending the peg of the real against the US dollar. Although the real was not allowed to depreciate 7.5% against the US dollar, it was estimated that the real was overvalued by between 15 and 20% against the US dollar. The overvalued real caused a trade deficit which brought a high number of imports into the country, but stifled exports out of the country. This meant that it was cheaper to bring items into Brazil but the cost of Brazilian exports very expensive. The deficit was valued at 7% of Brazil\u2019s gross domestic profit (GDP) which stymied the growth and undermined the reforms that the government was trying to implement. 3. (B) The......\nDefending Dos Attack\n...other kinds of attacks. These availability-impacting attacks are better known as Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. We focus on forward-looking research at Securosis. So we have started poking around, talking to practitioners about their DoS defense plans, and we have discovered a clear knowledge gap around the Denial of Service attacks in use today and the defenses needed to maintain availability. There is an all too common belief that the defenses that protect against run of the mill network and application attacks will stand up to a DoS. That\u2019s just not the case, so this paper will provide detail on the attacks in use today, suggest realistic defensive architectures and tactics, and explain the basic process required to have a chance of defending your organization against a DoS attack....\n...Defending the Arts 1 Defending the Arts 100/Arts 6/16/14 Defending the Arts 2 Me and my wife have always enjoyed the arts and took and opportunity recently to go see the play \u201cWicked\u201d in Raleigh N.C.. It has always been one of my wives favorite plays so it ended up being what I wanted us to go see. Wicked is a new twist on the classic tale of the Wizard of Oz. It is a play adaptation of Gregory Maguire's book of the same name. In this retelling, the \u201cwicked\u201d witch is actually the heroine of the story, who starts out as the outcast and is coached by Glinda, her big sister. She begins to be popular, which is expressed in a musical number that was one of my wife's favorite songs in the play. However, she realizes her real desire is not to fall in love and pursue the wizard/witch love story, but to be free. During the play the musical numbers played a huge part in telling the story as well as the movements of the characters. With song it was easy to tell what each character was feeling and meaning to express. The songs also cause you to feel similar feelings to the characters. According to (\"2knowmyself\", 2006-2011) music is the fastest way to create emotion to the audience. Within seconds you can completely change a listener's emotional state (\"2knowmyself\", 2006-2011) . During the song \u201cDefying Gravity\u201d two characters, Glinda the good witch and Elfie the wicked witch, are having an argument about following society and......\n...The article \u201cDefending the one percent\u201d by N. Gregory Mankiw (Journal of Economics Perspective-volume 3, number 27-Summer 2013-Pages 21-34) is an attempt to analyze some reasons for not having an equal distribution of income, regarding special attention to the one percent of the people with the highest income. This issue has been debated for decades and has kept the attention of many economists. Since this disparity leads to inequality, the role the Government has been subject of analysis in order to stablish the level of involvement and the mechanism to solve the problem via taxation. The paper starts pointing out an example of disruption of a utopic economy where a new entrepreneurial idea has come up. In this case, everyone wants the new product, but there is only one provider; therefore, the demand exceeds the supply and the entrepreneur ended up being richer that the others. This unequal redistribution of well-being started as a voluntary exchange, so there are two questions the author brings up, related to contribution of the entrepreneurial to the alteration of the public policy and whether or not this policy should remain unchanged. This is a reflection of what has been happening in the United States where the income has grown, but not in a uniform way across the income distribution, which leads to the question for policymakers to make taxation more progressive. The second issue in the paper is related to inefficiency as a result of inequality. Taking as example the...\n...Defending the Arts Tiffany O\u2019Connell ARTS/100 Defending the Arts Art refers to the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination typically in a visual form such as painting and producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. They are various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance. The elements of the composition of the art are used to arrange or organize the components in a way that is pleasing to the artist and, hopefully, the viewer. It helps give structure to the layout and the way the subject is presented. It also encourages or leads the viewer's eye to wander around the whole painting, taking in everything and ultimately coming back to rest on the point. These elements are considered to be unit, balance, rhythm, focus, contrast, pattern, color, line among others. Unit refers to when the parts of the composition feel as if they belong together. Balance is the symmetrical arrangement of objects. It creates a sense of calm when symmetrical and a sense of unease and imbalance where it\u2019s not. Rhythm: just like music, a piece of art has rhythm, a piece of art can have a rhythm or underlying beat that leads and paces the eye as you look at it .Repeated color and shapes creates a rhythm in a paint (Rosenberg 2013). Focus refers to emphasis on a particular object. The viewer's eye may want to rest in the most of the things in the painting,......\nThe Defending of the Arts\n...The defending of the arts 100 6/15/2015 BRENDA DURDEN The defending of the arts Recently my family went to an art gallery that had some, many different forms of art that made it so interesting. To view, many of them had much meaning, with a lot of history and culture in the mix within it. Some of the local artists came around, mingle, with the crowd, and explain their art in a more in-depth ways. An art gallery that I went to is in the location of ells square in the city market of Georgia that has a beautiful art gallery with amazing art forms. However, the art piece that stood out to me was from Irene Sainz Mayo the painting call on the lake to the composition elements description. Like the line element on the lake, two painting is curved lines, which the tree line gives off the image within the sky. Drift off towards, the sides of the canvas and the curve line show in the length within the tree line and beyond. The colors united, in the painting. Is the sky is mix with dark and light blue. Also, a combined with a yellow mix, with reddish orange the clouds look grayish black color. The tree lines in this painting are a blackish color. The lake watercolor in this painting is the dark blue mix, with light blue and blended colors of yellow, reddish orange color. The on the lake two painting movement the shape of the paint is two-dimensional space, the element in the paint are organic and geometric shapes distance within the canvas .The theme of this......\n...Defending Christian truth has been extremely important in church history. As the early church began to expand, Christianity had to compete with a number of ethnic, philosophic, and mysterious religions in the Roman world. False teachings and doctrinal error began to surface inside and outside the church. To put an end to the confusion and restore doctrinal truth, God called a group of men, known as the Apologists, to defend the truth. The Apologists were scholarly men who took on the task of composing a defense and endorsement of Christian truths. Their objective, to dispel falsehoods and misunderstandings, and to point towards Christian truth. False teachings were found inside and outside the church. Examples of heresies in the church include Marcionism, a belief that there was a creator god who was evil and a redeemer god who was good. Ebionitism taught Jesus was not the second person in the Godhead. Instead, He was the prophetic successor to Moses. Montanism believed in celibacy and prolonged fasting. It also taught obedience to the Holy Spirit through His prophet Montanus and challenged church authority. Gnosticism, Manicheanism and Neoplatonism are examples of heresies outside the church. Gnosticism and Manicheanism are closely related, teaching among other things dualism believing spirit is good, material or physical is evil. God did not create the universe. Neoplatonism is a mystical religion based on the philosophical teachings of Plato. While these......\nDefending the Free Market: a Critical Analysis\n...Defending the Free Market: Critical Analysis Defending the Free Market written by Rev. Robert Sirico is a book about how being a leftist seems like a very moral and right thing to do for people but in turn is not very economically sound. He talks about how back in his younger days he was a socialist and leftist but in turn with many talks with people and intense fact searching he figured out how the free-market system is the only way to solve many of the world\u2019s problems. \u200bWhat I thought was Sirico\u2019s strong points about the book was that he applied religion to a lot of the things he had to say. Usually when someone is talking about economics they try to shy away from including religion into their speech or paper. Also, Sirico was very blunt about what he had to say. He went straight to the point backing his ideas with personal experience and facts. When it comes to Sirico\u2019s weaknesses I could not find anything. He was very direct in what he said and I believe he did not leave anything out. When I first began to read this book I thought that it was going to be a dull strung-out economic lesson as if a robot had written the book. Within the first few pages I was quickly proved wrong when Sirico started to add personal background and experience. He did this throughout the book, which made it actually interesting to read. One of the points Sirico mentioned really caught my eye. In Ch. 4, Want to help the poor? Start a business, he talks about how foreign aid does not...\n...Defending the Arts What is art? Art can mean many things to many people. For me, the arts are an expression of one's imagination, the ability to create so that others can enjoy. There are different kinds of art. Art could come in the form of paintings, sculptor, poetry, music, or theater to name a few. Art makes you feel; it makes you think. . Art in some shape or form has existed as long as humans. Art surrounds our daily lives and is present all around the world. Love and Anguish What do you think of when someone mentions Miami? Beautiful beaches, beautiful people, vibrant nightlife, and fun in the sun. I'm a native of Florida and had no idea Miami is home to one of the most dramatic heartfelt memorial. The memorial is to honor the millions of lives that were lost and to those who survived. The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation (Miami, FL) is a must to see if you are ever in Miami. There is one particular piece that I will be telling you about that made the most impact on me that day. It is a sculptor designed and created by Kenneth Triester. His memorial art piece is called the Sculpture of Love and Anguish (Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, 1990). You walk upon a bronze sculpture that stands at 42-feet. Its outstretched arm marked with the symbolic numbers from prison camp is reaching towards the sky. It is what you see at the base working its way up the arm to the sky that gets to you. There are life-sized bronze figures placed......\n...1\tDefending the Defenseless During the American Revolution, slavery was in the process of being abolished in Europe and in the Northern states of America. Even though parts of the world were willing to free slaves, the Southern states found ways to defend slavery. In Paul Finkelman\u2019s book Defending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Old South, Finkelman provides the writings of many white leaders from the South who believed that slavery was essential to America\u2019s society. The white leaders who spoke about proslavery included a broad range of defenses to justify themselves because they wanted Americans to believe that slavery had a lasting impact economically, religiously, legally, and racially. One of the defenders in Finkelman\u2019s book was Thomas R.R. Cobb. He justified slavery by arguing the effects of abolition in the United States. Cobb said, \u201cThe emancipated negroes do not enjoy full and equal civil and political rights in any State in the union, except the State of Vermont\u201d (Finkelman, 79). He was convinced that those who became free of slavery did not live a better life. He believed that any African American slave who is free is not capable of living successfully and \u201cHis moral condition compares unfavorably with that of the slave of the South\u201d (Finkleman, 79). This argument states that African Americans who are enslaved are in better hands with the slave owners and therefore they should remain as slaves. Cobb\u2019s defense was justifiable because he...\nDarkness in Nostromo Essay\nAudience theory Essay", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 24406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 243.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://folkanimals.com/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:41Z", "digest": "sha1:VNNIFJOFVRYYZLRRYH4KOCY2OIXW3SAR", "length": 1011, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "folkanimals.com", "title": "FolkAnimals.com : About the Artist", "raw_content": "About | FAQ's\nGrowing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Jamy always yearned for the country life. This dream came true when he got married and settled down in Lancaster. He lives with his wife Michelle and three children Curtis (6), Kerri (4) and Kayla (1). When he's not enjoying time with his family he loves to go fishing, hunting and playing sports.\nJamy married into a family that had a taste for country life... from country cooking to houses filled with primitive and folk designs. He found this way of life attractive and has tried to incorporate this into the current display of folk art paintings themed \"Folk Animals.\"\nJamy received his B.F.A from Shippensburg University where he had a concentration in graphic design. He funneled this experience into web design and development which he has been doing for the past six years.\nHe currently works for a great company called JPL in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which offers many solutions ranging from web design/development, multimedia, video and more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 1496, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 177.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forum.bigheadpress.com/index.php?topic=1395.0;prev_next=next", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:30Z", "digest": "sha1:Y7NSCZ2LNXF3FF33DDO74DOP72MMFZU4", "length": 1280, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "forum.bigheadpress.com", "title": "How about a Quantum Vibe movie?", "raw_content": "How about a Quantum Vibe movie?\nRedwood Elf on October 25, 2018, 09:31:02 am\nI hear that Dinesh D'Souza is looking to make some feature films.\nNot wanting to presume to speak for you, Scott, I just thought I would suggest that you could try contacting Mr. D'Souza and suggest he try his hand at science fiction, either with the first part of Quantum Vibe, or the other project you had a hand in, The Probability Broach. Either one, I think, would make a great movie, and he's the kind of producer to not let politics get in the way of making a good film based on non-SJW style plots.\nQuote from: Redwood Elf on October 25, 2018, 09:31:02 am\nCool idea. You have his contact info?\nAlas, no, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. His website has a contact page at http://joindinesh.com/ - not sure if it contacts him directly or just puts you on a mailing list though.\nApparently it's the mailing list thing. I posted a comment on his facebook. If he replies or I can get ia verified Email for him, I'll PM it to you.\n\u00ab Last Edit: October 25, 2018, 01:09:21 pm by Redwood Elf \u00bb\nRedwood Elf on November 14, 2018, 10:24:48 am\nWell I wasn't able to find a direct contact easily. I'm not on twitter or anything, so I can't just create a #DineshDsouzaFeatureFilmIdeas hashtag or anything.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3146, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 285.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postsm1058118_Don-t-mess-with-the-press.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:19Z", "digest": "sha1:5A6PVCKV4FL3RWOTT3XPWDR6XQKX3HUS", "length": 472, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "forum.thefreedictionary.com", "title": "Don't mess with the press - Games - English - The Free Dictionary Language Forums", "raw_content": "The Free Dictionary Language Forums \u00bb English \u00bb Games \u00bb Don't mess with the press\n8 pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8\nDon't mess with the press Options\nOne hell of a nap\nPosted: Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:57:31 AM\nPosted: Thursday, March 22, 2018 1:38:57 PM\nThat policy is indeed sick\nMaybe cows will try their luck with egg production ?\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/22/swedish-footballer-sent-off-for-farting-during-match\nPosted: Saturday, May 5, 2018 1:10:52 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 344, "original_length": 11594, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 212.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=460216", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:53Z", "digest": "sha1:WSRO5TVMLEJN67VEHAI4R6B22I4SIKQU", "length": 228, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "forums.matronics.com", "title": "Matronics Email Lists :: View topic - Spitfires", "raw_content": "vanremog(at)aol.com\nPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:52 pm Post subject: Spitfires\nhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3598540/The-Photographer-captures-pin-sharp-images-final-55-airworthy-Spitfires-using-just-handheld-camera.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 313.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?s=c47edabe48f20fea5ead6d393e34eede&p=1610796&postcount=9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:21Z", "digest": "sha1:PIBVL6HDDFNWXWOKCR6MWJGA3KUEZUQB", "length": 312, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "forums.thetechnodrome.com", "title": "The Technodrome Forums - View Single Post - Scream the series on MTV", "raw_content": "Thread: Scream the series on MTV\nI think the show wants us to believe that Eli is the killer. The Scream movies always did that and then revealed that it was someone else.\nYeah, it's a device called the red herring.\nThis is one of those shows that I know is garbage in every regard, but I can't help but love it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 593, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 292.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fredmotzbuilder.com/About.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:14Z", "digest": "sha1:3RH7WJW6PFU7BW7MCJ3JZRG7QD7NWAR2", "length": 2907, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "fredmotzbuilder.com", "title": "About", "raw_content": "About Fred Motz Builder\nFred Motz Builder, Inc. is a mid-Michigan-based, family-owned and operated company that is one hundred percent committed to our clients and the building of your new home. Raised on a farm in St. John's where he learned early that hard work and dedication are the true marks of success, Fred has worked in just about every aspect of the construction industry for more than 20 years, from hauling lumber to swinging a hammer to sales. He established his own company in 1997, specializing in building a limited number of custom residences each year with the belief that quality, more than quantity, would be his cornerstone. Each and every project receives his personal attention, commitment to excellence and open, accessible communication that have become trademarks of a home built by Fred Motz Builder.\nJoshua Knight is the Architectural Designer and Construction Manager for Fred Motz Builder. Joshua was born and raised in St. John\u2019s and resides with his four children in DeWitt. Encouraged to pursue home design in high school, Joshua's first effort was his sister's home, where seeing his drawings come to life solidified his passion for design. He has been in the business now for more than 23 years, utilizing his experience in AutoCAD design and as a seasoned construction supervisor. Joshua will give you the full benefit of his expertise to get your project completed with the quality, timeliness and attention to your budget that you can expect from Fred Motz Builder, Inc.\nDennis Alexander our Project Coordinator of New Home Building and Remodeling Specialist. Dennis Alexander joined our company in the fall of 2016. I\u2019ve known Dennis for 36 years when we first met while working for Central Michigan Lumber in St. Johns. His background has been in the Retail Lumber and Custom Home Business as well as other related businesses in his 40 Year career. Dennis has been a resident of DeWitt since 1987 while he and his wife Diane of 36 years raised their 3 children in the DeWitt School system. Dennis has the ability and product knowledge to help clients understand the process and selections in remodeling or building a quality home, while keeping things affordable. This is one of the most important requirements we could have as your Custom Home Builder in today\u2019s market and energy efficiencies of your new home or remodeling project.\nMarty Graham has worked for Fred Motz Builder for 15 years. She and her husband, Bryan, have lived in DeWitt their entire lives where they raised their three children. Marty is the office manager and loves working for Fred and Chris; she loves being part of their family business! Before working for Fred Motz Builder she owned Martha's German Bakery in East Lansing--where she was partners with her mother for ten years. Marty loves spending time with her family, going to their cottage, and making memories with her grandchildren.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 3353, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 248.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fyi98642.com/whats-up-at-the-port/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:03Z", "digest": "sha1:QBQHV63HMH4C7SE7GSFRIFZYHWCHDGI6", "length": 1230, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "fyi98642.com", "title": "What\u2019s up at the Port? \u2014 FYI 98642", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Port / What\u2019s up at the Port?\nWhat\u2019s up at the Port?\nLearn what\u2019s up downtown at the Port of Ridgefield\u2019s Feb. 24 regularly scheduled commission meeting. Frank Shuman, president of the Ridgefield Main Street program, will make a Partner Presentation to the commission and guests during the Innovation Report segment of the meeting. Shuman will provide an update on the activities of the Main Street Program. According to its mission statement, the non-profit, volunteer-run organization works to create a sustainable, vibrant downtown that nurtures a sense of community.\nNelson Holmberg, the port\u2019s vice president, innovation, introduced the Partner Presentations program at the port in December. The presentations will be scheduled for the port\u2019s second monthly commission meeting, held the fourth Wednesday of each month.\n\u201cFor the port to promote innovation and to help forward the idea of others for the benefit of Ridgefield citizens, business owners and visitors, it\u2019s important for us to have an understanding of the good work our community partners are doing,\u201d Holmberg said.\nThe Feb. 24 port commission meeting begins at 3 pm, and will be held at the port offices at 111 W. Division St. in Ridgefield.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2594, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 227.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gaveltogavel.us/2013/02/05/over-a-dozen-efforts-to-alter-number-of-state-supreme-court-justices-almost-all-related-to-packing-the-courts-in-last-several-years/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:23Z", "digest": "sha1:47SXWA5JBWMOUGLE2QFRKLLJN4IZQZWD", "length": 5474, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "gaveltogavel.us", "title": "Over a dozen efforts to alter number of state supreme court justices, almost all related to \"packing\" the courts, in last several years - Gavel to Gavel", "raw_content": "Over a dozen efforts to alter number of state supreme court justices, almost all related to \u201cpacking\u201d the courts, in last several years\nWith the activity in NC today, and similar efforts underway in SC, I thought I\u2019d review the efforts over the last several years to alter the structure of state supreme courts, as well as how they fared.\nFlorida: a state senator introduced SB 408 in 2007 to expand the state\u2019s Supreme Court from 7 to 15 members. The bill\u2019s text explicitly stated the reason for the increase was to overturn the Court\u2019s decision in 2006 that found unconstitutional the state\u2019s use of public money for vouchers for use in Catholic schools. When the bill became public, the senator quickly withdrew it, telling the Tallahassee Democrat \u201cBasically, a law student came up with the idea and asked me to have it drafted so he could see how it would look, but it was never supposed to be introduced.\u201d The senator declined to identify the law student.\nGeorgia: media reported legislation was considered to increase from 7 to 9 the number of seats on that state\u2019s high court. Then-Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears urged lawmakers not to alter the court, telling them \u201cWe are doing well. We are getting it done. We have the manpower we need.\u201d Nevertheless, SR 370 was introduced, providing that there would be a justice elected from each congressional district, effectively increasing the court from 7 to 13.\nMichigan: an effort to reduce the size of the Supreme Court. The Reform Michigan Government Now proposal was ostensibly to help ease the state\u2019s budget crises by reducing the size of the state\u2019s legislature, Supreme Court, and Court of Appeals. However, a PowerPoint presentation left on the website of a local union explained the purpose of removing 2 of the then 7 serving Supreme Court justices was to ensure Democrat-friendly redistricting rulings after the 2010 U.S. Census (the 2 justices to be removed were Republicans). The initiative was eventually killed when the state\u2019s Supreme Court held that the initiative failed to meet certain constitutional criteria for initiatives.\nSouth Carolina: Amendment to the state\u2019s constitution (SB 34) to expand their Supreme Court from 5 to 7 members elected by congressional district. Another version (SB 23) simply expanded the court from 5 to 7 without mention of congressional districts.\nAlabama: SB 507 would have reduced their Supreme Court from 9 to 7 via attrition.\nIndiana: HJR 9 would have set the number of justices at 5 (currently can be from 5 to 9), but eliminated the state\u2019s merit selection system and replaced it with direct elections.\nIowa: After all 7 justices ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in the state, HJR 2012 would have expanded the court to 9.\nGeorgia: SB 429 tied more money for the courts with an expanded Supreme Court. The bill would have added a $100 judicial operations fund fee to all civil actions with the proceeds to be deposited into the general fund of the state treasury for funding salaries of judges and the operational needs of the judicial system. The increase in funding was conditional on an increase in the Supreme Court from 7 to 9 justices and the court of appeals from 12 to 15.\nNevada: SJR 9 would have permitted, but not required, the state legislature create an intermediate appellate court consisting of 3 or more judges and sets the number at least initially at 3. If the constitutional amendment was approved and if the legislature did create an intermediate appellate court, the state\u2019s Supreme Court would be reduced from 7 to 5 justices. The proposal was sent to the voters in 2010 and failed.\nSouth Carolina: 2007/2008 bills to expand the state\u2019s Supreme Court from 5 to 7 were reintroduced in 2009 as SB 63 (congressional districts) and SB 55.\nArizona SB 1481: expand state\u2019s Supreme Court from 5 to 7 justices. Effort failed when the state\u2019s chief justice personally testified the expansion was not needed, that the Supreme Court was fully functioning, and was not behind in its caseload. The main sponsor countered that \u201cI just thought that I might give the opportunity for two additional attorneys to sit on the supreme court.\u201d\nFlorida HJR 7111 (as introduced): Split the state\u2019s 7 member supreme court into two, separate 5 member civil and criminal Supreme Courts; transfer Democratically appointed justices to criminal court.\nMontana: HB 245 would have reduced the size of the state\u2019s supreme court from 7 to 5. The sponsor was abundantly clear of his reasoning for the reduction:\nAll of us want tort reform, well maybe not all of us. I surely want it and a lot of folks I talk to want it. So how do we get tort reform? I would suggest that if we took the Supreme Court from 7 down to 5, they have a higher workload, guess who becomes our ally in tort reform? The Supreme Court.\nNorth Carolina: No bill number (amendment to SB 10) would have expanded the state\u2019s supreme court from 7 to 9 members.\nSouth Carolina: HB 3090 would expand Supreme Court from 5 to 7 members.\nPosted on February 5, 2013 April 16, 2013 Author Bill RafteryCategories Structure ChangesTags Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina\nPrevious Previous post: Surprise effort by NC Senate GOP to expand Supreme Court loses after House balks, likely to return\nNext Next post: After a century of trying, 3 states may join Iowa in giving state supreme courts broader powers to permanently reallocate judgeships", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 8273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 213.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gcgconsulting.com/gcg-mobile-apps/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:13Z", "digest": "sha1:NUX5MO2XZFNU2EJNQHJ6LPMBE534CNIA", "length": 1321, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "gcgconsulting.com", "title": "GCG Mobile Apps", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb GCG Mobile Apps\nWe create \u201cRobust and Feature Rich\u201d Mobile Apps for all types of Small Businesses!\nWould you like to attract more customers and keep the ones that you already have? 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Simply request a FREE Demo App and we will make a \u201cmock-up\u201d version of your App branded to your business.\nRequest your FREE DEMO APP here!\nGCG Consulting is a registered ISO/MSP of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Delaware", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2516, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 281.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gen-als.com/civwar10.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:09Z", "digest": "sha1:FURCLFO6XBBEYGFN2BVLHSVYESHAHT24", "length": 19025, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "gen-als.com", "title": "Photographic History of the Civil War - 1912", "raw_content": "in Ten Volumes - 1912\nThe ten volume set of books titled, \u0093The Photographic History of the Civil War; Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-1865, with Text by Many Special Authorities; Semi-Centennial Memorial,\u0094 Francis T. Miller (Editor), the Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1912. This is a huge set of books with thousands of photographs of the Civil War. There are large sections on the Infantry, Cavalry, Navy, Leaders, and Prisons & Hospitals of both the Union and the Confederacy. There are pictures of virtually every senior officer from both sides \u0096 and many, many pictures of enlisted troops. Many obscure pictures of the Naval forces of both sides, and other organizations not often seen. There are tabular data in the final sections dealing with individual units, armies, casualties, etc. The book set is fully indexed, but only the Table of Contents is linked in the acrobat PDF scan. Please note: This is not a paper book, it is a scan of the original paper book into the digital Adobe PDF format, written on a CD-ROM. You read these books on your computer using the free Adobe Reader software. It is a digital version of a hard to find set of books. If you could find a copy of the 1912 printed books, they would be very expensive.\nThe ten volumes have approximately 3,468 pages of historical and genealogically valuable data about both sides in the Civil War. The Adobe PDF files take up approximately 800MB of room and need to be copied onto your hard drive for all the links to function correctly. Please note: This is a scan of the original documents converted to Adobe PDF format and written on two CD\u0092s.\nSome of the individuals with photographs in the CD set are listed below; individuals are of all ranks from Generals down to Privates from both sides. These are only the individuals in Volume 10. There are many, many others presented in Volumes 1 \u2013 9:\nJames Connor, John W. Geary, John B. Magruder, Robert D. Lilley, P. G. T. Beauregard, Lewis Wallace, Henry A. Wise, Joseph L. Brent, Blaque Bey, Robert E. Lee, George Peabody, W. W. Corcoran, James Lyons, Edwin M. Stanton, Montgomery Blair, Gideon Welles, Salmon P. 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Hamilton, John C. Starkweather, Halbert E. Paine, Rufus King, David H. Strother, Thomas M. Harris, Lawrence P. Graham, Hanry Capehart, John W. Davidson, Henry B. Carrington, James A. Hardie, Robert C. Buchanan, Richard H. Jackson, Walter P. Lane, William P. Hardeman, Lawrence S. Ross, Walter H. Stevens, Elkanah Greer, A. P. Bagby, John A. Wharton, James E. Harrison, William H. Young, John W. Whitfield, Joseph L. Hogg, Samuel Bell Maxcy, William Steele, Richard M. Gano, Matthew D. Ector, Richard Waterhouse, Thomas Harrison, Felix H. Robertson, John C. Moore, John R. Baylor, Henry E. McCulloch, Jerome B. Robertson, Louis T. Wigfall, Thomas N. Waul, D. B. Harris, Armstead L. Long, John B. Floyd, William L. Jackson, Albert G. Jenkins, Daniel Ruggles, Camille J. Polignac, Montgomery D. Corse, Richard I. T. Beale, Henry H. Walker, Joseph R. Anderson, Thomas Jordan, David A. Weisinger, Gabriel C. Wharton, Philip St. George Cocke, Patrick T. Moore, Edwin G. Lee, James B. Terrell, Robert H. Chilton, Seth M. Barton, George W. Randolph, William C. Wickham, Eppa Hunton, Richard L. Page, Carter L. Stevenson, Henry A. Wise, William Terry, James E. Slaughter, John McCausland, William H. Payne, & Alexander W. Reynolds.\nTo purchase this CD\u2013ROM for $23.00 including shipping in the continental USA, for $19.00 to any APO or FPO address, or for $25.00 for International, Alaska, or Hawaii destinations, see:\nWe prefer PayPal, but we accept accept PayPal, Cash, Personal Checks, Money Orders, USPS Money Orders, or Cashier's Checks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 20164, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 232.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://georgeaylwinhogg.com/reviews-KR.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:37Z", "digest": "sha1:PFUT3N5DTGIJSNEI2KWPJZD6P3O6EKPV", "length": 1855, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "georgeaylwinhogg.com", "title": "REVIEWS | Blades of Grass by Mark Aylwin Thomas", "raw_content": "Review by Kirkus\nwww.kirkusreviews.com\nThis debut book tells the story of the author\u2019s uncle, George Aylwin Hogg (1915-1945), an English journalist who spent the last seven years of his life in China.\nThomas frames his biography with his 1988 visit to Shandan, where Hogg died. The author participated in memorial events for New Zealander Rewi Alley, Hogg\u2019s colleague in the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives; connected with the headmaster of the Bailie School that the journalist helped found; and met the Chinese brothers Hogg temporarily adopted.\nHogg certainly packed plenty into 30 years. Born in Harpenden, England, he attended Montessori-style schools and studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford. Early adventures included hitchhiking around Europe and spending time on a Mississippi cooperative farm. After graduation, he joined his Aunt Muriel, who worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, in the Far East. He started in Japan in 1937, sending home letters full of keen observations about war propaganda and Korean slums.\nIn 1938, he proceeded to China and became a journalist for the American United Press Agency. \u201cIt is quite exhilarating in a way, being packed with seething humanity,\u201d he declared, but sobering too: he encountered dead soldiers, refugees on evacuation trains, cholera and dysentery victims, flooding, and famine.\nHogg\u2019s lively letters and journalism thus serve as a rare witness to the Sino-Japanese War. He entered guerrilla territory as a cooperative inspector and CIC publicist before becoming dean of the technical school in 1942. Tragically, he died of tetanus after a foot injury; medical help didn\u2019t arrive soon enough.\nHogg is a captivating figure, \u2026\u2026\u2026\n\u2026\u2026 a fitting homage to \u201ca wise and noble friend to the people of China.\u201d\nA meticulous and congenial \u2026\u2026\u2026 tribute to an enterprising reporter in Asia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 209.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://georgiatoday.ge/news/1418/Tbilisi-Triennial-Calls-SOS-", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:08Z", "digest": "sha1:CUXX3QSB7MMC6F6ABXIE4AQHQHF65Y23", "length": 2711, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "georgiatoday.ge", "title": "Tbilisi Triennial Calls SOS - Georgia Today on the Web", "raw_content": "Tbilisi Triennial Calls SOS\nSelf-organized System (SOS) is the main topic of the second Tbilisi Triennial. Artists from around the world will talk about, perform and show their works around this important social theme. The Triennial, one of the main contemporary art event in Tbilisi, starts on October 1 and lasts until the end of the month.\nThe Tbilisi Center of Contemporary Art (CCA) organized the first Tbilisi Triennial in 2012 with the topic of education. It aroused not only the interest and attention of local experts, but also foreign ones. In this way, the second Tbilisi Triennial is back with the status of Member of the International Biennial Association (IBA), which it gained in July 2014. According to Wato Tsereteli, founder and curator of the Tbilisi Triennial, it is a big honor for them as just two Russian biennials are in this Association among all Post-Soviet countries.\n\u201cNow we are members of IBA and it is a bigger responsibility for us,\u201d said Tsereteli. \u201cWe choose the Self-Organized System topic because I think it is a very actual theme for our country. Self-organization is a pledge of democracy; we need to take the initiative and together reach our goals. In fact, we had the same system in the Soviet period and it was very successful. So now we just need to rediscover it with the help of foreign and local artists,\u201d he explained.\nTbilisi Triennial 2015 will host 109 artists from 14 countries. Throughout the month, top artists in the field of self-organization will offer workshops, lectures, exhibitions and presentations in different locations around Tbilisi: The Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi National Scientific Library, Europe House, Writers\u2019 House, Rooms Hotel as well as in Rustavi City.\n\u201cWe have tried to select the best performers in this area; those who have already worked on this subject, who know and understand what is going on in Georgia. You will see many examples of how people come together for a common goal. All the artist perform in their own style and system. Our Triennial will be like reference book where you can discover all these systems,\u201d said Tsereteli.\nMartinka Bobrikova from Slovakia and Oscar De Carmen from Spain will present their project \u201cMore Than Supra,\u201d which will be a merging of the food and art fields around the issues of social changes though an interdisciplinary experimental approach. Art professionals from Azerbaijan and Great Britain with ALOV project will focus on the self-organized and independent systems in the South Caucasus. Georgian artists will also be participating.\nMore information about the program and participants can be found on Tbilisi Triennial\u2019s official Facebook page: facebook.com/tbilisi.triennial.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3880, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 230.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://getfreerechargetricks.com/2018/12/04/norway-s-ada-hegerberg-wins-women-s-ballon-d-or/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:59Z", "digest": "sha1:Z7FCW2UFEJPTRZP65WXRJHDK3MA4M6TN", "length": 2310, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "getfreerechargetricks.com", "title": "Norway\u2019s Ada Hegerberg wins women\u2019s Ballon d\u2019Or", "raw_content": "Lyon and Norway striker Ada Hegerberg won the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or award on Monday evening, but her accomplishments have already been overshadowed when she was asked \"Do you know how to twerk?\" on stage nearly immediately after winning the award.\nAfter accepting her trophy, Hegerberg interacted with Solveig as part of the awards ceremony in Paris and promptly responded \"no\" when asked in French about the suggestive dance.\nIn shocking scenes, Solveig asked Hegerberg if she could twerk on stage. I don't think the respect has been there.\nThe 23-year-old Lyon and Norway striker became the first victor of the prize, which recognises the world's best player, at an awards ceremony in Paris.\nHegerberg, who scored a tournament-record 15 goals for Lyon in the Women's Champions League last season, called the award \"a huge step for women's football\".\n\"I explained to @AdaStolsmo the buzz and she told me she understood it was a joke\".\nDuring the presentation, co-host Solveig asked Hegerberg: \"Do you know how to twerk?\".\nThe plans were approved by the UEFA executive committee on Sunday, three years after the initial discussions were first revealed by The Associated Press.\nIn a video posted to Twitter shortly after, Solveig said \"he [hadn't] wanted to offend anyone\", and that the question, intended as a joke, had been misconstrued.\nThe incident sparked outrage on social media, with people slamming Solveig for asking the soccer star to perform a sexually provocative dance minutes after she won a prestigious award for her sporting exploits. \"I of course didn't want to offend anyone\", he said.\nA jury of 45 journalists picked the 23-year-old Hegerberg from among 15 nominees, including Matildas star striker Sam Kerr, who was fifth in the voting.\n\"A lot of things need to be done to make the conditions better for women who play football\", she said. I wish the national team the best, though.\nLuca Modric was awarded the men's prize, ending the decade-long dominance of Cristiano Ronaldo, who finished in second spot, and Lionel Messi, who finished a shock fifth.\nDespite her continued success, however, she us unlikely to compete at the World Cup in France next year over a dispute with the Norwegian Football Association. Here is Ada, winning a deserved award for her talent as a footballer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 6856, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 198.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://getlouddholpress.weebly.com/personal-experiences-blog/abuse-and-neglect-in-a-denver-homeless-shelter", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:08Z", "digest": "sha1:QZFGFILNQOKQOSGYLC6MRTPJLLEN6SVZ", "length": 8994, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "getlouddholpress.weebly.com", "title": "Abuse and Neglect in a Denver Homeless Shelter - Get Loud", "raw_content": "(from a concerned homeless woman in Denver)\nI am a young single homeless woman with no kids in Denver, Colorado and am staying at a homeless shelter. I am staying at the Samaritan House located at 2301 Lawrence St in Denver. It is run by Catholic Charities. There is abuse and neglect by shelter staff towards the homeless who stay at the shelter.\nI have watched the documentary Kidnapped For Christ, which is a film about a behavior modification and ex-gay school that was run by a Christian group outside the United States (where laws are less strict and would allow abuse and neglect to go unpunished).\nThe Samaritan House homeless shelter is not as extreme in their abuse as those schools were (some have been shut down), but there is still some abuse, much neglect, and the attitude of the shelter staff and volunteers is very similar to the attitudes of the staff and teachers who worked at the ex-gay and behavior modification school.\nAs a woman, I have watched as strange men walk up to the shelter and bother the women there. The women complain to the Catholic Charity staff, but the staff do nothing. They do not make the men leave and do not call police or security. The only time they call police is to throw someone out or to remove the people that camp in front of the shelter during the day. Also, the homeless shelter requires all residents to do a kitchen day where they must work from 4 am until 8 pm. Even residents who are disabled, in a wheelchair, or missing a limb must do this kitchen day and daily chores such as cleaning toilets or standing all day at the door to let guests in...no exceptions. I was sad to see a homeless veteran in a wheelchair working to serve food. He had no choice if he wanted a place to stay. If a resident does not do the kitchen day, they get kicked out on the streets and cannot come back sooner than 30 days if at all.\nI am not a drug addict, a criminal, do not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes, and I have never sold my body for money. I have a college education and used to work before becoming disabled a few years ago. However, the staff at the Samaritan talk down to me as if I was one of those things and they treat the other homeless residents the same way. The homeless are not allowed to bring their own blankets or pillows, not even if they are willing to wash them in the laundry room. The staff force the homeless to throw away their large suitcases, their blankets, their pillows, and give them a thin blanket to use in the dorms. It is freezing in the morning because the blankets are so thin.\nThe staff tell residents that they can also 'donate' their pillows, suitcases, and blankets to the homeless shelter. What happens to these 'donations' is that the shelter staff and volunteers usually take the stuff themselves. They almost never end up going to a charity or a homeless person who can use them.\nThe homeless male residents sometimes bother the homeless female residents, even the ones with kids. The staff do nothing about it and say nothing to the men.\nI also want to say that there is a serious bed bug infestation at Samaritan and they will not smoke-bomb the area for some reason. Either they do not want to pay for pest control or they are not willing to bend their rules to clear out the rooms long enough to smoke the bugs out and allow the area to air out (I do not know the actual reason, just my theories). Either way, I think they should bus the homeless somewhere or open another shelter temporarily in order to clear out the bed bugs. I have been bitten myself several times and went to the Stout Street clinic for treatment but there is not much the doctor could do. My skin itches.\nThere are many other things I would like to report. I have disability and am trying to find housing, but right now I have no where else to stay and am afraid of speaking out and getting punished for it. But I am tired of seeing these people suffer, especially the women. And I am tired of seeing the Catholic Charity staff take advantage of, abuse, and neglect the people they are supposed to be caring for.\nI do not want to give my name or bed number. I am afraid of being kicked out...but please. Someone needs to talk about this and people need to know what really goes on inside the homeless shelters in Denver. I have stayed a few nights in the shelter in Peoria where some of the homeless are bused to every night to sleep on mats on the floor. There is mistreatment by the Salvation Army staff and volunteers at the Peoria shelters as well.\nBeing homeless is already a dehumanizing and humiliating experience. It takes all your will power to hold onto any shred of dignity when you are homeless and not give up hope...Why are shelter staff allowed to make the experience much worse than it needs to be? Please share my comments or do an investigation, or possibly go undercover as a homeless resident and see what goes on for yourself... this issue needs to be brought up and discussed. People need to know what the homeless are enduring.\nSamaritan House Reply\nThank you for forwarding concerns voiced about the Samaritan House. We appreciate the work of your organization and the need to give a voice to those who are homeless. We are dedicated to serving all who are experiencing homelessness with dignity and respect. We encourage feedback and have a complaint procedure in place for residents. All concerns are investigated and taken seriously. On average, we house 350 people per night. Accountability and safety for our residents is a priority. You can find a complete list of our requirements in the client handbook (attached).\nRegarding loitering concerns, we have staff in front of the building to supervise women coming into the Holy Rosary Women\u2019s overflow and have hired additional security to walk the parking lot in the evenings to ensure the safety of our residents, volunteers and staff. We are in daily contact with the police and Denver\u2019s Road Home to regularly address loitering. Anytime we\u2019re made aware of illegal activity, we address it and notify the Denver Police Department. Harassment of any type is prohibited and is grounds for immediate discharge.\nResidents are required to participate in a kitchen day when they first enter the program. Our program encourages responsibility and a sense of community. However, modifications are made to the program if we are made aware that a resident has limitations. Residents are not allowed to bring in their own bedding due to bed bug prevention. We have a contract with a pest control service which provides treatment/spraying twice a month or as needed.\nWe accept donated items from anyone and provide those that are of high quality to our residents. Our staff and volunteers are not permitted to take donations for their own use. Again, we appreciate hearing suggestions from our residents and from the community that can improve upon the services we provide. It is our goal to ensure that people feel safe, welcomed and respected at Samaritan House. We have a history of serving people in times of need with love, compassion and mercy, and we continually look for ways to improve and expand upon our services. The Holy Rosary Women\u2019s overflow is one example.\nIf you have additional questions or would like to set up a time to tour Samaritan House, please give me a call at (303) 742-0828.\nShelter and Community Outreach Services\nPeg Walton\nWhat's striking to me, Mr. Bennett, is that you completely failed to emphasize with this young woman's plight. Not once did you acknowledge her fears, pain, or concerns. You simply defended the organization's policies with what sounds very much like a press release.\nWhile this does not negate the good work Catholic Charities does, and it does much well, it is not above scrutiny. Reports of abuse within shelter walls have been noted and documented.\nYou receive funding from multiple sources, including United Way and, if I'm not mistaken, the federal government. Catholic Charities and associated shelters are not above scrutiny and accountability. And CC is being scrutinized. The better part of wisdom be to investigate this woman's concerns and protect her from any repercussions from staff. They are there to be servants to the hurting.\nannoumoyce link\nSamaritan house shelter no food on certain days and sack lunches not given out any more when people need to go to work or for client who come in late at night who miss a meal\nTia Black\nThese are no better than homeless shelters.With aggressive nasty threating women. Denver Shelter made me feel like I was back with abuser. No help. I had to do all my laundry eventhough it was already clean and a staff member said \"well I hope you don't watch tv all day. Thanks lady just cleaning my already clean laundry. I had my clothes that I took..some lady Rhonda a heroin addict threw them out in the hallway. I had to go to my abusive husband to get more of my clothes. Staff side on bullies and chronic homeless and do not try to help a victims.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 10354, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ghananewsonline.com.gh/ghanas-first-ever-largest-multi-sector-international-exhibition-launched/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:16Z", "digest": "sha1:46FWCEDXNGICJERYVGYRA5WNPYJOBRDS", "length": 5035, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "ghananewsonline.com.gh", "title": "Ghana\u2019s First Ever Largest Multi-sector International Exhibition launched - Ghananewsonline", "raw_content": "Ghana\u2019s First Ever Largest Multi-sector International Exhibition launched\n7th September 2018 Ghana News Online\t0 Comments Chief Paul A. Chrystal-Djirackor, Dr. Agnes Adu, Ebo Quaison, Ghana, trade fair\nThe CEO and President of Crystal TV, Ghana\u2019s first Digital Private TV Station, Chief Paul A. Chrystal-Djirackor, has intimated that, Ghana is not only the gateway to Africa, but a destination to Africa.\nHe explained that, \u201cGhana is a destination and this destruction to Africa is a platform to launch to Africa. You have a number of resources to others, the People in Ghana are one of the great resources you can find.\u201d\nMr. Chrystal-Djirackor, was speaking as the Chairman at the Ghana\u2019s first ever Largest Multi-sector International Exhibition which was opened on Thursday September 6, 2018 at the Ghana International Trade Fair in Accra.\nThe 3-day Fair which is expected to end on September 8, 2018, witnessed 15 countries in attendance and about 115 exhibitors participating.\nGoing on, he said, \u201cI urge you all to interact particularly with the locals, the business community and I\u2019m so glade that I listened to Mr. Obeng, who Masters\u2019 millions of members who are Ghanaians who can partner with you. So if you open up, you have a country that is strategically located within the sub-region of West Africa to launch with the entire continent. So let\u2019s feel free and take advantage of the opportunities that Ghana affords you including the leadership of Ghana, our President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.\u201d\nIn his keynote address at the event, Dr. Joseph Obeng, the President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), underpinned the greater opportunities in fairs like this and therefore charged participants to take advantage of it.\nMr. Obeng, emphasized that, a complete international business has been brought to the Ghanaian doorstep and urged everyone to welcome it. Adding that, \u201cI\u2019ve come to realize the importance of these fairs, and no wonder why most States and countries set themselves so important in this project. And I\u2019ll entreat Madam (Dr. Agnes Adu, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana International Trade Fair), to let the state be much involved in this activities as it will help her so much.\u201d\nHe also noted that, \u201cGhana as you all kmow has a great deal of business potential that will be taken advantage of by our foreign investors. Our government itself is very open, people here are serious when it comes yo business, and security is assured.\u201d\nOn his part, Mr. Ebo Quaison, Chief Commercial Officer at the Ministry of Trade and Industry noted that, Government on August 14th last year, launched the Comprehensive Industrial transformation Agenda at the Accra International Conference.\nHe said, \u201cThis transformation agenda sort to present to the Ghanaian people a ten point industrial transformation plan that seeks to revolutionalize the industrial landscape of Ghana. In the last year, we have consistently put in place mechanisms to ensure that, this comes to fusion. Government is seeking to turn Ghana into a petrochemical hub of West Africa, we are seeking to seeking building reliable infrastructure to support the promotion of made in Ghana goods, and among others.\u201d\nAccording to Mr. Quaison, there has been a lot of Public Private Dialogues for the Private sectors to engage with government emphasizing on the need for such fairs like this, thus most of government\u2019s projects will depend on machinery to put them in shape.\nDr. Agnes Adu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited (GTFCL), was simply enthused for being part of the opening of the inaugural ceremony of the Ghana largest multi-sector International exhibition.\nAccording to her, \u201cThe organizers are very serious, and they are very serious about promoting Ghana and making our local industry reach our global partners. And Trade Fair that\u2019s what we are going to do, we are going to reach all the lapse, we are going to pro-post and also to provide the supported services that the exhibitors need. So feel comfortable\u2026.you are at home\u2026 you are in Ghana\u2026..welcome to Ghana. Enjoy your few days here and take advantage of the opportunity given you.\u201d\nMr. Prince Hari Crystal, the Managing Director of Exhibition Masters, said most of the companies, participating in the exhibition are looking forward to strike new partnership agreements, set up production plants and also get new franchises in Ghana as the meet again in a conference on Friday 7th August, 2018.\nThe event, was organized in collaboration with FairAct, VeriFair and Exhibition Masters and supported by the Indian High Commission to Ghana and the Federation of Indian Export Organization and many other partners.\n\u2190 New Volta NDC Women\u2019s Wing poised for Action\nRescind decision on Licensure Exams for Teachers or Lose 2020 Elections \u2013 NPP Communicator \u2192\nGhana\u2019s Banking Sector Reforms from another perspective \u2013 Michael Osei Owusu (Senior Banker)\nI lied, am sorry \u2013 Obiri Boahen\nGhananewsonline partners 4th agrofood and plastprintpack Fair", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 9807, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ginalovesjazz.com/concert-review-holly-cole-at-quasimodo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:09Z", "digest": "sha1:3M3EZPZHX6U4QXZYSANDWSC7NX3NAPNG", "length": 2384, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ginalovesjazz.com", "title": "Concert Review: Holly Cole at Quasimodo - ginalovesjazz.com \u2013 the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch", "raw_content": "It was a \u201clong time no see\u201d setting since Holly Cole\u2018s last visit to Berlin was a pretty long time ago, but it felt like a true homecoming once she started with a sort of condensed introductory version of \u201cTake Me Home\u201d, from her beloved 1995 album \u201cTemptation\u201d with the songs of Tom Waits. There it was, the all-embracing, all-encompassing voice. Her rasp a little more raspy, her low notes a little lower, and her drama even more dramatic.\nShe released her last album \u201cHolly\u201d late last year after a six-year break from recording, but included only four tracks from the album in her two sets late last night at Charlottenburg\u2019s Quasimodo which was mainly packed with longtime fans. Or so it seemed. It was more of a Best-of show with songs focussing on her career which started in 1992 with her Blue Note debut \u201cBlame It On My Youth\u201d from which she included a pretty melodramatic version of \u201cOn The Street Where You Live\u201d.\nThere were Las Vegas meets Hollywood elements during her sets with pieces like \u201cCharade\u201d and \u201cAin\u2019t That A Kick In The Head\u201d, but she also showed her poignant style with utterly sweet interpretations of \u201cMoonglow\u201d and \u201cMy Foolish Heart\u201d. But it was on pieces like \u201cCry If You Want To\u201d and songs from her Tom Waits album like \u201cLooking For The Heart Of Saturday Night\u201d and \u201cJersey Girl\u201d where she showed her aesthetically most alluring art: playing around with the beats and utterances of single words are a joy to listen to. Her fooling around on \u201cBye Bye Blackbird\u201d easily drew the line between kitsch and prowess.\nShe also hasn\u2019t lost any of her signature twang. During the passage \u201cNot Going Left, Not Going Right\u201d from Stephen Sondheim\u2018s \u201cLosing My Mind\u201d, she could colorize the word \u201cleft\u201d with this acute vocal inflection that only she is capable of. Other pieces didn\u2019t work out like that. Cole Porter\u2018s \u201cIt\u2019s Alright With Me\u201d came across as just another obligatory act and Smokey Robinson\u2018s \u201cCruisin'\u201d didn\u2019t convey the uber coolness of the original.\nBut then again, who else out there is able to find never-heard-of nuances and little tricks on a song that you would think has had more than one definitive version: \u201cQue Sera Sera\u201d has been absorbed and inherited by Frau Cole that it seems to be her own.\nHolly has two more shows coming up in Germany before she heads home to Canada for more gigs: she will play Leipzig on Saturday and Halle on Sunday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 3271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 198.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://goetiamagick.ning.com/profiles/blogs/conjuring-happiness-a-primer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:16Z", "digest": "sha1:O57YREBVX4QYMJWY6SLQSD6DJ5ANXKXO", "length": 1606, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "goetiamagick.ning.com", "title": "Conjuring Happiness: A Primer - Goetia: Magickal Evocation", "raw_content": "Posted by Sum666 on September 20, 2009 at 6:08pm\nI might also add that my Goetia Workings from the months of July and August acted as catalysts for the changes I've been experiencing, although quite intense, and a bit uncomfortable, have proved to be vastly liberating and positive.\nTwo spirits, in particular, have wrought great turbulence into my life. One spirit, the King Beleth (who usually kicks ass in all the ways I most desire) seems to have run out of a bit of steam, as far as what I had requested; However, another King -- Balam, seems to have blown the lid off of everything. I had been avoiding conjuring him for some time, and now I know why.\nAs a result of these 2 workings, I got something I had accidentally requested ... HAPPINESS. For myself (as usual), and ... for others. A big mistake. Some of you may be wondering why I consider this a mistake. The truth of the matter is, most people are more satisfied being UNHAPPY, which requires no change in one's life, for the most part (as a general rule). Still, the biggest flaw in the ritual was asking for the happiness of other people, which no doubt nixed my own happiness. Merde happens.\nIn the future, I suggest you ask only for YOUR OWN happiness. Trust me on this. If you really want other people to be happy, you may as well join a traditional church where \"peace on earth\" is the aim. If you want to your own happiness to be the goal, well then MAKE SURE that's what you ask for.\nIn the meantime, I'm going back to the drawing board and try to reword any future demands of the spirits. Live and learn!\n\u00a9 sum-goetiamagick.com 2009", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2675, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 237.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://golanes.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-would-you-feel-if-you-could-spend.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:39Z", "digest": "sha1:LIMEWOZJ5F4FXO3KEUJLZIZY2TNSCRVW", "length": 2228, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "golanes.blogspot.com", "title": "Ester Golan: How would you feel if you could spend a week with two young men?", "raw_content": "How would you feel if you could spend a week with two young men?\nThe German Bundestag, as a gesture to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, invited 25 Shoa survivors together with a member of the second or third generation to come to their town of birth in Germany to give talks in Schools. ASF (Aktion Suehnezeichen) took upon itself to coordinate and make all the necessary arrangements. ASF asked me to accept this invitation.\nThe date was fixed for the week of 20. \u2013 28. September 2008.\nMy sons and daughter are busy, as are most of my grandchildren.\nBut my grandson Ido (23) agreed to come along. The survivor should tell his or her life story and the young generation his or her attitude to the Shoa. As I had lived in Berlin until I left home for Scotland with a Kinder Transport in 1939, several schools in Berlin were chosen.\nA special power point presentation \u201c3 plus 3 Generations\u201d, told my narrative. By showing pictures of three generations as we lived together in Germany, my grandmothers family, my parents and my brother and sister and myself, while through the next three generations, my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, I feel rooted in Israel.\nFor Ido there was also a power point presentation, pictures from school, army life and his hobbies. In the last minute his brother Yoni (25) who was globetrotting at the time, joined us for the week in Berlin.\nAccompanied by a coordinator, a young girl (21) from ASF and two young men, my grandsons, we set out each morning to another school, from sixth grade, (aged eleven), to grade thirteen, (aged eighteen to twenty). We were also invited to an Integration Center for young immigrants from Eastern Europe, who had done research for their newsletter about my family during the Nazi Regime and also arranged for a press conference including a member of the Bundestag.\nAll told we spoke to twelve different groups and were well received everywhere.\nI have often spoken in schools in Israel and in Germany, but this time was very special for me. 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As our name implies, we empower you to be involved in your care. We will help you alleviate painful conditions in your neck, low back or any other part of your body. We treat you here as family. The moment you come in for visit, you will experience that you are treated with a personalized program. For us, you are not just a case. This is our promise and our commitment to you, because we believe that physical therapy is done best one patient at a time. 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Coming too close to me, after not giving me my legal right-of-way in the first place. You not only treated me like an object to navigate, but you also comprised my safety.\nSo I flipped you off. As you deserved.\nAnd nobody can convince me otherwise.\n\u201cJustice\u201d Came at Too High a Price\nYet, as I drove home from the grocery, I found my blood pressure raised and my mood fouled with anger. My fists were clenched and my brain churning with insults and epitaphs.\nWhat price did I pay, to give that guy what he deserved? I paid with my peace of mind.\nWas it actually worth that price? Absolutely not.\nWould I do it again if I had the chance? Logically, I\u2019d like to say \u201cno\u201d, but I might. That guy really scared me when he took away my safe passage and put me in danger.\nIt\u2019s Not About Right Versus Wrong \u2013 Except As It Pertains to Me\nI don\u2019t point this out to chastise myself for the choice I made. Nor to say that I made the wrong choice. But in situations where it is possible, I do want to make different choices.\nBecause, at the end of the day, that choice was the wrong one \u2013 for me. Because of the high price I paid, that choice wasn\u2019t worth it!\nWhen Wouldn\u2019t I Do That Again?\nBut I just said that I might do it again under identical circumstances, right?\nSo when would it be most possible to make a different choice? When I\u2019m not in immediate danger.\nDon\u2019t let your litmus test be \u201cDoes he/she deserve it?\u201d Instead, let it be \u201cAm I willing to pay this price?\u201d\nAny time you\u2019re not in immediate danger, when you have the luxury of mulling over how you wish to respond, weigh the price you\u2019ll pay.\nAnd, if it\u2019ll cost you your piece of mind, don\u2019t do it. Nothing is worth that price.\nConnie\ton May 21, 2018 at 3:30 pm\nWise words. The question is can you let the situation go the next day and the next? That\u2019s what I have trouble with\u2026.anger that follows me around.\nGreg Kuhn\ton May 22, 2018 at 11:46 am\nThank you for your comment, Connie.\nI find it essential to have a habit that helps me process my life, my emotions.\nFor me, 30 minutes (or more) of anaerobic exercise allows me to process emotions. Often, I wasn\u2019t truly consciously aware of the emotions I process. Or, at least, I wasn\u2019t consciously aware of how significant those emotions were.\nBut, once I process them, they generally do not return in a way that dictates my state of being.\nDean\ton May 21, 2018 at 5:36 pm\nOn time while riding my motorcycle home a car pulled out in front of me, as we both slammed on the brakes and I managed to go around the front of the car I automatically filled off the driver. As I looked over my hand I saw a terrified elderly woman sitting behind the wheel, I was immediately sorry for what I had done. I wanted to track her down and apologize, \u201cI sorry, you nearly killed me, but I had no right to flip you off, that was totally uncalled for.\u201d It is funny how we respond depending on the point of view.\nIt\u2019s a classic example of me \u201cdrinking poison and hoping you die.\u201d\nAt the end of the day, ugliness expressed reveals ugliness inside. And, while that can feel justified, it rarely feels good.\nJames burns\ton May 21, 2018 at 6:14 pm\nThank you for your honesty.I have done the same for less reason and it wasn\u2019t worth it.\nThanks, James. I appreciate you allowing me to be of value to you!\nWhen I do something that doesn\u2019t jibe with my sense of \u201cI\u2019m a good person\u201d, I usually struggle with it afterward.\nHonesty is almost always the best antidote for that.\nAnd honesty often reveals that I\u2019m doing better than I\u2019m feeling in the moment.\nCurious as to where you were emotionally that you encountered that experience to begin with. Isn\u2019t it true that the quantum field expresses or reflects back to you what/where you are with beliefs and feelings? In other words they guy couldn\u2019t have cut you off and compromised your safety if you weren\u2019t vibrating in that space. Thoughts?\nGlad you were okay and are able to share from a personal perspective.\nMissy, you and I think alike! I couldn\u2019t agree more.\nI have started writing a post reflecting just what you shared!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 5329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://guesswhothisis.com/?refer=Gary+Barnett", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:00Z", "digest": "sha1:HUSKCNIA72CGEZUH57PJPHRKX67V4PZF", "length": 441, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "guesswhothisis.com", "title": "Guess Who This Is! - Refer: Gary Barnett", "raw_content": "football, coach, sports analyst, hall of fame\nGary Lee Barnett\nWide receiver at team University of Missouri. Coach, teams Fort Lewis College, University of Colorado, Northwestern University. Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award 1995. Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award 1995. George Munger Award 1995. Home Depot Coach of the Year Award 1995. 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After careful consideration, we have made the decision to extend terms to 60 days from 30 days, which brings us more in line with the rest of the market. 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In short, our company\u2019s business continuity plan (BCP) is designed to permit us to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the SBD.\nSignificant Business Disruptions: The Company\u2019s plan takes into account two kinds Significant Business Disruptions, internal and external. 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Among evangelical or born again Christians, it is probably safe to say that the most popular belief is that there will be a literal 1,000-year reign of Christ which He will institute upon His physical return to earth. He needs to return because the Gospel message will ultimately face defeat, save only a few and the world will continue its downward spiral without supernatural intervention. This view is known as Premillennialism, because Jesus comes before (or pre) His millennial reign.\nThere are actually two other views of the millennium. Amillennialism does not go along with the idea of a future literal 1,000-year reign of Christ on the throne. These \u201ca-mils\u201d (or no-1,000) see the 1,000 as a symbolic figure meaning a long time, that Christ reigns and has reigned and will always reign. His reign has become progressively stronger since the resurrection, but will only reach its zenith once Christ returns to judge the world and create the new heavens and the new earth.\nPostmillennialists may believe that we are in the millennium now, again an indefinite long period of time which can be said to have begun in power with the outpouring of God\u2019s Holy Spirit at Pentecost, or that the Gospel rnessage will ultimately usher in a 1,000 year period of peace and prosperity, after which (post) Christ will return.\nPremillennialists are eagerly awaiting the Lord\u2019s return which most of the popularists tell us could happen at any moment, maybe this afternoon. Therefore we must be focusing our attention on evangelising the unreached millions and not get too involved in the more mundane chores and responsibilities of everyday life. With this time constraint, some Christian groups have been tempted to take short cuts with the Gospel and do all they can to attract people in while downplaying the sin bit which tends to put people off. We\u2019ve all seen those churches which seem to be into the entertainment business these days. It comes fsom this desire to get people in at all costs, because the time is short. With the year 2,000 right around the corner, it is almost irresistable not to lean heavily toward the idea that a week of 1,000\u2019s, from 4,000 BC when many believe God created the world, to AD 2,000 (6,000 years) is to be capped by the final Sabbath 1,000 years, or the Millennium of Christ\u2019 s reign on earth.\nBut if this is the case, many of us will be right in the middle of our home schooling years when the year 2,000 arrives, with our children still living in our homes. So why are we slogging our guts out to give them the best academic, social, spiritual and character training we can if they will hardly ever get to use any of it if at all? We should get them saved and then pack up and get ourselves off to the mission field to save a few more souls from the coming fire.\nBoth the Amillennialist and the Postmillennialist see a lot of work to be done to bring the Gospel to bear on this sin-cursed world, not only to bring sinners into the Kingdom, but also to bring every thought and authority and power captive to obey tbe Lordship of Christ on the earth now before His physical return. They are not under the same time constraint as are most Premills. They see more to a life of service to Christ than just evangelism.\nNow I would love to go into a deep comparison of Biblical passages and theological histories concerning the millennia1 views. I would love to show how our sinful natures exploit each of the views to our own selfish ends, bringing disrepute to Christ\u2019s Name . Maybe another time. But let us look at how this affects our home schooling. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, let us look at our home schooling and see what is revealed about what we really truly believe regarding the millennium.\nMost of us believe there is quite a future before us. We are training our children up to be men and women of God, who know the Scriptures and are not afraid to wield the sword of the Spirit, when faced with the enemy\u2019s lies. In fact, we get quite excited when we think about the careers they are likely to have, the pioneering Christian work they are likely to do in so many areas of endeavour since they have been reared with a more consistent Biblical worldview than we have ourselves, the spouses they are likely to marry, the even more Godly and Christlike grandchildren they are likely to rear for us since their home schooling programme will be so much more advanced than ours. We are training them up to not just cope with this evil world, but to take a hold of it with both hands and with God\u2019s help to change it round the way it should be, to turn the world upside down as did the early apostles. Isn\u2019t this what the early church fathers did? The Reformers? The Puritans? The many revivalists of the 1700\u2019s and 1800\u2019s?\nHasn\u2019t revival been our prayer for NZ and the world for many seasons now? Don\u2019t we in fact see home schooling and Christian schools as a foundational step in this direction ? Don\u2019t we envision our children being able to articulate the Faith and demonstrating to a crooked and perverse generation how the Word of God has the only right principles for individual, family, church, community, and civil behaviour? Maybe the home schooling movement is the revival we have been praying for.\nWe are actually people of victory, not defeat, are we not? We filled in the Certificate of Exemption form confident that we would win the Exemption. We took on home schooling confident that we could overcome all the hurdles and do a really good job. We stick at home schooling confident that it will provide spiritual and academic and social and character building benefits far superior to those represented by a School Certificate or Bursury. We write to MP\u2019s confident that we will not allow them to intimidate us nor force unwanted restrictions upon us. We are willing, for the sake of our children\u2019s futures, to do things we never would have dreamed ourselves doing a few years ago. We forget what lies behind and we strain forward to what lies ahead. In short, we too are concerned about serving God in more ways than just evangelism.\nBrothers and Sisters, people of God: I get the sneaking suspicion that if an outsider were to study our lifestyles and then to categorize our views on the millennium according to what has been observed, none of us would qualify as Premillennialists!! Well, as for me, if the Lord comes this afternoon, I want to be found doing His will. If He doesn\u2019t come for another 700 years, I want to do all I can to ensure my descendants then are found doing His will and living in a world that reflects His standards more than does the present one.\nMay 1995 , Vol. 1 No. 2\nFiled Under: Articles written by Craig, Keystone Magazine Tagged With: Craig Smith, Home schooling, Keystone, Millennium\nhttp://hef.org.nz/1995/home-schooling-and-the-millennium\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1330, "original_length": 54395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 304.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hk-lawyer.org/content/council-law-society-hong-kong-v-christopher-paul-erving", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:57Z", "digest": "sha1:H3OAEI6HTXAUCKAZUEVQFXDIO4PRAFDT", "length": 3204, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "hk-lawyer.org", "title": "Council of the Law Society of Hong Kong v Christopher Paul Erving | Hong Kong Lawyer", "raw_content": "Council of the Law Society of Hong Kong v Christopher Paul Erving\nDeputy Judge Le Pichon\nIntervention by Law Society into practice of firm \u2013 Ordinance did not provide mechanism to challenge validity of intervention\nPursuant to s. 26A(1)(c) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap.159) (the \u201cLPO\u201d), the Council of the Law Society (the \u201cCouncil\u201d) resolved orally inter alia to intervene in the practice of the firm of D, a solicitor (the \u201cFirm\u201d); and that client accounts and office accounts be vested in the Council under Sch. 2 (the \u201cIntervention\u201d). The Council\u2019s then Secretary General recorded the resolution; and issued a document certifying that the meeting took place on the date stated; the Council was satisfied of D\u2019s non-compliance with specified rules of the Solicitors\u2019 Accounts Rules (Cap. 159F, Sub. Leg.) made by virtue of s. 73(1) of the LPO; and set out 10 resolutions which were passed at the meeting (the \u201cDocument\u201d). The Secretary General informed D by letter with the Document enclosed as required by s. 26A of the Ordinance, that inter alia the powers conferred by Sch. 2 were exercisable; and that under s. 2(3) of Sch. 2 of the LPO, D was prohibited from paying out any monies held by him or the Firm in connection with his practice. The Council sought directions for the distribution of money in the Firm\u2019s client and office accounts and disposal of its old files and accounting documents. D disputed the validity of the Intervention, arguing that the powers conferred by s. 2 of Sch. 2 of the LPO were conditional on compliance with the two requirements in s. 2(3), namely service on D of a certified copy of the Council\u2019s resolution and a notice prohibiting the payment out of monies.\nHeld, granting the directions sought, that:\nD\u2019s challenge was wholly misconceived and devoid of merit. The Intervention was entirely justified and the directions reasonable.\nThe LPO including Sch. 2 does not provide any mechanism to challenge the validity of an intervention. Non-compliance with s. 2(3) of Sch. 2 of the LPO could not invalidate an intervention. Section 2(3) of Sch. 2 does not state the consequences of non-compliance.\nA resolution was nothing more than a decision made or taken by the relevant person/entity relating to a particular matter. There was nothing in the LPO which required the Council\u2019s resolution to be in writing. Here, the Document was a copy of the resolutions passed by the Council and had been certified by the Secretary General. Thus, the Council had complied with the requirements of s.2(3).\nEven if the document did not constitute a certified copy of the resolution, it did not render the Intervention invalid. Once the requirements of s. 26A(1) and (2) had been met, the Sch. 2 powers were engaged and became exercisable.\nIf there had been any non-compliance with the twin requirements of s. 2(3), D\u2019s only recourse would have been to apply to the Court under s. 2(4) within eight days of the notice being served for the Council to withdraw it. However, \u201cwithdrawal\u201d would not invalidate the Intervention. Further, D had made no such application. 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If you have a plan to build your [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2857, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hopatconglakeregionalnews.com/index.php/news/hopatcong-region/2144-mrs-pagano-s-class-celebrated-the-international-day-of-peace", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:51Z", "digest": "sha1:5KEB6RGPCEZZFDAVB6WTRZ6LSBJDYIQB", "length": 1406, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "hopatconglakeregionalnews.com", "title": "Mrs. Pagano\u2019s class celebrated The International Day of Peace", "raw_content": "Previous Article Hopatcong Teacher Finds Creative Way to Fund Books\nNext Article Hopatcong Music Students Featured in National Ads\nOn September 21, 2018, Mrs. Pagano\u2019s class celebrated The International Day of Peace. The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is a holiday observed annually on September 21st. It is dedicated to world peace.\nTo celebrate this day, Mrs. Pagano taught a lesson on peace. The students enjoyed watching a video about learning how to be peaceful and singing a song about peace. They then brainstormed ways that we show peace at Hudson Maxim School, such as being bucket fillers, sharing, and using kind words.\nFinally the students took part in Pinwheels for Peace. This is an initiative for schools to create and display pinwheels that signal world peace. A pinwheel is a childhood symbol \u2013 it reminds us of a time when things were simple, joyful and peaceful. The spinning of the pinwheels in the wind will spread thoughts and feelings about peace throughout the country, the world!\nOur class was one of many worldwide who participated. Mrs. Pagano and Mrs. Miller, our class paraprofessional, helped students to assemble pinwheels and then the children placed them outside to spread peace. The whole school got to see them as they left the building for the day. We also will display them on Back to School night for the parents to enjoy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 7225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 296.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hostingamerican.com/core-issues-in-ethics-essay", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:52Z", "digest": "sha1:HMKEKTENJQBP75MHSXVGKWD6GTT6RGTJ", "length": 108, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hostingamerican.com", "title": "Core issues in ethics Essay Example for Free", "raw_content": "Core issues in ethics. (2016, Apr 18). 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You will have up to the minute information from landlord's who are looking for someone like you. With our free service for landlords which allows unlimited listing service, you will be sure to have a great selection of available properties at the tip of your fingers located not only in Tadoussac but also throughout the nation. Finding your new home will be as easy and close as your inbox when you receive emails about the available properties that fit your specific needs and criteria. Your search for houses for rent in Strathmore Alberta or any other suitable rental property can start and end right here. We wish you much success in your relocation and want to be the first to congratulate you and say \"Welcome Home\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3864, "original_length": 48235, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 334.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hub.americanorchestras.org/help-yourself/help-yourself-archive/421171-apply-now-for-leagues-emerging-leaders-program", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:29Z", "digest": "sha1:SXGMWIKCUIPSJOFEPB3I5M5VDRNTOZP2", "length": 915, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hub.americanorchestras.org", "title": "Apply now for League\u2019s Emerging Leaders Program", "raw_content": "High-potential orchestra professionals are encouraged to apply for the League of American Orchestras\u2019 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a ten-month seminar beginning in September 2018. Designed to cultivate effective and adaptive leaders in all parts of an orchestral organization, the Emerging Leaders Program invites applications from new or recent executive directors, orchestra musicians, current and aspiring music directors, department heads, and other members of an orchestra's staff. The program provides one-on-one coaching, mentoring by top leaders in the field, in-depth seminars led by leadership experts, visits with leaders and institutions outside the orchestra field, and the opportunity to present a capstone project at the League's National Conference. Twelve individuals will be selected for the 2018-19 season through a competitive application process. The application deadline is August 10, 2018.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 186.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://humepalliativecare.org.au/services/lower-hume-palliative-care/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:05Z", "digest": "sha1:43BQ2LIALFD56AIOSDE7O4BMHRJP3CCE", "length": 475, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "humepalliativecare.org.au", "title": "Lower Hume Palliative Care \u00bb Hume Region Palliative Care Consortium", "raw_content": "Service name: Lower Hume Palliative Care Service\nSeymour Health\nShire of Mitchell\nShire of Murrindindi\nIncludes Postcodes: 3435, 3444, 3521, 3522, 3523, 3607, 3608, 3658, 3659, 3660, 3662, 3663, 3664, 3666, 3711, 3712, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3717, 3718, 3719, 3723, 3753, 3756, 3757, 3758, 3762, 3763, 3764, 3777, 3778, 3779\nPostal address: Locked Bag 1, Seymour 3661\nPhysical address: Community Services Building, Bretonneux Street, Seymour 3660\nWebsite: www.seymourhealth.org.au", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.6, "perplexity": 49.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hypertext.net/2008/04/macleod-on-twitter/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:40Z", "digest": "sha1:SJJSRQ2MKVO7KLPU5MYUEVRURSFJICYK", "length": 511, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "hypertext.net", "title": "Hypertext: Hugh MacLeod on Twitter", "raw_content": "Hugh MacLeod on Twitter\nThis cartoon sums up well the impact Twitter is having on a lot of people. Hugh says he found Twitter to be \"too easy,\" and I can't disagree. Though I don't want to admit it, the service has likely influenced, at least indirectly, the rate at which I post things here. But, unlike Hugh, who quit Twitter, I'm in for the long haul, both here and there.\nOf course the upside to all of this is that the barrier to entry for [micro-]blogging is now negligible at worst, and inviting at best.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 635, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 333.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://i.grahamenglish.net/tag/fitness/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:58Z", "digest": "sha1:BVY3S63527Q5DCG3L4AWIJUX3BOUY7NQ", "length": 367, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "i.grahamenglish.net", "title": "fitness Archives - Graham English Blog Archives", "raw_content": "Men\u2019s Health Rocks!\nI've been reading Men's Health off and on for many years now. But when you add their RSS feed to the mix, look out! BTW, it's strange that I haven't posted about fitness until now. Or is it? The reason I say it's strange is because it's such a \u2026 [Read more...]\nFiled Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: diet, feeds, fitness, health, Practice, RSS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 5306, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 315.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://icandyhomes.com/things-looking-jumbo-loan-borrowers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:06Z", "digest": "sha1:IWPMURD7GGOMDYEZJDM4JIQGLT2APAZY", "length": 6852, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "icandyhomes.com", "title": "Things are looking up for jumbo loan borrowers - iCandyHomes", "raw_content": "Things are looking up for jumbo loan borrowers\nYou\u2019d think that by owning four thriving businesses, Glen and Heather Hankins would have no problem buying a dream home for their growing family. Not so. His application for a jumbo loan was rejected by three major banks because he didn\u2019t meet the underwriting guidelines.\nThey kept shopping and ultimately prevailed, a year later than planned. They moved in July to Inverness from Elk Grove Village.\n\u201cThe process was so frustrating,\u201d said Glen Hankins, whose primary business, Elk Grove Village-based Powerhouse Restoration, provides disaster relief, repair and rebuilding services. \u201cYou know what you can afford, but you\u2019re stuck with those guidelines. If you don\u2019t meet those numbers, they don\u2019t want to give you the loan, regardless of anything else.\u201d\nAt his last turndown, a sympathetic loan officer referred him to David Goldhirsh, a Chicago mortgage banker and vice president of Overland Park, Kan.-based LeaderOne Financial Corp. That\u2019s when things started looking up. The lender said yes, and the Hankinses went from making an offer to closing in about 45 days.\n\u201cAfter we knew we were looking good financially, everything happened very quickly,\u201d Hankins said. \u201cWe felt comfortable putting in offers, which we weren\u2019t prior.\u201d\nUsually, it\u2019s the first-timers, who may be less established in their careers and creditworthiness, sweating whether they can get a mortgage. But certain high-net-worth buyers have no guarantees either. For a variety of reasons, they cannot qualify for financing the home they want with traditional lenders. These borrowers include entrepreneurs, business owners, investors taking depreciation on assets, and retirees with substantial assets but not huge incomes.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a struggle for a portion of the upper-end market,\u201d said Jim Kinney, vice president of luxury home sales for Chicago-based Baird & Warner. \u201cDuring the heydays, we saw a lot of self-employed people taking advantage of stated-income or no-doc loans, which are now mostly gone. Most people did for expediency because of the way they make money, but the fraudulent people didn\u2019t have money to begin with and planned to default.\u201d\n\u201cThere are millionaires with perfect credit being told they can\u2019t get the same terms as someone with a 620 FICO score,\u201d Goldhirsh said.\nThat\u2019s because most lenders don\u2019t keep the loans they make. They sell them, notably to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Before these government-sponsored agencies accept a loan, they must be confident it will be repaid. They require various aspects of the borrower\u2019s financial profile such as credit score, income and assets to conform to prescribed guidelines, or they won\u2019t deal. A FICO score of 620 is generally the minimum for conforming loans.\n\u201cIf the loan amount is over the Fannie-Freddie limit, which is currently $417,000, it falls into the jumbo category, and the guidelines become even more restrictive,\u201d Goldhirsh said.\nToday, these buyers have more mortgage options. A smattering of mortgage banks and other lenders, including LeaderOne, has started to court them with an array of new or revamped loan products and programs. The guidelines haven\u2019t loosened, but because the lenders typically plan to keep the loans in their own portfolios, they may not interpret them as literally.\nIn addition, a few private equity firms and investment companies are starting to buy jumbo loans again, which expands the marketplace for lenders who make them, said Ken Perlmutter, president of PERL Mortgage Inc. in Chicago.\nHere\u2019s a closer look at two of the newer loan programs:\nPledged assets. Borrowers who have significant stocks, bonds or mutual funds may not want to liquidate them for a down payment. Doing so could trigger hefty capital gains taxes or cause loss of interest or dividend income. A pledged assets program allows the borrower to make a smaller than usual down payment in cash and allocate some assets as collateral against a loan for the rest. The pledge is released when the loan is repaid. Meanwhile, the assets continue to grow.\n\u201cStock prices have been going up,\u201d Perlmutter said. \u201cMany people don\u2019t want to sell at this time.\u201d\n\u201cWhen people have their assets tied up in business lines of credit, they can\u2019t just go sell something,\u201d Goldhirsh said.\nAsset depletion. Some high-net-worth borrowers don\u2019t show enough adjusted gross income on their tax returns to qualify. With an asset depletion loan, the lender factors the borrower\u2019s liquid assets into the income calculation. The asset amount, less the down payment, is amortized over 30 years or until the borrower reaches age 85, whichever comes first, just as if the money were spent during that time.\nFor example, suppose a 50-year-old borrower has $2 million in liquid assets after making a down payment. He has an adjusted gross income of $10,000 per month, but needs $15,000 per month to qualify for the desired loan amount. The lender amortizes the $2 million over 30 years, and, assuming a 5 percent annual rate of return, counts another $10,736 toward the borrower\u2019s monthly income. That\u2019s more than enough to qualify.\n\u201cEach investor has its own different formula,\u201d Perlmutter said. \u201cSome underwriters are more aggressive than others, say, in calculating earnings.\u201d\nOther specialized mortgage products include loans to foreign nationals and doctors in residency, cash-out refinances up to $500,000, and condominium loans for certain new construction projects and existing buildings with high percentages of nonowner occupants.\n\u201cIf someone feels shut out of the traditional market and really wants the property, we can usually put the deal together,\u201d Kinney said. \u201cBut it\u2019s not a cookie-cutter process.\u201d\nThat\u2019s how it worked for the Hankinses. According to their financial profile, Glen Hankins\u2019 income can swing widely from year to year. He had a limited credit history because he pays cash for most purchases. Only Heather Hankins is named on the title and mortgage of their Elk Grove Village home, leaving her husband with no verifiable mortgage payment history. And the couple didn\u2019t want to sell the property because its value plunged when the real estate market crashed.\nThese circumstances weren\u2019t a problem for LeaderOne, which tailored a five-year adjustable rate jumbo mortgage with a 30 percent down payment.\n\u201cHe had good compensating factors, and those are important for getting a loan outside the box,\u201d Goldhirsh said.\nPerlmutter said he expects the jumbo market to continue to expand.\n\u201cPeople are feeling a lot more positive,\u201d he said. \u201cMore investors are coming into the space, and interest rates are nearly the same as for conforming loans. For buyers, their options are much greater than they have been for the last few years.\u201d\nSource: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-10-18/classified/ct-mre-1020-jumbo-loans-20131018_1_officer-loan-guidelines", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 8502, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 273.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com/2007/03/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:18Z", "digest": "sha1:6YSH7OEYNEC3DZS7N7KKIGPFDMZEAITS", "length": 34588, "nlines": 288, "source_domain": "idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com", "title": "IDLE SPECULATIONS: March 2007", "raw_content": "Basilica of the Anastasis/Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre), Jerusalem\nFor images and history of the Basilica of the Anastasis/Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre) in Jerusalem, there are numerous websites.\nHowever, Christus Rex (images and history) and Jerusalem shots (images) seem to be two of the better ones.\nLabels: Basilica of the Anastasis/Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre)\nThe Tomb in the Basilica of the Anastasis/Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre), Jerusalem\nLabels: the tomb; jerusalem\nThe Anointing Stone\nThe Anointing Stone in the Basilica of the Anastasis/Resurrection (Holy Sepulchre), Jerusalem\nLabels: The Anointing Stone; jerusalem\nThe Lamentation over the Dead Christ c. 1480\nThe theme of the Lamentation is traditional, although it is not described in the Bible. It shows Mary, and others, weeping over his body after the Crucifixion.\nThe realism and tragedy of the scene are enhanced by the violent perspective, which shortens and dramatizes the recumbent figure, stressing the anatomical details: in particular, Christ's thorax.\nIt shows Jesus's body as mortal, tortured flesh. It brings the witness up close.\nIt is also a a deeply human and emotional painting, loaded with pathos. There is a sorrow in the painting that results from an acknowledgement of great loss: there is the death of a human, which is tragic; there is the loss of a possible saviour, which is catastrophic; and there is the possibility that there is no saviour at all, which is hopeless and devastating.\nLabels: The Lamentation over the Dead Christ ; mantegna\nMIGNON, Abraham (b. 1640, Frankfurt, d. 1679, Wetzlar)\nFruit Still-Life with Squirrel and Goldfinch\nThe Web Gallery of Art has the following comment regarding the symbolism in the painting:\n\"The painting contains both Eucharistic symbols and an element of transience, indicated by the small number of rotten spots of the fruit, as well as the presence of a clock, and the dualism of good and evil.\nThe two rather cute little animals, a squirrel and a goldfinch, are also in opposition to each other. The squirrel seems to be chained up, but on closer inspection we notice that it has managed to free itself. It has cracked open a walnut and is now eating its kernel.\nThe squirrel had been regarded as a symbol of the evil since the Middle Ages. In this painting it embodies the unleashing of evil in the form of harmlessness. The bell collar around its neck also identifies it as a 'fool' and thus a sinner. The meaning of a squirrel eating walnut becomes obvious when we consider that St Augustine saw the walnut as a symbol of Christ, with the shell as the wood of the cross and the kernel as the life-giving nature of Christ.\nUnlike the squirrel, the goldfinch is a christological symbol, particularly with reference to the Passion. Its positive meaning can be gathered from its position in the upper portion of the painting (top=sphere of salvation).\nThe actions of the bird are worth nothing. Chained to an arched semicircle, from which it can peck food out of a small container, it is pulling up a thimble-sized receptacle from the left-hand edge of the shelf. It is filled with water or - more likely - wine (as a Eucharistic symbol of the blood of Christ), which has been scooped out of a conical glass without stem or base.\"\nLabels: Abraham ; symbolism; still life, MIGNON\nThe discreet little nun who could speed Pope John Paul II to sainthood\nThe Times reports that a French nun will be thrust into the global limelight today when Catholic Church authorities explain that her purported recovery from Parkinson\u2019s disease can be attributed to the miraculous intervention of Pope John Paul II.\nThe sudden return to health of Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre after she scrawled Pope John Paul\u2019s name on a piece of paper is being hailed as the post-humous miracle needed to set the late Pope on the road towards sainthood.\nSister Marie-Simon-Pierre, from Puyricard, near Aix-en-Provence, in southern France, said she was struck by Parkinson\u2019s disease in 2001. Her condition worsened over the next four years and, by the time the Pope died in April 2005, she was unable to stand or walk. She had stopped working as a nurse in a Paris maternity hospital and was confined to office activities.\nTwo months later she tried to write down John Paul II\u2019s name as she prayed to him for help \u201cbut all that came out was a scribble,\u201d she said in an account sent to the Vatican.\nHowever, that evening, the \u201cmiracle\u201d occurred.\n\u201cI fell asleep and, waking up several hours later, felt that the illness had disappeared,\u201d said Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre.\nShe leapt out of bed and went to the chapel to pray.\n\u201cI felt a profound sense of peace and wellbeing. My hand did not tremble anymore.\u201d Four days later the doctor who had been treating her for four years declared that the symptoms had vanished completely, with no medical explanation.\nThe Portico of the Cathedral of St-Trophime, Arles\nThe Weighing of the Souls by the Archangel Michael\nSt Peter (with 2 keys) and St John\nSt Daniel and the Lions\nSt Daniel and the Lions 2\nSt-Trophime was constructed in the 11th and 12th centuries on the site of an 8th-century church dedicated to Saint Stephen.\nSt. Stephen was the first Christian martyr. St. Trophime was an early bishop of Arles.\nThe Church was celebrated. It was on the route to the Shrine of St James at Compostela. Frederick Barbarossa was crowned King in the church in 1178.\nThe Church of Saint Trophime is characteristic of Proven\u00e7al Romanesque architecture. On the east side of the square, St-Trophime's very well preserved 12th-century portal is widely acclaimed as one of the finest achievements of the southern Romanesque style.\nThe magnificent portal was restored between 1988 and 1995 with the help of public funds and a large donation from the World Monuments Fund in New York.\nIts exceptional portal portrays the theme of Judgment Day, heaven and hell, under the benediction of Christ.\nThe composition of the portal borrows many elements from Roman architecture. The gable is decorated with a triumphal arch. The patron saints of the Arles church, Saint Trophime and Saint Stephen, are represented in prominent positions in front of the main door.\nIn the typanum above the lintel, Christis in his Majesty surrounded by symbols of the four Evangelists. The symbols are the Lion (St Mark); the Angel (St Matthew); the Ox (St Luke); and the Eagle (St John). (1)\nThe throne of the Lord is supported by the four creatures, illustrating the Primacy of the Gospels.\nOn the lintel below are 12 seated figures: the Apostles.\nOn either side of Christ are the Damned and the Blessed. The Damned are shown naked and shackled in the chains of their sins.\nBelow the main lintel are figures of saints, reminding people of the powerful intercession of the Saints.\nIt is probable that the whole would have been painted or glazed with coloured glazes. The effect would have been overwhelming.\nThe teachings of the Church are expressed more powerfully than a Sermon. But their effect on the believers would have been more than if presented and pointed out by a tour guide.\nEmile Male famously described medieval iconography as a kind of script, a calculus and a symbolic code, composed and read according to certain and defined and established grammatical, mathematical and semiotic rules which are not \"precisely laid out\", but which are learned by practice and habituated by liturgical performance. (2)\nAccrodingly there is a limited amount which one can learn from a guided tour of a Cathedral. The \"code\" is only partially understood and appreciated by the expert in semiotics as in The Name of the Rose (or hushed be it said, The Da Vinci Code). It is only by participating in the liturgical rites can one fully appreciate and comprehend the full meaning of the particular icons and symbols.\n(1) The symbols are based on the Old Testament Vision of Ezekiel (Ez.,I. 4-12):\n\"4As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.\n5Within it there were figures resembling four living beings And this was their appearance: they had human form.\n6Each of them had four faces and four wings.\n7Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze.\n8Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,\n9their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward.\n10As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.\n11Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.\n12And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. \"\n(2) Emile Male: The Gothic Image: Religious Art in France in the Thirteenth Century (tr. Dora Nussey)(1972)\nLabels: arles; st trophime\nBenedict XVI and Patristics\nAn engraving of Irenaeus (c. 130\u2013202), bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (now Lyons, France)\nDavid Warner is now a senior fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Steubenville, Ohio, and an adjunct professor for the University of Sacramento, California.\nIn an interview with Zenit :Code: ZE07032829; Date: 2007-03-28 David Warner, once an Evangelical Protestant minister, discusses how reading Church Fathers led to his return to the Catholic Church and offers some reflections on the Pope's teachings. He says that Benedict XVI's Wednesday-audience series on the Apostolic Fathers can give us hope for unity among Christians.\n\"The present Wednesday-audience series on the Fathers began on March 7, 2007. It is a continuation of the Pope's catechesis on the mystery of the Church that began a year ago in March 2006, with weekly meditations on each of the Twelve Apostles.\nBy October, he was ready to draw our attention to St. Paul and his collaborators: apostolic men like Timothy and Titus -- early bishops, and lay leaders in the Church like the married couple, Aquila and Priscilla.\nBenedict XVI is trying to follow Our Lord's command to Peter to \"feed my sheep.\" The food he has chosen to provide us during this series is the tremendous heritage of holy men and women who lived and died as witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and his Church during the first centuries of the Christian era.\nFrom their witness, we can better understand the mystery of the Church as the \"presence of Christ among men.\"\nFor Catholics, salvation history is the drama of God's unfolding plan for his people. This story can be read in the pages of sacred Scripture and Church history. Benedict XVI's reflections are designed to cause us to reconsider the essential nature and mission of the Church in the context of salvation history. \"\nThe Pope`s talk on Saint Irenaeus of Lyons on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 can be read here\nFor the writings of Irenaeus of Lyons, see Early Christian Writings Irenaeus\nLabels: patristics; s irenaeus; benedict xvi\nEl Greco: The Resurrection\nOnly one other painting of the subject by El Greco is known, that for Santo Domingo el Antiguo.\nThe nude figure of Christ, wearing a splendid crimson cloak and holding a white flag, rises effortless in an incandescent light. The soldiers below, arranged in a semicircle, raise their arms and contort their bodies, in great confusion and amazement. The foreshortened figures of two other guardians have been knocked down and a third one, wearing a helmet, dozes completely devoid of the magnitude of the wonder.\nThe canvas, ending in a semicircular arch is signed close to the foot of the soldier in the right end\nDramatic lighting, swirling and attenuated figures well suited to convey in powerful terms the supernatural, triumphant dimensions of the divine event called The Resurrection.\nThe Resurrection was more than just the return of a man from the dead. It was a victory over Death itself.\nLabels: el greco; resurrection; prado\nSegno: Proud of its Native Son\nKnown better in North America than in his native Europe, he has not been forgotten by his home village, whose inhabitants are rather proud of him and his achievements.\nWhile not a candidate for beatification or canonisation, his life story is remarkable. It is a life story which perhaps should be better known as it illustrates how someone in the grip of faith can achieve great things even if at the time those achievements are not generally known or recognised.\nFor many years the site of his grave was forgotten and was only re-discovered in the 1960s.\nFather Eusebio Francisco Kino S.J. (August 10, 1644\u2013March 15, 1711) was a Catholic priest who became famous in what is now northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States for the methods he used to Christianise the indigenous Native American population. He established over 20 missions and visitas (\"country chapels\").\nHe was born Eusebio Francesco Chini in Segno, near Taio, a village in the Val di Non, Trento, now in present-day Italy. The village of Segno has a museum dedicated to him and his story. There is also a rather large statue of him in the public square.\nHe joined the Society of Jesus on November 20, 1665.\nOriginally he wanted to go to China. However his superiors gave him a choice: Spain or Mexico. He chose Mexico.\nIn addition to his pastoral activities as a missionary, Eusebio Kino also practiced multiple other crafts, and was an expert astronomer, mathematician and map-maker, who drew the first accurate maps of Pimer\u00eda Alta, the Gulf of California and Baja California.\nHe built missions extending from the interior of Sonora 150 miles (240 km) northeast to San Xavier del Bac, still standing and functioning as a Catholic parish near Tucson. He constructed 19 rancheras, which supplied cattle to new settlements. He was also instrumental in the return of the Jesuits to California in 1697.\nEusebius Kino\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebio_Kino\nLabels: Eusebius Kino; Eusebio Francesco Chini; Segno, near Taio\nChurch and State in the United Kingdom\nLord Carey of Clifton was Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002\nIn The Times under the headline \"How Mr Blair is prising apart Church and State\" he has launched a critique on the policy of the present government towards Church-State relations in the United Kingdom.\n\"What, in fact, I am concerned about is the way that a liberal democracy is increasing becoming totalitarian. ...\nTony Blair, who used to promise a new era of cooperation between religious believers and the State, now seems prepared to squander that goodwill in pursuit of policies and regulations that must alienate many believers, and banish Roman Catholic adoption agencies. I don\u2019t believe that the Prime Minister intends to damage the Church-State link but he is playing into the hands of intolerant secularists whose aim seems to be division, not unity.\"\nLabels: Church and State in the United Kingdom; george carey\nAfter a short hiatus, Daniel Mitsui of The Lion and the Cardinal is back with more posts.\nSome of the posts are:\n1. about the new retablo in the Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano. Daniel works for the company that created it. If you want any information about this project, you may e-mail Daniel.\n2. Conversion and Consumerism\n3. The First Iconoclast Controversy.\nAlways interesting and thought provoking.\nLabels: lion and the cardinal; blogging\n\u2018Dump your children here\u2019 box to stop mothers killing their babies\nIn an effort to reduce the numbers of infanticide, The Times reports that desperate mothers are being urged to drop their unwanted babies through hatches at hospitals in an effort to halt a spate of infanticides that has shocked Germany.\nAt least 23 babies have been killed so far this year, many of them beaten to death or strangled by their mothers before being dumped on wasteland and in dustbins.\nPolice investigating the murders are at a loss to explain the sudden surge in such cases, which have involved mothers of all ages all over the country.\nNow city councils have launched an advertising campaign to highlight the problem and to promote greater use of the Baby-Klappe hatches that allow women to drop off their babies to be found and cared for without having to give their names. Posters were being put up in cities and towns across Germany yesterday, urging women to make use of the Baby-Klappe, with the slogan \u201cBefore babies land in the rubbish bin . . .\u201d\nSee also http://idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com/2006/12/ospedale-degli-innocenti-foundling.html\nLabels: the times; orphanages; baby chute; germany\nThe Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth\nBasilica-Exterior\nPope John Paul II prays at a small altar at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth March 25, 2000\nBasilica-Interior\nThe Spanish pilgrim, the Lady Egeria, who visited Nazareth in 383, was shown a \"big and very splendid cave in which Mary lived. An altar has been placed there.\" This was probably the larger of the caves enshrined in the grotto of the present Basilica of the Annunciation. By Roman Catholic tradition, it is the place where the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary.\nBy 570, a church had been built on the site.\nA Roman Catholic clerical presence in Nazareth was not re-established until 1620 when the Druze emir Fakhr-a-Din permitted the Franciscan fathers to purchase the ruins of the Crusader cathedral and grotto.\nIn 1730, the Franciscans obtained a firman (decree) from the Ottoman sultan allowing them to build a new church on the site. This structure was enlarged in 1877, and then completely demolished in 1955 to allow construction of a new basilica.\nThe new basilica, the largest Christian sanctuary in the Middle East, was dedicated in 1964 by Pope Paul VI during his visit to the Holy Land, and consecrated on 23 March 1969.\nSee also Franciscan website Nazareth: Sanctuary of the Annunciation The \"New\" Basilica\nhttp://198.62.75.1/www1/ofm/san/TSnzz05.html\nLabels: Nazareth, The Basilica of the Annunciation\nThe Monastery of Miraflores, Burgos\nIsabel the Catholic commissioned from Gil de Siloe, (d. ca. 1501, Burgos) a native of northern Europe, the great altarpiece in the Carthusian monastery at Miraflores (Cartuja de Miraflores).\nThe polychromy and some figures are the work of Diego de la Cruz, part of the gold brought back by Columbus in his second voyage to America.\nThe altarpiece, a symbol of the Eucharist, is constructed round a great centrally-placed circle, radiating like a rose window in a Gothic cathedral.\nSILOE, Gil de (d. ca. 1501, Burgos)\nMain Altar 1496-99\nMonastery of Miraflores, Burgos\nSILOE, Gil de (d. ca. 1501, Burgos) Main Altar 1496-99[detail] - The Last Supper\nSILOE, Gil de (d. ca. 1501, Burgos) Main Altar 1496-99[detail] - St Catherine\nLabels: Burgos; Gil de Siloe, The Monastery of Miraflores\nBBC Radio 4 has a series called \"Something Understood\". Each week the programme examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry.\nThis week in \"Religion Good? Religion Bad?\", it explored the argument of Richard Dawkins that Religion has been a malign force in world history. It demolished his thesis.\nAmongst the readings and music included:\n1. Piece by Eamon Duffy taken from \u2018Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes\u2019 published by Yale University Press\n2. \u2018Pax in Nomini Domini!\u2019 composed by Marcabru. Taken from the album \u2018The Cross of Red\u2019 Music of Love and War from the time of the Crusades. Performed by the New Orleans Musica da Camera.\n3. Christine de Luca \u2018Plain Song\u2019 from Poems in English and Shetland Dialect\u2019 published by the Shetland Library. Excerpts from the Book of Life\u2019. Duomo Milano\n4. \u2019Exultate Deo\u2019 by Francis Poulenc. Taken from the album \u2018Lux Aeterna\u2019. Performed by the Winchester Cathedral Choir.\nThis week`s programme can be listened on:\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/religion/somethingunderstood.shtml\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/religion/somethingunderstood_20070325.shtml\nLabels: bbc radio4; something understood; dawkins\nAdam Harris - Lux Aeterna (The Via Dolorosa)\nEurope: All Change ?\nThis summer sees major changes in the governments of the United Kingdom and France.\nIn the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown is expected by many to be elected the next leader of the Labour Party replacing Blair and to become Prime Minister, before the Labour Party Conference in September 2007. The new leader is likely to be declared on June 25.\nHis father, John, was a Church of Scotland minister.\nSpeaking at a Fabian Society conference on 'The Next Decade' in January 2007. enabled Brown to signal the most significant priorities for his agenda as Prime Minister - stressing education, international development, narrowing inequalities (to pursue 'equality of opportunity and fairness of outcome'), renewing Britishness, restoring trust in politics, and winning hearts and minds in the war on terror as key priorities.\nWhat changes to the Blair agenda there will be is anybody`s guess. In the short run, probably very little as Brown will be Prime Minister without having first secured a General Election victory.\nMore interestingly, are the forthcoming changes in France. Chirac retires as President of France before the summer.\nThe front runner to succeed is Nicolas Sarkozy of the centre Right. Sarkozy, a Roman Catholic, has caused controversy because of his views on the relationship between religion and state. In 2004, he published a book called La R\u00e9publique, les religions, l'esp\u00e9rance (\u201cThe Republic, Religions, and Hope\u201d), in which he argued that the young should not be brought up solely on secular or republican values. He also advocated reducing the separation of church and state, including the government subsidy of mosques in order to encourage Islamic integration into French society. He flatly opposes financing of religious institutions with funds from outside France.\nThe first round of voting will take place on Sunday, 22 April 2007, with a second round, if no candidate wins 50% or more of the vote, on Sunday, 6 May 2007.\nFor more about Sarkozy and his religious views, see In a Very Secular France, Nicolas Sarkozy Is Breaking a Taboo at Sandro Magister: http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=55661&eng=y\nLabels: uk; france; brown; sarkozy\nSt Charles Borromeo and Catholic Art and Architecture\nCharles Borromeo, Receipt for the return of twelve books\nIn 1563, the Twenty-Fifth Session of the Council of Trent had issued a statement \u201cOn the Invocation, Veneration, and Relics of Saints, and on Sacred Images.\"\nThe details were filled out by amongst others, St Charles Borromeo. Borromeo published Instructiones Fabricae et Supellectilis Ecclesiasticae, in 1577. It was the central document that applied the decrees of the Council of Trent to the design and furnishing of Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Milan. But its influence was much wider than the diocese.\nIn CHARLES BORROMEO AND CATHOLIC TRADITION REGARDING THE DESIGN OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES, By Matthew E. Gallegos, Ph.D, Dr Gallegos discusses Borromeo`s Instructiones.\nThe article is from The Institute of Sacred Architecture (Fall/Winter 2004) and can be accessed at http://www.sacredarchitecture.org/pubs/saj/articles/borromeo.php\nLabels: Charles Borromeo and Catholic Art and Architecture\nMASTER of the Osservanza (active 1430-1450 in Siena)\nThe Descent into Limbo c. 1445\nTempera and gold on wood, 38 x 47 cm\nThe episode of the Descent into Hell is not mentioned in the canonical gospels, but recounted in the apocryphal gospel of Nicodemus. The imagery of Christ breaking down hell's door and trapping a hairy and hideous Satan who lies vanquished is traditional. Likewise, Christ holding out to help Adam out of Hell.\nhttp://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p122a5p1.htm#p1\nPart One, Section Two, Article 5:\n\"HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN\"\n631 Jesus \"descended into the lower parts of the earth. He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens.\"475 The Apostles' Creed confesses in the same article Christ's descent into hell and his Resurrection from the dead on the third day, because in his Passover it was precisely out of the depths of death that he made life spring forth:\nChrist, that Morning Star, who came back from the dead, and shed his peaceful light on all mankind, your Son who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.476\nParagraph 1. Christ Descended into Hell\n632 The frequent New Testament affirmations that Jesus was \"raised from the dead\" presuppose that the crucified one sojourned in the realm of the dead prior to his resurrection.477 This was the first meaning given in the apostolic preaching to Christ's descent into hell: that Jesus, like all men, experienced death and in his soul joined the others in the realm of the dead. But he descended there as Savior, proclaiming the Good News to the spirits imprisoned there.478\n633 Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, \"hell\" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.479 Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man Lazarus who was received into \"Abraham's bosom\":480 \"It is precisely these holy souls, who awaited their Savior in Abraham's bosom, whom Christ the Lord delivered when he descended into hell.\"481 Jesus did not descend into hell to deliver the damned, nor to destroy the hell of damnation, but to free the just who had gone before him.482\n634 \"The gospel was preached even to the dead.\"483 The descent into hell brings the Gospel message of salvation to complete fulfilment. This is the last phase of Jesus' messianic mission, a phase which is condensed in time but vast in its real significance: the spread of Christ's redemptive work to all men of all times and all places, for all who are saved have been made sharers in the redemption.\n635 Christ went down into the depths of death so that \"the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.\"484 Jesus, \"the Author of life\", by dying destroyed \"him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and [delivered] all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage.\"485 Henceforth the risen Christ holds \"the keys of Death and Hades\", so that \"at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.\"486\nToday a great silence reigns on earth, a great silence and a great stillness. A great silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began. . . He has gone to search for Adam, our first father, as for a lost sheep. Greatly desiring to visit those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, he has gone to free from sorrow Adam in his bonds and Eve, captive with him - He who is both their God and the son of Eve. . . \"I am your God, who for your sake have become your son. . . I order you, O sleeper, to awake. I did not create you to be a prisoner in hell. Rise from the dead, for I am the life of the dead.\"487\n475 Eph 4:9-10.\n476 Roman Missal, Easter Vigil 18, Exsultet.\n477 Acts 3:15; Rom 8:11; I Cor 15:20; cf. Heb 13:20.\n478 Cf. I Pt 3:18-19.\n479 Cf. Phil 2:10; Acts 2:24; Rev 1:18; Eph 4:9; Pss 6:6; 88:11-13.\n480 Cf. Ps 89:49; I Sam 28:19; Ezek 32:17-32; Lk 16:22-26.\n481 Roman Catechism 1, 6, 3.\n482 Cf. Council of Rome (745): DS 587; Benedict XII, Cum dudum (1341): DS 1011; Clement VI, Super quibusdam (1351): DS 1077; Council of Toledo IV (625): DS 485; Mt 27:52-53.\n483 I Pt 4:6.\n484 Jn 5:25; cf. Mt 12:40; Rom 10:7; Eph 4:9.\n485 Heb 2:14-15; cf. Acts 3:15.\n486 Rev 1:18; Phil 2:10.\n487 Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday: PG 43, 440A, 452C; LH, Holy Saturday, OR.\nLabels: The Descent into Hell; Siennese; Master of the Osservanza; Cathechism\nThe Harrowing of Hell (1315-1321)\nThe Anastasis fresco in the parecclesion of the Chora Church, Constantinople\nThe risen Christ, triumphant over Death, tramples on the shattered gates of Hell and raises up Adam and Eve. Behind Adam stand John the Baptist, David, and Solomon. Others are righteous kings.\nThe Chora Church was originally built outside the walls of Constantinople, to the south of the Golden Horn. The church's full name was the Church of the Holy Saviour in the Country.\nThe last part of that name, Chora, referring to its location originally outside of the walls, became the shortened name of the church.\nThe original church on this site was built in the early 5th century, and stood outside of the 4th century walls of Constantine the Great.\nThe powerful Byzantine statesman Theodore Metochites endowed the church with much of its fine mosaics and frescos. Theodore's impressive decoration of the interior was carried out between 1315 and 1321.\nThe mosaic-work is the finest example of the Palaeologus Renaissance. The artists, unfortunately, remain unknown.\nIn 1328, Theodore was sent into exile by the usurper Andronicus III Palaeologus. However, he was allowed to return to the city two years later, and lived out the last two years of his life as a monk in his Chora Church.\nThe Anastasis fresco is in the parecclesion of the Church.The parecclesion was used as a mortuary chapel for family burials and memorials. The second largest dome (4.5 m diameter) in the church graces the centre of the roof of the parecclesion.\nAfter the Turkish conquest in 1453, the church remained as it was for a time, and was turned into a mosque in 1511 by addition of a minaret. Then it became a museum (\"The Kariye Museum\") in 1948 and its frescoes and mosaics were cleaned.\nLabels: Constantinople, The Harrowing of Hell; the Chora Church\nChina and the Holy See\nA very interesting summary of relations between China and the Holy See is contained in The long road and \u201caccidents along the way\u201d by Gianni Valente in Thirty Days (30 giorni)\nDefinitely of use for the heralded papal letter to the Catholics of the former Celestial Empire .\nLabels: china; holy see\nOratorio di Santa Maria in Valle, Cividale del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giuli, Italy\nCividale del Friuli is a town in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Northern Italy. The town is in the foothills of the eastern Alps close to the Slovenian border. On the face of it, it would appear only to be a small town of perhaps no significance.\nHowever, appearances can be deceptive.\nCividale was founded as a Roman municipium by Julius Caesar in 50 BC on the newly built Via Julia Augusta. It became the chief town of the district of Friuli and gave its name to it.\nIn 568 the city was the first major centre occupied by Alboin's Lombard invasion of Italy, then part of the Byzantine Empire.\nThe city was chosen as first capital of the newly-formed Lombard Kingdom, then granted by Alboin to his nephew Gisulf as the capital of a Lombard Duchy of Friuli. After the Lombards were defeated by the Franks, (774), following the last Lombard resistance under Hrodgaud of Friuli (776) Forum Julii changed its name to Civitas Austriae, Charlemagne's Italian \"City of the East\".\nUnder the Carolingian settlement with the Papacy, the patriarchs of Aquileia resided here from 773 to 1031, when they returned to Aquileia, and finally in 1238 removed to Udine.\nWhen the Patriarch State of Friuli was founded in 1077, Cividale was chosen as the capital.\nIn 1420 Cividale was annexed to the Republic of Venice.\nThe small chapel of Santa Maria della Valle is a small chapel and it has been said to house the finest Romanesque sculpture in Northern Italy. The chapel itself was built in or around the 9th Century by a Visigoth king.\nAmongst the \"highlights\" of the Chapel are six magnificent life size figures of six female saints in stucco. These figures may date back to the 10th century. 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Solovyov\nThe Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln, Switzerland\nPope John Paul II -part 2\nSaint Rose of Lima, (20 April 1586 - 24 August 161...\nLent Talks\nThe Importance of Being China", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 719, "original_length": 47158, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 260.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://idscanners.info/amp/car-reviews/2018-kia-stinger-gt-s-sports-coupe-review", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:44Z", "digest": "sha1:W2OAOXESO2EFEPBRA6EKATHHPH4KJJQV", "length": 4222, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "idscanners.info", "title": "2018 Kia Stinger GT S sports coupe review - Idscanners- idscanners.info", "raw_content": "2018 Kia Stinger GT S sports coupe review\nAs Kia\u2019s first rear-wheel drive car to go on sale in the UK, the Stinger is a true test of the brand\u2019s character. We take a look at the top-end turbocharged V6 GT S version to see whether the South Korean manufacturer can make the step into exciting sports cars.\nSave money on a new Kia\nA turbocharged V6 sports car isn\u2019t exactly what you would expect Kia to make \u2013 yet the Stinger is what the South Korean brand has decided to release.\nAs well as being the brand\u2019s first true sports model, it\u2019s the first rear-wheel drive model and is its most powerful yet with 365bhp at its disposal.\nSo, Kia has taken the plunge on a dynamic model that is far removed from the vehicles you\u2019re more likely to see it produce, such as the Picanto supermini, Rio hatchback and Sportage SUV.\nBut how does the newcomer stack up against the established brands, such as BMW M and Audi RS? Let\u2019s take a look\u2026\nThe Stinger GT S\u2019s heart is a 3.3-litre, turbocharged V6 engine that produces 365bhp and 510Nm \u2013 not too bad for a vehicle that is a complete scene change from what Kia normally build. With that impressive power unit, the Stinger is the fastest accelerating Kia yet \u2013 with the sprint to 60mph over in 4.7 seconds.\nPair that with a top speed of 168mph and you could consider the Stinger as a true performance car \u2013 even if the badge doesn\u2019t have the prestige of other manufacturers.\nThe Stinger\u2019s power goes through the back wheels and an eight-speed automatic transmission, and although the engine doesn\u2019t have a real character to it, it will easily get you through overtakes with next-to-no hassle.\nWith a lighter V6 upfront compared to the V8s usually found in cars described as gran turismos, the Stinger GT S handles well in any situation.\nIt can take on a set of twisty, narrow corners competently and when on the wider motorways, it is very civilised and a true grand tourer with plenty of oomph behind you.\nComing with drive select modes, you can switch it into sport mode and it is sprightlier than normal \u2013 with a little bit of controlled anger thrown in. That performance is paired to a well-weighted steering setup that offers enough feel that you can place it comfortably on the road without too much trouble.\nIt isn\u2019t back-breaking either with the suspension setup well enough so that it can balance performance and comfort in harmony.\nUnlike many other models before it, the Stinger is well-appointed and most of the scratchy materials found in other models are replaced with ones that are much nicer to the touch. The design is good too, and it could be confused with cabins from more premium brands.\nTo add to that, the Stinger has plenty of space for passengers with front and rear passengers getting lots of legroom \u2013 although headroom in the back won\u2019t be as good for taller occupants. Boot space is also good, with 406 litres on offer.\nEquipment-wise, Kia has given the Stinger lots of equipment, such as an eight-inch infotainment touchscreen display with a DAB radio, smartphone connectivity and Bluetooth, leather upholstery, air conditioning and a 15-speaker sound system \u2013 which is quite impressive.\nSafety systems like autonomous emergency braking and lane-keeping assist add to the appeal of the Stinger.\nNot to beat around the bush \u2013 but the Stinger GT S costs \u00a340,495. Not exactly the cheapest sports car on sale, but considering many of its rivals are more expensive, it isn\u2019t too bad either. There isn\u2019t a real need to add much else to the GT S, as you do get plenty of good equipment as standard with the top-end version. Running costs aren\u2019t the best though, as fuel economy doesn\u2019t get better than 28.5mpg and emissions are quite high at 225g/km CO2 \u2013 so road tax is a big factor in running costs.\nAs a first effort for a sports car, Kia has done an excellent job. The Stinger GT S is well-balanced in the corners and great over a longer distance when you need to use it. Although the engine noise may not be as loud and intimidating as other GT cars, the Stinger is still an exciting beast that is very good fun to use.\nWell-finished and equipped\nRunning costs are high\nEngine isn\u2019t the most exciting\n\u0411\u044b\u043b \u043d\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u043d \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0435\u0442-\u0441\u0430\u0439\u0442 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 seo.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 6114, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iimcat.2iim.com/2015/06/02/online-cat-coaching-a-few-interesting-truefalse-questions-from-geometry/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:00Z", "digest": "sha1:TMZALN3TCQ5LFIIUCCQX5227XF4LRLNR", "length": 3453, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "iimcat.2iim.com", "title": "Online CAT Coaching: A few interesting True/False questions from Geometry - CAT Preparation Tips", "raw_content": "State whether the following statements are true or false\n1. A parallelogram that circumscribes a circle has to be a square\n2. A trapezium inscribed in a circle has to be an isosceles trapezium\n3. Orthocenter of a triangle can lie outside the triangle\n4. Triangle with sides a, b and c has the relationship a^2 + b^2 > c^2, the triangle has to be acute-angled.\n5. Diagonals of a parallelogram are angle bisectors of the angles of a parallelogram.\nScroll down for answers and explanation\n1. A parallelogram that circumscribes a circle has to be a square: FALSE\nIn a parallelogram, opposite sides are equal. In a quadrilateral, the sums of pairs of opposite sides are equal. So, a parallelogram that circumscribes a circle should have all 4 of its sides equal. Or, it should be a Rhombus; it need not be a square.\n2. A trapezium inscribed in a circle has to be an isosceles trapezium: TRUE\nAn isosceles trapezium is a symmetric diagram. The two base angles should be equal and the two top angles should be equal. So, a trapezeium where the base angles were equal would be an isosceles trapezium.\nIn any cyclic quadrilateral, opposite angles would be supplementary. In a trapezium, co-interior angles between the parallel lines would be supplementary. So, if we took a trapezium ABCD with AB parallel to CD inscribed in a circle. Angle A and Angle D would be supplementary (co-interior angles). And Angle A and Angle C would be supplementary (opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral). Or angle B would be equal to angle C. Ergo, isosceles trapezium.\n3. Orthocenter of a triangle can lie outside the triangle: TRUE\nFor any obtuse-angled triangle, two of the altitudes would lie outside the triangle, and would intersect at a point outside the triangle. So, the orthocenter can lie outside the triangle.\n4. Triangle with sides a, b and c has the relationship a^2 + b^2 > c^2, the triangle has to be acute-angled: FALSE\nLet us take triangle with sides 2, 3 and 4. 4^2 + 3^2 > 2^2. But as 2^2 + 3^3 < 4^2, the triangle is obtuse-angled. Is a^2 + b^2 > c^2, we can say angle C is acute-angled. We cannot say all three angles are acute-angled. One can use cosine rule also for having a go at this question (though it should be considered inelegant)\n5. Diagonals of a parallelogram are angle bisectors of the angles of a parallelogram: FALSE\nDiagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other. They need not bisect the angles of the parallelogram. Imagine this, if we took a rectangle and studied its diagonals. if the diagonals bisected each other, the angle between diagonal and a side would be 45 degrees. Or, we would end up having a square. So, any rectangle that was not a square would have diagonals that were not angle bisectors. So, diagonals of a parallelogram NEED NOT be angle bisectors of the angles of a parallelogram.\nSeptember 30, 2016 Ratio of Areas of a square in a circle and a Circle in a square Consider the following diagram: Let side of Square ABCD be x. The diameter of the circle circumscribing it will be equal to the diagonal of the square, which is equal to . So, [\u2026] Posted in Geometry\nJune 13, 2013 CAT Geometry Question x, y, z are integer that are side of an obtuse-angled triangle. If xy = 4, find z. A. 2 B. 3 C. 1 D. More than one possible value of z [\u2026] Posted in Geometry\nCirclesQuadrilateralsTriangles\n\u00ab CAT Online Coaching \u2013 Permutation and Combination, Fixing the Errors III\nCAT Coaching Online \u2013 Links across topics in Math \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 6577, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://images.firstxw.com/view/211773.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:31Z", "digest": "sha1:OOYFBWOMGAPQO3V4VTMLLTH3Z4ERO5ND", "length": 9101, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "images.firstxw.com", "title": "Qijia.com has a huge loss to go public in Hong Kong today. Is the Internet home decoration still in the air?_China IT News", "raw_content": "Qijia.com has a huge loss to go public in Hong Kong today. Is the Internet home decoration still in the air?\nFocus \u00b7 Internet company listed in Hong Kong\nEditor's note: Following Xiaomi, today, two other Internet companies have landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, namely Yingke and Qijia. Recently, the IPO of Hong Kong stocks has been broken, which has caused a lot of shadow for investors. I hope that Xiaomi\u2019s low opening and high walking in the near future will make a good start for the follow-up \u201clittle brothers\u201d.\nOur reporter Liu Sihui\nThe companies that have recently been listed in Hong Kong are not too close. On July 12th, the Internet home improvement company Qijia.com entered the Hong Kong stock market.\nAlthough from the prospectus, the company has been losing money for the past three years (2015 to 2017) and the cash flow is negative, but this does not stop the company's listing, after all, \u201cthe first share of the connected home improvement industry\u201d This title is still attractive.\nThe first stock means a groundbreaking valuation, and it also provides a demonstration effect for the followers. According to the Securities Daily, there are still many latecomers. After all, the famous connected home improvement brand and the Tuban rabbit are currently on the market. There are live networks, building blocks, love space and so on.\nFacing the status quo of the industry, some insiders admitted that the home improvement industry is in a state of online and offline integration. Although the current penetration rate of Internet home improvement is not high, this trend will be further strengthened.\nQijia Net shocked Hong Kong stocks\nQijiawang stock officially began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 12. The company's pricing is 4.85 Hong Kong dollars per share, which is lower than the offer range. It plans to raise HK$2.18 billion. According to the data, Qijia.com was originally scheduled to go on July 5th and was postponed until July 12.\nFor Qijia.com's practice of lowering the issue price, some senior Internet home improvement professionals said in exchanges with the \"Securities Daily\" reporters that this also reflects the fact that the capital market is not aligned with the home network, and the confidence of Qijia.com itself is also Not enough.\nQijia.com was established in 2005. In December 2010, it completed the A round of financing. The prospectus shows that this company has already been \u201cstation team\u201d. At present, Baidu holds 14.393% of Qijia.com and is the second largest shareholder.\nIn fact, from the perspective of financial statements, Qijia\u2019s performance is not very good. According to the data, the revenues of Qijia.com in 2015, 2016 and 2017 were 141 million yuan, 300 million yuan and 479 million yuan respectively. The annual losses were 348 million yuan, 410 million yuan, and 856 million yuan respectively. After adjustment, Qijiawang's losses from continuing operations in 2015, 2016 and 2017 were 163 million yuan, 152 million yuan and 89.391 million yuan respectively.\nFrom 2015 to 2017, the net cash flow generated by Qijiawang's business activities during the same period was -95.602 million yuan, -101 million yuan, and -119 million yuan respectively.\nAccording to the above-mentioned insiders, in fact, Qijia.com's large-scale business comes from the companies it acquired, its own self-operated business is not good, and the platform's ability to acquire customers is not strong.\nRegardless of how the industry questioned, Qijia.com will eventually hit Hong Kong stocks. Deng Huajin, the founder of Qijia.com, issued an internal letter to all employees. In the internal letter, Deng Huajin said that in the future, Qijia.com will be integrated in the supply chain. More capital and more energy will be invested in product and technology upgrades, and more cities will be expanded to meet the needs of a wider range of users.\nThis statement is consistent with the judgment of people in the industry. \u201cAt present, many Internet home improvement companies are expanding very quickly. The big reason is that this industry is very good, the market is very large, and with the rising demand for old houses and partial renovations, the future big plates can still Larger, and the user just needs to be obvious, the customer unit price is high, and the cash flow is sufficient, which provides the driving company with the power and realization possibility of rapid expansion in the country. \u201d\nHowever, the decoration is a slow industry after all, and the process is very long. Although it is very convenient to get customers at the front end through the Internet, it can't be lazy in the construction and delivery of the back end. It is necessary to test the operation, supply chain and delivery ability of each decoration company.\nInternet home improvement racing continues\nThe so-called Internet home improvement is in the context of \"Internet +\", using Internet thinking and Internet tools to transform the problems in the decoration, through de-intermediation (decoration company), de-channelization (to achieve F2C collection) and standardization ( Partially personalized), optimize and integrate the decoration industry chain, improve operational and control efficiency, reduce product and service costs, and improve the user experience of traditional decoration.\nIn the interview with the \"Securities Daily\" reporter, the Internet home improvement industry began in 2008, and then ushered in the capital turmoil in 2015. After that, many companies began to try to do their own business, and then they ushered in losses as well. The wave of bankruptcies, the number of Internet home improvement companies that can survive and be positioned in the platform strategy are few.\nIn the case of Tuba rabbits, the company has been in a positive cash flow state from 2008 to 2018, so it does not rely on capital, nor is it optimistic about the mode of burning money. This is also the premise that it can be rooted in the industry for a long time, \u201c The Internet home improvement industry involves a wide range of industries, and the chain is long and the industry is deep. Every link lacks uniform standards. The location of the Tuba Rabbit is a platform, and strives to linearize, standardize, standardize and implement all processes. In the end, huge network collaboration will be promoted to promote industry iteration and upgrade. It is very difficult to achieve this goal, but once it is realized, it will form strong industry barriers. \u201d Yang Wei added.\nFor the term platformization, people in the industry also agreed with the reporters, \u201cIn the long run, the platform model may be more effective. After all, a few large-scale decoration companies can not meet the needs of users nationwide, and The larger the volume, the higher the requirements for operational control and control. The localization and regionalization of the decoration industry are irreversible. In the future, these localized and regionalized head decoration companies are connected with strong traffic capabilities and brand endorsement capabilities. There are also platform-type enterprises with strong management and control mechanisms that can reduce systemic risks. \u201d\nIn addition to the above-mentioned companies, today, the surviving Internet home improvement brands include live network, building blocks, and love space.\nAccording to public information, there is a network affiliated to Qingdao Youli Information Technology Co., Ltd., a brand of Haier, which was established on July 19, 2014 and is headquartered in Qingdao.\nThe building block home was founded in early 2015 and is positioned to provide young people with Internet full-package repair services. At present, it has covered more than 50 cities across the country. It has set up branches in first- and second-tier cities such as Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an and Shijiazhuang, and has opened more than 60 offline experience stores with more than 700 employees. According to the building block, the management and core business divisions are all from Tencent, Alibaba, OPPO, and American Home Depot.\nAnother love space was founded in 2014 by Chen Hao, who has more than 10 years of experience in home improvement. In 2016, Ai Space Branch covered 24 cities across the country and completed the lead by Gome Capital in June 2017. 216 million yuan C round of financing;\nWith so many up-and-coming talents, it seems that the competitive race in the Internet home improvement industry is far from over.\nInternet.org's Facebook is now open to the whole of India.\nSamsung Gear VR Internet applications to support the introduction of WebVR\nTencent COO: 2018 will hit 10 billion penguin support, put forward \"AI IN ALL\"\nSpring Festival up skills Apple introduced Today at Apple free creative courses\nFacebook Announces Expansion of Today In Coverage: Bringing Local News Services to More Regions\nWouldn't you like to take a look at the new Today at Apple course?\nMicrosoft: It's time to bid farewell to Internet Explorer (Figure)\nMicrosoft: It\u2019s time to say goodbye to Internet Explorer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 11939, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 212.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://in.newshub.org/d-like-play-anything-but-dominating-strong-woman-neena-gupta-28229060.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:32Z", "digest": "sha1:2ELWLPFVGPEWLA4EURQKA2257UADMN5S", "length": 1315, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "in.newshub.org", "title": "I\u2019d like to play anything but a dominating, strong woman: Neena Gupta - NewsHub", "raw_content": "I\u2019d like to play anything but a dominating, strong woman: Neena Gupta\nMumbai: National Award-winning actor Neena Gupta is undoubtedly one of the most versatile actors our industry has ever seen. Having seen her mesmerize the viewers in television shows, particularly Saans, a one-of-a-kind TV show on Star Plus, Neena has a plethora of films to her credit too.\nBut what keeps the lady busy these days? To know about the same we contacted Neena who updated us that she has an exciting line-up of Bollywood projects to her credit.\nNeena shared, \u201cWell I have a lot of films lined up where I am playing interesting character roles. There is an upcoming film titled Music Room by Sa Re Ga Ma, then another one under the banner of Anubhav Sinha titled Mulk, Veere Di Wedding and YRF\u2019s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar. So there are a lot of projects coming my way and life\u2019s good!\u201d\nShedding some light on her TV projects, Neena mentioned, \u201cI am keen on doing TV projects too. I am still contemplating a couple of offers. I am open to play a variety of roles but not a dominating and strong woman. I know a majority of actors today would vouch to project such kind of a strong personality but I have played enough of such roles and I am bored now.\"\nHope you have plenty projects of your choice coming you way. Kudos to you, Neena!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://indonesiatatler.com/tatler-list/500list/anies-rasyid-baswedan", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:08Z", "digest": "sha1:DILASHKRBGP6JHHNRUGKKTIT4E3ASPFF", "length": 479, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "indonesiatatler.com", "title": "Anies Rasyid Baswedan Profile | Indonesia Tatler", "raw_content": "HomeThe Tatler ListsAAnies Rasyid Baswedan\nAnies Rasyid Baswedan is widely known as an intellectual and inspiring academic. He is a candidate of the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election. Previously, he held the position of Minister of Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education. Before that, he was the rector of Paramadina University. Anies started the Indonesia Teach Movement, which sends educated youths to teach in villages across the archipelago.\nDenny Kailimang\nSudhamek AWS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 3707, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://inhumanexperiment.blogspot.com/2008/02/high-fat-diets-and-blood-pressure.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:08Z", "digest": "sha1:LLMYOTNQBFC5EUVE7FAUMHARZTJEXT3U", "length": 2500, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "inhumanexperiment.blogspot.com", "title": "The Effects of a High-Fat Diet on Health and Weight - Blood Test Analysis Part 2/2", "raw_content": "The Effects of a High-Fat Diet on Health and Weight - Blood Test Analysis Part 2/2\nGlucose is also known as grape sugar. (Photo by AHMED)\nContinuing with the results of my high-fat diet experiment, I'm going to analyse the rest of the numbers today. If you have no idea of what I'm talking about, you may wish to start reading from the beginning.\nThere are all kinds of strange names of tests done on my blood in the letter I got from the doctor, so I'm going to have to turn to good old Google for explanations. First in line appears to be blood glucose, which is used to measure the amount of a type of sugar (called glucose) in your blood. A high blood glucose is an indication of diabetes. Abnormally low blood glucose, or hypoglycemia, is uncommon in adults.\nSince glucose comes from carbohydrates, it would seem logical that a diet high in fat and protein does not raise blood glucose levels. Normal levels depend, once again, on who you ask: according to the Diabetes Health Center, fasting levels below 5.5 mmol/l are normal, whereas the Finnish health care system defines levels between 4-6.1 mmol/l as normal. My blood glocuse is 5.0, which seems to be in the normal range. It's difficult to say whether my blood glucose level has increased, decreased or stayed the same, since this is the first time I've had it measured, but at least in my case eating lots of saturated fat and protein did not result in elevated blood glucose levels.\nNext up is hemoglobin. The normal levels for men are between 13.5-16.5 g/dl in America and 13.4-16.7 in Finland. Lower levels are usually caused by iron deficiency and lead to symptoms of anemia, so a very low hemoglobin level is unhealthy. My hemoglobin is 17.0 g/dl. The last time it was measured it was slightly above normal, so it seems not to have been affected by the diet. Also, high hemoglobin runs in my family (even though we eat very differently), so I presume it has more to do with your genes than your diet.\nAll the other tests seem to measure the amount and size of red and white blood cells. All the levels are within normal range, so I'm going to make the assumption that eating a high-fat diet did not mess up my blood cells.\nWhen reading these results, keep in mind that I excluded things like bread, pasta and potatoes from my diet, so these results don't say much about what would happen if you ate large amounts of both complex carbohydrates and (saturated) fats. That, however, is an experiment I'd rather not perform on myself...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6221, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 201.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/podcasts/title/Khmer%2BBoxing", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:33Z", "digest": "sha1:CWUGVKIMJPB5FEXBA6U74ZK7SUZW6ALV", "length": 225, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "inmotion.magnumphotos.com", "title": "Video Podcast | Magnum In Motion", "raw_content": "In Khmer it is called \"Brodal Serei\". In Thailand it is \"Muay Thai\". Both Thailand and Cambodia claim the origin of this type of kickboxing. It seems to have been invented in the peninsula at the beginning of the 9th century.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1782, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 78.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ins.pulawy.pl/index.php/en/9-o-instytucie/451-hr-logo", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:41Z", "digest": "sha1:XWXDAEP2H2635ALVNCVEQBU3QDY4ASAK", "length": 1169, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ins.pulawy.pl", "title": "www.ins.pulawy.pl - HR Logo", "raw_content": "The New Chemical Synthesis Institute (INS) is applying to obtain a logo \u201eHuman Resources Excellence in Research\u201d (HR logo). Awarding the HR logo is one of the activities of the European Commission in the framework of the strategy \u201cHuman Resources Strategy for Researchers\u201d (HRS4R). This strategy aims at increasing the attractiveness of researchers' working conditions contained in \u201cEuropean Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers\u201d (Charter and Code). These activities are focused on raising the quality of scientific research and support the work of researchers at INS. Based on the conducted analysis, 12 principles were identified, out of 40 principles contained in the Charter and Code where certain actions are to be taken in order to eliminate existing gaps. The Action Plan was proposed in order to ensure and/or improve conformity with the Charter and Code principles. 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Even the most implacable critics could not but recognized that it was a summit with the capital S as it has gathered religious leaders of the unexampled high level. From July 3 to 5, \u2018President Hotel\u2019 was a real exhibition of the achievements of the foreign policy of the Russian Orthodox Church and its partners in the Interreligious Council of Russia, which include the Central Spiritual Board of Muslims of Russia, the Coordinating Centre of Muslims of the North Caucasus, the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Russia, the Congress of Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia, and the Buddhist traditional Sangha. The achievements are to be found not only in the interreligious dialogue, but also in the dialogue with Catholics and Protestants, the authorities, journalists and business community. These achievements look very impressive.\nRussian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the forum. In his address he underscored that he regarded the forum in Moscow as another recognition of the high role and centuries-old experience of Russia in the dialogue of civilizations. \u2018A unique unity and diversity of different religions and nationalities has been formed here on a vast Eurasian expanse. Their interaction has played a backbone part in the development of Russian statehood and in strengthening its integrity,\u2019 the president noted.\nRussia has visually demonstrated its capability not only to negotiate social and economic topics within G8, but also to gather on its territory religious leaders who addressed the world with a clear and non-banal message.\n\u2018Dialogue and partnership among civilizations should not just be slogans. We need to build a world order which combines democracy - as the way of harmonizing different interests and as people\u2019s participation in national and global decision-making - and respect to the moral feeling, way of life, various legal and political systems, and national and religious traditions of people. Comprehensive, just and durable solutions of international disputes should be reached by peaceful means. We reject double standards in international relations. The world should have many poles and many systems, meeting the requirements of all individuals and nations rather than matching lifeless and oversimplified ideological patterns,\u2019 the message of the Moscow forum reads.\nAmong important consequences of the World Summit of Religious Leaders one could note a noticeable thaw in relations between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, strengthening of relations between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Muslim leaders from Iran and other Arab countries, a substantial progress in the dialogue with the Old-rite believers and the Russian Church Abroad. Its representatives could see with their own eyes that interreligious dialogue does not erode the fundamentals of the Orthodox faith, but rather permits to show its beauty to people of other faiths. One cannot but note the breakthrough in the relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and China People\u2019s Republic, which sent a high level delegation to the summit and promised to help revive the Orthodox life in China. The Russian leaders of Islam, Judaism and Buddhism have also gained much from the summit as they had an opportunity to express their thoughts at this representative forum and have direct contacts with people of their faith from other countries.\nThe World Summit of Religious Leaders will undoubtedly enhance Russia\u2019 authority on the international arena and serve a beautiful prelude to the G8 meeting in St. Petersburg.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 4772, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://intjcancermanag.com/en/issue/3118.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:34Z", "digest": "sha1:FKWYY3GSHEJPSWU3OP3BBNCASZOIDMN3", "length": 83, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "intjcancermanag.com", "title": "International Journal of Cancer Management - 12, 2", "raw_content": "Archive - International Journal of Cancer Management: Feb 2019, 12 (2), 1 articles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 270.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://investor.whitemountains.com/node/10271/html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:25Z", "digest": "sha1:AACHQMDDQFDIKZTKWF7FRHJKMBZ7PDVH", "length": 1539, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "investor.whitemountains.com", "title": "SEC Filing | White Mountains Insurance Group", "raw_content": "Phantom Shares (Deferred Compensation (2) 09/28/2005 A 136(3) (6) (6) Common Shares 136 $601.75(5) 41,295 D\n1. Since June 23, 2005, the date of Reporting Person's last filing, Reporting Person acquired 19 shares of WTM's Common Shares under the Folksamerica 401(k) Plan. WTM Common Shares are purchased at fair market value on the date of purchase. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of August 31, 2005.\n4. Payment of deferred compensation balances is due in cash based on a predetermined Payment Schedule entered into in October 1999 by the Reporting Person.\n6. The Phantom Shares are payable, at the election of the Company, in cash or in Common Shares following termination of the Reporting Person's employment with the Company or beginning at an earlier date selected by the Reporting Person in accordance with the terms of the deferred compensation plan.\n8. Reporting Person was originally granted 9,000 options to purchase Common Shares on February 28, 2000. 900 options become exercisable annually over a ten-year period. 335 options were exercised on December 27, 2001 at an exercise price of $118.15, 1,000 options were exercised on December 30, 2002 at an exercise price of $125.30, and 435 options were exercised on December 20, 2004 at an exercise price of $140.75.\nconstitutes and appoints each of Brian Palmer, Chief Accounting\nOfficer, Robert L. Seelig, General Counsel, and\nDennis P. Beaulieu, Secretary, of White Mountains Insurance\nGroup, Ltd., signing singly, the undersigned's true and", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 9313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 201.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/10397/19360", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:50Z", "digest": "sha1:BFY7KR7DYNKBCFNRCDVOS46JLJSVDWTX", "length": 1743, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk", "title": "The effect of career ambition and satisfaction on attitudes towards equal opportunities and family-friendly policies for women : a case study in Hong Kong | PolyU Institutional Research Archive", "raw_content": "Title: The effect of career ambition and satisfaction on attitudes towards equal opportunities and family-friendly policies for women : a case study in Hong Kong\nAuthors: Ng, CW\nFosh, P\nKeywords: Equal employment opportunities\nSource: Community, work and family, 2004, v. 7, no. 1, p. 43-70 How to cite?\nJournal: Community, Work and Family\nAbstract: This study aims to uncover some of the reasons for differences in attitudes towards family-friendly and equal opportunities (EO) policies for women between senior and junior staff and between male and female staff. This in-depth case study of a multi-national corporation in Hong Kong that included a survey questionnaire, interviews and participant observation suggests four categories of female employees according to their approach to EO: advocators, supporters, outsiders and rejecters. The approach adopted was dependent on the woman's level of empathy towards the situation of working women and the extent of her career ambition. Four categories of male employees can also be classified depending on their level of empathy towards women's situation (similar to women's case) and their extent of career satisfaction (in contrast to women's career ambition), namely, antagonists, outsiders, fence-sitters and sympathizers. Women at higher levels were less supportive of EO than women at lower levels. No such clear relationship between organizational level and attitudes towards EO was observed among men. In Hong Kong, female managers had little expectation that their organization would be family-friendly and women workers who consciously chose to balance work and family accepted that it meant fewer promotional chances. No such self-adjusted depressed ambition was observed among men.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3912, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 311.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iradeutchman.com/media/a-press-release-from-the-not-too-distant-future/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:25Z", "digest": "sha1:774RX5RRF7ZVLWD3ILDNOVNQQAY6UAQ5", "length": 4150, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "iradeutchman.com", "title": "A Press Release From the Not-Too-Distant Future | Ira Deutchman", "raw_content": "\u2190 A Cautionary Tale for Filmmakers\nVideo from \u201cThe Conversation\u201d \u2192\nA Press Release From the Not-Too-Distant Future\nThe following press release was meant to go out this coming September, but apparently a draft was accidentally left in a bar on Madison Avenue, and immediately found its way to the web.\nNEW SONY TELEVISIONS TO BE PROTECTED FROM PROBLEMATIC CONTENT\nNBC UNIVERSAL PLATFORM NO LONGER SUPPORTED\nSony Corporation announced today that its new line of LCD televisions, to be introduced later this month, would have built-in protection against what it termed \u201cproblematic content.\u201d Sir Howard Stringer, Sony\u2019s Chairman, CEO and President said \u201cSony\u2019s goal is to create an environment where consumers can trust that what they are getting is worthy of the TV set it is being played upon.\u201d Right out of the box, all content from NBC Universal will be blocked due to what Sony is calling \u201cits instability.\u201d\nIn a lengthy public memo elaborating on the reasons for the new strategy, Stringer said, \u201cSony has had a long history of working with NBC. In fact, every TV we\u2019ve ever built could get NBC programming. However, there are the issues of reliability, security and performance, and NBC\u2019s programming fails on all three fronts. NBC\u2019s late night schedule is just one example of why Sony has determined that the network is not a stable platform.\u201d\nIn reponse to criticism that Sony is creating a \u201cclosed\u201d platform, Stringer responded that it is NBC that is the closed environment. Stringer said, \u201cNBC\u2019s products are 100% proprietary. They are only available from NBC, and NBC has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc. There are millions of people who want to create their own TV shows. NBC insists they have to be in color, that they have to be in focus and that they have to star Jay Leno. That\u2019s hardly an open platform. So who are they kidding? By almost any definition, NBC is a closed system.\u201d\nIn order to make sure that viewers can still get those shows that Sony determines are worthy of their TVs, the company is reaching out directly to the producers of NBC shows. Sony is already in advance negotiations to bring \u201cThe Biggest Loser\u201d directly to consumers, \u201cwithout having to go through that flakey platform,\u201d according to Stringer.\nOther innovations in the latest Sony LCD line include the lack of any inputs or outputs, and a new feature where the TV senses if you are lying down or standing on your head, and automatically rotates the picture appropriately.\nStringer stated \u201cThis product introduction is a proud moment for the company that was the first to realize that control of hardware and software is the road toward total world domination. We hope that over the next few years, we\u2019ll own the work of every artist in the world, both living and dead.\u201d\nThis entry was posted in Media and tagged Biggest Loser, Jay Leno, Media, NBC Universal, Sir Howard Stringer, Sony. Bookmark the permalink.\n5 Responses to A Press Release From the Not-Too-Distant Future\nRyan Koo says:\nGreat excoriating take on the Apple/Adobe war.\nApple\u2019s reasoning for banning Adobe Flash-originated applications \u2014 that non-native applications don\u2019t live up to native programming, from a quality standpoint \u2014 is a blanket statement that should really be applied on a case-by-base basis. That\u2019s why Apple already has an approval process in place for applications.\nThere are two sides to Apple: their solid technological foundation, and the \u201cour way or the high way\u201d consumer-facing ecosystem. I\u2019m reliant on the former, and have a strong distaste for the latter.\nMore here:Apple is getting a bit dickish\nThe comparison would only be really accurate if NBC could not find another television in the marketplace that could show it\u2019s content\u2026\nPingback: Apple Snubs Adobe Again with New Mac Pros - NoFilmSchool\nComcast may soon OWN NBC and any ways the cable box does all the decoding work and the TV will be ticked in to thinking it\u2019s not NBC.\nSheesh... says:\nJoe\u2026. please tell me that you joking and realize the story was a commentary, not a real story about Sony and NBC.\nThen again..anyone who types; \u201cany ways\u201d is probably missing something.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 6561, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 330.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://is4profit.com/small-businesses-starting-to-lose-confidence-in-government/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:08Z", "digest": "sha1:XYMOY2XR2D5UIMMQFGON3G33LWDGBER4", "length": 2257, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "is4profit.com", "title": "Small Businesses Starting to Lose Confidence in Government |Business advice from is4profit", "raw_content": "Business advice from is4profit | Small Businesses Starting to Lose Confidence in Government |\nSmall Businesses Starting to Lose Confidence in Government\nUK entrepreneurs are becoming increasingly frustrated with a perceived lack of government support \u2013 namely around Cameron\u2019s recent tax and living wage changes\nNatasha Mc Gowan October 19, 2015\nA large proportion of UK small business owners are frustrated with the lack of government support with many worried about the negative effect taxes on dividends and the new National Living Wage (NLW) could have on their business.\nThe research by Smith & Williamson, as part of its latest quarterly Enterprise Index, found that the number of small firms that are dissatisfied with the government\u2019s level of support has risen by 10% in the last three months to 30%.\nCompanies stated that, while \u201cbroadly supportive\u201d of David Cameron\u2019s government, they were disappointed with the new mandatory NLW (which will rise to \u00a37.20 from April 2016) and the new dividend taxes.\nAnnounced in the summer Budget, the dividend taxes will mean that basic-rate payers have to pay tax on dividend income. This new tax also comes into play in April.\nThe study also revealed complaints from small business owners about the government\u2019s recent cap on venture capital trusts (VCT) which limits VCT investment to \u00a315m, or \u00a320m if it\u2019s a knowledge intensive company.\nOther negative factors highlighted by small firms included a lack of confidence in the global economy and in banks \u2013 with 90% of respondents stating that they were considering launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise finance.\nGuy Rigby, partner and head of entrepreneurial services at Smith & Williamson, commented:\n\u201cThese VCT changes have been forced on us by the EU and they\u2019re limiting the amount of money a business can raise for acquisitions and buyouts. While it\u2019s been forced upon on the UK, the feeling is that perhaps the treasury hasn\u2019t been too terribly robust in its defence. It will slow the finance opportunities for companies and is not helpful.\u201d\nTags:David Cameron\u2019s governmentNational Living Wage (NLW)Smith & WilliamsonVenture Capital Trusts\nBy Natasha Mc Gowan\nSmall Business Confidence \u201cPlummets\u201d due...\nRemember, Remember 5th OCTOBER: Self-Ass...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 4312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://isecurityinc.com/feedback-forum/home_page/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:35Z", "digest": "sha1:4XGOGM674FAZHVE2JURKMKJRPSM6IUKZ", "length": 1509, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "isecurityinc.com", "title": "Crime Stats | Invincible Security", "raw_content": "Home / Feedback Forum / Crime Stats\nCommentary- FBI statistics show a decrease in the number of break-ins in 2014 from 2013. At the same time security system users have increased in greater numbers than this decrease. We, in the industry, think this is no coincidence; more security system users = less break-ins.\nThe FBI\u2019s U niform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines burglary as the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft. To classify an offense as a burglary, the use of force to gain entry need not have occurred. The UCR Program has three subclassifications for burglary: forcible entry, unlawful entry where no force is used, and attempted forcible entry.\nIn 2014, there were an estimated 1,729,806 burglaries, a decrease of 10.5 percent when compared with 2013 data.\nThe number of burglaries decreased 20.2 percent when compared with 2010 and was down 19.7 percent when compared with the 2005 estimate.\nThe estimated number of burglaries accounted for 20.9 percent of the estimated number of property crimes.\nBy subcategory, 58.3 percent of burglaries involved forcible entry, 35.2 percent were unlawful entries, and 6.5 percent were attempted forcible entry.\nVictims of burglary offenses suffered an estimated $3.9 billion in property losses in 2014. Overall, when the average value was applied to the estimated number of burglaries, the average dollar loss per burglary offense was $2,251.\nBurglaries of residential properties accounted for 73.2 percent of all burglary offenses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 2051, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 237.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://itsiest.booklikes.com/post/908803/vampire-s-thirst", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:07Z", "digest": "sha1:UU7ZFLT3NOFPKUIVMILOP3SR2VY3GXNL", "length": 920, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "itsiest.booklikes.com", "title": "Vampire's Thirst - Kari@ From the TBR Pile", "raw_content": "Vampire's Thirst\nVampire's Thirst picks up fairly shortly after Vampire's Hunger left off. I enjoyed this one as much as the first book. I would advise reading this series in order as you will miss some back story as to how the zombie apocalypse came about. In this one, Kimber tries to come up with a way to stop the nightmare that has taken over the world. I won't tell you if she and her friends succeed.\nMy biggest observation about the book is that I thought it really could have been combined with the fist one. Not a ton happens in the story other than more love scenes. So had the first book been expanded, it really could have been one longer book and not stretched into two. I would have liked to see Natalie 's love life explored more. I'm not sure if there is going to be a next book in the series, but I hope there is a continuation as there are a number of great characters I would like to know more about.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1332, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 262.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iwf.org/media/2806069/Minnesota-District-Forces-Kindergartners-to-Analyze-'White-Privilege'", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:31Z", "digest": "sha1:MEBCZIFTNVC56LPYHI4I76MLL5GNYKNG", "length": 5586, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "iwf.org", "title": "IWF -Minnesota District Forces Kindergartners to Analyze 'White Privilege'", "raw_content": "Minnesota District Forces Kindergartners to Analyze 'White Privilege'\nStudents attending government schools in the Edina School District in suburban Minneapolis have been subjected to the district\u2019s \u201cAll for All\u201d strategic plan since 2013. The program is \u201ca sweeping initiative that reordered the district\u2019s mission from academic excellence for all students to \u2018racial equity,\u2019\u201d the Weekly Standard reported in February. \u201cThe Edina school district\u2019s All for All plan mandated that henceforth \u2018all teaching and learning experiences\u2019 would be viewed through the \u2018lens of racial equity,\u2019 and that only \u2018racially conscious\u2019 teachers and administrators should be hired.\u201d\nKindergarten students participate in a project aimed at examining their skin color. Tenth graders are required to take a course focusing on colonization, immigration, and \u201cSocial Constructions of Race, Class and Gender.\u201d Since the program\u2019s implementation, black student test scores have largely decreased across the board.\n\u2018Can\u2019t Really Be Surprised\u2019\nJulie Gunlock, a senior fellow at the Independent Women\u2019s Forum, says parents are largely to blame for curricula like the Edina program becoming rampant in government schools.\n\u201cParents need to take some of the responsibility\u201d for the trend, Gunlock said. \u201cAfter all, parents have willingly ceded many parental duties to schools and school officials. We can\u2019t really be surprised that teachers and school administrators view it as their duty to teach a certain political ideology when they do a ton of other things for kids. Schools offer three meals a day, before- and after-care babysitting, healthcare, contraception, recreational programs to entertain our kids, daycare services for teens who have had babies. Some schools even send kids home with food over holiday breaks when the school is closed.\n\u201cThe sad truth is that public schools are becoming social service hubs, so we shouldn\u2019t be shocked when those that work in schools seek to prop up that system,\u201d Gunlock said.\nParents Are Frequently Shut Out\nJane Robbins, a senior fellow with the American Principles Project, says schools oftentimes go to great lengths to conceal what\u2019s going on in classrooms.\n\u201cMost schools aren\u2019t as explicit about what they\u2019re doing as Edina is,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cI was quite struck by how explicit they are, by the types of people they\u2019re hiring and the mindsets they require before they hire certain people. That was just quite remarkable to me. But as far as other schools are concerned, this sort of thing is happening, not to that degree, but it\u2019s coming in just through the general curricula that are being turned out by various instructional materials companies and certainly with education tech products like digital learning.\n\u201cWhen something is online, frequently parents can\u2019t even see what their children are seeing at school,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cSometimes they can\u2014sometimes there\u2019s a parent portal, but frequently there isn\u2019t, and sometimes the children are not allowed to log in to the school materials at home. They have to do that at school, so parents are frequently shut out. They have no idea what is happening, and I can assure you that the problem isn\u2019t that the learning materials are leaning conservative. They\u2019re all leaning in the other direction.\u201d\n\u2018It Is Slow and Relentless\u2019\nRobbins says the educational elites pushing these politicized curricula are relentless and secretive in their efforts.\n\u201cThey play the long game,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cThey\u2019ve been playing the long game for 100 years. They don\u2019t think anything of getting struck down by a local school board. They just bide their time and work on other areas, then slowly but surely it all comes around. \u2026 So [for instance], somebody creates a digital curriculum for California, then other states start to use that curriculum, and parents don\u2019t know it\u2019s being used, and frequently the local and state school boards wouldn\u2019t even know that\u2019s in the curriculum. It is slow and relentless, like dripping water, and eventually it will erode away all of our founding values.\u201d\n\u2018More Divisiveness\u2019\nRobbins says the type of instruction conducted at Edina and elsewhere will have terrible consequences for society in the long run.\n\u201cYou\u2019re are not going to have students who are well-educated,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cYou are going to have students who are indoctrinated in certain beliefs and that sort of thing. If you are minimizing the great literature and the legitimate, objective lessons of history that students have been exposed to in the past, then you are going to have less-educated people and you\u2019re going to have more divisiveness.\u201d\n\u2018Parents Need to Be More Involved\u2019\nGunlock says parents have to pay attention to what their children are being taught and not hesitate to object.\n\u201cParents need to be more involved,\u201d Gunlock said. \u201cThey need to see the classroom curriculum. They should be talking regularly to their child's teacher, and they need to feel comfortable demanding changes if they disagree with what is being taught. Too often, conservative parents don't want to make a fuss or be seen as pushy or impolite. There are various civilized ways in which to make your voice heard, but conservatives shouldn\u2019t expect this dynamic to change if they remain silent.\n\u201cThere are still good people who work in public schools and respect differences of opinion, even about politics,\u201d Gunlock said. \u201cIt\u2019s time to engage in the process a bit more, instead of sitting idly by. Our children need us to get more involved. That\u2019s the only way we'll reverse the disturbing trend of political activism in the classroom.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 7343, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 273.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jackfsanders.tripod.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:53Z", "digest": "sha1:RWDBZK2J6J6YBLNUZ6P5BR4Y5R2SQZFN", "length": 3290, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "jackfsanders.tripod.com", "title": "Books by Jack Sanders", "raw_content": "Books by Jack Sanders\nWicked Ridgefield\nRidgefield, Connecticut, often pictured as an idyllic town, has been no stranger to life's shadier characters. The history of the community includes cunning crooks, friendly embezzlers, bungling burglars, wandering scalawags, government officials gone astray \u2014 and even a murderer or two. Reading about them offers insights into how we were. And as anyone from Shakespeare to Agatha Christie could tell you, bad news can make good stories. Illustrated and indexed. Published by History Press, 2016. More information.\nHidden Ridgefield\nLike Ridgefield Chronicles (below), Hidden History of Ridgefield offers many engrossing stories of intriguing people, places and things from the town's past, extensively illustrated with old photos and maps. It includes women who were pioneers in their fields; actors, artists, writers, and musicians beloved by millions but not so well-known locally; forgotten heroes and even a few n'er-do-well \"grog-drinkers and brandy tipplers.\"Illustrated and indexed.\nPublished by History Press, 2015. More information.\nRidgefield Chronicles\nA new look at the people, places and things that have made Ridgefield, Connecticut, a fascinating community over the past 300 years. Illustrated with many old pictures and maps, Ridgefield Chronicles describes heroes and hermits, the famous and infamous, the mysterious and the forgotten. The book also offers glimpses of how Ridgefielders lived and worked long ago, and how they had fun. Published by History Press, 2014. More information.\nThe Secrets of Wildflowers\nMore than 300 colorful pages describing the natural history, folklore, uses, name origins, and horticulture of hundreds of North American wildflowers, including more than 90 color photographs by the author. Published by Lyons/Globe-Pequot, 2003. Now available in paperback. More information.\nRidgefield 1900-1950\nAn illustrated history of Ridgefield, featuring more than 215 postcards views produced in the first half of the 20th Century. Filled with interesting and entertaining facts and anecdotes about the town, its places and its people. Published by Arcadia, 2003. More information.\nFive Village Walks\nA 56-page walking history tour of the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut, extensively illustrated with old photos of the routes. Third edition published by the Ridgefield Historical Society, September 2008. More information.\nNotable Ridgefielders\nBiographical sketches of some 400 interesting Ridgefielders of the 20th Century. Published Acorn Press, December 2000. More information.\nNo longer in print but available used...\nHedgemaids and Fairy Candles: The Lives and Lore of North American Wildflowers (McGraw-Hill, 1993); The Internet Guide to Birds and Birding (McGraw-Hill, 1999; The Internet Outdoor Family Fun Yellow Pages (McGraw-Hill, 1999)\nJack Sanders spent 47 years covering the news and people of Ridgefield as a reporter and editor of The Ridgefield Press. He has also written and lectured widely on wildflowers, an interest he developed 40 years ago when he was involved in a natural history survey of the community. He also gives talks on local history.\nContact him at jackfsanders {at sign} gmail {dot} com.\nTo explore the rich history of Ridgefield, Connecticut, visit RidgefieldHistory.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 3315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 307.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jalsovszky.com/news-events/agnes-bejo-is-joining-jalsovszky-law-firm-as-a-senior-associate", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:31Z", "digest": "sha1:MN4IWTDNJW3ESLURLWKVEKFBEGXHRM5Q", "length": 1339, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "jalsovszky.com", "title": "\u00c1gnes Bej\u00f3 is joining Jalsovszky Law Firm as a senior associate :: Jalsovszky Law Firm", "raw_content": "\u00c1gnes Bej\u00f3 is joining Jalsovszky Law Firm as a new senior associate of the firm. \u00c1gnes will be responsible for co-ordinating the M&A / commercial law practice of the firm. Earlier, \u00c1gnes has gained 12-year experience at a Magic Circle law firm where she supervised several M&A transactions, including the sale of KPN\u2019s Hungarian subsidiaries and the joint venture established by EPN and Hungarocontrol. In addition, she regularly advises clients on commercial and labour law issues. \u00c1gnes speaks fluent English and good German.\n\u00c1gnes comments this remarkable step in her professional life as follows: \u201cI have been following the dynamic development of Jalsovszky Law Firm for long, meanwhile I noticed the unique colour that the firm brought to the Hungarian legal market. I was therefore pleased when Pal asked me to sit down to discuss potential co-operation opportunities. As it turned out from our conversations, we share the same ethical and professional standards which made my decision easy. I am excited by the challenge to help to further strengthen the M&A practice of the firm. I am also impressed by the firm\u2019s exceptionally high standards. I am delighted to join the young and ambitious team, where my over 10 years professional experience gained with a Magic Circle firm will be highly regarded.\u201d\nSee \u00c1gnes\u2019s CV at: \u00c1gnes Bej\u00f3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jamesrichardjanowskyawards.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:19Z", "digest": "sha1:VEPAG5G76TNBEOR5TE3X67HQ6NPQMK63", "length": 8771, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "jamesrichardjanowskyawards.com", "title": "JRJ Awards", "raw_content": "\u201cI just wanted to say thank you for all of your generosity and endowing me with such a fantastic award. It truly was a surprise and I was and still am completely shocked by your generosity. I am very thankful for the recognition and the thoughtfulness.\u201d\n\u2014 Erica Liu, 2015 Awardee\n\u201cI just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for awarding me the James Richard Janowsky Award! \u2026With your generous support, I feel even more hopeful to keep pushing to keep drawing and telling stories\u2026 to keep inspiring and entertaining others the way I originally sought out to do! Thank you!\u201d\n\u2014 Demi Chen, 2014 Awardee\n\u201cLet me start off with the first of many, many deepest, from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU\u2019S. Jane from the Alumni Affairs office informed me that I had won the James Richard Janowsky Award, and I truly can not put into words how honored and appreciative I am to receive it!\u201d\n\u2014 Ben Federman, 2013 Awardee\n\u201cHearing positive feedback like your kind words and receiving this generous award gives me a huge push to continue to work hard at my craft. Thank you for believing in my work. It means a lot to me.\u201d\n\u2014 Kate Tsang, 2014 Awardee\n\u201cThank you so much for your generous award! I am really touched and encouraged by your letter, especially your insightful metaphorical angle about Outpost. I am so glad that you liked it. One rarely gets to hear what people think of our student films, much less one that\u2019s so eloquent!\u201d\n\u2014 Shiva Bajpai, 2013 Awardee\n\u201cThank you for your words and the attention you took at watching my film. Your letter filled me with great energy and reminded me of the reason it is so important for me to keep making movies. The creation process and what follows isn\u2019t always easy, and I am very grateful for receiving a bit of light along the way.\u201d\n\u2014 Melanie Delloye, 2013 Awardee\n\u201cI am thrilled you liked my movie! Not only am I grateful for the award, but truly touched by your gesture to help young filmmakers such as myself. It is as you said today at the screening how difficult it is to receive support making these independent/short films, and to receive support from someone who does not even know me really means a lot.\u201d\n\u2014 Bruce Li, 2013 Awardee\nIn December 2012 I established the James Richard Janowsky Awards at the School of Visual Arts, New York University, and Columbia University. Each fund is a bit different: At SVA it is to help a film student with production costs; Columbia University it is to award graduate students concentrating in screenwriting; and at NYU I view completed short films and then determine which students will be awarded.\nRegarding the name of the award, I decided to use my middle name because it is my father's name, and I wanted my Dad to be there with me as we support student filmmakers the same way he supported me when I attended Columbia University\u2019s graduate film program.\nAs a former film student that incurred a large amount of student loan debt, I realize how stifling the burden of debt can be to a creative person. So I established the James Richard Janowsky Awards to help student filmmakers monetarily. But what I was surprised to learn is that the simple act of awarding a student for their work is encouragement and motivation in itself--just read the quotes above.\nI am proud to support student filmmakers. My hope is that in the future that each fund will grow, and the JRJ Awards can impact more students. If you are interested in helping me, and would like to make a donation to one of the James Richard Janowsky funds at SVA, NYU and/or Columbia, please email me at info@jrjawards.com and I\u2019ll respond with instructions. Donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.\nBorn and raised in London, Ed Barnes originally discovered a passion for dramatic storytelling when acting and directing for the theater. After graduating from Manchester with First Class Honors in Psychology, Ed shifted his attention towards film as his chosen medium. Now based in New York, and a recent Graduate of the NYU Graduate Film Program, Ed continues to write and direct his own films whilst also working READ MORE\nWATCH THE BLACKWELL TRAILER\nJon Branden\nJon Branden is a filmmaker from Woodbridge, CT. He currently attends Columbia University, where he is earning an MFA in screenwriting and directing, with an eye towards writing and directing dark comedies and dramas after graduation. Before attending Columbia, Jon worked on all levels at numerous production companies, including Jesse Dylan\u2019s Wondros (Los Angeles), Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux\u2019s Autochenille (Paris), and Ubisoft Motion Pictures (Paris). He graduated from Macalester College in 2011, with degrees in Critical Media Studies and French and Francophone Studies. When he\u2019s not making or watching movies, Jon enjoys skiing, backpacking, traveling, and playing music.\nGregorio Franchetti is a filmmaker from Rome. After earning a Bsc in Economics from SOAS, University of London, he worked in the camera department for several independent film sets, including those of directors Guy Maddin and Noah Baumbach. He then collaborated with Isabella Rossellini as a co-director for her web-series \u201cMammas\u201d, produced by Arte TV and the Sundance Channel, presented at the Berlinale in 2013. Gregorio is currently READ MORE\nGregorio Franchetti is a filmmaker from Rome. After earning a Bsc in Economics from SOAS, University of London, he worked in the camera department for several independent film sets, including those of directors Guy Maddin and Noah Baumbach. He then collaborated with Isabella Rossellini as a co-director for her web-series \u201cMammas\u201d, produced by Arte TV and the Sundance Channel, presented at the Berlinale in 2013. Gregorio is currently pursuing his career as a film director in New York, where he is completing his MFA in directing at Columbia University. His latest short film \u201cLA SOSTA (Layover)\u201d, shot in Rome, is now in the final stage of post-production. Gregorio\u2019s first feature-length screenplay \u201cMoonlight Reporters\u201d, a road movie set in Italy, has been selected by the Mediterranean Film Institute for the 2015 MFI Screenwriting Lab.\nIrisa Hou\nWATCH IRISA'S Film BUNNY BIZNESS\nErica Liu is an artist, filmmaker, and \u201cMythBusters\u201d connoisseur. She is based in New York City, but grew up in the small town of Somers, New York. She currently attends New York University and is pursuing a BFA degree in Film and Television with a concentration in animation and a minor in Game Design. Erica helped develop the VEVO OFFICIAL AVICII music video, animated bumpers on YouTube, and READ MORE\nWatch Erica's Stop-motion animation Bristles\nKahlil Maskati is a 2015 graduate of New York University\u2019s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts\u2014Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. His short film, EMPLOYEES MUST WASH HANDS, won the 2014 Oliver Stone Screenwriting Award and has been selected into several festivals. In 2012, Maskati was chosen among tri-state area film students to interview Peter Jackson as part of mtvU\u2019s #ASK web series. He was cast to READ MORE\nWATCH KAHLIL'S SHORT ANIMATION\nRory Pfotenhauer\nRory Pfotenhauer is a New York City based filmmaker from the high desert of southwest Colorado. He is a recent graduate from the School of Visual Arts film program.\nrorypfot.com/\nEli Shapiro\nWatch THAT FRIEND YOU HATE Trailer\nA versatile filmmaker with a penchant for bold visual storytelling, Kirsten Tan\u2019s works traverse a range of genres, but are consistent in their humanity and off-beat humor. Being a bit of an adventurer, she was raised in Singapore but has lived in South Korea and Thailand before coming to NYC, where she graduated from the Master\u2019s in Film Production program at NYU. There she was honored to receive READ MORE\nA versatile filmmaker with a penchant for bold visual storytelling, Kirsten Tan\u2019s works traverse a range of genres, but are consistent in their humanity and off-beat humor. Being a bit of an adventurer, she was raised in Singapore but has lived in South Korea and Thailand before coming to NYC, where she graduated from the Master\u2019s in Film Production program at NYU. There she was honored to receive the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts Fellowship.\nHer works have screened in over 50 international film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Busan International Film Festival and MoMA, NYC.\nHer upcoming feature film, POPEYE, participated in the Berlinale Talents script station and was awarded the top production prize at the Torino Film Lab. POPEYE is also one of 15 by invitation projects to be showcased in the distinguished Cannes Film Festival\u2019s L\u2019Atelier, which highlights the world\u2019s up-and-coming talents.\nhttp://kirstentan.com/\nAidan Terry\nWATCH AIDAN'S SHORT FILM CRIOLLO", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 16938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 230.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jamiedoughertydesigns.blogspot.com/2016/10/life-book-winner.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:09Z", "digest": "sha1:GY4O3NQHJ6ACFLKOIHY6TGPYF5RMTOFR", "length": 40, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "jamiedoughertydesigns.blogspot.com", "title": "Jamie Dougherty Designs: Life Book Winner!!", "raw_content": "Jackie P Neal October 2, 2016 at 3:16 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 4918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 112.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jerrytherubbishman.com/CA/low-income-auto-insurance/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:20Z", "digest": "sha1:MXG7RLK3AJOKC5JH5XC2ARYFJTAJPABU", "length": 6787, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jerrytherubbishman.com", "title": "Low income auto insurance CA. 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The silver-haired woman paged swiftly through the dog-eared volume, coming to a sudden stop about a third of the way though. \"Well, I'll be...\" she muttered under her breath.\n\"What is it, Grandmama?\" the youngster at her side repeated impatiently.\n\"Well Ingrid, this is a magazine interview, from a long time ago,\" she answered slowly, eyes scanning the pages intently. \"About another lifetime,\" followed softly under her breath, too softly for the girl to hear.\n\"Oh, cool!\" the girl enthused. \"Read it to me? Please?\" she demanded as she climbed into the lap of her family matriarch.\nThe woman looked up sharply, trying to stifle the impish grin threatening to spread across her face. \"You should be able to read it for yourself. Aren't you learning English in that school of yours?\" she teased, all the while settling her great-granddaughter more comfortably in her lap.\n\"Aw, Grandmama, I just started and it's so hard! Why can't everybody speak easy languages, like Swedish or Japanese?\"\n\"You should ask your mother or father to help you, then.\" At the downcast look on the child's face, she relented. \"All right. Here's what it says--\"\n\"Read it in Swedish, Grandmama,\" the girl ordered.\n\"I'll do no such thing, young lady. You need the practice, so I'll read it in English. Now then. It says.....\"\nMusic-Media / September 2080\nIn this issue, Music-Media's 10 Questions are answered by one of the music industry's most surprising success stories of the century. Thirty-five years ago, a little known singer in MegaTokyo purchased an abandoned garage and converted it into a recording studio. From those humble beginnings, AI Unlimited has grown into a highly diversified multinational entertainment conglomerate, with annual earnings surpassing the GNP of some countries.\nThe driving force behind this phenomenal achievement lies within one woman. It was her over-riding vision that led to AI's place as one of the top five corporate giants in the world today. Now approaching seventy, Priscilla Asagiri-Olafsson, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of AI Unlimited, recently announced she will be stepping away from the day-to-day operation of AI at the end of the year. Never one to talk publicly about her private life, she nevertheless agreed to this interview about her life and the founding of AI, her first interview of any kind in fifteen years.\nan interview with Priscilla Asagiri-Olafsson\nMusic-Media's Peter Fontana recently met with Ms. Asagiri-Olafsson at her modest, almost spartan, apartment in the hills overlooking Tokyo Bay. A child of the apocalyptic streets of MegaTokyo in the 20's, turned multi-media mogul of the 80's, she is also well-known for her continuing support of charitable organizations, such as her own foundation for the rights of children, Shining Knights.\nAfter an exchange of greetings, Ms. Asagiri was asked what it was like growing up in MegaTokyo in the years after the Second Great Kanto Earthquake (2025).\nPA: It was pretty bad. I lost my entire family in that quake. Well, I wasn't the only one, thousands of kids were orphaned that day. The city was almost flattened. What I remember most was how hard it was to breathe. All the smoke from the fires, and all the dust and other things in the air from building collapses. Of course, the city government was gone, and things were just too overwhelming for the police or fire departments to cope. Assuming they had anything left to do their jobs with. By the time the national government got help in, the gangs had almost taken over. Total chaos. It was years before the police were able to put the gangs under some sort of control. (pause) Of course, that's all said with the benefit of hindsight. All I knew at the time was that I wanted my parents and couldn't have them.\nPF: And this terrible experience led you into music?\nPA: Like most of the kids, I ended up in a very overcrowded orphanage. At first there were so many of us, and so little in the way of facilities, that we lived in tent camps. Each group of tents had a counselor of sorts assigned to it, one person for about thirty of us. The counselors were responsible for us, seeing that we stayed out of trouble and didn't get in the way while recovery was going on.\nAt first, all of us were so shell-shocked that we just sat around all day and did nothing but cry. After some time, we started getting into fights with each other. Can you imagine, thousands of kids going through all this grief, and no constructive outlet for any of it? Now, can you imagine an entire city doing the same? They were very edgy times.\nAnyway, the counselor for my group came in with the relief force, and she brought a guitar with her. Whenever she wasn't chasing us down for one thing or another, she would sit outside her tent and play. I'd learned to play the piano a little, because my mother wanted me to, but I'd never known anybody who could play the guitar. I was fascinated, and she knew so many songs.... Whenever she found the time to play, I was right there. I guess she became my idol, because I just followed her around and tried to do things for her. Then one day she showed me how to play a couple chords, and then a simple song, and I was hooked.\nPF: So how does a twelve year old guitar newbie become an eighteen year old retrothrasher?\nPA: Practice. (laughs) One thing about an orphanage: you mix with kids with upbringings just slightly different from your own. My parents had liked traditional music. The kids I hung with were into more modern sounds. One kid got me interested in the metal bands and grunge bands from back in the last century.\nOnce I left the orphanage I got involved with a group of people who were into thrash, and they helped me put a band together, and I started trying my hand at a bit of songwriting. We were pretty successful on the club circuit, and came close to signing a couple times, but... (shrugs)\nPF: Stories say Priss and the Replicants were never signed because of political reasons.\nPA: Actually, we were signed at one point, but the company wasn't really serious about it and it ended up leading to the Reps break-up.\nAs for politics, I was pretty outspoken on some things in my younger days. And there were rumors at the time that we were being actively blackballed by a conglomerate because of my opinions. This was a different company from the one that eventually signed and dumped us, by the way. Anyway, at first we didn't care about the blackballing. Later, though, it caused some problems in the band, and we lost quite a few people. Who wants to play when it's strictly dead-end?\nPF: Did you ever find out who was doing this and why?\nPA: Yes. (pauses) Next question.\nPF: (pause) All right. You were seriously injured during the last major boomer rampage of the 2040's. Being injured by a boomer must have been quite a shock to you.\nPA: Well, that was the chance you took living in MegaTokyo in those days. The only reason I survived was that I was with friends who were able to keep the shock and blood loss under control until I could be taken to proper medical attention. A couple of my other friends were killed that night, so I think I came out of it all right.\nPF: You broke up your band and founded AI within months of your injury. Were the three related?\nPA: Yes, but not quite how you might think.\nWe'd been talking about permanently breaking up Paper Unicorn for several months. It was pretty obvious we weren't going to get anywhere either, and I wanted to try some new things by then. I'd been testing the waters a little as a solo for a few years as well, and had gotten some nibbles, including an ill-conceived attempt to turn me into an idol singer shortly after the Priss and the Replicants broke up back in '34... (laughs) ...but nothing ever really came of it.\nWhen my legs were amputated, I had a long period of rehabilitation ahead so I could learn how to get along with the prosthetics. Since I wouldn't be able to perform for a few months, we decided that it was as good a time as any to go our separate ways. The guys in Unicorn picked up a new singer and kept at it, and after I got AI going they were one of the first groups we signed. They did quite well for us too.\nSo here I was, trying to decide what I wanted to do with myself. One of the things I had been considering was trying to start my own label to record on. I had some money stashed away, and had some friends who were willing to make a risky investment. Another friend was retiring, and sold me his automotive repair garage as a place to set up shop. After some pretty major renovations to the facility, AI was in business.\nPF: What was the make-or-break event for AI?\nPA: We'd been doing OK, getting by as a small label for a few years. We had several new artists in the catalog, but nobody who had really broken through. A couple of majors were sniffing around, thinking of us as a target for acquisition, and I was considering taking the first reasonable offer made.\nOne day, word came from San Francisco that Vision wanted to talk with us. She'd been making films for a few years and had let her recording career go to concentrate on that. But she'd decided it was time to try to make a comeback.\nThis was a make or break deal for us, so two of our Directors flew over to try to work something out. One had been a friend of Vision's family for several years, and the other had had some... informal business dealings with Vision's family in the past.\nTwo corporate Directors to perform simple negotiations may have been a bit of overkill, but we felt that we needed to show some measure of respect for what she was trying to do for us. It worked out well too. A week later, we had Vision under contract, and managed to help her revitalize her career. The work we did with her made our reputation in the industry, and we never looked back.\nThe only downside to this was the plane our representatives were returning on crashed in the Pacific. There were no survivors. The company managed to recover from the loss eventually, but those of us who knew them as friends still miss them.\nPF: What will you be doing after your retirement?\nPA: Oh, I'm not retiring, just cutting back a little. Poul and I will be going back to Sweden for a while, and then we have other plans. (smiles) And we'd both like more time to enjoy our grandchildren while they are young. Our oldest son, L.D., will be taking over as President and CEO of AI, but I'm staying on as Chairman of the Board. And I'm not relinquishing any of my other corporate responsibilities, so I'll still be around.\nPF: In conclusion, I'd like to ask a simple question. What do you consider to be the most important thing to happen to you in your life?\nPA: (pauses)\nOh, man... the old woman mused, not showing any sign of her discomfort to her great-granddaughter, that little prick wasted all my time asking about stuff that'd been talked about and written about and had films made about, and all of a sudden he had to ask about that? It's not like he knew the truth, but still...\nThe most important thing that ever happened to me, and I still can't talk about it to anyone. Well, not exactly true, Nene's still around. Then again, she wasn't there.\nI wonder what would have happened if Sylia hadn't run me off the road that night? If I'd pulled my gun instead of that knife? If I'd taken a different road toward Genom Tower? How long had she been watching me, anyway? It couldn't have been all that long, but she never said, just gave me one of those looks that made me feel about 3 years old whenever I asked.\nLinna got the same deal. Sylia was just there when she was at a really low point, made an offer, and Linna grabbed at it.\nOh Linna, why did that damn plane have to go down? You were having so much fun, and then a $2 seal has to blow out at 45,000 feet and ruin everything. Shit! I don't know if I'll ever forgive you for dying on me like that...\nIt's kind of funny, though. The first time I saw Vision's \"Say Yes\" video I was sure someone had been talking. It was almost like what happened to me, and you had been close to Reika's sister.... what was her name? Arlene?\nThe most important thing....\nHe'd just died, and the cops were blowing it off. Funny, how the cop at the scene ended up as a fanboy of mine and a major thorn in the side. Still, we both knew how to play the game, and we had some good times. Poor Leon... what a way to go. Did they ever find all the pieces?\nI guess I had a death wish back then; I sure wouldn't have survived what I planned. I probably wouldn't have gotten past the first security checkpoint. When I saw that red Benz pull up behind me I thought it was them. When I ran.... Who knew a four-wheel street machine could move that fast. That thing rode right up on my ass, and I lost it. No excuse... I shouldn't have. I guess I had other things on my mind.\nThank God the Benz didn't run me over. With the headlights in my eyes, the only hint I had that anyone was coming for me was the sound of the wing hatch opening. And when I did see something, it's this fashion model coming toward me from the driver's side.\nAnd then she stopped, and smirked at me, and... well... I just reacted. You never did blame me for doing it, did you Sylia? You never even said anything about it ever again. You just did something, and next I knew I was face down on the hood of the Benz, and you had my knife, my gun, and my holdout. And then you ask if I'm OK, say I'm not going to get away with it, and ask if I would go with you for some coffee.\nJesus, Sylia, as smart as you were, you could be so naive about some things. I could have had you seven ways from Sunday then. I still have no idea why I went with you. Maybe I just wanted my stuff back. Maybe I was hurting too much from the wreck, and needed a ride. Maybe you just made me curious. You sure seemed to know what I was up to, and I guess I needed to find out about that. I needed to find out who you were working for, and how you knew.\nAnd later, you made this unbelievable offer... I thought you were nuts. I decided that if you came through on your promise to help me get mine, I could use you and then get rid of you. I've no idea why you trusted me, that I wouldn't pull something. I never realized I'd still be doing field work for you fourteen years later. Still be your friend.\nI don't know if I'll ever forgive Linna for dying, but Sylia, I know I'll never forgive you.... And I'll never forgive myself either. You didn't even want to go on that goddamned trip.\nWell, it's taken me long enough to decide, but maybe you weren't as naive about some things as I thought. You sure took me in. In more ways than one.\nPA: (pauses) The most important? Why, my family, of course.\nPF: Thank you for your time, and for consenting to this interview.\nPA: You're very welcome.\nThe sudden silence was broken by a child's voice. \"Is that the end, Grandmama?\"\n\"That's all there is, sweetie,\" she replied as she closed the fragile paper pages and returned the issue to its place in the chest. She sat quietly for a moment, then looked down into the child's face, into the brown eyes with reddish highlights, so much like her own.\n\"What does it mean, 'enjoy your grandchildren?'\" Ingrid asked. \"Do you enjoy me? I'm a grandchildren!\"\n\"No, little one,\" Priss answered, cuddling the little girl close. \"You're a GREAT grandchild. And I enjoy you very, very much.\"\nFirstly, while Peter Fontana may have an interview with Priscilla Asagiri-Olafsson in another 83 years, I wrote this one, the one done in 1997.\nWhy write this? I've given several reasons in answer to this. I guess I felt a little sorry for Priss -- really awful things always seem to happen to her in 'fics, and I'm as guilty of that as everyone else (I mean, here I am, trying to be nice to her, and I still manage to make her a double amputee). I guess this is my attempt at giving her some sort of a future, at making her a success in life.\nAny questions/comments can be sent to me at jhedge@rcn.com or jhedge@compuserve.com.\n10 Questions, 18 January, 1997", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 16558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 251.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jimnovo.com/newsletter-3-2006.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:25Z", "digest": "sha1:5H7IV6COPCBCK7VSKZGLJ5UYLZQBCRLT", "length": 13404, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "jimnovo.com", "title": "Intra - Company Promotional Financial Risks", "raw_content": "Intra-Company Promotional Risks\n# Intra-Company Promotional Risks\nI have a \"stretch\" issue for you this month, where we go out closer to the edge and take a look at some more \"challenging\" ideas. Often these are topics that you don't have to deal with in your business right now, but as you get deeper into this customer marketing thing, they are going to come for ya. Better to put in a little effort now and be prepared for the future, don't you think?\nFrom allocating sales to the correct marketing source when there is no source code, to driving online sales with behaviorally targeted offline marketing, to preventing the different divisions of a company from stealing each other's best customers and losing money in the process, we've got a lot to go through.\nMultichannel challenge - better decisions through integrated tracking\nOur company has 8 divisions and we completed the integration of all the customer databases a couple of years ago. We have the 360 degree view of the customer, at least as far as sales transactions, across the entire company in one database.\nA: Congratulations! However, I note not joy, but some kind of concern in you voice. I'm just waiting for the \"But...\"\nQ: The database services group I am part of is under IT. We respond to requests from the different divisions for customer analysis and the creation of promotional lists for email, direct mail, and telephone campaigns. It's interesting because our group is finally directly involved with increasing the profitability of the business and we have some input, which makes the job more rewarding. I picked up your book because I thought reading it might increase our ability to contribute.\nA: Well, again, congratulations! But I'm still getting that nagging feeling from your tone. Still waiting for the \"But...\"\nQ: I've got a two part question for you:\n1. What I am seeing is the different divisions promote to \"best customers\" of the company as a whole, or even try to target best customers of another division for their campaigns. It seems to me that contacting these same people over and over from the different perspectives of the divisions is not optimizing customer value, and might actually be irritating to the customers (I know it would be irritating to me).\nThe contact frequency across all divisions to the same customer can reach 4 - 6 times a month through various media (phone, mail, e-mail). Also, there is no customer retention effort going on that I am aware of, it appears it is all acquisition oriented but the main targets are customers of other divisions.\nA: Oh boy, the database marketing pendulum has started swinging the other way, from \"we don't know what to do with all this data\" to \"we're really maximizing that database asset\". You are correct to be concerned about this issue. Talk about \"push marketing\"... the intent of each division is \"pull\" because of the targeting but the result is \"push\" because of the volume and \"noise\" created at the customer level. Too much too fast.\n2. It is very difficult to communicate these marketing concerns to the various divisions and we of course don't have any authority in this area. It's our job to respond to requests for producing these lists, not point out what we think might be problems. But what we are seeing is response rates for all promotions are falling, which then causes the marketers to become more targeted, which results in even more communications from the 8 divisions to even fewer people to meet sales numbers.\nA: Triple \"Oh Boy\". You've served up a heap o' trouble here. The good news is that you (and hopefully others) are reaching the next level of sophistication in database marketing. And by the way, I am totally not shocked that an analyst / IT person got to thinking along these lines before the marketing people in the divisions. It just makes sense, because you \"see it all\" and they see only their division.\nThe bad news is when divisions of the same company start trying to steal share of wallet from each other, there is always waste and sometimes out-and-out losses. The potential for subsidy cost problems (spending more money to generate a sale that would have happened without the added spending) in a model like this are huge, and these activities have to be measured and managed from a company-wide perspective.\nThis issue is generally addressed in the trade press as \"managing touch points\", though I have never read advice from anybody who is specific on the \"how to manage\" side of things.\nLet's take a specific, simple example.\nA retailer of office supplies has 3 divisions - retail, catalog, and web. The 3 divisions are supported on a \"universal database\" where customer purchase records from all three divisions are consolidated. The records are tagged with the source of the customer.\nEach division wants to increase their profits, and the database tracks customers who do business with one or more divisions. Each division aggressively uses the database to generate more business and increase profits for itself. However, by using control groups and analyzing the profitability of programs it is found that increasing the profits in one division decreases the profits in another, and the \"net net\" of all this activity is a decrease in overall company profits. How can this be?\nLet's say the catalog division generates $4 in sales for every $1 it spends. The retail division decides to target best customers of the catalog division with a promotion, and gets $2 in sales for every $1 it spends - without driving any incremental sales at the customer level. The customer simply swaps channels to take advantage of the promotion but buys the same amount of stuff they would normally buy - but at a bigger discount.\nSo every marginal dollar in sales that moves from the catalog division to the retail division decreases the profitability of the company as a whole. The customer buys the same total amount of stuff, but at a higher cost to the company, since the same sales occurred but at a higher discount - a subsidy cost.\nThis happens all the time, but people simply don't or can't measure it. The divisions are \"stealing share\" of each other's best customers, but doing it at an expense level that is higher than would have occurred without the promotion.\nSo how do you rationalize this mess and get beyond it? The company has to set up some rules regarding \"ownership\" of the customer, set up financial accountability for their divisions, then enforce communication guidelines.\nThe customer owner division is usually the division that acquired the customer into the company, that generated the first financial transaction. In a more sophisticated model, it can also be the division that the customer first contacted, even though the actual first sale happened in another division. The customer generally views the company through the lens of this first purchase or first contact division, so it makes sense that division should control access to the customer. This approach also aligns with any \"source tracking\" you might have in place already.\nOnce \"ownership\" of the customer is created, you move to financial accountability. There are generally two ways to do this: through fiat and through market forces.\n1. Through fiat. If the organization is strong enough, the CEO simply declares that this is a problem; that all intra-company promotions will be analyzed for incremental profitability, and promotions that are not profitable from a company-wide view are \"banned\". Activity found to be simply moving money from one pocket to another at a discount will not be supported and database access not granted for these promotions.\nThe challenges to this approach stem from the organizational structure of the analytical personnel. If the financial analysis of promotions is conducted in the Divisions as opposed to in a centralized unit reporting directly to the CIO, CFO, or CEO, this model is probably not going to work. The divisions will all engage in \"data spinning\" to prove what they are doing is incrementally profitable to the company and you get the same mess only with a trail of \"facts\" to support it.\nThe great thing about this model is it does not stifle creativity and encourages learning. Divisions can share information on what works with intra-division promotion and can actually work together to maximize the company-view value of the customer.\nOften, there is a \"natural sequence of relationships\" that maximizes value and so as customers \"defect\" from one division they can become \"new customers\" of another division instead of defecting from the company completely. Understanding how this all works and encouraging it through the marketing plan is one of the most profitable macro-level programs a company can implement. It's what CRM wants to be when it grows up.\nUnder this scenario, your team - the people that actually manage list pulls and so forth - would become part of this rolled-up analytical unit reporting to the C level. This is essential to the idea of not repeating promotions that are found to be unprofitable intra-company.\n2. Through \"market forces\". The co-mingled universal database is considered a corporate asset (it is, right?) and the divisions compete with each other for access to it. For any customers a division \"owns\" as defined above, the division always has free access to them. But if a division wants access to customers \"owned\" by another division, it has to \"bid\" for the access against other divisions.\nLet's say Division A has best customers and know they can generate $.50 in incremental profits per customer with promotions to these customers. If they were going to rent this list to Division B for a promotion, it would make economic sense from them to charge at least $.50 per customer, and if Division C also wanted to rent the list, they might bid higher than Division B. Promotional \"cycles\" are established for each customer segment to make sure the company-wide contact frequency is not too high, and the Divisions bid for access against each other each cycle.\nIf the Divisions are \"rational\" from an economic perspective, they are not going to bid more than they can make in profits on a promotion, and they are much more likely to be \"honest\" in their profitability analysis when they have financial skin in the game. Over time, this model optimizes itself as Divisions find out what profits are and bid accordingly. Those Divisions who are the smartest or best at generating profits can afford to pay higher rates and rise to the top. It's the Darwinian approach to intra-company list rental.\nThe downside to this model is probably obvious - it creates administrative overhead and an artificial \"profit center\" in the management of the corporate database. Also, there may be legacy issues (example: size of the division relative to others) that make a \"pure play\" market unfair. So adjustments may have to be made. However, it does \"force\" a real value on the use of the database and can also justify / pay for the overhead of the database operations.\nI've operated under both models, and the first is by far the best. But the organizational challenge of consolidating the analytical groups out of the silos into one master group reporting to the C level are not trivial.\nSo what typically happens is the org starts with Model #2, sees the value being created, and wants to optimize this value by moving to Model #1, taking out the overhead of managing the bidding process and intra-company payments. And they can now do it successfully, because there is now a fairly comprehensive (and pretty honest) data trail related to the success and value of intra-company promotions.\nWhy make the move to Model #1 then?\nModel #2 stifles true creativity because it does not include the sharing of intelligence that you get with a consolidated analysis group. For example, the key info required to map out intra-company migration of customers as a retention plan is all still in the silos, untapped. Only when this information is consolidated and shared by the analysts can you map out such a plan for holding on to customers longer.\nYou have unearthed the underwater base of the iceberg that leads to the eventual consolidation of the analytical group. If I was you, I might see if you get any response to these ideas by pushing them up your own ladder - a food for thought kind of thing.\nOne thing I am sure of: in 3 to 5 years this is going to become a big issue as analytics infects the corporation. Many companies that live and die by the analytics have already seen the problems and consolidated the analysts.\nAnd from experience, I can tell you this change in perspective is a lot prettier when it comes from the bottom up. When it comes from the top down - generally due to some massive meltdown with conflicts between Divisional or silo reporting - it is not pretty.\nFor example, I was in a meeting where \"key metrics\" were being discussed by the 5 operational heads of a company and the \"base\" of all of these metrics was number of customers. When the CEO found out that the number of customers each ops head was using differed by as much as 8%, he got very angry. When it became obvious the definition of \"customer\" was modified in the silo to make the silo metrics look better, he imploded.\nSave yourself the pain, start the conversations about these ideas while you have open minds and not a corporate edict to execute.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 18570, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 335.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://joanna-baker.com/tag/drawing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:14Z", "digest": "sha1:OZVXYTGVBNIJCJNA3MBBYZTN3BBZUFEM", "length": 703, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "joanna-baker.com", "title": "drawing | Joanna Baker : Fashion & Lifestyle Illustrations", "raw_content": "The First Day in May\u2026\nHappy new month! It\u2019s the first day in May which means the Met Gala red carpet will be out in full force tonight! I\u2019m excited to sketch my favorite gowns as they arrive. The fashion at the Met Gala is always the most dramatic and it makes for the best illustrations!\nDon\u2019t forget to turn your Favorite Things Calendar to the new mont =) I\u2019ll be back soon with a recap of all my Met Gala sketches\u2026 stay tuned!\nThis entry was posted in From the Sketchpad and tagged blooms, daisies, derby, drawing, fashion illustration, fashion illustrator, favorite things, flowers, illustrator, kentucky derby, may, may flowers, mother's day, new month, spring time on May 1, 2017 by Joanna Baker.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 5189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 337.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jobs.languagelink.ru/jobs/work-study/faq.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:00Z", "digest": "sha1:6CD67ZVY4IS2POIY47C4IV6ZPETD7KQ6", "length": 21926, "nlines": 74, "source_domain": "jobs.languagelink.ru", "title": "FAQ", "raw_content": "Moving to Russia is a big step, and if you are considering applying for the Work-Study programme you are bound to have a lot of questions about what awaits you at Language Link. Below you will find answers to some of the most frequently asked questions, covering everything from safety to school facilities and accreditation to accommodation. If you have a question that doesn't feature in this list, please contact us (indicating Work-Study in the subject), and we will be very happy to help.\nSection 1: About the Work-Study Programme itself\n[What nationalities are eligible for Work-Study?]\n[Can I take part in Work-Study without teaching qualifications or experience?]\n[What kind of classes will I be asked to teach?]\n[How much will my Russian level improve during this programme?]\n[How much free time will I have?]\n[In which cities is the Work-Study programme available?]\n[How many Work-Study vacancies are available?]\n[How long is the programme?]\n[What holidays will I get during the programme?]\n[Will my Russian studies at Language Link be accredited by my university?]\n[What kind of visa will I get?]\n[How and when can I apply?]\nSection 2: About arriving, living and working in Russia\n[How expensive is life in Russia? Will I earn enough to cover living costs?]\n[What's the social life like at Language Link?]\n[What are the schools and facilities like where I'll be teaching and studying?]\n[Can you tell me more about Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd and Samara?]\n[Is it safe to live in Russia?]\n[Just how cold does it actually get in Russia? ]\n[What will it be like arriving in Russia?]\nQ: What nationalities are eligible for Work-Study?\nA: Your participation depends on Language Link's ability to issue you with a visa invitation. To be an EFL teacher, you must be British, American, Irish, Canadian, Australian or a New Zealander. We also take on other Western Europeans to teach other major European languages (French, German and Italian). If your nationality doesn't figure in this short list, then Language Link may not be able to offer you employment (for more precise information, contact us as Russian visa regulations do change). If you're asking \"Why is this so?\" the answer is that companies with permission to invite and employ 'foreign specialists' are usually limited to a given number of countries from which they may do so.\nQ: Can I take part in Work-Study without prior teaching qualifications or experience?\nA: Yes you can. If you are an aspiring teacher without a TEFL qualification or relevant teaching experience you are eligible for programme A. The only pre-requisites are enthusiasm for teaching, good language awareness and competence in written and spoken English. You will receive training via our Initial Training Programme (ITP) and continued academic support throughout your contract. If you are a newly qualified teacher with no classroom experience, you are exempt from the training programme, and are eligible for programme B. If you have relevant teaching experience (EFL or ESL) but no recognised qualification, you may be exempt from the training programme, but at Language Link's discretion.\nA: The majority of classes are general English classes for adults or young learners (the latter are 5-18 year olds). You may be asked to teach in-company if you have business experience, or if we judge you to be particularly suitable for such work (this means travelling to clients' offices to give lessons of Business or General English). The maximum number of students in a Language Link group is 12, and you may occasionally be asked to give students individual lessons. The majority of lessons are held in the afternoon or evening, although some classes also run in the mornings. Language Link runs many different courses for every level, from complete beginners to advanced exam preparation courses. Most courses are based on a particular textbook, but you will be expected to use supplementary materials to complement the textbook, which you can get from the school resource library or create yourself. There may also be the opportunity to teach in Russian schools, where class sizes average about 20.\nQ: How much will my Russian level improve during this programme?\nA: The longer you stay on the programme, the more effort you put in and the more hours you study, the more progress you will make. Previous participants on the 36-week programme have gone from very hesitant pre-intermediate level when they arrived to confident upper-intermediate fluency by the end of their programme (studying 15 academic hours per week). You can speed up your progress by studying more and teaching less, by opting for home-stay accommodation and by practising your Russian at every opportunity. Even on the shorter 16- and 24-week programmes you should be able to make a significant impact on your fluency level and understanding, as studying Russian in a Russian-speaking environment is 10 times more effective than studying Russian in the USA or UK.\nQ: How much free time will I have?\nA: The Work-Study Programme has been designed so that your time commitments should be no more than 40 clock hours a week (although Work-Study A participants may do slightly more during initial training). An approximate breakdown of these 40 hours is as follows:\n18 academic hours/ 13.5 clock hours a week of teaching\n6 clock hours for lesson planning\n12 academic hours/ 9 clock hours a week for language study\n4 clock hours set aside for homework.\nThe remaining 7.5 clock hours are set aside for travelling to and from where you teach\nWe believe this balance of work and study ensures you get maximum benefit from your time and money, and you also have adequate spare time available to discover Russia. However, Work-Study is undoubtedly hard work. You will of course have 2 days a week off (Saturday and Sunday in all centres except Samara, where you may be given 2 weekdays off), but during the working week you should expect a full timetable, with Russian lessons starting in the morning between 9 and 10 am. Your teaching will usually start mid-afternoon, and not usually finish until around 9 pm. Although this programme is not easy, those willing to put in the work will reap great rewards in both their professional and personal development.\nQ: In which cities is the Work-Study programme available?\nA: The programme is offered in Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd and Samara. Although there are Language Link schools in many other cities, these are the only centres with 'Russian as a Foreign Language' departments.\nQ: How many Work-Study vacancies are available?\nA: Language Link offers around 10 Work-Study places each semester, of which 5-6 in Moscow, 1-2 are in St Petersburg, and 1-2 in Volgograd. This figure may be slightly higher or lower depending upon student numbers and the demand for teaching.\nQ: How long is the programme?\nA: The Work-Study A Programme lasts for 14, 22 or 34 weeks following completion of the 4 week Initial Training Programme, and the Work-Study B Programme (for those with EFL teaching experience/qualifications) lasts for 12, 16, 24 or 36 weeks.\nQ: What holidays will I get during the programme?\nA: Language Link observes all official Russian public holidays. As such, the school is closed on the following dates: January 1st, 2nd, & 7th; March 8th; May 1st, 2nd, & 9th; June 12th and November 7th. There is generally a two week break from teaching around Christmas and New Year, and a week-long break in the first week of May. You may choose to continue your Russian studies during these breaks, or take time off to travel. Russian lessons missed due to public holidays are made up either during the programme or by adding days on at the end of the programme. Russian lessons missed due to a requested break during the school's holiday period may either be taken over the remainder of the programme, or the cost of the lessons may be refunded upon completion of the programme.\nQ: Will my Russian studies at Language Link be accredited by my university?\nA: To answer this question you will need to speak to your professors and the Study Abroad Coordinator at your university/college. Working in our favour is the fact that Language Link runs accredited academic semester programmes for Dickinson College of Pennsylvania, USA, and RLUS of the UK (Russian Language Undergraduate Studies: the educational organisation which organizes year-abroad courses for many undergraduates studying Russian in British universities). The standard of tuition in our Russian Department is extremely high, and many of our teachers are specialists in academic fields (translation, literature, history, etc.) However, we understand that each institution applies its own criteria when accrediting study abroad, so accreditation cannot be guaranteed. We are happy to correspond with your professors/study abroad coordinators to discuss the issue, and to provide comprehensive course descriptions upon request.\nQ: What kind of visa will I get?\nA: At the moment, Work-Study participants on 12-week programmes get 3-month single entry visas, and all other participants receive 3-month single entry business visas that are converted to one-year multi-entry visas upon arrival in Russia. However, this is liable to change as the Russian government frequently alters visa legislation. You can be fully assured that everything about your visa and registration will be correct and above-board, as Language Link, Russia is one of the few English language schools operating in Russia with full permission both to invite and employ native English speaking teachers from the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.\nA: You can apply 3 - 12 months before you wish to join the programme. The first step in the application process is to complete and submit an online application form . Once we receive it, we will confirm whether or not you are eligible, and ask you to confirm that all the details on your application form are correct. We will then contact your nominated referees for recommendations, and meanwhile, if you are applying for Work-Study A, we will ask you to complete a pre-interview TEFL task. Provided two favourable references are returned, and the pre-interview task is completed satisfactorily (if applicable), we will invite you to a telephone interview, which will last ten to fifteen minutes, and will be paid for by Language Link. Following the interview you will be notified by email as to whether or not you have been accepted onto the programme.\nIf you are accepted, we will ask you to decide on your preferred balance of teaching hours to Russian studies, to select a Russian course and accommodation type. We will draw up a contract and programme fee invoice based on your choices, and payment of the fee will secure your place on the Work-Study programme.\nA: The money you earn as a Work-Study should cover around 80% - 100% of your living costs in Russia, although this does depend on the number of hours you teach, how often you like to go out and whether you plan to make lots of trips and excursions. Day to day living costs in St Petersburg, Volgograd and Samara are lower than in Moscow; provided you avoid expat hang-outs in Moscow, the cost of living there is still lower than in the West. The prices below should only be considered a rough guide (take the upper limits for Moscow and the lower limits for Volgograd and Samara, with St Petersburg somewhere in between):\nEating, Drinking and Dining: Your weekly grocery bill should be around $50-75 per person (all prices are in USD). You can buy a fairly decent three-course meal out for about $20 per person. If you eat out at lunchtime during the week, you can get a good three-course business lunch for around $7-10.\nEvening Entertainment: A ticket to an English-language cinema costs $10-15, or you can see films in Russian for slightly less. Theatre, opera and ballet tickets can cost as little as $6 but expect to pay $12-20 for decent seats. Entrance to museums and art galleries can cost anything from 50 cents to $10, depending on the place and what discounts you can get. Cover charges for nightclubs, if there is one, usually average at about $6-12.\nTransport: A monthly metro pass costs between $16 and $30. Bus, tram and trolleybus tickets cost 50 cents - $1 (for one journey, irrespective of length).\nTrips and Excursions: You can arrange day trips (e.g. to Golden Ring towns) for $10 - $20. Train travel in Russia is extremely good value (a ticket from Moscow-St Petersburg costs about $50). Outside Moscow and St Petersburg it is usually possible to arrange accommodation for $30-60 per night, although that may mean Soviet-style hotels where service and decor leave a lot to be desired.\nWhichever accommodation option you choose (shared apartment or family home-stay), you will have no bills to worry about apart for telephone calls abroad (for these you should buy phone cards: a $20 card lasts 112 minutes when calling Europe and America from Russia).\nA: If you choose to live in accommodation provided by Language Link, you may choose between an apartment (usually shared with one or two other Language Link employees) and a family home-stay. In both cases, your accommodation will be located within walking distance (20 minutes max) of a metro station, but it may be in any area of the city. Shared apartments are typically Russian style, with a single bedroom for each person living there, and a kitchen, bathroom and toilet which you share. All apartments are furnished and equipped with the necessary basics, including a fridge/ freezer, stove, pots and pans and bedding. However, a washing machine is not guaranteed.\nHome-stay families are all carefully selected by Language Link. Many hosts have years of experience working with foreigners, and will help you practise and improve your language skills. In a family home-stay you have a bedroom to yourself plus access to the bathroom/ toilet and the kitchen. You may opt for breakfast only (bed and breakfast), or breakfast and dinner (half-board).\nA: Language Link's teaching staff (qualified teachers, Interns, Work-Study Participants and Volunteers) form a close-knit community, and social life is very much alive. Most nights after work there is the opportunity to meet up with colleagues in one of Moscow's, St Petersburg's, Volgograd's or Samara\u2019s many cafes or bars to catch up. Teachers often arrange trips to other cities and towns in the former Soviet Union, especially over the public holiday 3-day weekends (of which Russia has many). Language Link also arranges occasional trips and celebrations for its students and teachers, including picnics in the forest cooking 'shashlyki' (kebabs) over an open fire, day trips to nearby places of interest, Christmas parties, etc.\nQ: What are the schools and facilities like where I'll be teaching and studying?\nMoscow: Language Link\u2019s central school is situated fairly near the city centre, within five minutes\u2019 walk of the metro stations Novoslobodskaya (\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0434\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f) and Mendeleevskaya (\u041c\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f). The classrooms are located on the 2nd floor of an office building. You will be provided with a map upon arrival. The Central School is also the place where you will find the English & Russian Department\u2019s main headquarters, classrooms and one of our teacher prep rooms. If you are a teaching assistant, you can plan your lessons in the teachers\u2019 centre near the school, which is home to a photocopier, a teaching resource library and English-language video library, plus a computer centre where you can access your e-mail. There are also many branch schools around Moscow where you may be asked to teach (most of these are classrooms in ordinary Russian schools which Language Link rents for evening English classes). Central Administration and the Translation Department are located in a ground floor office on the premises of the Russian State University of the Humanities (RGGU), a 5-minute walk from the metro and Central School.\nSt. Petersburg: As in Moscow, Language Link in St. Petersburg is in the heart of the city. The school is situated just off Nevsky Prospect, behind Kazansky Cathedral. The metro station Nevsky Prospect is a few minutes' walk away. Language Link has renovated two floors of a former factory building, and the classrooms are modern and well equipped.\nVolgograd: Language Link's school and office moved in January 2008 to a beautiful new office building in the city centre. The school is situated between the railway station and the Volga river, on Komsomolskaya street just past Prospect Lenina (Volgograd's leafy main street). The office is open every day from 9 am to 7.30 pm, and offers free Internet access and a library of Russian literature. There is also a photocopier and EFL resource library.\nSamara: Language Link's school and office in Samara is located in a recently-refurbished wood and brick building about twenty minutes from the city centre, and are easily reached by public transport. The office is staffed from 12 pm to 7 pm, Monday to Friday. The school currently has four classrooms, all of which are modern and comfortable, and outfitted with tape recorders and whiteboards. There is also a TV and video player available for use. There is an administrative office, a small staff room with a computer with internet, a photocopier, and a small library of reference and resource books.\nQ: Can you tell me more about Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd and Samara?\nA: Detailed information about life in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, and Samara can be found at the links provided.\nA: Is it safe to live in New York or London? Moscow and St Petersburg are neither safer nor more dangerous than any other large cities, although there is admittedly a higher than average risk of icicles falling off high buildings and hitting you on the head during the spring thaw. The mafia will take no notice of you whatsoever. Recent events have obviously made terrorism a concern, but sadly, no city in the world is immune from that threat these days. Volgograd and Samara may be considered slightly quieter, and thus safer, but the following advice applies to all four cities.\nIt's all just a question of common sense: you should be careful when going out late at night, and try not to draw attention to yourself, i.e. don't talk loudly in English or flash money/valuables around. If you go out for the evening, stay in a group, and plan it so that you accompany each other home right up to the front door, even if it means you have to sleep on someone else's floor. Women are strongly recommended not to walk home alone after 11pm, and they should be prepared to put up with occasional verbal harassment late at night as the attitude of some Russian males towards the opposite sex unfortunately leaves a lot to be desired. Men should also be careful when out late at night in large English-speaking groups, as nationalism is on the rise in Russia. The police regularly stop young males (especially those with dark skin or Asian features) \u2013 normally they just check your ID and let you go. Smaller streets can be badly lit, so try and keep to the main streets if possible when it's dark. Avoid carrying with you more cash than you need - pick-pocketing is a problem in the metro, particularly in St Petersburg. Remember that safety, both here in Russia and at home, is generally a question of using common sense and making smart decisions. Always be aware of yourself, your belongings and your surroundings, and you shouldn\u2019t come across any major problems.\nA: Russia can almost certainly guarantee you a \u2018real\u2019 winter, with plenty of snow and temperatures that remain below freezing for at least 3 months of the year. However, the Work-Study programme is not based in Siberia, and the climate in Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgograd and Samara is not as extreme as certain stereotypes would have you believe. First snow generally falls in late November, and the average temperature in December, January and February is minus 5 and minus 10 degrees Celsius. If you\u2019re reading this in California or Sydney that probably sounds cold, but with a big warm coat, hat and scarf, it\u2019s really not so bad. The most extreme cold you could be expected to face would be minus 30, but such temperatures usually only occur for a few days each winter, if at all. St Petersburg is probably the coldest of the Work-Study centres, as its proximity to the sea make the climate windier and damper than Moscow\u2019s. Volgograd and Samara\u2019s climate is the mildest, with average temperatures about 10 degrees higher than in Moscow.\nWhat many people tend to forget is that Russia has a summer too. From May until the end of September, the weather can be lovely, and certainly sunnier and drier than the UK. July and August are the hottest months, when temperatures regularly rise above 30 degrees Celsius.\nA: Most people arrive at one of Moscow's two international airports, Sheremetevo 2 or Domodedovo. After getting off the plane (generally directly into the airport building) you should follow the signs to passport control. Before you go through, make sure you have filled in both sections of a migration card (often handed out on the plane, otherwise available on desks in the passport control area). Hand in this card together with your passport and visa, have the migration card stamped (and one copy returned to you), and go through to baggage collection and customs.\nJust after you pick up your luggage, you should fill in a custom's declaration form if you have something to declare, and go through the red channel. If you have nothing to declare (you do not need to declare laptops), go through the green channel.\nYou will walk through to the exit, where people are waiting to meet the arrivals. It is here, on one side or the other that you will see someone with a 'Language Link' sign, who will welcome you to Russia and take you to your accommodation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 256, "original_length": 25411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 294.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://joeycloud.net/b/reel-thoughts/review-elysium/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:26Z", "digest": "sha1:BUUWN2TALKBC57LGLK4AVO363D7J2QST", "length": 10348, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "joeycloud.net", "title": "Reel Thoughts", "raw_content": "Review - Elysium\nElysium is a sci-fi film that seemed to bear some resemblance to another film that came out earlier this year, namely, Oblivion. The trailer for this film suggested that it was going to be a \"guy from the slums will take on the elite force of the rich and overthrow the system\" type story. And, for the most part, it was.\nOverall, this was a decent movie. From very early on in the film you can tell that the director had a clear vision of what he wanted this world to look like. The characters were strong and memorable characters, the design of Elysium was fairly unique and distinctive (well, for the modern audience anyway), and despite the presence of shaky cam, most of the action was fairly fun.This film will hold your gaze for the 2 hour as long as you like action or big idea films.\nHowever, I did not find it a very satisfying experience as a sci-fi/action film. It flirted with powerful themes and had the potential to be social commentary, but it mostly gives you a backdrop to draw your own conclusions and speculate. They successfully build up a lot of tension, anticipation and curiosity, but nothing is revealed, and even less is resolved. A lot happens, but it feels like a lot more should have. Despite the intended message, this film leaves you in disbelief that Elysium is at all real. It feels more like a rich person's dream being interrupted by a poor person's dream, and that the natural forces of the real world would have prevented the scenario in the film from ever taking place. A rude awakening.\nNonetheless, I can't say the film is bad. It does try, and there were a few moments that were genuinely shocking and horrifying. I stayed engaged till the end, hoping that they would have tied up some loose ends. And even though they didn't, at least I wasn't bored by the direction they took the film. Elysium is not great even by other films from this year, but it's nowhere near the bottom. It is one of those films that tries to join the Elysium of the film world, but is stopped en route in the vast vacuum of space by a weapon of their own making.\nAnd now, a spoiler-containing mental spill\nLets start off by saying what I appreciated about this film. I really liked the themes in this film. There is some time spent observing how the rich people live on Elysium, and in particular the cure-for-everything \"Med-Pod\", which is an important plot device, and represents how health care is exclusive to the wealthy by means of class-based citizenship.\nThe whole concept of having a hospital in your home is very similar to the public and private health systems in many countries. The ending contains a scene where, after the class barrier has been 'broken' by hacking the Elysium mainframe, an army of autonomous ambulances docked on Elysium immediately rushes back to Earth to cure the poor who are viewed as citizens as well.\nWhile the 'equal right to life' bit is clear, they didn't take it to the next step and suggest whether those services are sustainable on the global scale. There is almost a communistic tone with that health care delivery, but at least this bit of the film did get me thinking a lot. We never see those ambulances at work until that ending so I suspect the implication is that there is \"more than enough medicine to go around\", figuratively speaking, but that the rich was just hoarding it all for themselves in reservation for the possibility of their own ailments.\nAnother strong theme in this film was desperation. Matt Damon's character faces three levels of desperation: physical (after being exposed to fatal dose of radiation), emotional (after failing to be able to reach Elysium after dreaming of being there for so long) and social (the system doesn't let him get to Elysium in a fair, legal way, but he both wants and needs to).\nThe physical desperation shatters his ethics, and switches on his survival instinct. He was on parole for theft in the past, but he has been trying to change his ways. But once he knows he was destined to die in 5 days he no longer cares and focuses on any and all means necessary to make it to Elysium to use the Med-Pods.\nThe emotional desperation almost destroys his relationship with Frey, his kind-of sort-of childhood sweetheart. His inability to keep the promise to bring Frey to Elysium makes him abandon her at a point, and if it weren't for the bad guys kidnapping them onto the space shuttle, they may never be able to reconcile.\nThe social desperation is expressed more universally, through the other poor people on Earth. How they use illegal vessels to enter Elysium in hopes to use their Med-Pods (I think) is a very real effect of desperation. They do not care that they aren't welcome; they just really want or need to be there. This is almost analogous to the asylum seeker boats entering Australia, except we have 'processing centers' in between so we don't simply deport them back to their home countries.\nSo I guess we're at least a little bit better than Elysium! Just a little though. I also kind of love how Matt Damon's character is dumb. He is not a brilliant scientist, and he isn't a role model. He wasn't trying to save the world, even at the end of the film. He did seek redemption before dying, but only for Frey. Up until he realized the harm he's caused Frey and her daughter, he really was just trying to save himself, and he never cared about the data heist itself or got involved with the politics on Elysium. He is almost like the Forrest Gump of Sci-Fi, minus the monologues. Now all the good stuff about it aside, there is one thing that did leave me wanting more.\nThere are many things at stake in this film, and few of them gets resolved in a satisfactory manner. At least half a dozen subplots are introduced, mostly to do with Elysium itself, but all of them are glossed over to keep the focus on Matt Damon's character.\nThe biggest of these underdeveloped subplots, I would argue is the attempted coup by Jodie Foster's character Secretary of Defence Jessica Delacourt...which I'll just refer to as Foster anyway. During a meeting between Foster and the president of Elysium, she establishes herself as a hardened commander who is not afraid to kill intruders to protect the sovereignty and peace of the habitat, and she hints that she has a past that involved intrusion by people from Earth harming her family's well-being when she questions whether the president has what it takes to preserve the way of life for Elysians.\nIronically we know nothing about the president except he has more conservative views on how to govern, most of his character is dictated through Foster's description of his inefficacy in office. Foster was so convinced that the current government is too timid and 'politically correct' that she plans a coup.\nWith the support of their main Defence contractor, she plans to hack and reset the system to recognize her as the new president, overthrowing the current administration. While her plans are being thwarted indirectly by Matt Damon, she is suddenly killed off by her own agent, and when she is locked in the storage room with Frey, she refuses to be treated by her, and ends up dying.\nI interpreted her ending to be one where she has a serious history with people from Earth that caused her to be so wary of them and even ready to instigate a war to be rid of them once and for all. This means that she died stubbornly believing she is part of the superior class, not willing to be in debt to an Earthling.\nUnfortunately we never really know her back-story so it's hard to appreciate her malice and stubbornness. Perhaps they did explore her character a bit more in an extended cut, though I guess she won't be as villainy then. But outside of nitpicks, that's the only real issue I had with the film. It is a big one, but doesn't completely destroy the film. It's worth a view even if it's just to experience another vision of a futuristic present.\nElysium's Defence system is so unbalanced. I mean, they have the ability to lock down an entire region of Earth preventing anyone from flying in and out, but at the same time they've had illegal boats, I mean refugee shuttles, as well as another shuttle carrying armed 'resistance' people, who can casually make their ways into the rich people's homes as well as the government headquarters while it was on Code Red Alert? Also that force field that Agent Kruger (the slightly crazy secret agent) is so powerful, but why isn't that a standard feature on those bodyguard robots? I tried not to think too much about this because it was clear from quite early on their focus was never to create a plausible Elysium, merely a symbolic one.\nHow exactly do they keep the atmosphere inside Elysium human-habitable? It seems like there isn't any shielding or glass walls fully enclosing the 'ceiling', as shuttles can just fly in and start landing without going through any gates, force fields or atmosphere.\nThat exoskeleton Matt was equipped with. Now I think it's a cool idea, but I was wondering: suppose he did manage to get to Elysium, does the Med-Pod somehow cure him while that thing is drilled into his spine and connected to all of his nerves? I mean I had a picture of him trying to lie down in the pod and it starting to complain because he didn't remove all metal objects before entering what is essentially an MRI that also shoots miracles into your body.\nShaky Cams. Please stop including this effect in movies. It just makes me dizzy and doesn't add to the film in most cases.\nWho was the father of Frey's daughter? I was just curious, because from the start of the film they establish quite a bit of romance between Max and Frey. Is Max the father? If not then who is he, why don't they ever mention it?\nThe radiation chamber. This comes in one of the robot factory scenes where the door to a robot radiation chamber gets jammed and Matt was ordered to fix it, ends up getting trapped in the radiation chamber when it activates, and therefore receiving the fatal dose of radiation which is the catalyst for the rest of the film. But WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU EVER NEED TO RADIATE YOUR ROBOTS? Wouldn't that make them dangerous to be around you? Anyone who works with radiation please let me know if there is a single situation (other than for research purposes) would you need to radiate your equipment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 10631, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://journal.davidbyrne.com/journal/the-echo-chamber", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:56Z", "digest": "sha1:75STWB5WUFROTL3Z772DFHYFD2UJ5FJY", "length": 13734, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "journal.davidbyrne.com", "title": "David Byrne | Journal | THE ECHO CHAMBER", "raw_content": "ARCAS: US AND THEM\nNot too long ago some friends were asking each other, \u201cHow are Trump supporters so seemingly unaware of his lies and bullshit, and the ridiculousness of many of his positions and ideas?\u201d (His claim that he \u201cwatched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering\u201d on 9/11 comes immediately to mind.) Lately it seems that anything that contradicts a passionate belief has become invisible.\nThe avoidance of a \u201creality-based community\u201d\u2014as the Bush advisors derisively called it\u2014is truly puzzling, but the other reasons why folks are drawn to Trump and others like him are, in my opinion, pretty clear. One reason why folks on either side of the party line are angry with how things stand is that both sides sense that Congress is beholden to the money of special interests and consequently the voice of the people goes unheard. Democrats might blame the Koch brothers and I\u2019m sure that conservatives blame some outside influences, too. The decision to bailout the banks doesn\u2019t sit right with some, and others feel that the government wants to regulate their private lives.\nThe article \u201cWhy are Americans so angry?\u201d from the BBC provides \u201cfive reasons why some voters feel the American dream is in tatters\u201d: the economy, immigration, Washington, America\u2019s place in the world, and existing as a divided nation. And here is a link to the the Pew Research Center article, \u201cBeyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government\u201d, from which a lot of the figures in the BBC article were taken.\nAccording to a study by Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton and Anne Case, white middle class men may be killing themselves due to an increase in pessimistic outlooks concerning their financial futures. My guess is that the middle class senses the end of the American dream and that white middle class Americans are experiencing a lack of mobility and opportunity in the economic spheres where they were previously the privileged and entitled majority.\nAmericans feel disenfranchised\u2014that the government isn\u2019t responsible to the people and instead only responds to the wishes of special interests. In my opinion, the latter is not just a feeling, it\u2019s true. Add to that the feeling of impotence\u2014that traditional remedies and corrections aren\u2019t effective anymore\u2014and you have a pretty explosive cocktail. This probably drives a lot of Sanders supporters, too, though my bias leads me to assume that Sanders isn\u2019t propagating outright lies and misconceptions\u2014he\u2019s actually addressing issues and not simply massaging his ego and building his brand.\nThat anger explains a lot, but the question still remains: how do folks continue to ignore facts? How have people\u2019s viewpoints become so insular and isolated that any contradictory information never even penetrates the bubble? How did we get to a point where dialogue is impossible? And I\u2019m not just referring to this presidential race, but to many other areas of discussion as well. Am I imagining this or has the echo chamber, where one only hears what one agrees with, expanded in scope and at the same time had the effect of increasing that anger and the inability to have a dialogue?\nIt\u2019s been suggested that social media has a big hand in this increase in insularity. By its nature, a social network is adept at creating in-groups that share similar likes and opinions. Like many people nowadays, followers of Trump (and other candidates) often get their news from social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook\u2014which allows users to post articles and video from other sources. (TV is a big source of information, too, but then folks still gravitate to shows that project familiar and agreeable point of views.) The problem with Facebook and Twitter is that those platforms mostly present a point of view that you already agree with, since you only see what your \u201cfriends\u201d are sharing. We all do this to some extent\u2014your friends share news with you and presumably many of your friends share your viewpoints. The algorithms built into those social networks are designed to reinforce this natural human tendency and expand upon it\u2014if you like this, you\u2019ll like this. The networks reinforce your existing point of view in order to give you more of what you like, as that will make you happy and keep you on the network\u2014and, in turn, more ads can be accurately targeted your way. You remain blissfully happy \u201cknowing\u201d or, rather, believing, more and more about less and less. Add that algorithm to folks\u2019 natural inclination to seek points of view that confirm existing biases and you\u2019ve got a potent combination. Once you\u2019ve surrounded yourself with only one point of view, soon that point of view is all you hear.\nThat is why, a friend argued, Trump supporters are immune to criticism and to the exposure of his lies and false accusations: for the most part these algorithms and subsequent self-censorship make it so that they never see anything but what they already agree with. As often happens when groups of like-minded individuals discuss something, the result is that their points of view are not only reinforced but also become more extreme. Cass Sunstein describes this phenomena in his article, \u201cDeliberative Trouble? Why Groups Go to Extremes\u201d:\nLike-minded people engaged in discussion with one another may lead each other in the direction of error and falsehood, simply because of the limited argument pool and the operation of social influences. \u2026 The point also bears on the design of deliberating courts, legislatures, and regulatory agencies. Above all, an understanding of group polarization helps explain why like-minded people, engaged in deliberation with one another, sometimes go to astonishing extremes and commit criminal or even violent acts.\nThis is a natural human tendency, and social media seems to encourage it. By design. In order to keep the eyeballs happy and people on the site, the news is filtered\u2014you get fed content on subjects and people you have previously expressed interest in. The algorithm uses that information to find more articles, images, etc., that pander to your likes. You are an increasingly happier viewer as you see more of what you like.\nBelow is a selection from an article in The Guardian by Iran\u2019s \u201cblogfather\u201d, Hossein Derakhshan. His blogging was, some years ago, very effective as a voice of protest and resistance\u2014so much so that he was imprisoned for six years and only recently released. But now he senses that the web landscape has changed and voices like his don\u2019t penetrate as much:\nInstagram \u2013 owned by Facebook \u2013 doesn\u2019t allow its audiences to leave whatsoever. You can put up a web address alongside your photos, but it won\u2019t go anywhere. Lots of people start their daily online routine in these cul-de-sacs of social media, and their journeys end there. Many don't even realise they are using the internet\u2019s infrastructure when they like an Instagram photograph or leave a comment on a friend\u2019s Facebook video. It\u2019s just an app. But hyperlinks aren\u2019t just the skeleton of the web: they are its eyes, a path to its soul. And a blind webpage, one without hyperlinks, can\u2019t look or gaze at another webpage \u2013 and this has serious consequences for the dynamics of power on the web.\nWael Ghonim, who is credited with helping to launch 2011\u2019s Tahrir Square revolution via his anonymous Facebook page, laments the state of things today via The New York Times article \u201cSocial Media: Destroyer or Creator?\u201d:\nWe tend to only communicate with people that we agree with, and thanks to social media, we can mute, un-follow and block everybody else. Five years ago, I said, \u201cIf you want to liberate society, all you need is the Internet\u201d. Today I believe if we want to liberate society, we first need to liberate the Internet.\nWe would like to think of the web at a place of pluralism\u2014a place where many voices, often at odds with one another, can be heard. A place of diversity. A place to find out what wonderful and unexpected stuff exists that is different than anything and everything you already know. It seems that may have been true with net 1.0, but as market forces increasingly take effect, the diversity of voices, while it still exists, is now so filtered and targeted that you may only hear echoes of what you already believe. It\u2019s human tendency\u2014further complicated by the fact that doing so funnels lots of advertising dollars into the pockets of big corporations.\nHere\u2019s a review in the New York Review of Books by Jacob Weisberg of some recent books on this and related phenomena. He writes:\nSome of Silicon Valley\u2019s most successful app designers are alumni of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford, a branch of the university\u2019s Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute. B.J. Fogg calls the field he founded \u201ccaptology,\u201d a term derived from an acronym for \u201ccomputers as persuasive technology.\u201d It\u2019s an apt name for the discipline of capturing people\u2019s attention and making it hard for them to escape. Fogg\u2019s behavior model involves building habits through the use of what he calls \u201chot triggers,\u201d like the links and photos in Facebook\u2019s newsfeed, made up largely of posts by one\u2019s Facebook friends.\nA successful app, [Nir Eyal] writes, creates a \u201cpersistent routine\u201d or behavioral loop. The app both triggers a need and provides the momentary solution to it. \u201cFeelings of boredom, loneliness, frustration, confusion, and indecisiveness often instigate a slight pain or irritation and prompt an almost instantaneous and often mindless action to quell the negative sensation,\u201d he writes. \u201cGradually, these bonds cement into a habit as users turn to your product when experiencing certain internal triggers.\u201d\nFacebook\u2019s trigger is FOMO, fear of missing out. The social network relieves this apprehension with feelings of connectedness and validation, allowing users to summon recognition. ...checking in delivers a hit of dopamine to the brain, along with the craving for another hit. The designers are applying basic slot machine psychology. The variability of the \u201creward\u201d\u2014what you get when you check in\u2014is crucial to the enthrallment.\nISIS and other radical organizations take advantage of this web-based phenomena as well. They too target folks\u2019 passions\u2014videogames, for example\u2014and their frustrations. Many of their recruits were not previously angry or radical, but social media allows all sorts of entities\u2014the good and the bad\u2014to tap into our latent feelings. This article in Teen Vogue describes just how ISIS uses social media to recruit American teens.\nSo what can be done? The article \u201cTerror on Twitter: How ISIS is taking war to social media\u2014and social media is fighting back\u201d outlines some ways of mitigating the attraction of terrorist websites and ISIS\u2019s presence on the internet at large, including banning jihadist content and ISIS users, counter-recruiting via target advertising and hackathons, and gathering counter-intelligence from the outside and in.\nBut that\u2019s just focusing on ISIS. What about local politics? Aren\u2019t issues of race and immigration similarly ramping up in the U.S. (and elsewhere) into intolerant screaming matches? How do you encourage tolerance and open-mindedness while promoting exposure to diversity of opinion? It\u2019s an old question\u2026 As Alexander Hamilton wrote in The Federalist Papers of 1788, \u201cThe differences of opinion, and the jarring of parties...often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority.\u201d Further to that point, from philosopher John Rawls:\nIn everyday life the exchange of opinion with others checks our partiality and widens our perspective; we are made to see things from their standpoint and the limits of our vision are brought home to us. \u2026 The benefits from discussion lie in the fact that even representative legislators are limited in knowledge and the ability to reason. No one of them knows everything the others know, or can make all the same inferences that they can draw in concert. Discussion is a way of combining information and enlarging the range of arguments.\nEasy for Hamilton and Rawls to say, and for Sunstein to advise similarly as to group decision making (i.e., allow for dissenting views, limit the power of the leader, etc.). But what about in our day-to-day lives? What about the folks who will never hear that Trump is full of shit when he says he self-finances his campaign? See no evil hear no evil.\nI\u2019m probably as guilty as anyone, though I do scan about four to five different news sources during my daily browsing. While none of them are presented to me via a social media feed, the newspapers themselves are skewing more and more towards likable headlines, topics and subjects. Am I then supposed to force myself to read the Post and watch Bill O\u2019Reilly from time to time?\nSeriously though, some of those news outlets do skew towards opinions that are not reinforcing my pre-existing beliefs (the Financial Times, for example). So perhaps I have tempered some of my knee jerk reactions in some issues. But still.\nI\u2019m going to suggest that cycling or walking around in different neighborhoods gives one a slightly more face-to-face view of the diversity of humanity, especially here in New York. I love writing songs from different characters\u2019 points of view\u2014characters who are often saying things I would never personally say, but whose shoes I can put myself, sometimes.\nLike most people, I gravitate to others who probably share many of my viewpoints\u2026 but not always. If it\u2019s not already been filtered and combed through, sometimes we discover that friends hold some surprising viewpoints. And because they\u2019re friends\u2014or at least because I respect them\u2014I\u2019ll take those ideas on board, for a little while at least.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 14733, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jtechconst.com/tips/going-green-with-solar-energy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:49Z", "digest": "sha1:EMS5A2PNEPW7GDVL3AGZ2LRGPB3K4ZAW", "length": 2760, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "jtechconst.com", "title": "Solar Panel Installation Lincoln Nebraska | J Tech Construction", "raw_content": "With it being earth day, people are becoming more aware of environmental issues, but also how to be more resourceful and green with the things that we consume and the things we do.\nWith the seasonal changes bringing us to nice outdoor weather and sunshine, now is especially the right time to make changes in helping our environment and the earth that we live on.There are many different ways you can make a difference, starting with things at home, inside and outside. Two very efficient ways to reduce your carbon footprint are to use recyclable materials and find ways to conserve energy, and that\u2019s where renewable solar energy can come into play.\nThere\u2019s no feeling like the feeling of being carbon neutral!\nSolar energy is one of the hot topics of today. Solar panels are used to recycle and store energy from the sun, creating heat or electricity for your home. Over 784,000 homes and businesses have converted to Solar Energy since the beginning of 2015. Traditional electricity is sourced from fossil fuels like natural gas and coal. But when this is used, the burning of the fossil fuels produces a toxic gas into the environment. This, sadly enough, is the primary cause of pollution and global warming. With that in mind, it\u2019s easy to see why people are using Solar Panels as an alternative and steering clear of harming the earth any further.\n\u201cOver 784,000 homes and businesses have converted to Solar Energy since the beginning of 2015.\nNebraska has not quite hopped on the bandwagon yet compared to other Midwestern states. Minnesota is one of those in the lead, tackling the use of renewable energy. In the spring of 2013, Minnesota passed a law requiring that utilities need to generate 1.5 percent of their electricity from solar energy alone. They are now working on increasing that number to 25 percent by 2025. Now, Nebraska on the other hand hasn\u2019t exactly taken advantage of our opportunity for growth by making the switch to renewable resources. Studies have shown that Nebraska has the potential to supply the state with 75 percent of its needs with wind and solar power by itself. Larry Hopp, the director of the energy program at Creighton University says \u201cNebraska has the opportunity to use its natural resources to generate affordable and reliable energy.\u201d\nIf you haven\u2019t heard, J-Tech Construction has partnered with SWT Energy to form J-Tech Solar. Together our goal is to provide you with that ever-so important alternative to fossil fuel and a smarter choice in conserving energy for your home. J-Tech Solar offers panels that have a 50 year life warranty and a 5% return rate. Not only will we give out free consultations but will come to your home ourselves and show you why investing in solar panels are a good fit for you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3220, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 197.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kalaytek.com/produits/yonnetecran.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:16Z", "digest": "sha1:5XB7SHRSR2XYN7WDFTT5WWQV264EHI4B", "length": 914, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "kalaytek.com", "title": "Kalaytek - La domotique selon votre imagination", "raw_content": "Interra 4 Touch Panel, which is preferred by those who are looking for a modern design, hardware, software and a product with an appropriate interface that can meet all project requirements, is designed to be used on any area or surface. The system, which provides the most suitable solutions for all needs regarding Intelligent Building Systems, stands out in its field by bringing comfort and convenience together.\nVia Interra Touch Panel, you can perform all applications you need with just a small touch.\nImini, the youngest member of Interra touch panel family, is a mini reason to feel good. Imini means a new control unit for intelligent building technologies. All functions such as switching on/off or dimming lights, curtain-blind control or room temperature control can be easily carried out. New user interface provides automatic time control functions, programming or comprehensive scenario management.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2512, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 335.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://keithfife.com/2014/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:04Z", "digest": "sha1:VHCF3LIVJOL4WHR5FBQCLRSDFUOLGN6C", "length": 2526, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "keithfife.com", "title": "September 2014 \u2013 Christ Is All And In All", "raw_content": "In part 1 I covered some of the attitudes that a Pharisee has. That list was by no means exhaustive, given the time and research one could write a book on the subject. The Pharisaical life, in the day of\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nI am ashamed to admit it, but I have been a Pharisee. So I can easily recognize the symptoms. Fortunately, I have also been a disciple, and I too know what that looks like. In this post I want to\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nThis is a five part series. You can begin here, but you might like to read it in order. If so, then begin with Part 1, followed by Part 2, then naturally Part 3 would be next and then Part\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nChrist Life, Christian Living, The Body of Christ\nIf you missed The Body Of Christ Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 you might want to start there before reading this post. Christ\u2019s Role As The Head Of The Body In Ephesians and Colossians, Paul presents Christ\u2019s role as\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nIf you haven\u2019t read The Body of Christ Part 1 and Part 2 you might want to start there. Ten Characteristics of the Body of Christ As we examine the body of Christ metaphor, it becomes clear that Paul identifies numerous\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nThis is a five part series on the Body of Christ. If you haven\u2019t read Part 1 you might want to begin there. Explanation of the \u201cbody of Christ\u201d metaphor. A metaphor draws a comparison between two things; it is\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nThe principle question I want to address is: What does the Apostle Paul mean when he refers to the church as the \u201cbody of Christ\u201d and how does that relate to \u201cmembers of the body\u201d or \u201cbelievers\u201d as they identify their ministry\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nMiscellaneous, The Body of Christ\nBefore you read the post I want you to listen to the 35 second audio clip from a voice mail I recently received. (Turn your volume up) What you have just heard is is an example of what Jesus\u2019 half-brother\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nChristian Living, Men, Miscellaneous, The Body of Christ\nI remember some years back there was an anti drug campaign targeted towards teenagers and the tag line for the campaign was \u201cJust say NO to drugs.\u201d It sounded so simple that it hardly seemed effective in curbing the use\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192\nChristian Living, Miscellaneous\nWhat Does The \u201cFree Gift Of Salvation\u201d Really Cost?\nI recently asked myself the question: What have I given up to follow Christ? Have I really paid anything for this \u201cfree gift of salvation?\u201d There was a certain ruler who came to Jesus and asked Him the question, \u201cwhat\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 7708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kelleyreed.com/2010/04/yeah%E2%80%A6i-need-to-see-this/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:57:56Z", "digest": "sha1:S3NQP6NNN3GLS7322EQQUZBJHPZOLS4M", "length": 1027, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "kelleyreed.com", "title": "Yeah\u2026I NEED to see this! \u2013 Kelley Reed", "raw_content": "No Reservations: An Evening with Anthony Bourdain\nMonday, June 14, 2010, 7:30 PM [Heinz Hall]\nAnthony Bourdain, the internationally acclaimed chef, author, and host of Travel Channel\u2019s \u201cNo Reservations,\u201d has traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe \u2013 and now Tony\u2019s coming to your city!\nHe has been dubbed \u201cthe bad boy of cuisine\u201d for his rock star looks and blunt observations about the world of restaurants, chefs and cooking. In his uncensored, live appearances, Tony will share the fascinating, hysterical, and sometimes shocking stories behind his life, books, travels, and his hit show. And he even takes questions from the audience.\nAnthony Bourdain. He\u2019s controversial, opinionated, and always entertaining. Check out the tour dates and don\u2019t miss your chance to see Tony live!\nrilatmniya\nVery interesting! Judging by some responses.\nEthel Andruzzi\nHi blog owner, hope you\u2019re having a great day. You mind sharing the name of your current theme? I would appreciate it very much. Have a blessed afternoon.\nDoketorPIP", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 2784, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 331.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kenreynolds.co.uk/in-trouble/in-trouble-1-18/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:59Z", "digest": "sha1:5NYP3QZ7AJDKE5NKTSLGO7ZL7JIDJ3LP", "length": 49, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "kenreynolds.co.uk", "title": "In Trouble #1-18 | The Cherry on the Awesome Cake", "raw_content": "One of my favourite pages\u2026 Works better in print.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1168, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 249.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kenreynolds.co.uk/in-trouble/in-trouble-1-cover/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:20Z", "digest": "sha1:UHHNPTNAH5PIBGLUBVZXFNESJSCY6SZH", "length": 689, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "kenreynolds.co.uk", "title": "In Trouble #1 Cover | The Cherry on the Awesome Cake", "raw_content": "A story about pregnancy and the end of the world.\nBlue Skelton is taking a pregnancy test at the same moment a news flash announces that an asteroid will strike the Earth. This is a sci-fi inflected, slice of life tale about relationships & important choices.\nThe first part of this comic has been uploaded for your enjoyment and the story will continue as a regularly updated webcomic in early 2019.\nThe premise of the story, as well as the terrific characterisation and adorable art, make In Trouble something worth looking into. For those who have faced the big questions in life (and who of us hasn\u2019t), you may find this relatable and if you don\u2019t, well, it isn\u2019t the end of the world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 204.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kensbikeride.com/?p=625", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:01Z", "digest": "sha1:FNHHBVHYZ3IJBHC2KXWXPI6MULETG2OY", "length": 1993, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "kensbikeride.com", "title": "Speechless. Nothing to add | Ken's Bike Ride", "raw_content": "\u2190 3 State Trifecta\nRelaxing in Rapid City. Monday \u2192\n16 comments on \u201cSpeechless. Nothing to add\u201d\nMarty Rupert on July 8, 2014 at 12:00 am said:\nEnjoying your ride and blogs. Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse monuments are spectacular to say the least. I had the pleasure of visiting them many years ago and I wish more people could get to see them, they are truly breathtaking.\njeff strauss on July 8, 2014 at 12:04 am said:\nKen. Where is your Bust? Don\u2019t know if you are going through Kansas but keep peddling through the flat lands. Montanna hah\nLee Kader on July 8, 2014 at 12:08 am said:\nThis is on my top ten list of my personal bucket list. One day I hope to get here\nas it really does look amazing. Great photos. I look forward to your blog every day.\nJerry McGowan on July 8, 2014 at 1:46 am said:\nKen \u2013 Truly AWESOME! Keep it up! Hope you are feeling inspired. Take care!\nLaura on July 8, 2014 at 1:47 am said:\nSpeechless and nothing to add sums up my review of your trip so far. What an incredible journey. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to each day\u2019s posts. The Mt Rushmore shots are magnificent. We will miss you tomorrow on the NYSC ride. Harriman and beacon must feel like your driveway at this point. Keep on truckin\u2019\u2026\u2026\nOkay. Now I\u2019m jealous.\nJason Roif on July 8, 2014 at 2:49 am said:\nWow! Amazing! I meant Ken speechless!!\nMargaret Fallon on July 8, 2014 at 4:51 am said:\nIt\u2019s been a long time now\u2026but I remember standing there in awe. Speechless about sums it up\nDoug Winshall on July 8, 2014 at 10:33 am said:\nWho are those guys? New friends you met along the way?\nMarc Spar on July 8, 2014 at 12:03 pm said:\nJerry Neuburger on July 8, 2014 at 12:40 pm said:\nYou are so right. Not much to add to those spectacular pictures! Wow about sums it up.\nKeep heading east and do it safely \u2013\nCarla on July 8, 2014 at 1:11 pm said:\nSara T. on July 8, 2014 at 6:24 pm said:\nSimply Beautiful! Love all the stories and pictures that you have posted!\nKim on July 9, 2014 at 2:06 am said:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 3436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 290.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kerrycarty.com/7495-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:56Z", "digest": "sha1:W2FPUUQPGYSEV4VZTNGYDYYMUJBW3M2M", "length": 1337, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "kerrycarty.com", "title": "Kerry Carty Photography \u00bb \u00bb It\u2019s just the garbage.", "raw_content": "It\u2019s just the garbage.\nElla left for school this morning frustrated because I wouldn\u2019t let her leave until she took out the garbage. The garbage that she said she\u2019d take out yesterday.\nA few minutes passed before Griz and I left to chase after her. She\u2019s almost 13, in middle school, involved in sports after school, and is very social. I often forget how tough being a teenager must be these days. I mean, the number of people she needs to get back to on Snapchat is demanding. Every minute she is being alerted to get back to a friend with a blurry picture, silly face or random object. That takes time, people. The constant pressure to be on top of it, respond to everyone in lightning-speed fashion\u2026is stressful. And on top of this, this is all happening while she is supposed to be doing homework. No wonder she doesn\u2019t have time to bring her cups and bowls down from her room, take out the garbage or even make eye contact with us from time to time at home. After admitting how I now finally understand why she doesn\u2019t have time to take out a bag of garbage and why I might be asking too much of her, she smirked and shook her head. For a moment in time, we were on the same page.\ntweensparentingteenagers\nEven though we're tired of all of the rain (rumor has it even the umbrellas have had it), there was a group of ten that [...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 239, "original_length": 4900, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 259.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://knightsofthegrail.org/index.cfm?fa=horses/sadi", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:57Z", "digest": "sha1:5GLQLSALK6XONTP4A3N7JJVLCOGEEZNV", "length": 480, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "knightsofthegrail.org", "title": "Knights of the Grail", "raw_content": "Sadi was the first horse to make Sherwood Forest her home back in 2010. She is the Queen\u2019s \u201cspirit horse.\u201d Sadi is a 14 year old 16.3 HH (which is 5\u20197\u201d at the withers) Percheron mare. Let\u2019s be clear, she is the boss! She is so stubborn, she can out stubborn the Scots! Sadi wants to go where Sadi wants to go, which is typically underneath low hanging limbs when there is a rider on her back. Even so, Sadi is always a solid competitor in the Joust Games at Sherwood Forest Faire.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 695, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 255.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://knoxgarden.org/2015/08/tennessees-very-own-coneflower/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:14Z", "digest": "sha1:AF63LALQXNL4LLTPZALMXYY6SBTEV3TQ", "length": 2879, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "knoxgarden.org", "title": "Tennessee\u2019s Very Own Coneflower | Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum", "raw_content": "The Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is one of the most ubiquitous perennials in the summer garden. With its spiky central \u201ccone\u201d it\u2019s no wonder the genus name comes from the Greek word for hedgehog, ekhinos. But here i n Tennessee we have our very own purple coneflower that only exists naturally in the cedar glades of middle Tennessee, specifically Davidson, Wilson and Rutherford counties. Echinacea tennesseensis was first described from a population discovered a few miles from Nashville in 1878 by Tennessee\u2019s first state botanist Augustin Gattinger (though he mistakenly identified it as Brauneria angustifolia). The following four decades several more small populations were discovered, but as Nashville and the surrounding countryside grew exponentially these populations disappeared.\nThe plant was thought to be extinct for nearly 50 years until a population was discovered in 1968 by Dr. Elsie Quarterman of Vanderbilt Univeristy on Mount View Road in Nashville. Several other populations were discovered in the cedar glades of middle Tennessee over the following years, though it seemed as fast as these new populations were discovered they were destroyed by development.\nThe Tennessee coneflower differs from its cousins in several ways, however the most notable is that the flower petals face upward rather than drooping down as in the rest of the echinacea species. It also has thin, pubescent, strap-like leaves much more suited to the harsh environment of the cedar glades. It is theorized that a progenitor species (probably angustifolia) migrated south as the prairie like conditions that existed 5000 to 8000 years spread throughout much of the southeast. As the climate changed to the more moist forest ecology we know today in middle Tennessee the cedar glades remained islands of prairie like conditions and the Tennessee coneflower evolved and adapted to its new environment into the beautiful plant we see today.\nBecause of rampant development in and around Nashville the US Fish and Wildlife Service placed the Tennessee Purple Coneflower on the Federal Endangered Species list in July 1979, protecting the unique and sensitive coneflower habitat in perpetuity. With native populations protected and seed becoming more available the native Tennessee coneflower populations began to rebound and interest from nurseries and gardeners nationwide brought the once endangered plant into home gardens. In fact our own unique coneflower is hailed as a success story for the Endangered Species Act as it was recently removed from the list due to the protection of habitat and stability of existing populations. Here at the KBGA we have several large plantings that are thriving in our gardens and proving to be much more adaptable than the plants limited distribution would suggest. We highly recommend adding this unique Tennessee native to your garden.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 4792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 293.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kokobreeze.com/daniel-j-travanti-net-worth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:48Z", "digest": "sha1:KO7K5CTSEZ2H254WT2MX3OIB4ZPHVOMZ", "length": 642, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "kokobreeze.com", "title": "Daniel J. Travanti Net Worth - KokoBreeze", "raw_content": "Daniel J. Travanti Net Worth: Daniel J. Travanti is an American actor who has a net worth $4 million dollars. He was born on 7 March 1940 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. 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We appreciate that and you may also check Derek Hough Net Worth.\nDaniel J Travanti", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 1603, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 110.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/1201", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:22Z", "digest": "sha1:JNQFX5R4MSJN2PFLFATQCIKXOA7GNJFG", "length": 431, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "krex.k-state.edu", "title": "President's house from 1925", "raw_content": "President's house from 1925\nThe president's residence, shown here in 1925, was built in 1923 and has accommodated seven presidents, including the current one.\nCitation: Courtesy \"President's house from 1925\", Photograph Collection Vertical File: Subject: President's Residence, 1925-, Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries.\nKeywords: Universities & colleges; Buildings; Houses; Trees; Buildings", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2041, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 278.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kticradio.com/agricultural/iowa-residents-fight-hog-confinements/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:30Z", "digest": "sha1:MRVN4H75NM22CJBP3G3PDQTVA5PEKEWC", "length": 928, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "kticradio.com", "title": "class=\"post-template-default single single-post postid-326131 single-format-standard custom-background group-blog masthead-fixed full-width singular wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-5.6 vc_responsive\"", "raw_content": "Iowa Residents Fight Hog Confinements | KTIC Radio\nIowa Residents Fight Hog Confinements\nLIME SPRINGS, Iowa (AP) \u2014 Some northern Iowa residents have banded together to fight what they call pollution of their water and air after several failed attempts to thwart the rise of hog confinements.\nThe Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the Northeast Iowans for Clean Air and Water has organized an agreement with Howard County residents to form a covenant not allowing manure to be placed on their land. Manure becomes more toxic with a large number of hog confinements.\nThe covenant is comprised of about 43 families, with 63 separate properties between four townships. The properties together span more than 5,500 acres (2,226 hectares).\nThe Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine says swine manure can generate toxic chemicals, including ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and methane.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 3940, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 298.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kvgo1043.com/st-charles-win-overtime-thriller-against-plainview-elgin-millville/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:07Z", "digest": "sha1:BJOP4AUV5CEIMC5QASGN7ZX5BMUGNEVF", "length": 2258, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "kvgo1043.com", "title": "St. Charles Win Overtime Thriller Against Plainview-Elgin-Millville", "raw_content": "St. Charles Win Overtime Thriller Against Plainview-Elgin-Millville\nLuke Lonien / TSM Rochester\nTrailing by nine with 9:10 to play didn't phase the Saints of St. Charles. They went on a 14-5 run, tying the game at 47 to send the game into overtime. St. Charles got a couple big buckets from Keagan Maloney to secure the 63-59 victory at the Mayo Civic Arena on Cool 104!\nP-E-M led for a majority of the second half, getting some key contributions from Griffin Doughty (14 points) and Gavin Folkert (15 points). Both players played big rolls in keeping the lead in the hands of the Bulldogs, but the Saints were able to claw their way back into the game.\nSt. Charles jumped out to a 9-8 lead early in the game, but the Bulldogs took a commanding lead in the first half. With the game tied at 19, the Bulldogs ended the game on a 10-6 run to take a 29-25 lead into the break. The Saints were able to get a bucket late in the half to cut the lead down to four.\nThe Bulldogs continued to build their lead in the second half, getting some great play from Barron Holtz (10 points) He was attacking the rim, playing great defense on Kaden Vaughn, one of the best shooters on the Saints team, and did a majority of the ball handling.\nThe Saints then went on their 14-5 run, getting key buckets from Drew Leistikow who carried the offense for a while in the second half. Trailing 47-44, the Saints got a three from Justin Ruhberg hit a three to tie things up at 47 and send the game into OT.\nThe Saints continued their stellar play in the overtime, getting great contribution fro Maloney, who hit a three and connected on multiple free throws to secure the victory for the Saints, which just happened to be Head Coach Terry Knothe's 500th career victory.\nThis was an incredibly entertaining game, and both teams left everything on the floor. The Bulldogs played great throughout the game, but the Saints just hit more shots late in the game to get the win, who move on to play Lake City on Saturday at 2pm at the Mayo Civic Center in the Boys Section 1AA Semifinals\nKVGO Subway Player of the Game (St. Charles) - Drew Leistikow\nKVGO Subway Player of the Game (P-E-M) - Barron Holtz\nKingsley Mercantile Game Ball - Keagan Maloney (St. Charles)\nFiled Under: St. Charles", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 3770, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 327.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://labourbriefing.squarespace.com/home/2017/2/19/only-labour-can-unify-the-opposition-to-may", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:14Z", "digest": "sha1:BMCI5KUTS232AWWACIDCMUZ6SI3WXHBQ", "length": 3544, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "labourbriefing.squarespace.com", "title": "Only Labour can unify the opposition to May \u2014 Labour Briefing", "raw_content": "Feb 19 Only Labour can unify the opposition to May\nIT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFICULT MONTH for any Labour leader, but Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s detractors within and beyond the Labour Party could not resist piling on the pressure over the parliamentary vote to trigger Brexit. Despite the sense of denial among some, actually Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s parliamentary tactics on this were about right. To have opposed the referendum result in principle would have sent a clear message to those communities which voted Leave, due to years of marginalisation and lack of representation, that they were going to continue to be ignored and disenfranchised. If Labour is to reconnect with these voters and bury the myth of a metropolitan elite out of touch with the regional grassroots, it has got to listen to the anger and frustration that generated this Leave vote.\nBut it has got to do more. If the May government has any Brexit plan at all, it is to prioritise clamping down on immigration at the expense of retaining any access to the European single market - a classic hard Brexit, bad for the economy, jobs and workers\u2019 rights. The battle over the terms of Brexit goes on - but on a myriad of other fronts, this is a weak government that can be called to account again and again.\nAs England and Wales suffer the worst mortality rates for 50 years, the party leadership can, as it already has done, continue to expose the open crisis in NHS funding and social care. Public services from education, to transport, to prisons and social services, are being cynically run down in preparation for further marketisation. The private sector understands that this is a government that cares nothing for ordinary people - hence hundreds of companies choose with impunity not to pay the minimum wage.\nThe challenge for Labour now goes way beyond holding the government responsible for its multiple failings. The years of neglect under New Labour, and the austerity of Tory-led governments for the last seven years, have fuelled a cynicism in which the fear and hate-mongers of the Leave campaign could thrive.\nDespite a new leadership and a massive surge in membership, much of that cynicism remains directed at our Party, which in local government has routinely passed on vicious budget cuts with scant murmur of protest, let alone any sign of organising a fightback. If we are to win back voters in the traditional heartlands, the enthusiasm that saw Jeremy Corbyn elected Labour leader - twice - has got to be used to transform the Party into a campaigning movement that can unify all the discontent and partial struggles against government policy into one force. We have to set out policies that can inspire hope and belief in a realistic prospect of fundamental social change in millions of people.\nJeremy Corbyn is an inspiring man of principle to lead this movement - but the task is too big to be left to one man. Across the Party and the broader movement, we need to renew our structures and make them fit for the huge job in front of us. The new anti-Trump movement shows what\u2019s possible: building on February\u2019s demonstrations in dozens of UK cities, a broad, inclusive movement is now being forged to challenge the illegitimate US President.\nLabour activists too can build unity in action with a broad range of social forces to lead mass opposition to Trump\u2019s best friends - this Tory government - and prepare the way for a real, credible alternative at the next election.\nFeb 20 \"I was six when the Russians came...\"\nFeb 19 Trade unions: facing up to the challenges", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 3986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://laurelwoodbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=100&products_id=4285", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:22Z", "digest": "sha1:7VQUHLMIIBKEZSGBWVSNUR74G2WURHV4", "length": 357, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "laurelwoodbooks.com", "title": "Once Upon a Time in Latin, Derivatives II (Latin-English), Audio : Laurelwood Books, Homeschooling Help and Advice - New and Used Books", "raw_content": "Home :: Latin for Young Children :: Once Upon a Time in Latin, Derivatives II (Latin-English), Audio\nOnce Upon a Time in Latin, Derivatives II (Latin-English), Audio\nAudio of Derivatives I. . This is a reading of the Derivatives II and is meant to help the student and perhaps the teacher get a better understanding of the pronunciation of the Latin. Enjoy!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1392, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 337.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://leadernetwork.org/beverly_kaye_october_08.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:22Z", "digest": "sha1:5UEOAPIPNO5CAGGXHY3HWIOSW2HH3SSZ", "length": 9055, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "leadernetwork.org", "title": "Beverly Kaye leader of the month", "raw_content": "LeaderNetwork.org has provided two mediums for you to explore the insights of National Leader of the Month Beverly Kaye: read them below and listen to excerpts from a conversation on leadership between Brian McCormick and Beverly Kaye. To listen to the podcast, copy and paste the following RSS link into your preferred podcast software: http://www.leadernetwork.org/leadership_podcast.rss. In order to begin playing the audio in a separate window, click here .\nHonoring Beverly Kaye\nDr. Beverly Kaye has demonstrated the ability to succeed in both the practical world and the world of academia. Practically, she has written about, spoken about, and offered worthwhile advice for success in the leadership arenas of development, engagement and retention. In addition, she has successfully been a researcher and writer whose insights are grounded in the background she attained through her post-graduate study and her on-going work in organizations. She is the founder and owner of a consulting business that has grown over the past 25 years. To speak with Dr. Kaye is to learn that she believes in individual responsibility and empowerment, but she certainly does not suggest that we tackle life's challenges on our own. Rather, she encourages us to actively seek out those mentors and resources who can make a positive difference in our lives.\nWhen discussing her book, Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work, she talks about some of the lessons her book offers. She discusses how it may not always be possible to have our ideal job, but we can still choose to make our current job more of what we want. In fact, she feels that the right perspective can help us to find purpose and meaning in the jobs that we have right now.\nFor Dr. Beverly Kaye's excellence and contribution to the field of leadership, she is the National Leader of the Month for October 2008.\nAbout Beverly Kaye\nAuthor, Lecturer & Consultant\nBio: founder and CEO of Career Systems International; author of Up is Not the Only Way (Davies Black publisher) and co-author of Love 'Em or Lose 'Em: Getting Good People to Stay (Berrett-Koehler publisher) and Love It, Don't Leave It: 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work (Berrett-Koehler publisher); co-editor of Learning Journeys, a collection of essays from management experts; holds a doctorate from UCLA; has completed graduate work at the Sloan School of Management at MIT.\nFavorite quotes: I found a quote about 30 years ago that still speaks to me. I am not sure where it came from but it reads: \u201cLife should be lived like a cavalry charge.\u201d I\u2019m very active and very energetic, and I multi-task all the time. I think I still lead life that way.\nThere are two quotes on the wall over my desk. One by Harriet Beecher Stowe says, \u201cWhen you get into a tight place and it seems that you can\u2019t go on, hold on--for that\u2019s just the place and the time that the tide will turn.\u201d The other quote, by Flora Whittemore, says, \u201cThe doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.\u201d\nFavorite books: I love all the books that my friend Bill Bridges has written on transition. He writes about life transitions, and I often go back to his books when I\u2019m in my own transition. Also, a friend of mine, Eileen McDargh, just wrote a lovely book called Gifts from the Mountain (published by Berrett-Koehler).\nBooks recommended for aspiring leaders: James Kouzes, a friend of mine, is one of the gurus of leadership. A recent book [of his that I recommend is] called A Leader\u2019s Legacy. Marshall Goldsmith and Frances Hesselbein are also long-time friends and superb leadership writers. There is a book called Change Your Question, Change Your Life by Marilee Adams, another Berrett-Koehler author; she talks about the art of, (in my words) coming from curiosity and not from judgment in the questions that we ask. I think that good leaders must be able to do this. Marilee says it really well in her book.\nLifetime leadership highlights: I think highlights come in retrospect. They include all the times you say, \u201cI can\u2019t, I can\u2019t, I can\u2019t,\u201d and then, eventually, like the Little Engine that Could, you get up that hill and over the hill, and all of a sudden you\u2019ve done it, and you are in a new place. I think leaders know that you won\u2019t always win; and sometimes failure is the best teacher. Again, in retrospect, you say \u201cIf not for that glitch or that upsetting event I wouldn\u2019t be where I am now.\u201d\nWhat is up next for you? My organization has 30 full-time people and 30 part-time people. I\u2019ve been doing this for a long time, and I want the organization to become less Bev-centric. It\u2019s already happening. I think there are many people in my company who do superb work, and I want them to be known for what they do, so I want to support their careers.\nAnn Jordan is the VP of Marketing at Career Systems International, a Beverly Kaye company. When asked to comment on Bev's leadership, this is what Ann has to say. \"Bev Kaye has led the charge for 29 years, to make Career Systems International what it is today. Her innovation, drive, and personal commitment to today\u2019s workers (by building organizations that truly engage, develop and retain their employees), is evident in her everyday activities. Her style has successfully served as the foundation for CSI\u2019s continued success. Working with Bev for the past eight years has been truly inspiring \u2013 imagine, working hand in hand with the woman who is teaching the world how to Love \u2018Em so they don\u2019t Lose \u2018Em? She executes on her principles in Love \u2018Em or Lose \u2018Em: Getting Good People to Stay on a daily, if not constant, basis.\"\nLorianne Speaks is Beverly Kaye's Executive Coordinator. These are her thoughts on Bev: \"I have worked for Bev Kaye for over six years, and she truly walks her talk! As a single mom, my schedule has fluctuated over the years (as my children grew), and Bev has always supported my desire to be there for my kids as my top priority. She lets me determine my hours around the office needs and my family's activities. She allows me the space to do my job while being the Mom I want to be.\"\nBeverly Kaye and Leadership\nAdvice for aspiring leaders: Build yourself a support group: a group of peers who are willing to sit with you on a regular basis and give you their perspective on things while you give them your perspective. In my life I have several support groups, all of which played a different role in my life and all of which are critical to me - they help me continually.\nThe professional support group called The Learning Network has been meeting for twelve years. During our once-per-year meeting for a weekend, we connect around what we are doing, how we can do it more effectively, and how we can affect the world in bigger ways. It is an excellent professional support group.\nI also belong to a women\u2019s support group that has been meeting for over 30 years \u2013 we\u2019ve seen each other through all kinds of crises. I think that a leader in any organization who keeps himself or herself isolated is missing the mark. Whether it\u2019s a support group or support person, I think [they are] essential.\nI have used a life coach for seven or eight years. When I met her, she said, \u201cI\u2019d love to be your coach.\u201d I [responded], \u201cWhat would you do for me? I\u2019m in a good place right now.\u201d She said, \u201cI would help you press your pause button.\u201d I remember thinking, \u201cI didn\u2019t think I had one.\u201d [The coach then went on to say], \u201cI would help you look at the life you just lived in the last week and look at the life you are about to live in the next week, and I\u2019d say, 'Is there anything you want to talk about?'\u201d I thought that was a wonderful idea. I\u2019ve learned a lot from her. Now, I occasionally press my pause button, but I am still on a learning curve.\nHow do organizations stifle leaders? I think sometimes we stifle leaders by not giving them the support, the resources, or the time they need to really honor the people part of their job (and not just the task part of their job). In the book Love \u2018em or Lose \u2018em, we don\u2019t say anything new about how managers should \u201clove \u2018em,\u201d but we just repeat things to managers that they were taught once and know in their hearts but have been too busy to do.\nWhat and where are the best training programs that exist for leaders? I think the Center for Creative Leadership has one of the best training programs for leaders. The important question is: How open are you to learning? How open are you to being taught?\nIn our own learning solution, Love \u2018Em or Lose \u2018Em, we named 26 principles of good leadership. Those 26 strategies will help you hang on to your talent. A good leader develops people. They grow whether they grow in the same job or grow into other jobs. Growth and learning are critical. Also, good leaders know how to build good relationships. They know that people don\u2019t leave organizations, but they do leave bad leaders. I think good leaders know they have to build an environment where people will thrive.\nFor More About Beverly Kaye\nGo to Dr. Beverly Kaye's website by clicking here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 9270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 268.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://letsfixit.co.uk/143401/preparing-for-that-rainy-day-flood-proofing-your-home/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:27Z", "digest": "sha1:ULUNEHN5MU3CNLCEEU2HTQ3TQZRYGM2F", "length": 5616, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "letsfixit.co.uk", "title": "Preparing for That Rainy Day: Flood Proofing Your Home", "raw_content": "Lets Fix It: Home\u00bbDIY\u00bbHousehold\u00bbPreparing for That Rainy Day: Flood Proofing Your Home\nBy on\t Household, Insurance, Plumbing, Property\nYou know that elusive \u2018rainy day\u2019 that you\u2019ve often been told to prepare for? Well, it always has the potential to come, no matter what you might think, and when it does come it could be more than just a bit of rain \u2014 it could be a flood. Depending on its location, your home could be at a high risk of flooding, and, if it is, then you need to do something about it now.\nYou need to shore up your home by making it as flood proof as you can before the waters strike. To see how to do this, read on.\nGet your rainy-day fund sorted\nBefore you begin taking pre-emptive measures in regards to shoring up your home, you need to ensure that you have a rainy-day fund tucked away for if a flood comes. You need to do so because, on the day that the waters strike, you will have enough to worry about without having to fret about spending all of your money on things like finding alternative sleep and eating arrangements. Plus, once the waters have subsided, you will have to finance everything that needs fixing in your home. So, get that rainy-day fund sorted by starting an account into which automated payments are made each month. Make sure this account is hard to access, too, just so you\u2019re not tempted to dip into it at times when you really don\u2019t have to be \u2014 if you can\u2019t easily or quickly get into this account on the day that the flood strikes, don\u2019t be afraid to take out a same day loan to cover any expenses there and then, and to then use your rainy-day fund to pay back the amount your borrowed at a later date. Doing so will allow you to focus on what needs to be focused on at the time of a flood: the safety of you and your family.\nTake out flood insurance\nSomething else that you should be doing before you come to physically strengthening your home is to insureit against the possibility of being flooded \u2014 if you live in close proximity to an area known for floods, then flood insuranceis not just important, but essential. Doing so, and not only relying on government-issued disaster assistance, will give you the best chance possible of fixing or even rebuilding your home once the waters have calmed without having to spend all of your hard-earned money on doing so.\nMove your utilities upstairs\nSome things in your home are more prone to flood damage than others are. These include all of your utilities: your electric panel, your boilers, your air-conditioning units, and the rest of your HVAC equipment. If these were to be damaged by flood waters, you would have a huge, and possibly incredibly costly, task on your hands to have them all fixed or repaired. So, get these items as far away from danger as is possible by moving them upstairs and onto higher ground. If you\u2019re worried about the cost of doing so, speak to your insurance agent as they will help to bring the cost right down.\nWhether the rear side of your home directly faces your biggest flood risk, i.e.,a nearby river, or not, you should have a backstop installed to it. Doing so will give your home the barrier it needs against any problems regarding backflow, particularly that that involves sewage water. And if you want to be even safer when it comes to flood proofing, then you should have your basement fortified with a backstop valve by a licensed plumber, as this is a room that can cause massive problems for the rest of your home if flooded.\nPay attention to your landscaping\nYou may think that flood waters stop for nothing when they get going and flowing, but this is wrong. They can be dealt with, andthey can be tamed, but only if you pay vast amounts of attention to your outdoor landscaping. By taking action such as laying down porous outdoor surfaces, you will force water to seep into the ground rather than come flowing towards your home; by digging swales and other hollow depressions in your garden, you can channel water runoff in any direction you like, and that should mean digging in a way that channels the water as far away from your home as possible; and by converting to gravel or brick that is packed with absorbent mulch, you will diminish the possibility of flood damage in your driveway.\nSeriously consider moving\nIf you just live too close to a flood area to mean that barely anything can be done to prevent damage to you or your home should the waters rise, break their barriers and then flood, seriously considering moving. You may have to leave your perfect, river-side cottage, but the safety of you and your family, as well as all of your worldly possessions, is far more important.\nTo assist you with moving in this very specific circumstance, make sure to seek and then take all of the assistance that is offered by your region\u2019s flooddepartment. You could be eligible for any number of financial bursaries and help, and could even be a prime candidate for a buyout programmein which your government will buy your home off of you. Don\u2019t worry, if this were to happen, your home would always be valued as it was in the pre-flood or pre-disaster market.\nPreparing for a flood is about doing more than just flood proofing your home, it\u2019s about flood proofing your life. It\u2019s about ensuring that your finances are not drained by storm water. More importantly, it\u2019s about making sure that you and your family are kept safe should the waters rise. So, whether this means working on your current home or relocating as far away from a floodplain as you can, do whatever you feel is right for you.\ncover damage flood Insurance plumbing prevent Protect safety", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 283, "original_length": 9468, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 336.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lhim.org/sunday/teaching_notes.php?id=754&page=0&find_me=", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:39Z", "digest": "sha1:7GSWVPG6UQRJB3PJXFOOJXTYOM55RGRT", "length": 2605, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "lhim.org", "title": "Fellowship and Sonship (1 John) by Rev. Vince Finnegan (Living Hope Weekly Bible Teaching)", "raw_content": "Fellowship and Sonship (1 John)\nObedience is the outward expression of love.\n1 John 1:1-3 Fellowship with brothers in Christ, God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ are all connected or interwoven. You cannot have one without the other.\n4 Joy is realized in life as we share in fellowship.\n6 This epistle confronts some deceptions that were influence by Gnosticism.\nThe false assertion is that we can have fellowship with God, while at the same time we walk (habitually live) in darkness. Some of the early Gnostics were guilty of believing that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing the moral law. They thought of the body as a mere envelope covering the human spirit, which, they further maintained, was incorruptible; it could not be contaminated by the deeds of the body. Others taught a truly spiritual person progressed beyond the possibility of any defilement. You could be righteous without necessarily doing righteousness. Consequently, the communion of the spirit with God was independent of the morality of the body.\nPsalm 66:18; Isaiah 1:15; 59:1-2 Such believing was part of the original sin with Adam and Eve.\n1 John 1:6 The Greek word \u201cpoieo\u201d translated \u201cpractice\u201d occurs 13 times in 1 John, most often meaning practice, repeatedly, habitually.\nNote the word \u201cif\u201d used in 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. On this little word, hangs significant truth that may determine your eternal life.\n7 If we walk, we are cleansed by the blood (Revelation 1:5; 7:14; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19; Ephesians 1:7). Conversely, if we walk in darkness, we are not.\n8 Much of the emphasis of the epistle is to confront the lies and deception about the consequences of sin.\n1 John 2:1 The knowledge of forgiveness is not to free you to sin but rather to avoid sin.\n2:1-2 \u201cPropitiation\u201d is to appease, to gain or regain favor with God, conciliate.\n3 The word \u201cknow\u201d occurs 36 times in the five chapters of John.\n5 This addresses the false notion that you can know God without keeping His commandments. The very opposite is the truth; the only way to know Him is to keep His commandments. To know God experientially, you must obey Him. There is no other way.\n9 Another false assertion is you can walk in the light and still hate your brother.\n17 The one who does the will of God lives forever.\n28-29 Those who practice righteousness are born of Him; those who do not are not.\n3:7-8 Do not be deceived. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 5:3-6\n1 John 3:9 No one born of God practices sin. Another point of misunderstanding addressed is that we are able to maintain sonship independent of fellowship.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 3581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lichens.de/e.what_are.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:58Z", "digest": "sha1:JEHQGHBBTBKJCRYNUOSV2QFGS6UJPZPM", "length": 817, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "lichens.de", "title": "What are lichens?", "raw_content": "What are lichens?\nLichens are more than only one organism, there are two in each of them. Lichens are a symbiosis of fungi and algae. They grow in many different places of the world, on stones, wood or on the ground, in hot and in cold areas. There are few places on earth, where there are no lichens. Some countries do even have their own societies working on lichens.\nSome species can become up to six meters long, others that are very small, only a few square millimeters in area. But all lichens grow very slowly. That means, that some of them do only expand one millimeter per year. (There are continents drifting faster.) But in centuries, they can become very large. In Scandinavia, there are large areas covered by species called 'Iceland Moss'(Cetraria islandica) and 'Reindeer lichen'(Cladonia rangiferina).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 4, "original_length": 896, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 254.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lifeawesomeblog.com/category/personal/wedding/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:45Z", "digest": "sha1:KN4TP36PRZUMZ5QYJUBWHMX4VESOALFM", "length": 2534, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "lifeawesomeblog.com", "title": "our wedding Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Life Awesome Blog", "raw_content": "Posted on December 28, 2014 January 4, 2015 by Jessica\nWhen you get engaged the first two things that people say are: 1) \u201cLet me see the ring!\u201d and 2) \u201cHow did he propose?\u201d I have never been one of those girls who dreamt of a big white wedding. I felt like I knew that one day I would get married but I never put [\u2026]\nA Preface Before I get into this blog post, I wanted to preface it. I wanted to say a little disclaimer and talk about this blog a little. First off, in case it wasn\u2019t too obvious, this is my own personal blog where I write about my life happenings. It\u2019s something that I have [\u2026]\nThat Wedding Dream Team\nNow that we have the main players officially booked for our April wedding, I am feeling pretty darn good. I was recently looking at our list of vendors and I realised: man, we have compiled quite the wedding dream team! Working in the Toronto wedding industry since 2003 has meant that I have been [\u2026]\nPosted on November 28, 2014 December 4, 2014 by Jessica\nI know that I am a little biased since this is my current situation but seriously, getting married in your thirties is the best. You Know Yourself You have lived through your teenage years. You survived the wild decade of your twenties and now you\u2019re here as a thirty-something year old. You know stuff. [\u2026]\nWedding planner? CHECK!\nI have a newsflash for everyone: your time is not any more important than anyone else\u2019s. You\u2019re busy? Guess what? I\u2019m busy. So is my studio-mate Jim. So is my Moms and even my eight year old niece. You feel like you are juggling a thousand things and doing it all with a lack of [\u2026]\nI have to admit to something: I cringe every time that I am referred to as a bride. Even the word \u201cfianc\u00e9\u201d makes my stomach knot up a bit. Am I the only one? It is not as though they are new words to me. I probably say them more than the average person given [\u2026]\nOh right, that wedding planning thing\u2026\nThe thing that happens when you get engaged is that everyone (and their mother and my mother\u2026 Hi Moms!) asks you how the wedding planning is going. Since I have been working in the wedding industry for over a decade (man, I sound like a dinosaur!), there seems to be a lot of expectations on [\u2026]\nThe Day I Have Been Waiting For\nIt seems like for the past few weeks we have been go-go-go with little room to stop, breathe and soak in the moment. When we came home from California last month, it seems as though we landed running. The month of July was immediately filled up with work and friends/family obligations. There are only two [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 5638, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 265.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lis.stkate.edu/category/blog/internships/page/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:15Z", "digest": "sha1:CNDPFJAB7CBHWPLGL557MQTCAYG3ITWF", "length": 3962, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "lis.stkate.edu", "title": "Internships \u2013 Page 3 \u2013 St. Kate's Library & Information Science Department", "raw_content": "Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Blog, Internships, Out of State Opportunity\nYale University\u2019s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library welcomes applications from current graduate students who will not complete their studies before August 2018 in library science, information studies, preservation, archives or a related program for its summer internship program. The program has been designed to provide practical experience to current \u2026\nJob length: 12 weeks Reports to: Community Engagement Manager Academic Credit: Upon request About the Job The Anoka County Library Media Relations Intern is an unpaid internship that supports the Community Engagement Manager with day-to-day responsibilities managing marketing, media, and promotional initiatives. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Public \u2026\nThe Library of Congress is searching for a Cultural Sustainability Intern. The Cultural Sustainability Internship will provide a qualified master and doctoral student the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills involving the long-term preservation and accessibility of AFC\u2019s digital collections. The Internship offers hands-on experience with and exposure to 21st-century \u2026\nAdecco is currently assisting Ecolab in their search for a Library Intern in their Eagan, MN location. This is a one year contract and a start date of February 12th 2018. Hours: 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM, Monday \u2013 Friday (can be flexible) Pay: $15.00/ an hour Responsibilities for this Library \u2026\nBlog, Employment, Internships, Out of State Opportunity, Public Libraries\nAlaska State Library Internships\nAlaska State Library currently accepting applications for summer internships. The Alaska State Library is accepting applications for three summer internships in public libraries. Interns will receive travel reimbursement, a $4,000 stipend and free housing during the eight-week internship. The Alaska State Library Internship Project will bring three interns who have \u2026\nMuseum Of Chinese in America Summer Internship\nMuseum Of Chinese in America\u2019s Internship Program offers a dynamic and exciting learning experience in the arts, culture, and history fields. 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For college students aspiring to land a once-in-a-lifetime summer experience \u2026\nStory Arts of Minnesota Intern\nInternship Opportunity with Story Arts of Minnesota Spring 2018 Story Arts of Minnesota (SAM) is a 503(c)3, all-volunteer nonprofit organization that promotes storytelling and develops and supports storytellers. SAM seeks an intern to help us realize our Vision: We imagine a society in which storytellers are recognized for their \u2026\nBlog, Employment, Internships\nThe National Bone Marrow Donor Program located in Minneapolis is looking for a Market Insights (Library) Intern. The Marketing Insights (Library) intern will work primarily with marketing staff focused on designing, developing, and creating an integrated marketing library. The person in this role will research best practices around internal library \u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 6449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 294.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://litecoinnews.org/sell-leocoins-for-real-money-the-affluence-network-your-digital-dividend/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:47Z", "digest": "sha1:C3UKQIH2ANS4WJ6HDXGH2W2XM23ZXJU6", "length": 15145, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "litecoinnews.org", "title": "Sell Leocoins For Real Money \u2013 The Affluence Network: Your Digital Dividend \u2013 Litecoin News", "raw_content": "Sell Leocoins For Real Money: The Affluence Network: Digital Done Better\nThank you for coming to us in search for \u201cSell Leocoins For Real Money\u201d online. The beauty of the cryptocurrencies is that fraud was proved an impossibility: due to the nature of the process in which it\u2019s transacted. All purchases over a crypto-currency blockchain are permanent. After you\u2019re paid, you get paid. This is simply not something short-term where your web visitors can dispute or require a discounts, or employ unethical sleight of palm. In practice, most merchants would be a good idea to utilize a transaction processor, because of the permanent nature of crypto-currency dealings, you should ensure that protection is tough. With any type of crypto-currency whether it be a bitcoin, ether, litecoin, or the numerous different altcoins, thieves and hackers could potentially gain access to your personal keys and so take your money. Unfortunately, you probably can never obtain it back. It\u2019s vitally important for you really to embrace some great safe and secure practices when dealing with any cryptocurrency. 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To put it differently, its backers contend that there is \u201cactual\u201d value, even through there is no physical representation of that value. The value climbs due to computing power, that is, is the only way to create new coins distributed by allocating CPU power via computer programs called miners. Miners create a block after a time frame which is worth an ever decreasing amount of money or some form of reward in order to ensure the shortfall. Each coin contains many smaller components. For Bitcoin, each component is called a satoshi. Operations that take place during mining are just to authenticate other transactions, such that both creates and authenticates itself, a simple and elegant alternative, which will be one of the appealing aspects of the coin. Once created, each Bitcoin (or 100 million satoshis) exists as a cipher, which is part of the block that gave rise to it. The blockchain is where the public record of transactions lives. Most all cryptocurrencies function as Bitcoin does.\nThe fact that there is little evidence of any increase in the utilization of virtual money as a currency may be the reason there are minimal attempts to control it. The reason for this could be merely that the marketplace is too little for cryptocurrencies to warrant any regulatory attempt. It\u2019s also possible that the regulators just do not comprehend the technology and its consequences, anticipating any developments to act. In the case of a fully-functioning cryptocurrency, it might also be traded as a commodity. Supporters of cryptocurrencies proclaim this kind of digital cash is not managed by a fundamental banking system and it is not therefore susceptible to the vagaries of its inflation. 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Internet service providers Exchange IXPs, owned or private businesses, and sometimes by Governments, make for each of these networks to be interconnected or to move messages across the network. Many ISPs have agreements with providers of physical Internet backbone providers to offer Internet service over their networks for \u201clast mile\u201d-consumers and businesses who want to get Internet connectivity. Internet protocols, followed by everyone in the network causes it to be possible for the data to flow without interruption, in the correct location at the perfect time.\nWhile none of these organizations \u201cowns\u201d the Internet collectively these businesses decide how it functions, and established rules and standards that everyone remains. Contracts and legal framework that underlies all that is taking place to discover how things work and what happens if something goes wrong. 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Thankfully, there are some highly effective and all natural pills that have been launched to help women enjoy more satisfying sex.\nSuch pills are a powerful concoction of herbs and other ingredients like epimedium sagittatum, hops extract, ginkgo biloba, mucuna pruriens, niacin, melatonin etc.\nSuch pills are great for increasing blood flow to the clitoris. One of the most common reasons behind reduced libido in women is poor or sluggish blood flow to the genitals. Ginkgo biloba is the perfect herb to boost blood flow to the genitals. Not only this, it is also a great brain tonic and increases metal response to sexual stimulation.\nAnother very important aspect that it works upon is that it can increase the production of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide ensures expansion of the blood vessels so that more blood can flow into the clitoris.\nBesides this, other herbs like epimedium sagitattum act as a great aphrodisiac. Not only this, hops extract is one of the best natural herbs to increase the production of estrogen naturally and without the side effects of hormone replacement therapy.\nThis offers great relief from vaginal dryness and menopause symptoms. Vaginal dryness is largely a result of a drop in the production of estrogen post menopause. This makes walls of the vagina thin and dry and can make penetrative sex extremely painful. Not only this, it also lead to bleeding during intercourse.\nSuch pills increase natural lubrication so that you can enjoy sex.\nThese natural pills increase clitoral sensitivity and enhance response to sexual stimulation.\nNot only this, they also boost fertility in women.\nTop notch pills are clinically approved and do not have any side effects.\nBesides such pills, there are some lubricants that can also enhance your libido. Such gels work really fast and not only boost libido in women by increasing blood flow to the genitals but also increase lubrication. They can make you enjoy sensations you would have never imagined.\nNo wonder, such pills and gels are really \u201chot\u201d among women seeking sexual enhancement.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 7658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://loader.at/the-practice/vertigo-diagnostics.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:11Z", "digest": "sha1:S2E6F5YDVU2UPZ53GEOXE6ISIO7UI232", "length": 2219, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "loader.at", "title": "Vertigo / Dizziness Diagnostics | Univ. Lector Dr. Benjamin Loader | Benjamin Loader", "raw_content": "The diagnostics and treatment of vertigo and dizziness can often be a lengthy and difficult process. It ever so often leads to the patient meandering from doctor to doctor, speciality to speciality without ever recieving a definitive answer. To date, the number of private physicians specialized in vertigo and dizziness diagnostics in Vienna is limited. Dr. Loader has headed up the ENT vertigo outpatient units of the Vienna General Hospital and is currently head of the ENT vertigo unit in the Rudolfstiftung Teaching Hospital in Vienna. He has had extensive and repeated international training at a wide variety of symposia and conferences both locally and abroad. He has also presented various papers and lectures at conferences around the world, ranging from Cape Town to Turkey and South Korea.\nBalance and body control are handled by a complex system. It consists of a multitude of impulses from the balance organ in the ear, the muscles of the body trunk, extremities, neck as well as from the eyes and, in a sense, the cardiovascular system. All these impulses are then transported to the brain, where it is then processed and used to adapt to surroundings and to complete planned movements.\nDizziness and vertigo may result from any number of disturbances of this \u201ebalanced\u201c system. Dr. Loader approaches dizziness diagnostics in such a way, and explains it accordingly, so that the patient actually understands the strategy of diagnostic measures and therapy modules. He aims to avoid unnecessary investigations and employs structured treatment strategies. It is also important to eliminate the fear and negative expectations chronic dizziness patients often develop.\nDizziness may, amongst others, have its origin in the eye, ear, brain, neck, cardiovascular system or in the psyche. To ensure the right course of action, vertigo diagnostics entails a direct, open and honest discussion of symptoms, triggers and therpeutic options, so as to obtain optimal results.\nBenign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) - a reminder:\nIf you have been diagnosed with BPPV and Dr. Loader has schooled you in the reposition maneuvers you need, here is a reminder:\nRightsided BPPV\nLeftsided BPPV\nGufoni - Horisontal BPPV", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 283.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://longisland.news12.com/story/35771722/brentwood-residents-demand-reopening-of-roberto-clemente-park", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:13Z", "digest": "sha1:BYEGN5OBW4JYOVSLI3DSFLLC3M3YQQFU", "length": 1844, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "longisland.news12.com", "title": "Brentwood residents demand reopening of Roberto Clemente Park", "raw_content": "Brentwood residents demand reopening of Roberto Clemente Park\nResidents and officials in Brentwood say they are angry that Roberto Clemente Park remains padlocked, and they are demanding a safe place for their kids to play this summer.\nIt has been four years since anyone has been able to go inside the park, due to the toxic dumping scandal. Thomas Datre Jr. pleaded guilty to toxic dumping at the park, which led to its closure.\nOfficials announced that starting on May 1, they would begin backfilling the park and said it would take six weeks to complete. The six weeks have come and gone, and residents say they have had enough.\nThe town says it has made progress, \u201cThe maintenance and care of the facility has been a top priority. Town crews have worked to clean up and remove overgrown vegetation and unsafe tree limbs, as well as raise the tree umbrella so Public Safety has a clear view into the park. The playground area has been cleaned and restored, including the repair and replacement of swings and other features. The rusted softball backstop has been removed, and is being prepared as a multi-use field. Both the large ball field and basketball courts are being groomed and cleaned and will soon be available for community use. New bleachers and benches are on site, and bike racks will soon be installed as well.\u201c\nThe Brentwood community is no stranger to heartache and violence and has been at the center of the MS-13 gang violence this year.\nResidents tell News 12 they fear that without a place for their youth to go, the violence will continue.\nTown officials said earlier this year that the playground, basketball courts and ballfields would be open this summer.\nA Town of Islip spokesperson said in an email to News 12, \u201cThe moment the park is completely safe it will be reopened.\u201d There was no word on when that would be.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 10867, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 241.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lorrainemurphy.com.au/its-not-all-about-the-money/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:05Z", "digest": "sha1:2AYZLLVMPB2AV4JQV2Z7XTZRXUIU53D4", "length": 4514, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "lorrainemurphy.com.au", "title": "It's not all about the money | Lorraine Murphy", "raw_content": "Posted by: Lorraine In: Entrepreneurship, Featured, Finance, Random adventures No Comments\nSorry Meja.\nSince I started my business, I\u2019ve been fascinated by how you go about selling your company.\nThe steps that happen in the run-up to that point where you say: \u201cOk, the money\u2019s hit my account \u2013 it\u2019s yours\u201d intrigued me.\nMainly because I was so focused on what we needed to get done, worrying that we\u2019d make enough money so I could feed the cat; and facing down the \u201cOMG WHO GAVE ME A BUSINESS, I DON\u2019T KNOW WHAT I\u2019M DOING!!!\u201d moments that \u2013 really \u2013 the point where someone wanted to buy my business felt like it was not just years, but light years away.\nWhat fascinated me most was how that initial contact takes place.\nDo you just get a call one day and someone says: \u201cHey, I\u2019d like to buy your company?\u201d\nAre you at a networking event and someone\u2019s eyes light up when you tell them what you do and they slip you a business card to have drink with them the following week at a dimly-lit underground wine bar to talk more?\nOr do you hit someone up over lattes and poached eggs in a packed CBD cafe on a Tuesday morning and ask them if they want to buy your business?\nIn the last few years, I\u2019ve had conversations that I sensed were moving into \u201csniff-out\u201d territory \u2013 where the person seemed to be gauging my potential interest in selling.\nWhether they were serious or not, and whether they had the money or not, I don\u2019t know. Either way, I didn\u2019t take them seriously at all.\nAnd then in late November, an email landed in my inbox from someone who seemed very serious about the \u201cfuture plans\u201d of my business.\nHe made it quite clear that the company he worked for had a significant amount of money to spend on some acquisitions in 2016. I was curious to learn more, and we scheduled a call for January.\nThe call rolled around with this man and he was articulate, clearly very experienced in M&As (mergers and acquisitions) and super polite. We spoke for thirty minutes.\nI felt strangely detached during the conversation. The deal he outlined would see this company purchase 51% of my business, and the profit multiple he mentioned was high \u2013 meaning I would clear a very solid sum if it became a reality.\nI heard him out and told him I\u2019d get back to him on whether I wanted to continue talking by the end of the week.\nI was curious as to why I felt so \u201cmeh\u201d about it \u2013 here was a global company that wanted to buy my business, so why was I not more animated?!\nI stood in the meeting room after hitting \u201cend\u201d on the Skype call for a few minutes and pondered that question to myself.\nI acknowledged that I wasn\u2019t very wowed by this company \u2013 I felt that we would bring a lot more to them than they would to us.\nBut most of all, I realised how fiercely proud I am of this business that was born from an idea of mine and then built with the creativity, passion and commitment of hundreds of people along the way.\nThe team we\u2019ve created together, the people we get to have relationships with, the experiences it has led to, the dreams I have for it, the sheer nail-bitingly exhilarating bloody potential that it has\u2026\nThat no amount of money could replace that feeling that I\u2019m on the biggest adventure of my life.\nThat the only limit to what I can achieve with it is my own perception of what\u2019s possible.\nThat if I was to bring an investor/co-owner onboard that they would need to absolutely rock my freaking world (and the team\u2019s and influencers\u2019 worlds!) to consider handing even a slice of it to them.\nIt was as if I got to peek into an alternate future for myself, and I very much liked the future I had already, ta very much. Maybe it was the business equivalent of a Sliding Doors moment?\nI realised standing in the meeting room that afternoon that I\u2019m more excited than I\u2019ve ever been about my business. I was an EXTREMELY giddy entrepreneur as I started out, so that\u2019s really saying something\u2026\nI emailed the guy a couple of days later and explained where I was at, and he was very gracious.\nThe whole experience was flattering to say the least \u2013 and seriously validating. We\u2019re obviously doing something right to be getting that kind of offer. The game plan is to keep doing that, and then some.\nMaybe one day an offer will come in from an investor or company who excites the hell out of me.\nMaybe it won\u2019t.\nWhat I know for sure is that right now there is no place in the world I\u2019d rather be than in the cockpit of this remarkable business \u2013 even if it means my bank statement has a helluva lot less zeros on it!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 5319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lvivtoday.com.ua/lviv-sports/3932", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:06Z", "digest": "sha1:SXFD2GILS3UBHJW3WCXEVR2BDBHXGBUI", "length": 4989, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "lvivtoday.com.ua", "title": "2015 EUROBASKET IN UKRAINE IN DOUBT | Lviv Today", "raw_content": "2015 EUROBASKET IN UKRAINE IN DOUBT\nFinally, the turmoil across Ukraine has called into question whether Ukraine will be ready to host the EuroBasket Championship in 2015; a tournament of which Lviv is set to be a host city. Construction delays have been noted all over the country, while there are obvious security risks in both Kyiv and Odessa. \u201cFIBA Europe fully understands the problems and issues that the organisers are currently facing because of the political instability in the country,\u201d the governing body said in a press release. \u201cFIBA Europe will continue to stay in close contact with them as well as continue to monitor the situation independently. \u201dAs not a single one of the six venues is yet to be completed, there is a very real risk of the tournament being moved to another location. This would be a big blow to the future of Ukrainian basketball, just at the time when the Ukrainian National basketball team is set to participate in its first-ever World Basketball Championships this summer in Spain.\nUkraine Draws Spain, Belarus in Easy EUROs 2016 Qualification Draw\nWhile every team in Europe has an easier road to qualify for the EUROs 2016 tournament in France thanks to UEFA\u2019s decision to expand the tournament from 16 to 24 teams, it will be difficult to imagine a much easier draw for the Ukrainian National football team. The Ukrainians, ranked 10th in Europe, should be able to take one of the two automatic qualification spots in Group C after being drawn together with Spain, Slovakia (25th in Europe), Belarus (37), Macedonia (43), and Luxembourg (47). The two games against Spain, still ranked #1 in the world, will give the Ukrainian squad their only chances to gauge their preparation for the big stage in France. Originally Gibraltar, the newest team recognized by UEFA, had been drawn into the group, but they were removed as Spain opposes the membership of Gibraltar in UEFA. The competition is set to begin in September as Ukraine plays host to Slovakia at Olympic Stadium in Kyiv. Ukraine is set to host Spain on 12-October-2015 in Kyiv. In other EUROs- related news, it appears that the turmoil in the country is having an impact on the chances of Kyiv or Donetsk to be chosen as one of the hosts for the EURO 2020 tournament, which is set to be hosted in cities across the continent. As Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin told BBC, \"The political situation in our country will influence (the decision) and therefore, to be honest, I do not think they will give us anything,\" he explained. \"UEFA will not risk it. No one knows when the crisis will be finished.\"\nCivil Unrest Disrupts Ukrainian Football\nWith the nation\u2019s eyes turned toward the political events in Kyiv and Crimea over the last few months, there has been more talk of the country\u2019s football supporters \u2013 the so-called \u2018Ultras\u2019 \u2013 and their role in the protests than there has been about the state of the game on the pitch. Indeed, the recent turmoil has had a great impact on football in Ukraine; from the postponement of the Ukrainian Premiere league to venue changes for major international and European Cup matches to the flight of players and managers from major teams, football has taken a backseat to politics since the EuroMaidan began. Firstly, by request of the Interior Ministry, the Football Federation of Ukraine postponed the spring round of the Premiere League \u201cuntil later spring\u201d (it turned out to be March 15th). The league plans to resume play despite the Russian military incursion into Crimea: \u201cPeople are tired of politics,\u201d argues Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Serhiy Palkin, [Ukrainians] do not want war but peaceful competition on the football pitch.\u201d\nHowever, recent important competitions set to be played in Ukraine have instead been held in Cyprus. Dynamo Kyiv, whose home stadium provided the backdrop to some of the most surreal pictures of the unrest on Hrushevskoho, dropped a 2-0 match to Valencia in the Europa League\u2019s Round of 32 while the Ukrainian National team defeated the World Cup-bound American squad 2-0 on March 5th. While Ukrainian coach Mykhaylo Fomenko hoped that Andriy Yarmolenko and Marko Devic\u2019s goals would \u201cmake the country happy for one night\u201d, it was the solemn atmosphere of the small 1,500 person crowd that observed a moment of silence and waved banners such as \u201cNo War in Ukraine\u201d and \u201cUkraine is Undivided\u201d that was much more noticeable. The turmoil has affected many of the premiere teams in Ukraine as well. The ownership of several clubs, including Europa League Top-32 squads Metalist Kharkiv and Chornomorets, have ties to deposed former President Viktor Yanukovych. Both teams have seen star players and/or management leave for lack of payment or security reasons. Certainly, security remains a concern for the resumption of Ukrainian Premiere League matches. The league has said it would turn to the Ultras \u2013 the same groups that protected EuroMaidan protesters across the country \u2013 to ensure fan safety when matches resume.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 6551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 230.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://m.stjohns.ca/living-st-johns/city-services/water-services/water-pressure", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:56Z", "digest": "sha1:IYSSHAA7ZHIWXHOLQYXJJXBIIMTBZQLG", "length": 752, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "m.stjohns.ca", "title": "\ufeff Water Pressure | City Of St. John's - Mobile", "raw_content": "Home Living in St. John's City Services Water Services Water Pressure\nHigh water pressure: This is normally caused by a malfunctioning Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV) in the home. This is a problem within your home, we suggest you contact a plumber.\nLow water pressure - single residence only: This is normally caused by a malfunctioning Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV) in the home. This is a problem within your home, we suggest you contact a plumber.\nLow water pressure - more than one residence: This could be caused by either a water main leak or a malfunction in one of the City's pump stations. Please immediately call Access St. John's at 311 or (709) 754-CITY (2489). Access St. John's is available to take your call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 364, "original_length": 8377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 281.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://m2l.com/news/297-buildings-april-28-2014", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:15:07Z", "digest": "sha1:MSEKUSCE6PTYARI7PRG4XMFF3WRDG4HE", "length": 26, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "m2l.com", "title": "M2L Furniture - Buildings - April 28, 2014", "raw_content": "Buildings - April 28, 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 926, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 92.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mac-fife.me.uk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:54Z", "digest": "sha1:57GW5FL7DQQDZVISWQ25UGCNJIYA3MLM", "length": 1102, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "mac-fife.me.uk", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "The website of Ian McIntosh...\nThis is a \"hobby site\" - you can expect to find things here just because it takes my fancy to post those things here. There's only a loose kind of organisation to the site: Posts are broadly grouped like this:\nShort posts - quick notes, thoughts, opinions or comments. A short paragraph that may include a picture or a link to an article elsewhere.\nGallery posts - contain a group of photos on a particular theme or (more likely) from a recent trip.\nLonger articles - when I've got something substantial I want to talk about - which isn't all that often, but when I get started it's sometimes difficult to stop!\nA lot of the posts here will probably end up as \"gallery posts\", as I've had a keen interest in photography since the 1970s and I like to share my photos. However these are my photographs and while everyone is free to look at them as they wish on this site they are not for re-use. Contact me if you really want to use any of my photos elsewhere - I'm generally not averse to it so long as I know how and where they are to be used and I get properly credited.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1980, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://magazine.art21.org/2016/12/19/in-memoriam-glenn-dubose-art21-board-member/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:03Z", "digest": "sha1:K4BJSQGLQ7GDGLRLV2ROKVKXMIVMGF3B", "length": 667, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "magazine.art21.org", "title": "In Memoriam: Glenn DuBose, Art21 Board Member | Art21 Magazine", "raw_content": "In Memoriam: Glenn DuBose, Art21 Board Member\nGlenn DuBose \u2013 Emmy Awards 1996. Courtesy of PBS.\nArt21\u2019s staff and board mourns the passing of Glenn DuBose, an award-winning producer, director and arts programming administrator who passed away on November 10, 2016 at the age of 81. An Art21 board member for more than a decade, DuBose was an early advocate for bringing Art21\u2019s films to PBS. He also produced or directed more than sixty national arts programs for public television, setting a standard that Art21 will continue to follow in the years to come. PBS President Paula Kerger called him \u201ca legendary presence in the world of public television.\u201d\nGlenn DuBose", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 222.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://magazine.mst.edu/author/limbackm/page/28/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:19Z", "digest": "sha1:XKKQ5FP2EN6HKL7WGV3J26V62T62ETDU", "length": 2278, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "magazine.mst.edu", "title": "Mindy Limback", "raw_content": "Meet the new Miner Alumni Association president: Perrin Roller\nThis fall, Perrin Roller, GeoE\u201980, became president of the Miner Alumni Association. Missouri S&T Magazine staff sat down with the vice president of well engineering for Devon Energy to get his perspective about the job.\nFiled Under: Alumni, Profiles, Winter 2008\nA uniform look for athletics\nThis fall, Miner athletics is sporting a different image. The design highlights the university name and gives it an athletic feel, while paying tribute to our roots as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy.\nDesigned with a prominent miner\u2019s pickaxe, it features a stylized shadow to illustrate action, as if it is in motion.\nBe assured our mascot, Joe Miner, isn\u2019t going anywhere. Joe remains a strong image for athletics, as well as student life and alumni, at Missouri S&T.\nAnheuser-Busch Foundation, students and alumni join forces to renovate recreation center\nPlans to extensively renovate the Student Recreation Center at Missouri S&T have been bolstered by a $1 million gift from the Anheuser-Busch Foundation, a $250,000 gift from Roger Dorf, ME\u201965, and his wife, Sandy, and student fees.\nWhat\u2019s your Greek IQ?\nIf it\u2019s all Greek to you, click here to learn more about fraternities and sororities at Missouri S&T.\nDale and Patricia Ruma Spence: You don\u2019t have to retire with a million dollars to make a difference\nGoing Greek has made a big difference in the lives of two young alumni who are giving back to Missouri S&T and encouraging other recent grads to do the same.\nA tradition of love and beauties\n\u201cI have nothing to do with it. You\u2019ll have to ask Mary.\u201d That was Sarah McCrae\u2019s response in 1916 when a caller asked if her daughter would serve as the first Queen of Love and Beauty elected by the junior class at MSM. (Technically, the first queen, Helen Baysinger, the daughter of a Board of Curators member, was crowned in 1915, but had not been elected.)\nCover mosaic\nThe cover image of the Winter 2007 issue is a Photomosaic (R) of the shamrock that adorns the jacket worn for decades by St. Pat\u2019s Committee members. It features 1,150 unique images of St. Pat\u2019s through the years. The Photomosaic was created by artist Robert Silvers. See more of Silvers\u2019 work at www.photomosaic.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 6137, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 238.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://magazine.scoreit.org/cannes-film-festival-jury-gabriel-yared/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:27Z", "digest": "sha1:CXZQRCY7J6UIKJUIJ2EFZMBJ7ZGGYLYY", "length": 6511, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "magazine.scoreit.org", "title": "Cannes Film Festival Jury Member Gabriel Yared: A Dedication to Music - Score It Magazine", "raw_content": "It is the first time that a music composer has been a member of the prestigious jury in seven years. To mark this occasion, we have put a spotlight on Gabriel Yared\u2019s impressive career, particularly highlighting his unique and inspiring approach to film music.\nIn total, Yared has composed for about a hundred films. Yet, he doesn\u2019t actually define himself as a \u2018film composer\u2019 but simply as a \u2018music composer for films\u2019. The nuance which separates his definition from the former lies in the fact that he generally aims to embrace the overriding spirit of a film whilst composing, rather than tightly fitting to it scene by scene. Often, he prefers to read the script first and then compose the score afterwards, avoiding a potential dependence on the film\u2019s image. In a 2016 conference at The Barbican, London, Yared explained:\n\u201cI like composers for film; I don\u2019t like film composers [\u2026] I love composers like Bernard Herrmann who brought into cinema a fantastic style that can be played in concert.\u201d\nGabrie Yared at Cannes Film Festival\nIndeed, Yared\u2019s passion as a musical artist gives him a certain integrity that is found throughout his career. This raw conviction has allowed him to work on a wide variety of projects.\nGabriel Yared\u2019s career is as rich as it is unconventional. Certainly, the acclaimed musician came from humble beginnings in his home country, Lebanon. Spurred on by his weekly half-hour music tuition at boarding school, Yared fueled his growing passion by reading film score music to broaden his knowledge. It wasn\u2019t all smooth-sailing: Yared met obstacles on his path to success. Indeed, even his music teacher declared that he \u201cwill never do anything in life with music\u201d.\nIn 1969, despite having no formal music training, Yared was granted a government-funded bursary to travel as a non-registered student to Paris to study at the Paris \u00c9cole Normale de Musique, under modernist music legend Henri Dutilleux.\nHis film score career met its debut in the early 1980s, composing for Sauve qui Peut (la Vie) (1980) by the iconic director and figurehead of French New Wave cinema, Jean-Luc Godard. It is needless to say that there are worse ways to begin a career as a film score composer, since the Sauve qui Peut (la Vie) was selected for Cannes Film Festival that year.\nAbove is the track \u2018Rumeurs dans la Ville\u2019, an excerpt from the film\u2019s score which is a rather experimental approach by Yared, with an unusual beat and long synth layers. It still sounds futuristic today.\n\u201cGodard took the tape and cut the images to music,\u201d says Yared. \u201cHe didn\u2019t want me to look at images. He said, \u2018Look at your imagination\u2019. And that stayed in my mind.\u201d Gabriel Yared, interview for The National, April 2016\nParadoxically enough, Sauve qui Peut (la Vie) was the first feature-length film that Yared scored, and it was also Godard\u2019s last piece of work with an original score.\nPrestigious collaborations followed. Yared worked with Costa Gavras for Hanna K. in 1983 and he scored Jean-Jacques Annaud\u2019s The Lover (1992). In addition, Yared collaborated with Jean-Jacques Beineix and composed for his films The Moon in the Gutter (1983) and Betty Blue (37\u00b02 le Matin \u2013 1986).\nAs Yared said in an interview for the French Cinematheque on the occasion of a retrospective on his work in 2012, \u201cWriting music for a film is also drawing a picture. That\u2019s what happened with Nastassja Kinski in the track \u2018Loretta\u2019s Valse\u2019 (in The Moon In The Gutter) and also with the actresses Isabelle Adjani and Juliette Binoche\u201d.\nIn the video below, Yared explains the process behind the writing of \u2018Loretta\u2019s Valse\u2019 after his meeting with Nastassja Kinski:\nAfter falling in love with Betty Blue\u2019s score, Anthony Minghella got in contact with Yared in 1996 to work on his film The English Patient (1996). Consequently, the French-Lebanese composer won an Academy Award for his score written for the highly successful film, and a very strong relationship between the two artists blossomed.\n\u201cThe most beautiful thing in this career, I would say, has been the meeting with Anthony Minghella before he passed away in 2008. He would always take me forward, take me somewhere else. He was bold, I was bold with him.\u201d Gabriel Yared, interviewed for the Huffington Post, December 2016\nAn extract from Ranni Khanna\u2019s documentary on Gabriel Yared, which focused on how Minghella and the composer worked together:\nYared\u2019s latest collaboration involves the young Canadian prodigy and Cannes Festival regular, director Xavier Dolan. They first worked together for the film Tom At The Farm (2013), and then for It\u2019s Only The End Of The World (2016), which received the Cannes Grand Prix in 2016. He\u2019s now working on Dolan\u2019s next film, provocatively titled The Death And Life Of John F. Donovan, and due to be released in 2018.\n\u201cI\u2019m interested in young people, who don\u2019t already have an idea of what the music should be. They don\u2019t have references and they don\u2019t say \u2018I would like music like this film.\u2019\u201d Gabriel Yared at a Conference at The Barbican, 2016\n\u2018Avant L\u2019Orage\u2019 (\u2018Before The Storm\u2019), a track from the film score for It\u2019s Only the End of the World, perfectly sums up Yared\u2019s ability to sumptuously depict emotions in his compositions. In the track, the composer lets the musical tension slowly augment, shifting from a delicate, melancholic minor melody to an intensely dramatic climax.\nAt the beginning of the track, you can hear Yared paying tribute to Jean-Sebastian Bach\u2019s \u2018Prelude & Fugue No.2 in C minor\u2018, reinterpreted with an organ at a much slower tempo.\nIn an interview for the Huffington Post from November 2016, Yared stated that he always aims to create \u2018a proper piece of music, that exists by itself as music\u2019. His latest work with Dolan makes no exception to this rule, and we can reasonably hope for the same kind of magic in their next collaboration.\nTo conclude this brief portrait of one of the most prolific composers of past decades, we recommend that you listen to his score for the film Betty Blue. Here, the blend of classical music, leftfield world music and electronic arrangement embodies Yared\u2019s versatility and eternal quest for composing quality music, without being bound to any specific genre.\nWritten by Sylvain Pinot.\nEdited by Amalia Morris and Marine Wong Kwok Chuen.\nTags: Anthony Minghella, Bernard Herrmann, Cannes 2017, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Jury, composer, Costa Gavras, Gabriel Yared, Godard, Henri Dutilleux, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jean-Jacques Beineix, portrait, Xavier Dolan", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 9863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 181.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://majoumo.com/fruit-salad.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:51Z", "digest": "sha1:VQ3U6T64CMPXNQW6B2BHARG7M5TAL2M3", "length": 318, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "majoumo.com", "title": "\ufeff Dream of Fruit-salad", "raw_content": "As a mix of different fruits, fruit salad expresses the arrival of a variety of events or people in your life. This will be positive or negative depending on the context in which the dream occurs. As each fruit has its interpretation, you should pay attention to the types of fruit that make up the salad. (See fruit )", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 907, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 138.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://maptothefuture.com/category/uncategorized/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:20Z", "digest": "sha1:WS5KEHV3TBEQ5FVB63OQSZOAVLRT2EHN", "length": 569, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "maptothefuture.com", "title": "Uncategorized | MAP to the future", "raw_content": "Against M\u00fcller\u2019s \u201cWhat Is Populism?\u201d\nIn many ways, 2016 has proved that I was right, three years ago, to start a blog dedicated to populism. In many ways, this has been The Year That Populism Would No Longer Be Ignored. Even as populism has been mainstreamed, it\u2019s also been misunderstood and misappropriated by some, particularly elitists who are rightly worried about it. One such elitist deserves particular attention, because when you google \u201cwhat is populism?\u201d his 2016 cash-in book comes right up. His name is\u2026\nComments Off on Against M\u00fcller\u2019s \u201cWhat Is Populism?\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 2291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 187.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=notes&id=307792&from=rss", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:26Z", "digest": "sha1:VJIOVKWFVRMDIX6DLWRYPCZMYU5V4C2K", "length": 428, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "marinespecies.org", "title": "World Polychaeta Database", "raw_content": "Not stated. Clearly named after one of the Serpulidae taxonomists, Knight-Joneses husband and wife team, and as the ending is masculine, it must be after Wyn Knight-Jones\nDe Silva, P.H.D.H. (1965). New species and records of Polychaeta from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 144(4): 537-563. available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05196.x Available for editors [request]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 176.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://marionfellows.scot/2016/06/28/mds-statement/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:12Z", "digest": "sha1:Z4J5YB7KHMSBK72DKSSWOLRFGZYMUJNM", "length": 1342, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "marionfellows.scot", "title": "M&Ds Statement | Marion Fellows MP", "raw_content": "A statement on the recent incident at M&Ds:\n\u201cI was devastated to hear of the incident that occurred at M&Ds theme park on Sunday afternoon.\n\u201cMy thoughts are with all those involved in this serious incident and also with their family and friends.\n\u201cI want to thank the emergency services and members of the public for their hard work and efforts in coming to those in dire need.\n\u201cI welcome the news that the Health and Safety Executive immediately started an investigation at M & D\u2019s and that the Head of Operations for the HSE in Scotland has been in attendance. Specialist mechanical engineering specialists are also involved in the investigation.\n\u201cThe investigation will determine the immediate and underlying cause of the accident and will look for any breaches in Health and Safety Law. If appropriate a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.\n\u201cIt is essential that a full health and safety investigation is carried out to ensure the wellbeing of those visiting the park. People must be able to use such facilities with full confidence.\n\u201cI think it is right and proper that the Theme Park remains closed at this time.\n\u201cWe must now wait for these investigations to be carried out and give our best wishes and support to those involved and their families.\u201d\nM&Ds Statement was last modified: June 28th, 2016 by Jason Henderson\nTags:M&Ds", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2782, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 207.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://marionfellows.scot/2018/11/08/mp-calls-for-regulations-on-firework-sales/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:01Z", "digest": "sha1:HLBFYKAPODMS5XXGM7CPERJM4KHL633J", "length": 2019, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "marionfellows.scot", "title": "MP CALLS FOR REGULATIONS ON FIREWORK SALES | Marion Fellows MP", "raw_content": "COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS ON SAFETY, ANIMAL WELFARE AND DEMAND ON EMERGENCY SERVICESFireworks\nMotherwell and Wishaw MP, Marion Fellows, has called on the UK Government to regulate the sale of fireworks following numerous complaints from the community expressing concerns to public safety, animal welfare and demand on emergency services.\nIn a letter to Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Mrs Fellows said that people wishing to buy fireworks should have to apply for permission.\nShe believes \u201cadditional red-tape would ensure that only those who pre-planned purchasing fireworks and were prepared to go to the effort of applying to purchase them would access them\u201d.\nThe MP said that some people\u2019s pets have been \u201ctraumatised\u201d and \u201crequire medication\u201d while emergency services experienced greater demand to tackle anti-social behaviour, fight fires and treat injuries.\nCommenting Mrs Fellows said:\nFirst of all, our emergency services deserve our thanks for the amazing work they have been doing over the past week to reduce harm to public.\nEvery year the community expresses its concerns about the irresponsible use of fireworks and their impact on public safety, animal welfare and emergency services. There has to be greater regulation while still allowing people to enjoy them.\nInstead of allowing people to purchase fireworks unrestricted, there should be a license system where people will have to go to the effort of obtaining them.\nThis will drastically reduce the number of fireworks for personal use and encourage groups to responsibly organise their own displays for celebrations and also encourage people to attend displays organised by their local authorities.\nWe can\u2019t continue to have a system that puts people at risk and that the means to take part in serious anti-social behaviour go unchecked.\nMP CALLS FOR REGULATIONS ON FIREWORK SALES was last modified: November 8th, 2018 by Jason Henderson\n\u2018RETURN TO VICTORIAN ERA\u2019 AS UNIVERSAL CREDIT FORCES FAMILIES TO TURN TO FOODBANKS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3564, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 318.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://maritimers.ca/2010/05/where-does-the-church-go-from-here/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:18Z", "digest": "sha1:MBMOH6RZWQYZBNG5IBZLG72VNMC623B3", "length": 19062, "nlines": 76, "source_domain": "maritimers.ca", "title": "Where Does the Church Go From Here? | Maritime Preacher", "raw_content": "Where Does the Church Go From Here?\nThis is the second talk I gave to the MACC as the guest speaker for the Spring Rally in May 2010. My first address can be read here.\nAlright, here it comes. Are you ready for it?\nI don\u2019t care if the United Church dies.\nThere I said it. It may not come as a big surprise to you after what I said last night, but it\u2019s something I feel. I mean, what is the United Church anyway? It\u2019s a man-made institution, a representation of a faith in God. A God who works far beyond the reaches of one single denomination.\nIf the United Church of Canada disappears tomorrow, will God stop working in the world? Of course not. Many people around the world do the work of God, serving the people of God. It won\u2019t change if one denomination disappears.\nOur denomination is struggling. 50% of our clergy will reach the normal retirement age in the next 10 years. That\u2019s 1,100 ministers. In ten years!\nAccording to Canadian census data, between 1991 and 2001 over a quarter million fewer Canadians identified the United Church of Canada as their religious affiliation. In the same period, a half million more Canadians identified themselves as having \u201cNo religious affiliation\u201d. There is no doubt in my mind next year\u2019s census will reflect similar numbers. It\u2019s shown in how our General Council Executive meets this weekend to explore ways in which it can reduce it\u2019s budget by $3 million a year over the next 3 to 6 years.\nThe numbers look bad. There\u2019s nothing you can do with them to make the future of the church look bright. Our congregations are in decline. We have no ministers to fill the empty pulpits, and that\u2019s an issue we see even today. The examples of churches I mentioned last night. Two of them are examples of churches that grabbed the nearest warm body because they needed someone. It ended up with the ministers jumping ship leaving the churches tilting badly in the waters.\nOther denominations are struggling too of course. But we are the ones who are struggling most. We were once the most powerful Protestant denomination in the country. We had the ears of parliament and had influence on national affairs. We are still the largest Protestant denomination, but we have been caught by those who have \u201cno religious affiliation\u201d. They now make up 16% of the population according to 2001 statistics, while the United Church comes in at just under 10%.\nWhen I look at my friends, the one\u2019s I grew up with, most do not attend church in any shape or form. Unless you include Keith\u2019s or Budweiser as religions. Their parents don\u2019t go to church, their children don\u2019t go to church. We are entering our third generation on unchurched Canadians.\nOur churches are crying out for new leaders, more people, more money, more energy and more youth. But what are we doing about it? How are we responding to the coming crisis? One thing we\u2019re trying to do to fix the problem is relax the rules for becoming a minister. Make the process a little easier, make it so candidates don\u2019t need to move around so much because of their family needs.\nI don\u2019t like that idea. It\u2019s the wrong approach.\nIf we want to know how to grow a church, how to create a movement of people coming to our denomination, if we want to renew our renewal groups, we need to look at a little book called the Acts of the Apostles.\nWhat did the Apostles do after Jesus ascended into heaven? They went back to their upper room and waited. There\u2019s nothing wrong with them doing this, it\u2019s what Jesus told them to do. But a few weeks later came the day of Pentecost. We all know what happened that day. The Holy Spirit filled the room and filled everyone who was there. They ran out into the streets and began to preach about Jesus Christ.\nPeter\u2019s first sermon led to 3000 people being baptized and coming to the Lord.\nFor about 5 weeks they sat in the safety of the house and not one person came to join them. But when they take the Holy Spirit out into the streets, people came from all over to hear the Word of God and the promise of new life in Jesus Christ. And they responded to the call.\nThe church exploded. And every day after that the church attracted more people.\nOur denomination has changed its focus from being an agent of the Spirit to being an agent of \u201cmaintaining what we have left\u201d.\nWe are cutting ministries, we are closing churches, we are bringing people back home from overseas missions, all in an effort to save money. This is all we hear from our \u201cMother House\u201d in Toronto. Send more money, spend less money, we can\u2019t maintain so many buildings and ministries. Chop, chop, cut, cut, save, save.\nWe are being told we need to be faithful stewards of what we have left.\nUseless advice at a time when we need true leadership.\nYes we are going to have to close churches, demographics tells us this. Each of our rural communities can no longer support their own church, amalgamation and closure is an ugly truth we must face. But it doesn\u2019t have to be all doom and gloom.\nThe book of Acts shows us it doesn\u2019t need to be this way. It doesn\u2019t have to be \u201cchop, chop, save, save\u201d.\nI just finished reading a book the other night called It. No it\u2019s not a Stephen King novel, it\u2019s a book by Craig Groeschel. You\u2019ve never heard of him, I know. He is the leader of a multi-campus, ground-breaking, edge-pushing church that meets in thirteen locations. (http://lifechurch.tv)\nIn his book It, which is subtitled \u201cHow Churches and Leaders Can Get it And Keep it\u201d, he talks about things I see in the book of Acts. First of all, he describes \u2018it\u2019 as the thing which drives your church. \u2018It\u2019 is something different for every congregation. \u2018It\u2019 can be many things to many different people. What \u2018it\u2019 is, is something that gets people excited about serving God. A thing that fills people with the Holy Spirit and moves them to a committed relationship with our living God through the risen Christ Jesus. \u2018It\u2019 brings about passion for God.\nOn Pentecost when Peter and the other apostles ran out into the street to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ. They had \u2018it\u2019. People saw they had \u2018it\u2019 and wanted \u2018it\u2019 too.\nOur church today has tried to create \u2018it\u2019. In recent years we have had the Emerging Spirit campaign, trying to connect with young adults of my generation. There\u2019s the wondercafe website with it\u2019s silly ads and videos in an attempt to get people to ask questions and discuss. All designed to encourage people get into our buildings and help us grow.\nGood idea in theory. But in practice, I do not believe it has gone well at all. If people are actually trying out our churches based on our ads and what they see on our hip, new, expensive website, they must be awfully disappointed. Our churches are the same old buildings they have been for the last 50 years, with the same old message of \u201cHow are we going to keep all this running?\u201d\nThis is not \u2018it\u2019. \u2018It\u2019 cannot be created at a national level with the expectation all churches will buy into the programme when most congregations have no idea what they are being asked to do.\n\u2018It\u2019 is a grassroots movement. \u2018It\u2019 is finding what works for your church today, which may not be the same thing as yesterday, or tomorrow, or next week, month or year. \u2018It\u2019 is what God is calling us to do right now.\nGetting to this point is a scary journey. Why? Because \u2018it\u2019 requires drastic changes in the way we have always done things. We need to be flexible, we need to be agile, and we need to be willing to risk everything to get \u2018it\u2019.\nLet\u2019s face it. We are pretty comfortable where we are. The status quo, while not very productive is a nice play to be. We\u2019re happy, we\u2019re used to this, why go through all the trouble for something that might not work?\nThis is why we\u2019re in the on the doorstep of a huge crisis in our church. In fact, we already have one foot inside the door, or maybe in the grave would be more accurate.\nWe have neglected the Gospel message. I said last night we have watered down our approach to preaching and scripture by not dealing with the difficult and challenging messages in the Bible. As a result we are seeing fewer and fewer people moved to follow Christ in any meaningful way. We have abandoned the Holy Spirit in search of our own approach to the Bible and thus our ministries.\nIf we want to save this church, we need to be Spirit-led people. We need to engage God and let Him transform us and move us into new directions. And each church needs to make that move on its own.\nIn Acts 6, it seems as though the apostles recognize they are losing \u2018it\u2019. (Just because you have \u2018it\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean you get to keep it forever. You need to continually evaluate your position and your ministries, that\u2019s how you keep \u2018it\u2019) The apostles seem to recognize their ministry has become stale and they\u2019ve stopped paying close attention to God and what they have been called to do. They say to one another, \u201cIt is not right that we should neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.\u201d\nThe apostles catch that they are so caught up in service and the work of the church, they realize they are missing further opportunities to grow and serve in new ways. So they get more helpers. They find some people who are gifted and assign them to the tasks of serving, and the apostles go back to focusing on what God is wanting them to do next. This leads Philip to go to Samaria and start a church and to baptize the Ethiopian eunuch to open up more of Africa to the Gospel message.\nIt allows the church to be ready to receive their greatest opponent into their midst as they meet Saul who will become Paul after his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus.\nIt allows Peter to go off and heal Aeneas, to bring Tabitha back from the dead and to convert Cornelius, a Roman centurion.\nEach act bringing more and more people into the church as they see the Spirit of God moving through all their actions.\nImagine the opportunities they would have missed if they simply kept their heads down serving tables. If they simply said, \u201cWell, we\u2019re doing good work here, God must be pleased with us!\u201d Don\u2019t get me wrong, they did important work, absolutely. But by finding people who had gifts to offer in that ministry, it opened up doors which launched new ministries and churches all over the region.\nEach and every step of the ministry of the first apostles was a step where they risked everything they had. The church was being persecuted, they were in and out of jail all the time, their lives were threatened, at any moment I\u2019m sure they thought it could be over.\nBut they kept going. They kept risking their lives for the sake of the Gospel. And because they were willing to do these things, the church kept exploding with new members from all backgrounds.\nTomorrow churches across the world will read from Acts chapter 11. It\u2019s Peter defending his trip to evangelize to the Gentiles. Many churches will no doubt focus of the vision he had where God declares food to be clean. It would be my hope that instead they focus on verses 15-17 where Peter says, \u201cAs I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, \u2018John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.\u2019 If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?\u201d\nPeter spoke the truth of Jesus Christ to the gentiles, and they got \u2018it\u2019. They felt the Spirit of God come upon them and they opened their lives to the power of God to lead and guide them. There he baptized the Roman leader and all who were with him when they heard Peter speak. A new church was planted and he stayed there for several days, teaching them and leading them to God\u2019s ways.\nThis is the hope for our renewal groups in the United Church. I am very excited to know they have begun discussions to find ways in which they can come together and share in this valuable ministry. To find common ground and ways in which to share resources.\nI have an interest in each group. I believe each group has gifts to offer to the church as they seek to be obedient to God\u2019s plan for them. But, from what I can see on the sidelines, none of them have \u2018it\u2019. None have the drive and passion to get out and speak the truth and bring about change. There\u2019s just not enough people and resources it seems. Their energy levels have waned in recent years.\nWhich means we need to work together. To be perfectly honest, it\u2019s the only way I\u2019ll get involved with any of them. One group, one voice, one passion. Small yet strong with the Spirit of God to bring about change in our denomination. To fight for what we feel is important to the Christian faith and not what is important to the organization.\nIt\u2019s time for a new thing. It\u2019s time to take a risk and move forward, to step out boldly to say we are one body as we bring our parts together with Christ as our head.\nWhat have we got to lose? The numbers don\u2019t lie about the future of the denomination as we know it. If we don\u2019t make a change, if we don\u2019t seek God to work within us in the deepest, darkest part of our souls, what do we have left?\nCraig Groeshel shares in his book how his church began in 1996 in the unheated garage of a home with a couple chairs and an old overhead projector. From there they kept risking everything to do what God was asking them to do. And now thousands of people worship in the network of churches they have built. All because they took chances when God asked them to.\nThe first church, the church in the book of Acts exploded from a room full of people into thousands of people in a matter of days, because they risked what they had to do what God wanted them to do, share the Good News of Jesus Christ with the world.\nOur churches future is bleak. We\u2019re are going to continue to get smaller and smaller. We\u2019ll have fewer and fewer leaders and churches.\nWe need it. Believe it or not, we need it. We have too much. We\u2019re too comfortable. We\u2019re too set in our ways. We\u2019re so big we can\u2019t change. We need to be in a position where we are willing to risk our future for the sake of doing God\u2019 work in our communities. We need to equip ourselves to be able to serve our communities. We need to realize each of our communities are different, they have different needs. We need to listen to what God is calling us to do in our own neighbourhoods.\nProverbs chapter 1 says, \u201cWisdom cries out in the street; in the squares she raises her voice. At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: \u2018How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge? Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you.\u2019\u201d\nThis is God at work in the world. God in not in our buildings, He\u2019s not in our organizations. God is in our streets, in the people who travel them, the people who work along them, the people who live on them, this is where God is. And God is crying out to us to join Him. His Spirit is making known to us what the needs of our communities are. We need to stop and listen. We need to get out of our buildings and join in the work God wants us to do.\nGod wants us to have \u2018it\u2019. He wants us to have His life giving Spirit within us. He wants us to respond just as the first apostles responded by rushing out into the streets and making Him known to all people.\nThis isn\u2019t going to happen in our churches overnight. It\u2019s going to take time, but there\u2019s a way we can start. There\u2019s a way in which we can begin to welcome \u2018it\u2019 back into our churches.\nAt AST, in your final year you have to do some original research and present it. You have to go out and interview people and learn about a topic that interests you. I chose to go out and talk to people my age who are already in the church to learn about what they want to see.\nEvery one of them mentioned they want to be able to wrestle with the Word. They want their preachers to challenge them in their faith and show them how God is at work in the world. They don\u2019t want the message to be watered down, they want, no they crave the meat of the message so they can respond faithfully to what God is asking us to do in the world.\nThey want \u2018it\u2019.\nThey want God to speak to them, they want to know how they can become more like Jesus. More Spirit filled, more receptive to God\u2019s call in their lives.\nWe need to help them get there. We need to let our preachers know we don\u2019t want the same old message which keeps falling on deaf ears. We want the Truth of the Gospel. We want to hear how God changes people\u2019s lives. We want God to change our lives. Why else go to church? We don\u2019t believe God can change things, then why bother at all?\nIn Craig Groeshel\u2019s book, he closes by offering us three prayer to use in our daily prayer life.\nThe first prayer is to ask God to stretch us. Ask God to take us into new experiences, new directions, new ministries. To try new things, maybe places where people say it can\u2019t be done. He says we have more in us than we may realize, so let God stretch us to see how much He has blessed us with. It will be more than we know.\nThe second prayer is to ask God to ruin us. Yes ruin us. He\u2019s not talking about sinful acts which destroy us. He\u2019s talking about letting God break us for His glory. To let God show us something that just breaks our heart. To let God expose us to some of the greatest injustices in the world, and have it ruin us so much all we can do is want to make it right.\nLook at Job. If anyone was ever ruined, it was Job. Everything he ever had, anything he ever loved was taken away from him. In the end he learned what really mattered. What mattered was what God wanted him to do. When Job finally figured this out, he was blessed more abundantly than ever before and he grew in his faith.\nWe need to let God ruin us so we can see the greatest need in the world. To let God expose us to something we know will tear us apart at the seams because God wants us to know the world suffers, and He suffers because of it.\nAnd finally, Craig wants to pray for healing. Our own healing. Not of our sicknesses, but of our wounds which keep us from entering into a deep, committed relationship with God.\nMaybe it\u2019s our pride. Maybe it\u2019s an addiction we have to attention, or email, or Facebook, or TV, or whatever. We need God to point out to us we are broken in some way, and to ask Him to heal us.\nIs it a relationship, our marriage, a past hurt in our lives? We need to be whole in order to fully understand what God is calling us to do as Christians and as churches. We need to be healed.\nStretch me. Ruin me. Heal me.\nOur prayers to God.\nStretch us into new directions. Places we\u2019ve never been before. Ruin us. Break our hearts for the broken people in the world. And heal us. Take away the things which keep us from You. Make us whole so we can follow You, God most Holy. Now and Forever.\nDon\\'t forget to answer the question! * Time limit is exhausted. 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The Carson City School District announced Tuesday that the school will use the funds to buy new instruments, including a 50-piece world drumming set, steel drums, hand chimes, and other percussion instruments.\nMark Twain music teacher Christina Bourne originally applied for the grant.\nThe grant comes from the nonprofit Mockingbird Foundation, run and funded by fans of the musical group Phish.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 4434, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 245.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mediaviolence.org/media-video-violence-addiction-research/research-archives/bushman-b-j-bonacci-a-m-2002-violence-and-sex-impair-memory-for-television-ads-journal-of-applied-psychology-87-3-557-564/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:06Z", "digest": "sha1:MCC55DMHGZF4ZCFSGCF4IHXM4XEEGVI5", "length": 1004, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "mediaviolence.org", "title": "Bushman, B.J., & Bonacci, A.M. (2002). Violence and sex impair memory for television ads. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87 (3), 557-564. | MediaViolence.org", "raw_content": "Bushman, B.J., & Bonacci, A.M. (2002). Violence and sex impair memory for television ads. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87 (3), 557-564.\nAbstract: Participants watched a violent, sexually explicit, or neutral TV program that contained 9 ads. Participants recalled the advertised brands. They also identified the advertised brands from slides of supermarket shelves. The next day, participants were telephoned and asked to recall again the advertised brands. Results showed better memory for people who saw the ads during a neutral program than for people who saw the ads during a violent or sexual program both immediately after exposure and 24 hr later. Violence and sex impaired memory for males and females of all ages, regardless of whether they liked programs containing violence and sex. These results suggest that sponsoring violent and sexually explicit TV programs might not be a profitable venture for advertisers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)(journal abstract)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1586, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 273.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mediavisa.forumactif.com/t722-thai-student-with-french-carte-de-sejour-temporaire", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:27Z", "digest": "sha1:QXUBMBW7K4EY5KOTHOUY23QCA7IKUX6F", "length": 898, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "mediavisa.forumactif.com", "title": "Thai student with French carte de sejour temporaire", "raw_content": "Thai student with French carte de sejour temporaire\nnan.more@gmail.com\nSujet: Thai student with French carte de sejour temporaire Mer 6 F\u00e9v \u00e0 21:22\nI'm a Thai citizen. Studying in France and have my Carte de sejour for the second time.My carte de sejour will be expire the end of July 2008. I would like to visit Italy and Spain. I would like to know if i need to apply for visa for Italy and Spain. And if visa is require for the Vatican City.\nI've plan to stay in Italy for 4 days and 6 days in Spain. I'll be flying there.\nThank you in advance. And looking forward to hear from you soon.\nSujet: Re: Thai student with French carte de sejour temporaire Jeu 7 F\u00e9v \u00e0 8:48\nWith a \"carte de s\u00e9jour temporaire\", you can travel without a visa in the Schengen area, which includes the territory of Italy and Spain. There is no border checks between Italy and the City of Vatican, which is a part of Roma.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 301.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mermag.blogspot.com/2009/01/im-starting-to.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:50Z", "digest": "sha1:K6S4BRCDGWYIYTWKWSNEK2KKZSYX5PGC", "length": 364, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "mermag.blogspot.com", "title": "mer mag: [i'm starting to...]", "raw_content": "how about you? i always love valentines day. it makes a dreary february light and lovely. etsy seller Apol Lejano-Massebieau, of lapomme, does this too with her handmade hearts and sachets. oh l'amour.\nLabels: craft, etsy, holiday\nLiesel's House & Garden Party January 11, 2009 at 12:14 PM\nblue moss January 12, 2009 at 9:26 AM\nLa Pomme January 14, 2009 at 7:08 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 249, "original_length": 4846, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 304.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?s=00a287e0bb3358a0af77158be95519e4&t=92928", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:59Z", "digest": "sha1:TBNMQLVHEG54T45C4OEDYDKSUHQN6YLH", "length": 10059, "nlines": 58, "source_domain": "message.snopes.com", "title": "Utah judge orders baby taken away from married lesbian foster parents - snopes.com", "raw_content": "Utah judge orders baby taken away from married lesbian foster parents\nhttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...ents?CMP=fb_us\nUtah state child welfare officials on Wednesday were wrangling with a ruling by a juvenile court judge who ordered a baby to be taken from lesbian foster parents and instead placed with a heterosexual couple, saying it was for the child\u2019s wellbeing.\nJudge Scott Johansen\u2019s order on Tuesday raised concerns at the Utah Division of Child and Family Services, said agency spokeswoman Ashley Sumner.\nIts attorneys plan to review the decision and determine what options they have to challenge the order.\nThe ruling came during a routine hearing for April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce. They are part of a group of same-sex married couples who were allowed to become foster parents in Utah after a US supreme court ruling made gay marriage legal across the country, Sumner said.\nCivil rights are never \"won.\" It is a constantly battle not just to attain them, but to keep them. The people you took them from will never forgive you for it.\nI doubt you meant it like this, but \"took them from\" is part of the ridiculous notion that giving people equal rights somehow means that the privileged people are losing their rights. I would say, \"The people who always had those rights...\".\nWell, I see it as taking something - it involves taking away one groups power to oppress another.\nThat's why we still see things like this - they know they lost the ability to tell these women they aren't allowed to be a married couple, so they've tried to spitefully reassert themselves by taking their child.\nOriginally Posted by Rebochan\nJust to clarify... not looking to argue because I'm thinking similarly.\nYou see power and rights as interchangeable?\nThat is how you are explaining it.\nI think Rebochan means the power to \"grant\" rights.\nI believe that rights are inherent. However, if one group has more power than another, it's harder for the group with less power to maintain the rights they're supposed to have in the first place. Power is a finite concept though, and for one group to gain power means another loses it.\nI guess what I'm saying is I'm a big honking cynic these days.\nPower is a finite concept though, and for one group to gain power means another loses it.\nTrue in some cases, but not in all.\nIf more people gain the power to read and write, the ones who could originally read and write don't become less able to do so. Their power is in fact arguably also expanded, because now there will be more things written which they can read, and more potential readers for what they write.\nIf people gain the power to wear what they choose, including clothes previously limited to another gender, this increases everyone's clothing options.\n-- It's possible this is a matter of how each of us is defining the word \"power\". I would say that there is power to, and power over. Power over is indeed generally a win/lose concept: if x can tell y what to do, then if y gains the power to refuse, x's power over y is indeed diminished; and it's not possible to give y the power to order x around without taking away x's power to so order y (at least, not in the same area). But power to isn't always a win/lose -- only when it's the power to do something that actively interferes with other's lives, or the power to refuse someone else's control. Sometimes power to is a win/win.\nI get what she's saying. The power that's being taken away is their ability to suppress and oppress. They don't really *lose* anything when others gain hard-fought rights, but they perceive a loss because minorities who once \"knew their place\" are no longer so easy to keep down.\nRebochan emphasized the negative in this, but I see hope in that it's the state that's going to challenge the ruling.\nAlthough i do not agree with the ruling i think the issue here is that no one has the \"right\" to be a foster parent whether or not they are gay or straight or black or white or purple or an all knowing all powerful being.\nMy family underwent 90 hours of in class instruction, countless hours of personal review and training not to mention the interview and meddling in your personal life and past before we could become foster parents and doing the annual reviews where someone can arbitrarily decide that now you are not qualified is really scary and part of those arbitrary items are social, religious and community support based decisions.\nIf the court feel it is unsafe for a child to be with a family due to a particular issue - that child should go to a different family. its all about the child's well being -- not the foster parent.\nWe have a few gay friends who are foster and/or adoptive parents and the kids are well taken care of and loved and doing fine -- but we also live in a progressive community where homophobia is not apparent which could make a world of difference.\nNDL, is there any evidence that this child was actually in danger?\nThe article doesn't give that as the judge's reasoning. It does contain the line\nThey said Johansen cited research that children did better when raised by heterosexual couples\nwhich if accurate strongly implies that it wasn't his reasoning at all.\n-- plus which, they're trying to adopt the child, not only to foster. In their case, the right to adopt comes pretty close to the right to have children at all.\nNo one in the OP or in this thread is positing such a right. The OP parents have qualifed to be foster parents, and been approved to adopt the child who has been taken from them. They have been (temporarily, I hope) deprived of the right to be treated like any other qualified foster parents in that situation, without regard to their sexual orientation.\nThat is the issue here.\nETA: Correction: they had not been approved to adopt. However:\nThe women, who are legally married, were approved after passing home inspections, background checks and interviews with the DCFS. They hope to adopt the baby and have the support of the child's biological mother.\nThe ruling came during \"a routine hearing.\"\nLast edited by Lainie; 12 November 2015 at 07:52 PM.\ni missed the part in the article where the judge cited that it was due to HIS religious beliefs -- which is wrong -- shouldn't happen -- but throughout the entire process we were told that children could be removed from us at any time if it was believed the child would do better elsewhere.\nIf that is the only reason then it should be overturned -- i thought it was due to community angst against the LGBT community in Utah.\nThe judge didn't say it was due to his religious beliefs. He claimed to have read research, which he did not cite, that showed kids did better with hetero parents.\nYea, that's it. I just can't seem to state my own beliefs with that level of clarity.\nThe topic of being able to read and write came up, and I'd note that it does tie into that same idea of the power to oppress being taken away. During the same times that slavery was legal, it was also illegal in slave states for blacks to learn to read or write and also illegal to teach them. While technically a slave being able to read doesn't take your ability to read from you, it DOES remove a tool you had to coerce that person to listen to your authority (obviously assuming you were a slavemaster and not an abolitionist!) Thus, you didn't lose your right to read but that slave has taken your power over them away from you.\nI did say I was a cynic But you are right, the state fighting the decision is good news. I really should learn to look for silver linings more.\nIt's probably that too unfortunately\nTo add some additional context to this - Utah has a history of some seriously messed up laws regarding adoption and custody. It often amounted to little more than legalized kidnapping.\nThey have made some changes, but there is still an attitude that people have some sort of celestial order to get kids and raise them in Christian households.\nThey may still be making changes, but there are a whole lot of judges in Utah who will push the limits to the Nth degree to keep kids out of non-traditional or non-religious households.\nDespite the contradictions in their own lives, I think the writers of the Declaration of Independence got it right: We're endowed with certain unalienable rights and they are taken away. The rights of women and minorities weren't just \"never there\". The societies they lived in took them. Much of that happened before they were born or even conceived - perhaps in some cases before recorded history - but their rights were taken nevertheless.\nHe claimed to have read research, which he did not cite, that showed kids did better with hetero parents.\nI can imagine what sort of site he's looking at where he just happened to come across that \"research\". The actual consensus of research studying this is that it probably makes no difference. More studies have shown a slight advantage to lesbian adoptive parents than a disadvantage, but it's not conclusive. Leave it to religious conservatives to cherry pick the one outlier with a tiny sample size and a possible political agenda.\nAll the other factors that go into evaluating a foster household make an actual, tangible difference. If you arbitrarily rule out a large class of otherwise well qualified adoptive families, then it means that some kids will go to objectively worse foster families, and others may spend more time being raised in institutions.\nJudge sentences East Texas man to get married or face jail time TallGeekyGirl Moot Court 14 16 August 2015 01:15 AM\nMeet world's first married lesbian THREESOME . . . and they're expecting a baby A Turtle Named Mack Social Studies 4 27 April 2014 02:35 PM\nJudge rules that man who provided sperm to lesbian couple owes child support snopes Moot Court 13 24 January 2014 12:38 AM\nJudge orders gay man be listed as married on his death certificate snopes Moot Court 9 04 September 2013 02:57 PM\nJudge rules a lesbian couple can't cohabitate because of prior divorce terms A Turtle Named Mack Social Studies 75 27 May 2013 11:39 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 312, "original_length": 17014, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 329.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://metalholic.com/upon-a-burning-body-interview-bath-salts-mayhem-blythe-and-quentin-tarantino/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:17Z", "digest": "sha1:PG2VUDY4OSRIJRHICKSYNHXKVHD6CTBL", "length": 4083, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "metalholic.com", "title": "UPON A BURNING BODY Interview: Bath Salts, Mayhem, Blythe and Quentin Tarantino? - Metalholic", "raw_content": "Home Interviews\tUPON A BURNING BODY Interview: Bath Salts, Mayhem, Blythe and Quentin Tarantino?\nUPON A BURNING BODY Interview: Bath Salts, Mayhem, Blythe and Quentin Tarantino?\nQ&A with Danny, CJ and Ruben\nOne of the hidden gems and surprising highlights of this year\u2019s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival is San Antonio metal quintet, Upon a Burning Body. When Mayhem rolled through Boise on July 4, Metalholic was on hand to talk to three of the band\u2019s members about the tour and their new album: \u201cRed, White, Green\u201d.\nIf one could take the cast of the movie Scarface and turn it into a band, what you would have is Upon a Burning Body. The band came together in 2005, a violent collision of happenstance and misguided depravity. Bodies came, dropped, and were buried in the desert. In 2008 the formation congealed with vocalist Danny Leal, guitarist Chris \u201cCJ\u201d Johnson, bassist Ruben Lemos, and guitarist Sal Dominguez. One more bullet in 2012 would see the addition of drummer Jonathan Gonzales.\nThe band\u2019s debut full length, The World Is Ours landed in 2010. The band\u2019s mix of death and hardcore metal genres created a massive buzz throughout the lone star state and beyond. Upon a Burning Body mixed triturating breakdowns with, gang chants, and blast beats to create a brutal opening salvo. Drawing on gangland imagery, the band based its debut album theme around the movies of Al Pacino with song titles like \u201cDonnie Brasco\u201d, \u201cCarlito\u2019s Way\u201d, \u201cHeat\u201d, \u201cDevil\u2019s Advocate\u201d and of course, \u201cScarface\u201d.\nThis year the band released its sophomore effort, Red, White, Green, which taps into the movies of director Robert Rodriguez. Song titles include, \u201cEl Mariachi\u201d, \u201cDesperado\u201d, \u201cDusk till Dawn\u201d and \u201cOnce Upon a Time in Mexico\u201d.\nDanny talked about the origin of the album themes:\n\u201cThe first one kind of came with our look we were already planning. So it made sense to do sort of a mafia vibe. And [Pacino\u2019s] definitely an iconic figure in that genre, as far as movies go. It\u2019s a lot more identifiable when you can name a song like \u2018Scarface\u2019 which has already made a huge name for itself. And people will remember that because of what it\u2019s already done for itself. So we utilized that. For the second record we did our own thing, but went with the same kind of vibe. We went with Robert Rodriguez which was really Chris\u2019s idea, and he\u2019s from out hometown so it was just like a puzzle piece. The names are pretty scary. It\u2019s pretty cool, it\u2019s got a vibe, and it works.\u201d\nWith the band\u2019s label, Sumerian Records, launching its own stage at this year\u2019s Mayhem Festival, Upon a Burning Body are front and center for all the action. This fall the band will also head over to Europe with Trivium, As I Lay Dying and Caliban. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be sick,\u201d Chris smiled.\nI asked the band if it worried them to tour overseas now after the recent Randy Blythe situation. \u201cIt does now.\u201d Danny offered.\n\u201cObviously that was just a mistake gone wrong,\u201d Chris chimed in. \u201cIt\u2019s insane.\u201d\nWhen asked about the theme for the band\u2019s next album, they said Mayhem has all their attention at the moment. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to wrap this Mayhem thing around and do the best we can. It\u2019s enough on our plate right now.\n\u201cIt\u2019s still unbelievable, man. It\u2019s still soaking in,\u201d grinned Chris. \u201cEvery day playing with Slipknot and Slayer\u2026 It\u2019s a huge opportunity. Anybody would pay to be in our shoes right now.\u201d\nWatch the entire interview with Danny, Chris and Ruben below, pick up your copy of \u201cRed, White, Green\u201d and catch the band on the second half on Mayhem Festival 2012.\n2012 Mayhem FestivalChris JohnsonDanny lealJonathan GonzalesRed White GreenRuben LemosSal DominguezSumerian RecordsThe World Is OursUpon a Burning Body\nCD Review: BARONESS ~ Yellow & Green\nARCADEA featuring members of MASTODON, ZRUDA, WITHERED to...\nVideo Premiere: OBITUARY Share \u2018Brave\u2019; Announce 2018 Headline...\nORDEN OGAN interview: Power Metal Mastermind Discusses \u2018To...\nCD Review: TESSERACT ~ Perspective [EP]\nCD Review: ADELITAS WAY \u2013 Getaway\nTOBIAS SAMMET\u2019S AVANTASIA Interview: \u2018Everything I do is...\nCD Review: Arkhum ~ Anno Universum", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1260, "original_length": 38351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://micahcobb.com/blog/dating-and-marriage-a-concern/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:09Z", "digest": "sha1:JW4FDLS2FZOF3R6SZ3ECNL5MTA6HHEVL", "length": 3694, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "micahcobb.com", "title": "A Concern About Christian Dating and Marriage \u2013 Thinking and Believing", "raw_content": "I work in campus ministry, which means I am constantly around students who are dating and talking about marriage. And for all the good that comes out of these relationships, I have become convinced that the church is heavily influenced by our society\u2019s approach to dating, love, and marriage.\nI don\u2019t believe that we should return to arranged marriages. I also don\u2019t think there is a Christian form of dating. I don\u2019t think Christian courting is the answer. But there are Christian principles that should inform and govern the way dating is done in the church.\nA lot could be written about this topic. I want to focus, though, on the difference between how we think about dating and marriage, and how that affects the transition between the two.\nPhoto Credit: WarzauWynn via Compfight cc\nIn dating, the commitment and love is supposed to flow out of the physical attraction and the compatibility. If the girl no longer find the guy attractive, or if his and her life plans become incompatible, it is permissible (sometimes even expected) for the commitment to weaken and perhaps disappear.\nIn marriage, the commitment and love is the basis. If physical attraction lessens or compatibility issues arise, the commitment within the marriage is not supposed to suffer. That\u2019s the Christian view on marriage, and it is how many churches try to teach marriage.\nDating \u2014 the attraction and compatibility are the foundations of the relationship, and the commitment and love is supposed to flow from this.\nMarriage \u2014 the commitment is the foundation of the relationship, and the physical and emotional attractions, along with the compatibility, are supposed to flow from this.\nIt is obvious from watching most movies and TV dramas that the latter conception of marriage is not our culture\u2019s. It is the Christian view of marriage. In the movies and on TV, if a husband and wife are not compatible or are not attracted to one another, then this is a good reason for their marriage to end. But Christianity has never taught that the absence of compatibility is a good reason to divorce.\nBut, while the Christian and non-Christian view of marriage is fundamentally different, the Christian and non-Christian view of dating is fundamentally the same.\n(If you\u2019re wondering, I think that our culture\u2019s view of marriage is that attraction and compatibility form the foundation of the relationship, just like in dating. The difference, though, is that the attraction and compatibility in marriage is proven, tested, and therefore safer, than that in dating.)\nNotice, though, how difficult the transition between \u201cdating love\u201d and \u201cmarriage love\u201d becomes for a Christian couple. Marriage is not a deepening of the dating relationship; it is a radical restructuring of the foundations of the relationship. We expect a couple to radically change the foundation of their relationship.\nMany people don\u2019t realize how radical the change is. And this is a problem. Our culture has so affected the church that even Christians live as if the basis of the marriage relationship is emotions rather than commitment. And this is dangerous, because it means that many young marriages are still based on our culture\u2019s foundation for dating. These marriages are built on sand, not stone. They are easily shaken, and many of them destroyed because of their weak foundations. No wonder the church has so many struggling marriages.\nWe have to creatively rethink the way Christians should view dating, especially the transition between dating and marriage. Courtship isn\u2019t the answer, and I don\u2019t think discouraging dating is the answer either. Maybe it is just a matter of having more extensive and effective pre-marital counseling.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 5450, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 224.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://micro.moda/orgs/champlain.edu_230852/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:16Z", "digest": "sha1:PERMXO6OH5T2PK6QSJTGRPT5AKLMJTES", "length": 60, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "micro.moda", "title": "Champlain College", "raw_content": "Snapshot of http://www.champlain.edu\nBurlington, Vermont USA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1074, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.52, "perplexity": 221.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com/2013/03/european-environment-agency-mobile.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:43Z", "digest": "sha1:FUNOVABNRDTENL22KG7OG7XQ4BAIEO67", "length": 8315, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com", "title": "Towards Better Health: European Environment Agency: Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumor Risk: Early Warnings, Early Actions?", "raw_content": "European Environment Agency: Mobile Phone Use and Brain Tumor Risk: Early Warnings, Early Actions?\nReaders seem to be interested in the 23 January 2013 Report by the European Environment Agency on \u201cLate lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation\u201d. The report is the second of its type produced by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in collaboration with a broad range of external authors and peer reviewers. The case studies across both volumes of Late lessons from early warnings cover a diverse range of chemical and technological innovations, and highlight a number of systemic problems. The 'Late Lessons Project' illustrates how damaging and costly the misuse or neglect of the precautionary principle can be, using case studies and a synthesis of the lessons to be learned and applied to maximising innovations whilst minimising harms. The report includes discussions on Fukushima and genetically modified oranisms.\nThe following extract is from Part C: \u201cEmerging Issues\u201d on \u201cMobile phone use and brain tumor risk; early warning, early actions?\u201d \u2013 an excerpt from the Introduction and the full text of the Conclusions.\n21 Mobile phone use and brain tumour risk: early warnings, early actions?\nby Lennart Hardell, Michael Carlberg and David Gee\n\u2026 The chapter points to mobile phone industry inertia in considering the various studies and taking the IARC carcinogenic classification into account and a failings from the media in providing the public with robust and consistent information on potential health risks. The IARC carcinogenic classification also appears not to have had any significant impact on governments' perceptions of their responsibilities to protect public health from this widespread source of radiation.\nThe benefits of mobile telecommunications are many but such benefits need to be accompanied by consideration of the possibility of widespread harms. Precautionary actions now to reduce head exposures would limit the size and seriousness of any brain tumour risk that may exist. Reducing exposures may also help to reduce the other possible harms that are not considered in this case study.\nEvidence is increasing that workers with heavy long-term use of wireless phones who develop glioma or acoustic neuroma should be compensated. The first case in the world was established on 12 October 2012. The Italian Supreme Court affirmed a previous ruling that the Insurance Body for Work (INAIL) must grant worker's compensation to a businessman who had used wireless phones for 12 years and developed a neuroma in the brain.\nIt is sometimes claimed by the telecommunications industry and others that:\n\u2022 the scientific basis for the current ICNIRP limits for exposure to EMF is adequate to protect the public from cancer risks;\n\u2022 that children are no more sensitive than adults to the RF from mobile phones;\n\u2022 that there are no biologically significant effects from non-thermal levels of EMF, and\n\u2022 that, if there are such effects, there are no acceptable mechanisms of action that could explain these effects.\nHowever the recent 400-page review by the Ramazzini Institute and The International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) provides a wealth of evidence on the non\u2013thermal biological and ecological effects of EMF (Giuliani and Soffritti, 2010). The EEA summarised the main findings of this report in its evidence to the Council of Europe' hearing on RF and mobile phones in 2011 (EEA, 2011a, 2011b).\nResults from the Hardell-group as well as from the Interphone group show an increased risk for glioma and acoustic neuroma associated with long term mobile phone use. Also use of cordless phones increases the risk when properly assessed and analysed. The risk is highest for ipsilateral exposure to the brain of RF-EMF emissions. Adolescents seem to be at higher risk than adults. For meningioma there is no consistent pattern of increased risk.\nFurthermore, of interest is that in the same studies different results were obtained for different tumour types. This strongly argues against systematic bias as an explanation of the findings. In that case the results would have been similar regardless of tumour type.\nThe IARC conclusion that RF-EMF emissions overall, e.g. occupational and from wireless phones, are possibly carcinogenic to humans, Group 2B (Baan et al., 2011) has been questioned by e.g. members of ICNIRP (Swerdlow et al., 2011). That article appeared online 1 July, 2011, one month after the IARC decision, and concluded that the trend in the accumulating evidence is increasingly against the hypotheses that mobile phone use can cause brain tumors in adults. There has also been unfounded attacks on individual researchers as exemplified in this article, a pattern that repeats similar experiences in the asbestos, lead and tobacco histories. Published results on health effects are questioned by using obscure methods and citing single results out of context without considering the overall pattern.\nThere is a lack of investigating journalists who can produce nuanced reports in the media. Most journalists seem to make only reference to news reports or press releases without making their own evaluations or without seeming to have read the original articles. Many limitations of epidemiological studies are to be found in the text, but rarely in the abstract which is most often all that is read. Without accurate and reliable reporting in the media the public do not get a robust and consistent information on potential health risks to make their own judgements about how precautionary they should be.\nIt is remarkable that the IARC carcinogenic classification does not seem to have had any significant impact on governments' perceptions of their responsibilities to protect public health from this widespread source of radiation, especially given the ease with which exposures can be reduced (i.e. texting, handsfree devices and better phone design).\nIndependent research into the many unknowns about the biological and ecological effects of RF radiations are urgently needed, given the global exposure of over 5 billion people and many other species, especially those, like bees and some birds whose navigation systems are possibly being affected by such radiations (Balmori, 2005, 2009; Sharma and Kumar, 2010), and effects on breeding of wild birds (Everaert and Bauwens, 2007). Research could be in part funded by relevant industries from levies on phones and masts but used independent from their influence.\nThe benefits of mobile telecommunications are many, but, as with other case studies in the Late lessons from early warnings Volume 1 (EEA, 2001) and the present report, such benefits need not to be accompanied by the possibility of widespread harms. Precautionary actions now to reduce head exposures, as pointed out by the EEA in 2007, and many others since, would limit the size and seriousness of any brain tumour risk that may exist. Reducing exposures may also help to reduce the other possible harms that are not considered in this case study.\nThe Italian Supreme Court affirmed a previous ruling that the Insurance Body for Work (INAIL) must grant worker's compensation to a businessman who had used wireless phones for 12 years and developed a neurinoma in the brain (http://www. applelettrosmog.it/public/news.php?id_news=44;\nhttp://microwavenews.com/news-center/italian-supreme-court-affirms-tumor-risk). He had used both mobile and cordless phones for five to six hours per day preferably on the same side as the tumour developed. The neurinoma was located in the trigeminal Gasser's ganglion in the brain. This 5th cranial nerve controls facial sensations and muscles. It is the same type of tumour as the acoustic neuroma in the 8th cranial nerve located in the similar area of the brain. Although neurinoma is a benign tumour it causes persistent disabling symptoms after treatment with neurological impairment that severely affects the daily life. The Italian case fulfils the criteria for a causal association; more than 10 years use of wireless phones, high cumulative exposure on the same side as the tumour appeared, and a tumour type that would be predicted based on previous research on use of wireless phones and brain tumour risk. No further appeal of the Supreme Court decision is possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 239, "original_length": 14704, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 260.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com/2015/03/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:57Z", "digest": "sha1:NIRSTTJOLEL6NPWETY3EYQKIYWF2B2ZQ", "length": 5876, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "mieuxprevenir.blogspot.com", "title": "Towards Better Health: Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Produce Clear Co-carcinogenic Properties", "raw_content": "Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields Produce Clear Co-carcinogenic Properties\nRF EMFs produce clear co-carcinogenic properties\nPowerwatch, 8 March 2015\nOn the same day that the EC's SCENIHR released their long-awaited report [1] that concluded that we should not worry about any adverse health effects of EMF/RF fields, a new well conducted replication study [2] shows that long-term 3G/UMTS microwave exposure can act as a co-carcinogen and statistically significantly increase cancer growth at very low exposure levels, 50-fold below currently permitted levels.\nEveryone using a 3G mobile phone or iPad or other tablet will be exposed at higher levels than this (0.04 W/kg). This study flags a big and important \"wake up alarm call\".\nThese are levels that many, if not most, of our children are now being being exposed to WiFi at school, when using laptops and tablet PCs. Modern WiFi signals use RF modulation schemes that are similar to UMTS. It is vital that this study is repeated using similar exposure levels with various types and frequencies of WiFi.\nWe call on the UK Department of Health to authorise funding for this work to be done as soon as possible - especially as their Public Health England organisation's website currently supports schools in their use of WiFi for children of all ages. We have long believed that this is unethical and have repeatedly called for WiFi and health research which, to our knowledge, has not been done by any official organisation.\nThe team was led by Professor Dr Alexander Lerchl and funded by a grant from the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Salzgitter, Germany. The funding agency defined the principal study design which was further developed with Dr Lerchl. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. In the past Dr Lerchl has been outspoken in his belief that current science had shown that low levels of microwave RF exposure could not be carcinogenic, so publication of this new, well conducted, study that shows the opposite is to his credit.\n\"Previously published results from a pilot study with carcinogen-treated mice, however, suggested tumor-promoting effects of RF-EMF (Tillmann et al, 2010). We have performed a replication study using higher numbers of animals per group and including two additional exposure levels (0 (sham), 0.04, 0.4 and 2 W/kg SAR)... Numbers of tumors of the lungs and livers in exposed animals were significantly higher than in sham-exposed controls. In addition, lymphomas were also found to be significantly elevated by exposure. A clear dose-response effect is absent. We hypothesize that these tumor promoting effects may be caused by metabolic changes due to exposure.\"\n\"Our study confirms and extends the previously published observations of tumor-promoting effects of life-long RF-EMF exposure... Since many of the tumor-promoting effects in our study were seen at low to moderate exposure levels (0.04 and 0.4 W/kg SAR), thus well below exposure limits for the users of mobile phones.\"\n\"The fact that both studies found basically the same tumor-promoting effects at levels below the accepted (and in most countries legally defined) exposure limits for humans is worrying. Although animal experiments are generally not easily transferable to the situation in humans, the findings are a very clear indication that - in principal - tumor-promoting effects of life-long RF-EMF exposure may occur at levels supposedly too low to cause thermal effects.\"\nSome details of the study:\nIn 2010, Tillmann and colleagues published a study [3] showing tumour-promoting effects of life-long exposure to microwave RF from 3G (UMTS) at moderate exposure levels in mice treated with a carcinogen while in-utero. Those results were potentially influenced by an unexpected infection. Their data showed clear effects of RF-EMF exposure on the incidences of lung and liver tumours. The exposed mice also had double the number of metastasising lung tumours compared with the non-exposed mice. SCENIHR 2015 does mention the Tillmann, et al, study on page 85 and say that a further study \"might be informative\", but also state that peak exposures were high (5 W/kg), implying that there might be some thermal effect.\nLerchl's team have replicated this study with higher numbers of mice per group in order to clarify whether the previously reported results could be confirmed. In addition, two additional SAR levels of exposure (low and high) were included in this well designed new study in order to investigate possible dose-response relationships.\nWhat they have found are co-carcinogenic promotional effects at all levels of UMTS RF/microwave exposure. In fact, the lowest level of exposure shows the highest, statistically significant, promotional effect. Please see the Figure (above) reproduced from the paper.\nThe paper is available from the journal's website, linked below. It is a pity that BfS did not fund the Open Access publication of this paper. Most public and Charity funded research now has a stipulated requirement for the results to be published as an Open Access (freely downloadable) paper. This only involves the funders paying a few thousand euros (or USD) to the publishers, which is a small sum compared with the cost of the actual research.\n1/. \u00bb The 2015 SCENIHR Opinion (PDF download)\n2/. \u00bb A. Lerchl, M. Klose, K. Grote, A.F.X. Wilhelm, O. Spathmann, T. Fiedler, J.Streckert, V. Hansen, M. Clemens, Tumor promotion by exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields below exposure limits for humans, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.02.151\n3/. \u00bb T. Tillmann, H. Ernst, J. Streckert, et al., Indication of cocarcinogenic potential of chronic UMTS-modulated radiofrequency exposure in an ethylnitrosourea mouse model, Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 86 (2010)\nLibell\u00e9s : Electromagnetic, EMF studies, Wi-Fi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 235, "original_length": 12239, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mikianthony.com/one-in-the-chamber/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:30Z", "digest": "sha1:DLHQOCVJMZ6XKWTLMPU4AUYHCUHARF7K", "length": 218, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "mikianthony.com", "title": "One in the Chamber - Miki Anthony - Miki Anthony", "raw_content": "A fast-paced action game, with stealth mechanics, where bullets are lethal.\nA first-person shooter with single- and multiplayer.\nA game inspired by Hotline Miami, Metal Gear Solid and Quake/Doom.\nPlay Prototype (Unity)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 354, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 284.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://militarywives.com/index.php/news-mainmenu-2/226-latest/4117-officials-announce-family-program-expansion", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:17Z", "digest": "sha1:GAYK3KGDQLB2UDPJT2SQVL4ID5EXU6LF", "length": 3858, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "militarywives.com", "title": "Officials Announce Family Program Expansion - Militarywives.com", "raw_content": "You are here: Home News Latest Officials Announce Family Program Expansion\nOfficials Announce Family Program Expansion\nBeginning Oct. 1, YMCA respite child care will be expanded to licensed child care programs at YMCAs in all states that wish to participate in the program. Currently, the service is offered at select YMCAs in nine states to provide temporary relief or a short break for the parent or guardian who is responsible for caring for a deployed servicemember's child.\nThe care is provided at no cost for children through age 12 for up to 16 hours of care per month, per child. Eligibility extends to families while their active duty spouse is deployed to a remote location for at least six months, as well as to Title 10 families of deployed Guard and Reserve personnel and those serving at independent duty locations.\nFor a listing of the participating YMCAs and for a copy of the registration form, visit the Military OneSource Web site.\nIn other news from Military Community and Family Policy:\n-- Five Department of Defense Education Activity students were named National Merit scholarship semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Scott LaBelle, Brussels American School; Shannon Grammel, Heidelberg High School, now at Fort Campbell High School; Derrick B. Lewis, Ramstein High School; Stella Y. Cho, Seoul American High School; and Emily M. Hoyle, Guam High School, all are high school seniors. They'll have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 National\nMerit scholarships worth more than $35 million that will be offered in the spring. The students are among 16,000 semifinalists selected for the program.\n-- The MilitaryHomefront Web site recently added a new resource called \"Tools for Families.\" The new section, under the site's Troops & Families heading, is a central repository for tools and resources designed to make things easier for military families, including two records organizers. The focus for each organizer differs slightly, but they share the same goal of making it easier to organize, track, and update information for members of military families. Officials will add new tools as they\n-- Residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home here celebrated the 147th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the birthday of the home's founder, Gen. Winfield Scott, and American military servicemembers past and present on Sept. 22. The day featured military tributes, speeches, community tours, a barbecue luncheon and other recreational activities to celebrate the historic day. President Lincoln's Cottage - the original \"Soldiers' Home\"\nestablished in 1851 and now a historic landmark that sits on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home ? co-sponsored the event. Lincoln lived there when he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.\n-- The Defense Commissary Agency will take its cost-saving benefits on the road and hold on-site sales at the following Guard and Reserve locations: Oct. 1-3 in Kalispell, Mont.; Oct. 2-3 in Hancock, N.Y.; Oct. 2-4 in Charlotte, N.C., and Mobile, Ala.; Oct. 3 in Caribou, Maine, and Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Oct. 3-4 in Peoria, Ill., Redmond, Ore., and Stewart, N.Y.\nThe host commissary works with Guard and Reserve units that have at least 150 members stationed in an area and selects items to offer to these individuals during the sale. At some sales, patrons may pre-order products, then pick up and pay for them at the sale. Sales where pre-orders are available can be found at http://www.commissaries.com. In the near future, credit payment may be completed online and the items can be picked up at the sale, officials said.\nArmed Services YMCA [ http://www.ymca.net/about_the_ymca/military_outreach_initiative_respite_child_care_services.html ]\nDefense Commissary Agency [ http://www.commissaries.com/ ]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 7185, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 274.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mindrumfamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I40345&tree=mindrum", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:51Z", "digest": "sha1:GYX4KSXJH5WQTTY5DU6SWOEHGKCHAQBI", "length": 630, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "mindrumfamilyhistory.com", "title": "Abigail Clark b. 29 Jan 1653/4 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut d. 15 Mar 1726/7 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut: Mindrum Family History", "raw_content": "Name Abigail Clark [1]\nBorn 29 Jan 1653/4 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut [1]\nBaptism 25 Feb 1653/4 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut [1]\nDied 15 Mar 1726/7 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut [1]\nae 73 (gravestone)\nChildren: Abraham, James, John, Sarah, Susanna, Mary, Hannah, Ruth, Abigail [2]\nFather George Farmer Clark, d. 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The country star has signed on to headline the iconic Dick Clark's Rockin\u2019 Eve on December 31, according to Billboard.\nBallerini will join a slew of music\u2019s biggest artists appearing on the west coast celebration, including Foster the People, Dua Lipa, Macklemore, Skylar Gray, Ella Mai, Charlie Puth and the Chainsmokers. Fans will recall that Ballerini joined up with The Chainsmokers earlier this year on the song \"This Feeling.\"\nMorgan Evans Needs Instagram to Know Where Wife Kelsea Ballerini Is\nThe west coast NYE celebration will make up just one portion of the five-hour-plus show. As in years past, Ryan Seacrest will host the event from New York City, with Jenny McCarthy assisting him in reporting everything that's happening in Times Square. The show will also feature a celebration from New Orleans, which will be hosted by Lucy Hale. More performers for the Times Square and New Orleans celebrations will soon be announced.\nBallerini's appearance on the much-loved show continues a tradition of country artists who have appeared on the telecast. Through the years, everyone from Florida Georgia Line to Sugarland to Kane Brown have booked the must-watch gig.\nThe NYE performance will be a perfect way for Ballerini to get 2019 off to a good start. 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The PEI band plays HPX tonight at Reflections, 10pm. Here are a couple bands Sorrey [\u2026]\nFossil Cliffs, the solo project of Mike D\u2019Eon (Kuato, The Establishment), is back with the new single \u201cI Never Thought You Would\u201d. The track is [\u2026]\nIntroducing the All roads lead to Sappy blog\nSappyFest in Sackville, N.B. is a central point of the summer festival calendar. It takes place July 31-August 2, smack-dab in the middle of summer. [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2827, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 239.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mlis.umd.edu/category/jobs/reference-jobs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:44Z", "digest": "sha1:WMAZQYOWTLA47VHSCCTGON3PSKZVMAJ2", "length": 1596, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "mlis.umd.edu", "title": "Reference Archives - blogMLIS", "raw_content": "Reference Librarian at Jamestown Community College \u2013 Jamestown, NY\nAcademic Library, Jobs, Reference February 6, 2019\nJamestown Community College, a SUNY institution, is a comprehensive community college with degree granting campuses in Jamestown and Olean, New York. JCC is an innovative, open access institution that meets regional education needs by providing transfer degree programs, career programs, community service, developmental education, and training programs for business and industry. Guided by principles that [\u2026]\nReference and Online Services Librarian at Rowan University \u2013 Camden, NJ\nAcademic Library, Jobs, Online Program, Reference January 22, 2019\nCooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) Library, located in Camden, NJ seeks creative and dynamic candidates for the position of Reference and Online Services Librarian. This position will provide medical reference and research support to all library users. In addition, they will provide training, instruction, and technical support for the CMSRU Library\u2019s electronic resources. [\u2026]\nReference Librarian Instructor at Highline College \u2013 Des Moines, WA\nAcademic Library, Jobs, Reference January 10, 2019\nHighline College (located in Des Moines, Washington) is recruiting a full-time, 9 month tenure track Reference Librarian position (link) starting fall quarter, September 17, 2019. The reference librarian will provide research assistance and individualized instruction to students, faculty, staff, and the public. The reference librarian will collaborate with discipline faculty to teach information literacy to [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 9652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 313.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mmaringreport.com/2018/02/14/canada-contributing-12m-to-rebuilding-critical.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:38Z", "digest": "sha1:YZX7IZU3JKRYOFMYB2LZ25N5456ZA5AL", "length": 1951, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "mmaringreport.com", "title": "Canada contributing $12M to rebuilding critical infrastructure in Iraq", "raw_content": "Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) and Secretary general of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attend the second day of an worldwide conference for reconstruction of Iraq, in Kuwait City, on February 14, 2018.\nSharing in a similar vision, in unison with other Arab countries, the officials discussed gathering sufficient financial aid that would lead to the successful development of the Iraq based sectors and its people and attract foreign investment as Iraq opens for business.\nThe funds will help Baghdad rebuild the country after the war with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), Reuters said.\nWith the help of a US-led alliance, Iraq declared victory over \"Islamic State\" insurgency in December 2017, after its forces successfully reclaimed all the territory held by the extremist group. Officials have earmarked the urgent need for $23 billion in short term loans, with the remaining $65 billion to be gathered over the mid term. Only half of them have returned to their home towns. \"We call for the unconditional and honest participation of the worldwide community in the reconstruction of Iraq\".\nU.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sounded the alarm at a coalition gathering in Kuwait City.\nTillerson also said Washington had chose to provide an additional $200mn of aid to stabilise liberated areas in Syria.\nUS Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis sent a letter to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation last month calling for a formal North Atlantic Treaty Organisation train-and-advise mission, Reuters reported, part of President Donald Trump's campaign for the alliance to do more against militants.\nAbout 70 member countries and worldwide organizations will participate in the ministerial meeting, chaired by the foreign minister of Kuwait Al Khaled-as-Sabbah and the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.\nHe said tens of billions more were lost indirectly through damage to the wider economy and years of lost growth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 5046, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 180.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mobile.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/20890/rhode-island-marcia-ranglin-vassell-bernie-sanders-paid-sick-leave", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:34Z", "digest": "sha1:U2ZUDVPDBK4I3BRCE4OOL2CLBPHOZBYB", "length": 6820, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "mobile.inthesetimes.com", "title": "The Rhode Island Progressive Who Helped Make Paid Sick Leave a Reality", "raw_content": "Monday, Feb 5, 2018, 3:04 pm\nMarcia Ranglin-Vassell now has her sights set on passing a $15 minimum wage.\nOn April 26, 2016, Bernie Sanders shocked Rhode Island\u2019s entrenched Democratic establishment by pulling off a surprise win in the state\u2019s presidential primary.\nSanders won despite the fact that his opponent Hillary Clinton had received endorsements from Rhode Island\u2019s entire Congressional delegation and every statewide elected official and Democratic Party power broker.\nThrough grassroots organizing, the insurgent Sanders campaign pulled off a victory by running on a bold progressive platform.\nFive months later, the same grassroots energy in the state helped lead to another shock when four progressive challengers endorsed by the Working Families Party unseated Democratic incumbents in the state legislature in the September 2016 primary.\u200b\nOne of these challengers was Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, a longtime teacher who defeated the powerful House majority leader John DeSimone in the primary by 21 votes. Campaigning on a $15 minimum wage, ending the school to prison pipeline and shifting funds from incarceration to education, Ranglin-Vassell made explicit the connections between unemployment, poverty and the gun violence wracking her community.\n\u201cI got into politics because of the number of my own students who were dying in the streets because of poverty and violence,\u201d says Ranglin-Vassell.\n\u201cWhat I have realized is the issue of gun violence has to do with structural poverty and racism, which is why we need to fight for a living wage. We have to address poverty to solve the issues of crime and violence.\u201d\nIn order to tackle poverty in the state, Ranglin-Vassell and other Rhode Island progressives joined together to pass paid sick leave legislation in September 2017. The bill passed the Rhode Island House 59-11 and the Senate 27-8. Ranglin-Vassell worked closely with the bill\u2019s sponsor, state Rep. Aaron Regunberg, to get the bill passed.\n\u201cOne of the things I\u2019ve learned in my first year in the legislature is that it\u2019s difficult to make the government work for people,\u201d says Ranglin-Vassell. \u201cBut still, we were able to pass earned sick time. Now 100,000 Rhode Islanders will be able to stay home when they or their families are sick.\u201d\nGeorgia Hollister Isman, State Director of the Rhode Island Working Families Party, a group that played a key role in electing progressive challengers in 2017, says that Ranglin-Vassell\u2019s victory was instrumental in passing paid sick leave legislation.\n\u201cYou know the legislature is pretty big. There\u2019s a lot of Democrats, and defeating four of them doesn\u2019t change the balance of power,\u201d says Hollister Isman. \u201cBut it does lead their colleagues to ask \u2018Who are these new people, and what\u2019s the group that helped them, and how did they do it?\u2019 \u201d\n\u201cThat question fueled the paid sick leave victory. What\u2019s remarkable is that we did paid sick days in a single year,\u201d says Hollister Isman. \u201cThere was a fair amount of urgency around passing progressive legislation because of our electoral victories. It\u2019s a pretty clear demonstration of the model that you can run people on working families values and win, and build power in governing bodies to get things done.\u201d\nThe work of women like Hollister Isman and Ranglin-Vassell have caught the attention of Rhode Island\u2019s Democratic establishment. While the Ocean State is overwhelmingly Democratic, many leading Democrats lean moderate or conservative on a number of issues.\nDuring her time as state treasurer from 2011 to 2014, for example, former venture capital manager and current Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo pushed through a plan to eliminate annual cost of living adjustments for public worker pensions. She also massively increased the investment management fees state pensions paid to Wall Street. During her run for governor in 2014, Raimondo\u2019s SuperPAC received at least $100,000 from anti-pension hedge fund billionaire John Arnold.\nThe state\u2019s junior senator, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, voted in 2017 to confirm far-right Koch bothers ally and Trump pick Mike Pompeo as CIA director and has consistently voted to increase governmental surveillance powers, supporting the controversial Cybersecurity and Information Security Act and the Patriot Act. Rep. Jim Langevin, who represents the state\u2019s 2nd district, is one of the last remaining anti-choice Democrats in Congress. A number of other leading Rhode Island Democrats are close to the anti-abortion lobby and in 2016, both Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello and President of the Senate Dominick Ruggiero received endorsements from the Rhode Island Right to Life Committee.\nAgainst this backdrop, Ranglin-Vassell\u2019s progressivism on a host of issues stands out.\nSo it came as little surprise when in late 2017 Joseph DeLorenzo, a former leading Democratic Party official, lambasted Ranglin-Vassell as \u201cvery progressive.\u201d Speaking of the party, he said, \u201cI just don\u2019t like where we are going.\u201d DeLorenzo later quit the party altogether, claiming it was moving too far to the left.\nRanglin-Vassell calls such negative feedback \u201cnoise.\u201d \u201cMy fight is about justice, it\u2019s about environmental justice,\u201d says Ranglin-Vassell. \u201cWhat I have been doing in the legislature is what I\u2019ve done since I was growing up in Kingston, Jamaica\u2014fighting for people. Fighting for health care and food for people living in poverty.\n\u201cFrankly there are a lot of DINOs (Democrats in Name Only) in Rhode Island\u201d says Ranglin-Vassell. \u201cBut I don\u2019t pay attention to them. I pay attention to the fight. Is it too progressive to say \u2018hot lunches for kids\u2019? Is it too progressive to say \u2018fund schools, not prisons\u2019? Too progressive to work to reduce gun violence?\u201d\nWhat are the next steps for Ranglin-Vassell and her allies in the state legislature? Ranglin-Vassell says she\u2019s working hard to pass a $15 minimum wage, and an equal pay act in the legislature to address racial and gender pay disparities. She plans to introduce legislation to end school districts\u2019 shaming of children for having school lunch debt and to increase Medicaid provider payments so that poor people won\u2019t be denied care. Ranglin-Vassell is also co-sponsoring a statewide single-payer healthcare bill. And she\u2019s working to make sure she has more progressive allies in the legislature after the 2018 elections\u2014especially women and people of color.\n\u201cWhen women run, we win,\u201d says Ranglin-Vassell. \u201cWe need to be at the leadership table. If the Democratic Party wants to move an agenda for Black and brown people, they cannot take us for granted. We\u2019re trying to mobilize people who have historically not been engaged. We\u2019re going to vote and we\u2019re not going be taken for granted anymore. 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We provide mobile and online apps that facilitate easier parent-to-parent and school-to-parent communications. The intended outcome for MobileArq apps is to enable parents to be better organized and more engaged with the school community, thus enhancing success for their children.\nMobileArq Founder/CEO/CTO Niru Mallavarupu has over 20 years of deep technology expertise in distributed computing and web based technologies. Prior to founding MobileArq, she was the Director of Engineering at Bluenog, a venture backed company.\nEarlier, Niru worked in the Oracle HeadQuarters in the heart of the Oracle Database Kernel Group, responsible for recovery algorithms. She was a key member of the E-Commerce and Application Server Team in Sun Microsystems for several years. Prior to that, she was a member of the pioneer distributed and transaction processing server Team in Carnegie Mellon-based Transarc. Niru got her Masters in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology and her Bachelors in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science.\nMobileArq Co-Founder and COO, Anand N. Mhatre, has extensive experience in the use of databases for genomics research and directing a large research team. Anand was a faculty member at New York University School of Medicine for eight years where his laboratory identified and published a disease gene for an inherited condition and developed a transgenic animal model for investigating disease mechanism and developing therapeutics. Anand has published extensively including authoring textbook chapters on Human Genetics.\nTechnology Team \u2013 We have a strong technology\u00ac\u2020team with architects, programmers and designer who bring together decades of industry experience.\nMario M. Casabona, an Entrepreneur and active Angel Investor is actively involved in MobileArq. In 2012 he founded\u00ac\u2020and is CEO of\u00ac\u2020TechLaunch LLC, NJ\u2019s Technology Accelerator which provides seed funding, co-working space, LaunchPad (business boot-camp), mentors, and access to investors for aspiring entrepreneurs. In 2007 he founded Casabona Ventures, providing Executive Coaching, Business Development Advice, Strategic Planning, and early-stage Private Equity financing to technology focused companies. He has invested in over 20 start-ups and enjoys building the start-up ecosystem in New Jersey.\nSecurity Amelie Koran is a information security professional who works as the enterprise security architect for the United States Department of the Interior. She has worked for Xerox as a user interface designer, the American Chemical Society as a webmaster, Stan Lee Media, Namesafe, Inc. and Mandiant as an IT Manager, the World Bank and CERT/CC as a computer security specialist, and most recently. She developed the Star Wars Multimedia Archive in 1993 as an undergraduate and then started SoundtrackNet in 1996. She\u2019s a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.\nMarketing Strategy, Anum Hussain is the co-founder of Acciyo, a platform to understand the news easily. She was previously a Growth Marketer on the Sidekick Team at HubSpot. Prior to leading content efforts for the Sidekick Team, Anum worked on HubSpot\u2019s Marketing Team producing some of the company\u2019s most downloaded offers \u2013 such as stock photos, email templates, and various free tools. Outside of HubSpot, Anum continues geeking out over marketing by teaching marketing at the Isenberg School of Management and advising strategy here at MobileArq. She\u2019s also the co-author on the third edition of Twitter for Dummies. 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Here is a list of my favorites, culled from my new book, Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship with Cats and Dogs, which traces the journey of pets from wild animals to family members.\nMore homes have dogs and cats than have kids: Nearly 150 million cats and dogs live in the U.S., one for every two people. More than half of all homes contain either a dog or a cat -- five times more than have birds, horses, and fish combined. Dog and cat ownership has quadrupled since the mid-1960s -- double the growth rate of the human population.\nCats aren't from Egypt: Historians long thought that cats became domesticated in Ancient Egypt around 4,000 years ago, based on the appearance of felines in the art of the time. But recent archaeological and genetic evidence suggest that cats arose instead in what is today Israel, Turkey, and Iraq, and that they first became domesticated nearly 10,000 years ago -- 5,000 years before Egypt even existed.\nDogs can outsmart chimpanzees: Point at something, and a dog will look at what you're pointing at. Though this may seem a simple skill, our closest relatives, chimpanzees, can't do it. That means dogs (and it turns out, cats too) may possess a rudimentary \"theory of mind\" -- an ability to intuit what others are thinking that is rare in the animal kingdom.\nA cat massacre in Europe may have sparked the Black Death: In the early thirteenth century, Pope Gregory IX issued an edict that linked cats to witchcraft and Satan. Centuries of cat massacre followed, with felines being stoned, hung, and thrown in bonfires in Medieval Europe. Some historians believe that the near-extinction of the cat allowed plague-carrying rats to flourish, helping them spread the Black Death that wiped out as much as half of the continent's human population.\nThe Ancient Romans buried their dogs in human cemeteries: As much as the Ancient Egyptians worshiped their cats, the Ancient Romans revered their dogs.They buried their pooches in the same places they buried their human dead. And they wrote surprisingly sentimental eulogies for them. \"I am in tears while carrying you to your last resting place,\" reads one, \"as much as I rejoiced when bringing you home in my own hands fifteen years ago.\"\nKitty litter wasn't invented until 1947: Cats and dogs didn't begin becoming bona-fide members of the family until they started living in our homes. The advent of flea and tick shampoos began to bring dogs indoors in the late 1800s. But cats would have to wait until 1947 -- the year kitty litter was invented.\nLegally, dogs and cats are property: Even though we may view our pets as family members, and in some cases \"fur babies\", the law classifies them as property, no different than a couch or a toaster. This status is actually an upgrade -- a century ago, cats and dogs were deemed so legally worthless, they didn't even qualify as property. They could be stolen and killed without repercussion.\nThings are changing, however... In the past few decades, judges have shown an increasing openness to treating pets as more than property. Some have treated them like children in the custody cases, considered their \"best interests\" in deciding which home they should go to in a divorce. Others have awarded damages for emotional distress or loss of companionship when a pet is killed -- legal remedies typically reserved for the loss of a spouse or child. And every state has enacted felony anti-cruelty laws, punishing cat or dog abusers with up to 10 years in prison and $125,000 in fines. Cats and dogs can also inherit money, just like people can.\nPets are now rescued in natural disasters: Nearly half of the people who didn't evacuate during Hurricane Katrina stayed behind because of their pets -- and many of them died. In the aftermath of the storm, Congress passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act, which impels rescue agencies to save pets as well as people during natural disasters. To date, more than 30 states have passed their own versions of this act, which have been implemented in everything from tornadoes to wildfires.\nDogs have had lawyers: There have been at least three court cases since 2007 where a judge has assigned a dog legal representation. In 2012, for example, a Georgia judge assigned an attorney to a pit bull that had been sentenced to death for attacking a small child. The lawyer successfully argued to spare the dog, who now lives on a sanctuary in New York.\nWe will spend $60 billion on our pets this year: Thanks to doggy day spas, organic cat food, and open-heart surgery for pets, we're projected to spend $60 billion on our companion animals in 2014. The pet industry is now the seventh-largest retail industry in the U.S. We spend more on our companion animals than the entire economic outputs of over half the world's countries.\nMost owners would be willing to risk their lives to save their pets: Although we make think we're the craziest cat or dog person out there, most Americans have very intense relationships with their pets. According to recent surveys, more than 90 percent of owners consider their pet a family member, more than half would be \"very likely\" to risk their lives to save their pet, and -- if trapped on a desert island -- half of all owners say they would rather live out their days with a cat or dog than with a human companion.\nMore in this category: \u00ab Carrot Juice Pulp Muffins\t\"Healthy\" Brownies \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 8414, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 269.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://moviecitynews.com/2017/09/telluride-fest-looks-back-at-44/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:59Z", "digest": "sha1:MM525KIABP7WBYB335UR2LNHENJ3XAEC", "length": 6074, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "moviecitynews.com", "title": "Telluride Fest Looks Back At 44 \u00ab Movie City News", "raw_content": "Telluride Fest Looks Back At 44\nPosted Monday, September 11th, 2017 - 2 Comments \u00bb\nTelluride, CO, September 11, 2017 \u2013 Telluride Film Festival (September 1-4, 2017), presented by the National Film Preserve, reflects upon a spectacular four-day celebration of diverse programming and special guests attended by more than 4,000 movie lovers.\n\u201cThis was my 44th Telluride Film Festival,\u201d remarked co-founder and artistic director Tom Luddy. \u201cI feel it was one of our strongest festivals. The organization, the content and balance of the program, the weather and vibes in the street made for a weekend that was really special. The films were terrific and the feedback from the filmmakers and pass holders was very satisfying.\u201d\nTelluride Film Festival curated over 60 programs representing twenty-six countries including thirty new feature films in its main program; six film revivals selected by the extraordinary and eloquent Guest Director Joshua Oppenheimer; seven Backlot programs; four revival programs; over fifteen shorts and/or student films, and hosted nine seminars and conversations between festival guests.\nLuddy notes, \u201cThe Panels and Conversations were exceptional this year. Elks Park was packed for the Real Life Wonder Women panel with Angelina Jolie, Billie Jean King, Natalie Portman and Alice Waters; The Conversation between Francis Ford Coppola, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on Vietnam was extraordinary; Bob Baer with Errol Morris and Eric Olson was another \u2018only in Telluride\u2019 event.\nI don\u2019t want to single out any one film from our selection of new films \u2013 I loved them all \u2013 but I will single out The Cotton Club Encore, Coppola\u2019s new restoration featuring more than 25 minutes of amazing footage, mostly involving song and dance sequences that had been cut from the original film. The standing ovation for Francis from the sold out audiences moved me to tears. In this version, the film takes its place beside The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, The Conversation, and Apocalypse Now as one of Coppola\u2019s greatest films.\u201d\n44th Telluride Film Festival guests and program participants include: Bob Baer, Kantemir Balagov, Christian Bale, Jamie Bell, Ken Burns, Christian Camargo, Jon Bang Carlsen, Hong Chau, Scott Cooper, Francis Ford Coppola, Jonathan Dayton, Guillermo del Toro, Ziad Doueiri, Valerie Faris, Travis Fimmel, Greta Gerwig, Rezo Gigineishvili, Al Gore, Andrew Haigh, Sherwan Haji, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Werner Herzog, Maurice Hines, Zachary Hines, Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Brady Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Barry Jenkins, Richard Jenkins, Angelina Jolie, JR, Billie Jean King, Dorota Kobiela, Irakli Kvirikadze, Ed Lachman, Jacob LaMendola, Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio, Tracy Letts, Camilla Magid, Ben Mendelsohn, Anthony McCarten, Paul McGuigan, Laurie Metcalf, Rebecca Miller, Mont Alto Orchestra, Errol Morris, Kimhak Mun, Lynn Novick, Gary Oldman, Eric Olson, Goran Hugo Olsson, Rithy Panh, Alexander Payne, Nigel Pemberton, Rosamund Pike, Natalie Portman, Christopher Quinn, Mohammad Rasoulof, Pierre Rissient, C\u00e9line Ruivo, Sreymoch Sareum, Katriel Schory, Paul Schrader, Barbet Schroeder, Lane Scott, Peter Sellars, Millicent Simmonds, Donald Sosin, Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Elisabeth Shue, Emma Stone, Wes Studi, Peter Turner, Paolo Loung Ung, Cherchi Usai, Rosalie Varda, Daniela Vega, Willy Vlautin, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Anthony Wall, Alice Waters, Michael Weatherly, Ai Weiwei, Hugh Welchman, Joe Wright, Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, Tony Zierra, Andrey Zvyagintsev\n\u201cThis year will be hard to top, but we are already looking toward the 45th Festival with anticipation and vigor,\u201d said Luddy. \u201cEvery year brings us many new treasures to share with the Telluride family. I think we may outdo ourselves yet again.\u201d\nA complete list of 44th Telluride Film Festival films and events is available at www.telluridefilmfestival.org\nAbout Telluride Film Festival\nThe prestigious Telluride Film Festival ranks among the world\u2019s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders, cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and critics. TFF is considered a major launching ground for the fall season\u2019s most talked-about films. Founded in 1974, Telluride Film Festival, presented in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado, is a four-day international educational event celebrating the art of film. Telluride Film Festival\u2019s long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule, kept secret until just before Opening Day, consists of over three dozen filmmakers presenting their newest works, special Guest Director programs, major Tributes to guest artists, special events and remarkable treasures from the past. Telluride Film Festival is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit educational program. Festival headquarters are in Berkeley, CA.\nWe are extremely proud of our committed relationships, each of which are aligned with a unique feature of the festival and contribute to enhancing the festival experience, including Signature Sponsors: Turner Classic Movies, EY and Meyer Sound; Major Sponsors: Amazon Studios, FilmStruck, ARRI, Participant Media, Universal Studios, Delta Airlines, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television; Festival Sponsors: Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Criterion Collection, Dolby, DELL, Boston Light and Sound; General Sponsors: Telluride Ski & Golf Resort, Telluride Mountain Village Owners Associated, National Endowment for the Arts, Colorado Office of Film, Television & Media; our wonderful Hospitality Partners: Telluride Alpine Lodging, The London West Hollywood, New Sheridan Hotel, The Chatwal New York; and Festival Auto Partner: Tesla; plus Colorado Creative Industries, Fotokem, Spectrum, and the Town of Telluride, among others.\n2 Responses to \u201cTelluride Fest Looks Back At 44\u201d\nJose Angel Cruz says:\nDo you know if The Cotton Club Encore will be released?\nUnconfirmed rumor has it won\u2019t be seen, that it\u2019s being blocked in any form of distribution by MGM\u2019s Gary Barber.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 10894, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 312.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://myama.org/articles/len1.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:30Z", "digest": "sha1:TWOGEYOJLHTCUS4MHLAL5JCJSJYSAQGS", "length": 5989, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "myama.org", "title": "Earth Changes: Shaping Our Future", "raw_content": "Songs are good for many things and from one obscure piece came my favorite line: \"I've discovered that the future isn't what it used to be.\" Needless to say, I've spent a lot of time contemplating that and now I thoroughly believe it.\nI sat amidst a room full of people where the topic of discussion was \"earth changes\". Like many people I've been very intrigued by this and have read a great deal about it. I thought that I knew all I needed to know about shifting poles, catastrophic happenings, population decimation, survival, alternative energy and food production. But in the middle of that discussion I began to realize that something was missing... something big... something much more important than everything I had learned so far.\nFeeling that I had the benefit of knowledge that earth changes were going to occur at or near the end of this century, I was spending a lot of time learning how I could survive such a cataclysm and be a part of the rebuilding effort afterwards. Every new thing that I learned was a tool to be used in the building of a new world. One thing I knew for sure was that there would be great hardship to endure and my primary concern was how to minimize that so that progress would be easier.\nSo here I was, talking about earth changes and acting as if I really knew the answers, yet a realization was setting in. One that suggested that I was missing the most important part of all.\nOf key interest to me were the various predictions set forth by Edgar Cayce, Ruth Montgomery, Gordon Michael Scalion and others. Here were (pending a small leap of faith) the best indications that I had of the times to come.\nOn this particular night, our discussion of earth changes was with Equinox, whose ability for predicting future events has earned my respect but for some reason they were not revealing many details. This irked me. I wanted the dirt. I wanted to know when, where, and how bad. Equinox seemed only to want to talk about why.\nWhy? WHY? Who cares? All I wanted to know was what I needed to make the earth changes as easy as possible. Why should I be bothered with the philosophical implications when there was work to be done?\nThen it happened: Somebody asked and the truth came out.\nIsn't it true that we manifest our reality? We know that visualization is a great way to create something that we want. We know that the way a person thinks affects and even shapes his life. And now we were learning that the way groups of people think create a common consciousness which manifests events and other circumstances. So given this, the fact that our futures are created greatly (or perhaps entirely) based on how we think and see things, aren't we the ones in control?\nEquinox explained to us that the whole of humanity has a shared consciousness - a general way of thinking if you will. It's as if a being was created out of the sum total of all the attitudes and perceptions of all the people on this planet and that being was shaping our future, including the earth changes!\nThe real shocker was that if the majority of the planet was to believe that catastrophies were about to occur, that collective mindset would create forces to encourage such events. Likewise, if the earth population was to realize and truly believe that earth changes could occur simply as a gradual and peaceful adjustment, forces to encourage this would also be enacted.\nWait a minute! This was it! All this time I had been accepting that there was a given future and that it was unchangeable. With that assumption I had set out to find my way through the horrible times that I was sure were coming and I missed the most important part of all: The earth changes could be easy, not catastrophic! It was as if I was sent to do battle with a terrible dragon, armed to the teeth and then realizing that if I were to sing to him his temper would be soothed (and I could bring him home, introduce him to my friends, have a barbecue, etc).\nThis had to be the solution! Equinox not only confirmed it but was adamant that this would be the safest and most effective course of action for anybody to take! Indeed, we could deny the very power that our free choice gives us and place our faith in the predictions we have been given, but wouldn't that only create energies that would help insure dire consequences later this century? Instead, when we build a positive mindset about coming changes, the unity of mankind and the ecological consciousness, we will surely see strength and focus return to these areas of our existence. Wouldn't these greatly reduce our hardships? Equinox has even been so bold as to state that the way we collectively think can even reduce the extent of physical damage that the planet could experience.\nWait a minute! Hold the phone! What about all those dire predictions from sources that we consider reputable? Equinox was also kind enough to explain this and I'll paraphrase:\nA prediction is like a roadmap. It has been said that a roadmap can tell you everything you need to know (except how to fold it back up) but with one limitation: It is only as good as the current geographical information. If the course of a road is changed or a new landmark is added, the map becomes outdated. The map is only a reflection of what is known at that time. Just as the future of a road remains in doubt, so do future events. A prediction, no matter how accurate can be no more than an extrapolation of what is likely to occur based on current conditions - the most likely of all the possible futures.\nBut now we know that our free choice allows us to think and perceive in fashions that can elect other possible futures instead. All those predictions about cataclysmic events toward the end of this century were not necessarily wrong, they were the best guesses at the time. Wouldn't it make much more sense to put effort into preventing the hardship of coming changes rather than enduring them?\nThat's up to us. After all, \"the future isn't what it used to be\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 6094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 288.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://myownonlinebusiness.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:54Z", "digest": "sha1:IFBONWL7KYGLO2RHIBKJW6SO4K6TCZVN", "length": 255, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "myownonlinebusiness.com", "title": "My Own Online Business - Escape the Rat Race Today!", "raw_content": "The Wall Street Journal recently reported that IBM had ended its work-from-home policy and that all employees will be expected to report to, and work from, an office. This despite boasting as recently as 2008 that it reduced its office\u2026 Continue Reading \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 322.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/vernonjones/215.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:34Z", "digest": "sha1:7VQ7TQBRG2IENFQSGRHD2DVB2C2YOXMX", "length": 583, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "mythfolklore.net", "title": "Aesop's Fables by Vernon Jones", "raw_content": "215. THE GARDENER AND HIS DOG\nA Gardner's Dog fell into a deep well, from which his master used to draw water for the plants in his garden with a rope and a bucket. Failing to get the Dog out by means of these, the Gardener went down into the well himself in order to fetch him up. But the Dog thought he had come to make sure of drowning him; so he bit his master as soon as he came within reach, and hurt him a good deal, with the result that he left the Dog to his fate and climbed out of the well, remarking, \"It serves me quite right for trying to save so determined a suicide.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 5, "original_length": 821, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 265.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://naked-security.com/news/250674.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:09Z", "digest": "sha1:DLWJFGYCKY3JSMD4TRS5VH2CEGI53MYN", "length": 1148, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "naked-security.com", "title": "EFF to sue FBI for usage of facial recognition software", "raw_content": "EFF to sue FBI for usage of facial recognition software\nThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation to force the agency to inform public about its ongoing plans for global biometric database.\nFBI is working hard on its Next Generation Identification (NGI) database, which will include biometric information like iris scans, palm prints, face-recognition-ready pics and voice data, adding to its existing database of fingerprints for law enforcement agencies across the US.\n\"NGI will result in a massive expansion of government data collection for both criminal and noncriminal purposes,\" EFF attorney Jennifer Lynch said in a statement.\n\"Biometrics programmes present critical threats to civil liberties and privacy. Face-recognition technology is among the most alarming new developments, because Americans cannot easily take precautions against the covert, remote, and mass capture of their images.\"\nEFF demands that FBI hands over details on the face-recognition initiative, including information on the reliability of the technology and details of the FBI's plans to create a global database.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 3962, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 331.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Activities/Research/RegenerativeMedicine/2017-06-26.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:47Z", "digest": "sha1:7Y3ET5UZ5B3QXOTI3W3J7O3HBEQIPT4A", "length": 3861, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "nationalacademies.org", "title": "Navigating the Manufacturing Process and Ensuring the Quality of Regenerative Medicine Therapies - A Workshop : Health and Medicine Division", "raw_content": "Navigating the Manufacturing Process and Ensuring the Quality of Regenerative Medicine Therapies - A Workshop\nForum on Regenerative Medicine\nRegenerative medicine holds the potential to create living, functional cells and tissues which can be used to repair or replace those that have suffered irreparable damage due to disease, age, traumatic injury, or congenital defects. The field of regenerative medicine is broad and includes research and development of gene and cell therapies, tissue engineering, and non-biologic constructs. Although regenerative medicine has the potential to result in health and economic benefits, this relatively new field faces unique regulatory and manufacturing challenges in the development of novel therapies that are both safe and effective. Some of these issues arise because regenerative medicine therapies produce and rely on living cells and tissues, which are inherently variable, even within a single type of cell. The reliance of regenerative medicine products on living cells and tissues adds a fundamental complexity to the manufacturing and scale-up process that is not found in the manufacturing of most non-biologic products.\nSince the variety of cells and tissues used in regenerative medicine is vast and the characteristics of cells can differ between in vitro and in vivo environments, defining and assessing quality is challenging. Additionally, it can be difficult to accurately measure or test for defined quality attributes of cells because these attributes can be impacted by a cell\u2019s maturity and its environment. Discussion of techniques used to identify, produce, and measure quality in regenerative medicine products may help inform the design of regulatory and manufacturing standards as well as the development of new technologies to assess quality and potency throughout the manufacturing process.\nBuilding on a previous workshop that explored the state of the science and challenges of and opportunities for regenerative cellular therapies, the Forum on Regenerative Medicine decided to focus this public workshop on exploring what measurements, characteristics, and technologies may be important in the development of new products and therapies. A better understanding of which characteristics define a source cell or tissue can support the development of a quality product. Likewise, a deep understanding of the critical characteristics of the final regenerative medicine product can help ensure its consistency, safety, and potency.\nOn June 26, 2017, the Forum hosted a public workshop to examine and discuss challenges, opportunities, and best practices associated with defining and measuring the quality of cell and tissue products and raw materials in the research and manufacturing of regenerative medicine therapies. The goal of the workshop was to learn from existing examples of manufacturing of early generation regenerative medicine products and to address how progress could be made in identifying and measuring critical quality attributes as well as designing and adhering to standards to help in the navigation of the scale-up process from a research laboratory to the manufacturing environment.\nExploring Sources of Variability Related to the Clinical Translation of Regenerative Engineering Products - A Workshop\nOctober 18, 2018 (8:30 AM Eastern)\nExploring the State of the Science in the Field of Regenerative Medicine: Challenges of and Opportunities for Cellular Therapies - A Workshop\nOpening Keynote - Gee\nSession 1 - Levine\nSession 1 - Preti\nSession 2 - Kelley\nSession 2 - Plant\nSession 3 - Rietze\nSession 3 - Riviere\nSession 3 - Vanek\nSession 4 - Bauer\nSession 4 - McBurney\nSession 4 - Tsokas\nNavigating the Manufacturing Process and Ensuring the Quality of Regenerative Medicine Therapies: Proceedings of a Workshop\nSarah Beachy, Activity Director\nEmail: regenmed@nas.edu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 6500, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 266.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2018/exploring-early-childhood-care-and-education-levers-to-improve-pop-health-workshop-proceedings.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:57Z", "digest": "sha1:FGWZVDJP3KHY43AEC25OJRN5KE7YFCDY", "length": 1552, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "nationalacademies.org", "title": "Exploring Early Childhood Care and Education Levers to Improve Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop : Health and Medicine Division", "raw_content": "Exploring Early Childhood Care and Education Levers to Improve Population Health: Proceedings of a Workshop\nEarly care and education programs and providers are ideally suited to partnering with public health and health care organizations to help achieve the shared goals of healthy child development. There are many challenges to tackle and opportunities to maximize on the path to collaboration and improved outcomes, including in preparing and supporting an effective workforce, in financing, and ensuring equity.\nExperts from the health and the early childhood care and education fields gathered on September 14, 2017, in New York City at a workshop hosted by the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement. Both publications provide in depth examination of and recommendations about the workforce for early childhood care and education and its financing. The workshop presentations and discussion focused on the evidence base at the intersection of the two key social determinants (or influencing factors) of health; on exploring current and potential effective strategies to work together; and on the policy levers available to improve early childhood development, health, and learning. Workshop speakers made reference to two NASEM reports, Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8 and Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education, released in 2015 and 2018 respectively. The workshop rapporteur has prepared this proceedings as a factual summation of the workshop.\nSelect a Format: PDF BOOK - FreePaperback - $50.00", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://naturalheritage.org/blog/tag/giant_cane/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:59Z", "digest": "sha1:MJIMGPG6IZKG4ERTAO4ABYTIYVL6L4MP", "length": 313, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "naturalheritage.org", "title": "Natural News", "raw_content": "Can GLO Notes Help Find a Sleeping Giant?\nArkansas Natural Heritage Commission - Saturday, January 27, 2018\nby Patrick Solomon River cane (Arundinaria gigantea) is one of three bamboos native to North America. It can often be found growing along the banks of small streams and on the sandbars of lar ... Read More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 488, "original_length": 10003, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 242.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://new.thepinetree.net/news/ahwahnee-meadow-prescribed-burn-now-underway-yosemite-fire-update/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:32Z", "digest": "sha1:AR45PZPILVAZDEMP5YKQRFCFI4LUJG3P", "length": 2218, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "new.thepinetree.net", "title": "Ahwahnee Meadow Prescribed Burn Now Underway. Yosemite Fire Update \u2013 The Pine Tree", "raw_content": "Ahwahnee Meadow Prescribed Burn Now Underway. Yosemite Fire Update\nBy admin on September 12, 2016 8:13 pm - Comments Off on Ahwahnee Meadow Prescribed Burn Now Underway. Yosemite Fire Update\nYosemite, CA\u2026Ignition of the 62 acre prescribed burn at Ahwahnee Meadow began today; a total of 50 acres were completed. The remaining 12 acres will be scheduled for ignition tomorrow morning, Tuesday September 13, 2016. Smoke will be present during burning operations. Smoke, affecting health, is always a consideration in the decision to schedule prescribed fires. Community members and visitors who are sensitive to smoke may want to close their windows and doors and/or consider leaving the area during active ignition of the project in order to reduce exposure.\nThe objective of this prescribed burn is ecosystem restoration. Historically, natural fire burned an average of 16,000 acres annually in Yosemite National Park and played an integral role in shaping Yosemite\u2019s ecosystem. Yosemite\u2019s Fire Management program is designed to balance the protection of life, property and natural and cultural resources with the continuation of fire as a nature process. Applying fire under prescribed conditions mimics the frequent, low intensity, lightning caused fires. Fire also allows for the recycling of nutrients to the soil, which encourages the germination and regrowth of plants, shrubs, and trees.\nLAKES \u2013 37 35.6 x 119 33.6 approximate 8000 feet elevation\nThe Lakes Fire in the Chilnualna Lakes area, between Turner Meadow and Buena Vista Peak, is a lightning caused fire that is being managed for multiple objectives. An aerial flight was performed on September 10, 2016 and the fire was reported to be 755 acres in size. The fire had previously spread to the area of the 1999 Chil Fire area and is most active on the northwest and west edge of the perimeter. Smoke has been visible from various locations within the park and surrounding area.\nYosemite National Park Superintendent, Don Neubacher, signed a trail closure effective August 25, 2016, as the fire had crossed the trail along Chilnualna Creek.\nAhwahnee Meadow Prescribed Burn Now Underway. Yosemite Fire Update added by admin on September 12, 2016 8:13 pm \u2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 5516, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 303.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newjerseysinglesmediaoutlet.com/tag/new-jersey-dating/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:34Z", "digest": "sha1:J7NPWIMZT7S54OC253EPCH63FEN3MYEL", "length": 11863, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "newjerseysinglesmediaoutlet.com", "title": "new jersey dating Archives - New Jersey Singles | New Jersey Matchmakers | Dating Agency", "raw_content": "Tag Archives: new jersey dating\nNew Jersey Singles Reviews How to Make Him Fall for You\nThis is what every woman aims to do when dating a new man. It\u2019s very difficult not knowing where you stand or how he feels about you. Putting forth your best effort and learning how to make him fall for you is not that difficult. You need to do whatever it takes to make him fall for you and have him forget about every other woman in his life. If there are other women in the running, then you must be better than them.\nThe Dating Game Is Very Competitive\nIf the new guy in your life is a catch, then you have to work even harder to keep him because catches are few and far in between. You already know that every other woman has her eyes on him, just like you do. So you need to step up and do what it takes to make him fall for you and only you. Obviously, you want to stand out from the competition so he commits to you. Today, New Jersey Singles reviews how to make him yours and only yours.\nAs we already know, some guys don\u2019t have a large attention span, so you need to keep him interested any way you can. Make him guess about what you\u2019ll do next. Never be predictable. The more you keep him on his toes, the more he\u2019ll crave being around you. When he\u2019s not sure what you\u2019ll say or do next, he\u2019ll be more interested in you, which will take us to our next point.\n2. Be Mysterious\nIf you want to make him fall for you and only you, then you need to be a little mysterious. You don\u2019t have to tell him everything about yourself on the first or second date. You need to play a little coy. Give him some information but hold back on the details. The more he has to dig, the more interested he\u2019ll be into you.\nDon\u2019t go overboard with the flirting as it can backfire on you. You want to flirt in a classy and sophisticated way that shows him you\u2019re into him but not easy. Flip your hair a little, give him light touches when you\u2019re around him, and stare into his eyes when you\u2019re talking.\n4. Listen to Him\nIf you really want to get a guy to open up to you and want to be around you, then you need to stop stealing the show all the time. Instead of yapping on and on about your friends, your workplace drama, and the latest celebrity gossip, give him a chance to talk. Show him that you\u2019re girlfriend material by creating a warm and comfortable environment when he\u2019s around you. Show him that he\u2019s safe with you by listening and engaging him in conversation that is meaningful.\n5. Let Your Confidence Shine\nYou\u2019ve heard it a million times before, but we\u2019ll say it again: confidence is key! If you want him to fall for you, then you need to show him that you\u2019re confident and secure in yourself. Show him that you\u2019re an independent woman who has a lot going on in her life \u2013 show him that you\u2019re not one of those needy women who\u2019s going to clingy and suffocating in a relationship. It really is that simple \u2013 be confident that you\u2019re worthy of being loved and he\u2019ll find it easier to love you.\nYou see, it\u2019s not so hard to get a guy to fall for you. Use these five simple tips from our New Jersey matchmakers and make him fall for you in no time!\nIf you\u2019re one of the many single women in New Jersey who is struggling to find a compatible partner, contact New Jersey Singles Dating Service and let our expert matchmakers do the matching for you. Let us introduce you to relationship-minded men in New Jersey who are looking for something serious, just like you!\nIf you\u2019re ready to start dating like you deserve, call 1 (888) 417-0020 to book your 100% FREE matchmaking consultation with our New Jersey matchmakers today!\nPosted in dating\t/ Tagged new jersey dating, single women in new jersey\t/ Leave a comment /\nNew Jersey Singles Reviews Top Dating Tips for Single Women\nThe dating game can be very complicated. If you find yourself single but ready to start dating again, it can be overwhelming not knowing where to begin (and that\u2019s putting it mildly). That\u2019s why our matchmakers have compiled some of the best dating advice for single women in New Jersey to transform their dating life for good.\nWhether your last relationship was ten days or five years, getting back out there and feeling confident on dates can be daunting. Let\u2019s face it, dating is nerve-wracking no matter how good looking and successful you are in life. But we\u2019re here to ease your nerves, so get ready as New Jersey Singles reviews the best dating tips for single women in NJ to find love.\n1. Don\u2019t be afraid to be set up by friends.\nIf you cringe at the idea of going on another date set up by your friends or coworkers, you need to get out of that mindset. Remember that they have a pretty good idea of who you are and what you want in a partner. Plus, your best friends have your best interest in mind. The good thing about meeting people through friends and coworkers is that they\u2019re already vetted so you won\u2019t be meeting any crazies. Hey, that has to count for something, right?\n2. Have a few conversation starters ready to go.\nYou might want everything to flow naturally between you and your date, but nerves can often get the best of everyone\u2014meaning those much dreaded awkward silences on first dates. This is pretty normal, but that doesn\u2019t make it comfortable. To prevent awkward silences on your dates, make sure you have some conversation starters ready to go so you can keep the conversation flowing.\n3. Always make your best impression.\nYou don\u2019t want to overdo this one, but you should be putting in efforts. Obviously the way you dress has a lot to do with where the date is taking place, so take that into consideration. You want to look good and greet them with a big smile on your face to leave the best first impression you can. Also, make sure you arrive on time because there\u2019s nothing more annoying than having to wait for someone on a first date. Dress the part, show up on time, and greet him with a warm and welcoming smile that will set the tone for the entire date.\n4. Don\u2019t drink too much.\nIt can be easy to have a few too many cocktails when you\u2019re feeling nervous. However, getting drunk on a first date is a recipe for disaster. You might end up saying or doing something stupid, or you could wake up the next morning with no clue what even happened. And needless to say, that\u2019s not the impression you want to make on this new guy.\n5. Never overshare with your dates.\nThere\u2019s no need to spill all your life secrets on a first date. Keep the conversation topics light and casual and ask questions to keep the conversation going.\nWarning: Never reveal everything about yourself just to fill awkward silences.\nExtra Tip: Stay away from hot topics such as religion, politics, and exes.\n6. Maintain good eye contact.\nYou want to ensure you\u2019re maintaining good eye contact with him throughout the entire date. Body language also plays a huge part in showing interest in someone so pay attention to yours. Don\u2019t look around or get distracted by your phone.\nThe dating world has become very challenging. However, by following these six pieces of advice from our New Jersey matchmakers, you should be able to have a good time on your future dates. Remember to keep a positive mindset and to have fun along the way.\nIf you\u2019re one of the many single women in New Jersey who is struggling to meet relationship-minded men, contact our expert matchmakers here at New Jersey Singles and let us take over the hard part of dating for you. We\u2019ll do the screening and vetting to ensure you\u2019re only meeting quality men who are compatible with you.\nCall 1 (888) 417-0020 to book your FREE matchmaking consultation with our dedicated matchmakers today or simply fill out the confidential form found here: http://newjerseysingles.com\nPosted in dating\t/ Tagged new jersey dating, single men in new jersey, single women in new jersey\t/ Leave a comment /\nNew Jersey Singles Reviews 5 Signs You\u2019re a Clingy Texter\nPosted on September 6, 2017 by Nicole Cervantes\nIf you\u2019re already asking yourself if you\u2019re texting her too much, then you probably are. If you want to have a successful dating life, then you might want to get your finger off your phone and give her some breathing space.\nThe golden rule of texting is to never text a woman twice if she hasn\u2019t answered your first text. You need to wait for her to answer you before you text her again. We know, it sounds pretty basic, right? Unfortunately, many men don\u2019t understand and overdo it.\nToday, New Jersey Singles reviews five warning signs you\u2019re texting too much and scaring women away. If you\u2019re doing any of the following things, you\u2019re definitely overdoing it with the texts and unknowingly hurting your dating life.\n1. She\u2019s stopped responding to your texts.\nOkay, this might sound like it\u2019s written in neon lights with a big old obvious, but you might not realize it. If you\u2019re already asking yourself if you\u2019re texting too much, then you know the answer. If the new woman in your life isn\u2019t answering a single one of your texts, then you\u2019re definitely texting too much. You need to stop messaging her and give her time to respond to your texts. Bombarding a woman with nonstop texts is immediately going to drive her away. You want to show your interest, yes, but you never want to come off as desperate.\n2. She\u2019s giving you one word answers.\nYou sent her four texts back to back, all of which were very long. But all you got in response were one word answers. If this is happening in your dating life, then you\u2019re definitely texting too much at once. One word answers in response to long texts mean one of two things: she\u2019s either busy doing something or she\u2019s trying to show you that you\u2019re texting too much. Either way, back off and give her some time.\n3. She tells you she\u2019ll call you later but never does.\nYour phone finally lit up, but it\u2019s not what you expected. She didn\u2019t address any of your questions and didn\u2019t keep the conversation going whatsoever. Or maybe she simply responded to your texts with a message saying, \u201cCan I call you later?\u201d yet you never got that call. If this is happening all the time, she\u2019s trying to brush you off and tell you that you\u2019re sending too many messages. Those types of automated messages are meant to say, \u201cPlease back off, you\u2019re texting me too much.\u201d You need to take the hint and back away.\n4. You wrote her a novel yet all she wrote was \u201cYep.\u201d\nDon\u2019t ever send your life story in a text message. Text messages are supposed to be short and sweet, fun and quick. If you want to tell her a funny story, wait until you\u2019re with her on a date or talking to her on the phone. Keep texts short because no one wants to read a novel on a text.\n5. She waits several days to reply.\nIf she waits several days to respond to your texts, then you\u2019re definitely texting too much. Regardless if she was busy, she would\u2019ve answered you the same day. But because you\u2019re texting too much, you\u2019re coming off as clingy. And what do we know about women? They do not like clingy men.\nIf you think your answer is yes to \u201cAm I texting too much?\u201d then it\u2019s time you stop blowing up her cell phone. Really, it\u2019s not going to help you win her over. When it comes to texting, always let her lead the texting thing. Women don\u2019t want to be suffocated with text messages. When you get to know her better, you can send her more text messages. But right now you\u2019re trying to impress her and you\u2019re not going to do that if you\u2019re coming off as clingy and desperate.\nIf you\u2019re not having any luck landing the relationship you want, contact our New Jersey Singles matchmakers and let us introduce you to relationship-minded women in New Jersey. We\u2019ll provide you one-on-one dating coaching and feedback after each date to help you become a better dater and ultimately develop the meaningful relationship you\u2019re looking for. 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Passed in 2007. The Act has two major components: (1) it requires Arizona employers to use the federal E-Verify system; and (2) it allows Arizona to suspend or revoke the business licenses of employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. The Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit in 2007 seeking to strike down the Arizona law, arguing that both provisions were preempted by federal law. However, in Thursday\u2019s 5-3 decision in Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, the Supreme Court rejected the Chamber\u2019s arguments and held that Arizona\u2019s law is constitutional.\nThe Obama administration argued that the lower courts were wrong to uphold the Arizona Legal Workers Act because federal immigration law expressly preempts any state law imposing sanctions on employers hiring illegal aliens. Several groups filed amicus briefs in support of the Chamber\u2019s lawsuit. These included the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); the American Immigration Council (AIC); the Anti-Defamation League (ADL); the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); National Council of La Raza; Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC); and Service Employees\u2019 International Union (SEIU).\nHouse Immigration Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Bill to Keep Criminal Aliens Behind Bars\nThe House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing last week to debate Judiciary Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith\u2019s (R-TX) new bill, the \u201cKeep Our Communities Safe Act\u201d. The grants the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to detain dangerous aliens who have been ordered deported, but cannot be removed. \u201cJust because a criminal immigrant cannot be returned to their home country does not mean they should be freed into our communities. Dangerous criminal immigrants need to be detained,\u201d said Smith.\nHe introduced H.R. 1932 to remedy the impact of Zadvydas v. Davis, a 2001 Supreme Court case that addressed how long the government may detain an alien while seeking to remove him. The Court ruled in that case, that those who legally entered the U.S. may not be detained longer than six months. if removal is not \u201creasonably foreseeable.\u201d The Supreme Court later expanded the holding of Zadvydas to aliens who entered the country illegally. Thus, the government must now release all aliens, including criminal aliens, from detention six months after their 90-day removal period has expired if a court determines that removal of the alien is not reasonably foreseeable.\nSince the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Zadvydas, thousands of criminal aliens have been released into the U.S. general population. At last week\u2019s hearing, Thomas Dupree, Jr., a former Principal Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General, told the Immigration Subcommittee that the consequence of Zadvydas is that \u201cthe government is compelled to release\u2014into our communities\u2014murderers, child molesters and other predators who pose a clear and direct threat to public safety and national security.\u201d\nSenator Rubio Holds His Ground against Amnesty\nSenator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is standing firm against the DREAM Act and other amnesty legislation for illegal aliens. After Democrats reintroduced the DREAM Act this month, Rubio told the Spanish-language network, Telemundo, he would vote against it. Senator Rubio then reiterated his opposition to the DREAM Act in an interview with Politico last week, saying that \u201cwe need an immigration system that works in order for America to grow and prosper economically. But we have to have laws. We have to have a legal immigration system.\u201d\nThe Florida Senator is taking now taking heat from amnesty advocates who were hoping Rubio would renege on his support for pro-enforcement policies. Jorge Mursuli, a Cuban immigrant and executive director of a Florida Hispanic civic-engagement group said Senator Rubio\u2019s continued support for immigration enforcement created a treasonous \u201cBenedict Arnold feeling.\u201d Frank Sharry, director of the pro-amnesty group America\u2019s Voice, decried Senator Rubio\u2019s continued opposition to amnesty. \u201cTo be against comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship and against the DREAM Act defines you in the Latino immigrant community as a hard-liner and an enemy of the community,\u201d said Sharry. And, Hector Luis Alamo, Jr., a freelance writer for Hispanically Speaking News last week wrote: \u201cSenator Rubio might look Latino and have a Latino-sounding name, but his recent political alignment further to the right shows that he is not pro-Latino. And whereas the push for fair and comprehensive immigration reform was once a bipartisan issue, Democrats have remained the chief advocates of such legislation.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 13187, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 251.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newsdogapp.com/amp/article/5bbeec2812313a2a95080a64/?d=false", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:00Z", "digest": "sha1:RW57ZO3PE3XMB6ML4NEEA3PFV6JYTZ7F", "length": 2313, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "newsdogapp.com", "title": "'US developmental assistance aimed at self-reliance, China\u2019s aid builds dependency'", "raw_content": "As such the overseas developmental aid of the US and that of China is fundamentally different, USAID Administrator Mark Green said. iStock\nAmerica\u2019s developmental assistance to countries is aimed at their self-reliance, while that of China is at increasing their dependency, the head of USAID has said.\nAs such the overseas developmental aid of the United States and that of China is fundamentally different, USAID Administrator Mark Green told Voice of America in an interview on Wednesday.\n\u201cThey are fundamentally different. So, what we always say is, \u2018We\u2019re working to help countries on their journey to self-reliance.\u2019 What we want is for countries to lead their own bright future. We want them to go from being traditional assistance recipients, to partners, to fellow donors,\u201d he said.\n\u201cChina\u2019s a very different model. They build dependency. So, the choice is self-reliance versus almost servitude. What they do are loans, and as we\u2019re learning more and more, often unsustainable financing that\u2019s mortgaging a country\u2019s future,\u201d Green said.\nThe United States asks countries to take on their own challenges, foster their self-reliance, build their next generation of leaders, and then join us, in terms of leadership around the world, he asserted.\nWhen these countries do not pay their loans, they mortgage strategic assets, he alleged.\n\u201cSo, you see ports being, essentially, taken over by China. Sole, exclusive use of those ports. Dangerously extractive, often, strategic minerals, what should have been the birthright of young Africans, is tied up by financing from China,\u201d Green said.\n\u201cAnd so, what happens is those young Africans never see the benefits. They never see the broad-based economic growth based upon their resources. Instead, the benefits go elsewhere,\u201d he said.\nWhile giving aid, he said, US asks for reforms. \u201cWe ask them to respect certain rights and values. What we want for them is to become, eventually, trading partners,\u201d he said.\n\u201cBut equal partners, in that. And the way that you do that is incentivise market-based reforms, build their capacity, increase their incomes. So, we want them to move, in terms of fully independent sovereign nations, leading their own future and becoming partners of ours,\u201d Green said. PTI\nFlorida Panhandle battered by record-breaking Hurricane Michael", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 4203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com/2011/05/charismatic-moment-with-blessed-john.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:34Z", "digest": "sha1:5PJY7DOMSTWSEZDWWTGTYYYHSBB7VT6Z", "length": 2424, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com", "title": "A charismatic moment with Blessed John Paul II | The New Theological Movement", "raw_content": "A father with his dear children\nIn 1979, his Holiness Pope John Paul II visited Madison Square Garden in New York City. Below is a video of a portion of that memorable day. Notice how the great John Paul does not hesitate to humble himself to reach those present \u2013 as a good father speaks in a sort-of baby talk to his children, the venerable Pontiff is moved by the Spirit to relate to his audience in a child-like manner, Unless you be converted, and become as little children (Matthew 18:3).\nThe American audience gave his Holiness jeans and a t-shirt as a sign of the individualism of the contemporary western world \u2013 a gift which is quite inappropriate in itself, but by which they meant no offense, for they did not recognize the poverty of the \u201cAmerican Spirit.\u201d John Paul II, receives the gift with gratitude, stoops down and picks these his children up. With his little game, the Holy Father turns the crowd (what at first looked like the audience of a rock concert) into a Christian community united in prayer.\nAmerican: \u201cYour Holiness, We know you recognize us for our Christian enthusiasm and joy. Today, however, most of the world recognizes us by the way we dress. By our jeans, by our t-shirts. We say we are different, and in doing so, we express our individualities. For your regard for us in being here today we present you with these symbols of ourselves. These jeans and t-shirt.\u201d\nJohn Paul II, \u201cPerhaps, I love you more!\u201d\nAlso in 1979, his Holiness visited the campus of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. This man has taught the whole world how to love!\n[John Paul II holds baby (2:10)]\n[the crowd of students chants, \u201cWe love you!\u201d]\nJohn Paul II: \u201cDear students, I love you too! \u2026 (3:20) Perhaps, I love you more! \u2026 No, so I have one with your love. My first greeting on arriving at this campus is for you.\n(4:10) To all of you, I offer the peace and joy of our Lord Jesus Christ.\nI am told that you have held an all night prayer vigil \u2026 and I have slept! ... And who is loving more?\nAn all night prayer vigil to ask God\u2019s blessing on my visit. Thank you most cordially for such a wonderful expression of communion with me on my visit.\u201d\nLabels: John Paul II, The Saints\nI heard that one of his daily prayers was to ask the Holy Spirit to make him docile to His inspirations. Is this true?\nWhenever I read negative things about his beatification, I think of photos like this. Thanks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 9493, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newyorklawyers360.com/criminal-defense.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:21Z", "digest": "sha1:PNG77LLUVWKBA7RV2KAEUWGZCIEHCYWO", "length": 690, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "newyorklawyers360.com", "title": "New York Criminal Defense Attorneys | New York Criminal Defense Lawyers", "raw_content": "New York Criminal defense attorneys represent those people who have been charged with a crime. Charges are allegations, which accuse a person of violating a state or federal law. No matter what evidence has been gathered, the criminal charges must be proven by a prosecuting attorney in a court of law, or a confession must be made by the defendant. An experienced New York criminal defense attorney can negotiate with prosecutors in order to reduce charges and sentencing times so choosing the right criminal defense attorney is extremely important. For expert answers to these important questions, turn to a local New York criminal defense attorney through New York Lawyers 360 directory.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2050, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 166.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nextmissnz.com/competition/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:42Z", "digest": "sha1:OKPAHSA4ZBC7AQNKUGGBAEE2QFIN2GFT", "length": 11294, "nlines": 52, "source_domain": "nextmissnz.com", "title": "\ufeff Miss Universe New Zealand: the competition", "raw_content": "My journey with Miss Universe New Zealand\nFirst up, to enter Miss Universe New Zealand, you need to register, and you do that by clicking on this link.\nOnce you have entered, your entry form will be viewed by our selection team.\nFollowing that, you may well be invited to join us at Stiletto Camp. The next Stiletto Camp will be held on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, 2019. However, there is an informal social get-together on the night of Friday, March 22. You will be informed of the date you will attend when your invitation email is sent to you.\nOnce confirmed, those travelling from outside Auckland should book their airfare or bus travel as soon as possible. You must arrive on the Friday as we start promptly at 9 a.m. on Saturday.\nIf you are an out-of-towner, Miss Universe New Zealand does not pay for your accommodation. In previous years, all our contestants have stayed together at Base on Auckland\u2019s Queen Street. This is a backpackers, and because of the large numbers attending, contestants room together in groups of four to six. They are on a female-only floor and only contestants are in your dorm, not members of the public. It\u2019s very much Next Top Model-style. We make a block booking, but individual payment will be your responsibility. It works out at approximately $35 per night.\nAny airport transfers are your own responsibility. Travel to and from Base to the Stiletto Camp venue is your own responsibility, but it won\u2019t be far away, and normally contestants share an \u00dcber.\nStiletto Camp\nStiletto Camp is a fun, enriching and exciting experience. It incorporates a make-up and grooming workshop, a professional photo shoot with a leading fashion photographer (which you get to keep; hairstylists and make-up artists will be on hand), a choreography workshop with a renowned New Zealand choreographer, a video shoot, and much more. We start off on a Friday evening with a social get-together, then there are very full days on Saturday and Sunday. Lunch is provided on both Saturday and Sunday, but we suggest that you bring a water bottle and any snacks. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements. On Sunday you\u2019lll be clear by 5 p.m., but we do release some contestants earlier if they need to catch flights, which we suggest you book as soon as possible.\nPlaces are limited, and once accepted, it is extremely important you pay the fees straight away. If you have already paid your $29 registration fee, then you only need to pay $99. If you have not paid your registration, then the fee payable is $29 + $99 = $128. This secures your place, and shows to us that you are committed to your Miss Universe New Zealand journey.\nName: The Miss New Zealand Consortium Ltd.\nBranch: Kilbirnie\nAfter Stiletto Camp\nAll contestants are informed via email that they are in the running to be part of the Top 20, and are required to confirm their understanding, acceptance and commitment to the terms and conditions in the MUNZ finalists\u2019 contract. These terms and conditions include participation in the Entrepreneurial Challenge, where you will raise money for your MUNZ journey and Variety, the Children\u2019s Charity, your availability for the retreat, your availability for the Grand Final week, a desire to promote the event and secure a Bronze sponsor, and confirmation of an ability to pay the entrance fee of $1,750.\nWe realize that the entry fee represents a significant investment, but it\u2019s very important to understand that your MUNZ journey, if you are lucky enough to become a finalist, will be unlike any other pageant or anything you\u2019ve experienced before. Your entry fee covers the retreat costs, namely your airfares, accommodation at a four-star resort, selected meals, activities, and all transfers whilst overseas. It also includes your swimwear, and the design and provision of your evening gown for the Grand Final. These last two alone would normally cost you $1,675.\nAnnouncement of the Top 20\nThe next part of the process is the announcement of the Top 20, which will take place live via video link on our Facebook page on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Very soon after, public voting will commence using our iVote system, which works through Facebook and iTicket.\nMy journey as a finalist\nAs soon as the Top 20 have been confirmed, a key part of the competition commences. This is the Entrepreneurial Challenge, which we refer to as the EC. All contestants are required to take part in this challenge. The EC is an initiative that we set up in 2013 in order to benefit our chosen charity, Variety, the Children\u2019s Charity, and to date, Miss Universe New Zealand contestants have raised over $350,000, with 50 per cent going directly to Variety. This means over $175,000 for deserving children.\nThe EC is designed to challenge contestants to think outside the square and to work outside what might be their comfort zone. You are expected to organize an event: this could be a fashion show, quiz night, dinner, auction; there are many options, and we will advise and support you in your efforts. Fifty per cent of the proceeds from the EC go straight to Variety, and the remaining 50 per cent to your participation in the competition, as quite clearly your entry fee does not cover the extraordinary journey you will experience.\nThere is another reason why the EC is important. The contestant or contestants who have the highest totals in the EC receive immunity from elimination during the Grand Final when the contest moves from 20 to 10. EC totals are based on funds raised, sponsorship achieved, and tickets sold. The winner of the EC is presented with a sash during the Grand Final. The EC runs from the day the top 20 are announced through to the week of the Grand Final. It is incredibly important that once you are confirmed as a finalist, you immediately start thinking about and planning your EC event.\nMiss Universe New Zealand offers a very comprehensive sponsorship proposal, with tiers ranging from Bronze through to Platinum. Each finalist has to bring a Bronze sponsor to the competition. There is though no limit to the number of sponsors you bring into the competition, and all of these count toward your EC total.\nAll finalists travel away \u201con retreat\u201d. In 2013 and 2014, the Finalists\u2019 Retreat took place in Thailand. In 2015 and 2016, we headed to the Philippines. In 2017 and 2018, we returned to Thailand. While on retreat, we will shoot the swimwear section of the Grand Final, the Miss Universe NZ swimwear calendar, and TV segments. We travel with a video crew, a photographer, chaperones, and our travel manager.\nThe 2019 destination is likely to be Thailand. We can assure you it will be over a week of luxury, fun and an experience you will never forget.\nThe value of the Retreat exceeds $7,000 per contestant. However, you don\u2019t pay anywhere near that: as we\u2019ve explained, your costs are covered by the entry fee, and your EC efforts.\nJudging and voting\nPublic voting carries on through to the end of the first half of the Grand Final, and is a key part of Miss Universe New Zealand. Therefore, your engagement with the people of New Zealand is crucial to your success. You do this through your use social media (e.g. Facebook and Instagram), and we will give you guidelines and assistance. Voting is made via our own system, which is called iVote, and this is run by iTICKET, who place a link on your public Facebook page, which we create. This enables voters to purchase votes through voting bundles. The bundles are priced at $5. Each vote costs $1, and for every bundle sold, $1 goes to charity.\nThe overall result of Miss Universe New Zealand 2019 is decided on a 50\u201350 basis, the public vote representing 50 per cent of the final result, and the remaining 50 per cent is governed by our judging panel, which is made up of industry experts.\nGrand Final Week is packed with activities and rehearsals in which all our finalists participate, building up to the big day. You must be available.\nThe Grand Final will take place this year at SKYCITY Theatre on Saturday, August 10. It will be filmed on multiple cameras and live-streamed. The 2017 and 2018 shows were broadcast live on TV with Bravo, as the 2019 one will be, and both were streamed live. All finalists must be available from Sunday, August 4, prior to the Grand Final taking place. If you are based outside Auckland, then travel to and from the city is your responsibility. We will offer you an accommodation deal during your week.\nThe Grand Final itself is a spectacular show with top entertainers and, of course, all the drama and climax that the biggest and best beauty pageant in New Zealand brings with it.\nMiss Universe New Zealand: the detail\nFrom the time that you put in your registration, you are being judged. You need to pay attention to your activity on social media, making sure that it is in line with the expectations of Miss Universe New Zealand.\nMiss Universe New Zealand costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to stage: it is filmed, and it is live-streamed in high definition right around the globe. Over half a million people have watched our online video content.\nMiss Universe New Zealand is funded through sponsorship, ticket sales, public voting, and a number of other revenue streams.\nBelow we have summarized the total costs that Miss Universe New Zealand requires from you. We have also listed nominal values associated with what you will receive. As you can see, Miss Universe New Zealand subsidizes your journey to a very significant degree.\n\u2022 Stiletto Camp fee ($99)\n\u2022 Entry fee ($1,750)\n\u2022 Securing a Bronze sponsorship\n\u2022 Ticket sales: we expect you to sell 10 tickets\n\u2022 Calendars: you are expected to purchase 10 calendars at a wholesale cost of $10 each\n\u2022 Participation in the EC\n\u2022 Finalists\u2019 Retreat, includes flights and accommodation (value $5,000)\n\u2022 Retreat photo shoot, a photo from which you get to retain (value $500)\n\u2022 Design and provision of evening gown for Grand Final (value $1,500)\n\u2022 Provision of swimwear, which you get to keep (value $175)\n\u2022 Provision of jewellery (value $250)\nAs you can see from the figures above, the total cost to Miss Universe New Zealand of a contestant\u2019s participation in the competition in 2019 is over $7,000. Your participation is heavily subsidized through our multiple revenue streams.\nHowever, we realize that entering the competition represents a substantial investment in time and money, but we would like to stress that this journey, should you be successful, is likely to be life-changing. You will be making an investment in yourself and your future.\nWe hope this has energized you. There\u2019s only one more thing to do, and that\u2019s to complete the entry form and start your journey.\nOur banking details again are:\nCopyright \u00a92013\u201318 by the Miss New Zealand Consortium Ltd., official licensee of IMG Universe, LLC, and the licence holder for Miss Universe in New Zealand. All rights reserved. Website created by Jack Yan & Associates. The Miss Universe name, \u2018Confidently beautiful\u2019, the \u2018woman with stars\u2019 symbol and certain copyrighted images are the property of the Miss Universe Organization, and are used under licence. We may collect anonymized data about you through the use of cookies. JY&A privacy policy applies. Photographed by Csaba Shepherd and Alan Raga.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 11801, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 270.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nicmf.com/wealth.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:36Z", "digest": "sha1:C7RU67EWUVY667RG2OPKI3464FORW3OC", "length": 2216, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "nicmf.com", "title": "NIC MF", "raw_content": "Basically wealth is an abundance of variable material resources. The meaning of wealth is not straightforward. Wealth is basically a person\u2019s net worth. Wealth can be explained as assets minus liabilities.\nManagement is the art of getting the work accomplished by the efforts of other persons and factors. 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Staff and current students will be available in the PTA office with refreshments to help anyone interested learn more about this exciting program.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 4273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 336.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://norwalkreflector.com/Education/2018/10/10/Norwalk-schools-breaking-even-in-5-year-forecast.html?ci=stream&lp=3&p=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:20Z", "digest": "sha1:MRUWNZC5OMS245G4SVVDSRYWRI6W7SXE", "length": 1552, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "norwalkreflector.com", "title": "Norwalk Reflector: Norwalk schools break even in 5-year forecast", "raw_content": "Norwalk schools break even in 5-year forecast\nThe Norwalk City Schools board of education approved district treasurer Joyce Dupont\u2019s five-year forecast Tuesday.\nFrom fiscal year 2019 through 2023, the district is expected to have $29 million in expenditures annually compared to about $81,000 \u201cto the negative\u201d in revenue, which Dupont said she believes is essentially breaking even. The treasurer attributed the small amount of loss to the recent purchase of two school buses and the adoption of math textbooks.\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have an excess of funds, but we\u2019re not deficit spending,\u201d Dupont told the board. \u201cI\u2019d rather be conservative and be pleasantly surprised than the other way around.\u201d\nIn other action Tuesday, the board:\n\u2022 Approved a $2,500 donation from the Norwalk Eagles for the band trip, which is March 17 through 21 to New York City. The board approved the trip during the April 10 meeting.\n\u2022 Heard from board president Lisa Wick that more than 360 students at EHOVE Career Center have signed up for the Drug Free Clubs of America. The incentive-based, drug-testing program is a way to empower students to say they won\u2019t use drugs.\nNorwalk city and St. Paul High schools also are involved. One-hundred fifty-eight Norwalk Middle School students are involved and 180 from the high school have signed up. City Councilman Jordy Horowitz, an NMS health teacher, had told council members that Drug Free Clubs said Drug Free Clubs of America expects a participation rate of 11 to 15 percent, so he was \u201creally pleased\u201d with a nearly 30-percent rate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3149, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 283.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://notifylibrary.org/biblio?f%5Bkeyword%5D=21973", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:50Z", "digest": "sha1:673PUFN6772DHPCDKBN56ERT6KCGGUTP", "length": 315, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "notifylibrary.org", "title": "Bibliography | www.notifylibrary.org", "raw_content": "Filters: Keyword is *Serratia marcescens [Clear All Filters]\nAlexander RH, Reichenbach DD, Merendino KA. Serratia marcescens endocarditis. 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Bias?\nWhile many in this country have long recognized the President's penchant for lying, sadly, there are millions of Americans who are only now beginning to take notice of this phenomenon. But of course, as the old adage goes: \"Better late than never.\"\nNevertheless, this incredible urge to lie grabbed hold of the President once again during a fundraiser in San Francisco on Monday, when he told the crowd:\n\"Every morning I try to think back to how I got involved in public service in the first place, and I think back to my own family\u2019s story... And I think about my grandmother, who, partly because of how women were treated when she was growing up, wasn\u2019t able to go to college herself, but worked her way up from being a secretary to being the vice president of a bank \u2014 and then hit the glass ceiling, and probably could have gone a little further if it hadn\u2019t been for some of the bias that existed at the time.\"\nThe President asserted that, \"my grandmother..., partly because of how women were treated when she was growing up, wasn\u2019t able to go to college herself.\"\nProblem is, Obama's grandmother - who later became a vice president of a bank - DID go to college.\nWhile residing in Berkeley, California, Obama's grandmother - Madelyn Dunham - attended the University of California, Berkeley. When she moved to Washington State, she attended the University of Washington.\nDunham later expressed regret that, while she DID go to college, she never finished college, and never got a degree. Dunham worked at various jobs over the years to help support her family, and that appears to be the reason she never completed college.\nHence the aforementioned statement from President Obama: \"My grandmother..., partly because of how women were treated when she was growing up, wasn\u2019t able to go to college herself,\" appears to be just one more lie among the seemingly endless list of Obama lies.\nAs far as the second half of the President's statement is concerned: \"My grandmother... worked her way up from being a secretary to being the vice president of a bank \u2014 and then hit the glass ceiling, and probably could have gone a little further if it hadn\u2019t been for some of the bias that existed at the time.\"\nSuffice it to say that Obama's grandmother became the Vice President at the Bank of Hawaii [Bankoh], which reportedly was the No. 1 bank in Hawaii during that period of time, in terms of assets. Likewise, Joe Biden became the Vice President of the World's No. 1 superpower, but he never did make it to the top, and will likely never make it to the top. Hence the question arises: Did Mr. Biden hit the \"glass ceiling\"? Or was the \"glass ceiling\" a special device created exclusively for Obama's grandmother?\nRelated Post: Stanley Ann Dunham - Flashback - Obama also lied about his mother's health care coverage", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 410, "original_length": 19411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 139.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://obtala.com/agriculture-sustainability.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:52Z", "digest": "sha1:ULSKK4RIM7D6YA2VZCCCKAWGEJS2OKNC", "length": 2036, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "obtala.com", "title": "Obtala Limited - Agriculture and Sustainability", "raw_content": "\u201cSustainable development is the pathway to the future\u2026It offers a framework to generate growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance\u201dBan Ki-moon, UN Secretary General 2007-2016\nSome of the greatest challenges facing humanity today are a rapidly growing population and climate change, with agriculture being of vital importance to both. This is particularly relevant in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the population is estimated to double to 1.5-2 billion by 2050, and where some 30 percent of inhabitants suffer from undernourishment. To counter this, the key will be to increase productivity through sustainable farming and efficiently incorporating many of the 33 million smallholders in the region which account for 80 percent of all farmland.\nAt Obtala, we insist on sustainable farming, adopting precision farming- and climate-smart agricultural- principles where possible. Our Outgrower programme is a priority for us: it is expanding and inclusive of many smallholders in the surrounding areas.\nTo maximise quality yield and minimise waste, we have invested in critical upgrades to the existing packhouse, cold storage and cold chain. Degradation in just one hour in the heat of the sun is the same as several days in appropriate storage. Further improvements will follow, with schematics for a new state-of-the-art modular packhouse, to accommodate Obtala\u2019s long-term expansion plans, at an advanced stage.\nWe have adopted systems with a focus on preserving biodiversity, natural resource management and soil fertility improvement based on sound ecological principles. Production has been enhanced without the use of industrially produced chemical fertilizers and tilling, which leads to soil erosion.\nWater resources and usage is key to sustainable farming and we are working to optimise irrigation and management, ensuring adequate drainage.\nOur ethos is to be profitable and efficient in the short term, while ensuring the land remains fertile and productive for future generations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2981, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 251.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ocsatire.com/perl/wnews.pl/Iraqi-PM-vows-to-tackle-terrorism-/0169989840.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:27Z", "digest": "sha1:PKNLQ7TTW6A3XA4SX266CCGB3U3BVZ2R", "length": 4714, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "ocsatire.com", "title": "World News - Iraqi PM vows to tackle terrorism", "raw_content": "World News - Iraqi PM vows to tackle terrorism\nIraq's new Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has vowed that he will use \"maximum force\" against terrorism, while also promoting national reconciliation. Mr Maliki was speaking as the Iraqi cabinet met for the first time since it was approved by parliament on Saturday. His comments came as the Iraqi capital was hit by a series of bomb attacks. In the deadliest incident a suicide bomber killed 13 people and injured 18 in an attack on a crowded restaurant in Baghdad's central Karada district. The attack on the restaurant near a police station took place at 1320 local time (0920 GMT), police said. Police said they believed the bomber was wearing an explosives vest. The dead included several police officers. In other Sunday's attacks in Baghdad: ...\nNaked demo against bearskin hats\nAnimal welfare activists have staged a naked protest against the bearskin hats worn by Buckingham Palace guards. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) were calling for the Queen and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to end the \"massacre of black bears\". The 70 protesters, most of whom wore nothing but bear masks, claim the bears are slaughtered in Canada to make the famous headgear. The protest was at St Peters Hill, near St Paul's Cathedral, in central London. Some of the protesters held signs stating Bears Slaughtered for the Queen's Guards - Indefensible . The demonstration lasted about 20 minutes and was meant to symbolise a pile of dead bears. ...\nSnow lauds Mideast development focus\nMiddle East oil producers seem correctly focused on putting more oil wealth into domestic development and this poses no threat to the U.S. dollar, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Sunday. More than $200 billion of extra income has flowed to producers who belong to the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiative since oil prices began rising fast in 2003.\"It's important that these funds be used wisely and well,\" Snow told a news conference after meeting the group in the Red Sea resort city Sharm el-Sheik. \"Talking to a number of Gulf State ministers today, I think they're intent on doing that.\"The BMENA group was formed in 2004, with U.S. backing, to promote increased investment and development in the Middle East region. Most of its members are from the immediate region....\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060521/pl_nm/economy_snow_mideast_dc\nUS could prosecute reporters for leaks: Gonzales\nThe federal government appears to have the authority to prosecute journalists or newspapers for publishing classified information, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Sunday. The Justice Department is investigating who disclosed the government's secret domestic surveillance program to The New York Times, which broke the story in December.\"There are some statutes on the book which, if you read the language carefully, would seem to indicate that that is a possibility,\" Gonzales said told ABC's \"This Week,\" when asked if the government could prosecute journalists for publishing classified information.The domestic spying program allows the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on the international phone calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens without first obtaining a warrant, while pursuing al Qaeda suspects....\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060521/pl_nm/security_leaks_gonzalez_dc\n3 dead from Louisiana church shooting\nA gunman opened fire at a church Sunday, killing at least three people before he abducted his wife and one of his children, police said. A manhunt was on for a suspect identified as Anthony Bell, 25, of Baton Rouge, Sgt. Charles Armstrong said. Bell fled the church after abducting his wife and the infant from the building, Armstrong said. The two older children were found safe at their home. Police were called about the shooting around 10 a.m., around the time church services would normally be close to ending. At least two others were injured, authorities said. ...\nhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-05-21-churchshooting_x.htm?csp=34\nWest Bank woman killed by gunfire\nA Palestinian woman has been killed during an Israeli army incursion at the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank. Witnesses told the Reuters news agency she was shot dead by Israeli soldiers - but Israel said its reports indicated none of its soldiers had opened fire. Palestinian witnesses said the woman, 48, was shot by an Israeli patrol while trying to help her husband find a route home that avoided the troops. Civilians often die in crossfire between Israeli and Palestinian forces. 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The two steals of home in the inning tied a record, and it is this that seems the most remarkable in the context of the modern game where theft of home has become Mission: Impossible.\nA Venezuelan, Tovar is perhaps mostly remembered for the stunt of playing all nine positions in the same game late in the \u201968 season. This has only been done five times in MLB history, so in some ways this is like hitting the cycle blindfolded. But then again, anyone could rotate through the positions \u2014 the only limit is a manager\u2019s interest in having a circus act steal the headline.\nA Panamanian, Carew is a hall-of-famer who needs no introduction. When starting this entry, it was C\u00e9sar who I remembered as a guy who could steal home and it came as a surprise to learn that Rod is the one who ranks reasonably high among the career leaders for this. The list is dominated by old-timers, and the only players on it who were active after the year of my birth are Carew (with 17) and Paul Molitor (10).\nOne of the topics that interested me when starting this blog was the impact of the Vietnam War on this generation of players. For instance, the Iowan who took Rookie of the Year honors in 1968, Stan Bahnsen, had to juggle pitching with his Army Reserve duties that summer. Rod Carew also did a hitch in the reserves, in his case with the Marines. Along with the large number of reservists, some baseball players performed active service in this turbulent era.\nThe IBC presentation of baseball in 1968 has no draft or trades, just paired unions of the actual teams. Sometimes the result is a pretty spectacular lineup, but in the case of the Cedar Rapids Saints it\u2019s a hot mess. The team\u2019s top hitters are left-handed, which is usually fine but does sap some potency versus portsiders. The best are Tony Oliva (.289/18/68) and Ted Uhlaender (.283/7/52), but injuries limited these Twins to under 500 ABs. The third guy, ranking by WAR, is one of my favorite Dodgers, Willie Davis (.250/7/31 and 36 steals), who has the virtue of being able to play every day \u2014 but that\u2019s assuming you can stomach his .284 on-base %. A better option for the third outfield slot is a right, the 33-yo Bob Allison. He is weak defensively but slugged 22 HRs and hit .247. The last true outfielder is another lefty, Len Gabrielson (.270/10/35), but he\u2019s more of a DH.\nThe team\u2019s vulnerability against southpaws is mitigated a bit by a pair of part-time corner infielders that have hit very well in the early going: Bob Bailey (.227/8/39) and 37-yo Ken Boyer (.271/6/41). They have just 543 ABs between them, but have nice lefty-killer platoon advantages. However, the infield corners are a mess on this team. It should be Harmon Killebrew (.210/17/40 and 70 walks) at first, but he got seriously injured in the 1968 All-Star Game and only tallied 295 ABs. The team\u2019s other options are good fielders who are lost in The Killer's considerable power-hitting shadow: Wes Parker (.239/3/27) and Rich Reese (.259/4/28). Over at third, Bailey is ok in limited stretches but mostly it\u2019s uber-utility guy C\u00e9sar Tovar (.272/6/47 and 35 steals) who is the fixture at the position. To continue a theme, the lack of power is a serious issue.\nIt\u2019s sort of a good news/bad news situation in the middle infield. 22-yo Rod Carew (.273/1/42) hits pretty well, but the \u20184\u2019 glove is far from ideal. Much worse are the options at short, where the hold-your-nose choice is between a pair of 3\u2019s defensively: Paul Popovich (.232/2/25) and Zoilo Versailles (.196/2/24). Infield depth is provided by Frank Quilici (.245/1/22), whose 229 ABs sort of limit his usefulness.\nIf you\u2019ve been keeping track, the big bopper thus far is Allison, with 22 homers. And just three others (Oliva, Killebrew, and Gabrielson) have as many of ten. So it is with fingers crossed that we look to the catcher slot for some offense. Alas, neither Tom Haller (.285/4/53) nor 35-yo John Roseboro (.216/8/39) reached double-digits in dingers, but they are still a pretty good duo \u2014 my only complaint is that both swing from the left side, so as with the outfield it is hard to work platoon angles when creating a lineup.\nThree hitters with the sorting requirement of 360+ ABs and/or a WAR of 0.5+ didn\u2019t make Cedar Rapids 30-man roster. The pair of lefty outfielders, Ron Fairly (.234/4/43) and Willie Crawford (.251/4/14), just seemed redundant on a team that already had Willie Davis on the bench. Similarly, the lefty-killing Jim Lefebvre (.241/5/31) didn\u2019t add much relative to Boyer & Bailey.\nFor a variety of reasons, this is the worst collection of hitters that I have looked at to date. I suppose their Dodger dogs will be helped a bit by the shift to a neutral park, but this lineup just has too many problems.\nOnly four teams are left in my initial lap around the league. 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Sorry for the inconvenience!\nPlease try here for the list of subjects in Arts and Science.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 246, "original_length": 5971, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 307.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oerhs.oregontrolley.com/collection/freight-motor-351/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:23Z", "digest": "sha1:RUSJOTW5WWQCHSDKSPEWNMQTNED5XWSO", "length": 581, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "oerhs.oregontrolley.com", "title": "Freight Motor 351 | Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society", "raw_content": "This locomotive was originally number .03 of the Missoula Street Railway, Montana Power Company purchased the street railway. On the streetcar line it would have been used to haul freight on the trolley line. The motor was later sold to Anaconda Copper Co. and renumbered to L351.\nThis type of freight motor is typically called a steeple cab. The cab was designed to give the operator a clear view no matter which direction the motor was pulling. This way the locomotive would never have to be turned around.\nOperator: Missoula Street Railway\nOther details: Originally numbered .03", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oft.gov.gi/index.php/news/33-new-business-licensing-forms-and-guidance-notes", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:20Z", "digest": "sha1:5SUMRTSRPGQ4NMJDETQGAJ2ADR6N7TYI", "length": 620, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "oft.gov.gi", "title": "Office of Fair Trading - New business licensing forms and guidance notes", "raw_content": "New business licensing forms and guidance notes\nHaving listened to feedback received in relation to the business licensing forms we have prepared new, easier to use forms with the aim of both assisting businesses with their applications and making it easier for the public to interpret notices published in relation to these. With regard to the former we have also created step-by-step guidance notes which will explain the application process and the information that is required to complete the forms. We trust that these will be of great assistance to many. You can find all the new forms and our guidance notes here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1130, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 237.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ohiocitizen.org/debate-over-ohios-energy-mandates-is-heavy-on-opinions-light-on-research/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:08Z", "digest": "sha1:VIWD7LVO4PQJZN4Y24KAQM7HDDGWPVJM", "length": 1852, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "ohiocitizen.org", "title": "Ohio Citizen Action \u2013 Debate over Ohio\u2019s energy mandates is heavy on opinions, light on research", "raw_content": "Debate over Ohio\u2019s energy mandates is heavy on opinions, light on research\nOhio lawmakers\u2019 months-long debate over state energy mandates has been marked by a reliance on historical data and studies from agenda-driven organizations on both sides, with no independent forecasts available about how the standards would impact ratepayers or the state economy. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, file)\nCOLUMBUS \u2014 \u201cLate last month, Republican leaders of a legislative study committee recommended that a current two-year-long freeze on the standards should be extended indefinitely. The standards, passed in 2008, give utility companies in Ohio until 2026 to slash customers\u2019 power usage by 22 percent and get 12.5 percent of their power from solar, wind, and other renewable sources.\nIf the mandates are left in place, the GOP study group\u2019s report asserted, they will cost ratepayers almost $2 billion and increase the state\u2019s unemployment rate by 10 percent.\nThese claims came from a single study done by a group of free-market professors at Utah State University and a non-profit think tank called Strata. Some of the authors have testified against energy mandates in several states and have received funding from the Koch Brothers, prominent conservative donors who oppose renewable energy incentives.\nThe study\u2019s authors reached their conclusions after looking at all 31 states with energy mandates and finding that, overall, their economies suffered after they were put into effect.\nPro-renewable activists say that conclusion is flawed because more than a third of those states \u2013 including Ohio \u2013 passed their mandates between 2007-09, right before or during the global financial crisis. The Utah State study, critics say, unfairly places all the blame on the energy mandates instead of the unrelated nationwide recession.\u201d\n\u2014 Jeremy Pelzer, Cleveland Plain Dealer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 9643, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 291.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oldtmt.vedomosti.ru/opinion/article/russias-petrodollar-days-of-plenty-are-over/510816.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:25Z", "digest": "sha1:HKBGWODFY5N7LKHNH3HSO5LNYHIO26IV", "length": 3691, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "oldtmt.vedomosti.ru", "title": "Russia's Petrodollar Days of Plenty Are Over | Opinion | The Moscow Times", "raw_content": "Russia's Petrodollar Days of Plenty Are Over\nConspiracy theories have a fatal attraction to the Russian public. Nothing of importance can ever happen in the world without some powerful players arranging it behind the scenes.\nThere was apparently a clever plan to break up the Soviet Union in 1991 \u2014 developed by John Foster Dulles, the U.S. secretary of state in President Dwight Eisenhower's administration \u2014 even though Dulles has been dead since 1959. The 1998 Russian financial crisis was apparently engineered by financier George Soros in order to buy up shares of Russian companies on the cheap. And so on.\nOil prices are a subject particularly beloved by Russian conspiratologists. Ulyana Skoibeda, a columnist at the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper, once wrote that \"the West strangled the Soviet Union by holding down oil prices the way a murderer holds his victim's head under water.\"\nThere is a broadly based consensus that former U.S. President Ronald Reagan struck a deal with the Saudis that resulted in a terminal economic crisis in the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism. Today, both opponents and supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin are convinced that U.S. President Barack Obama did the same, leading to a recent drop in oil prices.\nNever mind that ever since OPEC lost its dominance in the 1980s no one has been controlling the oil market, or that even the task of forecasting oil prices accurately has eluded highly trained, well-paid economists at major oil companies. Nor does it matter that, given rational economic policies, lower oil prices should have a positive impact on the Russian economy, just as falling oil production put impoverished Mexico and Indonesia on the path to economic development.\nBut oil prices are falling and, absent a group of shady characters fixing them in a cigar-smoke-filled room in Washington or Riyadh, the question remains why this is happening and where the prices will go from now on. I have been forecasting long-term oil price declines since 2013. The reason for these declines is simple: Technology has come to dominate oil markets and set prices.\nEconomic history is the history of technological progress. In a primitive society, profits from productive activities go to owners of land and materials, and to labor. When tools are introduced, some profits start to accrue to producers of technology, and once their technology becomes crucial to production or replaces labor, they become the main beneficiaries. For example Google, which is working on a self-driving car, will get the bulk of the money saved by eliminating truckers and bus drivers.\nOil is a special commodity, but it is subject to the same technology laws. Demand for oil emerged a century ago with the invention of the car and spread of electricity. Initially it was simply pumped out of the ground, and countries that were lucky enough to have large deposits were the main beneficiaries.\nOver the past 15 years, high oil prices brought the high-tech revolution to bear on the oil market. It impacted the supply of oil \u2014 by developing technologies to get the oil that previously couldn't be extracted. It impacted demand by creating more efficient engines, lighter materials and electric cars. Finally, new sources of energy and oil substitutes were developed.\nCritical mass was achieved this year, when the U.S., thanks to the shale oil boom, became the world's largest oil producer. Historically, technology has been getting steadily cheaper. This means that oil prices, while fluctuating, are now going to be under constant pressure. Worse, any temporary upticks will fund a new technological spiral, leading to a renewed decline in prices.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 5758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 216.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onlineprnews.com/news/626056-1442233085-gims-grand-alumni-meet-2015-attracts-a-large-alumni-pool-and-founding-faculty-to-campus.html/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:57Z", "digest": "sha1:4ZPA7A24JTLRM2YHCR7NJNEYR57JV3DQ", "length": 5256, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "onlineprnews.com", "title": "PR Single - Online PR Media", "raw_content": "GIM\u2019s Grand Alumni Meet 2015 Attracts A Large Alumni Pool And Founding Faculty To Campus\nThis year was all the more special, as the list of special invitees included founding faculty at GIM, who had graciously agreed to attend this year\u2019s event.\nOnline PR News \u2013 15-September-2015 \u2013 Ribandar/Goa \u2013 The annual alumni meet at Goa Institute of Management\u2019s (GIM) campus is always a special day as it attracts alumni in large numbers, from all corners of the world, to come together to interact with student, staff and faculty and look back at their foundation years in management education with nostalgia.\nIn its early years, GIM operated only from its Ribandar campus \u2013 a colonial style grand campus. It was befitting that day's proceedings started, in the early morning, with the alumni participating in a \u2018walk down the memory lane\u2019, which included a tour of the Ribandar campus. This brought back a gush of memories, as seen reflected in their wide smiles. They were then brought to the new Sanquelim campus, where they had a series of interactive session with the students. The students were divided on the basis of their choice of specialization, and the alumni who were doing really well in that field guided them as to how they should move ahead with their interests.\nMr. Sanjay Netravalkar, President, GIM Alumni Association, welcomed the alumni and the founding faculty, and expressed his gratitude towards everybody who had come down for the event. The work gone behind organising the meet was reflected in the camaraderie and feeling of togetherness that was felt among all. GIM Alumni Association summarized the alumni related initiatives. He informed everyone of the opening of a separate bank account in the name of GIMAA and communicated that the alumni association corpus, presently with the GIM main account will be transferred in the Alumni association bank account. With constant new initiatives and activities, Mr. Netravalkar has been an instrumental force in building a strong alumni network at GIM.\nWhat followed was a grand series of events that started at 2:30 p.m. with the Padma Shri Father Romuald D\u2019Souza, Founder and Director of GIM, lighting the lamp and addressing a vast gathering of over 400 attendees. Father D\u2019Souza\u2019s address was met by a thunderous round of applause which continued when Director, Prof. Ajit Parulekar, came up on the stage to deliver his address. He shared his vision as to how he plans to take the institute to new heights and how the alumni could be a part of this plan. This was followed by an honouring of the founding team of GIM: Father D\u2019Souza, Prof. Uday Damodaran, Prof. Suma Damodaran, Prof. V.Gopal, Prof. Ranjini Swamy, Prof. C.M. Ramesh, Mr. Steve Fernandes and Mrs. Nayana Talaulikar. The founding faculty shared their own experiences as to how GIM evolved over the past couple of decades, with Prof. Gopal saying, \u201cPeople who struggle together, stick together.\u201d\nAt 4:00 p.m. the Alumni conclave began with Prof. A.G. Balasubramanian announcing the topic: \u201cLight in the Gloom.\u201d The speakers at the conclave were GIM alumni:\n1.\tMr. Mrunmoy Das\u2013Batch 1996. Mr. Das is currently the President of Das Capital Investment and Banking Ltd. He reflected on his time during and before GIM. He narrated his story of how he came from Orissa with poor communication skills and rich hopes, and attributed his success to being able to connect to people and learning from them. He also talked about the challenges he faced as he walked through his career and how those challenges helped make him the man he is today.\n2.\tMr. Murali Sathyanarayana\u2013 Batch 1998. Mr. Sathyanarayana presently works as Global Alliance Director, Atos. He stressed the importance for everyone to re-skill themselves every now and then, in order to achieve their dreams and not settle for anything less. He left with a message for the students to value the investment of parents and the teachings of the professors.\n3.\tMr. Ketan Hajarnavis\u2013Batch 1999. Mr. Hajarnavis works as Director & Business Head of ThoughtWorks, India (Executive Consultant). He talked about his school days, how he had to change many schools because of the kind of job his father had, and gradually moved on to talk about his college days. He said that the 2 years at GIM were really special for him as he got to learn a lot and that helped him mould his career in the right way.\nThe conclave speakers also talked about why a focus on a specialization in the field of MBA was the need of the day and how recruiters, nowadays, have a different approach while hiring individuals. After the conclave, the speakers were felicitated and a vote of thanks was delivered. All of this was followed by a cultural evening where students showcased their talents, leaving the alumni amazed and in great spirits. The evening ended with the alumni connecting amongst themselves during dinner.\nRibandar, Goa 403006\nAlso from Goa Institute of Management\nGoa Institute of Management Announces Program On HR Analytics\nGoa Institute of Management Announces Program On People Manag ...\nGoa Set To Make The 6th United Nations PRME-Asia Forum A Memo ...\nSterling Placement Record in 2015, GIM Has Cemented Its Place ...\nSinayo Fernandes\nRibandar Goa, 403006\nhttp://www.gim.ac.in/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 9133, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 339.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onlygold.com/Gold-Articles-Detail.asp?ArticleNum=177", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:42Z", "digest": "sha1:CIGX7CS25JUYMWWWFYR5BEVPUNKIOKZK", "length": 6993, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "onlygold.com", "title": "Gold Article Full Story", "raw_content": "Gold From the Arizona Territories!\nOn Valentine's Day in 1912, Arizona became the last of the contiguous 48 states to be admitted to the Union. The Anglo history of this state starts with mining - first gold, then silver, and, even today, massive amounts of copper. And once in a while, we see artifacts from the old days\u2026\nOne of the joys of living in Arizona is the fact that the English-speaking settlement of this state is so recent (it didn't even become a US territory until 1867) that we often encounter reminders, some living, of the state's earliest Anglo pioneers.\nThis week I was honored to meet the grandson of Moses B. Hazeltine, a man who served as cashier and president in the formative days of the first bank in the Arizona Territory - the Bank of Arizona. The bank was established in the territorial capital of Prescott in 1877, a town that owed its existence to the gold-mining activity in the surrounding area.\nBack then, banks were much more than electronic depositories with drive-thru ATMs. Bankers were money-men: they changed paper to specie, and vice versa. They provided safe-keeping for bullion, and, in the early days of the West, loaned money for worthy mining ventures when a reliable citizen wanted to pursue a claim that showed viable 'color.'\nA large part of the early business of the Bank of Arizona was that of buying placer gold 'nuggets' from the local miners, converting the native gold into US cash. From it founding in 1877 through the early 1900s, the most prominent physical feature of the bank's interior was its substantial balance scale for the weighing of native gold.\nPerhaps someday in the future banks may return to their time-honored role as reliable buyers, sellers and assayers of precious metals. In the meantime, businesses such as ours continue in their role as money-changer for the general public. But I digress.\nOur introduction to this grandson of a Territorial banker came via a phone call last week. Through banking channels, our firm had been recommended to him as reliable gold buyers, and he had some gold items to sell. But they were neither coins nor bullion.\nIt seems that his grandfather, Moses B. Hazeltine, an early partner in the Bank of Arizona, had over the years accumulated some of the more substantial gold nuggets that he had purchased through the bank. In the year 1925 he commissioned a local jeweler to fashion a necklace of these nuggets which he gave as a wedding gift to his son's fianc\u00e9. That woman's first child was the fellow that I met, M.B. Hazeltine's grandson, now living in Phoenix.\nThis 71.8 gram necklace was made of gold nuggets\nfrom Lynx Creek in Yavapai County, Arizona, in 1925.\nI'm sure that this gift, fashioned of over two ounces in weight of gold nuggets, was appreciated. But since it was rather large and showy, it was seldom worn.\nAnother souvenir of his grandfather's banking career also came with a story from Arizona's territorial days. Around 1890, the bank was approached for working capital by a group that had begun development of the Hillside mine, a gold claim some 40 miles west of Prescott that was first discovered in 1887. The group seeking the capital was probably H. H. Warner's Seven Stars Mining Company, which records show owned the mine from 1890 to 1904.\nThis gold mine went on to be the most productive mine by far in the high desert area of central Arizona that came to be known as the Eureka District. During the 20th century, the mine changed hands a few times, and operated intermittently for several decades. Its shafts eventually reached thousands of feet underground, following the various gold-bearing veins during the mine's heyday.\nWhen the Hillside Mine finally closed for good in 1942, it had given up some 58,000 ounces of gold over the course of its existence. Today, sixty years after its tunnels were abandoned, its tailings are still slowing leaching metallic residue into nearby Boulder Creek. The Hillside Mine today is monitored by the EPA as Superfund Site # AZN000905867.\nBut back in 1892, before there was an EPA or even a state of Arizona, payoff came for Moses Hazeltine and his Bank of Arizona's investment in the Hillside Mine. And as was often the custom in those days, the investors were paid in physical gold, divided proportionally by shares.\nThe bank received a crescent-shaped, poured piece of unrefined native gold, nearly four ounces in weight. Moses Hazeltine hacked a bit of gold off one end of the crescent, and forwarded it to Louis Tiffany & Company in New York. His instructions to the Tiffany jewelers were to produce, using the native gold for raw material, a ring with tri-color ornamentation, to be inscribed inside \"MBH, Hillside, 1892.\"\nThis 3.125 troy ounce (97.2 grams) lump ingot was poured from Hillside Mine gold in 1892. Note the chunk missing from the right side.\nAs to the bank itself, it flourished on the corner of Cortez and Gurley streets in Prescott for many decades. In 1900 it established Prescott's first brick building on that corner. The Bank of Arizona went on to open branch locations in Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Winslow. In 1956, it was absorbed into the First National Bank of Arizona, which was subsequently merged into First Interstate Bank.\nMoses B. Hazeltine was joined in the bank's operation during its early years by his brother W. E. Hazeltine, each alternately acting as president and cashier. Later, W.E.'s grandson Matt Hazeltine had an illustrious 13-year career as a linebacker and captain of the San Francisco \"49ers\" pro football team, making the Pro Bowl team in 1963 and 1965.\nThe man I met, Moses' grandson, was an officer of the Bank of Arizona since sometime after WWII, and for decades the nugget necklace, the gold crescent from the Hillside Mine, and some gold coins belonging to his sister were displayed inside the bank in Prescott. They remained on display until the late 1990s, at which time Wells Fargo bought out the bank.\nDuring the transition of this final buyout of what had once been the very first bank in Arizona, officials from Wells Fargo packed up the gold Arizona souvenirs for transfer back to corporate headquarters in San Francisco. Alerted to this, my customer explained to the Wells Fargo executives that these items were on loan from his family for display purposes only. The necklace, gold crescent, and his sister's gold coins were duly returned.\nToday, the grandson, now approaching his 80th year, still has the ring with the Hillside inscription. Because the Tiffany jewelers made it using the nearly pure native gold from the Hillside mine, and the grandson wore it daily during his WWII service in the Marines, it is showing some wear, but the inscription inside is still plainly legible. The gold coins are back in his sister's possession.\nBut today's higher gold prices convinced him to let us have, for a price, the nugget necklace, the gold crescent missing a small piece, and this tale from Territorial Arizona's not so long ago history.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 9390, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 211.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onlygold.com/Gold-Articles-Detail.asp?ArticleNum=573", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:27Z", "digest": "sha1:NEGQOEXG3GRJZAREZTBERM3ABV3CUPNC", "length": 3512, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "onlygold.com", "title": "Gold Article Full Story", "raw_content": "Good News from the US Mint!\n(October 6, 2009) The US Mint announced today that there will be production of 2009-dated Buffalo 1-ounce .9999 gold bullion coins, as well as fractional gold Eagles for 2009. However, the red-hot demand for gold and silver bullion means that some collector series coins will not be produced this year.\nIn a press release dated 10/6/09, the US Mint outlined its plans for releases of bullion products through the end of 2009. The popular pure gold Buffalo gold coin will be released for the first time this year, and the US gold Eagles dated 2009 in the half-, quarter-, and tenth-ounce sizes will also be released for the first time this year, just in time for Christmas, so it seems.\nWe are now taking orders for the Buffaloes (at our regular gold Eagle rates), and will have them ready to ship a few days after the official release. We will also stock the 2009 fractional Eagles when they are released, but are not yet taking orders for them until we get closer to the date of release.\nHere is the release from the US Mint, in full:\nUnited States Mint to Offer 2009 American Buffalo Proof Gold and American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins, Agency also announces products not offered in 2009.\nWASHINGTON - The United States Mint announced today that it will offer for sale 2009 one-ounce American Buffalo Proof Gold Coins and one-ounce American Eagle Platinum Proof Coins. The release dates for these products are tentatively October 29 and December 3, 2009, respectively. In addition, the agency will release the one-ounce 2009 American Buffalo Gold Bullion Coin on October 15 and the fractional 2009 American Eagle Gold Bullion Coins-in the one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, and one-tenth ounce weights-on December 3.\nThe United States Mint will not offer the following products in 2009: the one-ounce American Eagle Silver Proof Coin; the one-ounce American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin; the American Eagle Gold Proof Coins (all weights, as well as the four-coin set); the one-ounce American Eagle Gold Uncirculated Coin; the United States Mint Annual Uncirculated Dollar Coin SetTM, which also includes a one-ounce American Eagle Silver Uncirculated Coin; and the American Eagle Platinum Bullion Coins (all weights).\nBecause of unprecedented demand for American Eagle Gold and Silver Bullion Coins, the United States Mint suspended production of 2009 proof and uncirculated versions of these coins. All available 22-karat gold and silver bullion blanks are being allocated to the American Eagle Gold and American Eagle Silver Bullion Coin Programs, as mandated by Public Law 99-185 and Public Law 99-61, respectively. Both laws direct the agency to produce these coins in quantities sufficient to meet public demand. The proof and uncirculated versions of the American Eagle Gold and Silver Proof Coins are not mandated by law.\nThe United States Mint is working diligently with current and potential blank suppliers to increase the supply of bullion coin blanks, so it can offer to the public the proof and uncirculated versions of American Eagle silver, gold, and platinum coins in 2010.\nThe United States Mint, created by Congress in 1792, is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage. Its primary mission is to produce an adequate volume of circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The United States Mint also produces proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver, gold and platinum bullion coins.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 5906, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 241.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onteachingandlearning.blogspot.com/2013/02/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:59Z", "digest": "sha1:DPOWEU6OH2FKPJY3XU5VZPIKFRFZAMK6", "length": 7075, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "onteachingandlearning.blogspot.com", "title": "On Teaching and Learning: February 2013", "raw_content": "We're adding a new approach to the blog starting this month; in addition to the periodic news and links to resources and events of interest that I hope will continue, we plan to have a small group of occasional guest bloggers share their personal perspectives--speaking for and representing themselves, not their institutions--on various topics of interest related to assessment, teaching and learning issues in higher education. I hope these postings will become opportunities for our ATL community to engage in collegial discourse and debate about the issues and questions raised, rather than random and unsupported rants (as is too often the case in web comments, unfortunately). Anyway, let's try it and see how it goes!\nWhose Agenda Is This Anyway?\nKennie Lawson\nI just returned from the annual Achieving the Dream conference that was held this past week in Anaheim. There were roughly 1600 registered participants. That's pretty impressive and, in general, the purpose of the conference is laudable. After all, AtD seeks to assist institutions deliver on the promise of a higher education, particularly for low-income students and students of color. In spite of the good intention, however, there's always something that has left me a little uneasy about Achieving the Dream, particularly to the extent that it is allied with and become a focal point for the \u201ccompletion agenda.\u201d (For a more careful critique of the completion agenda, this volume of the AACU's Liberal Education is a good start.) It's true that completion of degrees and certificates can lead to higher earnings. No serious person is against that. Yet there are several things that tend to give me pause. First, there is something underlying those degrees and certificates that seems lost in the vocabulary and focus of the proponents of the completion agenda. That something is the student learning that is antecedent to the awarding of those degrees or certificates and really, at heart, has to be the true purpose of higher education. If the goal is simply a degree, that can be achieved easily enough by just printing the things and handing them out to whomever wants one. Of course, advocates of increasing completion rates tend readily to agree that quality of learning should neither be diminished nor sacrificed in the effort to get more students to complete. Yet saying it and actually paying attention to it in a serious, purposeful way are different things. If the focus was the \"learning agenda\" and ensuring that students were supported and successful in that endeavor, I think the focus would be on the proper object. I'll leave it at that for now, but it's a theme I tend to want to come back to and no doubt will in the future. Second, the value of learning (and a degree or certificate) isn't just in the increased earnings, or so my intuition--and my own experience--tells me. Part of the value of higher education is in the confidence and skills it provides to recipients to enjoy life and to participate in it in a meaningful way. Not to be too clich\u00e9, but education is empowerment, and not just related to the empowerment that comes along with higher earning power. In my opinion, Achieving the Dream and other organizations that seek to increase completion rates could benefit from adopting this latter frame a little more frequently and intentionally because, ultimately, that leads us back to this fundamental, underlying promise of obtaining a higher education in the first place.\nKenneth Lawson serves as the Vice President for Instruction at Skagit Valley College. Prior to that he was Dean for Humanities and Social Sciences at Seattle Central Community College. Earlier in his career, Dr. Lawson (or \u201cKenny\u201d as his friends call him) was a faculty member at Shoreline Community College, where he taught political science and international studies. He is interested in educational policy and innovative approaches to teaching and learning, particularly learning communities and service-learning. Word on the street is that he enjoys listening to loud, classic country twang and playing \u201cage-appropriate\u201d basketball.\nPosted by BillM at 3:18 PM 2 comments:\nRetrieved from http://www.rockpa.org/page.aspx?pid=580 on February 12, 2013:\nCore to College is a multi-state grant initiative designed to promote strong collaboration between higher education and the K-12 sectors in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessments. In ten grantee states \u2013 Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and Washington \u2013 Core to College is helping states drive higher levels of alignment and collaboration to achieve greater college readiness with financial resources, technical assistance and evaluation support.\nHow will Core to College Make an Impact?\nCore to College has a number of intended state-level outcomes. Each grantee state has identified its own specific activities that support the following:\nEstablishing a statewide definition of college readiness.\nCreating the conditions that lead to the adoption by post-secondary institutions of the CCSS assessments as a determinant of a student\u2019s readiness for credit-bearing course enrollment.\nPromoting greater K-12/post-secondary sector alignment around the CCSS in areas including, but not limited to:\nAcademic courses and sequences\nTeacher development (including both pre-service and in-service)\nWhat are Core to College States Doing?\nCore to College grantees have developed a number of strategies and activities to meet their goals:\nConvenings. All ten states are hosting trainings and convenings to foster connections between K-12 educators and leaders and post-secondary faculty and administrators. These are occurring at various levels \u2013 state, regional and local.\nDedicated Staff. 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An important Forr\u00f3 ambassador in the U.S., Curto has introduced many music lovers to the Northeastern Brazilian Music. He was an original member of the band Forr\u00f3 in the Dark with Mauro Refosco (David Byrne, Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Smokey Hormel (Beck).\nHailing from south of Sao Paulo, charismatic vocalist Rose Moraes has entertained thousands of music lovers with her \u201cRoots of Brazil\u201d concerts. She has performed widely in Switzerland, Poland, Brazil, and the U.S., where she now resides. 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The Committee are in the process of getting Quotations, which we hope we will then be able to apply for some Grants to help with the expense.\nThe Committee are looking at ways to increase funds, in addition to our usual Quiz in March, we are planning a German Baravirian style Oompah Evening featuring The Birerkella Schunklers Oompah Show Band, on Saturday June 10th starting at 8pm, tickets will be just \u00a310 each: we are inviting you to bring your own drinks & nibbles if you require them: so a great evening to look forward to for just \u00a320 a couple, (singing, dancing & drinking, hence only suitable for 18+ ages). Please make a note of the date in your Diary, mention to your friends & relatives and try to support your Village Hall.\nThe Committee (who currently are mostly pensioners) would love more younger members to join us, we only meet every other month on Wednesday evenings in the Hall at 8pm, and try to keep meetings to around one hour, so if you could spare a few hours, please get in touch with our Chairman Paul De Ritter on 811 640. No committee equals no Hall, this would be a dreadful loss to the village.\nWe would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supports the Hall by buying 501 tickets: last year our Lottery added \u00a32,100 to contribute to the running of the Hall, which keeps hiring costs down, if you don\u2019t have a ticket or would like additional ticket(s) please let us know, and we will get someone to visit you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 3382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pbelcity.in/hyderabad/life-at-pbelcity/9/basketball-match.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:30Z", "digest": "sha1:C5VUSIEJ3MQZB5TYW2RTJ3PMKXFLU5UA", "length": 200, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "pbelcity.in", "title": "PBEL | PBELCity Life Gallery", "raw_content": "The month of October witnessed an exciting basketball match at the PBEL City Basketball court. 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The survey shows that 63 percent of Jewish citizens were pessimistic about the current political situation between the Israelis and Palestinians and 63 percent of...\nIran Gains as Arabs' Obama Hopes Sink. Lobe, Jim // Foreign Policy in Focus;8/10/2010, p2\nA reprint of the article \"Iran Gains As Arabs' Obama Hopes Sink,\" by Jim Lobe, originally published in \"The Asia Times,\" is presented. It reports the rise of the negative views of U.S. President Barack Obama from 23% in 2009 to 62% based on the 2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll. Shelby Telhami of...\nWhat videogame system do you want for the holiday season? Howard, Lucy; Meadows, Susannah; Begun, Bret; Stroup, Katherine // Newsweek;10/30/2000, Vol. 136 Issue 18, p10\nHighlights polls on the web site of the periodical 'Newsweek.' Question about which videogame system people want; Responses to a question of whether the United States should be brokering peace in the Middle East.\nWye and the road to war. Feith, Douglas J. // Commentary;Jan1999, Vol. 107 Issue 1, p43\nComments on the agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA), at Maryland's Wye Plantation. Essence of the Wye River Memorandum; Criticisms about the provisions of the Wye Memorandum; Impediments to the enforcement of...\nDon't Give Up on Peace. // Christian Science Monitor;8/14/2001, Vol. 93 Issue 182, p10\nReflects on events in the Middle East and suggests that there is still the possibility of peace between people in Israel and the Palestinian territories.\nObama's Dangerous Peace Talks 'Farce': Die Presse, Austria. 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I said that you know what, they were setting themselves up for failure.\u201d\nAccording to Lydia, she refuses to completely discredit the President or completely give up because if Ghana does well it benefits everybody.\nHowever, she thinks the government was arrogant about their promises prior the the 2016 elections.\n\u201cMy article was based on their social media promises. They wanted to win by any means necessary. But I think when you have been in opposition for a very long time you forget what is like to be the head that wears the crown. So maybe any other party government may not be frustrated as we are. Maybe things take time to pick up,\u201d she told AJ.\n\u201cBut because of all the promises they made and the boldness with which they made them. They were almost arrogant about their promises,\u201d she intimated.\nMiss Forson finally noted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP)probably were doing old school politics during the 2016 elections.\nShe said even though she was not surprised at the turn of events she is expecting that the government does exactly what it promises with the timeliness.\nLydia has been very vocal on varied issues concerning humanity.\nWhile some admire her confidence and intelligence, there are others who seriously resent her approach and reaction to certain issues.\nHer first movie role was a cameo in Hotel St. James in 2005.\nAfter that she took part in the Next Movie Star reality show in 2007 and emerged the third runner-up.\nSome movies she has starred in are Run Baby Run, Different Shades of Blue, Scorned, The Perfect Picture, Keteke, Side Chic Gang, among others.\nShe recently won Best Supporting Actress Movie/TV Series\u2019 for her role as Kukua in the movie for the \u2018Isoken\u2019 movie and Best Actress (comedy) at the Golden Movie Awards.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 4671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 258.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pecuc.org/homedetails.aspx?id=H2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:09Z", "digest": "sha1:B2EW43J2UFL77ESDYZCFVRKEUENYCR3C", "length": 2624, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "pecuc.org", "title": "Home Details", "raw_content": "She was denied the right to attend school in childhood; her marriage was solemnized in her teens and after marriage she was a victim in her in-laws. She was never felt fit for consultation during decision making processes at home as she was called names \u2013 \u201cBokki\u201d (\u201cBokki\u201d is a work negatively used to denote one\u2019s innocence and lack of understanding).\nTrue, she is born and brought up in poverty and continues as such until now. Poverty has never wane her interest to live life to the fullest. The stereotypes of discrimination at different stages of her life always put her in to trouble. Sakuntala was destined to pass a sorrowful life until the day came when she made her way to the seat of power \u2013 become the ward member in the year 2007. With this an era of dynamics of power came to stay null and void. For the first time in the history of PR elections in her ward, a woman from the backward section of the society ushers to hold power. Life treasures many such things for many people in this world. Few people could able to cross the bar. Sakuntala\u2019s is a true story enacted. Sakuntala indeed crossed the bar to set an example for her and for others.\nBeing in the seat of power does not mean all. It was a challenging job. Sakuntala realized her inability to deliver the good. She did not know anything about the PR processes and programs. Personally she did not have education or the power to raise her voice. Many things slept away from her rights as other people grab it to quench illegitimate ends. Sakuntala could realize her incapacity and inability, but she cannot do anything.\nThings began changing slowly but positively in favour of Sakuntala when she began attending the programs of PECUC-THP. During her tenure as first female ward member of her ward she realized the importance of education particularly in the life of girl child and fought to assure the same for all children in her ward. As a member of the school committee, she successfully handled the issue on discrimination pertaining to school MDM and school uniform. At the grampanchayata level, she is duly supported to table her issue and hammer her voice against structures of discrimination and injustice. Time has changed. A \u201cBokki\u201d of bygone times is being consulted for good. Sakuntala retains power in 2011 without any context or, resistance from any section of her community. Sakuntala thanks PECUC-THP for making her realize the rights she deserved.\nName. Mrs. Sakuntala Nayaka\nAge. 52 years old\nQualification. 4th Class\nMother of: One married son and one unmarried young girl.\nDesignation. 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Pet Refuge has promoted spay/neuter for over 30 years. We understand that historically spay/neuter has been cost prohibitive for many, and the need for a low-cost clinic is an essential component in controlling the pet overpopulation crisis. The estimated four million cats and dogs who are euthanized every year in the United States could have been cherished family pets. Spay/neuter is a proven way to reduce pet overpopulation, ensuring that every pet has a family to love them. A solution is possible, and starts with each of us taking one small step: getting our own pets spayed and neutered. To help stop pet overpopulation further, consider adopting your next pet from an animal shelter.\nPet Refuge was able to open this much-needed, low-cost clinic with monies awarded from a generous grant from PetSmart Charities as well the support of Pet Refuge. We are excited by this opportunity to give back to our community by offering low-cost spay/neuter services to pet guardians, people caring for free-roaming cats, animal shelters, rescue groups and the general public with no income restrictions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2245, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 188.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pharmacy-schools.us/articles/online-resources-for-students-pharmacy-technician-classes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:46Z", "digest": "sha1:ZVLCC4IMRC2RQS4FJMVW7BDBOJI4ABAC", "length": 3137, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "pharmacy-schools.us", "title": "Online Resources for Students Pharmacy Technician Classes", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Articles / Online Resources for Students Pharmacy Technician Classes\nPharmacy school is a challenging time for future pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Luckily, many online resources are available to make quick work of drug research, career information, and other questions common to pharmacy technician students. We have collected a list of online resources for students, as provided by reputable institutions in pharmacy education.\nRasmussen College has published a good list of the \u201csix best online resources for pharmacy technician students\u201d. (Find info on the school\u2019s pharmacy technician program here.)\nWe\u2019ve included a short summary of each resource below, but you can view the full page at the college\u2019s website.\nAccording to its mission statement, \u201cThe Pharmacy Technician Certification Board develops, maintains, promotes, and administers a nationally accredited certification and\u2026\nThe National Pharmacy Technician Association\nThe National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) is a professional society established for pharmacy technicians. Membership is open to pharmacy technicians, students and educators\u2026\nThe American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is one of the largest accredited providers of continuing education for pharmacists and certified pharmacy technicians \u2026\nThe United States Food and Drug Administration\nThe Food and Drug Administration\u2019s (FDA) website offers endless drug information, including resources about drug shortages, approved drug products\u2026\nFor pharm techs and students on the go, Epocrates Rx is a free mobile drug reference available for almost every smartphone on the market, from\u2026..\nPOWER-PAK C.E\u2122\nPostgraduate Healthcare Education, LLC provides educational programs through Power-Pak, a source that offers continuing education courses for pharmacy technicians \u2026\nFor pharmacy technician students seeking career information, the College of Southern Nevada recommends:\nCSN\u2019s Health Science Program List\nFind details about the program, course requirements and degrees offered.\nU.S. Department of Labor/ Pharmacy Technicians\nThrough the U.S. Department of Labor\u2019s Occupational Outlook Handbook, the government provides a wealth of information on the nature of the job, working conditions, qualifications and training needed, earning potential, and job outlook, among other topics.\nMedical Workers.com: Pharmacy\nJobs are listed nationwide, but the search can be narrowed by state. The site lists job title, description, requirements, and contact information.\nA site search can be performed by job title, state, or job category. The site lists job title, description, requirements and contact information. Members can post their resume and apply directly online.\nTop USA Jobs.com: Pharmacy Technician Jobs\nThe site is searchable by job title or job detail keywords in addition to city and state. 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It uses fresh botanicals (never dried) from the Wicklow hills, carefully and sustainably foraged from March to October by Geraldine Kavanagh, which are then slow-distilled by stillman Rowdy Rooney. For additional information on the Wild Botanical Gin, please visit:\nwww.glendaloughdistillery.com/our-gin-new-releases.\nThe new gin was launched in January at an invite-only party that featured Brian O\u2019Driscoll and Amy Huberman, and the feedback on the locally-foraged spirit to date has been so positive that the company is distilling twice a day just to keep up with demand.\nGlendalough Wild Botanical Gin has an RSP of \u20ac35 and is widely available from independent off-licences nationwide, such as O\u2019Brien\u2019s, Mitchell & Sons, The Celtic Whiskey Shop, and more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 2121, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 258.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://picocompanies.com/management-team/our-people/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:28Z", "digest": "sha1:R76PK6HFDEIQZ7LFHVMPZ7CF3JAYUKR4", "length": 3762, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "picocompanies.com", "title": "Our People | PICO Group", "raw_content": "Agile, Responsive Leadership\nPICO Group Companies are governed by industry leaders across their diverse operations.\nKamel Diab\nWith extensive experience in key positions at a number of state-owned foreign trade companies spanning the years from the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, in 1975 Kamel Diab turned his attention to the private sector. Realizing the potential of Egypt\u2019s then newly-introduced economic liberalization policies, Kamel played a pivotal role in laying the groundwork for the group of companies that comprise PICO Group and the diverse industry footprint that they occupy today. While working in the public sector, Kamel held a number of top-level positions including General Manager at the International Trading Company from 1959-61, General Director of the Arab Foreign Trade Company from 1961 to 1966, and Chairman of the El Wadi Company for the Export of Agricultural Products between 1967 and 1974. During this time, Kamel was instrumental in developing foreign trade between Egypt and Asia (especially India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China) as well as in improving the quality of Egyptian agricultural produce and significantly boosting exports to Western and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and the Arab world. Kamel holds a BSc in Agriculture from Cairo University, a BA in Law from Alexandria University and an MA in Management from the American University in Cairo.\nSalah Diab\nGroup CEO & Co-Founder\nRegarded as one of Egypt\u2019s leading entrepreneurs, Salah Diab has been instrumental in the establishment of the Group\u2019s Energy and Engineering activities, among many others. He started the first Egyptian petroleum services company in the mid-1970s and has been central in the development of the PICO Group companies in this sector ever since. Salah also played key roles in the inception of La Poire and PICO Investments, and in 2002 he ventured back into the publishing industry \u2014 where his grandfather, Tawfik Diab, was a renowned figure in the 1930s and 40s \u2014 to establish the leading independent Egyptian newspaper, Al Masry Al Youm. Salah holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ain Shams University and is a board member of the Egyptian Businessmen\u2019s Association.\nSherif El Ezzawy\nSherif El Ezzawy is currently Chairman of Modern Agriculture Company (MACO). In 2004, he spearheaded the restructuring of MACO, helping it become the leading supplier of fresh produce and the primary propagator of cultivation varieties in the Egyptian market, as well as guiding its expansion into global markets such as the United Kingdom, the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Prior to joining PICO Group in 1974, Sherif worked in the petroleum industry, helping establish the first Egyptian free zone petroleum services company, as well as the National Drilling Company (NDC), the first fully Egyptian-owned company of its kind. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Ain Shams University and an MBA in Management from the American University in Cairo.\nMohamed A. Diab\nMohamed A. 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This they\u2019ve done by increasing technical capacities and building professional relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors and suppliers throughout the years.\nIt all began with Robert Pike. Having gained significant experience working for the commercial division of AV Jennings, Robert decided that starting his own business was fundamental in moving forward. This led to the establishment of Pike Industries Pty Ltd, which commenced trading on the 1st of July 1981. In 1988, the company changed its trading name to Pike Constructions Pty Ltd, as it provided a more defined image of the company\u2019s operations.\nPhillip Pike joined the company in 1995 and together with his father Robert, fostered a strong partnership, which has seen the company gain recognition within the construction industry. 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Prior to coming to Pine Island, I substitute taught in Byron for two years. I grew up in Owatonna and attended St. Mary's University of Winona where I received my BA in Elementary Education in 2010. In 2016, I earned my Masters of Education from Walden University. My husband, Lincoln, is our school counselor here at the elementary school. We live in Rochester with our newborn twin girls, Vivian and Greta, and our dog Betty.\nMeet Mrs. Erickson\nWelcome to Third Grade! My name is Jane Erickson and I am excited to be in my 20th year of teaching! I have taught 6th grade, 8th grade, 2nd grade, and this will be my 8th year teaching 3rd grade. I grew up in\nSgt. Bluff, Iowa, and did my under-grad at Wayne State College in Nebraska. I received my Masters in Education from Winona State University in 2006. My husband Craig is a science and math teacher in the Pine Island High School. We live in Byron with our children, Isabelle (14) and Nathan (10). In my spare time, I enjoy reading, biking, running, boating and spending time with my family and friends.\nMeet Mrs. O'Reilly\nHi! My name is Carrie O'Reilly and I love teaching! I have been teaching for 29 years in the Pine Island School District. I am originally from Breckenridge, MN and graduated with my Elementary\nEducation degree from MSU-Moorhead. I have a Master of Education degree from St. Mary's University in Winona. I have taught Kindergarten and Third Grade over the years. I am currently teaching 3rd grade and love third grade curriculum! I love teaching young children and their enthusiasm for everything we learn! My husband and I have 5 children; Carter age 16, Julianne age 18, Courtney age 23, Jackie age 26 and Cody age 29. We are so blessed by our children and the many activities to keep us busy. We also love to travel and take camping/boating vacations. I love being a teacher and a mom, and nurturing the inner spirit and learning styles of children!\nMeet Mrs. Fernholz\nMy name is Molly Fernholz and I am thrilled to be your teacher. I have been teaching for 16 years in PI. I have taught 1st grade, 2nd grade, 4th grade, and this will be my 8th year teaching 3rd grade. I received my Masters in Education from Winona State University in 2006. My husband Chris is a business and accounting teacher in the Kasson-Mantorville High School. We live in Oronoco with our children, Abby (18), Brynn (9) and Nora (4). 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WRITE CLUB has chapters in five North American cities, and has given over $10,000 to charities of every description. He has performed at most of the live lit shows in Chicago, and his writing has appeared in Printers Row Journal, Crain\u2019s Chicago Business, The Daily Dot, and elsewhere. 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So much so that they are threatening legal action\u2026\n\u201cAs a legal matter,\u201d RNC chairman Mike Duncan said today, this is a \u201cmaliciously false\u201d campaign ad. \u201cThe advertisement in question falsely and maliciously\u201d quotes Sen. McCain as saying that extending the war in Iraq for 100 years would be fine with him, and places it in a context of images of combat. \u201cClearly this ad is just another attempt by the DNC to mischaracterize Sen. McCain\u2019s statements.\u201d\nMainly I think they are afraid because the DNC is finally stealing their tactics!\nRemember when John Kerry said: \u201cI actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.\u201d\nOf course you do- because the GOP picked it up and played it over and over and over in their anti-Kerry ads. Claiming this proved he was a flip-flopper \u2013 especially on the war.\nOf course no one remembers Kerry explaining what he really meant was \u201cthat he had supported an earlier Democratic measure that would have paid for the $87 billion in war funding by reducing Bush\u2019s tax cuts.\u201d Not that he changed his mind about the war.\nDid the RNC take the Kerry comment out of context? Sure.\nDo they plan on taking the Obama comments about PA voters out of context? You bet.\nWhat about taking two or three seconds from the 100s of hours of Rev. Wright\u2019s sermons and playing them over and over? Absolutely.\nI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s right. 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They see a young kid who sings and dances and ... they're like, 'Oh another Justin Bieber,'\" he said of the comparisons, ABC News reports. \"Like, you don't even know. You don't know me. You don't know my music. You're just making assumptions.\"\nJust two days ago, the 'MMM Yeah' singer appeared on 'Chelsea Lately,' where the host gave him advice on how to not end up like Bieber -- though the video has since been made private.\n\"I may not be the best dancer or the best performer right now, but I'm always getting better,\" Mahone also revealed. \"Next year I'll be even better than I am now. And the year after that, I'll just keep getting better.\"\nWe think he's already doing pretty well for himself right now, especially based on last night's performance of the National Anthem. Mahone, a San Antonio native, performed the song at Game 1 of the Finals, in which the San Antonio Spurs faced off against the Miami Heat in Texas. Check out Austin's performance in the video below.\nNext: Austin Mahone Reveals His Secret Hobby - Exclusive\nFiled Under: Austin Mahone, Justin Bieber", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2934, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 243.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pornya.net/s/19-1-the-defiant-ones-329079.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:22:38Z", "digest": "sha1:7BDXQLD7CJHIPAVA34LQKQTY3M4AMALX", "length": 341, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "pornya.net", "title": "Ver The Defiant Ones Online en HD | Series Gato", "raw_content": "A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton -- their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.\n8.7 / 10 2017 102,205 Visitas Documental, Biograf\u00eda, Crimen", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 1848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 328.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pray.jesuitretreat.org/2017/05/11/?arcf=cat:43", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:10Z", "digest": "sha1:HXGOW6YMHXNKVEHLBNZTKLBDK3XBQP4X", "length": 1739, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "pray.jesuitretreat.org", "title": "Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House", "raw_content": "Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.\nNew Revised Standard Version, copyright 1989, by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States.\nWe hear in today\u2019s Gospel the inner logic of the Christian life. Jesus says it is a game of \u201cfollow the leader,\u201d a leadership chain that ends not with a merely human leader, but with the God-man and God the Father who created man.\nEverything in life ought to point to Christ. Not only our thoughts, actions, and words, but our institutions, political systems, culture, and entertainment should reflect Christ\u2019s brilliance, convey Christ\u2019s Truth, and help us follow in Christ\u2019s footsteps. A cursory glance at our world reveals that we have strayed far from that path.\nJesus offers us antidotes at the Last Supper. Along with the Eucharist and the Holy Spirit, Jesus establishes an apostolic church to spread his Word and administer his grace. We ought to continually pray for fidelity to Christ and his Body on Earth, the Church, trusting that she will lead us along his path.\n\u2014Sam McGrath is a 9th grade Theology teacher at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles.\nWe thank you for giving us your Only Son.\nWe thank him for the price he paid and the victory he won.\nWe pray that with heavenly food we will be fed,\nAnd that along the path of righteousness we will be led.\nWe humbly ask for your love and the grace\nTo recognize Christ in our hearts and a stranger\u2019s face.\nHave mercy on us when we falter,\nAnd grant that we desire most what\u2019s on the altar.\nBe with us until the end of our days,\nWhich we will fill with prayer, piety, and praise.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 479, "original_length": 10799, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 282.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pre-construct.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:29Z", "digest": "sha1:OSL55VPG4W5AWQ6FRYUA772RFV2MANBT", "length": 3893, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "pre-construct.com", "title": "Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd is an archaeological company specialising in providing appropriate solutions to heritage problems", "raw_content": "Professional Heritage Services\nPre-Construct Archaeology Limited is a well-established independent company specialising in providing appropriate solutions to heritage problems. At PCA we are acutely aware that many of our clients commission archaeological or built heritage works in order to obtain planning permissions. For some clients this may be an unwanted and unwelcome problem. PCA is here to assist clients in the discharge of their heritage planning conditions.\nWe have a flexible approach which aims to deliver a professional service, minimising delay and inconvenience while maximising a site's heritage value. We are committed to providing a service which is both high quality and cost-effective. We believe that we can achieve these goals while maintaining the highest professional standards.\nWe have a proven record of delivering results within an agreed time-scale and budget. Our service is designed to fulfil all planning requirements from desktop assessment through to full excavation and publication. We have a well-established and respected team whose experience at all levels allows us to deliver a unique service designed to meet the specific requirements of each project.\nOur work covers a variety of sites, both green and brown-field, above and below ground heritage recording. These projects are wide ranging and include housing developments, road construction, infrastructure improvement and utilities, quarrying, environmental management schemes and industrial facilities.\nOn Tuesday 27th November, The Alnwick Garden kindly hosted a book launch for PCA's latest monograph 'Parterres Bright with Flowers' A history of the walled gardens at Alnwick Castle as revealed through excavations and standing building survey, with a short presentation and book sales. Chris Hunwick, the Castle's archivist who was extremely helpful during research for the publication, received a copy of the monograph on behalf of the Duchess of Northumberland.\nPCA are proud to announce that their monograph: \u2018An Immense and Exceedingly Commodious Goods Station; The Archaeology and History of the Great Northern Railway's Goods Yard at King's Cross, 1849 to the Present Day\u2019 by Rebecca Haslam and Guy Thompson, has been awarded the 2018 London Archaeological Prize (for best archaeological publication in 2016 and 2017).\nThis week sees the long-awaited publication of PCA North's excavations and building recording work at Alnwick Castle Gardens, first begun in 2000! The monograph, \u2018Parterres Bright with Flowers\u2019 A history of the walled gardens at Alnwick Castle as revealed through excavations and standing building survey By Victoria Ridgeway and Jennifer Proctor, is priced at \u00a328 and will be on sale from 5th November. See News for more details.\nPCA's Services\nAt PCA we provide our clients with a full range of services.\nWe have a team of knowledgeable and experienced Project Managers accomplished in dealing with every stage of the development planning process, from the preparation of supporting documents for a planning application, to the design and management of a range of evaluation and excavation services required to fulfil a planning condition.\nPCA undertakes projects of all sizes and scope and in many diverse sectors.\nA few of our latest Projects:\nWaterstone Park\nDrapers' Gardens\nPCA prides itself in producing publications, which stand up to academic scrutiny as well as\nreports and Journal articles, which are accessible to a broad spectrum of people. A few of our latest Publications:\nExcavations at 15-17 Clarendon Centre\nExcavations Nettleton and Rothwell\nWe run a range of initiatives which help people of all ages and abilities to get involved and learn more about our fantastic heritage. This includes free events, lectures, talks, exhibitions, open-days on major archaeological excavations, and the opportunity to partake in voluntary work and Community digs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 4588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://presidentwilson.org/items/show/24498", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:04Z", "digest": "sha1:JLEN6FYKS5QN7FZU6ZC3MGLVWSIO4HOV", "length": 1606, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "presidentwilson.org", "title": "DF Houston to Hon. Tom D. McKeown \u00b7 Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia", "raw_content": "DF Houston to Hon. Tom D. McKeown\nHouston, David Franklin, 1866-1940\nSecretary of Agriculture responds to a congressman's request about employing \"negro farm demonstrators in Oklahoma.\"\nNational Archives and Records Administration, no ID#\nHon. Tom D. McKeown,\nDear Mr. McKeown:\nI have your letter of February 7 with reference to the employment of negro farm demonstrators in Oklahoma.\nThe Department is encouraging the appointment of negro agents in communities where there is a sufficient number of negroes and where the conditions are favorable to the inauguration of the work. We already have two such agents in Oklahoma, and there are over 100 in the fifteen Southern States. As you know, the agricultural extension work is conducted in cooperation with the State Agricultural Colleges and the initiative in recommending the appointment of extension agents usually is taken by the Directors of Extension Work who are the joint representatives of the Department and the College. In Oklahoma the Extension Director is Mr. James A. Wilson, whose headquarters are at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, I am sure that he will be glad to give the matter careful attention and I have asked the Director of the States Relation Service to send him a copy of your letter for consideration.\nD. F. Houston\nAfrican-American farmers, Agricultural extension agents, Department of Agriculture\nHouston, David Franklin, 1866-1940, \u201cDF Houston to Hon. Tom D. McKeown,\u201d 1918 February 26, A020818, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 2491, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 325.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://primewireag.net/actors/Vittorio+De+Sica.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:10Z", "digest": "sha1:5XEUXAJHRGBXSFDEZEKCUVOSCRBYLX56", "length": 298, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "primewireag.net", "title": "Watch Vittorio De Sica's Movies, list movies of Vittorio De Sica Online Free 2019, best movies Vittorio De Sica Collection", "raw_content": "L'ange pourpre\nThe Spanish priest played by Dirk Bogarde is troubled by his church's lack of concern for the poor; he decides to leave the church. By ...\nActors: Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Arnoldo Fo\u00e0, Finlay Currie, Rossana Rory, Enrico Maria Salerno", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 5112, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 140.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://propertyobservatory.com/buying-house-vs-renting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DBTEJIZXAFDMXPTOH5UBX7PVZ54A3H32", "length": 4093, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "propertyobservatory.com", "title": "Buying a house vs. renting - The Property ObservatoryThe Property Observatory", "raw_content": "Regardless of where you are or what kind of career path you\u2019ve chosen, you\u2019re going to need to live somewhere. Typically there are two different options: renting or buying a place. Each of these come with their own pros and cons and neither is necessarily right.\nOf course, we need to first address the elephant in the room: price. House prices tend to increase each and every year, while the salaries of the working class don\u2019t grow in the same way. This has led to a problem in the housing market where many cannot afford to own a home. And those who do will sell for significantly higher prices, usually to turn a profit. It is a problem that is not easily solved. In a city like Cape Town, for example, all of the prime housing is centred around the city centre where many residents work. This has lead to astronomical prices for apartments and those houses that are left.\nBut putting the extreme cost aside, buying a house (if you can afford it) is not a bad idea. Even purchasing a flat or townhouse falls under the same positives. Property gains value each and every year, which means you can eventually sell it for a profit unless there is a market crash. While this doesn\u2019t work in favour of the buyer, it does for the seller. But there are additional costs when it comes to purchasing your very own concrete, four-walled structure. Besides the asking price, you will need to pay transfer costs, rates and taxes, and levies. All of these can add up to a substantial amount but will likely pay off in the long run. You might need to use a personal loan calculator if you cannot afford everything right now.\nAs for renting, it too holds its own financial positives. For starters, you don\u2019t need to own the property, which means some of these previously mentioned costs simply fall away. You will, however, need to pay a monthly rental and have enough money for a deposit in order to rent. In the long term, you are essentially paying off someone else\u2019s bond instead of your own.\nBy purchasing and living somewhere else, you can rent out the property to tenants in order to help cover the cost of your bond. This will go a long way in paying it off as soon as possible.\nRenting a flat or house means that you don\u2019t have any control over the property at all. And, if you do, then you are incredibly lucky. For starters, moving in requires the letting agent to write up a report of the house and state what is broken. If they don\u2019t find it in the same condition when you move out, you could forfeit your deposit.\nIf you want to change something within the flat \u2013 say put up a shelf \u2013 you\u2019ll need to ask permission from the landlord, even if you think it is to their benefit. This can result in a lot of pain and hassle for you. And, in many instances, the flat needs to be returned to its previous state, which requires you to fill in the drill holes for the shelf and paint the wall.\nFor homeowners, you can change pretty much anything you want, from the colour of the interior to building a braai place. Though the building aspect doesn\u2019t mean you can go wild and build a massive atrium. In fact, you\u2019ll often to need the local council\u2019s or home owner\u2019s association\u2019s permission for any alterations that may change the physical layout of your home.\nDifficult landlords\nIt is not uncommon to rent from a difficult landlord. Besides imposing strict rules on what you can and cannot do within a rented property, you\u2019re not always their priority. For example, fixing a burst geyser in your owned house or flat requires calling the plumber. With landlords, you\u2019ll need to contact them first, wait for costs to be sorted, and you could be without hot water for a few days.\nRenting is usually quite easy when it comes to changing jobs or moving to a new location. Typically, you\u2019ll need to find someone to take over your lease or just jump through a few small hoops. For homeowners, this isn\u2019t as straightforward. Moving is a far more complicated process that requires finding a buyer for your home, putting in transfers, and usually packing up more stuff than you would have in a rented place.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 5958, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 218.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://proyecto-raquel.com/en/node/376", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:13Z", "digest": "sha1:Q6JSLMJ7DWPLDJTHTXVA3L4E3KYHJVQG", "length": 19856, "nlines": 58, "source_domain": "proyecto-raquel.com", "title": "The Psychological Effects of Performing Abortions | Proyecto Raquel", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blogs \u00bb Galsuinda's blog \u00bb The Psychological Effects of Performing Abortions\n\u201cI have fetus dreams, we all do here: dreams of abortions one after the other; of buckets of blood splashed on the walls; trees full of crawling fetuses,\u201d reported Sallie Tisdale of her time as a nurse in an abortion facility. Writing in Harper\u2019s magazine, she told of dreaming that two men grabbed her and dragged her away.\n\u201cLet\u2019s do an abortion,\u201d they said with a sickening leer, and I began to scream, plunged into a vision of sucking, scraping pain, of being spread and torn by impartial instruments that do only what they are bidden. I woke from this dream barely able to breathe and thought of kitchen tables and coat hangers, knitting needles striped with blood, and women all alone clutching a pillow in their teeth to keep the screams from piercing the apartment-house walls.\nIt is not joyful or easy work. \u201cThere are weary, grim moments when I think I cannot bear another basin of bloody remains, utter another kind phrase of reassurance,\u201d she wrote\u201c... I prepare myself for another basin, another brief and chafing loss. \u2018How can you stand it?\u2019 Even the clients ask... I watch a woman\u2019s swollen abdomen sink to softness in a few stuttering moments and my own belly flip-flops with sorrow.\u201d1\nWhat is the emotional impact of doing abortions on the people who do them? Those who do them have written and said enough to show that it is no ordinary medical procedure. Some, like Tisdale, suffer nightmares. Others suffer many of the other symptoms associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), once called \u201cshell shock\u201d and \u201cbattle fatigue.\u201d2 The practice of medicine, of healing, should not give you nightmares, should not leave you shell-shocked.\nIn the following, only pro-choice doctors and nurses and official medical publications will be quoted, except for the two doctors quoted at the end. Their belief that dealing constantly with abortion was an unusual and significant source of stress, more so than ordinary medicine, did not by any means come from opposition to abortion.\nTheir Trauma\nRemarkably little study has been done of the doctors, nurses, counselors, and other staff in abortion facilities. Only two scientific studies that look at a large number of people have been done by researchers who did not work in the abortion field. One (by M. Such-Baer) appeared in Social Casework in 1974 and the other (by K. M. Roe) in Social Science and Medicine in 1989.\nBoth studies were done by people in favor of legal abortion, yet they both note the high prevalence of symptoms that fit the condition now called Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The study published in 1974, before the term was adopted, noted that \u201cobsessional thinking about abortion, depression, fatigue, anger, lowered self-esteem, and identity conflicts were prominent. The symptom complex was considered a \u2018transient reactive disorder,\u2019 similar to \u2018combat fatigue\u2019.\u201d3\nThe other study listed similar symptoms: \u201cAmbivalent periods were characterized by a variety of otherwise uncharacteristic feelings and behavior including withdrawal from colleagues, resistance to going to work, lack of energy, impatience with clients, and an overall sense of uneasiness. Nightmares, images that could not be shaken, and preoccupation were commonly reported. Also common was the deep and lonely privacy within which practitioners had grappled with their ambivalence.\u201d4\nThe case that abortion practitioners suffer from PTSD because they perform abortions cannot yet be made. It is a difficult thing to prove: It may be difficult to ascertain who is and who is not doing abortions; those who have suffered worst may have already left the field; it may be that those people who have been through traumatic events already are more inclined to participate in abortions; and finally, the current political debate can affect the way people feel about their work.\nHowever, the evidence so far accumulated shows that further research is certainly needed.\nAmerican Medical News, a magazine published by the American Medical Association, reported that the discussions at a workshop of the National Abortion Federation \u201cilluminate a rarely heard side of the abortion debate: the conflicting feelings that plague many providers. . . . The notion that the nurses, doctors, counselors and others who work in the abortion field have qualms about the work they do is a well-kept secret.\u201d Among the stories:\nA nurse who had worked in an abortion clinic for less than a year said her most troubling moments came not in the procedure room but afterwards. Many times, she said, women who had just had abortions would lie in the recovery room and cry, \u201cI\u2019ve just killed my baby. I\u2019ve just killed my baby.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know what to say to these women,\u201d the nurse told the group. \u201cPart of me thinks, \u2018Maybe they\u2019re right.\u2019\u201d\nA doctor in New Mexico admitted that\nhe was sometimes surprised by the anger a late-term abortion can arouse in him. On the one hand, the physician said, he is angry at the woman. \u201cBut paradoxically,\u201d he added, \u201cI have angry feelings at myself for feeling good about grasping the calvaria [the top of the baby\u2019s head], for feeling good about doing a technically good procedure which destroys a fetus, kills a baby.\u201d5\nAlmost All Negative\nSuch-Baer\u2019s study, done in 1974, a year after Roe v. Wade legalized abortion across the country, reported that \u201calmost all professionals involved in abortion work reacted with more or less negative feelings.\u201d Those who have contact with the fetal remains have more negative feelings than those who do not, and their response varied little: \u201cAll emotional reactions were unanimously extremely negative.\u201d6\nThe largest published study involved interviews with 130 abortion workers in San Francisco between January 1984 and March 1985. The authors did not expect to find what they found. \u201cParticularly striking was the fact that discomfort with abortion clients or procedures was reported by practitioners who strongly supported abortion rights and expressed strong commitment to their work,\u201d they noted. \u201cThis preliminary finding suggested that even those who support a woman\u2019s right to terminate a pregnancy may be struggling with an important tension between their formal beliefs and the situated experience of their abortion work.\u201d\nIn response, the researchers decided \u201cto interview only practitioners who identified themselves as pro-choice and were committed to continuing their abortion work for at least six months.\u201d They thought that these people, \u201cas most free of pre-existing anti-choice sentiments and most resistant to their potential influence, would provide rich insight into the current dilemmas and dynamics of legal abortion work.\u201d This lowered the sample to 105 workers.\nSeventy-seven percent of those brought up the theme of abortion as a destructive act, as destroying a living thing. As for murder: \u201cThis theme was unexpected among pro-choice practitioners, yet 18 percent of the respondents talked about involvement with abortion in this way at some point in the interview. This theme tended to emerge slowly in the interviews and was always presented with obvious discomfort.\u201d7\nEven Tisdale, who still believed in abortion, admitted the ambiguity of performing them. Abortion, she said, \u201cis the narrowest edge between kindness and cruelty. Done as well as it can be, it is still violence\u2014merciful violence, like putting a suffering animal to death. . . . It is a sweet brutality we practice here, a stark and loving dispassion.\u201d8\nThe stress seems to grow as the unborn child develops. \u201cAs the pregnancy advances, the idea of abortion becomes more and more repugnant to a lot of people, medical personnel included,\u201d an abortion doctor named Don Sloan noted in a book that vigorously asserts the need for legal abortion. In response, \u201cClinicians try to divorce themselves from the method.\u201d After describing the procedure in graphic detail, including the need to check the body parts to make sure every part of the fetus has been removed from the uterus, he concluded: \u201cWant to do abortion? Pay the price. There is an old saying in medicine: If you want to work in the kitchen, you may have to break an egg. The stove gets hot. Prepare to get burned.\u201d9\nLate-term abortions pose \u201can unusual dilemma,\u201d said Warren Hern, an abortion specialist, in a paper given to the Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians. The doctors and nurses who do it have \u201cstrong personal reservations about participating in an operation which they view as destructive and violent.\u201d He explained their reactions this way:\nSome part of our cultural and perhaps even biological heritage recoils at a destructive operation on a form that is similar to our own, even while we may know that the act has a positive effect for a living person. No one who has not performed this procedure can know what it is like or what it means; but having performed it, we are bewildered by the possibilities of interpretation. We have reached a point in this particular technology where there is no possibility of denial of an act of destruction by the operator. It is before one\u2019s eyes. The sensations of dismemberment flow through the forceps like an electric current... The more we seem to solve the problem, the more intractable it becomes.10\nBut it is the practitioners\u2019 dreams that may tell us most. Bad dreams are so common that a mention of them, even a slight one, can be expected in almost all presentations on the subject of an abortion facility staff\u2019s emotional reactions to performing abortions. Many of those who stopped doing abortions because they became convinced that abortion was wrong report dreaming about abortion.\nThe reports vary with respect to the numbers of workers who suffer from abortion-related nightmares: A study by Dr. Hern said that only two out of 23 workers reported dreaming about abortion, while a news item on late-term abortions in ObGyn News said that one-fourth of the workers dreamed of abortion.11 Tisdale said that everyone at her facility had such dreams, but that was probably poetic license.\nWhat are the dreams like? Tisdale told of dreaming of \u201cblood splashed on the walls\u201d and \u201ctrees full of crawling fetuses,\u201d as well as of her own violation. Another writer told of a nurse who dreamed that she \u201cwas stuffing a baby into the mouth of [an antique] vase. The baby was looking at her with a pleading expression. Around the vase was a white ring. She interpreted this as representing the other nurses looking upon her act with condemnation.\u201d\nHe drew the conclusion that her dream \u201cshows that unconsciously the act of abortion was experienced as an act of murder. It should be noted that this nurse was strongly committed intellectually to the new abortion law. Her reaction was typical. Regardless of one\u2019s religious or philosophic orientation, the unconscious view of abortion remains the same. This was the most significant thing that was learned as a result of these sessions.\u201d12 (This story appeared in an editorial in Obstetrics and Gynecology, which argued that the staff of abortion facilities should be encouraged to talk about their feelings as a way to keep them doing the work.)\nAmerican Medical News reported this from the National Abortion Federation workshop: \u201cThey [those who perform or help perform abortions] wonder if the fetus feels pain. They talk about the soul and where it goes. And about their dreams, in which aborted fetuses stare at them with ancient eyes and perfectly shaped hands and feet asking, \u2018Why? Why did you do this to me?\u2019\u201d13\nA paper presented to the Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians described the dreams of two people who had dreamed \u201cof vomiting fetuses along with a sense of horror.\u201d The writers concluded, \u201cIn general, it appears that the more direct the physical and visual involvement (i.e., nurses, doctor), the more stress experienced. This is evident both in conscious stress and in unconscious manifestations such as dreams. At least, both individuals who reported several significant dreams were in these roles.\u201d14\nHow can we account for the practitioners\u2019 problems, especially their dreams? It may be that this is how the human mind responds to killing, as has been suggested of other groups of people who kill. Those who believe that abortion is killing, and that killing another human being is something few people can do naturally, will find this explanation plausible.\nBut social scientists have offered two other explanations. One is simply that the people are suffering burnout, as do many in the helping professions. It is thus a more easily solvable problem, requiring only vacation breaks and rotation of duties. Considering the high-volume, high-speed nature of most abortion practices, they may indeed be suffering from burnout, but they may also suffer from conscience or PTSD as well. More importantly, burnout does not explain their dreams.\nThe other explanation is that people respond negatively because of a primitive or childish misunderstanding of the facts. The editorial in Obstetrics and Gynecology just quoted argued that \u201cthe child inevitably mixes fact with fantasy. Unable to conceptualize the whole process in sophisticated terms, the child thinks in concrete terms. He visualized an \u2018egg\u2019 in \u2018the stomach\u2019 and believes that a formed baby develops at the outset, growing for nine months into a full size infant.\u201d\nThe author believes that this is the way to account for the dreams. Although adults understand reproduction, \u201cthe primitive fantasies remain in the unconscious... Therefore, even those who become intellectually committed to abortion have to contend with their own unconscious view of a fetus as a real baby. The emotional trauma observed in these nurses was a result of the psychic conflict between their intellectual commitment, on the one hand, and their unconscious views, on the other. Inwardly, they experience themselves as participating in an act of murder.\u201d15\nIf seeing the fetus as a baby is merely a figment of the imagination, a symbol, an oversimplification, the solution is simple. The best way to counter a fantasy is to show the reality. Modern technology has provided photographs of embryos and fetuses at every stage of development, and sonograms show their movements in real time. Yet this technique seems not to work in reducing the symptoms abortion workers suffer, as another editorial, titled \u201cWarns of Negative Psychological Impact of Sonography in Abortion,\u201d argued in 1986.\nDefenders of abortion believe that it is a form of medicine. Opponents believe it to be killing. If abortion is the taking of a human life, some or many of those who perform abortions should suffer certain psychological consequences associated with the trauma caused by hurting others. If we find no such consequences, the case that abortion is not violence at all is strengthened. If we find them, the case that it is violence is strengthened. The anecdotal evidence and such studies as we have suggest that some of those who perform abortions suffer psychological damage, that performing abortions has such consequences.\nPerhaps the dreams are a warning. If so, these nightmares may be a blessing. Bernard Nathanson, speaking of the time when he was a pioneer in setting up abortion facilities, recalled being cornered by a doctor\u2019s wife at a cocktail party. \u201cShe drew me aside and talked in a decidedly agitated manner of the increasingly frequent nightmares her husband had been having. He had confessed to her that the dreams were filled with blood and children, and that he had later become obsessed with the notion that some terrible justice would soon be inflicted upon his own children in payment for what he was doing.\u201d These dreams and these feelings may have been a warning from his conscience to stop.16\nFormer abortion doctor McArthur Hill has told of how he would try to save premature babies and then find that the babies he\u2019d aborted were bigger than the premature ones he had saved.\nIt was at this point that I began to have nightmares... In my nightmares, I would deliver a healthy newborn baby. And I would take that healthy newborn baby, and I would hold it up. And I would face a jury of faceless people and ask them to tell me what to do with this baby. They were to go thumbs up or thumbs down, and if they made a thumbs down indication, then I was to drop the baby into a bucket of water which was present. I never did reach the point of dropping the baby into the bucket, because I\u2019d always wake up at that point.17\nDr. Hill did, eventually, wake up to the reality of what he was doing. Others have as well. If it is true that the practitioners\u2019 nightmares and other symptoms result from their work, as the evidence suggests, there will be many other abortion practitioners who will be driven by their dreams to listen to the voice of conscience and stop helping kill the unborn.\nNobody Knows What This Is\nA woman who worked for a doctor in Louisiana for a few months recounted an incident in a telephone conversation. \u201cThe one thing that sticks out in my mind the most, that really upset me the most, was that he had done an abortion, he had a fetus wrapped inside of a blue paper. He stuck it inside of a surgical glove and put another glove over it. He was standing in the hall, speaking with myself and two of his assistants. He was tossing the fetus up in the air, and catching it. Like it was a rubber ball. I just looked at him, and it\u2019s like, doctor, please. And he laughed. He says, \u2018Nobody knows what this is.\u2019\u201d\nSuch numbing of the emotions is one fruit of performing abortions, a major symptom of the posttraumatic stress abortion practitioners seem to suffer. The doctor who laughs as he tosses the dead child in the air seems to suffer from the symptom called \u201cestrangement\u201d or \u201cdetachment from others.\u201d\n\u2014Rachel MacNair\n1. Tisdale, Sallie, \u201cWe do abortions here,\u201d Harper\u2019s, October 1987.\n2. For a list of the symptoms of PTSD, see Table 1 in my \u201cAbortion Practice as a Perpetration-Induced Trauma,\u201d found at http://www.uffl.org/vol10/macnair10.pdf. For a fuller treatment of this subject, see my Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing (Praeger, 2002).\n3. Such-Baer, M., \u201cProfessional Staff Reaction to Abortion Work,\u201d Social Casework, July 1974.\n4. Roe, K. M., \u201cPrivate Troubles and Public Issues: Providing Abortion amid Competing Definitions,\u201d Social Science and Medicine (1989) 29:1197.\n5. Gianelli, D. M., \u201cAbortion providers share inner conflicts,\u201d American Medical News, July 12, 1993.\n6. Such-Baer, op cit.\n9. Sloan, Don & Hartz, P., Abortion: A Doctor\u2019s Perspective, A Woman\u2019s Dilemma (New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1992).\n10. Hern, W. M. & Corrigan, B., \u201cWhat About Us? Staff Reactions to the D & E Procedure.\u201d Presented at the 1978 meeting of the Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians, San Diego, October 26, 1978.\n11. Hern and Corrigan, op cit; Jancin, B., \u201cEmotional Turmoil of Physicians, Staff Held Biggest D & E Problem,\u201d ObGyn News (1981) 16:15\u201331.\n12. Kibel, H. D., \u201cEditorial: Staff Reactions to Abortion,\u201d Obstetrics and Gynecology (1972) 39(1).\n14. Hern and Corrigan, op cit.\nRachel M. MacNair, Ph.D., is the director of the Institute for Integrated Social Analysis in Kansas City, the research arm of Consistent Life, and the author of Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress: The Psychological Consequences of Killing (Praeger, 2002), which examines several groups that kill, including veterans and executioners.\nThis article is an abridged version of chapter six of that book. An earlier version, delivered at the tenth conference of University Faculty for Life and relating the abortion practitioners\u2019 symptoms to the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, can be found at http://www.uffl.org/vol10/macnair10.pdf.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 22022, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://psalm91.com/revelation_7.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:13Z", "digest": "sha1:YPNTP6RQJLN4JMBLJOOEULGO6OWL4L3N", "length": 2907, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "psalm91.com", "title": "Revelation Chapter 7", "raw_content": "Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the w... [More]\n[1] And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.\n[2] And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,\n[3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.\n[4] And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.\n[5] Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.\n[6] Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.\n[7] Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.\n[8] Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.\n[9] After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;\n[10] And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.\n[11] And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,\n[12] Saying, Amen Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.\n[13] And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?\n[14] And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.\n[15] Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.\n[17] For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 3773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://publicnotices.portlandtribune.com/?p=29344", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:39Z", "digest": "sha1:LBVSI6Z2HS6OEARAHEHJM2FPNAY7HFAY", "length": 344, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "publicnotices.portlandtribune.com", "title": "NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING \u2013 Public Notices", "raw_content": "A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the North Plains Urban Renewal Agency, Washington County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017, will be held at Jessie Mays Community Hall, 30975 NW Hillcrest St, North Plains, OR 97133. The meeting will take place on Monday, April 25, 2016 at 7pm.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 4765, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 114.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pursuingthetruth.org/how-is-marriage-established", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:16Z", "digest": "sha1:QQJXIA5DLTMX7SZSBGJUSSEZJ6Q7ONBU", "length": 23160, "nlines": 73, "source_domain": "pursuingthetruth.org", "title": "How is Marriage Established | Pursuing the Truth Ministries", "raw_content": "Home / How is Marriage Established\nWe have received many questions about the establishment of marriage. The typical question can be summarized as, \"Do we need to have a marriage license in order to be married in the eyes of God?\" This actually is a very good question. However, many times I perceive that the question is asked so that people can justify sin. We will discuss that aspect later. This article will deal with the topic of establishing a marriage relationship. How does one rightfully enter into a marriage relationship so that the marriage is upright before God? Do we need a marriage license in order to have a marriage acceptable to God? Let's get started.\nIt is very important that we define marriage to ensure that we are all on the same page so to speak. The first place we should go to answer this question is the bible. Therefore, let\u2019s look at the first marriage to see how it was formed.\nGenesis 1:27-28 (NKJV) {27} So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. {28} Then God blessed them, and God said to them, \"Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.\"\nGod created the male and the female and together they had dominion over the earth, not each other. This is the first thing to consider regarding a marriage. Let\u2019s look at a couple of scripture passages.\nGenesis 2:18 (NKJV) {18} And the Lord God said, \"It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.\"\nGenesis 2:22-24 (NKJV) {22} Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. {23} And Adam said: \"This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.\" {24} Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.\nHere are some important points that we can take from the above scripture passages.\nIt was not good for the man to be alone\nGod made a helper for the male, who the man called woman. The woman was comparable to the man.\nThe man is joined to his wife and the two become one.\nI think that there are some significant points in these passages. We note that the woman was brought to the man because it was not good for him to be alone. Therefore, the man and woman produce a union that we call marriage. It wasn\u2019t good for the man to be alone and the woman was brought to the man to eliminate that aloneness.\nDoes this mean that every man should have a wife since it is not good for the man to be alone?\nNo. This passage does not suggest that every man should have a comparable helper, i.e., a wife. The passage simply means that it wasn\u2019t good for the first man to be alone (We call him Adam, but that is not accurate. Geneses 5:2 states that they were both called Adam. Also see Genesis 3:20). Of course if the first man was alone then the human race would not perpetuate. Consider what the apostle Paul stated.\n1 Corinthians 7:7-9 (NKJV) {7} For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. {8} But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; {9} but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.\nPaul was single and he stated that it was good. That shouldn\u2019t be taken as a principle for all Christians. Some people are gifted to remain single for the purpose that God has for them. However, interestingly enough, Paul said that if you can\u2019t exercise self control then it is better to get married so that you won\u2019t burn with passion. Some may conclude that he is referring to sex, which may very well be the case. However, in a broader sense men have a natural affinity to a woman and vice versa. So burning with passion could also mean a strong affinity to the opposite sex for relationship not merely sexual relations.\nSome men and women desire to remain single and are gifted to remain that way. If a person does not desire to get married and does not desire the relationship with someone of the opposite sex then very well. It is not necessary that all people be married.\nThe original union of the man and woman was established by God. God brought the woman to the man because it wasn\u2019t good for him to be alone. This union created the \"one flesh\" between the man and woman. Of course that \"one flesh\" is not literal, but it describes the spiritual union between the husband and wife. Let\u2019s look at another passage of scripture that highlights the union between the man and the woman.\nMatthew 19:4-6 (NKJV) {4} And He answered and said to them, \"Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning \u2018made them male and female,\u2019 {5} and said, \u2018For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh\u2019 ? {6} So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.\"\nNotice what Jesus said at the end. He said, \"What God has joined together, let no man separate.\" I think another scripture will shed some light on this joining aspect to help us understand.\nMalachi 2:13-15 (NKJV) {13} And this is the second thing you do: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears, With weeping and crying; So He does not regard the offering anymore, Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands. {14} Yet you say, \"For what reason?\" Because the Lord has been witness Between you and the wife of your youth, With whom you have dealt treacherously; Yet she is your companion And your wife by covenant. {15} But did He not make them one, Having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. \"Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.\nThis is a very interesting passage and difficult to translate according to some commentators and if you look at the actual Greek. However, if we look at the context of this passage then we see that the topic is Israel\u2019s unfaithfulness to God, which is being contrasted with individual Israelite\u2019s unfaithfulness to their wives. It appears that some Israelites were divorcing their Israelite wives to marry pagan women. That in principle is what the people were doing to God headed by the leaders (priests).\nWe all have the \"God-breathed\" life Spirit in us (See Genesis 1:7). When two people are really married to one another then their respective spirits combine to form one spirit (union). I like to think of the flesh in contrast. The husband and wife come together physically (sexually) where the two physical elements (sperm and egg and respective chromosomes) come together to form a single being (flesh). Likewise, perhaps our spirits do the same thing. Therefore, if our spirits come together like that then we see that marriage is more than saying vows or some type of agreement. It causes a change in the spirit realm between the two people. Form this we can see that legal divorce is not sufficient to break that union, which is why a married couple is not to be divorced. We will discuss divorce in another article. Here it appears that marriage is indeed a spiritual union, which is a lifelong relationship.\nThe point of all of this is to highlight the concept of the male and female becoming one in the spirit realm. This union is established by the covenant and commitment that the two have and express towards each other.\nTrue marriage is first and foremost a spiritual union between a man and a woman established by the covenant or promise between the two.\nThe Legal Aspect of Marriage\nIf a marriage is spiritually established then is it necessary to adhere to the legal procedures to be married? This is a very common question. From the above discussion one can easily come to the conclusion that it is not necessary to adhere to the legal procedures in order to be married. That conclusion would be wrong though. Consider the following scriptures.\nRomans 7:1-3 (NKJV) {1} Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? {2} For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. {3} So then if, while her husband lives, she marries another man, she will be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so that she is no adulteress, though she has married another man.\nWe note here that Paul deals with the concept of the authority of the law as it pertains to the particular case of marriage. This was not merely a Jewish concept since even the Gentiles would have been familiar with the authority of the law until one\u2019s death. The point that I want to make here is that there is a legal aspect to marriage. Otherwise, Paul would have had to appeal to the spiritual aspect as we discussed previously. So though marriage has a spiritual component to it, it also has a legal component. God will work through any legal system since different nations have different laws for the citizens. Consider the following scripture.\nRomans 13:1-7 (NKJV) {1} Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. {2} Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. {3} For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. {4} For he is God\u2019s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God\u2019s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. {5} Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience\u2019 sake. {6} For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God\u2019s ministers attending continually to this very thing. {7} Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.\nThis basically instructs the Christian to abide by the governing laws (laws of the state). In the United States we would abide by the local state laws dealing with marriage. Therefore, in order to be rightfully married we must do whatever the governing law pertaining to marriage says. We then become bound by that law in the marriage relationship. As we discussed earlier, commitment and covenant between the married couple causes a spiritual change to take place where the two become one flesh. The married couple is also bound legally.\nThe law does not effect that spiritual change. The law does not care if you have really committed to the man or woman you wish to marry. The law is only concerned with you completing the legal procedure to be married in that particular state. The law does not require a spiritual union, which I believe is the problem with many marriages today. We will discuss that in a future article.\nMarriages in the Old Testament\nMarriages in the Old Testament were mostly arranged. The parents would establish a contract between their son and a maiden\u2019s father. By right the bridegroom could come and immediately take his bride to his home once an established pride price was paid. However, there was usually a ceremony and before that there was typically a betrothal period. The word \"betroth\" means, \"to promise to marry or to give in marriage.\" This was a Jewish (Israelite) practice before the law came by Moses (See Genesis 24:3, 38:6). The father of the bride would be presented with a proposal for marriage and a bride price would be established.\nI think it is very interesting that marriages where typically arranged. We in the United States may find that very strange because we think marriage is about love and infatuation. The couple was expected to develop love and togetherness in their marriage relationship as time progressed. Think about that for a moment. What if you never met your spouse before the marriage relationship was established? I believe that we may find this strange because we are not used to thinking of marriage as a lifelong commitment. We fall in love with someone and grow more in that love and conclude that she or he is the soul mate we were looking for, which may not be the case at all especially since the divorce rate is about 50% now.\nPeople in these modern times get married because of love or infatuation. Love is no reason whatsoever to marry someone. Love can easily fade as time goes on and the relationship will have no foundation to stand on. However, commitment will keep things going even if love dies. Commitment can cause the couple to do what is necessary to re-ignite the love or establish the love if it had not previously existed.\nI believe that commitment is the primary establishing agent in a marriage. The commitment is what spawns the spiritual bond between the two.\nComplete Marriage\nTherefore a complete marriage is spiritual and legal. It is spiritual because the two who are truly joined become one flesh or union. It is legal because we must abide by the laws of the land pertaining to marriage. Since we are to abide by the laws of the land then we must complete the legal procedures in our particular locale in order to be completely married in addition to establishing the commitment and covenant between you and your spouse.\nAre there exceptions to the complete marriage described above? Yes\u2014kind of. What remains consistent is the spiritual aspect of marriage. Regardless of the legal environment where you live there still must be a union at the spiritual level, i.e., the two become one. However, suppose there are tribal people outside of modern civilization? These people may live in the wilderness and form relationships based on their own tribal laws (note that there are still laws). In this case two people in the tribe may marry each other according to their own tribal laws and truly have a commitment for each other. They of course will not abide by the laws of the state because they are apart from the state with regards to government.\nSo it is an exception if we consider the legal system outside of the wilderness. However, it is not a real exception because there is still a legal system in place even though it is not part of the legal system of that location. For example, suppose there were a tribe of people living in the wilderness somewhere in Alaska. They have their own society and they are self sufficient and do not participate in the government system (this example is fiction by the way and is used just for illustration purposes. I don\u2019t want anyone from Alaska to misunderstand and be offended). They would have their own procedure for getting married and a couple would abide by those procedures, which would have nothing whatsoever to do with the Alaskan government. In that tribe that couple would be considered married, but to the Alaskan government they are not.\nThere is always some type of legal procedure that a culture would abide by with regards to marriage. Every country has its own set of laws pertaining to marriage. However, this marriage only establishes the legal union not the spiritual union that we discussed previously. So though their may appear to be exceptions those exceptions are really only relative as true marriage is indeed a spiritual bond and involves some time of legal procedure.\nEstablishing the Marriage\nA marriage is therefore established when the legal and spiritual aspects are satisfied. That means that the marriage covenant (commitment) is established and the legal procedures are satisfied.\nIs it possible for the spiritual aspect of marriage not to occur even if the legal aspect has occurred?\nThat is a tough question. Given what we have discussed thus far I believe that a person can be married legally, but not spiritually. I have to be careful here because some will immediately use this as a pathway to justify divorce at the beginning of the marriage relationship or to suggest that I am creating such a path. I simply mean that a couple may not be committed to each other in a marriage relationship, but go through the legal procedures to get married because of infatuation, sex, opportunity, citizenship, etc. That would be a legal marriage only.\nFor example, I believe that it is possible for a man to lust after a woman and to want her as his own. He may admire her wonderful figure, her breasts, behind, eyes, legs, or some other physical attribute. He may just as well love her company as she may make him feel good emotionally. However, marriage is much more than those and entering marriage for those reasons does not in my mind constitute true marriage. In this case the man married the woman\u2019s body to legally posses it and have it for his pleasure. He was not interested in a lifelong relationship just a legal justification.\nThis is why I believe that marriages should be entered cautiously. What I mean by that is that we should take marriage seriously and consider it to be a lifelong relationship. We should pray to God for wisdom and help in selecting a marriage partner. I think that people expend more effort in seeking God\u2019s help in buying a home or car than they do a spouse. That is unfortunate and another reason why the divorce rate is so high.\nMy opinion is that the divorce rate is so high because people not only do not know what true marriage is, but they entered a marriage relationship that they should not have. When the sandy foundation fails during the storms of life then the marriage relationship fails since there was no real commitment in the first place.\nDoes this then justify divorce? No. Not really. Of course if adultery or infidelity takes place then divorce is justified (the covenant was broken). We will talk more about divorce in another article. In any case, even though a couple may not have married for the right reasons they can decide to be committed to each others and change their lives accordingly. They can build a solid foundation under their relationship to sustain future storms. They can establish that spiritual union even after the wedding day so to speak.\nIs it possible to have a spiritual marriage and not a legal marriage?\nIn the same way that a couple may be legally bound but not spiritually bound, I believe that a couple can be spiritually bound but not legally bound. Remember that true marriage starts with the commitment towards each other. It is a covenant relationship between a man and a woman.\nThat does not mean that I can be bound spiritually and not worry about the legal aspect of marriage. I cannot say that I am not under the law, but grace because that refers to something completely different. God requires us to abide by the laws of the land. Therefore, if there are laws pertaining to marriage where you live then you are required to abide by them. Then and only then will your marriage be righteous.\nI find that people attempt to justify living together to have sexual relationships by saying that they are married spiritually or something to that affect and are not willing to satisfy the legal requirements of marriage. Some people don\u2019t want to get married because they may lose some type of government benefit and therefore decide to live together and call themselves \"married.\" In both cases the couple is not married because they have not satisfied the legal procedures for marriage. That means that even the spiritual union is insufficient for marriage if we do not follow the laws regarding marriage where we live.\nSo a couple could be bound spiritually, but not completely married. If the two commit to each other and are joined spiritually as if there were no government, but do not satisfy the local governmental requirements for marriage, then they are not married.\nIt amazes me how many people try to justify a sinful relationship in order to avoid responsibilities. I personally do not believe a man and woman living together is sin. What is sin is fornication. So if a man and woman can live together without fornicating (having sex with each other) then well (of course that is virtually impossible for two people who have a relationship with each other). Anyway, two people (man and woman) who live together and have a sexual relationship who call themselves married, but avoids the governmental procedure is only trying to justify their sin and demonstrating that they are not truly committed to each other. If they were truly committed to each other then they shouldn\u2019t have a problem satisfying the law concerning marriage. By living together and not satisfying the legal requirements they are both in a position to walk away from the relationship if things become undesirable.\nOther times people claim that they are married in the eyes of God because of their commitment to each other and therefore do not need to get a marriage license for example. I have discovered that people who live together that way because one or both will lose a benefit from the government if they get married legally. Though they may truly be committed to each other they surely demonstrate a lack of faith in God to sustain them at the very least.\nSo once again God recognizes a marriage that is one in spirit and legal.\nThe following are the main points that were presented in this article.\nMarriage is a spiritual union between a man and a woman\nMarriage involves the legal system of the local government as well as the spiritual union\nTrue marriage is a commitment between the man and a woman\nA Christian marriage is established by the spiritual and legal unions.\nSince we are required to abide by the laws of the land then we are required to abide by the marriage laws in our governmental systems in addition to the spiritual union and commitment in order to be truly married\nMarriage should be taken seriously before entered into.\nA married couple can learn to love each other and love each other more even if the love dies during the relationship\nA man and a woman cannot live together and claim to be married. The fact that they do so without going through the legal process demonstrates that they are not committed to each other. An exception would be a couple living together who have established a wedding day and are planning it. This does not preclude the fact that they could still be in sin if they have sexual relations while living together.\nIf you want your marriage to be right before God then you must have a true commitment towards your spouse-to-be and get a marriage license or whatever your government requires. 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Squires, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Materials Corp. \u201cWe found Texas to be an excellent business environment and a rich talent pool for the specialized skills critical to our research and development. We are very pleased to have become a Texas company and look forward to growing and succeeding here over the coming years.\u201d\nABOUT YTEXAS AND THE RELO AWARDS\nYTEXAS is an organization that accelerates executive connectivity and corporate presence for companies that are newly relocated to Texas. The organization manages a state-wide network of stakeholders who exchange information, process issues and foster long-term, mutually-beneficial relationships that help culturally integrate companies into Texas. Headquartered in Austin, YTEXAS has received national acclaim for being at the forefront of economic development trends through such publications as the Fox Business Channel, CNN Money and several Texas Business Journals. 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She produced for one of the leading service production houses and in 1999 opened her own production company, Reeleyes Film Production Services. Teri-Lin has produced or facilitated over 600 commercials for clients in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, UK, USA, UAE and South Africa.\nIn 1996, Teri-Lin production managed the South African leg of Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201cWhite Squall\u201d. In 2002 she was the SA Producer on \u201cMonsieur N\u201d, a film directed by Antoine de Caunes about Napoleon\u2019s last years on St Helena Island, which was nominated for 5 C\u00e9sar Awards. 2004 saw the production of Teri-Lin\u2019s career highlight to date \u2013 \u201cLord of War\u201d directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto and Ethan Hawke. Mr Cage had this to say when shooting wrapped in Cape Town: \u201cIn my 24 years of film-making, I have never worked with such a professional crew!\u201d\n2004 also saw the production of Richard E. 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[...]\nReview over tuition fees\nFollowing the governments decision to triple university fees, I feel that there should be a review into the decision by a cross party committee that includes interllectuals, teachers and students. I'd we triple the fees, then shouldn't we also triple [...]\nDisruptive behaviour by young people that incurs a cost to the tax payer should be recharged to the individual on the same basis as student loans have to be repaid\u2026.i.e. over a period of time as their ability to pay increases. Those who have no [...]\nNo penalty for paying student loans early\nA proposal currently exists that would levy penalty fees on student loan repayees who opt to make additional early repayments. We the undersigned petition the government to reject this proposal. The proposal is made on the grounds that it levels the [...]\nthe cost of airline pilot training is very large, greater than \u00a380,000 and for aspiring pilots this is too much to afford, we want the govenment to help provide loans if someone is offered a place on a training course so that more british pilots can [...]\nReduce University Tuition Fees (2012 onwards)\nThe amount of money needed to attend University from 2012 onwards is completely absurd. Considering the recent financial crisis, students are finding it increasingly difficult to be funded by their parents, and therefore must take out Student loans. [...]\nRevoke the rise in University Fees and Cuts to funding\nShould student LOANS be counted as INCOME foe housing benefit. [...]\nHold the Student Loans Company to account.\nThe Student Loans Company, the body responsible for the administration of student loans and grants is failing students, their parents and sponsors, and the taxpayer. [...]\nchange the way student loans are allocated\nStudent loans should not be decided on how much your household income is. It causes issues as some people don't get extra money from home or a job and struggle to live on the minimum (\u00a33,500). You should have the choice of how much you would like to [...]\nStop taking my student loans as a wage! I have to pay those back!\nSo I'm a mum of one! I am trying to better our lives and study at university however, I am left worst off unable to afford books for my course as my student loans are taken as a wage. Now I wouldn't mind if it was grants as they are less and I don't [...]\nGeorge Osborne has proposed to universities that places can be funded by student loans so there is no cap on the amount of places available. They believe this will allow more people to enter a nurse training programme and create more nurses for our [...]\nStop plans to criminalise not paying back student loans\nThe UK government is making education less accessible to those from a working class background. To criminalise paying back these already outrageous tuition fees regardless of what you are earning after University in a certain amount of time is [...]\nSort out student loans!\nI graduated in 2015 with \u00a346,429 of debt. This is subject to an interest rate of 3.9%. [...]\nExpand the National Living Wage to those under 25 (over 18)\nIt is great that the National Living Wage has come in. However, why must you be over 25 to receive it. So many 18+ year olds have moved out: pay rent, pay bills, council tax ect and do not attend university to receive student loans. They deserve the [...]\nRemove the extortionate interest being charged on student loans\nCurrently the student loan company charges an interest rate of RPI + 3% from the first payment a university student receives for fees until the April after their course ends. Then an interest rate between RPI and RPI + 3% depending on what the former [...]\nSTOP CHARGING INTEREST ON STUDENT LOANS WHILST THEY ARE STUDYING\nThis year the government changed the system for student loans so that whilst students are studying they are already being charged interest at inflation plus 3%. This is an unfair cost on top of the student loan debt which most students have no choice [...]\nReduce University fees for students\nThis is because for some people it is extremely difficult to afford this huge sum of money despite the existence of student loans etc. [...]\nMake student loans interest free.\nThe student loan is a burden in itself and off putting to many wishing to study at university. 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Bertholletia excelsa\nThe Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) is a South American tree in the family Lecythidaceae, and also the name of the tree's commercially harvested edible seed.\n2 Brazil nut tree\n5 Nut production\n5.1 Effects of harvesting\n6.2 Brazil nut oil\nThe Brazil nut family is in the order Ericales, as are other well-known plants such as blueberries, cranberries, sapote, gutta-percha, tea, gooseberries, phlox and persimmons.\nFile:Bertholletia excelsa.jpg\nThe Brazil nut tree is the only species in the monotypic genus Bertholletia. It is native to the Guianas, Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia, eastern Peru, and eastern Bolivia. It occurs as scattered trees in large forests on the banks of the Amazon River, Rio Negro, Tapaj\u00f3s, and the Orinoco. The genus is named after the French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet.\nThe Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching Script error: No such module \"convert\". tall and with a trunk Script error: No such module \"convert\". in diameter, making it among the largest of trees in the Amazon rainforests. It may live for 500 years or more, and according to some authorities often reaches an age of 1,000 years.[1] The stem is straight and commonly without branches for well over half the tree's height, with a large emergent crown of long branches above the surrounding canopy of other trees.\nThe bark is grayish and smooth. The leaves are dry-season deciduous, alternate, simple, entire or crenate, oblong, Script error: No such module \"convert\". long and Script error: No such module \"convert\". broad. The flowers are small, greenish-white, in panicles Script error: No such module \"convert\". long; each flower has a two-parted, deciduous calyx, six unequal cream-colored petals, and numerous stamens united into a broad, hood-shaped mass.\nIn Brazil, it is illegal to cut down a Brazil nut tree. As a result, they can be found outside production areas, in the backyards of homes and near roads and streets. The fruit containing nuts are very heavy and rigid, and they pose a serious threat to vehicles and people passing under the tree. At least one person has died after being hit on the head by a falling fruit.[2] As the Brazil nut is a botanical seed, and unlike botanical nuts, the density of the fruit makes them sink in fresh water, which can cause clogging of waterways in riparian areas.\nFile:Brazil nut DSC05477.JPG\nA freshly cut Brazil nut fruit\nBrazil nut trees produce fruit almost exclusively in pristine forests, as disturbed forests lack the large-bodied bees of the genera Bombus, Centris, Epicharis, Eulaema, and Xylocopa which are the only ones capable of pollinating the tree's flowers, with different bee genera being the primary pollinators in different areas, and different times of year.[3][4][5] Brazil nuts have been harvested from plantations, but production is low and is currently not economically viable.[6][7][8]\nThe fruit takes 14 months to mature after pollination of the flowers. The fruit itself is a large capsule Script error: No such module \"convert\". in diameter, resembling a coconut endocarp in size and weighing up to Script error: No such module \"convert\".. It has a hard, woody shell Script error: No such module \"convert\". thick, which contains eight to 24 triangular seeds Script error: No such module \"convert\". long (the \"Brazil nuts\") packed like the segments of an orange.\nThe capsule contains a small hole at one end, which enables large rodents like the agouti to gnaw it open. They then eat some of the seeds inside while burying others for later use; some of these are able to germinate into new Brazil nut trees. Most of the seeds are \"planted\" by the agoutis in shady places, and the young saplings may have to wait years, in a state of dormancy, for a tree to fall and sunlight to reach it, when it starts growing again. Capuchin monkeys have been reported to open Brazil nuts using a stone as an anvil.\nFile:BrazilNut1.JPG\nBrazil nut seeds in shell\nFile:Brazil Nut - Project Gutenberg eBook 11662.jpg\nDepiction of the Brazil nut in Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887\nDespite their name, the most significant exporter of Brazil nuts is not Brazil but Bolivia, where they are called nuez de Brasil. In Brazil, these nuts are called castanhas-do-par\u00e1 (literally \"chestnuts from Par\u00e1\"), but Acreans call them castanhas-do-acre instead. Indigenous names include juvia in the Orinoco area.\nThough it is commonly called the Brazil nut, in botanical terms it is the seed from the fruit of this tree. To a botanist, a nut is a hard-shelled indehiscent fruit. (An example of a botanical nut would be an acorn or a hazelnut.)\nIn the United States Brazil nuts were once known by the epithet \"nigger toes,\"[9] though the term fell out of favor as public use of the racial slur became increasingly unacceptable. They can be seen being sold in a market under this name in a scene from the 1922 Stan Laurel film The Pest.\nNut production\nAround 20,000 tons of Brazil nuts are harvested each year, of which Bolivia accounts for about 50%, Brazil 40%, and Peru 10% (2000 estimates).[10] In 1980, annual production was around 40,000 tons per year from Brazil alone, and in 1970, Brazil harvested a reported 104,487 tons of nuts.[6]\nEffects of harvesting\nBrazil nuts for international trade can come from wild collection rather than from plantations. This has been advanced as a model for generating income from a tropical forest without destroying it. The nuts are gathered by migrant workers known as castanheiros.\nAnalysis of tree ages in areas that are harvested show that moderate and intense gathering takes so many seeds, not enough are left to replace older trees as they die. Sites with light gathering activities had many young trees, while sites with intense gathering practices had hardly any young trees.[11]\nStatistical tests were done to determine what environmental factors could be contributing to the lack of younger trees. The most consistent effect was found to be the level of gathering activity at a particular site. A computer model predicting the size of trees where people picked all the nuts matched the tree size data gathered from physical sites that had heavy harvesting.[citation needed]\nFile:Brazil nuts.jpg\nBrazil nuts after shell removal\nBrazil nuts, dried, unblanched, shelled\nBrazil nuts are 14% protein, 12% carbohydrates, and 66% fat by weight, and 85% of their calories come from fat; a 100 g serving provides 656 total calories.[12] The fat components are 23% saturated, 38% monounsaturated, and 32% polyunsaturated.[12][13] Due to their high polyunsaturated fat content, primarily omega-6 fatty acids, shelled Brazil nuts may quickly become rancid.\nNutritionally, Brazil nuts are an excellent source (> 19% of the Daily Value, DV) of dietary fiber (30% DV) and various vitamins and dietary minerals. A 100 g serving (75% of one cup) of Brazil nuts contains rich content of thiamin (54% DV), vitamin E (38% DV), magnesium (106% DV), phosphorus (104% DV), manganese (58% DV) and zinc (43% DV) (right table). Brazil nuts are perhaps the richest dietary source of selenium, with a one-ounce (28 g) serving of 6 nuts supplying 774% DV.[12] This is 10 times the adult U.S. Recommended Dietary Allowances, more even than the Tolerable Upper Intake Level, although the amount of selenium within batches of nuts varies greatly.[14] Brazil nut oil is clear and light amber in color, with a pleasant, sweet smell and taste suitable for salad dressing.\nThe European Union has imposed strict regulations on the import from Brazil of Brazil nuts in their shells, as the shells have been found to contain high levels of aflatoxins, which can lead to liver cancer.[15]\nBrazil nuts contain small amounts of radium, a radioactive element, in about 1\u20137 nCi/g or 40\u2013260 Bq/kg, about 1000 times higher than in several other common foods.[16] According to Oak Ridge Associated Universities, this is not because of elevated levels of radium in the soil, but due to \"the very extensive root system of the tree.\"[17]\nBrazil nuts are a common ingredient in mixed nuts where, because of their large size, they tend to rise to the top, an example of granular convection, which for this reason is often called the \"Brazil nut effect\".\nBrazil nut oil contains 75% unsaturated fatty acids composed mainly of oleic and linolenic acids, as well as the phytosterol, beta-sitosterol,[18] and fat-soluble vitamin E.[19]\nFile:Castanha-copl6.JPG\nThe following table presents the composition of fatty acids in Brazil nut oil.[12]\nPalmitic acid 16-20%\nPalmitoleic acid 0.5-1.2%\nStearic acid 9-13%\nOleic acid 36-45%\nLinolenic acid 33-38%\nUnsaturated fats 75%\nFile:Carved-brazil-nut.jpg\nA carved Brazil nut fruit\nAs well as its food use, Brazil nut oil is also used as a lubricant in clocks, for making artists' paints, and in the cosmetics industry. Engravings in Brazil nut shells were supposedly used as decorative jewelry by the indigenous tribes in Bolivia, although no examples still exist. Because of its hardness, Brazil nut shell has often been pulverized and used as an abrasive to polish softer materials such as metals and even ceramics (in the same way as jeweler's rouge is used). A high luster could be acquired by a final application of carnauba wax, only produced in north-eastern Brazil.\nThe lumber from Brazil nut trees (not to be confused with Brazilwood) is of excellent quality, but logging the trees is prohibited by law in all three producing countries (Brazil, Bolivia and Peru). Illegal extraction of timber and land clearances present a continuing threat.[20]\nList of culinary nuts\n\u2191 Bruno Taitson (January 18, 2007). \"Harvesting nuts, improving lives in Brazil\". World Wildlife Fund. Archived from the original on May 23, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 \"Agricultor morre ap\u00f3s ser atingido por ouri\u00e7o de castanha, no Amazonas\", Amazonas. Invalid language code.\n\u2191 Nelson, B.W.; Absy, M.L.; Barbosa, E.M.; Prance, G.T. (1985). \"Observations on flower visitors to Bertholletia excelsa H. B. K. and Couratari tenuicarpa A. C. Sm.(Lecythidaceae).\". Acta Amazonica 15 (1): 225\u2013234. Retrieved 2008-04-08.\n\u2191 Moritz, A. (1984). \"Estudos biol\u00f3gicos da flora\u00e7\u00e3o e da frutifica\u00e7\u00e3o da castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa HBK)\" 29. Retrieved 2008-04-08.\n\u2191 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2012/978019/\n\u2191 6.0 6.1 Scott A. Mori. \"The Brazil Nut Industry --- Past, Present, and Future\". The New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 Tim Hennessey (March 2, 2001). \"The Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa)\". Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 Enrique G. Ortiz. \"The Brazil Nut Tree: More than just nuts\". Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 Brazil, Matt (July 14, 2000). \"Actually, My Hair Isn't Red\". The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones & Company, Inc.). Retrieved 2009-07-06. Hearing angmo so often took me back to my childhood, when my friends and I used the words Jew and Gyp (the latter short for Gypsy) as verbs, meaning to cheat. At that time, in the 1960s, other racial epithets, these based on physical appearance, were commonly heard: cracker, slant-eye, bongo lips, knit-head. To digress to the ludicrous, Brazil nuts were called \"nigger toes.\"\n\u2191 Chris Collinson; Duncan Burnett; Victor Agreda (Spring 2000). \"Economic Viability of Brazil Nut Trading in Peru\" (PDF). Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 Silvertown, J. (2004). \"Sustainability in a nutshell\". Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19 (6): 276\u2013201. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2004.03.022. edit\n\u2191 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 \"Nutrition facts for Brazil nuts, dried, unblanched, 100 g serving\". nutritiondata.com. Conde Nast; US Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database, version SR-21. 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.\n\u2191 \"Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched\" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 Chang, Jacqueline C.; Walter H. Gutenmann, Charlotte M. Reid, Donald J. Lisk (1995). \"Selenium content of Brazil nuts from two geographic locations in Brazil\". Chemosphere 30 (4): 801\u2013802. PMID 7889353. doi:10.1016/0045-6535(94)00409-N. 0045-6535.\n\u2191 \"Commission Decision of 4 July 2003 imposing special conditions on the import of Brazil nuts in shell originating in or consigned from Brazil\". Official Journal of the European Union. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 \"Radioactivity in Nature\". Idaho State University. Retrieved 30 December 2014.\n\u2191 \"Brazil Nuts\". Oak Ridge Associated Universities. January 20, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n\u2191 Kornsteiner-Krenn M, Wagner KH, Elmadfa I (2013). \"Phytosterol content and fatty acid pattern of ten different nut types\". Int J Vitam Nutr Res 83 (5): 263\u201370. PMID 25305221. doi:10.1024/0300-9831/a000168.\n\u2191 Ryan E, Galvin K, O'Connor TP, Maguire AR, O'Brien NM (2006). \"Fatty acid profile, tocopherol, squalene and phytosterol content of brazil, pecan, pine, pistachio and cashew nuts\". Int J Food Sci Nutr 57 (3-4): 219\u201328. PMID 17127473. doi:10.1080/09637480600768077.\n\u2191 \"Greenpeace Activists Trapped by Loggers in Amazon\". Greenpeace. October 18, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2012.\n40x40px Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bertholletia excelsa.\nAmericas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996) (1998). Bertholletia excelsa. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 9 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1acd+2 cd v2.3)\nPeres, C.A. et al. (2003). \"Demographic threats to the sustainability of Brazil nut exploitation\". Science 302 (December 19): 2112\u20132114. PMID 14684819. doi:10.1126/science.1091698. CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) (Overharvesting of Brazil nuts as threat to regeneration.)\nBrazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa), The Encyclopedia of Earth\nThis page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Brazil nut; it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). 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He has been actively involved in the community and he is presently the President and CEO of Ibero-American Development Corporation, an affiliate of the Ibero American Action League, specialized in developing affordable housing and other structures for community use.\nUnder Mr. Marlin\u2019s guidance, IADC was instrumental in developing El Camino Estates in northeast Rochester which consists of fifty 3 and 4 bedroom single family housing units as well as the implementation of programs aimed at empowering residents to become active participants in elevating the quality of life in their neighborhoods, such as Project HOPE.\nPrior to going to IADC, he was vice president of Development and Communications at Ibero, where together with Julio Vazquez was instrumental in the conception and later development of the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School, the first and very successful charter in Rochester.\nEugenio has been in the communications business for many years and as such managed public relations and promotions at Ibero. He also developed and conducted technical training for transfer technology for foreign residents at the Xerox Corporation.\nEugenio is a bilingual translator and writer and has served many corporations developing Spanish language materials for their employees. He was also the editor of the Puerto Rican Herald, a bilingual newspaper, and publisher of El Cultural (newsletter). He was director of public relations and columnist for Swing Informativo. He has operated Marlin Communications Group as a sole proprietor and served as legislative assistant to Gladys Santiago when she was in the Rochester City Council.\nThrough the years, Eugenio has been a member of the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School board, WXXI, Ibero, Puerto Rican Festival and Hispanic Lions Club among many others.\nRead the press release announcing his award", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 3788, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 187.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rockinredesigns.blogspot.com/2012/10/finials.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:54Z", "digest": "sha1:DXMFORZO2BPSNO7HPC2XPTO27HX35YAO", "length": 385, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "rockinredesigns.blogspot.com", "title": "Rockin' Redesigns: Finials from Repurposed Parts", "raw_content": "It is funny how I really enjoy making some things but don't have them anywhere in my decor. Finials area a good example of that, here are the ones I've made to date. I don't have the supplies to make many more, I only buy thrift store treasures to redo and make things and wood candlesticks, curtain finials, and other key parts have been scarce lately.\nLabels: repurpose, thrift store", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ronenadini.co.il/en/2015/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:54Z", "digest": "sha1:KAHOJYKDFH2B4DFJ2PMSUHXJDEGFGGIG", "length": 1460, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ronenadini.co.il", "title": "August 2015 \u2013 \u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05df \u05e2\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d5\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea\u05f3", "raw_content": "(Synergy\u201d, \u201cConvergence\u201d and the answer Ayala Hasson: this is how the DIC excuses were rejected in the Ma\u2019ariv deal (TheMarker 18.8.15\nhttp://ronenadini.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/adini_logo-eng2B.jpg 0 0 abglaw http://ronenadini.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/adini_logo-eng2B.jpg abglaw2015-08-18 11:03:052016-09-06 11:10:22(Synergy\", \"Convergence\" and the answer Ayala Hasson: this is how the DIC excuses were rejected in the Ma'ariv deal (TheMarker 18.8.15\n(The Judges of the Economic Division support Ruth Ronen: in determining the value of minority shares do not take into account the low marketability (TheMarker 12.8.15\nhttp://ronenadini.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/adini_logo-eng2B.jpg 0 0 abglaw http://ronenadini.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/adini_logo-eng2B.jpg abglaw2015-08-12 11:11:512016-09-06 11:19:40(The Judges of the Economic Division support Ruth Ronen: in determining the value of minority shares do not take into account the low marketability (TheMarker 12.8.15\n\u201cCould not find on the board of directors a boy who cried or even whispered \u201cThe king is has no clothes\u201d (The Seventh Eye 9.8.15)\nhttp://ronenadini.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/adini_logo-eng2B.jpg 0 0 abglaw http://ronenadini.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/adini_logo-eng2B.jpg abglaw2015-08-09 11:41:302016-09-06 11:53:30\"Could not find on the board of directors a boy who cried or even whispered \"The king is has no clothes\" (The Seventh Eye 9.8.15)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 5945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 265.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2018/03/meghan-markle-received-into-church-of.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:24Z", "digest": "sha1:L4O3OBYQP4WQU2N5YNNM66PWHNIAAHHU", "length": 2061, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com", "title": "Royal Musings: Meghan Markle received into the Church of England", "raw_content": "Meghan Markle received the Sacrament of Baptism on Tuesday evening in a private ceremony at the Chapel Royal, St. James' Palace in London. The story was first reported by Daily Mail's Richard Kay.\nShe was received into the Church of England by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who will officiate at her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19.\nThere were 18 guests at the service, including the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry. Miss Markle, 36, had two baptismal sponsors. The Mail did not name the sponsors, but one sponsor is believed to be a close girlfriend of Miss Markle.\nCrown Jeweler Mark Appleby \"brought the silverware\" used in royal christenings, including the \"silver font, basin and the flask of holy order.\"\nThe baptismal water came from the River Jordan, another royal tradition.\nKay reports that the \"Chapel Royal choir of six Gentlemen-in-Ordinary and ten Children of the Chapel\" provided the music for the service.\nThe baptism was followed by Miss Markle's Confirmation -- a reaffirmation of her baptism. She will now be able to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion.\nAfter the 45-minute ceremony, Miss Markle and Prince Harry and their guests walked to Clarence House where Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall hosted a dinner.\nAs reported here in August, Miss Markle was not baptized as an infant or was she raised in any faith. Her father, Thomas Markle, was raised as an Episcopalian and her mother, Doria Loyce Ragland, has been described as a Protestant. However, Miss Markle's parents were married at the Self Realization Fellowship Temple in Los Angeles in 1979.\nMiss Markle attended a Roman Catholic High School. A growing number of students who are enrolled in Catholic schools in the United States are not Roman Catholic or even Christian.\nNeither of Miss Markle's parents was present for the ceremony.\nRoyal Musings was the first to report that Miss Markle had not been baptized as an infant.\nhttp://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2017/08/meghan-markles-religion-or-no-religion.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 299, "original_length": 13764, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 182.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rupa.com.au/rupa-news/story/2017-academic-achievement-award-finalists-announced", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:00Z", "digest": "sha1:TSFM6KMG3ABVQFCETQWXHUGPNTLG4YLN", "length": 3921, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "rupa.com.au", "title": "RUPA: 2017 Academic Achievement Award Finalists Announced", "raw_content": "Five finalists have been announced in the 2017 Academic Achievement award, presented by RUPA's Education Partner Kaplan, with the winner to be announced at the annual Volvo-RUPA Awards Luncheon in Sydney on Wednesday.\nEmilee Cherry (Australian Women\u2019s Rugby Sevens), James Dargaville (Brumbies), Tom English (Rebels), Dane Haylett-Petty (Force) and Dom Shipperley (Rebels) have all been nominated for the award, which is presented annually to the player who has undertaken and excelled in any level of education. It reflects the players\u2019 dedication and commitment to his or her personal or professional development across a broad range of studies, and is not confined to university level education.\nFinalists for the Academic Achievement award are put forward by the RUPA Player Development Managers, and the winner is decided by RUPA Chairman Bruce Hodgkinson SC and RUPA President Dean Mumm.\nThe Academic Achievement award was first presented in 2011. Its\u2019 previous winners are Ben Daley (2015), Matt Hodgson (2011), Tom Kingston (2013), Pat McCabe (2012), Alicia Quirk (2016) and Jeremy Tilse (2014).\nEmilee Cherry (Australian Women\u2019s Rugby Sevens):\nEmilee recently completed five years of study and qualified as a teacher with a Bachelor of Health, Sport and Physical Education, with a GPA of 5.640, from the University of Queensland.\nIt\u2019s an impressive feat when you consider that Emilee has barely missed a tournament on the World Rugby Sevens series since making her debut in 2012, as well as playing a key role in the team\u2019s Gold Medal winning campaign at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (2016).\nShe was a member of the team to win the opening leg of the Women\u2019s World Series in Dubai this month.\nJames Dargaville (Brumbies):\nIn 2017, James completed his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree at Sydney University, a particularly huge achievement given it was a face-to-face degree and James has been based in Canberra since signing for the Brumbies in 2015.\nTom English (Rebels):\n2017 saw Tom complete his Bachelor of Arts and Applied Science at Sydney University which he commenced in 2009, balancing his time well between Rugby, education and his commitments on the RUPA Board as the Melbourne Rebels\u2019 Player Director.\nAway from Rugby, Tom has also set up his own mental health blog whilst continuing to develop on the wing as a regular member of the Rebels\u2019 team. Tom leads by example and continually encourages his team mates to maximise their opportunities on and off the field.\nDane Haylett-Petty (Force):\nDane Haylett-Petty, a regular for the Wallabies over the past two seasons as well as a leader at the Western Force during a tumultuous season, completed his Bachelor of Commerce in 2017.\nHe is using the skills learned at Curtin University to open, with his sister, a second outlet of their healthy drive-through food store in Perth; Nourish and Feed.\nDom Shipperley (Rebels):\nMelbourne Rebels star and two-Test Wallaby Dom Shipperley\u2019s 2017 season was rubbed out due to a serious injury, with the utility back making the most of the situation by prioritising his studies while in rehab over the course of the year.\nHe completed his final two subjects for a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Science) this year, far earlier than originally anticipated, after completing a total of seven subjects (close to a fulltime workload) between April 2016 and June 2017. Starting in 2011 at the University of Queensland, his degree was completed cross-institutionally, with his final units through RMIT and Swinburne University.\nThe Academic Achievement award is one of eight major awards presented at the Volvo-RUPA Awards Lunch including the RUPA Medal for Excellence, the most prestigious player-voted honour in Australian Rugby, as well as the Taylors Wines People\u2019s Choice Australian Player of the Year and Community Service awards.\nMen\u2019s Sevens team riding the Movember wave\n2017 Season Preview: Rebels", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 8272, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 203.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rusinsw.org.au/site/History_of_the_Royal-Australian_Regiment.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:55Z", "digest": "sha1:L5O74QHCVGF3G3W7QO7Q22RIVDAKD2NY", "length": 1922, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "rusinsw.org.au", "title": "The Royal United Services Institute of NSW Book Review", "raw_content": "Duty First \u2013 A History of the Royal Australian Regiment\nBy: David Horner & Jean Bou\t(503.2/35761)\nPublisher: Allen & Unwin\tISBN: 978-1-74175-374-5\nDuty First is the complete history of the Royal Australian Regiment, which has been the mainstay of the Australian Regular Army for over sixty years. With the formation of the regular army, including the Royal Australian Regiment, for the first time Australia had a permanent professional army, available in peacetime and in war for any task the government might direct. The Royal Australian Regiment is the key fighting force of the army and has carried the main burden of active service since the Second World War. Its history throws important light on the development of Australia\u2019s defence.\nIn late 1945, three battalions were formed to serve with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. Active service began with a \u2018baptism of fire\u2019-fierce combat in the Korean War. This was followed by counter-guerrilla service in Malaya during the Confrontation, including the to secret \u2018Claret\u2019 operations into Indonesian territory, and active service in Vietnam.\nThe book examines how the regiment adapted after the Vietnam War to the demands of peacetime soldiering, including the pressures of peacekeeping. 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My wife and I have been good friends with Simon and Katrina for a few years now and although they live all the way on the other side of the country in Virginia, we always make sure to get together to hang out whenever possible. I was hoping for a little more time to take some pictures, but their oldest son Sam ended up feeling really sick shortly after we got started so we had to end it quicker than expected, but I think I was still able to come off with a few good shots. 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How prepared are you for a survey right now?\nPhysical Environment Manual Essentials for Every Healthcare Facility Manager\nFacility Access to EC-Online\u2122 Healthcare's foremost web-based subscription service\nSMS Inc. provides code, standards and regulatory advice and services on a broad range of regulations related to the Physical Environment, including but not limited to:\nAccreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC)\nNational Fire Protection Association, Life Safety Code (NFPA 101)\nWhether the situation requires a simple phone call, or email, or a full-scale site review of your facility, SMS, Inc. can provide the experienced staff you need with the skills you want to help answer simple questions, solve immediate concerns and help develop solutions for complex issues. SMS, Inc.'s leadership has been in the Healthcare Physical Environment business for nearly forty years, and our consultants have an average of 20 years of experience.\nRead More About Codes & Standards\nRequest Proposal for Codes & Standards Assessment\nSMS, Inc. conducts Audits and Reviews of client programs relative to accreditation and deemed status for hundreds of clients. Focusing on all aspects of the Physical Environment (PE), our highly experienced staff perform a comprehensive analysis of organizations programs of the Environment of Care (EC) standards: Safety, Security, Hazardous Materials and Wastes, Fire Safety, Medical Equipment Management, Utilities Systems, Emergency Management (EM), and Life Safety (LS). Our unique ability to assess and educate simultaneously allows us to provide clients with the highest level of service and the greatest level of customer satisfaction in the industry.\nOrganizations that undergo the scrutiny of our Audits & Reviews are far more comfortable and prepared during their regulatory surveys and receive dramatically improved survey outcomes. Our consultants do not merely identify deficiencies, but also work with clients to find practical and achievable solutions to their identified issues.\nRead More About Audits & Reviews\nRequest Proposal for Audits & Reviews\nSMS, Inc. Accreditation Maintenance Program has been around for over twenty years and was the first such program in the industry designed specifically for helping organizations stay prepared for compliance in the Physical Environment throughout their survey cycles. By scheduling regular visits to assess compliance, provide regulatory updates, and assist clients with management of existing programs, as well as development of new ones. SMS, Inc. is able to keep clients at the highest level of readiness for scheduled or unannounced visits from regulatory agencies.\nThis program continues to be extremely effective in assuring maintenance of an organization\u2019s regulatory compliance for the Physical Environment throughout the duration of their accreditation or other regulatory cycle. This helps ensure a minimum of adverse findings during their actual regulatory surveys and a more positive survey outcome for the client.\nRead More About Accreditation Maintenance Program\nRequest Proposal for Accreditation Maintenance Program\nSMS, Inc. has the ability to provide full-time support to Facilities, Safety and Emergency Management programs in healthcare organizations for extended periods of time. Whether the need is to temporarily fill a management position for a month or two as interim managers or to contract program management services for a prolonged period, SMS, Inc. has the ability to provide and/or recruit staff to meet client needs. Our skills, tools, and experiences make us uniquely qualified to help organizations bridge the gap when losing a facility director or safety director. 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At the age of 29 Years, he received his Ph.D from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur, Ananthapuramu in Jan 2015. To his credit he Received grants in 2011 for Rs. 11.30 Lacs from AICTE, New Delhi under Research Promotion Scheme as Principal investigator. His AICTE project was on using Digital Image processing techniques for Dreadful diseases. He has published 25 research papers in Renowned International Journals and has attended 44 International and National conferences. He Received Certificate of Appreciation from Texas Instruments for Analog Maker Design Contest. He is a life Member of Renowned professional body such as ISTE, IE, PCDS, ISOC, CSTA etc. and he is acting as a reviewer and Editorial board member for various International Journals and IEEE conferences. The Recent contribution achieved by him is the project submitted to DST (SERB) is sanctioned for 22.92 LACS for a period of 3 Years and it has been sanctioned from the Year 2015-18. The proposals whatever he has made was to provide needful support to the society through the technology understood and implemented.>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1805, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 221.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://saipulallah.hatenablog.com/archive/2014/07/21", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:44Z", "digest": "sha1:HDQNZZZFBGQEYLUKNH57C47V7HCPHMYB", "length": 285, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "saipulallah.hatenablog.com", "title": "Entries from 2014-07-21 to 1 day - saipulallah's blog", "raw_content": "Virtual Office Space: What are the benefits?\nVirtual office space allows business owners to reduce the cost of production and utilize a prestigious address and location to optimize networking. Virtual Office space allows you to have an address for your professional business and acces\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1165, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://salesperformancemastery.com/author/sby", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:39Z", "digest": "sha1:ZPY7BTRFMVHFHKHAUN4O66ILCPLUFVJO", "length": 8581, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "salesperformancemastery.com", "title": "sby | Sales performance mastery", "raw_content": "Posts By sby\nFrom \u2018Are We There Yet\u2019 To Taking The Wheel: Teaching Your Teen How To Deal With Disaster On The Road\nOn June 8, 2018\tby sby\tWith\t0 Comments\t- Legal\nHelping teens get ready to drive involves more than just riding with them a certain number of hours to fulfill learner\u2019s permit requirements for a particular state. Teens who drive need to know how to deal with major as well as minor incidents that arise while they\u2019re behind the wheel. It\u2019s to their advantage to give them the tools they need. From \u2018Are We There Yet\u2019 To Taking The Wheel: Teaching Your Teen How To Deal With Disaster On The Road will help adult drivers understand what instruction is necessary.\nGive teens a taste of real-time traffic\nDriving lessons shouldn\u2019t just take place in a parking lot or on a quiet side street. While this type of driving is necessary when teens are just beginning to get practice behind the wheel, eventually they\u2019ll need to move out into regular traffic conditions. Helping them do that by riding with them during rush hour, at night, and in poor driving conditions is the best way to help them get the valuable experience they need. Don\u2019t stay off the roads when traffic is heavy or weather conditions are bad. Teens will need to know how to drive in a hard rain, fog, and on snow and ice sooner rather than later. It\u2019s best to learn how to do it with an experienced driver alongside.\nTeach teens how to deal with emergencies\nSudden and unexpected situations arise on the road that even experienced drivers have a hard time handling. Teens, with less time behind the wheel, may have no idea what to do if a deer runs in front of the car, for example, or if their car hits black ice and goes into a skid. Explaining the best procedures for handling these road emergencies and practicing them as much as feasible before teens get out on the road themselves is the best way to help get them ready. Other emergencies, such as knowing how to drive a manual-transmission car or how to fix a flat on the side of the road are lessons teens can use to help get themselves and their friends out of serious situations\nConsult pros if necessary\nParents and other family members responsible for helping teens learn to drive may not feel qualified to provide the instruction teens need to learn how to drive safely. In these cases, qualified individual teachers, school courses, and driving schools may be the best options.\nTips on Hiring the Right Home Cleaning Service\nOn May 25, 2018\tby sby\tWith\t0 Comments\t- Real Estate\nTrying to accomplish too much in a day can lead to a person getting overwhelmed and stressed. Most homeowners work a full-time job and raise a family. Due to these hectic schedules, most people are unable to devote the amount of time they want to cleaning their residence.\nThe best way to ensure this type of work is done the right way is by hiring a home cleaning service. In most cases, there are a variety of cleaning services to choose from in an area. Here are just some of the things a homeowner will need to do when trying to hire the right cleaning service.\nResearching the Reviews a Cleaning Service Has\nGetting information about how well a cleaning service has performed for others in the past is important. If a homeowner fails to get this type of information, they will usually make the wrong decision. In most cases, a person can find reviews for a cleaning company online.\nWhen reading over these reviews, a homeowner will need to pay attention to the comments past customers have left. If all of the reviews about a particular cleaning company are negative, chances are they are not the right fit for the job at hand.\nSchedule Some Onsite Estimates\nAnother tool a homeowner needs to use when trying to hire the right cleaning service is onsite estimates. Most of the cleaning companies out there will offer these estimates for free. Scheduling appointments with a few different companies is a great way to find out what each of them can offer.\nBefore this estimate begins, a homeowner may want to jot down a few questions to ask these professionals. Asking about how long it will take a company to complete the job and what they are going to charge is important. Once a homeowner has this important information, they will have no problem getting the right company hired.\nThe time invested in researching the various cleaning companies in an area will be worth it. The team at Superb Maids will have no problem getting a home clean and tidy. Visit their website or call them to find out more about what they do.\nExtend Your Business By Accepting More Payments\nOn April 2, 2018\tby sby\tWith\t0 Comments\t- Advertising & Marketing\nCompanies need to make sure their particular clients may pay in a manner which is handy for them. The internet has widened the number of payment options obtainable to men and women which means businesses that could take more forms of payments can easily work with more consumers as well as lessen the risk a payment is going to be declined. Businesses who would like to be able to accept far more payment solutions can wish to work together with an online payment solution.\nA business proprietor that\u2019s interested in learning more with regards to the options open to them can need to be sure they discover an online payment solution which offers as numerous solutions as possible. They are able to next understand much more with regards to the payments their clients could have the capacity to apply as well as exactly how the payment solution will enable them to accept as many different types of payments as is feasible. It is important for a business proprietor to check into solutions that may work together with what they currently take along with enable them to extend as much as possible.\nBefore a business owner begins to work together with an online payment solution, they\u2019ll wish to ensure they could very easily begin making use of it and might use it along with the payments they already allow in addition to their existing e-commerce solutions so that they don\u2019t need to recreate their own website or make major alterations to get started taking a lot more payment kinds. They may additionally wish to be certain they\u2019ll obtain answers to any kind of questions they may have plus obtain just as much details as is feasible about what they might be in the position to do with the payment solution as soon as they\u2019ve made a decision to put it to use.\nIf perhaps you\u2019re prepared to boost your enterprise, it is recommended for you to start considering an online payment solution that\u2019s going to be appropriate for your company. Take the time in order to have a look at BlueSnap right now to find out far more concerning precisely what they might do plus just how they will have the capacity to help your company expand. They feature a number of exclusive solutions made to work with your business so you\u2019re able to receive the assistance you need to have to be able to take as many different types of payments as is possible. Check out their particular web-site now in order to find out much more.\nUnderstand Precisely What It Will Take To Market A Company Online\nGenerating a web business is as fundamental as making a web-site, but setting up a successful company is much more difficult. Arguably the main element of establishing an online business is actually learning exactly how to market it properly. Possible business owners are going to wish to be sure they will understand how to market their particular company via the internet to allow them to discover precisely what to do to be able to attract far more potential clients for their particular enterprise.\nWeb marketing features a range of different approaches which can be merged to appeal to as many potential customers as is feasible. Some methods are likely to work far better for a few businesses and others aren\u2019t actually going to be worth an investment for quite a few businesses. Possible business people have to understand more with regards to exactly what their choices are, which ones could be much better for their particular organization, and just how to keep an eye on numerous marketing techniques in order to make sure they\u2019re as successful as is possible so they\u2019re able to make certain their enterprise is going to be as prosperous as is feasible.\nProspective company owners are going to desire to make sure they recognize exactly where to look to acquire the information they\u2019ll have to have. 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It is located at 375 E Third Avenue and has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 8347, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 197.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sandlergroup.net/sitemap-pt-page-2015-11.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:06Z", "digest": "sha1:CCWIPXIMWKX4IDDT74JXXDBTUYBADZEF", "length": 156, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "sandlergroup.net", "title": "XML Sitemap", "raw_content": "http://sandlergroup.net/about-us/the-sandler-group/ 60% Weekly 2017-10-25 22:29\nhttp://sandlergroup.net/about-us/leland-sandler/ 60% Weekly 2017-10-25 22:28", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 845, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 167.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://santamargherita-lodgings.com/alan-thicke-growing-pains-died", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:44Z", "digest": "sha1:DOIAUYLV6ZF3SPT6BAVTPLZAF5GJNPDB", "length": 4377, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "santamargherita-lodgings.com", "title": "Canadian actor Alan Thicke dead at 69, alan thicke growing pains died", "raw_content": "Alan thicke growing pains died\nMiss Universe Canada Host University of Western Ontario.\nNed's Declassified School Survival Guide. The Globe and Mail. Canada's Walk of Fame. Thicke continued hosting a wide range of variety TV events. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alan Thicke. Retrieved March 27, Bob Saget of Full House fame called Thicke \"a good husband, father, brother and friend,\" while comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres declared:\nInThicke appeared in a major supporting role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland 's jPod. InThicke was inducted into Hoekbank in een kleine woonkamer Walk of Fame. InThicke was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. InThicke was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame? InThicke appeared in a major alan thicke growing pains died role as Jim Jarlewski in the television series adaptation of Douglas Coupland 's jPod.\nThicke had a successful career as a TV theme song composer, often collaborating with his then-wife Gloria Loring on these projects, which included.php the themes to the popular sitcoms Diff'rent Strokes and The Facts of Life. Also, for several years in the mids, Thicke and Gloria Loring were co-hosts of Telemiracle , an annual hour telethon that alternated between Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan to support programs run by the Kinsmen Club.\nOnscreen sons pay tribute\nDecember 13, aged 69 Burbank, California , U. CBC News \u00b7 Posted: He co-wrote \"Sara\", a solo hit for Bill Champlin and included.php on the latter's Runaway album After graduating from Western University, Thicke began in showbiz with a host of writing credits beginning with commercial jingles for radio.\nAs noted above, Thicke lent his name and star power to supporting the Alan Thicke Center for diabetes research. Retrieved January 28, Canada. As noted above, Thicke lent his name and star power to supporting the Alan Thicke Center for diabetes research.\nThicke was reportedly playing hockey with his youngest son when he suffered a heart attack\nWikipedia\u00ae is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved January 28, Archived from the original on July 10,\nThicke said that Gretzky was house-sitting the Thicke residence in California with wife Janet in when he found out he was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. Retrieved August 15, comedian, was a Canadian actor, - December 13. Thicke said that Alan thicke growing pains died was house-sitting the Thicke residence in California with wife Janet in when he found out he was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings.\nThicke said that Gretzky was house-sitting the Thicke residence in California with wife Janet in when he found out he de moeder van linda de mol traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings.\nThis Hour Has 22 Minutes, alan thicke growing pains died.\nThicke had filmed a guest spot in season two of Fuller House , Netflix's reboot of the '90s family sitcom Full House led by original star Candace Cameron Bure, younger sister of Thicke's former on-screen son Kirk Cameron.\nMiss Universe Canada Host The Crystal Light Dancers\". This Is Us creator pays tribute\". CBC News \u00b7 Posted:\nDecember 13, aged 69 Burbank, California , U.\nIn the s, Thicke was the spokesman for the Canadian division of Woolco department stores until its demise in\nThicke said that Gretzky was house-sitting the Thicke residence in California with wife De lawei in drachten in when he found out he was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. Dec 13, and That's Showbiz. Archived from the original on July 10, We were all just together for Thanksgiving, alan thicke growing pains died. Archived from the original on July 10, a. Dec 13, We were all just together for Thanksgiving.\nDec 13, including The Tommy Hunter Show. Thicke said the character of Jason Seaver was a blend of his own experiences and the talented writers on the show.\nPostmedia Network and Quebecor Media. We were all just together for Thanksgiving. Retrieved August 7, Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alan Thicke.\nThicke continued hosting a wide range of variety TV events. 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Retrieved December 13.\nNancy - 16.07.2018 02:08\nLamb Chop and the Haunted Studio.\nHanife - 21.07.2018 15:38\nKirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 4953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 300.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sarkarjobnow.blogspot.com/2011/03/delhi-metro-rail-corporation-ltd1695.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:54Z", "digest": "sha1:JKQJDPREQ6WTO4BV57P5MWYP4SCI424S", "length": 1181, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "sarkarjobnow.blogspot.com", "title": "DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD(1695) | Sarkar Jobnow", "raw_content": "DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION LTD(1695)\nDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a Joint venture company with equity\nparticipation from Govt. of India and Govt. of National Capital Territory of Delhi has been entrusted with the responsibility of implementation of the rail based Mass Rapid transit System for Delhi.\nApplications are invited from dynamic, experienced and highly motivated Finance\nExecutives, having experience of working with organizations involved in major construction or other big industries. The appointment shall be on direct recruitment/contract/ deputation(for a period of three years)\nRequirement of Asst. Manager (Finance ) for DMRC\nThe interview will be held at Metro Bhawan/Fire Brigade Lane/Barakhamba Road/New Delhi. No separate communications by post will be sent to the candidates individually and should be in touch with DMRC\u2019s website. Candidates are required to go\nthrough the instructions for interview displayed on our website and appear for the written test/interview accordingly along with original copies of testimonials. Court of jurisdiction for any dispute will be New Delhi\nhttp://www.delhimetrorail.com/CareerDocuments/2011/3/66AMF%5B1%5D.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 5956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 307.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/chem_facwork/2032/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:57Z", "digest": "sha1:JHYTJPMYHJ64PHD5S3DD4IWOIS6CAS2V", "length": 1410, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "scholarsmine.mst.edu", "title": "\"Three-dimensional Modeling of Plasma Arc in Arc Welding\" by Gu Xu and Hai-Lung Tsai", "raw_content": "Three-dimensional Modeling of Plasma Arc in Arc Welding\nMost previous three-dimensional modeling work in gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) and gas metal arc welding (GMAW) focuses on the weld pool. Almost all three-dimensional weld pool models are based on the two-dimensional axisymmetric Gaussian assumption of plasma arc pressure and heat flux. In this paper the three-dimensional plasma arc is modeled and results are presented. The velocity, pressure, temperature, current density, and magnetic field of the plasma arc are computed by solving the conservation equations of mass, momentum, and energy, as well as part of Maxwell's equations. This three-dimensional model allows one to study the non-axisymmetric plasma arc caused by external perturbations such as the external magnetic field. It also provides more accurate boundary conditions when modeling the welding pool. The future work is to unify it with the weld pool model and accomplish a complete three-dimensional model of GTAW and GMAW. Copyright \u00a9 2006 by ASME.\nG. Xu and H. Tsai, \"Three-dimensional Modeling of Plasma Arc in Arc Welding,\" American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Jan 2006.\nThe definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2006-15620\n2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2006", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 2918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 193.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://scores.torontosun.com/mlb/recap.asp?g=380606117&home=17&vis=27&final=true", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:26Z", "digest": "sha1:UYL7HYH2GKVBWV3HQ7TVYMQAFPJWM5YQ", "length": 3869, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "scores.torontosun.com", "title": "Sports Scores: Leafs NHL Schedule, Jays MLB, Argos CFL, TFC | Toronto Sun", "raw_content": "W: J. Gray (6-6) L: S. Romano (3-7) S: W. Davis (20)\n4:10 PM PT5:10 PM MT6:10 PM CT7:10 PM ET19:10 ET23:10 GMT7:10 4:10 PM MST6:10 PM EST6:40 PM VEN3:10 UAE (+1)6:10 PM CT, June 6, 2018\nBottom of Rockies' order comes up big in 6-3 win over Reds\nCINCINNATI (AP) With the top of the Rockies' lineup struggling to do much of anything, the guys who bat at the bottom did all the damage in their latest win.\nIan Desmond hit a two-run homer , and Gerardo Parra and Tony Wolters each drove in a pair of runs Wednesday night as the bottom of the batting order powered Colorado to a 6-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.\nThose three hitters - 6 through 8 in the order - drove in all six runs and accounted for five of Colorado's eight hits, enjoying some breakout games individually. Desmond came in batting .193, Wolters .159.\nThe Rockies needed their big games. Their top three hitters in the lineup went 1 for 14 with three strikeouts.\n\"We saw some good things offensively from guys in the deep part of the order,\" manager Bud Black said.\nColorado arrived in town with a season-high four straight losses, all set up by blown leads. Jon Gray (6-6) went five innings and showed signs of emerging from his recent struggles after refining his delivery. The bullpen held on to give the Rockies their second consecutive win in the series.\nCincinnati's Scooter Gennett drove in a pair of runs with a double and a sacrifice fly on the one-year anniversary of his record-setting game .\nThe second baseman became the 17th player in major league history to hit four home runs last June 6 against the Cardinals at Great American Ball Park. Gennett also became the first to have four homers, five hits and 10 RBIs in a game.\nHe was no match for the bottom of the Rockies' order.\nWolters batted eighth and doubled home a run with two outs in the second inning against Sal Romano (3-7). Sixth-place hitter Parra singled home a run in the fourth, and Desmond followed with his 11th homer for a 4-2 lead.\n\"We lost again when I pitched,\" said Romano, who faced one batter in the sixth before leaving. \"It doesn't matter what I say, I gave up five runs.\"\nWolters singled home another run with two outs in the sixth, and Parra had an RBI single in the eighth as the Rockies pulled away.\nGray came into the game in a deep slump - 1-2 with 9.33 ERA in his last four starts. He gave up three runs and seven hits in five innings. Four relievers finished it, with Wade Davis pitching the ninth for his second straight save in the series and his NL-leading 20th in 22 chances.\n\"I was a little in-and-out of the moment at times, and I had to find that rhythm,\" said Gray, who threw 101 pitches. \"I felt I was getting closer. There were definitely some positives to take out of it.\"\nThe Reds fell to 21-41 overall. They've matched the 1950 team for second-worst start in franchise history, trailing only the 1934 team that went 19-43.\nThe Rockies have won four of the five games in their season series with the Reds. On Thursday, they'll try for their first three-game sweep in Cincinnati since 2005.\nThe Reds wore a special uniform honoring the military on the anniversary of D-Day.\nSTREAK BUSTED\nCharlie Blackmon went 0 for 5, ending a 12-game hitting streak that was his longest of the season.\nReds left fielder Jesse Winker made a diving catch of DJ LeMahieu's liner in the third inning, robbing him of an extra-base hit.\nRockies: Relief pitcher Adam Ottavino could resume throwing off a mound by the end of the week. He's recovering from a strained left oblique.\nReds: RHP Homer Bailey is expected to resume throwing Thursday. He went on the 10-day DL last week with a sore right knee.\nRockies: Left-hander Tyler Anderson (3-1) faced the Reds on May 26 at Coors Field and gave up three runs on six hits in six innings of Cincinnati's 6-5 win.\nReds: Tyler Mahle (4-6) is 1-3 in his last five starts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 4953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 297.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://search.oecd.org/site/adboecdanti-corruptioninitiative/regionalseminars/2ndregionalanti-corruptionconferenceforasiaandthepacific.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:27Z", "digest": "sha1:ZNOCCI4VN64MRVEPK7KX6PNGPQE2NOU4", "length": 1338, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "search.oecd.org", "title": "2nd regional Anti-Corruption Conference for Asia and the Pacific - OECD", "raw_content": "ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative \u203a Regional seminars \u203a 2nd regional Anti-Corruption Conference for Asia and the Pacific\n2nd regional Anti-Corruption Conference for Asia and the Pacific\nThe Conference held in Seoul, Korea, was the annual conference 2000 of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific. The Initiative was launched in 1999 at a workshop for countries of the Asia and Pacific region held in Manila under the auspices of the ADB and OECD and attended by 250 participants from over 35 ADB and OECD countries and economies. Its objective is to put in place the framework conditions for effectively combating corruption by identifying appropriate political, institutional, and other reforms necessary for the various participating countries. The participants of the Seoul Conference formally endorsed the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative.\nThe Seoul conference has reported on progress achieved in the region in fighting corruption, focused on corruption prone areas such as tax administration, police forces and public procurement, and laid the groundwork for further partnerships among all players in the region. The two-day-and-half program included presentations by senior government officials, civil society and media representatives and business people, case-studies, focus-groups and roundtables.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 187.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://seizethedays.org/erika-the-mayor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:39Z", "digest": "sha1:XQJCQMKQH4MXGQTHNZRHBJAKCNX7SCIL", "length": 320, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "seizethedays.org", "title": "Erika the Mayor | Seize The Days", "raw_content": "Home/Patient Stories/Erika the Mayor\nErika Hanson Brown was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002. Now she\u2019s the mayor (and founder) of Colontown, a non-profit organization that serves as a social network for people fighting colon cancer. Or, as Erika calls it, \u201cthe face and the place for colorectal cancer survivorship\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2510, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 156.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://senate.sfsu.edu/resolution/support-rights-sf-state-community-members-who-have-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:57Z", "digest": "sha1:CVNZZS42VYRG4MGNTEPURF6FODO3EGF7", "length": 2520, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "senate.sfsu.edu", "title": "In Support of the Rights of SF State Community Members who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) | Academic Senate", "raw_content": "In Support of the Rights of SF State Community Members who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)\nRATIONALE: Considering the current political climate and federal administration, we believe it is important for us to re-affirm the inherent rights and well-being of all members of our campus community regardless of immigration status.\non March 16-17, 2017, the Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU) unanimously passed a resolution entitled, In Support of Students Admitted to the CSU Under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) [AS-3287-17/FA (Rev)]; and\nthe City and County of San Francisco has been a \u201ccity and county of refuge\u201d since 1989; and\nthe mission of San Francisco State University includes an \u201cunwavering commitment to social justice that is central to the work of the university;\u201d and\nthe SF State Administration and community has already shown significant investment in our undocumented students and campus community members by establishing the Dream Resource Center on campus; and\nPresident Trump has indicated he would repeal DACA which would put many DACA students and their families at risk of economic hardships, displacement, and fear; and\nthe SF State Administration and community has already shown significant investment in our DACA students by hiring DACA eligible students as student assistants and promoting equitable work opportunities; therefore be it\nthat the Academic Senate of SF State calls for the campus administration, faculty, and staff to continue to stand in solidarity with and ensure the protections of all undocumented campus community members; and be it further\nthat if DACA were repealed, we would encourage SF State to develop internships, fellowships, and scholarship for DACA and DACA eligible students in an attempt to maintain their economic well-being; and be it further\nthat if DACA were repealed, we would join with the ASCSU in standing ready to \u201cadvocate for legal resources and material support to ensure that the rights that would otherwise be available to DACA and DACA-eligible students are preserved;\u201d and be it further\nthat this document be distributed in particular to the University President, University Provost, Office of University Counsel, AVP for Academic Affairs Operations, Executive Director of Academic Technologies, VP for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management, University Registrar, Director of Enrollment Management Technology, and all campus departments that interact with students directly or indirectly.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 4006, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://shakespeare.berkeley.edu/plays/antony-and-cleopatra?page=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:42Z", "digest": "sha1:L5O24TDR4ZSFGEZMQYECVJT5NJIVWWIG", "length": 3828, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "shakespeare.berkeley.edu", "title": "Antony and Cleopatra | Shakespeare's Staging", "raw_content": "\u00bb Antony and Cleopatra\nThis play has rarely achieved the status of the other four major tragedies of Shakespeare's maturity, possibly because its tone is so diversified: there is a sustained note of comedy in much of the dialogue, and Cleopatra's character deliberately defies tragic decorum. Critics are intensely divided over whether to censure or admire the role. Cleopatra's mercurial temperament has exceeded the reach of many distinguished actresses. (Since the eighteenth century, famous portrayals include those by Elizabeth Younge, Harriet Elizabeth Diddear, Adelaide Ellen Biddies, Helena Modjeska, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maggie Smith). It is hard to imagine an Elizabethan boy actor in the part, despite the play's overt reference to such a performance (5.2.216-23). The rapidity of scene changes is almost cinematic and perhaps the most successful performance was that directed by Trevor Nunn for the Royal Shakespeare Company and adapted for television in 1975 by John Scoffield with Janet Suzman as Cleopatra, in which the naturalistic dialogue is well sustained by all the characters, including Richard Johnson as Antony and Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus.\n- Any -CharmianCleopatraIrasMark AntonyOctaviaOctavius Caesar\nBevington, David, ed. Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare. The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.\nDobson, Michael, and Adele Lee. \"Year of Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra \u2013 Two Perspectives.\" Review of Antony and Cleopatra (Antonius ile Kleopatra), directed by Kemal Aydo\u011fan, Oyun At\u00f6lyesi, The Globe, London. Blogging Shakespeare (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust), May 29, 2012.\nDusinberre, Juliet. \"Squeaking Cleopatras: Gender and Performance in Antony and Cleopatra.\" In Shakespeare, Theory, and Performance, edited by James C. Bulman, 46-67. London and New York: Routledge, 1996.\nGroppali, Enrico. \"La Duse e Shakespeare: una Cleopatra smarrita tra Boito e D'Annunzio.\" Quaderni di Teatro 5, no. 19 (1983): 189-96.\nHodgdon, Barbara. \"Antony and Cleopatra in the Theatre.\" In The Cambridge Companion to Shakespearean Tragedy, edited by Claire McEachern, 241-63. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.\nLowen, Tirzah. Peter Hall Directs \"Antony and Cleopatra.\" New York: Limelight Editions, 1991.\nLamb, Margaret. Antony and Cleopatra on the English Stage. Rutherford: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1980.\nMadelaine, Richard, ed. Antony and Cleopatra. Shakespeare in Production, edited by J. S. Bratton and Julie Hankey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.\nMahon, John W. \"Infinite Variety: Antony and Cleopatra x 2.\" Shakespeare Newsletter 56, no. 1 [268] (Spring/Summer 2006): 1-2, 4, 31.\nMale, David. Antony and Cleopatra. Shakespeare On Stage. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1984.\nMiles, Keith. \"Antony and Cleopatra in Performance.\" English Review 4, no. 4 (1994): 2-5.\nNovak, Maximillian E. \"Criticism, Adaptation, Politics, and the Shakespearean Model of Dryden's All for Love.\" Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture 7, edited by Roseann Runte, 375-87. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1978.\nO'Shea, Jos\u00e9 Roberto. \"The Performance Is the Thing: The Royal Shakespeare Company and Antony and Cleopatra \u2013 1982, 1992.\" Estudos Anglo-Americanos 19-24 (1995-2000): 101-15.\nRichmond, Hugh M. \"Cleopatra's Escape from Tragic Virtue.\" In Shakespeare's Sexual Comedy, 165-76. Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1971.\nRosenberg, Marvin. The Masks of \"Antony and Cleopatra.\" Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2006. 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Conversely, speculation pointed to James signing with the Lakers.\nIt was to no avail, however as James wound up making the jump to Los Angeles.\nGeorge became a free agent on Friday after opting out of the final year of his contract. In it, he discusses his process, his decision to remain in Oklahoma City, and even thanks Lakers' fans for the love - while also saying that not being traded to Los Angeles last season ended up being a \"beautiful thing\" for him. \"But it wasn't. Them just being hands-on, being open, being honest, keeping that relationship authentic - I thought everything has just been real\". Russ is not LeBron James, or any of the other stars the Lakers are convinced they will add to their roster. While he's reached the Finals four straight years since returning to Cleveland, they've been beaten three times by Golden State and look to have plateaued.\nThe Los Angeles Lakers landed LeBron James and then baffled the National Basketball Association world with their moves over the next 24 hours. At 12:01 a.m. Sunday, James will be an unrestricted free agent, and agent Rich Paul is expected to contact several teams with the Lakers and Cavs atop his list. He didn't disappoint in Miami either, winning titles in the 2012 and 2013 seasons, but losing to seasoned Dallas and San Antonio teams in 2011 and '14, respectively. Cleveland has deep salary-cap issues - partially caused by James' failure to commit long-term - and the Cavs now lack enough talent to unseat the champion Golden State Warriors.\n'If y'all didn't quite get it, let me say it again.\nGeorge averaged 21.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 79 games this season for the Thunder. 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Bookmark the permalink.\nOne thought on \u201cFebruary 5: Public Hearing on Parental Alienation\u201d\nLiliana Ortega on February 4, 2019 at 10:32 PM said:\nAlong with my daughter who is now an adult, I raised my son with dedication, sense of responsibility, and the perspective of a professional educator. During the last two years, I have been negotiating shared custodial time with my ex-husband who has the primary residence of our son.\nBefore and during the divorce process, my ex-husband and I both agreed that it is crucial considering our son\u2019s right of having us available on an equal basis. However, during the last two summers, my ex-husband has taken our son abroad for five weeks each time. I recently learned that his year dad is planning to take him again for several weeks. This would be the third time that my ex-husband would take our son abroad without asking me for approval nor considering the time I have planned to spend with my son during the summer time. As a public school teacher, I have 6 weeks off during the summer, and I would have valuable time to spend with him.\nFurthermore, sport-related activities scheduled by my ex-husband have increasingly become the excuse to change and limit mother-son time. As a result of the lack of time for my son and I to see each other, and his father\u2019s indifference towards me, during the past 6 months my son seems defiant. Even worse, my son resists recovering the lost time, and is communicating less.\nMy ex-husband feels that I need to consider my 16-year old son\u2019s wishes, more specifically the fact that our son prefers to spend more time with him. 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The new Chairman will follow in the footsteps of past Chairmen and executive his duty as solemnly promised. Fifteen chapter presidents and their delegations witnessed the inaugural ceremony.\nThe inaugural event has a wide-ranging and rich array of speeches. The guest speaker, the Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Honorable Nanette Thomas spoke about the \u201cpower of women in political transformation\u201d.\nAs party members eagerly waited for the guest speaker to make her grand entrance in the Jazzy\u2019s Jay Banquette hall in Atlanta, Ms. Nanette Thomas proudly marched straight to the hallway dancing in favorite melody feeling high distinction with a mixed emotion of excitement and profound gratitude for the honor. It was one of her happy-ever-after moments, Nanette Thomas saw hundreds of guests waiting for her to deliver her speech.\nNanette Thomas, Minister of Political and Public Affairs\nAfter chanting the APC slogan, Ms. Thomas started her speech by stating that the universal declaration of Human Rights provides that equal access of men and women to power, decision making, and leadership at all levels is a necessary precondition for the proper functioning of democracy. She proudly asserted that Sierra Leone is doing immensely well in the areas of women in political transformation.\nDespite that Sierra Leone was not excluded in the myth of women been marginalized in the past decades, but for the past nine years under the leadership of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, \u201cwe have witnessed a rapid escalation in female representation\u201d. The increase in number of women to participate in the legislative organ of government, cabinet, and many other important institutions has been realized in president Koroma\u2019s tenure, she said. \u201cToday, women in Sierra Leone have been able to run for public office in growing numbers and have reached an average of 20% of seats in the House of Parliament.\nThe Minister further stated that the government has enhanced educational opportunities for girls and women. Hence, the improvement in women\u2019s education in most parts of Sierra Leone has led to the emergence of a larger group of proficient women who are in position to compete with men for political power in various level of governance.\nMrs. Thomas recalled and shared her experience to her audience when she used to live in the USA for several years and advised women to move forward in acquiring knowledge, adding that a nation\u2019s brilliance and ability to prosper is directly dependent upon its people\u2019s education. By the lesson she learned, the MPPA added that in spite of whatever position you hold you have an obligation to help others to rise, and as put it, \u201call of us in positions of power have the obligation to pull up others\u201d, she advised.\nIn his inaugural address, the new Chairman of APC-USA branch, Mr. Unisa Kanu solemnly promised that his administration will set a framework to move forward with the branch on the path of peace and unity. Some of the highlights of 2016 including the successful change in leadership which was peacefully conducted through elections, reviewing the by-laws, and fundraising drive are strides we will continue to uphold, he said.\nThe Chairman reflected on the keynote speaker\u2019s speech about women empowerment and said that president Koroma has been a role model in highlighting the role of women in governance. He therefore asked the APC women to be steadfast in their responsibilities to build a strong union and improve their capacities. He noted that there is no more time to wait in improving the women community here and at home.\nChairman Unisa appealed to the branch membership to work with him in a consensus and collaboration way to achieve the branch cohesive goals. The responsibilities of the chapter presidents cannot be overstated and it is only the chapters in the various cities across the states that can break the branch\u2019s efficiency to uphold the APC party values, he went on.\nOne of our priorities is to identify and understand fundamental shared mechanisms and a common pathway that will lead our party back to power in 2018, Chairman continued. He paid homage to especially members who are actively involved in fundraising activities which he believe is the main goal for the branch.\nThe new APC-USA Chairman holds a Master\u2019s of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Cyber engineering and has a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration. He is currently working as a cyber-security engineer at Ricoh Technologies in Atlanta, Georgia.\nOther dignitaries attended the inauguration were the APC party flag bear contender, Mr. John Bono Sesay, and the Honorary Consul General of the state of Texas and the surrounding states, Mr. Patrick Jackson.\nAspirant John Bono Sesay (Special guest)\nReframing from campaigning in his political ambition, the special guest of the occasion, Mr. John Bono Sesay made a brief statement focusing on advising people to register for voting. He said that he came to the inauguration based on invitation made by the branch and as a member of the All People\u2019s Congress party.\nThe aspirant warned of consequence of not registering to vote cited the United States when most of immigrants will not realize their ambitions for losing the elections to a party that they were not opted for. \u201cWe want 70% victory in all the branches of the party in the 2018 elections\u201d to ascertain overwhelming victory.\nMr. John Sesay is a political legend aspiring to become the next president of Sierra Leone was warmly welcomed when his name was announced for his presence. His arrival in the hall gave pleasure to so many of his supporters. He sat quietly on his Grand-Chief-Patron and attentively listening to the speeches and observing the inaugural ceremony.\nChairman & two Vice Char-persons front of the Executive\nThe many visiting dignitaries in the event brought about many questions regarding protocol and procedure of inviting party stake holders. In an interview with the Chairman Unisa Kaqnu, he confirmed to me that all aspirants were invited, but only two, Mr. John B. Sesay and Mr. Joseph F. Kamara responded. Mr. Joseph Kamara could not attend because of his busy schedule as the Attorney General of the country. Mr. John Sesay, despite his busy schedule prioritized the inauguration to be there and hook-up with members of the party.\nAll along it has really been a herculean task for the election management body of APC-USA in America as it navigates its way to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections which outcome will be accepted by the majority of the branch membership. The party Headquarters sent powerful delegates to conduct the elections and sealed it with no outcry.\nStay tuned for an interview with Mr. John Bono Sesay\nAPCAPC NAbreaking-newsfeaturedJohn SisayNanette ThomastrendingUnisa I B Kanu\nElectorates in Yele Endorse Hon. 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These well-known and well-loved authors people their stories with vibrant female characters, from all over the world and all walks of life. Separately, each of these stories bears the mark of a skilled writer. Together, they celebrate woman in her many roles\u2014as daughter, mother, worker, wife, lover, sister, and friend. In Tillie Olsen\u2019s classic, \u201cI Stand Here Ironing,\u201d a single mother considers her success in raising a daughter. In Eudora Welty\u2019s \u201cThe Worn Path,\u201d an African-American grandmother meets with grace the impudence of a young, white man. In Alice Munro\u2019s \u201cThe Office,\u201d a wife who has too many distractions to write at home rents a room in town, only to be constantly interrupted by her landlord. Superbly written, and at once poignant and ironic, these insightful stories capture the essence of being a woman\u2014in all its similarity, and all its diversity.\nDownload Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women PDF\nDownload Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women ERUB\nDownload Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women DOC\nDownload Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women TXT\nSUSAN CAHILL has published several travel books on France, Italy, and Ireland, including Hidden Gardens of Paris and The Streets of Paris. She is the editor of the bestselling Women and Fiction series and author of the novel Earth Angels. She spends a few months in Paris every year. MARION RANOUX, a native Parisienne, is an experienced freelance photographer and translator into French of Czech literature.\nReviews of the Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women\nDownload EBOOK Women and Fiction: Stories By and About Women by Susan Cahill Online free\nPDF: women-and-fiction-stories-by-and-about-women.pdf\nERUB: women-and-fiction-stories-by-and-about-women.epub\nDOC: women-and-fiction-stories-by-and-about-women.doc\nTXT: women-and-fiction-stories-by-and-about-women.txt", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 2554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 332.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2015/07/vatican-library-puts-4000-ancient.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:26Z", "digest": "sha1:YHPDUXLPTSM3PJUU3WI4RJMSXCEZ3AKG", "length": 6853, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "sitsshow.blogspot.com", "title": "Vatican Library Puts 4,000 Ancient Manuscripts Online, Freely Available | Stillness in the Storm", "raw_content": "Vatican Library Puts 4,000 Ancient Manuscripts Online, Freely Available\nOne would think that the information locked away in the Vatican Library only relates to Christian writings, images and information. But as the following article reveals, there is a wide range of antiquities in their store. Why would this seemingly religious organization seek to keep these records unless there was some value placed on them?\nMany researchers into the Occult and the hidden powers of this world eventually discovers that the Vatican or Roman Catholic Church is the nexus for ecclesiastical, legal, spiritual and science related information. Literally the whole of the western world's corporate and governmental foundations trace their origins to this incredibly secretive organization.\nRelated Pope 'Ruler of the World' to go after War Criminals?\nThe Library of Alexandria was burnt down during the reign of Julius Caesar, according to the mainstream academic view, shortly after one of the most tyrannical families in history took power and destroyed the Roman republic. The Roman Death Cult, as Frank O'Collins describes them, later founded one of the most destructive and draconian cultures the Earth has ever seen, which still rules the world from the shadows via obfuscated systems of power.\nRelated Occult History and Legend of Christopher Columbus | Did The Vatican Papal Bulls Enable The Conquering Of The New World?\nAnd now in this time of apocalypse, when all the deepest mysteries of our world are discussed openly on the internet, the Vatican allows 4,000 ancient manuscripts to be released for free online. What could the motivations be for this unprecedented release of data? The same information now able to be accessed at the stroke of a few keys online, was once enough to be branded a heretic.\nIs this a sign of the powers that be repurposing themselves for the coming age of light and life? Or is this yet one more elaborate power play to win over the waking masses?\nAt this point we can only speculate, but one thing is assured. Our ability to seek the truth, and share it with others, will eventually ensure any illusions of freedom are seen for what they are. For in order for the truth to empower us, it must be written in our hearts and minds. not simply accepted as a matter of faith from a well intentioned priesthood or leader.\nIn an age of deceit, the torch of freedom is lit by the inquisitiveness of the mind, made manifest through the acceptance of the heart.\nVatican Library Puts 4,000 Ancient Manuscripts Available Online For Free\nThe Vatican Apostolic Library is now digitising its valuable ancient religious manuscripts and putting them online via its website, available for the public to view for free, as well as turning to crowdfunding to help it complete its work.\nThe Vatican Library was founded in 1451 AD and holds over 80,000 manuscripts, prints, drawings, plates and incunabula (books printed prior to 1500 AD) written throughout history by people of different faiths from across the world.\nBilingual version of the Iliad, with Greek text and Latin translation, double facing page(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\nThe library also includes letters from important historical figures, drawings and notes by artists and scientists such as Michelangelo and Galileo, as well as treaties from all eras in history.\nThe ancient documents are now being preserved under the DigitaVaticana programme using FITS, the format developed by Nasa to store images, astronomical, and astrophysical data, and until now, only 500 manuscripts and 600 incunabula were available to view on the Vatican Library website.\nPre-Columbian Aztec manuscript, written probably near Puebla (Mexico) at the end of the fifteenth century (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\nNow, the Vatican has teamed up with Japanese firm NTT Data to digitise a further 3,000 manuscripts by 2018.\nThe manuscripts will be available as high-definition images that can be accessed using NTT Data\u2019s AMLAD digital archive viewing technology (you can view some samples here), which can be used on a multitude of devices including tablets.\nBeautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscript of the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides, dated between 1451 and 1475.(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\nRight now, users have to search the old digitised database manually by clicking on each title and scanning through all the pages in each book, but the AMLAD viewer will have a comprehensive search function built-in and ready to use by the end of 2014.\nThe Vatican is also still seeking funds to digitise the remaining 76,000 manuscripts, which it estimates will take more than 15 years, over \u20ac50m, and the efforts of more than 150 specialised experts.\nVatican Virgil produced in Rome around 400 AD, one of the few surviving examples of ancient illustration of a classic text. The codex, studied by Raphael and purchased by Fulvio Orsini in 1579, arrived in the Vatican Library in 1600.(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\nIn June 2014, the Vatican held a fundraising event and gave attending guests an exclusive guided tour of areas generally closed to the public, including the Library halls, laboratories and the caveau where the manuscripts are safeguarded, with dinner in the Sistine Hall.\nA Japanese dance painting, one of 11 watercolor paints representing figures of Japanese dance, centuries XVI \u2013 XVIII.(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\nThe Vatican is also turning to crowdfunding and is now seeking donations of \u20ac5 (\u00a34, $6.38) to save a single page in a manuscript, while donations of at least \u20ac1,000 will see the backer included on the official supporters list.\nCompanies can also choose to become a partner like NTT Data and work with the Vatican on preserving irreplaceable ancient texts.\nOath, signed by 42 Christians of Kuchinotzu (Japan), to defend their missionaries to death, dated 1613.(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\nCollection of 73 fragments of the Koran Kufic (with a precious fragment h.ig(a-zi-) that belonged to the antiquarian and bibliophile T\u00e0mmaro De Marinis. Donated to the Vatican Library in 1946.(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\n\u201cThe originals will be kept safe in temperature and humidity-controlled anti-atomic bunkers,\u201d the Vatican writes on the DigitaVaticana website.\nIllustrations of The Divine Comedy by Sandro Botticelli for Lorenzo the Magnificent, in XV century(Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)\n\u201cThanks to technology we can preserve the past and bequeath it to the future. The manuscripts will be freely available to everyone on the Vatican Library website and the world\u2019s knowledge will truly become humanity\u2019s heritage.\u201d\nhttp://www.theeventchronicle.com/study/vatican-library-puts-4000-ancient-manuscripts-available-online-free/\nLabels: awakening , disclosure , forbidden history , Hidden Symbols , Pope and Vatican , self education , the event chronicle , the shift", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 22190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 322.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://skiptonkarate.org.uk/the-instructors", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:00Z", "digest": "sha1:E7MJI37NZ5G244XOLFESOWLHRYQDNDYH", "length": 2946, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "skiptonkarate.org.uk", "title": "The Instructors", "raw_content": "Ian Spence 6th dan and Rebecca Spence 5th dan\nIan started karate in 1980 when he was 19 years old. Shy and uncoordinated, he walked into a Karate dojo and had his first lesson. Since then he has never looked back. Over the years he progressed through his belts, always wanting to improve his skills and achieve his goal of becoming a black belt. But it was quite early on in his Karate career that he became interested in competition, in fact, the first tournament he entered, he was only a yellow belt. At that time Karate was at its most popular, Bruce Lee was gracing our screens and everyone was Karate mad. As a result, entries for tournaments were high, and to win one was very difficult. Suffice to say Ian did not win that day. However, this did not stop him from trying again and before long the trophies and medals came flooding in. As soon as Ian became a brown belt he joined the fighting squad and represented his association on numerous occasions and continued to do so for 10 years\nIan achieved his black belt in 1986 and in 1987 he opened his own karate club at the Community Centre on Broughton road in Skipton. With just a handful of students and a great deal of hard work, Ian built up the club, little by little they out-grew the Community Centre and moved to Ings School which had a much larger hall. It was there that he got to know one of his newer students, a young woman by the name of Rebecca...who was later to become his wife.\nIn 1988 Ian became a Kata and Kumite judge then in 1990 he progressed to referee status. He has refereed in dozens of competitions in the last 20 years and has been considered by many to be one of the best association refs in the business.\nRebecca was first attracted to Karate in 1989 after seeing an advert in the local newspaper. Four short months after her initial lesson she took her first grading (exam) and passed to her yellow belt. It was in 1991 that she became interested in teaching, two years later Ian and Rebecca were married, shortly after this she became a fully qualified assistant instructor.\nIn 1994 she achieved her black belt under Stan Knighton, Ken Gee and the late Dave Warburton. Ian and Rebecca then started a family having a boy (Jonathan) in 1996 and a girl (Abigail) in 1998.\nRebecca opened her own club in 2008 at the Dance Studio, Craven Pool. She is specialising in teaching young children from 5 to10 years old.\nIan and Rebecca began their Karate careers with the S.K.U (Shukokai Karate Union) both were very happy there. However, in 2010 they decided it was time to move on and along with 4 other senior instructors they left the S.K.U and helped to form the Shukokai/Shitoryu Karate Alliance (S.S.K.A). This was not an easy move and they both took great care and thought before they made their decision, which they believed was in the best interest of the clubs. 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In fact, 52 percent of U.S. companies operate as home businesses (source) and many of today\u2019s biggest brand names were established by stay-at-home moms \u2013 (Dorothy) Gerber, Mrs. (Debbi) Fields, and Julie Aigner-Clark (Baby Einstein), to name but a few. But what types of businesses can grow and thrive in the home environment?\nCheck out these blogs for tips and guidance to help you through the process of starting and operating your freelance business:\nYes, you can make money by blogging. I follow several stay-at-home moms who happen to be fashion and style bloggers \u2013 and it\u2019s their business. If you can write and have a passion for a specific topic or hobby that you know will garner some attention, then this might be for you. Income generation opportunities can come in the form of affiliate marketing and advertising on your website or from companies who ask you to review and blog about their products. Look for ways to get traffic to your website through social media, search engine optimization and by getting involved in the wider blogosphere (networking with and commenting on the blogs of others in your niche).\nCreative Strength\n@Creative Strength: We are but a small business looking to grow our online community. More ideas to come. #creativestrengthdesigns #art #design #marketing", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://smalldatum.blogspot.com/2018/11/review-of-triad-creating-synergies.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:20Z", "digest": "sha1:N2XX4E6B2PO7KBNJVMBBBEU2CPUR3JEQ", "length": 2370, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "smalldatum.blogspot.com", "title": "Small Datum: Review of TRIAD: Creating Synergies Between Memory, Disk and Log in Log Structured Key-Value Stores", "raw_content": "One idea that I can't take credit for is to use HLL for picking SSTs to compact beyond L0:L1\nOana Balmau November 21, 2018 at 6:38 PM\nThank you for taking the time to review our paper. It\u2019s great to see that there is interest in our work! I\u2019ll try to answer the questions that you raise in the review.\n- In our experiments the LSM tree was configured to maximum 5 levels. This value was chosen to be similar to the values seen in the RocksDB tuning guide (https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Performance-Benchmarks \u2014 6 levels, https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/RocksDB-Tuning-Guide \u2014 4 levels) and from our experience in production.\n- Read amplification was not extensively evaluated in this paper. We do, however, show a read amplification breakdown for one of our workloads. The lower-right plot in Figure 11 shows the read amplification breakdown for a uniform workload with 10% reads, compared to RocksDB. Like you point out, TRIAD-DISK does increase the read amplification, as it\u2019s keeping on average more files on L0. TRIAD-LOG does not have any effect concerning read-amp. This is to be expected since it does not change the number of SSTs, only affecting the number of written bytes when flushing. TRIAD-MEM on the other hand, reduces read-amp, because it can serve part of the requests from memory. Overall, TRIAD\u2019s read-amp in this experiment is slightly higher than RocksDB (3.6, compared to 3.5 in RocksDB).\n- There is increased use of CPU because of commit-log SSTs on level 0. This penalty is only paid on compaction from level 0 to level 1. As soon as the commit-log SSTs on level 0 are compacted into level 1, they are converted into regular SSTs. This is a trade-off that we choose in order to avoid flushing almost completely.\n- TRIAD\u2019s techniques target the memory component, the commit log and level 0 to level 1 compaction. The rest of the compaction (i.e., compaction on levels > 1) proceeds as it would normally proceed in RocksDB. However, depending on the workload, the effects of our techniques can be felt on the higher levels as well. For instance, if the memory component is large enough to capture the workload skew, little data ends up being written to disk, leading to less activity in the LSM tree on all levels.\nOana Balmau\nThanks for the reply and for advancing the state of the art for LSM. I look forward to more results.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 13647, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 285.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://socrates.clarke.edu/aplg0254.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:59Z", "digest": "sha1:PB7NFZCCEKCENMNNPY6U3CLCJZGWEOAW", "length": 447, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "socrates.clarke.edu", "title": "The Last Days of Socrates", "raw_content": "One of the interesting and dynamic aspects of classical Greek mythology is its hero worship. 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SIRA developed eProMT, a fully integrated, centralized, web-based solution designed specifically for project-oriented businesses and government contractors. SIRA enables project managers to have everything they need in one place to manage their project budgets, forecasts, and resources.\nProject management professionals utilize the Budget & Planning solutions to provide clear visibility into actual project costs and how they are being allocated throughout a project\u2019s lifecycle. The solutions track multiple cost types - including labor, material, and expense - enabling project managers to do real-time project cost tracking and perform variance analysis to see if a project is staying on budget. 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The clean must went into stainless steel fermenting tanks where it fermented at temperatures of 61\u00b0 Fahrenheit (16\u00b0 centigrade). A brief aging period on the lees in stainless steel (approximately three months) preceded a further three months of bottle aging before release.\nThe new Le Mortelle cellars are largely underground in order to minimize to the maximum possible extent the visual impact on the environment. It was constructed in order to best exploit the natural thermal regulation offered by the rocks in the sub-soil and with a maximum respect for preserving and maintaining natural balances: energy savings due to gravity-flow winemaking procedures, plant-purification (phyto-purification) of the cellar water which is then returned to the environment, and the use solely of energy provided by renewable sources. 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The soft flavors, accompanied by a bracing acidity which gives savory mineral touches, show notes of such aromatic herbs as thyme and sage, and the finish and aftertaste are long and persistent.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3703, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 290.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://solsticescents.forumotion.com/t168-i-m-new-around-here", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:30Z", "digest": "sha1:HSWJII7K35GZXQHJCVQMZ4N27QHZXZOH", "length": 316, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "solsticescents.forumotion.com", "title": "I'm new around here!", "raw_content": "Subject: I'm new around here! Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:27 pm\nI heard about Solstice Scents from a few places, one being the Soapbox Company, another being a review on Youtube.\nI haven't ordered anything yet, but I'm excited to try the Autumn scents. I'm especially intrigued by Devil's Tongue perfume. It sounds delicious!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1578, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://somosluz.es/sessions-with-animals", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:08Z", "digest": "sha1:PUVEMUNP5MEO4LVPQT57HG5DA6EPYFKS", "length": 880, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "somosluz.es", "title": "Sessions with Animals \u2013 Somos Luz", "raw_content": "Any animal can receive a session of Healing or Energetic Cleaning. To do this I would need to gather basic information about the symptoms it has from the people who care for it.\nAs I have already mentioned, often what happens to the animal is a reflection of what happens to those who take care of it, because there is an energetic symbiosis. They absorb energies from their caregivers so it can also be an opportunity for caregivers to solve and release, if that was the case.\nI do the sessions mostly at distance. 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With people coming and going hither and yon, just seeing cows dotting the green- turning- golden hills makes me feel at home. Which is where I am glad to be.\nNap Time 2\nOh to be a dog. To never question your worth. To love and be loved. And call it a Life.\nAfternoon nap, or is it morning? How would you know? Could be anytime and any place that Rosie curls up in a circle of fur and settles in for a snooze. It's one of the great things about having a dog around. The world's turmoil dissolves in an instant, just seeing her there, a reminder to calm down and dream a little.\nRosie on the Rug\nThe sun is back and it's the weekend. Setting off for Sonoma, having decided to pass on Open Studios this year. The studio is full of paintings about to be shipped to Maine. And dogs galore. If anyone wants to take a look before they go, stop by early next week. (Call first.)\nThe studio is also filled with notes jotted down on scraps of paper here and there. Each a little inspiration coming from someone on the radio or in an article, or from my own mind. Having read Jane Brody's \"Making Progress Against Clutter\" article in Tuesday's New York Times, I am on a throw- everything -away binge again. But I'm having a hard time parting from the little pieces of paper:\n\"dumb luck and good fortune\" - Explanation for marrying my best friend and biggest fan.\n\"shine a light on ordinary life\" - Wish I could remember who said that. It's at the root of what I try to do.\n\"close to home\" - Title for a series of paintings. Or a book. Three words that calm me right down.\n\"seeing in a different light\" - Another title or series idea.\n\"at sea\" - Along with \"off course\" and \"struggle,\" describing my state of mind.\nNow that I've written them here, maybe I can toss the pieces of paper and head for the hills with Rosie.\nYesterday evening was downright balmy, warm enough for the boys to gather for cocktails on the deck. Rosie savored the camaraderie and neighborliness of the occasion, which was an impromptu, unofficial celebration of Life. Our favorite kind.\nRosie at My Feet\nI like it when Rosie chooses to lie down in my studio, although it doesn't leave much room for moving around. Close quarters. Not such a bad thing.\nAll afternoon I have been thinking about Paul Bloom's, \"What we Value Most\" on NPR's Ted Talks.\nA lot of information, but what struck me is his comment, \"When you buy art you're buying a story.\" Whoa. Light bulb. That's what I do here every day. Now how to transfer the daily post to a permanent place out in the real world? 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Whose fault or what went wrong?", "raw_content": "This must be one of the most disgusting crime committed by a man on his mother, if he is eventually found guilty.\nOn March 15, 2017, a 20-year-old factory worker pleaded not guilty to raping his 49-year-old mother in the Sessions Court in Taiping.\n\u201cIt must have been a truly traumatic experience for the mother. She lodged a police report against her son but later tried to retract the report,\u201d Gerakan Deputy Speaker Syed Abdul Razak said.\n\u201cObviously, the mother, after overcoming the traumatic experience wants to forgive her son and to see him free from jail.\n\u201cIt\u2019s such a tragic experience for the mother and her own flesh and blood. But, who is to blame for the tragic crime?\u201d Syed Razak asked.\n\u201cThis is truly a case and issue that really cannot be resolved or concluded with blaming any single party or reason for it to have happened, if the son was found guilty,\u201d he added.\nHe said the son, if found guilty of raping his mother, obviously needed psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is safe to be allowed to be freed to society after serving his sentence, if he was found guilty.\nSyed Razak, who is Gerakan\u2019s nominee to contest N.37 Bukit Lanjan in the coming 14th General Election (GE14), said the mother must be undergoing tremendous emotional pain.\n\u201cNo mother would want to see her own flesh and blood thrown into jail,\u201d he added.\nThis case, begs the question: \u201cWho or what is to blame for the alleged rape?\u201d\n\u201cLack of quality education, moral education or quality parental guidance? Truly, I have no answer and am lost for words or thoughts.\n\u201cWhat say you? But the son, if he is found guilty and after serving sentence, he must not be freed without any psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit to be freed to society.\n\u201cIt sure is a complicated sex crime and a public concern,\u201d he added.\nHere\u2019s The Star Online report on the alleged son rapes mum case and a news report on rape in Malaysia by The Independent Online:\nWednesday, 15 March 2017 | MYT 10:59 AM\nFactory worker pleads not guilty to raping mother\nBY CHAN LI LEEN\nTAIPING: A factory worker has claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to raping his 49-year-old mother at their home in Kamunting.\nThe 20-year-old, who is the second of five children, pleaded not guilty to committing the offence at Kampung Kurnia Jaya Tambahan at about 7pm on March 8.\nIn asking the court not to grant bail, Deputy Public Prosecutor Safiyatun Ahmadun said the victim, a divorced housewife, could be potentially harassed by the accused since they still live under the same roof.\nMeanwhile, Kathan Maruthamuthu, who acted for the accused, told the court that the mother had on several occasions tried to retract her police report against her son but was not allowed by the police to do so.\nSessions Court judge Mohd Sabri Ismail allowed bail at RM8,000 with one surety pending mention of the case on April 21. However, the accused failed to post bail.\nGirl, 15, 'gang-raped by 38 men' in Malaysia and then arrested\nSome suspects have been arrested but others are on the loose\nLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden\nSaturday 31 May 2014 16:18 BST\nA picture made available 30 May 2014 shows Malaysian Police escorting gang-rape suspects to the courthouse in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, 29 May 2014. EPA\nA 15-year-old schoolgirl has reportedly been gang-raped by 38 men in an abandoned house in Malaysia.\nShe survived the horrific ordeal but was then arrested by police in the Kelantan region as part of their investigation.\nPolice detained 13 men, including a father and his two sons, and are looking for the other suspects between the ages of 20 and 40.\nThe\u2002New Straits Times\u2002reported that the victim met a female friend and was lured to an empty building believed to be a local drug haunt in Ketereh on 20 May.\nThe men allegedly \u201ctook turns\u201d to rape her for hours and police were investigating whether her 17-year-old friend was also raped.\nThe horrific crime is being used by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party to argue for the introduction of harsher Islamic penal laws, hudud, to punish rape.\nNewspapers quoting information from the district police chief, Azham Otham, said 38 men were involved.\nSeveral of those detained had tested positive for amphetamine, the reports said. 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We are looking for talented and motivated people with excellent technical skills.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 9711, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 339.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://talktorob.com/blog/the-law-of-nature-when-spirits-connect-meaning-is-heard/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:41Z", "digest": "sha1:NA7QQY3EQZOOQSVXZK7HGG6M7EVB2VXK", "length": 4491, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "talktorob.com", "title": "Sign Up", "raw_content": "The Law of Nature: Connect With Spirit, Achieve New Growth\nI recently spoke at the Jessup Correctional Institution in Jessup, Md., to celebrate the graduation of 38 inmates who took the required courses to receive their GEDs. GED, or General Educational Development, is essentially equivalent to a high school diploma.\nThe Jessup Correctional Institution is known to be one of the tougher facilities of its kind. This was my fifth time visiting the prison, each for a different occasion and each time with a similar message: Hope!\nEvery time I have been inside to speak, I have always felt moved by the spirit. Yes, the guys who I am speaking to have committed crimes, and the general consensus on the outside is to not care about what happens to them. They\u2019ve sealed their fates. They did the crime, now they must do the time.\nBut when I\u2019m there, I feel a connection, one that leads me to conclude that these guys can connect with spirit.\nIt was an extremely hot and humid day, and there was no air conditioning where the celebration was to occur. The 38 inmates were on one side of the room and their guests or relatives had to sit on the other side. The pride of their parents or guests was evident as their loved ones were about to receive their diplomas.\nIn my remarks, I wanted to make one thing clear to these men: When it comes to their secondary education, they are no different than those who have achieved their high school diplomas through the traditional route. They have the same certification as someone who finished in one of Maryland\u2019s 582 high schools.\nBut at the same time, in a way, their experience has an extra level of meaning. The expression is \u201cdoing time.\u201d Well, they did a lot with their time. They used it wisely, and turned what could have been long, meaningless days into a fruitful endeavor that earned them the equivalent of a high school degree.\nTheir feat is actually quite rare and commendable. About 68 percent of prisoners in state prisons do not have a high school education, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In Maryland, only 482 inmates \u2014 out of more than 22,000 total inmates in the state \u2014 took and passed the GED exam in 2014. I encouraged the graduates to make use of what they earned, and when the time comes, make new lives for themselves on the outside.\nAs for my time with them, it started slowly. I talked to them for about 15 minutes, and hoped to leave them with something to consider. My message was simple \u2014 when you walk out of this place one day, you have to ask yourself a simple question: Do I get busy living or do I get busy dying?\nWhat does that mean? Getting \u201cbusy living\u201d means making the most of the opportunity you now have, becoming the best version of yourself and taking on a life of personal growth. Getting \u201cbusy dying\u201d means being destined to repeat the same mistakes or create similar situations that will land these guys back in jail, as happens to 76.6 percent of convicts within five years of their release. Dying means doing nothing to enhance yourself in any area of your life. If you\u2019re not growing, you\u2019re dying.\nI didn\u2019t get much reaction from the guys at first, but as we moved forward, and as I continued to speak and look into their eyes, I started to see them react. Heads started nodding in agreement with what I was saying, and within minutes just about all of them were tuned in.\nA few of the guests approached me afterward thanking me for my message and saying how it connected with them. Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t have an opportunity to engage in a one-on-one conversation with any of the graduates. Nonetheless, I believe, as I have experienced in the past, that the spirit was at work as it has always been. I might not see immediate results, but I do believe these guys were impacted that day, and I hope it stays with them.\nFeeling and knowing the spirit is at work is tough to describe. There is an unusual energy that exists. In all the years of my reading and studying personal growth, the best way for me to describe it is as an awareness that something greater than conversation is going on. You connect with people, you see it in their eyes, you hear it in the way they respond to you. Simultaneously, you feel this consciousness in your head as if you were understanding each other even though you\u2019re not actually using words or even physical gestures to communicate.\nWhat I was reminded of that day is that when the spirit of one connects with the spirit of another, magic happens.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 21440, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 200.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tammyduffy.tripod.com/id41.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:40Z", "digest": "sha1:AMBO4HG4PDXMBDIBB35DHDDHUZADMIZ3", "length": 3793, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "tammyduffy.tripod.com", "title": "2010 Updates", "raw_content": "My artwork will be on display at the International Art Exhibit in Athens Greece. I will also be part of the design team for the collaterals for the exhibition\nThe exhibition will be held from Aug 30, 2010, starting at 6pm until Sept 30th 7pm. The Exhibition Spaces will include the Gallery of Unesco in Piraeus, City Hall and the Cultural Center of Gherakas.\nThe Center of Arts Four Seasons has developed an exhibition in painting, photography, graphics, under the title of \"Dream- Visions-Creation: The positive side of Life\".\nThe purpose of the amazing exhibition is to meet and discuss, openly and freely about the role of art, in a more human and safe society. Please visit the exhibition and reproduce a dialogue in your mind and decide consciously which world you want to live in. I have chosen mine and its filled with love, beauty, art and strength. Come see what I have created for the exhibition. I promise that it will take your breath away.\nHope you can go and see my art in Athens in Aug/Sept 2010\nIn the Fall of 2010, I will have a solo show in NJ of 18 of my paintings. More details to come!!\nA great new business book will be published that you will find very interesting.\nA new \"baby\", named Stella arrives to her home. 1931 Bugatti\nDaisy, 1977 MGB Roadster gets 3rd prize at Car Show\nOur Daisy caught on fire and is now in classic car heaven. Sandy D (who is a 1980 Mini Clubman) will arrive in a few weeks after she gets some TLC from Pete (the wonderous British car doctor). She is right hand drive. If the mailmen can drive right hand drive every day in the US with no issue, surely a little blonde can too\nWe all have seen the images of the dreadful aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. While this is a sad hour for all of us, it is also an opportunity to express our humanity and solidarity with our brothers and sisters going through such unspeakable suffering. Now, it's time for action.\nContemporary Art Network (580 8th ave and 38th street, 5th floor) in collaboration with the worldwide charity Doctors Without Borders will hold a benefit art sale on Sunday, January 24, 2010 from 1pm- 6pm. All artworks will be sold at $100.00, and all proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.\nMy artwork along with other NYC exhibiting artists will be on sale that day. Please come by to purchase lovely art for your home for the small price of 100 dollars. Every penny will go to the much needed people of Haiti\nI am participating in the Fashion Designers Aids Creative Challenge\nI have submitted a design where voting on this design will start in March 2010. The design will be used (if selected) for an international campaign on Aids awareness. I will send out an email in the future for you to vote on my creation.\n2010 Mercedes Fashion Week\nI will be one of the many professional photographers photographing the runway shows in NYC in 2010. I am excited to see the fall fashions and participate in this wonderful event in NYC, the fashion capital of the world. After the 18th of Feb check back for some of work from the show.\nGo to www.ofile.com\npassword:send me a message to get info\nto see my shots of the runway shows.\nFeb 27th: Taking the PLUNGE!!\nWhen the temperatures drop, the Polar Bears Plunge! The Polar Bear Plunges for Special Olympics New Jersey are fundraising events in which participants pledge $100 or more to take a brazen romp into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of Winter. Crazy? We think so. And we know lots of folks who agree ... and who still take the Plunge for Special Olympics New Jersey year after year.\nWe will be wearing these lovely hats below to hide amongst the other polar bears to help raise lots of money for the NJ Special Olympics. Hope you can stop by!\nhttp://www.njpolarplunge.sonj.org/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 4674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tanneryarts.org.uk/artists/hannah-luxton/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:47Z", "digest": "sha1:CGF65V47B6VGM43OA4MENSHODTAWB4HO", "length": 1707, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "tanneryarts.org.uk", "title": "Hannah Luxton | Tannery Arts", "raw_content": "Hannah Luxton\nHannah Luxton sees significance in moments when the ephemeral qualities of the natural world entwine with the solid edges of the built environment. She creates a similarly unexpected relationship by communicating depth of space and activating imagination through line and texture, whilst exploiting the paradox of perspective and the immediacy of the painted surface. In her painting and drawing she places geometry within a natural setting, and has developed a reductive visual language using recurring motifs that gives each object a value; when they co-exist their significance is compounded. The works have an emotive core that is elemental, yet fragile and fleeting.\nHannah Luxton (b.1986, London) lives and works in London. She graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art MA program in 2012, and studied her BA in Fine Art at Kingston University. Exhibitions include \u2018Schichtwechsel\u2019, Art in Perpetuity Trust (2015); \u2018All S-he Ever Wanted to Be\u2019, Galleria M, Kolkata, India (2015); \u2018So Many Constellations\u2019, Mayors Parlour Gallery (2015); \u2018Again From Here\u2019, hArts Lane Studios (2015); \u2018The Trouble with Painting Today\u2019, Pump House Gallery (2014); \u2018Showcase\u2019, (solo) Footfall Art pop-up, (2013); \u2018Veiled Infinity\u2019, (solo) Barbican Arts Group Trust (2013); \u2018One of the Forgotten\u2019, Frameless Gallery (2012). Public art projects include the City of London Festival, Lindt Big Egg Hunt and the 500 Festival. Hannah has received the Betty Malcolm Scholarship for Stage and Decorative Painting (2012), and the Painter Stainers bursary for Fine Art (2011). Awarded residencies include The Fljotstunga Travel Farm, Iceland (2015) and the Trelex Residency, Switzerland (2013).\nwww.hannahluxton.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 2147, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 336.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tatarakamil.com/index.php/project/2016--gmcc--warsaw/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:37Z", "digest": "sha1:JZUVLDNPS6DS34NZ4KO6P2YGCT24OY5L", "length": 8, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "tatarakamil.com", "title": "2016 / GMCC / Warsaw : TATARA Kamil", "raw_content": "\"Warsaw\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 90.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://teacherhabits.com/effective-way-teachers-say-no/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:49Z", "digest": "sha1:F2YE6ODFWODMMHZ5Q6QSSJ57ZUP7KF2R", "length": 6379, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "teacherhabits.com", "title": "A More Effective Way for Teachers to Say No - Teacher Habits", "raw_content": "For many reasons, a lot of teachers have a hard time saying no. People who go into teaching want to help others. We often satisfy others\u2019 needs over our own. Many teachers were good students, which often means they were rule followers. Many of us tend to be conformists. When we see other teachers joining committees, we have a difficult time saying no. We also know our schools are strapped for cash, so we agree to work for free, knowing there just aren\u2019t enough people to do everything that needs to be done. We don\u2019t like disappointing others. We fear what will happen if we don\u2019t say yes. We don\u2019t want to be perceived as lazy. Knowing this, some administrators lay on guilt trips and appeal to our selfless natures. It\u2019s for the kids, they remind us.\nNo matter the reason, many teachers end up agreeing to join committees, attend after-school parent nights, tutor students before class, organize book rooms or science materials, or agree to be their school\u2019s union representative even though they don\u2019t really want to.\nThey recognize that there are trade-offs. By stretching themselves thin, they\u2019re unable to do anything as well as they would like. They become less prepared teachers, which leads to less effective teaching, which leads to greater stress, more exhaustion, and a higher likelihood of burning out and quitting. Having said yes to every request, they look around one day and wonder where all their time went. How come they can\u2019t get anything done? Why are they so tired all the time?\nIt\u2019s important for teachers to say no. Teachers need to say no a whole lot more often than they do. But how do you say no respectfully, yet firmly? How do you say no in a way that will lead others to respect you instead of question your dedication, collegiality, and work ethic?\nI have found that the best way to say no starts with two little words: I don\u2019t.\nMany people, when they say no, start with, \u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d They then give reasons explaining why they can\u2019t.\n\u201cI can\u2019t be on that committee because it meets at 7:00, and I can\u2019t get to work until 7:30.\u201d\n\u201cI can\u2019t work on that report because I just don\u2019t know enough about what was done.\u201d\n\u201cI can\u2019t chaperone that dance because it\u2019s the same night as my son\u2019s football game.\u201d\nThe problem with \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d is that circumstances can change. The meetings can be moved to after school. You\u2019ll be given the information you need to write the report. You can\u2019t work this dance, but you can work the one in the spring when it\u2019s no longer football season. \u201cI can\u2019t\u201d says to the person requesting your involvement that, while you can\u2019t do this thing this time, you might be able to do it next time. It invites future requests for your time. If you really don\u2019t want to do the thing, it demands that you create even more explanations for why you can\u2019t. And when you always have a reason for getting out of things, it looks like you\u2019re making up excuses. People don\u2019t respect that.\nInstead of saying, \u201cI can\u2019t,\u201d start saying, \u201cI don\u2019t.\u201d\nWhen teachers say, \u201cI don\u2019t,\u201d they send the message that they are in control of their lives. They have rules for how they live. They know what they want. They\u2019re committed. \u201cI don\u2019t\u201d is non-negotiable. It establishes boundaries, instead of just providing what could be perceived as an excuse to get out of doing extra work.\n\u201cI don\u2019t\u201d is rare, and that is why it will lead to more respect. Most people don\u2019t really know what they want. They don\u2019t take principled stands. They fail to proactively control their lives. They\u2019re like driftwood, caught up in a current, tossed this way and that by circumstance, instead of captains of their own vessels, intentionally navigating their lives toward predetermined destinations. People respect those who know what they want.\nThe next time you\u2019re asked to do unpaid work, say, \u201cI\u2019m a professional, and I don\u2019t work for free.\u201d\nWhen asked to join a paid committee you have no interest in, say, \u201cI don\u2019t take on projects that have the potential to diminish my effectiveness in the classroom.\u201d\nYou might even develop a mantra for any opportunity that doesn\u2019t appeal to you: \u201cI don\u2019t do things that don\u2019t further my goals or excite me.\u201d\n\u201cI don\u2019t\u201d works for establishing boundaries in all areas of your life. Once you use it to say no, move on to letting others know what you will and won\u2019t do.\n\u201cI don\u2019t read work emails on Sundays.\u201d\n\u201cI don\u2019t come into the classroom on weekends.\u201d\n\u201cI don\u2019t allow toys in my classroom.\u201d\nMaking these two little words a part of your lexicon will head off future requests for your time. They will force you to decide what kinds of things you will and won\u2019t do. They will require you to analyze your own goals and priorities. And they will result in more respect from others. Try it out this week, and let me know how it goes in the comments.\nAre you a subscriber? If not, sign up here to receive articles in your inbox. Once a week, I\u2019ll send you an email with my latest articles. You\u2019ll also receive an early offer to buy my next e-book, Exhausted: Why Teachers Are So Tired and What They Can Do About It, for half-price when it is released in a couple of weeks.\nCategoriesProductivity, Stress\n4 Replies to \u201cA More Effective Way for Teachers to Say No\u201d\nSo many students are surprised by my similar statement about this. If they persist, I ask them if their parents read their work emails \u2013 many times the answer is no and a light bulb goes off in their heads.\n\u201cI don\u2019t allow toys in my classroom.\u201d \u2013 made me laugh and gives me a good statement follow-up for \u201cWhy do I have to put up my fidget spinner?\u201d\nSyd (EduNut) says:\nI just recently responded with, \u201cI don\u2019t have time\u201d because I really didn\u2019t. The other teacher who asked me to help with something took it very personally, which is a base fear of mine and which is a reason I don\u2019t usually say no.\nSo, a takeaway: I have to get better at feeling okay with it and not feeling responsible for how others react to it. It\u2019s the other person\u2019s responsibility to respect boundaries if they\u2019re boldly stated.\n-I don\u2019t meet with parents after school (but absolutely before school)\n-I don\u2019t read emails when I\u2019m off campus\n-I don\u2019t grade or plan on the weekend (and I don\u2019t assign homework on Saturday or Sunday either, but Friday is a weekday!)\nBoundaries are very important to keep us sane!\nPrevious PostPrevious The Myth of the Ideal Teacher\nNext PostNext When Teachers Should Be Selfish", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 9071, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 230.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://teacherhabits.com/yes-career-counseling-is-necessary/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:23Z", "digest": "sha1:ZR2EE7LWHFWPYY264CTOGOTS3ERGUFQJ", "length": 5967, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "teacherhabits.com", "title": "Yes, Career Counseling Is Necessary - Teacher Habits", "raw_content": "Yes, Career Counseling Is Necessary\nThe following is a guest post by contributor Frankie Wallace.\nFor many students, the idea of graduating from high school is daunting. There is an undeniable sense of urgency in figuring out exactly what they want out of life and exactly how they are going to make it happen over the next few years. That feeling of standing on the edge of a nest and being forced to jump out of it is at its strongest.\nIs college the right direction or is something like a vocational or technical school the right move? Regardless, how does one navigate paying for all this education? Furthermore, what does it mean to be a real adult who has to do laundry, feed themselves, and work to pay all the bills while still balancing a social life?\nNone of these questions have particularly easy answers, especially for students who are lacking the support and expertise to get this information from home. This is where a career counselor can come in and make a real difference in the lives of the students they counsel. Counselors in schools can provide a multitude of services ranging from career preparation advice to emotional support for traumatic situations and bullying.\nProviding Career Preparation Support\nArguably the most influential role a school counselor will play in the majority of student\u2019s lives is providing advice on career decisions after graduation. This process can start early in a student\u2019s academic program, sometimes as early as middle school. One of the most important things counselors can do during the school year is provide advice on class scheduling. According to a College Board poll conducted on the class of 2010, nearly 40 percent wished they\u2019d taken different classes while in high school to help better prepare them for the real world.\nUnfortunately, a substantial number of students do not have the support to help them prepare for higher education after graduating, especially if no one in their family has pursued higher education before. There are a lot of unknowns that can provide serious barriers to finishing technical school or becoming a successful college student. Without the help of a school counselor for decision making and timelines, even some of the smartest students can fall through the cracks.\nSchool counselors can provide career advice by suggesting employment paths that students may not have thought of or even knew existed. They play a pivotal role in helping students decide if college or technical school or other types of higher education is right for them and kicking off the enrollment/application process. Some studies suggest that helping students through the post-high school education application process is the most important means of boosting enrollment among students who want to go.\nProviding Life Advice\nIn addition to offering career advice throughout the young adult years, career counselors in schools also prep students for making the transition into the real world. Making this transition can be a surprisingly difficult move for many students, especially while balancing post-high school education plans. Failure to successfully do so is often listed as a factor explaining why students drop out during their first year of college right after high school.\nSchool counselors obviously cannot be the sole teacher of what life is like in the real world, but they can provide advice on numerous things that can make a big difference. For instance, they can help students understand the financial decisions that impact their credit score. Most students don\u2019t have the slightest idea how important keeping a high credit score can be to making successful major purchases in the future, and often times it doesn\u2019t come up until it is too late to fix easily.\nFurthermore, school counselors can help students prepare for a successful transition into their career by offering insights on things such as developing a healthy work-life balance, maintaining and building friendships while working, and budgeting successfully. On the surface, these may not seem to directly impact the career success of graduating students, but in reality, these may be the most important little things in ensuring goals are reached.\nOutside of career advice and preparation instruction, counselors also play a significant role in the emotional and mental support of students throughout their educational experience. Whether it is coping with anxiety over test taking, working out misunderstandings amongst friends, or combatting bullying, counselors play a role. A good school career counselor may be the single biggest factor in helping students overcome emotional barriers.\nBullying is perhaps one of the most devastating aspects of the modern educational system. According to a 2015 U.S. Department of Education study, nearly 25 percent of students reported having been bullied at some point during their middle or high school careers. School counselors have an impactful role in identifying and addressing bullying through educational programming and emotional support for students working through the ramifications associated with bullying.\nThe emotional support provided by counselors can be life changing to some students. For instance, learning to manage workloads and anxiety can help students to balance projects successfully \u2014 an important skill both in life, in careers, and in higher education. Developing these strategies can also boost self-confidence in students, which can have substantial impacts on improving success in the classroom.\nOverall, career counselors in schools are a vital component to the long-term success of students. They work towards helping them achieve their career goals through schedule planning and post-high school planning and enrollment. Furthermore, they help students through difficult emotional situations and provide tips on successfully transitioning into adult life.\nPrevious PostPrevious Yes, I Am Challenging Your Kid\nNext PostNext Go For The Bananas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 8099, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 225.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://teaparty.net/album/sergio-maria/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:29Z", "digest": "sha1:4TSIILYQF6GHUFTF56CYRUKAF66GBRRF", "length": 324, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "teaparty.net", "title": "Sergio and Maria visit us", "raw_content": "Sergio and Maria visit us\nSergio, thinking. I'm really very fond of this photo.\nSergio and Maria, with the dome of St. Paul's in the background. This one was taken from the balcony outside the coffee shop in Tate Modern.\nThe tower of Bankside power station, home of Tate Modern\nSame tower with more light and longer exposure", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6, "original_length": 401, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 326.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://techsnaq.com/2018/09/20/eventbrites-ipo-should-encourage-tech-companies-to-get-out-while-they-still-can-techcrunch/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:48Z", "digest": "sha1:NYHTPF52MSJYAHESJOZJR2JDPPA44HWZ", "length": 3083, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "techsnaq.com", "title": "Eventbrite\u2019s IPO should encourage tech companies to get out while they still can \u2013 TechCrunch - Tech Snaq", "raw_content": "Eventbrite\u2019s IPO should encourage tech companies to get out while they still can \u2013 TechCrunch\nEventbrite is having one hell of a debut on the New York Stock Exchange this morning.\nShares of the ticketing startup, founded back in 2006, have shot up over 50 percent in trading on the NYSE. After pricing its shares at $23 in its initial offering, investors have bid up the stock to a whopping $37, putting the company\u2019s valuation at nearly $3 billion.\nThat\u2019s well above where the ticketing company had hoped to be when it initially set terms for the public offering earlier this month.\nThe company started trading priced above its share price and nearly doubled its valuation. And if Eventbrite can do it, really almost any later-stage startup should be thinking about the public markets right now.\nPerformance for the San Francisco ticketing company has been\u2026 somewhat lackluster. As we noted when wrote about the company\u2019s offering:\nEventbrite is not profitable and has been losing money since 2016. According to the documents, it posted losses of $40.4 million in 2016 and $38.5 million in 2017. In the first six months of 2018, the company has posted a net loss of $15.6 million. The company is making changes to make up for some of those losses \u2014 at the end of August, it announced a new pricing scheme for its customers using the \u201cEssentials\u201d package.\nIts revenue is rising though, increasing from $133 million in 2016 to $201 million last year.\nSince the beginning of the year tech public offerings have been on a tear. As The Wall Street Journal noted in July, 120 companies had raised $35.2 billion on U.S. exchanges at that point \u2014 the best showing for public markets since 2014 and the fourth busiest year since 1995, according to the financial data and analysis service Dealogic.\nWe\u2019ve noted before that it\u2019s a bit mind-boggling that investors and their portfolio companies wouldn\u2019t be taking more advantage of these heady times. Nothing lasts forever (not even cold November rain) and certainly not markets that have been this bullish for this long.\nSome of the reasoning is likely thanks to a market that\u2019s still awash in private equity, sovereign wealth and late-stage dollars. SoftBank has hundreds of billions to invest; private equity firms are beginning to look at growth-stage companies the way that I look at banana cream pies from Cassell\u2019s; and venture firms are beefing up big time to keep up with the Joneses (or in this case, the Blackstoneses).\nHowever, the fun is certainly going to come to an end, and likely sooner rather than later. Early-stage investors are beginning to dole out their advice on lowering cash burn (something that happens every time they see the beginning of the end of the beginning of the end).\nLow burn rates have gone out of fashion, but I expect we\u2019ll be reminded very quickly at the beginning of the next downturn why they\u2019re so valuable for early-stage startups.\nWith that in mind, later-stage companies should be looking for the exit signs wherever they can find them. 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Prophet Mohammad said to use this seed often, as it was a cure for all diseases, except death. Many feel as it was the practice of the prophet to mix the blessed seed with honey. So the sunnah (way of the prophet) was to place both honey and ground black seed in the right hand and licking the mixture with the tongue.\nThere are literally hundreds of cures and treatments, using Nigella Sativa, from treating migraines to healing Cancer and you will find a number of sites, that give you dosage requirements. The trick is finding the proper information and the proper dosage and being well. Taking more does not speed the healing. The seeds were found in King Tut's tomb, thus proving that the seeds have been used for thousands of years and that past royalty revered them.\nElephants are fed the seeds for indigestion. The seeds have over 100 nutrients and include a huge amount of vitamins, such as calcium, zinc, magnesium, Vitamins A, B, C, D, and E. They will increase your energy, get rid of a vaginal infection and help with high blood pressure. The proper dosage for black seed is one teaspoon of oil, mixed with one teaspoon of honey, one hour before your breakfast. The ground seeds can be mixed with honey and eaten at any time of the day. The seeds must be heated for proper use.\nHere is a simple list of some of the cures.\nCancer: Take one teaspoon of the oil mixed with one teaspoon of honey, one hour before eating breakfast, in the afternoon and before sleeping. Take 4-5 cloves of garlic per day or you can mix 1 teaspoon of garlic powder with honey.\nMigraines: Rub some of the oil on the temples, around the hair line, a few drops in the nose and even on top of the head if your head is pounding. Do this 3 times a day. Also, take one teaspoon of the oil mixed with honey or juice once a day.\nUrinary track infections: Simply take either the oil once a day or one teaspoon of the powder each day and by the second day, the infection should be cleared up.\nWorm infestations: Heat 2 teaspoons of the ground seeds in some white vinegar and brush this on your stomach before sleeping. Also, eat 7 dates before sleeping to get rid of ascaris.\nHow to heat the seeds:\nI suggest taking a small amount at first until you are perfect at the procedure as you don't want to ruin a batch. Place them in a skillet on low heat and stir often, as they will burn. Keep tasting them, until the bitterness and hotness is gone. Let them cool and then put them in a coffee grinder and grind to a fine powder. It is not necessary to grind them all, just what you will be using for the next few weeks.\nLabels: nigella sativa benefits", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 330.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://theemergingindia.com/hit-movies-south-indian-industry-copied-bollywood-remake/4/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:53Z", "digest": "sha1:EZDYNNXJ64UXTKEPJXVZ7NRSZ6D77Q3T", "length": 277, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "theemergingindia.com", "title": "14 Hit Movies That South Indian Industry Copied From Bollywood", "raw_content": "10. One of the greatest Indian films ever made, 3 Idiots! It has been also been remade in Tamil as Nanban.\n11. Pyaar Ka Punchnama \u2013 Green Signal (Telugu)\nAlso, Read How Did These Actresses Make A Living Despite Being Flop In Movies?\n12. Band Baaja Baaraat \u2013 Jabardasth (Telugu)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 264.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://theexaminer.com/stories/news/deputy-discovers-massive-amount-prescription-drugs-during-traffic-stop?quicktabs_1=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:15Z", "digest": "sha1:LQUGVU4FQ7WZPJUWGGV6ALZYEQMBWLTK", "length": 1032, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "theexaminer.com", "title": "Deputy discovers massive amount of prescription drugs during traffic stop | The Examiner", "raw_content": "Submitted by Sharon Brooks on March 12, 2018 - 10:46am\nHazleton noticed the driver of the vehicle, identified by JCSO as 33-year-old Joshua Abshire, seemed extremely nervous as they were speaking and that his answers to her questions did not match what she observed in the vehicle. Based on her suspicion that there was contraband in the vehicle, she asked for consent to search, Abshire denied consent.\nAt that point, she requested a K-9 unit to conduct a search. A State Trooper and his K-9 arrived and conducted an open-air search around the vehicle. The K-9 gave a positive alert. Based on probable cause, a search of the vehicle was conducted and 107 bottles of testosterone, 303 grams of Xanax and a pistol were found.\nAbshire was arrested for two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of unlawfully carrying a weapon. He was transported to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility, where he remained at the time of this report. His bonds total $176,000 for the three charges.\ndeputy brigitte hazleton", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 4694, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 254.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thegrandaustralianroadtrip.com/xbhp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:18Z", "digest": "sha1:L4CE25L2Y6RIBNZVIHPI6H7HUUJAV5BM", "length": 868, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "thegrandaustralianroadtrip.com", "title": "xBhp @ The Grand Australian Roadtrip : Motographing 23,000 kms on a Ducati with Shell AdvanceThe Grand Australian Roadtrip : Motographing 23,000 kms on a Ducati with Shell Advance", "raw_content": "xBhp means Extra Braking Horse Power. It was founded as a small website in 2002 and then it grew to be India\u2019s largest motorcycling community and India\u2019s most popular motorcycling portal. In 2010 xBhp came out with India\u2019s only motorcycling lifestyle print magazine with a special focus on touring and photography. Since 2006 xBhp also has been doing various national and international rides. The motto of xBhp is simple \u2013 to be part of history in creating motorcycling the way it will be (and is) in India by ingraining the fact that motorcycling itself can be a lifestyle. The official website for xBhp is here, the Facebook page is here, Twitter is here. If you are out of India, you can buy the xBhp print magazine from here (highly recommended you get a print hard copy), or if you want to read on the iPad / Android, please go to Magzster or the Apple Newsstand.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1741, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 281.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thegrimtower.blogspot.com/2013/11/gigan-order-of-shadow-act-i-2013-nn.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:39Z", "digest": "sha1:2TWHB4J7QIQYTALZKOP64IG2EM3576Q2", "length": 900, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "thegrimtower.blogspot.com", "title": "The Grim Tower (Of Observation): Psyclon Nine - Order Of The Shadow: Act I (2013 NN Promo)", "raw_content": "Psyclon Nine - Order Of The Shadow: Act I (2013 NN Promo)\n\"Being a fan of Metropolis Records acts like Combichrist, Front Line Assembly, The Birthday Massacre, Hanzel Und Gretyl and several others who have shown their salt in the industrial and electronic scene, (and relax guys, I\u2019m not forgetting about Grendel, Wumpscut and VNV Nation) I was quite happy to see that Dawn Of Ashes had finally dropped their deathcore act and found their place in a meld of black metal influenced industrial, which is much of what you\u2019ll expect with another of the label\u2019s newest acts, Psyclon Nine. Though they have several self-produced releases on Bandcamp, this is their debut for a major label and from a musical standpoint, it\u2019s strong industrial metal with a sense of foreboding terror and slathered with bits of anarchy...\"\nRead More Here: http://newnoisemagazine.com/album-review-psyclon-order-shadow-act-i/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3907, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 190.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2018/1/26/Changing-The-Geo-Politics-.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:27Z", "digest": "sha1:KLWGJWDTGOFRWWUIYOSFYPPGHUZZBVFT", "length": 6691, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "thehitavada.com", "title": "Changing The Geo-Politics?", "raw_content": "Changing The Geo-Politics?\nBy Dr. D. K. Giri,\nIndia-Israel relations - alliance, friendship, partnership, characterise as we may, will spell a new chapter in international relations. The circumstances will dictate New Delhi and Tel Aviv to come ever so close, which will alter the geo-polities in Asia and the Middle-East.\nIn fact, India-Israel bilateralism now is open formalisation of the contacts, they have had for decades, not initiation.\nWITH the return visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, India-Israel bilateralism seems to have reached its zenith. Prime Minister Modi\u2019s visit in July last year, breaking the seven-decade old tradition, had taken the ties to new heights. The question now is where do these two countries go from here?\nArguably, India-Israel relations-alliance, friendship, partnership, characterise as we may, will spell a new chapter in international relations. The circumstances will dictate New Delhi and Tel Aviv to come ever so close, which will alter the geo-polities in Asia and the Middle-East. In fact, India-Israel bilateralism now is open formalisation of the contacts, they have had for decades, not initiation. It is like partners announcing their relationship in a marriage after years of courtship, albeit covert in this case.\nFor record, it will be in order we recall the milestones of India-Israel ties. We must use a caveat though, i.e.\nIndia-Israel ties have been overshadowed by India\u2019s principle of non-alignment attempting to take an independent line on world affairs, and compulsion of electoral politics, the Muslim vote bank. Both these have changed since. In 1947, the UN drafted a plan to partition Palestine, carving out Israel. India along with the Arab World rejected it.\nIn 1950, India recognised Israel but did not set up diplomatic contact. India was invited to mediate in 1956 when Israeli forces backed by Anglo-French army invaded Egypt. The invasion was provoked by Egypt nationalising the Suez Canal. In 1962, during India-China war, Prime Minister Nehru sought Israel\u2019s support which promptly came. In 1971, Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister, sought military help from Israel, which was extended by Israeli PM Golda Meir.\nIn 1992, diplomatic ties between New Delhi and Tel Aviv were established. In 1996, Israeli President Ezer Weizman visited India, the first ever visit by a head of either State. In 1999, during Kargil war Israel supplied weapons to India. In 2003, Ariel Sharon became the 1st Israeli Prime Minister to visit India. In 2014, Narendra Modi and Netanyahu met on the sidelines of UN General Assembly, a meeting between two PMs after a decade. In 2015, India abstained from voting against Israel at the UN Human Rights Commission. In 2017, Modi made a stand-alone three-day visit to Israel, de-hyphenating Israel from Palestine in India\u2019s Middle-East Policy. This was a major milestone. And last week, Netanyahu reciprocated the visit.\nOn reflection of the relations, it is evident that defence ties between the two have been critical and timely response to New Delhi\u2019s call for help. In three wars, out of five, India fought with Pakistan and China, Israel has extended military support. In the other two, in 1947-48, both countries were getting independence and it was a proxy war, and in 1965, India had full control over its adversary Pakistan. Obviously, the bilateralism starting with defence ties has expanded to agriculture, and other areas.\nNine pacts were signed covering cyber-security, space science, solar-thermal technologies, oil and gas, technology in agriculture and so on. Indeed, Israel\u2019s agriculture technology has been innovative, state-of-the-art, as it habitats a difficult terrain; India, on the other hand is heavily dependent on agriculture for livelihood of a vast section of people, who are often in distress to deal with the vagaries of weather etc. Israeli technology has come in handy for Indian agriculture.\nBoth Prime Ministers emphasised and reiterated the inevitability and naturalness of India-Israel relations. Recall, receiving Modi last July, Netanyahu said \u201cwe have been\nwaiting for you, Mr. PM for 70 years ....Our relationship is made in heaven\u201d and so on. At the India-Israel business summit in New Delhi, Modi, extolling the ties in glowing terms, said, \u201cGiven the scale of Indian economy and the relevance of cutting-edge Israeli technologies has for us, even (the) sky is not the limit for what we may achieve together.\u201d\nSo far so good! But, international relations are based on hard pragmatism, solid, tangible complementarities, not feel-good bonhomie nor well-wishing gestures. Let us identify the mutualities between India and Israel and the \u2018propitious\u2019 political and security climate in both countries.\nThe two have equal and common stake in countering terrorism.\nBoth have aggressive and inimical neighbours. Intelligence sharing on mutual security is common strategic imperative. When intelligence unit RAW was set up in 1963, then PM Indira Gandhi had advised its head RN Kao to make contact with Israeli intelligence Agency, Mossad, as it was supposed then to be of high calibre and competence.\nBoth New Delhi and Tel Aviv face threats from Islamic terrorists, even the same groups operate on the soils of both countries. India is a fast growing big market for Israel, and the former needs Israel for technology, namely military. Admittedly, Israel has been courting India for years, but New Delhi has been a reluctant partner. Also, India\u2019s foreign policy has shifted from normative posturing in favour of pragmatism and self-interest. Muslim vote bank is no longer a monolith, nor indispensable for Modi.\nHaving so observed, the logic of internationalism suggests that one could not take things for granted. Challenges exist in the corner, threats are ever lurking, so unless a relationship is nurtured, it may melt away. So what are the challenges that may upset the applecart?\nOne, Israel plays India and China even-handedly. This may not work in the longer term. Tel Aviv has to make a choice. It has to acknowledge a leeway for New Delhi in its Arab policy, like the last vote in the UN that went against Israel. A working and sustainable solution has to be found for Israel-Palestine conflict. India could play the honest broker in peace building in West Asia.\nOn Indian side, India could succumb to Arab pressure, material and political, and rebound on Muslim vote bank, if the political leadership changed at home. Despite these exigencies, for the mutuality of core interests, India-Israel ties would grow stronger. So it be.\nPriyanka Chopra is Harman brand ambassador\nHalep rides on aggression\nCilic sweeps past Edmund", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 7451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 309.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://theinfolist.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=Pacific_Northwest", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:43Z", "digest": "sha1:LM53YSUBBLVKOCQ7XKM5GDQRUQB7PSZ4", "length": 81593, "nlines": 466, "source_domain": "theinfolist.com", "title": "Pacific Northwest", "raw_content": "The Info List - Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia,[1] is a geographic region in western North America\nNorth America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range\nCascade Mountain Range on the east. Though no agreed boundary exists, a common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon\nOregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Broader conceptions reach north into Southeast Alaska\nAlaska and Yukon, south into northern California\nCalifornia and east to the Continental Divide, thus including Idaho, Western Montana, and western Wyoming. Narrower conceptions may be limited to the northwestern US or to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains. The variety of definitions can be attributed to partially overlapping commonalities of the region's history, culture, geography, society, and other factors. The Northwest Coast is the coastal region of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest and the Northwest Plateau (also commonly known as \"the Interior\" in British Columbia[2] and the Inland Empire in the United States) is the inland region. The term \"Pacific Northwest\" should not be confused with the Northwest Territory\nNorthwest Territory (also known as the Great Northwest, a historical term in the United States) or the Northwest Territories\nNorthwest Territories of Canada. The region's largest metropolitan areas are Greater Seattle, Washington, with 3.7 million people,[3] Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, with 2.5 million people,[4] and Greater Portland, Oregon, with 2.4 million people.[5] A key aspect of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is the US\u2013 Canada\nCanada international border, which the United States and the United Kingdom\nUnited Kingdom established at a time when the region's inhabitants were composed mostly of indigenous peoples. The border\u2014in two sections, along the 49th parallel south of British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and the Alaska\nAlaska Panhandle west of northern British Columbia\u2014has had a powerful effect on the region. According to Canadian historian Ken Coates, the border has not merely influenced the Pacific Northwest\u2014rather, \"the region's history and character have been determined by the boundary.\"[6]\n1 Definition 2 History\n2.1 Indigenous peoples 2.2 Initial European exploration 2.3 Boundary disputes\n3 Geology 4 Geography 5 Climate 6 Ecoregions 7 Population\n7.1 List of largest cities by population in the Pacific Northwest\n8 Politics 9 Economy 10 Education 11 Culture\n11.1 Environmentalism 11.2 Music 11.3 Cuisine 11.4 Sports 11.5 Video games 11.6 Demographics 11.7 Language 11.8 National Self-determination\nSelf-determination Desires 11.9 Spirituality and religion\n12 See also 13 Notes and references 14 Further reading 15 External links\nNone of the multiple possible definitions of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is universally accepted. This map shows three possibilities: (1) The shaded area shows the historical Oregon\nOregon Country. (2) The green line shows the Cascadia bioregion.[7] (3) The labeled states and provinces include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia.\nDefinitions of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest region vary, and even Pacific Northwesterners do not agree on the exact boundary.[8][9] A common conception of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest includes the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.[6] Broader definitions of the region have included the U.S. state\nU.S. state of Alaska,[6][10]:8 the Canadian territory of the Yukon,[6] the northwestern portion of the state of California,[7] and even areas reaching east to the Rocky Mountains.[6] Definitions based on the historic Oregon\nOregon Country reach east to the Continental Divide, thus including nearly all of Idaho\nIdaho and parts of western Montana\nMontana and western Wyoming. Sometimes the Pacific Northwest is defined as being the Northwestern United States\nNorthwestern United States specifically, excluding Canada. Note that these types of definitions are often made by government agencies whose scope is limited to the United States.[11] In addition to the conventional grouping of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia, some definitions also include Southeast Alaska, western Montana, the coast of northern California, and a small part of northwestern Wyoming.[12] History[edit] Indigenous peoples[edit] See also: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast\nIndigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast and Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau The Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest has been occupied by a diverse array of indigenous peoples for millennia. The Pacific Coast is seen by some scholars as a major coastal migration route in the settlement of the Americas by late Pleistocene peoples moving from northeast Asia into the Americas.[13] The coastal migration hypothesis has been bolstered by findings such as the report that the sediments in the Port Eliza caves on Vancouver Island indicate the possibility of survivable climate as far back as 16 ka (16,000 years) in the area, while the continental ice sheets were nearing their maximum extent.[14] Other evidence for human occupation dating back as much as 14,500 years ago is emerging from Paisley Caves\nPaisley Caves in south-central Oregon.[15][16] However, despite such research, the coastal migration hypothesis is still subject to considerable debate.[17][18] Due in part to the richness of Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest Coast and river fisheries, some of the indigenous peoples developed complex sedentary societies while remaining hunter-gatherers.[19] The Pacific Northwest Coast is one of the few places where politically complex hunter-gatherers evolved and survived to historic contacts, and therefore has been vital for anthropologists and archaeologists seeking to understand how complex hunter and gatherer societies function.[20] When Europeans first arrived on the Northwest Coast, they found one of the world's most complex hunting and fishing societies, with large sedentary villages, large houses, systems of social rank and prestige, extensive trade networks, and many other factors more commonly associated with societies based on domesticated agriculture.[20][21] In the interior of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous peoples, at the time of European contact, had a diversity of cultures and societies. Some areas were home to mobile and egalitarian societies. Others, especially along major rivers such as the Columbia and Fraser, had very complex, affluent, sedentary societies rivaling those of the coast.[22] In British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and Southeast Alaska, the Tlingit and Haida erected large and elaborately carved totem poles that have become iconic of Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest artistic traditions. Throughout the Pacific Northwest, thousands of indigenous people live, and some continue to practice their rich cultural traditions, \"organizing their societies around cedar and salmon.\"[23] Initial European exploration[edit] Main article: History of the west coast of North America In 1579 the British captain and erstwhile privateer Francis Drake sailed up the west coast of North America\nNorth America perhaps as far as Oregon before returning south to land and make ship repairs. At this landing site, probably near present-day San Francisco, Drake made a symbolic claim of the region for England, naming it New Albion.[10]:11\u201312[24] Juan de Fuca, a Greek captain sailing for the Crown of Spain, supposedly found the Strait of Juan de Fuca\nJuan de Fuca around 1592. The strait was named for him, but whether he discovered it or not has long been questioned.[25] During the early 1740s, Imperial Russia\nImperial Russia sent the Dane Vitus Bering\nVitus Bering to the region.[26] By the late 18th century and into the mid-19th century, Russian settlers had established several posts and communities on the northeast Pacific coast, eventually reaching as far south as Fort Ross, California. The Russian River was named after these settlements. In 1774 the viceroy of New Spain\nNew Spain sent Spanish navigator Juan P\u00e9rez in the ship Santiago to the Pacific Northwest. Per\u00e9z made landfall on Haida Gwaii\nHaida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) on July 18, 1774. The northernmost latitude he reached was 54\u00b040\u2032 N.[27] This was followed, in 1775, by another Spanish expedition, under the command of Bruno de Heceta and including Juan Per\u00e9z and Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra as officers. On July 14, 1775, they landed on the Olympic Peninsula\nOlympic Peninsula near the mouth of the Quinault River. On August 17, 1775, Heceta, returning south, sighted the mouth of the Columbia River\nColumbia River and named it Bahia de la Asunci\u00f3n. While Heceta sailed south, Quadra continued north in the expedition's second ship, the Sonora, reaching Alaska, at 59\u00b0 N.[28] In 1778 English mariner Captain James Cook\nCaptain James Cook visited Nootka Sound\nNootka Sound on Vancouver Island\nVancouver Island and also voyaged as far as Prince William Sound. In 1779 a third Spanish expedition, under the command of Ignacio de Artega in the ship Princesa, and with Quadra as captain of the ship Favorite, sailed from Mexico to the coast of Alaska, reaching 61\u00b0 N. Two further Spanish expeditions, in 1788 and 1789, both under Esteban Jose Mart\u00ednez and Gonzalo L\u00f3pez de Haro, sailed to the Pacific Northwest. During the second expedition, they met the American captain Robert Gray near Nootka Sound. Upon entering Nootka Sound, they found William Douglas and his ship the Iphigenia. Conflict led to the Nootka Crisis, which was resolved by agreements known as the Nootka Convention. In 1790 the Spanish sent three ships to Nootka Sound, under the command of Francisco de Eliza. After establishing a base at Nootka, Eliza sent out several exploration parties. Salvador Fidalgo was sent north to the Alaska\nAlaska coast. Manuel Quimper, with Gonzalo L\u00f3pez de Haro as pilot, explored the Strait of Juan de Fuca, discovering the San Juan Islands\nSan Juan Islands and Admiralty Inlet\nAdmiralty Inlet in the process. Francisco de Eliza\nFrancisco de Eliza himself took the ship San Carlos into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. From a base at Port Discovery, his pilotos (masters) Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Narv\u00e1ez\nJos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Narv\u00e1ez and Juan Carrasco explored the San Juan Islands, Haro Strait, Rosario Strait, and Bellingham Bay. In the process, they discovered the Strait of Georgia\nStrait of Georgia and explored it as far north as Texada Island. The expedition returned to Nootka Sound\nNootka Sound by August 1791. Alessandro Malaspina, sailing for Spain, explored and mapped the coast from Yakutat Bay\nYakutat Bay to Prince William Sound\nPrince William Sound in 1791, then sailed to Nootka Sound. Performing a scientific expedition in the manner of James Cook, Malaspina's scientists studied the Tlingit and Nuu-chah-nulth peoples before returning to Mexico. Another Spanish explorer, Jacinto Caama\u00f1o, sailed the ship Aranzazu to Nootka Sound in May 1792. There he met Quadra, who was in command of the Spanish settlement and Fort San Miguel. Quadra sent Caama\u00f1o north, to carefully explore the coast between Vancouver Island\nVancouver Island and Bucareli Bay, Alaska. Various Spanish maps, including Caama\u00f1o's, were given to George Vancouver\nGeorge Vancouver in 1792, as the Spanish and British worked together to chart the complex coastline.[28] From 1792 to 1794, George Vancouver\nGeorge Vancouver charted the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest on behalf of Great Britain, including the Strait of Georgia, the bays and inlets of Puget Sound, and the Johnstone Strait\u2013Queen Charlotte Strait and much of the rest of the British Columbia\nBritish Columbia Coast and southeast Alaska\nAlaska shorelines.[27] For him the city of Vancouver\nVancouver Island are named, as well as Vancouver, Washington. From Mexico, Malaspina dispatched the last Spanish exploration expedition in the Pacific Northwest, under Dionisio Alcal\u00e1 Galiano\nDionisio Alcal\u00e1 Galiano and Cayentano Valdes aboard the schooners Sutil and Mexicana.[29] They met Vancouver in the Strait of Georgia\nStrait of Georgia on June 21, 1792. Vancouver\nVancouver had explored Puget Sound\nPuget Sound just previously. The Spanish explorers knew of Admiralty Inlet and the unexplored region to the south, but they decided to sail north. They discovered and entered the Fraser River\nFraser River shortly before meeting Vancouver. After sharing maps and agreeing to cooperate, Galiano, Vald\u00e9s, and Vancouver\nVancouver sailed north to Desolation Sound\nDesolation Sound and the Discovery Islands, charting the coastline together. They passed through Johnstone Strait\nJohnstone Strait and Cordero Channel and returned to Nootka Sound. As a result, the Spanish explorers, who had set out from Nootka, became the first Europeans to circumnavigate Vancouver\nVancouver Island. Vancouver\nVancouver himself had entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca\nJuan de Fuca directly without going to Nootka first, so had not sailed completely around the island.[28] In 1786 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois de La P\u00e9rouse, representing France, sailed to Haida Gwaii\nHaida Gwaii after visiting Nootka Sound\nNootka Sound but any possible French claims to this region were lost when La P\u00e9rouse and his men and journals were lost in a shipwreck near Australia. Upon encountering the Salish coastal tribes, either P\u00e9rouse or someone in his crew remarked, \"What must astonish most is to see painting everywhere, everywhere sculpture, among a nation of hunters\".[30] Maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley also visited the area in the Imperial Eagle, a British ship falsely flying the flag of the Austrian Empire. American merchant sea-captain Robert Gray traded along the coast and discovered the mouth of the Columbia River. Boundary disputes[edit]\nUS Navy Admiral Charles Wilkes' 1841 Map of the Oregon\nOregon Territory from \"Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.\" Philadelphia: 1845\nInitial formal claims to the region were asserted by Spain in 1513 with explorer Nu\u00f1ez de Balboa, the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean\nPacific Ocean from the Americas. Russian Maritime Fur Trade\nMaritime Fur Trade activity, through the Russian-America Company, extended from the farther side of the Pacific to Russian America. This prompted Spain to send expeditions north to assert Spanish ownership, while Captain James Cook and subsequent expeditions by George Vancouver\nGeorge Vancouver advanced British claims. As of the Nootka Conventions, the last in 1794, Spain gave up its exclusive a priori claims and agreed to share the region with the other Powers, giving up its garrison at Nootka Sound\nNootka Sound in the process. The United States established a claim based on the discoveries of Robert Gray, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the construction of Fort Astoria, and the acquisition of Spanish claims given to the United States in the Adams\u2013On\u00eds Treaty.[31] From the 1810s until the 1840s, modern-day Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and western Montana, along with most of British Columbia, were part of what the United States called the Oregon\nOregon Country and Britain called the Columbia District. This region was jointly claimed by the United States and Great Britain after the Treaty of 1818, which established a co-dominion of interests in the region in lieu of a settlement. In 1840 American Charles Wilkes\nCharles Wilkes explored in the area. John McLoughlin, Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, headquartered at Fort Vancouver, was the de facto local political authority for most of this time. This arrangement ended as U.S. settlement grew and President James K. Polk was elected on a platform of calling for annexation of the entire Oregon\nOregon Country and of Texas. After his election, supporters coined the famous slogan \"Fifty-four Forty or Fight\", referring to 54\u00b040' north latitude\u2014the northward limit of the United States' claim.[32] After a war scare with the United Kingdom, the Oregon\nOregon boundary dispute was settled in the 1846 Oregon\nOregon Treaty, partitioning the region along the 49th parallel and resolving most but not all of the border disputes (see Pig War). The mainland territory north of the 49th parallel remained unincorporated until 1858, when a mass influx of Americans and others during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush\nFraser Canyon Gold Rush forced the hand of Colony of Vancouver\nVancouver Island's Governor James Douglas, who declared the mainland a Crown Colony. The two colonies were amalgamated in 1866 to cut costs, and joined the Dominion of Canada\nCanada in 1871. The U.S. portion became the Oregon\nOregon Territory in 1848. It was later subdivided into Oregon Territory and Washington Territory. These territories became the states of Oregon, Idaho, Washington and parts of other Western states. American expansionist pressure on British Columbia\nBritish Columbia persisted after the colony became a province of Canada, even though Americans living in the province did not harbor annexationist inclinations. The Fenian Brotherhood openly organized and drilled in Washington, particularly in the 1870s and the 1880s, though no cross-border attacks were experienced. During the Alaska\nAlaska Boundary Dispute, U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt threatened to invade and annex British Columbia\nBritish Columbia if Britain would not yield on the question of the Yukon\nYukon ports. In more recent times, during the so-called \" Salmon\nSalmon War\" of the 1990s, Washington Senator Slade Gorton\nSlade Gorton called for the U.S. Navy\nU.S. Navy to \"force\" the Inside Passage, even though it is not an official international waterway. Disputes between British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and Alaska\nAlaska over the Dixon Entrance of the Hecate Strait\nHecate Strait between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii\nHaida Gwaii have not been resolved.[33] Geology[edit] Further information: Geology of the Pacific Northwest The Northwest is still highly geologically active, with both active volcanoes and geologic faults.[34] Active volcanoes in the region include Mount Garibaldi, Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, Mount Shasta, and Glacier Peak. Geography[edit]\nMount Rainier (top) and Mount Hood\nMount Hood (bottom) are the highest mountains in Washington and Oregon, and the 3rd and 20th most prominent summits in the United States, respectively\nPacific Northwest is a diverse geographic region, dominated by several mountain ranges, including the Coast Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Olympic Mountains, the Columbia Mountains, and the Rocky Mountains. The highest peak in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is Mount Rainier, in the Washington Cascades, at 14,410 feet (4,392 m). Immediately inland from the Cascade Range\nCascade Range are broad, generally dry plateaus. In the US, this region is known as the Columbia Plateau, while in British Columbia it is the Interior Plateau, also called the Fraser Plateau. The Columbia Plateau\nColumbia Plateau was the scene of massive ice-age floods, and as a consequence, there are many coulees, canyons, and the Channeled Scablands. Much of the plateau, especially in eastern Washington, is irrigated farmland. The Columbia River\nColumbia River cuts a deep and wide gorge around the rim of the Columbia Plateau\nColumbia Plateau and through the Cascade Range on its way to the Pacific Ocean. Because many areas have plentiful rainfall and mild summers, the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest has some of North America's most lush and extensive forests, which are extensively populated with Coast Douglas fir trees, the second tallest growing evergreen conifer on earth. The region also contains specimens of the tallest trees on earth, the coast redwoods, in southwestern Oregon, but the largest of these trees are located just south of the California\nCalifornia border in northwestern California. Coastal forests in some areas are classified as temperate rain forest. Coastal features are defined by the interaction with the Pacific and the North American continent. The coastline of the Pacific Northwest is dotted by numerous fjords, bays, islands, and mountains. Some of these features include the Oregon\nOregon Coast, Burrard Inlet, Puget Sound, and the highly complex fjords of the British Columbia\nBritish Columbia Coast and Southeast Alaska. The region has one of the world's longest fjord coastlines.[35] The major cities of Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma all began as seaports supporting the logging, mining, and farming industries of the region but have developed into major technological and industrial centers (such as the Silicon Forest), which benefit from their location on the Pacific Rim. If defined as Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, the Pacific Northwest has four US National Parks: Crater Lake in Oregon, plus Olympic, Mount Rainier, and North Cascades in Washington. If a larger regional definition is used, then other US National Parks might be included, such as Redwood National and State Parks, Glacier Bay National Park, Wrangell\u2013St. Elias National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and parts of Glacier National Park and Yellowstone National Park. There are several Canadian National Parks in the Pacific Northwest, including Pacific Rim\nPacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver\nVancouver Island, Mount Revelstoke National Park\nMount Revelstoke National Park and Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Range alongside Rogers Pass, Kootenay National Park and Yoho National Park\nYoho National Park on the British Columbia\nBritish Columbia flank of the Rockies, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in Haida Gwaii, and the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve\nGulf Islands National Park Reserve in the Strait of Georgia. There are numerous protected areas in British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and in the United States. Other outstanding natural features include the Columbia River\nColumbia River Gorge, Fraser Canyon, Mount St. Helens, Malaspina Glacier, and Hells Canyon. The south-central Coast Mountains\nCoast Mountains in British Columbia\nBritish Columbia contain the five largest mid-latitude icefields in the world. Climate[edit] The Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest experiences a wide variety of climates. An oceanic climate (\"marine west coast climate\") occurs in most coastal areas, typically between the ocean and high mountain ranges. An Alpine climate dominates in the high mountains. Semi-arid\nSemi-arid and arid climates are found east of the higher mountains, especially in rainshadow areas. The Harney Basin\nHarney Basin of Oregon\nOregon is an example of arid climate in the Pacific Northwest. Humid continental\nHumid continental climates occur inland on windward sides, in places such as Revelstoke, British Columbia. A subarctic climate can be found farther north, especially in Yukon\nYukon and Alaska. Under the K\u00f6ppen climate classification, a cool-summer version of the dry-summer mediterranean (Csb) designation, is assigned to many areas of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest as far north as central Vancouver Island\nVancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, including cities such as Victoria, British Columbia, Seattle, and Portland.[36] These zones are not associated with a typical mediterranean climate, and would be classified as Temperate Oceanic (Cfb), except dry-summer patterns typical to the Pacific Northwest meet Koeppen's minimum Cs thresholds. Other climate classification systems, such as Trewartha, place these areas firmly in the Oceanic zone (Do).[37] Ecoregions[edit] Much of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is forested. The Georgia Strait\u2013Puget Sound basin is shared between British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and Washington, and the Pacific temperate rain forests\nPacific temperate rain forests ecoregion, which is the largest of the world's temperate rain forest ecozones in the system created by the World Wildlife Fund, stretches along the coast from Alaska\nAlaska to California. The dryland area inland from the Cascade Range\nCascade Range and Coast Mountains is very different from the terrain and climate of the coastal area due to the rain shadow effect of the mountains, and comprises the Columbia, Fraser and Thompson Plateaus and mountain ranges contained within them. The interior regions' climates largely within eastern Washington, south central British Columbia, eastern Oregon, and southern Idaho\nIdaho are a northward extension of the Great Basin Desert, which spans the Great Basin\nGreat Basin farther south, although by their northern and eastern reaches, dryland and desert areas verge at the end of the Cascades' and Coast Mountains' rain shadows with the boreal forest and various alpine flora regimes characteristic of eastern British Columbia, northern Idaho\nIdaho and western Montana\nMontana roughly along a longitudinal line defined by the Idaho\nIdaho border with Washington and Oregon. Population[edit]\nMap of \"megacity\", showing population density (shades of yellow/brown), highways (red), and major railways (black). Public land shown in shades of green.\nMost of the population of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is concentrated in the Portland\u2013Seattle\u2013 Vancouver\nVancouver corridor. This area is sometimes seen as a megacity (also known as a conurbation, an agglomeration, or a megalopolis). This \"megacity\" stretches along Interstate 5\nInterstate 5 in the states of Oregon\nOregon and Washington and Hwy 99 in the province of British Columbia. As of 2004, the combined populations of the Lower Mainland region (which includes Greater Vancouver), the Seattle\nSeattle metropolitan area and the Portland metropolitan area\nPortland metropolitan area totaled around eight million people. However, beyond the megacity with few exceptions, the PNW region is characterized by a relatively low density population distribution. Some other regions of greater population density outside this corridor include the Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia interior (about 350,000 people centered around the city of Kelowna, which has close to 200,000 people) and the greater Spokane area (close to half a million). Large geographical areas may only have one mid-sized to small sized city as a regional center (often a county seat) with smaller cities and towns scattered around. Vast areas of the region may have little or no population at all, largely due to the presence of extensive mountains and forests, and plateaus containing both extensive farm and range lands, much of which is protected from development in large parks and preserves, or by zoning use regulation related to traditional land use. For example, all cities within the portion of California\nCalifornia included in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest have populations less than 100,000, with that portion of the state containing millions of acres of national forests and parks. List of largest cities by population in the Pacific Northwest[edit]\nCity State/Province Population Metropolitan Area\nSeattle Washington 7005668342000000000\u2660668,342[38] 7006390502600000000\u26603,905,026[39]\nPortland Oregon 7005639863000000000\u2660639,863[39] 7006242495500000000\u26602,424,955[39]\nVancouver British Columbia 7005631486000000000\u2660631,486[40] 7006246343100000000\u26602,463,431[40]\nSurrey British Columbia 7005517887000000000\u2660517,887[41] [n 1]\nBurnaby British Columbia 7005223218000000000\u2660223,218[42] [n 1]\nBoise Idaho 7005223154000000000\u2660223,154[43] 7005691423000000000\u2660691,423[39]\nSpokane Washington 7005210721000000000\u2660210,721[38] 7005556634000000000\u2660556,634[44]\nTacoma Washington 7005198397000000000\u2660198,397[38] [n 2]\nRichmond British Columbia 7005190473000000000\u2660190,473[45] [n 1]\nVancouver Washington 7005161791000000000\u2660161,791[38] [n 3]\nEugene Oregon 7005156185000000000\u2660156,185[46] 7005351715000000000\u2660351,715[39]\nSalem Oregon 7005154637000000000\u2660154,637[46] 7005390738000000000\u2660390,738[39]\nBellevue Washington 7005136420000000000\u2660136,420[38] [n 2]\nAbbotsford British Columbia 7005133497000000000\u2660133,497[47] 7005170191000000000\u2660170,191[47]\nCoquitlam British Columbia 7005126456000000000\u2660126,456[48] [n 1]\nKent Washington 7005125560000000000\u2660125,560[38] [n 2]\nKelowna British Columbia 7005117312000000000\u2660117,312[49] 7005179839000000000\u2660179,839[49]\nSaanich British Columbia 7005109752000000000\u2660109,752[50] [n 4]\nGresham Oregon 7005105594000000000\u2660105,594[46] [n 3]\nLangley (Township) British Columbia 7005104177000000000\u2660104,177[51] [n 1]\nEverett Washington 7005103019000000000\u2660103,019[38] [n 2]\nDelta British Columbia 7004998630000000000\u266099,863[52] [n 1]\nRenton Washington 7004954480000000000\u266095,448[38] [n 2]\nSpokane Valley Washington 7004949190000000000\u266094,919[38] [n 5]\nHillsboro Oregon 7004916110000000000\u266091,611[46] [n 3]\nYakima Washington 7004910670000000000\u266091,067[53] 7005243231000000000\u2660243,231[53]\nBeaverton Oregon 7004898030000000000\u266089,803[46] [n 3]\nKamloops British Columbia 7004856780000000000\u266085,678[54] 7004987540000000000\u266098,754[55]\nVancouver (District) British Columbia 7004844120000000000\u266084,412[56] [n 1]\nNanaimo British Columbia 7004838100000000000\u266083,810[57] 7004980210000000000\u266098,021[58]\nNampa Idaho 7004815570000000000\u266081,557[43] [n 6]\nBellingham Washington 7004808850000000000\u266080,885[38] 7005201140000000000\u2660201,140[59]\nVictoria British Columbia 7004800170000000000\u266080,017[54] 7005344615000000000\u2660344,615[60]\nChilliwack British Columbia 7004779360000000000\u266077,936[52] 7004923080000000000\u266092,308[60]\nBend Oregon 7004766390000000000\u266076,639[61] 7005170705000000000\u2660170,705\nMaple Ridge British Columbia 7004760520000000000\u266076,052[62] [n 1]\nKennewick Washington 7004762440000000000\u266076,244 7005268200000000000\u2660268,200\nMeridian Idaho 7004750920000000000\u266075,092[63] [n 6]\nMedford Oregon 7004749070000000000\u266074,907[61] 7005207010000000000\u2660207,010\nPolitics[edit] A major divide in political opinion separates the region's greatly more populated urban core and rural areas west of the mountains from its less populated rural areas to their east and (in British Columbia and Alaska) north.[64] The coastal areas\u2014especially in the cities of Vancouver, Victoria, Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Portland, Eugene, and Ashland\u2014are some of the most politically liberal parts of North America, regularly supporting left-wing political candidates and causes by significant majorities, while the Interior and North tend to be more conservative and consistently support right-wing candidates and causes. It should be noted that the religious right has far less influence throughout the region than elsewhere in the U.S., and that certain areas of the BC Interior, particularly the West Kootenay and some areas of Vancouver Island\nVancouver Island and the BC Coast, have long histories of labour, environmental and social activism (see History of British Columbia#Rise of the labour movement). The urban core in addition to certain rural districts is known for supporting liberal political views, perceived as controversial in much of the rest of North America. Many jurisdictions have relatively liberal abortion laws, gender equality laws, legal cannabis, and strong LGBT\nLGBT rights, especially British Columbia, where gay marriage has been legal since 2003, Washington, where it has been legal since 2012, and Oregon, where same-sex marriage was made legal in May 2014. Oregon\nOregon was the first U.S. state\nU.S. state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, with the Death with Dignity Act of 1994. Washington State was the second when I-1000 passed in 2008. Colegio Cesar Chavez, the first fully accredited Hispanic college in the U.S., was founded in Mount Angel, Oregon\nOregon in 1973. In 1986 King County, Washington, which contains Seattle, renamed itself in honor of Martin Luther King. These areas, especially around Puget Sound, have a long history of political radicalism. The radical labor organizers called Wobblies were particularly strong there in the mines, lumber camps and shipyards. A number of anarchist communes sprung up there in the early 20th century (see Charles Pierce LeWarne's Utopias on Puget Sound, 1885-1915 for an overview of this popular yet forgotten movement). Seattle\nSeattle is one of a handful of major cities in North America in which the populace engaged in a general strike (in 1919) and was the first major American city to elect a woman mayor, Bertha Knight Landes (in 1926).[65] Socialist beliefs were once widespread (thanks in large part to the area's large numbers of Scandinavian immigrants) and the region has had a number of Socialist elected officials. So great was its influence that the U.S. Postmaster General, James Farley, jokingly toasted the \"forty-seven states of the Union, and the Soviet of Washington\", at a gala dinner in 1936 (although Farley denied ever saying it).[66] The region also has a long history of starting cooperative and communal businesses and organizations, including Group Health,[67] REI, Puget Consumer's Co-ops and numerous granges and mutual aid societies. It also has a long history of publicly owned power and utilities, with many of the region's cities owning their own public utilities. In British Columbia, credit unions are common and popular cooperatively owned financial institutions. East of the Cascades, in eastern Washington and eastern Oregon, the population is much more conservative. The eastern portions of Washington and especially Oregon, due to their low populations, do not generally have enough voting power to be competitive at the state level, and thus the governorships and U.S. Senate seats of both Oregon and Washington are usually held by the Democrats. Conservatism in the eastern part of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest tends to be distrustful of federal government interference and strongly protective of gun rights. Economy[edit]\nAgriculture (fruit, potatoes, Tillamook cheese, dairy, wine, vegetables, wheat, Cascade hops, barley, hazelnuts) Aerospace ( Boeing\nBoeing Commercial Airplane unit, Air Canada, Alaska\nAlaska Air, CHC Helicopter, Esterline, Glasair Aviation) Diversified (Jim Pattison Group, Finning, Washington Marine Group) Entertainment industry (film and television, Lions Gate Entertainment, Lionsgate Studios, Lionsgate Television, Vancouver\nVancouver Film Studios, Bridge Studios) Finance and banking (RBC, HSBC Bank Canada, Russell Investments, Umpqua Holdings Corporation) Forestry (Weyerhaeuser, Canfor, Tolko, Boise Cascade, The Teal-Jones Group, Humboldt and Mendocino Redwood Companies, Green Diamond Resource Company) Fishing and canning (salmon, halibut, herring, geoducks and other clams, crab, sea-urchin, oyster) High Technology\nHigh Technology and E-commerce\nE-commerce (Microsoft, Intel, F5 Networks, Nintendo\nNintendo of America, Nintendo\nNintendo of Canada, Tektronix, Amazon.com, Expedia, Ballard Power Systems, MacDonald Dettwiler, EA Canada, Cymax Stores, Micron Technology, Electronic Arts, Ballard Technologies) Hydroelectric power (Grand Coulee\nCoulee Dam, Bonneville Dam, BC Hydro) Mass Retail (London Drugs, Costco, Blenz, Starbucks, Tullys, Nordstrom, Zumiez, Albertsons) Microbrewing (BridgePort, Deschutes, Lost Coast\nLost Coast Brewery, MacTarnahan's, Nelson, Ninkasi, Pyramid, Widmer Brothers, Yukon) Mining (Goldcorp, Teck Resources) Outdoor Tourism (alpine skiing, snowboarding, hiking, kayaking, rafting, fishing, mountain biking, water sports) Shoes & Apparel (Nike, Adidas\nAdidas North America, Columbia, R.E.I., Lululemon, Eddie Bauer, Mountain Equipment Co-op) Real estate marketing & realty development/construction.\nAluminum smelting was once an important part of the region's economy due to the abundance of once-cheap hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power generated by the hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River powered at least ten aluminum smelters during the mid-20th century. By the end of World War II these smelters were producing over a third of the United States' aluminum. Production rose during the 1950s and 1960s, then declined. By the first decade of the 21st century the aluminum industry in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest was essentially defunct.[68] The Alcan\nAlcan smelter at Kitimat continues in operation and is fed by the diversion of the Nechako River\nNechako River (a tributary of the Fraser) to a powerhouse on the coast at Kemano, near Kitimat. The region as a whole, but especially several specific areas are concentrated high-tech areas: Seattle\nSeattle eastern suburbs, the Portland Silicon Forest\nSilicon Forest area, and Vancouver, BC. These areas are also leading \"creative class\" economic drivers, feeding thriving cultural sectors, and include many knowledge workers and numerous international advertising, media and design firms present. Education[edit] Colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest:\nList of colleges in British Columbia List of universities in British Columbia\nCalifornia (Northwestern area only, which is part of Cascadia)\nCollege of the Redwoods - a public two-year community college, main campus located in Eureka, California. College of the Siskiyous\nCollege of the Siskiyous - a public two-year community college, located in Weed and Yreka, California. Humboldt State University\nHumboldt State University - a California\nCalifornia State University (public), located in Arcata, California.\nList of colleges and universities in Idaho\nUniversity of Montana Montana\nList of colleges and universities in Oregon\nList of colleges and universities in Washington\nCulture[edit] Although the dominant culture in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest today is Anglo-American, Anglo-Canadian, and Scandinavian American, there is significant Mexican and Chinese influence. 23% of Vancouver, B.C. is Chinese, and 50% of residents of the City of Vancouver\nVancouver do not speak English as their first language.[69] Parts of Oregon\nOregon and Washington are bilingual in both English and Spanish, and Native American culture is strong throughout the Pacific Northwest. The hippie movement also began in California\nCalifornia and the Pacific Northwest. There have been proposals for certain parts of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest becoming its own country because of the shared ecoregion and culture,[70][71] the most well-known being Cascadia. However, the region is strongly divided by the international border, and this division has grown more rather than less powerful over the 20th century.[72] Carl Abbott argues that, given the twin factors of limited economic integration vis-a-vis NAFTA, and cultural similarities, he views the major cities as \"going their separate ways\" as east-west gateways of commerce, competing with each other, rather than forming north-south connectors of a tentative \"megaregion.[72] \" Cannabis\nCannabis use is relatively popular, especially around Vancouver, B.C., Bellingham, Seattle, Olympia, Spokane, Portland and Eugene. Several of these jurisdictions have made arrests for cannabis a low enforcement priority. Medical marijuana is legal in British Columbia,[73] Washington[74] and Oregon,[75] as well as in Alaska, though that state prohibits its sale and has no licensed dispensaries,[76] and in the Yukon, although less than 50 of the territory's residents are licensed to use medical marijuana and no legal dispensaries operate within its borders.[77] As of December 6, 2012, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana for recreational use by persons over 21 years of age became legal in Washington state as a result of state ballot measure Initiative 502, which was approved by the state's voters on November 6, 2012, by a ten-point margin. As of July 1, 2015, recreational marijuana use was legalized in Oregon\nOregon as well.[78][79] Environmentalism[edit] Environmentalism\nEnvironmentalism is prominent throughout the region, especially west of the Cascades. Environmentally conscious services such as recycling and public transportation are widespread, most notably in the more populous areas. A 2007 statistical analysis ranked the 50 Greenest Cities in the United States, placing Portland, Oregon\nOregon first, Eugene, Oregon\nOregon fifth, and Seattle, Washington eighth.[80] The region as a whole is also known for its bicycle culture as an alternative form of transportation; Portland is considered by Forbes Traveler to be the second most bicycle-friendly city in the world.[81] Portland is also the hub of American bicycle manufacturing; as a whole it generated over $68 million in revenue in 2007 alone.[81] Seattle, Washington has also garnered a reputation for its contributions to public transportation with the Puget Sound\nPuget Sound Transit system, including an underground light rail system and a 38.9% worker commute rate as of 2011.[82] Politically, the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is actively involved in environmental efforts. The international organization Greenpeace\nGreenpeace was born in Vancouver\nVancouver in 1970 as part of a large public opposition movement in British Columbia\nBritish Columbia to US nuclear weapons testing on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Liberal and Conservative Northwesterners, such as former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton\nSlade Gorton (R-WA) and moderate Democrats like former Speaker of the House Tom Foley\nTom Foley (D-WA), have been prominent in the development of conservative approaches to environmental protection. Seattle\nSeattle in particular is also home to a large number of publications and institutions concerned with the environment and sustainability, including both Worldchanging\nWorldchanging and Grist.org, the U.S.'s two largest online green magazines. The Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is also noted for a large number of gardening clubs, with Victoria having an annual flower count in February. The direct-intervention oceanic protection group known as the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has its headquarters in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.[83] In British Columbia\nBritish Columbia environmentalist fought to protect Clayoquot Sound in the 1980s and 1990s. More recently the province has agreed to environmental protections in the Great Bear Rainforest. Music[edit] Main article: Music of the Pacific Northwest The modern-era Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is known for indie music, especially grunge, alternative rock, and metal as well as historically-strong folk music and world music traditions. Many are associated with the independent label Sub Pop. Lately the region has also gained notice for its Hip hop music in the Pacific Northwest. KEXP.org is a popular and nationally noted Seattle-based public indie music radio station. Among the area's largest music festivals are the Merritt Mountain Music Festival, the Vancouver\nVancouver Folk Music Festival, the Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Washington, Seattle's Bumbershoot, Boise's Treefort Music Fest, and Portland's MusicfestNW. Portland's Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest blues-based festival west of the Mississippi River. Local artists who became ground-breaking rock bands of their times include Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters\nFoo Fighters and Sleater-Kinney, But the history of Northwest rock can be traced back to the mid 1950s and 1960s with such bands such as The Sonics, The Ventures, The Kingsmen, and Paul Revere and the Raiders.[84] Cuisine[edit] Main article: Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest cuisine Cuisine of the area include wild salmon, huckleberries, a wide variety of Asian cuisines, and locally produced fruits, vegetables, and cheeses. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Mexican, and Greek cuisines are prevalent throughout the Northwest, and reflect the historically strong presence of those communities in the restaurant industry there. Teriyaki\nTeriyaki restaurants are particularly common in the Seattle area.[85][86] Eateries featuring Persian, Asian Fusion, and Indo-Canadian\nIndo-Canadian cuisines are common throughout in Greater Vancouver, as are ethnic specialty restaurants of all kinds. Ethnic staples ranging from frozen perogies to frozen dim sum are common in most supermarkets in these communities. Locally-made craft beers and premium wines from various wine-growing area within the region are popular with drinkers and diners. Northern latitude and coastal breezes create a climate that attracts international recognition for its mostly family-owned and operated vineyards and wineries. Portland is a major microbrewery center in America,[87] and is home to the Widmer Brothers Brewery. Sports[edit]\nCenturyLink Field, home of Seattle\nSeattle Seahawks and Sounders FC\nSkiing, snowboarding, cycling, mountaineering, hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, boating, and water sports are popular outdoor activities. Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and Spokane are home to numerous professional sports teams, including the BC Lions, Vancouver\nVancouver Canucks, Vancouver\nVancouver Canadians, Vancouver\nVancouver Whitecaps FC, Vancouver\nVancouver Stealth, Seattle\nSeattle Mariners, Seattle\nSeattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle\nSeattle Reign FC, Seattle\nSeattle Storm, Everett Aquasox, Tacoma Rainiers, Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, Portland Thorns FC, Hillsboro Hops, Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, Eugene Emeralds, and Spokane Indians. The region's three USSF Division 1 Major League Soccer\nMajor League Soccer teams the Whitecaps FC, Sounders FC, and Timbers play to sold out crowds and compete annually for the Cascadia Cup. The USSF Division 4 USL Premier Development League also has seven teams in the Northwest Division. In addition to all this the region has its own representative non-FIFA team which joined the N.F.-Board\nN.F.-Board officially in 2013 to participate in friendlies and the VIVA World Cup.[citation needed] Vancouver\nVancouver is home to a 4-team league for Australian football, the British Columbia\nBritish Columbia Australian Football League, one of several Canadian Australian football\nAustralian football leagues. Hockey is the most popular spectator sport in British Columbia, with the Vancouver\nVancouver Canucks of the NHL\nNHL being the most popular professional team, although the Vancouver\nVancouver Giants of the Western Hockey League\nWestern Hockey League also have a very strong following. The CFL's BC Lions\nBC Lions are considered Vancouver's second most popular team, although soccer and the Whitecaps FC have been rising in popularity in recent years. Hockey is slowly gaining popularity south of the border too, with the Portland Winterhawks. Followers of the Portland Trail Blazers\nPortland Trail Blazers basketball team refer to themselves as the Sixth Man and Blazermania refers to the extraordinary dedication fans have shown the team. In Seattle\nSeattle many fans are still upset over the move of the Seattle\nSeattle SuperSonics while supporters of the Seattle\nSeattle Seahawks football team are known officially as the 12th Man.[88] And the supporter groups, (namely the Emerald City Supporters, Timbers Army, and Vancouver\nVancouver Southsiders) of the three MLS teams of the region are renowned for their passion and dedication to their teams. The only NASCAR track in the Seattle\nSeattle / Portland region is Evergreen Speedway, the largest short track west of the Mississippi River and has hosted many of the marquee drivers of NASCAR. With three oval tracks, a figure eight track and various road course variants, Evergreen\nEvergreen Speedway operates year-round events. Evergreen\nEvergreen Speedway hosts the NASCAR Whelen All American Series, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, National Figure Eight Events, USAC, SCCA, plus Touring Groups and Formula Drift. In Washington and Oregon, many residents passionately follow college athletics. In Washington, the major NCAA Division I\nNCAA Division I college athletic programs are the University of Washington Huskies\nUniversity of Washington Huskies and the Washington State Cougars. In Oregon\nOregon the major programs are the University of Oregon\nOregon Ducks and the Oregon\nOregon State Beavers. All four of these programs are members of the Pac-12 Conference\nPac-12 Conference and compete with each other in a variety of sports. These universities are all considered rivals of one another, particularly in college football. The most significant of these rivalries are the Oregon\nOregon \u2013 Washington game, the Washington-Washington State game, a.k.a. the Apple Cup\nApple Cup (named so because of Washington's notoriety for apple production) and the Oregon- Oregon\nOregon State game a.k.a. the Civil War. As in professional sports, college fans in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest are known for being particularly passionate about their teams. Both Husky Stadium\nHusky Stadium (where the Washington Huskies play football) and Autzen Stadium\nAutzen Stadium (where the Oregon\nOregon Ducks play football) have gained reputations for deafening noise, despite not being the largest of college football venues. Husky Stadium currently holds the record for the loudest crowd noise in NCAA history at 130 decibels,[89] while Autzen Stadium\nAutzen Stadium currently holds the record for the 4th at 127 decibels.[90] Video games[edit] Seattle\nSeattle is considered by Digital Trends magazine to be the top gaming city in America, a possible indicator of markedly higher rates of video game usage throughout the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest in general.[91] Most major companies are headquartered in the Seattle\nSeattle metropolitan area, including Microsoft, Nintendo\nNintendo of America (a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo), Valve Corporation, Bungie, and Sony Computer Entertainment's subsidiary Sucker Punch Productions. Microsoft\nMicrosoft and Nintendo\nNintendo of America also have Canadian branches headquartered in Vancouver\u2014 Microsoft\nCanada and Nintendo\nNintendo of Canada\u2014respectively, while Electronic Arts\nCanada (a subsidiary division of Electronic Arts) is located in the same city. Demographics[edit] In the U.S. side of the region, Latinos make up a large portion of the agricultural labor force east of the Cascade Range, and are an increasing presence in the general labor force west of the Cascades. African Americans are less numerous in the Pacific Northwest; however, the overall African American\nAfrican American population has been growing in other smaller urban areas throughout the region, such as Spokane and Eugene.[92] African Americans tend to concentrate in western urban areas such as Tacoma, south Seattle, and Portland. Nonetheless, blacks have a very large presence in Tacoma's Hilltop and South Tacoma neighborhoods, Seattle's Central District and Rainier Valley neighborhoods,[93] and in Portland's Northeast Quadrant.[94] There are growing numbers in Vancouver\nVancouver as well, particularly Africans, Jamaicans and blacks from the United States. As of the first decade of the 21st century, many Asians were moving out and into middle class suburbs, though some would voice concern about preserving historical communities particularly in Vancouver. British Columbia\nBritish Columbia has the largest Asian presence per-capita in North America, with 10% of the population being of Chinese ancestry and also large numbers of South Asians, Filipinos, and others. The Asian presence in the U.S. section of the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest is comparably smaller, with all Asian groups together comprising about 8% of Washington state's population, and smaller figures in Oregon\nOregon and Idaho. This is due to immigration quotas at the federal level, as while Canada\nCanada has one-tenth the population of the United States, it takes in one-quarter as many immigrants. African-Americans have held the positions of Mayor in Seattle\nSeattle and Spokane; King County executive, while the state of Washington elected a Chinese American\nChinese American governor during the 1990s, Gary Locke. British Columbians of many ethnicities are prominent in all levels of politics and government, and the province has a number of \"firsts\" in Canadian political history, including the first non-white Premier, Ujjal Dosanjh\nUjjal Dosanjh (who is Indo-Canadian) and the first Asian Lieutenant-Governor, the Hon. David Lam. The Lieutenant-Governor from 2007 to 2012, Steven Point, was of aboriginal origin, being St\u00f3:l\u014d (the dominant type of Coast Salish in BC's Lower Mainland) from the Chilliwack\nChilliwack area. The leader of the opposition party from 2005 to 2011, the NDP, was Carole James, of partial M\u00e9tis origin. Colonial governor James Douglas was himself mulatto of Guyanese extraction and his wife was of Cree\nCree origin. On LGBT\nLGBT representation in government, Oregon\nOregon has been a national leader. At the time of his election to the office of Portland mayor in 2008, Sam Adams was the first openly gay individual to represent a city of Portland's size in the United States. In Silverton, Oregon, the same year, Stu Rasmussen was elected the first transgender mayor in U.S. history. The first two LGBT\nLGBT state supreme court justices in the country both sit on the Oregon\nOregon Supreme Court. Governor of Oregon Kate Brown\nKate Brown is the highest-ranking openly bisexual politician in the United States. Language[edit] Most Americans and Canadians\nCanadians consider the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest English accent \"neutral,\" though indistinct from the Midwestern dialects that some believe typify American speech.[citation needed] It possess the low back vowel merger, or the cot\u2013caught merger. Canadian raising occurs in British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and some speakers in Washington to a similar degree as it does in southern Ontario, but weaker than other parts of Canada. The California\nCalifornia Vowel Shift also affects speech in the region. Chinook Jargon\nChinook Jargon was a pidgin or trade language established among indigenous inhabitants of the region. After contact with Europeans, French, English, and Cree\nCree words entered the language, and \"eventually Chinook became the lingua franca for as many as 250,000 people along the Pacific Slope from Alaska\nAlaska to Oregon.\"[95] Chinook Jargon\nChinook Jargon reached its height of usage in the 19th century though remained common in resource and wilderness areas, particularly but not exclusively by Native Americans and Canadian First Nations\nFirst Nations people, well into the 20th century. Today its influence is felt mostly in place names and a handful of localized slang terms, particularly the word skookum, which remains hallmark of people raised in the region. Besides English and indigenous languages, Chinese has been common since the gold rushes of the mid-19th century, most particularly in British Columbia. Since the 1980s the Toishan, a Yue dialect predominant in the area, has been replaced by mainstream Cantonese\nCantonese and by Mandarin because of large-scale immigration from Asia. Punjabi is also common in Vancouver, which has very large Sikh\nSikh communities from India. Spanish is also spoken in parts of Oregon\nOregon and Washington by Mexicans, both recent immigrants and long-standing communities. National Self-determination\nSelf-determination Desires[edit] Among the fiercely independent and frontier nature of the former Oregon\nOregon Country and now Western Part of the United States, are a desire of many Pacific Northwesterners to improve upon their form of Democracy by further subdividing the region into socio-political or bioregion defined nation states. Some desires are transnational and autonomous of the United States while others are in the hope of gaining additional representational control in particular regions of the Northwest. Among these fluidly changing geographical boundaries and areas sought by a segment of the population of the Northwest are the following:\nPacific Northwest Independence and Secessionist Movements\nCascadia Jefferson Lincoln Northwest Territory\nSpirituality and religion[edit] The Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest has the lowest rate of church attendance in the United States and consistently reports the highest percentage of atheism;[96][97] this is most pronounced on the part of the region west of the Cascades.[98] A recent study indicates that one quarter of those in Washington and Oregon\nOregon believe in no religion.[99] Similarly, according to the 2011 National Household Survey, 44% of British Columbia residents reported no religion.[100] Religion\nReligion plays a smaller part in Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest politics than in the rest of the United States. The religious right has considerably less political influence than in other regions. Political conservatives in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest tend to identify more strongly with free-market libertarian values than they do with more religious social conservatives.[101] That said, three of the four major international charities in the region are religious in nature: Northwest Medical Teams International, World Concern, World Vision International, and Mercy Corps. This is part of a long tradition of activist religion. The Skid Road\nSkid Road Group, a shelter offering soup and sermons to the unemployed and recovering alcoholics, was launched in Vancouver, with the Salvation Army\nSalvation Army having deep roots in the Gastown\nGastown district, dating back to the era of the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway\nCanadian Pacific Railway (1880s) and attained prominence in the same centers during the Klondike Gold Rush. The region is also known as a magnet for a wide range of philosophical and spiritual belief systems. Eastern spiritual beliefs have been adopted by an unusually large number of people (by North American standards), and Tibetan Buddhism\nTibetan Buddhism in particular has a strong local following.[102] The Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association, claimed to be the largest organization of its kind in the world, was founded in Portland in 1993. The region is home to many unique Christian\nChristian communities, ranging from the Doukhobors\nDoukhobors to the Mennonites. The Mennonite Central Committee Supportive Care Services is based in Abbotsford, BC.[103] The Mennonite Central Committee\nMennonite Central Committee and the Mennonite Disaster Service enjoy a heavy rate of enlistment and donations from the strong Mennonite community in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. The Doukhobors, whose church is the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ, are a Russian anabaptist sect whose migration to Canada\nCanada was aided by Count Leo Tolstoy and who are today focussed in the West Kootenay\nWest Kootenay and Boundary regions of Southeastern British Columbia. Their history in Canada includes resistance to state education and industrial development (see Sons of Freedom). Also, within the region there is a fairly strong representation of Orthodox churches (Greek, Russian, Serbian and others), as well as the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Religious sees that are based in the Pacific Northwest\nPacific Northwest include the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, Province 8 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the Anglican Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and the Yukon, and the suffragan dioceses that make up those provinces. Yogic teachings, Sufism, tribal and ancient beliefs and other philosophies are widely studied and appreciated in the region. The Lower Mainland\nLower Mainland of British Columbia\nBritish Columbia has a very large Sikh\nSikh community. Oregon\nOregon has a considerable Quaker (Society of Friends) population. There has been major growth in Chinese Buddhist temples since the increase in immigration from East Asia\nEast Asia in the 1980s, especially in Vancouver. Also in Vancouver, there is a small Hindu\nHindu population, a number of Parsee (Zoroastrians), and an emerging Muslim especially the 11,000-strong Ismaili[104] population from South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans, Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Some people in the area also embrace alternative religion, such as New Age spirituality and Neo-Paganism.[105] A New Thought\nNew Thought church called Living Enrichment Center\nLiving Enrichment Center with 4,000 members was located in Wilsonville, Oregon\nOregon from 1992 to 2004.[106]\nBrother Twelve ran a controversial commune in the Gulf Islands\nGulf Islands of British Columbia\nBritish Columbia early in the 20th century The Emissaries of Divine Light are a notable presence in the region of 100 Mile House, British Columbia\nBritish Columbia and also have a large ashram on Kootenay Lake, northeast of Nelson, British Columbia Gangaji, an internationally recognized spiritual teacher and disciple of Poonjaji, lives in Ashland, Oregon The followers of the Guru Rajneesh, the sannyasins, established a center for their beliefs and lifestyle near Antelope, Oregon, which included an ashram complex as well as, for a while, an attempted takeover of the local economy The training school of the immortal (according to the organization) being Ramtha is headquartered in Yelm, Washington Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power Of Now, lives in Vancouver, British Columbia Neale Donald Walsch, author of Conversations with God, lives in Ashland, Oregon, where he runs a retreat center Oregon's Willamette Valley\nWillamette Valley has a large population of Russian Old Believers[107]\nAtlantic Northeast, another region shared between Canada\nCanada and the U.S. Climate change in Washington Megaregions of the United States Northwest Coast art List of Cascade Range\nCascade Range topics\n^ a b c d e f g h Part of Greater Vancouver. ^ a b c d e Part of Seattle\nSeattle metropolitan area (Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA). ^ a b c d Part of Portland metropolitan area (Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA). ^ Part of Greater Victoria. ^ Part of Spokane metropolitan area\nSpokane metropolitan area (Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA MSA). ^ a b Part of Boise metropolitan area\nBoise metropolitan area (Boise City\u2013Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)).\n^ McKee, Bates (1972). 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Springer)\nI've been fortunate enough to fish some truly spectacular places. The Colorado River, in Lee's Ferry, Arizona, is deep within Glen Canyon, the entrance to the Grand Canyon. The scenery was spectacular enough for me to miss a few wild rainbow trout, being totally memorized by the height, color and textures of the canyon walls. Staring into the crystal clear water of Quebec's Bonaventure River can be just as hypnotic. The beautiful blue Pacific off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island is truly a sight to behold. If I had to pick one place to spend the rest of my life, it would probably on one of the Hawaiian Islands.\nIt can be just as easy to get wrapped up in the beauty of my local water. What's prettier than the Housatonic River in autumn? My hometown shores of Narragansett, Rhode Island are beautiful and have enormous sentimental value to me. When a bald eagle flies over the Farmington River, I always stop what I'm doing to watch it glide by.\nMany of us fish to be in places like the ones mentioned above. It's a great escape from a hectic office or life in a frantic city. The air is clean, the colors are vivid and they are places where we can clear our heads and appreciate the beauty of our surroundings.\nHaving said all of that, I'm not one to let the grit of what has come to be called \"urban fishing\" bother me one bit. In fact, I spend more time than ever fishing in urban environments. It's remarkable how good urban fishing can be. In fact, some of my most memorable fishing experiences have been in cities. For anglers willing to swap beautiful meadows and beaches for rundown industrial parks and highway overpasses, there is some excellent fishing to be had in cities across the globe.\nJock Scott and trash\nLike a lot of fly fisherman, I was initially put off by the noise commonly found in urban fisheries. The traffic sound is probably the biggest aural distraction, followed by the occasional sounds of sirens. One of my best days of fishing anywhere was on the Dutch side of the island of St. Maarten. I fished behind a police station, which happened to be next to a busy traffic circle. The ever present sound of roaring engines, police and ambulance sirens, and car horns was enough to drive a fly fisherman mad. Hitting concrete walls with my backcast didn't help, either. Despite the less than idilic setting, the place was loaded with small tarpon who were on the feed. It was pretty easy to block out the noise when 10-25 lb. baby tarpon were busy inhaling topwater flies.\nSome places have a \"unique\" scent, which can be even more off-putting than the sounds. The Naugatuck River has a slight aroma. It bothered me a little at first. I have since learned to ignore it. I've fished there so much, I'm not sure I can detect it anymore. It's not bad in most places. There is one area, however, that I won't fish due to its proximity to a sewage treatment plant. The smell is just too much for me. It's a shame. There are some nice pools there although, as tolerant as I am, I just can't stomach it for any length of time.\nThis dragon reminds me of old Powell & Peralta skateboard graphics.\nI have to say, I actually like some of the graffiti.\nThen there are the eyesores. My newly found shad fishing spot fits into this category. There is trash almost everywhere. There are tires in the water, liquor bottles all over the banks, graffiti on most flat surfaces, and abandoned factory buildings all around. I only started fishing there this year but, since I have been conditioned by other urban fisheries, the setting rarely bothered me. When the fishing was red hot, as it was on a few occasions, all I saw was the water, the fish, and my line flying out of my reel.\nFinally, there are the people. In some cases, there are lots of people, many of whom offer unsolicited fishing tips any chance they get. Most wouldn't know which end of a hook to tie on their line. However, for every five or so delusional \"experts,\" there is someone who will offer really helpful advice. The best tips usually come from conventional fishermen, not other fly anglers. The delicate sensibilities of the fly angler usually keeps him or her away from such locations, but spin fishers are no strangers here. Many are totally keyed into what's going on in their urban fishery. Every season on the Naugatuck, the information I find most reliable comes from a small group of spin fishing friends who know the river inside and out.\nThen there are the impoverished. Sometimes I find it difficult to enjoy my leisure time when I'm looking right at a homeless person who is sick and living under a bridge. It's an image that can be difficult to witness, especially in cold weather. If I know I might come across someone who has fallen on rough times, I pack an extra sandwich in case I bump into him or her.\nOld friends, catching up behind an abandoned waterfront factory\nSo they are the people you might want to talk to. How about the ones you'd rather avoid? Some are more irritating than others. The graffiti artists vandalize public and private property, but some of their artwork is pretty cool. The dog walkers can be a real problem, especially if they let their dog swim into the pool while people are fishing. Drug addicts and dealers are an unwelcome part of urban fishing, but most keep a low profile and are rarely a problem.\nAs far as directly affecting the quality of fishing goes, the worst culprits are the rule breakers and poachers. Never have I witnessed such overt displays of poaching as I did when fishing northern Russia's Kola River. When a pair of camo-clad poachers stretch a net right below your pool, you might as well pack up and move, because not much is getting through. The worst part was seeing that activity go unpunished in the less regulated sectors of the river. It happens at home, too. Maybe not as frequently or on such a grand scale, enough to be a real downer.\nKola River poachers hard at work\nSpectators can be another annoying byproduct of urban fishing. Did you just land a really big fish right next to a park's walking path? Have you ever caught fish after fish within view of passersby? Having a great day of urban fishing can be a longterm kiss of death if people see you and call their friends. It happened to me earlier this season. Other than giving up when the fishing is good, which is silly, I'm not sure how to prevent being watched.\nDespite the drawbacks, I've had enough positive urban fishing experiences to keep me going. Unless it's downright dangerous, I'd never turn down a chance to experience good fishing just because it wasn't in a wilderness, or even suburban, setting. I spend virtually all spring and fall fishing in urban settings. I have made memories and new friends while urban fishing. I have taken some interesting pictures that really tell a story. Best of all, I have caught some serious fish right in the middle of the city. All this and very few mosquito bites to show for it!\nThe payoff: A beautiful springer caught between a\nwater treatment plant and train tracks.\nT.J. Brayshaw July 14, 2015 at 7:22 PM\nNice post Ben. 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Click here to read more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1641, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 151.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://themostbeautifulfraudintheworld.blogspot.com/2013/06/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:35Z", "digest": "sha1:HACWNDBP67JHTYJHMETGAOGLY3G6BU5O", "length": 17608, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "themostbeautifulfraudintheworld.blogspot.com", "title": "The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World: June 2013", "raw_content": "As far as my history with Superman movies go, once one gets past the 1950's TV show and accompanying big screen serials, which incidentally are great fun, the first two Christopher Reeve ones from 1978 and 1981 are good, solid superhero movies. 1983's third installment was just awful, and it's followup in 1987, The Quest For Peace as it was sub-titled, is just cataclysmically bad. Then, after a couple of decades relegated to the small screen via Dean Cain and Tom Welling, the 2006 reboot, Superman Returns came around, and was not so much a bad movie, as just utterly forgettable. Seriously, did that film really happen? I am willing to bet the creators of this latest version, The Man of Steel, have cleaved it from their memories, and we probably should as well.\nNow my personal history with the films of Zack Snyder are a bit more up and down, but consistently so. I loved his first film, 2004's Dawn of the Dead remake (the best damn remake, retooling, whatever, we have seen in a long long time), then hated his second, the atrociously ridiculous 300 (though some of the director's eye-porn visuals were fun at times), but turned around and loved his third film, 2009's oft-maligned Watchmen (my favourite comicbook adaptation, and a member of my top ten for the year), and again hated his fourth film, Sucker Punch (now I would never knock a bunch of plaid skirted naughty schoolgirls kicking ass, but wow is this film bad). Pretending that The Owls of Gagoobaly-Gook (or whatever that thing was called), was never even in Snyder's mish-mashed oeuvre (even more forgettable than Superman Returns), the critical algorithms of the director's life work is a clean yes no yes no. In theory, this should mean I loved Man of Steel, right? Yeah, well, not so much.\nDo not get me wrong, Zack Snyder's Man of Steel is a more-than-capable superhero film (produced by Christopher Nolan, giving credit where credit is due), with all the requisite creation story, moral angst, and heroic action sequences and balls-out fight scenes, not to mention one of the most iconic of superhero outfits, and even though it plays at being both something serious and something quaint, it just never reaches the level of darkness of the Wagnerian Dark Knight Trilogy, nor does it manage the old school whimsey of such Marvel movies as Iron Man or The Avengers. What it does do though, is gives us two hours and twenty-some minutes of solid superheroic fun. Granted, I have never been the biggest of Superman fans, tending, comicly-speaking, to lean more toward the Mighty Marvel side of things, growing up on a steady diet of Avengers, X-Men, Daredevil, The Defenders, and The Fantastic Four, but there is no denying the inherent heroism in the classic character, and it is this same heroism that Henry Cavill channels in his role as Kal-El/Clark Kent. Having been born in the Channel Islands, there is probably some joke about the actor channeling the superhero, but we should probably just leave that in the aether where it belongs.\nActually, the British actor, complete with chiseled jaw and abs of (literal?) steel, is perfectly suited for the part, but considering that Supes, originally conceived by teenagers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1933, and making his debut in DC Comics in 1938, helping to usher in the world of superheroes, has never been the most convoluted of characters - you will never see the depth that ones sees in a Batman or a Spider-Man - his acting prowess is never really brought into question. Others in the cast, such as Kevin Costner as Kal-El's adoptive Kansan father, Jonathan Kent, Russell Crowe as his Kryptonian dad, Jor-El, and Amy Adams as everyone's favourite investigative reporter, Lois Lane (more modernized than Margot Kidder's version, but still getting in just as much peril), do an equally capable job, but it is really Michael Shannon as General Zod (of course) who steals whatever show there happens to be to steal. In the end, after Superman does what no other Superman has done before, we are left with a good, if not great, action movie, and a movie that, despite its flaws, will still make you believe a man can really fly.\nYeah, yeah, yeah. I know, my writing output has already been a little on the weak side these days (quantity, not quality, I hope), and now here I am telling all my loyals that the dry spell will continue. Sure, I have lots of things planned for the Summer, writing-wise, and I will eventually be getting to them. In the meantime though, the lovely wife and I will be heading west, to the City of so-called Sin. That's right, we will be in Vegas soon, and believe it or not, I am not even taking my laptop. That's right, I am goin' off the grid baby. Okay, I will have my smart phone with me, I'm not that crazy, but seriously, there will only be one (maybe two) posts in and around these parts over the next week or so. I will be rounding up the latest Battle Royale (Cagney vs. Edward G., for those who are caught unawares) this weekend, and letting you all in on who comes out on top in that one (tight race right now, get over there and vote - it is right near the top of the damn sidebar for crying out loud) and I will also be posting a review of Man of Steel either Friday or Saturday, but after that, it is off to the lights of the desert for some R&R. Once I return (after the 24th-ish) I will be posting some rather overdue reviews of such films as The Purge, This is the End, Now You See Me, Before Midnight, and Upstream Color, as well as putting together a brand new Battle Royale, and getting started on a few fun Summer things (more on those later). Until then...here is a shot from one of my favourite Vegas-set films. Yeah, that's right.\nWith the director's last few films, M. Night Shyamalan has more than proven that he is an atrocious storyteller and just a god-awful filmmaker. Sure, once upon a time, the director had a few films ranging from okay-but-overrated (The Sixth Sense), surprisingly enjoyable (Signs), and even kind of good (Unbreakable), but with each subsequent film, from The Village to Lady in the Water to The Happening to The Last Airbender, Shyamalan has managed to do the seemingly impossible - make a even worse movie than the last one. After seeing The Village, and its array of preposterous narrative and ridiculous acting, one would have thought it near impossible to make a film that was worse than this. With Lady in the Water, Shyamalan proved those naysayers wrong. After the nonsensical bunk that was that film, the guy actually proved us wrong again with The Happening (Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel run from the wind...and actually outrun it!!??), and, with The Last Airbender, one of the epic crash-and-burns of modern cinema, on a par with monstrosities like Waterworld and Battlefield Earth, the so-called filmmaker proved us wrong once again. Wow! I must admit that in a warped kind of way, that is a pretty impressive feat indeed. But the question remains, has he proven us wrong again? Has he made a film even worse than The Last Airbender? It seems highly unlikely that such a thing would be possible, but if anyone could pull off such a feat, it would be M. Night Shyamalan.\nIn a weird way, I now look forward, ofttimes with a giddy demeanor, to each of the director's films being worse than the last. I think I would be doubly disappointed if he were to actually pull off a good film again. I would be more upset with that outcome than with having to sit through yet another atrocious M. Night Shyamalan train wreck of a movie. Well, I am here to tell you that even though he did not pull off the seemingly impossible again - After Earth is not as terrible as The Last Airbender (what the hell could be!?) - I am not doubly disappointed, for this film is just godawful bad. The best you are going to get out of this critic is the following statement: \"After Earth is not the worst movie ever made.\" Let's just leave it at that, shall we. When you keep setting the bar so high (or so low, if you will), it will just naturally become more difficult over time to sustain such a level of, let us say, consistent descendent filmmaking behaviour. But enough of this ripping apart on the director's past foibles and failures (not unlike beating that old dead horse we've heard tell about), for this is a time to be ripping apart the director's latest creation - even if, according to some people, it isn't the worst movie ever made.\nAfter Earth. What can one say about After Earth? Without getting too mired down in such adjectives as terrible, horrible, ridiculous, ludicrous, or even godawful (my favourite), one can surely discuss how this story, about a military father and his less-than-militaristic son, both of Earth lineage, living on a somewhat distant planet, a thousand years or so after Earth became inhabitable, who crash land on, you guessed it, the aforementioned uninhabitable planet Earth. This father and son duo, in a blatant nepotistic vanity piece, are played by Will Smith and son Jaden. Now Columbia Pictures really knows how to sell such a film. Never even mentioning Shyamalan, aside from a the briefest of small type print, in the trailer, and instead opting to highlight the Smith father and son team, those put off by the ever-declining quality of M. Night's oeuvre, may still actually go and see the damn movie - even if it still looks the steaming pile of batshitcrazy psycho baboon feces that it is. Oh, have I not mentioned the batshitcrazy psycho baboons yet? My bad. You see, apparently (and this is said in dialogue), all the creatures of this futuristic killer Earth have evolved over these last thousand years to hate humans. How this came about without any humans being on the planet over these same thousand years, I am still not sure, but stupidity of narrative aside, what brings this film down most is the godawful (oh, I used that word) boredom that comes with having to sit through the damn dreck.\nThough he is often considered something of a great actor by many, my thoughts on Will Smith tend to lean more toward the mediocre side of things. Granted, I like the guy when he is doing comedy - his true calling I think - but when it comes to drama, the schtick just gets too thick for me to enjoy. This is no different in After Earth, as both p\u00e9re and fils Smith are far more serious about their circumstances than anyone could possibly be while watching their quite ludicrous (another word I said I would put aside) predicament. Far more serious than the film actually deserves. Then again, no matter how pedestrian I happen to find papa Smith's acting, it is nothing compared to the atrocious acting that Jaden shows here. Seriously, as the fourteen year old actor ran around Killer Earth, trying to evade those batshitcrazy psycho baboons, some pretty fucking shitty-assed weather patterns, and a space spider-thingee who's sole purpose is to hunt and eat Jaden, tracking him by the fear he puts off, I kept hoping the baboons or the weather or the goddamn space spider-thingee would finally put an end to his miserable, bawl-baby character. But alas, this is a Smith/Smith project, so nothing bad can really happen, right? Whatever the case, this inane family therapy session - even M. Night should have bailed on this one - turned into the dumbest of sci-fi snooze-fests, is one to be avoided like the proverbial plague of batshitcrazy psycho baboons.\nForces of Geek \"A History of Sci-Fi Cinema\" - Pt IX\nThe fine folks over at Forces of Geek have allowed me the space and time to ramble on about the history of science fiction cinema. These bi-weekly columns, will make an attempt, however feeble, at discussing the history of this often chided cinematic genre. From its birth to the latest CGI box office hits, I will take a look at the films that have filled the genre, as well as their literary influences and TV offshoots. In this episode, my ninth in the series, I take a look at the year 1954, a year that gave us an iconic creature from an equally iconic lagoon, a cheesy Disney-ized Jules Verne adaptation, and Mr. Big.\nRead my column, \"1954: The Year of the Big Bugs, the Black Lagoon, and a Big-Ass Lizard Called Godzilla,\" at Forces of Geek.\nGuest Review: Carter Liotta Looks at Val Lewton - Part II\nThe following is the second in a series of guest reviews by my good friend, Carter Liotta. Mild mannered eye doctor during the day, and ravenous cinephile at night, Liotta, whose writing, digital videos and pithiness can be found at his delightfully droll Wordpress sight, takes a look at the works of legendary film producer Val Lewton. We here at The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World (which means, me) are glad to have him aboard. Enjoy.\nTwo months before Cat People opened in 1942, the cameras had started to roll on producer Val Lewton\u2019s second film. RKO Pictures had tested and approved the title I Walked with a Zombie, and now wanted a movie based on the title.\nZombie is a movie loved by most critics in spite of its failures and gaping plot holes. It works because it is about mood and atmosphere rather than horror itself. It\u2019s about voodoo, mental illness and alcoholism. It may even be about zombies. Like many Lewton films, it\u2019s never quite made clear.\nMost of all, I Walked with a Zombie is an exercise in misdirection, including the title itself. Audiences expecting to see hordes of brain-eating zombies on the march have an entirely different experience.\nThe film begins with two figures walking distantly on a beach. It\u2019s not clear who these people are, and the film never returns to this scene to let us know definitively. A voice-over from Betsy Connell (Frances Dee) explains in a wistful tone that \u201cI walked with a zombie last night.\u201d It\u2019s the same tone in which Meryl Streep says \u201cI once had a farm in Africa.\u201d It promptly defuses any notion that walking with a zombie is anything other than a calm, etherial experience.\nConnell, a Canadian, has been recruited as a private nurse to the ailing wife of a sugar baron named Paul Holland (Tom Conway). Holland lives on the fictitious West Indian isle of Saint Sebastian, where the black population was brought in chains generations ago and now practices Haitian voodoo.\nOnce on the island, Betsy learns that her charge is \u201ca mental case.\u201d Taken by fever, Mrs. Holland is now nonverbal and detached from the world except to sleepwalk or be guided by the sane. Concurrently, there is an unspoken, hard-boiled tension between Paul and his alcoholic younger half-brother Wesley Rand (James Ellison), the result of a love triangle with Jessica prior to her becoming a vegetable.\nBetsy decides to find a cure for Jessica, and is told by the two white medical experts on the island, including the brothers\u2019 own mother (Edith Barrett), that it\u2019s hopeless. At night, however, Betsy hears voodoo drums, and realizes that voodoo medicine may be able to break Mrs. Holland\u2019s trance.\nAnd so, Zombie is a movie of opposites: white people and black people, Canada and the Caribbean, medicine and voodoo, living and dead. Rather than being contrasted, the lines are blurred so that the audience does not have a good sense of right and wrong and how to judge the situation.\nAdding to this disorientation are the sets, which seem to move in subtle ways. Does Betsy\u2019s room look out upon the courtyard? The sugar fields? Paul Holland\u2019s living room? Does Mrs. Holland live in a tower? Under a tower? In a room beside the tower? Moreover, why do seemingly important plot devices end up meaning nothing? Is it that a bad B-Movie was careless with the script and the shooting? Or are we being told that realities are far less explainable than what simple plot devices normally allow?\nFor a 1943 movie, I Walked with a Zombie is remarkably modern in its portrayal of its black characters, the history of island slavery, and even in its respect toward voodoo. It is surprising, given the films exploitative title, that it fails to exploit such low-hanging fruit. Lewton became fascinated by Hatian culture while working on the piece, and spent a percentage of his paltry budget hiring genuine voodoo drummers and a Hatian cultural and voodoo expert named LeRoy Antoine as a technical adviser. It is quite possible that the relationship between Lewton and Antoine allowed a black perspective into the writing, rather than it being a white man\u2019s perception of slavery and voodoo.\nMark Robson, in The Celluloid Muse, noted that Lewton was a difficult man with whom to work. He wasted time and seldom could accomplish anything without the pressure of a deadline. When his employees went home at night, his insomnia would keep him up, rewriting the script and mulling over new ideas. Lewton encouraged extensive collaboration, but then made the end result deeply personal.\nHired to write the script was Curt Siodmark, whose work writing horror pictures for Universal monster movies was well known. Lewton\u2019s plan had always been to throw away the Universal formula, and eventually he threw away Siodmark, himself, replacing him with screenwriter Ardel Wray. As in many Lewton films, Val Lewton re-wrote the final draft of the script, but never took writing credit.\nAnd so, we\u2019re never sure whether the forces that lead to discord and death are spiritual or human, or whether the moon reflecting upon the water is beautiful, or whether it takes its gleam from millions of tiny dead bodies and is the glitter of putrescence. What\u2019s beautiful and benign can seem eerie, and those things that cause us great concern can, in the end, be benign.\nLabels: Carter Liotta Looks at Val Lewton, Horror", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 308, "original_length": 34033, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://theroadscholar.me/2017/07/03/the-mitford-series-by-jan-karon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:44Z", "digest": "sha1:NP3BM75MCZEOKK25Z6QAH4QUFA5AQ3AG", "length": 2988, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "theroadscholar.me", "title": "The Mitford Series by Jan Karon", "raw_content": "How is it possible that a book written by someone I have never met can hold such a large influence over my life? I have so many, many books that I love and could recommend but I must start here. This is the top. The very best series I have ever read.\nAt Home in Mitford is the first book in the series written by Jan Karon. She lived in western North Carolina while writing this series. It is based on a small town priest and those he meets and cares for in the town of Mitford. I love this book so much I have multiple copies. This enables me to loan them out immediately to anyone (!) who has not heard of Mitford.\nI love the characters and hate to even call them characters. They feel real to me, like long lost relatives. Long before the last book, I was prepared to move to Mitford and love these people like my second family. Alas, Mitford exists only in the books and in the reader\u2019s heart.\nThere will be tears and laughter as these new, dear friends navigate life with help from above and friends, who love and hope and continue to fight for what matters.\nA few quotes from the series:\n\u201cThe rector raised up from his seat in the booth and looked through the front window. Yes, indeed. He saw the creature, staring soulfully into the Grill.\nHe couldn\u2019t help thinking that it was oddly flattering to have someone waiting for him, even if it was a dog. Emma had said for years that he needed a dog or a cat, or even a bird. But no, not once had he ever considered such a thing.\n\u201cWe ought to call th\u2019 shelter,\u201d insisted Percy, who thought that a little action would brighten the morning. \u201cThey\u2019ll be on \u2018im before you get down t\u2019 your office.\u201d\nThe rector discreetly put a piece of buttered toast in a napkin and slipped it into his pocket. \u201cLet\u2019s wait on that, Percy\u201d, he said, walking to the door.\nHe stood there for a moment, composing himself. Then he opened the door and stepped out to the sidewalk.\u201d\n\u201cBoldly! That was the great and powerful key. Preach boldly! Love boldly! Jog boldly! And most crucial of all, do not approach God whining or begging, but boldly\u2014as a child of the King.\u201d\n\u201cAt noon, he walked to the Grill for lunch or, if it was raining, snowing or sleeting, ate half of Emma\u2019s usual egg salad sandwich and shared her Little Debbies.\u201d\n\u201cNow, he found himself compulsively cleaning out drawers his guests would never open and closets they would never see, and polishing silver they would never use. But, he assured himself, it was a perfect time to get caught up. A dinner party provided the most excellent of excuses.\u201d\n\u201cBut then, he was often told that he needed one thing or another: a cat, a bird, a gazebo, earmuffs, English garden tools, a word processor, a vacation, a bicycle, a wife, and, until Barnabas, a dog. Several people had even made the unwelcome suggestion that he get himself a microwave.\u201d\nI hope that gives you a little flavor of Mitford. If you like books about real life, small towns and finding joy in the ordinary, these are the books for you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4087, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 315.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thespcblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/almirall-vs-mylan-belgian-court-of.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:03Z", "digest": "sha1:WCEDSOE3YHVESPA3VSKWMGZ7NIHU7QNH", "length": 968, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "thespcblog.blogspot.com", "title": "The SPC blog: Almirall vs. Mylan -Belgian Court of Appeal Decision", "raw_content": "Almirall vs. Mylan -Belgian Court of Appeal Decision\nBenito Boone of Crowell & Moring (Brussels) has kindly provided us with the recent Belgian decision on the calculation of the duration of an SPC in the case Almirall vs. Mylan (aceclofenac). In short,\n\"the Brussels Court of Appeal confirmed an earlier judgement, which stated that the starting point of the calculation of the duration of the SPC (article 13 of the Regulation), is not the first MA granted in accordance with Dir. 65/65/EEC (now 2001/83/EC), but a national MA which dates from before the entry into force\nof Dir. 65/65/EEC (even if the national MA was granted without a full assessment: see p. 33, \u00a7 22 in fine of the judgment).\nThe court also refuses to refer the case to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling. \"\nFor a copy of the judgement in Dutch, here. Let us know if you would be interested in a more detailed summary by emailing us here.\nLabels: aceclofenac; Dir 65/65/EEC, marketing authorisation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 8367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 215.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thetravell.com/-p=959.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:26Z", "digest": "sha1:PTGLW3IQ5D4YBQ6Q3YFA3GBWPZD67RTY", "length": 2948, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "thetravell.com", "title": "thetravell.com \u00bb Costa Rica Vacation", "raw_content": "\u2190 The Popularity Of Spain\u2019s Costa Blanca\nYouth\u2019s Pittsburgh Steelers #92 James Harrison Bla \u2192\nCosta Rica, bordered by Nicaragua, Panama, Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea is one of the best locations for vacations.\nCosta Rica vacation involves a large number of hot destinations one can ever dream of.Also, it is pretty economical to spend on Costa Rica vacation deal.\nIn Costa Rica, one can enjoy lovely tropical beaches, the grandest adventures, the wonders of nature, brilliant and exciting culture and all the necessary components of an ideal vacation.No wonder then why thousands of tourists make Costa Rica their top travel choice.\nApart from enjoying the flora and fauna of Costa Rica, your vacation to Costa Rica will specifically involve the following popular destinations:\nThe first destination that we are going to discuss here is the Manuel Antonio National Park. You can enjoy the incredible wealth of attractions found here. The most attractive features of this place are its tropical beaches, rich forestation with a lot of variety of amazing flora and fauna. It is referred to as one of the most famous tourist destinations of Costa Rica.\nThe next to be discussed is the Arenal Volcano. It is considered to be the most attractive and active volcano in Costa Rica. It is something that will make your Costa Rica vacation memorable. You can enjoy the fireworks of this volcano from the nearby town of La Fortuna. The hot springs present here give a feel of a tropical paradise that creates a relaxing atmosphere for you.\nCorcovado National Park is a must-go destination of Costa Rica. Located on the dazzling Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park is known as one of the most bio-diverse locations on earth. It is a perfect place for those tourists who want to be very close to nature and have peace of mind.\nMonteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is another most hunted place of Costa Rica. This reserve is covered with clouds. It is the living place for around 3000 species of animals and plants.\nJaco and Playa Hermosa are considered to be among the top surf zones of the world.It is the most-suited destination for the surfing experts as well as beginners. An international surfing competition is held every year in Playa Hermosa, which is an extremely beneficial and exploring event for surfing enthusiasts.\nCahuita National Park is a combo of stunning and lovely beaches with beautiful coastal rainforests. It is a complete package of wonderful and relaxing atmosphere.\nGrecia & Sarchi are located in the magnificent San Jose highlands. Those who are dying to escape from city life and busy life schedule must visit this place at least once. Sarchi is particularly famous and known for its amazing artistic wooden handicrafts.\nWe are sure that your Costa Rica vacation will be the most unforgettable and heavenly trip of your life.\nFor more information visit here: Costa Rica Vacation [http://www.costaricaviews.com/costa-rica-vacation/]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 5580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 258.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thevrincent.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-secret-plan.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:25Z", "digest": "sha1:ATFT5KUA4IM7RIKU3AFXBKDDMELAI4OK", "length": 434, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "thevrincent.blogspot.com", "title": "T.V.: My Secret Plan", "raw_content": "My Secret Plan\nIn 4 months, you'll be seeing me everywhere.\nSorry for not making a post yesterday. I was busy setting up this plan.\nI cannot reveal my plan yet, but I'm telling you- It's genius. Things will change around this blog, obviously, but in 4 months, you'll be seeing me everywhere.\nAs for the blog, I'll be going for quality and not quantity. There will only be 3 posts a week, but they'll be worth the reading and watching.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2850, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://threecoolpeople.blogspot.com/2009/04/snow-snow-go-away-come-again-another.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:56Z", "digest": "sha1:2Q7355QBGT2XQO5QVQKKCOWUDO7KRUYO", "length": 146, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "threecoolpeople.blogspot.com", "title": "The Merrells: snow, snow, go away, come again another day", "raw_content": "She is so stinkin' cute...I love it.\nI couldn't agree more, the snow needs to go away!!! I feel like I haven't seen you forever, I miss you guys!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1927, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 229.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://timplates.com.au/contact-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:15Z", "digest": "sha1:IJXIKKLM22MJXDOGDO2QCMBUDF2PJBZC", "length": 179, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "timplates.com.au", "title": "Contact Us | Timplates Contact Us | Timplates", "raw_content": "Timplates is based in the old Lonely Planet Building, which is at 90 Maribyrnong Street, Footscray, in Melbourne. It\u2019s right on the Maribyrnong River.\nemail: info@timplates.com.au", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 597, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 208.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tortorbali.com/2017/03/14/3-air-conditioner-myths-that-could-hurt-your-wallet/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:20Z", "digest": "sha1:R3QYWVCHQ3G6OA2KJRQ4QJUNMUAE36GX", "length": 3749, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "tortorbali.com", "title": "3 Air Conditioner Myths That Could Hurt Your Wallet - when to call it quits on your old front door", "raw_content": "The average residential home spent $110.21 per month on electricity. No one likes spending more money on utility bills than they have to, but that may be exactly what you're doing if you're making decisions about your air conditioner based on false information. Here's the truth behind three A/C myths that may be hurting your wallet.\nAmerica has an odd cultural belief that bigger is always better, and in some cases\u2014such as paychecks and bottles of syrup\u2014that may be true. When it comes to your air conditioner, however, having one that is sized too big for your home is actually wasting energy and damaging the unit.\nWhat happens when an air condition is too big is it cools the space too fast, resulting in two problems. First, this doesn't allow the unit to run long enough to properly reduce humidity in the home. Air conditioners extract moisture from the air, which is one way it cools down the space. An oversized A/C unit shuts down before it can have a noticeable effect on the humidity. You may still feel uncomfortable, and excess moisture in the air encourages mold growth.\nSecond, the unit will turn on and off more often than necessary. Sure, the unit cools fast, but then the temperature in the home rises and the unit has to turn on again to cool the home. Well-sized air conditioners will only cycle about 2 to 3 times per hour. However, oversized units will cycle more than that, which uses more energy and can require you to replace the machine sooner than expected as parts wear out faster.\nIt's essential you have a professional calculate the right size air conditioner you need for your home to help you avoid this problem.\nEnergy Efficient Models Are Always Better\nAnother myth is that energy efficient air conditioners are always the better choice. There's no denying these appliances can help you save money on your energy bills each month. If you have to replace your air conditioner for other reasons anyway, then opting for one that's energy efficient is a smart choice.\nHowever, there's no need to swap out your existing A/C unit for an energy efficient one if there's nothing else wrong with it. There are other, and less expensive, ways to boost the efficiency of your machine. Using weather stripping under doors and windows and plugging cracks can prevent cool air from escaping the house and stop warm air from entering. Cleaning the air conditioner, registers, and ducts is another option. Keeping curtains closed or putting UV filters on the panes can minimize heat gain from the sun's rays.\nIt's a good idea to improve the efficiency of your existing machine before spending money to upgrade it.\nRefrigerant Must Be Refilled Periodically\nA third misconception that's been circulating around is refrigerant in an air conditioner must be topped off periodically. Coolant is not a consumable item in an A/C unit. This part of the machine is a closed system, and the refrigerant is reused over and over again to help cool the air passing through the unit. Low refrigerant in an air conditioner means you have a leak somewhere that must be patched.\nLeaks can form in the coils and other places for a number of reasons, including age and manufacturer defects. Not only can leaks reduce the efficiency of your unit resulting in higher energy bills, but they are dangerous to your health. Inhaling the refrigerant can cause heart palpitations. The gas also displaces air, making it hard to breath in areas where the leak is bad.\nIt's essential you have refrigerant leaks fixed as soon as they are detected to protect yourself and your bank account.\nFor more information about these issues or to have your A/C unit repaired, contact a local HVAC contractor through companies like Aggressive Mechanical Contractors, Inc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 5128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 298.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://townline.org/letters-to-the-editor-please-help-your-friends-and-neighbors-in-alna/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:21Z", "digest": "sha1:6NM6BBLRTOEUSASWSCLOSWRYT5XG7H47", "length": 2490, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "townline.org", "title": "Letters to the Editor: Please help your friends and neighbors in Alna | The Town Line Newspaper", "raw_content": "Alna is one of only two towns in Maine where children can attend private elementary schools and the taxpayers will pay the tuition. Alna citizens never chose this policy; it is a historic fluke that predates school consolidation. In recent years, as word of our unique subsidy has spread, many families have moved to Alna for the sole purpose of sending their children to private schools at the expense of the rest of us. Some people even fraudulently give an Alna address when they actually live in other towns. Landlords market Alna\u2019s subsidy, like this internet ad: \u201cavailable for school year rental, September to June. Alna is a school choice town. Children can go wherever they choose and the town will pay the tuition.\u201d\nOf the children who have moved to Alna in the last five years 91 percent attend private K-8 schools; we now have more children in private schools than public ones, more children per capita than any other town in RSU #12, and the highest taxes in Lincoln County.\nIn March, Alna citizens finally said enough is enough. With a record turnout, we voted by an almost 2-to-1 margin to petition the RSU school board to allow us to be free from forced payments to private K-8 schools for children who arrive in Alna after June 30. Even though the private school families now living in Alna are \u201cgrandfathered\u201d and will not be harmed, this losing faction lobbied the RSU board to ignore our vote and force us to continue these subsidies for future arrivals. Your board representatives rejected this appeal and honored Alna\u2019s wishes by a vote of 13-2. Now this same losing group will try to convince you \u2013 the voters of RSU #12 \u2013 to overturn the vote of their own town and force us to keep our doors open to a continuing migration by families who, like them, see Alna not as a community, but as a private school checkbook.\nPlease honor the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the average folks of Alna, young and old, parents and seniors, new arrivals and long-term residents alike and help us put an end to this by voting \u201cYES\u201d on the Alna Question on the RSU ballot on June 12.\nDoug Baston\nhttp://townline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TownLineBanner.jpg 0 0 Website Editor http://townline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TownLineBanner.jpg Website Editor2018-06-06 14:21:162018-06-06 14:25:21Letters to the Editor: Please help your friends and neighbors in Alna\nLetters to the Editor: Urges \u201cYes\u201d on Winslow school budget Letters to the Editor: Support Alna\u2019s citizens", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 206, "original_length": 7761, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tree.clevelandhistoricalsociety.com.april.arvixe.com/suggest.php?page=Syracuse%2C+Onondaga%2C+New+York", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:15Z", "digest": "sha1:6TJOE4DOGWOOV3BPLTN6SPUNU5LFKHZP", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "tree.clevelandhistoricalsociety.com.april.arvixe.com", "title": "Contact Us: Northshore Roots", "raw_content": "Subject: Syracuse, Onondaga, New York", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 219.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trinomics.eu/project/development_of_a_national_ee_action_plan_for_belarus/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:56Z", "digest": "sha1:AEBUPME2YW2PIUPQDQUR6FCTHSJUHL54", "length": 1210, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "trinomics.eu", "title": "Development of a National Energy Efficiency Action Plan | Trinomics", "raw_content": "Client: EBRD\nGeographic coverage: Belarus\nTheme: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy\nExperts: Katarina Svatikova\nThe overall aim of the project is to assist the Department for Energy Efficiency of the State Committee for Standardization of the Republic of Belarus (the \u201cDepartment\u201d) to develop the first NEEAP for Belarus. This NEEAP will allow Belarus to identify the required steps and assign responsibilities to implement further improvements of its EE standards and performance and prepare Belarus to meet its Commitments under the Energy Community Treaty should it become a Contracting Party in the future.\nThe project is conducted by ENVIROS (lead) and KPMG Belarus. The project will run from September 2018 and will finish by September 2019.\nTo critically review the existing relevant legal acts, targets, programmes and commitments of Belarus in the area of energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change.\nTo assist the Department in preparing, drafting, adopting and publishing the first NEEAP that is consistent with the EU harmonised template.\nTo develop a more detailed review and engagement mechanism for one selected sector or topic of those described in the NEEAP.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2137, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 303.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trixonline.co.uk/policy-briefs/october/october-219/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:29Z", "digest": "sha1:QKGNZWMRNCR5SFBZ7B5VTVSMF6YBRPCC", "length": 10232, "nlines": 74, "source_domain": "trixonline.co.uk", "title": "October 219 - tri.x", "raw_content": "Mental Capacity Act 2005: Summary and Learning from IH\n(Observance of Muslim Practice) [2017]\nIn August 2016 IH\u2019s father made an application to the Court of Protection seeking a declaration that it was \u2018in the Best Interests of IH to have his pubic and axillary hair trimmed in accordance with Islamic cultural and religious practice insofar as it is safe and reasonable to do so\u2019. In February 2017 a further declaration was requested by the Official Solicitor, that it was also \u2018not in IH\u2019s Best Interests to fast during the daylight hours of Ramadan\u2019.\nThis case is significant because it represents the first reported Court of Protection judgement on these issues.\nThis briefing is a short summary of the case, judgement and learning for practitioners working with the Mental Capacity Act.\nTo read the full judgement, see http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/2017/9.html\nIH is a 39 year old man of Pakistani origin with profound learning disabilities, Autism and complex health needs.\nUntil he moved into his tenancy in 2013 IH lived in the family home. He had grown up within the Sunni denomination of Islam in a household that was described in Court papers as \u2018devout\u2019. IH participated in (to the extent that he was able to) and was exposed to the routine Islamic religious practices and observances of his family throughout his life. These were acknowledged as practices that would have been routine and familiar to IH. One such practice was the shaving of his pubic and axillary hair, which was a task carried out by his father with no apparent objection by IH.\nThere were some practices that IH did not participate in, which included daylight fasting during Ramadan and attending the Mosque (which was an activity ceased due to the impact of IH\u2019s behaviour on other worshippers).\nWhen IH moved from the family home his father continued to shave his pubic and axillary hair for the next 12 months. IH\u2019s father then wished for his support workers to assume the task, and the Local Authority was in support of this (being of the view that if IH had capacity he would probably partake in this familiar practice). However, the support workers and the Clinical Commissioning Group (who funded the care) disagreed and did not feel that this was in IH\u2019s Best Interests, and that the risks to IH and carers was too high.\nIH\u2019s Capacity\nA Consultant Psychiatrist for Learning Disabilities presented evidence regarding IH\u2019s capacity in regard to both matters and there was no disagreement that IH lacked the capacity to make decisions relating to any aspect of his religion under the Mental Capacity Act (or that he would be able to make such decisions in the future).\nHowever, an expert in Islamic law confirmed that for IH to be exempt from the tenets of the Five Pillars and assessment of capacity under the Mental Capacity Act in itself this was not sufficient. He explained that IH would need to be deemed \u2018legally incompetent\u2019 under Shari \u2018a:\n\u2018Not having a capacity or a potential for mental functioning, required in a decision-specific manner, to understand and carry out decision-making. Competence is always presumed; its absence or inactivity has to be affirmed by a court\u2019.\nThe expert explained that evidence must be presented to a Court by a medical professional or expert on the issue of legal competence. When asked if the evidence provided to the Court by a Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disabilities would be adequate for this purpose, the expert was able to confirm that it was, and that the threshold for \u2018legal incompetence\u2019 was met, meaning that IH was exempt from practising the rituals of Islam.\nIH\u2019s Father Position\nIH\u2019s father was anxious that IH should adhere as fully as possible to the tenets of the Islamic faith, and to follow (to the extent that this was possible) religious observance and custom.\nHe, along with IH\u2019s mother stated that they would expect IH to:\nCelebrate Eid with his family;\nEat Halal food; and\nParticipate in the removal of underarm and pubic hair as an essential and compulsory part of his faith.\nOn the matter of fasting, early into the hearing IH\u2019s father accepted that, due to his legal incompetence IH should not be expected to fast during Ramadan, meaning this particular issue was swiftly resolved.\nIH\u2019s father had worked with the Local Authority and they were proposing a revised Care Plan, which involved using an electric razor (rather than a disposable razor) to trim the hair (rather than shave it completely), and that this would only be carried out when IH was amenable. In addition the plan involved up to 3 support workers being available to manage any risks associated with behaviour that could occur.\nThe Local Authority\u2019s Position\nThe Local Authority supported the proposed revised Care Plan \u2018on fine balance\u2019, and the key social worker told the Court:\n\u2018Islam is a significant part of IH\u2019s identity. He has been bought up in a Muslim household and has observed the character of that religion throughout his childhood and as an adult until his placement away from home. It is his culture and his background and something of which he should be proud of\u2026. the observance of religious practices should be supported where possible to allow a person to continue to associate with their identity, background, culture and beliefs\u2019.\nThe judge spoke positively about the Local Authority\u2019s general position insofar as it recognised the importance of religious practices. However, he did observe that the views of the social worker did not seem to acknowledge the specifics of the case, particularly IH\u2019s inability to:\nUnderstand the concept of Islam;\nAssociate himself with Islam; or\nFeel \u2018proud\u2019 about his religious and cultural heritage.\nAs the case progressed it became clear that the Local Authority position was based on a view that:\nRemoval of pubic hair was a cultural need for a Muslim; and\nThat having hair would negatively identify IH as a person with a learning disability within the Muslim community; and\nAs the case progressed evidence was heard that both these beliefs were incorrect assumptions.\nInformation Provided by the Religious Expert\nIn seeking to better understand the beliefs of IH\u2019s father and obligations under Islamic law, the judge sought the views of a lecturer in Islamic Studies, who was able to explain that:\nCleaning pubic or axillary hair is deemed to be a fitrah (normal human right);\nThe removal of hair is seen as part of the quest for ritual purity and cleanliness;\nThe removal of hair is recommended practice (as opposed to obligatory practice);\nIt is highly recommended and praiseworthy for carers to shave or shorten a person\u2019s pubic hair, in the same way as it is for them to carry out other care tasks;\nWhilst it is recommended and praiseworthy for carers to shave hair, if the person being shaved is not legally competent there is no obligation of carers to do so; and\n\u2018No hurt, no harm\u2019 is a cardinal principle of Islamic ethics, meaning it is wrong to create a situation where the observance of an Islamic custom would be likely to cause harm to the person or carer.\nThe Position of the CCG, Support Worker and Official Solicitor\nThe position of the Official Solicitor and the CCG\nAfter hearing all of the evidence, it was the view of the Official Solicitor representing IH that it was not in the Best Interests of IH to have his pubic and axillary hair trimmed because:\nIH lacked capacity to make decisions regarding his religion;\nThe practice of shaving is not obligatory practice, only recommended;\nThe practice of removing hair bore no religious significance to IH (due to his lack of understanding); and\nIH was not obligated to comply under Islamic law because of his legal incompetence.\nThe judgement reports that the CCG shared similar views to the Official Solicitor.\nThe position of the support worker\nThe support worker who was to have primary responsibility for trimming IH\u2019s hair had completed a risk assessment indicating the following risks:\nRisks to IH from becoming agitated causing harm/injury to self;\nRisks to staff from outbursts of known aggression; and\nInjury to IH from the equipment to be used.\nInitially the support worker felt that the risks were worth taking and that trimming hair was in IH\u2019s Best Interests, although as the hearing progressed their view changed.\nThe judge presiding, Justice Cobb declared swiftly that it was not in IH\u2019s Best Interests to fast on Ramadan on the basis that:\nThere was no Islamic obligation for IH to fast due to his legal incompetence;\nIH had never fasted before, while in the care of his family or the Local Authority;\nIH had no appreciation of the religious significance of fasting;\nIH would not understand why water and food was being withheld, and this would likely lead to an increase in distress and behaviours; and\nThere could be a risk to the effectiveness of his medication from dehydration.\nIn respect of the proposal to trim pubic and axillary hair, Justice Cobb declared that this was also not in IH\u2019s Best Interests on the basis that:\nThere was no Islamic obligation for IH to observe Islamic rituals due to his legal incompetence;\nIH was not, and had never been able, to express a reliable view on the issue;\nIH would likely not be treated any less favourably by his family or community if he did not shave - he would continue to be much loved;\nIf the proposed procedure for removing hair were to go ahead IH might find staff levels overcrowded, claustrophobic, and anxiety-inducing; and\nIf the proposed procedure for removing hair were to go ahead it could compromise IH\u2019s dignity.\nThe judge described the complexities of the decision, and the significance of IH\u2019s religious history and families views, and also not being able to ascertain IH\u2019s own views, either past or present.\nThe judgement highlights the on-going complexity in the area of Best Interest decision making, and carries specific learning for social care practitioners:\nBased on the lack of an objection, do not make assumptions about a person\u2019s likely wishes and feelings;\nMake sure that your beliefs are grounded in evidence and not based on the subjective views of others;\nDon\u2019t generalise-consider the case and circumstances in hand.\nFind out about our Mental Capacity Act resource", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 11462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trueblues.ca/index.php/fixturesgames-on-tv/match-videos/256-chelsea-8-wigan-0-09-may-10", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:38Z", "digest": "sha1:D2WNYYLESVPPKG2GLS32RJVLH5GHC2E3", "length": 180, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "trueblues.ca", "title": "Chelsea 8 - Wigan 0, 09 May 10", "raw_content": "Chelsea 8 - Wigan 0, 09 May 10\nA Premiership title\nA club and league record for most goals in a season\nA Golden Boot for Didier Drogba, off a hat-trick\nA Golden Glove for Petr Cech", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2729, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 337.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://truly-md.com/endo-treatment-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:29Z", "digest": "sha1:PGBVBPNP2NMEZQXXURUM7AC465MSSXXB", "length": 277, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "truly-md.com", "title": "truly MD | Putting Out the Fire: Endometriosis Treatment", "raw_content": "Tags: contraception, endometriosis, hysterectomy, infertility, lupron, NSAIDs, oral contraceptive pills, pelvic pain, surgery\nWhy We Say that IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Is Therapeutic and Diagnostic\ufffd... I Am in the Mood for a Chocolate Chip Cookie\u2026Follicles and Ovarian Re...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 7990, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 336.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://unanp.org/events.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:42Z", "digest": "sha1:GSCHGPFEZI36ZXRCICSMAE3MOUDVBTBH", "length": 1242, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "unanp.org", "title": "Events", "raw_content": "September 9, 2008 A talk programme on \"Nepal and United Nations\" organized by United Nations Association of Nepal in honour of Hon'ble of Mr. Upendra Yadav, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Robert Piper, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator on 9th September 2008. The chief guest of the programme was Mr. Upendra Yadav,\nA Talk program on \"The role of United Nations in Building Peace in Nepal\" was organized by United Nations of Nepal on the anniversary of United Nations Association of Nepal and General Convention on March 24, 2008. The chief guest of the programme was Hon'ble Sahana Pradhan, Minister for Foreign\nA Talk program on \"The role of United Nations in Building Peace in Nepal\" was organized by United Nations of Nepal on the anniversary of United Nations Association of Nepal and General Convention on March 24, 2008. The chief guest of the programme was Hon'ble Sahana Pradhan, the then Minister for\nJuly 11, 2008 United Nations Association of Nepal organized a one day seminar on 'Population Management: An Ideally Healthy Family\" in cooperation with Russian Centre of Culture and Science to observe the 19th World Population Day on 11 July 2008. The chief guest of the programme was Dr. Bishnu Prasad Pandit, Secretary", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2673, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 213.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://unearth.info/mit-just-created-living-plants-that-glow-like-a-lamp-and-could-grow-glowing-trees-to-replace-streetlights/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:41Z", "digest": "sha1:UMRTFI5QGQCKNJOVTHQT6M2WIKTOVHLE", "length": 3868, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "unearth.info", "title": "MIT Just Created Living Plants That Glow Like A Lamp, And Could Grow Glowing Trees To Replace Streetlights \u2013 Unearth", "raw_content": "Roads of the future could be lit by glowing trees instead of streetlamps, thanks to a breakthrough in creating bioluminescent plants. Experts injected specialized nanoparticles into the leaves of a watercress plant, which caused it to give off a dim light for nearly four hours. This could solve lots of problems.\nThe chemical involved, which produced enough light to read a book by, is the same as is used by fireflies to create their characteristic shine. To create their glowing plants, engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) turned to an enzyme called luciferase. Luciferase acts on a molecule called luciferin, causing it to emit light.\nRoads of the future could be lit by glowing trees instead of streetlamps, thanks to a breakthrough in creating bioluminescent plants. Experts created a watercress plant which caused it to glow for nearly four hours and gave off enough light to illuminate this book\nAnother molecule called Co-enzyme A helps the process along by removing a reaction byproduct that can inhibit luciferase activity. The MIT team packaged each of these components into a different type of nanoparticle carrier.\nThe nanoparticles help them to get to the right part of the plant and also prevent them from building to concentrations that could be toxic to the plants. The result was a watercress plant that functioned like a desk lamp.\nResearchers believe with further tweaking, the technology could also be used to provide lights bright enough to illuminate a workspace or even an entire street, as well as low-intensity indoor lighting.\nMichael Strano, professor of chemical engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study, said: \u2018The vision is to make a plant that will function as a desk lamp \u2014 a lamp that you don\u2019t have to plug in. The light is ultimately powered by the energy metabolism of the plant itself. Our work very seriously opens up the doorway to streetlamps that are nothing but treated trees, and to indirect lighting around homes.\u2019\nLuciferases make up a class of oxidative enzymes found in several species that enable them to \u2018bioluminesce\u2019, or emit light. Fireflies are able to emit light via a chemical reaction.\nIn the chemical reaction luciferin is converted to oxyluciferin by the luciferase enzyme. Some of the energy released by this reaction is in the form of light. The reaction is highly efficient, meaning nearly all the energy put into the reaction is rapidly converted to light.\nLighting accounts for around 20 per cent of worldwide energy consumption, so replacing them with naturally bioluminescent plants would represent a significant cut to CO2 emissions. The researchers\u2019 early efforts at the start of the project yielded plants that could glow for about 45 minutes, which they have since improved to 3.5 hours.\nThe light generated by one ten centimetre (four inch) watercress seedling is currently about one-thousandth of the amount needed to properly read by, but it was enough to illuminate the words on a page of John Milton\u2019s Paradise Lost.\nThe MIT team believes it can boost the light emitted, as well as the duration of light, by further optimising the concentration and release rates of the chemical components. For future versions of this technology, the team hopes to develop a way to paint or spray the nanoparticles onto plant leaves, which could make it possible to transform trees and other large plants into light sources.\nThe researchers have also demonstrated that they can turn the light off by adding nanoparticles carrying a luciferase inhibitor. This could enable them to eventually create plants that shut off their light emission in response to environmental conditions such as sunlight, they say.\nThe full findings of the study were published in the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters. What do you think about this development?\nThe Space Academy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 6159, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 233.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://usa.mfa.am/en/history/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:10Z", "digest": "sha1:MDUYD3JRCM4D5JTV6SLJFG2GOPLCXCHY", "length": 52102, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "usa.mfa.am", "title": "History - Embassy of Armenia to the United States of America", "raw_content": "Armenia: A Land of Century Long and Rich History\nArmenians are one of the ancient nations in Western Asia, formed within the territory of Armenian Highland encompassing a large area between Anti-Taurus and eastern slopes of Artsakh Mountain (Karabagh Highland), i.e. between the mountains of Armenian Taurus and East-Pontic, Trialet and Mosk. Armenian plateau occupies approximately 360 thousands sq km. In the center of the Upland stands Biblical Mount Ararat (Masis, 5165). Mount Aragats (4090 meters) is the highest peak of the current Armenian Republic. The climate here is severely continental \u2013 with harsh winters and stuffy summers. The flora and fauna of Armenian Highland are rich.\nThe Formation of Armenian Nation\nArmenian Highland was firstly inhabited as soon as at the Stone Age (Paleolithic era). Due to its rich mineral resources Armenia very soon became not only a large metallurgical center but also copper, bronze, gold and silver exporter. At the age of rapid development of bronze industry and iron adoption (at the turn of II-I millenniums BC) class relations and tribal unions were formed among the tribes of the Armenian tableland. These processes created preconditions for state emergence. Hayasa-Azzi, Isuva, Alishe, Uruatri, Dayaeni, Diauekhi, the little centers of statehood emergence, which are known from Hittie, Assyrian and other sources were the first tribal unions living in the Armenian Plateau. The process of formation of Armenian nation mostly dated to the II-I millenniums BC. This circumstance makes it almost impossible to clearly and thoroughly illustrate all the details of its origin. There is no doubt that the process took place in the Armenian plateau through the gradual merger of different tribes into Armenian. Some researchers highlight the leading role of Hayasa tribal union in this process, most probably it served as the origin for the denomination of Armenian nation \u2013 \u201chay\u201d\nThe Kingdom of Van or Urartu\nAccording to historians, the ancient Armenian united state was Ayrarat Kingdom of Haykyans. In the IX century BC Ayrarat kingdom suffered several defeats in the fight against strengthening Assyrians and became weaker. Another tribal union became mighty enough to gradually acquire political supremacy. The Assyrians called this new kingdom Urartu after the name of the Ayrarat Kingdom. However, in the inscriptions of local kings it was called Biaynali or Biayneli and Shureli, which corresponds to the now accepted name - Kingdom of Van. In the XIII-IX centuries BC the Kingdom of Van significantly expanded its borders becoming one of the most powerful states in Western Asia under Menuas, Argistis and Sardur II. During this period economy, crafts, urban life and culture rapidly developed and well-known Urartean cuneiform was created. However, new reinforcement of Assyria and its victorious wars against the Kingdom of Van, invasion of Cimmerian and Scythian tribes, formation of the Median kingdom led to the fall of the kingdom of Van at the beginning of the VI century BC (the last decades of the VII century BC are also possible).\nEruandids\u2019 Kingdom\nAccording to recent studies, a Scythian leader Partatu or Paruir (according to Armenian sources) had been proclaimed as a king of Armenia by the end of the VII century BC. A number of principalities were formed on the ruins of the Kingdom of Van. The kingdom of Paruir (Scythian name Partatuna) was distinguished among them but it was not destined to exist for a long time. The country was united into one kingdom only under Eruandid royal dynasty in the face of king Aramani, erroneously referred to as Aram by the father of Armenian historiography Moses Khorenatsi. Using the political vacuum created as a result of the struggle between Assyria from the one side and the Chaldeans of Babylonia and Median Kingdom from the other, the Armenian king extended the borders of his state. Armenian Eruandid kings continued to rule in Armenia, sometimes combining the office of the Persian satraps or being under their domination. After the defeat of the Achaemenid Empire by Alexander the Great at the battle of Gaugamela, Armenia regained its independence (the capital was Ervandashat). On one of the Greek inscriptions of that era that was found in Armavir is written: ''A beautiful country of Armenia!''. However, the Seleucid state, formed on the ruins of Alexander the Great\u2019s empire, spread its dominance over Armenia for a short time.\nArmenia under Artashesids: Tigranes the Great\nAfter the decisive defeat of the Seleucid army at Magnesia (190 BC) Greater Armenia (Mets Hayk) and Tsopk regained their independence. The founder of the Artashesids dynasty Artaxias I (189-160 BC), as a result of several successful wars, expanded the boundaries of Greater Armenia, making it a strong state. Artsakh, Syunik and Utik constituted the integral parts of Artashes\u2019 kingdom. Thus, he succeeded in merging the borders of Greater Armenia (except Tsopk). Under Tigranes the Great (Tigranes II - 95-55 BC) the kingdom of Greater Armenia became a powerful empire of Western Asia, reaching the zenith of its political power. Basically completing the unification of the Armenian lands, including Tsopk, Tigran II expanded the boundaries of Greater Armenia, as a result of victorious conquest wars, and relying on alliance with Kingdom of Pontus. He annexed Atropatene, Seleucid Syria, Kommagenu, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, etc. In the first years of his reign Tigranes concluded military-political alliance with the king of Pontius Mithridates for supporting and backing each other, as well as for a joint struggle against Rome in the East. The supremacy of the Armenian king was recognized not only by Judah, Nabataea, Iberian and Caucasian Albanian kingdoms, but also by the Parthian state. Tigranes II became allies with the Arabic and other Central Asian tribes of the Persian Gulf. Under Artashesids the Hellenic cultural influence increased in Armenia. Architecture, literature, poetry, historiography, and theater experienced an unprecedented progress. Nevertheless, the expansion of Rome put an end to the power of Greater Armenia, reaching to its zenith. Discomfiting Mithridates, the closest ally of Tigranes, the Roman general Lucullus invaded Armenia in spring, 69 BC, but could not force Armenia to finally knee. According to the decision of the Roman Senate, Pompey substituted Lucullus in 66 BC and once again attacked Armenia, moving toward the capital Artashat. Tigranes was forced to offer peace to Pompey. According to the Armenian-Roman Artashat treaty of 66 BC Armenian kingdom lost much of the conquered lands, but continued to remain a strong country in the region. Further Artavazdes II and Artaxias II attempted to restore its former power. Artavazdes was a statesman who got brilliant Hellenic education at the Armenian royal court. He staged performances, wrote speeches and dramas. Artavazdes\u2019 skillful policy of maneuvering between belligerent Rome and Parthia constituted a reliable guarantee of independence and national security. In 34 BC Artavazdes was captured by Roman general Antony, who invaded Armenia and taken to Egypt with his family, where a victory parade was organized with participation of Queen Cleopatra. In the second half of the 1st century AD thanks to a successful battle of the Armenian-Parthian allied forces against Rome, Tiridates I took the throne of the kingdom of Greater Armenia. After the defeat of the Romans at the battle of Randi (62 AD), Trdat I went to Rome, was crowned by Emperor Nero and returned to Armenia (65-66 AD). Trdat used the money given by Nero in compensation for the destruction of Artashat by the Romans, to restore the capital and to build the Sun Temple of Garni. Arshakids\u2019 dynasty (a cadet branch of Parthian Arshakids) was established in Greater Armenia.\nArmenia under the Arshakids Dynasty\nThe enthronement of Tiridates I (66-88) gave start to the dominion of the cadet branch of Arshakids in Greater Armenia (Mets Hayk). In the 3rd and 4th centuries, as a result of socio-economic changes, the kingdom of Greater Armenia gradually turned into a feudal monarchy. At the end of the 3rd century and at the beginning of the 4th century Christian communities had already formed in nearly the entire territory of the kingdom. According to tradition, the first preachers of Christianity in Armenia were St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew apostles. In 301, under Tiridates III (286-330) Armenia became the first country that proclaimed Christianity as a state religion. St. Gregory the Illuminator was consecrated the first patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Hard struggle against Roman and Sassanid Persia weakened Armenian kingdom, which was later divided between the two above mentioned states. Thus in 428, the Armenian kingdom was dissolved by the Persian court and turned into \u041carzpanate (province).\nInvention of the Armenian Alphabet\nPerfectly acknowledging the whole danger of the current situation for both the country and the people, under the patronage of the king Bahram Shapur and patriarch of Armenia Isaac Partev, Mesrop Mashtots invented Armenian alphabet in 405, which became a powerful weapon for preserving the Armenian national identity. Invention of the Armenian alphabet ushered in a new era in Armenian culture, science and literature. Translations and independent literary heritage created in Mesrop\u2019s alphabet was so rich and complete that the 5th century became the \"Golden Age\" in the history of Armenian culture.\nArmenia on the Road to Restoration of Independence\nIn 450-451 for the sake of the fatherland and the Christian faith under the leadership of Vardan Mamikonyan a revolt was raised against the Persian political, economic and religious pressures. The result was the decisive battle of Avarayr. Due to the subsequent rebellion (481-484), led by Vahan Mamikonyan, Nvarsak agreement was signed. Armenian provinces Utik and Artsakh formed a kingdom (before the first half of the VI century) established by Vachagan the Pious who came from Haykazun-Sisakyan-Aranshahiks Dynasty. Thereby, Armenian kingdom was restored in the Eastern-Armenian territories. The domination of Vachagan the Pious was also spread on a part of the left bank of the Kura River. According to Armenian historian Moses Kalankatuatsi (7th century), Vachagan the Pious was a great Armenian statesman and devoted follower of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Inspired by the idea of strengthening the Armenian kingdom, he created \"Canonical Constitution,\" accepted by the bishops, priests, nobles and elders in Artsakh statutory assembly as a written constitution of the Armenian kingdom. In the middle of the 7th century Arab forces invaded Armenia. At the beginning of the 8th century Armenia was already completely dominated by Arabs. The struggle of the people against Arab domination outgrew into the national-liberation war for the restoration of independence (uprisings of 703, 744-775, 850-855) and completed with the restoration of the Armenian kingdom, led by Ashot I Bagratid. People\u2019s struggle against the Arab invaders is reflected in the epic poem \"David of Sassoon,\" which, with its catchy heroic characters, is one of the most valuable written monuments of Armenian people of Middle Ages.\nArmenian Kingdom of Bagratids\nWith the restoration of independence, Armenia entered into a period of developed feudalism. Extensive development was recorded in the spheres of urban life and city building, crafts and trade, cross-stone (khachkar) art, currency circulation, etc. Local economic and trade centers emerged, which led to the formation of vassal kingdoms that admitted the hegemony of kings of Bagratids (Parisos, Vaspurakan, Kars, Tashir-Dzoraget and Syunik). Another branch of Bagratids settled in neighboring Georgia, which, coming into power in the 9th century, established a royal dynasty of Georgian Bagratids. Since the end of the 10th century the process of economic and political reunification of the Armenian small feudal state- entities into a single monarchy under the auspices of Ani Bagratids launched. Ani - the capital of Bagratids kingdom - became a huge economic, public and cultural center. In the middle of the 11th century, as a result of attacks of the Byzantine Empire, the Kingom of Bagratids fell. Finally, after the defeat of the Byzantines by the Seljuk Turks in the decisive battle of Manazkert in 1071, Armenia was conquered by Seljuk Turks.\nPrincipality of Zakarids\u2019 in Northeastern Armenia\nStarting from the end of the 11th century the domination of Seljuks started to decline. The remnants of the Armenian nobility, that survived attacks of invaders, led Armenian liberation movement. Being united and supported by Georgia, within a decade northeastern Armenia was liberated from Seljuks\u2019 Domination. Its territory involved a number of\thistoric regions, including the whole territory of Ayrarat, Artsakh \u0430nd Syunik as well as part of Utik and Gugark. The liberated lands in the Georgian kingdom were ruled by the Zakarid dynasty and their vassals, simultaneously enjoying wide autonomy. Zakareh and Ivaneh brothers and other Armenian princes had high positions in the Georgian court. Liberated Armenian lands recovered their economy very soon and played an important role in further development of Armenian culture, crafts and science.\nBecause of the deportation policy of the Byzantine Empire and devastating invasions of Seljuk Turks, lots of Armenians were forced to leave the country. Part of them settled in Cilicia, constituting the majority of its population by the end of the 11th century. In the northeastern part of Cilicia, in the Mountainous Cilicia, Rubenids principality emerged in 1080, which later absorbed the whole Cilicia and a number of adjacent regions. In 1198 the Armenian Prince Levon II Rubenid received the imperial crown from the German Emperor and was solemnly crowned in the city of Tarsus. Armenian kingdom of Cilicia had close trade relations with Venice and Genovian republics, France, Spain, Germany and other countries. Levon II was collaborating with the Kaiser Frederick Barbarossa of Germany, who led the third Crucaders\u2019 campaign and King of England Richard the Lionheart. Lots of Knights Templar, Teutonic knights and Hospitallers served at Cilician kings of Armenian nationality and received extensive estates in various parts of the kingdom. Further several Armenian royal dynasties successively ruled in Cilicia. Under the blows of the Ikonian Sultanate and Mamluk State of Egypt, in the absence of assistance from Christian Europe, Armenian state of Cilicia fell in 1375, however, many Armenian principalities continued their existence in impenetrable mountainous areas. And only during the years of the Armenian Genocide in Zeytun autonomy of Ottoman Empire practically stopped to exist on the territory of Turkey.\nArmenia under the Domination of Foreign Conquerors\nIn 30-40s of the 13th century Armenia, together with other Transcaucasia countries were conquered by Tatar and Mongols. In the middle of the 14th century Armenia and South Caucasus had become an apple of discord between the Hulamin Mongol State and Golden Horde. Further, at the end of the 14th and at the beginning of the 15th centuries those counties were devastated by a disruptive campaign of the Golden Horde Khan Totkhamish and Timur (Tamerlan). The country had hardly recovered from the shocking campaigns of Timur when it was conquered by nomadic Turkmen tribes Kara Goyunlu and Aq Qoyunlu successively. Armenian feudal clans were largely destroyed in the 14-15th centuries. Their lands were seized by the Tatarian-Turkmen and Kurdish chieftains. The economy experienced a period of stagnation. The emigration of the 14-15th centuries caused the formation of Armenian colonies in the Crimea and Poland (on the territory of nowadays Russia and Ukraine) as well as in Transylvania, etc. Armenia again became the political and spiritual center of the country. In 1441 the throne of Catholicos of all Armenians was moved to Echmiadzin from city Sis - the former capital of Cilicia, and is there so far. In the 15-17th centuries, as a result of devastating Ottoman-Persian wars Armenia was twice divided between the Ottoman Empire and the Safavids\u2019 Persia according to Amasia (1555) and Qasr-e Shirin (1639) treaties. The forceful relocation of more than 300 thousand Armenians (from Ararat valley and southern parts of Armenia) to Persia by Shah Abbas at the beginning of the 17th had disastrous consequences for the Armenian people and historical Armenian lands.\nSocio-Political Situation in Armenia in the 16 -18th Centuries\nBrutal political, social, national and religious oppressions led to a massive liberation movement of the Armenian people in that period. In the 16-18th centuries Armenian socio-political figures explained the liberation of Armenia by the help of Western European countries such as the Republic of Venice, France and Germany, yet, gradually, Armenians started to gravitate toward the Russian state for that purpose. In the 16-18th centuries Israel Ori (1656-1711) was an outstanding actor in the national liberation movement. At the outset of his activity on behalf of the Armenian princes Israel Ori appealed to the European rulers asking assistance for the liberation of Armenia. Having received no real support, Ori moved to Russia in 1701 and presented the plan of the liberation of Armenia to Tsar Peter the Great. In 1722-1730 a strong national-liberation movement broke out in Syunik (led by David Bek) and Artsakh (led by Catholicos of Gandzasar Esaiah Hasan-Jalalyan and Avan Yuzbashi). In the second half of the 18th century Armenian colonies in India and Russia became the idoeological centers of the national liberation movement. The Armenian \u201cCircle of Madras\u201d (S. Shahamiryan, M. Baghramian, H. Emin, etc.) and other leaders of the Armenian colony in Russia (A. Lazarian, A. Argutyan and others) put forward two projects of creating the Armenian state under Russian patronage. Despite the difficult conditions of that period Armenian culture and literature experienced a significant development. Particularly, Mkhitarian Congregation (of Armenian Catholics) was established in Venice (in 1717) and subsiquently in Vienna, which played an invaluable role in preserving the Armenian identity and Armenianology as well as in the development of cultural, literary and scientific potential of the Armenian people. In 1512 the first Armenian printed book \"Urbatagirk\" was published in Venice and in 1792 the first periodical \"Azdarar\" was issued in Madras. In 1616 a book \"The Psalm about David\u201d was published in Lvov. In 1666 the first Armenian printed book - Holy Bible - consisting of 1464 pages, was brought out. In the middle of the 18th century \"Dictionary of Haikazian (Armeian) Language\" was published in Venice and at the end of the same century the famous \"History of Armenia\" by M. Chamchyan came out in many volumes.\nThe Accession of Eastern Armenia to the Russian Empire\nIf by the end of the 18th century separate plans to rebuild the Armenian state were considered, then at the beginning of the 19th century Russia started the conquering of South Caucasus, including Eastern Armenia. In 1801 Eastern-Georgian kingdom was finally dissolved and united with the Russian Empire (Armenian-populated Lori district included). Later, by \u201cTurkmenchay\u201d agreement (1828) and \u201cAdrianopole Treaty\u201d (1829) the accession of the Transcaucasia was mostly completed. In 1828 \u201cArmenian Marz\u201d (Region) was temporarily formed on the territories of the former Yerevan and Nakhichevan Khanates (Iranian provinces) which later became the basis of the rebuilt Armenian statehood. As a result of the unification with the Russian Empire the restoration of national identity and development of capitalist relations in Armenia were accelerated. Armenian bourgeoisie, gaining a leading role in the Transcaucasia, began its activities in such commercial, industrial and cultural centers as Baku, Tbilisi, Batumi, Shushi, etc. A copper-mining industry was developing in Alaverdi and Kapan; brandy and wine, cotton and leather production was developing in the Ararat valley. In 1870 the agrarian reform was carried out which accelerated the involvement of Armenia in All-Russian market.\nSituation in Western Armenia: The Armenian Question on the International Arena\nSince the beginning of the 19th century Armenia was divided between the Ottoman and Russian empires. The western and eastern parts of historical Armenia, populated with Armenians, are conditionally called Western Armenia and Eastern Armenia. The name Western Armenia was put into circulation as early as in the 4-5th centuries when the kingdom of Greater Armenia was divided between Persia and the Roman Empire. Western Armenia fell under the domination of Ottoman Turkey in 1555 under the Treaty of Amasia signed with Persia, and Eastern Armenia became Russia\u2019s territory in 1826-28, according to the treaty of Turkmenchay signed as a result of the Russo-Persian war. From an ethnic perspective, the Ottoman Empire was a composite of over 60 nationalities and tribes with different cultural and religious affiliations as well as with different levels of social, economic, political, and cultural development. The strengthening of the economic situation of the Christian nations, the awakening of national consciousness and the increased pressure of the European Powers made the policy of universal islamization by Sultan's authorities almost impossible. The emergence of the Armenia Question was initially conditioned by the loss of the Armenian statehood and later (in the middle of the 19th century) by the sharp deterioration of Armenians\u2019 situation in the Ottoman Empire and the awakening of the national identity. It became the integral part of so-called Eastern Question and played an important role in the international relations, in the Middle East policy of the major powers. Actually, the Armenian issue was addressed upon in the 1878 Russo-Turkish Treaty. As a result of Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78, the regions of Kars and Batumi were united with Russia. According to the 16th article of San Stefano Agreement and the 61st article of Berlin treaty, the Ottoman Empire undertook to implement reforms in Western Armenia and ensure the security of Armenian population. However, those solutions were remained a dead letter that led to the new rebellions in Sasoun, Vaspourakan and other places. The Armenian Questions became the subject of discussions of European diplomacy. For the first time in modern history Armenia and Armenians were mentioned in an important international pact. However, neither Russian, nor European diplomacy intended to fight for the autonomy of Western Armenia, as it happened in the case of the Balkan peoples. Russia merely undertook the role of the protector of the Western Armenians and the role of the supervisor of the implementation of the reforms in the conquered territories with large Armenian indigenous population. Realizing the importance of Armenian Question for the foreign policies of major powers, the government of Abdul Hamid II decided to eliminate the issue and increased the persecution of the Armenian population of the Empire, via inciting Muslim fundamentalism, spreading anti-Armenian propaganda, permanent robberies and murders, lawless and willful acts of local authorities, forced islamization of Armenians and stricter censorship, as well as via irregular Kurdish tribes cavalry. As a result of such a policy, in the late 80th - early 90th of the 19th century Armenian national liberation movement entered into a new phase. Armenian political parties emerged the liberation struggle, i.e. rebel movements strengthened in Western Armenia. In 1895-1896 the Ottoman government organized the mass destruction of Armenians in Western Armenia, as a result more than 300 thousand Armenians were perished and tens of thousands were forcibly islamized. The Armenian issue attracted the attention of European diplomacy also at the end of the 19th century and in 1912-1914. According to the Russian-Turkish agreement of January 1914 two provinces (Northern and Southern parts) were to be formed on the territory of Western Armenia which would have to be governed by two foreign (European) Governors.\nTaking advantage of the situation created as a result of the First World War, the Turkish ruling circles of that time tried to implement their long-standing idea of creating a \"Great Turan\" by unification of Muslim nations in the Middle East, Caucasus, Russia, and Central Asia. Armenian people, living in Eastern and Western parts of their historic homeland, were hindrance on the way of achieving this goal. The war provided the Turkish government with a perfect opportunity for fulfilling their genocidal program and, at the same time, for justifying and concealing their horrible crimes under the concept of \u201cAct of war\u201d. In February 1915 the War Minister of the \u201cYoung Turks\u201d government Enver Pasha ordered to exterminate the Armenian soldiers serving in the Turkish army. On April 24 and subsequent days in Kostandnupolis (Istanbul) some 800 representatives of the Armenian intellectuals such as writers, doctors, scholars, journalists and clerics, including Armenian members of the Turkish Parliament, were arrested and deported far in Anatolia. Some of them died on the way, the rest were executed immediately upon arrival at the place of exile. On May 24 the governments of Great Britain, France and Russia issued a joint Statement. This Statement can be considered to be the first international document condemning the Armenian Genocide. It qualified the atrocities against Armenians as a new type of crime against \"humanity and civilization,\" the personal responsibility for which lies with all members of Turkish Sublime Porte, as well as with local authorities. From May to June the mass deportation and massacre of the Armenian population of Western Armenia (villayats of Van, Erzurum, Bitlis, Kharberd, Sebastia, and Diyarbakir), Cilicia, Western Anatolia and other localities began. Armenians, being deported from their permanent and historical places of residence, were grouped in caravans and sent to Mesopotamia and Syrian Desert, where special camps were set up for them. The Armenians were being killed both in their places of residence, and on the way to exile \u2013 in deserts. Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died as a result of starvation, diseases and epidemics. About one and half a million Armenians were slaughtered as a result of that monstrous program. Western Armenia was deprived of its native population.\nRestoration of Armenian Statehood: The First Republic of Armenia 1918-1920\nIn 1917 after the February Revolution Russian Provisional Government dissolved the Viceroyalty of Caucasus and established the Transcaucasian Special Committee. During that period of time steps were undertaken for the Armenian refugees to return back to Western Armenia. By the end of 1917 the number of refugees was about 390 thousand. In September 1917 the Armenian National Committee was formed in Tbilisi, where the representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Party of Dashnaktsutiun had priority. In December the Yerznka Ceasefire was signed between the newly established Transcaucasian Committee and Ottoman Army. In its turn the Soviet Government announced a Decree on Turkish Armenia, recognizing the right of Armenians from Western Armenia to the Self Determination, including even the creation of an independent state. However, Turkish troops restarted military actions, disrupting the Reconciliation Regime. Despite heroic resistance, the Armenian irregular troops and volunteer detachments began retreating to the borders of Eastern Armenia. According to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (March 3, 1918), under the pressure of Germany the Soviet Russia agreed to return to the borders of the former Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. As a result of that retrograde not only Western Armenia, but the regions of Kars, Ardahan and Batumi became parts of Ottoman Empire as well. As a consequence of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk the peace negotiations that had been conducting with Ottoman Empire in Trapizon since March 1918 by the authorities of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (former Commissariat and then Sejm) were deadlocked and suspended. Invading Eastern Armenia, Turkish troops occupied the Province of Kars, cities of Kars and Alexandrapol (Gyumri) and moved towards Yerevan and Gharakilisa (nowadays Vanadzor). On their way Turks were demolishing Armenian towns and villages, slaughtering population. The situation was fatal: Eastern Armenia was under the threat of genocide then. Day by day growing danger united Armenians and Armenian troops along with militias and led by General Moses Silikyan, Colonels Daniel Bek-Pirumov, Drastamat Kanayan and others made a decisive counterattack to the Turkish conquerors near Sardarapat that were moving forward Yerevan, then after - near Gharakilisa and Bash-Aparan. During those days of Heroic Battles of May 1918, the discrepancies within the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic composed of three main nationalities of the South Caucasus, were deepening. On March 26, 1918 the Transcaucasian Sejm (Parliament) was dissolved leading to the dissolution of Transcaucasian Republic. In those conditions, on May 28, 1918 the Armenian National Council declared itself as the only and supreme authority of Armenian provinces. The Republic of Armenia was established. After the defeat of Ottoman Empire in the World War I and according to the Peace Treaty of Mudros (October 30, 1918), Turkish Troops hastily quited the Territory of Eastern Armenia. The power of the First Republic was applied to the following areas: major part of former Kars Region, the Province of Erevan, western parts of Province of Elizavetpol and southern parts of the Province of Tbilisi. Kharabakh was neither included in the territory of the Republic nor subjected to Musavat Azerbaijan, it was governed by the Congresses of the National Council of local Armenians. In April, 1920 during a regular Congress the people of Nagorno-Karabakh made a decision on unification with the Republic of Armenia. On August 10, 1920 the victorious states of the World War I, including Armenia, signed a peace agreement with defeated Turkey in the city of Sevres (France). It was Avetis Aharonyan, the head of the Armenian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, who signed the agreement on behalf of the Republic of Armenia. The section \u201cArmenia\u201d in the Treaty of Sevres included Articles 88-93. By this treaty Sultan Turkish Government recognized Armenia as a free and independent state. Armenia and Turkey agreed to provide America with an opportunity to decide the demarcation line between the two states in Erzrum, Van and Bitlis provinces as well as to accept the offers concerning the access of Armenia to the Black Sea and the disarmament of all Ottoman territories, adjacent to above-mentioned boundary. The nationalist government of Turkey, headed by Mustafa Kemal, who assumed the authority, did not accept the Treaty of Sevres. In 1920 the Soviet Government, seeking to direct the Kemalist movement in Turkey against the Entente, provided Turkey with palpable military and financial aid which was used against Greece in the West and against Armenia in the East. At the end of September, 1920 Turkish army started attacking. Conquering more and more lands, the Government of Ankara was aimed at depriving Armenians of an opportunity to recreate its own state. Turkish troops occupied the Region of Kars, Surmalu and Alexandrapol.\nThe Soviet government pursued a deliberate policy of Sovietization of the Transcaucasian republics, with an aim to restore the borders of the Russian Empire. The 11th Red army occupied the main territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan, after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan (April 1920). Further in August 1920 an agreement was signed between the representatives of Armenia and Russia. Via this agreement Soviet Russia forced Armenia to recognize those territories as disputed, provided that their further fate would be determined as a result of an expression of population will, i.e. the referendum. On November 29, 1920 a small detachments of the Red Army and the Armenian Bolsheviks entered Ijevan (Northeastern Armenia) from the Azerbaijani side and declared Armenia a Soviet Republic. According to November 20 decision of the Revolutionary Committee of Azerbaijan headed by Narimanov, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nakhichevan and Zangezur were no longer considered to be disputed territories but integral parts of the Soviet Armenia. On December 2 Armenian government agreed upon the Sovietization of Armenia and relinquished its power in favor of the Bolshevik Revolutionary Committee. On the same day in Alexandrapol, quite inexplicably, the representatives of the relinquished Armenian government signed a peace agreement with Turkey and considered the war ended, thus conceding almost half of their territory. Later the Soviet authorities never recognized the conditions of Alexandrapol treaty. On March 16, 1921 a Treaty on Friendship and Fraternity between Russia and Turkey was signed in Moscow. According to its first article, the Soviet Russian government agreed not to recognize any international treaty related to Turkey, which was not ratified by the Great National Assembly. This provision was directed primarily against the Peace Treaty of Sevres, which Turkey at any cost tried to declare null and void. Finally, the new border was recognized according to the Treaty of Kars (October 3, 1921) that was signed between Turkey and the Transcaucasian states and is in force up to date. As for the international conference of Lausanne held in 1922-23, it ended up with the signing of several documents, the most important of which is probably the Lausanne Peace Treaty, according to which the current Turkish borders were established, replacing the Treaty of Sevres. According to the same Moscow Treaty, Nakhichevan became an autonomous territory under the patronage of Azerbaijan, and under the decision of the Caucasian Bureau of the RCWP from July 5, 1921 Nagorno-Karabakh was declared an autonomous region within the territory of Azerbaijan. Soviet Armenia was not a sovereign state, but it played a very important role in the preservation of the Armenian statehood and development of the national identity. Despite the wide-spread repressions, particularly those of 1937 and 1948-49, Armenia made great progress in its economic, industrial, scientific and cultural life. Soviet Armenia became a leading industrial-agrarian country; it was a land of universal literacy, highly developed education and science, culture, literature and art. The system of higher education was successfully developing in Yerevan State University, founded as early as in 1919, and in other specialized universities. In 1943 the Academy of Sciences was established. The Armenian people took an active participation in the Second World War. About 440,000 Armenian soldiers and officers fought in the ranks of Soviet Army. There was also a significant number of Diaspora Armenians fighting on allies\u2019 side and in the ranks of the Resistance of the European states. The Armenian National 89th Division took part in the battle for Berlin. In subsequent years of World War II a large number of Diaspora Armenians returned to their homeland - Soviet Armenia. During the 1960s and 80's the national issues such as the Armenian Genocide, Diaspora, unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia, Nakhichevan, etc. were repeatedly raised by intellectuals and the public, as well as by the republic's leadership. The first multi-thousand demonstrations in the Soviet reality were taking place in Yerevan.\nThe Rise of Karabakh Movement\nIn March of 1985, changes occurred within the Soviet political leadership. Following years of stagnation, younger and more progressive figures came to power. As a part of these political changes, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and later became the first president of the USSR. Due to the USSR\u2019s vast need for radical changes, Gorbachev declared that reforms are required to overcome the crisis in the Soviet Union. As a result of the depression experienced by the Soviet society, the ideological bankruptcy of the Communist Party, the variety of unsolved issues and especially national problems forced different national groups within the Soviet Union to react. Subsequently, the implementation of the Soviet Perestroika policy resulted in the establishment of the various national liberation movements of the time. Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) were the first to react; they never accepted the annexation of their historical territories by Azerbaijan, and resented the anti-Armenian policy pursued by Azerbaijan during the Soviet era. On the February 20th, 1988 the extraordinary session of the Council of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast /NKAO/ adopted a historic decision, based on the constitution of the USSR. The Council made an appeal to the Azerbaijani SSR, to the Armenian SSR and the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to withdraw the Oblast from Azerbaijan and transfer it to Armenia. Consequently, a new wave of mass demonstrations broke out in both Armenia and the Diaspora, as a sign of solidarity with the Armenians of Artsakh. Thousand of people participated in the various rallies organized in Yerevan, other parts of Armenia, as well as in Nagorno Karabkh. However, from the outset, the political leadership of the USSR adopted a negative stance toward the Karabakh Movement. They consider it to be provocative, extremist, a demand of a group of nationalists. Nonetheless, at the same time, prominent political activists and intellectuals of the various Soviet republics provided moral support to Armenia and Artsakh. Subsequently, between the 27th and 29th of February 1988, in response to the aforementioned peaceful rallies and demonstrations which took place in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, the massacres and mass murders of the Armenian population were organized in the industrial city of Sumgait (not far from Azerbaijan\u2019s capital Baku). As a result of Azeri brutality a few dozens of Armenians perished and over 200 were severely injured. Subsequently, these developments forced the 18 thousand Armenian population of Sumgait to migrate from the city. According to various credible sources, it was the local Azeri authorities, who perpetrated the massacres of Sumgait. In the meantime, the central Soviet authority delayed the intervention and deployed troops in the city only after three days. Moreover, when the intervention process began, the soviet troops faced many difficulties in restraining the Azeri killers and in rescuing the Armenian population out from the city. Even after the Sumgait massacres, the Central authority of the USSR continued to label the Nagorno-Karabakh problem as a social-economic issue rather than a political one. Anyway, the Movement was expanding. Along with the rallies and demonstrations, mass strikes commenced in both Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. The Armenians demanded from the USSR government to justly solve the Karabakh issue, while providing a firm and conclusive political and legal response to the Sumgait atrocities. Thus, in May 1988, the \u201cArmenian Committee of the Karabakh Movement\u201d was established in Yerevan. Subsequently, in response to the pleadings of the Council of NKAO, the General Council of the Armenian Soviet Social Republic agreed on the unification of the NKAO with Armenia on June 15th, 1988. Following this verdict, appeals were made to the Supreme Council of the USSR in regards to the USSR\u2019s support on this matter. The representatives of Armenia, NKAO and Azerbaijan were present at the session of the Supreme Council of the USSR which was held on the 18th of July. However, the latter rejected the proposals made by the Armenian Supreme Council and the Council of NKAO. From the outset of the Karabakh Movement, massacres and pillages were perpetrated in Azerbaijani regions resided by Armenians: Azerbaijani authorities were consistently committing ethnic cleansings. Thus, from the outset of the Karabakh Movement, the Azerbaijani authorities approved the massacre, annihilation and ethnic cleansing of the Armenians who were root residents of the various regions of Azerbaijan. For example, by subjecting Armenians to pillage and brutality, the Azeris forcibly drove them out of Kirovabad, Shamkhor, Khanlar cities, Dashkesan, Mingechaur and other regions. The subsequent wave of deportations started in January, 1990, in capital, when within a week\u2019s time, hundreds of Armenians were killed in Baku, and over 200 thousand people were forced to leave the city, leaving behind indescribable huge wealth. On December 1st 1989 the Supreme Council of Armenian SSR and the National Council of NKAO declared their reunification. As a result the persecution and violence against Armenians became more severe in the Azerbaijani SSR. An economic blockade was imposed against both the Republic of Armenia and NKAO; the supply of natural gas, economic, industrial and other necessary goods were banned from being sent to Armenia. On December 7th, 1988, the severe situation in Armenia worsened as a result of the catastrophic earthquake, which struck the Northern and North-Eastern regions of the country. In the span of a few minutes entire villages and parts of cities were wiped out. More than 25 thousand of people perished and nearly 500 thousand remained without shelter. On the 23rd of August, 1990 the first session of the newly elected Supreme Council of Armenia adopted a declaration regarding the \u201cIndependence of Armenia\u201d, thus commencing the process of independence. At this point the period of third republic of the Armenian history started. Moreover, the Declaration affirmed the fact that the laws of the republic took precedent over the laws of the USSR. Subsequently, the tricolored flag (red, blue and orange) of the first Armenian Republic was restored as the official flag of the Armenian state, while the blazon of the first republic was reinstated as the official blazon of the Republic of Armenia. The Declaration also prescribed respect of human rights, freedom of conscience, religion, political parties, assemblies and speech. Finally, the rights of the Armenian Apostolic church were restored. Availing themselves of the support of Moscow, Azerbaijani government continued the massacres and deportations in Armenian-populated regions. On the other hand, while receiving support and backing from Moscow, the Azerbaijani soviet government continued the deportation of Armenians. In the first half of 1991, the Azerbaijani OMON (Special Militia and terror squads) received support from the Soviet army and launched a full-scale war against the Armenian population in the sub-regions of Shahoumian and Getashen, as well as in the NKAO. This offensive was based on the premeditated \u201cKoltso\u201d (\u201cRing\u201d) operation of forced deportation. During this operation, the Azerbaijanis destroyed various Armenian villages, which prompted the beginning of the Karabakh-Azerbaijan war of 1991. It is in this period of time when the Armenian population formed a united national front, consisted from underground Committees for Self-Defense and numerous headquarters for the self-defense forces across the various regions of the NKAO.\nRestoration of Armenian Independence: Third Republic of 1991\nOn September 21, 1991 the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia decided to hold a referendum throughout the whole territory of the republic to come out from the USSR and declare its independence, according to the provisions of the \u201cDeclaration of Independence\u201d of the RA. On the 23th of September, 1991, the Supreme Council declared Armenia independent, based on the results of the plebiscite. The century-long dream of Armenian people came true. In October the nationwide presidential elections were held in Armenia as a result of which the first president (Levon Ter-Petrosian) of the Republic of Armenia was elected. In Belovezhkaya Pushcha (in the vicinity of Minsk), the heads of three Slavic republics-Ukraine, Russia and Belarus - signed an agreement on the demise of the USSR. It was followed by the announcement on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Armenia was the first state among the former Soviet Countries to response to the Minsk Agreement; it greeted the idea and expressed its readiness to join the organization. On December 21 eleven sovereign states (former Soviet Republics) signed agreement on the establishment of the CIS. It marked the final collapse of the USSR and the independence of former Soviet republics. Shortly after the declaration of independence the Republic of Armenia gained worldwide recognition. The head start of construction of Armenian independent statehood was given. On July 5 of 1995 the RA Constitution was adopted as a landmark event in the political and social life of the republic. It fostered and highly strengthened legal grounds of the transition from totalitarian regime into democratic. On November 25, 2005 the new amended version of the RA Constitution was adopted. The war in Nagorno-Karabakh unleashed by Azerbaijan made the question of security of NK population and the maintenance of the independence of Armenian nation-state of primary and inevitable importance; this could have been guaranteed by efficient army. In 1992-1993 volunteer detachments of Land guards (Yerkrapah) and army conscripts unified to form Armenian National army. On January 28, 1992 the Government adopted a historical decision on formation of \u201cDefense Ministry of the RA\u201d. The regular military units of Armenian armed forces were mostly formed on the grounds of Soviet army. Hundreds of Armenian officers, who had served in various units of former Soviet army, returned to Armenia. Special attention by that time was paid to the combat preparedness and arms improvement. The presidential elections of September 22, 1996 were an important event contributing to the increase of social-political activity. It was held in the condition of active political competition. Levon Ter-Petrosyan was elected as the President of the Republic for the second time. The post electoral estrangement between the society and authorities as well as the political crisis led to the resignation of the President in February of 1998. In March during the extraordinary presidential elections the main competition was between the Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan and the former first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia Karen Demirchyan, who was back to the political arena. Robert Kocharyan was elected as the President of the Republic. In the parliamentarian elections of May 30, 1999 the \u2033Miasnutyun\u2033 (Unity) Parties\u2019 alliance became the winner in the atmosphere of active political competition. Karen Demirchyan was elected as the President of the National Assembly; Vazgen Sargsyan (former Defense Minister) was appointed as the Prime Minister. The political situation unprecedentedly aggravated after the terrorist act of October 27, 1999, when the Prime Minister, the President and vice presidents of the National Assembly of the RA, as well as several parliamentarians were murdered. It was a heavy and unexpected blow to the statehood and democracy. Nevertheless, the political leadership of the republic managed to gradually stabilize the situation. On May 25, 2003 scheduled elections of National Assembly took place, however, none of the parties received the absolute majority to form the government alone. So, for the first time in the history of the Third Republic three parties, that received more votes - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Rule of Law Party (RLP) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF Dashnakcutyun), established a political coalition and jointly formed the government. The president of the Council of the Republican Party Andranik Margaryan (2000-2007), who occupied that office since 2000, was appointed as the Prime Minister. The elections of the National Assembly of the Fourth Convocation were held on May 12, 2007 with an active participation of the society. The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) gained the majority votes by proportional electoral order. It was followed by Prosperous Armenia (PA) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF Dashnakcutyun) parties. Based on the results of the elections, an agreement on the formation of a political coalition was signed with the support of the RA President. Those three parties have formed the RA new government. Serzh Sargsyan was appointed as the Prime Minister. The fifth presidential elections of the Republic of Armenia took place on February 19, 2008. Serzh Sargsyan was elected as the President. Four parties of the National Assembly (RPA, PA, RLP, ARF) which received majority votes, with the initiative and support of the RA newly elected President signed an agreement on the new political coalition with an aim of carrying out reforms in the country and ensuring atmosphere of solidarity within the society, thus undertaking responsibility for the further activity of Government. Tigran Sargsyan was appointed as the Prime Minister.\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs, August 2011.\nDoctor of History, Professor, NAS RA Associate member, Babken Harutyunyan,\nDoctor of History, Head of the Department of Ancient History of the Institute of History NAS RA, Edward Danielyan\nOn September 2, 1991 the joint session of both Nagorno Karabakh regional and Shahoumian district councils of parliamentarians declared the independence of Nagorno- Karabakh Republic within the borders of former Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region and Shoumian. The declaration of independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) was adopted. Thus, the right determined by then enacted legislation- the law of the Soviet Union from April 3, 1990 on the order of withdrawal of Union republics from the USSR- was implemented. It provided national autonomies with a right to freely determine their legal status, in the case of withdrawal of Union republic from the USSR. On December 10, 1991 only a few days before the official collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno Karabakh according to which the vast majority of native population voted in favor of full independence from Azerbaijan. This was followed by parliamentary elections where the Parliament of the NKR was elected, which in its turn formed the first government. The government of independent NKR took over its commitments under the conditions of total blockage and subsequent military aggression of Azerbaijan. Making use of the 4th USSR Army ammunitions and weapons deployed on its territory, Azerbaijan unleashed a full-scale military action against Nagorno Karabakh. The warfare continued with changing success from the fall of 1991 to May 1994 when with the mediation of the Russian Federation, Kyrgyzystan and the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic signed the cease-fire agreement in Bishkek which is in force up to date. 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This business model is now commonly referred to as the \u201csharing economy.\u201d 1\nHowever, just as capitalism morphs, so does the concept of sharing. For example, some Uber drivers actually lease an upscale car to charge higher fares that compete with luxury driving services.2\nThe Great Recession played a hand in encouraging unemployed workers to find innovative sources of income when jobs were scarce, and the sharing economy has been seen as influential in our overall economy\u2019s recovery. It\u2019s worth considering how we can better prepare ourselves for potential economic declines via job innovation, vigilant savings habits and protecting a portion of our retirement assets through guaranteed insurance products. If you\u2019d like help devising a strategy using a variety of insurance products to help you work toward your long-term retirement income goals, please call us to schedule a meeting.\nIn addition to the sharing economy, today\u2019s world is home to a wide array of economic varieties, including:\nAs mentioned, this model focuses on sharing or renting under-utilized assets. One of the primary concerns with this model is trusting others to take care of your personal assets. Some proprietors require an upfront deposit to help defray the cost of breakage or stolen goods. Insurance companies also have gotten into this business by developing policies for reimbursement.3\nThis model focuses on providing goods and services on an as-needed basis. For example, in situations where a short-term rental is cheaper than buying \u2014 such as owning a car in a large metropolitan city \u2014 it can be more cost effective and convenient to use Uber transportation rather than own a car. This is true in expensive cities including New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and others, particularly when including expenses like gas and insurance. 4\nPeer Economy\nThis economic model is based on the creation of products, delivery of services, funding and more by peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. These peer-lending platforms can help bolster economic progress, particularly in a rising interest-rate environment. For example, a small business seeking capital may be able to use an online P2P lending platform that matches borrowers to lenders. This can help a business owner acquire a less expensive loan more quickly than through a traditional financial institution.5\nCrowd Economy\nThe crowd economy enlists the larger population or a subset to generate funding, information, resources and more. This particularly interesting phenomenon has infinite applications. For example, the city of Akron, Ohio, is providing CPR training to the general public in hopes that crowd-sourcing certain emergency service skills will lead to more victims getting immediate help until paramedics arrive.6 Crowd-sourcing also is a good way to find undiscovered talent. Instead of hiring an advertising agency to produce promotional artwork for an annual film festival, the organizers may hold an open competition for the public, tapping local artists whose talent may otherwise go unnoticed.7\nStatistics indicate that the sharing economy and its various iterations are producing big revenues. A recent U.S. study found that on-demand workers generated more than $110 billion in the 15 largest metropolitan areas, including New York City, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.8\n1 April Rinne. World Economic Forum. Dec. 13, 2017. \u201cWhat exactly is the sharing economy?\u201d https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/12/when-is-sharing-not-really-sharing/. Accessed June 2, 2018.\n3 Matthew Wall. BBC News. June 1, 2018. \u201c\u2019I bought my mum a flat just by renting out my camera kit.\u2019\u201d https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44301183. Accessed June 2, 2018.\n4 Megan Rose Dickey. TechCrunch.com. May 30, 2018. \u201cHere\u2019s where it\u2019s cheaper to take an Uber than to own a car.\u201d https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/heres-where-its-cheaper-to-take-an-uber-than-to-own-a-car/. Accessed June 2, 2018.\n5 Craig Asano and Michael King. The Globe and Mail. May 30, 2018. \u201cPeer-to-peer lending will help small businesses stay afloat.\u201d https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-peer-to-peer-lending-will-help-small-businesses-stay-afloat/. Accessed June 2, 2018.\n6 Doug Livingston. Akron Beacon Journal. May 31, 2018. \u201cAkron is \u2018crowd-sourcing\u2019 CPR.\u201d https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/akron-is-crowd-sourcing-cpr. Accessed June 2, 2018.\n7 Michael Beiermeister. WBKB11.com. 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R. Martin opens up about the specific setting of the greenlit prequel, the other spin-offs & The Winds of Winter! | Watchers on the Wall | A Game of Thrones Community for Breaking News, Casting, and Commentary", "raw_content": "It took a few days, but George R. R. Martin has finally commented on the news of the greenlit prequel pilot based on his expansive world of A Song of Ice and Fire. Martin goes on to give us an update on his work on the next book in the series, The Winds of Winter. You probably learned not to get too excited about such updates a long time ago (let\u2019s just say you will, yet again, not be disappointed in your disappointment), but he also reveals the fate of the other spin-offs in development. There are a few surprises there!\nOn his newly revamped Not a Blog, Martin expands on the setting and possible titles of the greenlit pilot. His suggestion confirms our suspicions about its specific setting, based on the reported early synopsis, which pointed us to the darkest era in the Age of Heroes: the Long Night. And that\u2019s exactly the title Martin would choose!\nThis one really puts the PRE in prequel, since it is set not ninety years before GAME OF THRONES (like Dunk & Egg), or a few hundred years, but rather ten thousand years (well, assuming the oral histories of the First Men are accurate, but there are maesters at the Citadel who insist it has only been half that long). We\u2019re very early in the process, of course, with the pilot order just in, so we don\u2019t have a director yet, or a cast, or a location, or even a title. (My vote would be THE LONG NIGHT, which says it all, but I\u2019d be surprised if that\u2019s where we end up. More likely HBO will want to work the phrase \u201cgame of thrones\u201d in there somewhere. We\u2019ll know sooner or later).\nAs for the production itself, Martin is quick to praise the accomplished Jane Goldman, who will pen the pilot and serve as showrunner if the series is picked up; and just as quick to make it clear his involvement is purely advisory, at least for the time being. Of course, the reason Martin can\u2019t be more involved in this show, or the later Game of Thrones seasons for that matter, is that he\u2019s still hard at work on the sixth book:\nAll of the news stories about the pilot being greenlit are slapping my own picture up there next to Jane\u2019s, which is very flattering but also a little misleading. [\u2026] I\u2019ve consulted with all of the writers on all of the successor shows, and several of them have visited me in Santa Fe for long days of discussion, and we\u2019ve gone back and forth in email, text, and telephone, so I have definitely been involved\u2026 but really, the accolades here should go to Jane. She has been an absolute thrill to work with\u2026 and my god, what a talent.\n[\u2026] (And yes, before you ask, work on WINDS OF WINTER continues, and remains my top priority. It is ridiculous to think otherwise. If I wasn\u2019t busy with WINDS, don\u2019t you think I\u2019d be scripting one or more of these pilots myself? It\u2019s not as if I\u2019ve never written for TV\u2026)\nAs for the other \u201csuccessor shows\u201d, as Martin refers to them, they haven\u2019t been shelved just because Goldman\u2019s was greenlit for a pilot\u2026 or not all of them have, at any rate:\n[Y]ou know that we started with four [shows], and eventually went to five. One of those has been shelved, I am given to understand, and of course Jane\u2019s pilot is now moving to film. But that does not mean the others are dead. Three more GAME OF THRONES prequels, set in different periods and featuring different characters and storylines, remain in active development. Everything I am told indicates that we could film at least one more pilot, and maybe more than one, in the years to come. We do have an entire world and tens of thousands of years of history to play with, after all. But this is television, so nothing is certain.\nThough it seems unlikely that HBO would want several Game of Thrones prequels on air at the same time, it\u2019s good to know this wasn\u2019t a \u201cThere can only be one\u201d situation. There may have been a competition for which one of the five shows in development got into production first, and one of them may have been shelved, but there are still three other stories in this world which may get to be told some day. If you were disappointed by the Long Night setting of Goldman\u2019s pilot, perhaps your preferred one is yet to come!\nPosted in Books, News, Production\tTagged George R.R. Martin, prequels, spin-offs\nHold the front door!\n\u201cFinish the damn book already\u201d griping to commence in 5, 4, 3\u2026.\n\u201cOf course, the reason Martin can\u2019t be more involved in this show, or the later Game of Thrones seasons for that matter, is that he\u2019s still hard at work on the sixth book.\u201d\n\ud83d\ude06\ud83d\ude06\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude1c\nYES!!! The long night!!! Oh, this is getting better and better, I\u2019m so excited, exactly what I was hoping for!!!\nI mean, I do believe he is. I\u2019m not optimistic about him finishing any time soon, or finishing book seven at all, but I do believe he\u2019s working hard. Sometimes that isn\u2019t enough, but I don\u2019t think you can ask more of someone. We\u2019re certainly not \u201centitled\u201d to any of it, in any real sense of the word.\nPeople love to shit on Martin for letting the show get ahead of his books, as they love to shit on D&D for getting ahead of the books and making the show less book-like in the process; but I can\u2019t imagine there is anyone more disappointed in this situation than these three are. Martin certainly would have preferred to tell his story himself first; and Benioff & Weiss signed up for an adaptation of actual books, not of a vague outline.\nMmyeah, The Long Night is a terrible title for a tv series imo. It\u2019s too\u2026 broad and abstract, nor does it really roll of the tongue. I\u2019d prefer the title I\u2019ve seen others suggest, Age of Heroes (or in the case of James Hibberd, Game of Thrones: Age of Heroes, which is probably a bit much and would be shortened in use anyway).\nMmyeah, The Long Night is a terrible title for a tv series imo.It\u2019s too\u2026 broad and abstract, nor does it really roll of the tongue.I\u2019d prefer the title I\u2019ve seen others suggest, Age of Heroes (or in the case of James Hibberd, Game of Thrones: Age of Heroes, which is probably a bit much and would be shortened in use anyway).\nIt\u2019s almost definitely going to be \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d followed by something else, at least officially. The Long Night would be good for such a subtitle, in my opinion, though not as evocative alone. Age of Heroes sounds too much like generic fantasy to me, personally, but I can see the appeal.\nAs we already know what happens in Roberts rebellion why don\u2019t they make a movie out of this. It would be a great 2 chapter movie. Like first will end with Lianna \u201ckidnapping\u201d and the second will be pure action and sword fights. Make it happen\nNeddyQuote Reply\nOh, don\u2019t get me wrong. I don\u2019t think he owes anything to anyone. I think he\u2019s entitled to kick back, eat hot dogs, and watch football games. 25 years is too long to retain a passion for just about anything in this world.\nI\u2019m all for George resting on his laurels and taking a victory lap. He\u2019s earned it.\nTo: Che; talvikorppi\nHow about this for a prequel title?\n\u201cNymeria Super Ninja Assassin Warrior Princess Fantasies.\u201d\nHas a nice ring to it, don\u2019t you think? \ud83d\ude00\nMy perspective on that title is from thinking about the show being referred to among viewers and within the media. It just doesn\u2019t sound good/right to me to picture Fallon or Kimmel doing their monologues and saying, \u201cHey everybody, the new season of The Long Night starts this Sunday!\u201d The same feeling goes with telling people about the show. If they were to attach Game of Thrones to the title I think it will be shortened to (the rest) in conversation regardless, such as Solo and Rogue One.\nAge of Heroes may be a bit generic, but at least it\u2019s not depressing sounding. \ud83d\ude42 It\u2019s just my opinion of course and if this or whatever show they do is good it won\u2019t matter.\nIn a vacuum, The Long Night sounds like a noir detective yarn or a World War II movie. If they do decide to use it, I\u2019d bet on it being preceded by Game of Thrones:.\nAge of Heroes sounds way too much like a videogame.\nFirannion: Age of Heroes sounds way too much like a videogame.\nSo does Game of Thrones actually. If some company had been smart there would have been a really good RPG (like Skyrim) out and running with the series simultaneously. Even better, had MMORPGs not lost their luster the last handful of years and they made a good one I would have been all over it.\nHow about \u201cBlood of the First Men: A Game of Thrones story\u201d (going with the latest Star Wars naming conventions)\nIf George was as \u2018hard at work\u2019 on the next book equivalent to the number of times he has been described, by himself or others, as \u2018hard at work\u2019 on the next book.. the Winds of Winter would be about 11,000 pages by now.\nHe may have written that many, or more. He rewrites a lot.\nIt\u2019s nice to know that some of the other concepts are still simmering on the back burner. Personally, I don\u2019t see how it would be problematic to have two shows running simultaneously if one of them is something like what has already been greenlit, aimed at the adult GoT market, and the other were a more kid-friendly series set in the same universe that would screen earlier in the evening.\nTo my mind, the Dunk & Egg novellas would work very well as a \u201cfamily show\u201d in a similar vein to the adventure series of my own youth: Robin Hood, Ivanhoe, Zorro, many of the live-action Disney TV features. I think they could even work in the suggestion that Dunk was Young Old Nan\u2019s beau and an ancestor of Hodor without explicit sex scenes.\nBesides expanding the market and giving parents a sop to toss to their elementary-school-aged kids when they demand to watch GoT, the cool part of such a series is that it would be a road show could run for a really long time, limited only by the aging of the actor playing Egg. Seems to me that the picaresque adventures of a dim-but-brave hedge knight and his wiseass squire could easily fuel a good team of writers (always checking in with GRRM to make sure that they\u2019re not contradicting something he\u2019s going to put into a future novella) to come up with new scenarios from week to week. (Being on that team seems like a dream job to me, actually!) If each episode was more or less narratively self-contained (with running jokes/character foibles, of course), viewers could pick up the story at any point. And audiences would get to visit many different places in Westeros that we haven\u2019t yet seen.\nI\u2019d really like to see that happen. The folks who watch GoT for the nudity, violence, incest etc. can always stay up later until the kids are in bed and the other prequel show is on.\nI\u2019m thinking they\u2019d go with \u201cGoT Heroes\u201d for short.\n\u201cBlood of the First Men\u201d, mm yeah\u2026 That sounds really racist, and in a white-supremacy way. DOA, IMHO.\nFor what it\u2019s forth, it\u2019s confirmed that neither Dunk & Egg nor Robert\u2019s Rebellion are among the original five spin-offs in development. But I agree with your general sentinment: they could have two concurrent shows in the same world, as long as they are distinct enough. By \u201cseveral\u201d I meant all or most of them; I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to have 3 or 4 shows at the same time.\nI\u2019m curious what the shelved idea was. We already knew RR, D&E and a character spin-off were out. I assume whatever it was it must not have been seen as very viable if it was just crossed off.\nHow about \u201cGame of Thrones: The Age of Merchandising\u201d\nHa! j/k\nI think 1 spinoff at a time would be better, but that\u2019s just my opinion, of course. More than that might result in too much oversaturation and diminish the value that each show would bring. I\u2019m sure some people can never get enough of the GoT world, but IMO, most casual watchers might get tired of multiple prequels running at one time. It\u2019s just too much for some people. Of course, if the prequels are really good then none of that will matter, but we\u2019ll see. I\u2019m trying to be optimistic about the prequels, but historically speaking, most prequels, sequels, reboots, whatever are rarely ever good and slowly piss away the legacy that the original created.\nI\u2019ll feel more reason to be optimistic as long as the writers and consultants for stay at a couple of people at maximum. The more producers and HBO Board members or whomever get involved, the worse it will be.\nI\u2019m curious what the shelved idea was.We already knew RR, D&E and a character spin-off were out.I assume whatever it was it must not have been seen as very viable if it was just crossed off.\nBudgetary issues might have been a deciding factor. One would think that a series set in Old Valyria, where every upscale family has at least one dragon parked in the driveway, would be prohibitively costly to produce, for example.\nFirannion: Budgetary issues might have been a deciding factor. One would think that a series set in Old Valyria, where every upscale family has at least one dragon parked in the driveway, would be prohibitively costly to produce, for example.\nWe wouldn\u2019t want the dragons to get \u201cghosted\u201d / \u201cdirewolved\u201d \ud83d\ude00\nLuka Nieto: neither Dunk & Egg nor Robert\u2019s Rebellion are among the original five spin-offs in development\nUnderstood. But that doesn\u2019t mean that they couldn\u2019t develop such a concept a little later on. At some point their marketing consultants will be asking, \u201cWhat part of the potential viewership haven\u2019t we reached yet?\u201d and the answer will come back, \u201cKids.\u201d\nSure. At some point, perhaps. But considering how long this first spin-off will take to produce, and that the other three in development will be ready to go afterwards, what are we talking about here? A decade, at the very least?\nHBO could make a mint with a mini-series entitled: \u201cThe Worst Sh*t in the Seven Kingdoms.\u201d\nEp.1: Happy little boy playing with toy knight in front of fireplace\u2026.\nIf I wasn\u2019t busy with WINDS, don\u2019t you think I\u2019d be scripting one or more of these pilots myself? It\u2019s not as if I\u2019ve never written for TV\u2026)\n\u2026and at this rate, I never will again.\nGame of Thrones: The Others\nTWOW still in progress\u2026 nothing new. Well, I stopped caring years ago so now it\u2019s only casual news for me. \ud83d\ude04 At the moment, I\u2019m looking forward to the resolution of TV series as my (currently 3rd) favorite TV show will finally come to an end and I hope it will be on high note\u2026 I started watching it from day one onwards and it holds a special place in my heart. I definitely look forward to those spinoffs as well.\nFirannion: \u2026At some point their marketing consultants will be asking, \u201cWhat part of the potential viewership haven\u2019t we reached yet?\u201d and the answer will come back, \u201cKids.\u201d\nAll they\u2019d need to do is back up a Brink\u2019s truck loaded with $25 million cash to Maisie W\u2019s front door to induce her to play the lead in talvikorppi\u2019s \u201cArya Super Ninja Assassin Warrior Princess Fantasies.\u201d For the hell of it, they could toss in a talking white pony and a trusted direwolf sidekick Nymeria.\nEven if it were a cartoon, I\u2019d watch.\n\u201cTWOW still in progress\u2026 nothing new.\u201d\nBreaking news! Water is still wet.\n25 years is too long to retain a passion for just about anything in this world.\nI don\u2019t think so, as he said it himself, writing stories is his calling and this series is his life\u2019s work. He won\u2019t stop.\nAnd btw I can\u2019t imagine you not being passionate about Arya Stark anymore\u2026even in 25 years. \ud83d\ude04\nThis is actually an awesome idea for a kid\u2019s cartoon. And I can totally see Masie Williams agreeing to this\u2026 she would never want anyone else voicing Arya. To be honest I\u2019d even like it more if it wasn\u2019t a kids cartoon, but a more adult cartoon\u2026 and then you can include the Hound in some episodes \ud83d\ude42 I\u2019d watch every single one.\nSchoolbook says:\nHonestly, I\u2019m pretty sure the problem is that GRRM has thrown too many balls up in the air and can\u2019t find a good way to get them down again. I\u2019m sure the hope is in vain, but I\u2019d prefer if he acknowledged this and after S8E6 made an extensive Q&A where he explained his ideas and gave his verdict on fan theories (true, didn\u2019t think of that, no because XYZ, WTF!?)\nSchoolbookQuote Reply\nThis is actually an awesome idea for a kid\u2019s cartoon.And I can totally see Masie Williams agreeing to this\u2026 she would never want anyone else voicing Arya.To be honest I\u2019d even like it more if it wasn\u2019t a kids cartoon, but a more adult cartoon\u2026 and then you can include the Hound in some episodes \ud83d\ude42 I\u2019d watch every single one.\nanimated Arya and Sandor\nhttps://i.redd.it/dc5xvw70cvrz.jpg\nLove it! I\u2019m sold!\nDid anyone else pick up on him stating that the maesters of the citadel don\u2019t believe it happened 10,000 years ago, but more likely half that. Mere coincidence that Valyria began 5000 years ago? \ud83e\udd14 I\u2019m probably splitting hairs, but him saying that has intrigued me. I wonder if we\u2019ll explore the beginnings of Valyria in this piece as well \u2013 maybe that\u2019s the mystery to the east that was alluded to before. Would love that.\nDaidalos\u2019 Acrophobia says:\n\u2018A Song of Ice\u2019 (set in the Long Night)\n\u2018A Song of Fire\u2019 (set in Valyria)\nDaidalos\u2019 AcrophobiaQuote Reply\nThat is an outstanding idea. Well conceived.\nTiggerQuote Reply\nSchoolbook: I\u2019m pretty sure the problem is that GRRM has thrown too many balls up in the air and can\u2019t find a good way to get them down again.\nComing from the perspective of someone who writes for her living (though not epic-length novels), I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the problem. A lot of the smaller, less time-consuming balls that he has thrown in the air in the last few years, such as editing some new Wild Cards collections, have come back down again and been put away. And I can understand why he feels the need to add a new one once in a while.\nThe thing is, when writing is your daily work, it\u2019s great when you find yourself \u201cin the zone\u201d and can stay on-task with a lot of enthusiasm for a long stretch. But you always need to change things up every so often. You need brain breaks, or you\u2019ll burn out. I\u2019ve got an article due today, and here I am checking in to see what\u2019s going on at Watchers instead. Or I\u2019ll play a quick game of something, using different parts of my brain. Then I can go back to work mentally refreshed.\nI can\u2019t imagine working on the same immensely long writing project doggedly, day in and day out, without interspersing it with other activities (including other writing). Maybe that\u2019s why I\u2019m not a novelist. But I\u2019m certainly willing to cut someone with GRRM\u2019s gifts a whoooooole lot of slack.\nReally? I didn\u2019t get that at all. They talk about the First Men all the time on the other side of the wall.\nMaxHightower says:\nI NEED to see Aegon\u2019s conquest and the dance of the dragons on TV before I die. PLEASE!\nThe long night is\u2026. cool I guess? I am more interesting in the political side/iron throne than in the magical one, so a series only based on The Others against humanity doesn\u2019t really sound appealing to me.\nBut hey, I am sure they will find a way to keep me gripped. Perhaps the foundation of all the houses in Westeros (especially in the reach by Garth Greenhand) could be quite interesting to see too.\nMaxHightowerQuote Reply\nI wonder if they will stay true to Game of Thrones or if they change things a little bit. Cause in GOT we saw that Leaf was already around before the Long Night so i wonder if they will bring her back in any form, same thing with the White Walkers, will they keep the characterization we are used to or will they try an aproach more faithful to how they are described in the books? Will we see the Night King? I hope they will order a full season cause I\u2019m really curious to see what are they going to do with this period of time that we have little information about.\nLuka Nieto: We wouldn\u2019t want the dragons to get \u201cghosted\u201d / \u201cdirewolved\u201d\nOld Valyria might be a good candidate for an animated series, where rendering realistic-looking beasties isn\u2019t an issue. (I would just hope that they don\u2019t go for anime style, but something more \u2018medieval European.\u2019)\nMaxHightower: a series only based on The Others against humanity doesn\u2019t really sound appealing to me\u2026\nPerhaps the foundation of all the houses in Westeros (especially in the reach by Garth Greenhand) could be quite interesting to see too.\nI\u2019m not all that fascinated by evil-by-nature creatures myself, and it seems like the show has diverged too far from the books in its depiction of the Others to make it possible to \u2018humanize\u2019 them retrospectively.\nHowever, I wouldn\u2019t mind a focus on the high magic of ancient days if it shows us, for example, how Bran the Builder built Winterfell and the Wall, including insights into their deep secrets that have so far only been hinted at in vague terms.\nI also expect that a depiction of Lann the Clever that shows where Tyrion inherited his wit could mean a character who is just as engaging (given the right actor). If we\u2019re mostly stuck in the North, we might find out quite a bit more about these She-Bears of House Mormont and how they earned their shapeshifting reputation!\nI am curious if they will attempt to retcon the White Walker\u2019s origin we saw in GoT. Could be jarring as Bran\u2019s powers to see what happened seem straightforward and they don\u2019t really lend themselves to \u201cwhat you saw was only true from a certain point of view.\u201d It gives this new show less room to maneuver. But good writing can pull off seemingly impossible things. So they might try another bite at the apple to tweak what we think we know.\nI have to confess the origin we saw in the show didn\u2019t feel quite BIG enough or scary enough. I mean it worked but the CoTF ritual with the dragonglass dagger happened so fast in the flashback and then it was over. That one decision/moment was arguably the most pivotal in the entire history of Westeros with the longest lasting consequences.\nzandru: \u201cBlood of the First Men\u201d, mm yeah\u2026 That sounds really racist, and in a white-supremacy way. DOA, IMHO.\nI have absolutely no idea how you are seeing racism or \u201cwhite supremacy\u201d in those five simple words. I despair, I really do.\nYeahhhh\u2026 no.\ngive me florian and jonquil and I\u2019ll be happy\nI agree. But there\u2019d be nothing wrong if he threw in the towel and abandoned the books. I honestly feel bad for the guy that he\u2019s got this pressure on himself at this stage in his life. That\u2019s why I feel he should be able to rest on his laurels.\nIf the inspiration to finish the books happens to come, great. If not, that\u2019s okay too. I\u2019m not dumping on him at all.\n(Imagine if Shakespeare\u2019s fans started bashing him? \u201cHey! Where\u2019s the f*cking sequel to Romeo & Juliet where Romeo and Juliet get resurrected by a pharmacist and trauma surgeon? Get off your ass Bill!\u201d)\nAnd as I\u2019ve said before, there\u2019s no way the showrunners could\u2019ve fathomed when they undertook this massive project that they\u2019d pass the books and have to write scripts from scratch, and produce 7-10 quality episodes every year on time and under budget, without the luxury of rewrites and reshoots if a story line that looked good on paper didn\u2019t measure up once filmed.\nGeorge shouldn\u2019t have to make excuses or \u201cforce\u201d himself to work. He should kick back and enjoy himself. If his muse returns, great. If not, that\u2019s fine too.\nI think I\u2019d like a Dunk and Egg series the most\u2026but I\u2019ll give any GOT show a chance.\nI\u2019d like to get the 6th book to see how he finishes the book 5 cliff hangers in his own words\u2026but then I don\u2019t think I need the 7th book.\nI\u2019m glad Jane Goldman got a warm appreciation by GRRM. \u201cThe Long Night\u201d will certainly be a challenge. There really hasn\u2019t been much of anything formally written about the Long Night, given that GRRM has chosen to mercilessly dwell on those wacky Targ histories. The sky is the limit for Goldman and I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll make the most of it.\nWill Azor Ahai make an appearance?\nAs many have stated before, I simply would like S8 to give us some rationale of the WW\u2019s original intent and purpose and reboot (other than the CotF\u2019s obsidian Frankenstein gone rogue). Please don\u2019t save that as an endgame for \u201cThe Long Night\u201d.\nAs far as TWoW goes, I doubt it will be what anyone expects and I\u2019m willing to bet it will only abstractly resemble GoT. (Oh, the show purists will now spout mandatory \u2018known\u2019 plot points and endgame convergence. \ud83d\ude42 Yippee! I dream of a wight-hunt rehash and \u2018Sansa saves the realm\u2019! (*sarcasm*)) The optimist within still whispers \u201cThe show is the show and the book is the book.\u201d\nI think its more than known that the winds Will be the biggest book yet. I think Will pass 1000 Pages for SURE. And i think Will be realeased att the period of 2020 \u2013 2022.\nMaxHightower:\nThose\u2019re pretty much my thoughts exactly!\nFirannion: Coming from the perspective of someone who writes for her living (though not epic-length novels), I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the problem. A lot of the smaller, less time-consuming balls that he has thrown in the air in the last few years, such as editing some new Wild Cards collections, have come back down again and been put away. And I can understand why he feels the need to add a new one once in a while.\nI didn\u2019t express myself clearly. With \u201ctoo many balls \u201d I meant subplots, not other projects. I like most of the subplots in the later books, but I think they are the reason why it\u2019s so hard to finish the book in a satisfactory way.\nI\u2019m partial to \u201cArya: Ninja Pirate Queen,\u201d myself.\nLucem says:\nI\u2019ll go for A Game of Nights and Ice!!!!\nLucemQuote Reply\nA Game of Thrones: Too Many Balls\nSo when is the fancasting hype going to begin?\nCurrently being screentested for the role of Bran the Builder:\n\u2013 Bob the Builder\n\u2013 Bob Vila\n\u2013 Super Mario the Plumber\nSchoolbook: I didn\u2019t express myself clearly. With \u201ctoo many balls \u201d I meant subplots, not other projects.\nAh, sorry for the writer rant, I misunderstood you. That makes more sense: too many loose ends in the story left to knit back together.\nSpeaking of actual casting\u2026 On the surface I\u2019d say roles on a new series would be coveted. You\u2019d think actors missing out or skipping out on parts for GoT and kicked themselves when it became such a hit would try pretty hard to get on the next series. I don\u2019t know \u2013 maybe not. On the other side of it, considering how many actors came through GoT it almost seems impossible for at least some of them to find their way into the next one. I\u2019m referring to smaller role people of course.\nIf the show is focusing on the Long Night, it shouldn\u2019t be called Age of Heroes. The Long Night is the end of that age. That would be like if Game of Thrones picked up as the Iron Throne was destroyed and Westeros turned into a democracy over the duration.\nI see a name coming we won\u2019t expect. It\u2019s just like guessing episode titles. We can come up with things that may make sense, but in the end, we\u2019re unlikely to guess correctly.\nHere\u2019s my selection for the matriarch of the Stark family:\nhttps://fanparty.ru/fanclubs/underworld-film/gallery/2104891_underworld_film_pic.jpg\n\u2026and another shot in \u201cNorthern\u201d appropriate fur\nhttp://www.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/india-eisley.jpg\nMaybe the Andal invasion. .. bc that was kind of the end of Age of Heroes and the beginning of the transition into the more modern age of Westeros\u2026 the separate seven kingdoms. At least according do The World of Ice and Fire\u2026.\n__________Breaking news! Water is still wet.\nIt is??? Wow!\nI hate to burst readers\u2019 bubbles, but GM\u2019s top priority at the moment is eating my balls. This will take some time as they are quite large.\nKoalafter says:\nA Game of Thrones: Holy Balls!\nKoalafterQuote Reply\nSince Game of Thrones (the original series) will have ended by the time the prequel airs, even if they call it Game of Thrones: The Long Night or Game of Thrones: The Age of Heroes, or whatever, don\u2019t you think everyone will just refer to it as Game of Thrones?\nSQuote Reply\nWhat is that Gem stone GRRM is always wearing on his hat? If he takes it off does he get a reverse melisandre effect?\nPortQuote Reply\nWell, if not finishing your story means you\u2019ve \u201cearned it\u201d, then he\u2019s earned it. Conceptually, that\u2019s a bit like congratulating a jet pilot for flying you five-sevenths of the way home across the Atlantic. I\u2019d be tempted to say, \u201cCongratulations, pilot, for getting us five-sevenths of the way, but if you really want an \u201cattaboy\u201d, make sure to complete the other two-sevenths and land us, even if it\u2019s in a friggin\u2019 cornfield.\u201d Finish what you started. An incomplete tale is a tale poorly told, and as a reader of tales, I have every right to say that.\nDuncan Donuts,\nYou know what? You\u2019re right. Good analogy. Even if he just released a twenty-page \u201cflight plan\u201d, that wouldn\u2019t be terrible. It would beat parachuting out of the cockpit in mid-air and leaving the passengers to figure out how to reach the destination.\nSemi Off-Topic\u2026.\nAbout prequels:\nI just read that GoT vet Alan Taylor is to direct \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d prequel movie. He directed eight or nine episodes of \u201cThe Sopranos\u201d on HBO. On Game of Thrones, he directed:\n\u2022\tepisode 1.09 \u201cBaelor\u201d\n\u2022\tepisode 1.10 \u201cFire and Blood\u201d\n\u2022\tepisode 2.01 \u201cThe North Remembers\u201d\n\u2022\tepisode 2.02 \u201cThe Night Lands\u201d\n\u2022\tepisode 2.08 \u201cThe Prince of Winterfell\u201d*\n\u2022\tepisode 2.10 \u201cValar Morghulis\u201d\n\u2022\tepisode 7.06 \u201cBeyond the Wall\u201d\n* Aka \u201cA Man Can Go Kill Himself\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 652, "original_length": 42410, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://watchmenministry.com/article.php?id=5766", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:34Z", "digest": "sha1:34J7EHMA5FLQNH57SQCUC7KX22KGZAHD", "length": 354, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "watchmenministry.com", "title": "Real Impact", "raw_content": "A Voice for Freedom from an Unexpected Place\n(FRC) For some people at the State Department's ministerial, the stories of persecution come secondhand -- but they're no less life-changing. One of the most powerful speeches of the day came from a surprising source, Mick Mulvaney, the president's director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Read More)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 940, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 149.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wayfarerphoto.com/2012/09/no-toilet-dont-eat-me/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:41Z", "digest": "sha1:TJ6APWAWZJN2XMTZTPLSY2QEFEBK6TOV", "length": 24, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "wayfarerphoto.com", "title": "No toilet, don't eat me! \u2039 Wayfarer Photography", "raw_content": "No toilet, don't eat me!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2256, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 220.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wcasasports.com/Default.asp?cvid=6", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:01Z", "digest": "sha1:P7DQ7D4WBA2Y6BA2NFHACZLTXCWDVBZA", "length": 2102, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "wcasasports.com", "title": "West Chester Area Sports Association", "raw_content": "Aerial view of WCASA Complex\nThe West Chester Area Sports Association, West Chester United Soccer, West Chester Lacrosse and Little All-American Football Association are teaming up to renovate the natural grass soccer and football/lacrosse playing surfaces to state of the art, all-weather synthetic turf playing surfaces. The upgrade to these facilities will allow us to provide an even safer, year round playing surface for our players. Additionally, the installation of these fields will help us better utilize natural resources and lower our field maintenance costs by providing an environmentally free playing surface that also improves storm water management and eliminates the need for fertilizers and pesticides that commonly are required to maintain natural grass playing fields. Upon completion, the new fields will also be more available for additional community sporting events adding value to our local area organizations.\nThe West Chester Area Sports Association announces the launch of its corporate capitol campaign to fund the renovation of Ciccarone and Kelly Fields at the WCASA sports complex located at the intersection of Route 202 and Westtown Road in West Chester. The WCASA is moving forward to construct the synthetic turf fields in the Spring of 2008. Through the generous donations of our local founder Al Kelly (Kellys Sports) and PA State Senator Andy Dinniman (as well as many others), we have obtained approximately 50% of our goal. With an estimated cost of $600,000 per field, we are hoping to acquire the funding through corporate donations in order to alleviate the financial burden of the leagues and the families of the participants.\nWith the life expectancy of these fields around 10 years, any funds over and above the amounts needed for the installation of the turf will be utilized to fund any additional upgrades necessary and the remainder will remain in an account for future replacement of the turf itself. Please see the program levels at the right for addtional advertising/marketing options available in return for your generous tax deductible donation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3571, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://weaponsofpestdestruction.com/pest-library/occasional-invaders/earwig/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:26Z", "digest": "sha1:IUM4VDSKJ4CNN2OLXHIHNOXYEISY3WQX", "length": 1072, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "weaponsofpestdestruction.com", "title": "Earwig \u2022 Weapons of Pest Destruction", "raw_content": "Have a Earwig Problem?\nEarwigs are brown and grow to about 1\u201d in length with long antennae on their heads and pinchers protruding from the back of their abdomen, possibly confusing predators as to which end is the head. Although they have wings, they rarely fly.\nThey often live clustered together in large groups under leaves, logs, bark or piles of yard debris. Earwigs are nocturnal and are scavengers, feeding on foliage or insects.\nWhen Earwigs are found in the home, it is likely they are in search of food. They may leave a scent trail for others to follow and will travel back and forth to their nesting location outdoors. In defense they will drop to the ground and scurry to a crevice to hide.\nEarwig received its name due to the myth the earwig would crawl into your ear if you slept on the ground. There are over 1,700 species of Earwigs in the world.\nClear yard debris away from the foundation, close up any cracks or openings to the home. Locate and remove insects in the home to discourage their return.\nThe Earwig is most active in spring, summer and fall.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 3969, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://weaponsofpestdestruction.com/pest-library/occasional-invaders/mole-cricket/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:22:55Z", "digest": "sha1:6ZDPBAPWFSYUATFJXQZYCXQXPGYTV5FO", "length": 1228, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "weaponsofpestdestruction.com", "title": "Mole Cricket \u2022 Weapons of Pest Destruction", "raw_content": "Have a Mole Cricket Problem?\nMole Crickets are easily identified by their two paddle-shaped front legs that help it dig and swim. They have a long body with dark beady eyes and wings.\nMole Crickets live underground and are active mostly at night when they eat insects and plants, causing extensive damage to the root structures of lawns, gardens and other live plants. They dig extensive tunnels, some going down nearly three feet, and large populations of Mole Crickets can destroy a lawn, garden, or flowerbed in a short time.\nThe Mole Cricket is not aggressive toward humans but they are attracted to lights and may gather in groups near outdoor lights. Males have been known to fly as far as 5 miles during mating season.\nReddish-brown with black\nThe body is brown in colour and covered with fine velvety hairs, and the forelegs are greatly modified for digging. Only the adult stages are winged, and flight is said to be clumsy, directionless and only performed on rare occasions at night.\nLawns and plants can be flooded with soapy water. If more than a few Mole Crickets emerge it may be necessary to treat with pesticides. Sticky traps can be used near doorways.\nMole Crickets are most active in spring, summer and fall.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 4125, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://web-development.chicagowebdesignstudio.com/the-best-web-design-programs.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:48Z", "digest": "sha1:3NUG4Y3SRVHKJ3SN7X6EFBP527P5BKUD", "length": 2873, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "web-development.chicagowebdesignstudio.com", "title": "Web Development Information", "raw_content": "The Best Web Design Programs\nWho doesn\u2019t own a webpage nowadays? If you\u2019re thinking about spicing up your webpage or (heaven forbid) move your webpage off that blogging host, consider some of these web design programs that will make mastering the art of html a breeze (well, not exactly, but with these WYSIWYG\u2014What you see is what you get\u2014tools, you\u2019ll be a designing maniac in no time).\nThis is probably the best web design tool. Dubbed as the \u201cSwiss Army Knife\u201d of web developers, Dreamweaver at first could be quite overwhelming. But with a little practice, you\u2019ll wonder how you ever survived without it.\nDon\u2019t let the \u201cflash\u201d and \u201cperl\u201d options intimidate you. What rocks about Dreamweaver is it supports CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), which means you get to preview your work before uploading it. It also integrates seamlessly with other Macromedia products, so if you\u2019re a genius when it comes to creating Flash presentations, adding them in would be a cinch.\nIf you\u2019d like to learn a little bit about html, you can also split the work screen to show the WYSIWYG screen and the HTML encoding (what better way to learn than to see what the code actually looks like?). If html encoding is your kind of thing, you can ditch the WYSIWYG option altogether. And when you get really good at html, Dreamweaver offers a \u201ccode hinting\u201d, which displays code options as you type, as well as \u201cSnippets\u201d, which is a panel that stores common pieces of html code that you always seem to need.\nDreamweaver generally takes a lot of time to learn, but take heart, Padawan. It\u2019s worth the training.\nFor those who love working with Microsoft Office\u2019s tools (especially Word), this is the web design program for you.\nIt\u2019s easy-to-use interface makes it easier to access the editing features (unlike previous editions). Just like Dreamweaver, it splits the screen to show the html coding and the site\u2019s lay-out. It also features CSS, which means stacking up layers an option. Its Coding Editor also has the Microsoft IntelliSense software, which presents possible choices for the code that you\u2019re laying out.\nAlthough not offering as much eye candy as Dreamweaver, Frontpage is perfect for small business and school projects.\nAdobe GoLive 6.0\nIf you swear by Adobe\u2019s products, then this is a no-brainer for you. The format is just like any other Adobe program, so getting familiar with this software will be as easy as pie. It also integrates all the Adobe products in it\u2014you\u2019ll get to work closely with Photoshop, Illustrator, and LiveMotion. Which means you get to drag other Adobe files into GoLive. How sweet is that?\nBut as with any other Adobe program, if you\u2019re not familiar with most Adobe products, it needs a little time to get used to. It\u2019s quite a heavyweight tool, and if you\u2019re not serious about putting up that webpage, you might end up trading in this software for another.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 3312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 332.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://web-release.info/mercedes-benz-ranked-1-luxury-car-lebanon-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:24:26Z", "digest": "sha1:R3GO55ES2EZ7VXR5HEY3AVO5LPA4EGKN", "length": 1327, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "web-release.info", "title": "Mercedes-Benz ranked #1 luxury car in Lebanon for 2018 | Web Release", "raw_content": "Mercedes-Benz ranked #1 luxury car in Lebanon for 2018\nT.Gargour & Fils Mercedes-Benz Lebanon ranked number one in the luxury car market, an achievement reflecting the excellent level of customer loyalty, trust, and satisfaction.\nThe sustained efforts of the highly professional teams and the well-targeted marketing and sales strategies contributed to the recent success. In a rapidly changing environment, T. Gargour & Fils has proven to be a pioneer in setting the standards for exceptional customer experience, innovation and marketing plans that surpass the expectations of today\u2019s demanding market. By constantly providing cutting-edge technology, design, and world-class services, the automotive icon Mercedes-Benz retains its position as number one in the country\u2019s luxury car market.\nMr. Cesar Aoun, General Manager of Mercedes-Benz at T. Gargour & Fils, said: \u201cA big part of our triumph as a company comes from the solid loyalty and trust of our customers. Despite the challenges, 2018 was a successful year in sales characterized by strong commitment to excellence and determination to showcase the strong influence of a brand like Mercedes-Benz.\u201d\nprevious articleMajority of Lebanon\u2019s Professionals Positive Towards 2019, Shows Bayt.com Study\nnext articlebossini X Mickey Mouse 90th anniversary Crossover Collection", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 3721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 263.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://weeklysift.blogspot.com/2017/01/believing-in-change.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:45Z", "digest": "sha1:BOKFSE4BX5IQ6P457WLK6B4NHUBX5LKI", "length": 10205, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "weeklysift.blogspot.com", "title": "The Weekly Sift: Believing in Change", "raw_content": "Believing in Change\nThis week's featured posts are \"Farewell, Mr. President\" and \"Trump's Toothless Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest\". In honor of Martin Luther King's birthday, I want to point to an older Sift post \"MLK: Sanitized for Their Protection\", where I attempt to recapture the often-suppressed radical side of King.\nThis week everybody was talking about the Trump dossier\nPart of Trump's briefing from the intelligence services included a two-page summary of a longer document (neither of which was endorsed as true by the intel people) listing alleged dirt that the Russians have on Trump. Buzzfeed somehow got hold of that longer document and published it, filling the airwaves with vague allusions to sexual practices you can't talk about on TV.\nNobody who has commented (other than Trump himself, of course) actually knows whether any of this is true, and the major media outlets, in my judgment, are doing a good job of saying that at regular intervals.\nI would feel sorry for any person this happened to, if he or she had maintained any standards of decorum in talking about others. But these are exactly the kinds of unsupported rumors Trump has been trafficking in for years. So this is more a case of what-goes-around-comes-around or they-that-touch-pitch-will-be-defiled.\nThat said, the claims aren't well-supported enough to figure in my thinking, and probably shouldn't figure in yours either. The proper use of them, at this point, is in jokes that needle Trump and his supporters. If they complain, you might remind them what it was like to listen to years of jokes about Obama and Kenya, or to see \"humorous\" images of the Obamas as monkeys.\nThe point of including the summary in the briefing, I suspect, is that Trump publicly resists the conclusion that the Russians were trying to help him win. But it's hard to avoid that conclusion if the Russians had dirt on both candidates and only released what they had on Hillary. (He continues to deny that. Wednesday he said: \"I think, frankly, had they broken into the Republican National Committee, I think they would\u2019ve released it just like they did about Hillary.\") If Trump recognized anything in the document as true, the point was made.\nand his plan to deal with conflicts of interest\nI broke that out into its own article.\nand Obama's farewell speech\nAlso its own article, part of my retrospective on the Obama years.\nand Senate hearings on the cabinet nominees\nLike everybody else, I'm not paying the kind of attention to the nominees that they deserve. I didn't eight years ago, either, but that was different. My whole response to Steven Chu was something like: \"A Nobel winner as secretary of energy. Cool.\" But Jeff Sessions' history on race, or Exxon-Mobil's takeover of the State Department -- these seem to deserve more thought.\nThe Christian Science Monitor bends over backwards not to condemn Sessions, but there's still plenty there to set your teeth on edge. It quotes an SMU professor saying, \"But he\u2019s not evidently a mean-spirited guy. He has a narrow view, but not necessarily a mean view.\" That's a pretty low bar for an attorney general: He may not protect minority rights, but at least he won't be screwing them out of spite.\nAnd Tillerson will be making decisions about sanctions against Russia that have cost his former company more than $1 billion, by some reports.\nAnd Ben Carson, well, we already know he's a loon. I stand by my judgment in 2015 that he would be an even scarier president than Trump. In his confirmation hearings, he used the phrase \"extra rights\" when asked about LGBT rights in public housing. In 2014, he used that same phrase about same-sex marriage: Gay people don't get the \"extra right\" to redefine marriage.\nI'm sure I'll have the occasion to say this many times, but I might as well start now: It's invariably conservatives who are claiming \"extra rights\" or \"special rights\". Same-sex marriage is a great example of that: Until recently, marrying the person you love was something only straight people could do. That's a special right. Carson is complaining because gay people got the same rights he has. He exemplifies the right-wing-Christian sense of entitlement; they view their own rights as natural, and everybody else's as \"special\".\nand ObamaCare\nThe Senate approved a budget blueprint that would be the first step towards repealing ObamaCare through a filibuster-proof process called \"reconciliation\". Several Republican senators have expressed reservations about repealing ObamaCare without even having a replacement proposal written, but only Rand Paul abstained from the final vote. If the rest are going to buck the leadership on this, they'll have to do it at a later stage. For now, they're staying in line.\nIf any of you live in places like Maine (Susan Collins) or Tennessee (Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker) or Ohio (Rob Portman), you might want to give your wavering senator a call. They're in a difficult political situation, and pressure either way might make a difference. On the one hand, they don't want a primary opponent to say, \"Senator X kept us from repealing ObamaCare.\" On the other, they don't want a general election opponent to say, \"Senator X took your health care away.\" But it's shaping up to be one or the other.\nIn a 60 Minutes interview shortly after the election, Trump said this about ObamaCare.\nStahl: And there\u2019s going to be a period if you repeal it and before you replace it, when millions of people could lose -\u2013 no?\nTrump: No, we\u2019re going to do it simultaneously. It\u2019ll be just fine. We\u2019re not going to have, like, a two-day period and we\u2019re not going to have a two-year period where there\u2019s nothing. It will be repealed and replaced. And we\u2019ll know. And it\u2019ll be great healthcare for much less money. So it\u2019ll be better healthcare, much better, for less money. Not a bad combination.\nIt's worth noting that as Congress moves towards repealing (and not replacing) ObamaCare, he still hasn't said anything more substantive or constructive: Provide better healthcare, great healthcare, for less money. Do it immediately. At his press conference Wednesday, Trump did what he so often does: promised something in the future that there's no reason he couldn't deliver now, if he had it.\nAs soon as [HHS Secretary Tom Price] is approved and gets into the office, we\u2019ll be filing a plan.\nI don't know what is going to happen, but I guarantee you it won't be better healthcare for less money, immediately. And Trump will blame Congress, rather than take any responsibility for not offering a plan of his own. I continue to wonder whether Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell understand what they've gotten themselves into.\nPart of the ongoing project to understand Trump voters: Read \"We have always been at war with Eastasia\" by Michael Arnovitz. He's addressing the way that conservative voters' opinions can turn on a dime when the partisan winds shift: Putin and WikiLeaks are popular now. Protectionism is suddenly a good thing. There's no need to drain the swamp, and we'll see if anybody still cares about deficits when Trump runs one.\nArnovitz postulates that liberals and conservatives frame the partisan battle differently. Liberals believe that we're contesting with conservatives over policy: The winner gets to decide whether we get national health care or free college, which are the really important things.\nBut conservatives view policy arguments as battles in the larger war against liberals. This is essentially a religious battle for the soul of America, and Russia or taxes or deficits are secondary.\nBTW: In case it's been a long time since you read 1984, the title refers to the moment when Oceania suddenly shifts its alliance from Eastasia to Eurasia. Eastasia, the former ally, is now the enemy -- but no one is allowed to point that out. Instead of explaining the change, Oceania just alters history to claim that it was always at war with Eastasia.\nOn the Moyers & Company site, Neal Gabler writes about progressives going through the stages of grief about Trump's election. I kind of get his point: You start out saying \"This isn't happening\", then get angry, and so on from there. But then he makes it clear that he doesn't really understand the stages of grief:\nThe last stage of grief is acceptance, and one thing I do know: It is imperative that anyone who thinks of Trump\u2019s election as perhaps the single greatest catastrophe in American political history must never reach that stage.\nNo, actually it's imperative that we do get to acceptance. Acceptance isn't an aw-fukkit attitude. It's not resignation. It just means that you stop arguing that the world isn't the way it is, or that the world owes you something for being the way it is. If you don't get there, your actions have a brittleness or desperation that undermines your effectiveness.\nResignation means not just that you accept the present, but that you're not going to try to change to future either. That's where you should never let yourself get. (I talked about this at length recently.)\nTrump will become president Friday. That's bad, but the badness of it doesn't change the fact. We've got work to do if we want to the future to be better.\nand let's close with a modern sorcerer's apprentice moment\nSo Amazon's Alexa personal assistant is default-set to allow you to voice-order products from Amazon. But what if it misinterprets something you say as an order, or recognizes somebody else's voice -- maybe a voice on the TV -- as yours?\nChannel 6 in San Diego admits that happened. Its news anchors were talking about an incident where a little girl ordered a dollhouse and four pounds of cookies, when one of them said:\nI love the little girl, saying \"Alexa ordered me a dollhouse.\"\nAll over San Diego, Amazon devices heard somebody say \"Alexa, order me a dollhouse\".\nEurasia situated in Chicago for the fifteenth Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences to be hung on 15-18 December 2017. We are managing in different choices like eurasia, eurasia13, eurasia meeting, eurasia bangalore, eurasia chicago , eurasia chicago and chicago eurasia gathering. Every item is having its own particular quality.\nPresidential Enemies\nRaising Doubt", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 13298, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 309.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://westaustinng.com/2013/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:26Z", "digest": "sha1:VKXII2MCBGF5ISPY7CD2BSZ2DTWMHMQK", "length": 1695, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "westaustinng.com", "title": "2013 September", "raw_content": "Public Outreach for Neighborhood Plan Prioritization Meeting (Thursday, 7:30 pm at Austin Java)\nComments Off on Public Outreach for Neighborhood Plan Prioritization Meeting (Thursday, 7:30 pm at Austin Java)\n[ September 26, 2013; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] On behalf of the Central West Austin Combined Neighborhood Plan Contact Team (CWACNPCT), we are inviting public input from and through the neighborhood associations (WANG, Bryker Woods, and Pemberton Heights) for our planning area to prioritize the capital improvement program (CIP) projects from our Neighborhood Plan for implementation.\nWe will be meeting Thursday, September 26, 2013 [\u2026]\nOct. 2 Commander\u2019s Forum Meeting for Region 1 Central West and North Central District Representatives\nComments Off on Oct. 2 Commander\u2019s Forum Meeting for Region 1 Central West and North Central District Representatives\n[ October 2, 2013; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Region 1 Central West and North Central District Representatives will host a Commander\u2019s Forum from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 to share information and talk about community concerns with residents and business owners. The forum will take place at the McCallum High School, 5600 Sunshine Drive, Austin, 78756. Topics [\u2026]\nMt. Bonnell Cleanup\nComments Off on Mt. Bonnell Cleanup\n[ September 28, 2013; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Dear Friends of Mount Bonnell,\nThe the West Point Society of Central Texas is sponsoring our 11th major clean-up of one of Austin\u2019s most cherished landmarks, the Mount Bonnell Fall Clean-up in conjunction with the Austin Parks Foundation and National Public Lands Day.\nCome out to \u201cthe top of Austin\u201d and give your energies to keep this [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 221, "original_length": 6309, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 259.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://westcountryautojumble.co.uk/museums/lambretta_scooter_museum.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:53Z", "digest": "sha1:46ZX2O4AFJQ7MT73UDHMPCJLF6DFLFWC", "length": 1034, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "westcountryautojumble.co.uk", "title": "West Country Museums | Lambretta Scooter Museum | 77 Alfred Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS23 1PP", "raw_content": "Lambretta Scooter Museum\nAddress: 77 Alfred Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset\nPostcode: BS23 1PP\nThe Lambretta Scooter Museum is in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Its 4,000 square feet (371.6 m2) houses a total of 61 Lambretta models - at least one from each year between October 1947 through to May 1971, collected by Nigel Cox the author of \"Lambretta Innocenti: An Illustrated History\". The private collection goes from three model 'A's first produced in 1947, to Lambro threewheelers, Lambretta mopeds, sales leaflets, world, accessories, posters, magazines, manuals, toys, models, signs, and promotional material.[1] In 2006, the shop and museum were sold to Stuart Lanning. After a long period of closure, the museum and its exhibits were refurbished and re-opened on 9 August 2008\nLambretta Scooter Museum 2019 Event Schedule\nLambretta Scooter Museum Office\nURL: www.facebook.com/pages/Lambretta-Museum/106411159437244?fref=ts\nBS1 BS13 BS18 BS19 BS20 BS21 BS22 BS24 BS25 BS26 BS28 BS29 BS3 BS40 BS41 BS48 BS49 BS8 BS80", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 3133, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 230.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://willprogramforfood.com/blog/hdr-photos/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:04:22Z", "digest": "sha1:34IFUQGJODKCWVKTE7UGKS7SIB3LZPIE", "length": 639, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "willprogramforfood.com", "title": "HDR Photos | Hippo Blog", "raw_content": "I've seen articles and pictures concerning HDR, but thought it was all just a hack. The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was performing the duty of dodging and burning. It really just modifies the picture to show the detail in the darker and lighter areas of the picture at the same time.\nSo I downloaded a few programs and tried one out. I'm still learning my new camera, but I set it up to bracket the shots and took 3 pictures in the back yard. I think I exposed two pictures above normal, as opposed to doing one photo under exposed, one normal and one over exposed. But the result is still pretty cool.\n<< Dinner at home", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 777, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 253.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wilsonfamilyshows.com/booking/booking.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:52Z", "digest": "sha1:BSTKMBLMQCO2JRMSTRHYMCULXQQDNBW3", "length": 710, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "wilsonfamilyshows.com", "title": "Wilsons Family Show - Booking Information", "raw_content": "Wilson's Family Show is available to provide rides, games, and food for the following events:\nCorporate Outings / Rentals\nOur years of experience and expertise make us experts in our business and we know what it takes to make your event successful! We will provide everything from rides, games, food to support equipment such as generators, wire, cable protectors, a mobile office, and even rest areas complete with benches.\nWe currently travel throughout the Midwestern United States during the summer months and the southern region during the fall and winter months.\nFor more information on booking Wilson Family Shows for your next event, please call (309) 314-4242 or electronically through our email form.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1033, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 305.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://windsorplaceinn.com/attractions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:03Z", "digest": "sha1:EH4F7G543IOB2XQN3UIQ5REBQOQEPOPN", "length": 4134, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "windsorplaceinn.com", "title": "Prairie Du Chien - Nearby Attractions - Windsor Place Inn", "raw_content": "Nearby Attractions \u2013 Prairie Du Chien\nCharles Wacouta Aquatic Park\nLocated at a 20 min leisurely walk or 3-minute drive from Windsor Place Inn is the Charles Wacouta Aquatic Park where you can enjoy yourselves with your family. The water park contains a relaxing pool, a fun water slide and special kiddie pool for children to enjoy themselves.\nLocated right next to the Charles Wacouta Aquatic Park and very close to Windsor Place Inn is the Fort Fun Park, a great location for children to enjoy themselves. This green park contains a full playground area where children can endlessly entertain themselves with the numerous slides.\nFort Crawford, stood guard from 1816 to 1856 and the Fort Crawford Museum features a wide variety of local history about Wisconsin and Prairie du Chien in particular. It\u2019s only a short 5-minute drive from Windsor Place Inn and is a great place to spend some time with your family.\nSt. Feriole Island Park\nThe St. Feriole Island Park is a great park around the river, a perfect place to spend some time at. This city park has great historical significance, as it\u2019s where Prairie du Chien the city originated before floods forced relocation. It\u2019s most famous attraction is the Villa Louis, also known as Dousamn Mansion, a National Historic Landmark. The villa, a Victorian Estate, and the estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society. It\u2019s a great place to see some examples of Victorian era architecture style. All of this is only a 6-minute drive from Windsor Place Inn.\nWyalusing State Park, Bridgeport, WI\nIt\u2019s one of Wisconsin\u2019s oldest state parks, spread over a sprawling 2,628-acre area and it offers some truly spectacular views of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers. The park is a great place to walk and hike in, it also has facilities for families and groups to camp, along with a Native Indian burial mound, a canoe trail, and plenty of areas to watch birds, fish, and boat. It is just only 20 min drive from Windsor Place Inn.\nEffigy Mounds, Marquette/Mcgregor IA\nLocated a quick 10 minute drive away from Windsor Place Inn, is the Effigy Mounds National Monument which preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by Native Americans; it\u2019s a wonderful place where you can see numerous animal shaped mounds. The visitor center has wonderful museum exhibits highlighting archaeological and natural specimens and a lovely hiking trail.\nPikes Peak State Park, Marquette/Mcgregor IA\nThis lovely park is only 12 minutes drive and is packed with facilities and activities; visitors can picnic, relax and enjoy a gorgeous view. There are about 70 camping areas, cycling trails for bicycles and mountain bikes, and hiking and walking trails.\nSun Prairie Cabela\u2019s\nThe fourth Cabela\u2019s in Wisconsin, the Cabela\u2019s Sun Prairie store is located in the Prairie Lakes Shopping Center at Highway 151 and Grand Avenue. This 86,000-sq.-ft. store was built to not only surround customers with quality outdoor products, but to engage them with lifelike taxidermy, local fish swimming in the aquarium, a Gun Library, a Bargain Cave and an indoor archery test area.\nBald Eagle Spotting/Watching\nWatching the distinctive Bald Eagle, as they migrate is a popular wildlife activity to many; this activity is possible during winter months as eagles tend to arrive in December and stay on till February to leave by mid March. This activity needs to be undertaken carefully and upon a designated bald eagle viewing site. It is 4 minutes aware from Windsor Place Inn.\nCountry on the River\nInitiated in 2010, Country on the River is a three day music festival in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, which plays host to some of the best country music parties in the Midwest. This premier outdoor country music and campaigning experience is held annually at Tom Hanafan\u2019s River\u2019s Edge Parkand participated by both local and regional acts and is 5 minutes drive from Windsor Place Inn.\nGet 10% Off on your booking, if you reserve your room using our online reservation request form or call us directly at +1-608-326-7799. Or you can also book our hotel on Tripadvisor, Expedia and Booking.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 4690, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wizardschess.forumotion.com/t2-ohaithar", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:04Z", "digest": "sha1:BQZM4SYXNGXZWOXLTI74QSIF6EQB6JUA", "length": 882, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "wizardschess.forumotion.com", "title": "Ohaithar", "raw_content": "Subject: Ohaithar Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:22 pm\nI'm Madilyn, or Maddie, and I roleplay for Lily Evans (Potter). I'm turning 16 on September 13th, and I'm a Sophomore in High School. I live in the good ol' U S of A.\nI have a deep love for drawing and other artsy things, and I enjoy reading and writing as well.\nMy favorite HP character would have to beee..... Hm. McGonagall. She's a total badass.\nI'm most like Lily, I think, because 1: we're both gingers, 2: We're pretty damn smart, and 3: we won't take crap from idiots (and we're both bookworms and the like).\nI love to RP. Writing is a big hobby for me, so it's a bunch of fun.\nSubject: Re: Ohaithar Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:17 am\nI don't believe we've ever met before. Perhaps, no... yes, we have never met before. I am pleased to make your acquaintance.\nSubject: Re: Ohaithar Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:24 pm\nHAI! *waves*\nSubject: Re: Ohaithar", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2785, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 315.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wkw.protrails.com/state/oregon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:07Z", "digest": "sha1:ZPYB3XVUUORTUUX3JTGJ5BTDGGU2EMGQ", "length": 400, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "wkw.protrails.com", "title": "ProTrails | ProTrails", "raw_content": "HomeOregon\nThe Columbia River runs 1243 miles form its headwaters in British Columbia to the Pacific Ocean in Astoria, OR. The Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area spans an 85 mile stretch from Troutdale to The Dalles, an area highlighted by over 77 waterfalls, 800 wildflower species and 200+ miles of hiking trails with access to the Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness and Mount Hood National Forest.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1520, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 207.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/51546/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:17Z", "digest": "sha1:GXGHSUBJ6XBD44IEE4OFLVW4OQYDXJSO", "length": 1736, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "wrap.warwick.ac.uk", "title": "Mandating rights and limiting mission creep : holding the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund accountable for human rights violations - WRAP: Warwick Research Archive Portal", "raw_content": "Mandating rights and limiting mission creep : holding the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund accountable for human rights violations\nTan, Celine (2008) Mandating rights and limiting mission creep : holding the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund accountable for human rights violations. Human Rights and International Legal Discourse, Vol.2 (No.1). pp. 79-116.\nOfficial URL: http://www.hrild.org\nThe World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have enjoyed significant immunity from conventional norms of accountability and culpability in spite of their emergence as key financial institutions in the global economy in the postwar period. This historical impunity sits uncomfortably with the wide-ranging social, economic and political impacts of their complex mandates and is inconsistent with the development of the aforementioned norms in other areas of public and private international law.\nThis paper reviews the current mechanisms and strategies employed to establish institutional accountability for human rights violations and argues that the contemporary focus on internal as opposed to external instruments of accountability and culpability is inadequate given the inherent deficiencies within the organisational governance structures of the institutions concerned and the normative limitations of the international human rights regime. Consequently, recourse to authoritative frameworks outside the Bank and Fund and attention to strategies in other areas of law are necessary to establish more comprehensive mechanisms to ensure that the operations of these institutions do not contravene fundamental principles of human rights.\nHuman Rights and International Legal Discourse\nIntersentia N.V.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3376, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 228.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/53328/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:13Z", "digest": "sha1:GMJMHEFN2JF5ODJPCMQAHOZMA4ACNLDD", "length": 1245, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "wrap.warwick.ac.uk", "title": "The future governance of citizenship - WRAP: Warwick Research Archive Portal", "raw_content": "The future governance of citizenship\nKostakopoulou, Theodora (2008) The future governance of citizenship. Law in Context . Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521877992\nIn much of the citizenship literature it is often considered, if not simply assumed, that citizenship is integral to the character of a self-determining community and that this process, by definition, involves the exclusion of resident 'foreigners'. Dora Kostakopoulou calls this assumption into question, arguing that 'aliens' are by definition outside the bounds of the community by virtue of a circular reasoning which takes for granted the existence of bounded national communities, and that this process of collective self-definition is deeply political and historically dated. Although national citizenship has enjoyed a privileged position in both theory and practice, its remarkable elasticity has reached its limit, thereby making it more important to find an alternative model. Kostakopoulou develops a new institutional framework for anational citizenship, which can be grafted onto the existing state system, defends it against objections and proposes institutional reform based on an innovative approach to citizenship.\nCambridge ; New York", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2880, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 246.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://writingya.blogspot.com/2018/02/cybils-review-wheres-halmoni-by-julie.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:43Z", "digest": "sha1:YGVWCQLV3MQKW3PDHXWM5QMROHLCXXNY", "length": 2389, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "writingya.blogspot.com", "title": "Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog (archive): Cybils Review: WHERE'S HALMONI? by Julie Kim", "raw_content": "Synopsis: Uh-oh, Grandma's gone missing\u2026. In this year's Cybils winner for Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels, Where's Halmoni? by Julie Kim, Noona and her little brother Joon decide to visit their Halmoni (Grandma in Korean) only to find that she's mysteriously disappeared. Following a set of animal tracks on the floor, they climb through an odd new window and discover a magical forest world peopled with characters from Korean folklore, such as dokkebi (not-so-scary goblins) and various clever and/or greedy animals that help and/or hinder their quest to find Halmoni.\nIn the process, the kids themselves learn more about Korean culture and language; in fact, some of the creatures they meet speak Korean, and we, like the kid protagonists, have enough context to figure out SOME of it\u2014but never fear; you'll find a really cool visual glossary in the back of the book. It was like a fun little quest of its own to find the corresponding image and Hangul text in the glossary.\nObservations: This was an intriguing adventure with lots of action, relatable kid protagonists, and plenty of humor. The characters from Korean folktales, which are explained in the back of the book, make this one feel both traditional and new. For readers unfamiliar with Korean culture, it's a friendly, welcoming opportunity to learn a few new tidbits and also see the similarities between kids across the world. (The little boy's candy stash in his backpack and the epic Rock-Paper-Scissors battle in particular made me smile.)\nThe images are beautiful, tactile, and present a sort of cross between traditional picture books and graphic novels. Korea, of course, has a strong comics tradition of its own, and this is also a clear influence on the art. The story is simple and in many ways universal, with a folk tale structure, and the author does well in conveying meaning whether in English, Korean, or purely visual form.\nConclusion: Very charming and with many re-read possibilities. It kind of felt like a Korean interpretation of Where the Wild Things Are.\nI received my copy of this book courtesy of my library. You can find WHERE'S HALMONI? by Julie Kim at an online e-tailer, or at a real life, independent bookstore near you!\nLabels: Adventure, AF, Cybils, Graphic Novels, Reviews\n@AF: EVERY TIME I read this title I think \"halloumi,\" and I'm hungry. But, this little green guy is so cute.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 257, "original_length": 6762, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 291.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wvpioneers.com/getperson.php?personID=I65&tree=WVP", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ODEXBYXZXXMOCRC4W7BOJM3MFMCVBGG2", "length": 2461, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "wvpioneers.com", "title": "Armstead HARPER b. 19 Aug 1800 Russell County, Virginia, United States d. 25 Nov 1867 Roane County, West Virginia, United States: West Virginia Pioneers", "raw_content": "Armstead HARPER\nName Armstead HARPER\nBorn 19 Aug 1800 Russell County, Virginia, United States [1]\nDied 25 Nov 1867 Roane County, West Virginia, United States [1]\nRoane Co, WV Death Records:\nArmsted Harper, 67y, 11/25/1867\nparents names & pob not given\ninformant, Rachel Harper, wife\nFamily Rachel BISHOP, b. 23 Jun 1801, Pike County, Kentucky, USA , d. 27 Oct 1883, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 82 years)\n1. Henderson Harper, b. 3 Jun 1818, Russell County, Virginia, United States , d. 16 Jan 1910, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 91 years)\n2. daughter Harper, b. 1820, d. Abt 1820 (Age 0 years)\n3. son Harper, b. Jan 1822, Virginia, United States , d. 1822, Virginia, United States\n4. Epperson Nelson Harper, b. Between 12 Dec 1822 and 23 Nov 1823, Russell County, Virginia, United States , d. 19 Oct 1864, Cedar Creek, WV (Age ~ 41 years)\n5. Alexander Harper, b. 29 Dec 1824, Tazewell County, Virginia, United States , d. 19 Sep 1902, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 77 years)\n6. daughter Harper, b. 1825, d. Yes, date unknown\n7. Nancy Elizabeth Harper, b. 28 Sep 1826, Russell County, Virginia, United States , d. 19 Apr 1866, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 39 years)\n8. Sara Catherine Harper, b. 7 Jan 1828, Smythe County, Virginia, United States , d. 1 Dec 1856, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 28 years)\n9. John Harper, b. 5 Sep 1829, Russell County, Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown\n10. daughter Harper, b. 1830, d. Yes, date unknown\n11. Margaret C Harper, b. 5 Apr 1834, Russell County, Virginia, United States , d. 16 Nov 1921, Romney, IN (Age 87 years)\n12. Mary Ann Harper, b. Abt 1834, d. Yes, date unknown\n13. Lillian Lydia Harper, b. 8 Jun 1836, Russell County, Virginia, United States , d. 18 Feb 1911, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 74 years)\n14. Jerusha HARPER, b. 15 Aug 1838, West Virginia, United States , d. Yes, date unknown\n15. Elizabeth Almeda Harper, b. 26 Dec 1840, d. 18 Aug 1879, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 38 years)\n16. Malinda A Harper, b. 28 Sep 1844, Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States , d. 25 May 1922, Roane County, West Virginia, United States (Age 77 years)\n17. Sarah Jane Harper, b. 15 Mar 1847, Roane County, West Virginia, United States , d. 19 Dec 1935, Putnam County, West Virginia, United States (Age 88 years)\nDied - 25 Nov 1867 - Roane County, West Virginia, United States", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 6695, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.68, "perplexity": 165.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.1winedude.com/tag/spanish-wine/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:58Z", "digest": "sha1:FN4BUT5IRQ7HR5UR527NRL2PCNDZYHUX", "length": 5583, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.1winedude.com", "title": "spanish wine | 1 Wine Dude", "raw_content": "Articles Tagged spanish wine\nNorthern Spain\u2019s \u201cSmall California\u201d (Spotlight On Somontano)\nVinted on November 7, 2018 binned in on the road, wine review\n[ Editor\u2019s note: Following is a piece that a wrote for a magazine, but after waiting over a year for them to publish it and pay me, I\u2019m giving up and putting it here so that it can see the light of day and you can get some insight into a region that doesn\u2019t see a lot of media play. Enjoy! ]\nNorthern Spain\u2019s \u201cSmall California\u201d\nWhy your next favorite Cab, Merlot, or Gew\u00fcrztraminer might just be coming from Somontano\nTake a second or two, and think about your favorite Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, your go-to Chardonnay, even your last Gew\u00fcrztraminer.\nWhat region was emblazoned on the labels of those tasty wine? Paso Robles? Washington? Chile?\nChances are very good that the word \u201cSomontano\u201d was not the area printed on the label. And yet, chances are also very good that this relatively small northern Spanish Denominaci\u00f3n de Origen has been growing those same fine wine grapes longer than the more famous regions that produce your favorite versions of those same wines.\nSomontano\u2019s ancient Alqu\u00e9zar\nLike most of the wine regions in Western Europe, viticulture in Somontano was probably established by the Romans, and also probable predates reliable written history, extending back to the second century BC. That it took the region until 1984 to become an officially recognized Denominaci\u00f3n de Origen (DO) is, in a way, indicative of the minor identity crisis that defines the modern Somontano. At a time when \u201cuniqueness\u201d is the marketing battle cry of most luxury fine wine regions, Somontano is the odd man out.\nOf the grapes officially permitted in the DO, only three (the white Alca\u00f1\u00f3n, and reds Moristel and Parraleta) are indigenous. A few others (such as Garnacha and Tempranillo) are Spanish in origin but not native to Somontano. The rest are a hodgepodge of some of the wine world\u2019s most famous \u2013 and decidedly not Spanish \u2013 grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot noir, Chardonnay, and Gew\u00fcrztraminer.\nWhat makes Somontano such an awkwardly difficult topic in marketing meetings is the same thing that makes many of its wines so good: the place has a great climate growing famous international grape varieties. As winemaker Jes\u00fas Artajona Serrano, from Enate (one of the founders of the Somontano DO) puts it, \u201cwe are in a small California\u2026\u201d\nThat Is One Big Pile Of\u2026 Enthusiasm (Vinyes Dom\u00e8nech Recent Releases)\nVinted on July 26, 2018 binned in elegant wines, kick-ass wines, on the road, sexy wines, wine review\nJoan Ignasi Dom\u00e8nech, talking sh*t in Vinyes Dom\u00e8nech\nIf you visit Montsant\u2019s Vinyes Dom\u00e8nech, located in the southern portion of the winemaking district that nearly encircles Spain\u2019s famous Priorat area like a talon, be forewarned that owner Joan Ignasi Dom\u00e8nech is likely to talk sh*t.\nAs in, literally speak about sh*t. Like, fertilizer. Along with solar energy, water collection, and all things botanical. Long enough to really, really, really make you want to move away from the intensely pungent nearby piles of the stuff\u2026\nDom\u00e8nech, who heads up this family-owned and operated vineyard area surrounded by the natural park beauty of the Llaberia and Montalt mountains at roughly 400 meters elevation, is a stickler for all-things natural, biodynamic, and conservatory.\nSince 2002, this former tech-guy has overseen some of the oldest vines in Cap\u00e7anes, in a spot that previously had no real supporting infrastructure of any kind. That Dom\u00e8nech didn\u2019t have any previous experience in wine (aside from drinking it, and living near Priorat in Falset) or in reconstituting rugged landscapes didn\u2019t deter his enthusiasm for transforming a previously nearly-inaccessible 15 hectares of land into what is now the handsome hamlet of Vinyes Dom\u00e8nech.\nDom\u00e8nech was, as he tells it, wooed by the natural beauty of the area after visiting it with his family on holidays, and luckily for us wine geeks, he happens to have access to Garnaxta perluga vines that are well into their elderly stage (60-80 years and counting)\u2026\nWeekly Wine Quiz: The (Spanish) Name Game\nVinted on July 13, 2012 binned in wine quiz\nBased on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post \u2013 you will need to tune back in later in the comments section for the answer. Yeah, yeah, whatever, let\u2019s get to the question already!\nOur current round of wine quiz questions are focused on the Rioja winemaking region, and hopefully Friday the 13th isn\u2019t an unlucky day for your wine smarties!\nThe (Spanish) Name Game\nHow Did Spain\u2019s Rioja region get its name?\nA. From the Latin word Rialia which refers to small regional tributaries\nB. From an ancient Basque word meaning \"land of rocks\"\nC. Either A or B \u2013 no one knows for sure\nWeekly Wine Quiz: A Little Help From Their Friends\nVinted on July 6, 2012 binned in wine quiz\nBased on feedback from ever-so-vocal-and-intelligent peeps like you, I do not supply the quiz answer directly in the post \u2013 you will need to tune back in later in the comments section for the answer. Which once again might be delayed, since this week I\u2019m on the road (yes, again) only this time I\u2019m in Crete. But that change of location doesn\u2019t change the theme of the current round of wine quiz questions, which are focused on the Rioja winemaking region\u2026\nRioja experienced a boost as a winemaking region when growers from what country came to Navarra in the 1870s (bonus bragging rights points can be scored by also explaining why they came)?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 12404, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 315.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.4vf.net/afghanistan-tops-nato-summit-agenda/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:32Z", "digest": "sha1:NHAK6NHAG2776NN56FCUC65LPIBO4QT6", "length": 2845, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.4vf.net", "title": "Afghanistan tops NATO summit agenda | 4VF News \u2013 Daily News Channel", "raw_content": "Afghanistan tops NATO summit agenda\nThe conflict in Afghanistan and NATO\u2019s relationship with Russia will top the agenda at a summit meeting starting Friday marking the military alliance\u2019s 60th anniversary, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told CNN.\nU.S. President Barack Obama, continuing his first overseas trip in office, arrived in Strasbourg Friday for two days of talks to be co-hosted by the German town of Kehl on the opposite bank of the River Rhine. Obama met French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier Friday for talks which he described as \u201cvery productive.\u201d Obama is expected to call on the United States\u2019 NATO partners to take on a greater role in Afghanistan after years in which U.S. forces have borne the brunt of the fighting. Summit co-host France, which is rejoining NATO\u2019s military command this weekend after more than 40 years, pledged a relatively small group of 150 gendarmes this week to help train Afghan police and observers wonder if Obama will face an uphill battle in bringing other allies on board. Scheffer called that \u201ctoo gloomy a conclusion\u201d and said European allies are already starting to contribute more. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t happen in one big bang at the summit, but they are beefing up their forces,\u201d Scheffer old CNN. \u201cAfghanistan should not become President Obama\u2019s conflict but should become a collective, coordinated operation of all of us.\u201d\nAnalysis: U.S. takes \u2018reach-out\u2019 approach to Afghan summit\nDe Hoop Scheffer said NATO was also trying to \u201cre-engage\u201d with Moscow after relations between the former Cold War military rivals reached a \u201clow ebb\u201d during Russia\u2019s military invasion of Georgia last year. Obama made clear at the G-20 summit in London this week that he wants to restart relations with Russia. Some NATO members are reluctant to agree with him, particularly eastern European countries like Poland and the Czech Republic that used to fall under Russian influence as members of the Soviet bloc. Pierre Lellouche, an author and NATO watcher, said he believes those countries will come around to Obama\u2019s plans. \u201cRussia has to be part of this, simply because we have the same strategic interest,\u201d he told CNN. \u201cNow, it also means that the Russians have to stop thinking of tomorrow with the eyes of yesterday.\u201d Saturday\u2019s agenda will also see Albania and Croatia welcomed to the alliance as they finalize their accession process at the summit.\nSome 300 NATO protesters were jailed Thursday in Strasburg, Germany, just across the border from the French side of the city, police said, and 105 of them were still held Friday. Thursday\u2019s protest was violent, with demonstrators breaking property and throwing stones. All was quiet Thursday night and Friday morning.\nNATO plots Afghan-Pakistan strategy\nU.S. to push for more NATO help in Afghanistan\nExplosives kill NATO troops in Afghanistan", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 3538, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 325.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.absolute-knowledge.com/mad-scientists-are-turning-science-fiction-into-reality/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:57:04Z", "digest": "sha1:X5VTXEJP4XJB7YHLECGPJKDPX6APKIPM", "length": 4805, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.absolute-knowledge.com", "title": "Mad Scientists are turning Science Fiction into Reality - Absolute Knowledge", "raw_content": "An idea can change the world even if it sounds absurd in the first hearing.\nIn the recent past, scientists have come up with several incredible inventions that were beyond the imagination of humanity a few decades ago. Everything in this world has its pros and cons and technology is no different. Whether his work will bring prosperity to the world or will it cause destruction depends upon the intentions of the scientist. Recently, a lot of sci-fi movies have shown \u2018Mad\u2019 scientists and almost all of them have a poor reputation as they were assigned the negative role. Contrary to that, the Head of Mad Science at the Moonshot Factory, Rich Devaul, proposes a positive side of these scientists as they can pursue extremely challenging theories to create exceeding useful technologies.\nHe is leading a technical group of engineers, designers, and inventors who have suggested some of the most advanced embodiments of the technology. This division of Google was founded in 2010 under the name \u2018X\u2019. Nowadays, it is acting as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. which is the parent company of Google. The proposition of a Space Cannon did circulate in the scientific community for a significant amount of time before fizzling out. Similarly, they also proposed Project Loon, a balloon-powered internet initiative, but it contradicted with the cannon in terms of its popularity as quite a lot of researchers found it an interesting and feasible solution.\nThe goal of this amazing technology was to provide internet services to the people of rural areas and in the regions that are affected by a natural disaster. The working mechanism of this revolutionary technology revolves around a group of balloons that would travel into the stratosphere and form a conveying network to offer high-speed internet to the users on the ground. An interesting feature of Project Loon was the size of these balloons as each of them will be nearly as big as a tennis court. They were tested at Puerto Rico in 2017 when a Hurricane Mania destroyed the infrastructure of the region. According to a report of the IEEE Spectrum, more than 200,000 people made use of the internet services they provided.\nDevaul mentioned that a significant amount of working is needed before bringing an idea into the production phase. At the Science and Pop Culture Convention Future Con, he acknowledged that they do get a handful of exciting ideas at the X but some of them are just too expensive or impractical to pursue. He specifically quoted the examples of an Artificially Engineered Tornado Farm, which was to be used for weather engineering, and a Ground-based Cannon, which was expected to send equipment payloads into space. Despite these failures, he encouraged the audience to keep imagining all the ridiculous possibilities as it proves to be the first step towards an extraordinary solution. He also mentioned that it was one of their top priorities to envision radical solutions without being afraid of a failure. He concluded it by saying,\n\u201cBecause failure is actually the process by which we learn how to do something new.\u201d\nAn interesting event took place at Future Con when one of the audience members proposed that the energy crisis of our world can be solved if we travel to Mercury and bring \u2018something\u2019 with us. The funny part was that he himself didn\u2019t know what that something will be but Devaul appreciated him by saying that the absurdity of such proposals is our inspiration. He referred that the discovery of Solar Panels would never have been possible without the idea of space travel so we shouldn\u2019t neglect this idea completely as the journey to Mercury might prove beneficial in our quest of clean energy. He said,\n\u201cSo, never dismiss even a \u2018crazy\u2019 statement! Follow that, and see where it leads you \u2014 and sometimes, it leads you in really amazing directions.\u201d\nDevaul advised all the wannabe, mad scientists, to stick with their ideas and come up with a prototype of their scheme, if possible. He praised the role of Crowdsource Funding Forums, like Kickstarter, and Venture Capitalists and encouraged students to make use of these opportunities in the following words:\n\u201cIf there\u2019s a problem that you really care passionately about and you\u2019re willing to try things that may not work, almost anybody can do this \u2014 although it requires tremendous work. You build a team, you find the resources, and then eventually, your small, dedicated group can change the world.\u201d\nAlphabet Inc., Artificially Engineered Tornado Farm, clean energy, google, Ground-based Cannon, Hurricane Mania, IEEE Spectrum, Kickstarter, Mad Scientists, mercury, Project Loon, Puerto Rico, Rich Devaul, Science and Pop Culture Convention Future Con, X\nScientists Detect a Planet around PDS 70\nSomething strange is happening: Mars Reverses its Course", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 6747, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.accobams.org/main-activites/projects/interactions-with-fisheries/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:35Z", "digest": "sha1:WU6GNLET7BNCRV5DNF3YVV65PPIHJ3PL", "length": 2680, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.accobams.org", "title": "Accobams", "raw_content": "This project is coordinated by the Secretariats of ACCOBAMS and of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), in collaboration with the Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas (UNEP/MAP-RAC/SPA).\n1 \u2013 To enhance the conservation of cetaceans, sea turtles and seabirds, in particular by mitigating interactions with fisheries, considering both incidental catches and depredation issues.\n2 \u2013 To increase the awareness of national authorities, fishers and civil society and to demonstrate that economic incomes of fishers could be diversified through association of traditional fishing with ecotourism-oriented activities such as observation of wild marine fauna.\nEnhancing the conservation of cetaceans, sea turtles and seabirds, in particular by mitigating interactions with fisheries, i.e. incidental catches and depredation issues, by identifying the nature of such interactions and at testing mitigations measures.\nIt is implemented by national institutions and NGOs through the development of six pilot actions in selected types of fisheries in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea (in France, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria).\nA preliminary study on the occurrence and extent of incidental catches of cetaceans and depredation events in Algerian fisheries is also being developed by CNRDPA.\nRead more about the pilot actions here.\nIncreasing the awareness of national authorities, fishers and civil society and demonstrating that economic incomes of fishers could be diversified through the development of sustainable ecotourism activities based on the link between traditional fishing and the observation of marine fauna preventing disruption and harassment of the animals. This would place fishers in the role of responsible actors and \u201cambassadors\u201d of the seas.\nEnsuring wide dissemination of project results, lessons learnt and knowledge sharing.\nGuides of good conduct for handling marine species caught accidentally\nduring fishing activities in the Mediterranean\nCetaceans Sharks\nTurtles Seabirds\nReport of the Kick-off meeting (07-08 April, 2015 Tunis, Tunisia)\nReport of the Training workshop on technical measures to mitigate interactions of endangered species with fisheries and to reduce post-capture mortality (14-16 September, 2015 Barcelona, Spain)\nALNITAK Marine Research and Education center (Spain)\nCentre National de Recherche et de D\u00e9veloppement de la P\u00eache et de l\u2019Aquaculture \u2013 CNRDPA (Algeria)\nInstituto Espa\u00f1ol de Oceanograf\u00eda \u2013 IEO (Spain)\nInstitut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer \u2013 INSTM (Tunisia)\nInstitut National de Recherche Halieutique \u2013 INRH (Morocco)\nProject funded by the MAVA Foundation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 4444, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.adultslearn.org/announcements/louisajobfairfridayseptember16th10amto1pm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:53Z", "digest": "sha1:OZACTABLWD7KDTK4FYISVXFANMQEFG3D", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.adultslearn.org", "title": "Louisa Job Fair Friday, September 16th\u201410am to 1pm - TJ ACE", "raw_content": "Louisa Job Fair Friday, September 16th\u201410am to 1pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 866, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/evolving-aesthetics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:00Z", "digest": "sha1:PYEQHLKXKXHV3SO2RSFNUCSHZR4AAFKG", "length": 3517, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.aestheticamagazine.com", "title": "Aesthetica Magazine - Evolving Aesthetics", "raw_content": "Evolving Aesthetics\nIn An Incomplete History of Protest, Whitney Museum, New York, explores its collection and archive with a focus on activism and politics. In the work of the socially engaged artists featured, art is a process with the power to enact direct and indirect change in the world. The wide date-range of the show allows for a diverse selection of global concerns to emerge, including protests against the Vietnam War, such as in the work of Nancy Spero and Edward Kleinholz, protests aimed at the governments\u2019 response to the AIDS crisis, such as in the work of AA Bronson, General Idea, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres.\nSome of the most surprising works are in the strand entitled Spaces and Predicaments, where sculptures by Melvin Edwards and Senga Nengudi suggest a more lyrical, enigmatic and diffuse approach to exploring protest in art. Nengudi\u2019s Internal I (1977), which creates a hopeful space and seems to draw on the tree of life, is being displayed in the gallery for the first time. The history of feminist art is also bound with an evolving aesthetics of protest, and this is represented in the work of artists including Guerrilla Girls, Howardena Pindell, Martha Rosler, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles. \u201cSince its founding in the early 20th century, the Whitney has served as a forum for the most urgent art and ideas of the day, at times itself attracting protest,\u201d said Scott Rothkopf, the Whitney\u2019s Deputy Director for Programs and Nancy and Steve Crown Family Chief Curator. \u201cFrom questions of representation to the fight for civil rights, An Incomplete History of Protest foregrounds issues that still incite protest today. At the root of this exhibition is the belief that artists play a profound role in transforming their time and shaping the future.\u201d\nThe title of the show has an extra resonance in the light of recent unrest in Charlottesville. The exhibition looks at the ways in which artists have responded to racialised violence, through works by Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Carl Pope, Pat Ward Williams. These confrontational and powerful works are particularly relevant to understanding the contemporary context of race and violence in the USA. Other artists included are Mark Bradford, Paul Chan, Larry Clark, On Kawara, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, Toyo Miyatake, Senga Nengudi, Gordon Parks, Ad Reinhardt, Martha Rosler, and Kara Walker. The affirming aspect of this exhibition is in the diversity of approaches the featured artists take to making transformative, world-changing work.\nAn Incomplete History of Protest runs from 18 August. For more information: www.whitney.org.\n1. Toyo Miyatake (1895\u20131979), Untitled (Opening Image from Valediction), 1944. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 7/16 x 7 5/16 in. (24 x 18.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2014.243 \u00a9 Toyo Miyatake Studio.\nAn Insight into the Work of Deb Covell, Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2014\nOrganised by Aesthetica Magazine, in partnership with York Museums Trust, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence and innovation in contemporary art from across the world.\nInterview with Lacey Contemporary Gallery Director Andrew Lacey\nLacey Contemporary Gallery is set to open this autumn in Notting Hill London. Placing its artists at the heart of the business, director Andrew Lacey intends to provide a positive environment for his practitioners to work in, allowing them to flourish and evolve over the years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 4863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 225.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.africanindaba.com/2014/03/kenya-animal-welfare-groups-up-in-arms-against-new-wildlife-law/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:10Z", "digest": "sha1:EUY7HI7ZROMLCZWMER27K2KNYLS7YNXM", "length": 1242, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.africanindaba.com", "title": "Kenya: Animal Welfare Groups up in Arms Against New Wildlife Law March 2014, Volume 12-2 | African Indaba", "raw_content": "Animal welfare groups have sounded alarm bells on provisions in the newly enacted wildlife management law, which in their opinion appear to create loopholes for sport hunting. The Wildlife Conservation and Management Act (2013) legalize the killing of excess wild animals and harvesting of wild game for a range of products.\n\u201cWe are opposed to any form of cropping. It has been tried before and failed because it is prone to corruption, mismanagement and abuse. It is likely that owners of game ranches may crop and cull animals beyond the list provided for in the Act,\u201d said Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) executive director Josphat Ngonyo.\nThe new law, assented to by President Uhuru Kenyatta last month, further provides for local processing and sale of wildlife trophies from animals that have been cropped. Although it retains the ban on sport hunting and bush meat trading, the Act \u2014 which came into force on January 10, 2014 \u2014 it provides for culling and cropping of surplus wildlife in game ranches for their products and trophies.\nKenya banned sport hunting in 1977. Since then around 70 % of the country\u2019s wildlife was lost, which is undoubtedly not a good track record for the hunting ban.\nFor further reading click here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.airhighways.com/alitalia.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:48Z", "digest": "sha1:PVRSKUNGHEHTZNIGT6BLRBHKWHO5AD5D", "length": 8966, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.airhighways.com", "title": "alitalia", "raw_content": "ALITATIA AND ETHIHAD AIRWAYS FINALIZE INVESTMENT DEAL TO BUILD A REINVIGORATED ITALIAN NATIONAL AIRLINE\nROME, Italy - Etihad Airways and Alitalia today announced that they have signed the transaction implementation agreement which will result in a \ufffd1,758 million investment to build a reinvigorated Alitalia as a competitive, sustainably profitable business.\nThe recapitalised Italian national airline will now be able to invest in a comprehensive strategic business plan which will see new long-haul routes from Rome and Milan, a revitalized brand, and a greater focus on Italian tourism and trade promotion. Italian travellers will be able to benefit from a wider choice of destinations while new global connections will boost inbound tourism.\nEtihad Airways' investment of \ufffd560 million will be provided through a combination of equity injections, asset purchases and other financing facilities and funding arrangements to re-structure the airline's balance sheet. This is to be complemented by a further equity investment of \ufffd300 million from existing core Alitalia shareholders, including Intesa San Paolo (\ufffd88m), Poste Italiane (\ufffd75m), UniCredit (\ufffd63.5m), Atlantia (\ufffd51m), IMMSI (\ufffd10m), Pirelli (\ufffd10m) and Gavio (\ufffd2.5m).\nAdditionally, up to \ufffd598 million in financial restructuring of short and medium term debt has been provided by financial institutions and existing bank shareholders. \ufffd300 million of new loan facilities have also been extended by Italian financial institutions.\nEtihad Airways will take a 49 per cent shareholding in Alitalia, for an investment of \ufffd387.5 million. Its total investment also includes \ufffd112.5 million to acquire a 75 per cent interest in Alitalia Loyalty Spa, which operates MilleMiglia, the airline's frequent flier programme, and the purchase by Etihad Airways of five pairs of slots at London's Heathrow Airport valued at \ufffd60 million. The slot pairs will be leased back to Alitalia on an arm's length basis. The transaction is due to be completed on 31 December 2014.\nCompletion of the equity investment remains subject to completion by Alitalia and its key private and public stakeholders of certain conditions precedent and is also subject to final regulatory approvals.\nEtihad Airways President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, said: \"For Etihad Airways, this is a strategic, long-term commercial investment. On completion, we are committed, with the other shareholders, to build a reinvigorated Alitalia as a competitive, sustainable and profitable business that can operate successfully in the global air travel market.\n\"We believe in Alitalia. It is great brand with enormous potential. With the right level of capitalisation and a strong, strategic business plan, we have confidence the airline can be turned around and repositioned as a premium global airline once again.\n\"Alitalia is the perfect ambassador for Italy and all that it represents. As we revitalise the brand, the airline will increasingly embody all that we recognise as quintessentially Italian \ufffd the history, culture, food and fashion. It must be an airline of which Italians can be proud.\n\"However ultimately it has to work as a business and the goal is for sustainable profitability from 2017.\"\nMr Hogan said he recognised that many steps had been taken by current Alitalia shareholders, management and workers to stabilise the business ahead of new investment.\n\"Alitalia can succeed and it can grow again but it needs to build from solid foundations. We have made it clear from the start that our entire investment should be focused on supporting the implementation of the new business plan, which will see this goal come to fruition.\n\"The winners from this successful strategy will be Italian and international travellers, who will see better service, new routes and greater competitive choice; Alitalia's employees, who can look forward to a brighter future over the long term, in a business which will grow again; and the Italian people, who can be proud once again of their national airline.\n\"There is a long road ahead, first to complete the transaction and then to deliver this new vision. Today marks a critical step on that journey and we are proud to take our place as a strategic investor in the new Alitalia.\"\nGabriele Del Torchio, Chief Executive Officer of Alitalia, said: \"This is an excellent outcome for Alitalia. We have had to take some tough decisions in a very robust negotiation process but we have achieved the consensus we require to create the right shape and size for Alitalia in the future.\n\"This investment will provide financial stability and enable us to position Alitalia, and the travel and tourism industry in Italy, for long-term growth.\n\"And for this important result I'd like to thank all the Alitalia staff - men and women, managers and workers, pilots, crew and office staff \ufffd who have worked with passion and commitment for our new launch. The transition to a sustainable and profitable Alitalia has required tough decisions but we all share the conviction that this new beginning, oriented towards growth, will bring new opportunities for everyone.\"\nThe comprehensive business plan provides for the revitalization of Alitalia's brand, to embody all the things for which Italy is renowned \ufffd food, fashion, culture and lifestyle \ufffd in a 'Made in Italy' premium service concept and guest experience.\nThis will be accompanied by the implementation of measures to drive increased inbound tourism into Italy and to support the country's economic growth.\nWhile maintaining the relevance of short-haul routes, the proposed network plan focuses on the profitable growth of long-haul flying from both Rome Fiumicino and Milan Malpensa. This will include flights to new destinations, increased frequency in certain existing markets and an enhanced network to Abu Dhabi to capitalise on growing traffic between Italy and the UAE, and provide Alitalia's passengers with seamless connectivity to Etihad Airways' global network.\nStarting from Winter 2014, Alitalia will increase frequency between Rome Fiumicino and Abu Dhabi from five per week to a daily service, and commence a new daily service between Milan Malpensa and Abu Dhabi. This flying will complement Etihad Airways' existing daily services on these markets and open up a range of new connecting opportunities for passengers of both airlines.\nFrom Summer 2015, Alitalia will also begin to implement connections between other Italian cities and Abu Dhabi, with plans for direct flights from markets such as Venice, Catania and Bologna.\nRome Fiumicino will emerge as a larger European intercontinental hub, with up to five new routes over the next four years, while long-haul flights from Milan Malpensa will more than double to 25 flights a week by 2018. Alitalia's widebody fleet is planned to grow by a third, while its narrowbody fleet will be rightsized to meet the requirements of the new network plan.\nMembers of the MilleMiglia frequent flier program will be able to 'earn and burn' on Etihad Airways and partner airlines, with future integration of the programmes planned.\nWhile network integration and optimization will deliver top-line revenue growth for Alitalia, the cost synergies inherent in the partnership will provide substantial opportunities. These include streamlined hub operations, and joint procurement in the areas of aircraft, engines, maintenance-repair-operations, training, catering, ground-handling and fuel. The partnership will also pave the way for the redesigning and automating processes and working arrangements in line with best practice, and the adoption of leading IT platforms.\nTo better serve the Italian cargo market, which is the third largest in Europe, Alitalia's cargo business will be relaunched and expanded, with the establishment of a centre of excellence in Northern Italy, investment in handling capabilities at Italian airports, and the optimization of an integrated cargo network.\nJames Hogan said: \"Italy is a hugely important market for Etihad Airways, from both trade and tourism points of view. The UAE is Italy's top trading partner in the Middle East and North Africa region, and is home to more than 10,000 Italian citizens and 300 Italian companies.\n\"The possibilities when we knit together our network with those of our existing equity partners, including airberlin, Air Serbia, Etihad Regional, Jet Airways, Virgin Australia, Air Seychelles and Aer Lingus, and of course our strategic codeshare partner, KLM-Air France, will provide the most compelling customer offering.\"\nEtihad Airways currently operates daily services from Abu Dhabi to Rome and Milan, which complement Alitalia's five flights a week from Rome to Abu Dhabi. The two airlines also codeshare to a total of 31 other destinations.\nAlitalia and Etihad Airways were last month named as Official Global Airline Carriers for Expo 2015, the upcoming universal Exposition which will be held in Milan from 1 may to 31 October 2015.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 9027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 272.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.allgov.com/news/us-and-the-world/american-missing-in-iran-was-on-cia-mission-131217?news=851937", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:17Z", "digest": "sha1:5YZEZV2AZRQNTHYNTECQG73CUYWGTXCR", "length": 6500, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.allgov.com", "title": "U.S. and the World - American Missing in Iran was on CIA Mission - AllGov - News", "raw_content": "American Missing in Iran was on CIA Mission\nBob Levinson\nAfter more than six years of stonewalling, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has finally admitted the obvious: retired FBI agent Robert Levinson was working for the spy agency when he disappeared in Iran in March 2007. The admission came only after journalists at the Associated Press, The New York Times and The Washington Post\u2014who had suppressed the truth for several years in hopes of Levinson\u2019s release\u2014finally made clear their intention to inform the public.\nBut the CIA had other, less humanitarian, reasons for covering up its involvement with Levinson, because his mission to Iran\u2014like others he undertook\u2014was part of a rogue operation that violated agency rules and federal law. In the aftermath, three CIA analysts who ran the scheme lost their jobs, but they contend the agency scapegoated them.\nLevinson himself doubted the wisdom of his final mission. \u201cI guess as I approach my fifty-ninth birthday on the 10th of March, and after having done quite a few other crazy things in my life,\u201d he wrote to a friend, \u201cI am questioning just why, at this point, with seven kids and a great wife, why would I put myself in such jeopardy,\u201d adding presciently that he wanted some assurance that \u201cI\u2019m not going to wind up someplace where I really don\u2019t want to be at this stage of my life.\u201d\nAn expert on organized crime with 28 years of experience at the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI, Robert Levinson became an expert on the Russian syndicates that began spreading globally in the early 1990s. He became a good friend of CIA analyst Anne Jablonski, who was her agency\u2019s leading expert on the Russian mafia.\nAfter Levinson retired from the FBI in 1998, he worked for corporate clients as a private investigator, while Jablonski was promoted in 2005 to CIA\u2019s Office of Transnational Issues (OTI), which tracks cross-border threats. Eventually, in June 2006, OTI\u2019s Illicit Finance Group hired Levinson as an analyst contractor, and his career as a CIA spy had begun.\nOver the next nine months, the peripatetic Levinson submitted more than 100 memos from countries in Latin America and Eastern Europe, reporting information about Colombian rebels, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Iran\u2019s nuclear program and many other topics, according to those who have seen his work. Oddly though, Jablonski directed Levinson to send all materials not to CIA headquarters but to her home address, and to use her personal email address rather than the one issued by the agency.\nThat arrangement was so unusual that CIA\u2019s internal post-mortem investigation concluded that Jablonski was trying to conceal the nature of the work Levinson was doing, an allegation Jablonski denies, insisting she just wanted to avoid the agency\u2019s time consuming mail screening process.\nBut Jablonski had good reason to hide what she and Levinson were doing, because they were violating agency rules and federal law by doing it. Jablonski\u2019s job, as a CIA analyst, was to interpret data acquired in part by CIA operatives, whose job is to collect intelligence and recruit spies. Under federal law and CIA rules, the two functions are mutually exclusive, and analysts are forbidden to conduct or supervise clandestine intelligence gathering.\nFor nine months, Levinson submitted expense reports and invoices detailing his global travels, while his intelligence reports provided reams of data personally developed by him, yet no one at CIA questioned whether his work exceeded the proper scope for an analyst. Only after Levinson disappeared, says his friend and boss Jablonski, did the CIA disavow their arrangement.\nLittle is known regarding Levinson\u2019s disappearance. After spending five days in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, investigating cigarette smuggling Russian organized crime, on March 8, 2007, Levinson took a short flight to Kish Island, an Iranian resort 11 miles off its southern coast. There solely on behalf of the CIA, Levinson hoped his source, American fugitive Dawud Salahuddin, could tell him something new about Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\nAccording to Salahuddin, the two met for several hours in his hotel room on March 8. On March 9, according to the hotel\u2019s registry, Levinson checked out\u2014and disappeared. The CIA released a statement that Levinson had been in Iran on purely private business and disavowed any knowledge of his activities or responsibility for them, a position the entire federal government maintained for more than six years.\nLooking to the CIA and the FBI for help, Levinson\u2019s family and friends slowly concluded that finding him was not a priority for either agency. David McGee, an ex-federal prosecutor who now represents the Levinson family, said of the FBI: \u201cYou knew when they did not care about a case, and they did not care about this one.\u201d\nThe only live leads regarding Levinson came about three years ago. In November 2010, an email with a brief video of Levinson surfaced in which he states \u201cI have been held here for 3\u00bd years. I am not in good health\u201d, followed a few months later by an email with a photo showing him an orange jumpsuit like those used at the U.S. concentration camp at Guant\u00e1namo Bay, Cuba. Although FBI officials met with top Iranians for secret talks about Levinson, the talks went nowhere, the leads grew cold, and today no-one knows where Levinson is, or even if he is still alive.\nThe CIA admitted the truth\u2014privately\u2014only when a private investigator hired by Levinson\u2019s family unearthed the emails between him and Jablonski demonstrating the agency\u2019s responsibility for Levinson. The CIA then quietly paid $2.5 million to Levinson\u2019s wife, Christine, as well as another $120,000 to his family, which was the amount of his CIA contract.\nHis family this week released a statement calling on the Obama administration to do more to save Levinson\u2019s life. \u201cIt is time for the U.S. government to step up and take care of one of its own. After nearly 7 years, our family should not be struggling to get through each day without this wonderful, caring, man that we love so much,\u201d said the family.\n-Noel Brinkerhoff, Matt Bewig\nMissing American in Iran was on an Unapproved Mission (by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, Associated Press)\nA Disappearing Spy, and a Scandal at the C.I.A. (by Barry Meier, New York Times)\nEx-FBI Agent Who Disappeared in Iran was on Rogue Mission for CIA (by Adam Goldman, Washington Post)\nRobert Levinson Now the Longest-Held American Hostage Ever (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 7682, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 249.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.americannaturephotographyworkshops.com/index.php/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:09Z", "digest": "sha1:D7UU7BWMCLPXXHZQJA2RZYTOEB5GWX2P", "length": 4897, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.americannaturephotographyworkshops.com", "title": "American Nature Photography Workshops :: About Us", "raw_content": "Meet founder George Theodore and the rest of our expert photography instructors. To be a member of this faculty, one must have a passion for teaching and these folks know how to teach. You'll get the benefit of their successes (and mistakes) and find that the only thing they take seriously is making sure you have a quality learning experience second to none and that you have fun too.\ngmtheodorephotography.com\nGeorge, after retiring in 2002 from a successful engineering career, turned a life-long hobby into a full-time profession. Starting in urban photography as a teenager\u2014mostly black and white\u2014George finally got the \"color photography bug\" and landscape photography in particular over thirty years ago and hasn't looked back. His photographic travels have carried him worldwide (one continent to go) and he enjoys capturing the cultures and people he encounters. He was a part of the Great American Photography Workshops team for eleven years teaching tours and workshops. A very early convert to the digital medium, he's used his background in electrical engineering to help bring clarity to the technical side of digital photography in a way that's down-to-earth and easy-to-grasp. He also enjoys shedding light on some widely-held myths about photography in general. Every now and then, he still does a little black and white and some infrared too.\nGeorge is well versed in post processing software and enjoys the freedom to make image adjustments based on personal preference and impressions but stresses \"getting it right\" as much as possible in capture. George is passionate about teaching and enjoys sharing his experience as well as his well-honed technical knowledge all of which he sprinkles with a healthy dose of humor.\nHe is a member of the North American Nature Photography Association, Photographic Society of America, Professional Photographer's Association and ASMP and is the founder of American Nature Photography Workshops. His work is represented by Danita Delimont Stock Photography.\nTom Bol tombolphoto.com\nTom regularly shoots assignments (and writes) for numerous national publications. He has a degree in Journalism and has traveled around the world photographing and writing stories with an adventure sports theme. Tom's work has been used in magazines, brochures, billboards, books, postcards, calendars and he has over 55 covers to his credit. He regularly teaches on photography tours and workshops.\nTom is on the faculty of Kelby Training, writes monthly articles for Digital Photo and is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers. A dedicated and enthusiatic teacher, he is well versed in all aspects of photography and a leading expert in the use of artificial light\u2014in the studio and in the field. He's been picked by PDN magazine as one of the best workshop instructors in the United States. Look out\u2014his enthusiasm and engaging style can be contagious.\nTERRY EGGERS eggersphoto.com\nTerry Eggers has been photographing aggressively for the over 25 years. Terry specializes in Nature, Wildlife Photography and Travel, but his files cover a wide variety. His work is represented worldwide by three photo agencies, Corbis Worldwide, Panoramic Images and Danita Delimont agency. In addition Terry markets his work to many calendar companies. His work has appeared in Audubon, Inner Reflections, Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, Hallmark, Teldon, Day Dream, Landmark, At-A-Glance, World Wildlife, Impact, Smith Western, Reiman Publishing, Terrell Publishing Co. and others.\nBRENDA THARP brendatharp.com\nFor over twenty-eight years, Brenda Tharp has specialized in creating strong compositions with attention to light, color, form and texture and has helped countless photographers to achieve that level as well. Her images are used in ads, books, brochures and magazines for a variety of clients including National Geographic Books, Nature Conservancy, Audubon, National Park Service, and Michelin Travel Publications. Passionate about sharing her love for photography, Brenda is an acclaimed workshop instructor and is the author of several books including the recent best seller Expressive Nature Photography. You\u2019ll enjoy her style and her ability to help you create your own stories through your photography.\nCLIFF ZENOR cliffzenor.com\nCliff Zenor has an extensive background in horticulture and adult education and been a nature photography tour leader and workshop teacher for over 25 years. He has photographed, taught and led tours in parks and preserves worldwide. His work has appeared in various publications and advertisements and his limited edition photographic prints are in many private collections. Cliff has presented programs for PPA and NANPA and appeared in segments of PBS shows about exploring and photographing nature. He is a natural, enthusiastic teacher and enjoys exploring the wild and not-so-wild world of nature.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 6027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 241.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ampsoccer.org/news/2012/120330-battle-of-the-border.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:49Z", "digest": "sha1:4AE5433L7K4IASHLKLYZ6EBF5JGTJPFA", "length": 2353, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.ampsoccer.org", "title": "USA National Amputee Soccer Team v. Team Mexico Set for April 14, 2012", "raw_content": "The following articles on amputee soccer and amputee athletes have been gathered from both U.S. and international sources.\nBattle for the Border Set for April 14\nTeam USA Meets Zorros de Sinaloa in Mazatlan, Mexico\nTeam Zorros de Sinaloa faces the USA in its first-ever international match.\nTeam USA looks to extend its winning streak.\n30 May 2012, Mazatlan, Mexico -- It's being billed as the Battle of the Border. Team USA will face Mexico's Team Zorros de Sinaloa in the Estadio Teodoro Mariscal baseball stadium at 5:30 PM local time, Saturday, April 14. Tickets will be available the day of the match at the stadium.\nThe match is the brainchild of Don Bennett, who invented amputee soccer in Seattle in 1980; and former professional star Berc Zoraian, who now lives in Mazatlan. The two began forming and training Team Zorros last fall for both recreation and competition. The better Team Zorros got, the more they wanted to test their skills in international play. The Battle of the Border was a natural.\nTeam USA is coming off of a 2-1 win over Haiti's Team Zaryen last October in Washington, D.C. and hopes to notch another victory against a brand new Mexican team.\nThe U.S. roster includes amputee soccer World Cup veterans Dan Broome, Yorba Linda, CA; and Ignacio \"Nacho\" Medrano, of Sun Valley, CA; Emmanuel Yeboah, of San Diego, CA; Henry Sunday, of Manchester, CT; Keeper Eric Westover, of Myrtle Beach, SC; and USA Team rookies Yousef Irshaid, of Cocoa Beach, FL; Keith Mann of Plainfield, NJ; and Nicolai Calabria, of Cambridge, MA.\nTeam USA Head Coach Roy Howell\nAnother first for this U.S. Team is new coach Roy Howell.\nCoach Roy has been playing soccer since age six. He was selected to represent the United States at the U17 and U19 levels for Teams USA, where he participated in tournaments in Europe such as the Holland Cup, Gothia Cup, and Dana Cup.\nHe holds an numerous coaching certificates, including an Advanced National Diploma and Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.\nCoach Howell is currently on staff at Lawrence Technological University as Assistant Coach for their Men's program. He's also the Owner of Metropolitan Football Academy and working with the Milltown FC Club. Coach Howell will be behind the bench in Mexico for his first official match with the team.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 2632, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.amyhelminiak.com/contact/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:24Z", "digest": "sha1:5AYIDJQICHKNH4FX6AQ3WKBE44DH6IPH", "length": 719, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.amyhelminiak.com", "title": "Bio \u2014 Amy Helminiak", "raw_content": "About Amy Helminiak\nAmy Helminiak is a multimedia artist who was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where she started her pursuits in the arts under the direction of her father, a painter.\nAfter being awarded competitive arts scholarships she studied at The Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated with a BFA. She later continued her studies at a classical art atelier, The Schuler School of Art, focusing in painting techniques of the old Dutch masters and classical sculpture. Recently she graduated from Elisava School of Design of Barcelona and was awarded an MA in photography and design.\nHer practice is realized through different mediums, but maintains a constant theme of language and communication.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 124.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.andrewsmanno.com/attorney/michelle-schenck/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:28Z", "digest": "sha1:KJ4TZSOSBX3RQ6H3IAAAYVWRJQSHJXO5", "length": 543, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.andrewsmanno.com", "title": "Michelle Schenck \u2013 Andrews & Manno", "raw_content": "mschenck@andrewsmanno.com\nMichelle Schenck obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University (N.Y.U.). In 2005, she obtained her Master of Arts degree from the University of South Florida. Ms. Schenck has been working in law office administration since 2004. She is currently the Firm Administrator focusing on Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Human Resources, and she has been with the firm since its inception. Ms. Schenck is proficient with billing guidelines and software programs for numerous insurance companies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1653, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 105.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aotg.com/media/20164/2012-ete-buzz-report---show-2-(11/07/12)?page_no=10", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:13Z", "digest": "sha1:4473C4JUDLA5EMESEBHGIQ3G5RJIKYBI", "length": 237, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.aotg.com", "title": "2012 ETE Buzz Report - Show 2 (11/07/12) | Art of the Guillotine", "raw_content": "2012 ETE Buzz Report - Show 2 (11/07/12)\nDell is making a concerted push into media production. Chad Andrews, of Dell, joins us to explain why this market is so important to the company and what they are doing to make our lives easier...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 263, "original_length": 9388, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 203.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.arc.sci.eg/InstsLabs/Default.aspx?OrgID=4&lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:25Z", "digest": "sha1:TCWMW54DLKBO6QMHGGRDPUJMMVFOHWRU", "length": 104, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.arc.sci.eg", "title": "Horticulture Research Institute (HRI)", "raw_content": "9 Cairo university st. - orman - Giza\nThe Horticulture Research Institute (HRI) was established in 1971.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 529, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 304.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/1-28-2014/continental-tire-opens-manufacturing-plant-sumter-south-carolina189012.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:E3KRZS6HCDHEIHAODBEM7OZPPL5WQJ2S", "length": 2575, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.areadevelopment.com", "title": "Continental Tire Opens Sumter, South Carolina, Manufacturing Center - Area Development", "raw_content": "Continental Tire Opens Sumter, South Carolina, Manufacturing Center\nContinental Tire the Americas opened its all-new manufacturing plant on 500 acres in Sumter, South Carolina. During first phase of production, capacity will reach approximately five million units per year in 2017. A second phase is expected to bring the plant's full production capacity to approximately eight million units per year by 2021. Altogether, CTA will invest more than $500 million into the Sumter plant and create about 1,600 new jobs.\nTires produced at the Sumter plant will help meet the increasing demand for Continental and General brand tires from both aftermarket business and automotive manufacturers, the company said.\n\"Today's celebration is recognition of the successful collaboration between business and government,\" said Jochen Etzel, CEO of Continental Tire the Americas. \"I would like to personally thank Governor Haley, the state of South Carolina, South Carolina Ports Authority, Sumter County and the city of Sumter. Their strong support made this project a reality.\"\nNikolai Setzer, member of Continental's Executive Board and head of Continental's global tire business, said, \"The opening of this plant is a very important milestone for our goal of growing our tire business in the United States. This beautiful new facility contains the highest level of machinery and technology to produce the best car and light truck tires possible. And, most importantly, we began to produce tires three months ahead of schedule. The Sumter plant is an important part of Continental's growth strategy worldwide. This $500 million investment is our very clear commitment to providing our customers with the tires they need to grow their business,\" Setzer added.\n\"Today we are celebrating the opening of Continental Tire's Sumter facility \u2013 a $500 million investment that is creating 1,600 jobs. Continental's success in South Carolina isn't an accident, it's what happens when you combine a great product with a strong business environment and skilled workforce,\" said South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. \"This is another example proving that Team South Carolina can deliver products of the highest standards and meet the demands of companies around the world.\"\nTo date, approximately 390 employees have been hired in Sumter. It is expected that the plant will have a total employment level of 570 at the end of 2014. Total employment is expected to reach 1,600. Continental has partnered with readySC's local Technical Colleges to assist with staffing and training interested candidates.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 301, "original_length": 10752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 217.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.areadingnook.com/2010/12/review-lying-game-sara-shepard.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:40Z", "digest": "sha1:VR64GPWXLJEZG42H523C34LSXDQZJEOW", "length": 2319, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.areadingnook.com", "title": "Reading Nook: Review: The Lying Game - Sara Shepard", "raw_content": "Cover Rating: 5 stars (I like the dual heads and I love the filigree around the title and the colors are great.)\nPage Count: 352 p. (ebook)\nEmma is a foster kid. She's been tossed around from home to home ever since her mother abandoned her. In her latest home, the mother agreed to let her stay and finish out her Senior year, even though Emma will turn eighteen soon. However the foster mom's real son isn't too keen on sharing with Emma and frames her for some money he stole from his mom. On top of that he found an online video of a girl being strangled, a girl who looks exactly like Emma, and the foster mom doesn't like this one bit. Emma, however is intrigued, she has to find out who this girls is, it could be her long lost sister...if she wasn't already dead. Now instead of finding a a long-lost sister, Emma must find her sister's killer, who is watching her every move.\nSo far, after reading this book one of the new series, I'm not as engrossed as I was with Pretty Little Liars. This is still a very intriguing storyline and I am certainly willing to play along and find out who killed who and what everyone knows. It's very mysterious how no one notices that Emma is not her sister. I am very interested to see who knows that she's a fake and who just really can't tell there is a difference between the two of them. There's not a whole lot I can say without ruining the book. I am dying to read Never Have I Ever though. Speaking of which, I really enjoyed that they played that game in this book. Except it just adds to the question of whether or not anyone knows that Emma is not her sister. I mean there were many times she \"had\" done things but didn't know it so you would think someone would find that odd. If you enjoyed Pretty Little Liars, I'm sure you are going to check this one out and you definitely should. If you haven't tried Sara Shepard yet and you like mysteries and suspense, you should make sure to pick this one up.\n\"I woke up in a dingy claw-foot bathtub in an unfamiliar pink-tiled bathroom.\"\n\"Emma watched helplessly as her tattered copy of The Sun Also Rises landed on a dusty anthill.\"\nGreat review! I read this one a week or two ago and now I can't wait to read Never Have I Ever. Also, have you heard there will be four more PLL books? Sara announced it this past week. :)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 5323, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 307.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.arthistory.ucsb.edu/news/event/617", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:26Z", "digest": "sha1:EZ32FGAYPYPXFBSCO7XZSDTW7FOPNZZB", "length": 1253, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.arthistory.ucsb.edu", "title": "HAA Lecture Series: The Senses | History of Art and Architecture - UC Santa Barbara", "raw_content": "Cultivating Taste at the Late Medieval Court\nInfamously described as the epitome of \"barbaric ostentation\" by Johan Huizinga, the late medieval court is frequently associated with tasteless excess. A closer examination of the aesthetics, ethics and politics of the medieval feast, however, offers an alternate view. This paper considers some of the ways that the visual, culinary and performing arts at the courtly table were used to cultivate judgement and discernment of all types in their elite audiences.\nDr. Christina Normore is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, Northwestern University. She researches and teaches medieval art, with an emphasis on 14th- and 15th-century northwestern Europe. While her specific topics of investigation range broadly, her work is united by a concern with how medieval art objects and practices challenge current methodologies and reshape our understanding of period and geographical divisions.\nClick here to view and download the flyer .\nThe Senses: In the HAA 2017-2018 Lecture Series, each of our 5 speakers will engage with a different sense and explore material or artistic evidence for the sense they discuss. This inaugural talk will consider \"taste.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 2160, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.artootravel.com/en/media/secrets-about-the-south-of-france-b47.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:00Z", "digest": "sha1:FO3TPERJN6PU5RVAUVSZ36ZTXP7KHNGH", "length": 5409, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.artootravel.com", "title": "5 Secrets About the South of France - Artoo Travel", "raw_content": "> Media>Media>5 Secrets About the South of France\nWith beautiful natural surroundings, pleasant weather, delicious cuisine, and plenty of lesser-known towns that offer a slower pace of life than their jet-set neighbors, the South of France may just surprise you.\nHere are 5 \u201csecrets\u201d about the South of France.\n1 \u2013 The South of France is not all about glamour \u2013 and that\u2019s a good thing\nSure, there is the James Bond-worthy casinos at Monte Carlo, the mega-yachts of St. Tropez and the star-studded Cannes Film Festival. But if you think that\u2019s all there is, you\u2019re missing out on an astonishing array of simple, affordable experiences that make even the locals sigh with pleasure.\nFor example, in the back country off the coast you can attend the Jasmine Festival held every August 3 in Grasse, the perfume capital of the world, or water jousting tournaments in S\u00e8te; have a riverside picnic in the shadow of the ancient Pont du Gard, a testament to Roman ingenuity; or go for a drive through the hauntingly beautiful Camargues National Park.\nAnd natural beauty abounds, with the famous surreal sunflower and luscious lavender fields in Provence that are a must-see in the summer months.\n2 \u2013 The South of France is a foodie paradise\nFirst, there are the traditional dishes that characterize the South of France. Let\u2019s talk seafood \u2013 grilled sardines sprinkled with sea salt from the Camargues. Moules frites in the walled city of Aigues Mortes. Bouillabaisse on the Vieux Port of Marseille. Towering raw bars at beachside bistros in Nice. Hungry yet?\nWintertime brings hearty cassoulet, a sausage, bean and duck stew that warms the soul and fills the tummy. Tartiflette \u2013 sliced potatoes soaked in wine, covered with lardons and cheese and baked, served with salad and dried meats \u2013 will send even the hungriest bear into sleepy hibernation.\nHerbes de Provence that were growing in the sun just a few hours before they hit your plate. Honey, sugar, oil, and butter infused with lavender. Jo\u00ebl Durand\u2019s incredible chocolate alphabet in Saint-R\u00e9my-de-Provence.\nAnd the wine. Oh, the wine! Bordeaux might be the big name \u2013 but Languedoc is a world-class wine-producing region, and the wine industry\u2019s best kept secret. Stop into any vineyard you happen to pass on the dusty country roads, and sample the fruits of these independent vintners\u2019 labors \u2013 you won\u2019t be sorry. Pick up a bottle after you hit your local morning farmer\u2019s market, and voila \u2013 lunch is served!\n3 \u2013 There are a lot of uncrowded spots in the South of France\nIn so many of the world\u2019s more popular destinations, it seems like you\u2019re on a perpetual conveyor belt of tourists schlepping from site to site. But the South of France constantly reveals the kinds of delightful surprises that make for a truly memorable vacation.\nS\u00e8te\u2019s canals have earned it the nickname of the \u201cLittle Venice\u201d of France. France\u2019s first university, where Nostradamus studied and taught, and Europe\u2019s first botanical gardens, reside in Montpellier. You might not expect a tourist attraction at a train station, but the one in Perpignan is an hommage to the artist Salvador Dal\u00ed, who called it the center of the universe and claimed that the Iberian Peninsula rotated at that exact spot at the beginning of creation. Apparently following the Dada movement, Perpignan is also home to the downright creepy Procession de la Sanch, an Easter Holy Week parade featuring black-robed and hooded participants.\nWho knew that the crystal clear waters of the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur rivaled those of the Caribbean? For your best view \u2013 and another secret surprise \u2013 take the Grande Randonn\u00e9e GR51 hiking trail, also known as the Balcony of the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, which gives you a front row seat to the majestic beauty of what might be the Mediterranean\u2019s most beautiful stretch of coastline.\nAnd once again, the Camargues yield another stunning surprise \u2013 the famous white horses of the Camargues are a stunning, centuries-old breed that is used in sport, and can be seen roaming freely as well throughout the national park reserve.\n4 \u2013 The South of France is all about embracing your inner slowpoke\nNo one moves very fast in the south \u2013 and you\u2019ll have a better time if you fall in with the daily rhythm. Take a leisurely stroll through your town\u2019s daily market.\nSpend a lazy afternoon in the shade watching the locals perfect their boules game, known as p\u00e9tanque in some parts of the Midi.\nPerfect the art of renting a caf\u00e9 table for the price of a cup of coffee.\nOr, find the perfect outdoor terrace bar and toast the evening with a leisurely \u201capero\u201d before heading out to dinner.\n5 \u2013 The South of France is a year-round vacation destination\nThere may be no better way to spend a day than soaking in the Mediterranean sun and have frosty drinks and lunch delivered to your chaise lounge \u2013 but with an average of 320 days of sunshine per year and average winter highs nearing 16\u00b0C/60\u00b0F, you\u2019re missing out on a lot if you choose to come only in summer.\nAfter all, are you really going to miss the national holiday known as Beaujolais Day? The third Thursday in November, it\u2019s when the entire country takes the day off to sample the new wine and welcome the end of the harvest season.\nThat alone is worth the plane fare!\n(This article was published in January 2012 by Christine Cantera in \u00abBootsnAll\u00bb. Read more: http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-05/7-secrets-about-the-south-of-france.html)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 7312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.artscity.co.uk/2017/06/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:10Z", "digest": "sha1:53Z5LJMADO264RB4E5EOSHIAXMM2CUVJ", "length": 296, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.artscity.co.uk", "title": "June 2017 \u2013 Lancaster Arts City", "raw_content": "Unfortunately First Fridays will not be continuing in 2017. The project was very popular and successful, but continued funding has been difficult to secure. We are sure you\u2019ll be able to find lots to entertain you in the district, with\nJohnny Bean June 26, 2017 Lancaster Arts City news Read more", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 232.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.artsinohio.com/organization/14-balletmet", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:22:59Z", "digest": "sha1:WSSW5HQWR4QDDF4O6GSUWCAATQ4WOFJX", "length": 1249, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.artsinohio.com", "title": "Arts in Ohio | BalletMet", "raw_content": "Renowned for its versatility and innovative repertory, BalletMet ranks among the nation's largest dance companies. 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It\u2019s a serious business application now. Millions of people, all day long, are sending out thoughts and observations, getting questions answered, letting the world know what they\u2019re up to. Frank Eliason, customer service manager for Comcast (the cable TV/phone/Internet provider), realized he could use that. He could search Twitter for references to Comcast (or \u201cComcrap\u201d), find people with Comcast complaints, and then contact these people to get the complaint resolved. (Note that all tweets \u2014 Twitter messages \u2014 are public, so this isn\u2019t an invasion of privacy.)\nAnd that\u2019s just one random way in which Twitter is exploding. Hospitals use it \u2014 go here and here for more. One hospital used Twitter as a teaching tool for surgery, A surgical procedure (quite a complex one) was shown on video, while doctors on the surgical team sent tweets about what, exactly, they were doing. You can get the tweets on any cellphone that can go on the Web.\nDo we all see how useful this could be for music? An orchestra gives a concert. Someone sends commentary tweets, in real time while the music plays, describing what\u2019s going on. I don\u2019t know how pinpoint the time accuracy might be, so maybe you can\u2019t time something precisely to a downbeat. But you could certainly indicate major sections of a piece.\nBut it gets better. You could have a dozen Twitter streams. What does the conductor think about, while she\u2019s conducting the piece? What\u2019s the hardest part for the principal flute? What passage in the horns makes the principal trumpet player\u2019s hair stand on end? All kinds of people in the orchestra could send tweets during the performance, or rather could write them in advance, and have them sent out at the proper time by others. Someone in the audience could decide which Twitter streams to follow, or could follow them all.\n(A few years ago I was involved with a project called the Concert Companion, which delivered real-time program notes to handheld devices. People who tested the system mostly loved it, but look what was needed \u2014 special handhelds, and a special system broadcasting to them in wifi. Cumbersome, expensive. Now you can do it all with cellphones, laptops, and the web, maybe not with pinpoint accuracy, as I said, but certainly some version of it will work.)\nSome classical music institutions already use Twitter, as well they should, for marketing. You can sign up to follow anyone who sends out tweets, and if you sign up for a classical music insitution, you\u2019ll probably get tiny press releases, sometimes only once every couple of weeks. This, needless to say, isn\u2019t how Twitter should be used. Tweets need to be livelier, more frequent, and more personal. For something better, follow the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra or the Museum of Modern Art, whose Twitter feed talks about all kinds of art things, even some that aren\u2019t at the museum (though I haven\u2019t seen any tweets since before Valentine\u2019s Day). (Added later: The best LACO tweets are here.)\nMOMA \u2014 whose tweets (and this is how Twitter ought to work) come from a real person, with a name, even has Twitter conversations with some of the 5000-odd people who\u2019ve signed on to follow. Which is another key to proper use of social networking. It goes both ways. You talk to the people who care about you, and they talk back to you.\nI\u2019ve blogged about social networking before. Classical music institutions need to learn how to use it. As a friend of mine says (he\u2019s a mangement consultant), they\u2019re using new media mainly to deliver the messages older media were good for. We can do better.\nYou can follow me on Twitter. Not the same as the blog \u2014 more personal.\nMatthew Hodge says\nBrilliant, Greg. I was lamenting the death of the Concert Companion the other day (especially since we never got it down here in Australia), because I still think a real-time commentary is a phenomenal idea waiting to be really done properly(providing you can get someone to write the comments in English, which as you well know, is not usually the way we do things in the classical music world).\nEspecially I was just thinking the other day that commentary plus thoughts from the performers would be a cool live broadcast to see.\nThe only drawback, of course, is that if it\u2019s going to people\u2019s phones, how do you make sure nobody\u2019s phone rings in the middle of the performance?\nI pondered that myself. If you have an iPhone, you can put the phone in flight mode (aka turn off the phone function), while keeping WiFi active, so you can connect to the Web. Of course, then you have to connect to a WiFi network the orchestra would provide.\nBetter idea: turn off the sound on the phone. Even turn off vibration. Then if you get a call, nobody gets disturbed, and you don\u2019t haveto answer it. This isn\u2019t a perfect solution, but I think it\u2019s workable. If your phone gives you that much control, that is.\nI\u2019d modify the Concert Companion idea, by the way. Originally it gave several program notes each minute, meticulously timed to particular spots in the music. Someone had to dispatch each note, score in hand. I think it\u2019s more feasible, and also maybe easier on people who use whatever we come up with, to get updates every other minute or so, at most. With, as I suggested, the option to tune into various streams. The Concert Companion proved very difficult in many ways to implement, and one difficulty was writing so many precisely-timed soundbites.\nPeter Flint says\nI\u2019m all for adopting new technology in music (that was my major at Oberlin after all), but I can think of few concert hells worse than a whole audience sitting there poking away at their glowing cell phone screens during a performance.\nThere has to be a happy medium somewhere in between.\nMany younger people arer completely comfortable with this. There could be various accomodations \u2014 use the system only a certain concerts, and (for non-subscription events, anyway) only in certain sections of the audience.\nWhen the Concert Companion was tested, nobody seemed to mind the glowing screens. Many people in the audience were holding specially desgined Pocket PCs, and those sitting near them didn\u2019t complain.\nI\u2019m all for classical music institutions staying up to date with the latest technological innovations, but I\u2019m also kind of with Peter F on this at heart. I guess the beauty of it is that person A can \u201cfollow\u201d the music via real-time commentary on Twitter while person B can be sitting even next to A, experiencing the music instead as an organic whole. As long as person A Twittering doesn\u2019t bother person B\u2026\nIf it were my recital, I\u2019d play a piece twice. Once so that everybody can play with their gizmos and follow the play-by-play, but then a second time where they have to put them away and just listen, with a chance at least to experience the \u201ccanvas of time\u201d that classical music lays out, an experience so different from any other we have in our modern lives.\nI love it! We\u2019re already generating new ideas.\nInteresting assumption, by the way, that the canvas of time will only be perceptible if one listens without doing anything else. Don\u2019t know if I agree. Before the 19th century, people followed symphonies while talking, and clapping whenever they heard something they liked. I incited an audience to do this at a Pittsburgh Symphony concert I hosted, and you could hear from how their applause varied from point to point that they were following the piece very carefully. Beyond that, I\u2019d think someone dancing to the music would move along the canvas of time physically, and feel the flow far more intensely than someone who just sat there, immobile and silent.\nGalen H. Brown says\nI\u2019m sure there are all sort of good uses Twitter could be put to for classical music, and what you\u2019re proposing is an interesting idea, but I have one serious concern:\nA deep underlying problem facing classical music is the perception that it\u2019s elitist. That elitism manifests in many ways, but here are some key ideas included in the elitism perspective:\n1. Classical music is great and good for you whether you get it or not.\n2. Classical music is smarter than you are, so you probably need to have it explained to you.\n3. If you don\u2019t study the music and understand it you\u2019re missing out.\n4. The opinions of experts are more valid than your own opinions.\n5. If you don\u2019t like it it\u2019s probably because you don\u2019t get it.\nThe problem with the concert companion and the Twittered version of it is that it reinforces those ideas. The more tools an orchestra uses for delivering education and explanations of the music the more valid the above ideas seem. The underlying message of concert companion type tools keeps the audience at arms length by reinforcing an existing hierarchy of power, knowledge, and cultural value. There\u2019s a sort of learned helplessness in segments of the classical audience and I worry that the concert companion strategy is bad for the audience even if they like it.\nThat said, if the concert twitter feed felt more like PopUp Video or like a DVD commentary track I could see it working, but is the live concert really the best place for that?\nThe real advantage of twitter for public people and organizations is the way it can be used to cultivate the sense of a personal connection between you and the twitterer. To me the most interesting possiblity for twitter would be personal twitter feeds from some key orchestra figures which they maintained all the time.\nSuppose the Music Director for Local Symphony Orchestra had a public twitter feed and she tweeted about her day. Everything from \u201cJust had the first rehearsal for the Beethoven 9. Some rough spots in the third movement that we\u2019ll need to iron out, but otherwise it sounds great.\u201d to \u201cTime to go grocery shopping\u2013only food left in the house is Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.\u201d Suppose the orchestra made multimedia tools available so that she can post links to little snippets of concerts or rehearsals. The personal connection between the MD and the audience would keep people engaged, would indirectly sell tickets because when the MD seems genuinely excited about a concert (as opposed to excited because marketing needed a quote) the audience can\u2019t help being excited too, would enhance fundraising because one of the key factors is affinity, and would build up a reservoir of audience trust which could be spent on adventurous programming.\nGalen, I\u2019ve made similar arguments about educational approaches. But the actual experience of the concert companion didn\u2019t support your hypothesis. People who used it said in focus groups that it brought them closer to the music than they\u2019d ever been. Or, in the terms you used, made the concert less elitist. Reactions from some longtime NY Philharmonic subscribers were especially telling. People admitted that they\u2019d never learned to recognize which instrument was which, and were thrilled to be told when the English horn was playing. One man said he\u2019d heard Petrushka for 20 years, and finally, for the first time, knew what its story was, and could follow the story.\nThe educational efforts that I think have the effect you warned about are the ones that take place outside the concert, or before it \u2014 if, that is, they\u2019re marketed by telling people that now, at last, they\u2019ll be able to understand what they\u2019re hearing. With, most crucially, the subtext that they\u2019ll never be able to understand if they\u2019re not educated first. That\u2019s the killer here \u2014 the assumption that classical music is so complex that nobody can get into it without being indoctrinated beforehand.\nI\u2019d support people experiencing the music any way they like. And, you know, I wasn\u2019t proposing my Twitter idea with any educational purpose. It\u2019s just to open concerts up, as other experiences are being opened.\nThe Pittsburgh Symphony uses or used something they\u2019ve called Concert Messaging. Facts about the piece being played are projected from time to time on screens the audience can see. From what I\u2019ve heard, this worked very well for them, and, again, made the concerts feel less elitist.\nOne last thought. The best thing of all, for me, would be performances so vivid that no explanation is necessary. Though again I\u2019d stress that I didn\u2019t suggest my Twitter idea to explain the music to the audience.\nAndy Zweibel says\nGalen, I agree the most with your last point, and think this is really the essence of the potential Twitter has to the musical world. As cool of an idea like Greg\u2019s \u201clive-tweeted\u201d concert is, I tend to agree with Peter\u2019s comment about not wanting a bunch of phones in use during a concert.\nIt might be interesting, though, to have an open rehearsal, where the members of an orchestra could send tweets from the stage, during the rehearsal, with comments such as \u201cOuch\u2026 I need to work on my intonation in the 4th Movement\u201d or \u201cWhen will the maestro quit beating the same three measures into the ground and let me play my horn?!\u201d I think the non-performing public is so exposed to the idea of a \u201cconcert\u201d with everyone silent and just the performance going on, that it would be interesting to hear the personal thoughts of the musicians during the PREPARATION of the pieces. Hashtags (see http://tinyurl.com/6gnx64) could help sort the Tweets so not only people AT an open rehearsal could follow them, but so could music fanatics at home.\nGreat post, Greg, I am glad to have found your blog and look forward to reading more!\nThanks, Andy, and I\u2019m delighted to return the compliment. Your suggestion is fabulous.\nThis is when I like this blog the most \u2014 when ideas start coming from many people. That\u2019s when I feel I\u2019m really doing something useful, and that all of us together can change classical music.\nMike Janssen says\nThe ability to comment in real time on the performance is an element of performances in Second Life that has become popular among classical fans in that virtual world. Twitter could certainly be used to that end, with people at concerts commenting on the show, using hashtags to follow each other. A rep with the orchestra could even retweet their favorite comments by audience members.\nI\u2019m not sure that I, personally, would be bothered by sitting next to someone using a mobile device to tweet during a concert. Would it really be that obtrusive? Maybe at an opera, where the visual component is more central to the experience. If using Twitter somehow during a performance would get more people to performances and give them a more satisfying experience, I think the tradeoff would be worth it.\nNice, Mike. (And I\u2019ve enjoyed your blog, by the way.) A couple of people who follow me on Twitter also suggested that listeners can react. Your idea of an orchestra rep picking responses to retweet makes a lot of sense. It\u2019s like CNN passing on tweets from viewers during some of their shows.\nIn opera, maybe the Twittering would be least distracting, because people are looking up at the stage.\nBack to audience reaction. Some audience members might get known for their in-concert tweets, and develop followers of their own. A smart orchestra would welcome this \u2014 enthusiastically \u2014 rather than want to control everything that its audience receives.\nI\u2019d be happy as a clam if they made study scores available, particularly for newer/non-rep works! But I\u2019m a musician and not really a significant part of the classical music demographic\nI\u2019d think a smart orchestra (or opera company, or string quartet) would want to cultivate its musician audience. I love the idea of making scores available. But it could be insanely expensive to lend out printed scores, especially of new pieces. And very cumbersome for the performing organization\u2019s staff. They\u2019d have to make sure, for instance, that they got all the scores back.\nSo in the future, maybe they could provide digital scores on a screen. The Met used to have score desks, as they were called, where scholarly operagoers could follow the scores of the operas being performed. You\u2019d bring your own score, of course. In the updated version, there\u2019d be digital score desks, and those using them could page through digital scores on a screen. Won\u2019t happen this week or this month, but maybe someday.\nChris Becker says\n\u201cI think the non-performing public is so exposed to the idea of a \u201cconcert\u201d with everyone silent and just the performance going on, that it would be interesting to hear the personal thoughts of the musicians during the PREPARATION of the pieces\u201d\nThe last thing I as a performer want to do in a rehearsal or performance is tap into twitter to send out a message to all my cyber \u201cfriends\u201d in an effort to convey anything beyond what one might observe and hear in that scenario. (Most of) my personal thoughts are my own and none of your damn business.\nThere is a level of trust among musicians that needs to be respected if you are \u2013 over the course of several performances \u2013 going to develop long term relationships with your collaborators. When I am in a room with one or two players trying out a new idea it IS a private affair. Any degree of self-consciousness can negatively impact the realization of a new work. And twittering during such an intimate experience seems like a great way to stifle the creativity of all involved in a rehearsal or performance. I also don\u2019t spill my guts via my blog for the same reasons.\nNow I\u2019m speaking as a composer and performer. The audience\u2026that\u2019s a whole other thing. I would encourage twittering during one of my gigs. I played a relatively late gig last Sunday and some twittering might have brought out more bodies over the course of our two sets (although we had a decent crowd to begin with).\nChris, if you don\u2019t want to share your thoughts in rehearsal or other preparation, you shouldn\u2019t do it. Same for anyone else who feels that way.\nI also can\u2019t see stopping in the middle of rehearsal to Twitter something. I do most of my Twitter things when I\u2019m having downtime, or taking a break. Like yesterday, when I had to spend hours sitting around in Rochester, before and after my Eastman class. When I\u2019m busy, and especially when I\u2019m busy with something I love, it\u2019s not what I\u2019d think to do.\nBut people differ. Others would love to share their process, and wouldn\u2019t feel it blocked their creativity. In fact, I could see this helping creativity. Are we all such perfect artists that we wouldn\u2019t benefit, individually and together, from rethinking what we do? If we shared some of our thoughts about our work, even in progress, we might open our own minds to something new.\nJo Johnson says\nWithout siding for or against, I wanted to share this genuine audience comment received after our latest LSO Discovery Family Concert:\n\u201cWe greatly enjoyed the concert of dance music \u2013 the introductions were great and the musicians fabulous, and very patient. Only one jarring note: the projections. Even my 9 yr. old commented how distracting they were. If you have the name of the piece and author, that\u2019s fine, but it\u2019s a concert, and the minute you show moving images, the audience is compelled to watch those and pay little attention to the music.\ndistracting and superfluous.\u201d\nIn my experience, people react in all sorts of ways to these innovations. Some love them, some hate them. In the \u201990s, one of the biggest American orchetras tried setting up video screens at some concerts, so people could watch closeups of the conductor and orchestra. Many people at the concerts loved them. But 25% of the audience and 25% of the musicians hated the video screens so vehemently that the orchestra had to stop using them.\nSome years ago, I worked on the Concert Companion project, in which people in the audience could use a handheld device to read real-time program notes. They could also switch channels, and watch a video feed of the conductor. This was really hard to set up, technologically, because of latency \u2014 a delay in the video feed that seemed short, measured in milliseconds, but which was long enough to make the video feel out of sync. The people behind the project solved the problem using technology developed for nuclear submarines!\nThe video feed was also dinky, if you ask me. A tiny headshot of the conductor. And a conductor who moved a lot could easily move out of the frame, so you\u2019d see only part of him.\nBut some people using the device just loved the video. Go figure. People differ widely in their tastes.\nOne answer for the LSO might be to have some concerts with projections and some without. Or simply to accept that some people won\u2019t like them (or anything else new that you try).\nA question, though, might be about the projections themselves. Maybe they weren\u2019t very good! Or, more precisely, maybe they truly were distracting, but other projections might not have been. I think you might want to compare experiences with other orchestras, and also survey your audience more scientifically, to get a more balanced view of what the reaction really was. You might want to talk to the Atlanta Symphony, which I know has used video at some of its concerts, apparently with success.\nWe\u2019re in new territory here, and we should be careful not to put too much weight on individual reactions.\nThanks for your comment on my comment Greg. I agree, not very scientific a survey \u2013 in fact it wasn\u2019t even a survey, it was a comment sent to us unsolicited and I thought a quick gut reaction from a young member of the audience adds to this discussion.\nIn fact we have tried video projections in various forms several times, a year or two ago, with scientific surveys to gauge reaction. Overwhelming result \u2013 terrible. Of course, those that didn\u2019t respond in all likelihood had no strong feeling towards them, so as always results appeared worse than they actually were.\nBut if I might put some audience statistics onto your 25% figure of dissatisfaction quoted in your Concert Companion trial \u2013 25% of our audience, and the 25% most likely to dislike this form of innovation, are the same 25% who come to the LSO regularly (by this I mean more than 3 times a season). The remaining 75% of the audience probably only comes once each season, and even once ever. So are we risking alienating our core, regular, committed attendees, who provide the bulk of our ticket income, by trying to appeal to people who probably won\u2019t come again, no matter how we present a concert?\nBy the way, these figures I know are not the same in the US, where subscription bookings far outweigh single ticket sales. London is a very different market!\nAnyway, I know you will say that we aren\u2019t looking forwards and that we need to innovate more to attract people back. But I would say to you that the LSO does innovate, but chooses who to very carefully.\nAnd on a personal note, I think that the fault does not lie with orchestras or classical music and its ability or inability to \u201cmove forwards\u201d per se, but right back at school, where music education (at least in the UK) is virtually non-existent. That\u2019s where we need to begin. And that\u2019s why my snippet of a comment from a nine year old\u2019s dislike of the video screens was relevant \u2013 he understood what the concert was all about without visual aids. He didn\u2019t need converting. We need more kids like him!\nFinally \u2013 I\u2019m not totally against the tweeting during concerts. Far from it. But choose targets carefully is what I\u2019m saying; maybe an open rehearsal or a specially-arranged concert where it\u2019s marketed upfront so that those that don\u2019t want to take part needn\u2019t have their evening ruined by what they see is an intrusion into their personal experience.\nI think what you say applies to the US as well as the UK. Here, too, there\u2019s a risk of alienating the core audience. Doesn\u2019t matter if they\u2019re a subscription audience or not. (And the percentage of subscription sales has been steadily falling in the US for quite a while.)\nI think classical music institutions are faced with a problem. They need to do new things (my view, anyway), but also need to keep doing the old things, for the sake of their established audience. And where are they going to have the time and money and staff to do both at once?\nAnother US orchestra you might talk to would be the Pittsburgh Symphony. They\u2019ve tried concert enhancements of various kinds, apparently with great success.\nI can\u2019t have much confidence in the reaction of one nine year-old. I could give you back stories about kids that age completely rejecting the concert experience in any form. Doesn\u2019t prove a thing. In so much of what we do, serious data is lacking. To guage reaction in any kind of scientific way to your projections, I think you need a variety of tools, starting with focus groups and individual interviews. This is because the reactions might be complex. People you survey might not even fully understand their own reactions. This is why you have to talk to them directly. And then if you want to do a survey, I\u2019d suggest random phone calls, or e-mail, to people who attended, as a way of trying to lessen any selection effect. The thing to watch out for, of course, is that people who disliked the projections might have a stronger feeling than those who liked them, and hence would jump at the chance to tell you what they thought.\nAs for music education, you and I differ about that. As, I guess, I differ from much of the classical music world in the US. I don\u2019t think that people listened to classical music in the past because they were taught to, and I don\u2019t think that teaching people now will make them listen. I\u2019m not going to go into all the details here, but one thing to consider might be: What makes people interested in new kinds of pop music? Take the harsh sounds of a lot of alternative rock. Was anyone taught at school to overcome some presumed bias toward melodic music, and like indie rock instead? Not at all \u2014 the new music fit with other new cultural developments, so people took to it naturally. Not everyone, but enough people to make the new sounds viable.\nIn the past, classical music was much more at the center of our culture, and that (in my view) is why people liked it. It\u2019s also why it was taught in the schools. That is, for me the cause and effect goes the opposite way from what people would like to think it is \u2014 the education is the result of the taste for classical music, rather than the taste being the result of the education.\nI suppose someone will say that classical music is different, because it goes on longer than pop music does. But that, too, is a cultural expectation. No one has trouble with long movies. And Grateful Dead fans didn\u2019t have trouble with long jams from the Dead. (No drug jokes, please. You could just as well smoke some pot and groove on Beethoven for half an hour, if that happened to be your musical taste.) The problem with classical music, or rather the reason people don\u2019t take to it these days, isn\u2019t its length (in my view), and certainly not its presumed complexity (which I think is wildly overstated). It\u2019s more likely to be the content of the music. But that\u2019s another story!\nWell of course Greg, you should know that I\u2019m kind of talking personally, from home late on a Friday night without any figures to quote at you to back up what I say. But we are not without research and data. In fact we\u2019re just embarking on another new round of audience monitoring with Audiences London and some other big orchestras and venues in London. The results will be publicly available when finished (I know lack of data is one of your major bugbears!) and might provide some more data with which we can make much better strategies for the future.\n(By the way, the Twitter discussion you were having tonight was with one of our players. Kind of interesting to note his feelings and how players feel differently towards this kind of thing to the admin staff isn\u2019t it!)\nWould love to see the data when it\u2019s available, Jo. Thanks so much for telling me about it. And thanks to the LSO for gathering it! I\u2019ll be happy to keep it confidential, if that\u2019s what the LSO would like.\nI know I was having my Twitter dialogue with a musician. But, you know, they vary. Here\u2019s an anecdote, offering another sample of one. Some years ago, I was involved with a test of the Concert Companion with the New York Philharmonic. I\u2019ve talked about that before \u2014 that was a handheld device on which the audience could read real-time program notes. I wrote the texts. (Hardest writing job I\u2019ve ever had, but that\u2019s another story.)\nOne of the pieces was the Ravel concerto for the left hand, with Leon Fleischer as soloist. Fleischer hated the idea of the concert companion so much that he refused to play if it was used during the Ravel. Of course we all gave into him, and so we only used the device during the other pieces on the program, the Ives Three Places in New England, and Petrushka.\nOne of the Philharmonic string players, though, had a completely different view from Fleischer\u2019s. He loved the idea of the Concert Companion so much that he asked if he could have one, to watch while he played!\nAs I said, a sample of one\u2026\nHi Greg, lots of interesting comments here. I understand your taking issue with my comment about the \u201ccanvas of time,\u201d but I think we\u2019re talking about two different things here, you are coming back at me with the very valid point that audiences of the 18th and 19th century were not necessarily \u201csitting still\u201d and just absorbing the music\u2026on the other hand I think it\u2019s clear that time moved in very different ways for folks 200 years ago, and one of the ways in which our modern lives have changed is our relative inability to sit still and perceive what is going on around us without dividing it into ever tinier and tinier chunks of time.\nNow we may be better at multi-tasking than our ancestors, but what have we lost as a consequence? For me, much of classical music (especially talking about works of one hour, two hour lengths vs. the several-minutes-long mini-canvas of most (not all of course) pop music, is an art form that challenges us towards modes of perception that are NOT the same as our everyday lives. I hate to see people miss that opportunity. For me that\u2019s the basic reason I am a musician, is to try my best to give people the gift of that experience. I can\u2019t tell them of course how they must occupy their minds while I am playing, but I am still resistant to active collusion with something that undermines that goal.\nAlso, so much of this discussion is predicated on a certain kind of classical music (developmental, etc.) How are you going to have a play-by-play Twittering experience in some massive Morton Feldman piece or a long one by Jo Kondo, and don\u2019t tell me that experience wouldn\u2019t be severely compromised by the attempt!\nThanks, Philip, for raising these very serious points. This is the kind of discussion I love to see here, whether I agree with everything or not.\nIn reply to you, I\u2019d start with Feldman. (And how lovely to see you mention Jo Kondo, whom I met in Japan more than 20 years ago. I don\u2019t know his music, though. Sounds like I might like it.) I\u2019ve loved some of his very long pieces, but I don\u2019t think Twittering is excluded. But not play by play Twittering. I agree \u2014 that would compromise the music very badly, if anyone tried to describe moment to moment, or even 10 minutes to 10 minutes, what was going on. (Or I think it would, anyway. I\u2019ll have to go back to the six-hour string quartet, which I have on a DVD, and see if, on reconnecting with the music, I really think that\u2019s true.)\nBut what might be interesting would be Twittering from people listening, about how they\u2019re feeling as the piece proceeds. We\u2019d have to agree on some ground rules, that the tweets would have to be serious. No silly jokes. Only tweets about a serious attempt to experience the music.\nBut on the other hand, I\u2019d like to shake us free, gently, of the belief that only by concentrated listening can we experience these pieces. Our minds necessarily wander, or at least they do if we happen not to be Zen masters, or the like. So I can imagine that acknowledging this, in tweets, could be helpful. Helpful in listening, in fact. I\u2019m working on a notion \u2014 for a later post \u2014 that our \u201csit silent and immobile\u201d custom for listening actually makes it harder for us to concentrate, because it rules out any physical reaction to the music.\nSo suppose we allowed ourselves to move with Feldman, for many hours. Play the pieces in a room with lots of empty space, only a few seats, some pads on the floor, even futons (or some such thing) to lie on. Allow, even expect, people to move around while the music proceeded. I can imagine that I, at least, would listen better. Twittering could be part of this way of listening. No one would force anyone to read the tweets, after all.\nI could add that Virgil Thomson \u2014 as acute a listener as ever lived, to judge from his writing \u2014 wrote that a little distraction helped him concentrate on music.\nAnd about attention spans. Benjamin Button, clocking in at 2 3/4 hours, was nominated for an Oscar. I found it insufferable \u2014 way too sentimental, with nothing but the most obvious thoughts behind the sugar \u2014 but not because of its length.\nMovies regularly last more than two hours these days, and sometimes a lot more than that. They\u2019re longer than they were a generation ago. So by that measure, you\u2019d have to say that our collective attention spans have improved.\nNow, you might reply that movies are visual, but that shifts the discussion to another subject. We\u2019re not talking any more about the length of anyone\u2019s attention span, but about what they choose to pay attention to. You might prefer people to be listening to classical music, but the mere fact that they aren\u2019t doesn\u2019t prove that they\u2019ve lost the ability to concentrate without multitasking. It just means they don\u2019t care to listen to classical music, and there could be many reasons for that.\nIt would also be interesting to check, somehow, the actual listening that people do. Do our lovelyl friends in the classical music audience actually concentrate all through every piece? And, conversely, do pop listeners never listen to an entire hour-long (or longer) album at a stretch? I think you\u2019re making a leap from the length of a piece of music to the supposed listening ability of those who characteristically listen to whatever kind of piece it is. Maybe that\u2019s not a leap we should make without further information.\nFinally, there are other areas of life where the current generation \u2014 younger people especially \u2014 clearly have long attention spans. Web design takes quite a while, for instance, as does computer programming. The stereotype of programmers is something I\u2019m sure we\u2019re all familiar with \u2014 people who never see the light of day, who work for 30 hours nonstop, and then crash. What about their attention span? Obviously, it\u2019s focused and intense.\nFilmmaking? Demands concentrated attention. Producing a pop album? How about the concentrated bouts of creation that we see the contestants on Project Runway undergo? They might have 24 hours to design and make a complex outfit. This is serious stuff. They couldn\u2019t do that if they weren\u2019t concentrating very hard. They\u2019re certainly not multitasking.\nAnd even playing video games requires concentration. That\u2019s an activity that many highbrow people (and don\u2019t worry, Philip, I\u2019m including myself under that rubric) imagine to be braindead, the very symbol of everything wrong with our society today. But in fact it takes prolonged concentration, as Steven Johnson showed in his book Everything Bad is Good For You.\nSo maybe, when we talk about attention spans, we\u2019re talking at least as much about our prejudices as we are about reality. At least that\u2019s a theory I\u2019d put forth. Back to you, Philip!\nOk, so I\u2019m coming late to this discussion, but\u2026\nAfter this post went up I read of another experiment that a theatre company conducted, which involved a kind of tweet-up at a performance of a play. The part of the report that was most telling for me was when the participants said that, while the tweeting had been fun and interesting, they felt as if they \u201chadn\u2019t really seen the play\u201d (or words to that effect).\nOf course, this could be turned a sneaky strategy to encourage repeat attendance, but concerts have far fewer performances than plays!\nBut seriously, that response echoed my personal gut reaction to the idea. If I tweet from my computer (i.e. with a keyboard) I can send out 140 characters as fast as I can type, which is pretty fast, although nowhere near the speed of thought. But if I tweet on any kind of gadget (mobile phone, Palm or iPod touch) that slows right down. So already, in the sheer act of sending my tweet I\u2019m going to be missing something. Add to that the formulation of a thought and, which is more time-consuming, the formation of an epigrammatic 140-character thought and I\u2019m further distracted: crafting my response to something that happened seconds or minutes ago, while the music presses on. If I add to that any attempt to follow tweets from other concert-goers (bearing in mind that I\u2019d be reading responses to things that happened minutes ago) the distractions would only increase\nI\u2019m sure if I were to twitter during a concert performance I would end up feeling as if I hadn\u2019t really heard the concert.\nI\u2019ve found the same, in my so far limited experience. I like to tweet at intermission, or between pieces, or after the concert.\nIf I feel rushed tweeting \u2014 as I would while the music is playing \u2014 I make lots of typos, and keep having to retype. A sign that it\u2019s not comfortable for me, because by now I\u2019m a speed demon on the iPhone.\nThough I've been known for many years as a critic, most of my work these days involves the future of classical music -- defining classical music's problems, and finding solutions for them. Read More\u2026\nThis started as a blog about the future of classical music, my specialty for many years. 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My examples may seem fanciful, but on the other hand, they're almost \u2026 [Read More...]\nHere's a quick outline of what I think the future of classical music will be. Watch the blog for frequent updates! I Classical music is in trouble, and there are well-known reasons why. We have an aging audience, falling ticket sales, and \u2014 in part \u2026 [Read More...]\nTimeline of the crisis\nHere \u2014 to end my posts on the dates of the classical music crisis \u2014 is a detailed crisis timeline. The information in it comes from many sources, including published reports, blog comments by people who saw the crisis develop in their professional \u2026 [Read More...]\nYes, the classical music crisis, which some don't believe in, and others think has been going on forever. This is the third post in a series. In the first, I asked, innocently enough, how long the classical music crisis (which is so widely talked \u2026 [Read More...]\nFour keys to the future\nHere, as promised, are the key things we need to do, if we're going to give classical music a future. When I wrote this, I was thinking of people who present classical performances. But I think it applies to all of us \u2014 for instance, to people who \u2026 [Read More...]\nAge of the audience\nConventional wisdom: the classical music audience has always been the age it is now. Here's evidence that it used to be much younger. \u2026 [Read More...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 45191, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.asherasarchive.com/fiction/detestedsportAIA.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:53Z", "digest": "sha1:YLEJLZPXHAAQKTXAG5WAYECZQXG5Q7WJ", "length": 103164, "nlines": 543, "source_domain": "www.asherasarchive.com", "title": "Detested Sport", "raw_content": "Story Title: Detested Sport\nCharacters: Ares/Autolycus, Iolaus/Autolycus\nSummary: Hurt/comfort. Iolaus and Autolycus must deal with the aftermath of Ares' cruelty.\nThis rating is for explicit m/m sex, bdsm, sexual violence, and rape.\nThis story contains explicit descriptions of male/male sex, bdsm, sexual violence, and rape. Do not read this story if any of this disturbs you.\nDetested Sport\n\"Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.\" --William Cowper\nAutolycus and Iolaus were sitting together at the local tavern, the Shattered Spear, having an argument. The people around them smiled; they'd heard the argument before, and usually with the same outcome, both deciding it was the other's fault.\n\"Well... if *you* hadn't stolen the bow from Discord...\"\n\"And if *you* hadn't turned her into a chicken, Ares wouldn't have gotten so pissed at you! And I don't know *what* I could've done to earn the enmity of the great God of War!\"\n\"Yes, but I've never run afoul of the God of War before,\" Autolycus protested, sending Iolaus into a fit of giggles. \"What? What did I say?\" Then, as his words sank in, Autolycus began to laugh as well.\nA black-cloaked figure stood at the back of the tavern, face hidden in shadows. The mouth curled into a sneer of half disgust, half anger at the laughter, luscious lips parting to show the white gleam of teeth. An almost offhand motion with one silver-ringed hand, and all motion in the tavern stopped. The figure threw off the cloak to reveal Ares, God of War. \"Laugh at me, do you? Have sport at my expense? I don't think so.\" He walked through the stilled tavern to put his hands on Autolycus' and Iolaus' shoulders. \"You boys need to come with me,\" he said, temporarily fighting the urge to slap the smiles from their frozen faces. He took in the still tavern and said, \"They were never here.\" A repeat of the offhand motion brought the tavern to life at the same time he vanished with his captives.\nHe teleported them to a dark underground dungeon. Iolaus and Autolycus woke the instant they arrived, both stunned for a brief moment. That brief moment was enough for Ares to cause the shackles on the wall to snake out and clamp around Iolaus' wrists, pulling him helpless against the wall. Ares kept his grip on Autolycus.\n\"You, my cunning little thief, are *not* going to escape me this time.\" Ares proceeded to search Autolycus, removing his hook, ropes, and other tools secreted on his person. \"Now... where might they be *hidden*?\" Ares tightened his grip on Autolycus' shoulder, and suddenly the thief's clothes vanished, leaving him naked. Iolaus swallowed hard at the sight, afraid of what Ares would do to Autolycus in that vulnerable state.\nAres conjured a set of stocks, and roughly threw Autolycus into them, locking them tightly around the thief's neck and wrists.\nIolaus swallowed hard around the lump in his throat, feeling the same lump in his pants at the sight of Autolycus' body revealed completely like this. At the same time, he was revulsed by his attraction to the helpless man.\nAres turned to Iolaus. \"Now you, my pretty blond hunter,\" he said, unclamping and then fastening the shackles tighter around Iolaus' wrists. \"Just so you can't worm your way free,\" he said. Surveying the bound men, Ares vanished with no further explanation.\nIolaus watched Autolycus closely as the thief struggled to swallow and breathe. Iolaus guessed that either the stocks were too tight, or Autolycus had the same lump of fear stuck in his throat that Iolaus did.\n\"Don't worry, Autolycus. Hercules knows that we were supposed to meet him there at the Shattered Spear, and when we're not there he'll come looking for us.\" Maybe, Iolaus thought, if he hasn't picked up on the fact I've wanted to screw your brains out, and just decided I carried you off.\n\"Yeah, sure, Iolaus... but where? This is a dungeon, in case you hadn't noticed. Ares probably has millions of them all over Greece! And how would he even know that it was Ares? For all he knows, we could just be late!\" Autolycus' voice sounded a little frightened to his own ears.\nIolaus looked at the bound thief in front of him. He tried to think of something else that he could say to reassure him while trying to ignore his own rising fear. And that's not the only thing rising, is it, Iolaus? he asked himself. \"The people at the Shattered Spear will know that we suddenly vanished out of their midst. They'll tell Hercules. You can't lose faith, Autolycus.\"\nIolaus watched Autolycus shift uncomfortably as the cold water trickled down onto the thief's back, and rolled down, tracing the cleft between the bare cheeks. Iolaus' eyes were caught by the rolling drops, following each one, oblivious to both his own increasing dampness and Autolycus' eyes on his body, watching him as he was watching the thief.\n\"Right. I'm not worried. I'm just kneeling here locked in this contraption with no clothes on in a dungeon waiting for one pissed God of War to come and kill me. No, no reason to lose faith,\" Autolycus said after a moment, tremors in his voice betraying the fear he tried so cavalierly to conceal.\n\"Come on, Autolycus... look, Ares wouldn't risk making Hercules angry by killing his best friend and the King of Thieves, would he? You can't just go around killing royalty, can you?\" Iolaus tried to smile at the withering look Autolycus gave him. \"What did I say?\"\n\"Iolaus, I really appreciate what you're trying to do... but you're lousy at it. Just go ahead, admit it... we're gonna die.\"\n\"We're not going to die, Autolycus!\"\n\"Not immediately, anyway,\" Ares said, reappearing between them. His vest was gone, leaving him bare from the waist up. \"Although you might wish you had.\" Ares looked from Iolaus to Autolycus and back again, his expression darkly sensual. \"Oh, where to begin?\"\nAres studied both men carefully, and Iolaus felt the heat of Ares' gaze on him. \"You're both so deliciously helpless... but I think I'll save you for last,\" Ares said to Iolaus, stroking the hunter's chest before moving back to stand in front of Autolycus.\nAres grasped a handful of Autolycus' hair and turned his head to look at the opposite wall. Iolaus saw a flicker of discomfort fly across Autolycus' face when the hand twisted tighter in his hair, but said nothing.\nAres snapped his fingers and a row of torches over the wall sprung to life, throwing their dancing light over the tools hanging on the wall. There were whips of all sizes... lashes, some barbed, some simply knotted. There were knives... serrated, curved, and smooth. Clamps of all sizes, firebrands... then lower down were simple things; straps, ropes, and chains. There were many more things that Iolaus couldn't--or wouldn't-- put names to; they were too horrible.\nAres began a whispered litany to Autolycus. Iolaus had to strain to hear the throaty words. \"This is my favorite room in the Temple,\" Ares said. \"This is my workshop. Only very... special people get to come down here with me, and see what kind of toys I like to play with. Tell me something, Autolycus... which of those toys do you want to play with?\" When Autolycus didn't answer, Ares tightened his grip again in the silky hair. \"You want me to choose? You won't like the one I pick.\"\nAres released Autolycus' hair and his head sagged back down to its normal position. Ares walked over to the wall and began by selecting one of the barbed lashes from the wall. He snapped it experimentally several times, as if reacquainting himself with its use. Iolaus could see Autolycus flinching at the sound of the lash, the thief's eyes involuntarily blinking with each crack.\nAres looked at Iolaus. \"Beautifully crafted, isn't it?\" Ares asked, almost conversationally. \"Look at the quality of the leather--only the finest, of course.\" Crouching down beside Autolycus, he continued, \"You see, the end of each fringe is capped with a small metal point,\" Ares explained, forcing the thief's attention onto the lash. \"Handcrafted by one of my best warlords as a personal offering to me.\" Ares rose fluidly and moved to stand behind Autolycus.\nIolaus watched as Autolycus tensed, waiting for the first blow to fall. Iolaus' body tensed as well, a sympathetic gesture that added to the strain on his shoulders and soon had his stretched body aching.\nAres watched closely as well, and when he saw Autolycus' body relax, Ares sent the lash whistling through the air to flay the skin of Autolycus' back.\nIolaus tried to yell, to warn Autolycus of what was coming, but he was too slow. His warning was lost in the screams pouring from Autolycus' throat.\nThe first cut of the lash drew blood... as did each subsequent cut as Ares slowly and rhythmically brought the barbed whip down on Autolycus' bare back. Iolaus could imagine the pain Autolycus must be suffering--the sting of the lash and the warm stickiness of the blood, then the burning of the metal biting into the bloody welts.\nIolaus watched, fists clenched, as Ares continued to beat Autolycus unmercifully. He bit his lip, trying to escape the shackles before Ares killed Autolycus. When Autolycus' blood began to spatter onto Ares' bared chest and arms, Iolaus found himself yelling at the god. \"Stop it! Ares, you're going to kill him!!\"\nWithout stopping the measured strokes of the lash, Ares looked sideways at Iolaus' struggling body, a slightly amused expression crossing his sensual features. \"Did I neglect to mention that is my intention?\"\nAutolycus' screams were growing hoarser and weaker. Finally, a gore-spattered Ares dropped the lash and surveyed his handiwork. Autolycus' shoulders, back, buttocks and legs were crisscrossed with bloody welts, and his screams had died down into hoarse pants. Coiling the lash, Ares ignored Iolaus' whispering voice.\n\"Autolycus? Come on, buddy, talk to me.\"\n\"I--Iolaus?\"\n\"That's right, it's me. Come on, Auto, stay with me.\"\n\"Damn,\" Autolycus sobbed. \"Gods, it hurts. Make it stop, Iolaus. Make it stop.\"\nThe hurt and need in Autolycus' voice ripped into Iolaus' heart and lashed his conscience worse than Ares had Autolycus. It made his stomach roil. He struggled harder to break the chains. \"Don't worry, Autolycus, you're gonna be okay,\" Iolaus said while silently cursing his inability to break the shackles open. Too bad I'm not Herc, he thought. If I were... we wouldn't be here.\nAutolycus didn't answer; out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of Ares coming back, and his body flinched at the god's nearness, sending new pains screaming through him.\nAres approached Autolycus and the thief flinched again. Ares laughed and ran a heavy hand over Autolycus' injured back until it was slicked with blood. Fresh stabs of pain caused Autolycus to sob, and feebly attempt to move away.\nIolaus watched Ares prod the deep gashes back into oozing life. \"Dammit, Ares, stop it!\" Iolaus yelled, almost unable to stand more of Autolycus' sobs. \"Take your hands off him!\"\nAres' head perked up at that. \"Ah yes... hands.\" Iolaus' stomach clenched again at that silken whisper.\nDear Gods on Olympus, no..., Iolaus thought, trying desperately to undo the shackles, skin chafing against the metal, ...don't let Ares do this.\nIolaus watched helplessly as Ares' large hand covered Autolycus'. Iolaus knew what was coming...so did Autolycus, if the bright flare of fear and panic in his eyes was any indication.\n\"Ares, no, please, don't--not my hands. Don't do this, please,\" begged the thief. \"Please don't.\"\nIolaus watched in horror as Ares grasped Autolycus' right index finger. As the thief's pleas got more frantic, Ares smiled maliciously, and snapped the finger backwards.\nThe sickening crunch of bone snapping, coupled with the animal-like howl that ripped from his friend's throat made Iolaus' stomach churn, and he fought the urge to retch.\nWith each snap, memories of Autolycus swam in front of Iolaus. The first sight he'd had of the thief, a flash of green and mustache swinging away into the trees overhead. Then, his later return to the castle to confess all, and to rescue Iolaus. The visions were punctuated by hoarse, animalistic howls as Ares continued his mission.\nIolaus screwed his eyes shut against the sight. He conjured more images of Autolycus. Drunk and in love with Cupcake. Working his magic and stealing the sandals of his own patron god, Hermes. Fighting back to back with Iolaus against Colchis' men in the village square, the thief's lithe body pressed against his. When he ran out of memories, he turned to his dreams. Autolycus' hands on his shoulders, drawing the blonde toward him. Autolycus' hands skimming over the broad planes of his chest.\nThe screams had finally--mercifully--dwindled to shrieking sobs when Iolaus dared to open his eyes again. Tears spilled down his cheeks as he looked at Autolycus' mangled hands. Beautifully skilled hands that had been utterly destroyed by Ares.\nIolaus steeled himself to look into Autolycus' eyes; and sobbed softly when he saw the dull, vacant look where sparkling, lively mischief used to be. The vibrancy was gone, the life driven from them by the pain and humiliation. Only the noises issuing from Autolycus' throat assured Iolaus that the thief still lived.\nAres. Iolaus searched the room for Ares, and found him staring contemplatively at the horrid display on the wall. \"Haven't you done enough already?\" Iolaus hissed.\n\"I haven't even begun.\"\nAres turned to face him, the god's clothing vanishing, and Iolaus gasped. \"Ares, no! Even you have limits!\" He swallowed, hard, choking down enraged screams. \"He's almost dead, leave him alone! You'll kill him!\"\n\"As I believe I mentioned earlier, that is my intent.\" Ares went to stand behind a kneeling Autolycus. Iolaus could see the god's erection, watched him coat the hard shaft of flesh with blood from Autolycus' wounded back, then he parted Autolycus' cheeks and shoved in. Autolycus' body jerked in pain, and Iolaus closed his eyes, refusing to witness Autolycus' rape.\n\"Iolaus...open your eyes.\" Ares' tone was commanding.\n\"No. I won't watch you violate him.\"\n\"If you don't open your eyes, I'll snap his neck,\" the god said, his voice emotionless.\n\"You're going to kill him anyway; might as well make it painless,\" Iolaus bluffed.\nA cry from Autolycus snapped Iolaus' eyes open. Ares was completely buried inside the humiliated thief, and he held Autolycus' neck twisted just to the breaking point. Any more pressure, and Autolycus would be gone.\nIolaus forced his eyes onto Ares. He tried to ignore the grunts and sobs being forced from Autolycus as Ares deliberately and savagely thrust into him.\nIolaus' fists balled as Ares pounded the thief, one hand grinding a nipple painfully, rolling it between powerful fingers while the other prodded the still oozing marks across Autolycus' torn back, pressing the tender flesh around the cuts, spreading the cuts open to force more blood to flow.\nThe sound of Ares' body connecting with Autolycus' buttocks filled Iolaus' ears.\nIolaus wanted to close his eyes against this assault but didn't dare. Instead he let more tears blur his vision as he fought to recall the unbroken beauty of the thief's body chained to his by a golden chain. But he couldn't, not without seeing what it had become.\nAres was thrusting faster and faster into Autolycus, and Autolycus had become strangely silent. Iolaus was very afraid that the proud, brilliant mind had finally shattered beyond repair when his thoughts were interrupted by Ares' hoarse scream of orgasm.\nSomething snapped inside of Iolaus when he saw Ares' blood-coated cock pulsing and spurting semen onto Autolycus' shredded flesh, white droplets flecking the slick redness of Autolycus' buttocks and back. Iolaus gave a furious tug with everything inside him, and the shackles holding him finally gave.\nIolaus' momentum carried him forward to attack the surprised god, knocking Ares back against the wall. He was leading with his fury and his fists, almost missing Autolycus' weak call of his name. \"Iolaus,\" came the bare whisper.\nIolaus was at Autolycus' side immediately, falling to his knees beside the thief, shielding him from Ares for the moment. \"I'm here, Autolycus.\" His hand tenderly stroked Autolycus' hair.\n\"Get me out of here,\" Autolycus asked, voice almost pleading in its intensity. \"Please, Iolaus, get me out of here! Don't leave me here.\"\n\"I won't,\" Iolaus said. \"I promise.\"\nIolaus tried to shatter the silver lock holding the stocks in place. He heard Ares' mocking laughter behind him.\n\"You'll never be able to break that, mortal. He doesn't go free unless I wish it.\"\n\"Hermes!\" Iolaus shouted. \"Hermes!! Help him!!\" Iolaus cried.\nIn a shower of red and gold sparks, Hermes appeared in the dungeon at Iolaus' call. \"Ares... let them go.\"\n\"Not on your life! They're both going to pay for what they've done to Discord!\" Ares snarled moving to stand almost protectively in front of the sobbing thief.\nHermes said nothing for a moment, only stared at Ares, not letting his eyes falter from Ares' dark glower. \"No. On your life. On your freedom, to be more precise. I gave you your freedom from the sons of Aloeus...now you must give me Iolaus and Autolycus' freedom.\"\nAres' gaze narrowed in fury. \"All right,\" he snarled. He looked at Iolaus, seemingly memorizing the blond warrior's every feature. \"You... We're not done yet.\" With that, Ares disappeared again.\nThe silver lock holding the stock down sprang open. Iolaus wrestled the upper block up, and pulled the bigger man's body into his own. Hermes reached out to help Iolaus carry the taller man's weight, but Autolycus flinched away, moving in closer to the warrior. \"Don't...\" Autolycus whispered, clinging to Iolaus.\nIolaus was worried about Autolycus' state of mind, and was scared by the fact that the thief was clinging to him... not that you object, a small part of his mind observed.\nHermes watched as Iolaus slid Autolycus' arm around his shoulder and Iolaus put his arm around Autolycus' waist. Hermes extended a hand toward Iolaus and a silver goblet appeared in it. \"It will help with his pain.\"\nIolaus gently reached up and tilted the goblet to trusting lips. Autolycus swallowed the potion without comment, apparently trusting in Iolaus not to harm him.\nIolaus handed the goblet back to Hermes and watched as it disappeared. \"Why didn't you come before, Hermes? Surely you're not still angry about the sandals?\"\n\"No...actually, I found that whole incident highly amusing. But you are in a Temple of Ares; I cannot enter without permission or invitation. When you invoked me, I could enter, and did so.\"\nIolaus' stomach clenched. If I'd thought to call Hermes earlier... this is my fault, he thought, cursing himself. Hermes extended a hand toward the intertwined men, and they reappeared on the plain in front of Ares' Temple. Iolaus noted that Hermes had clothed Autolycus in a loose robe.\nThe god soon appeared beside them. \"That's better,\" Hermes said, smiling. \"Now I can do my stuff.\" Hermes moved closer to Autolycus, explaining, \"I need to touch you so I can heal you.\"\nIolaus felt Autolycus' arm tighten around him and felt his body tense. \"I don't think that would be a good idea, Hermes.\" Hermes stopped in his approach, but Autolycus didn't relax until Iolaus had guided them several small steps backwards.\nHermes sighed, and Iolaus got the distinct impression that Hermes wanted to cry. You've been in that dungeon too long, Iolaus thought to himself. Gods don't cry.\n\"I will send you to the Temple of Asclepius. Perhaps a gentler god will have more luck.\"\n\"Hermes--thank you,\" Iolaus said.\nThe god nodded. The two men vanished from the plain, and reappeared outside the entrance to a large white building that Iolaus recognized as Asclepius' Temple.\nIolaus led Autolycus inside, and was met by one of the acolytes. \"We were told to expect your arrival,\" she said. \"There is a place ready for you and your companion.\" The acolyte led them to a spacious curtained off room with a large bed and walls lined with medical supplies. Iolaus led Autolycus over to the bed, and tried to get him to lie on his stomach on the soft mattress.\nInstead, Autolycus curled into a fetal ball, apparently oblivious to any pain he might be feeling. When Iolaus rose to speak to the acolyte, Autolycus' whisper caught him. \"You promised you wouldn't leave me.\"\n\"I'm not going anywhere, Autolycus. I'm just going to talk to her for a moment, and I'll be right back.\"\n\"Please?\" Autolycus whispered, and Iolaus melted. He couldn't leave Autolycus like this. He sat back down beside the thief on the bed.\n\"Better?\" Iolaus asked, again stroking Autolycus' hair. The gesture seemed to comfort him.\nThe acolyte gave Iolaus a sympathetic smile. \"I need to see your wounds, both of you.\"\nIolaus looked up, surprised. \"But I have no wounds,\" he said. \"Only Autolycus was injured.\" He turned, and helped the acolyte remove the robe covering Autolycus' injuries.\nAutolycus hissed and moaned as the fabric left his body, pulling newly forming scabs with it. \"Do they go all the way down his body?\" the acolyte asked. Iolaus nodded. \"Then I need to call Asclepius himself... this is beyond my knowledge.\" She walked past Iolaus, laying a hand on his shoulder. \"First we heal your friend... then you.\" She left, leaving Iolaus to wonder what she meant.\nAutolycus' quiet crying brought Iolaus back to himself with a start. \"Autolycus?\"\nIolaus' heart withered at the unfamiliar look of humiliation on the thief's proud features. \"My hands, Iolaus...\" Iolaus couldn't speak around the anguish closing his throat. \"Why? Why did it have to happen?\"\nBecause I let it, Iolaus thought. Because I was scared myself and couldn't think. Because I'm not as good as Hercules. \"I--I don't know.\"\nAutolycus tried to curl tighter in on himself, to make himself as small as possible, but the marks on his back and legs wouldn't let him. Iolaus didn't consciously think about what he was doing... he kicked off his boots and climbed into bed beside Autolycus, holding and comforting the bigger man.\nThe acolyte came back into the room, and Iolaus heard her pause at the door and speak to someone with her. \"He says that his friend is the only one injured... but Hermes said that both were injured.\"\nA softly masculine voice answered, \"There are different kinds of injuries, Mavia. Some you can see, and some you cannot. Leave us now, and return when I call you.\" Iolaus listened to the footfalls crossing the room, and a gentle hand rested on his shoulder. \"Welcome to my Temple, Iolaus. Release your friend, and let me see the damage that my uncle has caused.\" Reluctantly, Iolaus released his hold on Autolycus and moved out of the way. He wanted to wipe the terrified expression from Autolycus' face as the gentle god came nearer him.\nAsclepius drew in a hissing breath when he saw the extent of the damage to Autolycus' back. \"Don't forget his hands...Ares didn't,\" Iolaus said bitterly, noticing the god's gaze was on the lash marks. When Asclepius saw what was left of Autolycus' hands, the gentle healer's face darkened.\n\"Ares did all this? Let me see the rest of the injuries.\" Asclepius prepared to make the coverings hiding Autolycus' body disappear.\n\"No!\" Iolaus nearly shouted, seeing the cringe that the sweeping gesture caused. Then more calmly, \"Let me do it. That's how Ares started...\" Asclepius nodded.\n\"Say no more. I understand.\" Iolaus moved back to Autolycus' side, slowly uncovering him, sliding the coverlet gently over the wounded backside and legs. He winced when he saw the dried blood between Autolycus' legs, not knowing if it was from damage Ares caused with his penetration, or from the blood Ares had used to lubricate himself. His teeth gritted at the thought.\nAutolycus didn't fight him, just moved or rolled as the blond dictated. It was as if Autolycus had no will, no initiative. Iolaus threw the blanket to the side with the robe and boots, and showed Asclepius what Ares had done.\n\"He needs to be bathed. I will call Mavia and others to bring water to bathe him with.\"\n\"No,\" Autolycus whispered weakly. \"Just let me be.\"\nIolaus whispered gently to his friend. \"But he's right... you need to get cleaned up. A bath will make you feel better.\" Liar, Iolaus thought to himself.\n\"I... I don't care, Iolaus. I don't want anyone seeing me, touching me... not like this. I don't want you seeing me like this, but I can't bear to be alone right now either, and you're the only one I trust.\"\nIolaus swallowed hard. \"I'll make you a deal. How about you let me give you that bath, okay? No one else, just me.\"\nAutolycus nodded, and Asclepius left to find Mavia and tell her to ready the bath, along with a strong painkilling potion.\nIolaus turned back to look into Autolycus' eyes. They were still lifeless, pools of dark brown that seemed endless. Autolycus simply lay there, as if waiting for someone to remind him to breathe. He turned his head away from Iolaus' sharp blue gaze, and Iolaus was left staring at his back again. I lied to him, Iolaus thought. I told him that Hercules would come, that things would be all right. But he didn't, and they weren't... no wonder he can't bear to look at me. Iolaus didn't realize that his own eyes were hurting, filling with tears.\nIolaus' hand blindly reached for Autolycus' shoulder, seeking one small place untouched by Ares' whip. He was surprised to feel a light pressure on his hand, and realized that Autolycus had pressed his lips to it briefly before turning his head back again. For some reason, that made Iolaus feel worse, not better.\nOne of the curtains was pulled back, revealing Mavia and the other acolyte who were bringing in the basin of steaming water. Iolaus drew the sheet over Autolycus' body, knowing that the thief would not want the acolytes to see him in his present condition. He stayed out of the way while they worked to prepare the bath.\nOnce it was ready, Mavia brought a vial of liquid over to Iolaus. \"Asclepius said to give this to you, and to have him drink it before the water touches his wounds.\"\n\"What it is?\"\n\"It is a pain draught, a decoction of Cimicifuga racemosa, Piper methysticum, Scutellaria laterifolia and Valerian officinalis. It will help relax him and relieve his pain, especially when the warm water hits those cuts.\"\n\"Thank you,\" Iolaus said, accepting the vial and waiting for the women to leave. When they'd gone, Iolaus urged Autolycus to sit upright, and the thief did so without help, flinching as he put his weight on his abused buttocks. The mere fact that Autolycus sat up on his own gladdened Iolaus slightly. He tipped the vial and the thief drank, swallowing the disgusting potion down in several gulps. \"Come on... let's get you cleaned up.\"\nAutolycus rose on his own, and Iolaus merely steadied him as he moved across the room to the soft cushioned chair. Iolaus was glad that he was finally moving and doing on his own, then he looked more closely at Autolycus and frowned. The thief was moving so...mechanically, so detached from what he was doing. Iolaus shook his head and wrote it off to the pain draught.\nAutolycus sat down on the chair and hissed, the weight stinging the welts. Iolaus winced in sympathy. He carefully used a gentle oil to wet one of the white cloths left by the basin and started to wash the cuts carefully. Iolaus' hand touched the cuts right above his hips, and he realized those were the deepest, most painful wounds Ares had inflicted. He washed those marks as gently as he could, but Autolycus couldn't stand even that gentle touch...he passed out.\nBut before Iolaus could call, Asclepius appeared. \"Excellent.\"\n\"What is going on??\" Iolaus demanded.\n\"Valerian officinalis. It's a mild tranquilizer. Like Hermes, I can heal your friend, but I must be able to lay my hands on him. Awake, neither you nor he would permit that. May I do it now, while he is asleep?\"\nIolaus swallowed. \"Of course.\" He moved aside and allowed Asclepius to lay his hands on Autolycus' chest. A golden glow enveloped both of them, and when Asclepius took his hands away, the thief's physical wounds were gone.\n\"His body is healed...his mind is another story. As is yours, my friend. I will leave you alone... if you need me, simply call for me, and I will come.\"\nAsclepius left the pair alone, and Iolaus took the opportunity to finish bathing Autolycus now that he was healed. Iolaus scrubbed away the crusted blood, gently washed away the tracks of Autolycus' tears.\nAnd he studiously ignored his own growing erection. He finished washing Autolycus, then wrestled his body out of the tub. Iolaus knew he could call for help and chose not to. Autolycus wanted no one touching him but Iolaus, and he would respect that.\nHe hoisted Autolycus' unconscious body onto his shoulders. As he moved towards the bed, Iolaus flashed back to when they had been chained together by Ares, to the point in their journey where Autolycus had eaten the goosenberries. His body had seemed so heavy then; now, it seemed like nothing. He gently tucked Autolycus into bed, pulling the sheet over his body.\nIolaus sighed. His erection was hard and throbbing from being so close to Autolycus. His hand slid downward, and Iolaus pumped himself while remembering the satiny smoothness of Autolycus' skin under his hands as he bathed the thief. The warmth of Autolycus' body against Iolaus' still lingered, and Iolaus imagined that it was Autolycus standing behind him, his arms around Iolaus' shoulders, drawing him into a passionate embrace.\nHis hand quickened its pace as Autolycus' imagined hands slid down Iolaus' chest, and lightly brushed Iolaus' own hands. Then, as Autolycus' warmth faded, Iolaus recalled Autolycus as he'd seen him in dreams--warm and welcoming, arms spread open to receive Iolaus' embrace, mouth open to accept--. His orgasm left him shuddering.\nIolaus cleaned himself, then called one of the acolytes, asking them for food, for himself and Autolycus.\nWhile he waited, Iolaus sat down and began to write to Hercules. He tried to explain what had happened and begged his friend to stay away, for Autolycus' sake. He knew the respect that Autolycus held for Hercules...and for the demigod to see him in this shape was something that Iolaus knew that Autolycus might not recover from. He reassured Hercules that he hadn't been hurt at all and that Autolycus had been physically healed... it was just his mind that needed the healing now. He closed the letter with a promise to return to Hercules' side once Autolycus was healed. He still needs me, Herc, Iolaus thought to himself. I can't abandon him.\nThe acolytes had brought in the trays of food and left silently, seeing the blond deeply concentrating on his scroll. Iolaus looked up from his letter and saw the food waiting. After checking on a still-sleeping Autolycus, Iolaus ate, then called another of the acolytes. \"This needs to get to Hercules, in Corinth, as soon as possible.\"\nThe woman nodded. \"We are taking medications there tomorrow; I will deliver your letter then,\" she said, accepting the scroll Iolaus gave her, then left.\nSuddenly exhausted, Iolaus climbed into bed, still fully clothed, and snuggled into Autolycus' comforting presence. Like this, Iolaus could almost believe that Autolycus didn't hate him. He fell asleep, and straight into nightmares.\nIolaus dreamed. They were back in the dungeon, Autolycus still being raped by Ares. \"Iolaus, open your eyes,\" Ares commanded.\n\"No. I won't watch you rape him.\"\n\"If you don't open your eyes, I'll snap his neck.\"\nIolaus heard Ares chuckle. \"Maybe... or maybe I'll just twist his neck far enough to keep him alive but in crippling pain.\" Iolaus' eyes rested on the god, and to his horror, Ares grasped both sides of Autolycus' head and twisted savagely. Iolaus heard the snap, and Autolycus' head fell limply to the side as Ares continued to rape his body.\nIolaus woke himself with a strangled scream. He bolted up in bed, and it took several seconds for him to realize where he was. He reached out, and encountered Autolycus' shoulder, and sobbed. It seemed so real, he thought. The rustle of a curtain drew his attention to the door, and he saw Mavia looking in. He shook his head silently, and she nodded, letting the curtain fall back into place. He rolled Autolycus onto his back, and Iolaus laid his head on Autolycus' chest, letting the steady beat of the thief's heart lull him back into a light slumber.\nIolaus woke early the next morning. His dreams had woken him up several times during the night, but not screaming like the first nightmare. Autolycus was still sleeping, and Iolaus began to worry that it might mean that something was still wrong with him. He looked around the room, and noticed that the basin had been refilled with clean water, and that a small fire under it had kept the water steaming. The tray from last night had been taken and replaced with fresh fruits, cheeses, and breads. Autolycus' clothing had obviously been cleaned, and folded over a nearby chair, and their boots had been polished.\nIolaus reluctantly left the warm bed and stripped his soiled clothing off. He washed himself quickly, keeping an ear out for Autolycus. When he was clean, he dried off with one of the cloths and slipped his trousers back on. The vest he left on the floor, and his medallion felt cold against his skin. \"Asclepius,\" he said softly, and the god appeared before him. \"Is there anything wrong with Autolycus? Why is he still sleeping?\"\nAsclepius smiled, hearing the concern in the blonde's voice for his friend. \"Fear not, Iolaus. There is nothing wrong with Autolycus. He is merely sleeping a healthy sleep. I knew that he would not sleep otherwise, so I used a fair amount of Valerian in the pain draught. He will sleep for a while yet...it is likely the last untroubled sleep he will have for a while. And you, Iolaus... has your sleep been untroubled?\"\nIolaus considered lying, but decided to be honest. \"No. Last night... first I had a nightmare. Ares killed Autolycus, snapped his neck and raped his body. Then later... another dream where Autolycus was drowning, and I couldn't save him.\" Iolaus was hesitant to talk about these dreams, but the god was so inviting, so easy to talk to. \"I know that I failed him. I should have been able to get him out before anything happened to him. But I didn't, I couldn't.\"\n\"And is that your fault, truly? You're only a mortal, Iolaus. Your opponent was one of the most powerful gods on Olympus. You did what you could, the best way that you could.\"\n\"Yes, but Hercules wouldn't have had that problem. He'd have taken care of Ares immediately, and that would have been that.\"\n\"Do I need to point out that you're not Hercules? You aren't Hercules, Iolaus. You can't expect that you can do everything that he can the way that he would do it.\"\n\"I know... but I failed. Hercules would expect me to look after Autolycus... Auto's not a fighter, he's a thief! A good one, I have to admit. He's best at cutting and running. Yes, he can fight, and he can fight well, but it's not what he does like it's what Herc and I do.\"\n\"So you're blaming yourself for what happened?\" Asclepius asked, his brow knitting into a frown.\n\"There's not anyone else,\" Iolaus replied, wondering why Asclepius was frowning so.\n\"Iolaus, you must believe me when I say that nothing that happened there is your fault. There was nothing that you could have done.\"\n\"Yes, there was. I could have broken loose, gotten him out,\" Iolaus repeated. \"But I didn't. I was afraid. And look what that cost.\"\nAsclepius sighed, something finally falling into place for him. \"I see. Well, Iolaus, you and your friend are welcome to stay here for as long as you need. I must go now, I have other injured people who need my attention as well. But if you need me, I will be here.\" Asclepius vanished, and left Iolaus alone with his thoughts. Iolaus was quiet, staring out the window at the herb gardens below, letting his mind run rampant. That's when he heard Autolycus wake up.\nHe was at the thief's side instantly, ducking the flailing arms carefully, trying to get close. \"Autolycus! Autolycus! It's me, it's Iolaus!\"\nAt the sound of the familiar voice, Autolycus seemed to calm, and he struggled to open his eyes. \"Iolaus?\"\n\"That's right, Iolaus. Come on, don't hit me again,\" Iolaus said, trying to laugh. It didn't work.\n\"No--you almost did, flailing around like that.\"\n\"I'm sorry,\" he said. Then, \"Where are we?\"\n\"We're at Asclepius' Temple, remember?\"\n\"Ah--a little. I remember... Hermes, and something about a bath.\" Iolaus laid a comforting hand on Autolycus' shoulders as he closed his eyes and buried his face in his hands. Then, as something penetrated, he slowly held his hands out to Iolaus in questioning. \"What happened?\"\nIolaus sighed. This was going to be hard. \"Asclepius healed you.\"\nAutolycus cringed in on himself, and Iolaus ached to see it. \"You mean he touched me?\"\n\"He had to, Auto. You were hurt so badly, he had to put his hands on you to heal you.\"\n\"And you let him?\" Iolaus saw the hurt as Autolycus spoke. \"I-- I trusted you. And you let him... how could you?\" Autolycus folded in on himself, sobs racking his body.\nIolaus moved to take Autolycus into his arms, and Autolycus moved away. Yet another thing for him to hate me for, Iolaus thought to himself. He didn't stop, he moved forward a little more and finally Autolycus allowed Iolaus to embrace him.\nAutolycus' tears seemed to scald Iolaus' skin where they fell onto his shoulder and chest. Iolaus didn't realize that he had been talking or rocking Autolycus until Autolycus' tears had started to taper off. \"I'm sorry, Autolycus. I couldn't bear to see you in so much pain. I--I had to do something about it. And when he could heal you, I let him. I promise you, he didn't touch you anywhere but here,\" Iolaus said, laying his hands on Autolycus' chest where Asclepius had touched him. \"Nowhere but there.\"\n\"But... he touched me. I don't want anyone touching me.\"\nIolaus took Autolycus' face between his hands, and tilted it up to look into his eyes. \"I know, Autolycus. I know that you didn't. Which is why I didn't leave you, not for a second. I knew that you didn't want to be seen, to be touched. I knew.\" Iolaus gently touched his lips to Autolycus' and let Autolycus flinch away. \"I know. But I couldn't stand it, seeing you in such pain. You were hurting so badly, almost dying. And it was killing me. When you passed out from the water touching your wounds, that's when Asclepius healed you. Then I finished your bath, and brought you to bed.\"\nAutolycus blinked. \"You finished it? Like you promised, just you?\"\n\"You're welcome.\" Iolaus tightened his arms around Autolycus, then released him. \"Now... you need to eat.\"\n\"You still need to eat something... you've not eaten or drunk for the past three days.\"\n\"We've been here that long?\"\n\"Just for two... but we left to meet Hercules at the tavern before we ate, remember? You've got to be hungry.\"\n\"I'm not. Just... I think that I want to be alone.\"\nIolaus turned in surprise. \"Alone?\"\n\"And what if I do?\"\n\"Then there's nothing that I can do about it.\" Silent resignation met Iolaus' gaze, not the usual sarcastic, witty expression.\nAt least they're not dead eyes, like they were before. \"I don't like the idea of you being alone, Autolycus... but if it's what you want.\"\n\"It's what I want,\" Autolycus said. Iolaus got up, and tossed Autolycus' clothing on the bed. Autolycus ignored them.\n\"No... I--I don't want to wear them.\"\nIolaus mentally kicked himself. Of course he wouldn't, not after what happened. \"How about just putting the pants on?\"\n\"All right,\" Autolycus said, not wanting to argue. He swung his legs out of bed, pulled the pants on, and stood, pulling them up to his waist, and sat back down.\nIolaus watched to make sure Autolycus was going to be steady on his feet, and when he realized he would be, Iolaus left. He walked out of the room, out of the temple, and into the gardens nearby. Alcmene's garden is as beautiful as this one, Iolaus thought to himself. Her gardens always make me feel better... maybe this one will. Iolaus was lost in his thoughts, and didn't notice Autolycus watching him from the window. And he didn't notice when Autolycus left the window, padded across the room and pulled his boots on, then walked out the door, too.\nIolaus was surprised to hear someone crunching down the graveled path behind him. He moved silently to the side to let the other person pass, but turned to see who it was when they stopped right beside him. \"Autolycus!\" Autolycus was silent, taking in the sun beating down on his bare chest. \"What are you doing out here?\"\n\"You were smiling out here... I thought that if I came out here, I might be able to smile,\" Autolycus whispered. \"I can't close my eyes, Iolaus. Every time I do, I see... him.\" Autolycus couldn't even speak his name. \"I close my eyes and it's dark, and I see him coming to get me again. And when someone touches me... it's his hands that I feel...except when it's you. When someone talks, it's his voice that I hear... except when it's you. This afternoon when I woke up, I woke up alone... and I thought that he was going to be there, because you weren't.\"\nThey had started walking again, the sounds of their boots crunching the stones under their feet almost drowning out Autolycus' quiet whisper. Iolaus took Autolycus' hand and held it a moment, and Autolycus didn't pull it away. \"He's not coming back for you, Autolycus. He won't hurt you again.\"\nAutolycus shook his head. \"I wish that I could believe that. But... Iolaus, the things that he did to me,\" he said, his voice breaking even more, becoming even softer. \"He likes to hurt people... it gives him some kind of sick pleasure... and he liked to hurt me. He'll come back.\"\nIolaus wished that there were something he could say to refute that, but he couldn't. \"Yes, what you said about Ares is true... but he won't risk coming after us again.\"\n\"But he said he wasn't through with us yet.\"\nIolaus searched his memory, and remembered Ares saying that he wasn't through with him yet. He damned Ares for saying that. \"Autolycus, he wasn't talking to you, he was talking to me. He was trying to frighten me, telling me that he wasn't through with me. Not you, buddy. Me.\" When Autolycus didn't answer, Iolaus sighed. \"Come on, let's get you back inside.\" Autolycus was silent as he followed Iolaus back into the Temple, then back into their room.\nIolaus' vest was no longer on the floor... it had been cleaned and draped over the back of one of the room's chairs, and Autolycus' shirt was draped over the back of another. There was also a fresh meal. Iolaus sat down at the table, and when Autolycus didn't join him, he carried the food over to him. \"If you won't come to dinner, dinner will come to you.\"\n\"I don't want it, Iolaus.\"\n\"You have to eat something, Autolycus.\"\n\"If you don't eat something, you're going to starve yourself to death.\"\n\"And if that's my intention?\"\nAutolycus had managed to shock Iolaus. \"Say again?\"\n\"What if it's my intention to starve myself? I don't want to eat, Iolaus, and I don't want anything to drink. I just want to lie here, alone, and not deal with anyone.\"\nIolaus heard what Autolycus was saying, and he decided to try and goad him out of his suicidal tendencies. \"Why don't you just fall on your sword? It'd be quicker and a lot less painful. Or surely you could charm one of those beautiful acolytes out there to give you something to take? Wouldn't be nearly as drawn out. Or if you like, I can lend you my knife long enough to slit your wrists. Point is, there are a lot easier ways to kill yourself than starving yourself.\"\n\"Iolaus...\"\n\"Well, isn't that what you're talking about doing? Killing yourself?\" Iolaus was ruthless, making Autolycus face that this soon, and he knew it. Much more of it, and Iolaus knew he'd be sick to his stomach again. \"If I'm wrong, please say something and I'll apologize. If I'm not... either take one of the options I suggested or eat something.\"\nLong moments passed in which Iolaus stared into Autolycus' eyes, watching the battle he was fighting to simply stay alive. Finally, he reached out for an apple slice and began to chew it. Iolaus sighed in relief. This minor crisis was over; but what about the next one?\nThe rest of the evening passed in silence, Autolycus refusing to meet Iolaus' eyes. The thief bathed himself this time, and Iolaus watched to make sure he didn't drown himself in the tub. When he got out, Iolaus rubbed him down with the towel and got him into bed. Autolycus had pulled the blanket from Iolaus' hand and turned with his back against the wall. Iolaus blew out the candle's flame and the room fell into darkness. Iolaus had made himself comfortable on one of the larger pillows on the floor when he heard a soft voice call his name. \"Iolaus?\"\n\"Aren't you going to sleep?\"\n\"In a few moments, I am.\"\n\"Would you... I don't want to sleep alone.\"\nIolaus quietly got up and climbed into bed beside Autolycus, the thief pulling him over and burying his face in Iolaus' mass of golden curls. Iolaus' chest tightened at the intimate contact. He wanted to turn over, press his lips against Autolycus', wrap his arms around him, but he didn't. Instead, he closed his eyes and snuggled closer to Autolycus as he slept.\nIolaus was awakened several hours later in the night by Autolycus thrashing and whimpering, caught in the throes of a nightmare. He reached over, and picked up the candle to light the torch beside the bed. He saw that in the middle of the nightmare, Autolycus had pushed him away, and had curled into a ball, as if trying to protect himself from something. He was rocking and flinching rhythmically, as if being beaten by something. He moved closer to the thief, and heard him whimpering in his sleep.\n\"nostoppleasenomorestopnomorepleasestopstopstop\"\nIolaus grabbed Autolycus' arm, and tried to shake him awake. His eyes opened, but Iolaus could see that he was still trapped in his dream. Iolaus did something that he would never have done under ordinary circumstances... he slapped Autolycus. Hard.\nHe winced at the sound of his hand connecting with Autolycus' face. It sounded far too close to the sound of a cracking whip. But it seemed to work, because he could see Autolycus' eyes begin to clear. \"Autolycus?\"\n\"Iolaus?\" Autolycus reached out a hand, and stopped himself before it encountered the blond's face.\n\"You were dreaming, Autolycus, that's all. Just dreaming.\"\n\"Dreaming?\" he asked, as if still not sure of his surroundings. His hand remained frozen in midair, and Iolaus clasped it, bringing it to his face. Autolycus' touch was feather-light at first, but it grew heavier as Autolycus seemed to be reassuring himself that Iolaus was real. \"I was dreaming?\"\n\"Yes. You were begging someone to stop something.\"\nAutolycus shuddered, and let his hand drop. Iolaus fought the urge to pick it back up and kiss the palm. \"Ares. He...I...we-- I can't do this, Iolaus. I can't stand this any more.\"\n\"Tell me about it, Autolycus, please? If you feel like talking.\"\n\"We--we were back there,\" he started slowly. \"Only this time... we were switched. And when I told him to stop, to leave you alone, he started on me... and then it was like it was before, with me... and you on the wall. I--I tried to protect you, and I couldn't. I couldn't even help myself.\" A strangled sob forced its way out. \"I can't stand this any more, Iolaus. Every time I close my eyes, I know he's going to be there.\"\nIolaus felt horrendously inadequate for this. Autolycus was sitting quietly across from him, waiting for reassurance, for something. \"Yes, he's going to be there, Autolycus. He's going to be in your dreams for a long time because of what happened. I can't stop that... I wish that I could. I wish that there were something that I could do to make it all go away, but there's not. I can only promise you that I will be here for you, as long as you need me, and I will do what I can for you.\"\nAutolycus put his hand back on Iolaus cheek, and Iolaus turned into it. He almost missed the softly whispered, \"I love you, Iolaus.\"\nIolaus turned back to Autolycus, not sure he'd heard him say what Iolaus thought he'd said, but when his expression hadn't changed, he decided he was imagining things. * * * * *\nHalf a year passed like that, more or less. During the day, Iolaus and Autolycus would walk in the gardens around the temple, or in the woods nearby. Slowly Autolycus was learning to be around people again, first only nodding to the people that passed them, then speaking a few words of greeting. He was also learning not to flinch from everyone.\nHis only setback occurred when a wounded warlord came to the Temple for help. He staggered towards the first people he saw, Autolycus and Iolaus. His hand closed on Autolycus' shoulder the same time he collapsed, bringing the thief down with him.\nAutolycus panicked, flashing back to the dungeon and Ares' hands on him. He froze and tried to wiggle out from under the man, and by the time Iolaus rolled the warlord off Autolycus, he'd retreated back into a shell. But with Iolaus' tender care and reassurances, it didn't take Autolycus long to gain back the ground he'd lost.\nAutolycus' nightmares still woke Iolaus up,and Iolaus still shook Autolycus out of them, reassuring him that he was fine, sometimes holding the thief's shaking body against his. As the time passed, Iolaus began to notice that Autolycus was looking at him strangely during their walks in the gardens or the woods.\nAll Iolaus could see is that while Autolycus seemed to be getting back to himself, there was still something clouding his friend's eyes, something that he didn't want to talk about. Iolaus felt worse and worse seeing that cloud, knowing that he was still failing Autolycus somehow, and his guilt brought his nightmares back.\nFinally, it was Asclepius, observing this from his Temple, that decided to put a stop to this. He appeared in front of the two men, startling them into dropping their interlaced hands and look slightly embarrassed.\n\"Hello, Autolycus, Iolaus. Autolycus, I'm pleased to see you looking so well today. Iolaus, you don't look like you've been sleeping well lately,\" Asclepius said.\n\"I've been sleeping fine,\" Iolaus said with a frown. He noticed Asclepius' eyes boring holes into Autolycus, who was doing quite a good job at avoiding the god's eyes. \"Haven't I?\" he asked, but the question was addressed more to Autolycus than to Asclepius.\nAutolycus raised his eyes to meet the god's hard stare head on. Iolaus got the idea that there was some kind of communication going on when Autolycus subtly shook his head at the god. \"Is there something that I should know about?\" Iolaus asked.\nAsclepius looked at the hunter. \"Don't ask me, ask Autolycus,\" he said, and vanished.\nIolaus turned a blue gaze on Autolycus. \"Well? Just what was all that about?\"\nIolaus was surprised. There hadn't been anything that Autolycus had refused to talk to Iolaus about recently, and it scared him that now there was. \"Don't want to talk about it? Don't you think you should, if it involves me?\"\n\"Yes. But you're not the only one involved in it, and I don't think that I'm ready to talk about all of it yet.\"\nIolaus rubbed the bridge of his nose. \"I'm confused.\"\nAutolycus looked down at the smaller man beside him, at the setting sun highlighting the golden curls with fire. \"Do you trust me, my love, when I say that I'm not ready to talk about everything this soon, but I will when the time is right?\"\nIolaus didn't notice the \"my love.\" He only heard that Autolycus was refusing to talk to him about something. \"Yes, I trust you, but you've got to know that keeping it inside of you isn't going to help you.\"\n\"I know, Iolaus.\"\nThey were silent as they made their way back to the room they continued to share. Iolaus had once brought up the idea of him leaving, or at the least getting another room, but Autolycus had panicked so at the thought that Iolaus had let it go. Being so close to Autolycus was driving Iolaus slowly crazy, and he was fighting his attraction for everything that he was worth.\nThere was a tension between them, and it finally boiled over that night at dinner.\nIt was Iolaus who finally broke the silence. \"I gave up trying to figure out what you and Asclepius were talking about out there... but if it involves me, I want to know about it.\"\nAutolycus sighed. \"Don't push me, Iolaus, please.\"\nIolaus shook his head. \"Push you about what?\"\n\"To talk about what happened.\"\n\"What does that have to do with me?\"\nAutolycus sighed, and laid down the fruit he'd been picking at. \"You haven't been sleeping well, Iolaus. You've been having some kind of nightmares yourself.\"\n\"I don't know what you're talking about!\"\n\"I'm trying to explain. I know I've been having them because I can remember them in excruciating detail. I've been waking up screaming from them at times. But not you. Yours are so quiet. But it's always the same thing. You're crying softly in your sleep, and you're muttering softly. Autolycus, please forgive me. Forgive me for failing you. And you never wake up. Not when I pull you close, not when I whisper to you. You just quiet back down and go back to sleep.\"\nIolaus was in shock. He hadn't known that this was happening... and it hit him that this is probably what Autolycus didn't want to talk about... because it reminded him of what Iolaus had allowed to happen. \"I'm sorry... I didn't know.\"\n\"No, it's not all right! Gods how you must hate me, Autolycus!\" Iolaus hadn't meant to let that slip out.\nIt was Autolycus' turn to be shocked. \"Hate you?\"\n\"I'm not surprised,\" Iolaus said. \"If I were in your place, I would hate me, too.\"\n\"Iolaus, what are you talking about? I don't hate you. Why would I?\"\n\"Because of what I let happen!\" Oh, that felt good to get that out! Iolaus thought. Iolaus couldn't stand being around Autolycus any more, being a reminder of the ordeal, and he shoved back from the table, sheathed knife bumping against the table. He ignored Autolycus' pleading voice calling him back, pleading with him to wait, not to go. He ignored Autolycus' faltering footsteps trying to follow him.\nHe shoved out the door, past the people in the hallways who tried to speak to him, out of the Temple and into the deep forest behind the Temple. A sudden rainstorm pelted Iolaus with stinging drops as he ran.\nHe couldn't run fast enough to escape the demons that were chasing him. Guilt nipped at his heels. Finally, when he felt like his lungs were about to burst, he stopped, and dropped down underneath a tree.\n\"No wonder he hates me!\" Iolaus said aloud. \"I let it happen!\" His head fell forward onto his knees as thunder shook the base of the tree he was sitting at.\nIolaus' mind kept screaming in a vicious circle... he'd failed Autolycus, his guilt brought on nightmares, his nightmares made Autolycus feel badly again, and his guilt would come back. He searched for a way out of that circle, and came to one conclusion. \"I have to get out,\" Iolaus said to himself. \"It's the only way. I have get out of it, so Autolycus isn't reminded every time he looks at me.\"\nIolaus picked his drenched body up off the soaked ground, and made his way deeper into the forest, slaughtering a couple of quail he found and butchering them for later.\nDeep in the woods, Iolaus found a cave. \"Perfect.\" Iolaus huddled against the damp stone, and realized he was exhausted. His head dropped onto his chest, and he fell asleep. And he dreamed.\n\"Iolaus!\" Autolycus was standing beside him, looking down at tousled blond curls. \"Iolaus, please, look up at me.\"\nIolaus raised his head and saw Autolycus. \"Auto!\"\n\"Iolaus. Why are you here?\"\n\"I'm here because you hate me.\"\n\"I don't hate you, Iolaus. I couldn't. I need you to be with me. I need you to help chase the nightmares away.\"\n\"With my own?\"\n\"No, with your presence. With your golden hair and blue eyes that radiate sympathy and love and caring so bright it blinds me sometimes. With your light...it chases away the darkness.\"\n\"How could you not hate me? I hate myself.\"\n\"Iolaus...\" Autolycus opened his arms and Iolaus went willingly to them. \"Iolaus, I don't hate you. You did everything that you could. I don't blame you, please stop blaming yourself.\"\n\"How can I not blame myself? There's no one else to.\"\n\"Then don't blame anyone at all...or blame Ares for doing it. You're not responsible for anything that happened to me.\"\n\"I am, because I couldn't stop it.\"\n\"Neither could I,\" Autolycus reminded him, still stroking Iolaus' blond curls.\n\"But I'm the hero. I'm Iolaus, Hercules' sidekick. I should have been able to do something.\"\n\"You did do something,\" Autolycus reminded Iolaus gently. \"You saved my life. Ares admitted that he was going to kill us both...and you saved me. Saved us both, in fact. You had the presence of mind to call my patron god, something that I wouldn't have thought of, not in my state. You've saved my life several times, Iolaus...you took me out of that dungeon, you wouldn't let me kill myself, and you've given me my life back by helping me to find the strength to work through what Ares did to me. If not for you...I wouldn't be here.\"\n\"That's right... you wouldn't be. You'd be off happily spending the money you were stealing when Hercules and I caught you for taking Artemis' bow.\"\n\"Iolaus...do you really think so little of me?\" Autolycus chided. \"Do you think that I would honestly have let Ares and Discord do that to Hercules and not try to stop it?\"\n\"Iolaus...please come back. I still need you...there's so much more I have to do, and I can't do it alone.\" Autolycus started to fade out.\n\"Autolycus!\" Iolaus' head jerked upright and his eyes snapped open, taking in his surroundings. \"A dream...it was a dream,\" Iolaus whispered. He looked out at the cave opening... the sun was shining, and the moist air was oppressive as he tried to breathe. He'd slept through the night.\nHe stayed in his cave for a month, venturing out only to hunt or find water.\nThe second night he was gone, his nightmares returned. They were back in the dungeon, and Ares was beating Autolycus again. Iolaus was still chained helplessly to the wall and Ares' broad bared chest was splattered in bright red blood. Heedless of Iolaus' screams, the lash continued to fall, drawing more blood from the thief's torn flesh and more screams from the tormented throat.\n\"You're killing him!\" Iolaus shouted.\n\"I know,\" Ares replied, a ghost of a grin slipping across his lips. The lash fell over and over again, until suddenly Iolaus noted that Autolycus was no longer screaming. He closed his eyes and prayed that it was unconsciousness...only blessed unconsciousness, but when Ares dropped the whip on the stone floor and laughed, Iolaus knew it was death. A bright flash penetrated his eyelids, and his arms fell to his sides, suddenly freed.\nHe opened his eyes and Ares was nowhere to be seen. Iolaus fell to his knees beside Autolycus, stroking the lifeless face. \"I'm sorry,\" he said, fighting the tears welling up. \"Forgive me, Autolycus. Forgive me for failing you.\" Iolaus wrapped his arms as best he could around the mutilated body. \"Please forgive me.\"\nIolaus woke to a muffled sobbing, after a moment realizing that it was his own. This time, he recalled every moment of the nightmare. \"Autolycus...\" he whispered. \"No wonder...no wonder you didn't want to speak to me about it. How this must have hurt you...\" Iolaus fell back into a fitful sleep.\nEvery night was the same for Iolaus...a nightmare, waking up alone, falling back into a restless slumber. He wished for Autolycus' soothing heartbeat, Autolycus' familiar warmth beside him...but he'd given all that up when he'd left.\nThe second week, he began to wonder about Autolycus, to worry about how the thief was coping without him. The half of him that wanted to go back to him warred constantly with the half that refused to continue hurting someone who had already been hurt so much.\nThe third week, he began to worry about himself, because his own dreams were getting more intense and more frightening. He wanted Autolycus' calming presence with a longing that was almost physical in the pain it caused. He hadn't realized before how much he had come to depend on Autolycus being near him, and that was painful. It was also yet another thing for Iolaus to feel guilty about, because he'd been depending on Autolycus instead of being there for him. His funk was nearing a serious depression.\nThe fourth week was the last week he'd spend in the cave. The depression had set in, and Iolaus was to the point of slitting his own wrists. The only thing that held him back was that his knife had lost a lot of its sharpness, and he wanted it quick and painless. Although, he reflected, drawn out and painful would be more appropriate...like what Autolycus had gone through. He'd looked and looked, and finally found a decent whetstone, and started to sharpen the blade. Not looking forward to the night's dreams, he was reluctant to put his task aside, but sleep claimed him anyway.\nIolaus was lying on the floor of a darkened cell, with light streaming in only one window. He tried to move, but his arms seemed bound by invisible bonds. His head thrashed, but was stopped by a hard warmth at the back of it. His legs were weighted by the same hard warmth that imprisoned the rest of his body. He tried to roll, but the bonds held him in place.\nAs his eyes slowly opened, he realized that the bonds weren't part of the dream...nor was the light coming in the cave opening. A hard body was behind his, arms held him tightly and a leather-clad leg was thrown over his in familiarity. His breath caught in his throat as the much-missed scent of Autolycus washed over him.\n\"Hello,\" Autolycus whispered, sensing Iolaus was awake. Iolaus could have cried with relief that he was here.\n\"H--hello,\" Iolaus whispered back. He tried to disentangle himself from Autolycus, then shrugged. Why am I bothering? Iolaus thought to himself. It's what I've been wanting. He simply snuggled closer to Autolycus.\n\"Iolaus...I thought you might be dead. You never came back. I waited for you to come back, but you never did.\"\nIolaus' gut tightened. \"I--I know. I'm sorry, Autolycus.\"\n\"Don't be.\" Iolaus felt Autolycus' arms tighten around him. \"It took my mind off how I was feeling and made me start thinking about how *you* were feeling.\"\n\"Me? You shouldn't have been worrying about me! I'm fine...it's you that I'm worried about!\"\n\"Iolaus...I had to worry about you. You left without a word to anyone, and you're gone for a month...what was I supposed to think? I thought you might have been killed, that you might have been hurt badly...I thought all kinds of horrible things. Then I had to wonder what would drive you out away from me like this. Then I remembered what you said about hating you, what you let happen. I realized that something was eating away at you, something that you didn't want to burden me with.\"\n\"I was...I didn't want you feeling responsible for my dreams,\" Iolaus confessed.\n\"We'll talk about it later. Iolaus...please come back.\"\n\"Yes, I do. I need to know that you're by my side, to help me through whatever the next obstacle is. I need you there to talk to when the memories threaten to overwhelm me.\"\nIolaus did roll this time to look at Autolycus. \"But I'm the reason those memories are overwhelming you, Autolycus. Me being there is nothing but a constant reminder of the things that happened to you. I...I can't do that to you. I can't go back.\"\n\"Then at least talk to me. Tell me what's been bothering you. I think I know, but I'd like for you to tell me.\"\n\"Autolycus, I can't. Look at you...look at how far you've come! I can't do something that I know is going to drive you back and make you lose everything you've gained!\"\n\"Iolaus, you not being there with me is what's doing that! I thought that you were the one person that I could depend on, that understood that I needed them to be there! I guess that I was wrong, wasn't I?\" Autolycus pulled away from Iolaus and got up. \"About a lot of things.\"\nIolaus watched Autolycus leave with a fist-sized lump in his throat that wouldn't go away. To have him here and then to have him leave again... Iolaus wanted to run after Autolycus, to go back to Asclepius' Temple and just be with Autolycus, but he wouldn't let himself. He stubbornly refused to dwell on the fact that he might be hurting Autolycus more by not returning.\nAfter being with Autolycus in the cave, Iolaus couldn't bear to stay there any longer. He left immediately after Autolycus did, stopping only long enough to kick out the embers of the fire.\nAnother two months passed before Iolaus heard anything about Autolycus. What he heard made his stomach crawl. He'd walked into a tavern on the edge of the village near Asclepius' Temple, and sat down to order a drink. He heard several of the acolytes talking, and against his will, he began to listen to them talk.\n\"You know, he hasn't been out since he came back.\"\n\"Has he said where he went when he left?\"\n\"No, he hasn't spoken to anyone except Asclepius since he returned. He's closed himself off in his room.\"\n\"Poor man. I wonder if his blond friend will ever come back to him. That's why he's pining away, you know. The man--Iolaus, I think his name was--left one night, and hasn't been heard from since. Autolycus had thought he'd dropped off the face of the earth.\"\n\"Apparently he did.\"\n\"No, Autolycus found him. And he refused to come back.\"\n\"So that's why he's been so down lately. It's almost like he was when he came, not talking to anyone.\"\n\"I know. I feel so bad for him, but there's not really anything that we can do.\"\nIolaus leaned back in his chair, unaware that he was gripping the tankard with a crushing grip. Autolycus... he thought. What have I done to you?\nIolaus pushed back from the table, and left the tavern. He headed straight for Asclepius' Temple, and tried to enter. Asclepius barred his way. Iolaus hadn't seen Asclepius so angry before. \"What do you think you are doing, Iolaus?\"\n\"I'm coming to see Autolycus.\"\n\"He's asked to see no one... including you. He's even asked that if you came, you be turned away. As long as that is his wish, you will not be allowed in.\" Asclepius turned away from Iolaus.\n\"How is he, really?\"\n\"How do you think he is, Iolaus? At the time he needed you the most, you leave him. You don't tell anyone where you are, and you let him worry until he's ill. Then when he comes to look for you, against the advice of myself and every other healer here, you refuse to return with him.\"\n\"He was ill?\"\n\"He was. He would not eat, he would not sleep. His only thoughts were of you, of how you might have been injured or killed. And he would not listen to my reassurances of your safety. He became ill from that, and when he recovered enough strength to move about, he decided that he would come after you.\"\n\"How is he, Asclepius?\" Iolaus repeated, more firmly and a little more urgently.\n\"He is not well. As I said, he will see no one except myself and Mavia. He eats very little, sleeps less. For weeks, no one could walk before his door without him sprinting to see if you'd returned. Now, he's asked that you be turned away. He rarely stirs from his room, and has asked that a shutter be placed over the window so he doesn't have to see the gardens below.\"\n\"Does he...is he sleeping well?\"\n\"No. The nightmares haven't stopped, nor have they lessened in severity. If anything, I would say they've grown worse. And he refuses medication to help him sleep, and I am unwilling to drug what little food he eats in fear he will stop eating entirely again.\"\nIolaus felt as if someone had dropkicked him in the gut. If Asclepius is trying to make me feel bad...it worked, Iolaus thought. \"How can I help him?\"\n\"Do you really care?\" asked Asclepius. \"I wouldn't have thought so.\"\n\"Of course I care,\" whispered Iolaus. \"It's why I left.\"\n\"I see. You're saying that you left Autolycus alone, and made him utterly miserable because you care about him? Strange way of showing it.\"\n\"Asclepius, if you've got something to say to me, say it. Otherwise, let me in.\"\n\"All right, Iolaus. I DO have something to say to you, but I seriously doubt that you're going to like it. When you and Autolycus came here, Hermes said that both of you were hurt. I didn't believe it at first, not until I got a chance to look at you. You were hurt, too, Iolaus. You were hurt by being forced to watch helplessly, and that scarred you, Iolaus. But you didn't acknowledge that, didn't try to work through it. Then, when it was brought to your attention, you run off instead of trying to work through it with the one person who knows what you went through and could offer you the love and the support that you need. You're being a coward, Iolaus. You're running, and you're hiding, and you're not thinking about anyone else.\"\nIolaus blinked at the tirade delivered in the god's soft voice. Angry retorts flew to mind, but Iolaus tamped them down. \"You're right.\" Iolaus half-smiled at the god's wondrous look. \"You're right,\" Iolaus repeated. \"I didn't want to face it. But I have... in the time that I've been alone, I tried to face it myself. And I can't do it. I can't do it alone, and I know that now.\"\n\"Did it occur that now is too late?\"\n\"Yes. It had.\" Iolaus dropped his head. \"I've thought of that. But after hearing what your helpers said about Autolycus... I couldn't live with what I'd done.\"\n\"So again, it's come down to you, to what you can't live with.\"\n\"Are you going to let me see him?\"\n\"Wait here.\" Asclepius vanished in a shower of gold sparks, leaving Iolaus alone. He was gone for many long moments, and Iolaus was preparing to leave when Asclepius reappeared to him. \"You remember the way?\"\n\"Yes.\" Iolaus walked past the god. He wound his way through the halls, feet slowing as he approached the hall where their room--no, his room, now--lay. His boots were almost soundless, Iolaus was treading so lightly.\nHis hand rested on the door for a long moment before opening it, and a soft voice filtered through to him. \"Come on in, Iolaus. I know you're standing out there.\"\nIolaus pushed the door open, and gasped. Autolycus had lost weight in the month since they'd last seen each other. His goatee was shaggy and his mustache was unkempt. His cheekbones were hollow and covered with a light stubble. His green and purple tunic hung lightly on the smaller frame and the leather pants didn't fit quite so tightly anymore. \"Hello, Iolaus.\"\n\"Autolycus.\" Iolaus couldn't think of what else to say. \"How are you doing?\" Stupid question, Iolaus, he thought.\n\"It's been rough, but I think I'm doing all right. How about you?\"\n\"I've been better.\" This is ridiculous, Iolaus thought. We're talking like we haven't seen each other in months. Then again, we haven't...\nAutolycus smiled. \"Awkward, isn't it?\"\n\"Please, sit down, Iolaus. Make yourself comfortable.\"\nIolaus sat down gingerly on the edge of the bed. \"Thanks. They said...they said you've been having trouble.\"\nAutolycus nodded. \"So have you, from the looks of you.\"\n\"That's not important right now. Autolycus...why did you ask them to keep me away?\" Oh, that's good, Iolaus thought. Corner him right away. Smooth.\n\"For the same reason you didn't come back, I'd imagine. You didn't want to see me, and I didn't want to see you.\"\n\"Autolycus...\"\n\"Don't say it, Iolaus. Don't say it.\"\n\"Don't say what?\"\n\"Whatever it is you've concocted as a salve to your conscience and mine. I don't want to hear it. I don't want you to lie to me. You made yourself clear before.\" Iolaus could hear hurt layered in Autolycus' voice.\n\"No, I didn't...Autolycus, I didn't make myself very clear or we wouldn't be having this conversation. I didn't want to hurt you, and in trying not to do that, I'm afraid that I hurt you even more.\"\n\"No, you did make yourself clear, Iolaus...whether you knew it or not. You made it clear that you wanted nothing more to do with me. And it took me a while, but I decided that I wanted nothing to do with you. Iolaus...I still don't want to see you. I don't want to need you again, and then have you leave me.\"\nIolaus grimaced. Autolycus was right. \"I'm sorry, Autolycus. I was...I know that I hurt you, terribly. But I didn't think that I would.\"\n\"Didn't think that you would hurt me? What color are the skies in the world you're living in?\"\n\"Autolycus...you've got a right to be bitter. Gods know you do. But can you let me back in? Can you?\"\n\"Why? So you can hurt me again? So you can abandon me to the darkness?\"\n\"No. So I can help you drive it away. So I can try to make up to you for what I've done.\" Iolaus moved closer to Autolycus, and laid his hand on the thin shoulder. He cringed when there was a slight flinch. \"Please.\"\nAutolycus moved from under Iolaus' hand. \"All right. Do what you want.\" Autolycus brushed past Iolaus, and left the room, door closing heavily behind him.\n\"Not what you expected, Iolaus?\" asked Asclepius.\n\"You honestly thought that he'd be happy to see you?\"\n\"I don't know what I thought.\"\n\"You're doing the right thing, Iolaus, whether it feels like it or not.\" Asclepius clapped the blond's shoulder. \"He really is glad you're here, whether he'll show you or not.\"\n\"You don't believe me? Look.\" Asclepius indicated the mirror hanging on the far wall. The mirror wavered, then cleared. Autolycus was moving through the Temple with more life than he'd shown since Iolaus had last seen him. He stopped in the middle of a hallway, and turned, heading out to the gardens. \"It's the first time he's been outside.\"\n\"He's just running from me.\"\n\"Maybe. But look where he's going, Iolaus. He's going to the gardens right outside the window. Where you used to go together.\"\nAsclepius gestured and the shutter closing the window disappeared, and Iolaus looked out the window. Autolycus was looking up at the window, and acknowledged Iolaus and the god looking down at him.\n\"I would.\" Asclepius vanished, and Iolaus made his way down to the gardens. Autolycus met him.\nAutolycus turned silently and began to walk, Iolaus falling into step beside him. Iolaus thought that it almost seemed like the way it was before, the two of them walking together in the bright sunshine. \"I'm glad that you're here, Iolaus.\"\nIolaus forgot to breathe for a brief moment. \"So am I, Autolycus.\"\n\"Will you let me help you, Iolaus? The way that you helped me?\" Autolycus stopped, and Iolaus saw the look on his face. \"Please? It...hurts me to know that you're hurting because of me.\"\nIolaus looked into dark, sparkling eyes. \"Only if you'll let me help you...we'll help each other.\" And when Iolaus reached for Autolycus' hand, Autolycus didn't pull it away. Iolaus' heart soared...there was hope!\nThe rest of the night was spent in a quiet treaty...neither said anything that might upset the other. At dinner, Iolaus watched as Autolycus ate, and cheered silently when he laughed at a comment one of the acolytes made about his suddenly-returned appetite.\nIolaus watched Autolycus as he shaved, bathed, and prepared for bed. Asclepius appeared beside him, invisible to all but Iolaus. \"I'm surprised, Iolaus. You've changed him in a day.\"\n\"I don't think that it's just me...I think it's something inside him that won't let him be anything other than...\" Iolaus trailed off, not sure what he intended to say.\nThe god nodded once in understanding. \"I know,\" he replied, and vanished.\nIolaus watched Autolycus go through the motions of preparing for the night. A candle was left burning by the bed, and the window was again blocked. Iolaus said nothing about these preparations, only availed himself of the tub and hot water as Autolycus moved about the room, doing his routine check.\nAutolycus was in bed by the time Iolaus got out of the tub and dried himself off. Iolaus wanted to get into the bed beside Autolycus, to snuggle back against the thief's warm body and be held by familiar arms...instead he made himself comfortable with the large lounging pillows on the floor. He was getting ready to reach up and extinguish the candle when Autolycus' voice stopped him. \"Leave it.\"\nThis is a new development, Iolaus thought, but did as Autolycus asked and left the candle burning. Both fell into a deep sleep, reassured by the other's presence.\nIolaus was woken by a piercing scream. In a heartbeat, he was at Autolycus' side, holding and rocking Autolycus as the nightmare gripped him. The door was flung open, and Mavia entered. Iolaus looked at her. \"Nightmare,\" he said.\n\"Can you...\"\n\"For now,\" Iolaus said, and the woman left. Iolaus looked down at Autolycus, now weeping quietly in his arms. \"Autolycus? Come on, wake up.\" Iolaus took one hand and gently wiped the tears away. He gently patted the thief's cheek, trying to bring him out of the nightmare's grasp.\nIolaus held tightly as Autolycus' body jerked, and his eyes opened. \"Iolaus?\"\n\"You were dreaming. Screaming, then crying.\"\n\"I'm sorry that I woke you,\" Autolycus said, trying to turn away and face the wall.\n\"I'm not,\" Iolaus said. \"We agreed to help each other, didn't we? So let me help.\" Autolycus sighed, but didn't try to move away from Iolaus again. \"Do you remember what it was about?\"\n\"No...only that you were there.\"\n\"Don't worry...just go back to sleep, and we'll talk in the morning.\" Iolaus rocked Autolycus until Autolycus was asleep.\nWhen Iolaus tried to slip out from under Autolycus to return to his pillows, Autolycus' voice stopped him. \"You're not leaving again, are you?\" His voice was quiet and small, almost childlike.\n\"No,\" Iolaus said. \"I'm not leaving. I'm just moving to my bed.\"\n\"Stay with me,\" Autolycus asked quietly.\n\"All right...if you're sure.\" Iolaus slid back in bed beside Autolycus, and the thief moved in close, pressing his body close to Iolaus'. His arm draped over Iolaus' waist, and Iolaus listened as his breathing slowed to sleep. Iolaus remained awake the rest of the night, watching over Autolycus.\nThe next morning, a tickling sensation on the back of his neck made him realize he'd fallen asleep at some point. Iolaus' second thought was to find the source of the tickling...and the third thought registered the gentle exhalations of Autolycus' breathing. Autolycus' breath was tickling the back of his neck, and the thief was curled completely around Iolaus, down to their hands being interlaced. Iolaus rolled out of Autolycus' embrace carefully, trying not to wake him. He didn't succeed.\n\"Good morning,\" Iolaus said cheerfully, as Autolycus shaded his eyes from the sun.\n\"Mmmph.\"\nIolaus grinned to himself, mysteriously happy and inappropriately playful this morning. Autolycus had never been a morning person. \"Come on, Auto! Rise and shine!\"\n\"Mmmmmph!\" The groan was louder, and Iolaus ducked the flying pillow. \"Five more minutes.\"\n\"Only until I get out of the bath,\" Iolaus compromised. When he did get out, Autolycus was soundly asleep again. \"Wake up, Autolycus!\" Iolaus commanded.\nHe raised his head. \"I hate mornings.\"\n\"Feed me, then we're taking a walk outside and we're talking.\"\n\"Feed yourself. The food's on the table, I'm sure.\"\nIolaus finally badgered Autolycus into waking, and then into breakfast. Finally, Iolaus dragged Autolycus outside into the morning sun, and down the path to the grapevines. \"Sit,\" Autolycus said, and Iolaus sat down on the sun-warmed turf beside him.\n\"Autolycus...I want to talk to you. I want to tell you why I left.\" Iolaus took a deep breath. \"I knew that you were having nightmares...and that both Ares and I were in them. In some of them, you told me that I was the one Ares was hurting and that you couldn't stop it. I...I should have known then that there was something not right...but I didn't think. Then much later, when you told me that I was having dreams, crying in my sleep, I didn't want to face that. I didn't want to think that I was the one hurting you and causing you to have more nightmares. I thought that if I left, and you weren't subjected to me and my dreams, then your dreams might stop, and you could get on with your life. I thought that since you knew how I felt, that I believed you blamed me...well, I was wrong. And then...you came after me. You tried to tell me that you didn't blame me, but I wouldn't listen. I was hurt, too...in a different way, but I wasn't dealing with it the way you were. I was burying my problem in yours. Then after you came, and I wouldn't go with you and you left again, the dreams...they came back, and they got worse. I left the cave because we'd been there together and I couldn't stand being there alone again. So I left...and I left you alone for three months while I felt sorry for myself. And in those three months, I think that I destroyed so much of the parts of yourself that you'd regained that I won't ever be able to forgive myself for that. It's been almost a year...and look. You're still having nightmares. You still flinch from strangers. Most of all...you're still afraid. And that's my fault.\"\n\"Iolaus...listen to me. You opened up...now, let me do the same. Some of what I'm going to say, you may not like...but it's how I feel. Yes...there is a part of me that hates you for leaving me when you did...but that part is overwhelmed by the rest of me that understands that you were hurting, too. None of me likes it...but I'm trying to understand it. I wanted so much to be able to hate you, to blame you for everything, right from the start. But I couldn't then and I can't now. You did everything that you could, and we both know that. In a way, I guess it was good that you did leave...because while you were gone, I realized that I had been depending on you for so much. That's why I went after you, you know. Because I didn't feel whole without you. And when you didn't come...it made me have to become a whole person again. A wounded, scarred, and fragile whole person, but a whole person nonetheless. I got used to waking up alone, I got used to you not being there to chase away the dreams. But I couldn't get used to not having you with me. And that started in Ares' dungeon. Because if you hadn't been there, hadn't been a source of strength for me to look to...I don't think that I would have made it through with my sanity.\"\nIolaus couldn't believe what he was hearing. \"Autolycus...\"\n\"I don't want to talk about it anymore, Iolaus...not today, not right now. This is hard for me...I haven't spoken to anyone about it since you left, and I have all these things that I need to say, need to get out, but I can't, not at one time, because everything is so painfully connected to what happened!\"\nIolaus put his hand on the other man's knee. \"Then you don't have to, Autolycus. We've got nothing but time. Tell me what you want, when you want. I promise, I will be here to listen. Did I tell you that I got a letter from Hercules a few weeks back?\" Iolaus asked, changing the subject. \"Yes, he sent it to the tavern where I'd been seen...\" Iolaus continued to tell Autolycus the insignificant details of Hercules' letter. Iolaus watched Autolycus out of the corner of his eye, and the thief's face eventually smoothed itself out of the furrows.\nWhen Autolycus' face smoothed itself out, Iolaus got back up to his feet, pulling the thief up with him. \"Come on...we're wasting a lot of daylight. How do you feel about fishing?\"\n\"Fishing?\"\n\"Fishing. You know, sitting on the bank of a stream, line in the river, worm on a hook, fish just waiting to be caught...\" Iolaus was working hard to bring a smile...and it worked. \"So?\"\n\"Iolaus...fishing?\"\n\"Come on! You'll like it!\" Autolycus didn't resist when Iolaus grabbed his hand and pulled him into the woods off the garden, down to a burbling stream. \"Sit.\" Iolaus pushed Autolycus down while he rummaged around under some rocks. \"Ah. Here, hold these a moment.\" Iolaus dropped some writhing worms into Autolycus' hands.\nAutolycus shuddered at the slimy feel of the worms. He threw them aside, and scrubbed his hands on the side of his pants. Iolaus caught his arms. \"Autolycus?\"\n\"The worms...the slimy coldness...like the water in the dungeon. Cold...slimy...dank.\" Autolycus' hands were unconsciously scrubbing all over his body now.\nIolaus once again caught the scrubbing hands. \"Autolycus... you're not there anymore. You're here with me, remember?\" Iolaus brushed hair out of Autolycus' eyes, and they blinked at him. \"Remember? Iolaus...fishing?\"\n\"Right...fishing,\" Autolycus said. \"For a second...the feelings...\"\n\"Don't worry about it,\" Iolaus said. \"What do you say we skip fishing for right now? I forgot the hooks and line anyway.\"\n\"That sounds like a good idea,\" Autolycus said. \"I think that I want to go back now.\" Iolaus and Autolycus made their way back to the Temple. Iolaus watched as Autolycus stopped one of the menservants. \"Could you bring me a hot bath, please? The hotter the better.\"\n\"Autolycus? Are you all right?\" Iolaus stopped Autolycus as he hurried on ahead.\n\"Iolaus...I can still feel that cold water on my skin...have to get it off...have to!\" Autolycus' voice was low, intense. Iolaus led Autolycus to the room, where the steaming tub had been filled as he'd requested. \"Help me!\" Autolycus was tearing at his clothes, trying to get them off to get in the tub.\n\"All right!\" Iolaus quickly pulled Autolycus' shirt off, and undid the belt. With Autolycus' recent weight loss, the pants slid off over the boots, and Autolycus kicked the boots off before soaking himself in the scalding water of the tub.\nIolaus watched as Autolycus scrubbed his skin raw with the washing cloth. Then, to Iolaus' surprise, Autolycus buried his head in his hands. \"I thought I was over all that,\" Autolycus said, his voice muffled.\n\"The sensory things. I haven't had one in so long...a couple of months. And it was...worms, of all things, that set it off.\"\nIolaus felt guilty. This is something I've missed, he thought, because I ran out. \"What are you talking about?\"\n\"Common, everyday things would suddenly remind me of something else, something tied in with what Ares did.\" Autolycus sighed, heavily. \"Like the worms...the cold, slimy feel of them made me recall the feeling of the water dripping off the ceilings. And then...it wouldn't go away. I couldn't get the feeling off my skin. I had to scrub it off.\"\n\"This has happened to you before?\"\n\"Yes. You were...gone, and that's when it started.\"\n\"Because I was gone?\" Iolaus was all prepared to feel bad again, to ask Autolycus to forgive him. Autolycus' reply knocked those words back down his throat.\n\"No. Because I had been repressing things...not wanting to remember. This was the way the memories came back. Asclepius and Mavia called them fugues, I think.\"\n\"Then it's normal for this kind of thing to happen?\" Iolaus was worried, and relieved at the same time.\nIolaus shook his head to clear it. \"Come on, that water's GOT to be getting cold.\" Iolaus handed Autolycus a towel, and Iolaus turned to pick up the thief's clothes as he wiped the water off his skin. \"Now...are you going to be all right?\" Iolaus asked while the thief dressed again.\n\"I think so...I'm not going anywhere for a while.\"\n\"How about lunch?\"\n\"I'm not that hungry right now...but I'll eat fruit if that will make you happy!\" Autolycus added, when Iolaus shot him a narrowed glance.\n\"Good! I'll be back in a while with lunch.\" Iolaus shut the door behind himself, and made a beeline towards Asclepius'' main room. \"Mavia!\" Iolaus called, seeing his quarry.\n\"Yes? Is there something wrong?\"\n\"No...I just need to talk with you.\" Iolaus practically dragged the woman over to the side. \"What are fugues, and why is Autolycus having them?\"\n\"It's not a fugue, exactly...why, Iolaus? What happened?\"\n\"We were outside, getting ready to go fishing. I handed him some worms, and he...freaked out. He said that you and Asclepius had called them fugues, when something ordinary reminded him of something that happened with Ares.\"\n\"Well...yes, we did, but we thought that he was over them.\"\n\"So did he, until he had one this morning.\" Iolaus' face clouded with worry. \"Is that bad?\"\n\"Not necessarily...it's more than likely just the last few things surfacing. I will ask Asclepius to check in on him later, and I'll warn you now, he will likely have nightmares tonight, especially about whatever memories the flashbacks brought back.\"\n\"Last few things?\" Iolaus asked, lost.\n\"Yes, the last few things. Autolycus has remembered a lot, dealt with a lot of things while you weren't here, Iolaus,\" Mavia reminded gently. \"It's been nine...almost ten months, now, and in that time, he's made progress. A good bit of progress, although there's still one thing that will take longer.\"\n\"What's that?\" Iolaus asked, thinking he might already know the answer.\n\"His feelings for you,\" she said, before turning away.\nThat wasn't what he was expecting, and the surprise of that statement allowed Mavia to make a retreat before Iolaus could call her back. His feelings for me? Iolaus thought. What in Tartarus did she mean by that? Iolaus returned to their room, stopping by the kitchen, as promised, to pick up lunch.\nIolaus brooded over what Mavia had said to him. He brooded all through lunch, and was surprised when a fig hit him in the middle of his chest. He looked up to see Autolycus innocently munching on an apple. He looked back down, and another fig came flying across the table. This time, Iolaus caught Autolycus dropping the spoon and attempting to look innocent. \"What did you do that for?\"\n\"You've been brooding over something, and I've called your name three times and you didn't hear me. So I thought something else was in order to get your attention.\"\n\"Well...you've got it,\" Iolaus said, his brilliant blue eyes staring into Autolycus' dark ones. \"What do you want?\"\n\"Well, the first thing was to ask you what's bothering you. The second was to tell you that I'd like to try fishing again...you know, do something normal.\"\nWhat's bothering me? Iolaus thought. You really don't want me to go there. \"Oh, really? all right!\" Iolaus let his hands fall to his sides instead of wave around nervously. \"I'll just need to hunt up the hooks...and make sure that we have fishing wire...\" Iolaus continued to babble about fishing supplies until Autolycus laughed.\nOh...that sounds nice, Iolaus thought. I really missed that. \"What's so funny?\"\n\"You are. You're trying so hard to avoid talking about this that it's actually amusing!\"\n\"Whatever is bothering you.\"\nIolaus sighed. \"It's nothing, really...just something that Mavia said to me earlier.\"\n\"Mavia? You're not sick, are you?\" Autolycus asked, all concern.\n\"No no! Nothing like that...I just stopped to ask her if you were all right, and to let her know that you had another one of those... whatever you call 'ems.\"\n\"Ah. Let me guess...she told you everything was all right except for one thing.\"\nIolaus stared at Autolycus in shock. \"Either I'm more transparent than I thought, or you can read my mind. Yeah, that's exactly what she said!\"\n\"That's the same thing she told me while you were in the kitchen getting lunch.\"\n\"You mean...she was here?\"\n\"Yes, she was here.\"\nIolaus stared at Autolycus, trying to gently feel his way around. \"So...what did she say?\"\n\"Just that you had stopped her, you were concerned about me, and that what happened was normal, and that it will still happen infrequently...nothing that I need to worry about. And that other than one thing, I was fine.\"\n\"Did she tell you what that one thing was?\"\n\"Did she tell you?\"\n\"Then yes, she told me, too.\"\n\"Only if you do.\" Iolaus wanted to giggle madly at the dance they seemed to be doing around each other.\n\"Honestly...I'm not sure that I do,\" Autolycus said, suddenly serious.\nIolaus looked at him. \"Just so we know we're on the same wavelength...what did she tell you?\"\n\"That I still had some feelings that I needed to work through.\"\n\"That's what she told me, too.\" Well....kinda.\n\"So...are you ready for this?\" Autolycus asked. \"I don't know where this is going to go.\"\nIolaus smiled. \"I'm ready.\" Iolaus pushed back from the table, and went to sit on Autolycus' side. \"Let's start.\"\n\"Iolaus...I wanted to hate you. I wanted to hate you for getting my hopes up, for telling me that Hercules would come and he didn't. I couldn't hate you, though, because you were clinging to the same hope that I was...that he would come and Ares couldn't really do something that...evil. But Hercules didn't and Ares did...and I wanted to blame you. I tried to, even, but I couldn't. Not when I saw you were beating up yourself enough for the both of us. But even while it was happening...you were strong. You didn't break, you didn't lose it, not like me. I broke...I begged Ares to stop, I screamed and I cried. I tried to draw strength from you...and I did. Enough to keep me sane.\"\n\"No, let me finish. Then, when we came here...you were so attentive, so caring. I felt like I didn't deserve you because you were so...clean, so pure. And after what Ares did, I couldn't think why anyone would want to be around me. And then it came to me...pity. You felt sorry for me.\"\nIolaus made a strangled noise deep in his throat. \"Pity?\" No...not pity, my friend...\n\"It's the only thing that I could think of, at the time. And then, when you started having your dreams, it made me feel guilty, because I was holding you here. Then, Asclepius intervened...and when I tried to tell you, you left.\"\n\"I told you why.\"\n\"Iolaus...just listen. Yes, I know you did...which is why this is all such a colossal joke. When you left...I thought you left because you couldn't stand being around me any more. And I hated myself for driving you away. I kept waiting for you, and when you didn't come to me, I went to find you. The rest you know. Gods, we just assumed so much...\" Autolycus' laugh was harsh, edged with tears.\n\"Anything else?\" Iolaus had a feeling there was something else Autolycus wanted to say.\n\"No...not right now.\"\n\"Then it's your turn to listen. I wouldn't blame you if you did hate me. Like you said, I hated myself enough for the both of us. And no, I didn't feel sorry for you...I wanted to help you get over this, get through this. And I didn't want it because I felt like I had to. You've got to know that I care about you, Autolycus.\"\n\"I know,\" Autolycus acknowledged softly.\n\"And that's why I did everything that I did. I thought that I was doing more harm than good by staying.\"\nAutolycus reached out for Iolaus. \"You never did anything to hurt me.\"\nIolaus returned Autolycus' hug. \"I was afraid that I did.\" He didn't make a move to pull away, and Autolycus didn't let him go. \"Now...what else was it you wanted to tell me?\"\n\"I know there was something else, Autolycus. Something you wanted to say but didn't.\" The taller man struggled against Iolaus' arms and Iolaus let him go.\n\"I couldn't...I can't.\"\nIolaus grasped Autolycus' chin when he would look away. \"You can.\" He turned Autolycus' eyes to meet his own. \"You can tell me anything.\"\n\"Not this, Iolaus...not this.\"\n\"Why are you pulling away from me, Autolycus?\"\n\"Because I love you, Iolaus. I thought that if I didn't say anything, that it might just go away, and we could get back to normal, like nothing ever happened.\"\nIolaus was speechless. He leaned forward, surprising the thief, and drew him close, touching Autolycus' lips with his own.\nBut Autolycus drew away, and looked at Iolaus. \"Don't. I don't want your pity, Iolaus. Not now. Not after what we've said.\"\nIolaus looked hurt for a moment, then got a little angry. \"Pity? You think that was pity?\"\n\"It had to be,\" Autolycus said, heartache creeping into his voice. \"I had no right to say what I did, and then for you to kiss me, after what Ares did to me... no one could want that. Especially from me.\"\nIolaus felt a hysterical giggle bubble up from his throat. \"Don't... couldn't want you?\" Iolaus had to bite off the rest of the words before the hysterics started, because he was thinking of the almost constant erection he'd had every night after sleeping so close to Autolycus. Damn words anyway!\nAutolycus' face went blank and he turned away from Iolaus, heart breaking. He walked back over to the bed, and sat down on it, facing the wall. He didn't register Iolaus' warm breath on his neck as the man knelt behind him. \"Autolycus, turn around.\" Autolycus turned his head, and Iolaus captured it between his hands, placing a gentle kiss on Autolycus' mouth. He broke the kiss, then turned Autolycus back around to face him. \"I want to show you something.\" Iolaus caught one of Autolycus' hands and brought it to the erection straining against the leather. \"If I didn't want you, how could just kissing you do this to me? I wanted you before all this happened, Autolycus. I wanted you from the moment Ares chained us together and took our clothes.\"\nAutolycus laughed bitterly, with an edge of tears. \"Yeah. Before all this.\"\nIolaus pressed Autolycus' hand closer, let him feel the heat pulsing from him. \"What about this? This is now, my friend. That kiss was now. And so is this,\" Iolaus said, letting Autolycus slowly explore the leather-bound flesh.\n\"How?\" Barely a whisper, but to Iolaus, it sounded like thunder.\n\"Because... I love you, too, Autolycus.\" Damn, but that felt good to say that! And Autolycus' answering smile was more than exhilarating. \"It's nice to see that back where it belongs,\" Iolaus said.\nAutolycus was still hesitant when Iolaus' mouth pressed to his again. But he didn't push him away, only opened his lips underneath Iolaus', letting Iolaus' tongue slip into his mouth.\nIolaus relished Autolycus' surrender under him. He pushed Autolycus back, not breaking their mouths' connection. Autolycus' hands slowly moved from his sides to bury themselves in Iolaus' hair, pressing the blond's mouth closer to his.\nIolaus broke the kiss and looked at Autolycus' flushed face. \"I want to make love to you, Autolycus. But I won't, not if you don't want me to.\"\nAutolycus looked back at Iolaus, his Iolaus. \"I don't know what I want,\" Autolycus said. \"I only know I want you.\"\nIolaus climbed on top of Autolycus, bracing himself on Autolycus' shoulders as he positioned himself, straddling Autolycus' waist. Iolaus leaned in, and trailed gentle kisses down the side of Autolycus' jaw and snaked out his tongue to lick briefly at Autolycus' chin. He slipped down Autolycus' body and continued to trail them down Autolycus' throat, and then to the hollow at the base of his throat. When Iolaus' mouth moved to cover one of Autolycus' nipples, Autolycus shuddered and flinched underneath Iolaus. Iolaus lifted his head.\n\"Autolycus?\" The thief's eyes were clouded with memories of Ares twisting and grinding the nipple. \"Do you want me to stop?\" Iolaus was silent, waiting.\n\"No... it's you, Iolaus. I know it's you this time.\" Iolaus put his mouth back on the nipple, and teased it gently, running his tongue gently over and around the tender bud, until he felt it pebble and harden under his mouth. Then he moved to the other one, giving it the same treatment.\nAutolycus started to move a little under Iolaus, arching into his tender touch. Autolycus moved his hands over Iolaus' chest, coming to rest on his shoulders and drawing him back up for another kiss. Iolaus' throat closed as he remembered how he'd dreamed of Autolycus doing that, drawing him close to be kissed, and of how he'd used that vision to block out what Ares had been doing to Autolycus.\n\"Iolaus...what's wrong?\"\n\"Nothing...it's just...I've dreamed this so many times before. I dreamed that you would pull me against you and kiss me, just like you just did... and that dream was one of the things that I used to block out what Ares did to you,\" Iolaus admitted, before kissing Autolycus again. He felt wetness on Autolycus' lips and cheeks. He pulled back, and saw that Autolycus was crying. \"Autolycus? You're crying...\"\n\"Because of what you're doing to me.\"\n\"I'm not hurting you, am I?\" Iolaus asked, all concern.\n\"No, no, nothing like that. You're just making me feel things that I didn't think that I could feel again. You're making me feel.\"\nIolaus moved down the bed, and took Autolycus' flaccid penis in his mouth. He gathered as much of the soft flesh in his mouth as he could, running his tongue over and over the flesh, slowly drawing his head back, letting the hardening shaft ease out between his lips. Autolycus' hands were knotted in the sheets as Iolaus sucked and licked the head of his shaft, then swallowed the length as much as he could, the head bobbing against the back of Iolaus' throat. Iolaus pulled his head back and purposefully pumped Autolycus' cock, and Autolycus came, crying out Iolaus' name and spewing hot semen on his belly and over Iolaus' hand.\nIolaus took his semen slicked hand and touched the small opening between Autolycus' buttocks. Autolycus tensed, and began to roll away. Iolaus wanted to beg Autolycus not to go, not to make him stop. \"Autolycus?\"\nAutolycus rolled back under Iolaus, and stared into blue eyes that had darkened with need and desire. Iolaus watched as Autolycus raised a hand, and traced the contours of Iolaus' face, as if reassuring himself that it was Iolaus, not Ares. \"Do it, Iolaus. I want it. I want you. But I'm scared.\" Iolaus knew what it took for Autolycus to admit to that.\nHe wet his fingers again in the semen from Autolycus' orgasm, and slipped one finger into that small ring. He carefully slid the finger in and out several times, and when Autolycus moaned quietly, he slipped a second finger in, stretching him more, and giving him time to become accustomed to the feeling. \"Turn over,\" Iolaus urged, but Autolycus stopped him.\n\"I can't...I need to know it's you... I need to see you,\" Autolycus whispered.\nIolaus slicked his cock with the semen left on his hand and pressed the head carefully against Autolycus' anus. His head slipped in, and Iolaus pressed slowly and carefully until his entire length was buried in Autolycus' body. Slowly he thrust in and out, waiting for Autolycus to respond.\nFinally, Autolycus' hips thrust up to meet Iolaus' thrusts, and Iolaus started to speed up his thrusts, moving faster and faster inside the tight hole, feeling Autolycus' muscles clench around him as he moved, and finally, Autolycus asked, \"More, Iolaus. Harder.\"\nIolaus smiled as he began to thrust harder into Autolycus as Autolycus began to respond to Iolaus' loving attentions. Iolaus grunted as Autolycus thrust back against him, and Autolycus' hard cock bumped against him. He took one hand and grasped Autolycus' cock, pumping it in time with his thrusts.\nAutolycus' cock twitched, and his orgasm shattered him as Iolaus' hand milked his cock. Iolaus shouted Autolycus' name as his orgasm came, shooting deep into Autolycus. He pulled out of Autolycus, and Autolycus drew him close, resting the blond head in the hollow of his shoulder. He whispered to Iolaus, words that, from the softness, the hunter knew he wasn't supposed to hear.\n\"Thank you,\" Autolycus whispered, twisting a blond curl around his finger. \"Thank you for giving me my life back.\"\nIolaus heard the whispered words, and didn't react. You're welcome.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 584, "original_length": 104061, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 306.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.assignmentpoint.com/business/report-on-bangladesh-shilpa-bank.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:00Z", "digest": "sha1:CAKX3TUZ6AAVDPYD3C6ND5MWMZYOODHY", "length": 12382, "nlines": 49, "source_domain": "www.assignmentpoint.com", "title": "Report on Bangladesh Shilpa Bank - Assignment Point", "raw_content": "Report on Bangladesh Shilpa Bank\nSubject: Business, Management Topic: Report\nBangladesh Shilpa Bank (BSB) established under the Bangladesh Shilpa Bank Order 1972 (Presidential Order No. 129 of 1972) on 31 October 1972, to provide credit facilities and equity support to industrial enterprises in Bangladesh. It is the prime development financing institution (DFI) in the country for extending financial assistance for industrialisation. Initially, the authorised capital of the bank was Tk 1,000 million in 1972 and the paid up capital was then Tk 750 million, which was subscribed by the government of the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh. Later, the authorised and paid up capital was enhanced. In 2000, the authorised capital was Tk 2,000 million divided into 2 million shares of Tk 1,000 each. Tk 1,320 million (66%) was subscribed and paid up by the government while the rest were left for subscription by Bangladeshi nationals or by financial institutions at home and abroad.\nBangladesh Shilpa Bank\nThe bank created a reserve fund of Tk 7 million in its first year of operations. In 1999-2000, the total reserve fund and other reserves of the bank stood at Tk 392.36 million. In 1982, the bank created a special equity fund titled \u2018Quasi Equity\u2019 by converting the 3rd, 5th, 6th and 8th UK credits received by it immediately after independence in 1971. The prime objective of the bank is to accelerate industrial growth in the country by financing industries, by providing advisory services in setting up new projects, and by assisting in balancing, modernisation, replacement and expansion (BMRE) of existing industrial units.\nThe Bank provides long and medium-term loans both in local and foreign currencies, guarantees repayment of loans raised by investors from other sources, and provides equity support by way of outright purchase of shares and by underwriting the public issue of shares. It also extends short-term bridge financing and working capital loans on a limited scale. BSB provides free technical advice in respect of plant and machinery, product and process, raw materials, market for products, and other related aspects to prospective entrepreneurs. It prepares project profiles for private entrepreneurs. All industrial projects either in the public sector or in the private sector are eligible for financial assistance from the bank. It follows a policy of diversifying its lending portfolio for widespread geographical dispersal of industrial enterprises, especially in less-developed areas of the country. With the view to bringing more dynamism and diversity in its activities, BSB started full-fledged commercial banking in 1993-94. This enables bank-financed projects to obtain commercial banking services including working capital loans, import of raw materials, etc.\nOn 31 December 2000, the total deposits of the bank were Tk 725.67 million comprising deposits received from banks (Tk 154.67 million), current account (Tk 72.24 million), bills payable (Tk 3.34 million), savings bank accounts (Tk 130.54 million), fixed deposits (Tk 267.01 million), and other deposits (Tk 97.87 million). Rates of interests offered by BSB on different deposit accounts varied between 7.75% and 9.75%, depending upon the duration of deposits. Lending rates of the bank varied between 10% and 18%. Up to end 1999, the bank financed a total of 1,573 industrial projects. The amount loaned to them was Tk 27,342 million. Total loans and advances of the bank (after provision for bad and doubtful debts) were Tk 7,136.26 million in 1999-2000. The distribution of the loans and advances by types were cash credit (Tk 1,121.96 million), long-term loans (Tk 19,242.87 million), overdraft (Tk 140.73 million), bridge loan (Tk 282.11 million), and staff loans (Tk 533.89 million). At the end of 2000, the cumulative amount of the bank\u2019s non-performing stuck-up loans stood at Tk 14,195.30 million, and were classified duly as substandard, doubtful, and bad, under the loans classification rules of bangladesh bank.\nShilpa Bank borrowed an amount of Tk 8,604.48 million during 1999-2000 from various internal and external sources. This includes F C Borrowing Accounts (Tk 360.32 million), BSCIC (Tk 3.94 million), Saudi Grant (Tk 11.80 million), KFW Counterpart Fund (Tk 165.93 million), Long-term loan from Bangladesh Bank (Tk 6405.57 million), KFW Loan (Tk 15.38 million), Danish Credit Counterpart Fund (Tk 7.49 million), and overdue installment interest and exchange risk A/C (Tk 1,634.04 million).\nThe foreign exchange business handled by Shilpa Bank in 1997-98 was Tk 479 million, but dropped to Tk 25 million in the next year. This business covers export servicing, import financing, and remittance facilities. In 2001, the bank had correspondent relationships with 35 foreign banks and other financial institutions. In June 2000, the BSB investments other than lending stood at Tk 1289.54 million and its investment portfolio comprised short and long term treasury bills and bonds, prize bonds, shares and debentures and equity investments in industrial units. Total assets of the bank were valued at Tk 24,002.90 million in June 2000.\nThe bank demonstrated a deteriorating trend in profitability since 1994. The cumulative loss of the bank stood at Tk 3,285.60 million in 2000. The main reason for losses is the huge amount of non-performing stuck-up loans for which the bank has to maintain large amount of provision from its profit each year. Borrowed funds constitute a major source of the bank\u2019s lending assets and posting of accrued interest in interest suspense account has lowered its net interest income.\nThe management of the bank is vested in a 9-member board of directors, including the chairman and the managing director appointed by the government. However, there is a provision that non-government shareholders of the bank shall elect 4 directors from amongst themselves. But till now, there is no private subscription in the bank\u2019s capital, and all directors are appointed by the government. The managing director is the chief executive officer. The bank has 16 branches. The total number of employees in the bank is 997. The head office of the bank is at dhaka and it has 3 zonal offices, one each at chittagong, rajshahi and khulna. It has six divisions and 23 departments.\nThe Shareholders of Bangladesh Shilpa Bank\nWe have audited the accompanying Balance Sheet of Bangladesh Shilpa Bank as of 30 June, 2004 and the related Profit and Loss Account, Cash Flow Statement, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Liquidity and notes to the financial statements for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the management of the Bank. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.\nWe conducted our audit in accordance with Bangladesh Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management as well as evaluating the overall financial statements presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.\nOur audit revealed the following:\ni) BSB had made an investment of Tk. 10,000,000 in 100,000 Ordinary Shares @ Tk. 100 each of M/s. Sreepur Textile Mills Ltd. during the year 1993-94. But BSB did not receive any return on such investment till date. The market value of shares of the company has come down to Tk. 12.50 per share (on 28 October 2004). The bank has in turn lost Tk. 8,750,000 (100,000 x Tk. 100- Tk. 12.50) on this investment. But necessary provision has not been made in the accounts.\nii) In line with the requirement of Bangladesh Accounting Standard (BAS)-10; events after the Balance Sheet date necessary provision has not been made against classified loan account and classified equity investment held with M/s. Sreepur Textile Mills Ltd. As per Order of the Honourable 6th District Judge Court the said loanee was treated as unclassified till 30-06-04. But subsequently the order was suspended by the court on 27-09-04. As a result, the total loan of Tk. 29,776,738 should be provided for in the accounts for the period ended 30 June 2004.\niii) Specific provision amounting to Tk. 4,401,871 due to diminution of market value of Shares of various companies has not been made in the accounts.\niv) Provision has not been made against interest accrued on debenture amounting to Tk. 58,000,508 and these amounts appeared to us not realizable.\nv) As per BSB book of accounts balance with Bangladesh Bank held by DCBO (Dhaka Commercial Branch Office) as on 30-06-04 amounted to Tk. 68,151,173. Bangladesh Bank confirmed a balance of Tk. 78,431,006. The difference of Tk. 10,279,833 remained unrecognized till the date of our audit.\nvi) Other assets of the Bank include Inter Office Adjustment Account Tk. 104,233,782 as on 30-06-04. The said amount could not be reconciled by the bank till the date of our audit. As a result, we could not confirm inter office adjustment account.\nvii) Fixed assets include a number of damaged items for which no accounting adjustment has been made regarding deletion of such item from the books of accounts.\nviii) Requirement of Section 35 of the Bank Company Act 1991 in respect of transfer of unclaimed amount to inoperative accounts to Bangladesh Bank were not complied with.\nIn our opinion, if the adjustments relating to (i), (ii) and (iv) are reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the net profit shown in the profit and loss account will be reduced by Tk.100,919,117. Except for the above, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Bank as of 30 June, 2004 and of the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended and comply with the Bank Companies Act 1991, the rules and regulations issued by Bangladesh Bank and the Security Exchange Rules 1987 and the other applicable laws and regulations.\nWe, except for the matters as mentioned above further report that:\n(i) we have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit and made due verification thereof;\n(ii) in our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the Bank so far as it appeared from our examination of those books and proper returns adequate for the purpose of our audit have been received from branches not visited by us;\n(iii) the Bank\u2019s Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account dealt with by the report are in agreement with the books of accounts and returns;\n(iv) The financial statements have been drawn-up in conformity with the Bank Company Act, 1991 and in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations issued by the Bangladesh Bank;\n(v) adequate provision has been made for advances which are, in our opinion, doubtful of recovery;\n(vi) the records and statements submitted by the branches have been properly maintained and consolidated in the financial statements;\n(vii) the financial statements conform to the prescribed standards set in the accounting regulations issued by the Bangladesh Bank;\n(viii) the information and explanations required by us have been received and found satisfactory;\n(ix) we were not aware of any other matters which are required to be brought to the notice of the shareholders.\nTerm paper on Communication problems and solution of GrameenPhone Limited\nSmall Sized Partner Small Companies\nDocument Control Solutions Business\nBuying Access Control Systems for Business\nReport on Real Estate Finance of Jamuna Bank Ltd\nEmployee Perceptions towards Compensation Practices\nSample Visa Application Letter for A Foreign Country\nScientific Development of Indigenous Natural Resources in Bangladesh\nA Study on Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited\nSales Performance of RB Group\nDelegation of Authority at ABC Insurance Company\nDevelopment Of Geneva Conventions\nReport on Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited\nInternship Report on Marketing Strategies of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited\nImportance of Training of Beximco Pharma Limited", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 14162, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/01/new-horizons-latest-images-from-ultima-thule-reveal-new-details", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:03Z", "digest": "sha1:ZWZY7VVFPH7DXTKC7JBDJHTGIZXQPKK3", "length": 2419, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.astronomy.com", "title": "New Horizons' latest images from Ultima Thule reveal new details | Astronomy.com", "raw_content": "New Horizons' latest images from Ultima Thule reveal new details\nThe latest image of 2014 MU69 shows new details on the Kuiper Belt Object's icy surface.\nThe latest image of Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69.\n(Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)\nJust after midnight on New Year\u2019s Day, NASA\u2019s New Horizon\u2019s spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object, 2014 MU69, more commonly known as Ultima Thule. Now, the best image of the object to-date has reached Earth, revealing previously unseen details on the peanut-shaped space rock.\nThis latest image was taken with the wide-angle Multicolor Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) component of the spacecraft\u2019s Ralph instrument. The camera snapped the shot when the spacecraft was just 4,200 miles (6,700 km) from the object, at 12:26 a.m. EST, just seven minutes before the craft reached closest approach on Jan 1.\nThis newest image had an original resolution of 440 feet (135 m) per pixel. After beaming back to Earth between around Jan. 18, scientists enhanced the details of the image to make it as clear and sharp as possible. Though, this process (known as deconvolution) will make the image look a bit grainier at high contrast.\nThe new image shows Ultima Thule\u2019s surface along the day/night boundary near the top of the object. You can also make out a number of small pits on the surface, which stretch nearly half a mile across. You might notice a large, circular feature on the space rock\u2019s smaller half. Using this image, it appears as though this feature, which stretches about 4 miles (7 km) across, is a depression.\nIt is too early to definitively say whether these features are impact craters or created from internal processes. Both halves, or lobes, of the object also have light and dark patterns. The most obvious of these is the light band that separates the object\u2019s two lobes. Scientists don\u2019t yet know where these patterns came from, but according to a statement from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, they could help researchers to decipher the object\u2019s origins and how it formed.\n\u201cThis new image is starting to reveal differences in the geologic character of the two lobes of Ultima Thule, and is presenting us with new mysteries as well,\u201d New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern said in the statement. \u201cOver the next month there will be better color and better resolution images that we hope will help unravel the many mysteries of Ultima Thule,\u201d he added.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 335, "original_length": 9671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 254.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.attractcapital.com/business-growth-strategy.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:08Z", "digest": "sha1:JUONY5QMVTZ37CE2RTDWI6ZJPLF66ZBJ", "length": 213, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.attractcapital.com", "title": "What is Business Growth Strategy? | Meaning & Definition", "raw_content": "Strategy used to increase the size and scope of the business to a certain level that is more desirable. Business growth strategies include product and customer diversification, integration, and regional expansion.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 294, "original_length": 7109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 129.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/tag/the-almost-impossible-game-show/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:54Z", "digest": "sha1:YVZEYMV5VRKTD5HDKDVXKOQ7W22GG56O", "length": 207, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.atvtoday.co.uk", "title": "ATV Today | The Almost Impossible Game Show", "raw_content": "Tag \"The Almost Impossible Game Show\"\nOctober 01, 2015 EyeSpy Mike Watkins\nEyeSpy: ITV\u2019s Almost Impossible Game Show\nIf at first you don\u2019t succeed, try, try again. And again, and again, and again, and again\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 161.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.auburn-reporter.com/sports/auburn-reporter-honors-trojans-brown-hayden/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:55Z", "digest": "sha1:NSAAVEVUQHXWJ3QGBDIDB2H62LP6BGLN", "length": 1982, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.auburn-reporter.com", "title": "Auburn Reporter honors Trojans\u2019 Brown, Hayden | Auburn Reporter", "raw_content": "Brown and Hayden. COURTESY PHOTOS\nAuburn High School\u2019s Ronna Brown, junior, football, is the Auburn Reporter Male Athlete of the Week.\nA: History.\nA: Rugby and volleyball class at school.\nA: Coach Davis and Coach Irwin.\nA: Take a nap before games.\nA: \u201cAnything\u201d by Lil Baby.\n\u201cRonna was a strong presence defensively for the Trojans football team this year. Even though he missed a couple of games due to injury, opposing league coaches still saw him as a top linebacker in the league and voted him first-team all-league.\n\u201cIn addition to linebacker, Ronna was a steady contributor to the Trojan offense. His physical running style earned him second team all-league honors as a running back as well. Ronna\u2019s first love, though, is rugby, which he plays on the Rainier Highlanders team and hopes to play in college as well.\u201d\nAuburn High School\u2019s Jayden Henry, senior, swimming, is the Auburn Reporter Female Athlete of the Week.\nA: Math, and I am going to school to be a math Teacher because I love it so much.\nA: Wake boarding, snow boarding, hiking with my dog Charlie, swimming in the lake or ocean or pool or any body of water.\nA: My family, especially my grandpa, who never misses a meet, and club swim coaches Keith and Bryce.\nA: Meditating and listening to Bob Marley.\nA: \u201cOne Love\u201d by Bob Marley.\n\u201cJayden Henry is a four-time district swim meet qualifier, and despite a season-ending injury this year, she was selected to the all-league second team by NPSL coaches. Jayden, a three-sport athlete, has competed in postseason competition for in swim, gymnastics and water polo all four years, receiving all-league honors in swim and water polo. 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The Bill was proposed by Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston and here is a quote about how he described the vulgarity he is making reference to, \"you'll know it when you see it.\"\nIf the bill survives another House vote, the measure will actually go to the US Senate.\nI know this does not sound like too big of a deal for professional dance companies but this is a situation that I feel is very important to watch. The thing to keep in mind is that this bill was able to be passed in the Texas House because the argument of taxpayer dollars funding what is being accused as indecent worked. Many dance companies do get some funding from state and local government. Maybe not as much as in previous years but in this day and age dance companies need every dime they can get their hands on. With all the \"Faith Based Initiatives\" of our current administration this decision might lead to more and more government regulations for use of taxpayer dollars which will inevitably effect arts organizations.\nOh, dear. Have you seen that other topic about the cheerleading fracas in San Jose? Here it is:\nhttp://www.ballet-dance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=996\nWOW, that video from the San Jose Cheerleading thread is something else, that old guy is pretty upset. I didn't think they were doing anything that suggestive. Additionally, SJSU is a state university, not a elementary school.\nIMHO \"Foot in the Door\" laws are very scary and that is what this situation down in Texas with A. Edwards is looking like. Time will tell though, I wish they had a video clip from the Texas cheerleaders like the one from San Jose State.\nI'd like to know specificly how they're defining \"sexually suggestive\".\nThat is, if they're defining it at all.\nIt seems to me that if the kids' parents are OK with their daughters and sons participating in such activities, it's not the government's place to interfere.\nAll I can say is walk in to a competition dance school sometime and watch 5/6/7 year olds dancing in this fashion. IMHO its horrific. The college level is one thing, but as I've reported on the other thread, high school dance teams (run by phys ed teachers!) are strutting their stuff in a way that doesn't compare with even the most contemporary of dance choreography. On the competition circuit it's all about winning, and we all know how easy it is to compromise standards in that kind of environment. At the high school level I have no idea what the parents could be thinking. 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In this book, Dr. Ferg sets out to explain why we have all experienced life's struggles. The good news, which you will find in these pages, will set the record straight about God's great love and His plan for a better life for us in this world, and then eternal life in the world to come.life will never be the same as you start to see your life from God's perspective.\nTo purchase a copy, email or write to: PO Box 16226 Duluth MN, 55816. Click below to order through Amazon.com.\nEvery Believer's Authority makes it absolutely clear that when believers apply God's Word to their lives, they can enforce Satan's defeat. It's a promise from God.\nEvangelist Mel Tari says this about the book, \"Every Believer's Authority is excellent. It defines vital biblical truths in a clear and powerful way to teach all Christians their rights and privileges in Christ Jesus. The reader will understand how he may become victorious and enforce Satan's defeat in his own life.\"\nTo purchase a copy, email or write to: PO Box 16226 Duluth MN, 55816.\n$10 + $3 shipping - Make Checks out to Billy Max Ferg.\nThis book is about God's healing power. Here is a the foreword from Pastor Ferg: \"It has been a great joy for me to write this book. There were years in my life when I was sick and even unable to work because of a disabling birth defect in my back. But, when I started searching God's Word for the truth on healing, I believed what I read and received heath and wholeness from the Lord, even being healed of cancer. I have shared these beautiful truths around the world and witnessed the healing power of God as it has touched people and healed them. I pray that this book encourages you and helps you receive from Jesus Christ, the Great Physician, who loves you and cares for you.\"\nTo purchase a copy, email or write to: PO Box 16226 Duluth MN, 55816. $10 + $3 shipping - Make Checks out to Billy Max Ferg.\nDr. Ferg co-authored this correspondence bible school, which has been used by Living Faith International Church, Dr. Ferg's church, to train many of the pastors the church supports as a part of it's missions program. Many of those pastors have, in turn, used the courses in their churches to train literally thousands of young pastors and Christian Workers. LFIC is now offering these classes to the public. Licensing is available through LFIC. Click Here For More Info.\nPlease email or write to the church to inquire. 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Three reasons to buy your tickets online:\na. It\u2019s Fast!\nb. It\u2019s Easy!\nc. It\u2019s Secure! (through PayPal)\nYour purchase will be confirmed by an email from PayPal. Just stop by at our store and pick up your boarding pass. Click HERE to see our store location.\nYou are guaranteed a seat on the ship when you arrive.\n2. Confirming Email\nYour payment will be confirmed by a confirming email from PayPal. Please bring a copy of that email at the time of check-in.\nThe actual boarding passes need to be picked up at our ship store in the marina building, next to the dock. Check-in time starts 1 hour prior to departure time.\nIf you become a \u201cNO SHOW\u201d, your ticket becomes non-refundable. You will be considered a \u201cNO SHOW\u201d if you have not checked-in 15 minutes prior to departure time. We will, however, try to accommodate you on a standby basis on any future trip with equal or less value. Unfortunately, this cannot be done by another reservation or waitlisting. You have to show up and we will let you know the availability shortly before departure.\nTickets are not refundable unless a special cancellation code has been issued. All approved cancellations are subject to a 25% cancellation fee and need to be instigated at least 48 hours prior to departure. Cancellations made 48 hours or less to departure are not refundable.\nGroups and Charter:\nIn case of inclement and unsafe weather situation, the cruise will be delayed, rescheduled or canceled as per the captain\u2019s decision. If canceled by the company, the deposit will be fully refunded.\nDisclaimer: In case of inclement weather conditions, unexpected cancellations or other reasons beyond the company\u2019s control, the departure time and the program may be altered, certain segments of the program or crew members substituted and/or the trip canceled. A minimum amount of tickets need to be sold for a trip to take place. All refunds will be made in the same way it was paid for. Expect up to 72 hours before the refund can be initiated. We strongly recommend all passengers to call ahead of time and reconfirm the departures (especially if you intend to drive long distance for the event). Please call 877 578 5050.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 3768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 335.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bnzmaterials.com/refractories-business-important-make-right-choice/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:46Z", "digest": "sha1:B7HE6HK63LGMWAMP4UQK6TKX4SA3HU4Z", "length": 3409, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bnzmaterials.com", "title": "Refractories and Your Business - Why It\u2019s Important To Make the Right Choice - BNZ Materials", "raw_content": "There are many things that need to be taken into consideration when you are looking at purchasing refractories for your business. If your business utilizes an industrial kiln or furnace, the choosing of your refractories are going to be a very important part of the process that will determine the level of quality that your furnace or kiln is able to provide. There are so many things that need to be taken into account throughout the process, including the types of material that you are looking for in a refractory, types of chemicals the materials will be exposed to and the amount of money that you are looking to spend in the process. Take your time, evaluate all of the options that we provide here at BNZ Materials Inc., and determine which of our products is going to be the best one for you based on a variety of different conditions.\nWhat Are Refractories?\nRefractories are a material that are typically nonmetallic, heat resistant and are used in a variety of different applications including furnaces and reactors. They are typically used in units that produce a large amount of heat that would otherwise warp or damage other materials. They are able to stand up to the stress of day-to-day usage and many of our products are able to stand up to chemical corrosion as well. Refractories are necessary for any heating application that is going to go above 1000\u00b0F. Many of our products are actually able to stand temperatures well above that level, making them appropriate for a wide range of different applications.\nThe actual term refractory refers to a number of different characteristics. The composition of a given refractory will determine exactly what temperatures it is able to stand up to and also what types of chemical agents it is certified for use with.\nIf you are looking for a high quality refractory, look no further than BNZ Materials Inc. We are able to provide a wide range of different products that are suitable for use in many different applications.\nRefractories can be used for a wide variety of different applications. As was previously stated, any application that heats to temperatures above 1000\u00b0F, are going to require the use of some type of refractory. Whether you are utilizing the materials for an industrial kiln or furnace, it is able to provide you with a wide range of different benefits. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with all of the different options that are available to you as certain types of refractories are going to be better for certain applications. You can ask a customer representative with us to walk you through the different products that we offer and ensure that you are able to find the best possible product for your situation.\nMaking the Right Investment\nMaking the right investment is a very important consideration for your business. You have to be sure that you are able to find the refractory that is best for your given application. Each application is going to require a different type of refractory based on the temperatures, likelihood of chemical corrosion and other issues that need to be taken into consideration. Feel free to contact BNZ Materials today in order to assist and answer any further questions.\nBy BNZ Materials|July 19th, 2014|Refractories|Comments Off on Refractories and Your Business \u2013 Why It\u2019s Important To Make the Right Choice\nUnderstanding Refractories and Making the Right Choices For Your Business", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 5331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 187.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.boersligallery.com/news/tie-ying-landscape-and-apple/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:57:55Z", "digest": "sha1:4D45PKI5RTHG6XHOB47BXE7VZZZBSVVY", "length": 3092, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.boersligallery.com", "title": "Boers-Li Gallery", "raw_content": "Boers-Li Gallery is pleased to present artist Tie Ying\u2019s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, \u201cLandscape and Apple\u201d. On view are the works primarily completed over the last three years.\nAs an outstanding artist of the 1970s generation, Tie Ying\u2019s artistic practice expands in the mediums of painting and photography. In spite of his profound knowledge on Chinese and Western art histories, Tie Ying has always kept the vigilance from appropriating extant visual traditions, so he wouldn\u2019t fall into the trap of self-defining tropes, prosaic iconography or trite methodologies. The artist consciously and constantly adjusting his composition on canvas to evade the definitive.\nTie Ying\u2019s paintings are proactive acts of liberating our visual experiences from the pictorial syntax we have become immune to. By disconnecting the classic scenes traditionally related to one another, and reducing image making to the piecing together of seemingly unrelated fragmental components, each painting is given a more independent existence. The conglomeration of these visual cues encapsulates the experiences of the contemporary, giving atemporality its configuration. In the artist\u2019s words, they are the \u201cthreshold\u201d that renews and evolves with their perception.\nThe exhibition uses one of the work \"Landscape and Apple\" as the show-title. To Tie Ying, apple is perceived as human's lust for things while landscape symbolizes the deeper feelings throughout time. In the work \"Landscape and Apple\", a hand reaches out with an apple against a backdrop image of what seems to be the Statue of Liberty, and the crimson curtain that drapes on the stage covers over pencil sketches of scattered apples in pastel white. These imageries do not necessarily amount to the notion of the apple or the landscape. To the artist, the apple represents human desire; the landscape is more or less a kind of sensibility. \u201cLandscape and Apple\u201d is ultimately a serious joke, an oxymoron, piecing together the fragments captured in time; a number of imageries consist of narratives absent of any subjectivity, in a contradictory yet complacent world. What one perceives from these images is equally in flux and fragmented, that engenders a continuation of evolving significance.\nTie Ying, born in Harbin, China in 1971. In the early 1990s, He was enrolled in classes of advanced studies in the oil painting department of the Central Academy of Fine Art. Tie Ying held his first solo exhibition, \u201cMorass of Reverie\u201d at the CAFA Art Gallery in 1994. In 1996, as a visiting scholar, he studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, Sweden. In the early 2000, Tie Ying\u2019s artistic practice expanded to conceptual photography, he was the subject of solo exhibitions in New York, Zurich and Singapore. It was not until 2012, Tie Ying returned to oil painting, and continued to explore the possibility of this medium based on his artistic notions. His works are widely collected in China and internationally, including the DSL Collection, the Prince Albert II collection, and other reputable private and public collections.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 7554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 212.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.brdc.co.uk/Notice-of-Death---Peter-Gethin", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:06Z", "digest": "sha1:7QJNHB23TDY7HUVQTAW76YXJCSONOVSP", "length": 1430, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.brdc.co.uk", "title": "British Racing Drivers' Club", "raw_content": "NOTICE OF DEATH - PETER GETHIN\nIt is with great regret that the Club has to announce the death of Life Member and former Director, Peter Gethin, who passed away on the 5th December.\nPeter, who joined the BRDC in 1971, was best known for winning the Italian Grand Prix that year by the closest of margins. It was only his second start for BRM, Peter having been drafted in to fill the seat left vacant following Pedro Rodriguez\u2019s death at the Norisring. He remained with the team until the season end of 1972.\nPeter\u2019s F1 career had begun when he was called up by McLaren to replace Bruce following his tragic testing accident at Goodwood in 1970. It was to conclude with races for Embassy Hill in 1974, but it was in British and Tasman F5000 that Peter enjoyed his greatest success winning both championships. His last major victory was for Team McLaren at Road America in the Can-Am Series during 1977.\nAfter his racing career ended Peter managed Beppe Gabbiani before his appointment as Team Manager for Toleman F1 team in 1984. He returned to F3000 in 1986 setting up Peter Gethin Racing.\nPeter served as Director of the BRDC between 2005 and 2008.\nCondolences have been passed to his wife, Robbie. Peter's funeral will take place at 3pm on Friday 9 December 2011 at St Nicholas' Church, London Road, Arundel BN18 9AT. All are welcome to attend, but there will also be a Memorial Service at a date to be announced in the future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 149.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.breathingforgiveness.net/2013/01/africa-motherland.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:37Z", "digest": "sha1:AD7CNNIAYPI2AZE3T3VVCWIZEAN5GFY7", "length": 867, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.breathingforgiveness.net", "title": "Breathing Forgiveness: AFRICA MOTHERLAND", "raw_content": "AFRICA MOTHERLAND\nMotherland is a breathtaking passage, which sweeps the continent of Africa. With an all-star cast, it is a vivid cinematic centrepiece washed with an African aesthetic. A bold empowering sophisticated story of Africa, which in progressive dignity reaffirming terms looks at Africa's past, present and future. Motherland is an epic and unprecedented entry into the canon of African-owned cinema, which charts the glory and majesty of the Motherland (Enat Hager). Motherland is a film that unapologetically calls for African unity, self-determination and the African rebirth. From the acclaimed producers of the multi-award winning 500 Years Later , Motherland is Directed by Owen 'Alik Shahadah. 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The introduction of genetically manipulated organisms by choice or by accident grossly undermines sustainable agriculture and in so doing, severely limits the choice of food we can eat.\u2028Once GE plants are released into the environment, they are out of control. If anything goes wrong - they are impossible to recall.\u2028GE contamination threatens biodiversity respected as the global heritage of humankind, and one of our world's fundamental keys to survival.\nLabels: Awareness, News, Slavery Today, Structural Violence, Video", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 298, "original_length": 11430, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 317.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.brettchampagnehomes.com/services/kitchen-remodeling/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:25Z", "digest": "sha1:WDV3BDXRLQGGAONA4OT4FPBM5VBC7FY4", "length": 1623, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.brettchampagnehomes.com", "title": "Kitchen Remodeling", "raw_content": "We, at Brett Champagne Homes, feel we have proven ourselves to be an integral part of the New Orleans community with our custom kitchen remodeling. 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We will not sell or give away any lists or other data that we may retain and we do not purchase such information from other sources. The information is not shared with any other entity, public or private with the following exception: If you are a licensed building professional in the state of Florida and have taken a class with us for credit towards relicensure, we are required by state statute to maintain your personal information for a period of 3-6 years depending upon the licensing board's recordkeeping requirement. The state may request a licensee's class information to verify compliance by law with continuing education requirements.\nWe collect personally identifiable information, like names, postal addresses, email addresses, etc., when voluntarily submitted by our course participants. The information you provide is used to fulfill your specific class request. 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Users are encouraged to review the privacy policy of any website linked from our website.\nWe may disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief such action is necessary: (a) to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates; (b) to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users; (c) to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.\nIf you wish to correct, update or remove any information about you that may be in our records, please send us e-mail at prec@ifas.ufl.edu with the details of your request. If you wish to contact us further, please find complete contact information on our contact page.\nInstructor led and webinar class registration can be cancelled up to 24 hours in advance. In case an emergency makes this impossible, please contact us as soon as you can. If your company needs time to cut a check for your registration fee, please contact us and we can make arrangements to register you ahead of time. Payment for webinars must be made no later than 48 hours in advance unless you have contacted us with special considerations. If we do not receive payment or do not hear from you in that time frame, your space will be given to someone else. 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This is particularly important following the 2002 passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in response to the financial scandals that shook the nation at that time.\nFinancial accountants prepare and produce a company's financial statements, which determine the company's financial worth. This may be in the form of an annual report for shareholders, banks, and other key stakeholders, or in other forms as may be required by various regulatory bodies. These statements are audited by outside accountants and auditors.\nIn addition, financial accountants prepare financial information that a business then uses to plan, evaluate performance, and make key business decisions. This may include profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow reports, and shareholders' equity reports. 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Each lesson focuses on a specific topic, you can take one, or all five. To build a solid base of drawing skills, we recommend all five.\nLesson 1: The basics, using lines to create movement and style. Defining how you personally perceive art. Learning to express what you see, think and feel and get it onto\nLesson 2: Using gesture and contour drawing techniques to capture movement of the subject. Helps you move from \u201cflat\u201d to three-dimensional drawings. Trains your eye and hand to work together.\nLesson 3: Creating a value scale, from 1 to 10. Defining how value is used to create dimension. Understanding how perspective and overlapping perspective is used in a composition.\nLesson 4: Drawing a still life by first creating a contour drawing, then developing the composition by use of shading, perspective, value and scale.\nLesson 5: Defines the importance of proportion and perspective in both the human body and animals. 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Since then, the charity has helped to raise awareness of this disease and to help patients, families and friends to cope via numerous fundraising events.\nAmser Justin Time also has a history of supporting the work of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, having previously funded a two-year Pancreatic Cancer Research Associate position.\nSpeaking about this latest donation, Ms Cothi said,\n\"After ten years of fundraising and unrelenting support from friends of Amser Justin Time it is an honour to fund such vital research into tackling this most cruel disease which still only has a survival rate of between 4 and 9 per cent.\nAmser Justin Time would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved for their hard work and continued efforts.\"\nResearch into Pancreatic Cancer within the Institute is led by Dr Catherine Hogan.\n\"I'm absolutely delighted that Amser Justin Time is continuing to support our research. This funding provides us with a valuable opportunity to strengthen our research team, nurture new talent in the field and build on our recent findings to further our understanding of the very earliest stages of pancreatic cancer\u201d, said Dr Hogan.\nMatt Smalley, Deputy Director of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, added\n\u201cAs a charity we rely on donations such as this to continue our research into potential cancer therapies. The funding from Amser Justin Time will enable us to expand our Pancreatic Cancer research activities, and we are incredibly grateful for their continued support.\u201d\nRecruitment for the Amser Justin Time Research Associate in Pancreatic Cancer is due to begin shortly.\nIf you would like to discuss making a gift or fundraising for cancer research at Cardiff University, please contact our Development and Alumni Relations team on 02920 876473 or email donate@cardiff.ac.uk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 265.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.carducciassociates.com/projects/project/pleasant-hill-city-hall", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:41Z", "digest": "sha1:T4D4EMY3VCT65L4KJHJFUSUOZ3FEVU5L", "length": 632, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.carducciassociates.com", "title": "Pleasant Hill City Hall", "raw_content": "Pleasant Hill\u2019s new City Hall celebrates the active participation and involvement of citizens in the community. 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After establishing independence from the UK in 1941, the UAE has capitalized upon its natural gas and oil reserves to promote healthcare, education and a sound infrastructure. Dubai has emerged as a destination hub for the Middle East, cementing the diversification of tourism and finance for the country. English is spoken widely as it is the language of education and business, especially in Abu Dhabi, which is the capital of the UAE.\nZayed University, founded in 1998, features two campuses and the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business Sciences, Communication and Media Sciences, Education, Information Technology and University College. The Career Services office seeks to serve many students and employs a staff of five at each campus.\nIn order to unify and upgrade skills of staff at both campuses, a weeklong training was conducted in early December 2017. Staff became more skilled at basic career development competencies as well as sharing role/job functions while participating in group strategies. My facilitation, coupled with a focus upon group interactions, led to a more excited and energized staff that will pursue their first career development certification (FCD) in 2018. All have identified special projects for 2018, which will elevate their delivery of services to Zayed students, parents, faculty, employers and alumni.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1737, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 195.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.caregivingfulltimeworkingfulltime.com/today-show-interview-with-b-smith/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:39Z", "digest": "sha1:ETZWICWIYXLGZUT4LMPGW647GWZ72IBY", "length": 461, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.caregivingfulltimeworkingfulltime.com", "title": "Today Show Interview with B.Smith \u00ab Caregiving Full-Time and Working Full-Time", "raw_content": "Home \u203a Blog \u203a Blog \u203a Today Show Interview with B.Smith\nWatch / Read the fascinating story of B. Smith and her husband (caregiver) as they battle the Alzheimer\u2019s disease. http://www.today.com/\u2026/i-am-fighting-right-now-b-smith-livi\u2026\n\u2018I am fighting right now\u2019: B. Smith on her battle against Alzheimer\u2019s\nIn the beginning it was just an issue of forgetfulness, a subtle symptom, as it turned out, of a very serious illness, Barbara Smith\u2026\nTODAY.COM|BY LINDA CARROLL", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.carnivora-publishing.com/cp/discussion/viewtopic.php?f=29&p=307", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ZI4OHBXZQX3QIAM4FG7PLTRZP6YTAO45", "length": 682, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.carnivora-publishing.com", "title": "CARNIVORA publishing free & open source powered Blender Inkscape Gimp \u2022 View topic - Shading", "raw_content": "I have an idea about shading. If we will try to make it real, it will take neourmous time to render and it will be boring so it might be good to give it a little bit comic look. To be more specific check those photos and let me know what you think about it...\nRe: Shading\nThat\u00b4s good because it looks like you gonna draw them :D\nby Vlastovka \u00bb Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:40 pm\nYaaaaay...........................\nI have never done it before, but ok, I will try:)\nby Tony \u00bb Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:22 pm\nIt\u00b4s like drawing globus surface on sheet of paper and hope it will fit the globe. I am almost afraid of your reaction when you realize how exact this parable is...\nReturn to Progress and style", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2441, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.casefive.org/services-programs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:05Z", "digest": "sha1:WWVBYY4WMLS7EQNSWI7UKEYSOAP2XJ3Q", "length": 246, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.casefive.org", "title": "Services & Programs | CASE District V - Council for Advancement and Support of Education District V", "raw_content": "CASE V offers an array of services and programs to its members \u2014 and others. We're the resource for those considering entering the advancement profession to those who've been around for awhile. Check out the district's many services and programs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 119.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cbcnyc.org/leadership/michael-luciano", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:36Z", "digest": "sha1:KMKPK2IQDGFPPFUJJC4RD5FXFESEYMT7", "length": 1139, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.cbcnyc.org", "title": "Church Leadership \u00b7 Rev. Dr. Michael Luciano | Calvary Baptist Church, NYC", "raw_content": "Rev. Dr. Michael Luciano\nPastor Mike\u2019s relationship with Calvary began in 2005 as a ministry intern. A Staten Island native, he first sensed God\u2019s call to pastoral ministry in NYC as a teen; by God\u2019s grace, this calling became a reality upon joining CBC\u2019s staff in 2007 as the Director of Young Adult Ministries and since the Fall of 2015 as the Executive Director. His greatest joy in ministry is seeing lives transformed by the power of the Gospel, and he feels honored to be serving at Calvary for such a time as this.\nPastor Mike received his theological and pastoral training at Word of Life Bible Institute, Moody Bible Institute, Dallas Theological Seminary, and Drew University and was ordained to the pastorate at Calvary in 2009. He is also, currently, an Adjunct Lecturer at Brooklyn\u2019s St. Francis College in their Religious Studies Department.\nPastor Mike's interests include reading about history, theology, and pastoral leadership, as well as golfing and biking with his friends and family. He is also an avid NY Giants fan.\nPastor Mike and his wife, Mandy, have been married since 2003 and have two sons, Anthony and Isaiah.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 2742, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 163.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ccvresources.com/in-the-ring/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:04Z", "digest": "sha1:TOHKEADHHE2MR274VMY4AZTHXA5OCY5E", "length": 403, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.ccvresources.com", "title": "In the Ring", "raw_content": "\u2013 February 22, 2018Posted in: Sermon Series Art\nMarriage is the cornerstone of our culture, so this January, we\u2019re putting on some gloves, and getting in the ring, to discover what it takes to fight for a healthier, happier marriage. Whether you are single, married, or plan to marry one day, this new series will give you the tools you need to fight for a better marriage.\nAvailable On: January 6, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 211.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.celebritydetective.com/how-do-i-make-contact-with-xxxtentacion.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:04Z", "digest": "sha1:XLQOS6HR45QEM6W7SFIIBBPEGNUKDG4J", "length": 725, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.celebritydetective.com", "title": "\ufeff\ufeff How do I make contact with XXXTentacion to send fan mail? \ufeff", "raw_content": "How do I make contact with XXXTentacion to send fan mail?\nFor fans wanting to send traditional fan mail to XXXTentacion by postal mail, this approach can be effective but there is another much less known method that might be worth a try as well. Luckily we now live in the social media age where celebrities are more accessible. YouTube is one social media platform that allows people to send private mail to others even if they aren't on a friends list. The only requirement is that the person sending the message must have a YouTube account. The following is an example of how to use this method:\nHow to send XXXTentacion private mail through YouTube\n2. Go to: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM9r1xn6s30OnlJWb-jc3Sw/about", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 4079, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 205.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/junjul17-a-question-of-data.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:14Z", "digest": "sha1:BTT2YBTV5AQH46QBS4RFF6PVKNFVVOII", "length": 7643, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.charitytimes.com", "title": "A question of data", "raw_content": "Written by Thomas Collinge\n\u201cWhen the Data Protection Act was implemented in the UK, we put in the softest version that we could. Now that updated laws are on the cards, the UK has the furthest step up across Europe to reach GDPR levels. Many charities weren\u2019t even coming up to the standards of the DPA so they have even further to go.\u201d\nThese are the words of John Mitchison, head of preference services, compliance and legal at the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), talking about the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from the EU, which in May 2018 will replace the 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA).\nGDPR will apply across the continent to any organisation that handles people\u2019s personal data (defined as data which could be used to identify them), be it schools, businesses, governments or social clubs. Despite Brexit, the British government is committed to its implementation.\nDiscussion of GDPR in the charity sector has often focused on fundraising. This misses the scale of the change, according to Daniel Fluskey, Head of Policy at the Institute of Fundraising. \u201cGDPR covers everything that organisations can or need to do in relation to the personal data of individuals \u2013 whether that\u2019s campaigning, volunteering, or service user/beneficiary information,\u201d Fluskey says. \u201cCharities need to take a whole-organisation approach to getting to grips with the changes and making sure they don\u2019t just focus on the fundraising side of things.\u201d\nSo how should charities react to this root and branch reform? While the text of the law is still being finalised, the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) and others have already issued guidance about how it is to be implemented. Charities should be familiarising themselves with what is already available, such as the ICO\u2019s 12 steps to take before GDPR document.\nUnderwriting every change in the GDPR is the principle that individuals should have more rights over their personal data than they currently do. Importantly, organisations that handle personal data will have to be \u201ctransparent and accountable\u201d, and weigh the rights of the individual against the legitimacy of what they want to do with the data.\nPersonal data should be more like a car, cash or any other object that someone owns. You can\u2019t take someone\u2019s car without asking. You can\u2019t get permission to borrow someone\u2019s car to go to the shops, and then drive it to Mongolia. If you have someone\u2019s car and you crash it, you are accountable. If you have possession of someone\u2019s car and they want it back, you have to give it to them. GDPR is now bringing these same rules into the world of big data.\nBut as sensible sounding as they are, how will they affect the way charities collect, process and use information about their supporters and customers?\nCommunicating with supporters\nUnder GDPR, you need to be able to explain why you have the right to be in possession of, and are able to use, an individual\u2019s data \u2013 much as you would need to if you were found in possession of their car.\nThere are six justifications (see box-out) but the two that potentially apply to using personal data to raise funds, awareness or campaign are (a) and (f): consent, and legitimate interest. Neither of these options is entirely straightforward.\nCurrently, we know more about the rules regarding \u2018consent\u2019, in part due to the 46-page ICO consultation document, which can be summarised by this line: \u201cConsent requires a positive opt-in. Don\u2019t use pre-ticked boxes, or any other method of consent by default.\u201d\nIn other words, \u201cshe didn\u2019t say that I can\u2019t take her data\u201d is now as impermissible as \u201cshe didn\u2019t say that I can\u2019t take her car\u201d.\nConsent also cannot be included with, or be conditional on, any other service. When asking for permission to use an individual\u2019s data, charities will need to stipulate what data, for what purpose and even name every organisation they intend to share it with. Some of this information can be included in a privacy policy while some will have to be included on the data request form.\nUltimately charities (and everyone else) will have to prove that people understand what they are consenting to. The DMA\u2019s Mitchison recounts an example given to him by the ICO, of an insurer having to ask people separately if they want to be contacted about home insurance, pet insurance, car insurance etc. In the charity context, we might see this apply to different campaigns, causes or geographies.\nThe ICO and the other bodies such as the DMA agree that charities will not automatically have to re-obtain consent to use data they already hold, but that that consent must meet the GDPR standard. Consent may also be withdrawn at any time and it is a requirement for organisations to make it easy to do so.\nThe good news is, that despite much of the sector\u2019s attention being placed firmly on the somewhat controversial \u2018opt-in\u2019, this is not the only justification charities have for contacting supporters (albeit consents being the strongest). \u2018Legitimate interest\u2019 is the other.\n\u2018Legitimate interest\u2019 asks you to weigh your organisation\u2019s interest against the rights of the individual and what they would reasonably expect you to do with their data.\nIn an ICO example, an individual\u2019s data is passed on to a debt collection agency without their explicit permission because it is in the legitimate interest of the creditor to do so.\nA more charity specific angle is that it may be legitimate to send information about an auction in London to a group of people based in NW3 as it could be in their interest to attend. However, noises from the ICO suggest that activities such as processing post code data to establish the net worth of someone are less likely to be considered legitimate.\nImplications of accountability and transparency\nSupporter-relations aside, there are other issues to be aware of.\nFor example, the legislation includes large fines of up to \u20ac20m or 4 per cent of worldwide turnover for organisations that have not acted responsibly. In addition to not having a proper legal basis to hold data, failure to act responsibly might also mean not having sufficient security in place to protect against cybercrime, or a failure to follow the new international data transfer processes, or non-compliance with the rules around vulnerable people.\nEqually, there are much tighter rules regarding the roles and responsibilities of people holding and handling the data, with data controllers now liable for breaches of the GDPR by their processors and vice versa. Charities will have to show they did due diligence on the policies and security of external firms that handle their data, such as fundraising or recruitment agencies, while these companies will have to show they did the same from their side.\nAll of this means we are likely to see an increase in the number of, and importance placed upon, data protection teams. Mitchison believes it will be akin to health and safety, something that pervades an organisation and is considered seriously at board level.\nWith less than a year to go before the new rules come into play, charities are advised to start working on new and improved data processes now. The ICO advises that charities should conduct privacy impact assessments, looking at the data they have, how they got it and what they can use it for. They should be thinking about the principles of accountability and transparency, and planning how they will abide by them. 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I never posted it on social media because no matter what angle I took it at, I couldn't escape the pole or the countless electrical, phone, and cable lines that come from the pole. On social media, we have the choice to choose how we portray our lives and I am honestly embarrassed that my house has one big detractor: this pole.\nMy house was built in the 1950s and the city of Albuquerque has never buried these lines. So each time I go outside to take photos, I am constantly trying to find way to avoid the pole and the lines.\nBut I know that reality is that I can't erase this pole from my life (at least until we move to a different house) just as I can't erase any darkness I have experienced. It's part of me and part of who I am today. I choose to post photos of what I create because that's what inspires me and keeps me going, being creative. My life isn't perfect and there are challenges I choose not to share because I don't see any reason to share them. I work through them and I stay hopeful that my frustrations will turn into something better. And I keep working hard even though I feel like I'm on a very slow road to get my life professionally where I'd like it to be.\nI have written and spoken many times about how I have found hope in the sunrises of Albuquerque, how when I'd ben out run-walking my dog Chaco and\u2013 despite the darkness I'd endured the day before particularly of then having a spouse who suffered a head injury\u2013 it would feel like the sunrise was a clean slate to a new day. Hope. Darkness can't last forever a friend once said. The sun has to come back some time.\nSeveral years ago I was reading my high school journals and was surprised to find how much mental pain I found myself in as a fifteen year old experiencing a stress fracture in my foot that kept me from running much the spring of 1987. I have no recollection of having feelings of wanting to end my life, but there they were written in my hand writing. I don't believe that I would have done anything about the feelings, it was just an escape from the frustration I felt and not understanding that the injury would eventually heal and I'd be able to run again (which I happened by that summer).\nIt speaks to my life though as I work through challenges and losses. While sometimes it's annoying (well, all the time!) that I continually experience these, I try to learn and grow from them. I ask myself what I can to do to make myself feel better. I can look back on the road behind me and see how far I have come.\nLast week Greg and I went out house stalking\u2013 I had found a house online for sale nearby and we drove by after dinner one evening. When Greg realized no one was living there, he pulled into the driveway and we walked around to the back of the house to see how large the backyard was. I was immediately drawn to a view of the city toward the mountain, one they had neglected to include in the online listing.\n\"Look at that view!\" I couldn't stop saying.\nThen Greg laughed and said, \"Look up. You're never going to escape it.\"\nAnd right there in the middle of the view was a pole just like the one in my current backyard.\nI hadn't seen it because I looked past it, just like I look past the pain and darkness to see the light and the hope.\nMichelle Ruskhope, moving forward, moving on, happiness, seeing past darkness, motivation, inspiration, inspire, motivate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4966, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 339.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.chicagolamp.org/about-us/team/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:51Z", "digest": "sha1:2DDMFLW67FCXWUJU6WXMCODU3H2AL2GD", "length": 2754, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.chicagolamp.org", "title": "Lawndale AMACHI Mentoring Program | Our Team", "raw_content": "Dr. Betty J. Allen-Green\nDr. Green founded Chicago Lawndale AMACHI Mentoring Program in 2007 to serve youth whose parent or immediate family member is incarcerated, but expanded the organization\u2019s mission in 2009 to include all youth in North Lawndale. She has been a Chicago resident for decades and served in the Chicago Public School (CPS) system for over 35 years. She began her career as a teacher, and then held positions of counselor, assistant principal and principal. Dr. Green served as principal of Herzl Elementary School for 18 years. Over her more than three decades working with CPS, Dr. Green encountered many children coping with the stress of an absent parent or family member. After retiring from the public school system, she was determined to offer much needed support to children trying to juggle academics, domestic responsibilities and environmental distractions. Her desire to influence change birthed Chicago LAMP, and her commitment has not faded. Since its founding, Chicago LAMP mentors and programs have supported over 1,500 youth, and the organization has established partnerships with 10 elementary and high schools in North Lawndale, as well as several local universities and civic organizations. Dr. Green has an unwavering commitment to the youth of North Lawndale and is currently active in the daily operation, recruitment, programming and development of the organization.\nLawndale AMACHI Mentoring Program\nLeticia Robinson\nManager of Programming and Recruitment\nLeticia is a native of Chicago\u2019s south suburbs and has been working with Chicago LAMP for four years. She began her involvement with the organization as a recruiter and case manager. As a result of her success and continued dedication, she was promoted to program manager. Working with Chicago LAMP has shown Leticia one of life\u2019s greatest rewards \u2013 to support the success of as many children as possible. It brings her joy to volunteer and mentor two young ladies in the program, and she is grateful for the experiences they have had so far. Her time with the organization has not only given her the opportunity to help others, but it\u2019s also helped her learn things about herself that she may have never discovered.\nAlexis Strong\nAlexis is originally from Virginia and became a part of the Chicago LAMP team as a mentor through National Louis University. Because of her driving desire to help others and serve in the community, she received a bachelor\u2019s degree in human services. Prior to relocating to the Chicago area, Alexis worked with Norfolk Public Schools (Norfolk, VA) for seven years. She has a strong belief in children being the future, and therefore, her passion led her to continue mentoring as she works as a case manager for Chicago LAMP.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3389, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 182.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.childrenslegalrightsjournal.com/childrenslegalrightsjournal/volume_37_issue_1?pg=34", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:45Z", "digest": "sha1:IWGBWVS4AW52AHD2HU7YH2SKDYZA7OMX", "length": 3282, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.childrenslegalrightsjournal.com", "title": "Children's Legal Rights Journal - Volume 37 Issue 1", "raw_content": "This cannot be correct. The fact that Congress acts under its Indian Commerce Clause power, or that it intended to protect tribes, cannot override the requirements of due process. 152\nOne might argue that ICWA\u2019s jurisdictional rules fall within a long-recognized exception to the minimum contacts requirement called the \u201cstatus\u201d rule, which allows state courts to hear certain actions to determine the status of citizens\u2014such as divorce or custody matters\u2014even if the defendants to those actions are beyond the state courts\u2019 jurisdiction. 153 But this argument would fail because the status exception only allows a court to hear a case where the child is present in the forum, while the parent is not. 154 That is not what happens in ICWA cases in which children who lack minimum contacts to the tribal forum, do not live on reservations, and may never have even visited a reservation, have their fates decided by tribal courts. 155 Also, the purposes of the status exception are to prevent jurisdictional conflicts and to ensure that a custody matter is decided by courts in the state where the child has the closest connection. 156 But ICWA does not prevent jurisdictional conflicts; it causes them. State court adjudication is already available in these off-reservation cases, so there is no risk that, absent tribal adjudication,\n152 Del. Tribal Bus. Comm. v. Weeks, 430 U.S. 73, 83\u201385 (1977) (Congress\u2019s \u201cplenary\u201d power to legislate with regard to Indian tribes does not trump due process); cf. Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1, 17 (1957) (Congress could not subject civilian U.S. citizens to military court jurisdiction pursuant to its authority to regulate the military forces); Walden v. Fiore, 134 S. Ct. 1115 (2014) (applying purposeful availment / minimum contacts analysis in drug trafficking case even though Congress can prohibit drug trafficking under the Interstate Commerce Clause). While jurisdictional limits may be looser in criminal law, see, e.g., United States v. Ali, 718 F.3d 929, 944 (D.C. Cir. 2013), domestic child welfare cases are civil law matters quintessentially subject to state court jurisdiction\u2014and to its limits.\n153 See Pennoyer v. Neff, 95 U.S. 714, 734 (1877); Schaffer v. Heitner, 433 U.S. 186, 208 n. 30 (1977).\n154 See In re J.D.M.C., 739 N.W.2d 796, 813 (S.D. 2007); State ex rel. W.A., 63 P.3d 607, 616 (Utah 2002) (status exception enables state courts to determine interests of children residing in that state, and in order to prevent putting children in legal limbo); McCaffery v. Green, 931 P.2d 407, 411 (Alaska 1997) (\u201cthe ties and relations between a parent and child create ties and relations between the parent and the state in which the child lives sufficient to satisfy notions of fairness in exercising personal jurisdiction.\u201d).\n155 Consider, for instance, Renteria v. Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, No. 2:16-CV-1685-MCE-AC, 2016 WL 4597612 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 2, 2016). That case involved three children whose parents were killed in a car accident, and whose custody then was disputed by surviving family members. Neither the children nor the parents ever lived on reservation, or even in the same county as the reservation, yet the Miwok tribal court asserted jurisdiction to order the children placed with a tribal member.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 4336, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 173.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.chinokino.com/2015/05/icff-warms-up-with-midnight-sun.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:17Z", "digest": "sha1:ISCATMWP6EGXSD3MKTR3KULUCXXQHW65", "length": 928, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.chinokino.com", "title": "CHINO KINO: ICFF warms up with Midnight Sun", "raw_content": "Story & photo by Allan Tong\nThe Italian Contemporary Film Festival runs June 11-19, but it's already screening to students and teaching film literacy.\nOn May 22, the ICFF presented the Canadian premiere of Midnight Sun (Il Mio Amico Nanuk), starring Toronto\u2019s own Dakota Goyo who plays a boy living in icy northern Canada and befriends a young polar bear.\nIt's an entertaining action film directed by Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Shake Hands With The Devil) that amused the busloads of local Catholic schoolchildren who attended the screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Before the screening, Goyo warned the children that young bears aren't as friendly as the one he befriended in this film. Also, a film educator briefly lectured the students about paying attention to the film's story, acting and lighting in a crash course on film literacy.\nLabels: film festival, film literacy, Italian cinema, Roger Spottiswoode", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3703, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 252.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.chiropracticresearch.org/search-result.php?aid=1374", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:26Z", "digest": "sha1:2AFC7XJCJYXAGIYYIT3ZO4RCEQB4SBM3", "length": 2580, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.chiropracticresearch.org", "title": "Drug Effects on Kids Uncertain", "raw_content": "A study published in the September 13, 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) starts off with a chilling statement. \"Much of pediatric drug use is off-label because appropriate pediatric studies have not been conducted and the drugs have not been labeled by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in children.\" In other words, according to the authors in JAMA, most of the drugs being sold for children have not been approved by the FDA for use in children.\nThe study, also reported on in a September 13, 2006 Associated Press story, notes that very little of the research that is done gets published in scientific journals. This then makes it hard for doctors to know about the medications or the study results. Dr. Danny Benjamin, an associate professor at Duke University who led the study and also works for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration commented, \"Ironically, some of the times when drugs do work (in children), they're still not getting published.\"\nDr. Benjamin noted that many of the studies that do get done are never submitted for publication in journals. Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, JAMA editor-in-chief noted in the AP story that few studies submitted to JAMA involve the effects of medication on children.\nIt is not known if the reason for these lack of submissions is the change in 2004 by many of the scientific journals that now require drug tests be pre-registered before the testing in order to be considered for publication after the tests are complete. The reason the publications did this was because drug companies were running multiple studies on some drugs then only publishing the best results from drug trials while hiding the ones that may not have been so successful. Gregory D. Curfman, executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine explains the rationale by stating, \"When a pharmaceutical company sponsors a clinical trial and the results turn out not to be in the best financial interests of the company, it has been our experience these results are never made public.\"\nBy not submitting the pediatric drug tests for publication in the journals, the drug companies could conceivably bury those tests that were not favorable, while distributing only those that seemed to work. In response, Scott Lassman of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, noted that drug companies often present data at medical conferences and or post them on an online industry database. 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To accomplish this, we utilize a number of programs and services aimed to assist participants in achieving wellness in mind, body, and spirit.\nNvwati, a Cherokee word meaning \u201cthe source of all things, the complete authority in nature, good medicine,\u201d serves as our foundation. Our programs are uniquely tailored to the individual's needs as it is assumed that we must each travel a journey to find our own path.\nOur goal is to raise self-confidence and awareness and to transform destructive behavioral patterns into more constructive paths. We strive to help individuals \"take the reins\" and recognize they have a voice and a choice in their lives. This happens through the unique opportunity of working with a horse. Through Equine Assisted Therapy, we give a vehicle to allow clients to move forward \u2013 to pass into healing and to build their core strength.\nAll of our programs take place at the C Horse Sanctuary, a farm built on the neutral zone between two Native American nations, the northern nation being the Cherokee nation; the southern the Creek. As such, the ground upon which the farm stands is considered sacred ground and thought to have natural healing properties.\nTo learn more about our individual programs, please click on the links below:\nProfessional Retreats and Corporate Training\nLet the Sunshine Begin - PTSD Retreat for Veterans and their Families", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 318.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.claudepate.com/index.php?name=News&startrow=151", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:15Z", "digest": "sha1:F3OQC7FJJY7PQXYTLB4BK2Q57WIDSRZ2", "length": 14048, "nlines": 120, "source_domain": "www.claudepate.com", "title": "claudepate.com :: The digital home of Claude Pate", "raw_content": "Dawes, Rev. Sokou, All Songs, Pearl Jam, Raccoon\nTHE NASHVILLE TEENS, with a stompin' cover of \"Tobacco Road.\"\nDAWES stops by WFUV.\nREV SOKOU & THE SEAL BREAKERS play a Tiny Desk Concert.\nALL SONGS: New tracks from John Grant, Michael RaultWet and more.\nTHE LEMON TWIGS share \"If You Give Enough.\"\nGOLD STAR shares \"Baby Face.\"\nPEARL JAM brings out the MC5's Wayne Kramer, Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron, and Fugazi's Brendan Canty -- among others -- to \"Kick Out The James.\" (NSFW)\nLIZ PHAIR talks to PopMatters about her first four albums, the legacy of Guyville, and being an inspiration to today's female songwriters.\nWALTER BECKER will be memorialized in his hometown of Forest Hills, NY.\nRICHARD SMITH died of complications of alcoholism, his family reveals.\nTHE GREATEST SONGS OF THE CENTURY (So Far), according to Rolling Stone. Prince laughs.\nSTEEL PANTHER's controversial \"p*ssy melter\" guitar effect is no longer available, and the company behind it has apologized.\nGEORGE CLOONEY was taken to the hospital and released after being involved in an accident while riding his motorcycle.\nLUC BEESON: Two more women have come forward to accuse the French filmmaker of harassment.\nJUSTIN BIEBER asked Hailey Baldwin's father for her hand in marriage before he popped the question.\nTAYLOR SWIFT interviews PATTIE BOYD.\nGAME OF THRONES: Sophie Turner has a sideline as an Instagram sausage reviewer. ALSO: Prequel rumors.\nJEREMY RENNER is joining the cast of Spawn.\nHOWARD THE DUCK: Lea Thompson is trying to get Marvel interested in a reboot.\nMARY POPPINS RETURNS moves up its release date to compete with Bumblebee and Aquaman.\nMAD ABOUT YOU may not get a reboot after all.\nHBO vs NETFLIX: Who you got?\nA RACCOON had to be dug out for a rescue.\nOWLS see the world much like we do.\nA BABY WHITE RHINO was born in North Carolina.\nRATTLESNAKE REVENGE goes wrong.\nDave Alvin, Jimmie Lee Gilmore, Ray LaMontagnem The Record Company, Chimp\nTHE KINKS: \"Last of the Steam Powered Trains\" and \"Picture Book,\" circa 1969, from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, for Twofer Tuesday.\nDAVE ALVIN & LIMMIE LEE GILMORE stop by World Cafe.\nRAY LaMONTAGNE stops by World Cafe.\nTHE RECORD COMPANY stops by World Cafe.\nDAVID BAZAN covers Now Now's \"Thread.\"\nRADIOHEAD plays \"Spectre\" live for the first time in Chicago.\nTHE BEATLES are discussed for nearly three hours on Political Beats with National Review's Charles C.W. Cooke (and they only get through Rubber Soul).\nDRAKE claims 7 of the Billboard's Top Ten, breaking The Beatles record (tho this is more a comment on the chart).\nBODEGA talks to NME about the sarcastic post-punk of their debut album.\nJOHNNY MARR takes shots at the cancelled \u2018Classically Smiths\u2019 reunion shows.\nHARVEY WEINSTEIN pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Manhattan.\nBILLY DEE WILLIAMS will return as Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode IX.\nJOHNNY DEPP is sued for allegedly attacking a crew member on the Biggie Smalls set.\nJONATHAN RHYS-MEYERS was detained by police Sunday after allegedly getting into a verbal altercation with his wife on an American Airlines flight.\nTAB HUNTER, the chiseled 1950s heartthrob who portrayed Joe Hardy in the Damn Yankees! movie, had a No. 1 record and starred in two outlandish films with the drag queen Divine, has died. He was 86.\nGAL GADOT made a hospital visit in full Wonder Woman regalia.\nA CHIMP reunites with the human \u201cparents\u201d that raised him.\nA FRENCH BULLDOG is saved with an oxygen mask on a JetBlue flight.\nA WOMAN AND HER DOG are reunited at a fireworks celebration after the dog went missing for over two weeks.\nTHE LOCH NESS MONSTER: Scotland has a plan.\nThe Suffers, Luluc, Deafheaven, Parquet Courts, Prince, TV Cat\nBIG RED MACHINE: Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner (The National) play the Eaux Claires festival.\nTHE SUFFERS advance streams Everything Here.\nLULUC advance streams Sculptor.\nDEAFHEAVEN advance streams Ordinary Corrupt Human Love.\nPARQUET COURTS cover the Ramones classic \"Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World.\"\nPRINCE CONCERTS: Maybe.\nBO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS: \"Billy, Don't Be a Hero,\" from the Summer of '74. Workin' the Elvis jumpuit look.\nELVIS COSTELLO has revealed he was recently diagnosed with \u201ca small but very aggressive cancerous malignancy\u201d and has cancelled tour dates while he recovers from the subsequent treatment.\nIT'S BEEN... 20 Years Since \"One Week.\"\nSIDE ONE, TRACK ONE, ALBUM ONE: A Monday morning conversation starter.\nTHE NUMBER ONES looks at the Shangi-Las' girl-group masterpiece \"Leader Of The Pack\" and Bonanza star Lorne Greene's deeply random novelty hit \"Ringo.\"\nHENRY BUTLER, a virtuosic musician in the unparalleled lineage of New Orleans pianists, has died at age 69.\nWEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Ant-Man and The Wasp flies to the top of the chart with an estimated 76MM, toward the lower end of tracking estimates despite a strong Friday that had people thinking 85MM was possible. Nevertheless, this sequel opens 33 percent above the original and its 85MM foreign gross (despite not opening in some markets due to the World Cup) suggest a nice profit for Marvel, assuming they didn't overspend on marketing. Incredibles 2 places with 29MM on a leggy 38 percent drop; its continued popularity with family audiences may have slightly dinged the Marvel topper. It's now the highest grossing animated film of all-time in North America. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom shows with 28.6MM on a 53 percent drop as it crosses a Billion dollahs worldwide. The First Purge debuts in the fourth slot with 17.2MM, smack in the middle of tracking estimates and doing fine with 31MM since opening on the Fourth against a mere 13MM budget. Sicario: Day of the Soldado rounds out the Top Five with 7.3MM on a 61 percent skid.\nANT-MAN & THE WASP: The consensus that this is a funnier and ligher film than its predecessor is a bit off. To be sure, Paul Rudd gets to make Scott Lang a bit more like Paul Rudd, which makes various scenes more overtly belly-laugh funny. But the original was a pretty breezy heist flick and the sequel is a more traditional comic book tale -- though one solidly within the sensibility of both the Ant-Man comics and the first movie. And it's entirely successful on those grounds, with the original ensemble hitting on all cylinders while integrating newcomers (including Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne )pretty seamlessly. There are two bonus scenes; watch them at your own risk.\nSTEVE DITKO, who co-created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died. He was 90.\nSTAR WARS: Sources tell Variety that Keri Russell is in early talks to join J.J. Abrams\u2019 Star Wars: Episode IX.\nFAST & FURIOUS: Idris Elba is in final negotiations to play the main villain in Hobbs and Shaw, the spinoff starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.\nKEVIN SPACEY is under investigation for three new sexual assault claims, it has been reported.\nJUSTIN BIEBER & HAILEY BALDWIN got engaged.\nCHANCE THE RAPPER proposed to longtime girlfriend Kirsten Corley during a backyard party.\nCHRIS BROWN was arrested on charges of felony battery, moments after wrapping up his concert in West Palm Beach, Florida.\nMONTY PYTHON's Terry Gilliam snaps at the BBC\u2019s diversity plans, saying: \u201cI tell the world now I\u2019m a black lesbian\u201d\nTHE SOPRANOS prequel will be directed by series vet Alan Taylor.\nA CAT crashes an interview on Dutch TV.\nLIONS fatally maul poachers who broke into reserve to hunt rhinos.\nRUNNING OF THE BULLS: One gored, four injured.\nSPIDERS CAN FLY: Here's how.\nPomp, Parade, Shows, Illuminations, Etc.\nTHE FOURTH of JULY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:\n...with THE BEACH BOYS! It's Pate Reunion Weekend and time to \"Do It Again.\" Because folks my age will always remember their mammoth July 4th concerts at the Washington Monument -- as with this 1980 take o\u00adn \"Good Vibrations.\" Their \"Lost Concert\" from 1964 includes \"Fun, Fun, Fun,\" \"Long, Tall Texan,\" \"Little Deuce Coupe,\" \"Surfer Girl,\" \"Surfin' USA,\" \"Shut Down,\" \"In My Room,\" \"Papa Ooh Mow Mow,\" and \"Hawaii.\" Their take on \"Dance, Dance, Dance\" from Shindig! later that year is like a slice of Christmas in July. There's also a nifty twofer of \"I Get Around\" and \"'When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)\" from their first UK TV appearance o\u00adn Ready Steady Go! The Andy Williams Show serves up \"Help Me, Rhonda,\" while The Jack Benny Hour produced these quick takes o\u00adn \"Barbara Ann\" and \"California Girls.\" There's a primitive video for \"Wouldn't It Be Nice\" that starts with a cameo from Brian Wilson's dogs (Banana and Louie), who appear at the end of the Pet Sounds LP. And I'll finish with a live version of \"God Only Knows\" from the 1967 European tour -- one of the last Brian would do for a decade or so.\nRAY CHARLES performs \"America The Beautiful\" like no one else.\nINDEPENDENCE DAY: Bruce Springsteen, circa 1978, before it came out on The River.\nAMERICAN MUSIC: The Violent Femmes, circa 1992.\nDAVE ALVIN: Hey, baby, it's the \"4th of July.\"\nJAMES LILEKS: Truth.\nTHE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER: As performed by Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, Smokey Robinson, members of the Grateful Dead, and Umphrey\u2019s McGee.\nTHE UNITED STATES prepares to celebrate the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on July 4, 1776. As the Wikipedia notes, this is a little arbitrary: New Englanders had been fighting Britain since April 1775; the first motion in the Continental Congress for independence was made o\u00adn June 8th; and the Congress voted 12-0 for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain o\u00adn July 2, 1776. Even so, the publication of the Declaration was momentous . If you're not in DC, the best way to see and learn about the Declaration may be through the Charters of Freedom website. Or you can watch Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Renee Zelleweger, Kevin Spacey, Wynona Ryder and other Hollywood folk read the Declaration.\nOf course, the holiday more broadly celebrates the American Revolutionary War, and the Founders' unlikely victory. People with the highest standard of living and the lowest taxes in the Western World fought a sometimes unpopular war for our freedom. Early o\u00adn, the Revolutionaries (also known as \"Americans\" or \"Patriots\") had the active support of about 40 to 45 percent of the colonial population. By 1779, there were more Americans fighting with the British than with Washington, which is why Washington needed help from the French, the Spanish and freed Blacks. You can separate fact from fiction regarding the sacrifices and fates of the Founders at Snopes. You can hear two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough read from the first chapter of his 1776 via NPR. Or watch a nifty clip on the passage and public reading of the Declaration from the John Adams miniseries.\nNOW SHOWING: The holiday weekend's wide releases include The First Purge, which was not advance screened for critics; and Ant-Man and The Wasp, which opens Friday scoring 84 percent on the ol' Tomatometer.\nRICHARD SWIFT, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter, died Tuesday morning in Tacoma, Washington. He was 41 years old.\nGUY PEARCE shocked an Australian TV audience when he revealed disgraced actor Kevin Spacey was a \u201chandsy guy\u201d on the set of LA Confidential.\nJENNIFER ANISTON is dating again, on the qt and very hush-hush.\nKATHARINE McPHEE and DAVID FOSTER are engaged after he popped the question during their European vacation.\nTOP GUN 2: Miles Teller has been tapped to play the son of Goose and Maverick's new protege.\nAVENGERS: INFINITY WAR may get an extended cut on home video that will include more of Thanos' backstory.\nTWIGGY: Another Fourth of July tradition, the water-skiing squirrel. Great story. Compelling and rich. Now on GoPro!\nCHICKEN OF THE TREES: Eating Florida's Iguanas.\nA MOOSE crashes an Alaskan wedding.\nA KANGAROO AND A DOG, hanging out together.\nFather John Misty, Low Cut Connie, Niki Lane, Stephen Maklmus, Old Chimp\nTWOFER TUESDAY: \"The Dawn Of Correction\" by The Spokesmen is an \"answer song\" to Barry McGuire's immortal \"Eve Of Destruction.\"\nFATHER JOHN MISTY plays Rock The Garden.\nLOW CUT CONNIE plays Rock The Garden, including a cover of Prince's \"Controversy.\"\nNIKKI LANE plays Rock The Garden.\nSTEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS play CBS This Morning.\nJOE STRUMMER: Hear \"London Is Burning,\" from a new box set of solo material.\nCHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG shares a video for \"Sylvia Says.\"\nTHE BAND: Music From Big Pink Turns 50.\nROLLING STONE will have a larger format and fewer issues, as it looks to cut costs and drum up new sources of revenue.\nPETER BUCK is talking about life, and how to live it.\nMEAT LOAF will do anything for love \u2013 but he won\u2019t sing on his new tour.\nTHE NUMBER ONES looks at Roy Orbison's sunny riff-monster \"Oh, Pretty Woman\" and Manfred Mann's horny-nonsense singalong \"Do Wah Diddy Diddy.\"\nHARVEY WEINSTEIN was hit with additional counts of sexual assault on Monday \u2014 including charges relating to a third, new victim that could cast him in the role of inmate for life.\nANDY DICK is facing charges for allegedly groping a complete stranger on the streets of L.A.\nMILA KUNIS discusses the effect of tabloid rumors on her family.\nSCARLETT JOHANSSON will star in Rub & Tug, the fact-based story of a woman who flourished in a male-dominated business of massage parlors and prostitution by essentially taking on the physical identity of a man.\nTHE NEW POPE: John Malkovich is set to star with Jude Law in Paolo Sorrentino's follow-up to critically praised The Young Pope limited series.\nA 59-YEAR-OLD CHIMP has the most amazing reaction the minute her oldest friend arrives to say goodbye.\nTHE PSYCHIC OCTOPUS correctly predicts the outcome of the Japan's World Cup group games but is eaten before it has a chance to predict the knock-out rounds.\nA NURSE SHARK bit the finger of a woman that attempted to feed it in Western Australia, dragging her into the water.\nMEET THE BACKYARD BAY AREA CHICKENS who ride in infant carriers and get weekly blowouts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 15595, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 319.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cleversmithwriting.com/pcmlb/Introduction.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:56Z", "digest": "sha1:XXRYJ3Q3HN43V3B2HAIVX3IM64SUQLK2", "length": 4373, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.cleversmithwriting.com", "title": "Pastor's Complete Model Letter Book FREE ONLINE RESOURCE by Stephen R. Clark", "raw_content": "In this book you will discover a treasure of model letters readily adaptable to virtually every situation requiring a letter. These situations occur daily in infinite number and variety for you, the minister. In spite of advanced communications technology \u2013 telephones, computer mail, satellite communications \u2013 the need to \u201cget it in writing\u201d has not faded. In fact, each year the Post Office sets new records for the number of pieces of mail handled and the promise of a paperless world moves further into the future.\nWriting letters costs far more than it does to mail them. They cost you time and money. Think for a moment. How much time do you expend on an average letter? Ten minutes? Fifteen? Twenty? Thirty? Surely, you think, no letter takes thirty minutes to write! And you\u2019re right. Many take longer, especially when you have to start from scratch.\nConsider the steps to writing a letter, and then add up the time involved. First, you have to think about what you are going to say. Then you must decide how you will say what you want to say. Next, you either write your own first draft, or dictate it to your secretary. If you dictate, then your secretary must type up the first draft for you. Then, you must go over your draft for accuracy and clarity and make the necessary changes. Next, you or your secretary types up the final draft, which you must proofread once more. Finally, if there are no further corrections needed, the letter is signed, folded, placed in an envelope, addressed, and put into the mail. It\u2019s easy to see how an average letter can easily cost you an hour or more to write.\nBut how does that translate into dollars? An annual salary of $50,000 yields an hourly rate (based on forty hours per week) of around $24. Let\u2019s assume your secretary is making $10 per hour. If you each spent fifteen minutes producing one letter, it\u2019s costing you $8.50 per letter, not including the cost of postage and stationery. And that\u2019s actually a very conservative estimate. It\u2019s been estimated that the average business letter costs nearly $20 to produce. Can you and your church afford to spend that much time and money producing one letter? Do you really want to?\nAfter all, as a minister, your time is already at a premium. Your congregation expects you to be available to minister to their needs twenty-four hours a day. You want to be available because that\u2019s what you\u2019ve been called to do. You have more pressing needs on your church budget than having to spend hundreds of dollars each week just writing letters and memos.\nThis book is an answer to your prayers for help with your letters. You will discover over 400 model letters to be used by ministers for virtually every occasion and need. In many instances, all you\u2019ll need to do is insert the appropriate names and information. Letters, forms, memos, and other writing chores that once took hours now will take only a few minutes. The savings in time to you and in money to your church will be tremendous.\nThis is a practical book of model letters designed to specifically meet your needs \u2013 the needs of a dedicated and active minister. It is a daily reference book you will use to draft all of the letters, memos, and other written communications that are a vital part of your position. It is a book which will free your time and allow you to more effectively do what you\u2019ve been called to do \u2013 minister.\nThis is not a book that will gather dust on your bookshelf. Rather, it is a volume which will occupy a featured position on your desk, next to your Bible and most used commentaries and references. It is a book you\u2019ll use and appreciate every day of your ministry.\nNOTE: The model letters herein do not include salutations or sign-offs. Each model represents only the main body of a letter.\nTell me what you think of this book and how to make it even better.\nFirst, please write to me and tell me how this book has helped you develop letters for your ministry needs, specific examples of how you\u2019ve used the letters, as well as what you think of the examples presented.\nSecond, let me know how I can make this book better. Feel free to recommend additional categories for letters, and even send me examples of letters you have used that are not represented in this book.\nI want to hear from you. 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That's all there is to it.\nLate at night, in the neverending light of the summer Nordic sky, the people of Copenhagen move about on bicycles.\nLabels: bicycling at night, black and white shots\nI agree - it has a lovely sense of movement to it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 14824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 279.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cornwallpartnersincare.org/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:44Z", "digest": "sha1:3X2KHPHWFXEKDPQMAIRV4PQWB22PP5HI", "length": 2276, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.cornwallpartnersincare.org", "title": "About \u2013 Cornwall Partners in Care", "raw_content": "About Cornwall Partners in Care\nSupporting Adult Social Care businesses in Cornwall\nOur Aims and Purpose\nCornwall Partners in Care is the 'not for profit' representative body for the independent and voluntary care provider sector in Cornwall, whose members provide services for all the sections of the community of Cornwall you are responsible for. 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The Church encourages and reasserts its belief in \u201cthe political freedom and responsibility of citizens.\u201d By exercising their right to vote, citizens fulfill their duty of choosing a government and at the same time send a clear signal to the candidates being presented by the political parties. 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Here's just a taste of the pieces you'll find in-store...\nArt, Home & Living", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 805, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 162.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cryptoscribe.com/clubcoin-sale-in-south-africa-yocoin-its-your-world/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:XUFMGXJVGIDCGFE2GNR2VFDCJNCG5ISK", "length": 13137, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.cryptoscribe.com", "title": "Clubcoin Sale In South Africa \u2013 The Affluence Network: It\u2019s Your World \u2013 Cryptoscribe", "raw_content": "Clubcoin Sale In South Africa \u2013 The Affluence Network: The On The Rise Currency\nThank you for visiting our site in search for \u201cClubcoin Sale In South Africa\u201d online. For most users of cryptocurrencies it isn\u2019t essential to comprehend how the process works in and of itself, but it\u2019s simply vital that you comprehend that there is a procedure for mining to create virtual currency. Unlike currencies as we know them today where Authorities and banks can only choose to print unlimited numbers (I am not saying they\u2019re doing thus, only one point), cryptocurrencies to be managed by users using a mining program, which solves the complex algorithms to release blocks of currencies that can enter into circulation. The physical Internet backbone that carries information between the various nodes of the network has become the work of a number of companies called Internet service providers (ISPs), which includes companies offering long distance pipelines, sometimes at the international level, regional local pipe, which finally joins in homes and businesses. The physical connection to the Internet can only happen through any of these ISPs, players like degree 3, Cogent, and IBM AT&T. Each ISP manages its own network. Internet service providers Exchange IXPs, owned or private companies, and sometimes by Governments, make for each of these networks to be interconnected or to move messages across the network. Many ISPs have agreements with suppliers of physical Internet backbone providers to offer Internet service over their networks for \u201clast mile\u201d-consumers and companies who want to get Internet connectivity. Internet protocols, followed by everyone in the network causes it to be possible for the info to flow without interruption, in the appropriate location at the perfect time.\nWhile none of these organizations \u201cowns\u201d the Internet collectively these companies decide how it functions, and recognized rules and standards that everyone stays. Contracts and legal framework that underlies all that is occurring to discover how things work and what happens if something goes wrong. To get a domain name, for instance, one needs consent from a Registrar, which has a contract with ICANN. To connect to the Internet, your ISP must be physical contracts with providers of Internet backbone services, and suppliers have contracts with IXPs from the Internet backbone to connect to and with her. Concern over security dilemmas? A working group is formed to focus on the issue and the solution developed and deployed is in the interest of all parties. If the Internet is down, you have someone to phone to get it fixed. If the issue is from your ISP, they in turn have contracts in place and service level agreements, which regulate the way in which these problems are solved.\nThe advantage of cryptocurrency is that it uses blockchain technology. The network of nodes the make up the blockchain isn\u2019t regulated by any focused company. No one can tell the miners to update, speed up, slow down, stop or do anything. And that is something that as a committed promoter badge of honour, and is identical to the way the Internet operates. But as you understand now, public Internet governance, normalities and rules that regulate how it works present inherent difficulties to the consumer. Blockchain technology has none of that. You\u2019ve probably heard this often times where you usually distribute the good word about crypto. \u201cIt is not volatile? What goes on when the price failures? \u201d sofar, several POS devices offers free conversion of fiat, relieving some worry, but until the volatility cryptocurrencies is addressed, a lot of people is likely to be unwilling to keep any. We have to find a method to fight the volatility that\u2019s inherent in cryptocurrencies.\nClubcoin Sale In South Africa \u2013 Be Part of Something Magical!: The Affluence Network\nMining cryptocurrencies is how new coins are put into circulation. Because there is no government control and crypto coins are digital, they cannot be printed or minted to produce more. The mining process is what produces more of the coin. It may be useful to consider the mining as joining a lottery group, the pros and cons are precisely the same. Mining crypto coins means you\u2019ll really get to keep the total benefits of your efforts, but this reduces your chances of being successful. Instead, joining a pool means that, overall, members will have a much higher potential for solving a block, but the benefit will be divided between all members of the pool, predicated on the amount of \u201cshares\u201d won.\nIf you are thinking of going it alone, it is worth noting that the applications settings for solo mining can be more complicated than with a swimming pool, and beginners would be probably better take the latter path. This option also creates a stable stream of earnings, even if each payment is small compared to completely block the reward. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, LiteCoin, Ether, The Affluence Network, and many others have already been designed as a non-fiat currency. Quite simply, its backers assert that there is \u201cactual\u201d value, even through there isn\u2019t any physical representation of that value. The value grows due to computing power, that\u2019s, is the only way to create new coins distributed by allocating CPU power via computer programs called miners. Miners create a block after a period of time which is worth an ever diminishing amount of money or some type of reward so that you can ensure the shortfall. Each coin consists of many smaller components. For Bitcoin, each unit is called a satoshi. Once created, each Bitcoin (or 100 million satoshis) exists as a cipher, that is part of the block that gave rise to it. The blockchain is where the public record of trades lives. Most all cryptocurrencies function as Bitcoin does.\nThe fact that there is little evidence of any increase in using virtual money as a currency may be the reason there are minimal efforts to regulate it. The reason for this could be simply that the marketplace is too small for cryptocurrencies to warrant any regulatory effort. Additionally it is possible the regulators just don\u2019t understand the technology and its consequences, anticipating any developments to act. In the event of the fully-functioning cryptocurrency, it might also be exchanged like a commodity. Supporters of cryptocurrencies announce that this form of digital cash is not manipulated with a main bank system and is not therefore susceptible to the whims of its inflation. Since there are always a limited quantity of products, this coin\u2019s importance is founded on market forces, permitting owners to business over cryptocurrency trades. When searching on the internet forClubcoin Sale In South Africa, there are many things to consider.\nClubcoin Sale In South Africa: Your Wealth is in The Cloud \u2013 Affluence Network\nClick here to visit our home page and learn more about Clubcoin Sale In South Africa. Cryptocurrency is freeing people to transact cash and do business on their terms. Each user can send and receive payments in an identical way, but in addition they be a part of more complicated smart contracts. Multiple signatures enable a transaction to be supported by the network, but where a specific number of a defined group of people agree to sign the deal, blockchain technology makes this possible. This enables innovative dispute arbitration services to be developed in the future. These services could enable a third party to approve or reject a transaction in the event of disagreement between the other parties without checking their cash. Unlike cash and other payment methods, the blockchain constantly leaves public proof that the transaction happened. This can be potentially used in a appeal against companies with deceptive practices. Just a fraction of bitcoins issued so far can be found on the exchange markets. Bitcoin markets are competitive, which means the price a bitcoin will rise or fall depending on supply and demand. Many people hoard them for long term savings and investment. This limits the amount of bitcoins that are truly circulating in the exchanges. Moreover, new bitcoins will continue to be issued for decades to come. Consequently, even the most diligent buyer could not purchase all existing bitcoins. This scenario is just not to imply that markets usually are not vulnerable to price manipulation, yet there is certainly no need for substantial amounts of cash to transfer market prices up or down. The smallest occasions in the world market can change the price of Bitcoin, This can make Bitcoin and any other cryptocurrency explosive. Anyone can become a Bitcoin miner running applications with specialized hardware. Mining applications listen for broadcast transactions on the peer-to-peer network and perform the appropriate tasks to process and validate these transactions. Bitcoin miners do this because they are able to bring in transaction fees paid by users for faster transaction processing, and new bitcoins in existence are under denominated formulas. Bitcoin is the principal cryptocurrency of the web: a digital money standard by which all other coins are compared to. Cryptocurrencies are distributed, world-wide, and decentralized. Unlike conventional fiat currencies, there is no governments, banks, or another regulatory agencies. Therefore, it really is more resistant to wild inflation and tainted banks. The advantages of using cryptocurrencies as your method of transacting cash online outweigh the protection and privacy threats. Security and seclusion can easily be realized by just being smart, and following some basic guidelines. You\u2019dn\u2019t set your entire bank ledger online for the word to see, but my nature, your cryptocurrency ledger is publicized. This can be secured by removing any identity of ownership in the wallets and therefore keeping you anonymous. Since among the oldest forms of earning money is in money financing, it really is a fact which you can do this with cryptocurrency. Most of the giving websites currently focus on Bitcoin, Some of these websites you\u2019re demanded fill in a captcha after a certain time frame and are rewarded with a bit of coins for seeing them. It is possible to see the www.cryptofunds.co web site to find some lists of of these websites to tap into the currency of your choice. Unlike forex, stocks and options, etc., altcoin marketplaces have very different dynamics. New ones are constantly popping up which means they do not have lots of market data and historical perspective for you to backtest against. Most altcoins have somewhat poor liquidity as well and it is hard to produce an acceptable investment strategy. If you are looking for Clubcoin Sale In South Africa, look no further than The Affluence Network.\nClubcoin Sale In South Africa: The On-Demand Currency \u2013 The Affluence Network\nYou may run a search on the web. First learn, then models, indicators and most importantly practice looking at old charts and pick out trends. When you commence to keep a trading diary screenshots and your comment/forecast. Precisely what is the best way to get confident with charts IMHO. Oh certainly, and don\u2019t fool yourself into thinking that you purchase the uptrend will never decrease! Always will go down! 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Sure, your purchasing power in DOLLARS may be lower, but as long as your purchasing power in BTC is still growing you will be ok.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2980, "original_length": 192639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 313.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cyclecamp.co.uk/admin/admin007terms.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:36Z", "digest": "sha1:YAPP3VTV6FGHFJBTCQRBFOVYN6DPO44T", "length": 749, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.cyclecamp.co.uk", "title": "Terms and conditions for the use of this website", "raw_content": "These terms and conditions apply to the general viewing and use of this website. By using this website, you are agreeing to the following:\nThat you will not copy any item, text, design, pictures or photographs from the website without the express permission of cyclecamp.\nThat you will not link (create a hyperlink) to the site without the express permission of cyclecamp. Please note that bona fide links for the purposes of information or sharing are completely acceptable and do not require permission.\nThat you will not attempt to alter or disrupt any operation of this website by any means.\nThat you will not use the email addresses published on this site for any purpose other than that reasonably supposed to be intended by their publication.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 328.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cyclingpub.com/article/4479/Patrick+Lefevere+on+Niki+Terpstra%27s+departure%3A+I+don%27t+have+the+money", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:37Z", "digest": "sha1:E4J6BNKPYXATKN4HFM3IUR3H5ABK4ALH", "length": 1153, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.cyclingpub.com", "title": "CyclingPub.com - Patrick Lefevere on Niki Terpstra's departure: I don't have the money", "raw_content": "Patrick Lefevere on Niki Terpstra's departure: I don't have the money\nPatrick Lefevere, Quick-Step Floors' CEO, has commented that he didn't have the money to keep Niki Terpstra after the rider announced his signing with Direct Energie.\nThe news of Terpstra's new team came as a surprise after spending the last eight season in Quick-Step Floors, time in which he won important races like the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Media asked Lefevere about it at the end of the stage of the BinckBank Tour.\n\"An arrogant bastard to some from the outside world, but in the team Niki always gave everything,\" he commented. \"He created atmosphere, he motivated. This is a big loss.\"\nLefevere doesn't have bad feelings for the Dutchman. \"I must say that I have a lot of respect for Niki because he waited so long for me,\" he explained. \"But we are now at the 15th of August. If you wait too long as a rider of that calibre, you risk falling between two chairs. I don't have the money. It was not a little too little, there was nothing in the budget.\"\n\"He has a new house, two children, he is a great guy. I can't blame him. Even though it hurts a lot for me.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 3318, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 167.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dailyconversions.com/category/featured/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:12Z", "digest": "sha1:CW6ZFBY7GCQ62OP3NAL7CUMKSXKUKXQN", "length": 497, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.dailyconversions.com", "title": "Featured Archives - Daily Conversions", "raw_content": "Building a content business the easy way Many times I'm asked how to build up a content business, such as a blog or a news type site. The answer might surprise you. All the time I hear that it's so hard to get traffic the natural way anymore and that you have to spend all this money and use all these \"black hat\" tactics to get any real traffic. I couldn't disagree more. Quality Content, is the most important step. But what I mean by quality is probably not what you're used to \u2026 [Read more...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 8787, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 233.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dailynews.lk/2018/07/09/local/156283/pm-calls-increased-forex-earnings-overcome-debt-trap", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:27Z", "digest": "sha1:GJTKXIGRBMEGZDTS2ZU2ZJWV6LSE3JLI", "length": 5007, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.dailynews.lk", "title": "PM calls for increased Forex earnings to overcome debt trap | Daily News", "raw_content": "Home PM calls for increased Forex earnings to overcome debt trap\nPM calls for increased Forex earnings to overcome debt trap\nAn export economy should be established in other parts of the country as well by taking a cue from Biyagama. The country desperately needs to increase foreign exchange earnings in order to overcome the present debt trap, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said.\nThe Prime Minister was addressing a meeting after opening the new three storeyed building of the Biyagama Divisional Secretariat at Makola, Sapugaskanda on July 6.\nThe Prime Minister said that at the time the Government assumed office, the country\u2019s economy was in such a parlous state that it was insufficient to service the enormous debts owed by the country. The government had been able to change this situation by doggedly facing challenges on its path.\nPrime Minister Wickremesinghe recalled that when he took over the Biyagama electorate as the Chief Organizer, it was the smallest and most underdeveloped electorate in the region. Its total number of votes was around 44,000 with only about 36,000 of them casting their votes at the election.\n\u201cCadjan huts were conspicuous in the area although the petroleum refinery was situated in the electorate. People were mostly engaged in the \u201cBeedi\u201d industry. There was no electricity in the area either and when he stepped into some of the houses he saw people making \u2018beedi\u2019 in houses lit with kerosene lamps and as a youthful MP he was deeply shocked about the plight of the people in the area,\u201d the Premier said.\n\u201c I made a firm determination to improve the lot of those innocent people,\u201d the Prime Minister said.\nThe Prime Minister said he was elected as Member of Parliament for Biyagama at the subsequent election and the J.R.Jayewardene government launched the Greater Colombo Economic Commission which started the first Free Trade Zone in Katunayake.\nWhen he requested J.R.Jayewardene to set up a second Free Trade Zone at Biyagama, he asked as to how the government could find the land for it. When he agreed to find the necessary land, J.R. Jayewardene agreed to proceed with the proposal and gave him all the support.\n\u201cThis was the manner in which I laid the foundation for the development of Biyagama to its present status,\u201d the Prime Minister said.\nThe Prime Minister said that late Suranimala Rajapaksha gave him all the support for this endeavour.\n\u201cThe assistance rendered by Assistant Government Agents Amarasinghe and Ruparatne should also be recalled with gratitude. Today, Biyagama had become an area with an export economy disproving pessimists who predicted the FTZ to be failure,\u201d Prime Minister Wickremeainghe said.\n\u201cThe Biyagama FTZ alone had about 55 to 60 factories while there were about 90 factories encompassing the whole Biyagama Electorate. People also made a living by maintaining container yards. Other income avenues had also been created for people to maintain three wheelers, shops and indulge in minor vocations. All this happened due to the development undertaken centred on Biyagama,\u201d the Prime Minister added.\n\u201cMakola and Spugaskanda which were small villages then had today become urban centres. The entire Biyagama region has now been urbanised owing to the development undertaken there,\u201d the Premier said.\nThe Prime Minister said that when he subsequently assumed duties as Minister Industries, he set up the Seethawaka Trade Zone launching industrialisation on the Kelani Ganga bank centred on Ranala.\n\u201cSubsequently, another FTZ was launched at Koggala. President Premadasa later launched the 200 garment factory programme. The 1977- 1994 era was a period of massive industrialisation which was not carried forward after 1994. Vietnam which only started industrialisation in 1993 has now surpassed us economically by leaps and bounds, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said.\n\u201cThe Yahapalana Government led by President Maithripala Sirisena which assumed power has once again decided to go in for an export economy. As such, economic development plans should be formulated for other areas by taking Biyagama as an example,\u201d the Prime Minister said.\n\u201cThe Government\u2019s objective was to take the country towards development under a proper plan. Plans had already been drawn up to set up the biggest Trade Zone at Millaniya, Bandaragama. Plans were underway to set up Industries in Ekala. Ja-Ela, Bingiriya and Mawathgama too. Industrial Zones would also the launched in Hambantota and Matara as well,\u201d Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said.\n\u201cToday, the world has gone in for knowledge based technological industries. The government has decided to set up a Higher Education Institute of Technological Studies to facilitate this process. It will be open to Sri Lankans and foreigners who want to undergo higher technological studies,\u201d the Prime Minister said.\nPM calls for increased Forex earnings\nSubmitted by nimesh (not verified) on Mon, 07/09/2018 - 15:41\nIf u want Forex earnings dont tax us and take away our precious rupee earnings", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 12101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 312.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dallasmarketinggroup.com/focusgroups", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:31Z", "digest": "sha1:PFDAOYE6D45RYS5WC4AU5YMJO3SIWFQX", "length": 614, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.dallasmarketinggroup.com", "title": "Focus Groups | The Dallas Marketing Group | Consulting | Research", "raw_content": "Focus groups are professionally moderated and highly interactive group discussions with people who have certain characteristics of interest to the client. This methodology is most commonly used for the following:\nTo explore questions of \u201chow?\u201d and \u201cwhy?\u201d to help develop, assess or position new products or services.\nTo increase understanding of consumer needs and wants in an identified business or product category.\nTo gauge reactions to advertising concepts, promotional ideas or price structures.\nTo identify issues and language that can be used to optimize the development of a subsequent quantitative survey.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 5129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 304.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dannythomasproclean.net/Upholstery-Cleaning-Services-Federal-Way-WA-uses-special-methods-of-cleaning.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:07Z", "digest": "sha1:KPDHQ2BRFK33RP5NBSEWZNG5JLHDV4PK", "length": 1672, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.dannythomasproclean.net", "title": "Upholstery Cleaning Services Federal Way WA uses special methods of cleaning", "raw_content": "Upholstery Cleaning Services Federal Way WA uses special methods of cleaning\nIn regards to taking care of your Federal Way, WA Upholstery Cleaning, we're the most suitable choice for your needs. We have been taking on this sort of cleaning now for several years and we really do know what works best. There is no need to deal with the problem all on your own when you can turn into us for help with it. Our staff offers the best service all around when you wish to care for your cleaning needs. If you have us at the job then you definitely will never need to be concerned about the task getting done. We'll meet your needs rapidly and on the very best way possible. We know that cleaning is vital for you and you also prefer your space to appear its absolute best, that's the reason why we are committed to offering you with the very best service feasible for your property space.\nLet our team aid to look after your upholstery requirements and you will realize why you will not ever have to go elsewhere for help. We've been performing this for so many years that it is like a second nature to us right now. Our team is friendly, respectful, and professional, they will practically transform your upholstery space just for you. Give to us the opportunity to demonstrate why we're referred to as the very best in the industry in regards to this kind of cleaning. Nobody can get it done a lot better than we can. Once our team is at work for you, then you can relax and know that the task will definitely be accomplished in the best approach mainly because our staff is expert at Federal Way, WA upholstery cleaning.\nLooking After Your Federal Way, WA Upholstery Cleaning.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 1821, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 327.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.datadeluge.com/2014/03/laetoli-footprints.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:20Z", "digest": "sha1:6IM7EVURGDQ6XDZDNMC2LFC5VBF4FQ2B", "length": 2540, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.datadeluge.com", "title": "Data Deluge: Laetoli Footprints", "raw_content": "About 3.6 million years ago a small group of bipedal hominids walked across a thin layer of volcanic ash on a sandy surface in what is now Laetoli in Tanzania. Their tracks were preserved by a second layer of volcanic ash, that later turned into a cement. In 1976 these footprints were discovered by a team of paleontologists led by Mary Leakey. The actual find was made by Andrew Hill (original Nature paper here).\nThe chances of the above sequence of events happening are remote. To say the least.\nThe discovery of the Laetoli footprints are an outstanding example of the power of simple scientific observation. There was no need for any of the high-tech gizmos associated with modern high-energy physics. No GPS. No fancy computer analysis. There was no 'experimental design' as the events were a one-off. These footprints were recorded by a team of scientists and field workers who were diligently working in blistering heat, notebook in hand. They found the footprints by looking through the blinding glare at the sandstone or tuff surface of the ground. It is a lovely example of the power of intense seeing.\nThe discovery of the Laetoli footprints does not answer any of the fundamental questions about nature that big experiments like the Large Hadron Collider do. Nevertheless, from a parochial human point of view, these footprints and what they imply are probably more fundamentally important.\nOver the past 40 years this set of footprints have continued to be of keen interest to a wide range of scientists who are seeking to understand how humans evolved from ape like ancestors via bipedal hominids.\nA recent paper by Raichlen, Gordon, Harcourt-Smith, Foster and Haas uses the Laetoli footprints to carry out a nice piece of experimental anatomy. They got modern humans to walk in a sand track with a normal gait (extended-limb bipedalism) and with a more ape-like gait (Bent Knee Bent Hip - BKBH) and then compared the 3D shape and depth of their footprints in the sand from these two different ways of walking with those from Laetoli. They conclude:\nThese results provide us with the earliest direct evidence of kinematically human-like bipedalism currently known, and show that extended limb bipedalism evolved long before the appearance of the genus Homo. Since extended-limb bipedalism is more energetically economical than ape-like bipedalism, energy expenditure was likely an important selection pressure on hominin bipeds by 3.6 Ma.\nFigure 1. Three dimensional scans of experimental footprints and a Laetoli footprint.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 5742, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Abbott.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:36Z", "digest": "sha1:ZBAIL7JGVDTZK4KM5XI7QO4UH43QN3KG", "length": 1015, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.daviddarling.info", "title": "Abbott, Ira H. (1906-1988)", "raw_content": "Abbott, Ira H. (1906\u20131988)\nIra Abbott, at the right.\nIra Abbott was a prominent aeronautical engineer in the early years of the American space program. After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Abbott joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in 1929. The author of many technical reports on aerodynamics, he was instrumental in setting up programs in high-speed research, and by 1945 had risen to be assistant chief of research at Langley. Transferring to NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) headquarters in 1948 as assistant director of aerodynamics research, he was promoted to director of advanced research programs at NASA in 1959 and to director of advanced research and technology in 1961. In this last capacity Abbott supervised the X-15, supersonic transport, nuclear rocket, and advanced reentry programs. In 1949, he coauthored with Albert E. von Doenhoff the reference book Theory of Wing Sections, which includes a summary of airfoil data. Abbott retired in 1962.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 108.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/diving.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:11Z", "digest": "sha1:Z2RFJNOAEOW46KGBDEVJOIRD7YDPTSFM", "length": 2102, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.daviddarling.info", "title": "deep-sea diving", "raw_content": "Deep-sea diving is the descent by divers to the sea bed, usually for protracted periods, for purposes such as exploration and salvage. Skin diving is almost as old as man and the Romans had primitive diving suits connected by an air pipe to the surface. This principle was also known in the early sixteenth century. A breakthrough came when John Lethbridge devised the forerunner of the armored suits used today in deepest waters (1715): it looked much like a barrel with sleeves and a viewport, and was useless for depths of more than a few meters. In 1802 William Fowler devised a suit in which air was pumped to the diver by bellows. And in 1837 (improving his earlier design of 1819) Augustus Siebe (1788\u20131872) invented thefore runner of the modern diving suit \u2013 a continuous airtight suit to which air is supplied by a pump.\nThe diving suit today has a metal or fiberglass helmet with viewports and inhalation and exhalation valves, joined by an airtight seal to a metal chestpiece, itself joined to a flexible watertight covering of rubber and canvas; and weights, especially weighted boots, for stability and to prevent the diver shooting toward the surface. Air or, more often, an oxygen/helium mixture is conveyed to the diver via a thick rubber tube. In addition, he has either a telephone wire, or simply a cord which he can tug, for communication with the surface.\nNowadays SCUBA diving, where the diver has no suit but carries gas cylinders and an aqualung, is preferred in most cases since it permits greater mobility. In all diving great care must be taken to avoid the bends, or aeroembolism, caused by ascending too rapidly to the surface.\nA diving bell is a hollow structure providing a dry environment for underwater workers. Early diving bells were bell-shaped, filled with compressed air, and open at the bottom to give access to the seabed. The bathysphere, which made its first dive in 1930, was spherical, made of steel, and could withstand considerable pressures, but it was restricted to depths within reach of supply and winch cables. It has been replaced by the bathyscaphe.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 246.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.davidsoncocemeterysurvey.com/home/cemeteries-a-c/collins-w-c-cemetery", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:13Z", "digest": "sha1:TNDDQNT3GIWVV3KF3NV3LTOGWZIOTIF6", "length": 1154, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.davidsoncocemeterysurvey.com", "title": "Collins, W. C. Cemetery - davidsoncountycemeterysurvey.com", "raw_content": "Collins, W. C. Cemetery\nAN-10: NASHVILLE, DAVIDSON COUNTY, TN , ANTIOCH PIKE\nCOLLINS Born: 1858 Died: 1889\nFront inscription: W.C. COLLINS/BORN/MAY 8, 1858/DIED/JULY 8, 1889\nFootstone: YES Footstone inscription: W.C.C.\nUNKNOWN Born: Died:\nFront inscription: A.S.\nTeresa Ghee Elliott contacted the Davidson County Cemetery Survey project, on July 15, 2004. Her description of the cemetery which was located on a hillside behind the old Antioch First Baptist Church (now called Lighthouse Baptist Church 2004) has been printed below.\n\u201cThe entire hillside to the right of the two small graveyards was once filled with headstones. In the early 1970s the stones were not readable. Most were broken and illegible at that time. The children of the church had a playground at the base of the hill behind the brick building, and we played on the tombstones up and down the hill. As far as I know the church has no record of the burials. Shortly before the Antioch Baptist Church moved to their current location, across the street, the old building was flooded by Mill Creek.\u201d\nAddition to W. C. Collins Cemetery and to Hall Cemetery web site listings. August 2004.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1940, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 285.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dealsurf.com/daily-deals-coupons/daytona-beach/which", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:20Z", "digest": "sha1:BFPAOWVV6SEQYYHM254GLF7CWBM52SPI", "length": 74, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.dealsurf.com", "title": "Top Which Daily Deals Coupons in Daytona Beach by DealSurf.com", "raw_content": "Best Which Deals in Daytona Beach\nWe found 0 Which deals in Daytona Beach.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3838, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 171.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.debunking-christianity.com/2018/01/quote-of-day-by-gary-m-on-faith.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:50Z", "digest": "sha1:FI5MCJXAGFYVF5U72CKNIZCFJSCZ5ZZU", "length": 3184, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.debunking-christianity.com", "title": "Debunking Christianity: Quote of the Day by Gary M On Faith", "raw_content": "Quote of the Day by Gary M On Faith\nFor Christians who believe faith is a gift, Gary M shows your hypocrisy:\nVery often when I discuss the claims of Christianity with Christian apologists we get into a dispute over the meaning of the word \"faith\". We usually arrive at this point because I have made a claim such as this: \"Those of us living in modern, educated, western societies are never asked to believe a truth claim by 'faith' except when it comes to the claims of religion.\"\nThe Christian apologist will usually object: \"We all (Christians and non-Christians) exercise faith every day of our lives, in many different situations! By faith we cross bridges in the morning on our way to work. We do not get out of our car and personally inspect these bridges prior to driving over them. We have faith in the expertise of the engineers who have certified the bridge as safe. Likewise, when we board a plane we have faith that we will arrive safely at our desired destination. We place our faith in the quality construction of the manufacturer of the airplane; we place our faith in the airline operating that airplane that they have performed proper maintenance; and, we place our faith in the pilots of that airplane that they are well trained and that they will operate the plane in a safe, professional manner. Therefore, people living in modern, educated, western societies exercise faith in many areas of their lives, not just in the practice of their religion.\"\nBased on the above, the apologist may give this short summary: \"Faith is trust based on past performance.\"\nThat is not what most Christians mean by \"faith\" when they invoke this term regarding their belief in the supernatural claims of Christianity. They may incorporate some of the above into their concept of \"faith\" but the above definition leaves out a key component of Christian \"faith\". And that key component is this:\n\"Faith is a gift from God. It is not the product of one's own endeavors (works); it is not the product of one's use of his or her own intelligence, decision-making, or maturity.\"\nIsn't that exactly how the Apostle Paul describes faith in his letter to the Ephesians???\nWhen non-Christians cross over a bridge to go to work in the morning, they do not claim to be exercising secret knowledge gifted to them by an invisible Being to make it safely to the other side? When non-Christians board an airplane, they do not claim to be exercising secret knowledge gifted to them by an invisible Being to make it safely to their destination. It is therefore clear that the term \"faith\" used by Christians in relationship to the supernatural claims of their religion is not the same \"faith\" they exercise to cross a bridge or to board a plane. In the latter situations, they are exercising trust based on past performance. In the former situation, they are exercising wishful thinking regarding the unproven existence of an invisible supernatural being who gifts them secret knowledge and powers.\nChristian faith is not simply trust based on past performance, my friends. Christian faith is really this: trust based on the reality of magic---and modern, educated people should not believe in magic!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 6718, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 281.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.decaturparks.com/account-sub.php?accountid=&cn=454", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:55Z", "digest": "sha1:GSFYHRL7ZPIOZENLOLSXY3EX6PM5UOKU", "length": 2739, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.decaturparks.com", "title": "| Open Cup | Decatur Parks & Recreation", "raw_content": "The Open Cup Debuts in Decatur, Alabama\nThe city of Decatur has been selected to hold the inaugural 2012 Open Cup, an Alabama Youth Soccer Association and United States Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) sanctioned tournament hosted by Premier Soccer Services. Set for April 13-15, 2012, organizers are expecting approximately 120 teams from across the Southeast as well as international teams to compete bringing together some of the best youth soccer players to the fields of the Jack Allen Recreation Complex.\nThe three day tournament offers USYSA affiliated Premier, Challenge, Classic, and Academy level U10-U19 girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 competitive soccer opportunities. There will be a minimum of two divisions per age division/gender \u2013 an elite level of play and 1-2 competitive divisions tiered lower. Trophies will be awarded to the championship and runner-up teams in each age division.\n\u201cDecatur presented a great opportunity in providing the factors we needed for a successful event \u2013 great facilities, supportive city, CVB, and park and recreation department staff, and geographically central location for travel,\u201d said Event Organizer Scott Spencer. \u201cThough it is early, the response has been excellent with clubs from five states coming and over six teams from Mexico including the 1st Division pro club, CF Monterey Rayados. This will likely become an annual event that is one of the top club tournaments in the South.\u201d\nThe Jack Allen Recreation Complex will also serve as host venue for the tournament April 12-14, 2013 and April 11-13, 2014. For complete registration information on the tournament, visit www.premiersoccerservices.com.\nFor more information on the Jack Allen Recreation Complex, visit www.decataursports.com\nAbout Premier Soccer Services\nPremier Soccer Services (PSS) is an events and consulting service organization in business since 2006. PSS organizes events and programs from the grassroots to the international and professional level. Services, programs, and events include youth soccer tournaments, coaching education clinics, soccer development programming, exhibition matches (domestic and international), international tours of professional clubs and national teams in the USA, international training tours and programs for US based teams to Mexico and Latin America, and international relations with Federation and professional clubs.\nAbout The Decatur-Morgan County Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCCVB)\nThe Decatur-Morgan County Convention & Visitors Bureau is a not-for-profit organization promoting tourism and economic growth in Morgan County. For information on special events and attractions in Decatur, contact the DMCCVB at 800.524.6181 or 256.350.2028; or visit its website at www.decaturcvb.org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 6571, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.devoteddad.org/2017/07/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:25Z", "digest": "sha1:L64QQZAONAHAVL54464XEJCSHKDWZBOM", "length": 310, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.devoteddad.org", "title": "July 2017 - Devoted Dad", "raw_content": "One of the best ways for a dad to protect his child from being sexually abused is by talking openly with their child about healthy sexuality. Doing this will allow them to be educated and aware of their own bodies and what\u2019s appropriate and inappropriate in terms of the way they interact with others. Talking\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 224.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/how-businesses-can-survive-digital-disruptions/article/530137", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:05Z", "digest": "sha1:UHWYFF7MYOYVUTUCEW6OYZBCWWO445TP", "length": 3799, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.digitaljournal.com", "title": "How businesses can survive digital disruptions", "raw_content": "How businesses can survive digital disruptions\nBy Tim Sandle Aug 22, 2018 in Business\nSurviving the types of digital disruptions that are impacting on every industry requires a robust strategy, according to industry commentator Ram\u00e9z Baassiri. This is especially so when disruptions happen that are beyond control.\nAccording to Ram\u00e9z Baassiri, any plan can falter in the face of unexpected external forces. This may relate to a drop in the economy, of the fall-out from a natural disaster, or even a change in the weather. A further risk comes from new technologies, especially technology in the hands of emergent startups, through digital disruption. Digital disruption is especially challenging. This is a transformation caused by emerging digital technologies and business models. Such new technologies and models impact the value of existing products and services offered in the industry.\nThese various factors each impact upon consumer buying behaviour, and the resultant changes can, in turn, impact upon many businesses and how they operate.\nRam\u00e9z Baassiri is the author of the book Interrupted Entrepreneurship: Embracing Change in the Family Business. The book focuses on \u2018family business\u2019. These are a distinct form of business representing 80 percent of all firms in the U.S. and 85 percent of companies in the European Union. He has provided some new insights into how to deal with such challenges in communication with Digital Journal.\nIn relation to businesses Baassiri acknowledges that the \u201cevolving landscape of the future\nInterruptions are uncontrollable, but you can choose how to confront and deal with those interruptions\u2015and do so in a beneficial way to your business and your personal well-being.\u201d\nHe adds that \u201cinterruptions within a business are as much a part of life as breathing and blinking. They are viewed by some as hiccups, challenges, or even crises.\u201d\nInstead of looking negatively at these changes, Baassiri says that disruptions also can be the catalyst for even greater success, depending on how they are handled. In terms of what family businesses can change when daily businesses activities are disrupted include:\nBaassiri says: \u201cDon\u2019t just adapt to change, embrace it.\u201d By this he means: \u201cEvery family business has dealt with and will deal with interruptions, from the expected changes and challenges of growth to the unexpected interruptions resulting from loss and poor decision-making, and everything in between.\u201d\nHe adds: \u201cYou must be ready to accept and even embrace such changes as they come, to get creative with them and use them as a catalyst for improvement.\u201d\nMass Transformative Purpose\nBy \u201cMass Transformative Purpose,\u201d Baassiri means: \u201cThink about the way in which your company plans to change the world. In other words, why does your business exist?\u201d\nBy this: \u201cKnowing that can help you stay focused and overcome seemingly impossible obstacles when they arise.\u201d\n\u201cMissed opportunities and failures to turn interruptions in entrepreneurship into positive change abound in the business world\u201d, according to Baassiri. He cites the example of Blockbuster turning down the opportunity to purchase of Netflix in 2000 for $50 million. Now Netflix is valued at more than $32 billion.\nBaassiri recommends hiring a diverse team for each business. He notes how: \u201cYou can get stuck in your comfort zone because you see the same things every day and revolve in the same circles.\u201d\nWhereas the business leader requires \u201can extra set of eyes looking at the company from other angles and letting you know where your weak links are and where you can grow. Of course you won\u2019t always agree, but that\u2019s healthy; it means you\u2019re being challenged.\u201d\nMore about digital disruption, Disruption, digital transformation\ndigital disruption Disruption digital transformati...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 5098, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 317.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitigrafo.it/module/date/2016/03", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:51Z", "digest": "sha1:YMDDNYPYBZRSHKNG6WJF4CRNP2EA443J", "length": 46, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.digitigrafo.it", "title": "Marzo | 2016 | Digitigrafo", "raw_content": "dati dati datasets\nhttps://github.com/datasets", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 366, "original_length": 10162, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 125.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.downcountymuseum.com/Collections/Exhibitions/Permanent_Exhibition_Down_Through_Time", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:33Z", "digest": "sha1:DKVAY3EROVRYFDGGHDWBJOXUDGATOEO4", "length": 3944, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.downcountymuseum.com", "title": "Down County Museum - Down Through Time - Prehistoric Times", "raw_content": "Located in the Governor's Residence of the old Gaol buildings, Down Through Time brings to life 9000 years of human history in Down. Featuring over 1100 historic objects, documents and works of art, the displays provide a fascinating glimpse into the County's past.\nThe exhibition is divided into the following sections:\nPrehistory explains what we know about the lives of the first people in County Down. This section deals with the Middle Stone Aage through to the Iron Age and includes a wide range of objects from flint tools, stone axes and pottery to bronze weapons and iron artefacts.\nEarly Christian Down which as well as dealing with the legacy of St Patrick, includes a fascinating selection of objects from monasteries in the locality from Saul to Downpatrick. Key objects on display here include six cross slabs from Saul.\nMedieval Treasures interprets the period up to the 15th century including the impact of the Vikings and Normans in Down. Highlights of this display include two bronze cauldrons, and a large copper bowl. Although such objects can be found in some national collections, they are quite rare in local musuems.\nLand and Power covers some of the most dramatic changes in the history of County Down. Although the County was never included in an organised settlement or \u2018plantation\u2019, it became one of the most successfully colonised areas in Ireland. The display in this section is designed to increase knowledge of how some of our towns and trading centres developed, and to encourage enjoyment of local sites. The most striking items exhibited her are the portraits of Edward Southwell (1671-1730) and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Southwell, n\u00e9e Cromwell (1674-1709).\nRebellion, 1798-1803 deals with the period from the foundation of the Society of United Irishmen in 1791 to the execution of Thomas Russell in 1803 is a key time in the history of County Down. The Museum has a small but important collection of objects relating to the period including a letter giving an eye witness account of the Battle of Saintfield and a collection of documents relating to the investigation of the activities of Thomas Russell and his co-conspirators, James Drake and James Corry around the Loughinisland area in July 1803.\nHard Times, Great Expectations deals with the Victorian and Edwardian eras, times of dramatic change going from the industrial revolution to the early days of the twentieth century. If one object could be used to illustrate life in the mid 19th century, it is the Ballybrannagh Quilt, which includes pictures of domestic life, farming, boats, train, a hunt and a Procession in Belfast. But the collection here also includes a wealth of items which relate to education, health, work, politics, war and religion.\nWar and Peace showcases the Museum\u2019s collection of objects relating to the two world wars and to conflict in Ireland. The lives of local people living through these turbulent times is examined and objects on display range from photographs of Ulster Volunteers and Irish Volunteers and a wooden cross which marked the grave of a soldier from Downpatrick, killed in action in France to Home Guard uniform and ration books from the Second World War.\nPost-war Down deals with life in the local areas from 1945 to 2000. Many of the items in this part of the Museum's collection will be readily remembered by visitors to the Museum. The Museum has been active in collecting objects from our recent past for several years. The result is thousands of household and domestic items, costume, toys, textiles, tools and farming implements, legal and legislative documents, advertisements and leisure items.\nAudio points give visitors more information on key events and personalities in our local history and hands-on features provide children with the opportunity to carry out a wide range of activities from dressing up in replica costume and solving puzzles to having a go at rebuilding a prehistoric pot.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 4940, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 157.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.drmartinbenoit.com/total-knee-joint-replacement-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:40Z", "digest": "sha1:N4JNLTK5SRLFVCOXWOIWK5BQMMAIHKBO", "length": 461, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.drmartinbenoit.com", "title": "Total Knee Joint Replacement \u2013 Dr Martin J. 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Belly said he canceled because he didn't want to share a stage with Trump and disagrees with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's views and beliefs.\n\"I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world \u2014 from religion to race,\" Belly said in a statement. \"I just didn't want to feel like I was a part of a celebration for somebody who has beliefs that majority of us don't agree with.\"\nTrump has been criticized by some political rivals and voters for his comments on topics including women, refugees, immigrants and Muslims, such as when he said some Mexican immigrants in the U.S. illegally are \"rapists\" and when he called for a ban on Muslim immigration into the United States.\nA Trump spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on The Weeknd and Belly.\nThe Jimmy Kimmel show had no comment, a representative said. Representatives for The Weeknd didn't immediately respond to emails seeking comment.\nThe Weeknd won two Grammy Awards earlier this year, including best urban contemporary album for \"Beauty Behind the Madness.\" Belly has co-written many of The Weeknd's hits, including \"Earned It,\" ''The Hills,\" ''Into the Night\" and \"Often.\"\nThe Weeknd appears on Belly's song \"Might Not,\" which they were set to perform on Kimmel's show.\nBelly, who's signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation management, will release a new mixtape, \"Another Day In Paradise,\" on Friday.\n\"I'm here on a campaign of positivity and love and to contribute what I can to music,\" Belly said. \"I create songs people go to sleep and wake up to, songs that they fall in love to. For me, being Muslim and being somebody that appreciates my access here in America, I love the fact that I'm able to be here. To play my part in this business is a privilege and a beautiful thing. The fact that I could lose that ability through the actions of someone such as Donald Trump isn't right to me. At all.\"\nBelly shared an Oscar nomination for best original song with The Weeknd for \"Earned It,\" which appears on the \"Fifty Shades of Grey\" soundtrack.\nBelly and The Weekend are from Canada. 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The 86-year-old man from Hailsham who was driving, was taken to the DGH for observation after being unable to remember the crash.\nTwo other vehicles trying to dodge the car then collided - a grey BMW driven by a 45-year-old man from Bognor Regis, and a grey Ford Fiesta, driven by a 27-year-old woman from Horam. The driver of the BMW was treated for shock.\nRoad closures and diversions were put in place until the scene was eventually cleared at 1.52pm. This inevitably led to traffic delays and bus diversions. Fire crews were also called to the scene.\nPolice would like to thank motorists who were affected for their patience and co-operation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 3270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 232.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.easternuni.edu.bd/Eng_Faculty.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:17Z", "digest": "sha1:VL3UQAGC6WNQ5EPUCM6FTHSPYMN4VWFE", "length": 2103, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.easternuni.edu.bd", "title": "Eastern University", "raw_content": "The faculty of Engineering and Technology is the second largest faculty of Eastern University in terms of number of students. At present it has two departments: Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.\nThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers programs leading to the degrees of B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering [B.Sc. (CSE)]. The duration of B.Sc. in CSE is four years and is divided into 12 semesters. To obtain B.Sc. in CSE, students need to complete 150 credit hours with a minimum CGPA of 2.50. Our main task is to prepare students for careers in Software and Hardware industries or to pursue advanced graduate studies at home and abroad. Also a part of our mission is to ensure a comprehensive and client-oriented teaching environment that emphasizes depth, originality and critical thinking of computer science and related professional values.\nThe Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) offers a program leading to the degree of B. Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering [B.Sc. (EEE)]. The total credit hours for completion of the B.Sc. (EEE) program is 149. The program includes courses from (1) general areas, namely, English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Arts, Social sciences, Accounting, and (2) Engineering disciplines, namely, Electrical and Electronic Engineering as major area consisting of (a) Power (b) Electronics (c) Communication and (d) Control and Automation. The program requires some of the courses as core courses and students have option to choose a few courses as elective for specialization. The curriculum for the B.Sc. (EEE) has been designed to make the program goal-oriented and to fulfil the present and future needs of the age. The Department offers the program for both day and evening sections. The day section is for HSC or A level passed students and the evening section is for students possessing diploma in relevant engineering field.\nAll courses are conducted by experienced faculty having degrees from renowned universities at home and abroad.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 5467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 106.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ebookopportunities.com/articles/legal/the-initial-step--seek-legal-advice.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:18Z", "digest": "sha1:DKGRU5JVS7NCAZ563TPUJMVC3TB2JFED", "length": 2675, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.ebookopportunities.com", "title": "Legal Information", "raw_content": "The Initial Step: Seek Legal Advice\nSeeking for legal advice is the first step that one must take if he\u2019s been involved in personal injury cases such as car accident, auto accident, slip fall injury, and many others. This has been also the case when you have questions on any fields of the law. You have to remember that there are certainly lots of resources for legal advice and there are also lots of lawyers or attorneys that are always ready to assist you by providing such guidance. But no matter what you\u2019re concern is, you also need to know everything about the rules of law and how it\u2019ll affect your case.\nFinding a reputable and experienced legal specialist is a great way to get accurate advice and information regarding your legal concerns. In choosing one, you have to keep in mind that every attorney has his own skills and a distinct professional background. Therefore, you have to examine rightfully every lawyer that you come across before actually getting his services. This is important because he will not only give you legal advice or represent you in court but he will also do a comprehensive research on your lawsuit.\nIf you have been involved in a personal injury case where you think that you are the one who\u2019s at fault or unsure if where the fault lies, your legal specialist can help you track if who\u2019s the guilty party. This can only happen after he has thoroughly evaluated the evidences or information that you have prepared or presented to him. With this, seeking legal advice is really important especially if you\u2019ll get to know a trustworthy attorney.\nThere are various ways on how to find the best lawyer that can provide the best legal advice, too. The most efficient way is through the Internet. It has been a good source for those people who seek legal advice. With the vast information that the Internet can offer you, you\u2019ll definitely be amazed by it. There are lots of articles and personal disclosures regarding delicate court procedures that can give you an overview of what might also happen to your own lawsuit.\nWhen you\u2019re finally set to acquire your personal attorney, you can still utilize the web by using online referral services. There exist lawyer locators too that can search vast databases of lawyer information to match your lawyer requirements. Hopefully, you\u2019ll find the best attorney who can give you proper advice. 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The event lasted for 41 minutes, with 8 participating suppliers. There were 223 bids placed with 8 first place turnovers, allowing for a competitive bid. The spread between 1st and 2nd place was 3.72%. The university saved 32% on their first budget value, with their first reverse auction with eBridge.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 1684, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ebuyersguide.net/2017/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:48Z", "digest": "sha1:L35DEMFI6JM6EESBWLEKK47BYCKVYI26", "length": 1355, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.ebuyersguide.net", "title": "May | 2017 | Ebuyersguide", "raw_content": "Different Types of Tops for Women\n**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. When it comes to buying clothes, women are always choosy because they want to look their best for all occasions. Tops are one of the most comfortable and stylish women\u2019s clothing that go perfectly with [\u2026]\nBuying the Right Baby Bottles\n**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. There is no doubt that breast milk is the best milk for your baby. It is sterile, always available, you don\u2019t need any thing else to feed your baby. You don\u2019t need a whole lot [\u2026]\n**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. \u201cTake Control of Your Health Naturally\u201d What is CBD Hemp Oil? CBD, also called Cannabidiol, is just one of 85 different chemical compounds in marijuana plants. CBD Hemp Oil is derived from hemp, or cannabis [\u2026]\n3 Different Styles of Women\u2019s Trousers\n**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. Your best stake is to buy trousers in a departmental store where seamstresses work, and have been placed in the changing room to see the trousers on you and fit them consequently. 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Our consultants are committed to researching widely in order to keep up to date with the latest law and guidance and all have real experience in their field of expertise so they can offer you practical solutions. Consultancy work includes the provision of tailored face-to-face, telephone and written information on a number of specialist areas of mental health, mental capacity and child law.\n\u2013 Guidance to the specialist directorate of a leading NHS Foundation Trust on the development of their policies in relation to aspects of the mental health care and treatment of children and young people.\n\u2013 Consultation for the lead AMHP of a large local authority, providing guidance on complex issues of mental health and capacity law.\n\u2013 Guidance and suggested amendments on various local authority policies and forms to ensure better legal compliance.\nConsultancy is always provided by an experienced member of the Edge team via regular meetings, telephone, email or Skype.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2600, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 240.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/lost-albums-necessary-response-blood-spills-not-far-from-the-wound/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:18Z", "digest": "sha1:2NSZLZSK4ON5ZSNCBGUFNSHHT2SGR3TP", "length": 13263, "nlines": 58, "source_domain": "www.electricityclub.co.uk", "title": "Lost Albums: NECESSARY RESPONSE Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound - The Electricity Club", "raw_content": "October 16, 2015 / electricityclub / Comments Off on Lost Albums: NECESSARY RESPONSE Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound\n\u2018Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound\u2019 was an album released in 2007 by NECESSARY RESPONSE, a pseudonym adopted by Daniel Graves of AESTHETIC PERFECTION when they were certainly a different sounding beast to the one they are now.\nIf you have only been exposed to fairly recent songs such as \u2018Antibody\u2019 and \u2018Big, Bad Wolf\u2019, then tracks such as \u2018Fix\u2019, \u2018Sacrifice\u2019 and \u2018Surface\u2019 from \u2018Close to Human\u2019, although featuring some undeniably hooky synth lines, also showcased aggressive, screamed post-hardcore vocals which could certainly prove deal breakers for those into vocally melodic strains of electronic music. \u2018Intro\u2019 starts the album, a short piano-based instrumental piece with minimal drums, a sampled breath running throughout and a dark / sinister vocodered voice intoning \u201cLet\u2019s spill some blood\u2026.\u201d which introduces the first song on \u2018Blood Spills\u2026.\u2019\nOpening piece \u2018Spilling Blood\u2019 is intriguing in that in certain respects it musically templates what was to eventually become the next AESTHETIC PERFECTION album \u2018A Violent Emotion\u2019. A far more typical industrial sound, with big distorted 909 kicks, filtered sawtooth synths and a triplet Schaffel feel.\nWhat differentiates it from what was to come AP-wise (and say a typical COMBICHRIST song from the era) is the lead vocal, itself very melodic with a vocoder ghosting underneath it to give it more of an edge. The song starts with a mid-range voice announcing \u201cEvery living creature on earth dies alone\u201d with other less discernible snippets of film dialogue following. The song\u2019s chorus is big and anthemic with the \u201cShe says she\u2019s never been so alone, don\u2019t you care about me?\u201d lyrical hook providing a real emotional twist to what is a very hard-edged machine-driven track.\n\u2018Forever\u2019 sets the template for much of the album, both musically and vocally. It is a very melodic 4/4 piece with hypnotic synth and haunting choral introduction lines, but with an overlong instrumental bridge and a musically underdeveloped chorus which doesn\u2019t quite do the songwriting justice. \u2018Forever\u2019 could be interpreted as being written from the perspective of a touring musician trying to come to terms with commitment and being able to maintain a faithful relationship, with lyrics which talk about spending \u201cour whole life together\u201d but not \u201cknowing how it\u2019s done\u201d.\n\u2018Vapor\u2019 is one of the standout songs on the album. Lyrically it details a fleeting and potentially doomed romantic liaison set against monophonic synth riffs which wouldn\u2019t be out of place on the debut DEPECHE MODE and YAZOO albums. The main drawback to \u2018Vapor\u2019 is its length; a three and a half minute edit would be perfect for a traditional synthpop song of this ilk. But stretching it out to nearly six means that a lot of the track\u2019s emotional impact becomes lost, especially when another repeated chorus appears around about the five minute mark!\n\u2018Dying In The Worst Way\u2019 and \u2018This Distance\u2019, the other instrumental on the album, are the darkest tracks on \u2018Blood Spills\u2026\u2019\nThe former recalls NINE INCH NAILS lyrically, whereas the latter comes across as a Dystopian sci-fi theme with filter swept \u2018Man Machine\u2019 style bass synths counterpointing the intricate stuttering of the main elements.\nAfter a detached Apple-style robotic voice repeats \u201cthis distance is breaking me apart\u201d in the middle eight, a deep Reese / detuned sawtooth bass adds to the overall menace before the lone computerised voice appropriately breaks down at the end.\nBoth pieces flirt with the Glitch genre and feature cut-up slices, helping to differentiate the songs from just being standard synth-pop compositions.\n\u2018Devotion\u2019, the album closer starts with looped found sounds combined with a low droning bass, ominous piano and strings. The song itself has Depeche DNA at its heart, but again the glitched components of the chorus help set it apart from something that Basildon\u2019s finest would produce. An overlong drum-less middle section hampers the momentum of the track to a degree, but the chorus returns back at the end to lift the piece.\nThe main selling point for a casual listener to explore \u2018Blood Spills\u2026.\u2019 is the quality of the songwriting and synth work contained within. Arguably there are issues with the overlong songs and underdeveloped production in places, but it still has the power and charm to make you want to revisit it regularly. Daniel Graves kindly spoke to The Electricity Club to discuss some of the songs on the album, why he deemed it necessary to adopt a different name for the project and also why \u2018Blood Spills\u2026\u2019 has received a 2015 \u2018re-boot\u2019 with the addition of \u2018Never Enough\u2019, a previously unreleased song from that period\u2026\nWhat was the main reason to step away from AESTHETIC PERFECTION to record and release \u2018Blood Spills\u2026\u2019?\nI was forced to! At the time, the powers that be insisted that AESTHETIC PERFECTION be a strictly aggrotech act. The original cut of \u2018Close to Human\u2019 contained \u2018Tomorrow\u2019, \u2018Forever\u2019 and \u2018Elements\u2019, and even though the labels liked those songs, they said I\u2019d have to create a new project if I ever wanted to release them. I was young and eager to make people happy, so I did it. Ever since then, the goal was to slowly lead AESTHETIC PERFECTION towards what it was supposed to be from the beginning: A dynamic expression of all ranges of emotion.\nInitially you went to quite a lot of effort to keep the identity and source of the act secret, including the creation of a fake MySpace located in Sweden, why was that?\nI wanted the music to speak for itself. I had hoped NECESSARY RESPONSE would garner attention because the songs were good, not because they were made by \u201cthe guy from AESTHETIC PERFECTION\u201d. Ironically though, the album was a total flop, so in hindsight I should have exploited everything I had!\nAs NECESSARY RESPONSE, you toured as support for DE/VISION, how was that experience?\nAt the time it was the longest tour I had ever done. Don\u2019t forget, this is about a year before \u2018A Violent Emotion\u2019 came out, so AESTHETIC PERFECTION hadn\u2019t done any significant amount of touring yet. The response was positive, but it still wasn\u2019t enough to get the project off its feet.\nI think this album, more than anything else I\u2019ve done, was the slowest burn. People didn\u2019t take notice of it until after AESTHETIC PERFECTION got more popular.\nThe phrase \u2018Emo-tronica\u2019 came into my head whilst listening to \u2018Blood Spills\u2026\u2019\nI\u2019ve always been partial to \u201cEmo Body Music\u201d. Not only because it contains the word \u201cemo\u201d which receives an automatic knee-jerk reaction from anyone in the Goth scene, but it pairs it with the oh-so-sacred EBM acronym to really drag the nails across the chalkboard. If you want me to be honest, I\u2019ve always thought of my music as \u201cdark electro\u201d, but that\u2019s way less fun sounding. I\u2019ve always found it funny that people associate \u2018Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound\u2019 with being sincere, open and honest and not the other AESTHETIC PERFECTION albums. Lyrically, I don\u2019t see how \u2018Sacrifice\u2019 is any different from \u2018Dying in the Worst Way\u2019. All of my music is deeply personal. I don\u2019t know how to write lyrics that aren\u2019t.\nOn many AESTHETIC PERFECTION songs, you often come across as a larger than life persona\u2026 NECESSARY RESPONSE feels like it could be the \u2018real\u2019 Daniel Graves\u2026..\nNone of what you see is the \u201creal\u201d me. Although, the \u201creal\u201d me just wants to be \u201cDaniel Graves\u201d. It\u2019s two sides of the same coin. I can promise you that there was just as much performance in the NECESSARY RESPONSE days as there is now.\nI wasn\u2019t as good at it then, though. I\u2019ve improved over the last eight years! It\u2019s important for me that the listener interprets the song for themselves. My songs mean to me what they mean to me, and they mean to you what they mean to you.\nThe opening instrumental \u2018Intro\u2019 is reminiscent of a lost \u2018Protection\u2019-era MASSIVE ATTACK track, are you fan?\nNope! I absolutely hate MASSIVE ATTACK and trip hop in general!\n\u2018Forever\u2019, along with other tracks on the album, include some cut-up, glitchy elements, was there anybody that particularly inspired you to incorporate these?\nI used to be huge into IDM and GRIDLOCK. They inspired the instrumentals on \u2018Close to Human\u2019 and \u2018Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound\u2019. You\u2019ll notice though, that around 2007 I lost interest in the style and those types of songs stopped appearing on my albums!\nDid you use the LiveCut plug-in to help program the glitches?\nI\u2019ve never heard of the LiveCut plug-in. I did everything manually!\nAn AESTHETIC PERFECTION trademark is the use of dialogue samples and snippets, did you add these afterwards or did they start as springboards for song ideas?\nSamples almost always come at the end. I think of them as the icing on the cake rather than the batter.\n\u2018Vapor\u2019 sounds like a very personal lyric\u2026\nThey\u2019re all very personal, but I\u2019d say this one was definitely less vague than the others. I think the narrative is very plainly laid out for the listener. It\u2019s definitely one of my favourite songs, but it didn\u2019t need to be six minutes long!\nSome of the other tracks on \u2018Blood Spills\u2026\u2019 could have quite comfortably followed a 3-4 minute \u2018pop\u2019 format\u2026\nI wish they had. I absolutely despise long songs now. Anything over four and a half minutes had better be some \u2018Bohemian Rhapsody\u2019 rock opera epic-ness.\nThe album has a very clean and clear vocal production \u2013 what is your opinion on Industrial acts that treat their vocals almost as an afterthought to the music?\nThe human voice is the most unique and expressive instrument we have. No two are alike, why would you want to hide it in effects? Bring it all to the front. Don\u2019t fear criticism. Own your flaws. Do whatever you need to do, but vocals are NOT an afterthought, they are the anchor.\nSome of the album cuts \u2018Elements\u2019, \u2018Tomorrow\u2019 and \u2018For All the Lost\u2019 sound like they were done on quite a minimalist set of equipment\u2026\nMost of this record is an Access Virus B, a Nord Lead 2 and recorded in Logic with various softsynths. I\u2019ve always tried to keep my set-up as small as possible. I find too much gear gets confusing, and you never truly learn the ins and outs of what you have. These days, the Nord and Virus collect dust as recording actual synths is totally impractical, but I like to bring them out every now and again.\nThe album \u2018Blood Spills\u2026\u2019 has an almost minimal / monophonic KRAFTWERK-style aesthetic to it, are you proud of it in hindsight?\nI get the worst idiot shivers when I hear the production on that record. It\u2019s so NOT up to par. Even in 2007, it didn\u2019t sound like a well-produced record. What I\u2019m proud of are the songs, I think people like the record in spite of the production and not because of it. To be fair, though, I\u2019m an artist and I hate almost everything I do. I have no objectivity, I have no perspective. I\u2019m grateful that people like that record.\nYou sound REALLY unhappy with some of the aspects of the album\u2026\nAlmost all artists are unhappy with their previous work. That\u2019s the motivation to continue on and make something new, to learn from your mistakes and grow. If you believe you\u2019ve made the perfect album, where else is there to go? I think the original version of that album sounded horrific. Those songs deserved better than that!\nWhich leads on to the news that you are about to release a new AESTHETIC PERFECTION version of the album\u2026\nIt\u2019s not an \u201cAESTHETIC PERFECTION\u201d version of the album. This record should have ALWAYS been under the AP moniker. This is me taking my album back and releasing it on my own terms. Sure, I spit-shined the production and redid the vocals, but it\u2019s very much the same. Most of what you\u2019ll hear are from the original recordings. I tried my best to avoid George Lucas-ing the record\u2026 believe me, it was hard!\nFinally, and according to Wikipedia, \u201c\u2026.on September 13, 2012, Daniel Graves posted on the official AESTHETIC PERFECTION Facebook page that \u201cI wish there was a way to telepathically project, to everyone, that NECESSARY RESPONSE is dead, buried, and will not return\u2026 ever\u201d \u2013 Any comments?\nDoes Wikipedia say that? I don\u2019t remember if I ever said that, but it sounds like something I\u2019d say! Look, I love the fact that people like that album, I like it too, but there is no need for NECESSARY RESPONSE to exist.\nIt\u2019s frustrating that no matter how many times I explain that NECESSARY RESPONSE is just a name, and that if I were to ever make another album in that style again, it would be released as AESTHETIC PERFECTION. Funny enough, I approached \u2018Til Death\u2019 as if I were writing a follow up to \u2018Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound\u2019\u2026 I tell people that, and they still don\u2019t get it. Whatever, you can\u2019t please all the people, all the time!\nThe Electricity Club gives its warmest thanks to Daniel Graves\nThe new version of \u2018Blood Spills Not Far From the Wound\u2019 is released by Metropolis Records. 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A big win, in my opinion. My mom (who works at the same place) gave me a sweet V-day card with $10 in it. After work, I went to Target due to the fact that I needed some gifts. .. and I wanted to spend my ten dollahs. Little increments of cold, hard cash tends to burn a hole in my pocket. I think of a million things I can do with it. I spend it on oh, little things. Nail polish. Hair products. Drinks from Tijuana Flats for the single purpose of having their crunchy ice (eee!). Snowballs. Makeup. Menchies (for the love!).\nToday was a win because\u2026 I found two things that I have been searching for my whole life, but never knew what they looked like. THIS is what I spent my $10 on:\nFAT HAIR thickening cr\u00e8me.\nYou always want what you can\u2019t have. When I was younger, I used to have bright blonde, thick and wavy hair. I hated it. As I grew up, my hair calmed down. A lot. Which was fine\u2026 until the last 3 years when all I could ever ask for was thick, wavy hair! Sheesh. Demanding, eh? Well, in my journey for the last three years, I have been looking for such a thing as this to no avail\u2026 until now. This stuff is the bomb dot com. It literally thickens your hair from the roots and keeps the volume. It doesn\u2019t make your hair look greasy, either!! And oh, can it be? It was on CLEARANCE for $5.64! Helloooo, waves. With little to no effort. This stuff jams. Hard.\nGoody pressure-free handband with comfort-flex tips.\nA headband that doesn\u2019t make me want to throw it out the window. I have been wearing it for about two hours\u2026 and no headache from unbelievable pressure from a seemingly harmless, little contraption that is shaped like a U. HECK YEAH. It also has \"R\" and \"L\" on the inside to show you which way to put it on... didn't really need that, but extra points for effort, Goody!\nSee, I am a referral girl. I need to hear it, smell it, taste it, see it and confirm that I like it or else IT ISN\u2019T GETTING IN MY CART. Or unless it\u2019s super cheap and I can risk a dollar. Major win if both. It usually must meet one of the two criteria. Because I know there are other people out there just like myself, I\u2019m just shouting out what makes me excited.\nI\u2019ve been working on editing two shoots lately, but those deserve their own posts when they\u2019re completely finished. Here are some sneak peeks\u2026\nWanda & Nathanael's Wedding...\nAnd the Rodriguez Family... featuring Matthew. 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The 36-year-old from Quebec won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in 2015 and most recently played for the Ducks, but he didn't sign with a team after becoming a free agent last summer.\n\"I am immensely grateful for all these incredible years punctuated by memorable moments that I will cherish forever,\" Vermette said in a statement sent through the NHL Players' Association. \"It was a privilege sharing my daily life with teammates, to forging friendships that will endure well beyond the victories and defeats.\"\nIn the faceoff circle, Vermette had far more victories than defeats. He won 56.6 percent of his faceoffs, the ninth-best mark since the league began tracking the statistic in 1997-98.\nVermette's 8,948 faceoff wins are 14th-most all-time, and he led the league in faceoff percentage in his final season in 2017-18. Longtime agent Allan Walsh said Vermette constantly worked on his faceoff techniques always looking for an edge and was proud of his expertise in that department.\n\"He was a guy that would always be relied upon to go out there in key moments of a game, especially faceoffs in the defensive zone or offensive zone to go out there and win the faceoff,\" Walsh said. \"We know how important possession is nowadays. Being able to control the puck on the (power play or penalty kill) or the last minute and a half of the game with a faceoff in the O-zone with the goalie on the bench is sometimes half the battle right there.\"\nVermette put up 228 goals and 287 assists for 515 points in 1,046 regular-season games. 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This international study week includes lectures, various workshops and times for meeting and reflection.\nRegistration is open until 1 June 2017.\nNatural science shapes every aspect of the world we live in: from the clothes we wear and our means of communication, to our mental representations of the universe and humanity\u2019s place in it.\nThis is not only true for the Western world. Technological innovations have revolutionized societies worldwide and transformed the earth into a global village. Christian witness faces particular challenges in a science-driven world: many see natural science in tension with, or even opposed to, the Christian faith. Warfare is a common metaphor used for describing the relationship between religion and science. Above and beyond the specific scientific insights supposedly in conflict with the biblical worldview, the scientific method itself is often perceived as hostile to faith. Science progresses by observation, experiment and calculations, whereas religious faith is seen as subjective opinion that lacks sufficient rational credentials.\nThis course equips participants to understand their faith in this context. Drawing on 20th-century philosophers and theologians (Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Michael Polanyi, Cornelius Van Til, etc.), we will work on elements necessary for a Christian theory of knowledge: What kind of knowledge can science provide? How does scientific knowledge relate to faith? What are the similarities and differences between scientific theories and theological constructions? The major part of the course will examine scientific results that raise questions for the Christian worldview: creation and evolution, chance and divine providence, neuroscience and human nature.\nThe course does not assume a scientific background and is accessible to all who are interested in thinking about how Christian faith and modern science can fit together.\nProf. Dr. Lydia Jaeger holds a permanent lectureship and is Academic Dean at the Institut Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne (France). She is the author of seven books and several articles on the relation between Christianity and the natural sciences.\nETF\u2019s Summer Colloquium in August 2017 features three inspiring courses which intersect theology, church and society. The two other courses are:\n\u201cThe Divine Mosaic of Daniel\u201d by Dr. Jordan Scheetz (VS)\n\u201cReformation in the Low Countries\u201d by Prof. Dr. Herman J. Selderhuis (Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn)\nThis international study week includes lectures, various workshops and times for meeting and reflection. Our Summer Colloquium is compulsory for ETF Open University students open to interested people with academic qualifications and can serve as additional in-service training for pastors, teachers, and other ministry professionals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 5860, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 277.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ewe.agency/insights/business-spotlight-crafty-mouse-interiors", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:38Z", "digest": "sha1:3NOGWIXC4R6I6BGO6B7XH2ZIIIZNVBBJ", "length": 5357, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.ewe.agency", "title": "Spotlight: Crafty Mouse Interiors | Insights | ewe agency", "raw_content": "\u201cThe internet provides significant information, competition and choice, but the downside is that the customer can feel lost in it all. I wanted one place to visit that would provide confidence in the end-to-end user journey.\u201d\nCrafty Mouse Interiors is a \u2018one-stop shop for the lovely things that make a house a home.\u2019 The lady behind this e-commerce outfit is Shelley Creswick, who runs the business from the comfort of her own home in Burley-in-Wharfedale. She both selects and crafts homeware items with a vision to provide the things she loves to people who will love them equally.\nShelley\u2019s passion for purchasing and making luxury furnishings to make her own house a home was the first personal motivator in launching Crafty Mouse Interiors, closely followed by a desire to put her industry knowledge to use by helping other consumers to make their houses feel as homely as possible without some of the inconvenience that such a vast choice can present.\nWhilst sourcing luxury homeware and soft furnishings for herself, she realised that at times it was difficult to see the wood for the trees as a result of the sheer choice available, and the ever-present problem of buyer trust was inhibiting in terms of the purchasing process.\n\u201cI wanted to be able to go to one place which provided me with absolute confidence throughout my customer experience: from where and who the products were sourced from, the quality of those products, the journey on the website as well as payment security, not to mention well-considered packaging and an efficient delivery service.\nIn essence, Shelley wanted a trusted, personal and high-quality provider of luxury homeware, soft furnishings, cards and candles. And so, through establishing Crafty Mouse Interiors, she just made her own.\n\u201cThe homeware business is constantly evolving due to moving trends. From keeping up to date with relevant interior designer blogs, as well as being aware of the Pantone colour of the moment, I can make sure my stock is always relevant. I can also gauge where and how the market is moving from checking with my suppliers themselves.\u201d\nShelley believes that to truly stand out to potential and existing customers, especially in the competitive online environment, you have to prove that you are different. Shelley chooses to engage with her customers outside of direct sales by using the power of social media. \u201cI mainly use Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to engage with my customers and occasionally run competitions and giveaways on these platforms as a purchase incentive. Above all, it\u2019s about using imagery to allow people to visualise the items in their homes.\u201d She also updates the Crafty Mouse blog to maintain relevance in search engines.\nIn terms of striking the right balance in customer relationship building, Shelley is still fine-tuning: \u201cI\u2019d like to engage with them on a more personal level, but it can be quite tricky to get the balance right. We\u2019re still a new company so I\u2019m sure it will come over time.\u201d\nWe asked Shelley to define success for Crafty Mouse Interiors: \u201cI would define this by the number of repeat customers and volume of continued sales. It may take time to build up but I am confident that with dedication and commitment it should be achievable in our third business year.\u201d\nCustomer feedback is perhaps even more vital for a burgeoning, independent business and Shelley\u2019s experience of positive reactions has been the most rewarding aspect of the whole operation. \u201cI find it highly satisfying when we get emails or reviews from happy customers. At the end of the day, we just want to share our love of quality and thoughtful interior accessories.\u201d\nAll businesses should have a unique selling point, and Crafty Mouse Interiors\u2019 special touch is focussed on the packaging with a real \u2018wow\u2019 factor. Shelley individually wraps and ribbons each item and adds a personal Crafty Mouse card to thank the customer for their purchase. The packaging looks elegant and Shelley is confident that special little touches like this will ultimately lead to repeat purchases later down the line.\nQ: If you could describe your business in 3 words, what would they be?\nA: \u201cQuality, dedicated and friendly.\u201d\n\u201cIf I could move the business anywhere it would be to somewhere with a larger warehouse and an on-site office.\u201d Shelley currently stores and ships all the stock for the business in her house, sometimes even delivering door-to-door, face-to-face. \u201cWe\u2019d be able to check all inventory at once and complete stock control in a more open fashion.\u201d\nIt\u2019s clear to see that Shelley is motivated by all things interior design and is truly passionate about what she does and how she delivers her business to potential and existing customers: \u201cIf I wasn\u2019t running my business I\u2019d definitely still be working in the interior design industry or anything in customer service.\u201d\nQ: If you could employ one person (dead or alive) to work for Crafty Mouse Interiors, who would it be and why?\nA: \u201cDefinitely Tom Hardy\u2026 Just so I can look at him!\u201d\nWell, it seems like Shelley would be interested in having a Crafty Peaky Blinder on her team! 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This activity is exercised at various levels by everyone. That is why culture, art, creativity, hypothetical reasoning, innovation, invention become the top priority. The difference between an algorithm and a robot is that the latter, in its essence, is an interactive system.\nFor this reason, Women & Tech \u2013 Women and Technology Association promotes ROBOTLAB coding and robot labs within the framework of the FutureCamp Europe project: New Jobs for the Future\nBlue-Bot makes it funnier to learn coding!\nIt is the last and most advanced version of Bee-Bot, which gives priority to the digital aspect. Firstly, Blue-Bot differs from Bee-Bot in its aspect: in fact, its internal components are visible through its transparent case and children will have fun discovering how it works. It can be programmed \u201con board\u201d, allowing also the youngest children to process difficult string orders.\nMoreover, you can also manage it through the free app, which allows an exponential growth of its control possibilities. In addition, the app enables the user to view the programme the bee is carrying out on its screen. This makes the relationship between the programme and the performed action clearer for children. Besides moving backward and forward 15 cm at a time, Blue-Bot rotates 90 or 45 degrees (only if the user manages it via tablet). Finally, the app allows the user to put repetitive commands in the algorithm, which makes working on recursion much more efficient.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 3576, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 302.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.filmusvi.com/travel/getting-here/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:35Z", "digest": "sha1:A3PJFY2KB545YW4IJK5KCHYIYO2SWI4P", "length": 1785, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.filmusvi.com", "title": "Getting Here - USVI Film Office", "raw_content": "Home / Travel / Getting Here\nWhen traveling to the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. citizens enjoy all the conveniences of domestic travel \u2013 including on-line check-in \u2013 making travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands easier than ever. As a United States Territory, travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands does not require a passport for U.S. citizens arriving from Puerto Rico or the U.S. mainland. Entry requirements for non-U.S. citizens are the same as for entering the United States from any foreign destination. Upon departure, a passport is required for all but U.S. citizens.\nThe U.S. Virgin Islands has daily, nonstop flights from New York, Newark, Baltimore, Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Boston, Charlotte, Detroit, Chicago and Fort Lauderdale. Connecting flights are available to and from Los Angeles, Dallas, New York, Miami and Atlanta via the San Juan hub.\nIn addition, there\u2019s connecting service from Canada, Europe, South America and the Far East. Commuter service between San Juan and St. Croix and St. Thomas is also available. Commuter airlines can transport you between islands in as little as 17 minutes. 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Lauderdale\nwww.spiritair.com\nDirect Flights From: Chicago, Dulles, Newark\nDirect Flights From: Charlotte, Philadelphia\nDirect Flights From: Miami, San Juan\nDelta Air Lines (Starting December 20, 2014)\nConnecting Service Through San Juan to St. Croix\nDirect Flights From: Charlotte\nFrom the Caribbean to St. Croix and St. Thomas\nAir St. Thomas\nLeeward Island Air Transport (LIAT)\nPhone: 1-888-fly-tour / 340-773-6442", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 198.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.finland.lv/public/default.aspx?contentid=356903&contentlan=2&culture=en-US", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:59Z", "digest": "sha1:K2LRZSTU274QRNCDSSRLZSYLUTSJI27X", "length": 729, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.finland.lv", "title": "Finnish scientists: Pine-bud bacteria may help cure humans - Embassy of Finland, Riga : Current Affairs", "raw_content": "Finnish scientists: Pine-bud bacteria may help cure humans - Embassy of Finland, Riga : Current Affairs\nIt\u2019s 4:30 am, and Janne Koskim\u00e4ki is still working on through the night, alone in his lab at the University of Oulu, where he\u2019s spent most of the last fortnight. Suddenly the sound of raucous and infectious laughter comes from the radio, when the DJ plays a comedy song by the Finnish artist Vesa-Matti Loiri. The cackling laughter distracts Koskim\u00e4ki from his endeavours, and he realises how late it is.\n\u201cIt was quite an absurd situation, and it really made me wonder whether there was any sense in what we were doing,\u201d Koskinen recalls, remembering how long and hard he worked on his research, which has now been completed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 274.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.firstcallmagazine.com/5-hints-on-writing-a-literature-review-for-your-dissertation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:12Z", "digest": "sha1:UE6PDQ736YPCTZ2F5ZO2OQTZNMF4M265", "length": 3006, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.firstcallmagazine.com", "title": "5 Hints On Writing A Literature Review For Your Dissertation", "raw_content": "5 Helpful Pieces of Advice For Writing A Literature Review For Your Dissertation\nIf you are studying literature in college or university and have gotten to the point where you are ready to write your dissertation, one approach that you can take is creating an in-depth critical review of a given piece of significant fiction. For example, many English lit, students have chosen to write reviews on \"Charles Dickens\" or \"Shakespeare\" as their final dissertation because they feel as if their is much to be said about these writers contributions to the English language and that their is enough research on these writers and their works to support an entire dissertation paper. It is very likely that they will decide to focus on one piece specifically such a \"Great Expectations\" or \"Hamlet\", they will analyze these pieces thoroughly and research their themes, in order to create what can only be described as an immaculate book report.\nIf this is something that you have been considering for your dissertation, we have come up with some helpful pieces of advice that will help you get started and move the writing process along. After all, your dissertation is an extremely important piece of work and needs to be taken seriously if you wish to receive a positive evaluation.\nMake sure that their enough substance to justify an entire dissertation.\nCertain pieces of literature are relevant enough that you can write an entire large-scale publication on them and STILL have room for discussion. However, others far short when considering appropriate material to create an academic paper on. The only way to know for sure is to do a bit of preliminary research and try to come up with a strong thesis, if you cannot come up with one, you may wish to choose a different piece of literature to examine.\nIs it Unique choice?\nThe piece of literature that you select should be unique in some way; otherwise your dissertation will not seem original. Many of the \"popular choices\" have already been overdone, so you are going to have to pick a piece to review that won't be redundant.\nIs it an appropriate choice?\nAlthough you could probably make any piece of literature work, you may want to consider if the content is appropriate to study and if writing a long form review on it is a worthwhile endeavor. You want to make sure that the facility will understand \"why\" you chose the piece that you did.\nTry to pick a piece that has some personal significance.\nThe worst thing you can do is commit to writing about a piece of literature that you don't even like. Pick something that you can relate too or that holds some personal meaning, this way your own insights will seem more authentic.\nChoose your resources wisely\nFinally, once you have begun the writing process use choose your research resources wisely. Remember all fiction is subject to interpretation, are the sources that you are using written by accredited experts? The overall quality of your paper depends on the type of research you choose to use.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 6876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 290.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.flainox.com/blog/2010/09/dry-water-could-make-a-big-splash-commercially/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:12Z", "digest": "sha1:II27PHFJB2747UPO6RFI4KO2S6VF3DJQ", "length": 4267, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.flainox.com", "title": "\u201cDry water\u201d and CO2 | FLAINOX", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Corporate News \u00bb \u201cDry water\u201d and CO2\nAn unusual substance known as \u201cdry water,\u201d which resembles powdered sugar, could provide a new way to absorb and store carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, scientists reported here today at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.\nThe powder shows bright promise for a number of other uses, they said. It may, for instance, be a greener, more energy-efficient way of jump-starting the chemical reactions used to make hundreds of consumer products. Dry water also could provide a safer way to store and transport potentially harmful industrial materials.\n\u201cThere\u2019s nothing else quite like it,\u201d said Ben Carter, Ph.D., researcher for study leader Professor Andrew Cooper. \u201cHopefully, we may see \u2018dry water\u2019 making waves in the future.\u201d\nCarter explained that the substance became known as \u201cdry water\u201d because it consists of 95 percent water and yet is a dry powder. Each powder particle contains a water droplet surrounded by modified silica, the stuff that makes up ordinary beach sand. The silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a liquid. The result is a fine powder that can slurp up gases, which chemically combine with the water molecules to form what chemists term a hydrate.\nDry water was discovered in 1968 and got attention for its potential use in cosmetics. Scientists at the University of Hull, U.K. rediscovered it in 2006 in order to study its structure, and Cooper\u2019s group at the University of Liverpool has since expanded its range of potential applications.\nOne of the most recent involves using dry water as a storage material for gases, including carbon dioxide. In laboratory-scale research, Cooper and co-workers found that dry water absorbed over three times as much carbon dioxide as ordinary, uncombined water and silica in the same space of time. This ability to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide gas as a hydrate could make it useful in helping to reduce global warming, the scientists suggested.\nCooper and colleagues demonstrated in previous studies that dry water is also useful for storing methane, a component of natural gas, and may help expand its use as a future energy source. In particular, they hope that engineers can use the powder to collect and transport stranded deposits of natural gas. This also exists on the ocean floor in the form of gas hydrates, a form of frozen methane also known as the \u201cice that burns.\u201d The powder could also provide a safer, more convenient way to store methane fuel for use in vehicles powered by natural gas \u201cA great deal of work remains to be done before we could reach that stage,\u201d Carter added.\nIn another potential new application, the scientists also showed that dry water is a promising means to speed up catalyzed reactions between hydrogen gas and maleic acid to produce succinic acid, a feedstock or raw material widely used to make drugs, food ingredients, and other consumer products. Manufacturers usually have to stir these substances together to get them to react. By developing dry water particles that contain maleic acid, Cooper and colleagues showed that they could speed up the acid\u2019s reaction with hydrogen without any stirring, resulting in a greener, more energy-efficient process.\n\u201cIf you can remove the need to stir your reactions, then potentially you\u2019re making considerable energy savings,\u201d Carter said.\nProf. Cooper\u2019s team describes an additional new application in which dry water technology shows promise for storing liquids, particularly emulsions. Emulsions are mixtures of two or more unblendable liquids, such as the oil and water mixture in mayonnaise. The scientists showed that they could transform a simple emulsion into a dry powder that is similar to dry water. The resulting powder could make it safer and easier for manufacturers to store and transport potentially harmful liquids.\nCarter noted that he and his colleagues are seeking commercial or academic collaboration to further develop the dry water technology. 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Any sort of stats provided by this site regarding Hayneville Florist was regarded as valid when it was released. Nonetheless, we do not know for certain that the information and facts are entirely accurate and up to date. To find more information in regards to this local business organization call +1.334 548 6160. Find maps and get driving directions to 121 Hayneville Plz and other answers on how to find Hayneville Florist, located at 121 Hayneville Plz (ZIP 36040) in Hayneville, AL with GPS coordinates 32\u00b0 11' 37\" N, 86\u00b0 34' 30\" W. Regardless if you are bicycling or walking, here you will discover your routes.\nAll brand names mentioned on this page, including Hayneville Florist, are (registered) trademarks of their respective owners. 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Captured by CSA forces in 1860 just before the start of the U.S. Civil War. Returned to Union control in 1865. Abandoned in 1879 and sold to Porter Military Academy in 1888. Sometimes referred to as Charleston Barracks.\nCharleston Arsenal circa 1860.\nIn 1825, the Federal government acquired the land for a new United States Arsenal in Charleston, South Carolina. The arsenal was partially built and then greatly enlarged about 1841. It was used to store weapons, ordnance, and ammunition. The facility also manufactured artillery and ammunition for the Mexican War.\nThe Charleston Arsenal was captured by South Carolina troops on 30 Dec 1860 just before the start of the war. The Confederate Chief of Ordnance, Major Josiah Gorgas, had the arsenal enlarged and modernized with the installation of steam power, he used it throughout the war as a foundry and arsenal. The arsenal was returned to Union control 18 Feb 1865 when Charleston fell to Union troops. The U.S. Army then used the Arsenal to store captured Confederate weapons.\nAbandoned in 1879 and sold to Porter Military Academy in 1880.\nPart of the Medical University of South Carolina campus in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina. The original peremeter is outlined in yellow on the map below. Several period buildings and a brick perimeter wall remain from various periods:\nSt. Luke's Chapel - 1825-1830 Old arsenal storage building\nWaring Library - 1894 Porter Military Academy Library\nColcock Hall - 1861-1862 Confederate ordnance manufacture and repair\nLocation: Medical University of South Carolina campus in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina.\nNorth American Forts - Charleston Arsenal\nWikipedia - Charleston Arsenal\nVisited: 14 Feb 2018\nRetrieved from \"http://www.fortwiki.com/index.php?title=Charleston_Arsenal_(2)&oldid=127139\"\nSouth Carolina All\nSouth Carolina Forts\nSouth Carolina Charleston County\nU.S. Arsenals\nCSA Arsenals\nCivil War Defenses of Charleston", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3192, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 260.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/war/iran_war/news.php?q=1513779923", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:21Z", "digest": "sha1:XBB2ISHTTGFUFTIMGATCPGAE7QZA22IG", "length": 7487, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.fourwinds10.com", "title": "US Plans Slash and Burn of Middle East to \u201cMinimize\u201d Iranian Influence >> Four Winds 10 - Truth Winds", "raw_content": "US Plans Slash and Burn of Middle East to \u201cMinimize\u201d Iranian Influence\nDecember 18, 2017 \"Information Clearing House\" - The US is attempting to sell to the public the next phase of its continued occupation and military operations across the Middle East. Predicated on claims of \u201crebuilding\u201d Iraq and \u201cfighting terrorists\u201d in Syria, it is in actuality a plan to perpetuate for as long as possible the upheaval currently consuming the region in hopes of overextending and exhausting Iran \u2013 and by extension \u2013 Russia.\nIranian Roadblock to Western Hegemony\nThe United States in its pursuit of global hegemony has placed particular focus on encircling, containing, undermining, and if possible, overthrowing the socioeconomic and political order of Iran as a means to secure for itself primacy over the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.\nSince the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the British followed by the Americans have pursued a multi-generational policy of divide and conquer across MENA.\nNations Ango-American influence could not outright conquer and co-opt such as the Persian Gulf monarchies \u2013 or create in the case of Israel \u2013 have been either picked apart and left in ruins through direct or indirect military interventions, or have spent decades staving off open and concerted efforts to divide and destroy their respective nations. These nations include Yemen, Libya, Iraq, and Syria most recently, as well as Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria on and off throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.\nIran \u2013 above all other nations in the region \u2013 reserves a special place for Western attention. Its large population, geography, economy, and military might has provided it space and time to incrementally grow its power and influence throughout the region and the world to dimensions difficult for the West to overcome and dominate.\nWith 80 million people, a GDP of nearly $400 billion, and an army over half a million strong, Iran is not Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, nor Libya. And as the technological disparity among nations in regards to conventional military capabilities closes, the West finds itself in an increasingly disadvantageous position in regards to coercing Iran directly through force.\nBecause of this emerging reality, US policy versus Tehran is shifting from attempting to justify a military confrontation it is no longer certain it can win, to a policy of containment and limited conflict similar to America\u2019s maneuvering in Asia Pacific regarding Beijing.\nUS Plans to \u201cMinimize\u201d Iran\u2019s Influence in the Middle East\nA piece in The Nation Interest penned by Brookings policymakers titled, \u201cA blueprint for minimizing Iran\u2019s influence in the Middle East,\u201d attempts to summarize America\u2019s current plans regarding the containment or \u201cminimization\u201d of Iranian influence.\nIn Iraq, the US appears poised to extend its military presence under the pretext of aiding and rebuilding the country. It even suggests proposed aid levels comparable to those given to Afghanistan \u2013 a nation where, despite immense aid and a continuous US military presence since 2001 \u2013 still has seen and suffered the arrival and spread of the so-called \u201cIslamic State\u201d (ISIS).\nThe paper claims:\nA stronger, more stable Iraq will be much better positioned to resist domination by Iran. Given the stakes, and America\u2019s previous investment, aid levels comparable to those given Afghanistan or Egypt are in order. Engaging in this way can also enable the United States to help Baghdad keep an eye on the Iran-backed Shia militias as they are partially disbanded and partially worked into Iraqi Security Forces in coming months.\nIn reality, the US is neither capable of creating a \u201cstronger, more stable Iraq,\u201d nor does it genuinely seek to do so. It will use its continued presence in Iraq to undermine and roll back progress made by Baghdad and its Iranian allies against militant groups including ISIS and Al Qaeda as well as US-backed Kurds in the nation\u2019s north.\nIn particular, the US has invested an inordinate amount of time and resources to secure highways leading from Baghdad to Iraq\u2019s borders with Jordan and Saudi Arabia \u2013 two nations that have played a pivotal role in arming, funding, and harboring militants engaged in militant operations from Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and Yemen. With a US presence along these highways, any torrent of logistical support for sectarian violence within Iraq would be difficult to target and eliminate by the Iraqi military or any of its allies \u2013 ensuring perpetual conflict.\nA stronger, more stable Iraq, considering the nation\u2019s Shia\u2019a majority, would be more inclined to seek stronger ties with neighboring Iran than occupying Western forces and fits nowhere into Washington\u2019s real plans for the nation. Instead, dividing Iraq into further sectarian conflict and drawing in Iranian support would seek to overextend and exhaust Iranian military power in the region.\nIn essence, the actual US plan for Iraq is to organize and implement the next round of deadly sectarian fighting.\nRegarding Syria, US plans to occupy and administer seized Syrian territory were reiterated \u2013 plans that have been openly pursued since outright US-backed regime change stalled in 2011.\nStill, the United States and like-minded states\u2014as well as global-aid agencies\u2014need to help provide security and economic assistance to regions free of Assad\u2019s rule as well as the Islamic State. Some of these regions should be treated as temporary autonomous zones and help govern themselves as well. Additionally, more western and GCC military strength and support for moderate insurgents is needed in northwest parts of the country, such as in and around Idlib, where the Al Qaeda affiliate, formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra, is still active. Otherwise, either the latter group or Assad\u2019s forces backed by Russia and Iran will be the likely victor.\nEssentially, the US seeks to Balkanize Syria and continue its proxy war against Damascus.\nThe article sidesteps intentionally around the fact that Idlib\u2019s Al Qaeda occupants were armed, funded, trained, and sent there by the United States and its allies in the first place. It also intentionally sidesteps the reality that there are no \u201cmoderate insurgents\u201d in Syria, and there never were.\nThe paper tips America\u2019s hand, revealing that ongoing Western operations in Syria are aimed not at fighting and defeating ISIS or Al Qaeda, but using the presence of both groups as a pretext to prevent the Syrian government from restoring order to the country, preserving its territorial integrity, and rebuilding its economy. Both terrorist organizations serve as placeholders, denying Damascus access to its own territory until US military assets can take and hold it.\nIn other words, in regards to minimizing Iranian influence in Iraq and Syria, the US is determined to divide and destroy both nations and their people, plunder their resources, and maintain their collective territory as a breeding ground for sectarianism and extremism. Iranian attempts to assist each nation \u2013 or both \u2013 comes at the cost of extending itself militarily and economically.\nAdmitting this would be unfeasible in the pages of The National Interest. But claiming that the US must remain in Iraq to \u201crebuild\u201d the country and continue operations in Syria to \u201cfight terrorism\u201d allows Washington to continue sowing chaos in both nations, chalking up any noticeable inconsistencies between its alleged policy and its actual plans to tenacious terrorists or even Iran itself.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 10614, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 295.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.foxmccluskey.com/index.php?id=24", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:58Z", "digest": "sha1:B2P64YLRWFVDUHKJPKYME3EIM4PI7OOT", "length": 2345, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.foxmccluskey.com", "title": "Fox McCluskey | M. Lanning Fox", "raw_content": "State of Hawaii 1975\nLanning concentrates his practice in the areas of trust and estate planning and administration, including the protection of assets, the avoidance of probate, guardianship and federal transfer tax, primarily by the drafting of wills, trusts and disability agency appointments, the reconfiguration of asset ownership, and the preparation of transfer tax returns.\nHe also specializes in commercial real estate transactions involving transfer, development, land use permitting, and financing, representing both individual and business clients, and also the trust and commercial loan departments of some of the area's major financial institutions.\nIn addition, he has extensive experience with the issues involved in the establishment, organization, and operation of closely held real estate, business and professional entities. Lanning is Board Certified by the Board of Legal Specialization and Education of the Florida Bar in the area of Real Estate, and he has been accorded through Martindale Hubbell a peer review rating of AV preeminent, the highest rating a lawyer can receive for ethical standards and professional ability.\nHe has lived and practiced law on the Treasure Coast for more than 40 years, and he is one of the founders of the firm. He enjoys family time, tennis, beachcombing and the Florida Gators.\nUniversity of Florida College of Law, Juris Doctorate Degree with Highest Honors, 1975\nUniversity of Florida, Bachelor's Degree with Honors, 1968\nEmory University, 1964-1967\nHospice of Martin and St. Lucie Counties, Director 1985 - 1991\nMartin County Council for the Arts, Director 1991 - 1998\nMartin County Council for the Arts, Chair 1996 - 1998\nUnited Way of Martin County, Director 1994 - 1999\nTri-County TEC, Director 1979 - 1980\nIndustrial Development Board of Martin County, Member 1991 - 1999\nBarnett Bank of Martin County, NA, Director 1984 - 1998\nExecutive Editor, University of Florida Law Review\nGertrude Block Law Review Prize\nMartin County Estate Planning Council, Founding Member\nTreasure Coast Planned Giving Council\nMartin County Real Property Council\nGrievance Committee, Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, 1988-1992; Chair 1992\nTown Attorney, Town of Sewell's Point, Florida, 1982-1996\nFlorida Law Review Alumni Association\nInstructor of Legal Writing, University of Florida College of Law, 1974", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 4217, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 242.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.freddiemac.com/research/insight/20161116_trends_shaping_housing.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:27Z", "digest": "sha1:67UGHBNIQVYR7SRTBQQ2LT4NGAVKX7EY", "length": 25125, "nlines": 74, "source_domain": "www.freddiemac.com", "title": "Three Trends That Are Shaping the Future of Housing - Freddie Mac", "raw_content": "Insight | November 16, 2016\nI bought my first house in the mid-80s in the suburbs surrounding Kansas City. The area was growing rapidly, and it felt like the neighborhood changed every day between the time I left for work and the time I drove home. Neighbors moved in, neighbors moved out. New schools sprouted up so quickly that our children changed elementary schools twice though we hadn't moved. An upscale grocery appeared a few blocks away where there had been an open field, and the grocery anchored the appearance of other stores and services.\nWe returned to Kansas City this summer along with some of our former neighbors to attend a wedding\u2014the youngest daughter of the only neighbor to remain in the area. We had some time to kill, so we went to take a look at our old cul-de-sac. We were astonished. We remembered a sun-scorched subdivision with lots of spindly \"starter\" trees. Now all the houses were shaded by tall, leafy trees. In our time in Kansas City, the rapid changes in the buildings and services focused our attention and dominated our conversations. However, it took over 20 years for us to notice the growth of the trees\u2014a growth that completely changed the ambience of the neighborhood.\nA similar phenomenon occurs in housing and mortgage markets. The highest-profile happenings often are the highest-frequency and most transitory, while some of the factors that will determine the future of housing evolve so slowly that we tend to overlook them. For instance, Freddie Mac has published a weekly survey of primary market mortgage rates for over forty years. Each week's survey receives prominent coverage in the press, but each week's survey is promptly forgotten when the subsequent week's numbers are announced.1\nThree long-standing trends\u2014ones that have been building quietly over decades\u2014ultimately will have more influence on housing than the week-to-week oscillations of mortgage rates or any of a host of other short-term indicators of housing activity. These trends will shape the future of housing by permanently shifting both the demand for and supply of housing. These trends don't grab as many headlines, in large part because their impact builds gradually over long spans of time. Nonetheless, no analysis of the future housing market is complete without considering them.\nThe three trends\nThe three trends that are shaping the future of housing are (1) increasing income inequality, (2) an increasing share of land costs in housing prices, and (3) increasing land use restrictions. In this section, we'll describe each of these trends in turn. In the subsequent section, we'll highlight how these trends are likely to shape the U.S. housing market.\nIncreasing income inequality\nThe first, and perhaps most important, trend is increasing income inequality. However, we're not talking about the growing gulf between the very-richest Americans and the majority of the population. High-flying executive pay and the lavish lifestyles of the \"1 percent\" may be eye-catching, but they ultimately have little impact on the $22 trillion American housing market.2 The changes in the income distribution that matter to housing are the shifts in the relative fortunes of low-, middle-, and high-skilled workers. These shifts began decades ago, and they continue today.3\nA critical feature of the changing job landscape is the polarization of job opportunities. There are three aspects to this polarization.\nFirst, demand has increased for both high-skilled, high-wage workers and low-skilled, low-wage workers (Exhibit 1);\nAt the same time, demand for middle-skill jobs has decreased contributing to a \"hollowing-out\" of the middle class. Technology has eliminated white-collar clerical, blue-collar production and craft, and related jobs. A recent, but typical, example is Walmart's announcement in August that it is laying off 7,000 accounting and invoicing positions.\nFinally, the real earnings of college-educated workers have increased while the real earnings of workers without college educations have fallen, magnifying the gap between the earnings of high- and low-skilled workers (Exhibit 2).4,5 Since the mid-1970s, increasing demand for skilled workers in the U.S. has outpaced U.S. educational attainment. The result has been a significant increase in the inequality of wages. For example, in 1980, workers with four-year college degrees earned 50 percent more per hour than high school graduates. Twenty-eight years later, college graduates earned 95 percent more per hour.6\nThe increasing share of land costs in housing prices\nThe second trend is the increasing share of land costs in home building. Despite the vast regions of open land in the U.S., buildable land sufficiently close to population and employment centers is scarce. This scarcity is more pronounced in some areas than others. For instance, San Francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, and there is almost no buildable land in the city that hasn't already been developed. Just about the only way to build a new house is first to knock down an old house, and that approach doesn't increase the number of houses.7 Other cities are surrounded by undeveloped or lightly developed areas that can absorb new residences. However, even in those cities, new development will be concentrated in areas distant from the center of the city with fewer existing amenities and higher commuting costs to jobs, shopping, health care, etc. Thus, over time, land in prime locations has become relatively scarce and its price has risen.8\nIn contrast, real construction costs have risen slowly. As a result, the cost of the land component of a new house has risen faster than construction costs (Exhibit 3). From 1996 to the peak of the mid-2000s housing boom, real house prices more than doubled, however real construction costs increased by only 12 percent. Most of the increase in house prices can be attributed to a sharp rise in land values.9 Even today, after real house prices have retreated from their peak and real construction costs have increased another 12 percent, the share of land costs remains much higher than it was in the mid-1990s.\nIncreasing land use restrictions\nA recent paper by Peter Ganong and Daniel Shoag10 highlights a third, and related, trend. For a century, per capita income grew more rapidly in poorer U.S. states than in richer states. As a result, the income gap between states narrowed. This convergence was fueled by migration; residents of poorer states moved to take advantage of the higher wages available in richer states. This migration held down wage growth in the richer states and boosted it in the poorer states.\nOver the past three decades, however, the rate of convergence has slowed. Ganong and Shoag provide evidence that increasingly-strict land use regulations in the richer states are responsible for this slowdown. Regulation has boosted housing costs in richer states, making migration more difficult for low-skilled workers, while leaving it still attractive to high-skilled workers who can earn enough to defray the higher housing costs. The authors estimate the increase in hourly wage inequality from 1980 to 2010 would have been 10 percent smaller if the convergence in state income per capita had maintained its earlier, more rapid pace.11\nWhile the mechanism described by Ganong/Shoag is complex, the authors present a compelling and easily-understood example. Consider two professions\u2014attorney and janitor\u2014two locations\u2014the tri-state area around New York City and the Deep South\u2014and two time periods\u20141960 and 2010. In both time periods, an attorney's earnings were much higher than a janitor's and the cost of living was much higher in the New York area than in the Deep South. In 1960, the higher wages in New York more than compensated for the higher cost of living for both professions; both the attorney and the janitor were economically better off in New York. However, by 2010, only the attorney was better off in New York. The difference in the cost of living had increased to the point that the janitor was economically better off in the Deep South.12 As a result, by 2010, workers in low-skill, low-wage professions, such as the janitor, had less of an economic incentive to migrate from a poorer state to a richer state.\nImpacts on the housing and mortgage markets\nThese three trends affect housing and mortgage markets through their influence on both the demand for and the supply of housing. The change in income distribution shifts the demand for housing\u2014both the total demand for homeownership and the demand for different types of housing. The rising share of land costs shifts the supply of housing\u2014houses cost more than before because of the higher cost of the land component of the house. And land use restrictions limit the supply of more-affordable housing in richer states.13\nLong-term impacts of these trends include:\nA potential boost to the homeownership rate;\nAn increase in housing inequality;\nAn increase in the volatility of house prices;\nThe return of homeownership as an effective means of wealth creation;\nPossible shifts in the FHA/VA, GSE, and private sector shares of the mortgage market.\nLet's explore each of these impacts in turn.\nThe impact on homeownership depends primarily on the way the polarization of jobs shifts the distribution of household incomes. Higher-income households have higher homeownership rates. As a result, the overall impact on the homeownership rate depends on the way that households are pushed out of the middle of the income distribution and toward the extremes. A potential boost to the homeownership rate may occur if future changes in income distribution are similar to changes over the last four decades.14\nExhibit 4 displays the relationship between the homeownership rate and household income in 2015. The rate of homeownership increases sharply with household income up to an income of about $150,000, then increases more slowly at higher incomes. The horizontal line at 63.5 percent marks the national homeownership rate in the third quarter of 2016, the most recent reading. Households with annual incomes of $50,000 or less had homeownership rates less than this national average, while households with annual incomes greater than $50,000 had rates greater than the national average.\nThe trend toward the polarization of jobs (and income) has been in place since the mid-1970s. As a result, the shifts in the income distribution from the 70s to today may be indicative of future shifts in the income distribution. Exhibit 5 compares the income distributions four decades apart, in 1975 and 2015. Exhibit 6 displays the changes in these income shares.\nExhibit 6 is a bit surprising. The trend towards polarization in the job market led us to expect a different pattern than we see in Exhibit 6. The polarization of jobs has increased the demand for both low-skill and high-skill jobs at the expense of middle-skill jobs, and the real wage gap between high-skill and low-skill jobs has increased. Those two facts suggested that the long-run change in the distribution of household income might be U-shaped\u2014more low-income and high-income households and fewer middle class/middle income households. Instead the share of all income categories below $100,000 fell while the share of all higher income categories grew. Thus, as Exhibit 6 shows, there is a much smaller share of middle-income households today than there was 40 years ago and a greater share of upper-income households. However, the share of low-income households has declined slightly rather than grown.\nThere is no official definition of middle class, but the Pew Research Center suggests classifying households with incomes between two-thirds and two times the median household income as middle class. Using this definition, households with incomes between, roughly, $35,000 and $100,000 qualify as middle class. The share of middle class households fell 10 percentage points between 1975 and 2015, from 51 percent to 41 percent. The share of upper-income households rose 11 percentage points, from 15 percent to 26 percent, while the share of lower-income households fell 1 percentage points, from 34 percent to 33 percent.\nThis unexpected pattern of change in household income distribution most likely reflects the challenges in tracing changes in the relative wages of low-, middle-, and high-skill workers to changes in the distribution of household income. Consider, for example, Exhibit 7 which displays the household income distributions of these three classes of workers.\nThe correspondence between skill levels and household income levels is pretty rough; the growing disparity in the real wages of low-, middle-, and high-skill workers is not reflected in household incomes. For example, the majority of low-skill workers are in low-income households, but 24 percent of low-skill workers are in middle-income households and 3 percent of low-skill workers actually are in high-income households. Similarly, middle- and high-skill workers appear in households at all income levels.\nSome of the decline in the share of low-income households over the last 40 years may reflect the improvement in real incomes for all groups over the last 40 years. Within each skill group, the distribution of household incomes has shifted to the right over the past four decades, subtracting population share from the low-income group. In addition, the average number of wage earners per household may have grown over time, increasing household income even where the real wage of each worker in the household failed to increase.\nIn any event, the income distribution has shifted over the last four decades in a way that favors homeownership. The share of households with lower-than-average homeownership rates has decreased, and the share with higher-than-average rates has increased.\nTo quantify the potential impact of the continuing trend of polarization on homeownership, assume that the distribution of household incomes changes in the next forty years exactly as it did in the previous forty years. The share in the $35,000-to-$50,000 category falls by two percentage points, the share in the $50,000-to-$100,000 category falls by eight percentage points and so on. Further, assume the relationship between household income and homeownership is unchanged. Under these assumptions, the national homeownership rate will increase three percentage points, from 63 percent in 2016 to 66 percent in 2056.\nHousing inequality\nIntuitively, the increase in income inequality since the 1970s should be associated with an increase in housing inequality as well, and recent research by David Albouy and Mike Zabek appears to confirm that intuition. (See Exhibit 8, Exhibit 9) Measuring housing inequality is not as simple as comparing the square footage of different houses. There are many aspects of the quality of a housing unit, including the amenities of the neighborhood, such as schools and parks, and distance to economic centers. Albouy and Zabek approach this difficulty by calculating estimates of the consumption value of housing services, that is, an imputed rent.\nUsing these estimates, Albouy and Zabek document a secular increase in housing inequality. They find that housing inequality decreased from 1930 to 1970 as the rate of homeownership increased by almost a third. However, from 1970 to 2012, this trend reversed and housing inequality increased\u2014a pattern that mimics the pattern of income inequality. They also find that inequality is greater within cities than between cities. Since construction costs within cities do not vary much, they conclude that inequality in land values and variations in land use restrictions within cities are responsible for much of the within-city housing inequality.\nThe volatility of house prices\nHouse prices are more volatile where buildable land is scarce.15 The rising share of land costs reflects the scarcity of land in areas of high demand and the growth of land use restrictions exacerbates this scarcity by further limiting the use of the available land. As a result, the supply of housing can't readily expand in response to increases in demand for housing.16\nFor example, the growth of the tech industry in recent years has attracted more and more people to areas like San Francisco where tech jobs are plentiful. In the absence of sufficient housing to meet the additional demand, potential buyers bid up the price of existing housing. The process works in reverse, as well. The collapse in 2000 of the tech bubble triggered a decline in demand for housing in Silicon Valley, which drove house prices down between five and ten percent.\nExhibit 10 compares house price growth in San Francisco to house price growth in Dallas. Both physical limitations and tight zoning laws make it difficult to increase the supply of housing in San Francisco. In contrast, there is room to spread out in Dallas and zoning laws in Dallas are less restrictive. As a result, house price growth has oscillated more sharply in San Francisco than in Dallas in response to changing economic conditions.17\nImpact on wealth creation through homeownership\nThe nationwide collapse of house prices in the mid-2000s triggered reconsideration of the assumption that homeownership is an important avenue for wealth creation among working class families. In fact, many families in underserved groups lost both their homes and their hard-earned down payments in the housing crisis, calling the economic benefits of homeownership into question.18\nAll three trends suggest that homeownership in richer states and desirable metros will be an effective means of wealth creation. The polarization of jobs is increasing the share of upper income households which in turn is increasing the demand for more-expensive homes. This trend is most pronounced in richer states where land is scarce (and land costs are a larger share of house prices) and land use restrictions limit additions to the supply of housing. The long-term return on housing investment in these locations is likely to be especially high. The returns to investment in housing will likely be smaller in poorer states with more available land and fewer zoning restrictions.\nImpacts on mortgage finance\nAt some risk of oversimplification, the mortgage market can be divided into three somewhat overlapping sectors. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Veterans Administration (VA) focus on first-time home buyers, lower-income borrowers, and credit-challenged borrowers. The Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) cover a wider range of mortgage borrowers, providing the bulk of funding to middle-income borrowers while also providing significant funding for other income groups. Banks provide jumbo loans to more affluent borrowers.\nExhibit 11 compares the income distributions of borrowers served by these three sources of mortgage finance. Most of the FHA/VA borrowers are lower-income, although a non-negligible share of middle-income borrowers also take out FHA/VA loans. Virtually all jumbo mortgages are taken out by upper income borrowers. The GSEs provide a significant share of loans to borrowers in all three income classes.19\nThe shift in household income distribution discussed above\u2014the reduction in the share of lower- and middle-income households and the increase in the share of upper-income households\u2014is likely to shift the shares of mortgage finance supplied by these three sources over the next few decades. The jumbo share of the market will almost certainly increase as the share of upper-income households in the population grows. The FHA/VA share may plateau or even shrink if the share of lower-income households continues to decline. The impact on the GSEs is difficult to predict, since the GSEs provide mortgage finance across the entire income distribution. And, of course, the influence of future legislative changes in the mortgage finance system could outweigh the impact of the trends in the household income distribution.\nIncreasing income inequality, the rising share of land costs, and the increase in land use restrictions have developed at a glacial pace compared to the boom and bust of the mid-2000s. As a result, these long-standing trends have escaped the spotlight shone on more recent events. Nonetheless, these three trends will shape the future of housing long after the influence of more recent events plays out.\nBrock Lacy, Quantitative Analyst\n1 Interestingly, one of the most common requests we receive is for daily, rather than weekly, estimates of mortgage rates.\n2 \"Table B.101, Owner-occupied real estate including vacant land and mobile homes at market value, series: LM155035015.Q,\" Federal Reserve Board's Flow of Funds Accounts, September 16, 2016\n3 For US trends see: David Autor, \"The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market,\"The Hamilton Project, April (2010). For International trends see for example : Maarten Goos, and Alan Manning, \"Lousy and Lovely Jobs: The Rising Polarization of Work in Britain.\" Review of Economics and Statisitcs 89, no. 1 (2007): 118-133.\n4 To review these trends see: Lawrence Katz and David Autor,\"Changes in the Wage Structure and Earnings Inequality,\" Handbook of Labor Economics, 3A (1999): 1463-1555, see pages 1476-1480 in particular; David Autor, \"The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market,\"The Hamilton Project, April (2010), see pages p. 22-23,26-28 for particular examples\n5 Jung Hyun Choi and Richard Green provide additional evidence of increasing inequality in incomes across U.S. cities. Their research does not rely directly on the polarization of jobs. However they find that MSAs with a greater share of skilled laborers and a higher share of adults with college degrees tend to have more income inequality.\n6 David Autor, \"The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market,\"The Hamilton Project, April (2010), see page 23.\n7 Allowing higher-density development would alleviate some of this scarcity by building multiple residences in a spot that previously held only one. However that approach runs smack dab into the land use restrictions discussed in the next section.\n8 Matthew Rognlie, \"Deciphering the Fall and Rise in the Net Capital Share: Accumulation or Scarcity?,\" Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Spring (2015): 1-69. Also Albert Saiz,\"The Geographic Determinants of Housing Supply,\" Quarterly Journal of Economics 125, no. 3 (2010): 1253-1296. For example of more strict zoning and regulatory municipalities see: Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz, and Anita Summers, \"A New Measure of the Local Regulatory Environment for Housing Markets: The Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index,\" Urban Studies, 45, no. 3 (2008): 693-729\n9 Some of this increase may also reflect the increasing cost of building permits, other fees, and regulation generally. See the next section on land use restrictions.\n10 Peter Ganong and Daniel Shoag, \"Why Has Regional Income Convergence in the US Declined?,\", Hutchins Center Working Paper, #21 (2016): 1-67. For supporting papers see: Paul Beaudry, David A. Green, and Ben Sand \u201cSpatial Equilibrium with Unemployment and Wage Bargaining: Theory and Estimation,\u201d Journal of Urban Economics, 79, (2014): 2-19 Jung Hyun Choi and Richard K. Green \u201cIncome Inequality across U.S. Cities,\u201d (2016): 2-39\n11 The White House recently issued a report echoing the conclusions of Ganong and Shoag and proposing reductions in local barriers to housing development.\n12 The previously-discussed increasing gap in the real wages of high- and low-skill professions also helped tip the balance.\n13 In addition, the associated slowdown in regional income convergence may magnify the impact of the growing gap between high-skill and low-skill real wages.\n14 Shifts in the age and race/ethnicity distributions also will have an impact on the homeownership rate, and there is reason to believe those shifts may tend to depress the homeownership rate. The boost in the homeownership rate due to changes in the income distribution may be counterbalanced or outweighed by these other factors. See \"Why are the Experts Pessimistic About the Future of Homeownership?\n15 For simplicity, this section focuses on house prices, but the same argument extends to rents.\n16 In economists' terms, supply has become less elastic.\n17 In these data, quarterly house price appreciation in San Francisco is more than twice as volatile as in Dallas. Also the average rate of quarterly house price appreciation in San Francisco is 50 percent higher than in Dallas.\n18 Robert Shiller \"Why Land and Homes Actually Tend to be Disappointing Investments,\" New York Times, (New York, NY), July 15, 2016, Christopher Herbert, Daniel McCue, and Rocio Sanchez-Moyano \"Is Homeonwership Still an Effective Means of Building Wealth for Low-Income and Minority Households? (Was it Ever?),\" Joint Center For Housing Studies, Harvard University, September (2013)\n19 Not all conforming loans are sold to the GSEs, but these shares provide a reasonable guide to the GSE share of each income category.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 28708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 265.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.freeinfosociety.com/article.php?id=272", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:14Z", "digest": "sha1:6VVW5YYJMA4IYCS7PKJQFEUSYXXY6Z3G", "length": 7044, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.freeinfosociety.com", "title": "The Free Information Society - Eichmann, Adolf", "raw_content": "Articles/Biographies/Criminals/Eichmann, Adolf\nAdolf Eichmann was born on March 19, 1906 in Solingen, Germany. His father was a successful businessman and the family had a rather luxurious lifestyle.\nIn 1914, his family moved to the city of Linz in Austria. When World War 1 started, Adolf's father joined the Austrian Army and returned in 1918. In 1920, the family decided to move back to Germany.\nIn 1925, Eichmann left home to study mechanical engineering in Austria. Unfortunately, his grades were ailing and he decided to drop out later that year. After rethinking his future, he decided to go into business like his father and became a traveling salesman.\nIn 1930, he moved back to Germany to be closer to his family and noticed the growing Nazi Party. He himself had strong anti-semitic ideals and joined a group of lower class group of similar-thinking people in the Wandervogel Movement. In 1932, he moved back to Austria and decided to join the Nazi Party there.\nHe decided to enlist in the SS on April 1, 1932 on the advice of his friend Ernst Kaltenbrunner. He was appointed the rank of SS-Mann and joined the ranks of the Allgemeine-SS. The Allgemeine-SS was a division for part-time members and was not as involved as the general SS.\nIn 1933, Hitler took power in Germany and Eichmann moved back to join the SS as a full time member. In November of 1933, he was promoted to the rank of Scharfuhrer and placed on the administrative staff of the concentration camp in Dachau. In 1934, he was transferred into the Sicherheitspolizei and promoted to the rank of Oberscharfuhrer.\nHe was stationed at the secret police headquarters in Berlin and quickly gained the attention of his superiors. In 1935, he was promoted to the rank of Hauptscharfuhrer after showing that he was a hard worker and believed in the cause. In 1937, he was transferred back into the SS with the rank of Untersturmfuhrer.\nThat same year, he was sent on a mission to Palestine with a superior by the name of Herbert Hagen. Their goal was to assess the feasibility of moving a large quantity of Jews to the area from Germany. In Cairo, they met with the Jewish leader of the Haganah, who tried to convince them to support Jewish emigration. In the end, Eichmann and his superior recommended against the plan because it would allow the creation of a concentrated Jewish state. This meant that Nazi Germany would have to pursue other, less ethical means of \"solving the Jewish Question\".\nIn 1938, Eichmann was transferred to Austria, where he assisted the organization of the SS there. He was promoted to the rank of Obersturmfuhrer for his efforts and soon Austria was running smoothly under Nazi leadership. Later that year, he was selected to direct the Central Office for Jewish Emigration, which had the goal of forcibly exporting Jews from Austria.\nWhen World War 2 started, he was promoted to the rank of Hauptsturmfuhrer and found himself getting more and more contacts in the higher command. He continued to work towards exporting Jews and met with leaders of the Zionist movement to discuss plans to get Jews out of Germany in any way possible.\nIn 1939, he was recalled to Berlin and assigned to command the Reich Central Security Office's division in charge of Jewish affairs. In 1940, he released a document detailing plans to deport Jews to Madagascar, a French colony in southern Africa. Although the plan was never followed through with, he was promoted to the rank of Sturmbannfuhrer for his efforts.\nIn 1941, he was promoted again to the rank of Obersturmbannfuhrer and continued to work on Jewish affairs. In 1942, he attended the famous Wannsee Conference, where German leadership secretly plotted their \"Final Solution\". He accepted the plans to exterminate the Jews rather than deport them and he was placed in charge of getting the Jews to concentration camps in Poland, where they would be killed.\nHe proceeded with the plans and began having Jews rounded up all over Germany and shipped to Poland in trains. He would later brag about his actions, claiming that he had sent five million Jews to their deaths. In 1944, he was sent to Hungary, where he took a more direct command of the deportation of Jews from the country.\nUnfortunately for him, all was not well with Nazi Germany and its power was beginning to fade as its invading armies were fought backwards and suddenly found themselves on the defensive for the first time. Heinrich Himmler ordered the Jewish genocide ceased and all evidence of it destroyed. Eichmann found himself out of a job and he was ordered to the front lines in Hungary to fight off the advancing Russian Army.\nIn late 1945, he fled Hungary an returned to Austria. There, he tried to have his old friend Ernst Kaltenbrunner hide him from the advancing enemy, but he was refused. Eichmann's involvement in the extermination of Jews had apparently made him a marked man and he was forced to try to hide on his own.\nHe was captured soon after by the United States Army, but he claimed that his name was Otto Eckmann. Not realizing his true identity, the Army put him in a POW camp, but he managed to escape in 1946. After his escape, he moved all around Germany, hiding wherever he could.\nIn 1948, he decided to get a permit to land in Argentina, a popular hiding spot for former German officers after the war. He decided to wait a while before leaving and traveled to Italy, posing as a refugee named Ricardo Klement. With the help of an unknowing monk, he obtained a passport from the Red Cross and an entry visa for Argentina. He departed immediately and landed on July 14, 1950.\nOnce in Argentina, he moved to Buenos Aires and remained in hiding for ten years. To support himself, he worked a variety of jobs, including factory foreman and rabbit farmer. Unfortunately for him, he was spotted by a bounty hunter, who notified Simon Wiesenthal, a professional Nazi Hunter. His location was also revealed by a Jew who had formerly stayed in one of the concentration camps and was living in Buenos Aires at the same time as Eichmann.\nIn 1960, the Mossad, an Israeli Intelligence Agency, organized an operation to capture Eichmann and successfully apprehended him on May 11, 1960. He was flown back to Israel on May 21, 1960. After some secrecy, the Israeli government announced his capture and put him on trial on April 11, 1961.\nEichmann was indicted on fifteen different charges, including crimes against humanity and membership of an outlawed organization. The trial caused a lot of controversy and was aired worldwide so everyone could witness it. Eichmann repeated throughout the trial that he was only following orders.\nOn August 14, 1961, the judges presiding over the trial went into deliberations. On December 11th, he was declared guilty and later sentenced to death by hanging on December 15th. He immediately appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court, but was denied on May 29, 1962. On June 1, 1962, he was hanged at Ramla Prison. Just before dying, he shouted \"Long live Germany\" and \"Long live Austria\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 7179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 87.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ft.lk/opinion/Brazil-is-back/14-648430", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:51Z", "digest": "sha1:DSOLDLHB6HDP5BLI4CIPFDCLR45QDBTP", "length": 4435, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.ft.lk", "title": "Brazil is back | FT Online", "raw_content": "Home / Opinion and Issues/ Brazil is back\nBrazil is back\nBy Michel Temer\nBrazil has turned the page of the economic crisis because we were able to say no to populism and acted responsibly. Moved by a long-term vision, our Government has been building, through a permanent dialogue with the National Congress and the society, the foundations of an efficient State, which provides its citizens with quality services within a balanced budget. These also constitute the foundations for sustainable growth, indispensable to advance the development of Brazil and effectively remove millions of Brazilians from poverty.\nIn a little less than a year and a half of management, in practical terms we have corroborated our commitment to fiscal balance. The results are here. Inflation has fallen and it is once again under control. The exchange rate has been stabilised. The interest rates have shrunk to their lowest historical levels. It was with achievements and not voluntarism that we succeeded in restoring the confidence in the Brazilian economy \u2013 confidence which has already been reflected upon the increasing industrial activity, the vitality of foreign trade and renewed job creation.\nThe modernisation of employment law, which has already come into force, is a particularly relevant milestone in our efforts to tune Brazil into the realities of the current economy, without affecting workers\u2019 rights. On our horizon, a tax simplification is still to come in order to make tax payments swift and rational. In all of those actions, what the trend heralds is a Brazil where there is an ever increasing economic freedom.\nPublic accounts in good order and a competitive private sector are essential for sustainable growth as much as is quality infrastructure, consonant with the vast economic potential of our country. That is why, in Davos, I will be presenting the various opportunities of the Advancing Partnerships Programme (Avan\u00e7ar, Parcerias), comprising Federal Government concessions and privatisations.\nOur endeavour in achieving more and better integration begins in our region, in the Mercosul: jointly with all of the other partners, Brazil has been setting in motion a program, which advances free markets as one of its key pillars. In addition to removing inter-block trade barriers, we have been fostering a rapprochement with the countries of the Pacific Alliance.\nFor the first time in 20 years, we have a realistic perspective to conclude the Mercosul-European Union trade agreement \u2013 an agreement which we wish to be wide-ranging and balanced, and which is truly able to cater for the interests of the Brazilian society. In addition, we have been opening new negotiation fronts with partners from a variety of quarters.\nAn undeniable fact for those who keep a sense of objectivity is that Brazil has already travelled a long way under our Government, and at speed. We have achieved a great deal, always on the basis of dialogue, the raw material of democracy; with a genuine disposition too, aimed at bringing alignments closer together and articulating efficient solutions for the needs of the country.\nThe challenge which remains now, and to which we are fully committed, is the Social Security reform with the demographic evolution of our population. This is a commitment which I renew, firstly, before the Brazilian people, and particularly the less privileged; after all, the system as it is, transfers income from those who have less to those who need it the least. The reform will abolish privileges and will ensure the payments of all current and future pensions. It will reinforce the credibility of the Brazilian economy enabling it to join in a lasting growth cycle.\nBrazil is great country which garners assets of all sorts. It is a consumer market with over 200 million people, with abundant natural resources. Our people are creative and hard-working. We have got a diversified industry, a highly productive agriculture. Our energy matrix is one of the cleanest in the world. We are a country with continental dimensions, located far from geopolitical tensions. These are the reasons which have always made Brazil an attractive destination for investors. In recent times, the problem was that the country had somewhat lost its bearings.\n(The writer is President of Brazil.)\n(Adapted from an article published by Michel Temer in Valor Econ\u00f4mico on 22 January ahead of Davos Summit which concluded recently)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 11506, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 241.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gai-it.com/inglese/schede_sciacquatura.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:39Z", "digest": "sha1:AY52J7HWM2PS4XZ6H44PVYPKJR3IYUIN", "length": 856, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.gai-it.com", "title": "GAI - MACCHINE IMBOTTIGLIATRICI", "raw_content": "FILLING - RINSING\nThe bottles are gripped around the neck by a clamp, and rapidly turned upside-down by means of a rack and pinion system. The speed of this system enables longer cycles with the same number of clamps. The nozzle penetrates the bottle neck by 70mm as per machine model; this depth prevents any interference between the injected water and the backflow. The injected water must be sterilized by microfiltration. As an alternative, the water can be ozonized, which will also perform a sterilizing action.\nThe rinsing liquid is recovered in a closed circuit, keeping the machine dry during the normal working conditions.\nBottles can also be \u201cseasoned\u201d by recirculating the appropriate product. 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According to him it will be completely unique.\nIn an interview with Digital Spy Fares said: \u201cI can tell you this \u2013 if I tell you the idea now, you\u2019d say, \u2018I haven\u2019t played something like this before\u2019. I can\u2019t tell you more. 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The railway has taken a lease on a former community centre, situated just seconds from the end of the line at Leicester North station.\nIt's all set within tranquil green surroundings - though right next to Leicester's inner ring road and is easily reached by turning onto The Sidings (and of course - by a direct train service from Loughborough!) The buildings have commanding views over the city skyline.\nThe site is close to other great tourist attractions in Leicester including the National Space Centre and The Museum of Technology at Abbey Pumping Station. 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It comes from a place of compassion, love, and peace, and it will help you resolve any conflict you might have.\nApologize to those who consider you their enemy.\nThe first step in reconciliation is to apologize, especially if you had not intended to hurt the person in the first place.\nBe the best version of yourself around the other person.\nShow them that you are truly apologetic by being fresh and pleasant around them. Usually, this is enough for the other person to forgive you.\nUnderstand that your enemies might be suffering too.\nWhen you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight. 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The first landslide, triggered by heavy rain, swallowed 300-400 homes in the Argo district of Badakhshan province, killing 2,700 people. In a double tragedy, while the rescue work was on, another landslide swept through, burying most of the rescuers.\nThe authorities are now focusing on the 4,000 survivors and evacuees. The UN humanitarian groups are busy at work, rounding up food, water and medical supplies. A NATO team is sending a C-130 transport plane from Kabul with supplies, tents and blankets.\nThe weatherman has warned that potential rain forecast could further hamper rescue efforts and trigger another landslide.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 223, "original_length": 5435, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 324.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.globeseries.com/forum2014/2014/07/09/oil-sands-industry-must-step-pace-innovation-solve-environmental-challenges/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:10Z", "digest": "sha1:FZDPZPIEMKNEQLBS53M6JDVOZVN5YDBH", "length": 1110, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.globeseries.com", "title": "GLOBE 2014 \u00bb Oil Sands Industry Must Step Up Pace of Innovation to Solve Environmental Challenges", "raw_content": "Oil Sands Industry Must Step Up Pace of Innovation to Solve Environmental Challenges\nAlberta\u2019s oilsands companies have a history of innovation but they\u2019re now working more closely together to ramp up the deployment of new environmental technologies, industry experts told a GLOBE 2014 session.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had a tremendous history of innovation\u201d in commercializing the oilsands, but we have to step up the pace in solving environmental challenges, Gordon Lambert, executive advisor, sustainability & innovation to Suncor Energy Inc., told delegates to the international environment business conference and trade show, held in Vancouver in March.\nLambert, one of four panelists in a session titled, \u201cCanada\u2019s Oil Sands: Technology & Collaboration,\u201d said there are critically important \u201cissues of the commons,\u201d such as the cumulative impacts of oilsands development, that the industry needs to address together.\n\u201cWe can\u2019t afford to duplicate effort,\u201d he said, pointing to a recently discovered example where four companies were testing the same centrifuge equipment for tailings treatment \u2013 unbeknownst to each other.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 285.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.goldenstwarriors.com/viewtopic.php?p=127137&sid=78489f77bda36167ca9942fff029daf5", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:22Z", "digest": "sha1:T5YTZU6WLKH7RYOLZEYG4YTRU6QM5YID", "length": 4180, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.goldenstwarriors.com", "title": "Game Thread: Los Angeles Clippers @ Warriors 2008-04-12 - Page 11 - Golden State Warriors", "raw_content": "Will the Warriors make the playoffs?\nby bigstrads \u00bb Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:01 pm\nbigstrads wrote: LMAO!!!..........well, if I do, Im ridiculed........by you and others...........so I cant win and this c*nt wipe just gets away with it as usual.\nI ridiculed you one time... when I felt like I needed to, and I apologized. No need to cause unneccesary problems, man.\nLMAO!!! again.........I cause problems? who causes problems on here?...........you?.........no...........me?..........I react and do my best to not let people get away with talking un-justified sh*t about the team and members of this board..........who am I talking about?\nWell it seems, to me at least, that nothing that you say is going to change the way he is. You have been here longer than I have. You should know that. If you want to continue fighting a pointless fight, feel free. Just know that you wont get anywhere with it.\nWell..........Im trying not to fight that \"pointless\" fight, and I havnt been recently.............but you cheering him on, congratulating him on his \"creative\" insults and asking me why Im not defending myself is quite a contradiction dont you think?\nby rebel \u00bb Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:01 pm\nJ-Rich wrote: Every action is caused from a reaction from others!!! Did I miss something here???\nare a blind mother trucker\nI gave you time to defend yourself. I know that you saw it before you left. When you did leave, I assumed that you didnt care, and I put my two cents in. It was pretty funny, to me at least.\nI am just trying to get along with the guy, something that most people dont even bother trying to do.\nWow............just wow.............when has he EVER attempted to get along with anyone on this board?..........has he privately apologised for the all the insults hes thrown at you? probably not.\nI dont get it...........just dont get it.\nCheck your PM man.\nbigstrads wrote: Wow............just wow.............when has he EVER attempted to get along with anyone on this board?..........has he privately apologised for the all the insults hes thrown at you? probably not.\nSo let me get this straight, this is your thought process:\n\"Oh, J-Rich insulted me.... let me think about what I should do.... Hmm..... Oh, I know! Lets make the situation worse by calling him out on it.\"\n\"Oh, sh*t, he retaliated by calling me yet another name... Hmm... I wonder why... Oh, that's right, because I PISSED HIM OFF!\"\nI am just trying to be nice to the guy. In case you havnt noticed, since I have, he hasnt said one demening thing to me. Deep concept, I know.\nChange the subject...I really like that Al Thornton kid...He could have been the runner up to Durant this year with more PT time...\nAnother pick that we probably could have had...I was pretty high on this kid before this draft...Too bad the Clips weren't interested in MP and our pick for their pick...\nHe's gonna be a special player!!!!\nHey sfsfsgiants! How's the school coming along???\nJ-Rich wrote: Hey sfsfsgiants! How's the school coming along???\ndo you really need this much attention\nNo, plus I wasn't talking to you turdnerd!!!\nOh, pretty good... nearly all A's. Just gotta get that damn Pre-Calculus grade up. Thanks for asking.\nJ-Rich wrote: No, plus I wasn't talking to you turdnerd!!!\nyour like my 5 year old daughter always being a brat for attenion\nKeep up the hard work!!! Hopefully, the W's might do something right before draft time...(AGAIN)...We'll worry about the Dubs after the 6 first games of next season...\nI wouldn't know about being a brat??? Looks like you're the one with the problem...\nJ-Rich wrote: I wouldn't know about being a brat??? Looks like you're the one with the problem...\n10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0 I'm just going to ignore and disregard anymore of your post\nJ-Rich wrote: Keep up the hard work!!! Hopefully, the W's might do something right before draft time...(AGAIN)...We'll worry about the Dubs after the 6 first games of next season...\nYup, I expect some shake-up on the team before draft day. I think it will be a different team next year. Of course, I may be surprised and have nothing happen, but I doubt it.\nI think that either Baron, Harrington, Monta, or Jackson will be gone next year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 252, "original_length": 10724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 242.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=115255.msg464217", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:36Z", "digest": "sha1:AIKIMGLWQ5HICW5LR3Q7XH62EKAA35TX", "length": 1600, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.gopbriefingroom.com", "title": "Just noticing - National News/Current Events - The Briefing Room", "raw_content": "Just noticing\nAuthor Topic: Just noticing (Read 547 times)\nAside what certain folks are spouting around here, social media (not counting paid rabble-rousers) is showing more defiance toward el prez and the senate and support for the people's house.\nRe: Just noticing\nQuote from: olde north church on October 03, 2013, 04:35:54 PM\nThis is my sense, too, but I'm afraid to get too excited about my own gut feelings. I've been woefully incorrect a couple of times and was sorely disappointed. I pray that what you're saying is true. My kids and future grandkids will be in a he11 of a mess if the people don't wake up and take action.\nQuote from: rb224315 on October 03, 2013, 04:45:55 PM\nYeah, it's always \"Fingers crossed\" with this bunch.\nThe press is completely focused on who is getting \"blamed\" rather than measuring the impact and degree of concern.\nI don't think people are very worked up, and that's why the Dems are going ballistic. They aren't succeeding at convincing anyone this is a major crisis. The whole deal is being greeted with one giant yawn on Main Street.\nI run into people all day long and the subject of government shut-down almost never comes up in conversation. After we talk about the baseball playoffs, NFL football and the President's Cup maybe someone might bring it up with a shrug of the shoulders, and that's about it.\nI hope all of you are right! Thank goodness our media is more varied than the last shut-down.\nObama didn't do himself any favors by trying to scare the seniors with their SS checks.\nI didn't think it was possible to detest him more but it's happened.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 313.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.govopps.co.uk/techniquest-set-to-receive-3m-in-uk-government-funding-to-develop-stem-hub/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:04Z", "digest": "sha1:GVLHU74J3GWREDHQUSBSTRKNXG6GPMSV", "length": 2395, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.govopps.co.uk", "title": "Techniquest set to receive \u00a33m in UK Government funding to develop STEM hub - Government Opportunities", "raw_content": "Techniquest set to receive \u00a33m in UK Government funding to develop STEM hub\nTagged with: Business Central Government Education Funding Infrastructure Investment LGPN Live Industry Local Government PASS Science STEM UK\nSix science Centres across the UK today received a \u00a313 million injection of funding to help attract thousands of new visitors (August 7th).\nCatalyst in Widnes, Dundee Science Centre, Eureka! Mersey, Glasgow Science Centre, The National Space Centre in Leicester, and Techniquest in Cardiff will all receive new funding after presenting exciting plans to connect with audiences and communities who don\u2019t currently visit science centres or engage with learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).\nThe funding will help each centre create new learning activities to help reach audiences, improve their facilities and develop sustainable business models.\nIn Wales, The Science Capital will see a transformation of Techniquest, extending it into a contemporary STEM hub, and diversifying its audiences. It will house innovative new content, developed with businesses and academics at the forefront of STEM in Wales and supported by a programme of community co-production, highlighting the role STEM technologies shape the future of our society.\nThe new funding will be delivered through the Inspiring Science Fund, a joint initiative by Wellcome and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Inspiring Science Fund aims to support underserved and underrepresented audiences, delivering science learning and engagement opportunities that are accessible to all through Science Centres around the country.\nVisiting Techniquest in Wales, Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns said:\n\u201cToday\u2019s funding announcement is a welcome boost to many science centres across the UK, and I can\u2019t think of a worthier recipient than Techniquest in Cardiff Bay.\n\u201cThe centre is home to many fond memories of children and adults in South Wales and further afield, who were perhaps taking an interest in science and technology for the first time. This funding will allow Techniquest to leap forward in developing cutting edge STEM technology, attracting some of Wales\u2019 sharpest science minds to take a lead role in developing our future society.\u201d\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/techniquest-set-to-receive-3m-in-uk-government-funding-to-develop-stem-hub", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 4445, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 309.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grandprix.com/news/mercedes-releases-sneak-peak-of-w02.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:34Z", "digest": "sha1:PADAQEEEM6JWPWMH2IJWEBTDEEUOCLAP", "length": 752, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.grandprix.com", "title": "Mercedes releases sneak-peak of W02", "raw_content": "Mercedes releases sneak-peak of W02\nMercedes has released a sneak peak of its 2011 Formula 1 chassis, the W02, before it's first public showing on Tuesday at Valencia.\nMercedes is one of several teams that is not holding a full launch this season, but is instead revealing the car in a low-key fashion at the first winter test. But getting the jump on the other car launches starting tomorrow morning, Mercedes has issued a computer-generated image of the car shown from the front, showing a high nosed chassis with a conventional airbox.\nAfter winning the championship in 2009 as Brawn GP, last season's Mercedes chassis was a disappointment, and the team hopes to have solved the problems which left the car off the pace.\nSENNA MOVIE SCOOPS TOP AWARD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 1068, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/therapeutic-power-vocal-sound", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:02Z", "digest": "sha1:D3Y2B7JOQNTBN5PIVB4RDXG3R6266IVY", "length": 24240, "nlines": 76, "source_domain": "www.greenmedinfo.com", "title": "The Therapeutic Power of Vocal Sound | GreenMedInfo | Blog Entry", "raw_content": "The Therapeutic Power of Vocal Sound\nThursday, February 8th 2018 at 12:30 pm\nHow vocal sound positively affects every cell in our body and the cells of people in close proximity\nThe human voice has the power to fill a concert hall, without a microphone; the power to promote healing in ourselves and others; the power to transform thoughts and feelings into words and sounds to inspire others. The human voice also has the power to leave this Earthly realm and travel to the stars, as you will soon read.\nGenerating Amplified Thoughts\nWhen we speak or sing or tone, we are actually generating amplified thoughts; thoughts that originate in our minds and give rise to electromagnetic signals contained within our brain. Yet those same thoughts become hugely amplified and transcribed into sound every time we speak, sing or tone. In this way, our thoughts can be shared with the world. But what if our words were transformed into light?\nThe light would zip through the atmosphere and carry our amplified thoughts to the stars. Is this some new high-tech science or maybe even science fiction? Actually it is science fact, although not commonly known. And you don\u2019t need fancy equipment to convert words or song to light; your voice is all you need.\nThe basic principles are straightforward and by the end of this article you will understand the special relationship between sound and light and how your voice can reach the stars. You will also learn how your voice speaks the language of cells that positively affects every cell in your body and the cells of people in your close proximity.\nWhile scientists agree that sound and light are different phenomena, much confusion exists among the general public concerning the true relationship between these two forms of energy. For example, online articles often appear in which a particular sound frequency is multiplied by forty octaves in an attempt to identify its equivalent light \u2018color.\u2019 In the chart below, colors of light are shown alongside their corresponding \u00c5ngstr\u00f6m numbers (named after the Swedish physicist Anders Jonas \u00c5ngstr\u00f6m) and these are compared with frequencies of sound given in Hertz. Look, for example, at 392 Hertz, the musical note \u2018G,\u2019 shown as a deep red color. At first glance this artistic interpretation of sound as color appears valid until we realize that sound and light are in fact totally different forms of energy. It\u2019s rather like comparing apples with oranges; they are plainly different. In reality this attempt at comparing light colors with sound frequencies is fundamentally flawed. However, there is indeed an intriguing, almost magical, relationship between sound and light, although not in the way that is commonly believed.\nThe Nature of Sound\nTo build a foundation of understanding concerning the physics of sound, let us first define sound.\nSound in air is the transfer of periodic vibrations between adjacent colliding atoms or molecules.\nThat might sound rather grand but basically it simply means that when atomic particles bump into their neighbors they pass on their vibrations. (Remember that air is a mixture of gases in which most atoms pair up to create molecules while helium is comprised of individual atoms.) This transfer of vibrations between any two adjacent atoms or molecules, is known as 'sound.'\nThe energy in a sound event, for example someone toning, expands away from the mouth and nose equally in all directions, as a bubble. This sound bubble naturally expands at the speed of sound, which is 768 miles an hour at 20 degrees C at sea level, and its outer 'surface' is in a state of radial pulsation or oscillation, meaning that it is expanding and contracting. The bubble's pulsations are actually the same as those created by the vocal folds in the larynx. In fact, the pulsations of the bubble are the sound. At this point you might be thinking \"But what about sound waves?\" Actually, the model of 'sound waves' is incomplete as well as a misnomer because it refers to the graphical representation of the mathematical law of the sound energy. While the term 'sound waves' is correct in terms of its graphical representation it is not how sound actually propagates or travels.\nSound bubble versus sound wave\nThe concept of sound as a wave is simply a label used to describe the fact that sound bubbles pulsate in and out rhythmically. It is this pulsation of the bubble\u2019s outer surface that is typically illustrated as a wave-like graph.\nPut differently, when teachers and scientists describe sound as a wave they are referring to its rhythmic pulsation depicted graphically, not its actual shape in space. The result of this confusion is that most people incorrectly visualize sounds wiggling their way through the air rather than visualizing beautiful, shimmering sound bubbles.\nIn the illustration above, a sound bubble has been halved to permit its internal structure to be seen. The sound event that created the bubble is in the center.\nAll sounds contain areas of high pressure and low pressure, called compressions and rarefactions. The illustration shows these areas as dense blue hemispheres for high pressure and pale blue hemispheres for low pressure.\nIf you look closely at the drawing closely you will see dotted lines rising out of the bottom half of the bubble and connecting with a wave graph in the middle. This illustrates clearly where the term 'sound waves' comes from: the wave-like graph of sound is a mathematical representation of an actual sound bubble. Many scientific textbooks illustrate the spherical nature of sound, even though they continue to use the term \"sound waves\" for acoustic energy with a bubble-like space form. A good example is the Master Handbook of Acoustics. The chapter heading on page 83 is: \"Sound Waves in the Free Field\u201d, yet on page 85 there is a helpful drawing showing the spherical nature of sound.1\nHolographic Sound Principles\nTo build a deeper foundation of understanding, when sound travels through air, every atom or molecule in the path of the expanding sound bubble is involved in the process of passing on the sound vibrations, rather like the game where dominos are set up in a long row and each domino bumps into its nearest neighbor, and sets off a chain reaction of movement. In air, the vibrations that originate with the atoms and molecules in direct contact with the sound source pass on their vibrations to their nearest neighbors and the chain reaction begins, spreading out as a bubble of sound.\nAs an example, if a sound source produces a single frequency tone (for example when you make an 'oo' vowel sound with your voice) the periodic motion of every atom and molecule in the sound bubble will be of that same single periodicity and that single vibration will be passed on with each collision that occurs. On the other hand, if the sound is complex, with a multiplicity of frequencies of vibration, (for example if you make an 'ee' vowel sound, which is quite complex and rich in harmonics) the atoms and molecules will each carry this complex array of periodicities.\nTo better visualize how a single atom can carry such complex periodic motions, imagine holding an apple and moving it slowly back and forth. (Let\u2019s say that the apple represents an atom in the air surrounding your larynx).\nNext imagine quickly wobbling the apple as it moves slowly back and forth. The apple/atom is now vibrating in two different ways simultaneously.\nNow imagine that same principle extended until the apple/atom is moving in a hundred different ways simultaneously.\n(Not easy to imagine, but I think the point is made). This is how atoms and molecules carry all the vibrations and uniqueness of a voice, or of any sound. And when an atom bumps into its nearest neighbor all of those different vibrations are transferred to the neighboring atoms.\nThe human voice, whether in speech or singing, is a good example of a complex sound source that contains many frequencies. What begins in the larynx as a small high pressure (fairly monotone) spherical pearl of sound energy, rapidly expands into the mouth and sinus cavities where complex nuances are added by the tongue, lips and resonance of the sinus spaces, adding to the complexity of the vibrations and forming a given word or sound.\nThe word began as a thought, but now that thought has been transcribed to a sound bubble that emerges from the mouth and nose. Its outer spherical edge shimmers due to every atom and molecule vibrating in unison. If you have a cold and your nose is blocked, the bubble emerges with a different tonal quality and the character of your voice will be modified accordingly. But either way, the data in the bubble is, effectively, an amplified thought.\nHow many atomic particles are needed to represent your unique voice? Amazingly the answer is 'one.' As mentioned above, a single atom can vibrate with all the complex vibrations that make your voice unique to you. Therefore, sound can be said to exhibit holographic principles because every atomic particle in a sound bubble contains all the vibrational data of the sound source.\nOne mathematical definition of 'holographic' (reported by Andrew Zimmerman Jones from original work by Gerard \u2018t Hooft and Leonard Susskind) is that: The total information contained in a volume of space corresponds to an equal amount of information contained on the surface of that space.2 This definition precisely describes the sonic data within a sound bubble and at all points on its periphery; therefore, sound can be said to embody holographic principles.\nIn the illustration above a single sound bubble is seen emerging from the woman\u2019s mouth and nose. In reality this primary bubble would diffract backwards within a millisecond of its creation and the sound bubble would totally surround the woman's head; but for the sake of clarity only the primary bubble is shown. The bubble's surface pattern depicts the harmonic content (the timbre or tonal quality) of her voice.\nHaving summarized the nature of sound let us now explore the phenomenon of light in order to understand the special relationship between sound and light, which will lead to understanding how your songs reach the stars and how your voice speaks the language of cells.\nVisible light is electromagnetism of a particular frequency or, to be more accurate, a range of frequencies. The chart at the end of the Introduction section of this article illustrates this point very well. Since light frequencies are such big numbers it is more convenient to express them in \u00c5ngstr\u00f6ms, which is a measure of the distance moved by light as it pulsates and is commonly referred to as its 'wave length.' However, in common with sound, light usually propagates as a bubble so the term 'wave length' can be misleading. The only exception to the spherical nature of light is laser light, which generates what is termed \"coherent light\" in which all the vibrations of the magnetic energy are aligned or \"in phase\" with each other, whereas light in Nature could be termed \"incoherent light\" or \"natural light\" because its vibrations are randomly generated by the light source. All natural light propagates as a bubble, whereas coherent light propagates as a single ray.\nVocal collisions of atoms and molecules result in the creation of infrared light\nAlthough the precise nature of electromagnetism is unknown to science, in essence, it is magnetism that is vibrating (although no one knows what magnetism is!). Light is created when static magnetism begins to vibrate sufficiently fast, or expressed differently, when static magnetism becomes 'modulated magnetism.' Every atom is surrounded by a magnetic shell\u2014a magnetic force field\u2014and when this force field collides with the force field around another atom two important things happen: first, there is a transfer of the periodic motions between the atoms\u2014that we earlier defined as sound. The second, almost magical, thing that happens is that light is created. In fact, when collisions occur between atoms or molecules there must be a release of light, generally known as 'electromagnetic radiation.'\nSo, in a nutshell, light is created as atoms collide, but unlike sound, which needs a medium to travel in, the light radiates away from the site of the collisions without needing a medium; that is, light can travel through the vacuum of space.\nIf this all sounds rather technical please stay with me because what comes next is the key to how your songs reach the stars and speak the language of cells.\nThe frequency of light created by atoms as they bump into each other is a function of the temperature of the atoms (how fast they are vibrating individually and collectively). Light created by atomic collisions in which the temperatures are too low to create visible light will create infrared light. At even lower energy states, for instance with a gentle caress of the skin, hypothetically, microwave radio frequencies will be created.\nThis could be why caresses can feel like electricity: such gentle touches may spark low level microwaves into existence. On the other hand, when the temperature is extremely high it is well-tested theory that X-ray and Gamma-ray radiation is created. In simple terms, the physical temperature of an object determines the wavelength of the radiation it emits.3\nWe are now ready to provide the answer to the question, how our songs reach the stars. As mentioned earlier, sonic bubbles expand at approximately 768 miles an hour. Each collision within the sound bubble creates friction between the magnetic shells surrounding the atomic particles, which create heat, which is another name for infrared electromagnetism, otherwise known as light.\nRubbing hands together creates infrared light\nTry this simple experiment: Rub your hands vigorously together and then place them over your closed eyes. You will feel warmth. The molecules that form the skin of your left hand slipped past the molecules that form the skin of your right hand. To be more accurate, the magnetic shells surrounding those molecules slipped past each other. The result is heat.\nA similar phenomenon occurs every time you speak, sing or tone: trillions of atomic collisions not only carry your voice away through the air, they also create a tiny amount of heat, technically known as infrared light. The heat produced by your voice fluctuates in sympathy with the sound of your words. This simple mechanism transcribes your words into modulated infrared light that rushes away at the amazing speed of 186,000 miles per second.\nWhile the acoustic energy in your voice bubble falls off rapidly with distance, it is not the case for the infrared bubble created by your voice. The infrared energy created by the sound of your voice propagates independently of air (remember that electromagnetism does not need a medium to travel in) and heat is not significantly attenuated by air particles. Therefore, the infrared bubble travels relatively unimpeded through the atmosphere to outer space, where theory tells us it will travel forever4 unless it encounters some dense matter. So, your words and songs should, one day, reach the stars.\nAt this point you might be wondering, if we can sing to the stars shouldn\u2019t the stars be able to sing to us? The stars do indeed bathe the earth in their 'song.' The same principle that transcribes our vocalized sounds to modulated infrared light (colliding atoms that create heat and carry sonic modulations) is also occurring in stars, and the stars are radiating their \"songs\" across the Universe in both the infrared and visible light spectrums.\nArtist\u2019s impression of The James Webb Space Telescope. Image: NASA/ JPL\nA branch of astronomy called asteroseismology5 is one in which scientists 'listen in' to the sounds of stars. Sounds created within the heart of a star can provide important data regarding the processes at work in its atomic furnace. By studying the 'music' of stars it has also become possible to discover exoplanets, in some cases planets that resemble Earth in terms of size and distance from the parent star.\nThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), due for launch this year (2018), is designed to monitor the heavens primarily in the infrared spectrum and with astonishing sensitivity. Perhaps the JWST or some even more sensitive instrument of the future, may one day listen in to extraterrestrial life, not by a signal that was deliberately transmitted into space but one born of sounds that created infrared light.\nMost people remain blissfully unaware that our words, songs and chants are rushing into space as modulated infrared light. Maybe someday, the very words or songs you utter today will be monitored and heard by non-human ears in a part of the galaxy far, far away.\nThe implications for knowing that your voice creates infrared light are profound because every cell in your body \"sings\" in the infrared spectrum of light.6\nThe electromagnetic component of cell-to-cell communication also occurs mainly within this spectrum, as the graphic below shows. Therefore, when we sing we are actually singing the language of cells, and not only our own cells but those of everyone who are in our close proximity.\nCell-cell communication occurs mainly in the infrared spectrum\nAnother aspect of vocal sound that CymaScope research has recently discovered, concerns cymatics, the science of making sound visible. Whenever sound encounters a membrane, a cymatic pattern is imprinted on the membrane\u2019s surface. Usually invisible to the unaided eye, such patterns can be rendered visible under special lighting conditions, rather like dusting a fingerprint on glass to make it visible, we 'dust' the membrane with light. The cymatic principle occurs at all scales, even in the microscopic realm, therefore, every cell in your body receives a cymatic pattern when you sing or are being sung to. We have begun to image such patterns in the CymaScope laboratory and initial experiments with microscopic water droplets revealed great beauty in the patterns that formed. A video of microscopic cymatics can be viewed on the CymaScope YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0St42jfgMU\nCymatic patterns on microscopic water droplets\nThe biological mechanisms by which sound triggers the body's healing response are not yet known, but my working hypothesis concerns the uptake of sonic energy by cells and the stimulation of the cell's Integral Membrane Proteins, which project from the outer membrane of almost all cells.\nIMP's have many functions, including the transport of food into the cell and the excretion of waste. One class of IMP, known as the Primary Cilia, is a vital feature of the cell. Primary Cilia7 are antenna-like structures that respond to electromagnetism as well as specific frequencies of sound. In a sense they act in a similar manner to tuning forks that have a particular resonant frequency and are maximally excited only at that specific frequency.\nIllustration of Integral Membrane Proteins, resembling tuning forks\nIn some categories of illness the cells of a particular bodily system become quiescent, for example, due to physical trauma, the invasion of a pathogen or the presence of a toxic substance. This quiescent state is known as the G-0 phase of the cell cycle in which the cells of a particular bodily system are effectively asleep and not replicating, which throws the body out of balance and therefore creates illness. Cells that are in this deep sleep condition can exist in that state for very long periods.\nTo awaken the cells, sparking them into the G-1 phase, in which the cell prepares for replication, the medical literature suggests that either time (that is, more sleep) or nutrition is the required stimulus.8, 9\nIn my hypothesis the stimulation needed to awaken the cell is sound energy, whether vocal or from some other source. Sound energy enters the cell in two forms: the acoustic component and the infrared component, both acting to 'charge' the cell with energy. In addition, sound creates a cymatic pattern on the cell membrane, which gently massages the IMP\u2019s, including the Primary Cilia. These mechanisms, I hypothesise, are the fundamental principles that underpin sound therapy.\nThe cell cycle is a series of events that take place in a cell, leading to duplication of its DNA and cell division, creating two daughter cells\nAt the atomic level, flesh and blood consists of a delicate tracery of electromagnetic frequencies that harmonize with each other and manifest as the biological matter that comprises the components of our bodies. And like an orchestra in which the players tune their instruments to align with each other, living tissue, too, is held in an exquisitely harmonious balance. However, when disease or illness occurs it creates an imbalance in which one or more of the \"players\" in our cellular orchestra create discord and generate vibrations that are unnatural to our organism. This simple allegorical model contains important truths that I will expand upon in future articles.\nLast, I'd like to mention the 3:2 musical ratio in the light of discoveries made by a Russian team, led by Elena S. Petukhova. Apart from the commonly known aspects of this ratio, it is less well known that this same ratio exists between frequencies of the second and third harmonics of an oscillating string, and by extension, of our vocal folds. In their 2017 paper, published by Elsevier, they discovered that complementary pairs of nitrogenous bases exist that feature 2 and 3 hydrogen bonds respectively.10 From this point of view, DNA is a chain of numbers, 3 and 2, of the hydrogen bonds. The implications of this discovery are that when we sing we are actually singing directly to the 'music' of our D.N.A. sequence. Petoukhov also discovered that the 3:2 ratio is mathematically related to the tensor family of genetic matrices and that if the square root from such a matrix is taken, the result is the 'golden matrix,' all elements of which are equal to the golden section. Thus, the ratio 3:2 and the golden section are intimately connected with our D.N.A. and with our vocal apparatus: we are actually singing a form of genetic music, music that brings healing to all life.\nMaster Handbook of Acoustics, fourth edition. F. Alton Everset, published by McGraw-Hill. Pages 83 & 85.\nString Theory for Dummies, Andrew Zimmerman Jones and Daniel Robbins, Wiley Publishing Inc. Page 21.\nNASA Science Beta: https://science.nasa.gov/ems/11_xrays\nDepartment of Physics, University of Illinois. Does light travel forever? https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=21368\nUniversity of Birmingham (UK). Asteroseismology. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/physics/astronomy/solar-and-stellar/asteroseismology.aspx\nWorld Scientific: Biophoton Emission. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984994001266\nPubMed: The primary cilium in cell signaling and cancer. E J Michaud, BK Yoder. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818613\nG0 phase of cell cycle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G0_phase\nG0 phase of cell cycle. Nutrition, Immunity and Infection, Prakash S. Shetty, published by CABA. Page 165.\nI-Ching, dyadic groups of binary numbers and the geno-logic coding in living bodies. Zhengbing Hu, Sergey V. Petoukhov, Elena S. Petukhova.\nProgress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Elsevier.\nJohn Stuart Reid is an English acoustic-physics researcher and inventor of the CymaScope, an instrument that makes sound visible. He has studied the world of sound for over 40 years and is one of only two men to conduct an acoustics study of the Great Pyramid. His primary interests are developing cymatics into a new science of visible sound and developing applications for the CymaScope, including the CymaScope app, which reveals cymatic energy patterns in real time from voice or music. He authored the first chapter to approach cymatics from a scientific perspective in \"The Mereon Matrix\", published by Elsevier. He is engaged in pioneering research to decipher dolphin language and co-authored a paper with SpeakDolphin.com titled, \"A Phenomenon Discovered while Imaging Dolphin Echolocation Sounds\" in the Journal of Marine Science. He lectures at conferences in Europe and the USA.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 27559, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gw.iucaa.in/gravitational-waves-detected-100-years-after-einsteins-prediction/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:06Z", "digest": "sha1:6HE4H3WQXVGSOGZ277X363XABJ6WNQT4", "length": 8563, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.gw.iucaa.in", "title": "Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein\u2019s Prediction \u2013 GW @ IUCAA", "raw_content": "GW @ IUCAA > News > Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein\u2019s Prediction\nIUCAA physicists make fundamental contributions in the discovery\nThe gravitational waves were detected on September 14, 2015 at 5:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (9:51 UTC) by both of the twin Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors, located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington, USA. The LIGO Observatories are funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and were conceived, built, and are operated by Caltech and MIT. The discovery, accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters, was made by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (which includes the GEO Collaboration and the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy) and the Virgo Collaboration using data from the two LIGO detectors.\nGravitational wave research at IUCAA, Pune, India\nPhysicists at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, an autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission, India, made significant contributions to this discovery. They are Professors Sukanta Bose, Sanjeev Dhurandhar (Emeritus), Sanjit Mitra, Tarun Souradeep, postdoctoral fellow Anuradha Gupta, PhD students Anirban Ain, Bhooshan Gadre, Nikhil Mukund, and visiting scientists Jayanti Prasad and Sharad Gaonkar. They are all active members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC).\nDescribing this discovery as a major breakthrough, IUCAA director Professor Somak Raychaudhury said, \u201cIUCAA has been at the core of building a gravitational wave research community in India ever since it was founded, over a quarter century ago. Therefore, it is heartening to see my colleagues not only contribute directly to this discovery with a breadth of expertise but also facilitate several LSC collaborators in other Indian institutions to contribute to it in a significant way.\u201d Professor (Emeritus) Dhurandhar has been at the forefront of this effort, and has done pioneering work in formulating methods for detecting gravitational wave signals in detector noise.\nFounding IUCAA director, Professor (Emeritus) Jayant Narlikar, echoed Raychaudhury, \u201cFrom the very beginning IUCAA has been emphasizing the importance of detecting gravitational waves towards a more complete understanding of the cosmos. To this end IUCAA has created many researchers who have contributed to this effort worldwide. We expect to continue our contribution in the coming years.\u201d Former IUCAA director, Professor (Emeritus) Ajit Kembhavi added, \u201cIt gives me immense satisfaction that IUCAA also nurtured the national consortium of scientists called the Indian Initiative in Gravitational wave Observations (IndIGO) right from its inception in August 2009. Its members have now done us proud.\u201d At this time IUCAA provides logistical support to IndIGO under a Memorandum of Understanding.\nIUCAA\u2019s involvement in the discovery spanned across a wide range of areas of this multidisciplinary search, beginning with the basic idea used in finding the weak and short-lived gravitational wave signal in the very noisy data of the LIGO detectors. That idea, due to Dhurandhar and B. Sathyaprakash (then a postdoctoral fellow at IUCAA, now in Cardiff) from 1991, was of matching thousands of wave patterns expected from black hole binaries, as derived from Einstein\u2019s theory, with the data from the detectors. This maiden detection relies on this fundamental work.\nFor further confirmation of the common astrophysical origin of the signals, a multi-detector consistency test was applied. The theoretical foundation for it was laid by Bose and Dhurandhar, alongwith Archana Pai (then a PhD student at IUCAA, now at IISER Thiruvananthapuram). More recently, the duo, along with Mitra, Gupta and Mukund, carried out extensive studies towards understanding the LIGO detectors\u2019 data and found ways of discerning astrophysical signals from transient terrestrial noise in the data. IUCAA scientists also contributed towards developing a set of analysis tools that were used in this discovery. The High Performance Computing facility at the IUCAA Data Center provided valuable support.\nBose, who has been in the LSC since 2000, reminisced, \u201cIn 1991 the possibility of making a direct detection of gravitational waves looked remote. But multi-detector observations got a shot in the arm in 1994, with the construction of the two LIGO detectors beginning in the US. It needed a leap of faith for us to begin working in a research area in the nineties that was just getting\nstarted.\u201d Dhurandhar agreed, \u201cIt is a fantastic feeling to see this substantial body of work, to which IUCAA has contributed in a major way, come to fruition with this discovery finally.\u201d\nAstronomers at IUCAA, led by Varun Bhalerao, Javed Rana, and Akshat Singhal, joined forces with their international partners to search for an afterglow soon after the gravitational wave signal was picked up by LIGO on September 14, 2015 and relayed to them subsequently. In collaboration with multiple other institutions in India and abroad, IUCAA is leading the effort for setting up necessary mechanisms in India for electromagnetic follow-up of gravitational wave events, especially, because both kinds of signals, whenever emitted, can teach us much more about these violent phenomena in the universe than what any single kind can. \u201cThis is why we need a third LIGO like detector, far away from the ones in the US. A three detector network will be able to localize a gravitational wave source much more accurately,\u201d says Tarun Souradeep, who is the spokesperson of IndIGO. Since it is much simpler and quicker for telescopes to scan a small area of the sky for an electromagnetic counterpart, a third detector is critical in transforming this discovery into the launch of Gravitational wave Astronomy.\nLIGO research is carried out by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), a group of more than 1000 scientists from universities around the United States and in 14 other countries. More than 90 universities and research institutes in the LSC develop detector technology and analyze data; approximately 250 students are strong contributing members of the collaboration. The LSC detector network includes the LIGO interferometers and the GEO600 detector. The GEO team includes scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI), Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover, along with partners at the University of Glasgow, Cardiff University, the University of Birmingham, other universities in the United Kingdom, and the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain.\nVirgo research is carried out by the Virgo Collaboration, consisting of more than 250 physicists and engineers belonging to 19 different European research groups: 6 from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France; 8 from the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) in Italy; 2 in The Netherlands with Nikhef; the Wigner RCP in Hungary; the POLGRAW group in Poland and the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), the laboratory hosting the Virgo detector near Pisa in Italy.\nThe discovery was made possible by the enhanced capabilities of Advanced LIGO, a major upgrade that increases the sensitivity of the instruments compared to the first generation LIGO detectors, enabling a large increase in the volume of the universe probed\u2014and the discovery of gravitational waves during its first observation run. The US National Science Foundation leads in financial support for Advanced LIGO. Funding organizations in Germany (Max Planck Society), the U.K. (Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC) and Australia (Australian Research Council) also have made significant commitments to the project. Several of the key technologies that made Advanced LIGO so much more sensitive have been developed and tested by the German UK GEO collaboration. Significant computer resources have been contributed by the AEI Hannover Atlas Cluster, the LIGO Laboratory, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Several universities designed, built, and tested key components for Advanced LIGO: The Australian National University, the University of Adelaide, the University of Florida, Stanford University, Columbia University in the City of New York, and Louisiana State University.\nWebsite: http://www.gw.iucaa.in/\nProf. Tarun Souradeep\ntarun@iucaa.in; +91-9422644463\nProf. Sukanta Bose\nsukantabose@gmail.com\nProf. Sanjit Mitra\nsanjit@iucaa.in; +91-020-25604126", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 10991, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 194.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gwennmusic.com/2019/01/24/r-kelly-insisted-i-have-a-sex-trainer-victim/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:00Z", "digest": "sha1:SUIEAZQKLYGNBU57TXZKMNA32BH4UKUC", "length": 7835, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.gwennmusic.com", "title": "\u2018R Kelly insisted I have a sex trainer\u2019 \u2013 Victim \u2013 GWENN MUSIC", "raw_content": "Jan 24, 2019 by Gwenaelle DE LACAN\tin Buzz\nAsante McGee talked about her experiences in the documentary, \u00ab Surviving R Kelly \u00bb\nFor two years, Asante McGee was a girlfriend of the now-disgraced R&B superstar, R Kelly, but in the summer of 2016 she went to live in his house in Georgia. There were other women there, she discovered \u2013 and very strict rules.\nWhenever I was in my room alone, that was when I would call home to speak to my children, as when I was with Robert, he didn\u2019t want us to have our phones and have contact with the outside world.\nWhen I met Robert, or rather R Kelly, it wasn\u2019t like meeting Prince Charming who swept me off my feet. He didn\u2019t wine and dine me, he was just a warm and funny guy. We did normal stuff; he took me shopping and we enjoyed having dinners together.\nBut there was a moment during a text exchange in 2014 when I think I should have known things weren\u2019t what they seemed. It was really early on in our relationship and I texted him, addressing him as Rob and he said: \u00ab No, can you just call me Daddy. \u00bb There was no discussion \u2013 he just told me his demand. When I look back at that moment, reading the text message in my car, I should have questioned it. I should have seen his behaviour in that moment as a red flag.\nAfter Valentine\u2019s Day, we kept in contact through text messages and he began inviting me to different concerts across America, and when he visited Atlanta, where I lived, I would stay with him from time to time.\nWhile we were in a relationship together, he made it clear that I wasn\u2019t the only woman he was seeing. The fact that he told me he was dating and sleeping with other women, it made me feel like he was doing his best to be honest with me, so I accepted that and decided to stay in the relationship.\nFor the first two years of our relationship, everything was great. I would fly out and see him perform, and we would spend time together \u2013 and it worked for both of us.\nOn the Easter weekend of March 2016, he flew me out to Chicago, but I didn\u2019t hear from him for two days and then when I finally heard from him, he had someone come and pick me up to take me to the studio where he was recording.\nHowever, I ended up being locked in a van from 11 o\u2019clock in the morning to eight o\u2019clock at night. When I was let out of the van, by members of his entourage and nephew, I found R Kelly partying in the studio as if nothing had happened. He acted completely normal, but months later, I found out that locking me in a van was a test. He was testing my boundaries and playing mind games.\nThen in May 2016, I flew to watch him perform in Dallas. After the concert, one of his assistants said you need to hurry up and get your clothes from the hotel.\nI got my clothes and got into the van which was supposed to take me to Oklahoma, so I could catch a flight home to Atlanta, but the bus never stopped. We ended up in a huge house in John\u2019s Creek, Georgia. When I got off the bus and walked into the house, Robert said: \u00ab Welcome home, baby. \u00bb\nHe gave me a tour of the house, showed me my room. So I thought I\u2019d stay for the summer because my kids were staying with family for the holidays, which happens every year. So with my kids not going back to school until the end of August, I thought, \u00ab OK, I can stay and spend some time with him for a few extra weeks. \u00bb It was never a permanent arrangement in my mind.\nAs soon as I moved in, he started inflicting both emotional and sexual abuse. No, he didn\u2019t force me to have sex with him, but he intimidated me to commit sexual acts and have threesomes with other women when I made it clear that I wasn\u2019t comfortable.\nIf I said I didn\u2019t want to do something he would shout at me and call me \u00ab stupid \u00bb. He would tell me that the other girls who were also visiting or living in the house at the time with us had no problem with his sexual requests, so what was my problem? I felt degraded by his actions and his desires.\nWhat caused even more tension between us was his trainer. Her role? Her role was to train me and the other girls how to sexually please and satisfy Robert. According to both Robert and her, they had been sexually involved together for 16 years, since she was 14 years old.\nAs she had been with him for so long, it was like she was the head girl in school and she used her position to verbally abuse me. I remember one day she and I got into an argument and Robert said I had \u00ab black woman syndrome \u00bb. He said that I didn\u2019t like being told what to do by a younger black woman and that he wasn\u2019t going to let me, a black woman, tell him what to do.\nThere is a misconception that R Kelly just preys on younger girls. That isn\u2019t true. Yes, he targets young girls more so, because they are more vulnerable, easier to manipulate and more likely to be star struck. I was 35 when I met R Kelly and he knew I had experienced abuse in a previous relationship. He had me exactly where he wanted me, because he made me trust him. He made me believe he would never hurt me by getting me to open up about my history of abuse.\nThe hurt and pain didn\u2019t stop with sexual intimidation and emotional abuse. He was controlling.\nOnce, he grabbed my arm for wearing the wrong shirt. He had rules that I and the other girls who lived with him or had a sexual relationship with him had to follow.\nOne day, we were supposed to be going out and I was wearing a top with spaghetti straps and shorts. As soon as he saw me, he grabbed me and told me to change. I went upstairs and changed and instead of going out with the other girls, he made me come to the studio with him. When we got to the studio, he told me that my outfit intimidated the other girls in the house. He said that I needed to dress like the other girls, who were wearing tracksuits \u2013 but it was over 100F (38C) outside. When I said this, he didn\u2019t care.\nHe controlled every aspect of my life, while I lived with him. Myself and two other girls who were living with him while I was there could only eat when he said we could eat. Sometimes you could go a whole day without eating because he would simply forget to feed you or he didn\u2019t want to eat. I remember buying a bag of snacks when we went out and hiding them in my room, so I always had food. He even controlled when we could use the toilet or come out of our rooms. We would have to text or call and ask for permission to use the bathroom and if he didn\u2019t respond, you were allowed to come out of your room and stomp on the floor until he heard you.\nThe abuse and control was pushing me to my edge, but it wasn\u2019t just that. I would have to watch young girls, some as young as 18 years old, perform lewd sex acts on him and I just couldn\u2019t take it any more.\nI started plotting my escape.\nI called a friend who worked in the area and asked if she would pick me up. Later that day, my friend called me but because of the security and gates she wasn\u2019t able to drive up to the house. I knew I had to take my chance, so I packed my suitcase and decided to just walk out. Robert was outside talking to his staff and he looked shocked, he even chuckled: \u00ab So you are leaving? \u00bb\nI just said: \u00ab Yes, I\u2019m leaving. \u00bb I carried on walking towards my friend\u2019s car and didn\u2019t look back.\nI stayed with R Kelly for three weeks in total. The week after I left he called me and said that I needed to apologise for walking out and that I had to come back home. I didn\u2019t.\nA lot of the other women who have suffered abuse from R Kelly have come together and keep each other lifted. I don\u2019t have any regrets telling my story and coming forward, not just because of whom my abuser was, but because saying out loud what I went through will help other women in similar situations tell their stories and for others to believe them.\nTagged with: Asante McGee, Buzz, Documentary, R Kelly, Sex abuse, Surviving R Kelly, United Kingdom", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 12666, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 230.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hankcampbell.com/2018/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:44:03Z", "digest": "sha1:PZVBTLS2XKQAN6YGDUGKJFCSGBAYSVWU", "length": 1963, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.hankcampbell.com", "title": "2018 October | The Write Stuff", "raw_content": "Russian Fifth Columnists Convicted In Finland \u2013 Are Those Aiding Activists In The US Next?\nPosted on Oct 21, 2018 | Comments Off on Russian Fifth Columnists Convicted In Finland \u2013 Are Those Aiding Activists In The US Next?\nDuring the Obama administration, America's Director of National Intelligence exposed Russian efforts to undermine U.S. natural gas (\"fracking\") by supporting environmental groups using \"donor advised\" funds (large pools of money where individual participants can anonymously decide where to send the cash) in order to keep Europe, which has thrown the energy baby out with the political water by...\nPierce Brosnan Is Why The Science Community Should Boycott The Breakthrough Prize Foundation Ceremony On National Geographic\nPosted on Oct 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Pierce Brosnan Is Why The Science Community Should Boycott The Breakthrough Prize Foundation Ceremony On National Geographic\nThe Breakthrough Prize Foundation has breathlessly announced that \"acclaimed actor, producer and philanthropist Pierce Brosnan\" will host the Breakthrough Prize ceremony, which they have self-declared is the \u201cOscars of Science\u201d, on November 4th.read...\nPosted on Oct 12, 2018 | Comments Off on Is Smirnoff Breaking The Law With Its Non-GMO Alcohol Label?\nSmirnoff, a vodka brand, has tried to place itself under a health halo by claiming it is not only gluten-free but non-GMO as well.read...\nSo King Arthur Has Returned \u2013 And She\u2019s An 8-Year-Old Girl\nPosted on Oct 5, 2018 | Comments Off on So King Arthur Has Returned \u2013 And She\u2019s An 8-Year-Old Girl\nIn Malory's \"Le Morte d'Arthur\", French and English tales were reworked into the definitive mythology of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. 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Wetherbee, CPA Back to top", "raw_content": "Edward J. Wetherbee, CPA\nEd is a client executive with Hutchins Clenney Rumsey Huckaby, P.C. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from Auburn University in 2006. He is a certified public accountant licensed to practice in the state of Georgia and currently serves in the firm\u2019s financial institution, general services and tax practice areas. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1089, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 51.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.healingsticks.com/PageEight.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:31Z", "digest": "sha1:AJ5NYT2WE5JVLDUUM4DQUGHZDTOQZOVV", "length": 4214, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.healingsticks.com", "title": "PageEight", "raw_content": "This page will qoute Scripture from the Bible in which Jesus clearly tells us that He is in fact God and that He created the world. Jesus does not leave us to ponder who He is. He makes His claim that He is God and proves that claim by His resurrection from the grave. Also by fullfilling prophesy that was written about Him thousands of years before His birth. Jesus will make Himself known to you personally if you are willing. Ask Him into your heart and the life of Christ live within you. For He says, I have come that you may have life!\nPhilip said, \"Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.\" Jesus answered: \"Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? John 14:8-10\nThomas said to Jesus, \"My Lord and my God! John 20:28\n\"You are not yet fifty years old,\" the Jews said to him, \"and you have seen Abraham!\" \"I tell you the truth,\" Jesus answered \"before Abraham was born, I am!\" John 8:57,58\nThen Jesus cried out, \"When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me. John 12:44,45\nC.S. Lewis- I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic-on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg-or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronising nonsence about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to (Mere Christianity 1952).\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. John 1:1-5\nHealing Sticks:\nWho are we as human beings that we are allowed the privilege to either accept or reject God? God permits us this privilege and even if we reject Him, He doesn't respond by taking our life. He is patient, kind and loving to the human race. It is His desire that one day we would all change our minds and come to Him with humbleness in our hearts. Something seemed different now within me and this time it was not because I was trying to find the cross of Jesus Christ, but rather I was trying to find the Jesus Christ who died on the cross. I was not trying to find an object, but I was trying to find Jesus, who was the object of my faith! (Page 18)\nGod shows us His sense of humor when He proves by His word He is God.\nIsaiah 41: 21-23 \"Present your case,\" says the Lord. \"Set forth your arguements,\" says Jacob's King. Bring in your idols to tell us what is going to happen. Tell us what the former things were, so that we may consider them and know their final outcome. Or declare to us the things to come, tell us what the future holds, so we may know that you are gods. Do something, whether good or bad, so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.\nThis challenge to idols and false Gods is humourous in that God makes light of them with this challenge. God's word has given us so many prohecies that were foretold hundreds and thousands of years before they happened. God declares to them, \"Just do something, good or bad, just prove that you have some power.\" God proves Himself through His word that has proven itself to be accurate in all prophesies that were fortold. This is God's revelation to us as human beings, what God declares always come to pass for He is the creator of the universe!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 4225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 233.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hennemusic.com/2017/05/video-iron-maiden-preview-upcoming.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:23Z", "digest": "sha1:SB6MINRTUZHIZRQZ5SPRBYHTFCLWGJRK", "length": 1733, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.hennemusic.com", "title": "hennemusic hennemusic: VIDEO: Iron Maiden preview upcoming vinyl reissues", "raw_content": "VIDEO: Iron Maiden preview upcoming vinyl reissues\nIron Maiden are sharing a video preview of the final round of vinyl reissues set to arrive this spring.\nThe band will release twelve albums from their catalogue on heavyweight 180g black over the next three months as part of an expanded reissue series that launched in 2014 with eight records.\nOn May 19, Iron Maiden will release 1990\u2019s \u201cNo Prayer For The Dying\u201d, 1992\u2019s \u201cFear Of The Dark\u201d, 1995\u2019s \u201cThe X Factor\u201d and 1998\u2019s \u201cVirtual XI.\u201d\nJune 23 will deliver \u201cBrave New World\u201d (2000), \u201cRock In Rio\u201d (Live 2002), 2003\u2019s \"Dance Of Death\" and 2006\u2019s \u201cA Matter Of Life And Death.\u201d\nThe 2017 editions wrap up on July 21 with 2005\u2019s \u201cDeath On The Road\u201d (Live), 2009\u2019s \u201cFlight 666\u201d (Live), \u201cThe Final Frontier\u201d (2010) and 2012\u2019s \u201cEn Vivo!\u201d (Live).\nAs a bonus, the first two albums (\u201cNo Prayer For The Dying\u201d and \u201cFear Of The Dark\u201d) will also be made available in an exclusive Collector\u2019s Box sized to house all 12 albums with additional space for fans to insert the latest Maiden studio album \u201cThe Book Of Souls\u201d, which was released on triple black vinyl in 2015. The Collector\u2019s Box will be a strictly limited edition and available while stocks last.\nThe 2017 releases will complete the group\u2019s vinyl reissues series.\nIron Maiden recently launched their 2017 dates in support of 2015\u2019s \u201cThe Book Of Souls\u201d in Antwerp, Belgium; the European run wraps up at the end of this month and will be followed by a North American trek that begins in Bristow, VA on June 3.\nVIDEO: Iron Maiden launch 2017 Book Of Souls tour in Belgium\nIron Maiden expand vinyl reissues series\nIron Maiden successfully limit scalping for UK tour\nIron Maiden announce North American tour\nSearch Iron Maiden at hennemusic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 181.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hopezambia.com/reindeer-dont-fly-in-africa/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:42Z", "digest": "sha1:ECBMSVBYJMMETCQXF6XZAHWG2AXLGP7I", "length": 2743, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.hopezambia.com", "title": "Reindeer Don\u2019t Fly in Africa \u2013 Hope Zambia", "raw_content": "The origin of Santa reaches as far back as the 4th century to a Saint Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, in modern day Turkey. Saint Nick was known for his kindness to children as well as his generosity in giving gifts. Through the process of time, this man soon became well known in his homeland and the practice of gift giving in his name spread throughout all Europe. The modern appearance of Santa was actually conceived in the 1880\u2019s by cartoonist, Thomas Nast in New York.\nThis is history as we know it. Although, it\u2019s interesting how a person\u2019s background can affect the way he thinks on a particular topic. In the United States, the average American looks at Santa as a harmless idea. The mystery behind this man and his Christmas magic are the very elements that captivate millions of people around the world.\nLiving in Africa, I wanted to know what the average Zambian thought about Christmas and the idea of Santa Claus. I found that many people who lived in small towns or cities were more familiar with a lot of western ideas. They\u2019ve watched all the movies and the TV has become their window to the world. However, there\u2019s also a large majority of people in the village that have no idea who or what Santa Claus is! To them, Christmas is still in its purest form, a celebration of the birth of Christ and the New Year. I was surprised to see how many were repulsed at the idea of Santa and wanted nothing to do with Him! Again, this is where ones history and background come into play. The average Zambian looks at magic and people who fly as a common, real-life practice. I\u2019ve had so many people tell me their stories of witchdoctors flying off at night. Naturally, when they hear about this jolly, overweight guy that can fly, they immediately associate him in the same category.\nHere were some of the responses I got concerning Santa Claus:\n1. (When asked about Santa Claus) Santa who?\n2. I would never take a gift from him! How would I know where it came from?\n3. I would stay away from him because in the end I could be very surprised.\n4. You can NOT trust a man that can fly.\n5. If he practices magic then he is not good.\n6. He sounds like a man that goes against the Word of God.\n7. I\u2019ve never heard of him but I don\u2019t like him.\n8. How can he fly unless he practices witchcraft?\n9. This man Santa can go to every child\u2019s home in one night? He would have to be God to do that.\n10. I would not take his gift.\nSo there\u2019s a totally different perspective on the idea of Santa. I\u2019ll let you decide on whether you think he\u2019s good or bad. Although, I have a feeling that if it came down to a vote, many in Africa would make a no-fly zone for the man in red!\nHave a great Christmas and let\u2019s remember what it\u2019s all about!\nLet God Decide", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 5558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 202.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.houseoftheartsiders.com/blog/2016/10/3/art-journal-page-get-better-not-bitter", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:22Z", "digest": "sha1:KJA4F4OURYKD2YPIXFDV7JH6572BL4T3", "length": 827, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.houseoftheartsiders.com", "title": "Art Journal Page: Get Better, Not Bitter \u2014 HOUSE OF THE ARTSIDERS", "raw_content": "Art Journal Page: Get Better, Not Bitter\nThis is the first layout I've made in a brand new journal. It feels daunting to begin the first page and to be working in a different size and shape to my usual square pages. I'm sure I'll adapt soon enough.\nIt's not perfect. I can see glaring imperfections all over the shop. And I hope, as I progress through this journal, continuing to try ideas out, I'll only get better.\nI certainly enjoyed playing around with bright colours and paint pens. It went a bit sloppy here and there. When a smudge happens or the pens slip, you can't erase the unexpected effect. I just have to learn to let it be what it is.\nSo it's time to turn the page, take what I enjoyed about the process and improve on those aspects which need work.\nAnd hopefully, I'll put time aside to do another video soon :)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1386, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 312.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.howardgolf.com/263/Request", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:28Z", "digest": "sha1:JSM762WSGJAUJRSODWBLTGVGIKQ7T36K", "length": 158, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.howardgolf.com", "title": "Request | Howard, WI - Official Website", "raw_content": "Wisconsin\u0019s public records law provides that almost all records of state and local government are available to the public.\nRequest a service from the Village.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 1046, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 156.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hrforumzim.org/press-releases/zimbabwe-lawyers-for-human-rights-pre-referendum-statement-march-2013/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:12Z", "digest": "sha1:FYUGK4M53YU6VAURXVFHAG25RYCVUTHI", "length": 2510, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.hrforumzim.org", "title": "Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Pre-Referendum Statement March 2013 | Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum", "raw_content": "Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), in accordance with its mandate of promoting a culture of human rights and constitutionalism in Zimbabwe, has, since the formation of the Inclusive Government (IG), been carefully scrutinising the general environment ahead of the National Referendum on the draft constitution, set for Saturday 16 March 2013. It is vital to note that, not only is the country in a pre-referendum period, but also a pre-election period. Thus the environment currently prevailing serves concurrently as a telling indicator of the environment ahead of national elections.\nIn this context, the Board, on behalf of the membership of ZLHR, and in accordance with long-held tradition and practice, released its pre-referendum statement ahead of tomorrow\u2019s polling exercise.\nIn the statement, ZLHR concludes that \u2018One of the greatest challenges in the run up to the referendum has been the preoccupation of the three political parties to the IG with ensuring that the draft constitution is accepted in the national plebiscite. This has caused the IG to render secondary other key reforms and processes outlined in the GPA. These include substantive legislative and institutional reform as well as the stemming of bad administrative practices and the escalating impunity for violations of laws and current constitutional safeguards. In particular, the assault on civil society must be comprehensively addressed if the country is not to lose its only remaining independent voice ahead of critical elections.\nZLHR believes that, in spite of the challenges that have faced this constitution-making process, a step forward has been taken in terms of generating debate and a greater interest in constitutional matters, as well as debate around issues of constitutionalism. The process has taken place in an extremely difficult environment, but nevertheless, there is a general willingness and interest in the pursuit of a better constitution for Zimbabwe and this must be encouraged and kept alive. However, the key issues of concern remain \u2013 that we have an environment that has been less than conducive to free debate, agents who continue with their old practices of violating fundamental rights and freedoms with impunity, and preventing the sharing and dissemination of information. An inch has not been moved towards correcting this and this will adversely impact the efforts towards a free and fair election if it is not addressed urgently and with political will. ZLHR Pre-Referendum Statement", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 5509, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 196.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hrforumzim.org/publications/zesns-31july-election-report/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:18Z", "digest": "sha1:DY433COIXRWSBORFSCG64X3Z67Y7ND2B", "length": 12052, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.hrforumzim.org", "title": "ZESN\u2019s 31July Election Report | Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum", "raw_content": "ZESN\u2019s 31July Election Report\nSeptember 13, 2013 : Publications\nOn 31 July 2013 Zimbabwe held harmonised elections for the Presidency, the National Assembly, the Senate and local authorities. ZESN deployed 7 099 observers to every province and constituency in the country on 31 July 2013, set at the \u2018Election Day\u2019. Reports from observers during the election and throughout the entire process, demonstrated that the credibility of the 2013 harmonised elections was compromised by a systematic effort to disenfranchise many voters. ZESN observers reported on the opening, voting and closing and counting of votes and reported on any critical incidents witnessed in the course of their observation.\nZimbabwe\u2019s harmonised elections were highly anticipated because they came at the end of a period of political uncertainty and were expected to lead to a more stable political era for the country. The elections were the culmination of a political process that started with the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) following the 2008 disputed harmonised elections. The GPA itself was signed to end an epoch of political conflict in the country. The GPA created a Government of National Unity (GNU) that was tasked with amongst other issues, implementing legal and constitutional reforms, as well as to facilitate a period of national healing and creating an enabling environment for the conduct of credible elections and an outcome respected by all stakeholders in the process.\nA few weeks before the elections a new Constitution was adopted in Zimbabwe following a successful referendum held in March 2013. Consequently, the legislative framework governing elections were conducted using an electoral framework that had been reformed through the Electoral Amendment Act of 2012, the new Constitution of Zimbabwe, and various statutory instruments that were passed shortly before the elections. Several amendments introduced during the runner up to the elections changed the electoral administration practices and process. There were structural changes to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). Results transmission system was to become ward based in an effort to make ZEC more independent. The electoral system was significantly changed to be mixed with various proportional representation measures for the Senate, provincial councils and the newly introduced quota system for women in the National Assembly. However, until the conduct of the harmonised elections, a number of provisions in the GNU reform agenda had not been implemented and remained outstanding, such as media reforms, levelling the operating environment, and national healing, among others. As a result, this election could be labelled a rushed election given the outstanding issues.\nElections were to be conducted based on the electoral boundaries in the first elections. There was no new delimitation of boundaries after the passing of the Constitution. Due to the election deadline set by the country\u2019s highest court there was a relatively short period between the proclamation of the election and actual poll day. Nevertheless, normal steps in the electoral process were followed, albeit with some logistical and financial limitations. There were two mobile voter registration exercises which registered an estimated one million new voters, although this was less than the number of those who wanted to register. A number of problems were faced during the mobile voter registration which included, the limited time in which the registration teams were in the wards which left many potential registrants unregistered, inadequate education to citizens on the process and the lack of consistency in application of regulations among others.\nThe new Electoral Amendment Act provides for special voting and this was conducted on the 14th of July and the 15th of July 2013. The special vote was characterised by logistical problems, as voting materials were delivered late, some applicants did not receive their envelopes, and in some instances envelopes went to the wrong polling stations. The process moved slowly and a decision was made to extend the vote. However, despite this extension, most applicants for the special vote did not cast their vote. The lack of full participation of the applicants prompted a call to allow those disenfranchised to vote in the harmonised elections on 31 July 2013. ZESN also noted with concern that at times names of those that had voted were not crossed out in the voters roll hence fears of double voting arose.\nNomination of candidates was held in a peaceful manner with a number of political parties campaigning and robust competition witnessed being in the National Assembly and local authority elections. However, sporadic reports of intimidation and forced party allegiance were recorded in the pre-election and campaigning period. However, the campaign period and polling day was generally peaceful. Going into the election there were serious reservations about the disenfranchisement of potential voters through an inadequate voter registration process, inequitable access to the media and the integrity of the voters\u2019 roll.\nAdditionally, political parties were unable to access the final voters\u2019 roll until the eve of the election. This voters\u2019 roll was provided in hard copy not electronic copy as provided for by the law which was difficult to analyse. Other election management issues included questions about the resourcing and independence of the ZEC, which conducted the poll. Although ZEC faced its own constraints its activities were conducted under intense scrutiny.\nElection Day was peaceful but characterised by unusually high numbers of assisted voters, amid allegations of forced voting. Many voters were turned away as they were not on the voters\u2019 roll. Whilst some of this could be attributed to voters not knowing their correct wards, there were sufficient numbers of people who were unable to vote at the same station where they had previously voted in 2008. Most of those affected had not changed their registration, resulting in concerns and allegations of manipulation of the voters\u2019 roll. Unlike the previous election of 2008, there were no problems with the results management and announcement as the process was swift, with most election locations displaying results outside the venue as required by law.\nThe Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) rejected the results, threatened to boycott Parliament and government, and subsequently challenged its losses in the presidential race as well as in some of the National Assembly seats. The court challenge against the presidential election outcome was eventually withdrawn with the MDC-T citing several reasons such as lack of access to election material amongst others. Other cases against National Assembly results were withdrawn as the candidates failed to raise the USD$10, 000 that was required as security for costs by the Electoral Court.\nThe voters\u2019 roll of 19 June as provided by the Office of the Registrar-General clearly showed that urban voters had systematically been denied the opportunity to register to vote. An estimated 99.97 per cent of potential rural voters were registered, while only about 67.94 per cent of the potential urban voters were registered.\nAt 82 per cent of urban polling stations ZESN observers reported that potential voters were turned away and not permitted to vote for reasons that included names not appearing on the voters\u2019 roll and turning up at the wrong ward for voting. This was in sharp contrast to rural areas where only 38 per cent of polling stations turned away many potential voters. This served to disenfranchise thousands more urban voters. These factors on their own fundamentally compromised the credibility and fairness of 2013 harmonised elections.\nThe limited time to prepare for the elections affected the electoral process. Key aspects of the process, in particular the registration of voters, were insufficiently funded. Funding for other key processes was often received late. Politically, the process suffered from the continued suspicion and mistrust between the contesting parties, biased media coverage, intimidation of prospective voters, and the lack of intra- party democracy, among other factors. There were incidents of harassment of civil society activists who were arrested during the campaign, a significant number of them on charges of conducting voter education without the authorization of the electoral commission.\nZESN makes the following recommendations to improve the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe:\nMassive and adequate voter education to be provided to citizens in order to ensure the franchise of all citizens.\nThe voter registration process needs to be conducted timeously to ensure that eligible voters are registered. In addition, ZEC needs to address the rural-urban bias in voter registration as urban voters faced difficulties while the rural registration was smooth and without hurdles.\nZEC needs to interrogate the huge numbers of assisted voters and people turned away in order to rectify particular anomalies in the environment.\nZEC should be in total control of the Voters\u2019 Roll and not the Registrar-General\u2019s office. In addition, there is need to start working on the polling station-based voters\u2019 roll using the 2013 voter information gathered at the polling stations. Polling station based voters\u2019 roll is provided for in the law so that it can be used in the next elections.\nThere is need to consider biometric voters\u2019 roll system as a way of enhancing transparency in the electoral system.\nZEC needs to stick to best practice regarding the printing of extra ballot papers as the production of 35 per cent more ballots is high and outside internationally accepted standards.\nZEC needs to be adequately funded to ensure proper implementation of electoral processes, such as voter registration and voter education, among others.\nZEC needs to ensure consistency in the application of regulations with regard to particular requirements for voter registration and voting with registration slips, as there were inconsistencies across polling stations.\nZESN Report on the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections\nThe media environment needs to be reformed to ensure a greater diversity of news sources reaching all corners of the country, and a professional national public broadcaster untainted by bias.\nThere is need for further decentralisation of the accreditation of local observers and put in place an easy and faster way of accrediting observers similar to party agents.\nThe political parties finance act needs to be reviewed in order to increase accountability of tax payer\u2019s money\nThe role of traditional leaders needs to be revisited to ensure they are impartial and to ensure inclusivity in their respective jurisdiction.\nThere is a need to review the Special Voting method used and ZESN urges ZEC to prepare in advance to avoid the logistical challenges experienced in this election.\nIn order to enhance confidence in their processes, ZEC needs to make available to the contesting parties, candidates, accredited observers and the public, the election materials used for 2013 harmonised elections, such as the voters\u2019 roll, polling station results, marked voters\u2019 roll used for the special vote, and ballot papers, among other material, in order to increase citizen confidence, transparency and accountability.\nIn conclusion, ZESN reiterates its concerns on the critical factors such as inadequate and delayed voter education, an inadequate and flawed voter registration process, failure to provide the voters\u2019 roll to political parties and stakeholders on time, chaotic special voting, and the high numbers of assisted and turned away voters. These highlighted challenges seriously compromised the credibility and fairness of the 31 July 2013 Harmonised Elections. The full Report which could not be uploaded here due to size can be made available on request.\nZPP August 2013 Political Violence Report\nMMPZ\u2019s Report on Hate Speech, August 2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 14920, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 220.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hrreview.co.uk/hr-news/hampton-alexander-review-urges-ftse-to-step-up-to-meet-2020-women-on-boards-targets/111533", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:15Z", "digest": "sha1:CMUDNT3FUR7JSRI5Y36TD7QKBYYATDEK", "length": 6633, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.hrreview.co.uk", "title": "Hampton-Alexander review urges FTSE to step up to meet 2020 women on boards targets | HRreview", "raw_content": "You Are Here: Home \u2192 News \u2192 Hampton-Alexander review urges FTSE to step up to meet 2020 women on boards targets\nHampton-Alexander review urges FTSE to step up to meet 2020 women on boards targets\nFigures released today by the Hampton-Alexander Review show 29 per cent of FTSE 100 board positions are held by women.\nMore women than ever before are on the boards of the UK\u2019s largest companies but they still have some way to go to meet the target of 33 per cent women by 2020, according to new data revealed today (27 June) to mark the halfway point of a government-backed review.\nFigures released today by the Hampton-Alexander Review, which aims to ensure that talented women at the top of business are recognised, promoted and rewarded show 305 positions \u2013 29 per cent of FTSE 100 board positions \u2013 are held by women, up from 12.5 per cent in 2011.\nLaunched in 2016, the government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review set FTSE 350 businesses a target of having 33 per cent of all board and senior leadership positions held by women by the end of 2020. Today\u2019s statistics show that if progress matches the same gains made over the last three years, then FTSE 100 companies are on track to meet the 2020 target.\nHowever, today\u2019s announcement also revealed that while the number of women on boards has increased to 25.5 per cent in FTSE 350 companies, around 40 per cent of all appointments need to go to women in the next 2 years for the FTSE 350 to achieve the 33 per cent target.\nWhile some FTSE 350 companies are on track to meet the government-backed targets for women on boards, others are lagging behind. These have today been urged to emulate success stories of the 80-plus companies already at or beyond the 33 per cent such as hospitality company Whitbread, alcoholic drinks company Diageo, and fashion retailer Next.\nSir Philip Hampton, Chair of the Hampton-Alexander Review said:\nIt is good to see progress of women on boards continuing with the FTSE100 likely to hit the 33 per cent target in 2020. However, nearly half of all available board appointments in the run up to 2020 now need to go to women if the FTSE 350 are to meet the target.\nFar too many companies still have no women \u2013 or only one woman \u2013 on their board.\nMeanwhile, progress in executive and leadership positions is eagerly awaited as the portal for companies to submit their gender data opens today.\nWe\u2019ll be analysing the data on women in executive leadership roles and hope to see increasing numbers of women joining Executive Committees, or reporting to ExCo members, in the FTSE 350.\nMinister for Women Victoria Atkins said:\nThis government is absolutely committed to increasing diversity in business, and we are leading the way in supporting the work of the Hampton Alexander Review to make sure FTSE companies support and develop their female talent pipeline.\nWomen are good for business: they bring valuable perspectives and experiences to the decision-making process. FTSE 350 companies need to do their bit and accelerate progress. There is no excuse for having an all-male board.\nThe online portal for FTSE 350 companies to submit their 2018 gender leadership data also opens today. Progress made on women in executive and leadership roles will be revealed in November.\nThe Investment Association (IA) is working with investors to achieve better gender representation in the boardroom. In April 2018, the IA and the Hampton-Alexander Review wrote to 35 FTSE 350 companies who were falling short on their gender diversity targets.\nLast month, the team behind the Hampton-Alexander Review revealed shocking explanations from sexist FTSE bosses for not appointing women to their boards, which showed that some companies are still refusing to move with the times.\nTackling the gender pay gap is part of the Industrial Strategy, government\u2019s long-term plan to build a Britain fit for the future, with the ambition to help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs and ensure everyone can be successful in the workplace.\nBridging the gender pay gap could add \u00a3150 billion to the UK economy by 2025. Many companies reporting their gender pay gap earlier this year explained that the pay gap was due to insufficient women in senior roles, and/or a predominance of women in lower paid work. Ensuring women are selected in more equal numbers for senior roles, significantly helps to reduce the pay gap.\nUnder new laws, all companies with 250 or more employees were required to report their gender pay gaps. Over 10,000 public, private and voluntary sector businesses have now reported.\nAmanda Mackenzie, chief executive at Business in the Community, said:\n\u201cThe debate about women on boards and the pipeline remains muddled. We can\u2019t improve what we don\u2019t measure and the good news is now there are more women on our boards than ever before. We must now apply the same voracity to the pipeline. Whether it\u2019s recruitment, appraisals, promotion or experience of a P&L, let\u2019s be rigorous in every part of the process and help talented women starting out today get to the C-suite tomorrow. It\u2019s not either/or, it\u2019s both.\n\u201cAnd let\u2019s not leave men out of the equation. Ultimately, if we don\u2019t achieve equality both at work and at home, nothing will ever change. Both men and women need support from their employers to share caring responsibilities.\u201d\nChloe Chambraud, gender equality director, Business in the Community, said:\n\u201cThe lack of women on boards is just the tip of the iceberg and even though we have made progress, employers must not see reaching the target set by the Hampton-Alexander review as \u2018job done\u2019.\n\u201cThe conversation has been overly focused on the board level but should not overlook the pipeline issue. Fewer women than men are coming through to the top level of organisations because of bias, lack of access to flexible working, difficulties in balancing care and work and lack of career progression.\n\u201cIf employers are serious about getting more diversity at the top and want to avoid losing the talented women they have invested in, they need to set out a clear action plan to address the gap at all levels of the organisation. This includes setting public targets, closely monitoring the proportion of women, encouraging diversity in applications and introducing transparency around board appointments and progression processes.\n\u201cIt also means supporting women and men with caring responsibilities so that they are not forced to choose between their career and their family life. Finally, it is worth noting that board diversity is not just about gender and we need to broaden the conversation to include women from diverse backgrounds.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 8884, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.iandscofield.com/category/update/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:51Z", "digest": "sha1:RJICWHFJMNX2HTD2CGFN2G543DYLDDEZ", "length": 2405, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.iandscofield.com", "title": "update Archives - Ian D Scofield, Writer", "raw_content": "NaNoWriMo 2017: Detective 139\nThere are 10 days left until the start of November, and you know what that means! NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is almost back. With that, I am doing some prep work to prepare myself for the difficulties of this month. Balancing two jobs and a 50,000 word manuscript.\nEvery November, novelists and writers from around the world take time out of their month to write at least 50,000 words. A short novel. If you complete all 50,000 words in one month, you win. While you might not win anything tangible, you win the ability to say you created something in one month. Something that means something to you. For several years now I have participated in this adventure and I have to say, it is one of the most enjoyable writing experiences I have ever had. So just like the past years, I am going to participate this year too.\nThis year I am writing a detective thriller type book that I have been thinking of and have tried writing a couple of times before. With the planning and the time limit, I believe that this time I can make it come to fruition. In case you didn\u2019t get it, the title of the novel is Detective 139. The title comes from Detective Lincoln Thomas\u2019s unit number. Want to know a little bit about the story?\nDuring a gang drug bust, Detective Lincoln Thomas\u2019s partner is shot and killed. Lincoln himself is severely injured. After performing a lateral transfer to the Washington State Troopers, his girlfriend leaving him, and dropping out of contact with all his old friends, Lincoln still isn\u2019t completely recovered. A department mandated psychologist orders Lincoln to take a vacation. But vacation isn\u2019t always crime free.\nTrapped by the snow in the Sun Mountain hotel, when a murder happens, Lincoln is the only law enforcement officer around. Not just that, the woman murdered is a friend of a girl he met at the hotel bar the night before. Can Lincoln solve the crime or will there be more deaths? Will one of them be his own?\nSo join me as I put pen to paper (or in this case fingers to keys) in order to create Detective 139. I will be posting regular updates here on the book along with planning material and other information about my progress.\nIf you are looking for the NaNoWriMo website, you can find it here. If you want to see the page for my novel in particular it is here. 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Contemporary art exhibits, symposiums, creative workshops and seminars have drawn large audiences and have established the gallery as an important center in the local and international culture scene.\nThe gallery operates under the auspices of the El-Sabar Association, with a membership that includes intellectual and cultural figures from the entire Wadi Ara region. The association is a non profit organization and is supported by funds from the Ministry of Education of the State of Israel, the local municipality, various foundations, private donations and contributions from local residents.\narts, Education, Jewish-Arab Relations, Media and Culture, Women, youth\nUmm el-Fahem Art Gallery: Women Ceramic Workshop\nFor the last two years, the gallery is operating a ceramic workshop, which introduce and trains local Arab women in ceramic crafts . So far, over 30 women have been training, and the workshop is developing a production-line for sell, in order to sust ...\nEducation, Jewish-Arab Relations, Media and Culture, Women, arts, youth\nSikkuy, Umm El-Fahem Gallery, Shutafut Sharakah, AJEEC-NISPED, others on current situation, Sikkuy: We find ourselves in difficult days and ho ...\nEmail: office@ummelfahemgallery.org\nWebsite: http://www.umelfahemgallery.org\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Umm-el-Fahem-Art-Gallery/141007099285555", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 3257, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ifompt.com/kk-53432868-51772-china-bearings-thrust-ball-bearing-360x440x36mm.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:31Z", "digest": "sha1:YHYMOR6AUOG6IOZ7YDUGDLCBXJ4KFCGH", "length": 1912, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.ifompt.com", "title": "51772 China Bearings Thrust Ball Bearing 360x440x36mm", "raw_content": "Home>Products>Hydrostatic centripetal bearing>51772 China Bearings Thrust Ball Bearing 360x440x36mm\n51772 China Bearings Thrust Ball Bearing 360x440x36mm\n51772 Thrust ball bearing 360x440x36mm\n51772 Thrust Ball Bearing 360x440x36mm are important to the improvement and preservation of our daily living, 51772 Thrust Ball Bearing 360x440x36mm providing resources used to create electricity, roads, and communities. 51772 Thrust Ball Bearing 360x440x36mm are typically located far from where most people work, often in mountainous or arid regions, and can be found as much as 2,000 meters below ground. 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One plays the hot corner, the other is the first baseman. They both happen to live in Burlington, Ont.\nThey hold the most seniority on Canada\u2019s national women\u2019s baseball team going back to 2004 and they are looking forward to the Pan Am Games tournament slated for the Toronto suburb of Ajax in July.\nAshley Stephenson and Kate Psota, who is holed up in Australia until May, have that special bond that comes with seniority. Stephenson is the oldest player on the team and appreciates that trivia item.\n\u201cYes, I am the oldest by a few years. It\u2019s not a close race. I win it by a long shot. Ha-ha,\u2019\u2019 she said in an interview. \u201cKate and I are very good friends. Besides playing baseball together, we also played on the same university hockey team for a year. Then I graduated and left. I\u2019m much older than her. We have so many memories.\n\u201cEvery time we go away together we chat about some of the funny or scary situations we\u2019ve been in. Seemed like every year for the first three or four years we were in some type of disaster \u2014 earthquakes, hurricanes, shootings. We love it. We can talk ball all day and all night.\u2019\u2019\nStephenson is a teacher at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School in Burlington and just recently returned from Africa with other teachers and 13 students as part of a school trip which offered a different perspective to life and gave her more memories of a life filled with trips around the world.\n\u201dMy best/most favorite memory would be in 2004 when I participated in the first ever Women\u2019s World Cup in Edmonton,\u2019\u2019 Stephenson said. \u201cWe won a bronze medal that year and although we were disappointed, when we walked into the stadium after our game to watch what was left of the gold medal game, the crowd of 7,000 gave us a standing ovation. It was the proudest moment I\u2019ve had being part of this team.\u2019\u2019\nStephenson started playing baseball when she was 12 because her hockey friends all played baseball so she switched over from softball. She played with friends and loved it and considered herself very lucky to make Team Ontario when she was a teenager. That switch-over to baseball at age 12 prompted her to wear No. 12 on the back of her uniform to this day.\nStephenson heard about Team Canada and the tryouts that were taking place across Canada to gauge the selection of the 2004 team. Of course, she decided to try out, going to an open turnout in Mississauga, where she lived at the time, and from there she got an invite to the top-40 camp at Olympic Stadium in the last year the Expos played in Montreal.\n\u201cI was selected to the team following that camp and have been on the team ever since,\u2019\u2019 Stephenson said.\nFortunately, she doesn\u2019t suffer from the numerous concussions that ended her hockey career which spanned more than 20 years. She sustained two serious concussions and a number of smaller ones and her neurologist thought it was best for her to stop playing hockey. In return, he allowed her to continue playing baseball and thankfully, she doesn\u2019t suffer from any major side effects, just little things but nothing that impacts her daily quality of life.\nThen the topic shifts to the Pan Ams. Should be interesting and exciting.\n\u201cObviously, we want to bring home a gold medal on home soil,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cThere are five strong teams in the tournament but the USA will likely be our toughest competition. We have been very evenly matched the past few years so it will be exciting to play them on this big of a stage. I\u2019m looking forward to great things from us this summer.\u2019\u2019\nLike Richardson, Psota also travelled to Montreal for that same tryout camp in 2004 and she made it.\n\u201cI was selected to the first-ever team so it was a pretty special day for me,\u2019\u2019 Psota said from Australia. \u201dBest baseball memory for me I would have to say was in Japan in 2008 playing for gold in front of about 20,000 people. Although we did not win, it was the first time we made it to a final match. The crowd was electric. I remember hardly being able to communicate with my teammates on the field.\n\u201cThat was the best finish the team has had to date. We played against Japan in that final. It\u2019s always exciting to play against them because they are the best women\u2019s team in the world.\u2019\u2019\nThe friendship with Stephenson is something Psota will cherish forever.\n\u201cAsh has been a great teammate and mentor to me for a long time even going back before 2004,\u201d Psota said. \u201cWe are good friends and are usually roommates for nationals and Team Canada events. Unfortunately, we both have busy schedules so we don\u2019t spend a lot of time together outside of baseball but we live close to one another and if she needs help with anything, she knows she can call whenever.\n\u201cThere have been so many awesome memories which she has been a part of. I think her passion and drive are her defining characteristics as a ball player. She is a fantastic leader and always has the respect of her peers.\n\u201cIf I had to pick one baseball memory about her, it would be in a game against the Americans. I cannot recall the year \u2014 2006 or 2008 \u2014 but it was a must-win game in a crucial situation and I was pitching. Ash was at third and the heart of their batting order was up. There was so much intensity and I remember a ball being laced down at Ash and she had hardly had time to react so out of instinct, she just took it in the chest and threw the batter out at first. That\u2019s the kind of teammate she is.\u2019\u2019\nWith Japan not playing in the Pan Ams, how does Psota see things playing out for Canada?\n\u201cWe are definitely in a good position to win a medal and should be in the gold medal game,\u201d Psota said. \u201cOur toughest opponent will be the USA. The games we play against them always bring out the best in both sides and I look forward to the challenge.\u2019\u2019\nPsota has been in Australia for a few months and the experience gets her ready for the Pan Ams in a warm-weather environment.\n\u201cTo not sound too clich\u00e9, I went to Australia for the love of the game,\u2019\u2019 she said. \u201cI came to Australia in 2011-2012 to play baseball through an all-Canadian winter upon the invite of some Aussie friends who happen to be national baseballers themselves.\n\u201cI had an unbelievable time and made so many more friends. I was fortunate enough to come back again this year to get some swings and throws in during our off-season. The women who play baseball down here are truly passionate about the game so it\u2019s fun to be around them when it\u2019s freezing at home. Never a shortage of people to hit you grounders or throw you some BP.\u2019\u2019\nPsota will return to Canada in May in time for the selection camp that will choose the roster for the Pan Ams. A few games and practice sessions will be held at Connorvale Park in Toronto and the Blue Jays will allow the team to use the Rogers Centre for a few days.\nStephenson and Psota are locks to make the team. All a formality, just like down the road, both should be considered locks after they retire for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, which has insufficient numbers of female inductees.\nPrevious articleRelacks I\u2019ve Got This !\nNext articleKozak 11th; T-Birds 13th at Chambers Bay", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 206, "original_length": 11344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 251.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/350795/glacial-lake-outburst-flood/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:39Z", "digest": "sha1:PZUAYLECJL4Z6YQSR6VC622Q7DS6AACQ", "length": 4773, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in", "title": "Glacial Lake Outburst Flood - India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia", "raw_content": "Glacial Lake Outburst Flood\nThe moraine wall can act as a natural dam, trapping the meltwater from the glacier and leading to the formation of a lake. The moraine dams are composed of unconsolidated boulders, gravel, sand, and silt. As with landslide dams, they can eventually break catastrophically, leading to a glacial lake outburst flood or GLOF.\nThe climatic change/variability in recent decades has made considerable impacts on the glacier lifecycle in the Himalayan region. As a result, many big glaciers melted rapidly, forming a large number of glacial lakes. Such lakes are inherently unstable and can be subject to catastrophic drainage, which is a potential source of danger to people and property in the valleys below them.\nThese result in serious death tolls and destruction of valuable natural resources, such as forests, farms, and costly mountain infrastructures. The Hindu Kush-Himalayan region has suffered several GLOF events originating from numerous glacial lakes, some of which have trans-boundary impacts.\nIn its history, Nepal has experienced several Glacial Lake Outburst Floods originating from numerous glacial lakes, some of which are even based outside its territory.\nMany floods in Nepal have originated in Tibet and similarly, floods from Nepal do not respect national boundaries and have the potential to run into India and even Bangladesh.\nFourteen GLOF events have been recorded in Nepal, and another ten events where the outburst occurred in Tibet (China) but affected downstream communities in Nepal. On 11 July 1981, an outburst flood from the Zhangzangbo glacial lake in China caused extensive damage up to 50 km downstream into Nepal.\nAlthough other natural disasters such as rainfall floods, earthquakes, landslides or wildfires have claimed the lives of thousands of Nepalis in recent decades, glacial lake outbursts are feared for the potential devastation from a single large event\nThe GLOF event of 4th August 1985 from Dig Tsho glacial lake in Eastern Nepal, in a valley next to Mount Everest, had especially brought about awareness of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the high Himalayas, nationally and internationally.\nAn ice avalanche impacted the lake and generated a wave about 5 m high which overtopped the moraine dam. The lake, roughly measuring 1500 by 300m at a depth of 18m drained almost completely within 4-6 hours. The flood destroyed bridges, homes, agricultural land and the nearly completed Namche Small Hydropower Plant, two weeks before its inauguration, which resulted in an estimated loss of US$ 1.5 million. Remarkably, only 4-5 people lost their lives in the flood itself because a Sherpa festival was in progress and few people were walking the trails at the time.\nAltogether some 1466 glacial lakes were identified in Nepal in a desk study using remote sensing data carried out in 2009; six of these were considered to be potentially dangerous. The outburst of such lakes depends upon the physical characteristic of the dam, the size and depth of the lake, and its surroundings. As glacial lakes are increasing and expanding rapidly, the issues of GLOF risk assessment, early warning systems, and mitigation measures to reduce the impact have becoming ever more important.\nAmong the identified critical lakes is the Tsho Rolpa Lake. Tsho Rolpa is the lake of superlatives: in the Nepal Himalayas it is the largest moraine-dammed proglacial lake, the most studied and known as the most dangerous glacial lake. Situated at an elevation of 4,580 metres above sea level, it is fed by the Tradkarding glacier, which is retreating at a rate of over 20 metres, and in some years within the last decade even 100 metres a year\nEqually, glacial lakes are an important potential natural resource for water supply, which has yet to be effectively investigated. Glacial lakes may offer considerable benefits to local community. They can provide a natural storage facility for water as water supplies becoming increasingly scarce, they are a focus for tourist activities, and they often have a high cultural significance. Thus they need to be looked after and managed in a controlled way that reduces any threat while helping the potential benefits to be realised.\nGLOFs in the WOS: bibliometrics, geographies and global trends of research of glacial lake outburst floods (Web of Science, 1979\u20132016)\nIntegrated context analysis (ICA): On vulnerability to food insecurity and natural hazards- Pakistan, 2017\nMelted glaciers give rise to 110 new lakes in 2 years\nGlacial lake change risk and management on the Chinese Nyainqentanglha in the past 40 years\nIdentification of potential glacial lake sites and mapping maximum extent of existing glacier lakes in Drang Drung and Samudra Tapu glaciers, Indian Himalaya", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 7636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 249.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.indyintune.com/resources/artist_detail.asp?id=3290&artist=Mysteriana", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:00Z", "digest": "sha1:YMK7DFMKZH5QXIUUYILDF55GMQFM37BZ", "length": 1321, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.indyintune.com", "title": "Band Profile -- Mysteriana", "raw_content": "Artist Name: Mysteriana\nGenre(s): classic rock,indie\nMysteriana is a rock group based out of Indianapolis, Indiana formed in 2009 by songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Lance Tyler and Daniel Lomelino. Growing up together they developed a fascination for music and art at a young age, which has helped them retain the artistic integrity and values of the music they grew up with. With a clear vision in mind, they handle all writing, recording, production and art design themselves.\nTheir sound is otherworldly and reminiscent of the 90's featuring wailing vocals with haunting harmonies, energetic and ambient guitars, picturesque lyrics, melodic piano and strings, all with an epic feel and touch of the theatrical.\nWe have played at The Elbo Room in Chicago and many times at Birdy's as well as numerous college campus venues such as Illinois State and Ball State. Mysteriana pronounced as \"MY\"steriana has also held the top 2 positions for the past two weeks on Red Rooster Radio's Top 40 Charts\nYou can check us out immediately at http://www.mysterianamusic.com or https://www.facebook.com/mysterianamusic or check out our music directly at http://www.mysterianamusic.com/mysterianaplayer.php\nPlease get in touch with any questions, and we hope to hear from you soon!\nTK Brissey and Mysteriana\nwww.mysterianamusic.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 3409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 288.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ingenuemagazine.co.uk/karin-moorhouse-artist-tutor/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:31Z", "digest": "sha1:KTK26S7ORDZU6BLZTRZ3JZP5YM2Z4GQW", "length": 1405, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ingenuemagazine.co.uk", "title": "Karin Moorhouse, artist & tutor-Ingenue Magazine-", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbcreative courses\u00bbKarin Moorhouse, artist & tutor\nAs a long-time keen walker, I am inspired by my beautiful Sussex and beyond, painting landscapes en plein air. I then use these small free oil paintings and sketches as my starting points and reference and I \u2018walk into\u2019 them in my studio where I look again from different aspects, developing my work both in abstract terms and in the finer detail.\nFor my workshops based at The Victoria Institute, Arundel, I will be following this method as often as the weather allows. Each day\u2019s painting is a stand-alone event but at the end of each block of plein air or still life days we will work in the large light room at the Vic and look again at these alla prima canvases. In this way we will build up a capsule collection of landscape and still life paintings and sketches.\nKarin Moorhouse, Still Life\nI have been teaching and running art workshops for many years, some of which have been formal courses such as Pre Degree Foundation, Degree and Diploma level in art and design. I have also worked with special needs art groups in Surrey and Sussex and with Montessori pre-school children. I am very keen that the process is as important as the product and that each painter works at their own pace. My teaching method encourages this, which means that my workshops are open to all levels of experience and confidence.\nwww.karinmoorhouseart.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 312.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.insidesocal.com/dine909/2018/08/08/coffee-bean-tea-leaf-celebrating-grand-opening-rialto-location-tomorrow/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:59Z", "digest": "sha1:GGLXPCKPLHIS3QHBERSMVTI7VPD77CAU", "length": 2326, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.insidesocal.com", "title": "The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf celebrating grand opening of Rialto location tomorrow", "raw_content": "The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf celebrating grand opening of Rialto location tomorrow\nAt long last\u2026The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is open in Rialto! This location features a drive-thru and patio seating. We\u2019ve only been waiting about eight years for it to open.\nA post shared by Dine 909 (@dine909) on Jul 23, 2018 at 9:21pm PDT\nThe Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf\u2019s long journey to north Rialto has finally come to an end, with the coffeehouse opening at the end of July.\nThe chain will host a grand opening ceremony at 11 a.m. tomorrow (August 9) at the new location, 1877 N. Riverside Ave.\nThe event will feature a ribbon-cuttting with Rialto Mayor Deborah Robertson and other city officials.\nThere will also be chances to win surprise giveaways.\nThe chain is also celebrating its 55th anniversary, and is offering buy-one-get-one-free deals on large or 32-ounce iced beverages between 2 and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday from August 13 to 24.\nThe coffeehouse\u2019s saga began back in 2010, when the city was looking to bring an In-N-Out Burger location to the site of a former fire station on the northeast corner of Easton Street and Riverside Avenue.\nThe city prevailed and the restaurant opened in August 2013.\nThe initial plan was for the construction of two other eateries on the parcel: Another fast food outlet \u2014 Miguel\u2019s Jr. was a possibility \u2014 and a sit-down restaurant.\nIn early 2015, however, four eateries \u2014 Wingstop, Major Brain Freeze Yogurt, Jersey Mike\u2019s Subs and Chipotle Mexican Grill \u2014 opened in a strip across from the burger joint.\nBack then, there was still a plan to build another 4,000-square-foot building to house a 1,900-square-foot Coffee Bean and another 2,100-square-foot business.\nShortly afterward, however, those plans shifted, moving the new construction \u2014 now just a 1,650-square-foot Coffee Bean drive-thru \u2014 to the south side of Easton Street.\nThe undeveloped land on the north side of Easton Street was eventually paved over to create additional parking.\nConstruction for the location started in January of this year.\nLobby hours are 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sunday, 5 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday. The drive-thru opens half an hour earlier.\nThis entry was posted in Rialto and tagged openings by John Plessel. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 345, "original_length": 9781, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 160.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.inter-islam.org/Biographies/Hazisa78.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:40Z", "digest": "sha1:W3R4CLUAOP3X2EVGMESQMWQC2NVHJTWJ", "length": 5531, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.inter-islam.org", "title": "The Prophet Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him)", "raw_content": "Imam Ibn Kathir(d.774/1352) has stated that as well as prophethood and apostleship, Jesus was honoured with many other great qualities and characteristics. The Quran says, with reference to his honour : \"Remember when the angels said, \"Allah is giving you the glad tidings of a word from Him, who\u2019s name shall be Masih, I`sa (Jesus) alayhis salaam, Son of Maryam (Mary), honoured in this world and in the Hereafter and from the rank of those close to Him.\" 3/45. Imam Ibn Kathir adds, \"Jesus\u2019 rank was extremely high in this world and also in the hereafter. Jesus was given the Injil (Gospels) and the power to cure the leper and the blind and to bring back to life those who had already died, he was also helped by the angel Gabriel on many occasions.\" All this was part of worldly honour. He was also endowed with great wisdom and knowledge, as the Quran says: \"And Allah will teach him the book and wisdom and Torah and Injeel (Gospels).\" 3/48.\n\"Then Allah says, \"O Jesus, the Son of Maryam (Mary)! Recount my favour upon you and your mother, when I strengthened you with the angel Gabriel so that you speak to people in childhood and maturity and when I taught you the book and wisdom and Torah and Injeel.\" 5/110. Imam Ibn Kathir(d.774/1352) has said, in explanation of this verse that I\u2019sa (Jesus) u was given the talent of writing and that Al Kitab in this verse actually means Al Kitabah, which refers to writing ,as it is a noun in the meaning of its verb, and this would signify that Jesus was not unlettered.\nImam Qurtubi has narrated a view, without specifying which exegetes uphold this view, that the verse refers to a book other than the Torah and Injil, which was taught to I\u2019sa (Jesus) u by Allah.\nWhat this view would signify , in this case, is that it would be appropriate to confirm that I`sa\u2019s knowledge was not limited to the Inj`il , neither was he illiterate, as accuse by Mirza.\nI\u2019sa (Jesus) was promised, by Allah, to be purified and elevated to a high position, as the Quran states : \"Behold! Allah said, \"O Jesus! I will take you and raise you to myself and purify you of the falsehoods of those who blaspheme. I will make those who follow you superior to those who reject faith, until the Day of Resurrection, then you shall all return to me and I will judge between you, of the matters in which you dispute.\" 3/55. As a token of honour, in the hereafter, Jesus will be brought to bear witness against people, also safety and peace will be bestowed upon him in the afterlife. This is evident from the following two verses of the Quran : \"There is none of the People of the Book, but must believe in him before his death and on the Day of Judgement, he will be a witness against them.\" 4/159.\n\"So peace is on the day I was born, the day I die and the day I shall be resurrected to life again.\" 19/33. Imam Qurtubi has stated, \"The very first words spoken by Jesus in the cradle, indicated that he would uphold a lofty status and be awarded remarkable attributes, as he said : \"I am indeed a servant of Allah. He has given me the book and made me a prophet and made me blessed wherever I shall be and enjoined upon me prayer and charity, as long as I live and made me obedient to my mother and He has not made me overbearing or miserable.\" 19/32. This verse highlights the four responsibilities imposed upon Jesus. Firstly, towards God, secondly towards those who will follow him, thirdly towards all the people generally, and fourthly his responsibility to his mother.\nImam Qurtubi says, that Abdullah is a servant and slave who has totally devoted himself to the servitude and worship of Allah. Jesus has declared himself to be the worshipper and Allah to be the Lord. This is the first duty of Jesus to the Creator : to worship Him and obey Him, as a slave complies to his master and obeys him.\nThe second quality of Jesus is such, that only those who follow him, will be able to benefit from it. This is the honour of prophethood, given to Jesus along with the responsibility of calling the people towards guidance and the straight path. He must also create the awareness of God\u2019s existence and establish the divine rules set by God.\nThe third quality attributed to Jesus is, that he is Mubaraka. This is a characteristic of benefit for all the people, those who followed him, as well as those who did not.\nMubaraka literally means blessed, lucky, fortunate and he who has good in him. Jesus was a blessed personality of good nature and character. Imam Mujahid, a great exegete, says that Mubaraka, as stated in this verse, means Naffa`a , a person who is beneficial to all, as Jesus assisted the blind and the leper, by curing them of their ailments; he also aided the dead by bringing them back to life once more.\nImam Qurtubi has stated from Sufyan, a great exegete, that Mubaraka means that he will ordain good and forbid bad, guide the misled, help the oppressed and comfort the grieved.\nImam Ibn Kathir has recorded from Thawri, Mujahid and Amr-ibn-Qays that they have stated it to mean a preacher of good. Dhahhak says it means one who will fulfill the people\u2019s needs.\nThe first view, namely Mujahid\u2019s, is the most accepted, as it is more general rather than specific. It also covers all other views and the following verse (in the chapter named after Maryam) also mentions Jesus as mercy for all the people, thus supporting Mujahid\u2019s viewpoint : \"Your Lord said, \"It is easy for me and We want to appoint him as a sign for the people and a mercy from us. 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A shortening of the Latin title which the Academy was given then (Sacri Romani Imperii Academia Caesareo-Leopoldino Naturae Curiosorum) led to its current name. Since 1878 the permanent seat of the Academy has been in Halle (Saale), an important German university town south of Berlin.\nThe Leopoldina has currently around 1400 members, over a quarter of which come from outside the German-speaking countries (Austria, Germany and Switzerland). New members are proposed by Academy members and elected to the Academy by the Presidium in a multi-stage selection process. Each member belongs to a section in accordance with their scientific discipline and there are 28 sections in all.\nDie Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften stellt sich vor\nClimate change and the transformation of energy: Nova Acta Leopoldina\nhttp://www.leopoldina.org/de/publikationen/detailansicht/publication/individuell...\nClimate change and the transformation of energy: Nova Acta Leopoldina SDG 2: Zero Hunger http://www.leopoldina.org/de/publikationen/detailansicht/publication/individuelle-und-globale-ernaehrungssituation-gibt-es-noch-eine-loesung/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 4843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 241.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ioufreebies.com/tag/coupon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:17Z", "digest": "sha1:RDORJR5FMGZLXLKUDUWWBX4WNUUIDQAE", "length": 179, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ioufreebies.com", "title": "coupon", "raw_content": "Food and Drink, Free Samples, Health and Beauty\nSign up for our FREE newsletter & become a member of Pillsbury\u2019s Not-So-Secret-Club! You\u2019ll get coupon savings up to $250 per year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 236.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ireland-guide.com/golf/royal-portrush-golf-club.4991.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:45Z", "digest": "sha1:QJ63PJAEA47Z3DCCCMQXA52KRZMABDNO", "length": 1178, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.ireland-guide.com", "title": "Royal Portrush Golf Club | Portrush Review Georgina Campbell Guides", "raw_content": "Portrush, Co. Antrim\nLocation: Portrush is on the north coast about an hour from Belfast City\nAbout Portrush\nCastlerock Golf Club 11km ( 7m), 17 mins\nBallyliffin Golf Club 100km (61m), 1hr 50 mins*\n\" /> Royal Portrush Golf Club was formed in 1888 and in terms of tradition, it is hard not to be impressed with the famous Co Antrim links. The fact is that most of the world's great players, men and women, have savoured the delights of this superb terrain for more than 100 years.\nThe championship, Dunluce Course and neighbouring Valley Course overlooking the North Atlantic, were designed by the eminent English architect, Harry Colt, in 1947. Colt costed the work at \u00a37,000 though he would prefer to spend \u00a310,000. In the event, the club insisted it should cost no more than \u00a33,200.\nIn Joe Carr's view, Portrush tested every aspect of a golfer's make-up, including the ability to accept unkind bounces. And Christy O'Connor described it as Ireland's finest second-shot links course.\nDunluce / Valley\nHarry Colt / Harry Colt\nUse of motorised buggies permitted only with medical certificate.\nRed Door Tea Rooms\nBrown Trout Golf & Country Inn, The\nHome > Royal Portrush Golf Club", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 426, "original_length": 9366, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isabelfreeman.com/bio", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:31Z", "digest": "sha1:FOFUIIZ4DS73L375VQKI57G7DY4622MK", "length": 1760, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.isabelfreeman.com", "title": "about \u2014 Isabel Freeman", "raw_content": "Isabel Freeman has been working in documentary film since 2005. She was an associate editor on Edet Belzberg\u2019s Watchers of the Sky, which won the Editing Award at Sundance. She produced and edited the feature-length documentary Stephanie in the Water, about seven-time world champion surfer Stephanie Gilmore, which premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She edited Jesse Cain\u2019s experimental film, Slow Burn, which premiered at New York Film Festival. Isabel\u2019s work on Jamie Jones\u2019s short film, The Nest, starring Vicky McClure, screened at London Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand and Tampere. Valley of a Thousand Hills, directed by Jess Colquhoun, won a Golden Gate Award at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival.\nWhile at Picture Farm in Brooklyn, Isabel was on the edit team behind ESPN\u2019s digital campaign for the World Cup, which won a Sports Emmy and a Sports CLIO in 2015. Other clients include Google, Nike, Mercedes Benz, Finlandia Vodka, Major League Soccer and Vogue.\nIn her three years serving as Head of Production & Commissioner for London-based company Huck, Isabel produced over 25 short films. She represented Huck at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 as part of the Doc/Dispatch initiative alongside four other commissioners from The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Field of Vision, and The New York Times.\nIsabel directed the documentary short Nights of Glory about a queer pub in London, which screened at BFI Flare, the biggest LGBT film festival in Europe. She also co-directed two short films with Jamie Brisick\u2014Rhymes With Shove and The Interrogation of Kim Gordon.\nIsabel is now based in New York, where she is working on her first documentary feature about the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift.\ncontact: isabelfreeman@gmail.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1869, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 153.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isbdigitalsummit.com/speaker-ajit-rangnekar.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:49Z", "digest": "sha1:LHYBCSF6ZQUSD4OZPLCT6YQCKPTTZ5OH", "length": 1189, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.isbdigitalsummit.com", "title": "ISB Digital Summit 2014 - Indian School of Business", "raw_content": "Ajit Rangnekar is the Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB). Prior to taking charge as the Dean, he was the Deputy Dean of the School from March 2003.\nBefore joining the ISB, Rangnekar was the Country Head, first for Price Waterhouse Consulting and then for PwC Consulting, in Hong Kong and the Philippines. He was head of the Telecom and Entertainment Industry Consulting practice for PwC in East Asia (China to Indonesia).\nRangnekar has over thirty years of experience in East Asia and India in the areas of Business Strategy, New Business Creation, Sy\nstems Implementation and Performance Improvement in a variety of industries including Telecom, Utilities, Energy, Chemicals and Shipping, both in the private and public sectors. He also has extensive Operations Management experience of business startups in the manufacturing, trading, and professional services sector in Hong Kong and India. He worked with Associated Cements Companies, India (1970 to 1981) prior to moving to Hong Kong.\nRangnekar obtained an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay before going on to complete his post graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1509, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 93.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.islabadenoch.com/livonian-vrksted/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:45Z", "digest": "sha1:Q7ZG6IYTA3CMHXQIFAGQJCHQVBCU2O44", "length": 965, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.islabadenoch.com", "title": "Livonian V\u00e6rksted \u2014 Isla Badenoch", "raw_content": "Livonian V\u00e6rksted (in development) is a collaborative visual project between architect Hannah Wood and artist Isla Badenoch, formerly of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It draws inspiration from two unusual and yet comparable locations: the disappearance of a culture known as the Livonians in western Latvia and the Danish town of Skagen, on the northernmost tip of Jutland. The project maps out impressions and ideas between the two sites and the people we met there.\nLivonian V\u00e6rksted explores the connections between the fading traditional communities of Livonia and Skagen, and ask whether the visual arts can create an alternative history when official archives fail to record the past. The project includes representational processes using traditional intalgio etching & photo-etching combined with film, projection mapping & digital technologies. Artworks will be exhibited as installations in both Latvia and Denmark.\nRead the full project proposal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 339.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isswsh.org/news/190-2015-consensus-terminology-and-classification-of-persistent-vulvar-pain", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:19Z", "digest": "sha1:ZON2FRXD5AV6LDY2WB7M2JVHAHQBYCX5", "length": 2047, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.isswsh.org", "title": "ISSWSH - 2015 Consensus terminology and classification of persistent vulvar pain", "raw_content": "You are here: Home \u00bb News \u00bb 2015 Consensus terminology and classification of persistent vulvar pain\n2015 Consensus terminology and classification of persistent vulvar pain\nDear ISSWSH Members\nSince the previous terminology of vulvodynia was accepted by the International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disorders (ISSVD) in 2003, studies have explored possible causative factors and treatment options. The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disorders (ISSVD) and the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) believed there was an unmet medical need for a comprehensive, evidence-based set of vulvovaginal pain diagnoses that can be easily utilized by both expert and non-expert healthcare providers to establish diagnoses in their patients and to guide treatment. Therefore we discussed the possibility of revision of 2003 terminology and organized an ISSWSH sponsored international meeting in order to reach a consensus on the terminology of vulvar pain, April 8 - 9, 2015 in Annapolis, Maryland. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the National Vulvodynia Association (NVA) were also represented.\nAs an outcome of this multi-society meeting, we have developed an evidence-based consensus among experts, experienced in the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment and/or research of vulvovaginal pain, for appropriate nomenclature and definitions of vulvovaginal pain in women. Our mission was to make these definitions applicable across disciplines and useful in both clinical and research settings and also to serve as the basis of ICD codes for women's sexual health problems.\nWith great excitement we present the \"2015 Consensus Terminology and Classification of Persistent Vulvar Pain\", which has been accepted by all three societies: ISSWSH, ISSVD and IPPS. Please click here for the document.\nSharon J. Parish, MD, IF, NCMP\nISSWSH President, 2014-2016 Andrew T. 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The LA based DJ and producer teamed up with American pop and soul artist Alma Cook for the track\u2019s vocals, which shine with emotional lyrics on \u201cHeavyweight\u201c\u2018s opening. Hamster compliments Cook\u2018s voice with cinematic instrumentals before the drop showcases his dynamic production style that enables the track to be both physically and emotionally stirring. Hamster\u2018s message to his fans about the track\u2019s inspiration is one many young fans can relate to on their ambitious climb:\n\u201c\u2018Heavyweight\u2018 is about the hustle. It tells the story of someone who is swimming upstream, set on meeting their goals and making the best of a hard situation. On the road to success, people are faced with all sorts of compromises \u2013 sacrificing their comfort, their resources, their values, and their relationships \u2013 and living within that tension can take a toll on a person\u2019s spirit. \u2018Heavyweight\u2018 speaks to this tension, particularly for the hustlers out there who believe that you have to play the game to change the game.\u201c\nAlthough he recently appeared in the EDM scene in 2016, Hamster has been in the music industry for over a decade as a prolific rock artist. The pull of dance music eventually led him to relocate to Los Angeles, where he has flourished as a DJ and producer; this ability to seamlessly switch to a very different corner of music is but a testament to Hamster\u2018s inherent talents and wealth of experience. When \u201cCity Limits\u201d went naturally viral, peaking at #8 on Spotify\u2018s US Viral Chart and over 1.3 million views on the official video, Hamster officially entered into the realm of rising stars in EDM. Additionally, Hamster\u2018s music has been featured on TV, including his track \u201cWe Never Know Anymore\u201d on Netflix\u2018s satirical teen drama \u201cInsatiable\u201d and \u201cPeople Get Ready\u201d on the popular series \u201cShades of Blue\u201d starring Jennifer Lopez. \u201cHeavyweight\u201d follows his recent track \u201cShining Through\u201d with Moscato featuring Mia Mormino, which are both standout examples of Hamster\u2018s style: an organic, groovy mixture of experimental electronic, indie and pop genres overlayed with gorgeous vocals. 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This is among the most essential details when sorting through the many various businesses that use this type of service, despite how long they have actually been operating in the Downs area and even the costs that they charge. If you have a true crisis on your hands where you need somebody immediately, or if you would like to feel confident that you can call your plumber to help you with any problem that you might have been offer exceptional courteous service, this is an element to always think about before making that call. Here are a couple of reasons you must call brand for all your pipes requires, a trustworthy service that is not just budget-friendly however has a credibility for offering the very best possible service for their clients. Related:Chemical equipment Downs\n1 The Best Water Heater Install And Repair Downs IL\n1.1 Drain Cleaning Downs IL\nThe Best Water Heater Install And Repair Downs IL\nAmong the most tough gadget to set up in your home is a warm water heating unit. If you do not have the tools or abilities necessary to do this type of work, or if you have just never installed one previously, it remains in your best interest to contact a reputable plumbing technician in the Downs location that will have competent staff members ready to dispatch to your area to help you out. Whether you are setting up a new one, or if you have to have them take a look at your existing hot water heater so that it can get the proper repair work, you will just want to work with a company that has a track record for supplying quick price quotes and repairs on any kind of hot water heating system that is servicing the Downs area.\nDrain Cleaning Downs IL\nIf you are not fuming water in your sink or shower, there is the possibility that your warm water tank may need to be changed. When you have actually a plumbing technician come out to evaluate the condition of your water heater, and they have determined that it would cost you more in repairs than it would to obtain a new one, the very best strategy is to follow their recommendations. Just like fixing your warm water heating unit, if you have no concept ways to do this, you will definitely wish to call a credible hot water heating unit installation company that has a credibility for offering fantastic service. For either repairs or new setups, Call A Plumber is the business that you will want to work with. plumbing llc Downs\nSomething that you may observe on your own, relying on the location of your hot water heater, is that it may in fact be leaking. Many people notice this initially because of a puddle of water that has actually appeared on the ground adjacent to the hot water tank, triggering them to provide a plumber a call. There are several things that an individual can do to aim to fix this by themselves such as switching off your electric or gas hot water heater utilizing either the circuit breaker or on off switch, respectively. You need to likewise switch off the cold water shut down valve then aim to determine where the leakage is which could be anything from a dripping pipeline, a valve that needs to be replaced, or perhaps a rupture in your tank. If you can not find where the problem is, or even if you do, and can not do the repair work on your own, it regional plumbing technician should be gotten in touch with to evaluate the situation and fix the issue so that you will have the ability to utilize your warm water heating system once again. Related: Why Is Plumbing Necessary Downs\nThere are a few different water heaters that you may actually have it your home. The very first and most common is an electric water heater, and the other will operate on gas. Both of these are extremely harmful to deal with so unless you have some prior experience with running the shut down valves, and changing the system by yourself, an expert must always be employed. An electrical water heater could result in electrocution, and a gas water heater may lead to a possible explosion, factors that plumbing technicians should be employed when things go wrong. They will have the knowledge and tools needed to evaluate what\u2019s going on, repair or replace your gas warm water heating system, allowing you to prevent any possible harmful or costly complications. Related info: How Much Is Water Heater Electric Best Plumber Downs Illinois\nThe most common warm water heater is normally an electric one, as well as the least expensive to acquire. Depending upon the quantity of use that your warm water heating unit will get, they can sometimes last for a decade or more. However, if you have a large family that is constantly showering, and if you are cleaning clothes routinely, there is always a high likelihood that once this decade mark is reached, you will start to see some significant issues. It might begin with a little leakage, subsequented by intermittent performance which might be the result of a defective electrical processing system. If you call a regional plumbing technician in the Downs area, they must have the ability to repair the electrical hot water heating system that you have in no time at all at all.Flood Controls Downs\nOne final problem to consider is no hot water in your home which is generally reflective of a hot water heater that is not functioning appropriately, or has actually merely quit working completely. When you call the professionals at brand, they will be able to look at all of the possibilities as to why you not have hot water throughout your whole home, and will likewise have the ability to repair the problem. This might require the replacement of hose pipes, water lines, or even changing the whole system. They will be able to reveal you exactly where the problem is, offer you with the many different options that you might need to fix it, or just inform you that it is beyond repair and that they will be able to set up a new one for you.\nIf you go on the Internet, you can find out more about this company by going to GetAPlumberNow. They are industry leaders in the Chicago area, a business that is recommended by those that have actually used to their services, plainly revealing that they are one of the best. brand is a fantastic company to call and will be more than delighted to use their expert services for you and your household. They have years of experience in this market, and will be able to not just repair work or replace your hot water heating unit for you, however can also give you terrific suggestions on the best ways to ensure the issue does not happen again. Their suggestions will likewise extend into the location of helping you make a challenging choice if it is financially based, showing you what does it cost? money you may be losing because of your existing hot water tank, and just how much money you will conserve in the long run. This usually makes it possible for individuals to make that top option in using the services of this pipes company in Call A Plumber Downs for warm water heater repair work and replacements.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 7986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jasonranderson.com/2018/05/adoption-nesting-just-like-regular-nesting-less-nausea/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:09Z", "digest": "sha1:WNAMLWDOWZQJDWDTBZSC2CWNDPORO5PE", "length": 2736, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.jasonranderson.com", "title": "Adoption Nesting: Just Like Regular Nesting but with Less Nausea - jason (r) anderson", "raw_content": "We\u2019re deep into the waiting period for our adoption, where all of the preliminary paperwork is finished and we\u2019re biding our time until we\u2019re matched with a baby.\nSo, we\u2019ve started to focus on all the things that you have to do to get your house and your family and your life ready to receive a new child. My wife especially is locked in on this. Every decision I make with her (at least the ones that have longer-lasting implications than where we park the car) is tinged with the subtext of \u201chow will this affect the new baby?\u201d\nShe\u2019s acquired a big-girl bed for our daughter (age 4) to make the baby bed available, and she\u2019s already looking to the schedule for the summer and fall to see how we might have to adjust work/school/familytime schedules.\nBut the most obvious effects of her efforts are the armloads of stuff I\u2019m regularly hauling to the garage or the attic to make way for the presence of one additional human in the house. The bar for being able to keep stuff in our living spaces has risen remarkably high, to the point where the the kids are starting to hide toys that they want to keep from being \u201cdisappeared\u201d into a Goodwill donation bin. Sometimes their little shoulders sag with resignation when they realize Mom has shaved down the toy population yet again, like a bankrupt rap producer watching the repo men haul off his tropical fish tank and mink bean bags.\nAnd we\u2019re using the newly available space to stock up on everything that can be stocked up at this point in the process: kid clothes, linens, some of the 72-odd different kinds of car seats that kids apparently have to use until they no longer qualify to be on their parents\u2019 insurance in their mid-thirties.\nIt\u2019s nesting. An age-old instinct that you expect out of parents-to-be. Except usually it happens when one of the parents is pregnant. And you assume that it\u2019s caused mostly by biological triggers \u2014 hormones and complex chemical reactions that have evolved over the eons to make us do what our children need.\nOnly that\u2019s not the case here. There\u2019s no biology to it. Just a couple of people who know that there\u2019s a baby coming sometime in the near future.\nFunny how my wife has the same instincts, and I have the same sympathetic instincts, both when her reproductive system is flooding her body with hormones and when it\u2019s not. It\u2019s almost like humans aren\u2019t just a collection of chemicals and evolved responses.\nWe\u2019re more than that. Our instincts to love and provide for children aren\u2019t just biology. They\u2019re an outgrowth of a spiritual truth. Love has a source that\u2019s not physical. It\u2019s an overflowing from a Father who loves us.\n\u2190 Previous Previous post: Stripping with Stormy Daniels\nNext \u2192 Next post: All the Mistakes That Had to be Made", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 8820, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 332.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jaymo.co/shop/privacy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:10Z", "digest": "sha1:WZ7UIWHVV5JYBTJHUCXAWCDUEUCPUZXZ", "length": 531, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.jaymo.co", "title": "Privacy Statement", "raw_content": "Jaymo and Cottage Mills are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of our customers. Contact information including email address, telephone number, address, etc. which is provided by the user is used solely for the purpose of completing the order. This includes information pertaining to gift recipients. Financial information including credit card numbers, expiration dates, billing address is used solely to bill the customer for their order. No information will be forwarded, traded or sold to outside organizations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 173.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jenniferbrooksblog.com/2011/07/naked-palette.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:27Z", "digest": "sha1:VDPKJTO53R5QYR44P6U6GP22CX3VDZYC", "length": 187, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.jenniferbrooksblog.com", "title": "Jennifer Brooks Blog: Naked palette", "raw_content": "So today was the first time using the palette. Here's a quick and easy tutorial. You don't have to have this same palette they make so many dupes of it, and you could mix whatever colors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1594, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 288.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3258-bibikov-dmitri-gavrilovich", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:37Z", "digest": "sha1:DMB7GSWGSD73S3PL3OWBPTSLQOCYGZ2Q", "length": 3012, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.jewishencyclopedia.com", "title": "BIBIKOV, DMITRI GAVRILOVICH - JewishEncyclopedia.com", "raw_content": "BIBIKOV, DMITRI GAVRILOVICH:\nBy: Herman Rosenthal, Benuel H. Brumberg\nRussian soldier, administrator, and statesman; born 1792; died 1870. In 1837 Bibikov was appointed military governor of Kiev, and governor-general of Volhynia and Podolia. During the fifteen years of his administration of the southwestern provinces, he more than once resorted to harsh measures with regard to the Jews who were directly or indirectly involved in the Polish agitation, for the suppression of which he was responsible. Hence his marked animosity, especially toward the Jews of Berdychev, which city was at that time one of the centers of Polish revolutionary intrigues, and in which a secret branch of the Polish national bank was established. While attacking abuses, Bibikov nevertheless manifested on many occasions a spirit of consideration for the educated Jews. It was due to his remonstrations with the government of Nicholas I. that several severe restrictive laws were relaxed in behalf of the Jews. Such were the measures allowing Jewish residents of the government of Kiev to visit that city for business purposes; that annulling the order of the Jitomir authorities which prohibited the Jewish blacksmiths in Jitomir from following their trade; that permitting the Jews of Starokonstantinov, Zaslav, Ostrog, and Kovno to obtain passports and gild certificates from the local district treasuries instead of procuring them from Novogradvolynsk; that granting to Jewish merchants of the first gild the right to farm inns in crown dominions of the western provinces; and that permitting the Jews to elect from their own number city brokers and notaries public in places where the population consisted of both Jews and Christians.\nIn 1852 Bibikov was made minister of the interior, which post he filled until 1855. It seems that in this capacity he became more than ever imbued with the prevailing anti-Jewish spirit of Nicholas' r\u00e9gime. In one case, at least, his name is mentioned in connection with a measure prohibiting the Jews from living in certain parts of Jitomir, the restriction being promulgated in compliance with Bibikov's proposition. His brother, Ilia Gavrilovich Bibikov, governor-general of Wilna, was favorably disposed toward the Jews, and was interested particularly in their educational affairs. The Hebrew poet Abraham Baer Lebensohn composed a poem, \"kol Ne'urim,\" commemorating his visit to the Wilna Talmud Torah, which was published in his \"Shire Sefat \u1e32odesh,\" ii. 85, Wilna, 1869.\nComplete Russian Code, 2d ed., xviii., No. 17,355, xxi. No. 20,021, xxiv. No. 23,409, xxv. No. 24,677, xxvi. No. 25,559, xxix. No. 28,079;\nV. O. Levanda, Polny Khronologhicheski Sbornik Zakonov i Polozheni Kasayushchikhsya Yevreyev, Nos. 481, 540, 603, 634, 650, 715, St. Petersburg, 1874;\nI. G. Orshanski, Russkoe Zakonodatelstvo o Yevreyakh, p. 193, St. Petersburg, 1877;\nRusskaya Starina, April, 1901, pp. 119-121;\nV. Kashpirev, Pamyatniki Novoi Russkoi Istorii, i. 112-122, St. Petersburg, 1871.\nH. R. B. 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Kufr Youba came back to win game three 87-77, but again Ahli leveled the series winning 80-74.\nAhli made history this year. After disbanding the team for over a decade, the club won the Jordan Cup earlier this season, thanks to the efforts of its governing board of directors led by the late Said Shuqom.\nFormer star Zeid Alkhas was assigned as team coach and the combined efforts of the team led by Zeid Abbas, Ibrahim Hamati and a young lineup seemed determined to win, as Jordan's first player draft and national team stars were dispersed to play among the clubs to recapture the zeal of competition.\nVeteran club player Imad Saeed replaced Alkhas during the season as Ahli eliminated Wihdat 87-84 and 76-70, in the best-of-three semifinal round to move to the final playoffs, while Kufr Youba eliminated Orthodoxi in closely contested matches beating them 65-63, and 76-73.\nWihdat went on to beat Orthodoxi to take third place in the league, which seemed to revive memories and a competitive spirit in the Kingdom's second most popular sport, with many closely contested matches early in the season. Titleholders Riyadi and Jazira failed to make it to the final four after an inconsistent season. Riyadi, champions for the past two seasons, lacked the winning edge, while Orthodoxi stumbled in the final four.\nIn the 2015-16 season, Riyadi were crowned league champions \u2014 a title which had eluded them for 20 years \u2014 when they beat titleholders Orthodoxi. Riyadi had last won the league in 1997. Riyadi won the League again in the 2016/2017 season.\nOrthodoxi, who won their record 23rd league title in the 2014-2015 season, won the Jordan Cup in 2016. The Basketball League began in 1952, and has had 59 editions with eight teams crowned champion. It was cancelled in three seasons and discontinued once. 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It is, in fact, a dry fruit that is sweet in taste and is rich in minerals and vitamins. The cultivation of dates can be traced back many years in history.\nHealth Benefits of Consuming Dates\nDates are free from cholesterol and contain very low fat. Dates are rich in vitamins and minerals.\nThey are rich source of protein, dietary fiber and rich in vitamin B1, B2, B3 and B5 along with vitamin A1 and C.\nIt helps improve the digestive system as it contains soluble and insoluble fibers and different kinds of amino acids.\nDates are great energy boosters as they contain natural sugars like glucose, sucrose and fructose. To get more advantage add dates to milk and make it a very nutritious snack. Dates are very low in calories and are extremely suitable for health conscious people.\nDates are rich in potassium and reduced in sodium. This helps regulate a healthy nervous system. Researches have revealed the fact that potassium intake up to a certain extent can reduce risk of stroke. Dates also help in lowering of the LDL cholesterol.\nDates have high iron content and are very useful in treating anemia. The patients can eat many dates for better advantages. Dates also have fluorine that slows down the process of tooth decay.\nIt helps people suffering from constipation. Soak dates overnight and take it along with water to have added advantage.\nIt helps increase one\u2019s sexual stamina. Soak one handful of dates in goat\u2019s milk overnight. In the morning grind the dates in the milk and add honey and cardamom powder and drink it.\nDates help in weight gain and are beneficial for those who suffer from over slimming problem. Dates are excellent for alcoholic intoxication.\nCures abdominal cancer. The best thing is that it does not have any side effect on the body and is completely natural as well as it works better than medicine. 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Parents will learn how to help their child develop a love of reading, children will discover how much fun reading can be! And with the team at Morchella cafe providing coffee for $2, it\u2019s the perfect start\u2026\nFlourish Gift and Home is the perfect stop this Christmas for all your Christmas needs. We all love the feeling we get at Christmas when we find the perfect gift that you just know they are going love and it\u2019s gifts like this that are certainly worth shopping around for. And when we are looking for\u2026\nIt\u2019s the time of the year where our Christmas wish lists are being put together and we start thinking about our loved ones and the gifts we can\u2019t wait to buy. We have put together the perfect Christmas Wishlist for those who love their home or have a hobby for a passion.\nFrom travel and trivets to technology, discover KWR\u2019s best gifting destinations.\nFamily owned and run jewellery specialist, Karrans of Hyde Park, has a 60-year long tradition of excellence. Established in 1957, the business has been a vital part of the King William Road landscape for over 20 years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3921, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 290.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.koreanpodcasts.net/korean-podcasts/rfa-%EC%9E%90%EC%9C%A0%EC%95%84%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%EB%B0%A9%EC%86%A1-radio-free-asia-korean-daily-show/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:51Z", "digest": "sha1:6WTS3DX6ZLE2D4OBI67UL6RL35CGK4U4", "length": 1863, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.koreanpodcasts.net", "title": "RFA \uc790\uc720\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\ubc29\uc1a1 Radio Free Asia Korean Daily Show", "raw_content": "Name of Podcast: RFA \uc790\uc720\uc544\uc2dc\uc544\ubc29\uc1a1 (Radio Free Asia Korean Daily Show) (Phonetic: RFA jayoo ahsiaa bahngsong)\nWhat topics are covered: The latest news of nations near the Korean peninsula is covered. However, most of the news is related to South and North Korea\u2019s relationship, their own issues and the story of North Korean defectors.\nWhy is it good to listen? This will be the only podcast that focuses on South and North Koreans, and the podcast is targeting the North Korean listeners who cannot normally access to the South Korean radio stations. Many guests of this podcast are people from North Korea who are now living in the South.\nThis may be the only one podcast that you can hear the North Korean accents.\nHow often are the podcasts updated? This podcast is updated daily.\nLength of the podcasts: Two episodes are updated every day. The first episode is about 4 hours long and the second one is 1 hour long.\nDescription: This is a radio program which aired in Washington D.C. and it covers news related to North and South Korea, the key information for the N.K. defectors, and real life stories of N.K defectors. The key purpose of this radio is to communicate with the people of North and educate them the real news of the world which is not easily accessible to the people of North.\nThis radio has a strict rule which is the hosts and guests cannot indicate any intensions regarding escaping North Korea. They only talk about the facts to inform the people of North. To increase the familiarity to those people, this radio program uses many reporters who speak the North accents. This might be a main difficulty to non-native students of Korean.\nSummary: This is the podcast which is focusing on North and South Korea related news. The listeners will hear various Korean accents including North Korean dialects.\nRelated website: http://www.rfa.org/korean/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 4220, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 239.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kylesconverter.com/flow/thousand-cubic-feet-per-year-to-cubic-feet-per-minute", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:55Z", "digest": "sha1:HPSGR5JLWF32XJNJWZ7HV62QREAW3HNH", "length": 2228, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.kylesconverter.com", "title": "Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute | Kyle's Converter", "raw_content": "Convert Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute\nKyle's Converter > Flow > Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year > Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year (MCF/yr)* Cubic Feet Per Minute (CFM)\nCubic Feet Per Minute to Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year (or just enter a value in the \"to\" field)\n1 Thousand Cubic Feet per Year:\nProduction flow rate of 1 thousand cubic feet in a period of 365 days. Assuming a cubic international foot. 1 Thousand cubic feet per year is approximately 8.98 x 10-7 cubic meters per second. 1 MCF/yr ? 0.000000897921315068 m3/s.\nhttp://www.kylesconverter.com/flow/thousand-cubic-feet-per-year-to-cubic-feet-per-minute\n1 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0019 70 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.1332\n4 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0076 100 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.1903\n7 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0133 400 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.761\n10 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.019 800 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 1.5221\n20 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0381 900 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 1.7123\n30 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0571 1,000 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 1.9026\n40 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0761 10,000 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 19.0259\n50 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.0951 100,000 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 190.2588\n60 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 0.1142 1,000,000 Thousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet Per Minute = 1902.5875\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Milliliters per Second\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Gallons (US fluid) per hour\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Gallons (Imperial) per Hour\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Liters per Minute\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Liters per Second\nThousand Cubic Feet Per Year to Cubic Feet per Minute", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 5009, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.51, "perplexity": 245.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lambocars.com/lambonews/one_of_a_kind_lamborghini_miura_roadster_for_sale.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:47Z", "digest": "sha1:KEHCJ5VS4J6KPDAIZWT3VSHXWRH3JGC6", "length": 4467, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.lambocars.com", "title": "One of a kind Lamborghini Miura Roadster for sale - the STORY on LamboCARS.com", "raw_content": "LamboCARS main / Lambonews / One of a kind Lamborghini Miura Roadster for sale\nOne of a kind Lamborghini Miura Roadster for sale\nAt the 1968 Brussels Auto Salon Bertone and Lamborghini showed one of their most iconic cars ever made, a Roadster version of the legendary Miura V12 model, still one of the most sensual looking cars ever made at Sant'Agata.\nThe car drew a crowd in Brussels and Lamborghini received several requests for a similar car from interested people, however Bertone never even designed a roof for this car and Ferruccio Lamborghini didn't want to be built a convertible Miura for two reasons, first of all it would not fit into his idea of a GT as it would be too loud and second of all on the Miura the roof was an integral part of the car, it provided stifness to the chassis.\nAt the time this light blue Raging Bull with it's magnificent white leather upholstery and red carpet was nothing more than a showcar, it did have a several added sections to the chassis but it was still deemed to be too 'flexible' under heavy acceleration or cornering, so the car was retired within the factory walls until the ILZRO, the International Lead and Zinc Research Organization came looking for a Miura to showcase their products with.\nThe ILZRO intended to buy a regular Miura and replace as many parts as possible with chromed, zinc and lead ones as they could possible find ... Ferruccio Lamborghini wasn't too taken by this idea ... however a nice solution was found. Why not sell them the Miura Roadster, this prototype was useless as far as production would go, and by selling it to the ILZRO Ferruccio gave them a magnificent show car and got paid top dollar for it, without the risk of the car ever being used on the open road.\nThe car was shipped to the United States were it was completely converted in the 'Zn75', a name taken from the periodic table of metals. All possible parts were zinc-plated, chrome-plated or polished, other parts were completely remade from scratch in metal made by the ILZRO under the direction of John Foster, a designer for Ford at that time.\nWhen the Miura Roadster was unveiled for the second time it was repainted in a special metallic green shade that was actually sprayed over a black metallic base, it featured a combination of brown leather and suede for the interior upholstery.\nThe date was May 1969, and the green metallic Zn75 took center stage at various motor shows all over the world, safe to say this by now legendary Miura Roadster covered thousands of miles ... inside containers and on car transporters, it was rarely driven at that time, and things wouldn't get better for this Raging Bull. When it's showtime was over it became available for auction, none other than S.F. Radtke acquired it ... he was is fact the Executive Vice President for the ILZRO, so the car remained close to the company.\nMr Radtke had the car completely refurbished in late 1980 by Synthetex Inc, a valuation at that time was given for a mere US $ 186.000, in February 1981 Mr Radtke donated this one of a kind Lamborghini Miura to the Boston Museum of transportation were it would be shown to the public for many years, they even offered it for sale with a sticker price of $50.000 before it was restored by J. Geils, who was a member of the board for the museum.\nAfter that restoration the car became surrounded by rumors, alledgedly it was sold for $200.000 before it re-appeared at the UK based Portman group who intended to start a local Lamborghini museum with this car in it. Afterwards it was rumoured to be aqcuired by a Japanese collector but eventually it came back to the United States when a New York based real estate developer bought it and had Gary Bobileff restore it back to it's original Brussels Auto Salon state ... a massive task which took over $ 300.000 to complete but was worth it when it took 2nd place overall at the important 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.\nToday this car with chassis number 3498 is available for sale through Simon Kidston in Switzerland, price on request only ... but expect it to be in the upper regions, together with the 350GTV this Miura Roadster is arguably the most valuable Lamborghini in existance at this moment, and I highly doubt you'll be able to get your hands on the 350GTV as it is located in the factory museum at this time ... I wouldn't be surprized if Automobili Lamborghini SpA themselves wouldn't have an interest in buying it for their museum.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 6534, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 319.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lanthorn.com/section/hockey?page=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:54Z", "digest": "sha1:2IKQ4ZRTS5S4VXZKV4Y5BIQO3RCQ7R3D", "length": 2865, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.lanthorn.com", "title": "Grand Valley Lanthorn | Hockey", "raw_content": "Windy City sweep: GVSU men's DII club hockey beats DePaul on Chicago road trip\nby Kellen Voss\nThe Grand Valley State men's Division II hockey team traveled to Chicago this past weekend, striving for two victories against the DePaul Blue Devils. And that's exactly what they got. The hockey team won by a score of 6-4 on Friday, Jan. 19, and again on Saturday, Jan. 20, by a score of 6-3.\nRecent transfer and goalie veteran Dylan Knox joins GVSU men's DII club hockey team\nThis past weekend, the Grand Valley State men's Division II club hockey team brought in yet another skilled player to the squad to help bolster their roster for a championship run. Junior goalie Dylan Knox had a strong performance in his Laker debut on Saturday, Jan. 13, as he only allowed two goals and saved 92 percent of the 25 shots on goal in the win against Indiana University.\nQuick hits: GVSU swimming and diving GLIAC honors, DII and DIII men's club hockey results\nby Lanthorn Sports\nAfter a successful weekend against Wayne State and William Jewell, members of the Grand Valley State men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving teams were rewarded with GLIAC Athlete of the Week accolades.\nQuick hits: GVSU club hockey fundraising game, women's cross-country award, swimming competition\nThe Grand Valley State men\u2019s Division III hockey team is hosting their third annual Hockey Fights Cancer Event on Saturday, Jan. 27. The team will take on Hope College at 4:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Ice Arena.\nGVSU men's Division II club hockey sweeps Miami of Ohio\nChristmas came a little bit early for the Grand Valley State men's club Division II hockey as they returned from the Goggin Ice Center at Miami University in Ohio with two victories. The Lakers won Friday, Dec. 8, by a score of 3-1 and again Saturday, Dec. 9, by a score of 5-1.\nGVSU women's club hockey beats Aquinas 5-0\nby Briana Lewis\nThe Grand Valley State women\u2019s ice hockey club team finished up the semester with a successful win against Aquinas College on Friday, Oct. 8, at the Georgetown Ice Center.\nGVSU men's DIII club hockey hosts fundraising game to fight brain cancer\nHockey recaps for normal games usually start with the score of the game along with who scored the goals. But this was no normal hockey game for the Grand Valley State men's Division III club team, as this was a game to raise money for brain cancer awareness in support of forward Alex Siroky\u2019s mom. She passed away of brain cancer last year. All the proceeds from the Lakers' winning game were donated to the American Brain Tumor Association.\nGVSU men's Division II club hockey looks to carry momentum into holiday break\nFinals season is upon us, and despite all the stress in the classroom and the days getting colder, there is one thing to look forward to this holiday season: the success of the Grand Valley State men\u2019s Division II club hockey team.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 4655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 331.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lcchome.co.uk/past-and-present-project-b173", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:57Z", "digest": "sha1:3VAZYAXGLAFYIKISIXENBX47KB7DOPTY", "length": 467, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.lcchome.co.uk", "title": "Past and Present Project", "raw_content": "Past and Present Project\nOur latest project has been talking about old pictures of Lindfield and finding out where they are. Then today with the help of volunteers we went to see if we could find them as they are now. 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An elderly lady came to her porch, asked what he was doing and invited him inside to visit.\nWelton included her in the photography series he was doing on Century Farms in the Willamette Valley.\nTimes have changed since then, Welton says, and no one invites strangers inside anymore. But Welton still adheres to the same approach to photography that worked for him then \u2014 carry a camera everywhere and find the perfect moment.\nHis exhibit, \u201cA (sort of) retrospective: 45 years of photography,\u201d is a cross section of his career as a professional photographer and instructor at Lane.\n\u201cI wanted to make it as broad as possible,\u201d Welton said about the exhibit. It includes photos he shot in the 1970s as well as more recent pictures of Italy and the Oregon Coast. The collection includes both color and black and white photos shot with film and digitally. \u201cI\u2019ve done quite a range of things,\u201d he said.\nJennifer Salzman, LCC art gallery director, says that the exhibit helps reinforce what students are learning about photography in the classroom. \u201cIt\u2019s really interesting for [students] to see the progression of someone over 45 years,\u201d she said. Since the exhibit covers such a span of time, Salzman pointed out, it shows how photography can endure much longer than the short attention span of the Internet. \u201cYou start seeing the longevity of photos,\u201d she said.\nMany of the more recent photographs in Welton\u2019s collection are marked by intense colors, though Welton says he does not digitally manipulate these photos to bring out the colors. Rather he says that he was simply in the right place at the right time with his camera.\nThe older photos in the collection are black and white, dating from Welton\u2019s days as a graduate student at the University of Oregon. \u201cI think it\u2019s a very timeless medium,\u201d Welton said about black and white photography. Among other projects, he used photographs to document some of the Century Farms in the Willamette Valley, capturing farmers in the midst of their daily chores.\nHis original goal, Welton recalls, was to be a photojournalist, but that goal didn\u2019t work out as planned. \u201cIf you\u2019re a good photojournalist you don\u2019t have much of a personal life,\u201d he said. Also, during that time, the best photojournalists were sent abroad to shoot photos in Vietnam, something Welton says he had no intention of getting involved in.\nEven though photography was not considered a form of art at that time, Welton says he found a teacher at UO who was working on the kind of photography he wanted to pursue. During this time, he was able to develop an approach to photography that he describes as \u201cphoto documentary.\u201d\nHis teaching career spans thirty years, begun when cameras were simpler and most of them had nearly the same design. \u201cMy first camera didn\u2019t even have an exposure meter,\u201d Welton said.\nWelton does not try to tell students what makes a good picture, but helps them understand how to use their camera properly so that they can capture any sort of photo they want. \u201cOne of the things I liken it to is driving a stick shift,\u201d he said about learning photography.\nFor beginning photography classes, Welton says he channels Vince Lombardi. He stands in front of the class, holds out a camera and says \u201cThis is a camera,\u201d just like the famous football coach used to do with a football.\n\u201cA (sort of) retrospective: 45 years of photography\u201d is in the Sister Gallery, located on the first floor of Building 11, and will run until Feb. 12.\nPrevious articleCritically acclaimed, controversial play comes to LCC\nNext articleUnconscious bias can have negative impact", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 5287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 240.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0475/Sections/0475.183.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:55Z", "digest": "sha1:M4OK6O5PZM4YSQSB3NKENBKPI63DYW7F", "length": 2685, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.leg.state.fl.us", "title": "Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine", "raw_content": "(1)\u2003A license which has become voluntarily inactive may be renewed pursuant to s. 475.182 upon application to the department. The commission shall prescribe by rule continuing education requirements, not to exceed 12 classroom hours for each year the license was inactive, as a condition of renewing a voluntarily inactive license. The commission shall substitute for such continuing education requirements, on a classroom-hour-for-classroom-hour basis, any satisfactorily completed education course approved in the manner specified in s. 475.182(1). A person whose license is voluntarily inactive and who renews the license may elect to continue her or his voluntarily inactive status.\n(2)(a)\u2003A licensee may reactivate a license that has been involuntarily inactive for 12 months or less by satisfactorily completing at least 14 hours of a commission-prescribed continuing education course. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 455.271, a licensee may reactivate a license that has been involuntarily inactive for more than 12 months but fewer than 24 months by satisfactorily completing 28 hours of a commission-prescribed education course.\n(b)\u2003Any license that has been involuntarily inactive for more than 2 years shall automatically expire. Once a license expires, it becomes null and void without any further action by the commission or department. Ninety days prior to expiration of the license, the department shall give notice to the licensee. The commission shall prescribe by rule a fee not to exceed $100 for the late renewal of an involuntarily inactive license. The department shall collect the current renewal fee for each renewal period in which the license was involuntarily inactive in addition to any applicable late renewal fee.\n(3)\u2003The commission shall adopt rules relating to voluntarily inactive and involuntarily inactive licenses, and for the renewal of such licenses.\n(4)\u2003The commission may reinstate the license of an individual whose license has become void if the commission determines that the individual failed to comply because of illness or economic hardship, as defined by rule. The individual must apply to the commission for reinstatement within 6 months after the date that the license becomes void. Such individual must meet all continuing education requirements prescribed by law, pay appropriate licensing fees, and otherwise be eligible for renewal of licensure under this section.\nHistory.\u2014ss. 15, 42, ch. 79-239; s. 352, ch. 81-259; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 17, 38, ch. 82-1; ss. 33, 45, ch. 82-179; s. 108, ch. 83-329; ss. 11, 28, 30, ch. 88-20; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 369, ch. 97-103; s. 5, ch. 98-250; s. 3, ch. 2006-210; s. 3, ch. 2015-54.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 276.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.legacyoften.com/Total-Release-by-Dave-Weckl-p/dw_tr_01.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:20Z", "digest": "sha1:C3VVRHVIWSLDC5FSMPCIFSHWQVMLHEX4", "length": 506, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.legacyoften.com", "title": "Total Release by Dave Weckl", "raw_content": "\"Total Release\" by Dave Weckl\nTotal Release By Dave Weckl, 2014\nA piece that can truly be studied both artistically and musically, \"Total Release\" showcases the drum kit more prominently than any other work in the collection. Viewers will note Weckl's cymbals in the foreground, as well as Weckl's 'traditional' grip on his left and 'match' grip on his right.\nMeasuring 40\"x 30\" on canvas, there are a total of 25 \"Total Release\" pieces in existence. 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She has also filled in as anchor of weekend editions of NBC Nightly News. Previously, she was an anchor for MSNBC. Morales joined MSNBC as an anchor and correspondent in March 2002. 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On December...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 233, "original_length": 5189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 55.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.leveragedloan.com/2013/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:29Z", "digest": "sha1:GWYAXD7W45EOYHKPOZJ527DAOMYJDS7O", "length": 15848, "nlines": 75, "source_domain": "www.leveragedloan.com", "title": "May 2013 - LeveragedLoan.com", "raw_content": "A full xls of the Daily Index is available for subscribers, please click here.\nLCD Daily Loan Index \u2013 May 31, 2013\nPosted in Economy, News, Trends\tComments\t0\nValeant launches amendment, details structure of M&A financing, Bausch & Lomb buy\nValeant Pharmaceuticals yesterday approached its lenders for an amendment related to its planned $8.7 billion acquisition of Bausch & Lomb, which was announced earlier this week.\nMeanwhile, the company also disclosed that it plans to finance the transaction with a new $4.3 billion term loan, $3.225 billion of unsecured notes and plans to issue $1.5-2 billion of new equity.\nThe amendment on the table would allow the Canadian pharmaceutical company to incur the incremental debt proposed to support the acquisition, and revise the definition of EBITDA to allow for certain add-backs related to the acquisition, among other things, sources said.\nAdd-backs and synergies would boost March 31 LTM adjusted EBITDA of $2.035 billion by an additional $433 million, to $2.468 billion to achieve the credit stats outlined in the lender presentation. Net leverage would run 2.1x through the secured debt and 4.6x on a total basis, based on pro forma LTM adjusted EBITDA of $3.91 billion and assuming a $1.75 billion equity raise, according to the company. Add-backs and synergies could total as much as $800 million annually, according to Valeant.\nPer the terms of the amendment, the incremental debt would not be included per the calculation of the financial covenants governing Valeant\u2019s existing loans, sources added. The company existing credit agreement contains senior-secured-leverage and interest-coverage tests.\nSome investors have already sounded a cautious note on what they view as an aggressive task in a softening market. There\u2019s no fee on offer and arranger Goldman Sachs is looking to wrap up the amendment by June 6, prior to launching the bridge loan, sources said.\nValeant has some room to issue additional debt now; the current incurrence tests allow for up to 2.5x senior secured debt and 5.25x total, but that\u2019s not sufficient for the large fund raising contemplated here without being able to lump in Bausch\u2019s cash flow.\nSome investors fret that the 50 bps MFN protection \u2013 while completely in line with market convention \u2013 might be insufficient to prevent their loans from trading off as more than $4 billion of new bank debt is placed in what\u2019s become a choppy market in recent days. While inflow into loan funds remain buoyant, cross-over buyers have been under selling pressure, sources noted.\nEven so, the amount of net new-money institutional debt boils down to roughly $1.3 billion when you subtract the approximately $3 billion of dollar-denominated institutional loans outstanding at Bausch & Lomb. Moreover, Valeant\u2019s term debt is arguably already priced at a premium relative to some recent comparable transactions, including B+/B1 Hertz (L+225, with a 0.75% floor) and B+/B1 HCA (L+275, with no floor).\nStill, with just over 50% of Valeant\u2019s loans in the hands of commercial banks, the amendment is likely to pass. For reference, Valeant\u2019s existing bank debt comprises a $450 million revolver due April 2016 (L+225), a $1.96 billion A term loan due April 2016 (L+225), a $1.3 billion series D term loan due February 2019 (L+275, 0.75% LIBOR floor) and a $1 billion series C term loan due December 2019 (L+275, 0.75% floor).\nIn the secondary market, Valeant\u2019s institutional series C and series D term loans due 2019 (L+275, 0.75% floor) were quoted at 99.875/100.375 this morning, which is off about a quarter of a point from early yesterday and either side of 101 prior to the news of the acquisition, sources said. The decline in the paper comes amid choppy market conditions this week.\nCorporate ratings are BB/Ba3, though S&P placed the company\u2019s ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications on the news of the proposed acquisition. \u2013 Staff reports\nFifth Third hires Charlie Stearns in Chicago for syndications team\nFifth Third Bank has hired Charlie Stearns as managing director for the bank\u2019s syndicated finance team in Chicago, according to the bank. Stearns reports to Rich Hillsman, senior managing director.\nStearns joins from J.P. Morgan, where he worked with middle-market clients in the Midwest. Prior to J.P. Morgan, Stearns worked at GE Capital and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He also has buyside experience from working on the CLO platforms of CapitalSource Finance and Denali Capital. \u2013 Kelly Thompson\nEuropean CLO pipeline remains at \u20ac1.4B amid regulatory uncertainty\nLast week\u2019s EBA revisions may have dealt a blow to the CLO market, but at this point it doesn\u2019t look to be a mortal one, with players already suggesting there could still be options available for managers seeking to structure and price new vehicles, even those without deep-pocked parents.\nAs reported, the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) effectively removes the flexibility around the definition of sponsor, meaning that the CLO manager as a credit institution or an investment firm has to raise and retain the 5% risk-retention requirement, rather than relying on a third party to provide and retain the equity. This change means that the majority of vehicles that have priced this year, as well as many of those in the pipeline, fall outside of the new guidelines, according to sources.\nLCD has tried to piece together the pipeline as it stands post-EBA, but few managers have been willing to comment, which is understandable given the ongoing lack of clarity around the developments.\nThat CELF Advisors is pressing ahead with its Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2013-1 is encouraging, but perhaps not surprising given it is one of the few managers that remains compliant with the CRR after the revisions. In addition, ICG\u2019s planned \u20ac400 million transaction via Lloyds should be unaffected, with the manager raising and retaining its own equity, sources added.\nNon-compliant? Proceed as planned\nThere are many moving parts, and lawyers suggest that managers may still go ahead and price vehicles that are non-compliant with the CRR for several reasons. GoldenTree is said to be continuing with its transaction \u2013 a refinancing of an existing European CLO with a third party providing the equity \u2013 despite acknowledging that it will be non-compliant, according to sources.\nFirst, non-compliance itself does not come with any express sanctions for those structuring a transaction, although they could be subject to punitive capital requirements, according to a briefing note by Clifford Chance.\nAnd while the initial CLO investors in a vehicle structured according to Article 122a will not face any punitive capital requirements, they will be unlikely to trade out of that vehicle in the future, given that any new investor coming into a non-compliant vehicle will be subject to these penalties.\nAlso, some suggest that it would be possible to structure a new vehicle with third-party equity and to replace the equity retention provider in due course, though this would be a costly and time-consuming undertaking.\nFor those wanting to be compliant from the outset, lawyers suggest it may be possible for a third party or affiliate outside of the CLO manager\u2019s regulatory supervisory group to provide the equity as a loan to the CLO manager, but this comes with its own set of expensive tax implications, sources say.\nAnd in the U.S., the LSTA and its working group are in discussions with regulators for alternative CLO structures that will be compliant with the Dodd-Frank Act, whereby the CLO manager would hold 5% of the equity, as well as unfunded Class M notes that replicate and replace the fee stream, sources say. However, risk-retention rules in the U.S. don\u2019t kick in for at least another two years, thus leaving the U.S. CLO market with more time to iron out the details than in Europe.\nThe following chart shows the pipeline as it stood prior to the EBA\u2019s announcement, but apart from CELF Advisors, ICG, and GoldenTree, it\u2019s unclear which other managers will continue with their pricing efforts.\nTotal volume in the year to date stands at \u20ac1.338 million.\nAlready priced\nWhen it comes to the four vehicles that have priced \u2013 namely Cairn Capital\u2019s Cairn CLO III, Pramerica\u2019s Dryden XXVII Euro CLO 2013, Apollo\u2019s ALME Loan Funding 2013-1 CLO, and GSO-Blackstone\u2019s Grand Harbour I \u2013 sources suggest that Pramerica may be the only one that is compliant with CRR.\nSome say that GSO-Blackstone may be compliant on the basis that Mediterranean Bank, as the credit institution, provided the collateral pool and is involved on an ongoing basis, thereby fulfilling the criteria to be the retention provider. However, its compliancy is unconfirmed at this point. Nonetheless, the general consensus in the market is that Cairn Capital and Apollo are not compliant, with the former utilising a third-party investor \u2013 the San Bernardino County Employees\u2019 Retirement Association \u2013 to retain the 5% equity, while the latter is said to have put the equity in a non-EU insurance subsidiary, according to sources.\nIn the U.S., the pipeline of CLOs in various stages of the rating process \u2013 but for which final ratings have not yet been assigned \u2013 increased to $15.42 billion, from $14.88 billion the previous week, according to a report from S&P\u2019s Structured Finance Ratings Group.\nS&P expects $33 billion of new vehicles to close based on deals in the pipeline, versus $32 billion the previous week. On the other side of the ledger, optional redemptions for CLOs based on notices received by S&P now stand at roughly $10 billion, unchanged from last week. YTD issuance is $33.3 billion from 59 managers, versus $13.8 billion from 29 managers in the year-ago period. \u2013 Staff reports\nPosted in CLO, Economy, Europe, News, Trends\tComments\t0\nEuropean leveraged loan prices fall from recent highs amid broad-based weakness, US mart unchanged\nAmid general market weakness, the average bid of LCD\u2019s European loan flow-name composite fell 20 bps during the week ended May 30, to 100.41% of par (based on Markit pricing). This is the biggest swing in the last seven weeks, and it is only the fifth negative reading so far in 2013. As a result, the average is at its lowest level since mid-April, although it remains 307 bps above the final reading of 2012.\nLCD\u2019s broad secondary composite, which reflects a wider universe of deals, fell two basis points during the week ended May 30, to 85.44, marking the first decline in six weeks. Still, the average bid remains 134 bps above 2012\u2019s closing level.\nAdvancers lag decliners\nFor the first time since July 2011, not a single issue in the flow-name sample advanced from the prior week\u2019s level. Nine names declined, by an average of 23 bps, and one was unchanged.\nDecliners also led on a month-on-month basis, with seven facilities declining (by an average of 30 bps) and three advancing (by an average of 14 bps).\nIn LCD\u2019s broad secondary composite, advancers led decliners on a monthly basis, but lagged on a weekly basis.\nBid/ask spread widens\nThe average bid/ask spread of the flow names widened four basis points on the week, to 76 bps. The bid/ask spread has tightened 28 bps in the year to date.\nThe average bid/ask spread for the broad composite widened four basis points on the week, to 188 bps. The average bid/ask spread for the most liquid segment of the broad composite widened three basis points, to 129 bps, while the average bid/ask spread for the least liquid segment of the broad composite widened by four basis points, to 218 bps.\nDiscounted spreads unchanged\nAs the average bid declined this week, the average discounted spread to maturity widened to 425 bps, a five-week high. Still, the average discounted spread is 83 bps narrower in the year to date.\nS&P European Leveraged Loan Index (ELLI)\nThe ELLI distress ratio \u2013 defined as the share of performing loans trading below 80 \u2013 retreated to 16% for the week ended May 24, from 17% in the prior four weeks. At the end of 2012 the distress ratio stood at 19%.\nUsing a start date of Dec. 31, 2003, the Sharpe ratio for the ELLI (based on total return excluding currency) was 0.54, unchanged from last week. The 2012 closing reading was 0.46. The Sharpe ratio for the MLEHY was 0.73, also unchanged from last week; the 2012 closing level was 0.69.\nU.S./Europe comparison\nThe average bid of LCD\u2019s U.S. loan flow-name composite fell 34 bps during the week ended May 30, to 98.96% of par, and is down more than a point in the last three weeks. As a result, the gap between the average bids of U.S. and European flow-name composites widened to 145 bps, from 131 last week, with the European names trading at a premium for the ninth consecutive week. This is the highest premium on the European average since September 2011.\nThe average bid/ask spread for the U.S. flow names was 44 bps, unchanged from last week.\nThe average spread to maturity across the U.S. flow-name composite is L+438, two basis points wider from last week\u2019s reading. The average spread to maturity of the European composite is now 13 bps narrower than its U.S. counterpart.\nThe U.S. flow names are Allison, Avaya, Caesars, Chrysler, Community Health, Del Monte, First Data,Fortescue Metal, HCA, H.J. Heinz, Intelsat Jackson, Neiman Marcus, NRG, Reynolds Group, andUnivision.\nThe European flow names are Alliance Boots, BSN Medical, Convatec, DuPont Performance, Gala Coral Group, Iglo Birds Eye, Ineos, Numericable, UPC Financing, and Wind Telecommunicazioni. \u2013 Staff reports\nPosted in Economy, Europe, News, Trading, Trends\tComments\t0\nEurope, S&P ELLI: Loans lost 0.14% yesterday; YTD return is 3.05%\nFor the month of May so far, the ELLI has lost 0.02%. The total return for the ELLI in the year to date is 3.05%. \u2013 Staff reports\nCash inflow streak to loan mutual funds hits 50 weeks\nRetail-cash inflows into bank loan mutual funds and exchange-traded funds totaled $950.5 million for the week ended May 29, according to Lipper FMI. It\u2019s the 50th consecutive positive reading for a total inflow over that span of $29.4 billion.\nThis week\u2019s figure is down from $1.24 billion last week but above the $871 million from the week prior. It is also short of the four-week trailing average of $1.02 billion, which is at a seven-week high and up from $993 million last week. ETFs added $112 million, the lowest level in six weeks. That accounts for about 12% of the inflow, the lowest rate since the week ended April 3, according to Lipper data.\nLooking at results in the year to date, inflows are $21.9 billion, with $18.9 billion to mutual funds and $3.1 billion directed towards ETFs. For comparison, net cash inflows over the same period a year ago totaled $1.7 billion, with the comparable breakdown of $1.24 billion and $453 million, respectively.\nTotal assets of the weekly reporter sample were $67.8 billion at the end of the latest observation period, which after stripping out the inflow shows a decrease of about $227 million due to market conditions. Total assets are up $25.8 billion in the year-to-date, for a 61% expansion. \u2013 Jon Hemingway\nLeveraged loans lose 0.06% today; YTD return is 2.97%\nCLO volume nears $1B for week; YTD volume: $34B\nCLO issuance in the U.S. rebounded from its second no-issuance week of 2013 with $937 million of vehicles priced over the past 7 days, bringing the month-to-date total to $4 billion.\nThere were a pair of CLOs during the week, a $515 million deal via GSO/Blackstone (Tryon Park) and a $421 million vehicle via NewMark. Year t0 date there has been $34.2 billion in CLO issuance.\nAs always, you can read more about CLOs in LCD\u2019s online Loan Market Primer.\nEurope, S&P ELLI: Loans lose 0.11% yesterday; YTD return is 3.20%\nFor the month of May so far, the ELLI has gained 0.12%. The total return for the ELLI in the year to date is 3.20%. \u2013Staff reports", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 349, "original_length": 20046, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lib.miamioh.edu/databases/m/askus", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:12Z", "digest": "sha1:GO42CW7IRAA7NZK6NVGL77CD6S5LMX2L", "length": 17311, "nlines": 84, "source_domain": "www.lib.miamioh.edu", "title": "Databases : M | Miami University Libraries", "raw_content": "Databases : M\nWith its first appearance on American motion picture screens in February 1935, The March of Time startled journalists, filmmakers, and audiences alike with its controversial topics and unique approach to newsreels. 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Early 20th-century writers focused on sensational aspects, such as moonshining and clan feuding, and often portrayed the region\u2019s inhabitants as uneducated and prone to impulsive acts of violence.The story as depicted in this collection begins in the colonial era, describing the bloody warfare as migrants from Europe and their American-born offspring fought and eventually displaced Appalachia\u2019s Native American inhabitants. It depicts the evolution of a farm- and forest-society, its divided and unhappy fate during the Civil War and the emergence of a new industrial order as railroads, towns and mining industries penetrated into the mountains. Diaries, journals and narratives of explorers, emigrants, military men, Native Americans and travelers are complemented by accounts of the development of farming and mining communities, family histories and folklore.\nConnect to Mountain People: Life and Culture in Appalachia\nMusic Index Online is a basic index for searching for music topics in more than 690 international journals. Articles on musicology, music education, ethnomusicology, and popular music are included, along with book reviews, record reviews, first performances, obituaries, and some dissertations.\nConnect to Music Index Online\nSearches and provides access to hundreds of music journals covering a broad scope of research from performance, theory and composition to music education, jazz and ethnomusicology.\nPreviously known as IIMP Full Text (International Index to Music Periodicals).\nConnect to Music Periodicals Database\n1 simultaneous user.\nBusiness source for music that includes music industry news, a database featuring artists and artist managers, links to venues and presenters, a complete directory of arts organizations, and more.\nConnect to Musical America.Com\nMusicalTheaterSongs.com allows you to enter up to 20-plus parameters (voice type, character age, range, ease for accompanist, descriptive characteristics, etc.) to generate a list of songs tailored to your needs from a growing database with thousands of entries. The database draws from 150 years of musical theater repertoire, ranging from well-known standards to rare finds to help find the right songs quickly and easily. As an added feature, once a list of titles is generated, the database provides links to various sites that allow you to buy, rent, trade or download the sheet music or recordings.\nConnect to Musical Theater Songs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 228, "original_length": 20310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 283.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.libelium.com/company/our-team/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:41Z", "digest": "sha1:SNQTPFIG6REE32SMUKPMQOMDEJ4SQ33E", "length": 387, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.libelium.com", "title": "Founding Team | Libelium", "raw_content": "\u203a Founders:\nAlicia is focused on how IoT is becoming the next tech revolution. 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Click on the logos for a link to their respective pages.\nThe Government have launched the GREAT Business site to provide support and advice to UK businesses. This is currently in Beta testing and users are encouraged to give feedback for future changes and improvements.\nDe Montfort University (DMU) offer a wide range of support services to business. This includes areas such as Consultancy, Knowledge Exchange, Graduate Support and much more on their City Centre campus and Innovation Centre.\nLoughborough University provides a number of business support programmes. From collaboration and consultancy to access to facilities including their Science and Enterprise Park, there is something for businesses of all sizes.\nThe University of Leicester has an impressive track record of delivering cutting-edge research in collaboration with industry and the public sector. Along with having a Silver rated Business School, they offer a wide range of business support and advice.\nEast Midlands Chamber covers Leicester and Leicestershire along with Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; forming the second largest Chambers in the Country. There are numerous benefits to becoming a chamber member ranging from business support, business training, networking and information events to a wide range of discounted products and services.\nThe Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has over 200,000 members UK wide and along with providing lobbying and representation to support issues facing businesses; they also have a wide range of benefits for members. Areas covered include legal protection and healthcare as well as various campaigns to support small businesses.\nThe Business section of Leicester City Council\u2019s website has useful information for both those looking to start a business and those already up and running. Information includes key areas such as licences and rates as well as information on various support programmes and grants.\nThe Business section of Leicestershire County Council\u2019s website contains key information on where to obtain advice and guidance; including how to do business with the council. Alongside this there is also useful information regarding Broadband Leicestershire and property.\nThere are seven Local Authorities across the Districts and Boroughs of Leicestershire. These Authorities work closely with both Leicestershire County Council and the LLEP to provide a number of functions, including business support and advisory services.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 7401, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 184.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.logodesignuk.co.uk/tips-for-small-businesses/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:24Z", "digest": "sha1:TJEPRNONTKGUGWXQR2GNSMJA7C5P3AR4", "length": 2226, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.logodesignuk.co.uk", "title": "Tips for Small Businesses - Logo Design UK", "raw_content": "Starting your own small business is an exciting process to go through. Among the many steps you will have to complete is designing a logo that works well with your business\u2019s core values and the brand itself. To help you get started, we are going to discuss some more logo design tips in this article.\nA good logo must work not only in colors but also in black and white. Make sure the logo you are using can be printed in black and white without losing its meaning or \u2013 even worse \u2013 its key shapes. Colors that look similar when converted into black and white must be avoided.\nSome logo designers love to create a black and white version of a logo in order to preserve its shape and appearance. Although this is an effective solution to consider, it is not the best way to go. A logo that works as well in color and black and white is always best for your business.\nDon\u2019t hesitate to use a logo design service or hire a professional logo designer for the job. Logo design involves more than just arranging letters and shapes into an appealing design. An effective logo must also be recognizable and should always include the brand\u2019s key messages.\nSince you are starting a new small business, a logo that is easily recognizable will go a long way. New and existing customers can get familiar with your brand and the products or services you are offering with the help of an effective logo.\nLast but not least, avoid using clipart and stock images whenever possible. Always use unique design elements for your logo in order to achieve that professional look you are aiming for. Clipart, although they can be very interesting, will only make your logo appears cheap and unappealing. Instead of using clipart as it is, you can download a vector version of the clipart and customize the elements further. When working with a logo designer, this is something you don\u2019t have to remind him or her at all; a good logo designer will always add small yet essential touches to make a logo appears as unique as possible. Now that you have these simple tips in hand, getting starting with the logo design for your small business should not be difficult at all. Work with the right logo designer and get the logo you need to make an impact.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 2672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 286.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lomalindavineyards.com/news-events/index.php?news_id=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:07Z", "digest": "sha1:VMGAD6VVLZZQQHLVUVMYECZ27LF3VO36", "length": 1783, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.lomalindavineyards.com", "title": "Loma Linda Vineyards | Paso Robles | News and Events", "raw_content": "Loma Linda Vineyards Update!\nIn 2008 we produced 1,000 cases of Petite Sirah, Petite Ros\u00e9 and Zinfandel. The harvest in October went extremely well and the fruit looks very promising to make exceptionally good wine! Our wine is now in barrels and has begun its two year journey to become award-winning wine.\nOn March 31, 2009 our 2008 \"Always\" Ros\u00e9, Petite Ros\u00e9 was bottled and is now released for purchase. Get your orders in early as only 160 cases were produced! This delightful Rose' brought home a Gold Medal in it's first wine competition in Orange County, CA at the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition!\nOn July 3, 2009 we bottled our 2007 \"Always\" Zin, Zinfandel. This classic jammy Zinfandel is an exceptional wine with only 179 cases produced. As \u201cAlways\u201d our Petite Sirah continues to be AMAZING and has won several medals this year, including Best of Class and a Gold Medal at the 2009 Los Angeles International Wine Competition!\nThis year we completed the restoration of the original Loma Linda ranch house, which is located across the street from our house. This historic 2,000 sq. ft. home has 3+ bedrooms, 2 baths, completely remodeled kitchen and gorgeous landscaping. The ranch house was built circa 1950. At that time the entire ranch was 1,600 acres and it wasn\u2019t until the early 1990's that it was sold and divided into 10 +/- acre parcels. The Casa del Loma Linda is situated on 20 acres of vineyards. The final phase of vineyard planting will be in the spring of 2011.\nCasa del Loma Linda is booked each weekend until August 2010, but we are currently taking reservations for Summer 2010. This vineyard retreat is the perfect place to unwind after a long day of winetasting and exploring our beautiful wine country! 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A dental crown may become necessary or desired for one or more of the following reasons:\nTo restore a fractured or broken tooth\nTo repair a significantly decayed tooth\nTo support a large or fractured dental filling, especially when little original tooth structure remains\nTo protect a tooth following root canal therapy\nThere are several different kinds of crowns. The most popular type of crown is the porcelain crown, which closely resembles your natural teeth. Crowns are designed to be very durable and strong, and they are expected to last many years. Porcelain crowns in Louisville, Kentucky are customized in size, shape, and color to match your natural teeth. For more information on how a dental crown can restore the health of your smile, and to schedule your visit with our experienced dentist, we welcome you to contact us soon at McMillon Family and Cosmetic Dentistry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2841, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 339.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lymphedemapeople.com/wiki/doku.php?id=glossary:lyme_disease", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:32Z", "digest": "sha1:PC5LLXSK3GGG3BUH4H4K2Z5BHINB64E4", "length": 1273, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.lymphedemapeople.com", "title": "glossary:lyme_disease [Lymphedema People]", "raw_content": "Trace: \u2022 lyme_disease\nglossary:lyme_disease\nLyme disease: Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a \u201cspirochete.\u201d Lyme disease is spread by ticks when they bite the skin. Lyme disease can cause abnormalities in the skin, joints, heart and nervous system.\nInterestingly, the disease only became apparent in 1975 when mothers of a group of children who lived near each other in Lyme, Connecticut made researchers aware that their children all were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. This unusual grouping of illness that appeared \u201crheumatoid\u201d eventually led researchers to the identification of the bacterial cause of Lyme disease in 1982. The number of cases of the disease in an area depends on the amount of ticks in an area and how often the ticks are infected with the bacteria. In certain areas of New York, where Lyme disease is common, over half of the ticks are infected. Lyme disease has been reported most often in the Northeastern United States, but has been reported in all 50 states as well as China, Europe, Japan, Australia and the parts of the former Soviet Union.\nCommon Misspellings: lyme diease, lyme desease, lymes disease, lymes diease, lymes desease\nglossary/lyme_disease.txt \u00b7 Last modified: 2012/10/16 14:40 (external edit)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1528, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 237.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lyndengate.co.uk/residents-association/residents-association.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:35Z", "digest": "sha1:K7FZHTBS2OZ3VJIEWEV6OZXWES375JWT", "length": 818, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.lyndengate.co.uk", "title": "Legal Infrastructure. Residents' Association. Lynden Gate", "raw_content": "Lynden Gate Residents Ltd is the management company that owns the estate roadways and common areas and runs the estate. It is wholly owned by the 70 residents, each of whom is a shareholder in the company.\nThe Title Deeds of the properties set out the relationship between each owner and the management company together with their respective duties and responsibilities. Restrictive covenants set out a requirement for each resident to pay a service charge and each owner is also required to sign a separate Deed of Covenant.\nLynden Gate Residents Ltd is committed to the Privacy and Data protection of Resident's data and operates within a clearly defined Data Protection Poliy which is fully compliant with National and EU law. The details fo the company's policy can be seen here:\nLG Data Protection Policy Mar 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 241.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.macalloharlin.com/our-peoples/?cat=associates", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:41Z", "digest": "sha1:7KVHSGPAWXJ7DFOXGTTWDQWVMEGO3VUH", "length": 2280, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.macalloharlin.com", "title": "Our People \u2013 MacalloHarlin Advocates", "raw_content": "Steven joined MacalloHarlin Advocates in mid-2016. He has been involved in various cases, such as state administrative disputes concerning cancellation of principal licenses, mass employment termination, distributorship disputes and criminal investigations.\nSteven graduated from the Faculty of Law, Parahyangan Catholic University in 2011, and obtained his master\u2019s degree from the same university in 2016. During his years of studying law, he practiced with the Bandung Legal Aid Institute, an organization standing under the supervision of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan Hukum Indonesia), a well-known legal aid organization in Indonesia.\nSteven is a member of the Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI).\nsteven.suprantio@macalloharlin.com\nTiffany joined MacalloHarlin Advocates in early 2017. She has been involved in various cases, including industrial relations, distributorship, and directorship disputes. She has helped to advise clients on industrial relations matters, such as relocation of employees, insurance programs, and foreign workers\u2019 issues. Tiffany\u2019s experience at MacalloHarlin Advocates is extended to criminal matters, where she has assisted clients in police investigations for certain alleged criminal actions, such as fraud, embezzlement, and forgery.\nTiffany graduated cum laude from the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia in 2015. Prior to joining MacalloHarlin Advocates, Tiffany practiced with Lubis Ganie Surowidjojo (LGS), where she was involved in an antitrust case and environmental dispute.\ntiffany.efny@macalloharlin.com\nDion joined MacalloHarlin Advocates in mid-2017. He has been involved in several cases, such as state administrative, distributorship, and construction disputes. He has also assisted clients with certain employment matters.\nDion graduated from the Faculty of Law, Parahyangan Catholic University in 2016. 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Lori Gordon, USA\n\u2018A serious talent\u2026.\u2019 Tony McManus, Scottish guitarist\n\u2018..fantastic fiddle player\u2026\u2019 Kevin Henderson ( Fiddler\u2019s Bid, Boys of the Lough, Session A9)\n\"Malcolm is one of my favourite fiddle players, a great player and a good friend\"....Tom McConville\n\"Real fiddling, played by someone who understands and loves what he is doing\" Fiona Haywood, Living Tradition Magazine\nGlasgow based fiddle, bouzouki player and singer Malcolm Bushby is considered to be one of the UK\u2019s finest musicians. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, his family roots lie in Scotland with his forebears coming from Kirkhill near Inverness, Caithness, Kyle of Lochalsh, Ayrshire and Dumfries. Malcolm has devoted his life developing his unique style, drawing high acclaim from established artists across the UK and beyond.\nMalcolm\u2019s handling of dynamics, ornamentation and beautiful tone lend a soulful, haunting and exciting magic to his music.\nMalcolm started playing fiddle back in his home state of Tasmania, Australia and developed his love of playing Scottish fiddle when he was taught by one of the world\u2019s finest exponents of Scottish \u2018classical\u2019 fiddle playing, Chris Duncan.\nArriving with his family in the UK in 2005, he was accepted into the premier North East folk ensemble Folkestra, under the direction of Kathryn Tickell where he remained as a member for 3 years.\nIn 2009/10 he studied Scottish fiddle with Anna-Wendy Stevenson in The Western Isles. Whilst there he also performed with Kathleen MacInnes, Iain MacDonald and many other luminaries in the Scottish music scene.\nIn 2012 at the age of 22 he released his debut album Islands which was highly acclaimed and gained airplay from radio stations across the world including many programmes on BBC Scotland. My first CD, \u2018Islands\u2019, was released to critical acclaim such as: \u2018Stunning, first class\u2026.\u2019 Iain Anderson, BBC Radio Scotland; \u2018\u2026.outstanding fiddle player\u2019 MusicScotland.com; \u2018\u2026..a player of real substance\u2019 Jim Gilchrist, The Scotsman; \u2018\u2026.impressive debut\u2019, Froots Magazine and many more.\nMalcolm has worked with various instrumentalists and singers from both Scotland and his base in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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He has performed at venues around the UK, including Celtic Connections, The Sage Gateshead, The Royal Albert Hall, the Hexham Gathering, Towersey Village Festival, Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany, Perthshire Amber in Pitlochry, venues in Sweden, Spain and France, and many folk clubs and festivals.\n2014 saw him involved in recording project of 17th Century Scottish music, from the Balcarres Lute Manuscript with Australian based Early Music specialist and Baroque lutenist, Susan King.\nIn 2015 he took part in a 44 show theatre UK tour with Irish dance and song show spectacular, Essence of Ireland.\nMalcolm is currently playing with All-Ireland harp champion Fiana Ni Chonaill and with a relaunched 5 piece folk/rock band Hadrian's Union from the \u2018 Debatable Lands\u2019 of the English/Scottish Borders. Their second album was released in summer 2017 produced by Saul Rose from Faustus and Waterson-Carthy, and mastered by Nick Cooke from The Kate Rusby Band. They are rapidly gaining UK wide attention attracting the interest of many festivals and notable music venues. 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This unique photo history was compiled with assistance from the air and ground crews of JG 54. The 400+ photographs document the story of the Grunherz-Geschwader from its formation in the spring of 1939 to the final battles in the courland pocket in the spring of 1945. Within the timespan lay the arduous years of operations in Poland, France, the Channel Front, the Balkans, Russia, Finland and the defense of the Reich. Werner Held is the author of many books on the Luftwaffe of World War II including The German Fighter Units over Russia, and the Luftwaffe in the North African Campaign (both available from Schiffer Publishing). Hannes Trautloft is a former Geschwaderkommodore of JG 54. Ekkerhard Bob is a former Staffelkapitan in JG 54.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 231.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.malonecsd.org/about-us.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZYVWIGOSCR4BY762K3HPYK63CCMYUTRC", "length": 2936, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.malonecsd.org", "title": "About Us", "raw_content": "The MISSION of the Malone Central School District is to produce to a healthy, responsible, productive citizen who has acquired learning and is capable of contributing to a global community. We will accomplish this by providing an effective, innovative, dedicated, motivating staff using developmentally appropriate, relevant curriculum in an exciting, interactive environment conducive to learning by students prepared to learn.\nThe Malone Central School District is located in northern Franklin County. The community offers a friendly, small-town environment in a picturesque setting that is basically rural in nature. Malone is the county seat for Franklin County with affordable housing made available. Malone offers many cultural, recreational, and leisure activities to meet a variety of interests. The majestic Adirondack Mountains to the south delight the citizens of our community as well as many visitors from all over the world. Local facilities such as the Malone Golf Club which offers two eighteen hole golf courses and the Titus Mountain Ski Area provide year-round relaxation along with the many beautiful streams, lakes and campgrounds. Our Canadian neighbors to the north, Ottawa and Montreal are within one and one-half hours driving time away.\nLocated in the Village of Malone and including portions of nine surrounding towns, the Malone Central School District offers a variety of instructional and co-curricular programs. The district provides educational programs to approximately 2500 students from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve.\nThe district has three elementary schools, Davis, Flanders and St. Joseph\u2019s. An articulated curriculum stresses the development of basic skills as well as higher order thinking skills. The elementary curriculum includes an emphasis on the arts and includes opportunities to participate in elementary band and chorus.\nThe Malone Middle School, with grades six through eight offers a wide variety of subjects including accelerated regents level courses for selected eighth graders. Second language instruction begins at grade 7 in either Spanish or French. In addition, students can participate in sports, band and chorus.\nFranklin Academy is a comprehensive high school situation in the village of Malone. Advanced Placement courses are offered as well as college credit courses through North Country Community College, St. Lawrence University , SUNY Plattsburgh and Paul Smiths College. District graduates display excellence founded on a balance of academics, career preparation, the arts and athletics.\nThe Malone Central School District is a component member of the Franklin-Essex-Hamilton Board of Cooperate Educational Services. The district receives a variety of specialized shared services from the BOCES including performing arts, distance learning, special education, Career Technical Education as well as our New Visions Program in Health Careers and Law/Government.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 5682, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 202.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mannyvargas.com/about", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:24Z", "digest": "sha1:4AA5354YBPN4SW4FAQF5IQKLL7SVBC3G", "length": 1056, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.mannyvargas.com", "title": "About \u2014 Manny Vargas - Connecticut (CT) Food, Beverage, and Lifestyle Photographer", "raw_content": "Photo by Patrick Daly\n\u00a1Hola! and Welcome.\nEmanuel Vargas, more commonly known by his nickname \u201cManny,\u201d is a freelance photographer, who currently resides in West Hartford, Connecticut with his wife and two kids. On the weekends, he enjoys spending time with his family, salsa dancing, and making handmade bow ties for fun .\nManny began showcasing his love for photography as a teenager, and now with over 15 years of experience, it is a dream come true to share this passion with his clients. He incorporates elements from his graphic design background, creating contemporary imagery that pushes boundaries while still maintaining a traditional but playful style.\nManny\u2019s clients range to major brands in the food and restaurant industry. He captures details in every subject that really bring the products to life. His keen eye for detail also allows him to capture candid moments that evoke emotions and convey your story. Manny works closely with each of his clients to create amazing work, and ensure that their photographs are everything they imagine.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 206.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.market-research-reports.com/1009961-commercializing-biomarkers-therapeutic-diagnostic-applications-manufacturers-regions-type-application-forecast", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:37Z", "digest": "sha1:H3AOWTB6ZVEXGIQTXPDMGLEK5BSZOOK3", "length": 4272, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.market-research-reports.com", "title": "Global Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications Market 2019 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2024 by Prof Research Now Available at Market Research Reports", "raw_content": "GLOBAL COMMERCIALIZING BIOMARKERS IN THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS MARKET 2019 BY MANUFACTURERS, REGIONS, TYPE AND APPLICATION, FORECAST TO 2024\nA biomarker is, according to the US National Institutes of Health, \u0093a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention.\u0094\nBiomarkers make take the form of cellular characteristics, metabolites (e.g. sugars, lipids and hormones), molecular variations, or physical features (e.g., clinical symptoms) and are assessed accordingly, via measurement, annotation, documents, and images.\nIncreasingly, the discovery of novel biomarkers is closely associated with the advances in molecular biology techniques that can be accessed through analysis of DNA, RNA or proteins.\nWe can discriminate four main types of molecular biomarkers:\n\u0095 Genomic biomarkers: Based on the analysis of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) profiles, especially the analysis of SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), i.e. identification of punctual variations in genomic DNA.\n\u0095 Transcriptomic biomarkers: Base on the analysis of RNA expression profiles.\n\u0095 Proteomic biomarkers: Base on the analysis of the protein profiles.\n\u0095 Metabolomic biomarkers: Base on the analysis of metabolites (metabolites are the intermediates and products of metabolism).\nCommercializing biomarkers is the path that a biomarker could be used in therapeutic or diagnostic. In this report mainly covers consumables, services, software of this market.\nIn the last several years, global market of Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications developed rapidly, with an average growth rate of 8.49%. In 2015, the consumables revenue growth rate was about 8.5%, the services revenue growth rate was nearly 8.6%, and the consumables revenue growth rate was the highest among the Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications Industry.\nNorth America is the largest consumer of Commercializing Biomarkers, with the sales market share nearly 42%.\nThe second place is Europe, following North America with the sales market share of 31%. Japan and China is also the important market, with the total sales marker share of 18.6%.\nThe worldwide market for Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 6.1% over the next five years, will reach 24400 million US$ in 2024, from 17200 million US$ in 2019, according to a new GIR (Global Info Research) study.\nThis report focuses on the Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications in global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa. This report categorizes the market based on manufacturers, regions, type and application.\n- Dako (Agilent Technologies)\n- Genesys Biolabs (20/20GeneSystems)\n- Agendia\n- ALMAC\n- Arrayit\n- Biocartic\n- BG Medicine\n- KEGG EXPRESSION Database\nChapter 1, to describe Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market driving force and market risks.\nChapter 2, to profile the top manufacturers of Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications, with price, sales, revenue and global market share of Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications in 2017 and 2018.\nChapter 3, the Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications competitive situation, sales, revenue and global market share of top manufacturers are analyzed emphatically by landscape contrast.\nChapter 4, the Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications breakdown data are shown at the regional level, to show the sales, revenue and growth by regions, from 2014 to 2019.\nChapter 12, Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2019 to 2024.\nChapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Commercializing Biomarkers in Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications sales channel, distributors, customers, research findings and conclusion, appendix and data source.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 7563, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 270.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.marlpool-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk/Parents/Attendances-and-Absences/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:27Z", "digest": "sha1:NEROG2INHQHMCQ2HOU2ZQL7RBINYM6C5", "length": 168, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.marlpool-jun.derbyshire.sch.uk", "title": "Marlpool Junior School - Attendances and Absences", "raw_content": "Please ring the office before 8:50 a.m. to report an absence on 01773 712505.\nYour child needs to have above 96% attendance. 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The newly capped Bachelor of Arts (BA) graduate relished the chance to live his pipe dreams and fulfil his study aspirations through Massey\u2019s distance learning programme.\nHe graduated in Wellington last week and was also recognised with an Outstanding Achievers Award from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for his top academic grades, accomplished while he was often on tour with his band or holding down a 30 to 40 hour-week job.\nHamish says combining an exciting globe-trotting existence as a touring musician with distance study and a bevy of interesting jobs \u2013 including working for an MP in the Scottish National Party on the independence campaign in a role which took him to Westminster \u2013 was a brilliant way to get an enriching education.\n\u201cWhat I really appreciated was that it [studying politics and English literature by distance] gave me a different perspective on what I was seeing around me at the time,\u201d Hamish says.\nHamish Dick playing bagpipes in George Square, Glasgow\nLive, work and study abroad - 'an education unlike any other'\nIn a speech he gave at the Outstanding Achiever Awards ceremony in Wellington (the first of three on each of Massey\u2019s campuses), he said his multi-tasking journey began in 2014 the year before he started studying at Massey. His piping hobby had taken him to Scotland where he competed in the premier grade at the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. After returning to New Zealand, he didn\u2019t feel ready to settle down in one place as initially planned.\n\u201cFor me, my uncertainty and itchy feet created quite a conflict. I knew I should study. I enjoy learning, and I understand the value of a quality university education. However, the pipes of Scotland were calling me back.\u201d\nHis father, Ron, himself an ex-student and BA graduate of Massey\u2019s distance programme, made his son aware of the opportunity to study while not physically based at a New Zealand campus.\nSo, at the beginning of 2015, Hamish packed his bags and departed for Edinburgh, having enrolled at Massey in a BA. \u201cWhat a decision! If I can reduce what I have learnt over the past three years to one soundbite, it is that \u2018the classroom is most certainly not the only source of education\u2019.\nHamish Dick with Pro Vice-Chancellor for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Distinguished Professor Paul Spoonley at the Wellington campus Outstanding Achievers Awards.\nProximity to Westminster and Wordsworth a bonus\n\u201cHow many other Kiwi students could say that they have had work experience at Westminster, and spent their post-exam holidays in Rome? What other English students have walked in the footsteps of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth while studying their works, lived in the city of Walter Scott, and whose local pub was next door to Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s birthplace? What other Kiwi students of politics experienced first-hand the Brexit vote while in London and worked for the Scottish National Party campaigning for independence? 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We have found that careful advance planning and consideration of issues when a potential dispute arises will go a long way to achieving positive results while avoiding litigation, or creating an environment which maximizes the chances of success if litigation is the course ultimately selected.\nOur representation of clients in litigation matters is conducted methodically and with an eye toward planned outcomes, thereby giving freedom to our business clients and their owners to plan around these potential outcomes. The range of matters our litigators have successfully prosecuted are varied and include:\nDirector and Officer Liability lawsuits\nWill and Trust Disputes\nLand Use and Zoning Disputes\nMcGlynn Associates, PLC has the capability to staff and manage most types of legal disputes which go to Court. McGlynn Associates, PLC understands that litigation is a business tool which must be operated like the clients business, with an eye toward cost effectiveness, goals and results. 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Matt previously worked as MNI\u2019s Chief Europe Correspondent as well as a reporter for the International Herald Tribune \u2013 New York Times covering business. Simon worked in Asia covering news on business, politics, natural resources and corruption for a series of publications, including The New York Times, Al Jazeera, Newsweek and the Nikkei Asian Review.\nMNI Euro Insight is a subscription-based service and can be accessed here: > www.euroinsight.mni-news.com/\nFor additional information, please contact euroinsight@mni-news.com\nAbout MNI\nMNI (Market News International), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche B\u00f6rse Group, is a leading real-time financial news agency dedicated to providing global capital markets with relevant economic, policy and trading information. 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University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Michigan State University, and author most recently of Will the Middle East Implode? (Polity, 2014)

\nThe mayhem and anarchy currently dominating the political scene in the Fertile Crescent is often attributed to the horrible crimes committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to the growth both of Islamist radicalism and Sunni-Shia sectarianism. But terrorism, extremism and sectarianism are epiphenomena that are products of underlying factors. They are not independent variables that can explain the anarchy pervading Iraq and Syria and threatening to embroil their neighbors, primarily Lebanon and Jordan.\nIt is, therefore, necessary to probe further in order to discover the causal factors responsible for the current sorry state of affairs in the Arab East. One has to go back about 100 years to identify what can be termed the primary factor responsible for the conflicts in the Middle East today: the arbitrary boundaries that created the modern states of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel. These Sykes-Picot boundaries were drawn by the British and French to divide the Arab parts of the Ottoman Empire largely for imperial convenience. The British wanted Iraq for its oil, Palestine in order to implement the Balfour Declaration that promised a homeland for the Jews, and Trans-Jordan, to compensate the Hashemite prince Abdullah ibn Hussein for the loss of Hijaz to the Saudis \u2014 and to show their gratitude to the Hashemite clan for leading the so-called Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire.\nThe French obtained Syria, out of which they created Lebanon as a gift to their Maronite wards, little realizing that their minority status in multi-confessional Lebanon would inevitably lead to civil war and state failure. In Syria itself the French favored the Alawi minority over the restive Sunni majority, creating enormous resentment among the traditional Sunni Arab elite and laying the foundations for today\u2019s bitter Alawite-Sunni rift. The British protectorate of Iraq brought together in one state a substantial Kurdish population in the Mosul vilayet (which, had Iraqi Kurdistan not been rich in oil, would have become a part of the post-Ottoman Turkish Republic) with Sunni and Shia Arabs that came to be ruled by a predominantly Sunni elite resented both by the Kurds and the Shia. The immigration of European Jews into Palestine as part of the British plan to create a Jewish homeland transformed the mandated area demographically and laid the foundation for a century of Zionist-Palestinian conflict.1\nThe implementation of the Sykes-Picot agreement as modified by the Balfour Declaration created weak states lacking the political and social cohesion that only an autonomous process of state-making could create. The legitimacy of these states\u2019 borders has been constantly challenged since their inception, particularly during the heyday of Arab nationalism under the leadership of President Nasser of Egypt in the 1950s and \u201860s, when various abortive plans for the unification of Egypt, Syria and Iraq were attempted.\nHowever, from the 1970s through the 1990s the challenge subsided. Nasser\u2019s defeat at the hands of Israel in 1967 took much of the wind out of Pan-Arabism\u2019s sails. This coincided with the coming to power of strong men in the two most important states of the Fertile Cresent \u2014 Hafez al-Assad in Syria and Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Their heavy-handed rule not only crushed regime opponents; the states over which they presided began to exude a sense of permanence that had eluded them until the 1970s. The situation changed drastically in 2003 with the American invasion of Iraq and the subsequent decimation of the country\u2019s military and civilian state apparatus. This resulted from a deliberate policy of de-Baathification. Iraq\u2019s descent into chaos led many analysts to believe that it was merely a matter of time before the country would disintegrate into a minimum of three parts \u2014 Kurd, Sunni Arab and Shia Arab.\nThe upheavals of 2011, collectively known as the Arab Spring, let loose forces that made a bad situation even worse. Libya, Yemen, and, above all, Syria, began to totter on the verge of collapse as their strong men either fell or were seriously challenged. Iraq\u2019s situation was compounded by the Maliki government\u2019s shortsighted and overtly sectarian policies, which alienated Sunni Arabs as well as Kurds almost to a point of no return. The Iraqi state, like its Syrian counterpart, began to unravel as well.\nInto the void created by state failure in Iraq and Syria moved the extremist jihadi elements symbolized by ISIL. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had done something similar during the early years of the American occupation, when the Iraqi state had lost control of vast areas of the country, especially in the north and west. These events were almost a re-run of what had happened in Afghanistan when al-Qaeda emerged to fill the void left by the collapse of the state in the 1990s.\nWhat this demonstrates is that it was not the rise of extremism or radicalism that created anarchy and state failure in the Middle East. It was state failure and the anarchy surrounding it that provided the opportunity for such groups to flourish. Therefore, jihadism and extremism are not the independent variables that many imagine them to be, but merely the products of anarchy and chaos that normally accompany state failure. It also demonstrates that artificially created states are more vulnerable to state failure than those, such as Turkey and Iran, which are products of a largely autonomous historical process of state formation and consolidation.\nThe Republic of Turkey was created by a hard-fought war of independence in the teeth of opposition by the victorious powers of World War I. It owes its existence not merely to the rump of the Ottoman forces led by Mustafa Kemal that spearheaded the war but even more by the enormous sacrifices of the Anatolian peasantry, both Turks and Kurds, during four years of incessant fighting. Iran has remained a distinct political entity since the sixteenth century. Despite the loss of territory in Central Asia and the Caucasus, principally to the Russian Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Persian and Azeri center has continued to hold for five centuries.\nSectarianism, like extremism, is also a byproduct of state debility and collapse rather than its cause. The rise of both religious sectarianism (Sunni-Shia) and ethnic (Kurds-Arabs-Turkmens) is directly related to the failure of the state to provide security to its population. The state provides other services as well, but citizens repay it with revenue and loyalty primarily because it guarantees their security and ensures societal predictability. When the state is unable or unwilling to provide security to individuals, groups or communities, they turn to other sources, usually those that have been part of the citizen\u2019s primordial identity. Individuals and groups transfer both their loyalty and revenues to these alternative providers of security once the state abjures its primary role.\nThe emergence of sectarian, ethnic and regional militias as alternative providers of security following state collapse is best explained by the incapacity of the state to perform its basic functions. Explanations based on conflict of identities or skewed distribution of resources among different segments of the population, while important, are secondary to the variable of state failure. Sunnis and Shias took refuge in their sectarian identities in Iraq Lebanon, and elsewhere when the state ceased to be a functioning entity. The story was repeated in Syria as well.\nWeak states are easily permeable entities. Lebanon was traditionally the classic example of this phenomenon, providing the opportunity for external powers from the region and outside to engage in proxy wars with their adversaries through local surrogates. Maronite militias acted as proxies for Israel and the United States, Sunni groups as proxies for the Arab nationalist regimes of Egypt and Syria. These proxy wars helped tear the Lebanese social fabric apart.\nCurrently, Iraq and Syria are the primary theaters of proxy wars pitting Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies against Iran. The Saudi-Iranian cold war for primacy in the Persian Gulf is being largely played out in the Fertile Crescent. This proxy conflict has contributed heavily to the surge of sectarianism in both Iraq and Syria. This is related to the fact that Saudi Arabia is a fundamentalist, Sunni state that is viscerally anti-Shia while Iran is the leading Shia state in the Middle East. Both have stoked the fires of Sunni-Shia conflict to serve their own ends although the Saudi contribution is far greater than that of Iran. The Shia are a minority in the Arab Middle East, even if they are a majority in Iraq and a plurality in Lebanon, and Iran is a non-Arab state. Tehran, therefore, has to be much more discrete in how it plays the Shia card if it is to retain influence in the predominantly Sunni Arab world.\nAnother and related proxy war is raging in Syria with the United States and its allies pitted against the Assad regime supported by Russia. The naval base at Tartus in Syria is of great symbolic importance for Russia, as it is its only military base outside the former Soviet space and thus augments its image as a global power. The Assad regime guarantees the existence of this base and has also been a loyal ally of Russia since the Soviet days. For the United States, its desire to bring down the Assad regime is driven by its commitment to its Saudi ally, its desire to weaken Iran, and its concern for the security of Israel. The involvement of Russia and the United States in the region has added to the population\u2019s insecurity and further circumscribed state autonomy.\nThe emergence in the Arab East of Sunni Islamist radicalism, often identified as an independent variable affecting the security situation in the region, is not an autonomous factor. The various jihadi groups, from al-Qaeda and the al-Nusra Front to ISIL, are all inspired by an ideology nurtured in Saudi Arabia and exported by the Saudi regime around the greater Middle East to shore up and expand its influence in the region, especially against the growing influence of Shia Iran, the Saudis\u2019 primary regional competitor.\nAll these groups are offshoots of Wahhabi version of salafism, the dominant Saudi religio-political ideology. They differ from the original version in that they combine the political radicalism of Syed Qutb, the Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s chief ideologue in the 1950s and 1960s, with the ultra-conservative social and cultural ethos of Wahhabism. Furthermore, huge doses of violence have been added to this ideology, a product of the state-free context in which they operate. Consequently, they now pose a threat to Saudi interests in the region and even to the Saudi regime itself. The Saudi government now considers them anathema.\nThe Saudi and allied connection with these jihadi groups is not merely ideological but also financial. These countries have been the primary source of funding for the proxy war with Iran and the Syrian and Iraqi regimes allied with it. While the Saudi regime may have stopped funding these groups directly, wealthy individuals in the country and in the Gulf sheikhdoms continue to finance multiple jihadi groups especially in Syria. Much of the money goes through Kuwait, which, according to a recent Brooking\u2019s report, has become the hub for financial transfers to extremist jihadi Sunni groups in the region.2\nAnother factor that has contributed to the growth of radical Islamism is the failure of moderate Islamism to retain power after the Arab uprisings. This outcome had been foreshadowed by the refusal of outside powers, especially the United States and the Israeli occupier to accept Hamas\u2019s takeover of power in occupied Palestine after its victory in the elections of 2006. However, the lesson from this episode was blurred; Palestine was occupied territory, and the occupation generated its own dynamic that observers thought could not be repeated in other countries of the Middle East.\nEvents after the Arab Spring have dispelled this notion. While Ennahda in Tunisia faced enormous difficulties even after it attained a plurality in free and fair elections, the most dramatic case where moderate Islamists were ousted from office by force was Egypt. The overthrow of President Morsi by a military coup, the killing of 1,000 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, the outlawing of the Brotherhood by the Sisi regime, and the incarceration of the Brotherhood\u2019s top leadership sent the clear message that remnants of ousted regimes and their foreign backers \u2014 in this case, Saudi Arabia and the United States \u2014 will not countenance rule by an Islamist party, even if it is committed to constitutionalism and democracy.\nIn one fell swoop, the moderates lost the debate to the extremist Islamists who had condemned the Brotherhood for making ideological compromises and had argued that Islamists could only hold power in the Middle East through the barrel of a gun. The events in Egypt have been grist for the extremist mill, bringing fresh recruits to their cause, some of them former moderate and constitutionalist Islamists. Groups like ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates have benefited immensely from the forcible overthrow of the Morsi government in Egypt, which discredited the constitutionalist road to power in the eyes of many political activists with Islamist sympathies. As the popularity of the jihadist elements has soared, so have anarchy and conflict in Iraq and Syria.\n1 According to Lord Balfour, \"The Great Powers are committed to Zionism. And Zionism, be it right or wrong, good or bad, is rooted in age-long traditions, in present needs, in future hopes, of far profounder import than the desires and prejudices of the 700,000 Arabs who now inhabit that ancient land.\" Quoted in Walid Khalidi, \u201cOne Century After World War I: Palestine and Palestine Studies\u201d, Open Democracy, April 2, 2014, accessed at https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/walid-khalidi/one-century-after-world-war-i-and-balfour-declaration-palestine-and-pal.\n2 http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/12/06-private-gulf-financing-syria-extremist-rebels-sectarian-conflict-dickinson?utm_campaign=Saban+Center+for+Middle+East+Policy&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=14171475.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 15920, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 204.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=52380", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:38Z", "digest": "sha1:FMWTQZ7S7CI7MJ4JYJJTPX3DCGE7I3AN", "length": 1155, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.metalunderground.com", "title": "First Bands Confirmed For Download 2010 - in Metal News ( Metal Underground.com )", "raw_content": "First Bands Confirmed For Download Festival 2010\nposted Jan 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM by Diamond Oz. (5 Comments)\nThe organisers of the United Kingdom's Download festival has announced the first batch of names for this year's edition of the event. The biggest news is that AC/DC will be headlining the first day of the event, marking their first appearance at Donington since 1991. Many other big names have also been added to the bill, including Them Crooked Vultures, Motorhead, Megadeth, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet For My Valentine, Wolfmother and Volbeat. The festival will be held at Castle Donington from June 11th - 13th. Stay tuned for more confirmations and details.\nOzzy Osbourne Appears On NBC's \"Today Show\"\nMegadeth Announces \"Rust In Peace\" Tour\n5 Comments on \"First Bands Confirmed For Download 2010\"\n1. BodomBeach writes:\nI'm going :)\nBought my tickets in the early bird offer last year :D\n2. metalheaddrummer101 writes:\nBB-how am I not suprised\n3. n0thinghead writes:\ndamn =\\ sounds f***ing kool. stupid america >;.>;\nMHD: :P (i might've told you already anyway)\nNone of the good festivals are in the states, expecially not in texas.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 3919, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 315.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mhrestaurants.com/gough-econ-celebrates-australian-mint-upgrade-project-success.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:00Z", "digest": "sha1:3DD4MR4BIDEYQ7ODHPTV4AJUNEQ6RE5B", "length": 2668, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.mhrestaurants.com", "title": "Gough Econ Celebrates Australian Mint Upgrade Project Success - MH Restaurants", "raw_content": "Gough Econ Celebrates Australian Mint Upgrade Project Success\n(Charlotte, NC)\u2014Leading material handling equipment supplier Gough Econ recently announced that the company has yet another reason to celebrate. This time, their team is ecstatic about the success of a recent project during which they assisted with the upgrade of the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra, Australia. In what has been deemed one of the most extensive modernization and revamp projects ever undertaken by a mint, the Royal Australian Mint automated its coin production with bucket elevator systems from Gough Econ.\n\u201cWe could not be prouder of what we have accomplished with this project. Our team supplied the Royal Australian Mint with two Econ-OLift Bucket Elevators and an Elecon Bi-Axial Bucket Conveyor, the only bucket Conveyors in the world that can move in three different directions with the ability to turn corners in addition to vertical and horizontal movement. We were able to manufacture all three systems at our facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, ensuring the highest possible quality and function when they were delivered across the world,\u201d said Don Calvert of Gough Econ.\nGough Econ\u2019s elevator installation was part of the Royal Australian Mint\u2019s $60-million modernization of material handling and automation systems. With a variety of robots and automated guided vehicles, the system serves the purpose of delivering blank coins to each of the Mint\u2019s 13 stamping presses and then feeding the finished coins to the facility\u2019s packaging area.\nCalvert went on to say, \u201cGough Econ takes pride in everything we build and is dedicated to supplying only the most durable and reliable materials for every project. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with the Royal Australian Mint on this upgrade and are excited about how these new elevators will help them streamline their operations.\u201d\nAbout Gough Econ:\nGough Econ is a world leading engineer and manufacturer of comprehensive and integrated solutions to bulk material handling industries on a global level. Specializing in total integration of new or existing systems, Gough Econ focuses on total integration from concept to solution plus post-installation or delivery support for all clients. Whether partnering with a food-handling or metal and powder industry leader, Gough Econ is dedicated to the development and timely delivery on systems that move product safely and efficiently. With a reputation for innovative, high-quality service and equipment, Gough Econ is the company clients can count on to partner with on company large scale investments and complex projects for the best possible solution and outcome.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 5782, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 322.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mirm.pitt.edu/category/medical-devices/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:34Z", "digest": "sha1:DXWSI4MV5MBOCNJPR67EBOQIGEIBW54O", "length": 19308, "nlines": 79, "source_domain": "www.mirm.pitt.edu", "title": "Medical Devices | Regenerative Medicine at the McGowan Institute", "raw_content": "Media Medical Devices\nFDA Awards Five Grants to Advance the Development of Pediatric Medical Devices\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, Medical Devices | September 26, 2018\nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has awarded five grants totaling up to $6 million per year over the next five years to Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) across the country that will provide advice and support services to innovators of children\u2019s medical devices.\nMEBot Wheelchair Featured at VA Research Fair in Washington, DC\nMcGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Rory Cooper, PhD, FISA & Paralyzed Veterans of America Professor and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Science & Technology, professor of Bioengineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, and Founding Director and VA Senior Research Career Scientist of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories\u2014a VA Rehabilitation R&D Center of Excellence in partnership with Pitt\u2014participated in the recent VA Research Fair in Washington, DC. He demonstrated MEBot, a wheelchair which can climb stairs.\nEngineering Team Designs Exoskeleton Technology to Help People Walk Again\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, Medical Devices | August 15, 2018\nIt seems like something straight out of a science fiction movie: humans wearing bionic technology to move more easily.\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, Medical Devices | August 1, 2018\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, Medical Devices | April 4, 2018\nResearchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D printer, and they have released the breakthrough designs as open source so that anyone can build their own system. The researchers\u2014Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Biomedical Engineering (BME) Associate Professor Adam Feinberg, PhD, BME postdoctoral fellow TJ Hinton, PhD, and Kira Pusch, a recent graduate of the MSE undergraduate program\u2014recently published a paper in the journal HardwareX that contains complete instructions for printing and installing the syringe-based, large volume extruder (LVE) to modify any typical, commercial plastic printer.\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, Medical Devices | February 1, 2018\nImplanted devices send targeted electrical stimulation to the nervous system to interfere with abnormal brain activity, and it is commonly assumed that neurons are the only important brain cells that need to be stimulated by these devices. However, research published in Nature Biomedical Engineering reveals that it may also be important to target the supportive glial cells surrounding the neurons.\nWearable Artificial Lung Designed to Help Sick Children Remain Mobile While Hospitalized\nArtificial lungs have long been used to help sick children until a lung transplant is available.\nWhile these devices are helpful in supplying oxygen to children suffering from cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, and pulmonary fibrosis, among other diseases, during the wait for lung transplants, they restrict mobility.\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Current News, Medical Devices | January 4, 2018\nPitt\u2019s Bioengineering\u2019s BodyExplorer Research Featured at First Annual ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | October 26, 2017\nVirginia Tech and the Smithsonian\u2019s National Museum of American History presented the first annual ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival on October 13-15, 2017. The festival, programmed by Virginia Tech\u2019s Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology and the Museum\u2019s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, was a 3-day celebration of creative exploration and research at the nexus of science, engineering, arts, and design (SEAD). Visitors to the festival interacted with innovators and experienced new interdisciplinary technologies developed to address global challenges. The event was free and open to the public.\nALung Receives IDE Approval to Conduct VENT-AVOID Trial of the Hemolung RAS for the US Market\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | October 3, 2017\nALung Technologies, Inc., was founded in 1997 by McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty members William Federspiel, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and the late Brack Hattler, MD, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon. Drs. Federspiel and Hattler and the team from the McGowan Institute Medical Devices Laboratory developed the original Hemolung technology which was subsequently licensed by ALung for commercial development. The Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS) has been approved outside of the United States since 2013 and is commercially available in major European markets.\nBuilding a Pump Without Parts\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | September 14, 2017\nControlling fluid flow at the micro- and nano-level can enable the development of self-operating microfluidic devices and even small-scale factories that perform chemical synthesis and biomedical assays, as well as drive robotic systems operating in harsh environments. The stumbling block, however, is devising effective ways to regulate the movement of the fluids at such small, confined levels.\nMedical Implants and Aging\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | August 30, 2017\nMcGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member Bryan Brown, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering with a secondary appointment in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Recently, he discussed with Liz Reid of National Public Radio\u2019s WESA his current research with different bioactive coatings to modulate the immune response to implanted devices.\nDrs. Prashant Kumta and Robert Kormos and CardioSense Receive Funding from Coulter@Pitt TPII Program\nThe McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine congratulates McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty members \u2026\nPitt\u2019s Center for Medical Innovation Awards Round-1 2017 Pilot Funding\nThe University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) awarded grants totaling $65,000 to three proposals through its 2017 Round-1 Pilot Funding Program for Early Stage Medical Technology Research and Development. Two of the three projects funded include McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty members as part of their leadership teams. Award details include:\nWearable Artificial Lung to Deliver Greater Mobility to Patients\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | August 2, 2017\nMcGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member William Federspiel, PhD, William Kepler Whiteford Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, and Critical Care Medicine and the Director of the Medical Devices Laboratory at the McGowan Institute, recently spoke to Pittsburgh\u2019s NPR News Station WESA about current research and pre-clinical trial efforts towards the development of a wearable artificial lung for patients suffering from lung failure. The new device promises to deliver greater mobility and increased odds for survival following severe lung damage.\nAs a rule, implants and the immune system don\u2019t get along. The human body recognizes these materials as foreign substances and tries to fight them like a virus or bacteria. Although this response can cause trouble for doctors and patients, new research at the University of Pittsburgh suggests the immune system can actually assist the body in accepting implanted biomaterials.\nALung Submits IDE Application to FDA Seeking Approval to Conduct Pivotal Study of the Hemolung RAS\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | May 10, 2017\nFrom core technology developed at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine by William Federspiel, PhD, William Kepler Whiteford Professor in the Department of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, and Critical Care Medicine, and the late Brack Hattler, MD, ALung Technologies, Inc., has designed and developed a medical device that removes carbon dioxide and delivers oxygen to the bloodstream, replacing intubation where oxygen is delivered to the patient through a tube that is placed into the entrance to the lungs. ALung announced recently the submission of its Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to conduct a pivotal clinical study of the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System for the treatment of adults with severe acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | April 26, 2017\nProsthetic Arm + Brain-Computer Interface = 2016 #1 Innovative Idea\nUPMC/University of Pittsburgh researchers\u2019 latest work toward developing a prosthetic arm with a brain-computer interface was voted as the #1 most innovative idea in 2016 by the readers of STAT, a national publication focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. There were 32 total pioneering discoveries considered in the voting.\nPitt-Developed Artificial Lung Shows Promise in Pre-Clinical Trials\nUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers have developed and tested a wearable artificial lung (pictured) that eventually could be used by patients with advanced lung disease. The new device, which showed positive results in pre-clinical tests, promises to deliver greater mobility and increased odds for survival following severe lung damage.\nNorth Carolina Students Learn About Perfusion at Procirca\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Education, Medical Devices, News Archive | April 6, 2017\nAs reported by Casey Adams for Inside UPMC, 20 students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T) who are enrolled in University of Pittsburgh\u2019s distance learning class, \u201cArtificial Organs,\u201d recently made a 7-hour trek from their university to visit the Procirca Perfusion Simulation and Education Center at UPMC Shadyside. The course is conducted by McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty member Harvey Borovetz, PhD, Distinguished Professor and former Chair (2002-2013) in the Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, the Robert L. Hardesty Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, a Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, a Professor \u2013 Clinical and Translational Science Institute, a University Honors College Faculty Fellow, and within the McGowan Institute, the Deputy Director of Artificial Organs and Medical Devices.\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | April 6, 2017\nPitt\u2019s Center for Medical Innovation Awards Four Novel Biomedical Devices\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Cellular Therapy, Medical Devices, News Archive | January 26, 2017\nThe University of Pittsburgh\u2019s Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) awarded grants totaling $77,500 to four research groups through its 2016 Round-2 Pilot Funding Program for Early Stage Medical Technology Research and Development. The latest funding proposals include a new technology for treatment of diabetes, a medical device for treating patients requiring emergent intubation, an innovative method for bone regeneration, and a novel approach for implementing vascular bypass grafts. Each project includes McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty members on its team.\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | January 19, 2017\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | December 8, 2016\nPitt Team Receives $2.5 million in DOD Funds for First Retrievable Vascular Stent\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | November 3, 2016\nResearchers at the UPMC Division of Vascular Surgery and the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering have been awarded a 4-year, $2.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for further development of a retrievable stent to treat noncompressible hemorrhages, a major cause of mortality among servicemen and women, as well as civilian gunshot victims.\nImagine being in an accident that leaves you unable to feel any sensation in your arms and fingers. Now imagine regaining that sensation, a decade later, through a mind-controlled robotic arm that is directly connected to your brain.\nWearable devices that monitor physical activity are not reliable tools for weight loss, says a new study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Education\u2019s Department of Health and Physical Activity. McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine affiliated faculty member Steven Belle, PhD, MScHyg, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh and a Co-Director in the Epidemiology Data Center in the Graduate School of Public Health, was a member of the research study team. The study specifically investigated whether regular use of commercially available activity trackers is effective for producing and sustaining weight loss.\nNew Fully Dissolving Heart Stent\nUPMC is the first hospital in western Pennsylvania to use Abbott\u2019s fully dissolving Absorb GT1 Biodegradable Vascular Scaffold System (BVS), a first-of-its-kind device recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It functions by opening a blocked artery in the heart, restoring blood flow, and providing relief from symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD). A 58-year-old woman with severe coronary artery disease was the first patient to receive the absorbable device.\nNSF Grant: Develop a Transistor Based on 2D Crystals to Lower the Energy Consumption of Electronics\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | June 27, 2016\nTwo University of Pittsburgh researchers in the Swanson School of Engineering received a $496,272 grant from the National Science Foundation to study two-dimensional semiconductors with the goal of demonstrating a switch that requires less power than conventional silicon-based transistors.\nDrs. Rory Cooper and Dan Ding Receive Pitt Chancellor\u2019s Innovation Commercialization Funds\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Awards and Recognition, Medical Devices, News Archive | June 23, 2016\nThe University of Pittsburgh has dedicated $1 million in gap funding over the next 2 years to assist Pitt innovators seeking to commercialize their research discoveries. Coordinated through the University\u2019s Innovation Institute, the Chancellor\u2019s Innovation Commercialization Funds will assist faculty and students with Pitt discoveries in identifying unmet needs in the market for their innovations, developing prototypes, identifying potential commercial partners, or forming a new enterprise.\nNew Cardiovascular Device That Reduces Risk of Stroke\nThe University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is the first hospital in western Pennsylvania to use the Watchman device (pictured), an implant recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an alternative to long-term blood thinner therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Studies have shown that the Watchman device offers these patients as much protection from stroke as blood thinners.\nLocal Start-Up Based on McGowan Institute Technology Prepares for 2017 US Clinical Trials\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | March 10, 2016\nAs reported by Kris Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, South Side biotech company ALung Technologies, Inc. has closed a $12 million financing round, with investors about evenly split between existing shareholders and new high net-worth individuals, mostly from southwest Pennsylvania, a company executive said.\nNew Study Shows Promise of ALung\u2019s Hemolung Technology to Help Protect the Injured Lung\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | February 25, 2016\nBased on core technology developed by McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine faculty members William Federspiel, PhD, W.K. Whiteford professor of bioengineering, chemical engineering, and critical care medicine, and the late Brack Hattler, MD, ALung Technologies, Inc., is today a leading provider of low-flow extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) technologies for treating patients with acute respiratory failure. The company announced recently the publication of new results from an investigator-sponsored clinical study of its Hemolung Respiratory Assist System (RAS) in patients with moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The Hemolung RAS, a minimally invasive artificial lung device which removes carbon dioxide independently of the lungs through a process called Respiratory Dialysis\u00ae, was shown to safely and effectively facilitate an ultra-protective mechanical ventilation strategy in this group of patients.\nBy The McGowan Institute For Regenerative Medicine | Medical Devices, News Archive | November 10, 2015\nTwenty-five years ago a historic medical event occurred in Pittsburgh. In 1990, Brian Williams, a teenager from Georgia, was the first ventricular assist device (VAD) patient to be discharged from the hospital with formal approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Mr. Williams was discharged from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center\u2019s Presbyterian Hospital to a local Family House, where he lived with his parents while waiting for a heart transplant. As amplified below, substantial progress has been made in the size and reliability of VAD systems since 1990 through collaborative efforts between McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine faculty and device manufacturers. Over the years, Mr. Williams has told his incredible story to audiences of bioengineers, including students and faculty nationwide. He also has experienced much happiness in his life. He has completed his undergraduate and graduate education, is married to Jenny, and has a son, Jacob.\nVADs are mechanical devices that help the heart pump blood from one of the main pumping chambers to the rest of the body. VADs have been used since the mid-1980s. In their early days, however, VADs were considered only as a short-term solution for a defective heart. The device was bulky, had a large support console (see console at the left in the 1990 photo above), and required patients to be hospitalized in an intensive care unit. 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You may also require one for other purposes. 10 tools supplied.\nBlackberry: Bold 9700, 9780, 9900, 9930 Curve 9630\nC300, K1,L2, L6, MPX200, MPX220, V3 (face), V3m (Face), V3 (Face), V3c (Face), V3i, V173, VX3300, V170, V171 & Z300a\n* On the V3/V3i series a T6 will remove the screws that attach the battery cover. You will require a T5 for the screen screws and the hinge screws\n2630, 6126, 6131, 7650, 8800 (lens), 8801 (lens), 8800 (lens), Sirocco (lens), 8910/8910i & N95/N95 8gb (front cover)\n.Some require a T5 in addition to the T6 eg the 8800/N95\n*N95 requires a T5 & T6. The T6 dismantles the lower block assembly only\nW550i, W600i & T237\n4NE1, A56, C1300, C56, C61, CF62, CF63, CT56, G4020, L1100, L1150, L1200, L1400, M55, M56, MC60, SIE-C65, C66, CT66, C70, C71, S46, S56, S65, S66, SL55, VX1 & VX4400\nC65, C66, CT66, C70, C71, MC60, C56, CT56, A56, C61, S46, S56, S65, S66, M56, SL55, M55, CF62 & CF63\nGD55, G50\nPalm m515 / m505 Palm m500\nPalm Zire 71/72\nPalm Tungsten W / C/ E / E2\nPalm m100 / 105 / 125 / 130\nPalm Zire 21 / 31\nPalm Tungsten T / T2 / T3 / T5\nTreo 650 / 680 / 700 / 750 / 755\nIpaq 63xx\nPlus many other toys including some Gameboy models. Please check with manufacturer for compatibility.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 5936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.67, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.morrisherald-news.com/2017/08/07/morris-not-admitted-to-interstate-eight/a7rc2ka/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:51Z", "digest": "sha1:OX2HU7ZRTE6ZDHLJ6MAESPISMMP72CNP", "length": 2950, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.morrisherald-news.com", "title": "Morris not admitted to Interstate Eight | Morris Herald-News", "raw_content": "The Morris football team, and the rest of the Redskin teams, will remain part of the Northern Illinois Big 12 after a vote by Interstate Eight principals did not allow them to be admitted to the I-8.\nBasketball games between Morris and Coal City will continue to be scheduled as non-conference games as Morris was not admitted into the Interstate Eight Conference on Monday.\nMORRIS \u2013 The Interstate Eight Conference principals met Tuesday morning and voted to not admit Morris Community High School into the conference.\nThe vote total, which I-8 officials did not release, means that Morris, with its enrollment of 844, will remain a member of the Northern Illinois Big 12.\nThe schools curently in the Interstate Eight, and their enrollments, are Coal City (636), Wilmington (486), Reed-Custer (471), Sandwich (708), Plano (717), Herscher (569), Seneca (424), Streator (942), Lisle (484), Westmont (448), Peotone (530) and Manteno (651). However, the Interstate Eight will be reduced to 11 schools next year after Seneca departs.\nSeneca will join the Sangamon Valley Conference for football and wrestling and the Tri-County Conference for all other sports and activities.\nThe Northern Illinois Big 12 consists of Morris, Yorkville (1,748), DeKalb (1,790), Sycamore (1,254), Kaneland (1,343), Geneseo (812), Ottawa (1,375), LaSalle-Peru (1,218), Sterling (998), and Rochelle (910).\nIn the past few years, Morris teams have been in the same regionals or sectionals as Interstate Eight schools such as Plano, Sandwich, Coal City, Peotone, Herscher, Streator, and Manteno.\nMorris principal Kelly Hussey was given the news following the meeting by Manteno principal and Interstate Eight president Roger Schnitzler. The Interstate Eight had held a meeting in June, but did not vote since not all the schools were represented.\n\u201cEven back in June, we had heard that it may go that way,\u201d Hussey said about the vote. \u201cMr. Schnitzler told me that we did not get enough votes on our behalf to admit us into the conference.\u201d\nHussey also noted that Schnitzler said that the Interstate Eight will stay with its current alignment of 11 schools. Other schools that had been considered were Pontiac and Kankakee.\nMorris has been a bit nomadic in its recent history. After being a member of the Little Seven Conference from 1973-1995, the Redskins have been in the Suburban Prairie, Southwest Prairie, NCIC and Northern Illinois Big 12.\n\u201cWe are not upset with the NIB 12,\u201d Hussey said. \u201cWe have had some differences, like schools in any conference do, but we have been working out those differences. We aren\u2019t actively looking to leave. The Interstate Eight approached us, we did not approach them.\n\u201cIn the future, if the opportunity presents itself, we would definitely look at it, We owe it to our community and our consituents to do what is best for the kids. 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As the lead role players have a big fan following in other countries, support from them is definitely about to help them in making the movie more popular in the global market. Competition with the Hollywood as well as English cinemas will also affect the business of the Indian cinema in overseas. Latest box office numbers are awaited.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3559, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mthermonministries.org/mens-ministry.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:47Z", "digest": "sha1:6CHY2P3ZC7V3C6ONMEEESIEFHVXRM6YP", "length": 313, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.mthermonministries.org", "title": "Men's Ministry", "raw_content": "Mt. Hermon Men's Ministry Book Study\nMen of Responsibility and Excellence, Join Pastor Glover and the M.O.R.E Men's Ministry as they explore \"Six Battles Every Man Must Win\" by Bill Perkins, Sunday Mornings at 9:00am in the Administration Room on the Mount Hermon Campus, 2856 Douglas Avenue, Ft. 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[Because] he was a little nervous \u2014 bless his heart, he\u2019s really a very nice young man, and the president said, 'Can you believe that we\u2019re both sitting in this Oval Office?'\"\nListen to the full episode of the podcast below.\nhttps://soundcloud.com/anotherroundwithhebenandtracy/episode-37-the-room-where-it-happens-with-valerie-jarrett", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 2271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mtv.com/news/513748/orgy-shoot-stitches-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:06Z", "digest": "sha1:TTXV6DHLFET5OM6YTPT66J6WWF7AOGUC", "length": 548, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.mtv.com", "title": "Orgy Shoot 'Stitches' Video - MTV", "raw_content": "Orgy Shoot 'Stitches' Video\nOrgy took a break from touring to shoot a video for \"Stitches\" in Long Beach,\nCalif., on Thursday (April 22) and Friday. Rocky Morton (Gravity Kills) directed\nthe clip, which a Reprise Records spokesperson said has a futuristic look and uses the\nmusic-video process and its conventions as a motif. It's expected to be released in about\nthree weeks. \"Stitches,\" Orgy's first single from their debut album, Candyass, has\nbeen re-released following the industrial pop-rockers' successful cover of New\nOrder's \"Blue Monday.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1321, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mtvindia.com/quiz/general/the-ultimate-kuch-kuch-hota-hai-qui-121105.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:41Z", "digest": "sha1:BSOMLDTWLHDLD5QYCHUSKO6LWUIL4EDS", "length": 398, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.mtvindia.com", "title": "The Ultimate Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Quiz", "raw_content": "The Ultimate Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Quiz\nQ1. 1. How many songs does the movie feature?\nQ2. 3. 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Please try one of the other versions of the document.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 120.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mygovcost.org/2016/05/18/world-banks-panic-selling-u-s-treasuries/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:42Z", "digest": "sha1:NPQZW2QCHY464Y37JFT2Z7K5AN6LFCPR", "length": 2112, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.mygovcost.org", "title": "World Banks Panic Selling U.S. Treasuries | MyGovCost | Government Cost Calculator", "raw_content": "World Banks Panic Selling U.S. Treasuries\nWednesday May 18th, 2016 \u2022 Posted by Craig Eyermann at 6:35am PST \u2022\nWhat happens when a number of the world\u2019s central banks begin selling off their holdings of U.S. Treasury securities\u2014the money the U.S. federal government borrows to sustain its spending?\nThat\u2019s a real question today because according to CNN , that\u2019s exactly what three of the U.S. government\u2019s largest lenders did in the first quarter of 2016:\nThe article goes on to explain their motive for selling off such large quantities of their U.S. Treasury holdings:\nJudging by the selloff, policymakers across the globe were hitting the panic button often and early in the year as oil prices fell, concerns about China\u2019s economy rose and stock markets were very volatile.\nIn response, countries may be selling Treasuries to prop up their currencies, some of which lost lots of value against the dollar last year. By selling U.S. debt, central banks can get hard cash to buy up their local currency and prevent it from losing too much value.\nThe U.S. government gets one major benefit from having the world in financial turmoil\u2014the same panic that prompted foreign central banks to sell their U.S. Treasury holdings to prop up their currencies also prompted large numbers of U.S.-based individuals and institutions to buy more U.S. Treasuries, which pushed down their yields, which means that the U.S. government can borrow more money at lower interest rates to sustain its spending, as the following chart from Bloomberg illustrates. Note the more-than-20% sustained decline beginning in January 2016:\nBecause the U.S. government realizes this kind of benefit, it has a very strong incentive to continue to promote instability elsewhere in the world so long as it continues to sustain its deficit spending at elevated levels, as illustrated by the following chart from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget from January 2016.\nAll of which would go a long way toward explaining the Obama administration\u2019s active pursuit of a multitude of half measures in response to various developing global crises.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 265, "original_length": 8121, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 214.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nawwal.org/~mrgoff/photojournal/2006/winspr/03-17p14ducks.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:34Z", "digest": "sha1:EJOPQ5IBSYFLL6G7O4U5256TRF23XZPR", "length": 135, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nawwal.org", "title": "Ducks", "raw_content": "Of particular note is the male Green-winged Teal that can be seen in amongst the Mallards.\nPrevious: Park Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 443, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 331.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/sport/2018/aug/23/eight-things-to-know-about-asian-games-gold-medallist-rahi-sarnobat-101734.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:47Z", "digest": "sha1:KMM3WGDGEI6OIPHF562PGDFURTHGUQHD", "length": 4320, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.newindianexpress.com", "title": "10 things to know about Rahi Sarnobat- The New Indian Express", "raw_content": "Eight things to know about Asian Games gold medallist Rahi Sarnobat\nPublished: 23rd August 2018 01:30 PM | Last Updated: 24th August 2018 07:53 AM\nRahi Sarnobat on Wednesday became the first Indian female shooter to win a gold at the Asian Games, achieving the rare feat after a nerve-wracking 25m pistol final. Click to know more about her:\nRahi Jeevan Sarnobat hails from Kolhapur in \ufffc\ufffcMaharashtra\ufffc\ufffc. \ufffc\ufffcHer inspiration is fellow Maharashtrian and 50m rifle prone world champion Tejaswini Sawant. Rahi Sarnobat is also the sixth Indian to shoot a gold at the Asian Games, joining Saurabh Chaudhary, Jaspal Rana, Randhir Singh, Jitu Rai and Ronjan Sodhi. Her 34 in the finals also ended up as a joint Games Record. (Photo |AP)\nRahi, who had become India's first pistol shooter to win a gold in World Cup back in 2013, had suffered a serious elbow injury last year - just before going to Glasgow for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. On her way to training in Pune, she misplaced a step, tripped and fractured her elbow. While she ploughed on to get gold in Scotland before following that up with a bronze in the 25m pistol team event at Incheon, the injury had already done enough damage. The recoil effect caused the broken bones to grind together. (Photo | Twitter)\nFrom 2015 to the end of 2016 was spent either in shooting ranges or on hospital beds; trying to find a cure for poor scores and pain in the elbow. She had once posted on Twitter: \u201cWeapons give me a peace of mind.\u201d It was only giving her pain then. That\u2019s when she decided to go for two steroid shots. It was a painful process which put her out of action for seven months. (Photo | AP)\nRahi won the bronze medal in world cup 2011 and got selected for London Olympics in 2012, thereby becoming the first Indian shooter to qualify for the 25 meters sports pistol event in the Olympics. Rahi is a double gold medallist at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and had a bronze in the 25m pistol pairs event at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games. She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune. Rahi had not won a major medal since the Commonwealth Games gold in 2014 due to the injury. Rahi was taken aback when she was told that she had become the first female from India to win a shooting gold at Asian Games. But this medal was extremely important for her, having also undergone a laparoscopic surgery earlier this year. (IN PIC: Silver medalist Thailand's Naphaswan Yangpaiboon, left, gold medalist India's Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat, center, and bonze medalist South Korea's Kim Minjung display their medal at the final round of the 25m pistol women's shooting event at the 18th Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia, Aug. 22, 2018/ AP)\nRealising that she needed a tweak in her technique following her injuries, Rahi roped in Munkhbayar Dorjsuren, a two-time world champion and Olympic medallist from Germany. They hit it off immediately and she signed a contract with the German-Mongolian till 2020. Rahi is thankful for the emotional connection. \u201cWe had one trial training camp and after that, I decided to hire her.\u201d Dorsjuren is originally a Mongolian who moved to Germany and claimed an Olympic bronze for the country back in 2008, the same year Abhinav Bindra scripted history for Indian shooting. (Photo | AP)\nBoth Anisa Sayyed, Rahi\u2019s partner when they won team gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and Joydeep Karmakar, who saw his junior up close during the London Olympics, said this couldn\u2019t have come to a better person. Anisa spoke intimately about the injury struggles she had to grapple. \u201cShe had problems and had to undergo operations,\u201d Anisa said. \u201cOnce she was confined to the bed for two months.\u201d (Photo | AP)\nRahi is an avid reader who never gets excited. 'I have got four books kept in my room at the Games Village. I am currently reading S L Bhyrappa. He is a Kannada writer but I am reading the Marathi translated version. It is about human relations and philosophy. I have three days free so I am going to back to my room and finish it,' said Rahi. (Photo | AP)\nNext stop is the Worlds in Changwon in South Korea, the place where she won her only World Cup gold, back in 2013.' I hope Changwon is lucky for me again,' Rahi said. (Photo | AP)\nCongratulations, Rahi Sarnobat! (Photo |AP)\nRahi Sarnobat 25m pistol Asian Games", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 7741, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newsjaw.com/jurors-who-oversaw-james-holmes-case-haunted-by-trial/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:44Z", "digest": "sha1:HKSP3752FIKYIX5AIK5Q4DRGSPAIF75X", "length": 7717, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "www.newsjaw.com", "title": "Jurors who oversaw James Holmes case haunted by trial \u2013 NewsJaw", "raw_content": "CENTENNIAL, Colo. \u2014 For nearly 14 weeks, they sat in a suburban Denver jury box, listening for hours as witnesses described the searing pain of gunshot wounds and the terror they felt as they fled the movie theater, the gunman still firing at them.\nThey sat feet from a poster-sized photo of a 6-year-old girl\u2019s bullet-ravaged body. They held the murder weapons. And when the jurors announced they couldn\u2019t agree that James Holmes should die for his crimes, they heard the cries of his anguished victims.\nFour months later, they are still haunted \u2014 their struggles showing how the scars of a mass shooting can stretch from the victims, to the first responders and even to the jurors who must decide what to do with the perpetrator.\nNOTEBOOK SHOWS AURORA SHOOTER\u2019S \u2018BROKEN\u2019 MIND\nOne juror cut her hair, fearing she\u2019d be recognized by a victim she saw at a grocery store. Another can no longer hunt with her husband, worried the sound of a gunshot will trigger her post-traumatic stress disorder. Another can\u2019t sleep without nightmares.\nSome started seeing therapists as they work through the shame they feel for the flashbacks and anxiety they suffer despite never having set foot inside the theater in July 2012, when 12 were killed and scores of others injured.\nThe jury box is at right in Courtroom 201, where the jury later sat for the trial of Aurora movie theater shootings defendant James Holmes in Centennial, Colo. Months after the trial, jurors who served said they\u2019re still troubled by flashbacks and nightmares, survivor\u2019s guilt and hypervigilance that have made it impossible to return to their normal lives.\n\u201cI wasn\u2019t actually in that theater, but I listened to and felt the experiences of everyone who was, from every angle,\u201d said a 36-year-old marketer who is still so worried she wanted only to be known by her juror number: 1009. \u201cI felt their sorrow and their sadness.\n\u201cAnd when I left the courtroom,\u201d she said, \u201cI took it all with me.\u201d\nThe names of all the jurors \u2014 the 12 who deliberated and 12 alternates \u2014 were sealed throughout the trial and remain confidential by court order. Three of them spoke to The Associated Press about their post-trial struggles on condition that only their first names be used, citing concerns for their safety and privacy. The fourth, the marketer, asked to not be identified by name.\nTo cope, the four send each other uplifting text messages, gather for dinners at quiet restaurants and connect during phone calls that sometimes end in sobs. They\u2019re also raising money to help pay for a victims\u2019 memorial. They briefly dared the spotlight to promote their charitable work.\nIt\u2019s unclear how the other jurors are faring. Several reached by AP in the weeks after the verdict wouldn\u2019t comment about their experiences, but prosecutors have indicated some of them are still suffering.\nStudies show that, especially in death penalty trials and those with multiple killings, jurors can experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, nightmares, anxiety and insomnia, sometimes for months after they leave the courtroom.\n\u201cIt\u2019s the horrific amount of violence that was done and loss of life that\u2019s very distressing to see up close, which you have to do to evaluate a case like this,\u201d said Valerie Hans, a Cornell Law School professor who has studied juries.\nJAMES HOLMES UNFAZED IN COURT AS VICTIMS RECALL MURDER SPREE\nHans applauded the jurors for forming a support group, saying they are the only ones who can fully understand the experience.\nProsecutors invited all the jurors to come talk to them after the trial, and most did.\nJames Holmes escaped the death penalty but will serve life in prison.\n\u201cThey were visibly shaken from what they had learned,\u201d prosecutor Lisa Teesch-Maguire said. \u201cSome of them told us they were nervous to talk to us, others thought it was so relieving to be able to talk to people whom they sat so close to in the courtroom.\u201d\nProsecutors angling for the death penalty relied heavily on victims\u2019 vivid and graphic recollections of the carnage Holmes inflicted inside the darkened theater and its continued effect on their lives.\nDefense attorneys were more clinical and less emotional as they tried to convince jurors Holmes was insane.\nIn the end, prosecutors and jurors said, a single juror blocked Holmes\u2019 execution, believing his mental illness meant he should get the mercy of a life sentence. Because the jury was unable to unanimously agree on a death sentence, a judge sentenced Holmes to life in prison without parole.\nThat led to jurors becoming targets of vitriol on talk radio, social media and from frustrated victims, at least one of whom suggested there was a plant among them to ensure Holmes survived.\nJurors saw graphic images of violence and gore and even held the murder weapons Holmes used in the massacre.\n\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people who blame us, and that\u2019s just a really hard burden to bear,\u201d said Mona, who favored execution.\nMona deliberated; the other three were alternates. Like the 12 main jurors, those three were forced to digest thousands of crime scene photos, coroners\u2019 reports and 911 calls. But they didn\u2019t get the chance to vote on Holmes\u2019 fate.\n\u201cWe\u2019re not victims, but the impact on us has been tremendous. We\u2019re looking for a little bit of peace, too,\u201d said Jessica, a 30-year-old high school teacher who, like the others, began seeing a therapist after the trial.\nA recent lockdown drill at school made her unusually nervous about whether she would be able to protect her students if a real gunman roamed the halls. \u201cAnd movie theaters?\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s out of the question.\u201d\nWhen she went to see a movie during the trial, she just stared at the floor and cried.\nOne of Mona\u2019s most tormenting flashbacks is that of the face of Ashley Moser when the verdict was read. Moser, a 28-year-old mother who was paralyzed, suffered a miscarriage and whose 6-year-old daughter Veronica was killed in the attack, shook her head and then slowly leaned it against the wheelchair of another paralyzed victim.\nMona can\u2019t shake that image, especially when her new sleeping pills don\u2019t work. She worries that jurors let the victims down by blocking death for the man who caused such profound and lingering harm and wonders if they should have deliberated longer.\nHer temper is shorter and she is more anxious now. She is so fearful of large crowds that she missed her 16-year-old son\u2019s playoff football game.\nThe theater attack has been eclipsed already by so many other acts of mass violence. Even if it feels like the rest of the world has moved on since Holmes\u2019 August sentencing, the jurors want people to remember what happened.\nThey are raising money to add artwork to a memorial outside Aurora\u2019s city hall. In doing that, they\u2019ve connected with others tied to the attack \u2014 a handful of the victims they had only known from the day-to-day sight of their solemn faces in the courtroom gallery.\nAt one joint interview with a local radio station about the memorial, Jessica broke down crying. She was embraced by Megan Sullivan, whose 27-year-old brother, Alex, was killed in the attack.\nThose connections have been a relief for the jurors: \u201cJust to know that they don\u2019t hate us,\u201d Mona said.\nHeather Dearman, Moser\u2019s cousin, briefly met the jurors through fundraising and expects to keep in touch with them for years.\n\u201cFor them, it\u2019s a fresh wound,\u201d Dearman said. \u201cI can see that they are in their grief process, at a different place than I am. I just wanted to put my arms around them and hug them and tell them that everything is going to be OK.\u201d\ncolorado ,\naurora movie theater shooting ,\nmass murder ,\nAustralian Tinder users match with STDs\nHERO Swipe left! Hero condoms created mock STD Tinder profiles. \u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 170, "original_length": 17623, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 326.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/a-new-feature-in-the-washington-posts-opinion-section-will-alert-readers-to-opposite-viewpoints-with-the-help-of-ai/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:11Z", "digest": "sha1:V6SSOJWOVD4ZLRDXJWJSVPCZIBVUDBAV", "length": 3753, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.niemanlab.org", "title": "A new feature in The Washington Post\u2019s Opinion section will alert readers to opposite viewpoints (with the help of AI) \u00bb Nieman Journalism Lab", "raw_content": "A new feature in The Washington Post\u2019s Opinion section will alert readers to opposite viewpoints (with the help of AI)\nLINK: www.washingtonpost.com \u279a | Posted by: Laura Hazard Owen | November 9, 2017\nWhat\u2019s the role of an opinion section in a newspaper today?\nThe Washington Post argues that its role is to expose readers to new viewpoints. As such, the paper has launched a new online feature, Counterpoint, that \u201csurfaces an Opinions article with a different perspective than what a user is currently reading.\u201d\nOther news outlets are attempting to expose their readers to viewpoints they may not agree with \u2014 there\u2019s Anna Dubenko\u2019s \u201cRight and Left\u201d column in The New York Times, and Jason Wilson\u2019s \u201cBurst Your Bubble\u201d column in The Guardian. But those columns mainly present roundups of content found on other sites. The Post\u2019s effort, meanwhile, keeps readers within its own site, and uses AI rather than human curation to expose opposite viewpoints.\nFor example, on Wednesday the Post ran an editorial by Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of Chicago, and Bruce Reed, President Bill Clinton\u2019s assistant for domestic policy, entitled \u201cDemocrats can keep winning: Just copy (Bill) Clinton.\u201d When you get to the bottom of that article, you\u2019ll see the \u201cCounterpoint\u201d: an editorial by Post contributor Ed Rogers, a former Reagan and Bush administration official, arguing that Democrats\u2019 wins in Virginia on Tuesday night don\u2019t necessarily mean much for races in other parts in the country.\nCounterpoint will be found on all kinds of Opinions articles, including those on non-political issues.\n\u201cWe are always looking for ways to surface good content for readers who may not be familiar with it,\u201d said Fred Hiatt, the Post\u2019s editorial page editor. \u201cIf you come to read a great column by Charles Krauthammer, would you be interested in a counter argument by Ruth Marcus? If a link to Greg Sargent brought you to our site, would you stick around if you knew that Michael Gerson had written a really smart piece on the same topic, but from a different perspective?\u201d\nThe Post\u2019s engineering team created a backend database to help surface Counterpoint articles. \u201cIf a user is reading an article that is pro-tax reform, it would be paired with an article against the legislation,\u201d said Sam Han, the Post\u2019s director of data science. \u201cThe system recommends a candidate article that the reader hasn\u2019t read.\u201d And the team is in the process of training its AI models to learn the tagging behavior of Post editorial staff.\nOwen, Laura Hazard. \"A new feature in The Washington Post\u2019s Opinion section will alert readers to opposite viewpoints (with the help of AI).\" Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 Nov. 2017. Web. 15 Feb. 2019.\nOwen, L. (2017, Nov. 9). A new feature in The Washington Post\u2019s Opinion section will alert readers to opposite viewpoints (with the help of AI). Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved February 15, 2019, from http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/a-new-feature-in-the-washington-posts-opinion-section-will-alert-readers-to-opposite-viewpoints-with-the-help-of-ai/\nOwen, Laura Hazard. \"A new feature in The Washington Post\u2019s Opinion section will alert readers to opposite viewpoints (with the help of AI).\" Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 9, 2017. Accessed February 15, 2019. http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/a-new-feature-in-the-washington-posts-opinion-section-will-alert-readers-to-opposite-viewpoints-with-the-help-of-ai/.\n| url = http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/11/a-new-feature-in-the-washington-posts-opinion-section-will-alert-readers-to-opposite-viewpoints-with-the-help-of-ai/\n| title = A new feature in The Washington Post\u2019s Opinion section will alert readers to opposite viewpoints (with the help of AI)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 9795, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 242.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/2011-a-year-of-literary-advancement/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:53Z", "digest": "sha1:4N2HXPCBHT6NLB6RYNCP5RMQUNLZT7V7", "length": 7219, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.nigerianbestforum.com", "title": "2011: A YEAR OF LITERARY ADVANCEMENT : Nigerian Latest News Papers News Online", "raw_content": "2011: A YEAR OF LITERARY ADVANCEMENT\nFiled in General\tby furtune\ton December 31, 2011\nBy HENRY AKUBUIRO\nProf Chinua Achebe\nIt was generally a robust year for Nigerian literature. Literature got a big boost from the establishments, new heroes emerged and publishing flourished for many Nigerian writers. In this yearly round-up, we bring you the literary personalities, events and issues that made the headlines in 2011.\nJust as he did the previous year, former ANA President, Hon. Wale Okediran, continued the writers\u2019 residency programme he initiated two years ago, graduating two fresh batches of resident writers. The first group, which finished their six-week stay at the Ebedi international Writers Residency at Iseyi, Oyo State, was made up of Emmanuel Ugochi and Igoni Barret; while the second group, which graduated in September, included Spencer Okoroafor and Anaele Ihuoma. The residency aims at encouraging creative writing through offering writers a place of seclusion for writers to polish their craft.\nIn May, two legendary Nigerian writers, Gabriel Okara and Chukwuemeka Ike, turned 90 and 80 respectively, and events were organized by writers and different groups to celebrate their birthdays. One of such was the forum organized for Okara at the National Theatre, Lagos, by the national body of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).\nIn June, a new Nigerian writers\u2019 collective, JALAA, created a big buzz on the Nigerian literary scene with the publication of four new books by notable Nigerian writers based at home. The qualities of the books (Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo\u2019s Roses and Bullets, Jude Dibia\u2019s Black Bird, Odili Ujubuonu\u2019s Pride of the Spider Clan and Uche Peter Umez\u2019s The Runaway Hero) were highly rated, and the group embarked on a marathon of readings across the country to promote them.\nIn July, a Lagos banker, Tony Monye, released the biggest novel, Between a Valley and a Plain, published in Nigeria so far. The 743-page novel was published by Oracle Books, Lagos.\nThis year\u2019s Garden City Literary Festival was a bomb. Drawing many writers from across the globe and political heavyweights from Nigeria and beyond, it revolved around the theme \u201cLiterature and Politics\u201d. The event which kicked off at the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, on Monday, September 12, ended on Saturday, September 17 at the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt.\nOrganized by the Rainbow Book Club and sponsored by the Rivers State Government, the festival featured literary symposia, bookfair/art exhibition, writing workshops for budding writers, stage plays, special presentations by schoolchildren, among other exciting activities.\nAchebe\u2019s keynote speech on \u201cLiterature and Ethnicity\u201d was presented by his son, Dr. Chidi Achebe, on Wednesday, September 14 at the Emmanuel Ebitimi Banigo Hall, University of Port Harcourt. In his speech, Achebe, among others, echoed the relevance of writers in society: \u201cThe creative enterprise is a magical space onto itself \u2013the mind in mutual with the world and its elements to produce something of aesthetic value. Creative writers are like painters, using words to paint a literary tapestry.\u201d\nThe festival featured great writers like the Ghanaian writer, Ama Ata Aidoo; Ilyas Tunc from Turkey; Nigerian writers, Prof. Femi Osofisan, Prof. Molara Ogundipe, Captain Elechi Amadi, among others, also had in attendance celebrated American human rights activist, Rev. Jesse Jackson; former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku, to mention a few. An exited Governor Chibuike said of the festival: \u201cI have thoroughly enjoyed myself.\u201d\nIn October, the Coal City Literary Forum, in conjunction with the National Orientation Agency, Enugu, organized a reading campaign to mark World Literary Day in Enugu. The event, which took place at the National Library, Enugu, featured the 2007 NLNG Prize runner-up, Uche Peter Umez, and Mrs. Chinyere Onyemachi Agabi, author of Nwanba, among other books. Mrs. Adaobi Nwoye, who leads the forum, said the idea behind the event was to sharpen the reading and writing skills of students.\nAlso in October, Mai Nasara, author of the juvenilia, The Missing Clock, won this year\u2019s edition of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, beating two other works and writers on the shortlist \u2013Eno\u2019s Story by Ayodele Olofintuade and\nThe Great Fall by Chinyere Obi-Obasi \u2013to the $100,000 prize.\nNovember witnessed three major book events in the country: The Lagos Book/ Art Fair, the 1st MBA Literary Colloquium to mark Governor Mua\u2019zu Babangida Aliyu\u2019s birthday in Minna and the 30th International Convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors in Abuja, which ended on December 4.\nThe Minna event drew writers from across the country, including Odia Ofeimun, Wale Okediran, Karen-King Aribisala, Akeem Lasisi, Prof Tanimu Abubarka, Prof. Ahmed Yerima, Ahmed Maiwada, Jude Dibia, Yahaya Dangana. It featured symposia on prose, drama, poetry, criticism and publishing, as well as songs, poetic performances and drama sketches.\nThe keynote speaker, the acclaimed poet, Odia Ofeimun, in his speech entitled \u201cBuilding Intellectual Power to Fix Nigeria\u201d, applauded the massive support to literature by Governor Mua\u2019zu Babangida Aliyu since he became governor of Niger State four years ago, describing him as \u201cthe first advertisement of intellectual commitment.\u201d\nThe poet noted that, for him to make headway in societal transformation, the first thing the intellect had to do was to establish reason as a weapon of inquiry. Odia lamented the scant attention accorded to the development of Nigeria\u2019s language policy, saying \u201cpart of the problems we have as a people is that we don\u2019t develop the language of the people.\u201d\nWhat was meant to be the biggest literary event of the year turned out to be the biggest flop of the year in Abuja from November 31 to December 4 when the thirtieth convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors was held. With very little to remember, the convention will go down in history as having gathered Nigerian writers in the FCT and made them a laughing stock due to shoddy preparations and organization by the host branch, ANA Abuja.\nThe convention, however, produced new leaders for the association: Prof. Remi Raji (President), Denja Abdulahi (Vice President) and BM Dzukogi (General Secretary). The Akwa Ibom State branch of the association won the hosting right for the 2012 convention.\nOn Saturday December 3, The Sun began a new chapter in Nigerian print journalism by publishing the first edition of its monthly literary pullout, The Sun Literary Review. It is the only literary journal published in Nigerian media at the moment. The next edition of the pullout will be published in Saturday Sun on January 7, 2012.\nRenowned poet, Prof Niyi Osundare, rounded off an eventful year with a reading on Wednesday December 14 at the Art House, Victoria Island, Lagos. Performing to a considerable sizable crowd, the poet read from his latest poetry collection, City without People, based on the Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, in the US, in 2005, which nearly took his life.\nTags: 2011: A YEAR, ADVANCEMENT, LITERARY, OF\n\u00ab BIN LADEN AND GHADDAFI: MEN WHO LOVED DEATH\nRESTORING NIGERIA ON PATH OF GLORY \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 10132, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2524", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:56Z", "digest": "sha1:MWD7HIBZSP4KTZPOI7YIUEQWUDMNTU7H", "length": 3348, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.njtransit.com", "title": "New Jersey Transit", "raw_content": "NJ TRANSIT SET TO FULLY RESTORE HISTORIC RUTHERFORD STATION\nOfficials celebrate completion of exterior improvements, announce start of interior work\nNEWARK, NJ \u2014 U.S. Representative Steven R. Rothman and NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Richard Sarles joined Rutherford Mayor John F. Hipp today at the historic Rutherford Station on the Bergen County Line to mark the completion of exterior renovations and announce the start of interior restoration work that will preserve the building as both a transit facility and community landmark.\n\"I am pleased to have delivered federal funding to the people of Rutherford to make this project possible and maintain the integrity and history of the train station,\u201d Congressman Rothman said. \u201cWe have not only restored the building's century-old elegance, but we have also made it useful again, preventing even costlier repairs down the road.\"\nNJ TRANSIT kicked off the first phase of the two-phase project in May 2008, with the Board of Directors awarding a $1.4 million contract to DMR Construction Services Inc., of Waldwick, NJ, to restore the original exterior of the historic station.\nIn May 2009, the Board authorized a $988,000 contract with Collette Contracting, Inc., of Rutherford, for construction work on the second phase of the project\u2014expected to be completed in spring 2010\u2014to refurbish the interior of the station.\n\u201cThe exterior improvements to Rutherford Station have helped to restore and preserve one of New Jersey\u2019s historic assets, while ensuring the useful life of the station for residents and riders,\u201d said Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chairman Stephen Dilts. \u201cWith the federal funds secured by Congressman Rothman, we are now starting on the interior work that will result in a fully restored Rutherford Station.\u201d\n\u201cThe restoration of Rutherford Station demonstrates our commitment to maintaining safe and comfortable transit facilities for our customers,\u201d said NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Richard Sarles. \u201cWe greatly appreciate Congressman Rothman\u2019s ongoing support of NJ TRANSIT, and we are gratified that he was able to secure the funding that has allowed us to begin the second phase of this restoration project,\u201d said Sarles.\n\u201cThe Rutherford Train Station is a significant piece of the Borough\u2019s history and a beloved focal point of our community,\u201d said Mayor Hipp. \u201cWe are pleased that the work to preserve the station\u2019s exterior has been completed, and we thank Congressman Rothman for securing the funding that is allowing for the interior restoration as well.\u201d\nThe recently completed exterior work included design and restoration of masonry; thorough cleaning of brick, sandstone, limestone and bluestone; restoration of the copper-clad window enclosure; and repair and replacement of window sills, doors, exterior columns and soffits.\nInterior work is being funded entirely with $1.9 million in federal funding secured by Congressman Rothman, and will include restoration of the main station building\u2019s ceiling and floors, windows, doors, wood benches, plaster surfaces, and wood frames and moldings, as well as the replacement of exterior windows and doors in the taxi stand building.\nListed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, Rutherford Station was constructed in 1898 and serves approximately 1,030 customers on a typical weekday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 5586, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 282.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.njwomenshistory.org/discover/biographies/lilly-martin-spencer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:41Z", "digest": "sha1:AV6HBIDCVQWEYWKA7UTV4JVXPVKPRUCJ", "length": 2522, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.njwomenshistory.org", "title": "Lilly Martin Spencer - New Jersey Women's HistoryNew Jersey Women's History", "raw_content": "Army Reserve belong to the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps viagra australia online There are two types of contraceptive pills - the combined pill and the progestogen-only pill\ninfo@alicepaul.org\nNJ Women\u2019s Heritage Trail\n\u2013 \u2013 Main menu \u2013 \u2013Home Discover\t- - Time Period - - Topics - - Biographies Teach\t- - K-12 Resources Research\t- - Bibliography - - Resources NJ Women\u2019s Heritage Trail About\nImage from the Wikimedia Commons\nLilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902) of Newark is recognized as one of the most popular American painters of the mid-19th century. There is a great deal of mystery surrounding Spencer\u2019s artistic beginnings, although one particular tale relates that Spencer had decorated the plaster walls of her family\u2019s farmhouse with charcoal drawings. These elaborate depictions, according to legend, became something of a tourist attraction in the community. Local press caught wind of the young girl\u2019s talents and so began Spencer\u2019s illustrious career as a painter.\nSpencer was an independent woman who made a living as a successful portrait painter at a time when very few women had access to professional opportunities. Her husband, Benjamin Spencer, assisted his wife in her career by preparing canvases, managing her business affairs, and sharing in the housework and care of their thirteen children. They were quite the modern couple.\nHer genre paintings, which depicted reassuring moments of family life and reflected 19th-century tastes, were no longer in high demand at the start of American Civil War. The previous period of general optimism felt by most Americans had been extinguished during wartime. Nevertheless, Spencer had already produced a large body of work that placed her among the very best American artists. Over the years, Spencer\u2019s work has been included in the 1939 Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s retrospective exhibition of 300 years of American Art.\nPast and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women\nThe 1997 paperback edition of Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women was issued by Syracuse University Press. It includes a new preface by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joan Burstyn of Syracuse University (formerly of Rutgers University) and a necrology of subjects deceased since initial publication of the hard cover edition in 1990.\nAlice Paul Institute, Inc. at Paulsdale\n128 Hooton Road\nwww.alicepaul.org\nThe Alice Paul Institute received a special\nproject grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission,\na division of the Department of State.\n\u00a9 Copyright 2014, Alice Paul Institute, Inc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 2994, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 255.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.okmoviequotes.com/you-cant-expect-a-man-like-me-to-be-faithful-to-any-woman.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:37Z", "digest": "sha1:5UMBLWWHL43WFHXL4O5CDMCHU6PKLRDT", "length": 119, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.okmoviequotes.com", "title": "You can\u2019t expect a man like me to be faithful to any woman. \u2013 MOVIE QUOTES", "raw_content": "You can\u2019t expect a man like me to be faithful to any woman.\nYou can't expect a man like me to be faithful to any woman.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 119.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oneinthree.com.au/volunteer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:12Z", "digest": "sha1:NTEGR6MHWVZYLUB5D4ODVL5B56TEZFSC", "length": 371, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.oneinthree.com.au", "title": "One in Three Campaign - VOLUNTEER", "raw_content": "If you would like to volunteer to help with the One in Three Campaign, please fill out the form below. We would like to know where you are located, how many hours per week you are available to work on the Campaign, and the top three skills you can offer us.\nWe will add you to our database and be in touch once we require a volunteer in your location with your skill set.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2070, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.openculture.com/2015/04/stephen-hawking-sings-monty-pythons-galaxy-song.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:31Z", "digest": "sha1:7YMR4LXLRFLCQFG5UE2FLZ3YKNRCVJNS", "length": 1113, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.openculture.com", "title": "Stephen Hawking Sings Monty Python's \"Galaxy Song\": Hear the Newly-Released Single | Open Culture Stephen Hawking Sings Monty Python's \"Galaxy Song\": Hear the Newly-Released Single", "raw_content": "Stephen Hawking Sings Monty Python\u2019s \u201cGalaxy Song\u201d: Hear the Newly-Released Single\nin Astronomy, Comedy, Music, Physics | April 13th, 2015 2 Comments\nThe \"Galaxy Song\" first appeared in the 1983 film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and it has been revived in later years -- on Monty Python albums, and in Monty Python stage plays. Now the song originally written by Eric Idle has been re-recorded, this time with the lyrics sung by the world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking. The lyrics include a lot of astronomical facts, some now considered outdated by scholars. But that doesn't take the fun out of the recording.\nThe song will be available for download on iTunes. (If you live in the UK, find it here.) And it will also be released as a 7\" single. But you can stream it online for free above. Enjoy.\nMonty Python\u2019s Best Philosophy Sketches\nTerry Gilliam Reveals the Secrets of Monty Python Animations: A 1974 How-To Guide\nJohn Cleese\u2019s Philosophy of Creativity: Creating Oases for Childlike Play\nJohn Gesang says:\nFucking wonderful and sublime! Thank you.\nPetteri says:\nNext, I\u2019d like a Stephen Hawkwind.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 552, "original_length": 10396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 219.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.opporecruitment.co.uk/news/mod-pays-out-75m-to-redundant-civil-servants-27.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:53Z", "digest": "sha1:6B67Y3K5YTL2WYUHN5VIGCOU55I2ZWY3", "length": 1848, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.opporecruitment.co.uk", "title": "Ex Military Personnel Recruitment, Soldiers, Civilians", "raw_content": "The Ministry of Defence has paid \u00a375m to civil servants made redundant over the past three months as part of the government's programme of cuts.\nThe 2,500 staff received payoffs averaging \u00a330,000, according to MoD figures.\nDetails of the payoffs were released after a second wave of armed forces redundancies were announced this week. A spokesman for the MoD said the job losses were necessary to help tackle the \"black hole\" in the country's defence budget.\nHe said civilian staff had received \"considerably less\" on average than military personnel, who are also losing thousands of posts as a result of the cuts programme.\n\"Where a sergeant receives an average payoff of around \u00a365,000, a civilian receives around \u00a330,000 on average,\" the spokesman said. \"The MoD civilian workforce is reducing by around 33% compared to a reduction of 17.5% in military manpower.\"\nShadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy, criticised the pay-outs in the wake of the government's announcement of fresh cuts.\n\"David Cameron is culling the army in their thousands while spending millions on civil service payoffs,\" he said.\n\"He needs to get his priorities straight. People worried about the impact of the cuts on families and the front line will be angry at this news.\"\nThe MoD announced on Tuesday that it was looking to shed 2,900 posts from the army, around 1,000 from the RAF and 300 from the Royal Navy. The defence secretary, Philip Hammond, justified the decision by insisting he had \"no choice\" because of the appalling state of military finances.\nThe army and RAF were worst hit, with the Gurkhas bearing the brunt of losses. But Hammond said the new cuts would not affect troops fighting in Afghanistan.\nUnder the Strategic Defence and Security Review, the RAF and Navy has to cut 5,000 posts each by 2015. 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His show is from 4-7pm every day and will be run with the help of British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS).\n\"I'm excited to be bringing Radio 1 to the troops and show them we appreciate their hard work,\" said Greg. \"I love a challenge and an adventure and this will be a brilliant opportunity to see how BFBS and Camp Bastion works. Trust my luck that Daniel Craig went out there last week - it's not the easiest gig to follow James Bond, is it?\"\nRadio 1 and 1Xtra DJ Tim Westwood broadcast live from Afghanistan last year and BFBS presenters Richard Hatch and Jessie Aru also anchored segments live on Radio 1 in 2010 from Camp Bastion.\nRhys Hughes, head of programmes for BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra, said: \"Our ambition is that BBC Radio 1 with Greg James will reflect what it feels like for our armed forces personnel to live and work in Camp Bastion. We are delighted to be returning to Camp Bastion for a third year, working very closely with our friends at BFBS to connect Service personnel with their families back in the UK and around the world.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1651, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 260.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ozchiropractic.com/fully-automated-light-deprivation-greenhouses-for-sale-discount-pharms/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:30Z", "digest": "sha1:JA22HOV5YDS5KF3HU5ZPL4DYFTJSWPKK", "length": 207, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ozchiropractic.com", "title": "Fully Automated Light Deprivation Greenhouses For Sale \u2013 Discount Pharms \u2013 ozchiropractic com", "raw_content": "Fully Automated Light Deprivation Greenhouses For Sale \u2013 Discount Pharms\nThis video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lCkn2Yg6gk, can also be seen at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk3pp3D9u7plgBe3IuXnP0g.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 529, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 138.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pagosasun.com/basketball-games-postponed-due-to-weather/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:42Z", "digest": "sha1:RDVZWN3GJGGQ3PYMVQW22DLVHYE67VQK", "length": 425, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.pagosasun.com", "title": "Basketball games postponed due to weather | The Pagosa Springs SUN", "raw_content": "Basketball games postponed due to weather\nTonight\u2019s Pagosa Springs High School basketball games have been postponed due to weather.\nThe games, against the Alamosa Mean Moose, will be played on Monday night in Pagosa Springs.\nAll games will be played at the time scheduled for today. Varsity girls action is expected to begin at 5:30 p.m., with varsity boys following.\nFollow these topics: Basketball, Pirates, Sports, Updates", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 5757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 184.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pagosasun.com/spring-flower-and-plant-expo-set-for-april-18/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:01Z", "digest": "sha1:2WMEUD6HQYUF4RVTDISVAPZXN2Q6WEZG", "length": 1115, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.pagosasun.com", "title": "Spring Flower and Plant Expo set for April 18 | The Pagosa Springs SUN", "raw_content": "Spring Flower and Plant Expo set for April 18\nBy Alice Keil\nSpring has officially arrived in Pagosa Springs, with the eagerly awaited seventh annual Spring Flower and Plant Expo sponsored by the Mountain High Gardeners Club just around the corner.\nThe Expo will take place on Wednesday, April 18, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Archuleta County Fairgrounds/Extension office (located on U.S. 84).\nThis event provides an opportunity for vendors from Pagosa, Durango and Allison to display their garden products and/or expertise, and for members and visitors to talk with landscapers, purchase vegetable and house plants, learn about the Geothermal Greenhouse Project, the Farmers Market, county weed agent and more.\nRon Chacey and other club members will be on hand to answer your gardening questions. You will also be able to sign up for membership in the garden club at this time.\nThe garden club meets the third Wednesday of every month between March and October at 10 a.m., usually at the Extension Office.\nThe spring Expo is open to the public and admission is free.\nFollow these topics: Clubs, Gardening, Lifestyle", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 6470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.paperbackstash.com/2012/10/poe-week-fascinating-facts.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:22:06Z", "digest": "sha1:WHPH6SMHXCDTVPPMK7N7IN47C6IMYJHX", "length": 4881, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.paperbackstash.com", "title": "Poe Week: Fascinating Facts - The Paperback Stash ERROR 404 - The Paperback Stash", "raw_content": "Poe Week: Fascinating Facts\nMuch mystery surrounds several facts surrounding Poe, largely in part to the time period and all that is lost between then and now, but a good deal was also distorted due to a smear campaign from his rival. Here are some interesting facts I found while browsing about this infamous writer.\nInteresting Biographies Collection from Biography.com\n1. Poe was buried twice. Poe's funeral was small, with nine people in attendance. Years later a critic and poet, Paul Hamilton Hayne, visited Poe's grave to become appalled by the neglected condition. He responded by posting a newspaper article about it, which struck into the heart of a schoolteacher, Sara Sigourney Rice. She began soliciting funds and donations for the cause, and as a result of their combined efforts and that of many others, Poe's body was reburied closer to the church and with a more visually pleasing monument.\n2. Yes, Poe's wife really had been his thirteen year old cousin. Poe fell in love with his cousin quite young, and when she was 13 they became married. He was 27 at the time, and it was reported that they abstained from any sexual conduct for two years following their marriage. It was said in famous reports they would spend a lot of time playing together in the yard, including a game of Leapfrog. When she was diagnosed with Tuberculosis years later, Poe was beside himself with grief. She suffered off and on for years, to finally pass away at the young age of 24. A happy marriage from all reports, Poe was in depression for years and expressed much love of his wife and grief in his writings. He was saddened he hadn't had a portrait of her done when she was alive, so hired a man to paint the picture of her corpse. They were too poor to afford her a proper burial (she was buried in a vault owned by the landlord), but her body was removed to be by Poe's after his dead.\n3. Poe created the detective story - A lot of people may assume it was a great such as Arthur Canon Doyle who created the detective story, but Poe was actually the first one with his legendary Murders in the Rue Morgue. Many of the features in the story were almost pre-Sherlock Holmes, such as using methodical logic to solve the crime. Poe passed away in 1849, and Doyle was born in 1859. His stories birthed the ideas for many genres.\n4. Rufus Griswold led a smear campaign against Poe. A fellow critic rival, he wrote an unsympathetic obituary following Poe's death, using the pseudonym \"Ludwig\". Claiming to be Poe's literary executor, which has been highly challenged, he published a posthumous editions of Poe's working, keeping the monies for himself and not sharing any with Poe's living relatives. He also wrote a Memoir, filled with many inaccuracies, which helped bring Poe's name through the mud for years to come, even today. Poe made many other enemies in the literary world by his desire to be a strict, sarcastic critic.\n5. Poe's family was a mess. Poe's father abandoned his family when he was a year old. His mother raised the three children the best they could, as she was an actress who was well thought of and struggling. She died in a boarding house of tuberculosis, where young Edgar watched helplessly as she coughed up blood and became delirious. Ironically she was 24 years old, the same age as Poe's wife when she died.\nHe was taken in to a well-to-do family (his siblings taken by other families), but never got along with his stepfather. Mrs. Allan was very affectionate of Poe, having cared for his mother. Allan was frustrated by Poe's gambling and drinking, failing from school and education he paid for. Poe was devoted to his stepmother and angered on her behalf when his stepfather kept cheating on her. It is reported that she lay dying of tuberculosis while he slept with other women in the house. It was well-known and perhaps accepted at the time, but Poe was a sensitive sort who had much passion for women and thought they should be respected. This created the big drift they were never able to heal from.\nPoe's first love died of brain cancer when he was fifteen years old.\n6. Poe entered the military due to extreme debt and no help from his stepfather when he begged for assistance. He tried to cover debt by gambling, but ended up worse in the hole. After two years in the military he arranged for himself to be dismissed by court martial. While in the army he did excel and rose to high ranks, but it was not a long-term goal of his.\n7. Ever since 1949, someone has left a bottle of cognac and some roses on Poe\u2019s grave. No one knows who.\n8. The Raven made him truly famous. He was only paid $14.00 for it (some sources say $9.00). Children would follow him for years waving their arms like the raven, and he would turn around and tell them, Nevermore, nevermore. He apparently loved the attention with the children. The Raven became his nickname.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6750, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 192.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.parksassociates.com/Slides/view?slide_id=8566&resultPosition=30&searchId=218757", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:04Z", "digest": "sha1:SV35VN7GGYEGZTI6TMWAW73ETVZXP6FM", "length": 29, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.parksassociates.com", "title": "Smartwatch Activities (Q1/15)", "raw_content": "Smartwatch Activities (Q1/15)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 4867, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.57, "perplexity": 248.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pathstoliteracy.org/events/typhlo-tactus-%E2%80%94-international-tactile-illustrated-books-competition-2017", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:06Z", "digest": "sha1:YGL72EIT5TDJBBDUCLDMHNNJSUQVUQ5U", "length": 1026, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.pathstoliteracy.org", "title": "Typhlo & Tactus \u2014 International Tactile Illustrated Books Competition 2017 | Paths to Literacy", "raw_content": "Typhlo & Tactus \u2014 International Tactile Illustrated Books Competition 2017\nHave you created a great tactile book? If so, why not enter it in an international competition?\nTyphlo & Tactus is an organization dedicated to improving the quality and quantity of books with tactile illustrations available to young children with visual impairments in member countries. Begun in Europe, T&T conducts an exciting biennial international tactile book competition. The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the U.S. national contact organization, accepting and judging U.S. entries.\nA panel of U.S. judges will review entries sent to APH and select the top 5 tactile books for final adjudication by an international panel of children and adults with visual impairments, as well as professionals in the field of vision. A single winning entry will be chosen, along with ten shortlisted books. Selected books may be featured on the T&T website, on posters, or in promotional materials used by T&T. Learn more.\nMaking Tactile Books", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 206.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.payvand.com/news/11/may/1167.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:55Z", "digest": "sha1:7X72EEQ6MJE7W7CE2NCYSZIKZXE7CRH4", "length": 15261, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.payvand.com", "title": "PARSA CF Awards Grants to Humanitarian and Community Education Organization", "raw_content": "PARSA CF Awards Grants to Humanitarian and Community Education Organization\nPARSA Community Foundation is thrilled to announce grants totaling more than $500,000 to organizations working on humanitarian and community education causes benefiting Iranians, Iranian-Americans, and the community at large.\nPARSA CF awarded a $100,000 grant to the Kahrizak Foundation for the Noor Active Living Center. Kahrizak Foundation was conceived to provide elderly care for the Iranian Diaspora as well as grow support for Kahrizak in Iran. Noor Active Living Center is the result of many years of fundraising and savings and it is created to bring peace, tranquility and dignity to the elderly in their golden age. The center has Persian speaking trained staff and provides Persian food to the residents.\nThe grant from PARSA CF made it possible to renovate a large activity room, PARSA Activity Room, for the residents where they can enjoy various daytime activities such as exercise, games, poetry reading, events, outside visits, and so on. As a part of its noble mission, Noor will also provide services to the elderly individuals who are not residents at the facility. During daytime, Noor staff will pick up non-residents to bring them to the PARSA Activity Room to enjoy a welcoming and warm environment in the company of their friends.\nMoms Against Poverty (MAP), an organization founded by mothers who have adopted children from Iran and have a common vision of working towards improving every child's life, was awarded two grants. PARSA CF awarded a $60,000 grant to MAP's Helping Hand project. The Helping Hand project provides food, provisions, and advocacy support to children in low-income families. MAP has partnered with other organizations to provide such support in various communities across the U.S. During November and December of 2010 alone, MAP provided food, toys and essential needs to 2,500 children in families in need.\nPARSA CF has always tried to support Persian speaking communities in other countries, and is pleased to award a $20,000 grant for MAP to support the girls at Rokhshana High School in Afghanistan. Given the overall hardship in the country, it is essential to educate Afghan girls so that in the long run they can get jobs and sustain their own lives and those of their families. Through MAP's Computer Education Program, these girls are receiving the latest educational tools as well as connectivity to the internet. The affiliate Environmental Education program is guiding the girls to identify local environmental problems and local food resources as well as tackle challenges in their surroundings.\nAnother important and usually very underserved area is creating the infrastructure for systematic management of social service cases for low-income Iranian and Persian-speaking families. PARSA CF has awarded a $39,000 grant to Access California Services (AccessCal) which has been providing service to families from different ethnic groups and has been receiving case referrals for Iranian families from the county, mosques, and ethnic businesses because there has been no other similar organization familiar with the culture and language. With funding from PARSA CF, AccessCal has hired a Persian case manager who is fluent in Persian and is culturally aware of the Persian/Iranian culture and community. Her role is to link low-income and isolated individuals and families to a realm of social services including but not limited to: health coverage and quality health care, housing, emergency financial assistance, immigration, counseling, education, and employment services. Two of her primary foci are to reach out to the Persian community and increase their awareness about existing services and to help unemployed or underemployed clients attain part-time or full-time jobs. AccessCal has hired a consultant who specializes in workforce development to train Persian case managers and supporting staff to provide employment services in an effective manner to the community.\nGrief counseling and support is another aspect of humanitarian efforts that usually does not get enough attention. The impact of divorce or death of a spouse can be devastating, especially for mothers with children. Founded by an Iranian, Universal Love Foundation (ULF) has been helping disadvantage single mothers from various ethnic backgrounds in such situations since 2000. They help families who have lost a parent hold on to their employment and not get further devastated. PARSA CF is thrilled to award a $30,000 grant to ULF's House of Hope which was opened in 2007, to restore hope and provide grief counseling and assistance to families and children.\nULF's House of Hope\nDifferent types of services are tailored to children (2-13 years of age), adolescents (13-18 years), and adults (18+). They provide group therapy sessions, along with individual therapy on an as-needed basis. The House of Hope has also been a four-year sponsor of the annual Childhood Grief and Traumatic Loss conference, \"Restoring Joy to Children and Their Families.\"\nRefugees and immigrants are another group which deserves special care and attention. PARSA CF has awarded a $30,000 grant to License to Freedom (L2F), an organization helping San Diego's refugee and immigrant community. L2F founders realized that an unacceptable number of women and children in that community were subject to violence and abuse in their own families. They understood that the beliefs and practices that many refugees and immigrants brought to their new home continued to promote such violence by accepting it as part of the natural order of relationships and family life. Additionally, women who had no access to culturally and linguistically appropriate services were unlikely to receive meaningful assistance.\nSince its inception in 2002, L2F has served approximately 1600 immigrants and refugees in East and North County San Diego. The grant from PARSA CF enables L2F to expand its \"Community Dialog for Change\" program, which aims to create long term impact and fundamental changes in the area of domestic violence in Middle Eastern refugee and immigrant families by partnering up with local resources such as mosques and community centers and providing safe spaces in which participants can raise and discuss questions about family and gender relations and family violence, and illuminate beliefs, assumptions, attitudes, and ways of living that can then be examined and questioned. L2F just started to create a small library which includes many Persian books, supervised by one of the Iranian members.\nPARSA CF recognizes the urgent humanitarian issues that Iranian LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex) community members who seek refugee and asylum status have to deal with. Due to cultural, religious, and government sensitivities many members of this minority group travel to Turkey and have to live under very hard conditions while trying to immigrate to another part of the world. The Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration(ORAM) has been helping Iranian LGBTI refugees both in Turkey and in the US. They deal with many different issues, from assistance for food, housing, and emergency medical care, to legal representation and resettlement process.\nPARSA CF is thrilled to award a $100,000 grant to ORAM to help the Iranian LGBTI in three key areas over the next two years: Legal representation in Turkey, direct and emergency assistance in Turkey, and resettlement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the US. Through this program the Iranian LGBTI asylum seekers in Turkey will receive counseling and legal representation. Individuals with exceptional and urgent needs awaiting adjudication will receive clothing, utilities, food, and medical care. The SF Bay Area pilot resettlement program will provide language and vocational training, housing and carrier assistance, community orientation, and trauma counseling. ORAM publishes reports on the issues this community has to deal with in order to raise awareness and build long term programs.\nPARSA CF is pleased to award a $5,000 grant to the Glendale Association for the Retarded(GAR), which helps adults with developmental disabilities in the Glendale area. In 1995 GAR identified the need to help foreign born and non-English speaking individuals with learning vocational, social and independent-living skills required for successful participation and assimilation within their new communities. Currently 16 out of 30 of the GAR's multi-cultural clients are Iranians. This small grant helps GAR with their primary need which is to continue providing a full-time, multi-cultural/ESL instructor to meet the needs of the Persian speaking clients. Offering counseling, teaching services, ESL instruction, money management, cultural awareness, basic living skills and other critical topics will go far to improve the quality of life of our disabled compatriots\nAfghan Friends Network (AFN) was awarded a $23,250 grant in this cycle, due to the critical need in Afghanistan to provide education for sustaining families and building a better future. AFN creates programs that promote self-sufficiency and empower Afghan girls, boys and women. The PARSA CF grant enables AFN to expand two Khurasan Learning Centers to host 450 girl students, fund scholarships for underprivileged graduates, and provide training programs for women.\nUsing the PARSA CF grant, AFN has already revised middle through high school curriculum, bolstered the girls' libraries with 150 English books and 15 Dari-English dictionaries provided by California high school girls, awarded 8 university scholarships to exemplary graduates, and taught literacy and handiwork skills to 80 women, many of them widows with little or no other sources of income. The team at AFN is very excited to announce that all 84 graduating girls passed their college entrance exams, which is a remarkable achievement considering just one year prior to opening the Khurasan Learning Centers, only one girl in the entire district passed the test.\n\"When the women first come to the literacy class, their psyche has been greatly affected by war and many years of turmoil. They really struggle at first but 2-3 months into the program the women blossom. They start smiling, they tell jokes and they look happy. I have been amazed by the transformation of these women in the AFN KLC literacy classes\" said Fatema Mushtaq, Director of Khurasan Learning Centers.\nTeachers Without Borders (TWB), an organization which advances human welfare through providing professional development for teachers worldwide, has found an interesting angle to combine such education with a much needed humanitarian effort in Middle East: Earthquake response training. TWB has developed courses to enable teachers to give science lessons related to earthquakes, develop their skills in scientific inquiry and the scientific method, and at the same time make them familiar with how to respond and react to potential earthquakes.\nTWB received a $15,000 grant from PARSA CF in the Mehrgan Cycle for PARSQuake, an earthquake emergency education program for Persian-speaking teachers. The curriculum developed by TWB and used in the past (such as in response to the Sichuan 2008 earthquake in China) is being translated to Persian and customized to the cultures and local geography of the Persian speaking countries of the area, such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. With the help of the grant from PARSA, the work is already underway and PARSQuake team members from the US, Tajikistan, Iran, and Afghanistan will meet in Dushanbe over the summer to co-teach an earthquake training workshop and plan the expansion of the training to their Persian speaking communities.\n\"The recent tragic events in Japan show that even well-prepared communities can face extreme hardship in the aftermath of earthquakes. By highlighting the benefits of cooperative efforts that span multiple countries now, we hope PARSA CF's support will enable us to lay a foundation that will facilitate timely responses to earthquakes that will inevitably strike Persian-speaking communities in the future\" said Solmaz Mohadjer, Director of the Emergency Education Program at TWB.\nPARSA CF also recognizes the importance of leveraging technology in creating inexpensive ways to bring education in contemporary science, social sciences, and art to the next generation, specially the youth who have limited access to resources. PARSA CF has awarded a $100,000 grant to Online Persian College (OPC), a newly formed initiative to create an online service which leverages technology solutions such as mobile devices and social networking to provide free courses and educational material to Persian-speaking people in developing countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Subject matters will cover areas that are usually not available to high school and junior college student in these countries, but available to their peers in the west.\nOnline Persian College\nThe content for the courses will be available in digital format only, readily available to download to computers and mobile devices even via low-bandwidth Internet access. Students will be able to share the content with each other using Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, which are already extremely popular and frequently used even in developing countries. The service acts as a library of content: Both subtitled/dubbed from freely available courses and lectures on the Internet, and originally created lectures in Persian. It will also provide a crowd-sourcing platform to let interested Iranians participate in the translation of the content to Persian Language.\nAs another initiative to support public science education, PARSA CF has awarded a $10,000 grant to Astronomers Without Borders (AWB), for a workshop which will take place in Isfahan: Two world-class telescope designers will teach 100 students to make 100 telescopes in 10 days. In addition to teaching the students about space observation and the techniques and skills to understand and build telescopes, the workshop will demonstrate the importance of practical science in everyday life, and will provide an example of organizing science workshops for students as a model for future workshops.\nPreparations are being made and the workshop will take place towards the beginning of 2012. AWB has many young supporters and fans in Iran. Nojum Monthly (the word Nojum means Astronomy) is a contributor to the project, and Babak Tafreshi, the young yet well-known night sky photographer and winner of the 2009 Lennart Nilsson Award is a board member of AWB. One cannot help but admire his photos, like this long exposure night shot showing a faint trail of Hubble Space Telescope flying over Iran's highest peak, Damavand.\nCopyright TWAN/Babak Tafreshi\nAbout: PARSA CF promotes strategic philanthropy and social entrepreneurship within the Persian-speaking communities around the globe. PARSA CF identifies organizations and projects with long term impact and supports them through grants and networking. To date, PARSA CF has awarded a total of $7.3M in grants through its general and donor-advised funds. To learn more about PARSA CF, please visit http://www.parsacf.org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 16055, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pcperformanceclinic.com/performance/Fix-Runtime-Errors.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:43Z", "digest": "sha1:JGWOBF3ILRBKRQHUAPAWGFF53VU3NCLQ", "length": 3285, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.pcperformanceclinic.com", "title": "Fix Windows Runtime Error", "raw_content": "Runtime errors can occur on your computer when you are trying to run a program or application that has either a bug in the program or when the program that you are trying to open and run encounters certain errors like running out of available memory. Windows Runtime errors can also occur when there are conflicts with other kinds of programs or viruses and malware on your computer that cause the files and program to be corrupt and not work properly.\nBecause of the fact that there are viruses and many other forms of code out there that can be downloaded to your computer and tamper with the settings of your computer, you should always make sure that you are running the latest versions of anti-spyware and anti-virus software on your computer. 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When your Windows Registry becomes clogged down with junk and extra files that are not necessary and even damaging to your computer, it can cause a wide array of problems and errors to occur on your computer, and Runtime errors are one of the common problems that can occur. You want to make sure that you are doing what you can to help keep your computer safe at all times from viruses that are waiting to attack it and cause damage to your files and programs on your computer.\nYou may also want to check and reset the security settings on your computer to help prevent corrupt files from being downloaded and to catch potential problems before they create bigger problems for your computer and files. Runtime errors can also be occurring because of the wrong or older versions of applications and programs trying to open and run the files you are trying to open. You can remedy this problem by downloading the latest versions of the software or applications onto your computer or you can also download the software patches from the software company\u2019s website that are usually available for free and can help take care of and fix any Windows Runtime errors that you may be experiencing on your computer when you are trying to open and run files.\nRuntime errors can be detected and repaired by professional Windows Registry optimization software like RegCure that uses Advanced Error Detection Technology (AEDT). RegCure automatically identifies missing, corrupt, or invalid Registry entries that cause runtime errors and dramatically enhances the performance and stability of your PC. Click the button below to perform a FREE PC error scan that captures every opportunity to fix Windows runtime errors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 265.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.perrettlaver.com/our-people/caroline-mclean-26", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:45Z", "digest": "sha1:272M3YKHRJPMNIC7IVP6P5M5KIT2SECB", "length": 344, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.perrettlaver.com", "title": "Perrett Laver :: Lonyae Thomas", "raw_content": "Lonyae Thomas\nLonyae is a Project Manager.\nHer experience of managing senior-level executive search for global non-profits includes Chief Executive appointments in the United States and Africa.\nLonyae holds a Bachelor of Science from Vanderbilt University with majors in the fields of education and psychology.\ne: lonyae.thomas@perrettlaver.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 315.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.peterkinch.com/peter-kinch-biography/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:16Z", "digest": "sha1:M66DHHDY6ISS2SFLBYYCR4LYJ7XWP7HN", "length": 1458, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.peterkinch.com", "title": "Peter Kinch Biography - Peter Kinch", "raw_content": "P Peter Kinch Biography\nPeter Kinch is a best-selling author and award-winning Mortgage Broker with 20 years of experience in the mortgage and finance industry. Peter is the founder of The Peter Kinch Mortgage Team and was recognized in 2009 as the #1 volume producing mortgage broker in Canada by CMP magazine. He is also with Diversifi Alternative Investments Ltd., a Private Equity firm specializing in helping Canadians manage their wealth through a balanced approach to real estate and other financial market options. As such, he is considered one of the foremost experts in Canada on helping investors develop their real estate and investment portfolios through his trademarked \u2018Gap Analysis\u2019 and \u2018Action Plan\u2019.\nPeter is also an accomplished real estate investor himself with a multi-million dollar portfolio that includes both residential and commercial real estate. This along with the fact that his mortgage company has financed over $1 billion in real estate transactions over the past 10 years, has given Peter a unique perspective on all aspects of the real estate and investment market in Canada.\nPeter is a regularly featured guest on various radio and television programs throughout the country including CTV and BNN. Peter is the author of The Mortgage Minute\u2122, \u2018The Canadian Real Estate Action Plan\u2019, and co-author of the #1 best-seller 97 Tips for Canadian Real Estate Investors.\nCreating Certainty in Uncertain Times\nArticle by Peter Kinch", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 164.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.peterregelous.com/speaker.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:27Z", "digest": "sha1:CLQ4672SXPICIEXZKGOV5S44TIYHVAI2", "length": 1457, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.peterregelous.com", "title": "Speaker - PETER REGELOUS", "raw_content": "Peter currently offers three talks, the first one \"LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH PETER KING\" comes in two parts in which he talks fondly and with good humour about his life in the entertainment industry. He recalls some of the people he came across during those years and with anecdotes galore he tells of some of the best and worst experiences that he has encountered along the way. Without drawing breath, he goes on to describe his time on light entertainment programmes on both BBC and ITV such as \"Noel's House Party\", \"Keeping Up Appearances\" and \"Darling Buds of May\", \"'Allo, 'Allo\", \"Absolutely Fabulous\" and \"Generation Game\". Peter also made an appearance in a costume drama starring Colin Firth entitled \"The Hour Of The Pig\" and also became Pierre in the ITV Drama \"Lady Audley's Secret\" which called for him to speak his part entirely in French.\n\"\u200bPETER'S MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR\" THIS TALK IS NOW AVAILABLE\nis a light hearted account of the culture, lifestyle and music from the 1950's through to the 1970's in which he examines the way the country evolved and changed forever. It is a nostalgic journey from post-war Britain through to the age of Flower Power - much of which is drawn from his own unique experiences. So sit back and enjoy wonderful era-defining moments which will take you back to those days down high streets, on trolley buses and into local hostelries and when life seemed much more gentle.\nThis talk can feature musical interludes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 1864, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 158.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pewhispanic.org/2009/04/30/dissecting-the-2008-electorate-most-diverse-in-us-history/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:01Z", "digest": "sha1:4ASXPHKOF2M7WCKI2LAJA7RKXVL5HEQB", "length": 11144, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.pewhispanic.org", "title": "Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History | Pew Research Center", "raw_content": "The electorate in last year\u2019s presidential election was the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with nearly one-in-four votes cast by non-whites, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.1 The nation\u2019s three biggest minority groups\u2014blacks, Hispanics and Asians\u2014each accounted for unprecedented shares of the presidential vote in 2008.\nOverall, whites2 made up 76.3% of the record 131 million people3 who voted in November\u2019s presidential election, while blacks made up 12.1%, Hispanics 7.4% and Asians 2.5%.4 The white share is the lowest ever, yet is still higher than the 65.8% white share of the total U.S. population (Pew Hispanic Center, 2009).\nThe unprecedented diversity of the electorate last year was driven by increases both in the number and in the turnout rates of minority eligible voters.\nThe levels of participation by black, Hispanic and Asian eligible voters all increased from 2004 to 2008, reducing the voter participation gap between themselves and white eligible voters. This was particularly true for black eligible voters. Their voter turnout rate increased 4.9 percentage points, from 60.3% in 2004 to 65.2% in 2008, nearly matching the voter turnout rate of white eligible voters (66.1%). For Hispanics, participation levels also increased, with the voter turnout rate rising 2.7 percentage points, from 47.2% in 2004 to 49.9% in 2008. Among Asians, voter participation rates increased from 44.6% in 2004 to 47.0% in 2008. Meanwhile, among white eligible voters, the voter turnout rate fell slightly, from 67.2% in 2004 to 66.1% in 2008.\nMuch of the surge in black voter participation in 2008 was driven by increased participation among black women and younger voters. The voter turnout rate among eligible black female voters increased 5.1 percentage points, from 63.7% in 2004 to 68.8% in 2008. Overall, among all racial, ethnic and gender groups, black women had the highest voter turnout rate in November\u2019s election\u2014a first.\nBlacks ages 18 to 29 increased their voter turnout rate by 8.7 percentage points, from 49.5% in 2004 to 58.2% in 2008, according to an analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. The voter turnout rate among young black eligible voters was higher than that of young eligible voters of any other racial and ethnic group in 2008. This, too, was a first (Kirby and Kawashima-Ginsberg, 2009).\nThe increased diversity of the electorate was also driven by population growth, especially among Latinos. Between 2004 and 2008, the number of Latino eligible voters rose from 16.1 million in 2004 to 19.5 million in 2008, or 21.4%. In comparison, among the general population, the total number of eligible voters increased by just 4.6%.\nPopulation Definitions Based on the Current Population Survey, November Supplement\nVoting Age Population: The population of persons ages 18 and older.\nVoting Eligible Population: Persons ages 18 and older who are U.S. citizens.\nRegistered Voter Population: Persons who say they were registered to vote in their state in the 2008\nVoter Population or Voter Turnout: Persons who say they voted in the November 2008 election.\nVoter Turnout Rate: Share of the voting eligible population who say they voted.\nIn 2008, Latino eligible voters accounted for 9.5% of all eligible voters, up from 8.2% in 2004. Similarly, the share of eligible voters who were black increased from 11.6% in 2004 to 11.8% in 2008. The share of eligible voters who were Asian also increased, from 3.3% in 2004 to 3.4% in 2008. In contrast, the share of eligible voters who were white fell from 75.2% in 2004 to 73.4% in 2008.\nWith population growth and increased voter participation among blacks, Latinos and Asians, members of all three groups cast more votes in 2008 than in 2004. Two million more blacks and 2 million more Latinos reported voting in 2008 than said the same in 2004. Among Asians, 338,000 more votes were reported cast in 2008 than in 2004. The number of white voters in 2008 was also up, but only slightly\u2014increasing from 99.6 million in 2004 to 100 million in 2008.\nThe Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data also finds a distinct regional pattern in the state-by-state increases in turnout. From 2004 to 2008, the greatest increases were in Southern states with large black eligible voter populations: Mississippi (where the voter turnout rate was up 8 percentage points), Georgia (7.5 points), North Carolina (6.1 points) and Louisiana (6.0 points). It also increased in the District of Columbia (6.9 points).5\nAccording to the exit polls in last year\u2019s presidential election, the candidate preference of non-white voters was distinctly different from that of white voters. Nearly all (95%) black voters cast their ballot for Democrat Barack Obama. Among Latino voters, 67% voted for Obama while 31% voted for Republican John McCain. Among Asian voters, 62% supported Obama and 35% voted for McCain. In contrast, white voters supported McCain (55%) over Obama (43%).\nThis report summarizes the participation of voters in the 2008 presidential election and follows reports from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, on the Latino vote (Lopez and Livingston, 2009; Lopez, 2008; Taylor and Fry, 2007) and Latino public opinion about the election and the candidates (Lopez and Minushkin, 2008).\nThe data for this report are derived from the November Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is a monthly survey of about 55,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The November Voting and Registration Supplement is one of the richest sources available of information about the characteristics of voters. It is conducted after Election Day and relies on survey respondent self-reports of voting and voter registration.\nComparing the Census Bureau\u2019s Turnout Estimate with the Reported Vote Tally\nThe Census Bureau\u2019s biannual Current Population Survey November Voting and Registration Supplement is the most comprehensive data source available for examining the demographic composition of the electorate in federal elections. However, because it relies on post-election self-reporting by survey respondents in some 55,000 households, these weighted CPS estimates of turnout never match up precisely with the actual number of votes tallied in the 50 states. According to the CPS, an estimated 131.1 million U.S. citizens voted in the 2008 presidential election \u2013 slightly less than the 131.3 million votes cast for president, as reported by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate (Gans, 2008) and other sources (McDonald, 2009).\nThis is the first time since the Census Bureau began taking a post-election survey in 1964 that its estimate is smaller than the number of votes tallied by the states. Prior to 2008, the gap had always run in the opposite direction, with variances ranging between a low of 2.8% (in 2004) and a high of 11.6% (in 1988). Since the 1996 presidential election, the gap has narrowed steadily, and in 2008, the lines crossed for the first time.\nElection experts and scholars who have examined this gap over the years have theorized that it stems, at least in part, from a tendency of some Census Bureau survey respondents to report that they had voted even if they had not (Bernstein, Chadha and Montjoy, 2001). Another possible explanation is that in every election, some small portion of ballots are improperly cast and do not become a part of the official count\u2014but the voters who cast such ballots report to the Census Bureau that they had voted.\nThere is no consensus among experts to explain the recent convergence in the number of votes tallied by the states and those reported by the Census Bureau. One possibility is that there has been a decline in spoiled, uncounted ballots in recent elections. Another possibility is that there has been an increase in voting by U.S. citizens living abroad \u2013 a group that is not included in the CPS survey (McDonald, 2009). A third possible explanation is that the accuracy of the CPS itself may have improved.\nThis report summarizes the participation and characteristics of voters in the 2008 presidential election. The data for this report are derived from the November Voting and Registration Supplement of the Current Population Survey. The CPS is a monthly survey of about 55,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. The November Voting and Registration Supplement is one of the richest sources of information about the characteristics of voters available. It is conducted after Election Day and relies on survey respondent self-reports of voting and voter registration.\nThe terms \u201cLatino\u201d and \u201cHispanic\u201d are used interchangeably in this report. The terms \u201cwhites,\u201d \u201cblacks\u201d and \u201cAsians\u201d are used to refer to the non-Hispanic components of their population.\nThe measurement of race in the Current Population Survey changed between November 2000 and November 2004. Prior to 2003, survey respondents could only pick one race, either white, black, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. Beginning with all Current Population Surveys in January 2003, survey respondents could identify multiple race categories. As a result, demographic shares based on race for 2000 and earlier are not directly comparable with demographic shares for whites, blacks and Asians in 2004 and 2008. White, black and Asian demographic shares in 2004 and 2008 are for white only, black only, and Asian only populations, and do not include those of mixed race. These changes in the measurement of race do not affect the definition and measurement of the share Hispanic across all years (Suro, Fry and Passel, 2005). \u21a9\nIn this report, \u201cwhites\u201d refer to non-Hispanic whites, \u201cblacks\u201d refer to non-Hispanic blacks and \u201cAsians\u201d refers to non-Hispanic Asians. Hispanics can be of any race. \u21a9\nAccording to the Current Population Survey November 2008 Voting and Registration Supplement, 131.1 million U.S. citizens say they voted in the 2008 presidential election, slightly lower than the 131.3 million votes cast for president as reported by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate (Gans, 2008). \u21a9\nThe remaining share of voters in 2008 was of other racial or ethnic heritage. This group includes Native Americans and mixed-race voters. In 2008, 1.7% of all voters were of other race or ethnicity, up from 1.5% in 2004. \u21a9\nAccording to Pew Research Center tabulations from the Census Bureau\u2019s 2007 American Community Survey, blacks constitute 35% of eligible voters in Mississippi, 30% in Georgia, 21% in North Carolina, 31% in Louisiana and 58% in the District of Columbia. Nationally, 12.2% of all eligible voters are black. \u21a9\nNext: II. Growing Diversity Among Eligible Voters Next Page \u2192 \u2190 Prev Page\nII. Growing Diversity Among Eligible Voters\nIII. A Diverse Electorate\nIII. Voter Turnout Rates\nAppendix: Data Tables\nHispanics Key to Clinton Victories in Nation\u2019s Two Biggest States", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 13830, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 161.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.physicaltherapyemr.net/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:13Z", "digest": "sha1:2PC232LYNNHIGFUJMUXN2DBMIUEHU3FJ", "length": 53299, "nlines": 130, "source_domain": "www.physicaltherapyemr.net", "title": "The Physical Therapy EMR Blog |The Physical Therapy EMR Blog", "raw_content": "New to EMR?\nWhy EMR\nfor Private Practice\nby Erica Cohen|May 12th, 2016\nThere\u2019s some old-school thinking floating around out there decrying electronic medical records (EMRs) because they supposedly prohibit clinicians from fully engaging with their patients. We say that\u2019s just poppycock. Sure, lackluster PTs may shirk opportunities for quality face time with their patients in favor of not-so-quality face time with their computer screens, but the great PTs don\u2019t let technology\u2014especially incredibly helpful technology that patients actually want their healthcare practitioners to use\u2014get in the way of developing exceptional relationships. In fact, great therapists use their EMR to build better patient relationships. Here\u2019s how you can do the same: Get Comfortable With Your EMR In the words of WebPT Marketplace Director Brian Kunich, DPT, \u201cYou can\u2019t pay attention to the patient if\nby Erica Cohen|March 18th, 2016\nIf your current electronic medical record isn\u2019t pulling its weight for your clinic, you may be wishing for a better one. However, switching EMRs isn\u2019t nearly as easy as switching shops for your morning cup of coffee. You\u2019ve invested time and money\u2014in some cases, a lot of both\u2014into your current system, so leaving could be more hassle than it\u2019s worth. But it doesn\u2019t have to be, because if you\u2019re switching to the right EMR for your clinic, your new partner will do everything in its power to make your transition smooth, simple, and\u2014dare we say\u2014easy. Plus, once you\u2019ve experienced the incredible benefits of a top-notch EMR, you\u2019ll wonder why you didn\u2019t make the leap sooner (even if it takes a\nYou\u2019ve surely heard the saying, \u201cTime is money.\u201d And as a physical therapist, you experience it first-hand when you bill for your timed services. But what about your non-billable hours? Are you using that time efficiently? In this Entrepreneur article, author Michael Moroney writes that \u201cemployees spend about 31 hours per month in meetings and spend less than 60% of [work] time actually working productively.\u201d According to the infographic Maroney references in his article, the salary cost of unnecessary meetings for US businesses is $37 billion. Talk about inefficiency. Even if your practice\u2019s stats aren\u2019t quite that shocking, there\u2019s a good chance that you\u2019re spending time on things that aren\u2019t helping your patients, your staff members, or your bottom line.\nby Brooke Andrus|March 2nd, 2016\nIf you\u2019ve been searching for a while, you probably know that a cloud-based, therapy-specific EMR solution is the way to go. You also might appreciate the importance of added benefits like built-in compliance safeguards and ICD-10 coding capabilities, billing and RCM services, and comprehensive scheduling and business reporting functionality. But, there\u2019s one more factor you should be considering\u2014the rehab therapy software X-factor, so to speak: outcomes tracking. Why is outcomes tracking such a big deal? Well, at the patient level, measuring progress has always been integral to providing the best possible care. Otherwise, it\u2019s tough to know whether the treatment you\u2019re providing is actually working. But, with the advent of technology, PTs and OTs now have the opportunity to leverage\nby Erica Cohen|February 19th, 2016\nMany therapists are beginning to add cash-based services to their practice offerings\u2014everything from gait analysis and golf fitness programs to aquatic therapy and deep tissue massage. After all, as Brooke Andrus writes in this post, \u201c\u2026in the current environment of declining reimbursements from third-party payers, adding cash-pay options to your practice\u2019s current menu of services isn\u2019t only smart\u2014it might just be necessary to secure your survival.\u201d For some, offering a few cash-pay wellness services on the side might be enough, but for others, like physical therapist Ann Wendel, it\u2019s cash-based all the way. While this business model certainly alleviates a lot of headaches when it comes to dealing with payer contract negotiations and increasingly stringent payment regulations, operating a cash-based\nby Erica Cohen|February 4th, 2016\nThere are plenty of software systems for physical therapists on the market today, but you wouldn\u2019t want to waste your time on anything but the best\u2014especially if the best is super affordable with no long-term contracts and a ton of fantastic features, right? Here\u2019s what you should be looking for in the very best software for physical therapists: One with an Intelligent ICD-10 Tool Your EMR doesn\u2019t need to make your breakfast \u00e0 la Rosie from The Jetsons, but it does need to help you stay ICD-10 compliant. Make sure yours does the following, at the very least: Prompts you to document the specific details of every patient\u2019s injury or issue Suggests a more specific code when one with a\nby Lauren Milligan|February 1st, 2016\nDo you frequently find yourself facing claim denials and payment delays in your physical therapy clinic? Well, you\u2019re not alone. With so many rules and regulatory changes, billing for physical therapy isn\u2019t easy\u2014but it doesn\u2019t have to be a total challenge, either. When you use an integrated EMR and billing system, you can bid \u201cadieu\u201d to these three common billing blunders: Ciao, Coding Errors Okay, so you probably won\u2019t get rid of all coding errors\u2014your billers are still human, after all\u2014but a great EMR can dramatically reduce those human errors, thereby greatly improving your claim accuracy. According to this cost-benefit analysis published in the American Journal of Medicine, an EMR is better able to capture charges and can \u201cdecrease [billing]\nby Brooke Andrus|January 22nd, 2016\nWhen it comes to life in the modern world, data reigns supreme. Whether you care to admit it\u2014or even think about it\u2014the fact is, you cannot escape the influence of data. And in some cases, that\u2019s a good thing. No, I\u2019m not talking about the discount offer for your favorite restaurant that suddenly appears on your Facebook news feed just minutes after you\u2019ve perused the menu online\u2014though that\u2019s definitely a data benefit, too. In this article, though, I want to focus on the benefits of big data with respect to health care\u2014in terms of cost, quality, and efficiency. If you\u2019re a healthcare provider, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019re already helping lay the foundation for a very bright\u2014and data-driven\u2014healthcare future. That\u2019s\nby Courtney Lefferts|January 6th, 2016\nWhen you think about your EMR, documentation might be the first thing that comes to mind. And while defensible documentation is crucial\u2014and should be the main component of your EMR\u2014there are other perks your software vendor can offer you. One of the most efficient, cost-effective options available through your EMR is a practice management suite. Think you already have your processes on lock? Even if you do, you can further streamline your business when you take advantage of all of the benefits your software offers. As this InformationWeek article explains, \u201cIdeally, EHR and practice management systems work together so that patient registrations become patient health records, and the diagnosis recorded into the EHR turns into a properly coded insurance claim.\u201d\nby Lauren Milligan|December 3rd, 2015\nDefensible documentation\u2014what a buzz word (er, phrase). But it\u2019s not just hot air; there\u2019s a good reason why it\u2019s so trendy. According to the APTA, creating \u201cdocumentation throughout the episode of care is a professional responsibility and a legal requirement.\u201d As a \u201ctool to ensure safety and the provision of high-quality care,\u201d defensible documentation serves to: Communicate information about a patient\u2019s care, status, and treatment outcome among providers. Tell others about the unique\u2014and valuable\u2014services you provide as a therapist. Demonstrate compliance with local, state, federal, and payer regulations. Help third-party payers determine appropriate payments. Act as a historical account of patient encounters for legal purposes. Provide a resource for policy or research purposes (e.g., outcomes). So, for your physical therapy\nby Courtney Lefferts|November 23rd, 2015\nEvery November, Medicare releases its Final Rule. And nestled among the many regulatory updates\u2014like warm buns in a basket\u2014are the PQRS requirements for the coming year. The 2016 Final Rule reveals that not much is changing for rehab therapy providers on January 1. But, even so, satisfying PQRS requirements is rarely a piece of cake\u2014er, bite of bun? Anyway, as I was saying: The rules can seem convoluted, and adhering to them requires precise documentation. Here\u2019s how an EMR can help you remain compliant in the following areas: Tracking Progress In 2016, eight measures apply to physical therapy, ten to occupational therapy, and a whopping one measure applies to speech-language pathology. And the reporting requirements are pretty strict, as Brooke\nby Lauren Milligan|November 20th, 2015\nPhysical therapy treatment plans are designed to help people get back on their feet, yet your patients may find themselves doing a whole lot of the opposite when they\u2019re at your clinic. Even the best physical therapy practices can experience long wait times now and then, but that can lead to patient dissatisfaction\u2014and a lot of negative online reviews. Although your practice might not be the PT equivalent of the DMV, your patients will invariably spend at least a few minutes in your waiting room, so here are four tips to improve your wait times: 1. Collect patient feedback. The first step toward improving your wait times is to understand exactly why your patients have to wait. Your gut may\nby Courtney Lefferts|November 11th, 2015\nTechnology moves at lightning speed, and that leaves many EMR systems looking outdated and cluttered with burdensome processes\u2014at best. That said, one technology model rises above the rest in the physical therapy EMR game: SaaS, or software as a service. TechTarget defines SaaS as \u201ca software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to customers over a network, typically the Internet.\u201d In the EMR market, SaaS vendors are improving software implementation, updates, and usability while addressing customer needs quickly and consistently. Implementation When you use a server-based EMR, getting up and running means going through a strict, inflexible implementation process. While some EMRs on the market today still require practices to\nSome physical therapy clinics seem to have it all together: documentation gets done in a flash, claims are processed\u2014and reimbursed\u2014with ease, and everyone\u2019s up-to-speed on all the latest regulatory changes. Maybe they\u2019re born with it\u2014or maybe it\u2019s their EMR. Great cloud-based EMRs are designed with PTs in mind; these systems help make running a clinic seem like a breeze. Here are the top five reasons why PTs love working with a cloud-based EMR: 1. Affordability Thanks to the cloud, PTs no longer have to shell out big bucks upfront\u2014or cover the recurring costs associated with manual updates and IT staff\u2014to use server-based EMR systems. Plus, software-as-a-service (SaaS) EMR vendors typically offer month-to-month payment models, making a cloud-based EMR an even\nby Lauren Milligan|November 5th, 2015\nSadly, the Internet is full of folks looking to steal your personal information, and while most people probably are keenly aware of the need to protect their Social Security numbers (SSNs) and credit card accounts, many don\u2019t realize that their medical identities also are vulnerable to hackers. According to NBC News, the Ponemon Institute estimates more than 2.3 million adult Americans have either been the victim of or know someone who has been a victim of medical identity theft during or before 2014. Even scarier? The institute\u2019s fifth annual survey revealed that medical identity theft rose by 22% in 2014\u2014and that rate shows no signs of slowing down. Forbes reports that in this year alone, three major health insurers\u2014Anthem, Premera,\nby Lauren Milligan|October 22nd, 2015\nIn your personal life, downtime is great: sitting on a beach, sipping a fruity drink, and doing absolutely nothing. But when it comes to the physical therapy software you use in your professional life as a PT, the last thing you want is downtime. Yet, the sinking feeling of receiving an email from your vendor alerting you to yet another downtime\u2014or worse, logging in to see that the system is down\u2014may be all too familiar. You need your software to work\u2014or else you can\u2019t. And that begs the question, \u201cHow much downtime should your physical therapy software actually experience?\u201d Some companies experience frequent\u2014yet brief\u2014periods of downtime. Others experience chunks of sustained downtime\u2014like Epic EMR, which was out for nearly two\nby Lauren Milligan|October 9th, 2015\nWe\u2019re several days into the transition to ICD-10, and it seems like most folks made it through to the other side just fine. Many of you might even be thinking the new code set isn\u2019t such a big deal. But is this the calm before the storm? After all, we\u2019ve yet to see whether providers coded correctly, and thus, whether their ICD-10 claims actually will get paid. So, between watching the leaves change color and picking a prime pumpkin from the patch, you\u2019ve got to maintain your ICD-10 efforts. While I\u2019m sure you studied and practiced your tail off in anticipation of October 1, you may have overlooked one key part of a successful switch: your EMR. Here are two\nby Courtney Lefferts|September 24th, 2015\nLove it, or hate it? Tired of reading about it, or just beginning to delve into all of the details? Regardless of which of these phrases most closely describes your relationship with ICD-10, there several things you can do to make this transition a smooth one. One of the most effective? Using an EMR. If you\u2019re already using a system, great; now\u2019s the perfect time to evaluate whether it offers everything you need to be successful with ICD-10 adoption. \u201cBecause of ICD-10\u2019s complex code structures, implementing associated changes in electronic health records, billing systems, reporting packages and other decision-making and analytical systems will require either major upgrades of multiple systems or outright replacement of older systems,\u201d says this HealthIT article.\nby Lauren Milligan|September 21st, 2015\nIf you\u2019ve spent any time at all searching for an EMR, you know it\u2019s not one-size-fits-all technology\u2014but it\u2019s not one-size-fits-one technology, either. Despite the name, a physical therapy EMR\u2014like WebPT\u2014isn\u2019t for physical therapists only. Here\u2019s how to make a PT EMR work for your OT practice: What to look for in an EMR The reason a PT EMR can work so well for OTs is because both specialties need many of the same EMR features, including: Comprehensive documentation Regular\u2014and free\u2014compliance updates and built-in alerts regarding regulatory changes like PQRS, FLR, and ICD-10 Scheduling Practice management Billing Free and easy-to-access customer education and support Cloud-based platform (especially convenient for mobile and in-home OTs) If an EMR has all these features, you\u2019re\nby Courtney Lefferts|August 18th, 2015\nSay my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say PT EMR, PMS, and billing system, I love you\u2014if you ain\u2019t runnin\u2019 game. Huh? Destiny\u2019s Child may have said it best; but while rehab therapy providers aren\u2019t runnin\u2019 game, they might feel played by all of the indistinguishable healthcare jargon that directly impacts their workflow. So, what\u2019s in a name? Could it be that you are at the crib with a misunderstanding? Here\u2019s what you need to know about EMR, practice management software, billing systems, and how each one impacts your processes: Physical Therapy EMR You are, in fact, on PhysicalTherapyEMR.net, so I\u2019m going to take a wild guess that you at least have an idea of\nWhen you think about customer service, what comes to mind? Maybe you recall a situation when a business or employee went the extra mile to surprise you with an unexpected level of kindness. Or perhaps you immediately think back to a time when poor customer service\u2014or lack of service altogether\u2014left a bad taste in your mouth. Whether your experience was a positive one\u2014or not\u2014it certainly altered your perception of the business, leaving you either delighted or totally disappointed. And although you might typically think of customer service in the context of shopping, dining out, or going to the doctor, it\u2019s also crucial that you consider this factor as you look for an EMR. The Significance of Service Chances are that\nby Lauren Milligan|August 5th, 2015\nAs a future doctor of physical therapy, you bear a large burden: you\u2019re responsible for not only healing your patients, but appropriately documenting your diagnosis and treatment as well. However, your PT program likely only places emphasis on one of those responsibilities\u2014and that\u2019s putting you at a severe disadvantage when you graduate. Here\u2019s why your DPT curriculum should include digital documentation: 1. Most clinics don\u2019t use pen and paper. When you get out of school, your chances of landing a job with a clinic that doesn\u2019t use an EMR are slim-to-none\u2014and you wouldn\u2019t want to work for a practice that\u2019s stuck in the pen-and-paper past, anyway (the dream of the \u201990s might be alive in Portland, but it won\u2019t survive\nby Courtney Lefferts|July 27th, 2015\nPhysical therapy billing is a process that begins well before your patients even enter your clinic. If your process is efficient, your bottom line likely will grow as a result of your efforts. However, if your process isn\u2019t streamlined, you might find yourself regularly dealing with claim denials and reimbursement delays. And when it comes to process efficiency, there are few factors more influential than your software. I\u2019m talking about your physical therapy EMR. Because with the right EMR in place, your billing process can miraculously transform from a pain-in-your-rear-end into a revenue-boosting machine. Here\u2019s how: Decreased Errors Human error is inevitable. Why? Because we\u2019re only, well, human. In general, making a mistake affords you the opportunity to learn a\nby Lauren Milligan|July 23rd, 2015\nIn today\u2019s post, billing software takes on billing service, and I\u2019m giving you a ringside seat. In this epic billing showdown, we\u2019ve got two fierce competitors. (Cue the entrance music, please.) Coming in from the cloud and weighing in at, well, nothing is your in-house hero: billing software. And hailing from Anytown, USA, our second contender has fast fingers and laser-sharp focus on timely filing: It\u2019s the trusted billing service! Let\u2019s have a fair fight, shall we? (Ding, ding.) Billing Software Billing is a big job, but someone\u2019s got to do it\u2014and when you use a billing software, that someone is you (or another member of your billing staff). If you\u2019re a billing heavyweight\u2014or if you\u2019re willing to hire someone\nby Brooke Andrus|July 20th, 2015\nIt\u2019s only a matter of time before the leaves start changing and the pumpkin spice lattes start flowing\u2014and that means the October 1 transition to ICD-10 is just around the corner. But rather than kicking their preparations into high gear, many providers are kicking back and relaxing\u2014because their EMRs already have everything handled, right? Right? Anyone? Bueller? Unfortunately, not all EMRs are created equally\u2014and not all are equally prepared for the impending ICD-10 transition. So, how do you make sure your system is in fighting shape for ICD-10? For starters, nail down the answers to the following questions: 1. Does your EMR prompt you to document specific details of the patient\u2019s injury or condition? One of the biggest reasons the\nby Lauren Milligan|July 8th, 2015\nUnless it\u2019s your one-year wedding anniversary, you probably don\u2019t want anyone to give you paper. And if you\u2019ve just started a new job in the rehab therapy industry, you really don\u2019t want anyone to give you paper. When it comes to documentation, paper doesn\u2019t just kill trees\u2014it can kill your new employer\u2019s bottom line. But I don\u2019t have to tell you that, do I? In fact, I\u2019m preaching to the choir, but if you\u2019re reading this article, you likely aren\u2019t the ultimate decision-maker. However, you do have a voice, and you can use it to be an EMR champion at your new clinic. Here\u2019s how: 1. Ask why the clinic still uses paper. Do they fear EMR? Are they worried\nby Lauren Milligan|June 22nd, 2015\nServer-based EMR systems are risky business\u2014and not in the fun, dance-in-your-skivvies-and-socks kind of way. These chunky monkeys are chock-full of old technology that expose your clinic to compliance risks and data losses. Here\u2019s why you should steer clear of server-based systems: Your PHI is only as secure as your clinic. Most web-based EMR vendors store all their data with top-tier security firms, so you can be sure your patients\u2019 protected health information (PHI) is safe. But if you have a server-based system, all your priceless information is stored on-site\u2014often unencrypted\u2014which makes the responsibility of securing your patients\u2019 PHI yours and yours alone. Unless you\u2019re storing your servers in a bank vault (and who has that kind of space?), you run\nby Brooke Andrus|June 19th, 2015\nThere\u2019s no stopping payment reform, and no matter how tightly you cling to the fee-for-service structures you know\u2014and, um, love?\u2014you can\u2019t slow the nationwide transition to a pay-for-performance environment. And it should come as no surprise that the move toward innovative payment structures goes hand-in-hand with the push for widespread adoption of innovative healthcare technologies, including electronic medical records (EMRs). But while federal initiatives\u2014like the meaningful use program\u2014have ushered medical professionals in other specialties into the technological age, physical therapists have, by and large, been left to fend for themselves on the EMR front. And if you\u2019re a PT who hasn\u2019t yet jumped on the EMR bandwagon, the pay-for-performance movement might be exactly the nudge you need to take the\nby Courtney Lefferts|June 12th, 2015\nImagine: It\u2019s 1985 and you\u2019re fresh out of batteries. And that\u2014unfortunately\u2014means your spelling mentor (housed in bright red plastic) is out of commission for the night. It looks like you\u2019ll be going to bed early\u2014and without the familiar, robotic voice of Speak & Spell to coax you into dreamland. Okay, so you\u2019re probably wondering what an old-school children\u2019s toy has to do with you\u2014or this post. Well, that\u2019s a great question, and the answer lies in the alphabet soup that makes up the modern glossary of healthcare jargon. As a PT, you\u2019re bombarded with new terms that pop up left and right. In fact, with so many new vocab words and acronyms, you might not feel much different than you\nby Lauren Milligan|June 9th, 2015\nIf you\u2019re ready to start expanding your practice, you\u2019ve probably spent a great deal of time making sure your staff is on board and getting your financials in order. But have you considered the impact your EMR might have on the success or failure of your expansion venture? Here are three signs your EMR isn\u2019t built to support a growing clinic: 1. It makes you pay per patient or per visit. If your EMR vendor charges you per chart or per visit, it\u2019s impeding the growth of your business\u2014and your bottom line. Under this kind of payment structure, increasing the number of patients your clinic treats means increasing the amount you pay your software vendor each month. Instead of working\nby Lauren Milligan|May 27th, 2015\nHave you ever worn one-size-fits-all clothing? If not, let me give you a word of advice: it\u2019s not actually made to fit everyone. If you wear it, you\u2019ll likely spend half your day tugging, twisting, and jerry-rigging your outfit so it works for your body. Sounds pretty annoying, right? Now imagine applying that same one-size-fits-all approach to EMR software. As a 2010 UC Davis study discovered, implementing that kind of technology could spell disaster for your practice. This four-year study focused on roughly 100 physicians\u2014specializing in either internal medicine, pediatrics, or family practice\u2014from six primary care offices, all of which were part of a large primary care physician network affiliated with an academic medical center. These offices had implemented a\nby Charlotte Bohnett|May 20th, 2015\nNowadays, shopping for business software is a lot like shopping for a car. You do a lot of online research; you ask friends and coworkers for their recommendations; and you take some test drives. One thing\u2014besides the price tag\u2014that can ruin the whole experience? You pulling out of the lot with your shiny, new investment\u2014and an uneasy inkling that maybe, just maybe, you got the wool pulled over your eyes. Of course, when you buy a car and you get that feeling, you talk to folks about it. The same can\u2019t be said for the PT industry, though. Certain software have been duping us for many years now\u2014and yet, we remain silent. That stops today. There are three ways physical\nby Lauren Milligan|April 24th, 2015\nGot EMR? Great! But don\u2019t assume that means you\u2019ve got total compliance. Your EMR company has (or should have) compliance safeguards to ensure that their systems are secure, but your EMR is just one part of the compliance equation. To truly keep your clinic\u2019s protected health information (PHI) secure, you must account for all the variables, like access to your facility, workstations, and devices as well as staff training on proper procedure. According to the new HIPAA Security Rule, covered entities are obligated to \u201cmaintain reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for protecting e-PHI.\u201d If you are a covered entity\u2014i.e, a \u201chealth care provider who transmits health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction for which\nby Courtney Lefferts|April 13th, 2015\nIf your PT clinic currently uses pen and paper for documentation, implementing an electronic medical record (i.e., EMR) in your clinic might seem like a daunting task. All new technology comes with a learning curve, but implementing an EMR system doesn\u2019t have to be difficult. Here are four easy steps to get you up and running: 1. Identify your needs. As you begin your search for an EMR, you\u2019ll need to examine your clinic\u2019s needs. On the most basic level, your clinic needs an EMR designed with your specific workflow in mind. That means choosing a PT-specific EMR system. The technology should improve your workflow, not make it more difficult. Additionally, the ideal EMR is web-based and comes with month-to-month terms of service. Steer clear of long-term\nby Heidi Jannenga|March 17th, 2015\nAre you unhappy with your current EMR? If so, you\u2019re not alone. Every year, thousands of rehab therapy professionals suffer through clunky documentation processes, delayed reimbursements, and manual\u2014which means time- and resource-consuming\u2014updates (cue saccharine Sarah McLachlan song). But it doesn\u2019t have to be like that. For as little as a few dollars a day, you can rescue a rehab therapy professional from the cruelty of antiquated and dysfunctional EMRs. Okay, so maybe the current EMR market doesn\u2019t quite call for an ASPCA-esque commercial, but for rehab therapy professionals who deal with ill-designed EMRs every day, the struggle is very real. According to a 2013 report from Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS, private practice providers \u201care leaving their vendors at an\nby Courtney Lefferts|February 16th, 2015\nIf you\u2019ve made the switch from paper documentation to an EMR system, there\u2019s no doubt you\u2019ve already invested time, money, and hard work into implementing it. If this is the case, but you\u2019ve found yourself trapped by an EMR that doesn\u2019t work for your clinic, it doesn\u2019t mean you have to stick it out forever; in fact, you shouldn\u2019t. As a business owner, it can be difficult to stomach the idea of changing EMRs\u2014especially when you have dozens of therapists, multiple locations, and hundreds of patients to consider. But if your EMR is causing you more pain than it\u2019s worth, then it might be time to make the switch to a system that works better for your clinic. And if\nby Heidi Jannenga|December 30th, 2014\nI\u2019m no fortune teller; I don\u2019t have a crystal ball, and I can\u2019t see into the future. But like a good sports analyst or meteorologist, I can make some educated hypotheses. And while I definitely couldn\u2019t tell you who\u2019s going to win the Super Bowl next month\u2014or what the weather will be like at kick-off\u2014I\u2019m pretty confident about these five predictions of the topics and trends that will have the biggest impact on the physical therapy community in 2015: 1. Outcomes The healthcare industry is changing, and in the never-ending quest to control costs while simultaneously elevating the quality of care patients receive, outcomes have emerged as a vital component of the pay-for-performance reimbursement models many payers are embracing. For\nby Courtney Lefferts|October 28th, 2014\nEMRs and social media: you might be wondering if\u2014and how\u2014the two are related. To start, it\u2019s possible that you\u2014a tech-savvy PT\u2014use one or the other on a daily basis. Furthermore, EMRs and social media both represent innovative solutions for expediting communication, collecting data, and connecting with people. Lastly, EMRs and social media are both web-based. (Wait, is your EMR server-based? That\u2019s not good. Here\u2019s why.) Your EMR enables you to create documentation that is cleaner and easier to track than paper notes. Thus, when you have questions about a patient\u2019s history, you turn to your EMR for answers. There, you can find information about the patient\u2019s past as well as his or her current condition and progress. But, where do\nby Brooke Andrus|May 21st, 2014\nMaking the switch from paper documentation to an electronic medical record (EMR) is a big change. And as with any major shift from the norm, the prospect of implementing an EMR in your practice probably comes with a few concerns\u2014about how it will impact you, your staff, and the overall health of your business. But while there\u2019s plenty of information out there to help alleviate skepticism about the value of EMR from the provider standpoint, data demonstrating a link between electronic documentation and improved patient experience is a bit more elusive. So, to get a better idea of how patients feel about electronic records, The Profitable Practice\u2014a publication of Software Advice\u2014conducted a survey of 4,500 US patients to see whether\nby Erica Cohen|May 1st, 2014\nYour clinic already has an EMR, but it\u2019s less than ideal. In fact, you frequently wonder whether it might bring you more satisfaction if you threw the whole computer off the roof of your building. But don\u2019t despair. There are actually good ones out there. Here are four reasons why your current EMR is bad for business and it\u2019s time to make a switch: 1. It\u2019s designed for physicians. While they share a doctoral title and a love for caring for people, physical therapists and physicians certainly don\u2019t share the same documentation needs. If your EMR is designed for an MD instead of a PT, you\u2019re probably having a heck of a time developing Band-Aid fixes and workarounds to ensure\nby Charlotte Bohnett|April 25th, 2014\nYou\u2019re shopping around for an electronic medical record (EMR) solution for your physical therapy practice, and boy, are there a lot of options. You\u2019re trying to make up your mind, but you need to be absolutely sure. After all, implementing an EMR is a big commitment, one that will dramatically affect your clinic\u2019s workflow. The last thing you need is a nagging feeling that this major change won\u2019t absolutely be for the better. To prevent any inkling of buyer\u2019s remorse, be sure to avoid these common pitfalls during the EMR selection process: Cost-per-chart or per-visit pricing The EMR solution you choose should help your clinic\u2019s cash flow\u2014not deplete it. So, select one that offers a cost-per-user payment structure rather than\nSpend enough time scrolling through Facebook, perusing magazine headlines in the grocery store checkout line, or catching snippets of daytime television in the waiting room, and you\u2019re bound to get a healthy dose of gossip. Typically, we assume that the grapevine babble stops with Miley Cyrus just being Miley or politicians getting caught doing smarmy things. In reality, though, rumors swirl everywhere\u2014even within the healthcare industry. Take web-based EMR for example. Do you know the myths from the truth? Myth: The Internet\u2019s not secure enough to keep my important data safe. Truth: With so much at stake, data security should be one of your top priorities\u2014but don\u2019t write off the Internet just yet. As Power Your Practice points out, web-based\nby Erica Cohen|April 7th, 2014\nIsrael Green-Hopkins, MD, recently wrote a pretty interesting article for KevinMD about an imaginary physician-designed electronic medical record (EMR). He begins by saying that the thought alone \u201cshould make us all cringe,\u201d because a clinician-designed product \u201cis doomed [to be] limited [in] scope and lack\u2026forward-thinking trajectory. Yet, the concept of integrating and considering the physician point of view and workflow is critical to successful EMR functionality.\u201d While we definitely don\u2019t agree with his first point\u2014that a physician-designed EMR should make us cringe\u2014we do think there is a lot to be said for a clinician-technologist partnership in the creation of a technological tool for clinicians. It just makes sense: two heads\u2014with two specific, perfectly relevant skill sets\u2014are most definitely better than\nby Erica Cohen|March 31st, 2014\nSo, you\u2019ve been bitten by the EMR bug. We don\u2019t blame you. There are so many ways an EMR will make your work life easier; it\u2019s a wonder it didn\u2019t happen sooner. If you\u2019re not the decision-maker (read: money-spender) in your clinic, though, you might have some convincing to do. But tell your boss the things he or she wants to hear about EMR\u2014all true, of course\u2014and you\u2019ll be well on your way to ditching the pen and paper in favor of some sweet, time-saving technology. 1. It solves a specific problem. You and I both know that the right EMR (cough, WebPT) has a plethora of amazing benefits\u2014everything from intuitive initial evaluations specifically designed to meet the needs of\nEverything you do, you do for your patients\u2014to help them lead healthier, happier, more pain-free lives. So, I can only imagine how frustrating it must be when a patient misses an appointment, skips home exercises, or in some other way fails to comply with your well-meaning requests. You are, after all, a doctor\u2014a musculoskeletal expert who wants nothing more than to see your patients recover. If begging and pleading has gotten you nowhere, here are five things you can do to improve patient compliance in your clinic: 1. Communicate Clearly Let\u2019s start by giving patients the benefit of the doubt. After all, most of them genuinely want to get better, too. So, maybe they just misunderstood what you were saying.\nBy now you probably know that Twitter is great for communicating with potential customers and creating a public voice for your practice, but did you know that you also can use this social media platform as a real-time news source and learning tool? You can search using hashtags or relevant keywords to pull up all sorts of wonderful information\u2014everything from 140-character op-eds and inspirational stories to advice from the experts and links to the biggest news sources around the world. So what can Twitter teach you about electronic medical record (EMR) systems? Let\u2019s find out. Adoption statistics: Benefits: New news sources: The future of EMR: What patients want: Advice for finding the right vendor: EMR on an international scale: Challenges\nPer the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, all eligible public and private healthcare providers across the US must have adopted an electronic medical record (EMR) and demonstrated meaningful use by January 1, 2014, to continue receiving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. Incentives and Penalties To facilitate this transition\u2014which meets the United States\u2019 goals of improving quality, safety, and efficiency; reducing medical disparities; engaging patients and family members; improving care coordination; and maintaining privacy and security\u2014the government is offering financial incentives for compliance and assessing penalties for non-compliance. Specifically, according to this CMS webpage, eligible providers can receive up to $44,000 and/or up to $63,750 through the incentive programs for Medicare and Medicaid, respectively. On the other hand, eligible\nSo, you\u2019re pretty sure, fairly positive, almost certain you\u2019re ready to pull the trigger on a new EMR for your practice. Congratulations! You\u2019re making a wonderful decision for yourself, your staff, and your patients. But, before you take the next step, take a few minutes to read this post. Here are three things you should do to ensure your EMR implementation is a success: 1. Choose the Best EMR First and foremost, if you\u2019re a physical therapist, you should choose a physical therapy-specific EMR. It sounds like a no-brainer, but you\u2019d be surprised how many clinicians overspend on a one-size-fits-all solution and then end up wasting precious time on workarounds and Band-Aid fixes because the product simply doesn\u2019t meet their\nby Charlotte Bohnett|March 4th, 2014\nSo much of what we do nowadays, we can accomplish online\u2014from tax preparation and banking to movie watching and shopping. It\u2019s no wonder that so many electronic medical record (EMR) systems\u2014tools that allow medical providers to digitally document, schedule, and bill\u2014are accessible online, too. Of course, these EMRs aren\u2019t all the same. Most do not take into account the workflow or treatment style specific to physical therapy. Beyond that, some aren\u2019t even truly \u201conline.\u201d That\u2019s right, there are server-based EMRs out there masquerading as web-based applications by calling themselves \u201cweb-enabled.\u201d Don\u2019t be fooled; here\u2019s why you should skip the tricksters and go for the real deal: True Web-Based In a cloud- or web-based system, the EMR stores your clinic\u2019s data\u2014which\nThe traditional gift-giving holidays are all behind us now\u2014even Cupid has holstered his bow and arrow\u2014but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t treat yourself to something really nice just because. Give yourself the gift of EMR this spring, and say goodbye to writing, filing, and lugging paper charts\u2014a pain, whatever the season. And that\u2019s not all. With the right EMR, you\u2019ll get these other great gifts that just keep on giving, too: Legible, Accessible, and Defensible Documentation All physicians must transition to EMR by 2014, and there\u2019s a reason for that: compared to paper charting, EMRs are better able to provide the medical community as a whole with legible, accessible, and defensible documentation. And that\u2019s important for both patients and providers,\nby Brooke Andrus|February 26th, 2014\nWith the switch to ICD-10 looming on the horizon, many healthcare providers are searching for a catch-all solution to ensure a smooth, snag-free transition. As this article points out, while there\u2019s really no \u201cmagic bullet\u201d for ICD-10, adopting an electronic medical record (EMR) will definitely help ease some of the pain associated with implementing this new diagnosis code set. In fact, the thought of tackling ICD-10 without an EMR is close to inconceivable. Here\u2019s why: 1. It will be your life preserver in a sea of new codes. If you\u2019re overwhelmed by the sheer number of codes included in ICD-10, you\u2019re not alone. To give you an idea of the scope, there are more than 68,000 ICD-10 diagnosis codes and 72,000 procedural\nby Erica Cohen|December 30th, 2013\nAt the end of November, Medicare released its Final Rule, which, among other things, included all the nitty gritty details of next year\u2019s physician quality reporting system (PQRS). And if there was any doubt that registry-based reporting with an EMR was the way to go in 2013, there isn\u2019t any in 2014. Here\u2019s why: 1. Registry-based reporting is much easier. Your first decision when it comes to PQRS\u2014assuming that you\u2019ve already acknowledged that it\u2019s in your very best interest to comply\u2014is which reporting method to use: claims-based (lots of work) or registry-based (easy as pie). You see, with claims-based reporting, it\u2019s all on you. You\u2019re responsible for remembering what to report, for whom, and how frequently as well as for\nby Erica Cohen|December 5th, 2013\nFeeling confident about compliance is rare among most healthcare professionals\u2014and that includes rehab therapists. Of course, most PTs know the terms \u201ctherapy cap,\u201d \u201cfunctional limitation reporting,\u201d \u201cPQRS,\u201d \u201cthe 8-minute rule,\u201d and \u201cMPPR,\u201d but, in our experience, few can say with confidence that they are fully compliant\u2014especially without the help of an EMR. Yet, compliance requirements remain in place, and payment denials, penalties, fines, audits, and a whole lot of complications await those practitioners who don\u2019t take the requirements seriously. So, if an EMR can help you boost your compliance confidence, what are you waiting for? Here\u2019s proof: 1. Complete Documentation Each regulation has its own distinct and often complicated set of documentation requirements, but the right EMR can sort all\nby Brooke Andrus|November 21st, 2013\nIf you\u2019re in the market for an EMR, you already know there are tons of options out there. And as a savvy shopper, you\u2019re probably trying to whittle down your list of \u201cmaybes\u201d to a few \u201cvery likelies\u201d before you have to make a final decision. With features galore, it might be tough to figure out which ones will be most beneficial to you and your practice. And on top of that, some EMRs are certified for a particular purpose, such as meaningful use. By now, most healthcare practitioners have at least heard of meaningful use. Perhaps you have, too. Essentially, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal government began offering financial incentives\u2014up to $44,000\nby Charlotte Bohnett|November 13th, 2013\nHIPAA Compliance: Why Cloud-Based EMR is Your Security Champ At this point, I think it is safe to say that sensitive data\u2014such as patient records\u2014is more secure in digital storage (i.e., electronic medical records) than it is in filing cabinets (i.e., paper charts). Software Advice\u2019s analysis on the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2011 HIPAA security violation report supports this observation. But data security\u2014and therefore HIPAA compliance\u2014isn\u2019t as cut-and-dried as computer-versus-filing cabinet. In fact, paper isn\u2019t even a contender in this discussion. When it comes to patient data and security in today\u2019s medical landscape, the two duking it out are both digital\u2014and cloud-based has run away with the title. Cloud. Server. What\u2019s the Difference? In a cloud-\nby Erica Cohen|October 22nd, 2013\nThe Internet\u2019s a wonderful place, a place where you can find just about anything your heart desires\u2014from the recipe for your favorite restaurant\u2019s puttanesca to step-by-step directions on how to go green in your clinic. It\u2019s also where you can find information about the products you need to keep your business running smoothly, including information about electronic medical records (EMRs). Here are five questions to ask when evaluating an EMR company: 1. What are people saying about the company? While you certainly shouldn\u2019t believe everything you read online, you can use a few good Google searches to give yourself an idea of what people think about your potential vendor (partner, if you choose the right one). Pay attention, of course,\nby Brooke Andrus|October 11th, 2013\nChange is hard, but in an age where technology and innovation rule, it\u2019s also inevitable. And in an increasingly digital world, paper records are quickly falling by the wayside in virtually every industry\u2014rehab therapy included. If you\u2019re still documenting on paper, you might be reluctant\u2014and maybe even a little scared\u2014to make the jump to an electronic medical record (EMR). After all, you\u2019ve been using a paper system for years, and it seems to be working just fine. So what\u2019s all this fuss about going digital? Read on to discover five good reasons why rehab therapists should make the switch to EMR. 1. It\u2019s the way of the future. Actually, it\u2019s quickly becoming the way of the present. As detailed in\nby Erica Cohen|September 30th, 2013\nSocial Media Social media is all the rage these days\u2014and that goes for Facebook (with 1.5 billion active users), Twitter (with 200 million), LinkedIn (with 238 million), and Pinterest (with 70 million). And these numbers are increasing steadily. Take Facebook, for example. The 1.5 million active users I referenced above is 23% more than the number of active users the company had in early 2012. That\u2019s enormous growth in just a year. According to Zephoria, this should quell any lingering doubts you may still have about the The Social Network because\u2014statistically speaking\u2014\u201cFacebook is too big to ignore.\u201d And as far as we\u2019re concerned, so are the rest. Hopefully, you\u2019re tapping into the magic that is social media to enhance your\nby Brooke Andrus|September 18th, 2013\nIf you\u2019re considering implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) in your rehab therapy practice, you\u2019ve probably already gotten the skinny on the numerous ways an EMR will benefit you and your business: reduced errors, maximized reimbursements, simplified Medicare and HIPAA compliance, improved efficiency\u2014the list goes on. But as a therapist, your ultimate goal\u2014the reason you got into this profession\u2014is to help people. What you might not realize, though, is that an EMR can actually enhance the quality of care you provide to your patients. Read on to find out how. 1. It\u2019s a time-saver. Even if you have the slickest filing system in the world\u2014color-coded tabs, anyone?\u2014it will never compare to the efficiency and convenience of an EMR. If you\nWhen it comes to an EMR, there\u2019s no such thing as a free lunch, and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I could rattle off clich\u00e9s \u2019til the cows come home, but you get the point: you get what you pay for. Now this isn\u2019t always the case; there are plenty of fantastic services, experiences, and products out there that also happen to be fantastically free. But these are not the services, experiences, and products that store and transmit your patients\u2019 protected health information. Nor are they the ones that ensure you are fully HIPAA and Medicare compliant. And they are certainly not the ones that help you run a better practice\u2014and receive proper reimbursement.\nby Erica Cohen|September 8th, 2013\nIf you\u2019ve been reading the latest in healthcare regulations, rulings, and requirements, you\u2019ve probably done a good deal of head-scratching. Not only is the writing clear as mud (I\u2019d be remiss not to plug the benefits of good copywriters here), but the US government has also created its own language of initialisms\u2014not all that surprising if you consider the government\u2019s track record (think CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.). But before you get bogged down with these new two-, three-, and five-letter words\u2014and start shouting out a few choice four-letter ones\u2014we thought we\u2019d give you a helping hand. Here\u2019s how you can decipher this acronym alphabet soup\u2014sans Cracker Jack decoder ring. HIT: Health information technology (or health IT) is the electronic exchange\nby Erica Cohen|September 2nd, 2013\n[If you\u2019ve already ready Part 1 or Part 2, jump to the subtitle below.] The year is 2013, and although we don\u2019t have the technological advancements of say, The Jetsons, we certainly have come a long way. In the last decade, smartphones became omnipresent, Google became a verb, and social networking changed the way we interact with one another. Never before have we had access to so much information\u2014literally\u2014at our fingertips. And although there\u2019s no question that we as a society take full advantage of the newest and neatest technological advances to make our personal lives easier, we don\u2019t always do the same when it comes to our professional ones. Want an example? When was the last time you hand-wrote\nby Erica Cohen|August 26th, 2013\nEven the word \u201caudit\u201d sounds awful. Think about it. Did you get goose bumps, feel a looming dark presence in the room, or shudder slightly? You\u2019re not alone; I did too. So how do you quell that nauseous feeling in the pit of your stomach when you contemplate an audit? It\u2019s simple: you make sure your practice is audit-proof. Not that you can ever prevent an audit from occurring, but you can certainly take steps to ensure that when one does occur, there\u2019s no skin off your back. For example, if you were concerned about a potential IRS audit, you\u2019d hire a tax expert to make sure your business practices and returns aligned exactly with the letter of the law.\nby Brooke Andrus|August 17th, 2013\nThe typical pro-EMR argument tends to revolve around documentation. Yes, documenting with an EMR is easier, faster, and all-around less painful than the traditional pen-and-paper method. But documentation is only the tip of the EMR iceberg. If you\u2019ve got the right system in place, it can actually make you more competitive (read: profitable) in business. Interested? I thought you might be. Here are some ways your EMR can give you a leg-up on the competition: Marketing For most rehab therapists, referrals play a crucial role in acquiring new patients. How crucial? Well, according to the APTA\u2019s Marketing to Health Care Professionals guide, 94% of consumers start with their primary care provider when they have pain or mobility concerns. So, it\nby Erica Cohen|August 9th, 2013\n[If you\u2019ve already read Part 1, jump to the next section below.] The year is 2013, and although we don\u2019t have the technological advancements of say, The Jetsons, we certainly have come a long way. In the last decade, smartphones became omnipresent, Google became a verb, and social networking changed the way we interact with one another. Never before have we had access to so much information\u2014literally\u2014at our fingertips. And although there\u2019s no question that we as a society take full advantage of the newest and neatest technological advances to make our personal lives easier, we don\u2019t always do the same when it comes to our professional ones. Want an example? When was the last time you hand-wrote three pages of anything in\nYou\u2019re a smart business owner\u2014and as all smart business owners do, you\u2019re weighing the pros and cons of adopting a physical therapy EMR for your practice. Let\u2019s take a look at your lists. I bet by now you\u2019ve got a whole score of pros built up\u2014like how EMR saves time and money, ensures Medicare compliance, integrates your documentation with your scheduling and billing so you can maximize patient visits and get paid, and so on. But maybe in the course of your pro-con list-making, you stumbled across a potential con: the challenge of transitioning to an EMR\u2014the \u201cEMR learning curve,\u201d if you will. And that\u2019s a real thing\u2014a real thing that could be absolutely detrimental to your clinic\u2019s productivity. But\nby Erica Cohen|August 2nd, 2013\nThe year is 2013, and although we don\u2019t have the technological advancements of say, The Jetsons, we certainly have come a long way. In the last decade, smartphones became omnipresent, Google became a verb, and social networking changed the way we interact with one another. Never before have we had access to so much information\u2014literally\u2014at our fingertips. And although there\u2019s no question that we as a society take full advantage of the newest and neatest technological advances to make our personal lives easier, we don\u2019t always do the same when it comes to our professional ones. Want an example? When was the last time you hand-wrote three pages of anything in your personal life? I\u2019m guessing\u2014unless it was a sentimental\nby Brooke Andrus|July 31st, 2013\nWe could sing the praises of EMR until we go hoarse, but luckily, we don\u2019t have to (which is a good thing, because we just weren\u2019t cut out for vocal performance). Instead, we asked a few rehab therapy professionals to explain how their EMR helps them achieve greatness not only as a therapist, but also as a businessperson. Here\u2019s what they had to say: It streamlines the billing process and cuts down on the time therapists spend filling out their charges. \u201cWe find that there is far less redundant data entry, and less time that our therapists have to spend filling out charge vouchers, and ensuring they match the notes precisely. This of course eliminates billing errors,\u201d says Kerry Siman-Tov,\nby Erica Cohen|July 25th, 2013\nYou\u2019ve been toying with the idea of an EMR for a while now, and maybe you\u2019re still trying to figure out if making the transition is really the right decision for your clinic. To help, we\u2019ve put together this list of ten warning signs that your clinic needs an EMR now: You\u2019re drowning in paper. Are you swimming in a quagmire of paper chart quicksand? Is your office overflowing with rows upon rows of filing cabinets all jam-packed with loose, dog-eared, and illegible handwritten notes? If you were audited today, would you be able to easily find the notes you made to justify that your services were medically necessary on Sally Joe back in \u201806? 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And we will show you how to get it - BIGTIME!\nHow To Feel Energised Every Day (FITNESS)\nEnergy Exchanges might not be something that you never really think about, however in today's world of business, busyness and non stop socialising more often than not the world is running on fumes. Tiredness isn't something that takes us over, like an unexpected foe, as it is with us all the time. We keep on going and going, until either something happens to our health which rocks us on our hills, or life forces us to slow down, by taking away those constant demands. I'll give you an example, how many of us work, work, work, until we get to the weekend, and then turn our attention to the chores that we need to do around the house? We dont ever say to ourselves, \"This weekend, we will just 100% unplug, relax and get sun on our faces...ready for the coming week\" Energy Exchanges work both ways people. You are giving it away so how about reclaiming some of it to work better? Or, we go to the expense to go on vacation with our family and the first five days we just can't switch off from life, until a few days off relaxation appears, before thinking about the world we are about to return to. This is all taking away the energy that we have and need to perform our best work. We cant just give, give, give and expect our lives to get better and better. It's time for some energy exchanges to appear everyday. So how about we turn our focus on ourselves, and simply think this one fact \"How can i put the good stuff into my body to make it work better?\" This could be a change of diet, stopping boozing, getting more sleep, or my personal favourite gaining the right type of oxygen. It doesn't take any money, and more often than not will save you cash in the long run. It does take focus and commitment. Since the end of 2018. I have been working on energy exchanges everyday in my life and have never felt better. I dont exercise more (if at all). I dont diet. I do add more sleep, oxygen and rest into my life. I spend twenty minutes per day, split into two periods of ten minutes breathing as deeply as I can and then holding my breath based around the Wim Hof Method of breathing. This has been a game changer for me, and I cant express the positives you will also discover by doing the same. Energy exchanges are yours to decide on, but are incredibly important if you want to achieve the life you want. Start giving yourself the best chance you can have to rock your world, by bringing the energy back into your life.\nHow To Live A Stress Free Life (FITNESS)\nToday's guest is one of those rare individuals who has now appeared on Join Up Dots twice. Firstly back on episode 459 when we spoke about how she developed her business to be an expert on dealing with the complexities of raising children, and the anxieties and behavioural problems that we as parents may encounter with our adorable offspring. She got to that point as for 20 years she worked in a range of settings with families with complex needs who have lived through a range of trauma and as a respite foster carer herself had direct experience of living with traumatised children. She has now been running her own company training, speaking and writing about the impact of early years trauma children\u2019s behaviour and development needs bringing much needed attention to these issues. But since then she seems to have pivoted and is now focusing more and more on helping people overcome the stresses of life. The anxieties that slowly creep us on us until it becomes a problem that can bring us to our knees Familiar limiting beliefs like... I don\u2019t have enough time or the money to\u2026, I sometimes feel like a fraud, The work could dry up at any moment, I need to work 24/7 to keep my head above water, The market just isn\u2019t good at the moment, People might not want my product or service, Everyone else is doing better than me, I need to be realistic and not aim too high, I can\u2019t REALLY charge that, can I?, I\u2019m doing this for my family (the one I never see), I\u2019m always stressed out and tired, People like me never\u2026, I never get enough sleep I'm sure there isn't one of us who hasn't had a few of those every now and again in our lives. So what can we do about it? Are there quick fixes to get us mentally back on track? And now she is an expert, does she breeze through life like a twig on the mighty stream of life, stress free, and smiling all the way? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Jane Evans. Show Highlights During the show we discuss such major topics with Jane such as: Jane shares how \"her thing\" came to her through in the most unexpected way, but now she is 100% embracing the authenticity of her professional life. We talk about the three types of stress in life, and the reasons that stress can sometimes be a good thing which we need to perform to a high level. Jane reveals the reasons why so many get stressed out at the moments of relaxation and holiday periods. And lastly...... The secret of change is to focus all your energies on not the past, but changing the new. If you do that you wont go far wrong.\nChange Your Mindset Forever (MINDSET EXPERT)\nToday's guest joining us on the show is a man from Edinburgh, Scotland who is assisting entrepreneur across the world to plough through the mind-blocks holding them back. He is the founder of Mindset experts. As he says \"If you are an entrepreneur who has got past the start up phase then good work, that's a tough furrow to plough. You've now got some stability, an operational team and maybe one or two senior staff involved. But if you've got ambition you will have realised that the next chapter is different. You probably feel that you're still working just as hard but your growth has slowed down. You know that something has to change. That something is you.\" As they always say \"If you win the inner game, you win the outer game\" so how does he do it? How does he help you up-level your income, or increase your prospects in the future. Well he helps by getting you onto two relevant frameworks. One to develop your business strategy and one to develop your entrepreneurial mindset expertise. These route-maps allow you to see where you are on your journey, and show you the steps you are still to take. So how did he get to this point of awareness? Was it his own stumbles or falls, or just an inbuilt talent of overcoming mindset obstacles? And where can we start today, if we have just one chance to move to the next level and change our mindset forever? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Joe Trodden. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such deep subjects such as: We share why the age of thirty seema to be such a landmark age for so many people. The time in their life when the light bulb switches on and possibilities reveal themselves. Joe shares how so many people come to him with a fix it job, where actually the answers are already within them they just lack the clarity. Why there can be a huge advantage to being aware of your peer group from an early age and acting accordingly. And lastly........... Joe talks openly about our innate supertalents and focusing in on your strengths as much as possible. Find the excitement in your life and you never work again.\nBringing Fitness Into A Busy Life (FITNESS)\nToday's guest joining us on the show is a guy who I first stumbled across on YouTube, and if you have heard my recent cold showers challenge then this is the guy who inspired me to take the freezing plunge. So inspired by what he is doing from his home in the UK, I just had to invite him onto Join Up Dots to find out how he finds the time and the passion day after day. As he says \"As well as being a full time geek, I have a passion for all things health and fitness. My experience and interests gives me a unique insight into the projects I work on. \" He is cranking out the YouTube videos, releasing podcasts, blog posts, and showing us all how we can be the best versions of ourselves in a less than preachy message. That is normally enough for most people nowadays, but our guest isn't like most people as he also runs Falkon digital, which is a boutique Digital Agency, creating websites and helping clients grow their businesses online since 2009. This is a family run business, based in Altrincham,\u2019up North\u2019, in the leafy suburbs of Cheshire, a mere stone\u2019s throw away from Manchester city centre and the airport, and they are ideally placed to work with companies locally, nationally and internationally. As they say \"Our company ethos is to work with you, as an extension of your team, to work towards your business goals using our own expertise in design, development and digital marketing.\" So alongside looking after his wife and two kids, is this normal activity in his opinion or is he demonstrating a superpower of productivity and mindset that mere mortals cannot reach. And when did this all start? Was he the classic couch potato that had a life changing epiphany or always supremely fit and focused. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Luke Sherran Show Highlights During the discussion with the Luke Sherran we hit such deep subjects such as: We share how so many people miss out on the intensity of pushing through the pain barrier to gain the true gold that is waiting for them. Luke shares the reasons why his first business failed due to naivety in his business decision making. We talk about how we can re engineer the algorithms on YouTube to gain massive success in this exciting media format. and lastly................ Luke join up his dots and can clearly see that for every success he has made in his life, the seeds were planted many many years before.\nA Listener's Perfect Moment For Action = NOW\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots we focus on a couple of emails from a listener of the show, who has told us off an issue that so many of us struggle with.....too many ideas, the imposter syndrome and waiting for the perfect time. Lets start with the first email that we received....... Email One Hi David, I will try and keep this short as I know you limit the time you spend on emails, and I\u2019m sure that you get plenty. But I wanted to thank you for the content you have been putting out. I have been listening to JUD for around the last six months however some of your recent episodes have been particularly relatable. When I was younger I always wanted to be my own boss however like you say, I settled and followed the well-trodden path into uni and employment. I quickly discovered that the promised land of employment in a \u201cgood, safe, professional job\u201d is not what it\u2019s made out to be; it\u2019s certainly not been my definition of good, safe or professional. It particularly hit me when one day whilst commuting into London. I noticed that the rhythmic clucking of rush-hour footsteps up tube station stairs just sounded too much like people being churned out by a factory press for my liking. I\u2019m now in employment that suits me much better, and I am very grateful of that considering what I went through before, but I know that I need to really go it alone and dream of doing work which inspires and excites me every day. Moreover I feel like the time to act is now as I have realised that telling yourself that it\u2019s not the right time is just a lie; now is as good of a time as any and if anything things will only get more difficult the longer you wait. The difficulty I\u2019m having at the moment is transitioning from paper to practice. I have no issues forming businesses on paper; developing ideas, researching the idea, creating plans and to an extent even testing ideas. This however is when I seem to face a huge mental block; much like a deer in a car\u2019s headlights that rather than bouncing along on its way to safety, only stops and stands still. A mixture of too many ideas and a fear of the unknown is the problem I guess, but something which I am very much fighting to get through at the moment. Your content is a massive help and a motivator when I\u2019m struggling to move forwards but hopefully these small steps at the moment will be little dots that will join up in the future. Thanks again, please keep up the excellent work. David So we went back to him and followed up the conversation and found out that at his core he is struggling with \"too many ideas, and waiting for the perfect time\" Email Two I have never considered writing and really wouldn\u2019t consider it a strength at all. I\u2019m dyslexic and the process of writing is something which can be quite time consuming and painful, especially when I know that the structure of what I have written is going to be coming under some scrutiny. As such it actually means quite a lot that you commented positively on it. I have always tended to compensate for poor writing by speaking\u2026 and like a wet fish slapping me in the face, I think I need to take your advice from an episode where you talk about podcasting as a way of engaging and directing sales. While ideas are great they are now distractions more than anything and that in truth it\u2019s probably me giving myself an excuse not to progress with whatever I was working on and I guess fall back into my comfort zone of researching etc. rather than entering the \u2018unknown\u2019. I will be sure to let you know how I get on with the ploughing on through as well as what happens after. It\u2019s funny you should mention our old mind-set problem because I can totally relate to that. I have one friend who I discuss a lot of these things with, mainly because he has similar feelings about his job, but other than that I keep things very much to myself and perhaps that\u2019s a mistake. Was there something in particular that got you out of that mind-set, a particular turning point when you stepped out from being undercover? I work in construction so sometimes move around a lot. During the time I was referring to with the steps comment, I was living in South East London and commuting by train to Watford and Ealing. I now live in Kent (largely because it\u2019s so much cheaper than London) but split my time between Kent and Essex. If our paths ever cross then I think I owe you a drink.\nBuilding A Ghostwriting Business (BUSINESS)\nToday\u2019s guest has built his business by bringing the worlds desire for published success onto the book shelves of the world, against staying on their pc\u2019s as unfinished masterpieces. As he says \u201cIf you\u2019re like most of my clients, you know SO much about your topic that you don\u2019t know where to start, what to put where, and how to tie it all together into something people actually want to buy. Book publishing is worth $120 BILLION globally. The industry rewards preparation\u2014not motivation. I\u2019m a Ghostwriter. AKA, a professional book writer who captures an author\u2019s voice, helps you hone your ideas so they\u2019re publishing-ready, and polishes the hidden gems in your manuscript\u2026all without injecting my own opinions or views into your book. On top of that, I\u2019m the first and only Ghostwriter on the planet to use writing analytics software (Stylometric Analysis) to capture and authentically recreate an author voice. When we partner on your book, we\u2019ll get your ideas on paper in your voice. So is a book a vital part of the business branding, or just pandering to the entrepreneurs ego? And where do most people go wrong when trying to do this themselves, the writing or the actual process of marketing the book? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Joshua Lisec. Show Highlights During the show we discuss such major topics with Joshua such as: Joshua shares how his dream in college was to be a published author, which has led him after turning down many opportunities to help the world get published. We talk about the \u201cstay in your lane\u201d advice that so many people get given in their lives which is a crock. You dont just drive in a straight line, so why should your life be that way? How the talent stack is one of the most powerful concepts that you can bring into your life. Join up your strengths and passions and make something unique. Why it take as much effort to sell a $50,000 product as it does a $50 product. So ramp up your prices, and provide the right value to\nThe Subconscious Mind (MINDSET)\nToday's guest joining us on the show is a man with a special talent, attached to a desire to entertain, educate and inspire his clients to be the best that they can be. Most people never get close to being the full version of themselves due to their limiting beliefs, mental anchors, and quite frankly the inability to supercharge themselves by tapping into the talents they have lying dormant deep within them. That was never going to be the case for today's guest as he was determined to be the best he could be once he found the true passion in his life, hypnosis and the power of the subconscious mind. He came across his natural talent for hypnosis and suggestion in the hotel De France in Jersey when he watched a show-band drummer hypnotize a young lady, who was then told that a toy dog a little boy was playing with,was a fully grown lion. The resulting mayhem convinced him he had to discover more about the mind and imagination, he had to know why reality can change so quickly. Through that obsession, his own reality changed and he not only found that those skills being used on over 70,000 people across the world, he also found himself on the stages of London to the shiny lights of Las Vegas. Which is credit to the man, as being born with an inherited a form of Muscular Dystrophy called Charcot Marie Tooth disease, he was was told at 19, after a year undergoing disastrously bad surgery and physio, that he should only do sit down jobs. No one would have expected him to instead become \"Britain's Leading Hypnotist\" . As he says \"The trick of success is to use what comes out of, and goes in to, the Subconscious Mind\" and he certainly does this everyday with stunning effect. So what made him push himself to tackle bigger and bigger challenges when he could have simply settled for the lifestyle that others expected of him. And are there tips that all of us can start using today that can see us soar and defy expectations? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Jonathan Chase. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such deep subjects such as: Jon shares how we should enjoy the benefits of working with high ticket clients. They value what your offer is, and you also need a lot less of them to build a dream life. How a business is all about focus. Get the focus right and your business will lead to the ultimate sophistication.......perfect simplicity. And lastly........... We discuss how humans are the only creators on the planet, due to the power of their imagination. We should spend a lot more time in our minds and be in harmony with our subconscious.\nEasy Social Media (BUSINESS)\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is a man with many years of experience and several successful startups and exits through his history. He joins us as the founder of Needls, the first ever RoboAgency. What does this mean I hear you cry? Well it's the easiest and most effective way to advertise online. The Needls ad platform allows businesses to automatically create, target and optimize digital ads on both Facebook and Instagram. Using its proprietary intent engine, Needls identifies buying signals within posts, tweets and status updates through Data Science and AI, ultimately determining the perfect target audience for these ads by monitoring social media conversations in real time. Needls then delivers advertisements directly to these individuals, resulting in a high-quality traffic and impressive ROI for advertisers. But as you will hear on the show this is a guy who is joining up his dots everyday, as back in 2006 he started as an Internet Marketing Consultant for MenuPalace.com, where he managed all aspects of the sales cycle for online marketing campaigns. This lead him to creating a brokerage company focused on selling high end, established, web-based businesses that have a history of generating significant cash flows. Until he got to where he is today the dots have joined up From starting his first business while still in university at the age of 18 it seems that he is exactly where he wants to be As he says\"Creating businesses that help people is what motivates me. Every company I've started and worked with has stemmed from a problem that needed a solution. Now with Needls, I'm excited to bring that knowledge and passion to businesses looking to leverage social media as their problem\". So if business is all about solving problems for others, why do so many people struggle to find a business idea that works for them? And now he has created a solid history of online and offline success does he find it easier moving forward, or just as confusing? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Michael Koral Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Michael such as: How so many people across the world have to wait for the realisation of what they love in life. But the dots will start making sense. We discuss the power of a robo agency, which has given the power back to the individuals of the world, compared to the historic route of marketing. Why so many people in corporate land have a huge problem to define the value that they can brig to the world holding them back from success and lastly\u2026. Michael shares just a few of the failures in his life, which have led him to where he is today. Would he be where he is without them???\nTime - The Most Valuable Commodity (TIME)\nSo what is the most valuable commodity in your life? You might say that it is your family, your kids, your highly polished sportscar that come to the top of the list of this category. However, i would say that this is wrong. In fact I wouldn't just say that you are wrong, but you are you so wrong it's untrue. Although these things are precious to you, I think the most valuable commodity in your life is time. Agreed? Time is something that is given to us right at the very start with no clear indication as to how much we have actually ever been given. We didn't get a chart that says \"Ok you are here.....follow your finger to the end.\" The time that you have on this planet is running out from the moment that you pop your head out from deep within your mother. There is no pause button. There is no way to wind back the hands of time and get it back. It's strange then that we all are focused on everything else in our life, but not overly on the hands of life running down the time that we have left on this planet. The time that we have to create our legacy and leave our mark on this planet. Let me ask you a question \"What did you do today with your life?\" Was it amazing, stimulating, exciting or just a few connected hours that ran between the time you opened your eyes to closing them again? If its the droopy eyes scenario then that doesn't sound like this most useful spending of the most valuable commodity does it? Steve Jobs the late founder of Apple, said many remarkable things as you will have heard on Join Up Dots, but during his commencement speech in 2005 he spoke these words about the use of time, and why he considers it as the most valuable commodity mankind has. If these words don't frighten you into taking action then I don't know what will. \u201cI have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, \u2018If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?\u2019 And whenever the answer has been \u2018no\u2019 for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. \u201cRemembering that I\u2019ll be dead soon is the most important tool I\u2019ve ever used to help make the big choices in life. Almost everything\u2014all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure\u2014these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. \u201cRemembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.\u201d So do you know what you are going to spend your most valuable commodity on tomorrow? It better be something good, as it will be the most expensive investment that you have ever made full stop.\nCold Showers - The 30 Day Challenge (MINDSET)\nCold Showers are something that I have never considered to be something that I want to get involved in. After all why would anyone want to jump into freezing cold water everyday, but apparently a lot of people do and it seems for very good reasons too. In today's show we report on the first day of a brand new challenge that I am hoping will inspire the world to try to do something that makes them uncomfortable, but builds the mindset muscle to tackle bigger and biger ventures. Taking cold showers everyday. I started this challenge after being inspired by the words of Mahatma Gandhi and on a lesser note many different YouTubers who have tried the same experiment with mixed results. The idea is by plunging headfirst into a series of cold showers each morning, you increase alertness, lose fat, get healthier skin and other such benefits. Even tackling depression in the process. The first day came, and I hesitated for a second and jumped into the freezing blast of water. Man it was a shock to the system, and even with my steely resolve I jumped straight back out. This was my first mistake. Apparently you build up to this level, instead going from a warm and lovely shower, and then when you are nice and hot turn it down for the last two minutes or so. This is an easier way of doing things, but still is difficult as you can imagine. The second day came, and i was not looking forward to it, but by taking it step by step I overcame the desire to turn that dial to red as quickly as possible. I have 28 more days of the cold showers, so what am I aiming to achieve? What are the benefits that others report from doing the same? The Key Benefits To Taking Cold Showers Everyday The majority of the benefits that we aim to get from cold showers are of course internally. An increase in the immunity of your body will allow for more colds to be fought off. Better skin, Shinier hair. All very cosmetic i guess, and I for one will do most things to look healthier than I was previously. Isn't that how the world operates generally? But what about inside. What can cold showers do for your general well being that other actions during the day can't touch? 1. Increases Alertness Take a cold shower first thing every morning and you will feel more alive and alert then ever before. Yeah, no shock there. In fact the biggest shock is the water to our heart. But i was surprised to discover that this alertness didn't just carry on through an hour or so, but actually will last for the whole day. This is due to the gasping for breath that you suddenly do, bringing in more oxygen to your body which as you can imagine is what we need to live. So if you can have more alertness, I guess this leads to better decision making, productivity and everything else that makes you shine against your competitors. Pay Rise anyone?? 2. Refines Hair and Skin We all want to look young and sexy, and unfortunately for most of us the delight of having a hot shower everyday can limit that desire massively. You see cold showers are wonderful for closing the pores of the skin and hair follicles to prevent natural oils and greases from being stripped away. We all know that after a lovely hot shower which can feel tight and stretched. Start taking cold showers and believe me you will see a rosy glow spreading throughout you. You are protecting what nature has given you and making the most of it. I am known for dark circles under my eyes, and even with plentiful sleep they can stay dark. I am hoping that after 30 days I am looking better than ever as the cold water replenishes my skin and makes me look like Zac Efron on a good day. 3. Improves Immunity and Circulation As you jump into your first of the cold showers your body needs to get used to, some of the biggest benefits wont be visible at all. In this regard you have to trust us and have, in the worlds of George Michael \"A Little Faith\". When the cold water hits your skin, your body will fight to increase your body temperature by increasing the amount of white blood cells in your body. This is a great thing as the winter arrives and the world is spluttering around you as the more white blood cells that you have the more your body will laugh at the viruses and germs that bring us to our knees. You will feel invincible and never have to have a duvet day watching Netflix again in your life (ok, that might not be such a good thing after all.) 4. Stimulates Weight Loss I'm not sure that this is something that will make you go \"Whoo Hoo\" hand me another bag of Doritos I am now a cold showers maniac. But there is recorded information that the increased coldness to your skin can attack the different types of fat our body stores. So the more you shiver the slimmer you get. This is particularly true around the belly and love handles areas that people struggle with. I'm naturally skinny, so I dont really want this to occur, and I am hoping that the cold showers recognises this and doesnt make me end up looking like a long distance endurance runner. That is not a good look at all. 5. Speeds Up Muscle Soreness and Recovery We have all seen athletes come off the track or pitch and jump into a bath with ice floating on the top. Have you however ever thought why they want to do this? The cold is amazing at stimulating what our body needs to recover energy and restore lightness in our joints and muscles. Had a hard day in the garden, then take a cold shower before going to bed and feel those aches and pains slip away. Even some of the worst sports injuries are prescribed cold treatment by the Doctors, so why would cold showers not act any differently? 6. Eases Stress I have been someone that struggles with stress throughout my life. I now say I am the worst kind of stress head. The one that doesn't look like he has a care in the world, but deep inside the body is going mad and producing a lot of nasty stuff. Back in 2018 I got hit with Gout, which is a buildup of uric acid in the joints. You can find this more often around the base of the big toe, and let me tell you...it is crippling. The worst pain that I have ever had. So upon my review of the benefits of taking cold showers I was pleased to see that perhaps this is the solution that i am looking for. Instead of taking tablets everyday, I can simply embrace this form of stress relief and little by little cure myself. So this is a big tick in the cold showers box for me, if it turns out to be true. 7. Relieves Depression Cold showers have been shown to send an enormous amount of electrical charges through to the brain, stimulating endorphins which can help with depression. With more and more of the worlds population relying on happy pills prescribed by over eager Doctors, then this must be a good thing to try. You can see it occuring why this would be true really, even if you dont deal with depression. You plunge into cold water, and come out feeling alive and sparkly. You must feel more inspired and less depressed than just moving from warm room to warm room, eliminating any freshening of your skin and blood. Anyway, as I say I have never had depression thank god, so I don't think that I will be able to report back on this, but for others this could be the winning ticket in the cold showers lottery of life. A three minute burst of stimulation can literally change the rest of your day and life. That for me is something worth trying for sure. So there you have it the start of the 30 days cold showers experiment and I am going to see what happens to me and report back. If you want to join me ( not in the shower, unless you are 30 years old and blonde) then drop us a line using the contact form and tell us how you are getting on.\nThe Five Dots That Lead To A Supercharged Life\nWelcome to the new version of Join Up Dots, which we are beginning to start building from today onwards. These are big changes that fingers crossed will make a big difference to so many more people across the world. People who listen to the show everyday, but for numerous reasons fail to take that motivation into the real world to get the life that they want. They are consuming books, podcasts, YouTube Videos, buying courses and still not getting anywhere near to the life they want, and I now believe that it's purely from doing things in the wrong way. They are joining up the right dots, but in the wrong way. You see most people feel that success comes to them once they get money, financial success or freedom into their lives. Which I for one would say that is a great benchmark for what everyone thinks is a successful life. In fact I think I would have said exactly the same thing a few years ago. However, now I would say that health is more important than wealth for a start. There is nothing more important in your life than being fit and healthy. As Steve Jobs once said \"Who wants to be the richest man in the cemetery?\".....i certainly don't for sure. So being healthy is a key element that leads to success, but what gets you to that point? Well let's start by listing them in the order that they should appear.... Mindset - Is the key to everything. If you dont have the right mindset to be able to push through the obstacles and grow the possibilities around you then you will struggle. How many times have you started something and then thought \"This is never going to work!\" and stopped? That is because you didn't have the right mindset. You didn't have the skills that allowed you to find the keys to the locked door. Time - It is clearly evident to me that the majority of people want to keep their current life and try to shoehorn the new one into the gaps. This is of course is prone to failure and just leads to a feeling of overwhelm. Surely the better way is to make the space to allow for the new changes to grow and take shape? You wouldn't just go into a garden and keep on planting seeds where everything else is already growing would you? So why do we think that this is the way to change in our own lives? Health - I was not the biggest supporter of my health in the early days of creating Join Up Dots. In fact I'm still not the most active person, but I am trying. I try to sleep more. I try to meditate through a series of breathing exercises and I try to eat the right things. Should I be doing more exercises like running and the like? Well yes, i should but I don't like doing it so I try to find the things that will make a difference in my own life. The same must go for you and to move forward to the life of success that you want you have to be focused on giving yourself the greatest chance of making a difference in your life. YOu need to make sure that your body is firing all cylinders and that my friends comes down to looking after yourself. Fun And Inspiration - How great is it to only be doing what you love doing? You wake up every morning with a Yay! instead of a Groan? Well i think it is mega important and I know that when I am doing something that inspires me and focuses my attention then the quality of work is better and the time goes quicker too. Why would you want to be working on something that bores you? It just doesn't make sense, but I promise you the world seems to do this very thing. Madness. So lets look at the last of the five dots that lead to success.....which as I said at the beginning is normally the piece that people start on first. Finance and Business - This is of course where people consider success to lie, but as we have already spoken about it just doesn't occur that way. You need to be ready for the battle and that comes with winning your inner game. If you join up you dots and really make a go and getting yourself mentally and physically in top condition then you are on you way to the life that you want. I hope sincerely that you enjoy the new and improved version of Join Up Dots and lets us know what you want to hear from us in the next few years moving forward. All the best and thanks for listening David\nHow To Eliminate Distractions (TIME)\nTodays guest joining us on the show is a man who has created something, that as soon as I saw it I thought \"Wow, I know many people who could do with this system\" It's all down to giving you the ability to focus in on a task, when the world of distractions are flying around your head. You know what its like, you have an important piece of work to finish, but you just need to check Facebook for a second, and then of course the football results, and before you know it that piece of work takes longer and longer. Pressure and stress abounds Well as our guest says \" After I left my corporate job, I spent several years struggling to build a life that allowed me the creative freedom to realize my potential, while still paying my bills. I worked as a freelance writer and tutor, started a business, and pursued numerous side hustles before eventually establishing myself as a professional coach for entrepreneurs, growth company executives, and Fortune 100 managers. Along the way, I tried everything I could find that promised to boost my productivity, and to stop myself from procrastinating and wasting time. I found productivity apps that helped me organize my to-do list, stay off social media, and manage my calendar. I also developed my own systems to set long-term goals, to plan my weeks more strategically, and to stick to a strong morning routine. After helping my coaching clients implement some of these tools, I realized that today\u2019s digital workers need a solution for procrastination that didn\u2019t exist: A community to connect with like-minded individuals committed to holding each other accountable, hour by hour, for actually doing the actions contained in those todo lists, productivity tools, and goal trackers. I created Focusmate to help independent workers break free of the shame and anxiety caused by chronic procrastination, and to enjoy the same benefits of accountability as clients paying thousands of dollars for coaching. Love this, truly love this. So when this idea popping into his head did he think like most people seem to do \"That must be out there already, so what's the point?\" And where does he find the biggest need for his services, from people who are just beginning or ones much further into the game who should know better. Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Taylor Jacobson Show Highlights We discussed so many deep subjects on the show such as: Why so many people fail to get an idea of the ground quite simply due to the fact that they have too many ideas. Taylor talks about \"blundering\" around in his career, which allowed him to experience many things that has led him to where he is today. We chat about finding the minimum viable product for any business as soon as possible, no matter how ugly it might be. And lastly\u2026\u2026\u2026.. What would it be like if you didn't have to worry about business and only do what you love doing in life? Then perhaps its time to find a business partner who does.\nDealing With Crushing Disappointment (MINDSET)\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots we talk about an issue that effects every single one of us in our lives. The feeling of disappointment. You know what its like. You study really hard for your exams, and when you get the results back you haven't done as well as you thought you would. Disappointment. You pluck up the courage to ask that person that you fancy out on a date, and they look at you and say \"No, im ok thank you\" Mega Disappointment......and i'm sure that you can think of many different forms of disappointment that occurs in your life everyday. Now, through the process of building Join Up Dots into what it is today, on a day to basis I have had crushing failures where success was mine to have. I have invested time and money into something worthwhile and all I got was a whack in the mouth and that feeling if disappointment that can knock you off track. However, what are we really feeling at these times in our lives? Well, i have been thinking about this more and more and I dont think that we are disappointed by the result, more to the fact of how we thought our life would change moving forward. It's actually the future version of ourselves that we are upset at missing out on. Our lives wont be going into the sexy world that we had been pining our hopes on as we would have liked. But here is the kicker. This is the real lesson to be had during the times when we receive news differently to what we were expecting. Our lives have not changed at all. We are in exactly the same position as we were two seconds before hand. We have the same money. We have the same health. We have the same past and present. It's just our desired future that is different and that has never existed anyway. So what are we getting disappointed about? A fantasy? The luxury holidays, the new car, paying off loans...it doesn't matter what it is as it's never happened. Its all in our heads. Therefore all we have to do is accept it for what it was, and set about making it what it is, and i guess this is the main truth of all. When we get that life that we want then it will be all the more sweeter and we can truly savour the achievement.\nBecoming A Coach (BUSINESS)\nBecoming A Coach An Travelling The World Could Be Your Dream Job, But How Can You Make It Happen? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who is the type of guest that i love having on the show. She has gone through the journey of crap, anxiety and ultimately finding the thing that she was placed on this world to do and now is rocking it bigtime. She loves helping people change their lives, but not in a normal life coach type of way of \u201cLets get your head into the game and then life will be good\u201d Instead as she says \u201d Im just a girl from the Midlands in the UK, an ordinary girl achieving extraordinary things. I believe every woman, regardless of background, experience or personality type can be financially free and in control of their life. I believe this because if I can, then anyone can! My mission is to help women all over the world to enhance their income, change their relationship with money and reach levels of success they never thought possible. I am committed to making YOU one of my many success stories! Now just three years ago, she wouldnt have been so positive as life was very different then As she says \u201cAlthough I worked extremely hard in my career, I still got to the end of the month only to realise I had overspent and could nearly afford to pay my phone bill. I realised I was not equipped with the right mindset to stay motivated and make savvy financial choices, I also needed an education in how to make more money and invest my time and resources wisely. I have transitioned from a job into running my own business thinking that would solve my problems but I still didn\u2019t know what steps I needed to take to create the life I really desired. I felt confused and anxious all of the time, the hard work and little results was killing my motivation. And then just over three years ago I had a major breakthrough. I discovered the world of self development and realised that for my whole life I had been studying the wrong thing. I had been working hard at trying to earn more instead trying to be more and think differently. I can now see that all of my financial struggle and mindset battles had a purpose \u2013 because now I know the difference between what works and what doesn\u2019t when it comes to money, and I\u2019m able to help you. And that is where we will bring her onto the show, by starting todays episode. So does she look back and think \u201cI could have done this earlier\u201d or did she need to go through the pain to be at the right point to make it happen? And where do people go wrong? Is it mindset or talent? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michelle Stonhill Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Michelle Stonhill such as: Why life is very much about travel today, leading to Michelle revealing how all her decisions are taken to now place her in the position to travel with her business. Michelle shares the three P\u2019s of business, and explains why the personal approach to business more often than not overlooked. Michelle shares how she struggles with what she calls \u201cfog in her business\u201d, and needs to separate herself from her work to gain the clarity that she needs. Michelle discusses how she creates two distinct avatars to base her whole business around. One that is the the person starting out and the second where they want to be. and lastly\u2026. Why Michelle reflect on the two male influences in her life as in many ways holding back from the future that is now hers to savour.\nVideo Animation For Beginners (BUSINESS)\nToday's guest on the Join Up Dots podcast is truly a pioneer in content marketing, having developed a video creation software platform long before video was king online. He is the co-founder and Chief Video Officer of Animoto, an award-winning online video maker that makes it easy for anyone to create professional-quality marketing videos, even if they have no technical skills and have never created a video before. With the mission of empowering everyone to create powerful videos regardless of age or experience, he founded Animoto with his high school and Dartmouth College friends back in 2006. Animoto\u2019s certified partnerships with Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and the Small Business Administration give it unique insight into the changing social media and business landscape -- which may be why more than 1-million businesses around the world are already using Animoto to create marketing videos. Prior to founding Animoto, he was a producer for MTV Networks and Comedy Central. So why is video so powerful for any business today? And what is the key mistakes that he sees people making time and time again? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Jason Hsiao Show Highlights During the show we touched on such subjects with Jason such as: Most people have the shortest attention on video, so don't save the best for last, but get the good stuff out as quickly as possible. Why you have to nail your business's core values and strengthen as you get going. Without it you will be going around and around in circles. If you could be the best in the world at one thing then what would it be? Become a category of one and your money will grow exponentially. And lastly........... How the words of the late Steve Jobs might just be the worst business advice that he has ever heard (or actually the best for that matter)\nToday's guest joining us on the show learned about small business from his family who were in the barbershop and auto salvage yard businesses. He climbed the corporate ladder outside of the family business, working in distribution, manufacturing and engineering consulting and professional services. He\u2019s a 3 time INC 5000 honoree after becoming the CEO of a 17 year old cash strapped company and growing it at 50 percent per year for five straight years. He accomplished that by bootstrapping the business without outside money. He now helps small business owners run profitable and well respected companies through his consulting firm. As he says \"My dad was a serial small business owner. I\u2019ve known the challenges of building a small business all my life. I took what I learned at the family dinner table added in some education, and I\u2019ve had success most people would love to have. Let me tell you building a business is hard, but it doesn\u2019t have to be hard forever. So today I share my business tips to help as many small business owners as I can create the success they want in their companies.\" So when did business become easier for him, and he moved away from the hard times? And why do some people stay trapped in to the build forever, without gaining the true rewards. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Philip Williams Show Highlights During the show we shared such deep conversations such as: We discuss the basis of setting up a sound financial accounting system from the very first day of entrepreneurship. Not sexy but so important. Why so many people struggle with the concept of trying to express their true value to their customer. Solve a problem people. and.......... Why you wont win every job that you pitch for, so dont worry about losing on the wrong client just focus on the right ones\nIt Doesn't Have To be Perfect (MINDSET)\nIn today's episode of Join UP Dots we share some hugely valuable advice that can quite simply be life changing for the world. You see the world is full of people who are looking for the perfect business idea, or the perfect this or that. They walk around with ideas coming to them all the time, and for whatever reason they fail to get going on them. It might be the case that they feel that someone has done it before. It might be the case that they feel that they haven't got the personal experience to deal with the technical aspects. It might even be the case that they are frightened of trying to do the thing that they want to do, so build an unreasonable idea of what is needed. They project into the future where everything is perfectly constructed and built and stop as they aren't near to where they have to be. The key thing is you will never be anywhere near to the vision that is in your head, so stop looking for perfection...it doesn't exist. I'll tell you a little story about a coaching client of mine called Chris. Chris is building a property investment business and has had one of his friends desperate to work with him for the last few weeks. This potential client, wants to work with Chris, has the money and is willing to start straight away, however Chris has been reluctant. The reason? Chris quite simply felt that his business wasn't at the point where everything was looking sexy and completed, so he dragged his feet. However, what does a customer really ask for? Sexiness or value? Or they looking for something that looks uber glossy and professional, or are they looking for and end goal and you are the person to supply it? Well the answer is obvious. They aren't looking for perfection from you, they are in fact looking for the services that you are able to provide. You do not need to offer them anything other than what they are actually looking for. So please dont get hung up on whatever is going through your head, just blast through it by taking consistent action everyday and little by little.......guess what? You end up with the perfection you are hoping for.\nMindset And Magic\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is a lady who I have had the delight to spend time with as she interviewed me on her own podcast Pure Mind Magic recently. She has been fascinated by magic since early childhood, when she got her first magic box at the tender age of seven. At the age of 15, Europe's largest magic association, the Magic Circle, became aware of her and a few years later she had the honor to be included in this exclusive circle. In a male-dominated genre, our guest is still one of the few internationally recognized professional wizards, and one of the most recognized and sought after magicians worldwide. But that's not all. The trained hypnotist and specialist in mental magic also deals with finding out how our mind is built. How our thoughts take shape in reality, whether parts of the future can be predicted which is of course a mystery that remains as inexplicable as magic itself. As she says \" We only use a small percentage of our mind. Ever wondered why some people seem to get along very easy while others always struggle even with simple thing? The secrets to this mystery is in our mind. We do have kind of a superpower with the abilities we possess. There are ways to train them like muscle turning you into the mind magician of your own life and create the reality you always wanted. So does these deep insights into the world work as well in the business world as the professional world of entertainment? And how does her business operate? How do clients come like magic into her life, instead of chasing month after month like most people in the world? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Victoria Mavis Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Victoria such as: Why the power of achievement is as much due to consistency as it is any god given talent. Victoria shares how the business side of things becomes so much easier, once you learn to fascinate your audience more than sell to them. We discuss how Quantum Physics can be used to astonishing effect day in day out simply by powering up the brain. and lastly\u2026. We share how magic occurs everyday in life by being present and welcoming to the opportunities that come your way.\nHow Much Can You Earn? (MINDSET)\nThrough Join Up Dots i have had the opportunity to meet many people across the world, whether on skype, conferences or even in pubs. Most of them approach me as they have been a listener to the show, and after the normal preambles will generally hit with the same question every time. \"So how do you earn from the show?\" If they are really brave, or have consumed more pinot grigio than they should. they will follow this up with the question \"How much do you earn from the show?\" Good questions both of them, as a podcast in itself isn't a money maker, it's one hundred percent lead generation. People listen, people decide that I am trustworthy and then they connect with me and buy my products. Now I could hit them with the answer of \u00a3xyz, giving them the figure down to the finest details but more often than not I dont. Instead I answer \"As much as I Want to earn\", which I can see in their eyes is not the kind of response that they are hoping for but it's true. Once you start creating momentum online you can literally earn what you want as long you provide the value that people want. Value equals income, and the more people who want that value then the better you will do. Totally different to working in a corporate environment, when you are not the person responsible for deciding how much that value is worth? We all remember going to the job interviews and being offered a position for \u00a330,000 a year, and skipping back home like we had just won the lottery. Roll forward a year, and we beomoan this miserly reward for our efforts as we have now decided how much value we are actually bringing to the company and it's a lot more than \u00a330,000. In 2019 my aim for the show is to earn \u00a3500,000 for the year which means that I have to earn \u00a341,666 per month. Is this a big ask? Well yes in one regard, which is why I have spent the last five years working on the show to build the momentum. However in the other regard, its quite simple. I just need to find what people need more and more, and then find a way of providing that so they buy from me. Value +Scale = Income. So the next time you are working at your job, or walking around thinking \"I really want that car, how can i get it?\" Dont just think of loans, or potential bonuses. Instead start considering how you can bring value to someone and then multiply this value. Thanks for reading and hope to see you again soon David\nHappy New to everyone who listens to the show, so how has it been already? Are you focused on the amazing opportunities and income busting ideas flowing around your head? Or are you instead hugging your pillow whilst thinking of that last pint and half of tequila that you consumed the night before? Well wherever you are today you will never have a better time to start taking the bull by the horns and making a difference in your life. It's new year resolution time, when you decide that you are going to run a marathon, stop drinking and take control of your life. You know the kind of stuff that starts with a bang and ends up with a whimper. You start with the best of intentions, keep going for a few weeks and then stop as you don't have the desire to keep it going. I think the better way of doing things, is start doing small things in October when you aren't trying to do them because of the calendar and see if you can keep them going. If you don't keep them going then it doesn't seem as much as failure. It was just something that you tried and it didn't work very well. Seems sensible to me for sure. So in Join Up Dots land for 2019, my focus is three fold: Make more money, enjoy myself more, and get a bit healthier. Im not setting out to recreate the wheel, just focusing in on a few things here and there that can make a big difference to my life. Develop the coaching side of the business at Join Up Dots first and foremost which you can check out here as this is now the big part of what we do at Join Up Dots. Bringing in over 15 years of experience in just 30 days we show you how to build a business that works online - BigTime. Thats it in a nutshell. Just three stages to the next phase of my life and of the Join Up Dots empire all being tackled in a measured and confident manner. Let us know what is happening in your life and we look forward to being with you hand in hand as you march your way to success. Happy New Year!!!!!!\nToday's guest, joining us on the show is an international portrait photographer born in Russia and now based in Beijing, China. She is also a host of the popular podcast Marketing for Creatives where she brings the experts and other creatives to share their experience in business and marketing. But photography and podcasting are just a couple of the things that she delivers everyday, as through her profiling she also focuses on helping people across the world grow their authority and become influencers in their niche. As she says \"You can be a master in what you do, but if nobody sees you then you can be unknown for years. Due to a lot of competitors, getting to every gig you can do, trying to keep up with business is tough. Especially when you see other people sell their work and everyone knows and talks about them wherever they go. So we need to help you grow your business and reach more people in the fastest way possible, by getting creative ideas on how to cooperate with influencers and use their authority in marketing even without any effort from their side. We need you to get to know what influencers can benefit your business. How to collaborate with them without spending a ton of money. How to create the projects that will help both of you. You will know how to create the authority that will help you to grow your influence, get more exposure and find the shortcuts that will make you well-known in your niche. So at its simplest what is brand authority and can this be created as much offline as online? And what is the biggest mistake that people make right from the very start? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Marina Barayeva Show Highlights During the show........ We chat about growing your authority and why its always the best way to get known by focusing in on what you love the most. Why people more often not end up dreaming other peoples dreams instead of going after their The big problem that stops so many people in their tracks \"How can you believe in yourself if you don't actually believe in yourself.\" and lastly......... Marina shares when you can help people and make them happy is where true happiness comes from.\nTodays guest is an expert on operating within the online world Facebook. Twitter. Cell phones, smartphones, iPads, email. The World Wide Web. The Internet of Things. You know and use these platforms every day. But, do you know how to use them effectively? Have you ever found yourself red in the Facebook? Been defeated by something tweeted? Regretted a Snapchat decision? Are you worried about your Selfie-esteem? Is there a secret to living our increasingly wired life, while not letting it consume you, so you can live your best life offline? Well today's guest feels that she has just written more than just another etiquette book, AINT \"U\" GOT NO MANNERS? but its the go-to guide with secrets and common sense for surviving and thriving in a world that increasingly blends your online life. As she says \"You may not have a choice about what gets shared about you, how it gets shared, and how people react - but you do have a choice as to how YOU react.\" So can we stop the issues from ever occurring in the first place, even if we do post them? And what has been her biggest faux paux personally whilst navigating the online world. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Kristin Johnson Show Highlights During the show we shared such deep conversations such as: Why and when Kristin first realised the dangers of posting and the steps she has taken to limit those dangers. What she thinks about the tweeting habits of her President and other celebrities around the world. And lastly...... If there is a different way to be social in the world...perhaps getting back to talking to people directly\nHow To Start Your Own Business - Part Four\nWelcome to todays episode of Join UP Dots, where in the show we continue on with the Mini Course \u2013 How To Start Your Own Business \u2013 Part Four As you will have seen and heard in the previous episodes, to start your own online business you really need to understand yourself and your desires. No matter how much you think that the reason for starting a business is the money it never is. People want their own business for so many different reasons: Control, time freedom, health reasons the list goes on and on and on, and rarely is the real truth money. What also is the truth is most people fail in business as they choose a subject that they just aren't very good at. They dont have the skills to make it a success. Which is why on Part Three of the Join Up Dots Course, we dig even deeper and get everyone of our students to look at their skills, talents and personal beliefs by taking a series of online tests. So if you are now at this stage, then you should not only know what business you would like to work in, but also be aware what is the right business for you. You know your strengths. Now lets go back into the research stage and start looking at those business again, and this time start reviewing the monetization options. Lets see what other people are doing and start making a list of the things that make money that we can do too. You will be surprised at some of the things that people are making money from. Certainly even after 15 years of online success I still am blown away by the kind of things that people do every day. These could be ebooks, courses, coaching as I always say the list goes on and on. Be creative and make sure that you leave no stone unturned. For more information regarding drilling down deep to see where the money is then of course listen to the show above as we build on this subject and future episodes. Thanks for listening and we hope to see you again soon.\nTodays episode is a very short episode where David Ralph shares his Xmas greetings for 2018. So where do you stand on this time of the year? Do you think \"Man, i achieved so much in the last twelve months!\" or perhaps \"God, another year done. Wheres' it all gone?\" That is the problem that we face every single day and especially in the entrepreneurial world that we live in. We rarely savour the moment, we always think about the highs and lows, the achievements and failures. However, if we are truly honest with ourselves and reflect on the present then these thing's dont make any difference at all. They only lead us to a higher level of anxiety or depression as we keep on trying to achieve more and more. Which is not good and can cause us not only financial issues but also health ones too. In todays episode of Join Up Dots we not only say happy Christmas to you all, but we also say today of all days is about the now. Savour the now, savour your family and savour the gift that the world is giving you and everything else can wait until tomorrow. Happy Christmas everybody.\nBig Results From Many Small Actions\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is quite simply one of the most inspiring people I know. Through the Join Up Dots world i am surrounded by people who by and large say that they want to do something and then don't. This could be experienced business owners, newbies or quite simply dreamers who talk the talk but fail to walk the walk. Today's guest is anything but a dreamer, and throughout the last few years has shot to the top by taking bold action. For example, when starting his podcast twelveminuteconvos instead of going the normal two shows a week route, he didn't then raise the game to a daily show like the real movers and shakers. No, he went big and attempted the break the world record by recording 1001 shows in just 90 days. Then in 2017 he went even bigger and recorded 813 podcasts in just 12 weeks. When I last connected with him, he was on a mission across America and Canada driving through 48 states interviewing 1001 past podcast guests, exploring the power of a conversation as a Caribbean podcaster. As he says \"I thought I had it figured out. It would be simple. In 12 days I would raise US$48,000. Think about it here with me. I interviewed 1987 guests on my podcast. If each podcast guest donated US$24 we would raise US$47,688 which would cover the RV rental, gas, food, tolls, rv parks, recording equipment etc. This would have been most ideal for the crew. The planned crew for this mission would have been my wife, Amanda, our two sons respectively and one of our friends from Virginia, Ryan Dean. We raised US$3,947.50 in 12 days, 8% of the initial goal. Great time to GIVE UP !!!! !!!! !!!! However you will find in today's show that this is a guy who when it comes to a dream, just like Rick Astley Is \"Never Gonna Give You Up\" He digs in deep and finds a way through to the life he wants. So has he always been such a high goal setter, or does he do it now because once up on a time he was anything but. And what has been the biggest learning curve throughout the last three years? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Engel Jones Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Engel Jones such as: Why the inputs in your life really help you to to gain the great outputs. There is a ying and yang thing going on behind all actions. Engel shares why so many people have a life where the bare necessities is all that is required but struggle to go after more and more. We discuss how the difficulty of the tasks performed are always more mental than practical. Get you head in the game to achieve greatness. and lastly\u2026. Why in life the true success comes your way by being you and 100% you, That is what the world is waiting for and is your job to deliver.\nHow To Get Free Online Degrees\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots we are joined by the founder of OnlineDegree.com, a for-profit company that allows people to take courses and earn degrees from hundreds of participating universities, all for free. After he graduated from college with an overwhelming amount of debt, and after hearing his wife lament that there were very few resources for mothers that were trying to go back to school he had an idea. He started OnlineDegree.com in order to change the way that the world went to school. As you might expect, he can now offer a deep look into the American student debt crisis and why it has become everybody's problem, as well as offer his perspective on running a business that keeps the lights on while adhering to his values. As he says \"We\u2019re Making Higher Education More Accessible & Affordable For Everyone. At OnlineDegree.com, anyone can take online courses at their own pace and within the confines of their existing busy schedule...completely, free. After completing courses, students can then receive college credits at participating universities across the country, saving both time and money. We want to help the millions of people seeking a college education who've been unable to take the first step. University and college education can still be too expensive and unapproachable for the majority of Americans. Normal distractions of work, bills, and home life, often prevent someone from getting started with education or being able to dedicate time and money to a traditional 4-year degree program. We're going to change that. By removing barriers and focusing on world-class education, we\u2019re enabling everyone to take the first step with full-time education. So are there common issues that everyone stumbles into as the debt increases around them. And why with the ease of entry into online world, do so many people feel that they have no other option around Well lets find out as we start joining up dots with the one and only Mr.Grant Aldrich Show Highlights During the show we discussed such wide ranging subjects such as: Grant reveals why we should have the core of our inner morals and strategies in tact and remain so moving forward no matter what happens. We discuss the reasons why Grant's first steps into the entrepreneurial world were all about freedom, but actually he became a slave for the task. How Grant had the epiphany of finally doing something that he really loved everyday in his life, which was going to be bigger than himself. Why living a truly frugal lifestyle is often the fastest way to achieve the lifestyle you truly want. and Grant discusses the model that he has chosen to allow students from across the world to gain free education.\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is the founder and CEO of Nectar Consulting Inc., and co-author of the best-selling book \u201cBreakthrough Healing\u201d. She works with executives and entrepreneurs bringing over 25 years of experience, intuitive insights and strategic business savvy to their success. She is an expert at enhancing the capacity of leaders, to build high performing teams and exponentially increase bottom-line results. Now what interests me, and why I have invited her onto the show is her unique Rapid RewiringTM approach This is a culmination of years of study in the realms of emotional intelligence, neuroscience, organizational psychology and Rapid Transformational Therapy. She helps catalyze shifts in thinking and eliminate mental/emotional blocks to rapidly rewire your brain for greater confidence and success. As a nationally recognized speaker, certified executive coach, Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) practitioner, change management consultant, trainer, and writer, her passion for helping amplify natural talents and expand leadership is conveyed through all aspects of her work and writing. But of course as we see on Join Up Dots, time and time again our guests come to us when everything is amazing and success swims around them on a daily basis. But we all have dark times getting things off the ground, before we find the path that really lights us up inside and makes work not seem like work anymore. So how did she find her way to where she is today? And would she say that she needed to rewire her own brain as she built her business? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michele Molitor Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Michele Molitor around subjects such as: We share why it is so important to reflect on your core drivers to help you imagine what life could be. Your values should drive your passions not the other way around. Why the more gratitude we share with the world brings about greater and greater rewards into our lives. Life shouldn't be hard if we only say \"Thank You\" The best thing you can do in a terrible job is to find an aspect of that job and savour it. Whatever it maybe find that gold and polish it until it shines And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Michele shares the journey from corporate unhappiness to fulfilled entrepreneur, and knows that everything in life has been for a reason.\nHow To Start Your Own Business - Part Three\nWelcome to todays episode of Join UP Dots, where in the show we continue on with the Mini Course - How To Start Your Own Business - Part Three This has been in response to the amount of people that have connected with the show with the same frustrations. \"David I would love to start my own business, but I simply haven't got a clue what I want to do!\" Which isn't a surprise, as when do we really ever stop to think about what we do really well and how to make a business from those things? We don't, we simply go through the education system and get used to being told what we are good at, and more often than not what we aren't very good at. We have to remember that this is just one persons opinion, and in history it has been proved wrong time and time again. From sportsmen, to dancers, to artists to musicians, people have been told that they shouldn't go into an environment when actually the world was waiting for them to do just that. So how do we do this? How do we start changing our lives and finding the thing that will light us up inside more than anything? Well, following on from Part One and Part Two, as you will hear in today's episode we have to do our research to delve deep into ourselves and ask the big questions. We refer you to an amazing resource called Strength Finders 2.0 which really helps you find the things that you are best at, and turn them into super strengths. The more you can do in your life what you are best at, then the greater the value you can provide, leading to huge income coming your way. Its a bit more than that, and does take work, but it will certainly head you in the right direction for sure. So focus in on what you do well, and then return to episode four of our mini series which shows how to find the money in those talents Things are starting to get sexy!!!\nTodays guest is an expert in effective communication and the author of the books Yes You Can! Everything You Need to Know From A to Z to Influence Others To Take Action and Influence Redefined...Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday\u00ae. Her books provide practical and immediate skills and techniques that have given thousands the ability to enhance their influence Monday to Monday\u00ae. He helps individuals eliminate the static that plagues communicative delivery - to persuade, sell, influence and communicate face-to-face with a clear message and has now trained over 15,000 people to rid themselves of bad body language habits and choose words wisely. Well you might be thinking what does it take to be an expert communicator? Well lets ask the big questions..... Do you sometimes wonder why people in positions of influence remark in less-than-influential ways? Perhaps you've been amazed at those without fancy titles and how they are able to inspire others to action? What does it take to be a person of influence and impact? Well as we said today's guest has been wondering those things time and time again and is on a mission to teach the world how to do things the right way. So is there a right way to communicate or does it change dependent on situation? And what would be the number one mistake that people make when opening their mouths in a group scenario? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Stacey Hanke Show Highlights Stacey shared the first steps of starting her company We discuss how it is so important to set the scene of why communication training is important to a room of reluctant attendees Stacey reveals how the idea came to her, and the steps that she took to make it into a thriving business. Great stuff. Stacey remembers how the first five to seven years of growing the business were so difficult, but also so needed as she strengthened throughout. and lastly......... Why the route to gaining the first client is always the hardest one, which is as much due to the fact that you get into your own way.\nHow To Start Your Own Business - Part Two\nIn the last episode of this mini series helping people find the idea that can make their own business come alive, we went through a very simple exercise. If you haven't listen to the show, then let's go through it again. But really for maximum effect jump back on to episode one, so that you can hear what to do in full. Well, as we spoke about, one of the big problems that people have is that they get so wrapped up with their own lives that they are unable to see what is under their own noses. They wake with the alarm (because they have to), they go to the office (because they have to) and basically do what people expect them to do for the remaining hours. Not good. So how do we break free from that mindset and start reconnecting with the real us. The real us that could in the future wake up with excitement and passion, due to doing what they love to do the most. Go back in time and look for all the clues you can find about your life. These might be tucked away in your Mum and Dad's house. They might be in photo albums. They might be in a box of treasures that you aren't sure why you keep but can show so much. Look for the things you used to do, just because you used to do them. You loved doing them, and never considered them a waste of time. You just enjoyed every second and would do them for free. We give some more exercises that can really break those things down and now lead us into episode two. Now you have a list of the things that you love doing, what do you do with that information? How can you translate this into a great business, that not only you love but your customers love too? Well, we need to go and do some more research to see what other people are doing. You see that is one of the problems that we have in life. What we see around us becomes our reality. We see people working in offices, so it's really hard to break free from the thinking off this is what life is about. This is where YOU go to work everyday. But believe me, through Join Up Dots interviews I have spoken to people who work from home, up mountains, in forests, on beaches, in community work spaces everywhere you can think off. They have broken down what life wants them to think, and gone a different way. So imagine that you have created a list where there is an overriding theme of fitness activities. You love to be active and would love to build a business around this. You might also see a smaller theme whereby you like being outside in the fresh air, instead of being trapped in a cubicle with a suit and tie on...BOOM. Now this is the fun part when you can start taking those ideas and playing around on the worldwide web to see what other people are doing. Some things you will think \u201cNah, couldn't bear doing that everyday\u201d.....whilst other things you will think \u201cYeah that looks really fun\u201d. So get the list going and see what the world has to offer, and believe me the world has more to offer than you can possibly imagine.\nYou Are Better Than You Think You Are\nIn today's episode of Join Up Dots we talk about a similar problem that so many people have in the world. They think that they are not up to the level that they need to be to start taking control of their own lives. They think that they need to get their heads deeper into the world of podcasts, self development books or gurus. They are living a life with the hand brake on, which is such a problem to everyone. You see, its an issue that has been built up by years of training our minds to believe that we need to be certified by the world to prove our proficiency. We need to be accredited by some outside organization before we can step boldly into the world. This is quite simply rubbish. Yes there is of course some jobs that you need to be accredited to do. For example I wouldn't be keen on someone doing brain surgery on me, if they had taught themselves from watching YouTube videos. They is just a bad idea, but more often than not the process of doing is enough to start learning more than the people that you need to teach, sell to or inspire - Your customers. So why do people do this \"holding themselves back\" stuff? Is it fear, is it not wanting to fail, I dont know? It could quite simply be their upbringing, joining forces with the life they have created for themselves. What I do know is everyone who has become a master of their trade started as a novice. Everyone. Whether it was Paul McCartney, Van Gogh, Donald Trump, Steve Jobs the list would go on forever they all had to start and grow into the person that they wanted to be, So as you will hear in this episode of Join Up Dots, you have nothing to worry about. You can only fail if you fail to start. Be brave, be persistent and work towards your dream, as the dream you want is waiting for you.\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is sought after for her ability to easily explain complex business principles and processes in a simple, straightforward way. She began her career in financial software design before starting her first company in 2000, providing soft furnishings for the home industry. With a varied background in working in small, medium and large businesses, she has a great grasp on the scalability factors that are essential to growing a business. As a certified Profit First professional, she strives to help creative business owners focus on the financial health and profitability of their companies. She believes that each choice is a step towards or away from profitability. Those who work with her understand the correlation between each decision and their own profitability. Pricing, profits, process and procedures are important \u2013 but can be difficult for the creative entrepreneur to implement. She has proven strategies and mindsets to overcome these obstacles, and she can give every business owner a healthy dose of confidence along the way. Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michele Williams Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Michele Williams such as: The issue that most entrepreneurs have when starting a business due to looking at sales, against overheads expenses and ultimate profit. The strange thing that so many people when they start a business create the perfect client who hasn\u2019t got any money. and lastly\u2026. How by setting up a profit first system by simply setting a spreadsheet is one of the most important things that you can do for your business.\nHow To Start Your Own Business - Part One\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots, David Ralph helps everyone with the age old problem that he hears time and time again. \"David, I would love to start my own business but I haven't got a clue what I could build it on\" You see most of us operate in a world where we do what is expected of us. We go through school because we are told to, and then attempt the exams that we think will make a difference to us moving forward. We attempt the right exams that will look good on our cvs, and not really because they are fun, play to our strengths or just challenging and testing. That is bad mistake and leads us all on to a path where we are giving our control over to other parties. So how can we change this and make a difference in not just our lives but also the lives of our families? Quite simply we start focusing in on the things that we enjoy the most and here is the kicker, the things that play to our strengths. You see the world actually need our strengths and will pay good money for the things that we can do really easily. That's not what you actually think is it? If you are reading this then you will be thinking that life has to be hard, work has to be difficult to get the great rewards but that is so wrong on so many levels. So get a piece of paper, close the curtains from outside distractions and start the exercise that David will be sharing with you in this episode. As he says, you must take it seriously and do your work over a period of time. Ten minutes here and there just wont cut it. You are changing your life after all. Look out for the next episode where we go deeper into the subject and find even more avenues to change your life forever.\nTodays guest joining us on the show is a coach, speaker and author with an expertise in improving organizational performance, cohesion and accountability. He spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet. He now travels the world teaching organizations how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. As he says \"As a veteran basketball performance coach, I have worked with NBA superstars such as Kevin Durant and Victor Oladipo. I understand the principles of top performance, mental toughness and consistent achievement. Whether it is on or off the court... individual or collective development... the fundamentals of performance and achievement are identical. For an organization to thrive, every member of the team needs to make the conscious choice to be an influential leader and selfless teammate. I help businesses get clarity on their identity, standards and culture with a focus on leveling-up productivity, shifting mindsets and improving team cohesion. I help key decision makers, CEOs and managers develop authentic leadership skills that will enable them to radically drive performance metrics within their organizations. I now want to teach the individual how to live present in a distracted society so you will be a more connected, productive, and influential leader and teammate. Monumental change occurs only with the accumulation of the little things. Remember: it\u2019s what all the big things are made from. Success isn\u2019t something that happens to you. It\u2019s something you attract, you choose, and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else. This is what makes the best the best. World-class performers and the uber-successful. So with world full of twitter, FB and online pressures should you switch off from them all or just do the ones that are right for you? And when did he realise that he had it in himself to be able to make these changes occur with the people he works with? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Alan Stein Jr. Show Highlights We discussed so many deep subjects on the show such as: Why the elements of leadership don't change across the world, across whatever specialism. How do you make individual strengths into a winning team. Why its so easy to be distracted by the past and be anxious of the future with the focus of competition, comparison or other peoples highlights everywhere. Alan reveals the three stages of success that can make all the difference in the world, although this means \"No overnight success for you\" i'm afraid. And lastly\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Alan shares how we can only control our attitude and effort. Forget about the things that are out of our hands and work on these two you will be good to go.\nIn today's episode of Join Up Dots David, talks about Motivation, and more importantly the lack of motivation. Over the last few weeks, David has been speaking many of the listeners of Join Up Dots who indicate their desire to change their lives. They all come through with a wish that they were earning more money, having more freetime and quite simply living the life that they see others living. However, most of them are never going to get this lifestyle, no matter how much they say they want it...due to lack of motivation. Motivation isn't something that simply appears like magic and covers you with the kind of superpower that can move mountains. It just doesn't work like that. You cant take a pill and get motivation. You cant ask a friend to keep you motivated. You simply need to find it deep within yourself and nurture that motivation to achieve that goal until you actually achieve it. Through running Join Up Dots, there will have been many times when the thought of recording another podcast episode would have been the last thing in the world that David wanted to do. Hey, there is Netflix and Amazon to watch after all. But that isn't important to the success of Join Up Dots. Those things will jeep you away from achieving your aim quicker than anything. So how do you find the motivation you want, when you aren't sure it is something that you truly want. How do you start the ball rolling when it seems too big even to move an inch forwards. Well, you do it in exactly the same way that you would going to work, bathing the kids, arranging date night with the wife. You place it as a thing to do in your daily routine. You add it to your favourite mobile app, to beep and make you turn off that TV and go and do it. You say to your friends \"No I cant meet tonight as I have a 30 minute motivation session\" Believe me, as you will hear on today's show it isn't too hard to get going, but its not going to happen on its own. You have to take responsibility to make that motivation happen. So go out and conquer and thrive in your own lives.\nAustralian Hockey Legend\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is a man i originally connected to as a listener of Join Up Dots and now is making his bow as a guest. Originally from Victoria Australia, he we won a bronze medal for Australia in men\u2019s hockey in 2008, where he scored a goal in the 6-2 win over the Netherlands in the bronze medal final. His other successes with the Kookaburras include a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2005 Champions Trophy title. Now what makes this guy interesting to me is a couple of things for sure, not least is his desire to win and put himself into the firing line of competition. Firstly, unlike many players who enter the sport he was a late bloomer for sure, not making his international debut until the age of 25. Which asks the question, why so late? Was it just that he hadn\u2019t found his natural swing in the sport, or was it something else that prevented the spotlight shining in his direction until later than most others. And secondly, with a natural talent in a very specific aspect of the game \u201cthe Online Drag Flick\u201d, how did he take this and create a nice income for him and his family? Well as he says \u201cI understand persistence is required in business as it was the same as a player, I was not a good player I just persisted longer and harder than most.\u201d So is his strategy simply to hustle it out and bulldoze his way forward, or something else? And what has lead him now to come out of retirement and enter the game once more in the Masters category? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Luke Doerner Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Luke Doerner such as: Luke shares how he niche downed on a specific element of his sport to sell to the masses, but actually found that only the elite wanted his product. We chat about the period when Luke hadn\u2019t quite committed to one particular sport, and then saw a dramatic change in his fortunes when he did. Luke confesses that missing out on Olympic Gold still bothers him, which shows the true competitive edge that he has to prove himself. and lastly\u2026. Why sending a simple email, could sometimes be the thing that hold you back from a life of your dreams.\nPersonal Belief And Business Fun\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots we talk about why it so important to build up your own personal belief which can deliver you to greatness. You see so many people look for outside influences for help in their lives and their businesses, when actually it's easier to grow the belief inside with your actions and successes. Add to that the belief that you can also have fun in your business then you are 100% cooking on gas. But most people in life struggle with this fact which is why Join Up Dots tries it's hardest to instill this belief into all of you. However todays show focuses on the following three emails, and of course to get the answers you need to listen to the show Dear David, I have been listening to your amazing podcast for the last few weeks since I heard you on the Meaningful Money Podcast. I am surprised that I hadn't heard of you before, but now I am hooked. One thing I would like to know is, through the Steve Jobs speech he talks about believing in something to help you through the dark times. I believe in God, and gain great comfort from knowing that I am supported by my God. Can I ask you what do you believe in, as I would love to know, Kind Regards Ahmad Sharzir, Yorkshire. Now for the second question that came to us all the way from Canada. Hi David, loving the show. The vibe is so different from every other show I have listened to, but manages to deliver even more top class business advice. I haven't listened to every show so did you always mess around and make jokes, or has this developed over the years. Whatever the answer keep em coming - Brenda Mitchell, Quebec Canada. And finally, Hi David, thank you so much for answering this email if you have the time. I imagine that you get thousands of messages. I have been doing your free training course and one of the things that keeps on coming out of the content is my love of Xmas. Do you think that I could create a business around this time of year, who does this put all my eggs in one basket. Ie profit from November to December and nothing for the rest of the year - Gillian Articha, Bournemouth England. Thanks as always for listening to the show and for sharing with your mates, we couldn't do it all without it.\nToday's guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is a lady who like most of us, hit a point in her career when she knew she wanted more in life. Then like most of us when she started building her business as a side hustle she looked for her ideal customer, and found out that her ideal customer was actually herself. As she says \"I spent most of my 20\u2019s hustling for the big life goals \u2013 getting ahead in my career, buying a house, getting married, saving money for retirement \u2013 checking all the boxes that are supposed to make you feel successful and accomplished. And although I was proud and grateful for the life I had created, I knew I wanted more. I was craving fulfillment in my work and the permission to be myself. Shortly after my 30th birthday, my awakening (or as I like to call it \u2013 third life crisis) began. Struggling with my weight, not feeling good enough, and hearing that deep inner calling that life was meant to be joyful, not full of pressure and anxiety. I was already seeing success building my \u201cside hustle\u201d on top of my full-time job, but that was also beginning to feel out of alignment. Showing up the way others were teaching me to build an online business was just creating more of that overwhelming pressure. I now clearly see that it was exactly what I needed to propel me into the work that I do today \u2013 helping other women get back in touch with themselves so they can create a business they love. Now the interesting part that of this was her realisation that the advice she was receiving was actually adding to more and more of overwhelming pressure. She believed that she was doing the right thing, by studying other people, but actually discovered that the truth was very very different. So when did she back out and start creating the path that was actually the right one for her and her family? And how does she know through her own coaching program that she isn't doing the same for her clients and presenting a world of overwhelm pressure. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Robyn Chavarie Show Highlights During the show we touched on some deep rooted discussion points with RObyn such as: How and why it is so difficult for a lady to create her own future when she is trying to be something for everyone in their lives. Robyn shares her journey of experimentation, and the growth stage in her life when boredom lead her to assess everything. Robyn realised that she was ok in asking for the cash right at the very beginning, which is a huge piece of the puzzle that people struggle with bigtime And lastly...... Why it is ok to say enough is enough in life, I am ready to be who I want to be and to hell with the consequences.\nOnline Accountancy Success\nTodays guest joining us on the show is the founder of Freshbooks, the cloud accountancy company that you hear advertised on many podcasts across the globe. Now this isn't just a cloud accounting firm, but the world\u2019s #1 cloud accounting software for self-employed professionals. Its a global hit, but his journey to creating this success was far from assured, even to the point of perhaps not even being part of the plan. You see most businesses are started from the position of an individual's pain with the service that they are getting, and deciding to go and do their own thing to solve this problem. And this was the case with today's guest. He was running a small design firm in 2003 when the frustration of billing his clients overwhelmed him \u2014 so he built his own solution. He moved into his parents\u2019 basement for 3.5 years to save money and completely revamped how he ran his design firm (to the point where he worked 19 days in one year and generated over $200,000) to bootstrap FreshBooks to what it is today. Since launching in 2003, over 10 million people have used FreshBooks to save time billing and collect billions of dollars. As he says \" I went through an incredibly scary time for 2.5 years while FreshBooks was rebuilding their entire platform, which is typically viewed in the software industry as the worst strategic mistake that a company can make. I even bounced back from a $1.5 million disaster \u2014 proving overcoming failure is possible, and often how to succeed in business to begin with.\" So its ok to say let's build this thing and solve this issue, but how do you start, where do you get the funding? And with more and more similar platforms being built, does this just increase his enjoyment everyday, or leave him in a whirl of panic? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Mike McDermott. Show Highlights During the discussion with the Mike McDermott from Freshbooks we hit such deep subjects such as: Why you need to ask the question \"Does the destination appeal to me\" to truly work on the legacy of a passion project. We chat about the funding that you never thought you need when you start a business, but comes at you from every corner. Mike reveals why many of the metrics he chose to look at as success, are based around his employees happiness. Great way of operating in a business. And lastly......... Why life is a series of hard lefts no matter how much you try to make it a straight path. You just have to cling on and do your best.\nOn today's episode of Join Up Dots we share the story of an amazing listener in Israel, who after listening to the show, and reading many different types of self-development books has done what so few people do but started to create their success path the right way. It's amazing how many people that I speak to that either spend all the time researching and making lists with no action involved, or take all the action with no planning beforehand. Both strategies are full to the brim of failures and easy to hit obstacles. The best way is to create a detailed plan, do your market research, work hard and take huge action just like Neriya has done. So let's start off with the first email received at the show this week Just wanted to say thanks.. been listening to hundreds of your shows, I have the very worst job ever(pays off though, worst than garbage truck workers, not to be disrespectful) Helping me to build two businesses I\u2019m extremely passionate about, working simultaneously on both my corporate job and my things about 15 hours a day all combined with ease.. thanks to your awesome podcast I realized what it takes to make a business and with that achieving my dreams and goals. Thanks you so much, Neriya. I of course went back, said thank you and asked for more information about the passion and tasks they have undertaken to which they responded with, quite simply a blueprint for success which is my delight to break down into its necessary chunks on todays show. My business is all around making fine leather items(wallets belts straps cases etc etc). The big idea is making everything completely by hand and with the finest materials the world has to offer, literally! It was quite the challenge figuring out the \u201chows\u201d and \u201cwhys\u201d. I started off about a year ago (naturally with relatively little passion), ordering pretty much the cheapest tools I could actually afford and best materials I thought are the best but really far from it. I went on YouTube and watched literally every leather related video(mostly tutorials) Quick enough realized all of those videos was consists of pretty much hobbyists, obviously no one would teach you how to hand-stitch and work leather like Louis Vuitton and Hermes for free. Some leather artisans do teach but it costs a lot and where I\u2019m from there are \u201czero\u201d leather artisans so flight out the country was huge investment I couldn\u2019t afford (still can\u2019t:) I did a TON of research and by that I mean like 5 to 7 dedicated hours a day, everyday, 6 months straight and by that time I managed to develop a very simple, systematic and effective way to learn from the very best without even bothering them and it applies to all kinds of crafts. I also discovered what materials and tools Hermes LV and other top leather companies use and where to get them. it was not easy and there are almost none online stores to supply what I needed, I had to personally contact these rare suppliers I found and custom order from them, like a merchant would but at the beginning, with a typical mindset of a casual online consumer I just didn\u2019t( that was one of many blocks I had). Your genius podcast and some books like \u201cSam-Walton\u201d, \u201crich dad poor dad\u201d and more, helped me tremendously!especially your podcast for being very relevant and contemporary. Plus it removed all those fears and blocks I had. One of the things I love the most in your on your podcast (your hilarious jokes aside) is the Jim Carrey quote which I recognized with a lot. So even if you do fail on doing what you love you most likely won\u2019t die you won\u2019t starve and you\u2019d probably live a decent life anyways, genius! I have something I was wondering about for quite some time, about 5 years ago I used to smoke cigarettes quite a lot and I wanted to stop, I tried again and again and just couldn\u2019t stop. One day my brother came to me, surprised me with a book called \u201cthe easy way to stop smoking\u201d by Allen Carr, so I read it and exactly as the title says I stopped with ease as if it was magic, so I RAN to my smoking relatives and friends trying to convince them in any way I can to just give it a shot, unfortunately unsuccessfully and It was the same with business coaching and your podcast. The funny thing is that they actually do believe me but just don\u2019t go for it. Are they too addicted to their convenient life/smoking habits? In your experience, why do think it\u2019s like that?\nTodays guest joining us on the show is a 34 year old, husband, father of 3, engineer, sports fan and huge geek when it to comes to automating and outsourcing any activity. He is the co-founder of adbank network - a powerful online ad platform built on the blockchain, as well as co-founding a successful digital asset acquisition firm that controls over 6000 websites generating 6 figures a month. As he says \"I am no genius, I HAVE NOT found a loop hole on the internet that lets anyone get rich quick, I have not quit my job but because of my online income I am able to live the way I want to and have a level of security for my family a job today cannot provide. Unfortunately, I can\u2019t say that making money from websites is easy but through my ventures I hope to show you that without a doubt it is possible and with hard work most people that commit themselves can do it. For the last 5 years I have built up over 150 websites and use these to generate passive income, I am not an online guru I am just someone who has tried and tested many different methods. I am willing to test any system as long as it stays aligned with my online business cornerstone beliefs. My Internet Marketing Beliefs\u2026 Always add value Google wants to deliver the \u201cbest\u201d result so be the \u201cbest\u201d A website visitor is a renewable resource to be cultivated not something to be mined once, enjoy what you do online. Many people may disagree with my beliefs and suggest there is a faster way to make money online. They may be right, but what our guest is doing is building businesses that operate the way that the search engines want. Building relationships, by nurturing those relationships. Not chasing some get rich quick scheme, that fades as soon as the big boys realise someone is gaming the system. So how did he develop his internet marketing beliefs, through building businesses that dropped like a stone, or simply by understanding what GOOGLE is aiming for? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Jon Gillham. Show Highlights We discussed so many deep subjects on the show such as: Jon talks about the shortcuts routes that he took for business that all led to failure before he realised that real work was needed to make the success he wanted. We discuss the blockchain strategy that is creating a completely new and exciting way for businesses to start operating across the world. And lastly........... Jon shares the discussion that he had with his parents, and friends who considered his route to success to be somewhat risky.\nStorytelling For Sales Success\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a man who has been floating around my world it seems from the birth of Join Up Dots. Having been an entrepreneur for 30 years, to say I\u2019ve seen a few things is an understatement. I\u2019ve definitely had more fails than successes, but I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way. I sold my fitness business which I owned for 9 years a year ago to start teaching other entrepreneurs how to use story to sell. It's storytelling that is the real power of growing an online business. Then I realized that most small business owners don\u2019t follow up with their leads, so I started teaching them how to create follow up system so they could have a conversation to share their story and make more sales. Then of course I realized that some of those small business owners wanted to speak but didn\u2019t know how to be more dramatic with their stories. With my degree in theatre I am able to help my clients create a performance out of their presentations so it\u2019s not the same boring presentation audiences are unfortunately used to seeing. I believe all business owners deserve the right to be successful by doing the work necessary to achieve that success, which starts with being able to sell effectively. And storytelling is the best way to do it. As he says \"There likely isn\u2019t a business issue that I haven\u2019t seen or experienced. I\u2019ve seen it. I\u2019ve been through it and I\u2019ve come out on the other end all the better for it. But it hasn\u2019t always been that way. Like most start-ups and small business owners, I struggled to make ends meet. On a personal note, he is also a private pilot and enjoys flying around the great state of Texas. Why? Because I can! So why does he want to do this entrepreneurial stuff as certainly more often than not its easier to work for someone else? And looking back through the dots, are there things that he would change or do they all lead him to where he is today? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Tom Jackobs Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting storytelling conversations with Tom Jackobs around subjects such as: Why the easiest part of creating business success is always right under your nose, even though it takes you awhile to actually see it. Tom shares the reasons why you should never start a presentation or joke by advising \"This is soooo funny, you will love this!\" Why he pushes himself to get out of his comfort zone at every opportunity, as he sees this to be where true growth starts. And lastly We discuss why the online and offline world really have to work hand in hand for a business to be truly successful.\nYou Make Me Want To Vomit, Ralph\nIt's a funny old world that we live in nowadays. A world of love, creativity, but also extreme bitterness and hostility. You see everywhere we go, everyone we speak to has an instant ability to critique and be mean from a distance. We see this all the time on social media, whereby some keyboard warrier, who is sitting behind their devices can throw spears of hatred. However, behind these comments there is always a deeper message for the sending as you will hear in today's show as a response to the following email received in this week for the show. \"Ralph, wow what a show. Or should i say wow what a joke you are. I have listened to one of your episodes and believe me i wont be listening to anymore. It was called Free Time, when you wasted twenty minutes of my life telling me how wonderful yours is as you can take a month off when you want to. Its funny that you felt the need to tell us, as being a podcaster, or should I say someone who wants the world to love them so tells them what they want them to hear it's not a job. You can take time off from anything that isn't a job. Hey, im an astronaut today, let's chill instead. You make me want to vomit. Anyone can do what you do, but we don't as we have proper jobs to do, and have to go to work as we don't have a choice. We live by the clock without escape. So don't try to tell me that I can change my life just by making a few mindset changes, give me a million dollars so I can make those changes instead. That my friend is one thing your show will never ever deliver to any of us. You are full of shit. Your show is shit. And no matter how great your life seems to be, it will also be shit. That is what life is and you can't tell me otherwise. So what makes someone think such extreme thoughts? Is it simply they were having a bad day, or something far more deep routed....who knows? However in todays show, David Ralph discusses this email and sends out a positive response to the sender to connect with him directly. Thanks for listening to the episode and any comments drop us a line. Cheers David\nToday's guest is an expert on Smart Investments, he is the creator and founder of the Smart Asset Opportunities After 12 years serving in the military and over 20 years running a successful private practice, he realized if he didn\u2019t alter his course he\u2019d be trading hours for dollars forever. It was this belief that led him to launch Smart Asset Opportunities. In just four years, he has been involved in projects totaling over $100 million, and owns 40+ single family homes, 14 ATM\u2019s, a coffee farm in Panama, apartment complexes, office parks, storage units, and ownership in a Belizean resort. As he says \"After over 20 years of running a successful small business in rural Missouri, we seemingly \u201cwoke up\u201d to the realization we were not on the path to a comfortable retirement, a course of not knowing when we would be able to transition out of the business. We truly did not have a plan to replace our transactional income \u2013 the exchanging of our hours for dollars. We needed some Smart Investments for sure. Truthfully, we felt stuck. Fast forward two years and our passive income from our investment endeavors has exceeded that of our practice income. The driving factor of this change was our mindset; we took control of our lives, our future and decided financial freedom doesn\u2019t have just one path. We surrounded ourselves with like-minded individuals on the same journey and with the same aspirations. We sought out opportunities to learn more and partner with others in lucrative joint ventures. We understood our WHY and became intentional about taking action. These days we are dedicated to our new passion: helping others achieve their success. It is far more rewarding, interesting and exciting than lounging around on a beach, and we\u2019re enjoying every second of it. Our WHY is to help others find their path to the financial freedom we found with their own Smart Investments. So it's ok to say, let's change direction and do something different but how do you upskill and make these changes occur? And is it still fun and exciting to be building what they have, or getting more and more like a job? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Ross Stryker. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ross Stryker such as: We share the dawning realisation when he realised that his retirement was not going to be as comfortable as he and his wife hoped and the actions he then took. Why it is so important to start surrounding yourself with the kind of people that you want to become in your life. Dont look for less but look higher up the ladder. Ross shares why he loves, what he is doing for the reasons because it was hard, more than anything else. It's the challenge that lights him up inside. and lastly\u2026. Why we can learn from other peoples mistakes, much more cheaply and quickly than we can hope to do ourselves. So study other peoples route to success.\nToday's guest is a lady who loves to \"Start With Why\" everyday, but that perhaps wasn't always the case. However as soon as I heard about her daily hustle and drive to achieve a dream not just for herself, but for eight complete strangers then I knew I had to have her on the show. And so I did, back on episode 233 of Join Up Dots where we discussed the creation of her My Million To One programme whereby she was on a mission to raise one million pounds to provide housing for eight disabled children that she first met when volunteering in Africa. She was asked to help whilst volunteering in the area and quickly approached a couple of local charities who agreed to help by adopting the children and providing them a home on the proviso that she found money every year to pay for the children\u2019s home. Seems simple, part of the start with why strategy? Well throw into the mix money for all their needs, education and rehabilitation costs \u2013 and guarantee that the money would be provided for their lifetimes then it seems daunting to say the least.. So\u2026 she challenged herself to raise \u00a31 million \u2013 enough to build the orphanage itself and then enough money to sit in a bank, so the centre can survive off the interest payments. Now she has added even more charitable hustle and adventure into her life by starting Plucky Us, born from the people that she met previously As she says \" When I was setting up My Million To One programme I set out to network with other entrepreneurs. I expected to find a lot of other people who were positive & ambitious & trying something different but I didn't: I just met a lot of people who weren't like me at all and who didn't really understand or want to help. The people that did help me to build & promote it in the end were actors, adventurers, athletes, musicians (to name a few) and only scattered amongst them were there other people establishing similar businesses. What EVERYONE had in common though was a positive, ambitious outlook, determination, drive and a desire to be the best that they could be. They were all successful, outgoing people who helped others: people who both inspired and encouraged. They did understand the start why why concept and why it was so powerful. As MMTO grew, an organic community formed around it of these wonderful people. MMTO members had become friends and they were telling me about exciting projects that they were working on and I found myself CREATING CONNECTIONS between members (introducing them to one another, forwarding each other their proposals) when I saw how they could help each other achieve their chosen goals. The members in question were often in different industries and sometimes different countries but - when presented with their hopes & dreams - it was clear how they could match & empower each other and MORE IMPORTANTLY I knew that they would also GET ON WELL because they were LIKE MINDED, OUTGOING PEOPLE. So how did this lady come to find herself in Africa volunteering in the first place? And why does she think that entrepreneurs in the business world, are unlikely to help in the same way as the creative folk are? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Alana Hurd. Show Highlights During the episode we discussed such weighty topics such as: How Alana walked into a world of business and health issues with all the naivety that she could muster, until realising that success comes by rest as much as hustle. Alana shares the problems of building your mindset to look at No's as just one more step closer to gaining the big Yes's your business needs. Why Start With Your Why is such simple advice, but one that so many people ignore until it is truly too late. And lastly........ We talk about connecting with the super successful without care, as more often than not they will bend over backwards to help you in your pursuit for success.\nIn todays show, hosted by David Ralph, we talk about free time, and how to build more of it into our lives. With the biggest question, and the biggest surprise being...do we actually want to have free time in our lives? You see most of us are building our lives around routine and responsibilities. We get up when our alarm says we have to get up, we deal with the things that life says we have to deal with, and then look at free time as something that is never going to happen. We push past the belief that we can choose our own time, and can actually make the decisions in our business to be free from the hassles and inconveniences. But we can make every decision in our own life. We can take control of the free time that we have, and make it more and more and more, why still becoming more successful in our lives. So how do we do it, (and of course you will hear a lot more in today's episode of Join Up Dots), how do we protect the time that we have to grow the roots of freedom? Firstly, we need to look at the work that we need to do, against the work that we are just doing because we always have done it. We need to see where the true value of the task is for us. Is it actually rewarding us for its completion or just something to tick off our list? Secondly, we need to block out time in our schedule to make sure that things we want to do can occur. It's no good saying \"I want more free time, if when you get it you haven't got a clue as to what you want it for!\" Which actually was a situation that I found myself in, when I started rewarding myself for the work that I have done in my life, and then ended up bored with the free time. I blocked off a whole month, made sure that the work was all completed and then sat around thinking \"I think I would have preferred to be working as this is boring\" Things are so different nowadays, with fun, vacations, day outs and excitement to fill my time with and recharge the batteries. I knew what I wanted the free time for, and went out and made it occur. So do you find yourself looking for things in your life to escape the norm, but dont think you have the time and resources to make it happen? Then this show is for you. Enjoy.\nThe Three Business Type For Any Entrepreneur\nYou Need To See How Success Is Built (and Lost) To Be A Real Success Insider..Ben Fewtrell Is That Man My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at MaxMyProfit and author of the Business Exceleration Blueprint, is a sought-after advisor, keynote speaker and trainer. He has been featured in \u2018Secrets of TopBusiness Builders Exposed\u2019, Virgins in-flight magazine, Sky Business and many more. He started his first business at the age of 18, where he built it to be a multi-millions dollar business with 64 trucks on the road in just 4 years. As impressive as it sounds, he was working ridiculous long hours and not making any money! By the age of 28 he was over it, and just knew there had to be a better way. After selling his transport company, he decided to pursue his passion for business and spent many years and tens of thousands of dollars learning what it takes to build a successful business. This led him to personally mentoring and coaching hundreds of business owners in dozens of industries, building his own multi-million dollar business in the process. He likes to have fun in both life and business, so is perfect for a show like Join Up Dots So why was he making no money when he had a multi million pound business in his hands? And is this a similar failing of most new entrepreneurs that he encounters? They are doing all the work but not getting the rewards? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Ben Fewtrell Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ben Fewtrell such as: How there are three types of businesses, you are either employed, self employed or you have a business. A business is where you can leave it alone and it will still make you money by operating. Ben shares how he almost when bust by trying to grow a business bigger than himself a this time. You need to work to your limits and then scale from that point. Through changing twelve jobs within twelve months he found out a very important lesson: He cant work for someone else and never has since. and lastly\u2026. How some of his clients just cant be pushed into seeing a new way of operating. As he Ben says \"They either breakthrough or they breakdown.\"\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is an expert in Instagram and a lady that if you opened her up would have entrepreneur written all the way through her. Actually she was back on the show on episode 259, where we talked about her early journey where she was creating an online identity and profile, alongside a brick and mortar business in the holistic world of Kinesiology, which is a holistic approach of simultaneously treating all the aspects of a person, emotional, nutritional, structural and energetic needs, whilst still working for the man. This came about after spending a number of years suffering from a vast array of illness and discomfort, she discovered this form of treatment and founded the company Body Sync in 2010, to take her understanding and training out into the world to help others. But she needed to pivot as quite simply, although she was treating her patients to feel great, the business was making her ill again, as the hours were grinding her into the ground. So she did what so many people do and took the learnings from all this action taking and positioned herself as the Digestion Detective which was a franchised online show, found in ITunes and available on UK Health Radio each week, where she talked and discussed health issues. And now it seems that she has gone in a different direction, and has niched down to a tighter model, teaching health care professionals and others how to gain massive visibility online. She has seen that her colleagues are struggling to get their message out to the world, and with her Instagram coaching, podcasting school and other platforms she is showing them the way to get noticed. As she says \"Having a thriving online business isn\u2019t hard once you know a few things and who better to learn from than someone who has made every single mistake possible and still here doing her thing. \" So does she look back and slap her head with a \"If I only knew then what i know now how life would have been different\" And is she surprised at how little people actually know today, when we are all attached to our online profiles and content like never before. Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Sam Bearfoot Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Sam Bearfoot such as: We discuss how and why people are continuing to make the same mistakes online that they have always done, even though they could find the easy way through to the gold. We share the first steps to creating Instagram success, by deciding who your customers are, and focusing the content on them, not necessarily all about yourself. Why Instragram coaching is just the starting point, and success from high numbers only comes by being consistent and posting at regular intervals and lastly\u2026. We show the world has success online is created, by the open and frank discussion as to entrepreneurial life. Sam has created an Instagram success due to her 15 years of persistence.\nToday's episode as is normal for a Fridays show, is a hybrid between keeping you advised as to what is happening in the world of Join Up Dots, and answering a few listener questions. Well, let's start with the show first and foremost. If you have been keeping up with the new routine that we now operate you will know that October has been a rest month for the host of Join Up Dots. Being aware that a business can not operate on a low battery, has pushed David into finding a way that he can bring the business under his control and not the other way around. He has done that by compressing his activities into a four week burst of activity, and then protecting the following week like his life depended on it. Making sure that he utilized batching methods, Parkinson's law and also the 80/20 principle which he is a huge believer in. If you want more free time in your life, and increase your earnings exponentially then as he says \"You must think about what you are doing, and what your customer needs most. Cut out all the wasted time that you think is productive, and just do what they truly need.\" It really has been a game change for sure, and allows for true focus, money building, and great ideas to flow into your brain. Now for some questions from the listeners of Join Up Dots \"Hi David, I am a 26 year old female originally from Jakarta in Malaysia, but now living in Holland. I love your show and all the interesting stories that you give us. I am in a job that i dont like and find very unfulfilling. My passion is to create a business around Yoga, and specifically Pranayama, which is the formal practice of controlling the breath, which is the source of our prana, or vital life force. This seems so specific that I wonder if I could manage to build a business around this. Any suggestions I would truly appreciate it.\" Adelia, Amsterdam. The second question this week is from John from Cheshire who asks \"David what is the first thing that you do each day in your business. I would love some guidance as I spend much of my time deciding to do something and not actually doing anything\" And now the last question from the Join Up Dots listeners comes from M. Archer from Tupelo, Mississippi who wants more guidance in regards to finding money from her Toy Making business. \"Hello David, over the last few years I have been working on a toy making business. These are small knitted replicas of friends and family. They send me pictures and then I make small models of them. I love doing it, as its very therapeutic. But it is also time consuming so the money I can charge for the toys, is nowhere near what my hourly wage would be in a job. Any suggestions as to how I can develop this business that I love into one that I can do full time?\" Thank you as always for you your time and listening to the show.\nSuper Bowl Mindset\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is a man who has been at the very top of his career, and now is on a mission to go even higher. He is a former American football center and commercial actor. He played college football at Purdue, and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2001 NFL Draft, earning a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XL (40) against the Seattle Seahawks. He has also been a member of the Arizona Cardinals and Houston Texans, and is now a Master Practitioner in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). With his brand, Basic Instructions, he helps executives, athletes and others to access the resources within themselves to achieve the life experience they desire. As he says \"In NLP, there\u2019s a saying: the conscious mind is the goal setter, and the unconscious mind is the goal-getter. Your unconscious mind is not out to get you\u2013rather, it\u2019s out TO GET FOR YOU whatever you want in life. However, if you don\u2019t know how to communicate what you want properly, it will keep bringing steaming bowls of liver stew out of the kitchen. Whatever it is, realize that your unconscious mind only does that because it thinks that\u2019s what you want. (\u201cSir, here is your procrastination along with a side of anxiety. I\u2019ve also told the valet to bring up your emotional baggage as per your request. Will you be needing anything else?\u201d) You see there is a lot going on inside us which we just haven't got a clue that it's holding us back from ever getting ourselves into the end zone, for lifes touchdown. So as he worked tirelessly in his football career did he always have an eye on the next stage of his life? And where do people go wrong in life in his view...working hard for the wrong things, are not working hard enough for the right things? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Chukky Okobi Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Chukky Okobi such as: Chukky shares how the repetition of practicing time and time again can be so powerful, as it leads us to know how its going to feel at the right time Why it is so important to mentally set out your own steps, whilst not being prescribed by others and what they expect of us day to day. and lastly\u2026. Chukky reveals how the biggest obstacle that people face in their lives is their own personal belief structure. What they believe they can achieve often gets stopped before it ever has a chance to come to life.\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast is a man who has built a thriving business around SEO. Yeah, as we know Search and being found is a huge part of business success He has worked extensively in SEO since 2013, trying and testing all of the primary strategies to see what is most effective to boost rankings and organic traffic. Tom spearheaded the success of Life Coach Spotter to 20,000+ unique monthly visitors from organic traffic. As he says \"I grew up in the suburbs of Long Island, New York, a 3rd-generation Italian. I went to public school and excelled in sports. I studied Philosophy at Providence College and spent a lot of time reading and learning from ancient philosophers. After graduating from college, I went off to work on Wall Street, day trading at a proprietary equities firm in Manhattan. In 2013 I started digital marketing for LifeCoachSpotter.com where I learned SEO from the ground up. I struggled with SEO for Life Coach Spotter for years, trying every tactic the so-called \u201cexperts\u201d had recommended. When I finally \u201cfigured it out\u201d, I knew I had to share my own expertise to drive results for other businesses who were struggling with their own SEO. Most of what experts advise drives little to no impact. There are only 3 areas to focus on to drive impact for your site\u2019s SEO: links, optimization, and content. That\u2019s it. I spent years banging my head against the wall so that now you don\u2019t have to. It\u2019s both fun and profitable to get monthly recurring traffic back to your business\u2019s website. Today I serve a number of clients through my SEO agency Sure Oak. We work with clients from around the world and I am lucky to have a passionate and dedicated team to work with who is well-versed in SEO, content-marketing, technical development, outreach, and more. I am forever grateful to the amazing team at Sure Oak. So are the days of black hat, white hat techniques long gone, or just simmering below the surface for the next SEO fad to appear? And how does he market his own company, free traffic or paid? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Tom Casano Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Tom Casano such as: Why organic traffic is such a powerful and under used form of traffic generation, that pays you back time and time again. Tom shares how his first 50 blog posts led to crickets in his business, but it taught him so much as to what actually works in SEO. and lastly\u2026. We discuss why it is such a good idea to walk away from a business when it gets really hard, just to allow yourself space to find an easier way.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with many bold titles given to him from companies across the world. The Marketing Journal calls him one of \u201cThe Best Minds in Marketing,\u201d Fast Company Magazine calls him a \u201cHuman Exclamation Point,\u201d The Economist calls him \u201coff -putting to some,\u201d and Newsweek calls him, \u201cThe Howard Stern of Entrepreneurialism.\u201d Which isnt easy to say all in one breath. But there is no doubt that he is a man who is rocking and rolling everyday and has found the thing that lights him up inside even if that wasnt the case at the beginning. He\u2019s a dyslexic paperboy from Montreal with Scottish roots, and at 18 got thrown out of school, and with no other options he started a company. He served as chief marketing officer of software juggernaut Mercury Interactive which was acquired by acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2006 for $4.5 billion, co-founded marketing consulting firm LOCHHEAD, was the founding CMO of Internet consulting firm Scient, and served as head of marketing at Vantive, an CRM software firm. And then after 30 years in business he retired and it seems to me started having the real type of fun that makes a life what it is. And now he is the host of \u201cThe Podcast Silicon Valley Needs\u201d \u2014 Legends & Losers, and the co-author of Harper Collins\u2019 \u201cinstant classic,\u201d Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets. Through his podcast he has 100% unscripted long form interviews with some fascinating folk, who haven\u2019t appeared on every podcast under the sun and are fascinating with a capital F. So what made him retire at such a young age, and did he find it hard to fill the hole in his life? And where does he see his life going now\u2026.more and more into the media world, or simply exploring where the fun is in life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Christopher Lochhead. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Christopher Lochhead such as: How he started low middle class, and has hustled his way to where he is today, but knows 100% that he couldn\u2019t have done it without the business partner that he found. Christopher shares how the legendary people in life don\u2019t get lucky, but that do position themselves to be in the place to receive the luck if it arrives. Doing, reading and finding a mentor are the three ways that we should operate in life, something that Christopher does religiously. and lastly\u2026. Do your homework, learn the process and focus on the solution to a problem. That is how a business is made, which is why so many people screw up on this. They don\u2019t do the basics.\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is the host of Money For the Rest of Us, one of the most downloaded podcasts for Investing in the world with over 6 million downloads. As he says \u201cI help investors have enough to retire. Managing your own investments can be isolating at times. No one to talk shop with. Cheer you on. Reaffirm you\u2019re doing the right thing. Help you not to overreact to the latest financial headlines. While I\u2019ve managed billions of dollars professionally for institutional clients and co-led a large investment research team, I don\u2019t do that anymore. Now my biggest financial challenge is the same as yours: making sure I have enough money to retire and that those resources last. Here\u2019s the thing. We are better investors when we have a sounding board\u2014 a community to share what we\u2019re thinking, what we\u2019re learning, the mistakes we make, and what we\u2019re doing with our investments. Money For the Rest of Us is for people like you and me who aren\u2019t relying on someone else to make sure we have enough to retire. We\u2019ve taken control of our financial future. But just because you choose to manage your own investment portfolio doesn\u2019t mean you have to do it alone. Let\u2019s take this financial journey together.\u201d Prior to launching his podcast, he was Chief Investment Strategist and Chief Portfolio Strategist at Fund Evaluation Group, LLC, a $33 billion investment advisory firm, where he co-headed the 21-person research group. He also co-founded the firm\u2019s $2.2 billion asset management division where he developed its investment philosophy and process and was the lead portfolio manager. So is it a risky gaming investing, or one built on sure footing? And has a life of travel become the real wealth from creating his online business? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only David Stein Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with David Stein around subjects such as: David shares how it took him a few years to find his place in the online world after leaving his home job, and the steps he took to get there. Why David feels that batching his work is not the fit that suits him, although I think it is amazing and should be done at all costs. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. We discuss how any coach that is worth their weight in gold should be more focused on teaching more and more to their clients, in effect teaching themselves in the progress.\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is with on of the co founders of a content creation service called contentrefined.com Content Refined was born from a desire to simplify the process of content creation. As they say \u201cWith our clients, we want to have the personal touch and mutual respect of an in-house marketing team, but without the cost of in-house employees. To accomplish this, we pair each client up with a Project Manager. That PM works with the client on assessing their needs and competitive content strategy, then develops an individualized team of writers (native English speakers), editors, and publishers based on that strategy. We work through a systematized and data-driven process, combined with a dependency for very well-written and engaging articles, to produce quality content with every order. Our clients have widely diverse backgrounds and needs, from SaaS Businesses, to Portfolio Managers and Amazon Affiliates, to eCommerce Store Owners, and other unique sites, we produce content that is perfect for you and your specific needs. So was this a business that was easy to set up and get clients ready to buy their services? And now they have a team working hard on growing the business, does this make it easier or more difficult to allow the business to stay under their control? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Madeline Taylor Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Madeline Taylor around subjects such as: We discuss why negative comments are so hard to deal with when starting a business but actually should be the ones we aim to learn from most. Madeline shares the rubbish jobs that she has performed in the past, but actually turn out to teach you so much about business moving forward. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Getting customers is hard at the beginning so its great idea to tap into a ready made audience to test things out as quickly as possible.\nShark Tank Effect\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a man who has dived deep into the world of sharks. He is the owner of The Sharks & Stripes Conference & Expo which is for military entrepreneurs, veteran owned businesses and private sector entrepreneurs/small business owners. This is a conference that features the powerful entrepreneur panel presentation featuring some of the most successful Shark Tank entrepreneurs and focuses on helping those in our Armed Forces who have the entrepreneurial spirit. He aims to help those leaving the military transition into a new world of entrepreneurial ventures. However behind the scenes our guest has been battling a very different kind of challenge. Back in 2005 our guest was very ill indeed, after being diagnosed with a disease which there is NO CURE! As he says \"I have a great story of how I did this on the brink of bankruptcy and through immense pain and sickness from the powerful drugs and therapy I was enduring when diagnosed. But thanks to the hustle I have self published my \"Conversations With Shark Tank Winners multimedia book,\" partnered with some of the biggest organizations for entrepreneurs and small business owners, toured the US with these organizations, have partnered with some of the most successful shark tank entrepreneurs, all the while diagnosed with a major illness.\" So what was his life like before this rude awakening...floating through like most of us or as focused and determined as he is now? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Rey Ybarra Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Rey Ybarra around subjects such as: We discuss why it is such a powerful method to tap into a business that already has an audience interested in that subject. You can shave years of your progress. Why Americans love to show the success and in fact celebrate success in a far greater degree than the Europeans. Rey talks about the dark times in his life, when his illness took hold of him and why this is so similar to the entrepreneurial journey. And lastly Rey shares why it is so important to delay gratification to truly be able to understand and accept the reward for what it is.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is joining a merry bunch of former guests who have appeared on the show twice, back on episode 271 He is Inc. columnist, Professor of leadership, entrepreneurship, and hustling, and Entrepreneur, MBA, Astrophysics PhD, studied with Nobel Laureates and also swam across the Hudson river and almost drowned in the process. Yep, you thought he was really clever up to that point didn\u2019t you! As he told us last time on the show \u201cI do what I love in life and do my best to cut out what I don\u2019t. Loving what you do means you will do more than if you don\u2019t, so I\u2019ve accomplished a few things to high levels while enjoying the process. I\u2019ve also made my life easy and fun. I think anyone can. In fact I think making life easy and fun is easy and fun, so love what you do while accomplishing more than you thought you could too.\u201d And it certainly seems that he is a man of his word. And now he is bringing his experience to the world in written form after converting a course that he has taught for years with the soon to be released book Leadership Step by Step This is a book that offers that rare breed of learning\u2014genuine, authentic, effective, engaging, and, most of all, fun. It is based on the best leadership philosophy and practice. As it says on the book \u201cThe results of doing its exercises insure that you will become an authentic, great leader, able to serve and to live to the best of your ability. Anyone who aspires to lead, to lead more effectively, or to live life to its fullest would benefit from Joshua\u2019s exercises. This is true for business, public service, the social sector, the arts, education, and any sphere where leaders serve.\u201d So how has he managed to bring the word \u201cfun\u201d to the forefront of his business, when so many people think that this is for the weekend, or for kids? And is he a trailblazer for this, or is there more and more leadership experts looking at the \u201cF\u201d word as something that is how we should all be operating? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show once more to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Joshua Spodek\nTwo Main Reasons Business Fail\nOn today\u2019s episode of Join Up Dots as normal for a Friday show, David Ralph answers a couple of questions from listeners across the world, and even brings back the words greatest competition \u2013 The Gargle Game. Lets start however with a rating and review on Itunes which then lead me to connect with the chap to say thank you, and gain some advice of my own. This is from an English guy called Steven Harper, who is a musician, teacher and opera singer in the UK. \u201cThanks David for all the work that you have put into the podcast. I really appreciate it, it has been a kick up the bum that was needed to get me out of a complacent slump. My job is teaching singing and piano and i never considered that my students would be taking my work one day and for less money. Now I am trying to become Steven Harper music teacher and and not just an anonymous teacher. I have listened to all 1000 plus podcast and looking forward to the next 100.\u201d Now what Steven is doing there is talking 100% about gaining a personal brand. He is building celebrity into his work, so people see him as more than the normal and subsequently will seek him out to gain tuition and be accepting of higher prices. This takes a focused approach in regards to putting more of himself out into the world, through visuals, youtube channels, podcasts and live videos of his students transformations. People don\u2019t want to play the piano, they actually want to see people who are playing sexy tunes and becoming like them. That is the real transformation that makes a business fly, as the world wants the outcomes as quickly as possible. Now the second question came from a listener in Belgium, by the name of Henry Madsen, who asked \u201cDavid, I have heard you say on previous shows that 95% of businesses fail within the first five years. What do you think is the reason for this? And any suggestions as to what you would advise myself in trying to start my own business\u2026..kind regards Henry Madsen\u201d The answer to this is quite simple as you will hear on today\u2019s show. A business fails due to not selling another of their products, and this comes down to two main reasons. Either they aren\u2019t getting the traffic, or even worse they build a product that nobody wants it. Enjoy and I hope to hear from everyone who loves this episode and has ideas of starting their own business.\nFrom Listener To Entrepreneur\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a man who last appeared on the show back in 2017 when he connected with us after being a listener for awhile. Back then he was trying to find his way to becoming the master of his own future, creating his own business, and finding clients. He wanted his own business more than anything and had several ideas as to businesses he potentially had the skills for. Well since that conversation he has started his business Cassus Media back in August 2017, and officially left his last employer in January 2018 to strike out on his own as an entrepreneur. Cassus Media is a digital marketing solutions agency, originally launched with the idea of creating marketing videos which has now expanded into full-service organic social media and pay per click management services for small to mid-size businesses. He has worked with clients from around the United States and even the world in just the short time he's been in business, most notably from Norway, Sicily, and Ethiopia. Now the entrepreneurial journey is not easy for sure, and he has gone through some very difficult challenges with his career, not least being discharged from the military abruptly after making some mistakes caused by traumatic events in his teenage years, of which he's now overcome and is thriving, and becoming recently single. He also has ploughed into the life of not knowing if his efforts will come to anything, but being excited by where he is heading, in his words \"The sky is the limit in the coming years\" So what was the hardest part of taking the leap and becoming his own boss? And is the true battle one with the outside world of actually within his own head? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Paul Cassarly Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Paul Cassarly around subjects such as: Paul shares how he created his first business without clearly defining the needs of his customer and how to service them. We discuss why it is a bad thing to put all your eggs into one basket, and the reasons why you have to diversify your offerings. Why the coaching business is such an amazing way to create a quick business, due to the personal interaction that you can get. And lastly........ Why niche, niche, niche until you become the category of one is the easiest way for business success.\nOvercoming Huge Obstacles\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a man who has been ready to join up his dots for quite awhile. Overcoming huge odds earlier in his life, he now loves to share that story to inspire others to do the same. He likes nothing more than connecting with entrepreneurs to motivate them to \u201cdo big things\u201d in the world. Inspiring them by his own story as much as the actions that he takes everyday. His story begins in an average family where he had to work for everything he had. He started \u201cat the bottom\u201d and worked his way into the American Dream. In fact, dropping out of high school, until he went back to get his degree and even went to college... ending up on a popular reality TV show. As a guy who started his working life stocking shelves on the overnight shift at a giant retailer, he has seen the spectrum. Now he grows and scales companies, using real-world experience to make this happen. His most recent company is on track to do $25 million in gross revenues. He is a serial entrepreneur who develops systems to help other entrepreneurs run multiple companies without having to be there. In 2012 Mike appeared on the ABC television show Extreme Weight Loss, losing 255 pounds. He has overcome a stutter. He has gone from the bottom of the corporate ladder to the top of the mountain... and he loves helping others do the same. So why did he appear to lack consistency and desire when younger, but now has it in spades? And what is it about his life that he loves the most now he is rocking and rolling? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michael Giannulis Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Michael Giannulis around subjects such as: Michael shares how at the age of five he was already five stone thanks to the eager feedings habits of his grandmother. We discuss how to create content that continues to pay you back forever. Evergreen is the key to a lovely relaxed life if you do it right. Dark sides exist in every business no matter what it is, but how do you get through them and into the light? And lastly Michael reveals why money is not important to him, and what he truly feels is the gold to be gained.\nDeveloping Personal Strengths\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady from Melbourne Australia who has one belief in life. That all of us are capable of being a bigger, brighter version of ourselves than we give ourselves the opportunity to be. Her official bio states that she is \"is a best-selling author, workplace well being teacher and playful change activator\" which is of course true but is not something that occurs by magic. Back in 1994, she was working for PR Works as a general manager where she built a profitable IT portfolio, as well as creating a media training service for CEOS. Which I find fascinating, as someone who is now firmly entrenched in the people development world, this wasn't an area of her life that just burst into being after several decades. It was there right at the beginning, which grew larger in her next job as a PR Manager for Sausage Software. But it seems to me that things moved up a gear when performing the position at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, as their international leadership coach, where she worked across the world to implement the companies brand strategy using Positive Psychology theories across their culture. And then there comes the time where our guest could have continued to rise up the ranks in corporate land, gaining the salary and working tirelessly to build someone else dream. But our guest had other ideas, and left to create her own company and her own dream, after completing her Masters in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) at the University of Pennsylvania And with a career history scattered with roles lasting a couple of years or so, it appears that she has truly found her thing, as she has stayed where she is ever since. Developing her company, bringing in bigger clients and well......loving it. As she says \"I'm passionate about bringing out the best in people, particularly at work. Fusing Neuroscience and Positive Psychology into tested, practical actions, I create happier, more rewarding and more profitable workplaces for employees, their bosses and their organisations.\" And who wouldn't love to do something that you are passionate about everyday. That is the dream after all. So when did she get the inkling that building her business was awaiting for her? And was it scary time or \"Hell yeah, lets get going?\" And is there a similar theme that stops most companies, and the employees of those companies operate at the highest level? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michelle McQuaid.\nWhat Makes A Successful Biz?\nIn today\u2019s episode of Join Up Dots we look at what makes a successful business and why so many people nowadays truly go the hard way to success. But first of all lets start with answering a few questions from listeners across the world who have been following the show. The first one, is less of a question and more of a statement, but it comes from a guy in Perth Australia, who I have had the pleasure to connect with a chat to over the last few months. His name is Craig and he is an English guy living and working in Australia, who mention that he often lacks focus and will allow days to drift into weeks without achieving what he truly wants. He said \u201cDavid, I need some of that focus you have! I love how you are able to visualise and attack! Has it always been a skill of yours or is it learned? Of course to hear the answer you will need to listen to the show\u2026.we cant have people just reading a podcast and not giving us our ears after all. The second question that comes from a lady also in Australia called Ebony Richards from Hobart Australia, is in regards to creating success and the mistakes that I have made in the past. She says \u201cDavid Ralph, podcasting legend. Why did it take so long for you to come into my life. I am well and truly hooked and listen to multiple episodes a day. But for all of us, listening and hoping for the day that we can become our own boss. What have been the biggest mistakes (if any) you have made through your business? If you say that you have never made a mistake then I will quit my job today\u2026..not! Thanks for a great show and look forward to being a guest on Join Up Dots one day. Ebony Richard, Hobart Australia. Lastly\u2026. we have a question from Canada, which is nameless, but asks \u201cI am thinking of starting my own podcast and I am a bit daunted by what to do first. Should I buy the equipment or start building the website and social media following?\u201d Now we have got those out of the way, it\u2019s time for us to look at what makes a successful business. I will butet point them into three main categories and you will see that they are not anything clever in any shape or form. Number One: Look for a need that is already out there already. What I mean by this, is dont try to be clever and create something unique. This is prone to failure, even though the upside if its a success is massive. I would much rather see something already working and then create something similar with a different spin on it. Number Two: Now that we have a need, we need to seriously think about who our customer is and where they are hanging out. You dont want to ne spending a ton of money on throwing mud at the wall and hoping that it sticks. Number Three: Own your own traffic. You really need to be able to communicate with your audience, whether that is through Facebook, Email marketing, or any form of collection. Without that your business is dead in the water.\nAlfie Best: Making Business Simple\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is Alfie Best, a man who has made a huge success of finding the potential in areas he has knowledge in and then working really hard to make it all come together. He is a successful entrepreneur driven by tenacity. With humble origins, born and raised in a Romany Gypsy family, this self-made man studied at \u201cUniversity of Life\u201d and started his professional path totally from scratch. However, coming from a poor background and a minority group only gave him even more desire to succeed. As a gypsy, he had to face many obstacles and prejudices but he has never allowed those to ruin his dreams and ambitions or to disrupt his investments into the businesses he operates. Instead, he has taken those negative prejudices and turned them into positives by surrounding himself with a diverse and multicultural team. As he says \"My philosophy for good business is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration; my sole focus is to drive the businesses forward without losing sight of the goal. Park homes were my upbringing so it was a natural progression to purchase a mobile home park; from 1 park to more than 40, Wyldecrest Parks has now become the No.1 Park Home Operator in the UK for the retired and semi-retired wishing to enjoy the quiet life and community spirit. And when it comes to seeing the potential in an idea, Alfie Best has a very up and positive outlook for sure. \"In my view\" he says \"there is no such thing as a bad idea, just the ability to drive it forward with a realistic approach.\" So if there is no such thing as a bad idea, why do so many people fail when it comes to starting a business? And if he looks back at his life has he learnt more from the knocks he has endured or from the Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Alfie Best Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Alfie Best around subjects such as: Alfie shares how the competition inspires him everyday to raise his own standards and that of his team. It truly is what lights his fire to find more and more value. We discuss how Jeff Bezos has created Amazon, and why it was nothing spectacular in the beginning but how he of course has hit it out of the park. Alfie Best talks openly regarding why he considers himself to be 99% stupid, and what it has done for his decision making. And lastly We discuss his plans for his business moving forward, and why Alfie Best cant wait to see what is possible in Europe And America.\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a lady who is living an amazing life of inspiration, mind altering process and travelling the world helping others. She is an unconscious mind expert in the field of leadership and professional performance, world-class ultra-endurance athlete, successful corporate executive, professionally certified executive coach, keynote presenter and best-selling author. After many years of coaching leaders, our guest discovered that the unconscious mind is the scientific key to elevated levels of success, with greater velocity and ease and founded her company, Velocity Leadership Consulting to bring this difference-making model and tools of success to all leaders. She realized her own transformation and discovered the keys to achieving greater success in her personal and professional life when she achieved a 28-year dream of competing in the toughest race in the world, the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, as an amateur, non-triathlete at age 46. As we will see she parlayed this experience to the business world and now helps CEOs, executives and managers connect with and realize their own goals, with greater velocity and ease. She helps us get unstuck, loosen the handbrake, put on lives running shoes and grow a kick ass life of our owns. So its all very easy to say these things, but build them into a business that people want is a different ballgame altogether. And most importantly, how did she then allow as many people as possible to find it? Well let's find out as we bring onto the the show, to joining up dots, the one and only Karen Brown. Show Highlights Karen talks about how she has changed her life simply by uncovering the six mental barriers that was holding her back from the future that she deserves We discuss the naviety that allows us to discover our dream business and think that we have all the skills to make it occur without issues. Karen talks about having to make the decision to limit the amount of people that she was willing to work with. Go for the cream of the crop and it pays back bigtime. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Progress not perfection is the mantra that all entrepreneurs should be living. We struggle with the vision being bigger and more realised than the reality.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man that as soon as you hit his website and see \u201cLove the Life you Live! Freedom is taken, not given. By living an Intentional Life, we ordinary people can live extraordinary lives.\u201d you know he is perfect for Join Up Dots. He is a speaker, writer, educator and adventurer who has traveled to over 80 countries around the world and 49 of the 50 states in the USA, and he\u2019s lived in France, Japan, Thailand, French Guiana, Washington State, Virginia, Alaska, and California. All the time learning from different people as well as having time to think. Allowing the brain to disconnect and focus on the present is the greatest way to get everything back in focus and on track. He has ridden a motorcycle on six continents and crossed the USA on one twice, and he\u2019s summited of the highest mountain of eight countries and five states. He also has extensive experience teaching at the university level and working in business development, and he still pursues an adventurous lifestyle with his family. Now let\u2019s reflect back on those first words. Freedom is taken, not given. And I\u2019m sure there would have been many times when our guest would have thought \u201cI would love to do this, but nah, I can\u2019t\u2026it\u2019s not for people like me!\u201d So when did he first start his first adventure, and was it as small journey into the unknown or a huge leap into the unknown? And where does he see so many people going wrong, who say \u201cErik, I would love to do what you are doing?\u201d Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Erik Seversen. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Erik Seversen such as: How so many people fail to realise that there is a world of adventure on their own doorstep. Get in a car at the weekend and see what\u2019s waiting for you nearby. Erik shares how he started his first business, and the steps that he took to ensure that a steady growth was occuring month by month. How the power of the work life triangle is the way forward. How many of us add a big dose of \u201cMe Time\u201d into the balancing act? and lastly\u2026. We discuss how the skill of delegation, and allowing people to do things even if its not the way that you would do it, is a key part of business growth.\nWhen it comes to living the dream, do you ever stop and consider whether the life you are living is actually the life that you really want to be living? Do you consider that you can get bigger and bigger achievements in your life (and actually beat yourself up because your not) Well that is what's today's episode of Join Up Dots is all about as you will hear. This all came about, after I got told by a businessman that when asked \"How are you doing?\" and getting the reply from myself of \"Yeah great living the dream\" he stated. \"David if you think you are living the dream it's only because you aren't dreaming big enough!\" So how do you start living the dream if you are already 100% believing that you already have the dream? Is being content and happy enough or are we letting ourselves down? Well, I think that being content and happy is one of the most amazing states that you can achieve in your life. It may not seem sexy and inspirational but it is amazing. Waking up without any stresses and pressures. Knowing that you can pay all your bills with no issue at all. Feeling healthy and fit. Is that not the best way of being, or is living the dream our right to work harder and harder to gain more and more. I really don't have the right answer to this, as I suppose living the dream is so personal to each and everyone of us, we should never be told by others whether it is right or wrong. We should look deep into our hearts and know if we are being true to ourselves or not. We should look at what we have around us, and think \"Is this making me happy or is it just more stuff to maintain and nurture?\" Let us know by dropping us a line, so we can see how many of our listeners are living the dream and how many of them or simply helping others to live the dream as they struggle through on their own. Thanks for reading David Ralph\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a man who has been floating around my world it seems from the birth of Join Up Dots. So why he has never been on the show before I dont know, but I do know that it is going to be a good interview for sure. As he says \u201cI\u2019m committed to helping people make their lives the most amazing adventure possible! After getting fired from numerous jobs, dropping out of my PhD program, recovering from failed marriage, I realized I had been living someone else\u2019s dream. I set out to construct a career and lifestyle that would let me be the explorer and teacher that I was always meant to be. I asked \u201cWhat does it look like to be the hero of your own life?\u201d So in 2014, I started \u201cThe Art of Adventure Podcast\u201d, and it has become one of the top podcasts in the world for Location Independent Business, Adventure Travel, and cutting edge topics. I\u2019m thrilled to be offering coaching for location independent entrepreneurs! I work with people who want to get out of their cubicles and create a life of time, financial, and location freedom. My clients are adventurous, inspiring, creative, motivated, confident, and unique people who are ready to make a big impact on their world Well he is certainly making a big impact on the world for sure, and when passion comes together with a vision then things get very sexy down. So when he was in his dark times, looking for a new way of making a living that was fun and inspiring did he imagine that he would end up here? And its ok to have the vision but when did the mindset shift to one of fun and money? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Derek Loudermilk Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Derek Loudermilk around subjects such as: Derek shares those moments when his life becomes so playful that his work increased in quality exponentially. Why the most obvious thing in life is more often not the thing that you should be doing the most. Derek shares how customers are more likely to purchase from him if they personally get to know him. A good message for us all. And lastly Derek reveals the steps that he is going to take to get Bono and Richard Branson into a room to solve food issues across the world.\nHow To Thrive In Life\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a man who has previously appeared back on Join Up Dots episode 654, where he shared his amazing journey to a life of inspiration, travelling the world helping others, and flying drones. But if things hadn\u2019t occurred in his life, like experiencing the horror of a neighbours discovery that her son had committed suicide then he may well have coasted through his life as a sales assistant in a retail store. From 2005 to 2010, he clocked up over 7,000 hours in sales, management and training roles in big box retail and apparently still holds the record in one of the stores for the most amount sold in a single day. In 2010 he started his first coaching business and ramped up studies in the field of personal, professional and business excellence. He invested all the time, money and energy he had and went through an intense period of rapid transformational growth. As he says \u201d I was now a man on a mission. I broke through patterns of behaviour that had been holding me back for years, gave up alcohol, coffee and energy drinks, and consciously chose a vegetarian lifestyle.\u201d That was however all covered in the first show, so where is he now? Where has the last 8 years gone? We he now speaks to audiences around the world on how to thrive in an ever changing world. He delivers multi-sensory experiences on stage, blending education with storytelling videos and live music on a grand piano. As he says \"Our world is changing faster than ever. To deal with this, companies need a workforce that is fully engaged, high performing and adaptable to change. But 67% of employees in North America are still not engaged or actively disengaged at work, with actively disengaged employees cost $450 billion to $550 billion per year alone. I help solve this by helping companies develop high performance teams, increasing innovation, employee engagement, emotional intelligence and adaptability to change.\" But that is just a favour of what this man is all about. So it's with great delight that for the second time, i can bring onto the show, to joining up dots, the one and only Cameron Brown Show Highlights Cameron shares how he has managed to bring the greatest quality in to his work. He is unwilling to take half measures to the work he is bringing to the world. We discuss why it is so important to be your own best friend. As Cameron says \"If you are spending the most time with yourself then you might as well try to like who you are\" Through the show we reveal the steps to breaking through the ceiling of whats possible in ones life. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Cameron demonstrates perfectly that the \"quality of work\" will always beat out the competition who deliver just enough to get by.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who certainly seems to have found her thing in life, and is now taking that out in to the world to help others find theirs too. With a diverse background in retail, hospitality (resort and restaurants), event production/promotions, both for and not for profit, and executive management, she built the stepping stones to what leads to success. And you could see that it really started to go her way after joining a start up media company in 1993. Within this business she grew the profits from $60K a month in revenue to finishing the first year in business with $7mm, leading to the company having explosive growth each year thereafter. After selling the media company in 2007, shee was asked to stay on with the new organisation to be an integral part of their aggressive growth strategy, acquiring 5 media companies in under 2 years. And more success followed, before she stepped out on her own by creating her own Strategic Marketing and Operations Consultancy business. Now, if that isn\u2019t interesting enough the bit that i like about her career history, and where we will spend time, is her understanding that at their core, all businesses thrive or die on 3 key areas. and this doesn\u2019t matter what business they are operating in. She is an expert in The MESSAGE, the MARKET, and then the MEDIA, and within these three areas, she likes nothing better than creating successful marketing campaigns that will naturally generate more revenue to the bottom line as well as a broader reach in the market place. And that is what we all want after all. So was she always an entrepreneur at heart, or did she reluctantly go about building her own dream life, and career? And if business can be simplified to these three stages, why do so many people struggle, especially in the online environment? Well lets fin out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dost the one and only Carrie Hartunian Smith\nHow Long To Start A Business\nIn today's episode of Join Up Dots, we answer \"How long to create a successful online business\" and other listeners questions as ever posted on an email from across the world. We love receiving these so much, as it really shows that our words are having an effect and the world is starting to think in a different way. You see everyone has doubts, everyone has moments when they think that they can't get past that obstacle. Everyone runs into a closed door that they think is the killer of all there dreams, but it rarely is. So today's questions are part of the mindset shift more or less and we will start with one Mexico. Hi David, I am a shopkeeper in Mexico and listen to your show every day. I was interested when you revealed you had a business too, which I think was your parents? I don't enjoy running the shop anymore and don't think I ever did. How can I escape without hurting my parents who started the business 20 years ago?\" Now for the second question for Angela in Bennington, Vermont USA who asks..... \"David, really inspiring and different type of show. I would love to know if you could go back in time and give your younger version advice what would it be? Thanks for the show, that makes me laugh and then assess my own life in every episode\" Angela And lastly, the third question comes once again from the United States of America and the town of Encinitas. \"Hello, Mr Ralph and everyone connected with Join Up Dots. It seems to me when starting a business you have to expect to earn no money for a period of time, and then reap your rewards later? What timescales do you think would be realistic for someone who is inexperienced with business building\" Michael, Encinitas San Diego County, California Thanks as always for listening, and until next time if you have any questions then feel free to jump over to the Contact Page and send your own for later answering on the show.\nHow To Make Viral Content Like Jesus\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a man who knows the secret ingredient that most people online are searching for. How to make things go viral in an ever more shouty online world. He is one of the country\u2019s most influential progressive communicators. He is Chief Science Advisor for \u201cYears of Living Dangerously,\u201d which won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and now generates viral vidoes online seen by tens of millions a month. He is the founding editor of ClimateProgress.org, which NY Times columnist Tom Friedman called, \u201cthe indispensable blog.\u201d And if that isn't enough he is also the senior advisor for New Frontier Data, the leading \u201cbig data\u201d firm providing actionable analysis in cannabis, whose content reaches hundreds of millions of people a year. Yeah that is a bit eclectic to say the least. Now with his new book out across the world \"How To Go Viral and Reach Millions: Top Persuasion Secrets from Social Media Superstars, Jesus, Shakespeare, Oprah, and Even Donald Trump\" he has even more things to talk about and do everyday. So what of course is the key to going viral like Jesus? And where does he find his focus turning to everyday? A day off, or more and more work? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Joseph Romm Show Highlights Joseph shares the three A's that make viral content explode across the world....powerful stuff. We discuss the power of \"replacing\" which has made Hollywood screenplays bring insight and excitement to the screen for years. Why the first rule of communicating is making the receiver know that we are one of them. Bridge the gap between sender and receiver and you will win the game. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. How and Why \"The Hero's Story\" has become the key to so many of the inspiring content that we see in film, and platforms everywhere.\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a lady who last appeared on the show back in April 2016, where we discussed claimed fame in a very unusual way. But most excitingly for a show like Join Up Dots she hasn\u2019t set her stall out to allow that initial success to define her but has gone on for bigger and bolder things. As the creator of the Purse Process in 2013 her new adventures started in earnest when she started the process of being a bit nosy in ladies handbags. And digging around to share how the secrets of the stuff that a lady carries around with them in their bag actually defines them. Now though her dots have taken her in quite a different direction, and she is inspiring the world by posing a big question everyday........ \u201cI wonder what would happen if\u2026?\u201d She explores this question for herself, her friends, fans, and followers by trying new things. All the new things! As many new things as she can pack into a day, a week, a year. This looks like exploring new places, trying new services, discovering new products and sharing it all through in-person appearances, her multi-platform social media presence, and her IGTV show, the Danielle Daily Show. The second way is by sharing not just her adventures, victories, and triumphs but also her perseverance, determination, and grit when battling adversities like anxiety, being a natural introvert, and the grief of a devastating divorce. Although each of these very human battles has proven difficult, all have subsequently helped her to rise towards becoming the fearless, beautiful, and powerful woman she has always aspired to be. Ultimately, she inspires people with her sense of courage and playfulness coupled with a willingness to take risks, admit her mistakes, and reveal her vulnerabilities. Fans know she is a reliable source of positivity and a strong advocate for people, products, experiences, ideas, and resources she thinks are awesome. This is a lady putting herself out there in a raw and honest way that is making a difference, and I love her So why did she pivot from digging around in the handbags of the world? And how does she come up with her ideas and new adventures? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Danielle Watson. Show Highlights How being confident in life is not something that we can carry around to every environment. It might be something that flourishes and dims throughout the day. Danielle shares how her new business grew simply from the process of digging around and trying things. She shares why she feels so many people miss out on having the amazing life because of their unwillingness to match up with others outputs. Why it is better to ask for help and support from people in your local community and close to you before ever reaching out to strangers. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Danielle shares deeply personal insight as to how the phrase life changing income can mean so much to many people in the world (but sometimes we forget that we are doing so well)\nBuilding Success On Passion\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who is nothing but decisive when she knows what she wants in life. Starting her career back in 1999 she performed the role of Finance Director for one of the top 15 Opera companies in the US for ten years, until in 2009 the company closed due to financial difficulties. And I guess we will find out on the show if she would have stayed in the position if this hadn\u2019t occurred but the fact is it did As she says \u201cAfter leaving the corporate world to stay home with my young children, I began writing and performing my own songs. I toured as a singer/songwriter for 9 years, releasd 3 CDs and won several songwriting awards. I even had the honour of singing \u201cThe National Anthem\u201d at Dodger Stadium. I then began coupling the inspirational message of my songs with a testimony-based speaking topic called \u201cYou Are My Vision\u201d, a program I have presented for churches and community groups for the last 8 years.\u201d But how do you take these values and skills and turn them into an income production line, as this is the problem that most entrepreneurs encounter on their journey to success. Well todays guest has drawn on her extensive experience of the music industry to create online courses to help musicians learn how to make a living from their music. Her most popular offering is an online training and mentoring community exclusively for female musicians called the \u201cFemale Musician Academy\u201c. And not only that she is the host of two top ranked podcasts bringing her passions to an even wider audience. So has she planned all these goings on or are they as much a suprise to her when she looks around her of what she has going on? And does she now have the belief that she could have done all this a lot quicker, or did it naturally have to fall into place? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Bree Noble\nThe Reasons I Am An Idiot\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots we answer a few listeners questions, posed on email from across the world. We love receiving these so much, as it really shows that our words are having an effect and the world is starting to think in a different way. You see everyone has doubts, everyone has moments when they think that they can't get past that obstacle. Everyone runs into a closed door that they think is the killer of all there dreams, but it rarely is. So today's questions are part of the mindset shift more or less and we will start with one from Martin the lawyer. Hi David, Must say love the show and listen to a different one daily. Great insight and inspiration for a person like myself who is working hard on my online business with the goal of quitting my lawyer job (I am 27). I have a quick question for you. I do dropshipping with a good deal of success. I care not to call myself an expert on the topic but do have a few years experience doing this and running facebook ads etc to generate revenue. Having been involved in the internet marketing spectrum for a few years now I understand the importance of the personal brand and acquiring an audience to teach other people with the intention of utilising that audience to sell related products. I plan myself to start my YouTube channel. Do you think this is feasible considering I am not an expert per se? Nevertheless I do have useful content and techniques that I can pass on and teach those. And of course I want to get started on this to grow and learn on creating such content to create an that may indeed branch out to other related areas I have expertise on like mindset, daily habits etc. Do you have any related podcasts on Youtube specifically? Keen to know your thoughts on same. Many thanks, Martin Followed on by a question from the lovely Adrea, Stuttgart, Cameron McCarthy and Benjamin Louder. Hi David, I recently had the personal honour of speaking to you one to one, and found you to be insightful, deeply focused and very very very different from the person you are on the wonderful and inspiring Join Up Dots. So my question is, as I wasn't brave enough to ask you at the time, is why if you are focused on being authentic are you so different? And also, if you have time, I often hear you say \"If an idiot like me can do this\"....why? Why do you say that you are an idiot as you are brilliant in many many ways? Thank you for you time, and the personal connection Adrea, Stuttgart. Dear David and the Join Up Dots Team, do you ever have doubts that what you are doing is any good? I start loads of projects with a huge amount of emtheisuams, and then I start thinking its not very good, or people will laugh so stop. I was wondering do you have those thoughts and how do you get past them? All the best and thank you for the best show in the world Cameron McCarthy, St Johns Canada. Hi David, love, love, love the show. I heard an episode recently when you said you were looking to work one month on and one month off. How have you managed to do this, as I would imagine that Join Up Dots is a highly busy enterprise? Thanks for your time Benjamin Louder, South Africa. If you have any questions then feel free to jump over to the Contact Page and send your own for later answering on the show.\nHuge Online Success With Quiz Builders\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a man who is thriving in the online world by getting business's to ask the right questions. Originally from a small rural town in central California he started his first business installing lawns on people\u2019s yards at the age of 16. He eventually started tinkering with and selling computers, and made his way down to Los Angeles to attend college at UCLA. It was then that he began taking on consulting gigs building websites for small local businesses with a few of his friends. After getting a request from one of these consulting clients to have a quiz built for his website, he had a bit of a lightbulb moment. He is a co-founder of Interact Quiz Builder. Along with his friends he spent a few weeks building this first quiz, and after that started to talk to other business owners about whether or not they\u2019d use quizzes in their marketing efforts. This year alone, it looks like the sacrifices required to build a business are paying off, as they have seen a 300% jump in growth and are anticipating 500% by the end of the year. Great stuff, so are there certain quizzes that convert like gangbusters or do all types do the magic? And why does he think that this works so well, in regards to lead captures unlike a normal tired old magnet? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Josh Haynam Show Highlights Josh shares how he has developed a belief system that means he walks his own path in life. Strong will and firm mindset all the way. Why the position of grand leaders in business are not sought out by the individuals themselves, but more often than not are placed there by the followers. Why so many business's struggle with the lack of income coming into the business. This is a phase that hinders growth for most and can often be the killer. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Why Josh believes his mindset changed forever by attending college. It wasn't the course material but the students he studied with that made a huge change.\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a lady who connected with the show through the contact form, and so eloquently did she pitch herself I just had to have her on the show. As she said \"I believe I would be a great fit for your show, as I am a business owner who is open and honest about both the struggles and the excitement of this entrepreneurial journey. I\u2019ve worked for Fortune 500 companies, and started several different types of online businesses. Here\u2019s my story\u2026. -I graduated in 2010 from The University of Michigan with a degree in business and after graduating from college, I rose through the ranks of PepsiCo, managing marketing campaigns for some of the largest brands in the world, working alongside celebrities, and working with partners such as The Golden Globes, The Grammy\u2019s, and the NFL. During my time at PepsiCo, I tried to launch a side hustle selling branded sports bras to collegiate athletic teams...this failed - so I quit Pepsi to launch my first successful business: The Dessert Place. This was a revived family business, in which I turned my mother\u2019s famous bakery (which had closed in 1996) into an e-commerce platform. - I realized I didn\u2019t actually like baking and my heart wasn\u2019t fully into this business. So I built an online course teaching parents how to navigate college admissions with their kids. I love getting to help families with this journey, and love chatting about colleges and visiting college campuses. Based on the podcasts I\u2019d listened to and the courses I\u2019d bought, I thought that creating a sales funnel for my online course would be a walk in the park and I\u2019d be an overnight success. I was wrong! This business has been a challenge, but I\u2019m slowly and steadily building it up and loving the challenges. In just a few weeks, I\u2019ll be packing up my life and moving to Bali where I\u2019ll be living/working/traveling around Southeast Asia for an indefinite amount of time (one way ticket booked!). The last 3 years of entrepreneurship have, without a doubt, been the most challenging years of my life. The hardest part of entrepreneurship has been the mindset, which I never expected. I have spent every spare moment of time reading more self development books than I can count, and binge listening to podcasts for countless hours. I love that Join Up Dots shares real stories, including the failures, the fears, and the mindset struggles that come along with the entrepreneurial life. Binge listening to this podcast (and the stories of others who have gone before me) is the reason that I\u2019ve had the confidence to keep persevering, and I\u2019d love to give back and help others who are on the same path. Well if that doesn't excite my listeners as much as it did me then I dont know what will. So when the idea for the college business came to her did she think \"Nah, that must have been done before...i'll find something else.\" And does she now consider herself and success or simply just getting going? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Marisa Meddin. Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Marisa Meddin around subjects such as: Why a lucrative business is not always a good business. No matter how much you think its about the money it never truly is. Marisa shares the first steps she took to get to make her campus business get off the ground. Powerful simplicity at its best. We discuss how having a life where vacations can blend into real life brings about an amazing lifestyle which is available to all. And lastly Why building a business is 90% mental and 10% technical. You have to get out of your own head to be able to achieve what you want.\nTodays guest on Join Up Dots is a man with a fascinating and somewhat intriguing branding of \"The Suited Monk\" Now if you are thinking \"I can't remember the last time I saw a monk in a suit?\" then let me explain more. How many times have you realised that you are living a life that is expected of you. The kind of life that was always on the cards due to your surroundings, parents, friends and a myriad of other outside influences. Well our guest today was considered to be successful in the corporate world at a young age by colleagues, friends and family. However, his personal life was anything but successful. He was deeply unhappy in his job, he was struggling to find a sense of purpose and meaning, and wanted more than anything to find happiness in his work and life environment. Modern society exerts a constant, subtle pressure to conform to the expectations of others, and to seek a version of success that is acceptable to the people around us but that does not necessarily meet our own most heartfelt needs and desires. Even if we manage to reach certain goals, the happiness they bring us rarely lasts long. Because they aren't truly what we want. How depressing is that...but so real to all of us too. So he did something about getting rid of this feeling, and got off the path that he was on and now spends most of his time speaking and teaching on the subject of authenticity in life. Finding the suited monk in all of us, where we can join our intuition, happiness, love, purpose, and life force (which is your inner Monk) with the external world of success and achievement (represented by the Suit you wear). Once you do that he believes that you will be able to close the gap and tap into the vast abundance that exists within you, both in your professional life and personal relationships. Wow, that sounds good doesn't it. So, how did he come up with the Monk aspect of this concept? And what did his family say when she said \"Guys, I need to go out and do my own thing!\" Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Raf Adams.\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots entrepreneur podcast interview is a man who with three fitness facilities\u2019 success stories to his name, is an Iraq War veteran,and has been characterized as a true fitness, nutrition, and mindset empowering powerhouse. He is a contributor for Women\u2019s Health and Fitness Magazine, Consumer Health Digest, and Smart Healthy Women, as well as featured on ABC 24\u2019s Good Morning Memphis. As he says \"I don\u2019t just build better bodies; I help build strong, motivated, and empowered women. As a coach and fitness specialist for over five years, I've finally found a way to put power back in my students\u2019 hands. Through exclusive and individualized workouts for women, motivational talks, and regular check-ins, my coaching sessions transcend the confines of time and space. I'm there for you whenever and wherever you need me! My innovative approach is based on the radical notion that we're all different. I know there\u2019s no one-size-fits-all answer to fitness, which is why I evaluate each client to see where they are and provide highly personalized training solutions to help each woman meet her individual goals. I'm passionate about helping others take charge of their lives and become physically, mentally, and emotionally stronger, and I strive to lead by this example every day. When we tap into our potential, there's nothing we can't achieve! Powerful stuff, but of course all success comes from a trial process of trips, falls and leaps of faith and a dawning realisation of where our guests should be heading. So when did it all start coming right for todays guest? And was the business an instant success, or like so many the idea was good but the marketing failed bigtime? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Jay Kali Show Highlights During the entrepreneur podcast show we had deep hitting conversations with Jay Kali around subjects such as: How he has managed to develop a mindset that leads him to an \"enough is enough\" mentality. Business should be about supporting the lifestyle not the other way around. Why he once went seven months without a client and how he managed to keep going pushing through to where he wants to be. Why he doesn't feel like so many other veterans that he was hindered by the rules and regulations that working for Uncle Sam can sometimes bring. And lastly Jay shares how he spent many thousands of dollars looking for the right mentor until he found the right one. The improvement to his business was massive.\nHow To Think Rationally\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots podcast interview, was previously on the show back on episode 533 where we talked about learning to be unbreakable Now he is back with a new book, and to be honest most of the time people ask to come on the show I refuse, as its all \"Yeah in chapter five I talk about......\" Not what this show is about at all, but this new book by todays guest pricked my interest as it ties very much into the message behind Join Up Dots It's called Sequentiality, and it provides a simple, but highly prescription for personal development. By means of real life examples will find how to gain the right sequence of steps towards your dreamlife...or as we say \"How to join up the dots\" It has been proven through generations that have gone before us that it is better to let things naturally flow than to direct our focus with intention. So with chapters like Your steps should be logical, not random, Let organic growth determine your steps, and you can figure out what steps to take next lets he is a dotsmeister for sure. So why this subject in particular, and does he see patterns that occur time and time that have become more than obvious to him? Well lets find out as without further a do, lets start joining up those dots with the and only Mr. John Vespasian Show Highlights John shares why it is important to build your assets through your life, network, financial, health. They dont have to be balanced to be highly effective. We discuss the life of Cassanova and discover how he spent years building up to the success he is now viewed as. True entrepreneurial spirit at its best. How we should not try to force things but let them flow naturally for maximum effect in our lives. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Why John writes his books upside down, and researches in a very different way to most authors in the world today.\nMillion Dollar Mindset\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots podcast interview, has a story of resilience, perseverance, psychology and some strategy (with very high risk). Back in 2007 he founded the Result Based Training gym at the age of 27. This was going to be a huge success as all new ventures are thought to be, but the truth was very different. He soon found himself sleeping on the floor in the upstairs office (with his dog) where the gym was located in South Melbourne because he could not afford to pay the rent. Things were not looking good, his venture was going under and he could either fight back or join the masses of entrepreneurs with a sob story to share with the world. He decided to fight and went on take one of the biggest risks of his business career. He needed an infrared sauna so started a Groupon campaign to sell vouchers to utilise the infrared sauna in his gym. The only problem with this was; he did not have the sauna, and didn\u2019t have the money to buy the sauna or pay his next month of rent that was due on the building! This risk was one of the most riskiest moves he will admit to, but it paid off! Within 10 days, he sold 800 vouchers, generating the money he needed to buy the sauna and pay the month of rent that was almost due. Stating, \u201cIn that moment, I knew in order to survive, I had to commit to always think outside the square, to lead, not follow.\u201d Fast forward to today, and Result Based Training is now a $10million dollar business, with over 90 staff members, and over 20 locations across Australia, with additional locations in the US. Put simply in his own words, \u201cFind your passion, reverse engineer the shit out of it, and go get it!\u201d Since then he has gone on to become the Founder of multiple successful business ventures and a foundation and quite simply looks like he is loving life. So with Gary Vee stating recently that entrepreneurship is found in the DNA, would he consider himself born to this life or just good at finding the doors when trapped? And with bigger and bolder actions and entrepreneurial ventures filling his days, does he ever look back on the floor with the dog and think \"Actually life was so much simpler then?\" Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Travis Jones Show Highlights During the show we had deep hitting conversations around subjects such as: Travis reveals why it is so important to know your \"Why\" right at the beginning, because more often than not its not what you are going after for sure. Costing staff that can push you forward is one of the most valuable things you can do for your business Why even though you may feel that you want a life that is free and loose maybe the wrong thing and will hold you back from ever getting it. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. Travis reveals the steps of reversing engineering, and why he doesn't set goals without a clearly defined route back to its source.\nHigh Ticket Sales\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an a man who connected with me to request to be on the show. And this request was very different from most pitches that come through to me that says \"David, I should come on to your show as I created a business in my downstairs toilet, and within 30 minutes was making six figures per month!\" No, No, No, that is not how it works, or at least not for the majority of the world, who decide that it is time to create their own income. Our guest nailed it when he told me \"David, the first time I tried starting a business, I thought one juju priest from Africa placed a \u2018curse\u2019 on me. I failed at almost everything. I tried all the stuff the \u2018gurus\u2019 said I should. I blogged 7 times a day, promoted my blog post like crazy, I started a podcast, I created multiple infographics, I spent hours on social media,I wrote a book, I did cold email , I did influencer marketing, I did LinkedIn marketing, in fact, I did 1000\u2019s of things. I did everything NOT to fail but I failed WOEFULLY! I learned something from my experience. Most of this self-acclaimed \u2018gurus\u2019 are \u2018talkers\u2019, they are not \u2018doers\u2019. What I did immediately was to stop taking advice from the \u2018wrong\u2019 people. Most so called \u2018gurus\u2019 don\u2019t even take their own advice. So, I asked myself this question. \u2018What makes the most important \u2018thing\u2019 in a business?\u2019 I had to ask the right questions to get the solution to my \u2018problem\u2019. And that friends is how it works. You look for the 80/20 in your business, and then start solving others problems, and you are up and running. And that is what happened to our guest, and now he has a flourishing business called Clients Attraction where he shows the world 1: How To Package & launch High Ticket Program That Attracts Your Ideal clients 2: How To Consistently Attract & Close High Ticket Offers By Offering To Help People For Free, and..... 3: How To Build A Dynamic Marketing & Sales Funnel That Converts High Ticket Clients Consistently While Building Goodwill in your marketplace And it seems that the juju priest from Africa, is a vague and distant memory, and things are only going to get better. So did he ever think of stopping working on his business, and go back and get a job behind a desk somewhere? And if he could go back in time, would he create the same business, or do something different now he knows what he knows? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots. with the one and only Johnson Emmanuel\nStart Your Own Online Biz In 30 Days\nOn today's episode of Join Up Dots, your host David Ralph officially launches a major masterclass \"Start Your Own Online Biz In 30 Days\" If you have been a listener of Join Up Dots over the last four years you will know of the struggle, persistence, failures and ultimate success that has gone into the show. From humble beginnings to a global hit, David Ralph has taken the online world by storm and now has a multiple six figure business. But it's not just the show that makes this all impressive, as unlike so many business experts who focus in just one area of business David, has not just one but three very ecletic businesses running simultaneously. He has an online business www.whats-at-florida-keys.com that brings in serious money each and every month on automatic pilot. One hundred percent passive income, which is in many ways the dream that so many people want. He also runs an offline business, which is a retail enterprise in the United Kingdom which once again has become a raging success. But of course the business that he is best known for and has provided the bulk of his income each month, which is Join Up Dots. Now he is bringing the best of everything he has learnt over the last 15 years to you in the form of an amazing new online course, hosted live by himself everyday. If you want to know how to gain more income in your life, then this is for you. Its certainly not an online course of recorded information that leaves it up to you to find your way through the doubts. This is a 30 day hosted live online course, where you can ask David Ralph anything you want in regards to online business building based around a fixed schedule of: Marketing Customer Definition Target Setting Sales Generation Sales Funnels Traffic Generation to name just a few Imagine being allowed direct access to your own successful business coach everyday. Nothing hidden. Nothing left behind. Just like you have your own business coach pushing you and encouraging you to success. Take control of your life and contact us now for an open and free discussion with the host of Join Up Dots, David Ralph Get An Interview For The 30 Day Business Mastery Course Here\nToday's guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots podcast interview, is a chap from the UK, founder of the \u2018Hero Forge' project and is the author of a book by the same name. He delivers talks, workshops and training for how we can develop the virtues and attributes needed to become everyday heroes, and he does his best to walk his talk! But that is just the starting point and the dots have joined up in a very eclectic manner for sure. As he says \"I ran away from a decent career in advertising in my 20s to join a circus in Malaysia. Performed as a trapeze artist, dancer and clown. Almost drowned during a failed underwater escape attempt! Survived a minor plane crash on my return to the UK. I have lectured to the magic circle and once got into a heated argument with Uri Geller - we made our peace and he bent a teaspoon as a gift which I still have in my kitchen! I have taught in UK schools (as an English teacher and pastoral leader) for almost 25 years while also working as a nightclub doorman in the evenings (quit the doors once I became a dad 6 years ago). I raised \u00a33k last year to support provision of safe water in the 3rd world, by performing as many burpees as possible in 6 hours and then leading almost 100 11-18 year olds barefoot across hot coals! (Managed 1240 burpees - hampered somewhat by a dislocated finger - no kids were burned!). Lots of dots for sure, all linked to his desire to take action and make things happen. So can he spot an everyday hero before they ever do anything heroic? Are there traits that establish that a hero is being made in front of you? And with all these different things occurring does he get exhausted by the effort, or stimulated by the variety? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Andy Fisher. Show Highlights Andy discusses the reasons why so many people are rooted to the spot when seeing an issue or situation unable to jump in and help. We talk about why the world has given us so much opportunity to change our lives, but so many are unwilling to give it ago. Why Andy loves getting feedback from listeners and gains a lot from the understanding he gains from their insights. And lastly........ Andy shares a deeply personal reason he considers himself a hero, and ill be honest i agree with him wholeheartedly he is!\nHow To Become A Star In Music\nTodays guest joining on the show is a lady who i be honest I am a huge fan of her work. She is a singer, musician, songwriter, actress and has one the bubbliest characters it has been delight to come into contact with, whilst her album \"Something I Couldn't Say\" has been a constant in the Join Up dots headquarters for the last month or so. Now if you think that this is a story of a lady with talent and the world supporting her to achieve her aims then think again. This is story of a talent shining brighter due to the knocks and obstacles she has been required to overcome. Whilst pursuing her recording and acting career, she lost most of her vision at age 23, through type 1 Diabetes, as a result of a common diabetic eating disorder (EDMT1) from her late teens. After going through laser treatment and many operations and rehabilitating herself after having lost everything (job, driving licence, independence), unstoppable and unperturbed by obstacles and negative attitudes, she continued pursuing her career. The experience simply made her more determined to follow her own path and become a success, and i have no doubt that her future is a very bright one indeed. So does she look back at her teenage decisions with a \"What the hell was I doing\" or \"c'est la vie\" it wont stop me getting what i want? And the big question....where is Waverley Bridge, and why does it sound so exotic to this humbler podcaster? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Sarah Caltieri Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Sarah Caltieri such as: Sarah reveals how due to her eye issues the world has become in many ways more beautiful than before. A lovely way of thinking. Why she feels telling people that she had a rough time or a bad day is a cathartic thing to do, even though it surprises so many people that she does it. Why she feels strongly that her music and platform has to be accessible to all forms of life, no matter what their disabilities and lastly\u2026. How it was so difficult to find the true authenticity in her voice due to her previous stage training....get more northern they cried and fortunately she listened.\nMy guest today, on the confidence boosting Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who only recently appeared on the show, back on episode 675 And why is he back so quickly I hear you cry, when there are so many guests desperate to get on the show to start joining up dots. Well, during the recording it was obvious to me that there were so many stories needing to be told, which we just didn't get near to discovering and will be so useful for all of us, as we learn to trust ourselves and go for the gold in our lives. Well, after an unfulfilling first semester of college that resulted in major stress, anxiety and unhappiness, he knew that he needed to make a change. Although doing well academically, he had no passion for what he was doing. He realized that going to school and getting a degree might not be the right path for him - at least at that point in my life. So he decided to take a chance, leaving school behind to follow his heart and explore other ways of life. With just a backpack and on a shoe-string budget, he spent 4 months traveling through Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica without a phone, yearning to disconnect from the widespread dominance of social media. From living in the jungle and teaching English to poverty stricken kids, to meeting inspirational people from around the world, his quest took him to remote and exotic destinations throughout Central America. And now with an amazing book Off The Beaten Trail doing well, and his speaking career taking off it quite simply seems to me that this is a man that we need to keep our eye on. Which is why, we have him back on the show already. So when he decided to go down to South America, what was he hoping to achieve? Disconnection or actual connection with his real self. And was there anytime when he felt that he had bitten off more than he could hope to chew, but still managed to overcome? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Jake Heilbrunn Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jake Heilbrunn such as: Why Jake knew that he needed to maintain a lifestyle that would protect his balance of $4,000 travel funds, so found a way of volunteering to gain food and board Why the power of story telling was so important to Jake through his travels, and why he feels that people should embrace this age old tradition more than they do today. and lastly\u2026. Why the world is full of amazing people, who come into your life just when you need them most and will help you out when times are tough. So dont be worried about what could happen. You have support everywhere.\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the show, is a man who first connected with Join Up Dots looking for some help. He was trapped on the corporate merry go round and couldn't see the next step to the future that he wanted. But as we see on Join Up Dots everyday, the actual truth is he didnt need to look forward as much as looking backwards. All of us have got to a point in our life where we have had a lifetime of experiences. We had daily epiphanies and lightbulb moments that we either jump all over, or push to the back of our minds and think \"Nah, not for me....I dont know how to do it\" Well today as you will hear on the show, Benjamin was in that very same position. He was working for the man, delivering huge results but gaining very little for himself. As they say he was busy building someone else's dream and leaving himself with very little time or energy to change things for the better for him and his family. However he has done this and created Sales Compass Coaching from his home in Orlando Florida Ahe he says \"My goal is to help those that seek coaching and consultation cut through the noise and chatter and begin a real, one-on-one journey with us that will lead them to the quickest path to greater sales and profit attainment. I have over 20 years experience coaching and consulting on the behaviors that drive increasing revenues with just about every vertical market. I've worked with thousands of salespeople, sales managers, business owners, franchisees, and franchisors - all with the same common goal - to increase their effectiveness in new client acquisition and creating greater revenue and profit.\" Does this inspire you to do the same? Are you ready to take the skills you have built up and make it in a life changing business? If you are we are ready to help you. Send us a voice message and lets get the ball rolling for a bright new future.\nHow To Start A Team On A Tiny Budget\nDeepak Shukla Started An Digital Agency Team On Almost No Money. He Shows You How In Todays Entrepreneur Podcast Todays guest joining us on Join Up Dots is a man who i suppose its fair to say has had three lives leading him to this point. Starting his life in a rough school, where nobody expected him to do well and gain entry to University (although it was quite obvious that he was gifted) he achieved his aim. And this to me really places huge credit to a man, who when someone says he cant do something seems to want to prove to the world that they are wrong (not least to those inner demons that hold us all in our place). Stints followed travelling the world, ironman competitions, Tedx talks, making documentaries about the homeless and the list goes on But of course a career needs focus and and as he says \" After Uni, I went on to work at MEC \u2013 1 of the world\u2019s leading marketing agencies. I was fortunate enough to be 1 of only 6 hires out of 500+ graduates! I then went on to work at Deloitte as a tax consultant, but decided to leave during the height of the recession to pursue my own business ventures, and dedicate more time to producing music. 150 rap songs later, having left my 2 studios and \u2018movement\u2019 that was known as \u2018Deep Impakt Recordings\u2019 behind. I launched my first funded startup \u2018Meet My Tutor\u2019 in (an online marketplace connecting students to tutors) in 2010 with \u00a375k, followed by \u2018The CV Guy\u2019 in October 2014 and ultimately Pearl Lemon in 2016. And that is where he today running Pearl Lemon from home, local coffee shops and pretty much anywhere in the world (providing there\u2019s an internet connection). Pearl Lemon is made up of an amazing team of SEO experts,social people and writers \u2013 together, they GROW their client\u2019s businesses and have fun whilst doing so. And as he says \"When I\u2019m not working, I\u2019m typically training or watching an action or horror movie lol.\" Sounds like a pretty good life to have for sure. So is Pearl Lemon the thing that he has been looking for, or just another step towards where he wants to be? And can you do these things on your own, or does it really need a team to start cooking on gas? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Deepak Shukla\nGhostwriting For Blogs\nToday's guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots podcast interview, is from the Wisconsin Area of the United States and is a man who loves the written word. He is the founder of the Ghost writers for blogs company, called Ghost Blog Writers funnily enough As he says \"In 2010, I founded Ghost Blog Writers. We provide blogging services for businesses. We focus strictly on blogging. Rather than spreading ourselves thin by focusing on all content we focus on being the best blog writing service provider. It's our passion. It's out expertise. We also believe in long-term blogging strategies. The best results, in our experience, come from two things. First, a consistent schedule. You're not going to find success with blogging with a post once in awhile. There needs to be regular blogging over the long-term. Second, answering questions the target customer is asking. It's really that simple. When you help your target customer by answering questions they have in relation to your industry you earn their trust and people like doing business with people they trust. So starting this business as a side hustle whilst still working as a manager for Mason Companies, in Chippewa Falls did he know that it would turn out as a full time gig, with an ever increasing team of employees? And if he could go back in time are there things that he looks back at with a \"what the hell was i thinking?\" type slap of the head? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Dayne Shuda. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty subjects with Dayne such as How your best work comes along rarely but that shouldn't make a difference. Still press \"Publish\" and get it out there. Dayne recalls the process of setting his first price point, and wondered if her should have gone more when the client said \"Yep\" straight away. And lastly........ We discussed whether it is truly possible to hit rock bottom of whether it is all in our minds?\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who quite simply is astonishing. Why do I feel that? Well at the age of twenty years old he is already on his way to defining his life, whilst the rest of the world are scrabbling around screaming \"I don't know what I want to do...show me someone, show me!!\" He is a youth speaker, author of the book \"Off The Beaten Trail\" and driven to show the world how everything can start if you are willing to ask a simple question. As he says \"My extraordinary adventure began with one simple question: What if the biggest risk is not taking any risk at all? After an fulfilling first semester of college that resulted in major stress, anxiety and unhappiness, I knew that I needed to make a change. Although doing well academically, I had no passion for what I was doing. I realized that going to school and getting a degree might not be the right path for me - at least at this point in my life. I decided to take a chance, leaving school behind to follow my heart and explore other ways of life. With just a backpack and on a shoe-string budget, I spent 4 months travelling through Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica without a phone, yearning to disconnect from the widespread dominance of social media. From living in the jungle and teaching English to poverty stricken kids, to meeting inspirational people from around the world, my quest took me to remote and exotic destinations throughout Central America.\" And now he is joining up his dots on today's show. So why did he feel so unfulfilled at an age, when I certainly didn't have the awareness of knowing whether i was unfilled or not? And looking back on his journey through South America, does he see it know as riskier than was needed, or actually a stroll through the countryside? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Jake Heilbrunn Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jake Heilbrunn such as: Jake tells a story of how he was breaking out in hives every morning, until finally realising that stress and anxiety was the cause of the issue and what he had to do to deal with it. How going for your big dreams is never an easy option as you have to untangle yourself from so many factors that surround you everyday of your life. People, parents and finances all try to keep you in one place. Why social media is such a double edged sword, hugely entertaining but also deeply depressing due to the constant comparison we are allowed by glimpsing in other peoples lives. and lastly\u2026. Why he loves getting up in front of youngsters across America, inspiring them to take risks and challenging the personal status quo. You don't have to live the lives that others have planned for you.\nFreedom Or Money\nIn todays episode David Ralph, discusses if freedom is worth more than money after he received a message from a listener in Columbia. \"Hi David, big love to Join Up Dots. Do you think, I need time to build my business or money. Ok, to lose money if it comes back to me. Thank you Mateo Hernandez Columbia\" You see when you start out on business its really hard to get things done. You are expected to be at work at a fixed time You want to be home as soon as you can to either, lay on the sofa relaxing or spending time with your partner and children. It's difficult for sure. So how can you get the freetime to do things that need to be done to grow your fledgling business? Well one of the things that you can do for sure, is look at how much money you are frittering away each month, as you may not have to work as much as you do. It is amazing how much money can be clawed back by making some decisions as to your lifestyle, and spending habits. Imagine you lived on an island, where the food was plentiful, you could build your own shelter and living accommodation? How much money do you think that you would need on a daily basis? I would suggest hardly anything at all......so why do we spend so much on needless subscriptions, cups of starbuck coffee each day, and gym memberships that we never use. It is astonishing how much we allow to slip through our fingers without knowing it. Which leads you to be able to make bold decisions as to your future. Could you ask your boss to go down to four days per week, instead of five? Could you ask to work from home one day per week? Could you leave your job and instead find a lower paid job, that allows you the free time to build your side hustle? Because one thing for sure, you need to make decisions that alter your current situation if you want to make a new one. You can not expect to live the same life until your new life comes along that is for sure. So let us know, if you are in the process of making bold decisions how are you doing it? Have you decreased expenditure, or perhaps you have simply accepted a decrease in income until things turn around for you. Thanks for listening and hope to hear from you personally on the voice mail messenger.\nToday\u2019s guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots podcast interview, is a chap who knows how to scale a business. From the UK, but running away from sheep, sheep and more sheep. Yes, he is originally from New Zealand but now calls the home of warm beer, ultimate football failure, and Ant & Dec his home. He is a Business Scaling Strategist and accomplished leader with SME, mid-sized and FTSE 250 company experience. His career track record is dominated by leading and scaling 7, 8 & 9-figure rapid growth companies. His roles have included CEO of a 25 million enterprise providing services to central and local government and MD of a 240 million business unit responsible for leading a team of over 1000 people operating in 135 sites in 23 cities. One of his greatest successes included being part of leadership team that grew a real estate business 2000%, from SME to FTSE 250 company, in 8 years. These days you will find him on \u201cSummit SCALE\u2122: The Seven to Eight-Figure Business Growth Model\u201d a blended learning program that equips seven-figure entrepreneurs with an eight-figure scale model to speed the growth of their business, ultimately for control and choice over exit. His work has spanned different industries including, among others, healthcare, energy, arts & entertainment, government services, professional services, real estate, housing, and manufacturing. So how long did he hold back from saying onto the world \u201cHey guys you are already doing really well\u2026\u2026im the guy to make it go really well\u201d And did he always want to be an entrepreneur, or did circumstances more than desire lead to him making the leap? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Shane Spiers Show Highlights Shane talks openly about his dislike and struggle to find new clients and the cold calling which is 96% of businesses ever make it to a million and beyond and the reasons that keep then from breaking through that ceiling. Why as a leader you have to set the structure of the business as quickly as possible to stand any chance of making it a success. Why 90 day goal setting is such a big part of Shanes business, and he reasons that it should be part of yours too. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. How Shane pushed past through the \u201cholding back mindset\u201d that can derail dreams and future ventures like a pro\nUp For A Conversation On Lust, Pride, Drug Use & Weird Weekends? Today's guest, joining us today on the Join Up Dots podcast interview, is a chap from the UK who last appeared on the show back on episode 128 He is a man who has built his life around the use of stories, and weaving them into amazing effective ways that can help us all unlock the doors and remove the obstacles that we find in front of us time and time again. Doors to a life that is as much play as work, and as much work as play. Being in the music and film industry for over 18 years ,he has developed an approach that works well for creative types across the globe who flock to his warehouse in Seven Kings London. Its an unusual approach which for many might seem a bit strange\u2026.in fact after reading his personal website, he seems to thrive by being, well, slightly out of the mainstream shall we say! As it says \"\u2026to what is possibly the only website in the world actually designed to put people off. A dubious claim to fame, but my point being if you read through it and go \u2013 hmmm\u2026 this is a bit unusual, weird even \u2013 then I\u2019m probably not the person for you. If you read through it and go \u2013 cool\u2026 this is a bit unusual, weird even \u2013 then we should talk.\" He goes onto say \u201cPeople ask me what I do and I always hesitate \u2013 I was a psychotherapist for 13 years, then I tried calling myself a coach, I\u2019ve been to India and trained in Tantra but that doesn\u2019t quite qualify me to call myself a Guru and I\u2019ve been buried alive and fasted in the wilderness for days on end but that doesn\u2019t quite make me a Shaman\u2026 and Psycho-therapeutic Shamanic Coaching Guru is a real mouthful\u201d So lets find out what he calls himself today, and how has he changed since the last time he was on join up dots? As we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Jerry Hyde Show Highlights Jerry shares his belief that for every book he writes, it is always the book that he needs to We talk about the consequence of shame in business and life today, and why this has become such an issue. Jerry talks about some seriously out there weekends that he experienced, and why he felt they were at the edge of his level of exploration. The Seven Deadly Sins we discover are not in the Bible at all, so why do we obey them, and where did they appear from? And lastly........ Jerry shares what he has been up to for the last few years since last appearing on Join Up Dots which was a real eye opener.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lifestyle portrait photographer and image content creator who works with high-level entrepreneurs and thought leaders of various industries to produce high-quality, highly-captionable images that present informational, entertaining and inspiring aspects of their brand to their followers. More than just a photographer, our guest sets his clients up for success beyond the portrait session by coaching them on how to best leverage their image content for their websites, social channels, blogs, publications, advertisements and various other needs. But you can certainly see a path that has joined the dots amazingly well, as after leaving New York-Hunter College with a BA in Media Studies, he freelanced as a Production assistant for HBO, whilst continuing his studies to gain an MFA in Television Production And then for over 17 years worked as a television producer, and as a portrait photographer expert on several NBC Universal daytime talk and reality shows. So the dots lined up for him to go out alone and create his own production company, which he did in 2014, as he says \u201cWhile my business began as a full-service photo/video studio, drawing upon my 16 years of video production experience, I now focus solely on serving thought leaders and entrepreneurs by providing them versatile, high-volume, high-production value image content that can be used for all of their content needs. There\u2019s a lot more to my sessions that simply taking pictures; before, during and after each session, I help direct my clients so that they can maximise value from our session. I help them identify their content needs, determine the types of images we must capture to fill those needs, and then execute the game plan.. Its nice to live the dream daily\u201d So was this a passion he persused through education and career, or like so many of us, just started to doing something until the passion was found? And what is teh hardest part of building his business, the sales and lead generation, or acually the content production? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only John DeMato. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with John DeMato such as: How John recalls how he got to the point in his life where he found that his internal compass was pointing in the wrong direction, and the steps he took to getting it where he wanted to point. How John manages to draw out the real character and personality in a photo, and why he feels it so important to do that thing. Why John can now see that through his business clarity comes confidence, and with confidence comes value. Its a real circle of development that you have to go through. and lastly\u2026. We find out why John talks about his life as being within the matrix and outside the matrix and why he would never go back to where he was.\nHealth Benefits For Entrepreneurs\nIn today\u2019s episode David Ralph, answers a question received from a listener of the show in Houston Texas who is concerned about his health care issues. He wants to become an entrepreneur and create his own business, but is also concerned about what might happen if either him or his children become ill. But let\u2019s start with following up to a review that we received from a listener in Ireland who inspired by an episode of Join Up Dots let us know what they were planning to do after hearing one of our guest experts. CLC July 13, 2018 by CillianLally from Ireland Found this podcast a few weeks ago. Since started the ball rolling for my wife and I to start a drop shipping business. Clear, informative and light hearted. No long business monologues. Sent it to several friends since? So we read this out on the show and then received a follow up message show below \u201cHi David, I was blown away by the shout out on yesterday\u2019s podcast. I would love to be a guest eventually, it would be great to give back to something I have taken so much from. So an update as to where we are with the drop shipping business. I listened to the podcast a few weeks ago and I came home and said to my wife that this is what we are doing. So we are studying an online digital marketing course to ensure we can sell the product, I have taken a second job to give us the extra starter money and we have been taking webinars and researching all about Shopify. Our goal is to be up and running by late September/October time. If you like I can give you another update then and maybe if it works after a few weeks or whatever suits then I\u2019d be delighted to talk my way through it? Oh and Cillian is pronounced with a K \ud83d\ude02 Thanks again for everything, let me know your thoughts if you have a better plan. Yours sincerely, Cillian\u201d So as you will hear on the show, we have now added Cillian to the Join Up Dots guest list and look forward to sharing his story with the world when he becomes a huge success. So in answer to Chris\u2019s comment, yes there are options as to health insurance and health care for those starting their own business but you need to listen to the show to find out. We dont want to make things too easy for you do we \ud83d\ude42 Thank you so much for listening to the show David\nToday's guest joining us on the show, is a man with his finger on the pulse. There is a truth in business, especially online businesses that it's all about community. Build a community around you and you build flag-bearers, supporters and a captive audience of loyal customers ready to buy and help your business grow. But how do you get to the point of knowing how this all works, and most importantly being able to teach others? Well, he started off his career in the travel industry, at a young age, he worked his way into management and gained experience in leadership and understanding what motivated a team. Within the role, he developed an understanding of the importance of transcultural leadership and the impact this has on a business through innovation and motivation. Which lead him to where he is today. As our guest says \"Throughout my career, I have understood that a community culture is needed to help power increased innovation and productivity in a workplace. From my practical research to working with different companies, I developed my consultancy in this field and have presented practical workshops that give leaders the inside knowledge on making this community-based culture work within a business. The development of my understanding led me to write a book on the subject. Titled \u201cHow to Build a Community in your Business,\u201d So for our listeners building their own businesses, what is the quickest, but strongest way of gaining that community. And are there common mistakes that he sees being made time and time again, even by people and companies that should know better? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with Robert Mitton. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Robert Mitton such as: Why the United Kingdom are so poor at creating a community spirit in their towns and cities unlike other countries who seem to do it naturally Robert explains how there are four key elements of building a community that makes a game changing community. Why it is so important to encourage ownership within a community and get people to do their own thing to really make a community grow. and lastly............. Robert shares the steps that he took to get his business off the ground, and the number one bug bear of his.....that can stop all companies from ever reaching their true potential.\nToday's guest on Join Up Dots is a professional DJ, music producer, entrepreneur, and thought leader based in Los Angeles. A student of music since learning the saxophone at a very young age, his musical knowledge spans numerous decades and crosses multiple genres. Initially, he put his musical career on pause to pursue a traditional career path in corporate America. After moving to various cities and working his way up the corporate ladder in the hotel industry, he decided to pursue his dream in becoming of DJ. In June 2013, he graduated from the internationally renowned Scratch Academy DJ school. This intense year-long program (which is the equivalent to DJ College) has elevated the skill set of our guest in an immense way. This allowed him to create his premium DJ agency, The Amani Experience. He then returned to Scratch Academy in 2015 and completed their Music Production program. In the past three years, he and his team have produced remixes for artists such as Kehlani, Little Big Town, Niia and Camila Cabello and other artists that a middle aged man like me has never heard off. But what this guy is showing is hustle, commitment, the desire to become the best, and put himself first. So when did he realise that putting his dreams on hold was not just a bad idea for him, but actually the world that want his talents. And when did the hard part of growing his business become the fun and the excitement fuelled his passion everyday? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Amani Roberts. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Amani Roberts such as: Amani shares how he had to change his mindset and start believing that being a DJ is proper job Why it is so important to diversify your income streams when you are getting going in business. Amani shares how his family thought he was going mad, and tried their hardest to convince him to stay and do what he was doing. and lastly\u2026. We discuss being humble, losing the ego and accepting when your A game is quite simply not up to scratch, forcing you to work harder on your craft.\nMisfit, Author & Coach\nIts true to say that on a podcast like the top rated business podcast Join Up Doys, I have so many guests who have interesting back stories, but not many that start with \u201cBefore I was seven years old I had lived in a house truck, on a commune, in France, in New Zealand, in Ireland, and several homes in England. I had been bathed in a sink, had a pet goose called Lucy, and I think it would be fair to say that my parents gifted me with a curiosity for the world.\u201d So upon hearing this I knew that I had to invite this lady onto the show, but wow what part of her career history do I tell you about in the introduction because without a doubt as she says \u201cLife has been a bit of rollercoaster!\u201d Starting her career after gaining a BA in Theatre Practice and Scenic Art from the Central School of Speech and Drama, she went on to have a successful and (eventually) well paid career as a Freelance TV & Film Production Buyer, Stylist, and Project / Event Manager. She worked hard and played harder. She had motivation by the bucket load. However her energies could only last so long and she would suffer from burn out at the end of every job. She had money, and so she would take herself off to Thailand and engulf herself in fasting and raw food, or go off to Egypt for a yoga retreat. Recharge the batteries to blaze even brighter in the entrepreneurial world. And this was certainly the case, as upon returning she started one of the forerunners in the VA sphere and early adapters to Location Independent Business. As she says \u201cIt was a wonderfully brave and stupid thing to do. I was homeless and sofa surfing, massively in debt and knew nothing about running a business. Which meant I had nothing to lose and gave it everything I had. Bootstrapping a business when you are desperate and resourceful can be a wonderful thing, and I was given opportunities to learn from many wildly inspirational Entrepreneurs, Businesses, and Private Clients.\u201d But of course this was just the beginning of everything that would lead her through some seriously dark moments, even contemplating suicide. Her life was a roller coaster of working till she collapsed and then \u2018retreating\u2019 around the world. And so the time came when she had her first pangs of \u201cIs this it?!\u201d She wasn\u2019t satisfied, there was a huge void in her life, she felt empty and in the midst of the impending recession she set up My Girl Friday Ltd, providing Freelance Personal and Virtual Assistance to Creative Businesses & Private Individuals in the UK and across the globe. And that is where we will start today\u2019s episode as now life is very different, but how has she made it the life that she wanted? How did she take the entrepreneurial venture, and willingness to put the effort into a new business, but structure it that it didn\u2019t bring her to her knees too? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only misfit entrepreneur herself Ebonie Allard.\nHow To Test A Business Idea\nTodays Show Responds To A Problem That Most People Have -How To Test A Business Idea In todays episode David Ralph, answers a couple questions from listeners across the world who are struggling with finding the thing that they love in life. But lets start with a review from a listener in Ireland who inspired by an episode of Join Up Dots let us know what they are CLC July 13, 2018 by CillianLally from Ireland Found this podcast a few weeks ago. Since started the ball rolling for my wife and I to start a drop shipping business. Clear, informative and light hearted. No long business monologues. Sent it to several friends since. ? Now for a question or a couple of question posed by listeners of the show, which we love to answer on the show as you will hear. Dear David, I've been listening to your show for the last two years and love it. I would love to go out and do my own thing, but I just can't for the life of me think of what I like. I have been in a series of deadened jobs for the last ten years, and my inspiration is at an all time low. No matter how hard I rack my brains i come up blank...any ideas? - Jennifer Shower, St Louis. Mr Ralph, i hope you can find the time to answer this question. I have an idea for a business, which i have run past my friends and they think is great. However I am not sure that they are the best audience for me. How can you test this idea to see if it has value before starting work on it. I know you are going to say \"you need to know the idea\" but I am unwilling to share on the podcast\" Thanks so much for the show, Eric Adler, Canada So what would you suggest for Jennifer or Eric? Do you have different advice than we have presented on the show? If you do then leave a voice message on the right hand side of the page and we will share with the world. Thank you so much for listening to the show David\nHow To Get A Career In Music\nWhat i love about being the host of Join Up Dots is the ability to share endeavour, hustle and commitment by people from all walks of life. Today's guest is just that, who connected with me as a listener of Join Up Dots and upon a back and forth on email i saw enough entrepreneurial spirit to think \"Right he's coming on the show\" So what can i tell you about him, well he was previously bassist / co-manager for a successful British heavy metal band Panic Cell, a period of time which saw him sharing stages worldwide with some of the biggest names in the business. He has worked behind the scenes in the music industry for over thirteen years. As he says \"After leaving Panic Cell in 2011 I formed Stampede Press in July 2012. Notable clients to date include Terrorvision, Richie Ramone, Courtesans, BlackWolf, and more. I originally set it up to be a PR agency, my experience playing in bands (whilst co-managing music business matters) has led to me passing on crucial knowledge to Stampede's clients, whilst mentoring musicians with support, elements of artist management, and regular consultation. My goal is to help musicians avoid common pitfalls that bands can fall into in the music business, and maintain a grounded yet positive approach to their music career whilst having a happy mental health mindset and enjoy playing music as much as they can. So is this the kind of business that many people can start, or do you need to have been within the cogs of metallic industry to really make things work? And how does he find his clients, word of mouth, or knock, knock, knocking on artists doors? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Rob Town Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Rob Town such as: Why it is so important to find positive people to surround yourself throughout all stages of your career. Why in a band you have to be focused on writing killer songs...if you have the songs you have the career. Why it every member of your family should be your biggest critic and supporter to help you raise your game every time you start creating. and lastly\u2026. You will learn the biggest mistake that musicians make today when starting their musical career, and its actually the easiest to solve.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast interview is a Marketing Fellow at HubSpot and former Head of Growth at HubSpot Labs, the somewhat-secret experimental arm of the world\u2019s #1 Sales & Marketing platform. He teaches Advanced Digital Marketing at the Harvard Division of Continuing Education, and is the co-author of the book \u201cHow To Sell Better Than Amazon.\u201d He also speaks across the country and around the world about startups, business and marketing. His fresh ideas on entrepreneurship, start ups, marketing, Artificial Intelligence, and eCommerce are what the world is looking for as the clammer to create our own futures and live a life of relative freedom takes hold. But where did it all start for our guest today? Was it a linear path to where he now stands on the stages of the world revealing the strategies to scale businesses like a huge company even if you are a solopreneur, or small business? And what holds people back from true success, not building a team or building the wrong team around their business? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Sam Mallikarjunan Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Mallikarjunan such as: Sam shares how he stumbled across the last remaining Blockbuster in Alaska, who are thriving due to a focus on human interaction. How quickly can you validate your concept in the marketing. Why we should all try to work out what is the real job to be done in a business. and lastly\u2026. Sam shares how he went through a series of ups and downs, similar to most guests on the show, which has lead him to the confidence he now shows today.\nCan A Strange Business Be The Great Business?\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast business interview is a lady who claimed fame in a very unusual way. But most excitingly for a show like Join Up Dots she hasn\u2019t set her stall out to allow that initial success to define her but has gone on for bigger and bolder things. As the creator of the Purse Process in 2013 her new adventures started in earnest when she started the process of being a bit nosy in ladies handbags. And digging around to share how the secrets of the stuff that a lady carries around with them in their bag actually defines them. Yes as her professional bio states \u201cYou see, I\u2019m trained in ANTHROPOLOGY and ARCHEOLOGY, but I don\u2019t much like digging in the dirt. You may have noticed everything about me has a distinctly FEMININE flair. I\u2019m a girly girl from way back. In fact, when I was three years old I had a complete meltdown simply because my mom came home with white panties for me instead of pink. So as you might imagine, the working conditions of an archeologist doesn\u2019t exactly suit a girl like me, so I had to get creative about how I\u2019d apply the vast amount of knowledge I spent several years, countless hours, and paid beaucoup bucks to acquire. Which is amazing to me to see applied in action. The creativity to bring to the world something interesting, unique and career defining. And it certainly was the case, leading to media performances, TedX talks, and a myriad of opportunities as the world started taking an interest in their day to day luggage. And now our guest is tackling even bigger things, leaving behind the success that started off her career in such a spectacular way. So todays discussion could start anywhere, and go anywhere which makes it so exiting to me. But if she knew she was so girly throughout her life, why did she enter into the world of Indiana Jones, Jurrasic Park and digging around in the dirt? And does she see that experience is just gained purely to be able to shape your own reality and creative an authentic life of their own? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only entrepreneur Danielle Watson..\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots we look at Motivation and how to keep it, after a recent listener asked \"David how do you keep motivated? I have many business failures which i started and then stopped. I just lose the motivation to keep going. Do you have any tips. Well here is what we consider are the best ways to keep yourself motivated, when the motivation is starting to depart. 1: Remind yourself of your goals. Usually before devoting time to any specific endeavor, we tend to make short- and long-term goals. Remember to keep your goals realistic, that way you wont be disheartened if you don't reach them. That doesn't mean you can't push and challenge yourself though, if you don't challenge yourself, then it's not really a goal. If you start to lose sight of your goals, then you may be less motivated than if you were always checking to see how much closer you are getting throughout the whole process. Keeping track of your goals and checking your progress can help keep you motivated day in and day out. 2: Make weekly checkpoints to track your progress. Everyone needs to see how they are keeping up with their goals if they want to stay motivated. If you see that you are on track or even excelling every time you check your progress, you will be motivated and happy that you are getting there. If you see that you are lagging on your goals, it may be the kick start you need to help get you back on track. 3: Make sure to reward yourself every time you achieve your weekly goals. This could be as simple as a bowl of ice cream after a long, hard week of working out or as rewarding as a trip to the spa for all your hard work. Whatever rewards will keep you going are the ones you should be giving yourself. 4: Give yourself breaks. Sometimes even the most determined people get overwhelmed. You may be burning yourself out, and a much-needed break might be just what you need. If it is a fitness goal, maybe take a three- or four-day rest instead of your normal one- or two-day rest. If it is at school, don't try to do all your work in one sitting, but stretch it out over the course of the day or week, if possible. 5: Don't be too hard on yourself. Everyone falls short sometimes. If you fail to meet your goals for the week, take it as a lesson. Try to complete your next target before time, so that you can use the saved time to complete the pending work. This way you stay right on schedule even if you have taken a hit. It's not always about how hard you hit, but how well you can take a hard hit and keep moving on. Don't dwell on failure; just accept it as a human occurrence, and continue working towards your goals. 6:Watch and read motivational stories or speeches. Everyone deserves a great pep talk every once in a while. Stay elevated by watching YouTube videos of inspirational moments so you can suddenly feel a new sense of motivation to keep striving. Here are just a few example of easily-found inspirational media: Mary Schmich's famous \"Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)\" speech. Almost any Hollywood sports movie. Much rap music - \"rags to riches\" is a common lyrical theme. Historical stories of bravery or courage (see: Jack Churchill, Audie Murphy, etc.)\nSoftware Development Expert Ajay Goel Shares His Story To Success In Google Chrome My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who is the classic side hustle entrepreneur, that grew his work into something life changing for him. He started Wordzen. which is a chrome extension and allows busy entrepreneurs to talk into a microphone and have their emails changed into error free, grammatically correct messages. Not as you would think buy some transcription bot, but by actual people who listen and bring the human element into the approach As he says \u201cReduce the time you spend on email by 90%. Have emails professionally written while you\u2019re lying on your couch, playing with your kids, or walking in the park. Its not transcription, we don\u2019t just type the words you dictate. We listen to what you\u2019re saying, and then write a professional email to match your intent, tone, and the context of the email thread.\u201d So it actually started as a side project, but now 3 years later, it brings in $1 million in recurring revenue. Which lead him, to develop what would become GMass! This was born out of the frustration. While recruiting writers for his other Gmail product, Wordzen, he was disheartened by how difficult it was to communicate with all of his writer prospects at once. He simply needed to inform the five candidates that the position was of the 1099 and not W2 variety, but to his dismay, he had to find each conversation with each editor, hit Reply, and type a personalized message. Boom another business was born So is it as simple as find a frustration and then bring it to market? Or does it take a lot more to build a business that works? And where does he see most side hustle going wrong. Staying in the development phase or something else? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only AJ Goel Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ajay Goel such as: Ajay shares how he forced himself to learn as much of the process of chrome development as possible for three key reasons, which perhaps has held him back a little. Why he loves the Buddhist expression \u201cThe meaning of your life is whatever you are doing right now\u201d We talk about how difficult it is to keep up to date with the latest developments in software and why this shouldnt frighten anyone tacking a new software role. and lastly\u2026. Ajay reveals how amazing it is to see every generation have the same fear that technology is going to end everything good as they know it. A fear that is proved wrong time and time again.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who seems to have had three lives. One pre internet, and then two afterwards. When he was first booked on the show back in 2015, it was whilst he was high and flying with Unstuckable Now he has pivoted and is on a mission to help the world embrace the life of entrepreneurial ventures As he says \u201cI\u2019m on a mission to prepare people for the future of work. Work is fundamentally changing as we know it (and faster than most people think!) I\u2019m sounding the alarm to warn people how to prepare for it. I\u2019ve worked for myself for the past 17 years. I believe self-employment is the future of work. I believe it can be for everyone and not just a select few. You know what I\u2019ve discovered is the most effective method for teaching people about business? Teach them first about the Life Skills That Matter before teaching hard business skills. I used to be chronically anxious and stressed out about work because it wasn\u2019t satisfying, it wasn\u2019t meaningful, it wasn\u2019t making me financially independent, it controlled too much of my time and it prevented me from living the lifestyle I wanted to live. Sound familiar? Then I designed my lifestyle to work on my terms. Today I\u2019m happily unemployable. So if you want to work for yourself, you need to learn about yourself first. You need to understand how to manage yourself. After all, you are the first resource of your business! So how long did it truly take him to embrace the entrepreneurial journey and 100% decide it was for him? And when did he come to realisation that it could in fact be for everyone, not just the chosen few? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Stephen Warley Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Stephen Warley such as: Why we should all pay more attention to the hours where our energies are at their highest to bring into the world our greatest work. Stephen says we shouldn\u2019t keep asking permission for our lives, from employees, teachers, parents. Its our life we should all take control. Why so many people fail to look back at their younger selves to find the real clues as to how to design their lives going forward. and lastly\u2026. How he used to be someone who couldn\u2019t ever imagine would be able to work for himself\u2026..and wow hasn\u2019t he showed the world that he was wrong.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who was first introduce to me by a previous guest and friend of the show Tayo Rockson \u201cHi David\u201d\u2026.he said \u201cI had him on my show and he had such great pieces of advice to give. I am certain he would make a great addition to your show.\u201d Well, how could i refuse such a connection, so lets give you some background on who we are going to be speaking to today. He is the founder of the Wintrip Consulting Group, a global consultancy in St. Petersburg, Florida where his mission is to eliminate hiring delays, so companies always have the talent they need instead of empty seats. During the past three decades, he has helped thousands of organizations like Bank of America, Boeing, Procter & Gamble, Randstad, and the Red Cross as well as small and mid-market companies, such as Aquent, Kohl\u2019s, MAKO Surgical, and Valpak to make the right decisions. And this expertise has now been put into print, and is now flying off the shelves with his latest book \u201cHigh Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant,\u201d being published by McGraw-Hill and through Amazon If that isn\u2019t impressive enough then, for five years in a row, he has been named in the \u201cStaffing 100\u201d as one of the world\u2019s 100 most influential staffing leaders, also making Recruiter Magazine\u2019s \u201cTop 40 Under 40,\u201d as one of the most influential executives under 40 years old. So when did he realise that getting bottoms on seats was a skill that he possessed and could build a business around? And what is the biggest mistake that people make when getting the talent that their companies deserve? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Scott Wintrip Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Scott such as: Scott shares his advice of how he makes the right decisions in his life, and if not what he does to then quickly make them the right decisions. Why Scott feels that he did his most remarkable work of his career whilst going through a heavy divorce with his wife. Why Scott feels that anyone who is getting into recruitment should get their recruitment education. Go work for a consultancy before ever going it alone. and lastly\u2026. Scott shares his views on the only person that you can believe in life \u2013 yourself. Be aware if you catch yourself lying to yourself, as it can undermine everything that is possible.\nLife Design Diaries\nEvery once in a while someone comes along that you feel a strong connection to. It could be their spirit, their love for life, or the hustle they are putting into everyday they are on this earth. One such person is an English guy called Ross Menghini, you can hear him here when he was previously interviewed on Join Up Dots. This time however it is Ross who is grilling the host of Join Up Dots David Ralph on what it has taken to create the top show you are listening to today. They talk about a wide range of subjects that have taken them both by surprise when they started their entrepreneurial lives. From the hardship, the dark times, the financial struggles and the big successes. Ross does a great job on this show, and so it was a delight to be able to share the Life Design Diaries meets Join Up Dots in today\u2019s episode. However to give you a flavour of this amazing guy, allow us to show you his backstory, so you will spend as much time as you can following Ross and his lovely wife Lucy\u2019s adventures everyday. \u201cIn January 2018 we traded our beloved Manchester apartment, life, jobs, wardrobes and friends for 2 backpacks, 2 macs and 2 one way tickets out of the UK. Why? Not to find ourselves, not to run away from anything bad, & not be to be on the road living in hostels. More of a, why not! Neither of us are graduates, we both went into full time, very serious careers straight from school, so after getting married in June 2017, and falling head over heels whilst honeymooning in Bali, the idea of living and working from around the world started to develop. \u200bOur website and social accounts are both a chance for us to personally document, learn and share experiences from our journey. We are by no means experts, we have crafted a life which is right for us, we believe there is no right or wrong way to any of this\u2026 this is just \u2018our\u2019 way. Come join!\u201d So without further ado let\u2019s start joining up dots with the one and only Mr David Ralph, interviewed by Ross Menghini Show Highlights During the show Ross and David discuss such weighty topics such as: How even after a decade of publication Tim Ferris\u2019s The Four Hour Work Week is still setting the inspirational spark in people across the world. David shares the moment when his life changed forever and he knew that he could never go back to working for someone again. Why it is so important to lose the ego and change the mindset when you want to start your own business. You can\u2019t assume that you are the man right from the start. and lastly\u2026. Why the 80/20 principle could potentially be the greatest gift that anyone can use when creating their own business, although most people ignore this amazing mathematical formula.\nHow To Live Life As An Expat And Thrive\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has spent nearly 20 years in continual travel around the world, visiting nearly 100 countries including Colombia, North Korea, Zimbabwe and Iran. Dropping out and leaving high school at 15 years old he never gave up his passion for learning, and enjoys reading over 100 books a year on topics such as finance, marketing, sales, and investing. He has lived as an Expat since 2002 making his home in Central America, South Pacific, Asia, the Arctic, North America, as well as the Middle East. And through these travels he has gradually found the thing that he is now bringing to the world and will base the bulk of today's conversation. Our guest believes people should understand that just because someone was born in one country it doesn't mean that they need to spend their entire lives there, and it certainly doesn't mean they need to keep their money and investments there\u2026. Often there are huge tax advantages and economic benefits to building your business abroad. His mission is to help expats generate additional streams of income so they can travel the world freely and never have to worry about money again. So do people need to start with savings and then start travelling, or can they go today by the time they have finished listening to the show? And does he look back at early travel adventures when he was living from moment to moment as he didn't have a penny to his name? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mikkel Thorup Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Mikkel Thorup such as: Mikkel shares how from the age of twelve he was determined to leave London, Ontario and travel the world. He had the fire inside him. We talk openly as to the absence of luckiness in your life, there is only persistence and hard work that ever gets you near to looking lucky. Mikkel shares his hub and spoke form of travel, which makes so much sense in regards to seeing the world but keeping the cost down. and lastly\u2026. Why the most important part of any business is the marketing. Before you start looking for clients buy the books that make them come to you.\nHow To Be A Traveling Entrepreneur\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has really turned his life into the one that he wanted by taking bold actions. He is a traveling entrepreneur, the host of the Travel Like A Boss podcast, the founder of the Johnnyfd travel blog and probably is waking up with a smile everyday of the week too. As he says \"I was born in San Francisco which is an amazing place to live, but wasn't the best place to grow up. I battled with fitting in, self image issues, and trying way too hard to be someone I wasn't throughout my childhood. After graduating from University of California I started working a corporate job, but wasn't happy. Something was missing and I didn't know what it was. In 2006 I discovered the self help scene which ultimately lead me to the 4-Hour Workweek and gave me the courage to move to Thailand in 2008 and pursue my first ever real passion, which was scuba diving. I began being a traveling entrepreneur when traveled around the world from Australia, Borneo, all across South East Asia to the Caribbeans working as a divemaster and scuba instructor but in 2011 I decided to focus on my second found passion, Muay Thai kickboxing. After six professional fights and years of living as cheaply as possible, I turned 30 and realized I couldn't even afford a plane ticket home if I wanted to.\" And that is where we will start todays show. So what do you do when you realise that you are at a crossroads in your life and you've got nothing in the bank to ease the way to future adventures? And now he is living the life that he wanted, is it always a happy day in his life, or does he still have moments of \"Really, im not sure Ill want to be doing this for another ten years\"? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Johnny FD Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Johnny FD such as: Johnny shares the reasons why he was glad that he experienced corporate life in California and nowhere else as he already was living the dream and it wasn't good. We talk about the period of flatness when the challenge of building a traveling entrepreneur business is replaced by success and you think \"This should feel better than it does??\" Johnny shares the moment when he realised that he needed to get away from the naysayers and doom mongers in his life or he would be stuck forever. and lastly\u2026. Why Johnny is so glad that he documented so much of his journey, so he can always go back and see the realism of what he went through.\nTodays guest joining us on the show has over the past 19 years, he has helped 1000+ coaches, consultants, service providers, and entrepreneurs master the fundamentals of sales and close more High-Ticket sales over the phone. He is known as the \u201cThe One Call Closer,\u201d and is one of the most recognized and in-demand sales trainers in the high-ticket space. The tactics and ideas that he uses in his One Call-Closer private training are techniques that took him 20 years to develop and that less than 1% of the population even know about. These techniques are also derived from him spending over 10,000 hours on sales and business trainings, courses, and seminars. Now that sounds amazing, and of course we all will be thinking that he was born with this talent. But in fact his journey to becoming a successful sales trainer didn\u2019t happen overnight nor was it easy. He went through a lot to get to where he is today. He started his passion for selling at the young age of 13 where he got his first sales job as a junior sales assistant at the local furniture store. It was from that experience that he wanted to pursue a passion for selling and started this never-ending pursuit of sales improvement. Up until today, he\u2019s read over 396 sales books and has spent over $128,563 on sales trainings and seminars. During his time at college, the Dean of Special Resources told him that he should drop out of school because of his diagnosed struggles with ADD/ADHD. It wasn\u2019t the first time he was told to give up and quit and it will not be his last. However, that didn\u2019t affect him and he wasn\u2019t willing to give up. And that is always the key to success, persistence outworks talent, skills and anything else you think is holding you back from your future. So what is it about selling that lights him up inside, when most people struggle with this bigtime. And where do we go wrong, blinking at the pivotal moment of quoting our price, or something else? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Kayvon Kay Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Kayvon Kay such as: Kayvon share his belief that there is no single path to success, and everybody has to create the path that is right for them if it is truly going to succeed. Kayvon shares how so many people get confused with the systems against the strategies. Use the webinars, funnels, an email optins to create a deeper connection with your clients before you ever hope to sell. We discuss Kayvons childhood, and how his fathers advice could have held him back from the future that was waiting for him. Thank god he ignored him! and lastly\u2026. We discuss how Kayvon spent $125,000 on self development and still failed - the reason was he hadn't proved himself to anyone, not least himself.\nBeing A Solopreneur Can Be Crap\nBeing A Solopreneur Can Be Crap, and in today's show David Ralph talks about the difference of working in corporate land and the life of the solopreneur. Everyday we talk about taking your life to the next level, taking control and building your own business. It's brilliant. It's Fun. And we wouldn't do anything else even if you paid us a million pounds a second. Well, actually if you are paying that amount of cash we will do that...but only for a minute and no more no matter how much you pay us. But what happens when its not good, you are ill, and things aren't going the way you want then what then? Well this is the dark side of being a solopreneur, and more often than not you haven't got another way out. You just simply have to suck it up and keep on working and delivering what you have promised you would deliver to your clients. Very different to being in corporate land and working for the man. Then you can simply phone up, cough and splutter down the phone and leave it all behind for a day watching Netflix. So how do you do the same in your own business? Is it possible to do? Well, we actually dont think it is, no matter how much people tell you that they can do such a thing. You have to be involved as it is your business, and especially if it is a business that you are the face off. They need you, they deserve you, and god knows they are going to get you. So in todays show David Ralph talks about his own struggles with sickness, and why he still has to soldier on to make it all work for him. As we say, sometimes being a solopreneur can be crap.\nBranding And Marketing Work Hand In Hand. Get One Right And The Other Naturally Follows My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has battled hard to get to where he is today. From almost dying as a child, to doing a series of less than inspiring jobs he worked at fine tuning his talents to become the premier branding expert for clients such as Jon Bon Jovi, and Clickfunnels founder Russell Brunson. As he says \"My clients call me the \u201cBrand Doctor\u201d because I\u2019ve got a specific, proven process for getting you the high-impact branding that lets you emerge as the \u201cgo to\u201d leader in your industry. It\u2019s a lot like how a medical doctor would help a patient heal: You see, it\u2019s about more than just \u201cknow, like, trust.\u201d When you have expertly crafted branding, you have an audience that will sustain (and help you grow) your business for generations to come! And then, it\u2019s time to toss away the stress and start enjoying your business again. Doctor\u2019s orders.\" So how did he get to this point where people are coming to him, instead of him chasing them everywhere. And why is branding so important to the success of any business, but so many people miss the point completely? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start join up dots with the one and only Mr. Henry Kaminski Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Henry Kaminski such as: Henry shares how his lost many family members and friends as his mindset had out grown theirs, and why he is ok with that. Henry really believes that you have to go through the grind at the beginning of the business to truly understand what the business is all about. Why you must focus in on profits and bringing income into your business to then reinvest back into your work as quickly as possible. and lastly\u2026. Henry reveals how Customer Satisfaction, Quality Work and Exposure has become the touchstone to his work, and why it was the gamechanger to everything.\nAnton Kraly Have created an ecommerce master plan. If you want an online business then this ecommerce master is for you My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a guy who has gone through the kind of journey that makes Join Up Dots what it is. He was raised in Long Island, New York where he grew up as a regular, middle-class guy, but even as a child, he was dreaming of doing big things. After graduating from college, he started his first business venture when he bought a cookie delivery route. Yes, he spent his early 20\u2019s bumper-to-bumper in NYC selling baked goods. The cookie delivery route was his first business but was neither the \u201clifestyle\u201d nor \u201cbusiness\u201d he imagined. Eventually, he grew tired of the tiny margins that came with selling cookies. He knew things had to change if he ever wanted to make serious money and gain the freedom to travel. So he started asking the bakeries to fulfill the orders for him instead. He set up an online cookie shop where customers could order cookies and the wholesalers shipped the orders for him, efficiently freeing up time while increasing profit. At this point he thought the drop shipping model had real potential, especially back in the early days of the internet. That\u2019s when he took a chance and tried selling higher-ticket items online. He began selling items such as athletic equipment and furniture, finding immediate success. \u201cI remember telling my parents when I made my first high ticket (for about $480) sale online and they said \u201cYou\u2019re going to be rich!\u201c\u2019 He has now built a passive million dollar business in only four short years, with a $29 investment. And that ended up being all the encouragement he needed to keep working hard. With just a $29 investment on an eCommerce hosting package, Kraly made $300,000 in his first year. By the second year, he had pulled in $680,000. The next year, he hit seven figures when his store did $1.2 million in sales. The next year, he sold his first million-dollar business. The best part? He only needed to spend around 20 hours a week working due to the passive qualities of a drop shipping business. But for our guest, it\u2019s not all about the money. When he learned how to make a lifestyle business, he achieved a level of freedom that changed his life forever. After experiencing first-hand how amazing that kind of life could be, he made it his mission to pass on that knowledge and help people find their own success. So what is his life like now, humble guy to rockstar, or humble guy to still humble guy? And where do people go wrong when starting a business, as it certainly seems that investment should not be the problem? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Anton Kraly. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Anton Kraly such as: The moment that his life changed forever when he realised that selling a $100 product is just as hard as selling a $1,000 product...so why not go for the bigger piece of the pie. Anton gives great advice by suggesting we should all find an industry where products are not being sold by others but you know there is a market waiting for them.....seems obvious?? Anton shares the story of investing $25,000 into his baking route and realising that he hated it after just one day....and of course the steps he took to rectify that issue. and lastly\u2026. We delve into the seven steps that anyone can take to start an ecommerce business, and believe me you will want to take notes for this piece of the show.\nArt Of Social\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a lady who connected with me with the words if you like the cut of my jib\" as we say in Ireland. And it was job done, get her on the show. You see not only is she being hugely authentic and not talking the way that businesses try to conduct themselves, she is speaking the language of the receiver and that is so important. So it's with little surprise that I find myself today interviewing a master on Social Media who started her online journey back in the days of the internet being powered by a donkey on a treadmill. Yes, when she started in 1999 there was no Google, No Facebook, not even a tweet or a twit to be seem. She was certainly ahead of the curve, and now has positioned herself as the go to expert for anything social media In fact she is sharing all her expertise with her new online program, \u201cLearn Social Media Like a Pro\u201d, where not only will she give you a step by step process to achieve the traction you want, but you also get lifetime access to the Private Facebook Group where she, along with all the other social media bods will be sharing best practise and helpful support on events as they happen. So why did a lady from Ireland first start her internet career down in Sydney Australia, and was it by complete chance or simply a step on the master-plan of life? And does she agree that the best way to use social media correctly is to make it more about YOU, YOU, YOU and less about ME, ME, ME? Well let's find out as bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Maryrose Lyons Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Maryrose Lyons such as: Why the world of business is changing from B2B to B2H - Business to human, and how Maryrose is making the most of dealing with this change. Why you shouldn't be everywhere on Social Media but you should focus on reducing the amount of content but increasing the quality of the work you do. Why Maryrose finds being a parent as a real advantage to keeping her hours at a premium, as you can often get caught up with work, work, work which is just not good. Why not having a plan is ok, as you find the real gold when you are wiling to work within the cracks of life more than where everyone walks. and lastly\u2026. Why three is the magic number in so many regards to building a business, especially in regards to choosing a customer. Maryrose shares how she works - and this is gold.\nHow To Find Passion\nWhat I love about being the host of Join Up Dots is the ability to share endeavour, hustle, and commitment by people from all walks of life. Listeners that are sitting in an office, or a home studio creating their lives work. Working hour upon hour, struggling through the workload, making connections across the world, and believing that they will make it all work. But how do they do that? How do they keep on making the decisions to create, inspire and go for the dream when they have no track record to back it up? Well it is quite simple they go for the passion and forget all about the money, and the rewards. They dig deep into themselves to find the passion to go for the dream. But how do you do this? How do you find the passion when you are surrounded by naysayers, doom mongers and the type of people that try to kill the passion before its even started? Well in todays episode David Ralph talks about a few people who have connected through Join Up Dots and are showing that passion for the task, and how they are doing it. So sit back enjoy and we hope to hear from you as you share your work, passion, content with us so we can share it with the world. Connect with the show directly on FB by clicking here: Send an email at : joinupdots@gmail.com\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man building a business around video and in particular testimonial driven video. What does that mean you ask? And even if you aren't asking I am going to tell you as that is my job as a professional podcaster. Businesses thrive on service, and the goodwill provided by customers who are delighted with the service that they have received is the greatest gift they can get. But how many people actually ask for someone to record a video that they can place on the website, or email marketing telling future customers about their experience. They don't as it feel like an intrusion into the whole customer experience, and subsequently miss this powerful boost to their business growth. Enter our guest today who says \"Because of time constraints and the fact it feels awkward asking customers questions about yourself on camera, we understand 100% why you haven't made as much headway as you would like with video testimonials. We get it! But you could be missing out on sales every month as a result! Working on traffic, content and lead magnets is great for building your list. But it's the end of your funnel, not the start, where you really make your profit. Once you have a prospect on your list, you need to prove you can deliver the result they want, or they'll never reach for their payment card. Boom testimonials are needed.... So has he always been involved in video and the production of video? And where do people go wrong when starting a new business in an environment that feels saturated already? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Mike Lavin Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Mike Lavin such as: Why its such a great idea to keep your marketing as simple as possible to solve one big question for your customer. Dont try to solve too many as it gets messy. How a shorter name URL is suggested to be a much better route to take than a longer form version and the reasons why. Mike reveals why his second business has flourished due to the learnings of his first business. and lastly\u2026. How a young lady has created the greatest business I have ever known on Fiverr....although Mike didnt seem as keen as I did!!!\nIn today's show we answer a couple of questions that have been posed over the last two weeks by listeners across the world. We love answering questions and always either deliver a personalised response directly or hold them back for shows like this So lets get on with them without further ado David, loving the show and your energy. I would love to know do you ever worry about anything at all, as you dont seem to show any sign of anxiety even though it cant be easy running Join Up Dots on your own as you revealed in episode 876. I struggle with anxiety so it's a constant battle Cheers Gemma Manda, And now we answer our second question which has been posed by a gentleman in the UK who is wondering how to get past that stage in business building when you get bored and think its not worth pursuing with. Dear David I have been working through your back episodes and now have listened to every single show. I cant believe that I now have to wait for your next episode to be released. I have been thinking of starting a business but no matter what I start working on, after awhile it seems like a waste of time and I stop and start something else. Im sure, as I have hear you say on many shows, that sometimes you feel that you were going in the wrong direction so how did you refocus your energies and create the amazing Join Up Dots? Ps second question have you ever thought of creating a YouTube channel? Thanks for everything Mick Screen, Portsmouth, England\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has such a story of overcoming work issues, personal issues and what the hell do i do issues, that its a delight to have her on todays show. As she says \"I grew up outside Chicago and come from a family of employees. I was the first in my family to move from the midwest, and the first to leave a steady paycheck and become an entrepreneur; and I swear it caused my Mom to have to start blood pressure medicine with worry! I was always taught to work hard, get into a good college, get good grades, get a good job, and save toward retirement. I met my husband Mike on vacation in Hawaii in 2001 and moved to San Diego. I joined a small boutique financial planning firm where my most well known clients were owners of Ford, Chuck E Cheese, and Vinturi Wine Aerator. In 2005, Mike and I bought our million dollar dream home, and less than a month in (we hadn\u2019t even made the first payment yet, and Mike lost his job). So, my income and hard work became more necessary and critical! Despite sitting at the dining room table with some of the most amazing business men in the world, I just wasn\u2019t enjoying it any more! In 2008, I had a minor stroke. I was VERY lucky, but the stroke shed a lot of light on my life and priorities. I had my stroke on Sunday. I was in the hospital until 8 pm Tuesday night, and was back at my desk by 8 am the next morning. I had put SUCH a high value on being dependable and achieving, that I didn\u2019t even take any time off to rehabilitate or just take a breath. I knew this life wasn\u2019t working for me, but I was the primary breadwinner for our family, and we were counting on that steady paycheck.\" And that is where we will begin this episode of Join Up Dots. So how did she go from this point and create her own image of success, leading to a life that she didnt dread every morning? And does she look back and think \"What the hell was I doing? Why did I push myself through such punishment\" Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Amy Mewborn.\nMasterminds Can Be The Difference To Business Success Or Failure My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who is aiming to change the lives of many through the power of online connections through masterminds. Building a business can be lonely. You sit behind your computer screen wondering \"Should I do this, or should I do that?\" And most of the time you end up doing nothing as the confusion is so great. As he says \"Having a mentor can be one of the most crucial pieces in creating the business of your dreams. Everyone knows the saying that if you are the smartest person in the room you need to find a new room. That is why it\u2019s so important to participate in masterminds and surround yourself with proven leaders and successful business professionals. Which he is providing by the online platform Eccountability, the first global virtual mastermind platform. You join and then he will match you inside their Virtual Mastermind groups that are highly targeted, where your goal setting and accountability truly begins. They help fill the gaps of your knowledge and speed you forward to where you want to be. Now this isn't a masterminds business that isn't 100% rooted in our guests own backstory, as back in 2003 he had sunk his life savings going into business when he had no idea what he was doing. He spent a year learning marketing, networking etc- all as a side hustle because he worked full time. After 12 months I'd made just 1 $600.00 sale, had spent $30K and was close to giving up. Then he found a mentor and within two weeks made an online sale for $1,300 and his business was up and running. The life lesson he learned. You don't know what you don't know. But certainly someone else does, and the more people you connect with the greater the chance to find that solution to your problem. So when did this idea first come to him, and was it a \"Yay let's build this thing...or great idea, how the hell do I build this thing?\" And would he have got to where he is today without the year of desperation he went through? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Masterminds. himself Ronan Leonard. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ronan Leonard such as: Ronan shares how he got to the point of taking the leap of faith and how he came to the realization the fear in his head was never going to be that bad. Why everyone starts on a level field, has to start somewhere and build up confidence.......but the world still thinks they are an overnight success. Ronan talks about why its so important to mix up the pool of people that you surround yourself with to gain insights into different worlds. and lastly\u2026. Ronan reveals why the first sale in every business is to yourself. You have to sell the idea to your own belief system before you can ever make it come true.\nWhat Does It Take To Earn The Right To Give Business Advice? Struggles!!! My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has been on one hell of a journey to where she is today Back in 2003, along with her husband she sat and signed a legal purchase agreement, becoming the new owner of a cash register company. After working for years as its lead technician, the owner was retiring, and she wanted her husband to buy the company. Red flags flying, they didn\u2019t see the danger signs. The company was behind technologically, employed one overpaid, underachieving sales person, and had one main product offering. It was propped up by a large service contract it would be losing a year after the business was purchased. Within three years, the company was bankrupt, with a few straggling customers and several years left on our lease. They sat down to look at their options, took stock of mistakes made, and found a path forward. What did they learn from the mistakes they made running their first company? How could they change their course, so future ventures wouldn\u2019t come to the same end? And why would they choose, in the face of dismal failure, to try entrepreneurship again? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Robin Aldrich Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Robin Aldrich such as: Robin tells how she wanted to start a business based on what she wasn't seeing from other companies in her area as her starting point and Why do so many people think that overnight success is a possibility in life? There is always a back story of hardship, achievement, struggle and disappointment. and lastly\u2026. We discuss the mindset that is needed to allow the past to be left behind but the learnings brought with you...which is so hard to achieve.\nBranding Expert Pia Silva Reveals The Big Mistakes Of Branding Your Biz My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an Entrepreneur, speaker and writer, and also a partner and brand strategist at Worstofall Design where they build \"Badass Brands without the BS\" for 1-3 person service businesses in 1-3 day intensives. She is a Forbes contributor and has spoken at a host of entrepreneurial organizations including Goldman Sach's 10,000 Small Businesses and the Million Dollar Women\u2019s Summit and has been featured on MSNBC\u2019s Your Business. Her company was named top \"10 Design Firms Lead By Young People That Are Changing the Way We Look at the World\" by Complex, and her book Badass Your Brand: Impatient Entrepreneur\u2019s Guide to Turning Expertise into Profit launched March 16th, 2017. As she says \"Badass Brands w/out the BS. We work with service based business owners in intensive Brandup sessions and execute the strategy and build out your entire brand-- positioning, messaging, logo, copy, website, materials-- in 1-3 days so you can get back to work. Because who has 6 months to redo their website anyway? For solopreneurs who need the whole shabang but don't have $50k to invest yet, we built a Brandup Bootcamp to take you through our exact process at a fraction of the cost. Now that is the official stuff about todays guest, but the real story isn't about where she is now rocking and rolling and loving life. The real story was the climb into stress, financial difficulties and the realisation that scale, and premium products were the key to her future. Being able to charge premium prices to less people has been the gamechanger to her and her partners day to day running of their company whilst making her business as lean as possible. Now she is gaining more and more exposure, loving life, and as you will read in her book (as we will discuss in today's show) she is shining the way for others to learn from her mistakes and live a life on their own terms by following her practical sensible advice. So does she see others making the same mistakes as she did, and smack her head with a \"Doh!\" and think \"Man its so obvious that just cant see it?\" And where does she find the motivation to keep growing, when things are already pretty good as they are? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Pia Silva. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Pia Silva such as: How she has built an amazing business that is lead by her lifestyle. If she wants to close up shop she does, with no clients wanting access to her. That is very unique and powerful. Why she believes that most businesses would be in a better position by turning people away as clients instead of jumping into bed with them. Pia explains why most people make a mess of their branding by confusing the message that they are sending out to the world. and lastly\u2026. Pia shares the dark times in her life when she was heavily in debt and now looks as it just a phase that she had to go through to get where she is today.\nThe 5 Stages of Happiness \u201cOne has to spend so many years in learning how to be happy.\u201d \u2013 George Eliot Happiness is very intriguing, the reason why many philosophers who have gone before us have endeavored to explain it. Or why researchers like Jennifer Aaker has studied how we can calibrate what we think make us happy in five life- stages. Discovery during childhood and adolescence, pursuit in our mid-twenties, balance in our late twenties and early thirties, meaning in our late thirties and forties, and savoring from our fifties on. They say that our sense of happiness dynamically changes throughout life and to ever think at any stage that our progress is finished is a folly. Happiness is never static. Our contentment tells us how happy we are. And with changing wants and needs and varying levels of mental maturity, our happiness lies absolutely on us. Happiness is subjective. What made you happy before does not guarantee your happiness in the future. One must adapt and learn. And so in todays episode of Join Up Dots we talk about the five stages of happiness and how no matter what we think....happiness is a choice we make and it starts within in. So here are the five stages that we have gone through when we are at our happiest. 1: Try to remove all comparison from your life It is a killer in our search for happiness, that we spend so much time looking at what other people are doing on social media. And more often than not it's not true and they are only showing us the good stuff that they want us to to see. So don't worry about what other people are doing in their lives and just focus on your own stuff and believe me you will be so much more happy. 2: Free from your heart from hatred A happy heart is a loving heart, and the world will want us to fill it with hatred and anger, Someone cuts you up in your car, and then blames you with a rude finger gesture. Someone makes some cheeky comment that they thought was a joke, but you didn't like. Well to be happy in our lives we have to look at forgiving these things and just accepting everything for what it was. A moment of turmoil in your life and not worth dragging around for a second more of what its worth,....and thats nothing. 3: Live Simply Happiness and living happy can come together so much more quickly if we just look at removing ourselves from lives stresses. Do we need the car that has the monthly repayments or the cable tv that we hardly ever watch? Do we need to go out for meals twice a week, and then have a huge credit card bill each month to pay off? Probably not, and happiness can come together quite quickly when we decide to focus on the things that make us happy, dont cost a lot and are simple. It could be sitting in the garden with some friends, instead of going out in the evening to the pub. It could be just going to the movies, but not spending a fortune on cokes, popcorn and food as well. You will be amazed at how much you are spending that doesn't truly make you happy. Its just something that you are doing each month, day or week. Live simply and let happiness come to you. 4: Give More There is a truth in life that giving a present makes us happier than receiving. It's the giving that makes all the difference. So when was the last time that you did something for someone else, just to make them happy? Probably quite awhile ago, as we are so wrapped up in our own lives doing what we need to do first and foremost. So lets start looking for happy in our lives 5: Expect Less If you can operate in a world, where you accept what life is bringing you, instead of setting such high goals that disappointment is always lurking then the happier you will be. This is the truth, and it doesnt matter who you are, or what you have achieved in life...happiness is never connected with an outcome. We think it is, but that is wrong. So do your best, enjoy yourself and realise that whatever happens, it is exactly what you was supposed to be getting.\nHave you ever wondered why people struggle with motivation? Not just finding motivation, but also keep it flooding through their veins and pushing them forwards to success? Well in todays episode David Ralph, the host of Join Up Dots answers a question from one of his listeners who is certainly struggling with finding the motivation to change his life. As he says \"The issue I\u2019m facing is that I\u2019m so desperate to get out of my current position that I have the following problems: 1. I struggle to pin down an idea I\u2019m willing to commit to as I\u2019m so desperate to know it will work at the outset in order to get me out of my current position!! As a result, I worry I\u2019m wasting my time! 2. I struggle with motivation when I\u2019ve had to do a full day\u2019s work on the day job because I\u2019ve had no satisfaction/feeling of achievement from it. It saps all my energy and combined with the above it\u2019s really tough to then focus and commit. Although I am making progress by committing to one idea at present, I feel if it fails to gain some early success I\u2019ll be back to the beginning etc etc! So what would you do in his situation? Would you advise him to just suck it up and go for it until the motivation hits, or something else all together? David Ralph believes that true motivation is always an internal game to win, and in this episode he gives his advice for staying motivated and of course keeping motivated for the longer goals.\nEducation Made Fun\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a lady who first connected with the show as a listener. However once she told me about her dreams for the future, the hustle she is showing daily, and how she wants to change the lives of millions of children across the world then she wasn't going to be only a listener anymore. This is a lady who is moving forward to where she wants to be by hook or by crook. As she says \"I was very dyslexic as a child, and rather failed at school, until the last year when I worked out a system to remember things. After lots of hard work I finally made it to a Producer Director and ended up winning a film documentary award at ceremony where the BBCs classic programmes Blue Planet and Office also won. Then I went on and created, produced & directed the longest running show on MTV uk which is still loved by teenagers and all skate boarders around the world. My children must never know I was involved in it! However at this point i felt it was time to take some time out, so I slowed down to raise my 3 children as TV work and children aren't a good combination. Which lead med to my passion project. \" The work that will be her legacy is called Table Fables, which has been created to help children everywhere learn their times tables in a fun and enjoyable way, against the classic repeat in a drone until you fall into a coma method TABLE FABLES are fun memorable short stories that teach children the times tables by giving them a hook to remember the answers. Children remember the numbers by recalling the funny story, with their mantra being LEARN FUNNY. The technique is based on the peg memory system, which gives children the ability to remember the numerical position of items on a list, in or out of sequence. The peg system has been proven to be one of the most effective memory aids used to date. Each number, from 1 to 12, is represented by a character. Two characters (e.g. 8 Snowman & 3 mouse) interact to create a funny, short story, which reveals the answer. This has already helped hundreds of children already and hopefully millions more in the future. So what gave her the idea to start helping children across the world, her own childhood struggles or simply a business opportunity? And where have the been the key areas of growth that our listeners can duplicate in their own online ventures? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Rebecca Ginger Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Rebecca Ginger such as: Rebecca shares how the idea for Tables Fables first came to due to the difficulties her own children were having with learning. We discuss why the validation of others was such an important part of the growth process of her business. Belief fosters belief all the way. Rebecca reveals how powerful Upwork was for her business by finding affordable talent that helped grow her business quickly. and lastly\u2026. We both reveal why our own childhoods education was less than inspiring, and why the world is changing for the better in our kids lives.\nHow Do You Take Fun And Improvisation Into The Biz World My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man after 20 years of performing hundreds of improv comedy shows across the country has learned that the same principles that apply to improv comedy also apply to business, mental, and leadership skills .As an author, speaker, coach, improv comedian, and the Founder of Live Yes And!, he as been helping businesses and athletes apply the cornerstone improv mindset-\u201cYES, And! To succeed in life and business for the last 10 years. In the world of improvisation, \u201cYES, And\u201d means accepting whatever is being given to you, and then responding and building on that reality. Most of us live life in denial \u2013 saying \u201cno\u201d to reality. This leads to a life unfulfilled and lived in fear. Living \u201cYES,And\u201d is about accepting and embracing everything that is happening\u2013even the bad stuff! Why? Because good or bad, the only way to move forward is by facing it and moving through it. As a professional public speaker and coach, he has trained thousands of people and dozens of organizations like the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, University of Georgia Football, US Soccer, Gatorade, PepsiCo, and Under Armour on the principles of improvisation and how developing a \u201cYES,And\u201d mindset will help create an engaged, creative, collaborative, and healthier life and work place. So was this a dawning realisation that his skills could be transferred into more and more lucrative areas, or a \"God i need some more cash what can I do quickly?\" route? And why are so many people frightened of \"Yes\" when it always brings some potential for growth in their lives? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Travis Thomas Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Travis Thomas such as: Why the concept of \"Yes, And\" was born from a desire to prove support and mindset to the corporate world which can lead to the kind of success that are required everywhere. Travis shares how throughout his journey there have been times when quite frankly he didn't have a clue...but that's ok. You can always figure things out. We discuss how the best comedy isn't about finding the joke, but is instead finding the truth. The connection with reality is where real humour is formed. and lastly\u2026. Why sometimes, no matter how positive you are as an individual you have to wallow in your despair. You have to sit in the goo ready for the big transformation to occur.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the Founder + Designer of a brilliant company called Craft Street Design She 100% turned her life around to create a 6 figure business in 6 months designing quotes to hang in your house. And now she is on a mission to help us all achieve our goals, be happy, and pass on the inspiration to everyone around the world through her designs. And I think it is the truth to say that she needed this inspiration before everyone else, and the message needed to be learnt before she could ever start to give back to the world. As she says \"A few years back I was making six-figure income, was working for my dream company (Apple) and had a flexible work schedule. In spite of all this, I was miserable. To make things worse one day, my 10 yr old daughter said, \u201c Mommy you are just not nice when you come back from your job\u201d. That was a wake up call. I wanted to make a change. I wanted to be happy. I wanted to be a good mom. But I didn\u2019t know how.\" So how do you do this? How do you find the light to move through a bad arranged marriage, a life that wasn't making you happy to the point of suicidal thoughts, and no clue as to the future. Well today's guest found that route through five words on her kitchen wall, and that is the perfect point to start today's episode of Join Up Dots. So is Craft Street Design the business she has always wanted to have, or just another dot towards the big deam that is waiting for her? And why is it that we all allow ourselves to feel such despair when the world is literally screaming \"Here is the future....do you want it or not??\" all around us? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Pratima Aravabhoomi Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Pratima Aravabhoomi such as: Why Donald trump might just be the kind of leader that the country was waiting for, although he might just well be the worst too. How she created her first business, and the dramatic fail of of not making one single sale of the product. Pratima shared openly how she would balance her time with her daughter, and the measures she takes to ensure she enjoys her life away from her business and lastly\u2026. The hustle, and persistence it takes to start any business off, which frightens so many people away from creating their dream-lives.\nWelcome to Fridays episode of Join Up Dots which is a solo show, hosted as normal with the incomparable David Ralph. In todays episode we are focused on getting unstuck in business and our lives. You see this is a huge struggle in most peoples lives, they find an idea that they want to work on and then can't go any further. Or they actually find that they start getting stuck right at the very beginning and actually cant find any idea to take further. So David, in this episode gives his advice for getting unstuck and achieving success in your life when you feel its never going to happen. Also on a similar theme he answers the following question from a listener of Join Up Dots who asks: \"Good morning David and the team, I am loving Joining up the dots with you every time you release an episode (there aren't enough hint hint :) ) I have a quick question for you.......of course most of your guests are on the show because they are enjoying the fruits of their labours and deservedly so. But have you ever considered stopping or doing something else? And what would be your advice for someone who cant get anything to work no matter how hard i try? Thanks for your answer Stephen Forester Cornwall\" So if you need help getting unstuck in life and really want to make a go of it you really need to listen to today's podcast episode Thanks for your ears and we look forward to help you all to start getting unstuck\nFree Marketing Can Be Amazing For Any Business And Best Of All Its Easy To Do Too My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who comes to the show with quite eclectic history. If you take British entrepreneur, piano player, international racing driver and business coach who grew his own business to 8-figures, then exited and founded Jonnyhatesmarketing.com, helping coaches, trainers and therapists find more of their ideal clients, more easily, mix them all together you will have our guest. Which is unusual and similar at the sametime. As you will no doubt know coaching is huge business across the online and offline world and literally it seems million of people are chasing clients to build their own business. Our guest though thinks that you dont need to chase anyone. Our guest actually hates marketing, and is more than reluctant to pay for any type of Facebook marketing As he says \u201cI have helped hundreds of coaches to build their thriving practice, using the Three Principles of Effortless Marketing. Yes, you can get your ideal clients chasing you, build a thriving coaching or therapy business that doesn\u2019t need you there all the time, and join the 1% of \u00a3100k+ earners in the transformation profession\u2026all that WITHOUT spending a penny on advertising, working like a dog, or losing your mind\u2026 So is this simply jedi mind tricks or simple honest business principles that the world has long forgotten? And when did he realise that he had to find a new way of operating for his own sanity not least his clients? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Jonny Cooper Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jonny Cooper such as: Jonny discusses the fundamental three pillars of marketing, which always start with asking the gold questions that everyone seems to miss. Why it is vitally important to define your avatar right from the start of your business. Know these characters as well as you know yourself to grow success. Johnny shares how he used to be commuting everywhere to drive his business where he wanted it to go, whilst now he lets the business come to him. and lastly\u2026. Why Johnny now feels it is so important to not to try to please everyone\u2026.find your ideal person or client and ignore the rest.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who isn\u2019t just a guest, but I would like to say he is now a friend. A long distant friend, who is presently living a life that so many of my listeners crave, but feel its unattainable. So let\u2019s show you all in this episode that is most certainly not unattainable, and with the right mindset, money strategy and vision you can all be doing the very same. Today\u2019s guest along with his wife Lucy is travelling the world, blogging, podcasting, and working on monetization channels into their fledgling business Life Design Diaries. As he says \u201cWhilst disrupting the work and travel norms, my wife Lucy and I have created a series of adventures. We are travelling the world whilst building a portfolio of enterprises and we\u2019re documenting the whole experience on our Podcast, LIFE DESIGN DIARIES.\u201d Life Design is the practice of thinking and actively pursuing the lifestyle you want. Life is short, we all know that, so why compromise? We\u2019re married, entrepreneurs, and travelling the world\u2026 all at the same time. There was a moment in our lives when we decided to take action rather than imagine. A decision that has lead to more freedom and fulfilment than we ever would have achieved in our 9-5\u2019s. Yes they have had struggles, but they have faced them head on and now share this massive lesson with the world. They want us all to realise how much control we have in our lives, and to inspire us all to design and pursue the life you want. So when he was store manager in Sainsburys just a few years ago, did he wander the aisles looking at exotic vegetables thinking \u201cOne day I will be picking you from where you grow my friend\u201d? And what was the first stage they had to prepare for\u2026the leap and trust the process, or working on the nest egg of savings to ease the way to where they are today? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Ross Menghini. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ross Menghini such as: Why Ross is so clear that his and his wife are documenting the climb and not the view from the type Why it is so important to not try to be someone else when you start, even if you look unprofessional. An unprofessional you is better than a professional someone your not. Ross recalls how his childhood was surrounded by an entrepreneurial spirit from his father, so it was with a surprise that it took him years to start his own path. and lastly\u2026. Ross shares his feelings of travelling the world with your partner 24/7 and how to gain the need for space in your life.\nDan Lok is the master at high ticket sales training..but was it an easy route to the top of the sales training mountain? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with an amazing story of persistence, failure, hardship and finding the thing that made all the difference. Coming to North America as a teenager with almost no English and no contacts, to ease the way to the success he is experiencing today, life was hard. As he says \"\u201cMy parents and I immigrated to Vancouver, Canada when I was 14 years old. I came to Canada as a teenager with no money, no contacts, and without knowing a word of English. Then when I turned 16, my parents got a divorce. As the only child, my mom needed help financially, so I had to put school aside and put her well-being first. I learned to support my mom by practicing the basic principles of life and business. I failed at 13 businesses before having my first success. Through the process, I perfected the art of never giving up and learned from my mistakes. Life back then was never easy, but today I can say that I\u2019m blessed to have attained a lot of my life goals. Today, I spend most of my time helping consultants, coaches, speakers, and thought leaders grow their businesses and scale it past five and six figures per month. While amplifying their impact in the world and helping them achieve their business and life goals, I know if I can impact 1,000,000 leaders, they can go out and impact billions.\u201d And that is where he is today, known as the the King of High-Ticket SalesTM, a two time TEDx opening speaker and international best-selling author of 12 books. Not just that but he is the highest-paid and most in-demand consultant in the luxury and high-ticket space, and has been featured on the cover of Jetset Magazine. He is now a founder or partner in more than fifteen companies in various industries, ranging from luxury goods, digital marketing, education, and e-commerce. He is passionate about helping coaches, consultants and other entrepreneurs make more money selling to fewer people. A true immigrant success story, that shows that the American Dream, at least the Canadian one is still alive and kicking if you only want it hard enough. So when did the true confidence that he is showing today first come through, and the shy hesitant teeneager get left behind forever? And does he look back and think \"Man i'm actually glad that those thirteen business failed or I wouldnt be where I am today?\" Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Dan Lok\nOpportunities are all around our businesses, so how do we remain focused on the end goal? In today's solo show David Ralph answers a question sent through to him this week from a gentleman and also shares a post from his coaching group Dream Starters Academy. Lets start with the question........ Hi David Firstly can i say thank you so much for all you are doing in the world today through your show. I know it can't be easy for you to maintain such an output. I used to listen to Join Up Dots when you first started, and Ill be honest due to life commitments, children, work and everything else I stopped. Not just listening to you, i hasten to add but to podcasts on a whole. I found them an interruption to my business life, but now after a hiatus I have rediscovered them and was amazed to see that you weren't just still going, but in fact seemed to be flourishing. So good on you pal. Would you mind answering a question as it seems that you have got total focus as to your life, and arent pulled in directions that aren't right for you or your business. How do you decide on what opportunities are right for you, and are your chasing squirrels like so many people that are online today. Ok that was two questions but if you get the chance to read and respond I would truly appreciate it All the best and thanks again Todd Doors Maple Grove Minnesotta And now for the post taken from the coaching group Today we had a farewell party for a colleague who is leaving his super well paid job to start his own company. When he said he\u2018s going to bake French bread in Mumbai, I thought at first: What??? How do you go from a business development and strategy position in a pharmaceutical company to baking bread? But in his farewell speech he explained that he saw this job as a kind of startup (it was a new project) where he gained additional skills for his own business because his first real startup failed. So I guess it can be really useful to go back into corporate to upskill yourself before jumping into a new adventure. Bettina Dream Starters Academy Of course as always you need to listen to the show to hear the answers....it is a podcast after all. Thanks for listening David\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who ill be honest I stumbled across on the web, but as soon as I saw him, i thought \u201cRight lets have him on the show\u201d He has a story to success that goes 100% in a different direction to what the world is telling you you must do. He is a keynote speaker and author, books including Social Media Is Bullshit and Privacy: And How We Can Get It Back. He first received attention in the late 2000s for turning his financial struggles during The Great Recession into media coverage with appearances in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, and others. After building an unsuccessful national breast cancer outreach tour around the advice given by prominent social media marketers \u2014 and subsequent success in doing the same tour again the following year by doing the exact opposite of their advice \u2014 he went on to write a book called Social Media Is Bullshit based on his experience. He later earned additional media attention for frequently taking on prominent social media experts and companies. Since 2012, he has has made presentations at the National Automotive Dealers Association Conference, South By Southwest, Social Media Week: Chicago, The Do Lectures in the U.K., R.O.A.D. in Moscow, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association Summit, Social Media Explore, and various other events to talk about the many myths peddled by social media marketers and what really works online and off. As one of the reviews of his book state \u201c\u201cI\u2019ve been telling everyone for years that social media is just the same bullshit we\u2019ve always done sped up 1000 times. Finally someone\u2019s laid it all out in book form\u201d Love this. So is the fundamental flaw regarding social media, simply that its not social at all? And is just a blast everywhere, scream loudest competition? Or are there even more subtle ways to create success in our business without the need for FB, Twitter, Insta and all the rest? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr B.J Mendelson Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with B.J. Mendelson such as: Why BJ feels the moment that people tell you to use some element of social media is the moment that its use has gone. BJ shares why 5,000 is a great figure for multiplicity of brand, by word of mouth. Get to hat figure and you are really up and running. Why the quickest way of success is to become an expert in just one thing and become the best at that until the world takes notice. and lastly\u2026. BJ reveals the time that he died and how he dragged himself from a field in Wales all the way back to the states to pay health bills.\nHow Do You Give B2B The Real Human Touch? Hire Robin Waite For Sure My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who from 18 years old until 22 worked as a systems analyst for a medical device company. Putting systems into play, he increased efficiency and decreased cost, helping to make the company 50% more profitable. For the next he ran a successful design and advertising company, serving over 250 clients, where he delivered workshops and masterclasses to over 1,000 business owners on subjects including marketing, product architecture, pricing, websites and more. Now he coaches B2B business leaders and entrepreneurs, offering insights from systems to pricing structure to personal development. With fearless goal setting and accountability, his program is turning dreams into reality for clients around the world. Well that sounds pretty standard to what most people who want to come onto Join Up Dots offer to me, but there was one sentence on his website that made me sit up and take notice. What does a business coach look like to you? Slick, sharp suited, maybe a little flash? That\u2019s not my style. I believe that what you say is more important than how you dress \u2013 and I\u2019m more interested in delivering real results than impressing you with my image. And so i looked again, and realised that this was man standing in front of his audience in t-shirt and jeans. This was a man doing things his way, and in a way that would bring more and more results into his business. He was being authentic and the person that he wanted to be. So was there once a slick, sharp suited version of todays guest, trying to find his way to his authentic self? And if it's a truth that the quickest way to success is niching down tighter and tighter, where is his target customer sitting waiting for him? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Robin Waite. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Robin Waite such as: Robin shares how he grew into the confidence level that was required for his business. It wasn't something that he was born with, but closely developed over time. We discuss why some customers wont understand that they shouldn't buy your products, but its so important to stand your ground and give them what they really need. Robin discusses his five key sectors of business focus, and how this has given him a great platform to create business success. and lastly\u2026. Robin opens up and tells a life changing story that will inspire everybody who listens to this show. What would you do if you realised you didn't want to life the same life anymore.?\nSelf Help Experts Sometimes Struggle With Developing Themselves To Help Their Own Clients. When we last met our guest on today\u2019s episode of the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, she was in the middle of experiencing some massive growth, Yes, in both her business life and her personal life she was smashing through the barriers. Kicking over her self limiting doubts And creating an amazing future for herself. She has done this by asking great questions to her clients that flock to her like moths to a flame. She asks \u201cAre you someone who is burned out from working hard for many years yet afraid to step back out of fear of losing all you\u2019ve gained? Are your work obligations keeping you from having deeply meaningful relationships with your family and friends? Do you feel stuck in a situation that takes everything you\u2019ve got yet know there has to be more to life\u2026an ultimate state of joy, satisfaction, and fulfilment.\u201d Now the interesting thing about her and what I want to discuss in this show, is whether she truly believed it when she first said it? Did she fully embrace the power that an individual possesses in their day to day lives to create one that is remarkable. Was it by doing the work, and seeing the results in her clients that she fully embraced the possibilities that she could create? You see she has had three stages of success from working 22+ years n the world of finance, pouring herself into earning a high salary, collecting great bonuses and moving up the ladder. Then after facing a major life crisis followed by several tragedies, she moved towards answering the question of could She ever have both inner fulfilment and outer wealth.\u201d And now after creating a successful coaching business, she has sold her long time home,moved to Hawaii, and now come back to Arizona and starting something new. So with all this movement and action taking, how does she know that she is travelling the right course in her life? And does she get excited by the road she is travelling all the time, or are there still \u201cWow, I am so unsure of this\u201d moments, lets just sit on the sofa and do nothing today times? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Leisa Peterson\nTodays Join Up Dots free podcast interview is inspired by a guy who personally connected with via email with a huge statement of intent in the last couple of days. He advised me of a goal that he is setting in his life and that goal is to have a beer with me in a bar. As he said on his email \"I have a long back story, but I won\u2019t bore you with it, however due to your podcast, your unbelievable personality and wonderful smile (I know I can\u2019t see your smile! Lol) I am putting a goal out there for myself and that is to have a pint with you at a bar within 2 years. I know many people would have a goal of being on your show or something like that, but I know being a successful entrepreneur takes time and while I have fluttered in business/side businesses, well they were hobbies really, for a while this is the first time I\u2019m making an investment in myself (I joined Flipped Lifestyle because of your podcast and when I\u2019m ready to start a podcast I will certainly join your program).\" And believe me it may seem like such a simple thing to want to do. It may seem to many of you as something that isn't really a goal. But it is 100% a goal, as a goal is a target with intention behind it. A goal is something to work towards due to an internal desire to make it happen That is where goal setting becomes difficult to achieve, when you haven't got the desire to truly make it happen. You set a goal because you think it is something that you should be doing and not because you want to with everything ounce of passion you possess. So in this episode of Join Up Dots we look at finding the passion that that can make every goal a breeze to set and even more beeezy to achieve\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has been through a journey of discovery to get him to where he is today. Happy, relaxed and rocking and rolling After two decades of running a successful pharmacy practice and then losing it all, he entered a period of deep personal struggle. Each night he would walk along a country road hoping to find a few minutes of peace, but he ultimately discovered something far more valuable. What could you do if you had a simple plan to increase energy, get in better shape, and improve your mental and emotional health? You have more pressure on you than ever. With competing demand from work, family, friends, and our communities, it\u2019s no wonder so many people are stressed, overweight, unhealthy, and exhausted. He felt the pressure, too. He sacrificed his mental, physical, and emotional health to the demand of his pharmacy practice until he discovered the medications he was paid to dispense often offered only temporary symptom relief and left people still suffering. He discovered that true health and happiness comes from finding balance in seven key areas, so he developed a simple plan anyone can use. In his new book, How to Live Until You Die, he makes it simpler than ever to unlock a healthier, happier, and more whole you, so today can mark a new beginning for your total health! So does everyone need to go through a dark night of the soul to become truly focused on what life is all about? And where does he see that people go wrong in their life, trying to do too much, or not actually trying to do anything? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Dr. Phil Carson. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Dr. Phil Carson such as: Dr Phil shares how he lost his business due to the downturn in the economy 2008, and the steps he took to get his life back on track. We discuss how the moto \u201cFailure is not the economy of success, quitting is\u201d and how it should be learnt the world over. Dr Phil shares the big but easy steps we can all take in our lives to feel better and healthy (without heading to the drugs) and lastly\u2026. We find the secret ingredient that everyone should live by in their lives\u2026..and best of all we have it in our lives already.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an man who has quite a journey to where he is today. Many moons ago, he purchased a website that sold various popcorn goods. During this venture, he found a need to automate parts of his business and that need inspired him to create Spark Shipping, a business that helps eCommerce retailers self-operate their connections with their vendors Currently he automates millions of orders for eCommerce and retail entrepreneurs every month, which is enough orders to fill every seat in Fenway Park hundreds of times. Or, as as our guest would say, Fenway \u201cPahhk.\u201d Or as me and most people from the UK would say....nope, never heard of Fenway Park Anyway what Spark Shipping does is to automate the communications between e-Commerce sites and vendors (warehouses, distributors, manufacturers, etc). The communications that are automated are: getting inventory quantities from vendors, sending orders to vendors and getting tracking/shipment data back from vendors. Spark Shipping sits between the shopping cart and vendors to get the data back and forth between them. So its alright having these ideas of \"Wouldn't it be good if we could do xyz\" but how do you get this off the ground? And was it plain sailing or a rollercoaster that gradually hit its stride? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Charles Palleschi Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Charles Palleschi such as: Why he feels its so important to understand all aspects of a business when you are the leader, to ensure consistency and productivity throughout. How he manages to balance home life and work life, especially now he has young children who want to see their Dad before bedtime each day. What he does to manage the difficult times in his business, when decisions need to be made that will lead into unchartered territories. and lastly\u2026. The first steps he took to became the entrepreneur he is today, and what he would advise anyone of our listeners wanting to do the same.\nEntrepreneur Asia\nThe last time we had todays guest on the show was way back on episode of 371 of the show when we introduced him as a New Zealander that has started, built, bought and sold half a dozen businesses in a range of industries across two continents. He has hustle flooding though every vein, as he has powered himself to being classed as one of the most connected people in Asia, whilst enduring his fair share of painful crashes too! He was the owner of Fitness-Buffet a company delivering employee wellness solutions in 11 countries, and he is also the CEO of Entrevo Asia, a company that runs 40 week Growth Accelerator programs allowing executives and business owners to become a \u2018Key Person of Influence\u2019 in their industry. A company whose vision is a world full of entrepreneurial people solving meaningful problems. Now though in just a few years things have changed and he is now the Head of Asia for the Unity Group. A business focused on the simple As they say \"Our function is to provide corporate finance, corporate secretarial, group legal advice and carry out the acquisitions process for incoming agglomerated businesses in three simple steps. 1. Create or source an appropriate Holding Company for the Agglomeration\u2122. 2. Select mature, profitable, and debt-free businesses (a.k.a. subsidiaries) for the Agglomeration\u2122. 3. Acquisition \u2013 under a special purpose vehicle (\u201cSPV\u201d) \u2013 of the respective subsidiaries by the Holding Company through the issuance of public-listed shares in Holding Company to original owners of the subsidiaries. As they say \"Unity Group exists to enable entrepreneurs to scale and solve bigger and more meaningful problems. Their mission \"To work with great entrepreneurs and change makers to scale their businesses, solve bigger problems and connect investor capital with those who can deliver the best results.\" Right this is serious stuff, so let's start digging around to find out more not just about this venture but also the man himself. How has he found himself creating more and more opportunities for himself without getting a serious case of burnout? And would he have seen himself doing this the last time he was on Join Up Dots, or does he just go with the flow and see what happens? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Callum Laing Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Callum Laing such as: How Callum overcomes the dip in the business process, that everyone has to go through when growing a business. Callum explains why he never invests in his own ideas....so he always tries to pre-sell the idea before putting too much time into it. Why it is so important to surround yourself with the level of knowledge that you need, but just can't gain yourself. Don't think that you are a master of everything. and lastly\u2026. Why the value proposition is so important in every regard of growing a business. You have to work out how you can over deliver before you ever hope to start taking back.\nIn todays show David Ralph discusses the lack of personal development that he sees in the listeners to the show that he speaks to. David, talks to listeners across the world and when he asks them \"So how many books have you read this month?\" more often than not gets told \"Nah, I dont like reading books to be honest\" So where is the desire to find out more knowledge and become better at the thing that you can do better than most? Where are you getting the information from that can make you a category of one in your life, and be saught out by clients from across the world. 5 Reasons Why You Should Invest in Personal Development Personal development is more than just working on talents you already have: it\u2019s about growing, becoming more aware, and gaining valuable abilities that you can use to make an impact in this world. I always put it like this: If you\u2019re not growing, you\u2019re dying. Sounds extreme, doesn\u2019t it? But it\u2019s so true. If you\u2019re not learning new skills and working on yourself as a person, life can get boring! Personally, I\u2019m committed to take at least one course/ training program each year \u2013 whether an in person event or online program/ webinar. This has helped me make quantum leaps in my life, relationships and business. For example, this year, I took Tony Robbins\u2019 Unleash the Power Within (highly recommend going!), Marie Forleo\u2019s B-School, Laura Roeder\u2019s Creating Fame, The Art of Sales & Marketing training etc. Today I want all of you to do one thing for yourself. For your growth and development. For your future. Disclaimer: this may mean going outside. But that\u2019s okay, because you\u2019re ready to do this! You deserve to be your best self, always. It\u2019s time to make an investment in yourself that will take you to the next level. Here are my top reasons why you should invest in your personal development: 1.You\u2019ll make important new connections. Follow my ABC rule for networking and you\u2019ll find yourself happier, more approachable, and with more opportunities faster than you can blink an eye: Always Be Connecting. Because growing your network means more than finding new people who can help you get where you want to go. Your network is your lifeline. It\u2019s your relationships, your opportunities, and a support system that you can fall back on when times are tough. 2. You\u2019ll gain confidence. The more skills you have, the more confident you\u2019ll become. You\u2019ll have more to talk about when you meet others, and you\u2019ll become more certain of your own abilities and strengths. Own your greatness and live the exciting life that you deserve! 3. You\u2019ll learn new things and grow as a person. Personal development should be something you take on for yourself. It\u2019s more than just an investment in your career, it\u2019s an investment in your growth, awareness, and identity. Every time I attend a training, I always get new ideas and inspiration. 4. You\u2019ll gain marketable skills. Some great skills for you to learn regardless of your industry: photoshop, HTML, WordPress, Adwords, and advanced Excel. Other soft skills you gain by investing in personal development include communication, presentation, and decision making skills. They stand out to employers and could separate you from the hundreds of other candidates. 5. You\u2019ll be seen as someone who takes initiative and curious to make things better. Though it shouldn\u2019t be the primary reason why you engage in personal development, a lot of the courses, classes, and conferences you attend can be translated into experience on your resume. A well-rounded candidate has more than experience in their industry \u2013 they excel because they can draw on perspectives and learning that they have gained while developing themselves. My top tip for finding relevant and interesting events: visit www.eventbrite.com. Look for conferences, courses, workshops, and seminars that fit your interests, then take a leap and sign up! Or ask your friends and colleagues for recommendations. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. What courses/ programs/ training have you taken that transformed your life? What do you recommend and why? What is one new training you are committed to taking?\nNavy Seals Are A Tough Bunch, But How Tough Is Life After Leaving The Navy Seals? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who has been on one of the most difficult journeys anyone can take. How to transition from a successful career in the US military to living a successful life as a civilian and top businessman. He served 23 years with distinguished Valor as a Navy SEAL, and during his military career he served in three wars, ultimately leading a team of Navy SEALs into Afghanistan in 2009 where he earned a Silver Star, Bronze Star with Valor, Army Commendation with Valor and his second Combat Action Medal. He was hand-selected to serve as Officer In Charge of the famed SEAL Sniper course from 2009 \u2013 2011, and during his two year tenure, he transformed the sniper curriculum while successfully increasing both graduation numbers and shooting performance test scores. Now of course on Join Up Dots, we are all about the transition to business success. How do you find your thing when for many years you were doing what was expected and not what was truly inside of you. Well he is now the founder and CEO of Adamantine Alliance, a unique leadership and human performance coaching organization. He conducts training throughout the nation developing transformational performance results for various individuals, teams and organizations, using the skills that he had fine tuned over the past 23 years. Taking the seemingly disconnected dots of his previous life, to walk forward with confidence and passion into a new future? So when he was in the military did he start planning for what he was going to do in civilian life? And when did he realise that his past was actually holding all the answers to his future? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Thom Shea. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Thom Shea such as: What he considers to be the five key areas of life and how he manages to balance time between them all. Why he loves nothing more than moving into areas that are unwinnable, due to the lack of competition and the excitement he feels. Why social media is the only place that leaves him into a position of despair....so tries to keep out of it as much as possible. and lastly\u2026. He hits with the perfect advice of \"Dont ever find a way out, find a way through the problem.\"....how powerful is that?\nSailing Around The World With Your Family WIth Caspar Craven My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who really believes in going where the heart leads. At the age of 14 he launched his first business catching crabs and lobsters, and wow what a success. By the age of 16 he was exporting 1/2 tonne of crabs a week to Spain. Realising that catching crabs wasn't going to make an impact on the world, he then went to University and for the next 8 years worked in the corporate world - first as a Chartered Accountant and then as an Investment Banker at KPMG. In 2001 he returned to entrepreneurial life as an e-commerce entrepreneur, and over the following 15 years, raised money for, built, grown and sold businesses primarily in the technology sector. As he says \"I've made mistakes. I've fallen over. I've got up again and carried on. I've had some great successes and some failures.\" which is of course what life is all about. But how do you take that feeling of...ok, things could go a bit wrong, but hey we can deal with it and have fun in the process too? Well he has done just that and in 2009, along with his wife he hatched a plan to sail around the world with his young children and spent the next 5 years planning how to make things happen. Now in 2016, he successfully completed his circumnavigation having experienced amazing highs, having to make heart-wrenching decisions and agonising lows on his 7-year voyage from idea to completion. He has been on a journey of discovery, not least to find the strength within himself to take forward and inspire others to take action and go for it. Now he is on a mission to be a truly inspiring leadership and team building speaker, giving actionable advice on how to achieve amazing results both professionally and personally, changing lives for the better. So how do you take your own passions and convince the family that its also a great idea for them to get involved in? And when it goes wrong, is there always an answer or sometimes just a different direction to the end goal? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Caspar Craven Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Caspar Craven such as: Caspar shares how he was advised by his father to become a chartered accountant as it was a safe job, which he can now see was never the right place for himself to end up. We talk with passion as to the delight he has found since he got back to land, taking people on a journey of discovery, through his talks, presentations and leadership lessons. Caspar reveals the moment when he sat with his wife and asked her \"Is there more to life than this....and if there is, lets go out and get it\" and lastly\u2026. Why he now teaches his children to focus in on what they are most interested in and go deeper and deeper into the subject to find the path.\nWork And Travel Dont Mix...Or Do They? R Michael Anderson Has Made A Success Doing The Work And Travel Thing. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who has had a fascinating and arduous journey to where he is today. He is the founder of The Executive JOY Institute, and specializes in teaching organizations, leaders, and individuals how to become even more successful through psychology, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness. Which if you have listened to episodes of Join Up Dots you will have heard similiar guests speak of such work. Where today\u2019s guest differs is by the age of thirty-five, he had founded three international software companies, played semi-professional basketball (yes, he\u2019s really six-foot nine!), and partied at the Playboy Mansion which sounds pretty amazing life affirming stuff. But our guest didn\u2019t agree and knew that he wasn\u2019t happy. Hard drugs, alcohol, a divorce, and a nasty lawsuit brought him to a low point where he needed to ask himself the big questions in life. A quest for change included earning a master\u2019s degree in Spiritual Psychology from the prestigious University of Santa Monica. And now he has taught leaders around the world, from Panama to the Philippines to Australia and Mexico, and has worked with a broad range of clients, including Microsoft and SAP So is he what he would consider to be happy now or still searching for something unattainable to him\u2026\u2026simple contentment in life? And why does he think that we all set out on a path that appears to be wrong at the beginning even thouh the clues are all around us? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr R Michael Anderson Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Michael Anderson such as: Why he now believes that coming to grips with our feelings is one of the quickest ways to achieve massive success in our lives\u2026\u2026let the gut lead the way and its rarely wrong.. Why he had to make a decision to change his life for one of travel and freedom of location as he knew it would be the right one for him in the long term. We discuss why we fail so much through the education systems lack of inspiation and focus on failures\u2026surely it should be strengths all the way? Michael shares the \u201cShould or Fear\u201d process of decision making in his life which he applies everyday. and lastly\u2026. Why the Buddist prinicples of \u201cIt is\u201d is such a powerful way to operating in a business. By accepting everything for what it is, we dont waste time trying to change things into what it should never be.\nHow To Find The Inspiration To Keep Going When Things Get Tough On today\u2019s show, which is a solo show David Ralph talk about inspiration. The lack of it, having it in abundance, and those occasions when it appears at the strangest moments but gives you the boost to keep going. Just recently David was sitting watching TV wondering what he was going to do with Join Up Dots. You see from the outside it may look like everything is worked out to perfection, but more often than not the truth is very different. More often than not you wander through a world of confusion looking for inspiration to set a goal, and hit one out of the park. This came in the form of a listener of Join Up Dots from the United States, Jason Sumner from Nevada, Missouri who connected on Facebook. Jason is one of those amazing people who wants more from life, and is focused on getting it by helping people everywhere with shi positivity and mindset. Multiple times a day he is posting great content into his Facebook page, and everything is focused on \u201cGood vibes, and keep going\u201d messages. He is also targeting himself to read 52 books this year on personal development, success and life changing stories of achievement. What is even more amazing is not only is he trying his hardest to make a difference to himself and the world, he is also raising two lovely happy boys who know have inspiration in front of them every single day. He is leaving alegacy on his own kids by showing them a different way of operating. How to keep ones personal good vibrations at a high level to ensure life opportunities come your way. So in this episode David talk about inspiration, and what to do when it has disappeared from you. And of course he gives a virtual high five to Jason Sumner, for keeping it real and going for it, even though the path may not seem overly clear and defined Welcome to another episode of Join Up Dots\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the founder of the Alliance Business Centers Network, which provides premium virtual office and telecommunications solutions for companies all over the world. With over 650 Office Business Centers operating in 42 countries, his is the authority on the subject of virtual offices and remote work. So if you want to start moving around the world, remote, independent from your team, but don't fancy trying to find dodgy wifi in some bar in Timbuktu then today's episode is for you. But that is just one part the equation that our guest has brought to the world. How does the standalone entrepreneur gain instant recognition, and authority when they are in a small bedroom doing everything themselves? Well they work with our guest today, to gain a high impact business address..in say New York, London or Paris, mail forwarding, a receptionist taking calls on their behalf and all for a small monthly cost. He can teach us tons of great information for startups and entrepreneurs about flexible and remote work, along with his unique global management perspective developed during his 25 years within the Office Business Center industry. So when did he come up with the idea to create a global network such as this, and what were the first steps he took to achieve his aim? And what took him longer to achieve, finding the locations or selling the idea to customers across the globe? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Virtual himself, Frank Cottle Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Frank Cottle such as: We discuss how to get balance in ones life by finding the work that inspires, delights and never feel hard. Frank shares the importance of having a global mindset if you want to true success in your life. The huge benefits of having virtual office space ready and waiting for clients to organisations everywhere, but the difficulties of getting them to know about it. and lastly\u2026. He highlights the simple logic, that no matter how bad economics are across the world, someone has the money. Just go where the cash has gone.\nBuilding A Network Is Tough, But As Travis Chappell Reveals Its The Key To Fast Success My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who believes that your network is your true net worth. Yeah, we have heard this phrase many times on Join Up Dots, but what does it truly mean, and how can you build a business around it? Well his belief that it's not what you know its who you know started for him back in high school. He started to figure out that if he could land larger landscaping jobs, it would actually pay a much higher hourly wage, while being able to afford to pay a lower hourly wage to workers to help him get the job done faster. As he says \"I remember sitting in class one day while managing two landscaping jobs that I had done nothing but sell and manage, but I was still going to make the same or more than the college students I was paying to do the labor on the jobs. That is when I realized the value of selling and creating customer relationships.\" And so as you can see the germ of an idea which had been there niggling away for quite a few years was already there, it just needed to wait until his dots began lining up. And now those dots are well and truly lining a path across the world. As the founder of the Build Your Network podcast he is bringing tips, to interviews and weekly advice to anyone looking to blast a path to the top. As he says \"If you have ever wondered how to meet the influential people in your industry, if you have ever been frustrated because you just aren't moving forward in your career as quickly as you thought you would, if you don't lack ambition or a thirst for learning, but just can't seem to get ahead, then look no further than Build Your Network.\" So what is it about building networks that people struggle with the most? And does he see the same mistakes being made time and time again? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Travis Chappell Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Travis Chappell such as: We discuss how everybody is just six degrees of separation, which is why it is so important to start your network to give you the greatest chance of success. Travis shares his reasons for not going for the big love in your life, but instead trying to find the love within a job that you may not like doing. Self development has been a big part of Travis' success, with masterminds, courses and conferences a huge but worth expense at the start. Are you ready to invest in yourself? and lastly\u2026. Travis answer the big question that needed to be asked: Would he say he was a \"Stalker or groomer\"...you need to listen to the episode to find out the answer.\nCreating Musical Success\nToday's episode of Join Up Dots is another one of the special ones that make me really proud to bring to the world. This is one of those shows whereby a listener of Join Up Dots, has taken so much action in their life, that they deserve to be blasted across the world. And today's guest is going to do just that, as he is a musician, teacher, singer, songwriter, father, husband and a man flexing the hustle muscle everyday. Starting his love for music when he was just nine years old when he started strumming the guitar, and by the age of 12 he had formed his first band \u201cSplat\u201d and was performing original music at school talent shows, ice-cream socials and private parties. And it's all these activities at such a tender age which have the opportunity to become more than something just to do. Actually becoming the first steps on the path to adulthood, and a life of their dreams. But what happens when life has different plans? What should you do when the future that you want is harder to come by than you expected? Where you find different ways of doing it, and today's guest has done just that. After recording his own album \"Iowa Weather\" he found himself in a slump. He was working all the hours god gave him, he was supporting his family like every father should, and his recorded album was not getting out to the world. And that is where we will begin today's show, as although I have never met him but I am proud to call him my guitar twanging buddy. So has he ever been a normal employee, sitting in a cubicle waiting until 17:00pm to arrive so he can scamper home....free from the days hassles? Or has he set out on on his path joining up his dots, with no plan B of any shape or form? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Dan Trilk.\nWelcome to the Join UP Dots podcast, it's a delight to have you here. In todays episode we have based it around the following review that we received from a listener in the UK (and believe us we LOVE getting nice ratings and reviews). Now this one was quite profound, as it touched on something that causes us all issues at times in our life. How we should deal with negativity in our day to day life, and especially the type that surrounds us because of the work and the like. You know the people who aren't really bad, and miserable, just a bit lost and make it known to others. So anyway, here is the review Join up dots May 9, 2018 by Seacroft18 from United Kingdom Just discovered these podcasts and listen to them everyday on the way to work. Inspirational people and an excellent host! Highly recommend. I am an enthusiastic person surrounded by fairly negative people and was finding myself dragged down. This podcast is excellent for focus and new ideas amongst many other things and most of all it gives me a lift! As David mentioned on the show, the best way to overcome this is to start replacing them in your life. Yes, its not easy, but it can be done and if you want to find an easy way start with looking at other influences and not just at the people. Start by reading more positive content, or listening to more positive podcasts. Surround your workspace with motivational quotes and images. Get your mind to start looking for the good in things (and people) more and more, and little by little you will realise that the negativity is something that you wont tolerate anymore. You will need to get rid of them in your life and will take active steps to achieve that no matter how difficult it is.\nHow To Start An Event Planning Business With Carolien Mertens My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who is helping the world of online ventures jump out of the screen and into live events. To date, she has planned over 100 events in a variety of industries, and served more than 10,000 participants. As she says \"I started my career in events curating art auctions in a top European Gallery. Here, I learned the ins and outs of planning seamlessly orchestrated high-end events, and the art of \u201cwhite glove\u201d service for the upper class. Think event attendees like multi-millionaires with Swiss chalets and art-loving Middle East Sheikhs. After helping Fortune 500 companies like the World Bank and the World Health Organization, I brought my work online so that I can serve driven entrepreneurs changing the world.\" So all the experience that she gained in corporate land gave her the skills to create her own flourishing business. She was working everyday for someone else, but actually when the time came she had actually been working on her own self development (and getting paid for it) Now since two years ago, she has left her corporate job, got her first freelancing clients, closed the long distance gap with her partner, moved to Italy to be with him then moved to Spain. It has been as she says \"Quite a ride so far, learning new languages, making new friends, and building a business that\u2019s 75% working from my local coffee shop La Gallofa on my computer, 25% traveling around the world to meet clients and run events. Today I\u2019m in Amsterdam, next month I\u2019ll cover Belgium, Spain and Sedona, Arizona.\" So how did she come up with the idea of event planning for herself, and now that she could make it work across the world? And where do people go wrong the most when starting their own online venture? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Carolien Mertens Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Carolien Mertens such as: How she didn't have clue to what her life during University was going to be, but didn't care. She had total belief that her life would work out in a way that she would love. We discuss how Carolien has used her talents for observing to be a successful in her business, and why tapping into your natural talents is the best way to find success. Carolien gives great advice to everyone looking at entering the event planning world...and it is a lot more simpler than you might imagine. Carolien talks openly as to the process she took to define her ideal customer, and why it is vitally important to keep fine tuning this character as your business grows. and lastly\u2026. Carolien reveals how she had an event that went badly wrong, and why she fought strongly to host the same event the next year. Brave or mad?\nShould We Build Success Or Go Again By Resucceeding? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who came to the show, and I must admit I thought \u201cSeen this type of guy before\u201d And then I dug deeper and my interest was grabbed. So here is the official bio, he is a Franchise Consultant and Sales Trainer at John L. Scott, one of the most successful real estate companies in the nation. After becoming his company\u2019s top performer in sales, breaking records and selling tens of millions of dollars in real estate, he experienced his \u201cmoment of disgust\u201d and came to realize the dark side of a successful life. With that in mind, he wrote Resucceed to help others master their mindset and find fulfillment in success rather than becoming trapped by it. No here is the bit that hooked me, as it is 100% different to what I talk about on Join Up Dots most shows. He says \u201cHere\u2019s the deal: Just because you excel at some skill or possess a certain ability doesn\u2019t mean that is why you are here on Earth or what you should give your life to. That\u2019s the lie of success, the trap and enticement of achievement. We reach a point of failure when we mistakenly become better versions of our achievement instead of better versions of ourselves. Interesting stuff, which to be honest I didn\u2019t quite understand, so of course I had to ask him on the show to explain more. So what was the moment of disgust in his life where he realises that success wasn\u2019t quite what he expected? And where do most people go wrong in his view? Not knowing what they really want, or focusing on the small things instead of the big audacious goals? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr James Colburn. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with James Colburn such as: Why most people in life get kicked off a treadmill and why it takes so much time to climb back on. James speaks openly about that feeling of wanting more, even though he had everything in his life at that time in his life. Why it is so important to build a level of celebration into your business plan going forward. Dont just focus on the next goal. and lastly\u2026. Why he knows that he is on the right track in his life, and why it is good news for himself and his family.\nBuilding Confidence In Your Self Can Have A Huge Boost To Your Business My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who first appeared on Join Up Dots back on episode 103. When the show was just a baby compared to what it is today. Back then we discussed the unusual concept that sales is in fact a honorable profession. Wait I hear you say\u2026surely I didn\u2019t hear the words Sales and honourable in the same sentence? But our guest waxed lyrical about why he felt that it was in fact true, and why since 2000 he had focused his time, passions and energy\u2019s in the world of Insurance Brokerage, coming out the other end hardened by the work that he was performing. As he said he was bloodied, bruised, kicked in the teeth, chewed-up, and spit-out. But instead of becoming cynical to this work, he instead developed a passion for helping others learn from his successes, mistakes and backstory. Focusing on four main areas, Sales training, Attitude, Connections and Loyalty he worked tirelessly to create success in his life. And now he has managed to take these concepts and turn them into a personal branding encompassing coaching, training, and keynote presentations across America. He is a man on fire, and certainly from my perspective seems to be in control of what he is doing, where perhaps the last time he was on the show wasn't quite the case. So how has he done this and still juggled the issues that comes with being a family man. And is he where he wants to be in his life, or now is he aiming for bigger and bigger things that he just couldn't have dreamt possible back in the early days. Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Brent Kelly. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Brent Kelly such as: Why there is a comfort level across the world, which has led to so many people to simply follow what everyone else is doing, which is a huge mistake. Follow the crowd and see your prospects diminish massively. Go your own way and get the rewards. Why Brent realises that their was a confidence issue in his life, which lead him to not fully grasp the value he could bring to the world. When this came together for him then everything became so much easier. Why the world is more and more looking for the \"how long it is going to take\" answer, whilst they should actually be looking at \"How can I become good?\" and lastly\u2026. Why you shouldn't be worried about the comparisons that you see online today even though there are so many. Just get your head down and do the work.\nOvercoming Failures\nHello there good morning and welcome to Join Up Dots. This is the podcast which is the number one motivational podcast on Earth. So how are we doing. How are we doing out there. Are we rocking and rolling because it's Friday today, and some of you are going to be having an amazing weekend. Some of you are going to be working, but let us know what you're up to because at the moment as you're listening to this I'm actually on vacation. Yes. That doesn't mean that you can come to burgle my house, but I am actually on vacation. At the moment I am in the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, a place I've never ever been before and I am exploring. So how are you doing. Are you rocking rolling. In the United Kingdom at the moment., we've had two Weird Weekends. Last weekend it was atrocious. It was terrible weather. The weekedn before it was lovely. It was shorts and sandals and I was walking about with my firm buttocks my by granite like Abts shown to the world now actually me buttocks I kept them. I don't know why I say these things but my mouth kind of runs away but my brain catches up. But by that time it's recorded and it's out there. I dont go back and change things so a couple of weeks ago was a couple of weeks ago. Was it last week it was last week wasn't it. We had Wales biggest podcast prize ever. Yep I was giving away a podcast prize of nearly four thousand dollars and I was going to bring it to an end this week but we're still getting people that are stumbling across the show and dropping in responses. So we're going to keep that going for another week or so. So if you know anybody out there who has got a business and I want to learn how to podcast and really have a successful podcast bringing customers and profile and exposure into their life then get them to order got to do is basically get the tune. I was gargling which I want to again I've got to go back and listen to the episode and tunes review send a screenshot through to us and we will put you in the draw and we've got quite a few we have got quite a few up. It's funny you kind of think yeah if you give such a big prize away then loads of people are going to do it but not generally you can sort of put some really nice stuff together and people dont release or get involved in it. This one seems to take in the imagination captured the imagination or take the imagination to read captured it. And now they are coming through you know five or six seven or eight days so there are quite a few people in the draw. But you've still got another week so we're going to draw that to an end and share it with who ever and I will teach them one on one me lie reaching out with my hands to actually teach you how to podcast. But today's show is about some very very quick questions and I sent out to our email list on one of the groups that I maintain and I just said you know one line questions just one line questions and I will bash them out like like rap and dowl you throw them at me and I will whack em back with my forehand straight to you. And we didn't get that many actually. We got five of them but are quite good questions. They're quite good questions. So this is going to be a very short episode which is all right because you got nearly a thousand other episodes join up dots to go back after all. And so we get to start with Eric Eric said. What to do when you dont know what to do. So I assume that he's doing something in his life and he's a bit confused and he answers to that. Eric I think is dont do anything. I now think that if you force it. Its not going to work you just get a kind of rubbish version of what you wanted in the first place and now Ive learnt from experience when I just cant think of what to do and I've just got too much around me and it's just kind of yeah your flicking from the screen to that screen or whatever you're doing it could be jobs externally when you look at your garden and you think he's a Parkerson much to do show like true that Bush or shall I go with the lawman's. Just walk away from it just walk away from it and you will gain clarity. It's that moment when your god you get that. You need to do again. You went a little bit like Jimmy Saville where we dont want to get involved in that kind of thing. I can do a good Jimmy Saville impression but my kids wont let me anymore. Did that only mean something to the people in the United Kingdom and not worldwide and its not a good thing. But you know when you can do something really really good and you cant do it anymore because that person has turned into a bad person. It was one of my best impressions. It was I'd been doing it for years but I won't do it. So you got quality control at the moment I've got quality control my chip has kicked in and has stopped me taking it too far. It's a burning desire. it's a burning desire. Okay so what to do when you don't know what to do is just don't do anything. Just walk away leave it. It will be there when you get back and then you can make a decision and while you are away down the Powerball. Walking through life Build's or or making love on the beach you can just think about things and you can think that's what I need to do. I will just do about one being and so I do a lot. Join up dots as we're building new products and building new email marketing lists and the new website and everything. There's times that I think oh my god i just dont know what to do. And so I dont do anything. I just walk away. Okay Eric. Hopefully that answers your question okay. How do you deal with disappointment. Right well its from Teresa now Teresa has asked her how do you deal with disappointment. I think with disappointment you have to be chemically designed to not suffer with disappointment. I hate I'm a very level playing field kinda guy went when I had something really exciting in my life on kind of a yeah that's good. If I achieve something amazing I dont really feel anything amazing. I just kind of plough on to the next spring so Im not a peaks and troughs kind of guys. So my disappointments arent too low and my achievements arent too high Im just kind of where I am which is kind of disappointing because sometimes you achieve something really good and people go. What you going to do. What are you going to do to celebrate and nothing noticed. Just do something else. Just do something else. So I do think chemically there must be some kind of imbalance that makes people feel more to disappointments and failures when other people. But certainly when I have had disappointments when I have had failures all I do Teresa is just being okay. I can learn from that now I've said this a few times on the show but there was a book that I read and is called The Secrets of a millionaire's mind and it was one line in it and this guy was desperate to be successful and no matter what he did he wasn't successful and he said to this millionaire you know can you help me. The guy said Yeah no problem at all. You dont know enough about the system you dont know enough about what youre doing and he was annoyed because he thought he was going to get that a key to the door bar upping with disappointment. You just have to look at it and go Okay I need to learn more. I thought I knew enough. I thought it was good enough but its not and I go back over joined up darts and I can see why products did work. I can see why sales funnels didnt work. Theres always more learning involved. So if you can take that disappointment and just think to yourself I didnt work but I need to learn I need to work harder at it then that's how I'd do it. That's how I do it. Okay. Oh let's clear my throat it isn't going to be the Garg or but I need to take some water. Right okay. What's your fave bit of the show. Right OK I dont know about the five bit of the show or the fave bit or doing the whole show so I am going to say the whole show was a bit of doing the whole show. I think it's connecting with you listeners beyond anything. When I get MSEE true unfortunately I get quite a lot of messages through Facebook or email and somebody has taken the time to reach out and told me a little bit about their life and their struggles and why the show has helped them or changed their life or just you know it's when somebody reaches out. I think that's my favorite thing because you realize somebody's listening your words are going into their ears and they're making a difference. And we we do a lot in your online environment doesn't come back to us is just like blast it out. Blast it out blast it out and you dont know really Avalon's sort of downloads and stuff that anyone listening and it is a truth that you get more horrible things said to you. Brenda nice beings people dont often say nice things but when you do. Thats my favorite bit when somebody has made the effort to send us an email or sent us a message on Facebook and we always we always try to respond. I love that bit. What do you hate about the show. Right I think thats the same person asking two questions but I will let you off on that. What do you hate about the show. Or to worry about the show. Right. The ad men and yeah two things I hate the admin theres a lot of admin and I could outsource it to somebody I should do really but its that kind of stuff that Im so good at doing it now I can do it really really quickly so I just spend a couple of hours and I sort of get it done. But you know when you think he's got to do that. That's a bit flat. And I do hate yes. Oh yes. Yes. Dont turn up if I am being prepared. Ready to rock and roll and record an episode and I get a message that just says something like I had one the other day running behind and then I had another one the next day running behind. And thats a bit rubbish you prioritize you get being sorted if youre going to do something youre going to do something and I hate letting anyone down. I did let down a guy the other day called Robert Randall. I do apologize again but I really do. He put some time with me it didnt sync up on my calendar so I didnt see it until he sent a message through to me saying Do you glued your pig. You said you want to be here and I will do. It doesn't all like that. Hes a lovely guy as well so thats how I fell. I fell in there because I wasnt ready for him I should have been there. So yeah I think thats a bit I hate most of all guests who are desperate to come on the show even at very last minute they cancel and I have done older research Ive done all the preparation by that time so thats a little bit rubbish. Okay and last question is from Jonathan where are you heading right. That is interesting because join up DOCSIS just turn four. And so it is more than a toddler now and the first year was very much about me. Recording shows and getting better at it. The second year was just trying to find better ways of doing it. The third year is more about me becoming the personal brand. So we are building join up dots TB because I was very aware there was a time that you would come across to the show. There was very little about me on it at all. More often than not that's what you listen to you listen to the person and the content and hopefully it connects somehow and inspires you through. So we are getting more me into it. We're going to be all joined up dots TV where you can send messages in and we will deal with them live on the show. We're also building a team of business experts that will fast track people so we will have web designers we have linked in marketing guys were competence coaches all these kind of people that are trusted and reputable and if you need help in your business you'll know that they're the right people to go for because I have actually tested a. I know them to be good. So I a kind of like a Google were building. So there's a lot to be had in the fourth year but of course you just have to do it as you do it and bring it on when you can bring it on. So that's where I'm heading. I'm heading more about myself becoming a personal brand more back to the person I was before I turned on the microphone where I used to stand up in front of people. So we're going to have as I say the TV when he and I have a YouTube channel we're gonna have all the kind of things that makes it more personable and hopefully allows you guys to connect with us and know that we're we're a team of people that want to help you were a team that is inspired to turn 1 million people across the world into a success story that will you know send ripples across the world. That's what we're aiming for and it's Augusta from a certain point so very short episode today very short episode because hey I'm not here until the next time we will of course be telling you who is the winner of the world's biggest podcast prize ever. I won't once again be doing my Jimmy Saville impression or it's a good one. It's a really good one. But I will see you again later. So thank you so much for being here and oh on the 14th of May 2000 an 18. At eight o'clock in the evening Greenwich Mean Time London time I will be doing a live podcasting masterclass. So if you want to find out more about how I'm doing it behind the scenes you can jump over to podcasters mastery dot com and just book a place and I will be there live in front of you showing you how it's all done and how you can create huge success as well so that's a 14th of May 2008. But until that time we will see you again look after ourselves. Cheers and well thank you.\nBuilding A Business Around Adventure And Travel With Rob Harsh My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an Adventurer, Coach and Cancer Survivor. He has been leading and guiding people in business, outdoor adventure and personal growth for twenty years. He has traveled extensively throughout the world on climbing, kayaking, mountain biking and multisport expeditions and has experience as a certified mountain guide, search and rescue operator and working with adaptive athletes and injured veterans in the outdoors. Along the way, he has climbed mountains on five continents and participated in over fifty of the world\u2019s toughest adventure racing and ultra running endurance events. He is a Professional Coach and expert in supporting people make positive shifts in their life, helping them overcome adversity in any area of life and discover how to live in alignment with who they authentically are. In 2016 he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer with a 4% chance of survival, and as you can imagine as he is here with us today that within a year he was cured and now gives back to others through inspiration and adventure. So did he always have the adventure lifestyle set out for himself, or like so many of us did he end up sitting in an office yearning for the great outdoors? And does he see more and more people looking for the escape from the norm, or are people still programmed to follow the life that others set for them? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Rob Harsh Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Rob Harsh such as: Rob shares how life hit him in the face when his girlfriend unfortunately passed away, and how he knew that he had to take the steps to change direction forever. We discuss the moment when Rob needed to take the leap of faith and why he knew that he couldn't hold back any longer. and lastly\u2026. Rob shares how his business has taken four years to build, even with the cancer hitting in the middle, he didn't stop building and driving forward.\nHow to Save Money & Build A Business Teaching Others How To Save Money Too My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with a real story of seeing his life change for the better, by implementing a series of financial life hacks. What is a life hack i hear you cry, and if you\u2019re not crying then you should be? Well our guest is a master at finding ways to save money whilst exploding the enjoyment in his life. As he says \u201cI\u2019m an optimizer and an entrepreneur. I started my latest business to share some of the crazy ways I optimize my money and life to save more, amass countless miles and points and travel the world for free. Last year, I took my passion for optimizing my money + life and started Grove. Our mission is to make financial planning accessible and affordable for everyone. Previously I co-founded Milk, which was acquired by Google in 2012. I spent most of my time at Google as a Partner at GV where I spent my time investing in early-stage startups. I am also founder of LaidOffCamp, an organization I started in 2008 after getting laid off myself. In an effort to help those affected by the financial crisis we hosted dozens of events around the country to help the unemployed learn new skills for the evolving job market. So is this simply another step into the world on minimalism, or something far more practical for the world that like stuff! And what would he suggest would be the three things that we could implement today to change the way that money comes our way. Let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Chris Hutchins. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Chris Hutchins such as: Why to save money it isn\u2019t often necessary about cutting out on stuff. Instead it is deciding what you most want and need. Why it is so important to run your purchases through Cashback sites to see what is available for you before making your sale. Chris shares why he felt having a personal element of his business was so important to provide for his financial affairs company. and lastly\u2026. Chris reveals the positive mindset that he developed to get through the hard times at the beginning\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has since a child been working towards where he finds himself today. Today he is a business owner, author, executive coach and podcaster. Over the the last 16 years he has developed his skills as an entrepreneur. The first company he created was a global risk management consulting firm that served the private equity community. His top 15 clients had a combined revenue of $12.7 billion USD and operated in over 100 countries worldwide. Since that time he has bought and sold several multi-million dollar businesses making him a sought after, cross-industrial resource for entrepreneurs and executives in all stages of business. But how did he get here, well this is where the dots have well and truly joined up As he says\" As a child I was obsessed with knowing how things worked. I could always be found tearing apart some toy, electronic device or engine to see how it worked. This eventually lead me to studying humans to figure out what makes us tick.\" First dot ticked off the time line. Then he continues \"My Entrepreneurial addiction started at age 13 when I became a caddie. I did not know it then but the countless hours of working as a caddie on the golf course, walking, talking and asking non stop questions of the business elite, would have a profound influence on my career and life long fascination of studying and modeling Peak Performers.\" So that's the second dot then.... Which leads to where he is today \"Trying to find ways to add value to others. Through speaking, teaching, podcasting, and sharing what he has learned with other entrepreneurs and business leaders, to help executives with limited time achieve more. He appears to be a man who has earned his stripes, by taking consistent action in environments that perhaps at the beginning were not in his natural zone of comfort. So is he now where he loves being everyday, or is he still in the \"I am working towards where I want to truly be\"? And what are the first steps that everyone can take to really start taking control of their own destiny? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Thor Conklin.\nWorlds Biggest Podcast Prize Ever\nWorlds Biggest Podcast Competition Ever Episode....ready to win something huge? On today's episode of Join Up Dots, your host David Ralph shares his learnings from the last four years of hosting the show. On the 3oth April 2014, and unknown English guy powered up his microphone for the first time and launched a new show Join Up Dots. Now four years later, and with millions of downloads he has the knowledge and experience to share with the world. As you will hear on the show, he breaks down the ten that he feels are the real big ones to focus on. And also he gives every listener, or listeners friends the chance to win the worlds biggest podcast competition ever. But for those people who are short of time, then here they are for you: 1: Discover Something That You Think Would Like 2: Research Others 3: Start No Matter How Imperfect You Think It Is. 4: Set Goals 5: Monitor Results 6: Relax And Walk Away From Everything 7: Allow Growth Time In Your Business 8: Re:Set Goals 9: Charge Your True Worth 10: Have Fun As Much As Possible\nAffordable Design Skills Have Made Todays Guest Able To Design His Life Too My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a rogue risk taker turned entrepreneur. The original North Philadelphian native turned Camden New Jersey resident, he has always found ways to use his creativity to transform the customer experience through innovative marketing techniques. He grew his first real startup, Waterfront Media, a digital marketing and design agency, out of Waterfront Lab with nothing more than determination and a dream. After noticing an industry problem amongst customers communicating with their internal creative teams, he knew there was a better way to streamline the process to save businesses time and money. Hence the creation of Penji, a dependable on-demand design service that helps marketing teams receive unlimited custom designs at a flat monthly cost. Need a logo or marketing images then he is your man. Need another, or to fine tune the one that you have got\u2026.then back to our guest you go. As they say \u201cWe help startups, small businesses, and Agencies with all their graphic design needs. Penji offers unlimited graphic design at a flat monthly rate. We\u2019ll help you with logo designs, business cards, flyers, marketing materials, websites/apps design all at a flat monthly rate. No contracts, cancel anytime. Our goal is to empower the next generation of designers through education and community building.\u201d He is also the producer and host of The Blind Entrepreneur Podcast featuring interviews with entrepreneurs, CEO\u2019s, and business professionals to help those who may be temporally blind in business and guide those individuals to profitability. In his spare time, you can find him supporting a local startup by wearing their swag at Barnes and Noble or flying drones around the air of New Jersey. So was he always interested in the entrepreneurial route of business, or did he start as an employee and discover there was a better way for him? And what has been the biggest learning of how to bring a startup to life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Johnathan Grzybowski Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Johnathan Grzybowski such as: We discuss how children find it so easy to be entrepreneurial by going back to basics, and how we make it so complicated when we are older with choices everywhere. Why bringing elements of fun into your business is an amazing way to bring attention and traffic to your work. Jonathan shares his own Steve Jobs quote that inspires him, and man that is a great one to take into your own life. and lastly\u2026. Jonathan shares how he took a considerable amount of time to find his true purpose, even though he knew what he was here on this planet to deliver.\nHow To Get Red Hot Leads To Your Business With Linkedin Marketing My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who from the very beginning seems to scream \"I am an entrepreneur....let's have fun\" As he says \"I'm 26, from the UK and 5 years ago I quit my job to become a digital nomad. Since then, I have travelled across 15 countries whilst simultaneously building 2 success businesses. I built and sold a traditional bricks and mortar business and I have recently started a growth hacking agency which is on track to go from zero to $500,000 ARR within it's first 12 months, with zero investment and I only work 15-20 hours per week. The business is something almost anyone with a laptop can start from home, and I'm happy to share how I have done it. Which is the kind of guest we love on Join Up Dots, so got your pen and paper ready my faithful listeners? Of course this kind of success isn't something that happens overnight, and will of course have many dots that lead to this point. His dots begin when he left the Coventry University with a BA in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, and quickly started his business building by inventing Freshers Survival Kit, a novelty, fun and and unique kit with all the essentials you need to get through freshers week! He then proceeded through several more startups and businesses, leading to where he is today, the owner of Linked Hacker. His company uses LinkedIn to identify people in a businesses target market. They can target almost anyone, from local small business owners to CEOs of billion dollar corporations on the other side of the world, which lead to 10-20 leads per week All on automatic pilot, which is of course the life blood of any business. So where does he see this business going? As one more dots on his road to global domination or as he finally found the thing that will be \"The Business\"? And what has made the difference to this business, in regards to growth compared to his other ventures? Hit lucky, or simply he knew what his market wanted? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr. Lee Betts Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Lee Betts such as: He shares the reasons why he started his first business with a reason as simple as he wanted to spend more times with his mates. Lee talks about why he checks out www.nomadlist.com, which is an amazing resource for anyone looking to build a business that travels. Lee reveals why he has built a business model that means that he can lose a client or two without any worries at all and lastly\u2026. Why its such an amazingly simple concept to double down on what you are good at....work on your talents to bring the greatest results into your life.\nShane & Joscelyn Are The Experts In How To Make Money Online My guests today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a couple who quite simply, stopped looked at their life and then made it what they want. And with the greatest respect to both of them, and we will discuss this in the interview they are what you would call normal. A normal couple, with a normal lifestyle, normal kids but an extraordinary way of making decisions and enough of them to make things work the way they want. They are the owners of the Flipped Lifestyle business, where through their own mistakes, successes and consistency they now teach people the route to success in their own business. They teach how to create businesses that work around a family instead of the other way. As they say \"In 2012, on a rare day off work, Shane stumbled across a podcast about regular people changing their lives through online business. We started brainstorming about how we could do this too, and started a couple of websites just to see what happened. No one could have prepared us for what happened next. In just a few short months, we were able to make thousands of extra dollars each month through online business. Just one year later, we surpassed the five figure mark in online sales for a single month. When our August 2013 sales surpassed $36,000, we decided it was time to stop working for someone else and start living for our family.\" And now with sales in excess of one million dollars all earned online, they travel the globe, in their shorts and sneakers, smiling broadly from ear to ear, as there community of wannabe entrepreneurs grows their smiles with them. So looking back on their lives as hard working teachers, do they think that the ability to change a life so dramatically is more down to mindset or talent? And was it really a rocket ship to success they launched, with a doubt that it would fail? Or did they go through the same issues as the rest of us? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Shane & Jocelyn Sams Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Shane & Jocelyn Sams such as: Why freedom means so much to both Shane and Jocelyn certainly more than money can ever do, which is a surprise to so many people that they meet. Jocelyn shares why both her and Shane decided to become teachers, and how they were actually quite content in their lives, but now see that they had given control of their lives away. Why you don't have to be an expert to sell online products, instead you actually only have to present it to the people on the road behind you. and lastly\u2026. Shane talks about the first 11 cents that he earnt online and how he was so excited he literally jumped out of bed and jumped up and down knowing his life had changed forever.\nHow To Gain Confidence If We lack Confidence Big Time Todays episode of Join Up Dots is a solo show, where David Ralph answers a series of questions posed by the lovely listeners of Join Up Dots. Most of the questions in their own way are linked to the issue of confidence: Lack of it, or too much of it, and how it can affect our lives in a positive and negative manner. So lets start with the first question that 100% is based around lack of confidence. Dear David, I have been listening to your show since the early episodes and you seemed so confident from the start, i would love to ask you a question. I am someone who lacks confidence in myself, and so subsequently I hold myself back from opportunities that could really make a difference in my life. Even if they are ones that I would dearly love. Do you think that people are naturally confident, or do you think that its just a case of working on it. If you would allow me a second personal question, what would be the times in your life that you lack confidence, as you sound like you could never feel like I do. And now for the second question........ Hi David, thank you for Join Up Dots and everything you do. I listen to almost all your shows and love the way that you are so engaging. I live in Western Australia and have several times been close to starting a business. The first one was a laundry business for busy folk. I would pick up their laundry and then return it washed, ironed and ready to hangup. The second business, was to be a groundworking business, landscaping gardens, planting, and generally maintenance. My issue is, as soon as I get anything close to a negative comment from anyone my interest in that business disappears. I'm not sure why I am so bothered by what people think, but I guess I am. Do you have negative comments thrown your way through your show, and how do you deal with them? Thank you so much Brian Siennet, Port Hedland, Western Australia. The last question....... Hello David and the Join Up Dots team. I have since listening to yourself started my own business WHOO HOO and im loving every moment of it. I agree with what you say, a business is finding your customers, discovering what they want and then offering it to them. However, I am using all the social media platforms and I am struggling to get any of those customers you talk about. I would love any advice that you can offer to help me to build profits into your life Nicola, Albany, New York. Of course if you are interested in the answers that we give you have to listen to the show.....\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a Financial industry influencer. Popular social media speaker. Author. A creative force in financial services marketing who every single time aims to make their clients marketing unforgettable. And who would have thought that this all started when she was just five, selling her very own homemade rose-petal perfume in baby food jars, door-to-door. ShoeFitts is a consulting organization at heart, a training partner, who translates social media, branding, generational issues, business strategy and marketing into manageable steps for their clients. But what about the guest, i hear you cry....tell us more about her? Well, she debuted in the financial services industry as an award-winning graphic designer, progressed to participant curriculum design, and advanced to sales and marketing before stepping out on her own as a consultant and speaker. With more than 25 years of industry experience in her pocket, our guest collaborates with retirement plan advisors, third-party administrators, and financial service organizations to help them leverage marketing tools, social media strategy tactics, and meaningful connections. And this is a key thing to gain greater and greater success. Know your market, know their problems and niche down tightly to become the go to expert for that group. She has received awards and recognition from the Plan Sponsor Council of America, Pension and Investments; National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators; and the International Association of Business Communicators. So was it simply a case of trying out different roles until she found the one that fits? And where do people go wrong in their own marketing...making it all about them, or just confusing the message? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Sheri Fitts Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Sheri Fitts such as: We discuss how social media is such a noise nowadays, and what platforms she has chosen to focus her energy into. Sheri shares her top three strategies to building meaningful connections on LinkedIn that works for her business. We chat about buying the best talent you can in your business to make growth and scale more and more achievable. and lastly\u2026. Sheri reveals how she broke rules of business as a small girl as she didn't realise that there were rules to follow. She went out and made things happen.\nChatty Kathy & Other Inventions\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is often referred to as the man of many visions. And when you see in bold type on his website \"The best way to predict how a man will operate in the future, is see what he did in the past\" you know that he is perfect for a show like Join Up Dots His colorful career spans over six decades and includes an array of expertise including designer, marriage and family therapist, hypnotherapist, inventor, marketing executive, mechanical engineer and entrepreneur. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, he migrated to California to attend California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) in Pasadena in 1948, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. With his studies completed he set to work, changing the way that life was supposed to be, not least allowing humans to leave Earth and land on over planets. His background includes supervising the mechanical design of the rocket engine for Lunar Excursion Module that landed the first astronauts on the moon. He also designed a hermetically-sealed explosive release mechanism for satellites. If that is not good enough, he turned his attention on the toy market and designed the talking mechanism for the Chatty Cathy Doll, the first ever talking doll, a favorite for children from 1959 \u2013 1965. And now after leaving his diverse and highly successful career, he shifted his focus to what is now known as True Fortunes. As he says \"TrueFortunes is my very first venture with no purpose, no redeeming value and no prospect of remuneration. I\u2019m old enough to have given up saving for my old age, old enough to have more sense but not old enough to stop caring \u2013 so let\u2019s have some fun!\u201d So what is his current passion, and why does he now after many many years of high achievement see fun as so important? And what would he say his biggest achievement was in life? Or perhaps it is still in the future? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr David Lee.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with a personal motto that if you don't understand it as a business owner...then you should. Measure, Motivate, and Manage. He has extensive working knowledge regarding all aspects of operating a successful in-home service business, including (but not limited to) sales and marketing, recruitment, systematising, and human resources. He has helped numerous business owners revitalize their companies and become true business owners, not just operators. And this is the key element to it all....why is it that so many people create a business that actually runs them instead of the other way around? You don't set off on a path that you hope will lead to longer hours, more stress and headache after headache. It's all about walking on beaches, relaxing with friends and living the dream. And today's guest is most certainly living the dream now, but that wasn't always the case. He has been where you are. Working long hours, with his life supporting his business. Unable to step away from the day to day operation for fear of it disappearing in front of him. So how has he managed to switch off the life support system and see the business breath and flourish without him? And are their common issues that people almost have to go through to achieve the success that they want? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Justin Deese. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Justin Deese such as: Why so many people feel that in the early days of their business they can outwork their issues, but this is never the case and ultimately can bring even greater issues. How Justin felt when the business was growing too big for him. Did he have the skills to manage it? Could he handle the extra workload? All 100% imposter syndrome. How he has managed to create a business that is transportable, and is demonstrating that as he drives around America with his family in an RV. Why he wont do anything in his life that he doesn't love. no matter how lucrative it can be for him and his family. and lastly\u2026. Why it is so important to have a vision of what you want in your life, not necessarily just in your business, as soon as you start working on building the dream.\nIn todays episode we answer a couple of questions posed by a listener of Join Up Dots based in Scotland. He asked a couple of great questions that can make or break a business right from the very start, and more importantly is something that many entrepreneurs make mistakes with. How should you choose business partners and where do you find them? And secondly\u2026..What is the first step to take when exploring a potential idea Both of these are will be discussed in today's show, and also we say hello to Pamela and Mike in the States, and Zadou in France. All now firm members of the Join Up Dots celebrity listeners club So what makes good business partners\u2026.time to listen to the episode So enjoy and hope to hear from you soon David\nHow Do You Create Mass Influence In Your Business And Life? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a #1 international bestselling author of Mass Influence \u2013 the habits of the highly influential, which is now a bestseller in 7 countries. From her rural back-woods roots in Northern Canada, she has worked her way through several different positions until she became the founder and chair of the Evolutionary Business Council, where she works with people around the world wanting to create grass roots change in communities and businesses. An International speaker and 4-times bestselling author, she has been featured on television, radio and print media across the globe demonstrating her passion for teaching others to play bigger and to generate wealth by creating more powerful relationships with others, both locally and internationally. But how did she truly get here? All positions of influence are not created overnight, but by many years of joining up seemingly unconnected dots until it all starts to make sense. So did she have a master plan right from the beginning? Or was it like so many of us, that she just tried many different things until she felt the click and everything fell into place? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the and only Teresa de Grosbois Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Teresa de Grosbois such as: You cannot make yourself influential no matter how much you want to, so it\u2019s up to you to do the work on behalf of others and let your influence spread. Why it is so important for you to know what is weird and what isn\u2019t when connecting with someone of influence. Dont make simple mistakes hinder your progress. and lastly\u2026. Influential people understand that the influence is a currency that works. So save it, invest it and let it grow so you can be who you want to be.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who certainly has had his ups and downs since entering into the startup world to where he is today. And so my friends, that of course makes him a perfect guest for another inspiring, motivational and educational episode of Join Up Dots After graduating with a degree in music, he of course was like so many people who follow an education based career, convinced that an employment in the music industry was beckoning. But little by little he realised that this wasn't going to happen for him, so ended up waiting tables in LA to earn some cash. At the same time one of his flat mates, was doing very well writing code for a company. In fact based on the fact that his mate could roll into work when he wanted and basically in the words of our guest \"Never be fired from the company as he had written much of their programming\" inspired our guest to start working on his computer skills. He went from waiting tables in LA while pursuing a career in music, to building a development agency, to building several other products and companies, and to ultimately now becoming the CEO of Crew. How he is approaching the opportunities and challenges of taking over the leadership role as CEO of Crew, which is 3 years old, has raised $11 million in funding, has a valuation of $30 million, and is at the forefront of the freelance economy (which is shaping the future of work). So everything looks rosy in the garden for our guest. He looks relaxed, is loving his work, and on his way up. So how did he get himself back on his feet after the disappointment of realising a life in music was unlikely to be happening for him? And when he realised that his development agency was going under, due to choosing the wrong business partners to work with did he think he didn't have it in him to create his own success? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Michael Sacca\nNetworking Advice They Way You Want It WIth David Burkus My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an best-selling author, a sought after speaker, and business school professor. In 2017, he was named as one of the world\u2019s top business thought leaders by Thinkes50 His forthcoming book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections\u2014one based on the science of human behavior, not the old boring networking advice. He is also the author of Under New Management and The Myths of Creativity. He is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and his work has been featured in Fast Company, the Financial Times, Inc magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and CBS This Morning. If that isn't good enough, his innovative views on leadership have earned him invitations to speak to leaders from a variety of organizations, where he has delivered keynote speeches and workshops for Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Stryker and governmental and military leaders at the U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Postgraduate School. His TED talk has been viewed over 1.8 million times. So what are we doing wrong then when it comes to building a highly valuable network? And what actually are the myths of creativity? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. David Burkus. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with David Burkus such as: David shares how he would recreate the education system to be able to spark creativity and passion in the kids of America. We discuss how the ideas of a book come to him, and the steps he takes to choose the one he wants to work on. and lastly\u2026. Why networking should not be a constant battle against the spam...but instead a series of meaningful interactions that provide value.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is seasoned consultant with more than 25 years of experience working with CEOs and senior executives of organizations ranging from Fortune 50s to start-ups in pursuit of transformational change. His consulting has taken him to more than 20 different countries on four continents, and he has consulted to some of the world\u2019s most influential CEOs and executives on issues ranging from strategy to organization to leadership. And this interest in leadership and more importantly the struggles that leaders encountered a ten year longitudinal study on executive transition to find out why more than 50% of leaders fail within their first 18 months of appointment. Through this research he uncovered the four differentiating capabilities that set successful leaders apart, which he has written about in depth within his ground breaking Amazon #1 book Rising To Power, co-authored with Eric Hansen. So what is it about leadership that got his juices flowing in such a manner that his career has been interlinked ever since? And is leadership something that is taught or something that has to be experienced? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ron Carucci Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ron Carucci such as: Ron shares who he thinks are todays tops leaders across the world, and the skills that have made them shine. And they certainly aren't who you might think. We discuss the route to power, and what we can do to prevent the ultimate abuse of that power when they get there. Ron reveals why their are two forms of leaders, and if one existed more then we would have the issues with the others, and lastly\u2026. Ron gives us the four main leadership skills we can all develop today to become better leaders in life, or in our organisations.\nWhat Does It Take To Be A Successful Female Entrepreneur? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who was previously on the show back on episode 251, where we had a very deep conversation around self sabotaging ones careers, even when things are going just as you hoped they would. Back then she told us \u201cI was a freelance writer, for a small Sydney magazine, before I realised a dream to help others create the lifestyle that they truly deserved. I use the word \u2018deserved\u2019 with intention. It was one of my first, big spiritual realisations: We are not all living our highest potential, we deserve so much more than we\u2019ve been taught to expect.\u201d That\u2019s a fascinating insight not just to this ladies outlook, but also life itself. Why are we taught from such a small age to be realistic, be practical and leave the dreaming to, well the dreamers. Shouldn\u2019t we be encouraging people to go for the mad stuff, the big stuff, the stuff that real dreams are made off? Challenging them to grow to the highest potential possible? Well since 2006 our guests life has been one intertwined with the all of this and more, and with such personal values such as laugh regularly, think differently, be persistent, be abundant (and give generously) and live what you love, she has clients flocking to her business looking for a similar mind-set to propel them to success. So where did her positive outlook really kick in and allow her to speed forward to success? And why has she rebranded her work from self names to beautifully wild? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, with the one and only Monique Williams. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Monique Williams such as: How Monique now realises that she can now charge premium prices in her business and bring better quality clients into her business. Less customers, less hassle and more money....perfect! Why she now sees that she is more condensed and precise as to what she is offering. She knows her stuff, and knows how to deliver what her clients truly need. Monique recalls how her marketing messages were not congruent with how she truly was, and why it took a client to point out the error of her ways. and lastly\u2026. Why we both believe that ladies should only share one part of themselves when they go out clubbing and what that part should be! Truly deep stuff!\nBucket Lists Are All The Rage, And Danny Dover Is The King My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who was one of the first people ever to join up dots with me on the show. Back on episode 11, we discussed his journey from a position where he was diagnosed as clinically depressed, overweight, with limited motivation, but knowing that he had to do something and do something fast. And at those points in ones life when big changes are needed, so the big questions were needed to be asked. Our guest did that by asking \"Why Am I Here? and then started taking action. His professional life began flourishing, his personal life improved, and after creating his own company, publishing his first bestseller \u201cSEO Secrets\u201d, presenting to crowds of interested folk who flocked to hear his message, he knew it was time to reevaluate once more. He increased his focus on self development and happiness, and created his first \u201cLife List\u201d which quite simply he states \u201cWas the best decision he ever made!\u201d Setting himself a target to achieve 150 things by May 25th 2017, he set off on an adventure which is nothing short of inspiring. He lost 60 pounds, ran a marathon, sold/donated all his possessions until only owning less than 100 things, paid off all of his debts, became much more spiritual, visited all 7 continents, reconnected with friends and family and became happier than he had ever been before. And with items such as flying a plan, being on a chat show, seeing Mt Everest, getting a six pack, and living in the wilderness for a month, being just a few items on the list you can see it is a stretch of belief, as much as perseverance. But that is just one side of his story as his professional experience is also a wow too. His expertise as a SEO expert, has been cited in Time Magazine, NPR, NBC, PC World and has been translated into over 10 languages. He has spoken at Yale, the University of Washington and numerous conferences around the world. According to analytics data, his written work has been accessed in almost every country in the world. So where do we start...with the culmination of the bucket list adventure, or how he has gone from a demotivated guy, overweight and lost to a man who seems like he hits a home run every-time he swings. Well let\u2019s just start by bringing onto the show to start joining up dots the one and only Danny Dover. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Danny Dover such as: Danny tells us how he has managed to find the time and money to achieve his life list, and you will discover it is more to do with subtraction and prioritising than anything else. Danny reveals the big wins from completing his Life List (and they certainly what I was expecting) but so valuable to all of us. We discover the big fact of how long it takes to get a six pack, and whether he has managed to cling onto it after achieving that aim. and lastly\u2026. Why we should all consider the power of attempting monthly life-lists of small achievable things occurring locally. Breaking lifes routine can be the quickest way to a life that is a wow!\nProperty Investing Long Distance Style Is What Makes Our Guest Today Come Alive My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is working hard at the side hustle, and changing lives across the world. Every entrepreneur experiences that moment when he knows beyond a doubt that he wants something different\u2026 something more. For our guest today that moment came one morning as he was getting ready for yet another day at work. He knew what was coming\u2026 and he didn\u2019t look forward to the process. Just like the day before, he looked at the clock. It blinked 5 a.m. He\u2019d have to get ready for work only to rush to the airport to board a plane that would take him from one long, grueling meeting after another. As he raced from one end of the city to the other, fueled only by coffee he\u2019d grabbed on the go, he dared to think\u2026 What if I didn\u2019t have to do this 9-to-5 thing any longer? What could my life be then? How would it be to spend more time with my wife and kids? Certainly there was supposed to be more\u2026 And so what did he do? Did he simply set the alarm for another 5 a.m start? Well that would be a very short episode if he did, and instead KeePon Cashflow was born. Instead, using the principles he learned first from reading Robert Kiyosaki\u2019s Rich Dad series, he has carved a niche for himself as a real estate entrepreneur. Using systems and strategies unique in the investing world, he now shares what he knows online in videos, podcast interviews and written content that is archived on his website. So when he realised that he wanted more in life, what were the immediate steps he took to achieve his aim? And when did he believe that he truly had something that other people wanted and BOOM the business was truly born? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Billy Keels. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Billy Keels such as: Billy shares how his wife wasn't fully behind him at the beginning, but from viewing his passion first hand is now his biggest allie he could want. Why so many people ask Billy how he has managed to live in Spain and invest in properties in America. Wondering if this is a logical step to take? We discuss the skills and techniques that Billy uses to get a mass of work done in a very short period of time. Skills that all of us can use to huge effect. and lastly\u2026. Why so many businesses struggle to grow a business as they look at every customer as \"must have income\".....nurture those relationships and you will never go hungry again.\nWanna Have A Travel Business That You Can Take With You Everywhere? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with the founder of Dream Life Deluxe. She's on a mission to help entrepreneurs create lives of freedom and embrace travel as she goes around the world on her second tour. Now we hear the Digital nomad title more and more nowadays, where people create a totally transportable business and live a life of adventure and value everyday. Well todays guest has moved over fifty times in the last year and in the process has created a six figure business while doing it. She's been featured in Thrive Global, As Told by Nomads, Transform via Travel, 12 minute convos and more. Now how did this all start? When did she realise that it was time to pack a suitcase, ensure she had enough clean knickers for more than two weeks travel and set out to see the world? Well it could be described that she had a Eat, Pray, Love moment (which being a man means nothing to me, but I'm sure will do to the listeners across the world). when she ended her relationship, put in her resignation at work, and booked a $300 ticket to Africa with no plan and nothing more than a desire for travel. You see as she says \"For ten years I was spending long hours as a media planner working for someone else\u2019s dream. I earned good money, but I didn\u2019t have any time to enjoy it. My desk was filled with brochures on how to work overseas and travel,and I secretly looked at them whenever I could find a break at work. I wanted to leave my job and travel the world, but when everyone tells you your dreams are \u201cimpossible\u201d or \u201cunreasonable\u201d or \u201cstupid,\u201d you start to believe them. Then one day a coworker quit to travel to Nicaragua for 6 months! And I thought, \u201cHang on, that\u2019s MY dream! I\u2019ve been thinking about this for 10 years. How can others simply DO this??\u201d After lots of sleepless nights, she decided to quit her day job in Germany and create an unconventional life for herself. Living off her savings at first, she traveled around and worked in animal refuges and shelters and landed in Sydney where she worked for the Sydney zoo for a year, during which time she started her business and met her partner, who now travels with her! So was it just that one conversation that kicked started her activity, or actually it didn't matter what happened it was just time and she knew it? And how do others do the same? Is it harder than she expected or simply like a walk in the park? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Susi Kaeufer. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Susi Kaeufer such as: Why Susi feels the need to move every two weeks, even though she had stayed in one spot for a decade. Susi recalls how she listened to the words of others who didn't believe it was possible and bought into this \"wrong advice\" before seeing a different way. Why it is so powerful to build a business around what your clients are telling you that they want from you, not simply guessing. and lastly\u2026. How she learnt to relax and allow the content to flow from her, instead of sitting at her pc and thinking \"I must write valuable content,...what is valuable content\"???\nLeadership Expert Shares How Sometimes You Need To Fail To Learn How To lead My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with an interesting tale of how he got to where he is today, By the age of 35, he had been both director at a start-up and president of a multi-million dollar sales organization. Despite his reading, the teaching, and different roles he wasn\u2019t a good leader. None of his teams came close to reaching their potential. In frustration he gave up on management and became a consultant. Then things changed for him, and he realised that actually leadership was the key to his future, he had just gone about it the wrong way. Real leadership began when a client asked him to build a team of analysts. He started by hiring good people. And keeping an unrelenting focus on learning and improvement within 2 years the team was the envy of the organization. Eventually, he realized he hadn\u2019t taught people how to be a good team. The team had taught him how to lead. He took his hard-won knowledge and went back into consulting, rescuing high-impact projects. In every instance there were at least two problems \u2014 and one of them was always teamwork. Have you noticed the world is more connected, complex, chaotic, and faster than ever before? It feels like these forces are trying to rip your business and your life apart. He now speaks to organizations about the need for responsive leaders and adaptive teams. More, he lays out the steps it takes for leaders to get teams from Meh to High-Performance! So when did the penny start to drop and he realised that he was going about it the wrong way? And what stopped him thinking \u201cI can\u2019t go backwards, what will people think of me\u201d? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Jeffrey Davidson Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jeffrey Davidson such as: Why every business says that they are unique and in fact they are all basically the same, with the same issues. Why every employee can find an area of improvement in their business that can show the world that they can consult elsewhere. How meetings and building connections are the corner stone of Jeffreys work, and should be yours too. and lastly\u2026. Jeffrey shares the steps that it takes to become the better version of yourself, whether within the company or outside on your own.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is man with quite an usual journey to where he is today. But as we see every-time on Join Up Dots, if you look close enough you can see how the dots join up everytime. He has led two companies from $1 million to more than $10 million, and one from $1 million to $0. And now trains entrepreneurs who don\u2019t realize they\u2019re the VP of Sales and also individual sales people how to 10 X their revenues in a step-by-step sales formula . But starting his career as a graphic design intern, he was a million miles away from the sales king he is today. He did four four months only, before then joining Uncle Sam in the US Marine Corp where he provided visual information support, by way of photos, videos, and graphics, to enhance the combat readiness and training support needs of the Marines. Who would have thought...eh?? And then he went through a series of roles quickly as he developed his skills, gained successes, learnt from his mistakes and made his way to where he is today. As the owner of the Sandler Training DTB, a consulting and training firm dedicated to helping clients significantly improve the performance of their revenue engine. And it looks like he is loving it! So when did he realise that sales was the environment that truly made him come alive? And why does so many people struggle with this part of the business, when in truth we are all in sales every day of our lives? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Jim Brown. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jim Brown such as: Why so many people in the world refuse to dream big enough in their lives, and how the bigger you can dream the more chance you have to succeed. Jim shares how he grew up poor in Indiana, and why although he has never lost the awareness of the value of money he is so willing to take risks as he grows his own business. Why even after starting seven businesses Jim shares how none of them have lasted more than three years, and why he is so happy that is the case. and lastly\u2026. Why you simply have to go back and listen to episode 82 of Join Up Dots, to hear the most amazing story you will ever experience\nAre minimalists the quick route to success? This opens our podcast episode today On today\u2019s episode of Join Up Dots we answer a series of listeners questions in the only way that we know how\u2026..mad for business fun. So lets start with question one\u2026.. Question One: Hi David, I am struggling to define what being successful means to me? Im sure most people would say money, but I think I would be ok with hardly any money. So where should I channel my energies into if I dont want a lot to be happy? Elaine Mortimer, Glasgow Question Two: Hi David, I have been listening to Join Up Dots since the beginning and this is the first time I have connected with you. I would love to know how you started the podcast, as I am seeing more and more people are starting and was wondering how easy (and I bet you will say hard) it was and is\u2026.thanks for the a simply brilliant show Daryl Minard, Arkansas. Question Three: You, Mr Ralph, love what you are doing my man. I found your show recently after listening to your hilarious performance on Greg Barths podcast. Great job man. I had a smile on my face for the whole day. I am thinking of getting involved in a network marketing scheme and I wonder if you had any advice for me how to start. Thanks buddy and the beers are on me. Indigo Canata, Brazil. Question Four: Good morning David Ralph and the Join Up Dots team. Looking back over the hundreds of shows that you have recorded, do you see similar learnings that the guests have gained. I have listened to over 20 shows in the last two weeks, and it seems to be persistence is the key to everything. But surely, it cant just be keepin on going until you succeed or everyone would do that? Thank you for the amazing content, you make my very boring job a pleasure to go to, as I can listen to your show secretly Gemma Lyons, Toronto. Question Five: Hello David, quick question. If you could go back in time and do something differently in Join Up Dots what would it be? Archie Twinner, Brisbane, Australia.\nHow Do You Spin Farming Today Into A Multi-Million Dollar Business? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a lady who has created something very different to every other guest we have had on the show before. From a farm in Canada, she has created a multi million dollar brand stopping men and boy from stinking. Yep, I kid you not\u202680% of her marketing plan is based around the hygiene habits of the male population\u2026which we will get into on the show. But most impressively for me is how before we even talk she has joined up her dots to where she is today. So ready to have a quick run through of the dots? Well here we go. At 10, my father crushed my dreams of one day becoming a writer and pilot. At 12, we fled from Canada to Florida when my father was arrested for organized crime. At 16, my brother was killed by a drunk driver. At 17, I joined the US Coast Guard to chase druggies. (Like my father.) At 18, my father went to maximum security prison. (He got off the first time.) At 21, I was kicked out of the Coast Guard because I was Canadian. At 22, I married a Special Forces Green Beret (trained killer). At 35, I left my husband (who was abusive), penniless with no resume, 2 daughters and a dog. At 35, I took a job selling cars. At 37, I began to study the art of screenwriting to save me from the mind-numbing boredom of selling cars. At 37, I won an international film festival, and went on to write another award-winning script. Earned no money, however. At 43, I quit my $130,000 yr job working for a tyrant and took nine months off to sit in the woods by a river and think about life. At 45, I met the love of my life. (The Brit, of course.) At 46, I earned my pilot\u2019s license and fly a float plane in the Canadian bush. At 49, I started a bath and beauty gift company which has become a multi-million dollar brand. And that is the perfect place to start todays story. How do you live a life like that and end up creating a company from a rural farm, that ends up being pitched on Dragons Dens? And when did she realise that this was what she had been building up to throughout her life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Leslie Bradford-Scott Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Leslie Bradford-Scott such as: How you can find a gap in a saturated market and position yourself where people will see you. How the offline way of marketing can be equally as powerful as doing things online. Get out from behind the PC and make real connections. The reasons why she made an appearance on Dragons Den, and what it did for her business. and lastly\u2026. How she uses near to the mark humour on her products, which works so well with her perfect avatar.\nWellness Coaching Starts From Within As Ed Pike Shares In Todays Episode My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with an amazing story of finding his thing, starting from a point that would have seemed the end just a decade or so before. Starting his professional journey after leaving the University of Bath, with a degree in International Management and Spanish, he first steps seem almost usual. He gained his qualification and then started working for a huge organisation, in this case The Hilton, where he worked on their online presence, increasing sales by over 100% Then, it seems to me the first dot appeared and he started focusing in on other peoples development, this time in the health industry as a Personal Trainer for LA Fitness. Did this spark the fires of his later entrepreneurial ventures, who knows. but one thing for sure the mind and body vibe started to become more and more evident. Leading to him in 2013 starting his own Life & Health Mentor Programme, run from his home base in Crete, and performed over skype and in person across the world. As he says \"I\u2019ve experienced loneliness, pain and destructiveness - in fact I still do at times. I'm far from perfect: I\u2019ve tried to deny my negativity, shame, fear and anger, but have learnt that true strength and power lie in deep vulnerability. After my diagnosis with HIV in 2009, I even felt life closing in on me. But, through all of the pain, I stayed true to my inner voice. And so I pulled through, faced my demons and aligned with the authentic and creative spirit within - and rediscovered the magical adventure that is life! And that is what he brings to the world, the ability to understand that its the dark times, that make the light seem brighter than ever. Its the hardships that give us the coping skills to build a future better than we could ever hope for? So when he was diagnosed with HIV, did he think it was a life sentence that he had been given, or just something else to add to his story? And where do people go wrong, living in the past, the future, or simply not truly living at all? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ed Pike Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ed Pike such as: Ed shares how feelings are such a powerful way of directing your future to where it was born to be. Be quiet and get directed by whats inside of you. How we all have a calling to adventure, and why sometimes we need a jolt from the blue to really make us take notice. Ed shares how he landed his first clients, and the work he took to get his business off the ground, through word of mouth referrals. and lastly\u2026. Why the barter system of the exchange of services is such an amazing way to begin a business. Its not always about the money.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with an amazingly unusual road to where he is today. Not least, as I discovered that his first job was a gravedigger at a Pet Cemetery, digging graves for Fido and Felix, and many other beloved pets who had used up their extended lifelines. But certainly his career might have seen dead and buried, but in fact it was just one of the big dots that has lead him to where he is today. Digging around the internet, spying on the competition and bringing the five steps of lead generation to life for his clients As the founder of Digital Agency School and the CEO of the marketing agency GoBeyond SEO, he believes that there are five stages that all businesses need if they want to floruish in their markets 1. Identify your ideal client 2. Research what works in your market (i.e. \u201cspy\u201d on your competition) 3. Craft a converting message and foot in the door offer 4. Build a funnel you can leverage 5. Analyze the data and optimize And this systems appears to be working wonders, as even though he started his agency with no experience, no marketing education or any connections in the industry he is certainly rocking and rolling. Now he wants to help other marketers launch their own agencies so they can build their ideal career & lifestyle and I suppose legacy. And isn't that what life is all about, helping as many people as you can to get their dream, and in the process getting your own one as a result. So how did he start something if he had no experience in it, and still make it a success? And does he look back at the time when he used to read the newspaper over the radio to blind people as useful in anyway to where he is now? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Brian Saemann Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Brian Saemann such as: Why the skill of anti-selling is such a powerful concept in business...and what is that? Quite simply the more that we tell someone that they can't have it the more they will want it. Brian tells how he had to work two jobs for a year and a half until he had the money and structure to start his new business (even after being pushed by his wife) Why Brian feels that all businesses, especially in the beginning should thrive on old school marketing techniques as these are so much easier to understand and will make money quicker. and lastly\u2026. Brian shares the mistakes he has made both financially and timewise, which although disappointing, have led him to where he is today.\nI have been thinking a lot recently about what makes something truly motivational and inspires us to do amazing things in our life. When other things just leave us flat, and feeling i guess....anything close to motivational. It's a strange thing to think about as you don't do you, you just to let yourself get carried a long by the motivation without ever considering why. Well it's my view that true motivation comes from within, and the feeling of seeing something motivational and exclaiming \"That is amazingly motivational\" means one thing. The images, or stimuli actually come to us, due to it tapping into something that makes us who we are. Our core strengths. Recently, the movie The Greatest Showman, has been going gangbusters across the world. Which is where the story of PT Barnum the American Showman is brought to life by Australian actor Hugh Jackman. In the film the struggling entrepreneur is unable to find his thing in life before deciding and going after the thing that lit him up inside. He was excited by his vision. He was inspired by the opportunities that he could see would come his way. He had found something that would play to his key strengths and so was motivational to him. So do you know what your key strengths are in life? Do you know where you are heading? Do you know why something's knocks you off your feet and makes you feel amazing, whilst other quite simply leave you feeling flat? If you haven't, then you are holding yourself back to a future that is stimulating and exciting everyday of the week. And that is pure motivation.....the kind of power that is already in you.\nAutomate & Grow\nHow Do Your Build A Business That Thrives On Automation? Todays Guest Has The Answer My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who is a master at taking a business and putting it on automatic pilot. As he says \" Have you ever wondered how to create more free time and to scale your growth? The use of marketing automation, sales and customer support technologies can help you do this. And now my system \"Automate and Grow\" provides a blueprint for startups, small and medium businesses to address the use of these and supporting digital technologies to modernize your business and offer customers an exceptional customer experience. He started working on custom mobile and Salesforce projects in 2010 and was ranked in the top 5 at the Salesforce Appquest developer competition with Portable Intelligence. And it seems to me that this was the moment when an interest became a fascination, and he began to love the difference that he was making to peoples lives. He is a people person, who recognises that he has the skills and talent, to not only bring more cash into his clients lives, but also increase the standard of their lives too. A true win win. Give the customer what they are screaming out for in a simple, easy to understand way, and your business will flourish because of it. And now with his book Automate and Grow flying off the shelves at Amazon and his own podcast just launching he is bringing his mission to a wider and wider audience. So did he ever live a life when he was pulling his hair out and looking at his watch twenty times an hour? And what is the number one thing that people struggle with when automating? Not knowing their business, or attempting to use too many systems? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michael Devellano Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Michael Devellano such as: Michael shares how he was a \"horrible\" employee until he realised that his true future was working for himself. Why we all have a blind spot in our business where the work is needed to be done, but we cant see it for ourselves - even though we advise our clients to do it. Why the education system is fundamentally flawed, and the steps we should take to ensure a more positive future for our students. and lastly\u2026. Why Michael realises that he micro manages himself, and sometimes it would be better if he cut himself some slack.\nTechnology Or Bust\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a business development consultant and public speaker. She has over a decade of international experience in educating youth about global business competences and management. Fluent in 5 languages: English, German, Russian, Italian and Serbian, she has been awarded for distinguished achievements by age 24 from three governments: The Ministry of Youth and Sport of The Republic of Serbia; The German Agency for Academic Exchange (DAAD) and German Parliament; The Cambridge University International Trust and PEXIM Foundation. But what does this mean I hear you cry? Well our guest today helps companies and Millennials, by writing and consulting about disruptive innovation, Virtual and Augmented Reality, SAAS sales, city branding, tech startups, peak performance coaching, and content marketing. Still in the dark, with big words and the like? Well, in a nutshell she is a teacher, inspiration, and through over 1,000 hours of training and presentations is firing a flame into the ambitions of the world. Allowing them to see a technological future that can help them change the world and their own. So with all this going on, what does she enjoy most about her days? And with the ever changing technological world seeming to speed up more and more, how does she keep up with the trends enough to be ahead of the trends? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Milena Milicevic Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Milena Milicevic such as: Why Milena shifted the priorities of her work into two fields only, and how this has made such a big difference. Why finding a stakeholder who can make decisions is such an important part of getting momentum into a company. How happiness is always within us, even at our lowest points. Its up to us to pull it out and support ourselves with that gift. and lastly\u2026. Why Milena has gained huge business lessons from tango classes, and how she has brought this into our lives.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who I'll be honest with I stumbled across on the web. And every now and again you see something on a website or about page that you think \"Yeah that is spot on in every-way\" Well today's guest had a line about how she operated in her business at the beginning which said \"I pretended to have my shit together in a life-coach imposter kind of way\" Wow, let's think about this. This is a lady who was happy to say, look guys I am working at this everyday of the week. I have good days and bad, and sometimes very bad. But I keep on coming back to it, as it's what I wanted to do. And aren't we glad she did, as now she is rocking and rolling as a relationship coach from her base in Canada, where she coaches clients across the world in how to build the strongest relationships in the world. She is a TEDx alumni, international trainer, coach and writer, and with a BA in Sociology and as a certified Life Coach, she has provided guidance to people from every walk of life and income bracket to improve and empower their lives for over 25 years. As they say \"She has a knack for simplifying the most complex problems into small doable steps that create lasting change.\" So did she always want to be in the relationship business and deal with peoples problems in such an intimate and powerful way? And where does she see this all going? Is she on the hot spot of her timeline or still working towards something in her life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Beth Hanishewski Show Highlights. During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Beth Hanishewski such as: Beth admits that she is a tragic marketer, but is always blown away that people can find her online, which will always come down to being good at what she does!. Why she feels that she became a relationship coach by accident, and explains how she now loves being paid for doing something that she loves...but that wasn't always the case. and lastly\u2026. Why it is so important to live through real world relationships and experiences and get something from every stage you encounter.\nHow To Become A Success Coach And Change Peoples Lives My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who believes that the work life balance is something we should go after. After over 40 years of owning and operating his own businesses, he is keenly aware of the challenges facing small business owners. In his 40 years of diverse experience in business, he founded a commodity trading company, a real estate brokerage and assembled investment groups that raised millions of dollars to buy minor league baseball and basketball franchises. Much like other entrepreneurs and business owners, he has lost sleep over meeting/missing payroll, struggled to repair a (self-inflicted) damaged culture, and experienced the extreme highs and lows that come with the territory. And through the hardship and the ups and downs he found a better way of operating, and things are very different today. Now he is a business coach and expert in corporate culture and strategy and through his coaching practice, The Accountability Factor, he helps businesses increase revenue and productivity, and manage relationships and collaborations while living harmonious lives. He also leads MasterCoach Forum, a mastermind for elite coaches committed to accountability, collaboration, community, and business growth. So how did he find his place after such a diverse career? And are there commonalities that he has developed throughout that has led him to the right place? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Tom Rubens. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Tom Rubens such as: Tom shares how he feels that the middle classes in America are being lost, and instead being replaced by the have\u2019s and have\u2019s not. Tom reveals how he took steps to self-sabotage his business, even though it was the greatest thing ins his life at that time. We reveal how the true path to someones future is always with us. We dont have to go far, we just have to start within our heart. and lastly\u2026. We discuss how the world of business can operate in a state of harmony, as long as you go actively looking for that harmony.\nRemote Working Is All The Rage...But Does It Really Work? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the Co founder and CEO of SimpleTiger, a boutique digital marketing agency that specializes in SEO for entrepreneurs. For 11 years, he has helped companies like Segment.com, Shopify, NBC, MTV, E*Trade, LG, and Sports Illustrated see significant gains in their search results, organic traffic, and revenue. During his time growing SimpleTiger, he has seen firsthand how clients have been unnecessarily burned by other agencies in the past or confused by misleading SEO strategies. He believes that The SEO industry is plagued with a lot of smoke and mirrors, black hat techniques, and a lack of transparency. Jeremiah\u2019s mission is to open up about what many other SEO marketers and agencies won\u2019t share-the practices and frameworks that actually work. Why share this? Because transparency is much needed in an industry where sharing is typically frowned upon. But at his core, he is a maverick. As he says \"I'm an entrepreneur attracted to rogue thinkers who go against the status quo. I like businesses that run lean, effective operations and drive high results and low hype. I like 37Signals, The 4 Hour Work Week, PR 20/20 and folks like them who go against the grain of their respective industries and wind up making something awesome. I never fit in during school and the corporate rat race wasn't a good fit for me either. I've found my place among other rogues as an entrepreneur and I couldn't feel more blessed to be where I am now.\" So what is it about pltting his own course that excites him most? And is SEO still something alive and kicking or are we in the world of video and audio now? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Jeremiah Smith Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jeremiah Smith such as: Why SEO at its core is a revers engineer of a search engine. What do the engines want? Lets go and give it to them. Jeremiah shares how he increased the profits of a business by two million dollars, and was blown away that this was purely down to his SEO strategies. We discuss the power of allowing staff to follow the remote working practice and and lastly\u2026. Jeremiah shares how we always wanted the freedom and controls to manage his own life...which meant the entrepreneurial life was\nMaximize Your Strengths\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who you might mistake for Superwoman and if you do, you won\u2019t be alone. She is regularly featured on television news segments, inside major blogs and publications, and on podcasts from all over the globe. She\u2019s an accomplished Success Coach, Speaker, host of the Maximize Your Strengths podcast, as well as published Author of the hot new book; From Frustrated to Frickin\u2019 Awesome: 4 Steps to Achieve the Success You\u2019re Wired For. But more than anything else she\u2019s an exceedingly proud wife and mother of two, who loves helping others discover how to make their businesses and relationships thrive in harmony. But this was as far from her starting point as you can possibly imagine. Graduating from St Catherine University with a post baccalaureate certificate in Nursing, she entered into the medical profession as a Clinical Dietitian and Registered Nurse before a four year stint as a beauty consultant for Mary Kay So from my viewpoint, she has always had a nurturing side to her character, wanting people to look and feel as good as they can right from the outset. And so you can see that where she is now, is as far away as she could be, but also very similar in concept, she has found a way to maximise her strengths, provide more value to the world and enjoy herself in the process. As she says \u201cWhile I\u2019ve always been interested in self-development, in the last 9 years, I dove into investment in my training, self-improvement, and coaching. In addition to classroom style learning, I\u2019ve gained valuable knowledge from seminars, home-coaching programs, group-coaching programs, one-on-one coaching relationships, books, self-study, and real-life successes and failures. My clients benefit from all of that education and experience wrapped into one business coach!\u201d So people you find what you want to do naturally, your unique strength, up-skill yourself and then solve the problems of others in that area. Seems simple doesn\u2019t it? So if this is the blueprint for success, why do so many people struggle with finding their way through the pain and scarcity to make a success of their lives? And when was the moment when she sat bolt upright in bed and screamed \u201cErueeerka I know what I should be doing in my life!!\u201d Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Alissa Daire Nelson Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Alissa Daire Nelson such as: Why getting to know yourself is so vitally important if you ever want to be the greatest version of yourself that you can possibly be. Why Alissa feels that there is always another devil in another level and it doesnt matter where you are on the jounrey there are scary times ahead. Why masterminds are so uber powerful and an extremely cost effective way to keep you on track and focused on the right results. and lastly\u2026. Why stability in ones life is so familiar and comfortable, and why all entrepreneurs have moments of thinking \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be easier just to get a job?\u201d\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is Startup Expert Warren Hogarth, who shares his tips for startup mastery He is passionate about the way we think and manage our money. In 2016 he launched Empower Finance based on the belief that all people deserve access to expert financial advice (and it should be available for free). Instead of going to some dusty old office, with an old guy in a grey suit telling you to stick everything in bonds or shares, you deal directly with your own financial advisor working for you 24 hours a day. As he says \u201cWe were fed up with banks and traditional \u201cadvisors\u201d so we built Empower to be your independent, trusted financial advocate. Empower helps you stay on top of your finances, get objective, personalized recommendations to make your money go further, and discover and save hundreds of dollars per year. Check account balances & track your spending, Automatically save to build wealth or pay down credit debt, Find a high-interest savings account, Manage bills and renegotiate to save (utilities, mobile, security), Review subscriptions you\u2019re paying for and many more things too! Now you maybe saying \u201cWhy is it free?\u201d and isn\u2019t that the quickest way for a company to go bust with all our financial information? Well for most people that might be the case, but today\u2019s guest has helped 3 companies go from $0 to $1 billion, and he\u2019s seen other companies go to $0 (after looking promising initially). Growing up in rural Australia, he studied engineering, and ended up as 1 of 8 Venture Partners at Sequoia. They\u2019ve invested in companies like Square, Uber, WhatsApp, and AirBnB, and he stood shoulder to shoulder with founders to build large, enduring businesses (3 went from zero to over $1 billion). As he says \u201cThere\u2019s no guarantees in startups, but I have a lot of lessons learned on how to approach starting and growing a company\u201d which I am bringing into Empower Finance everyday. So when did the idea to go it alone come to him? Was it overnight or bubbling under the surface for many years? And what is the biggest failing that people make when undertaking a startup? Lack of capital of lack of commitment? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Warren Hogarth Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Warren Hogarth such as: Warren shares the number one reason for a startup to fail, and you might be interested that it is rarely down to capital. Why a company is generally always going to go through a pivot to find it\u2019s true life calling. Not many companies get it right the first time. Warren shares that moment where he knew that he was on the wrong path, and the steps he took to get onto the right one. and lastly\u2026. Why it is so important to start a business in a market where there are great tailwinds now and the next ten years. Dont let it never get going by lack of interest. Music, Online expert, Love Life, Entrepreneurs, Dream Jobs, Online Courses, Persistence, Personal Trainer, Decision Making, Publicity, Young Entrepreneur, Freedom, Addicted, Shawn Stevenson, American Hustle, Make Money Online, Motivational Quotes, Expedition, Challenges, Steve Jobs, How To Start A Business, The Secret, Rich, Online Marketing, Time Management, Blogger, Videos, Recruiting, Authentic, Travel Blogs, Ultra Running, American Football, How To Make Money, Online Business, Company Culture, Law Of Attraction, Planet Money, Jobs, Video Marketing, Linkedin, Success Principles, Digital Marketing, Action Taking, Starting A Business, Successful Entrepreneurs, Personal Branding, Amazon, Lead Generation, Career Change, Life Planner, Comfort zone, Simplicity, Break The Rules, Book Launches, Personal Finance, Secret To Success, Business Plan, Health And Fitness, Tech Startup, Self Publishing, Entrepreneurs, Love, Career Path, Educational, Creativity, Selling, motivation, motivational, inspiration, confidence, success, freedom\nBaseball Genius Jesse Cole, Shows How He Is Changing Baseball Forever My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who is bold, crazy, inspired, committed and having the time of his life. He is the owner of two baseball teams that are quite frankly doing things a bit differently, and the world is taking note \u2013 Big Time He is the founder of Fans First Entertainment, which operates the Gastonia Grizzlies and the Savannah Bananas, and also a keynote speaker, and host of the Business Done Differently Podcast. Which is a boring way of telling you what he does, to be honest. He has taken a countries passion for baseball and turned it on its head, by creating an experience not just about what is happening (or is not happening on the pitch) but what is happening everywhere. He joined the industry in 2008 as General Manager of the Gastonia Grizzlies. It was here that he started providing a circus-like atmosphere at his ballparks. From dancing players, Grandma Beauty Pageants, and Flatulence Fun Nights to porta-john giveaways and garbage can nachos, he has tried it all The \u201cshow\u201d worked and the Grizzlies began breaking attendance records annually. In 2014, he bought the Grizzlies and started Fans First Entertainment with his then-fianc\u00e9 and Grizzlies Director of Fun, Emily. In 2015, the two of them then started a new Coastal Plain League team in Savannah, GA. It was announced on February 25, 2016 that the team would be named the Savannah Bananas. From there, the team quickly became a hit all over the country, in part thanks to coverage from national media outlets, including ESPN, CNN, and Good Morning America. Merchandise sold to all 50 states and 6 countries. In the first year, the team sold out 18 of 25 games and broke the attendance record for both Grayson Stadium and the Coastal Plain League. To top it off, the Bananas won the Coastal Plain League Championship. As he says he \u201cI am just getting started\u201d. His teams are continually reinventing as they look to change the baseball industry and the entertainment experience for fans. So how has he managed to stand firm against a world of conformity and create something new and exciting? And did he ever have the huge doubts that a new way should not be his way in future? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Jesse Cole Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jesse Cole such as: How he managed to break down not only the barriers around him but also the barriers in his own mind, which allowed him to do the unthinkable What he did to grow his team, and find the right people that bought in his vision of where he wanted to head. Why Jesse can see clearly that although the timing wasnt perfect when he joined the Grizzlies, in fact it was in fact the perfect time. The truth that anyone who starts something can see. and lastly\u2026. Why he connected with Barack Obama and offered an internship at the Baseball ground, much to the amusement of himself and his team.\nVideo Is Such A Power Way To Convert Viewers Into Customers - We Discuss How To Become One The Worlds Best Video Creators My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is fascinated with video and the power of adding this to your marketing strategies As he says \"There\u2019s a ton of noise on the internet. Love it or hate it, the worst thing you can do is never be a part of it. I don\u2019t know about you, but I love cartoons. I\u2019ve always been an animation nerd. When I started RK we never knew online video would get SO big - but it\u2019s exceeded even our expectations. I help businesses connect with their prospects and grow conversions with the help of strategic animation video marketing so that the prospects convert into raving fans and buy from you even if they haven't heard of you before. A magnetic video hits all the pain points of our target audience while visually engaging them, which helps our clients increase their conversions beyond 20% (industry average). They do this they implement Behavioural Lead Journey, which means they create and place animation videos along the entire marketing funnels. Converting cold prospects into raving fans while solidifying the bond with existing customers. But of course this is just part of his journey as before he took the lead and started creating his own future, our guest worked for Daimler, the car manufacturer in their finance division. So how did he go from working for Daimler o creating his own business that is rocking and rolling? And where did he find the problems waiting for him, as he grew his empire. On every corner, or simply never appearing? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start Joining Up Dots with the one and only Rohan Kale. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Rohan Kale such as: Rohan shares how people make mistakes time and time again in their video marketing, and how easy it is to ensure that these never happen. We discuss a brilliant way of starting a business, by hiring a freelancer to teach us the knowledge that we need, whilst bringing in clients quickly Rohan openly reveals how he used to hate the wasted time that he experienced in his cooperate life as an employee. Something that most of us can relate to. and lastly\u2026. Why Rohan has changed his branding from a business to personal one and the difference it has made to his business.\nHustle and the early startup are reviewed in todays show My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has worked so hard to where he is today, he has more lessons learned before the age of 30 than most people aged\u2026well 30. He is proof that hard-work and determination pay off\u2019s as he climbed the ladder of the restaurant industry as many do: with a great deal of empathy, a little bit of luck, and a massive amount of overconfidence. After graduating from Harvard in 2009, he worked his way up from being a busboy in Boston to being a beverage director for Momofuku in New York City, where he managed the buying, pricing, and selling of wine, beer, and spirits for the restaurant. Through living through this experience, he decided that he wanted to have more ownership of the guest experiences he was creating, so he took to Chicago to see how Booth could help him open his own restaurant. While attending Booth, our guest met his business partner, Hunter Swartz, and the two quickly realized that their shared background in endurance sports mixed with complementary work experiences could build something remarkable. He then joined the Eastman Egg team in January 2014 and served as COO for three years where in his time there, the company grew to four operating units and grew its revenues and team each by a factor of 10. And now he is also the author of the latest book to fly off the shelves with \u201cWhat I Learned Before 30 \u2013 a biographical look that captures some of the best, and worst, moments of his life. As it says in the intro \u201cI feel like i\u2019ve finally learned that growing up to have different perspective than my parents was not a failure; it was the whole point. I cant wait to use the next 30 years to celebrate what makes us different, rather than resent it, and enjoy what a diverse, unique and wonderful family we are\u201d So, said in another way, he has found the path in life that is the right one for him, and although others may not understand it makes no difference. And that is where we should all be, walking boldly into our own future and not one that has been constructed by the idealism of anyone else. So will there be a what I learned before sixty book coming up, and does he feel that mistakes are the true gift in life? And what does he enjoy doing most in his life, as he certainly has many things per day that could take up his time? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Drew Davis.\nWelcome to today's episode of the Join Up Dots, where we look at the real secrets to success as demonstrated by real life listeners of Join Up Dots coaching programme. Through the show we are going to bring you the big learnings that our listeners revealed they have learnt through the last four years. And why did we ask that question? Well on the 19th February 2018 it was four years since the first stages of Join Up Dots occured. That was the day when I sat and bought the URL for Join Up Dots and the show started. Mike Buckerfield Obsession with all the wrong things. Generally negative attitude. Combining those two in order to procrastinate and slow progress. Still haven\u2019t mastered these issues yet but I am improving. Big week for us ahead and I expect to make real strides in next few weeks. Happy Birthday Join Up Dots. I was exposed to severe trauma that lasted several months where there was little to nothing I could do about the source of trauma and this resulted in PTSD symptoms and a lot of weight gain. I'm thankful that I survived the harm inflicted and am working at resolving the weight issue. Eugene Sarigumba Spending too much time learning to build a website. Should have hired someone sooner. Allowing myself to get too comfortable and forgetting my dream. Thanks for all the great podcasts David!! Steve Reza Looking back the past 4 years, I would have focused more on who I am rather than who I thought I should be. I\u2019m realizing that I am an entrepreneur and that\u2019s why I see things differently than most people I come into contact with. But most people in my world just want the typical things \u2014climb the corporate ladder, then settle down into a comfortable retirement \u2014-BORING! I want to \u201cfly.\u201d Anett Gobolos Happpyyy Bday, JUD!!! Actually it is indeed life changing for me as well.. I always new I wanted stg different from the regular full-time corporate jobs but I didn\u2019t see clearly the other path. It was so unknown and scary. I\u2019m not this lonely warrior and I have been looking for such a community for a while. Beth Dickens Happy birthday Join up dots!! I think for me David, I find it hard to know what I\u2019d of done differently. I feel like it\u2019s all happened for a reason which is why I\u2019m where I am today! I somewhat wish I hadn\u2019t took my teacher training and wasted a year of my life becoming a teacher when that is not what I wanted to do (my parents are both teachers) and I fell into the easy copy your parents trap. But I wouldn\u2019t have travelled to Kuwait and lived there or met my boyfriend who I now live in Boston with. It all happens for a reason! I regret nothing Karen Dimmick Happy birthday JUD! It's a tough question because if I hadn't done what I'd done in the past, I wouldn't have learned what I did.... given that though, I wish I'd narrowed my target market and started writing books for them earlier than I did. Benjamin Lively Happy birthday, Join Up Dots! During the past four years, I\u2019ve spent my mental state trying to accomplish greater positions and pay in the corporate world, believing that I as the way to climb to the top but have been miserable just about everyday. Looking back, I should have (and now do) realized that I have a lot more to offer the world than I\u2019m providing to the individual companies I\u2019m working for. I have been boxing myself in thinking, this is as good as it gets. In all actually, it doesn\u2019t get any worse! Once I realized that the reason these companies pay me a great salary was because they could use me to 20x their revenue and allow me to continue working for THEIR dream. Now, I realize there is no glass ceiling and that what I can do for them, I can certainly do for many, many others. I\u2019ll be much happier and free and a lot more financially independent than ever before. I\u2019ve realized that I have only been using ~40% of my total potential. Time to kick life in the balls and go after all my dreams. Fran Johnson McKay Happy birthday JUD. Thank you David for daring to start! What would I change? I\u2019d trust the dots are leading me where I need to go. It\u2019s not a straight line and it doesn\u2019t always make sense but there is purpose for each one. I also wish I\u2019d focused more on living in the present and on my family. It\u2019s hard to get the balance right. I have a high achievement drive and it\u2019s important that I keep it in check. Big Dreams and Big Family (I have a husband, 5 kids - only 1 still at home, 1 foster daughter, and 2 grand babies) so it\u2019s not easy for me to balance. I\u2019m getting better though and working less hours. Thanks again David! Gemma Louise Coleman Happy bday JUD! For me, I would have used my maternity leave more effectively and spent the time getting to know my real passions and what motivates me so i could create a business instead of going back to the daily grind & into another corporate role. I\u2019ve been back at work for 12 months now and although my plan is to leave this year it\u2019s much harder to get out of the \u2018a regular job is safe & secure\u2019 mindset whilst I\u2019m there. I\u2019m working hard on that though and plan to be out of there by July! Show Highlights So let's summarise you the Real Secrets To Success as mentioned on the show Make Sure You Have A Positive Mindset Focus In On Your Physical Wellbeing Delegate The Things That You Can't Do To Someone Else. Focus In On What You Want To Do In Life Surround Yourself With People Doing What You Want To Do Don't Regret Anything In Your Past Niche Down To Find Your Market Believe In Yourself And Your Talents Focus On Your Family, Your Business And Yourself Use Your Free Time Wisely\nErica Mandy Showing The World How To Be Truly News Worthy My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a lady who started on a career path that the world would say was sexy, and then deciding it wasn't for her and going a totally different direction. Leaving the Indiana University Bloomington, and the University of Missouri-Columbia with degrees in Journalism, our guest spent the last decade -- on TV, radio and online -- reporting news and sharing stories around the country. First working for Newsy, an over-the-top news network that provides \"news with the why,\" built to inform and engage by delivering today's top stories across platforms. Its content is available in on-demand and to Los Angeles CBS News, where she would report national and local news for the second largest news market in the country. As a TV news reporter, she was live on the scene during terrorist attacks, wildfires and federal court rulings, to name a few. She's interviewed politicians, CEOs, experts, and everyday people doing extraordinary things and it seemed that she was loving every second. So what was going on internally to make her quit her job as a Los Angeles TV news reporter to launch theNewsWorthy: a daily roundup of politics, tech, business and entertainment Which she says \"Makes it faster, easier and way more fun to get all the news you need to know. Listen on-the-go in less than 10 minutes, Monday through Friday.\" Is this an inspired move into a world that consumes information when and where they want it? Or has she taken on a world that is already dealing with tsunami of information and now zoning out? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Erica Mandy Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Erica Mandy such as: Erica shares how all her hard work and experience over the last decade has left her with the skills to progress to where she wants to be. No experience is ever wasted no matter what you may think at the time. We discuss that moment in your life when you realise that your business is actually a nuisance and there are things you just have to do away from work. Erica reveals that she has given herself a year to see what she can make of her new venture, safe in the knowledge that she can always get a job if needed. We dont have to end in despair, but we do need something to give us the courage to move forward with. and lastly\u2026. Why Donald Trump's fake news is such big news at the moment, and how the world feels about such reporting.\nCan Business Success Occur Without Niching Down? Does Being In A Niche Really Matter, Do? Well todays guest on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who is a former legal professional, who left the legal world 6 years ago to pursue her dream of starting her own business. And it seems to me that the services she provides are as varied as they could possible be, so who is she targeting? As she says \u201cIf you would have dared to tell me 10 years ago that after attending Law School, I was not going to practice law, I would have laughed you out of the room! However, in my late 20s I had experienced a reawakening that opened my eyes to the startling reality that people all around me (myself included) were yearning for something more. This was a truth that resonated with me so deeply that I could not turn away from it. I took a deep breath and turned the light of truth on myself. I realized that I wanted more money, freedom, direction. I wanted to know that I was making an impact in peoples lives. Ultimately, I wanted to be SUCCESSFUL, and I wanted to help others be successful too.\u201d And now with retreats, coaching sessions, and more and more people finding financial and emotional success, it certainly seems that she has found the business that is right for her. So why did she go to law school, when it seems evident that the right business is now, and not what she was focused on as a young lady? And is there a major mistake that she sees the world making, as they leave education and step into a world that is under their control? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Awilda Rivera. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Awilda Rivera such as: Why happiness will always be fleeting if we attach happiness to external influences. Happiness always comes from within and nowhere else. Awilda talks openly about the hardship that it takes to grow a business, but why the struggle is so important. Awilda shares how she has diversified into several different areas, and the reason why she has done that. and lastly\u2026. Todd Herman left an impression on Awilda that really stuck home \u201cBusy doesn\u2019t mean productive\u201d. If you can get things off your plate by hiring someone, then do it.\nHow Do create A Business By Selling On Amazon? Well The Amazon Selling King Shows How My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who without a doubt can call himself a serial entrepreneur. He has built several multi-million dollar companies in both Australia and the United States, and really doesn\u2019t look like he is slowing down in the regard to creating his own destiny. In 2005 he co-founded one of the first crowdfunding platforms in the world which went on to raise in excess of $100M dollars for start-ups and early stage businesses. He currently owns a cloud software business, an Amazon review company (based in Florida), a home-wares company that sells its products exclusively through Amazon into 8 countries, and Reliable Education. None of his companies have outside investors and all are profitable. But what is super interesting to me is how he has created businesses in environments that we all hang around in, and almost take for granted. Such as in 2012, he learned about the opportunity to sell on Amazon through a friend. Now like all of us, he was used to seeing Amazon boxes all over town and he was a big user of Amazon himself. But it wasn\u2019t until he took a course that he learned that anybody could sell on Amazon, and that Amazon would handle all of the warehousing and shipping for him. Once he understood that, he soon launched his own brand which now sells in 8 Amazon marketplaces around the world. So how does he see these things, when so many people will just walk past them time and time again and never think \u201cWow what an opportunity!\u201d? And does he feel that anyone can do these kind of things, or to become a serial entrepreneur, do you require special talents and skills that are god given at birth? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Adam Hudson.\nIn todays episode we answer a few questions from listeners of the show. These are the shows that we simply adore doing, as it shows us that people are starting to take notice and realise that they can create their own lives. And that is of course the theme behind everyone of our shows. Well in todays we show, we discuss affiliate marketing and how to get into a state of flow. You know that state of being when you lose track of time, and find that whatever you do comes out brilliantly? The state that is just amazing and makes us feel like we are no longer attached to this world? Well, Bruce Fortenberry from Georgia Atlanta asked us our views about how we manage to get into that mental condition so we decided we would answer live on the show. But before that lets start with a question from a lovely lady called Bree Nicole who asked us: Hello! I just listened to your podcast on extra money and your Florida keys website and got super inspired! I\u2019ll be living on the road in the US and want to design a site. Can you give me a little more information on affiliate marketing? How does it work with restaurants, attractions, museums and all that? Do I contact them directly? What should I start with when getting these things and places on my site to make money? Thank you! Any tips would be great! So that is what we talk about on the show. How to make money by directing traffic across to affiliate links to make some cash whilst we sleep and then we answer another question or at least give our point our view on. This was from Bruce who we mentioned earlier Hello there, I wanted to thank you for your podcast. I recently discovered your podcast and it\u2019s extremely motivating. Your very perceptive and it\u2019s eye opening at times. Makes me want to discuss my ideas with you. I\u2019m starting a service Plumbing business in Atlanta, Ga. Calling it \u201cPlumb Ready.\u201d Right now it\u2019s a side hustle. I\u2019ll do residential plumbing repairs / Plumbing Inspections with strong emphasis on educating customer about how to protect their home. I have a great idea for you. If I were you I\u2019d do podcast about the \u201cFlow State\u201d Just a thought. Your show isn\u2019t arrogant or fake. It\u2019s connecting people in an amazing way. Thanks again !! During the show we mentioned the affiliate programme that we offer through the Join Up Dots podcast. If you are interested in this amazing resource or to start podcasting yourself:\nBrain Training Starts And Stops With Dana Wilde The Brain Train Expert My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who came into my life like a shot of drug laced expresso and is the kind of person we all need everyday. She is hugely positive, 100% focused on her audience and quite simply carrying around the biggest smile you will ever see in your life. She is a brain trainer, speaker, host, and the bestselling author of Train Your Brain, and with nearly 100,000 followers in 68 countries, she is the go to expert at training brains and changing lives. Now you might be wondering, how do you train a brain? Well when our guest began her direct-sales business, she realized that education for entrepreneurs typically consisted of endless \u201chow-to\u201d explanations: how to market, how to pick up the phone, how to manage your time, how to increase bookings or sales. There always seemed to be a new system to learn, a new surefire method or cutting-edge technique for entrepreneurs to master. In an effort to teach her team members a better and easier way, she instead went a different route and created Train Your Brain, a tested and proven system combining elements of both mindset and action . . . or as she likes to call it, Intentional Action. Using the skills of Train Your Brain you will find that mindset can be \u201ctaught\u201d and that learning simple mindset strategies not only allows you to understand how the brain works but also shows you how easy it is to change your thinking and, as a result, change your outcomes. Train Your Brain, with its twenty easy-to-implement \u201cMindware Experiments,\u201d gives you all the necessary tools needed to get off . . . and stay off . . . the Cycle of Perpetual Sameness, so you can transform your life and grow your business in record time! And believe me I know her quite well, and it is amazing how much she does, how much she achieves and how she remains smiling even when things go a bit off track. When she\u2019s not unraveling the mysteries of the brain, Dana is passionate about helping animals, playing baritone ukulele, practicing Kundalini yoga, and creating raw food dishes. And is a raw food wannabe who can\u2019t shake nachos. So is it as simple as saying, \u201cIf we always do what we have always done, then we will always get what we have always got\u201d? And with so much \u201ctake Action\u201d advice in the world today, are there any bits that she would grasp to her chest and say \u201cActually this one is a keeper?\u201d Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Dana Wilde. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Dana Wilde such as: Why she believes that we shouldn\u2019t follow the advice of others who state \u201cGo after the fear\u201d We discuss how the technicalities of building an online business should not stop anyone from getting going. There are tools for everything. Dana reveals why mindset is so powerful and how we can all train ourselves to use this astonishing gift. Dana shares the four step process to retraining your brain starting today. Hugely powerful stuff.\nFancy A Behind The Scenes Look At How To Start A Podcast? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a an with over 30 years of business experience as an entrepreneur, business owner, and leader. His book, Nice Guys Finish First is a #1 ranked Amazon Best Seller. He specializes in making connections, building relationships and strengthening bonds both inside and outside organizations. His speaking and consulting business is geared towards improving relationships and winning business through his time tested sales, service and relationship building system. He is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer and podcaster. He has been titled by a leading social media marketing company in the top \u201c100 of Social Media Thought Influencers to Follow.\u201d and with his podcast with Strickland Bonner, The Nice Guys on Business, he has over 500 episodes and more than 1 Million downloads. But at his core he is a man who seems to be finding the love in his life more and more , and enjoying himself as he builds his business. Now he is using that experience to help businesses and brands grow their audience with TurnKey Podcasting, where he takes away all the hassle from launch and producing a podcast to leave his clients with the time to do what they do best. And enjoy their own lives in the process. So is this a business born out of his own painful journey into podcasting hell, or simply an idea born from multiple conversations? And is he where I suggested in the intro, that enjoyment is the driving force in his life, or simply very good at hiding it? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Doug Sandler Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Doug Sandler such as: How the majority of podcasters aren\u2019t making any money on their podcast, and why that is quite an easy thing to change quickly. Doug shares how people take four years in their business before they really grasp what they are building. Many detours are taken until clarity is achieved. We discuss how it is so important to invest in yourself to fast track your progress. Dont think of it as expense, but instead look at it as something that you are stupid not to do. and lastly\u2026. Why Doug will only focus in 2018 on his zone of genius, and how both him and his team see this as a huge improvement for everybody concerned.\nMarketing Tips - How Do You Build A Successful Marketing Campaign My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a guy who first appeared on Join Up Dots way back on episode 107 Back then we spoke about his fascinating journey to where he is today known as The Millionaire Marketing Mentor\u00ae, the go-to guy for coaches, consultants, and other successful service professionals who want to attract more clients, convert more high-value sales, build an authority brand, and grow a lifestyle business that makes a bigger impact while generating more income. But life could have been very different, as starting his life in Poland, it was fair to say that he has come a long way since then, both Geographically and financially. Arriving in the United States of America with just $194.00 dollars in his pocket and a sprinkling of English, he set to work with a passion. The entrepreneurial bug has always been a keen element which makes him who he is, so it was with little surprise, but a lot of hard work that he transformed his finances by creating a series of business opportunities around California. First of all he co-owned a collection of bagel shops, and then moved onto running a multi-million dollar business that includes consulting, coaching, training, and information publishing. But there was of course so many stumbles, falls and triumphs between them. Isn\u2019t that what makes a story interesting after all, and of course gives him the knowledge to help his clients and students often double, triple, and even 10x their business - some in as little as 90 days, by teaching them how to transform their limiting, time-intensive businesses into automated money making machines that Attract Clients Like Crazy\u00ae. So with his life now rocking and rolling, could he only have got here by going through the roller-coaster that is the entrepreneurial life? And how did he manage to keep going, when things weren't going the way that he wanted? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Adam Urbanski. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Adam Urbanski such as: The best marketing is to find a way of tapping into your natural talents and bringing that to the world. It's not selling, but its making people want to work with you. Adam shares how he has developed his ability to connect with people across the world, and feels that its the empathy which is a key aspect to what he has become. Why the upskilling and grind phase of building is so important, as it shows you how much you truly want to make this business your life. and lastly\u2026. Adam reveals how his mindset has changed over the last few years and the time aspect that comes with freedom is so attractive to him, where money used to be king.\nDream Big With Mitch Matthews And Change Your Life Forever My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who from an early age made big decisions as to how to get what he wanted in life. So many people live a life of reaction. They wait for something to pass them by and then reach out hoping that their fingers might just grab a bit of what they have seen. This is certainly not the case with todays guest, as demonstrated at just age twelve, he set his sights on attaining his first \u201cdream job.\u201d (Working at a local bike shop) So he spent 2 to 4 hours a every day that summer just hanging out, cleaning, and watching. By the end of the summer the bike shop owner (one of our guests heroes) offered him a job. (It was either that or have him arrested for loitering!) And that says so much about where our guest is today, inspiring people to take the actions that will make their dreams big and real. Now this is where it all comes together, as he says in his own words In 2006, he and his wife were working on one of their own big dreams (launching a product) and they experienced some significant set backs in a very short time. He was tempted to give up and go back to something \u201csafe.\u201d But since this was one of his big dreams, he got the idea that maybe some friends could help. Then he started to think that maybe\u2026 just maybe\u2026 he could help some of his friends with some of their big dreams too. And bang the 1st BIG Dream Gathering was formed, as on a whim, he invited some friends and family to participate in something he called a \u201cBIG Dream Gathering.\u201d It was only supposed to last for a few hours but it wound up continuing on for a FULL WEEK! So living a life where you whole aim is to inspire people to take action and dream big, can be so exhausting as every waking second your mind whirrs with the possibilities that abound. So how has he managed to create the life he wants, business he wants, become a top podcaster and still look like he has just left high-school? And what is the number one peice of advice that he gives the world, when asked \"How do I start my dream too?\" Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mitch Matthews Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Mitch Matthews such as: Mitch shares how he now realizes that he is a recovering perfectionist, and the steps that he takes to get past these mental blocks. We talk about how all of us must learn ways of starting small in a business even if you only have fifteen minutes a day. They all add up to something worthwhile. Why Mitch is such an advocate of resting, and allowing himself to shut down the brain. Ke know what is right for his own body and ensures its part of his calendar. and lastly\u2026. You might find it a surprise that \"Being a freak\" is classed as a badge of honour by both Mitch and David and the reasons why.\nSports Winners Do The Unusual, And Todays Guest Is Fascinated By Sports And What Makes People Great My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the author of \"Where Others Wont\" which looks at the recruitment, leadership, culture and performance strategies used in pro sports and how they are relevant to big business. Now this isn't a book based purely on theory, instead our guest has been doing the rounds and spent the last year interviewing people like Denver Broncos GM Ted Sundquist, Southampton president (and former Oilers coach) Ralph Krueger, 2 x World Series winner Ryan Theriot and Utah Jazz coach Igor Kokoskov (among others) to validate some of the ideas he had. Would they agree with his theories or say, probably in an American voice \"Get the hell out of here kid!\" Well I guess we will find out during the show. But what I like most about todays guest is, getting himself into a position where he is involved in the disection of sports leadership across the world was never a given. Leaving University with degrees in business and Human Resources, he first entered the world of recruitment in Melbourne Australia, before moving to Canada to enter another world altogether. And through the next decade he worked in seemingly unconnected businesses, that held dots, never to join up to where he is today. We know though that is never the case. And now as the managing Partner for NTSQ Sports Group, he is surrounded by a team specializing in experience creation and marketing in the endurance sports industry. So did he plan to get himself into the position where he is today, or does he look around with a smile and think \"Wow, how did this happen?\" And what is the biggest learning he has from the crossover from sports to business? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Cody Royle Books By Cody Royle Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Cody Royle such as: Cody shares how there was no plan towards the future he created, he simply looked at what doors that were opening in front of him and decided which one he wanted to go through. Cody discusses how the top teams across the world are always looking for new ways of gaining a competitive advantage, and more often than not that means looking in areas not connected with sport. Why all business success is based around building a team which complements your own strengths. It is so important to realise that you cant do it on your own. and lastly\u2026. How he now realises that strengths and talents he had as a young man, were exactly the right ones he needed to be able to step into his future positively. Dont think you have to keep on leaving everything behind you. Take the gold and leave the stuff you dont need.\nBeing Happy Is So Important, And Todays Guest Is An Expert In Happiness And How To Achieve it My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who is someone that should be on the show every single day. If i could pull her away from the sunshine of her home in Spain, and the endless supply of Sangria that is, as she is the Join Up Dots pinup. A lady who believes 100% percent, that if you are living your purpose, doing a job that you love, then many if not all of your problems, health, mental and financial will be a thing of the past. Which as you will see everyday on Join Up Dots is a message that I support wholeheartedly on every episode. She is a positive psychologist, coach and writer, who helps individuals connect with the unique passion and purpose that drives their personal and professional success. As she says \"I am fascinated by what propels a person to pursue their vocation, entwining their innate strengths, values and interests to serve both themselves and the rest of the world. I fuse the art of Coaching with the science of Positive Psychology to help individuals gain the clarity, confidence and courage to become all they aspire to be. I also undertake a variety a written projects on the subjects of positive psychology, personal development and coaching. Creative writing has always been a passion of mine, so producing written content on the above mentioned topics is the surest way I evoke a sense of 'flow'.\" So coming out of the University of East London, with a Master's degree in applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology it would seem that this passion for helping others find their swing was always going to be on the cards. But as we see on Join Up Dots, this is more often than not never the case. So did she know that she would end up living in Barcelona, whilst casting a network across the world to help the world smile and love their lives? And where do people go wrong? Not stopping to ask \"Why do i feel like a it rubbish?\" or simply not stopping at all. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Lisa Avery Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Lisa Avery such as: Lisa shares how we should be able to accept our moods and emotional states when they happen without ever suppressing them. Let the energies run free. We discuss how the majority of companies wont allow their workers to be creative with their strengths and intricacies. Why can't we be unique and bring talents never seen before? How we should all experiment with trying to strip away the layers that we wrap ourselves in, to find the diamond that is at our core. That gem holds the clues to the rest of our lives. and lastly\u2026. Why people have to realise that happiness cant last forever. We need to find ways of making the first stage of happiness truly deep and fulfilling, and that normally relates to helping others.\nBeating Stress Can Become Big Business As Shown In Todays Show My guest today, on the confidence boosting Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who a few years back was disappointed with the current mental health care solutions he was offered after suffering from stress in the workplace. So like so many guests, he didn't accept what he saw and decided to take action, turning to alternative therapies which got him through and beyond this temporary stress. These solutions began forming into a business idea which led him to creating Stressbox in Jan 2014, and he took these learnings into the corporate environment to help with de-stressing in companies everywhere. As they say \"We are an up and coming mental wellness fitness brand with a social purpose to support the epidemic of work related stress. We succeed in this by creating innovative holistic fitness workshops, in-house talks on preventing stress and performing our epic yet different fitness class\u2026.StressBox. Our powerful class combines Boxing fitness with Mindfulness all to wonderful music to inspire and enlighten you within our 1 hour experience. We create magic moments in our bespoke classes to suit your busy schedule, at StressBox we understand that time in this hectic world is valuable so we combined Holistic health with musical fitness to have greater impact on your mindset not just your body.\" To succeed in this new business, he researched stress in society for 2 years via practical innovative coaching and academically using Neuroscience, the science of meditation and positive psychology. And rapidly this knowledge became a cult hit at a popular gym in Birmingham, England with teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, and teenagers becoming fanatics with his alternative style. So why if he had an issue with stress did he then decide to build a business around it, and not run to live stress free on a hot tropical island somewhere full of bikini wearing beauties? And is this as a real life issue, or do so many people just use the word as a badge of honour nowadays? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only, Mr Liam Joe Blackwood. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Liam Joe Blackwood such as: Why so many people find themselves in situations in their lives which doesn't naturally match their skills and talents - which can obviously lead to the kind of stress which can be avoided. Why the power of visualisation is such a powerful process in building success in a persons life, and the steps that we should take everyday to bring these visions to life. Liam Joe recalls the battles he overcome in the early days to get his vision out to the world, and the steps he took to get there. Why we should never overthink anything in our lives, but simply look to do the best we can in the most relaxed method possible. That is always the best way. and lastly\u2026. Why Liam Joe allowed himself to feel creative and playful in his life which was a complete gamechanger and turned his life around forever.\nHow Do You Take The Hassle From Being Active On Social Media? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a an who is bringing a solution to the world of online marketing. Most entrepreneurs struggle with finding the time and the inspiration to create tweets, FB posts and the like that gain interaction, builds connection and makes a difference to your bottom line. In walks our guest today, who is the founder of MissingLettr, an online platform that for a monthly fee can provide entrepreneurs and business everywhere with a year's worth of social updates pre-filled with quotes and images As he says \"Our clients time and energy is important for us, so simply review our suggestions, click approve and then sit back and relax. Over the next 12 months we'll drive traffic back to your site and increase engagement. With Missinglettr it's easy to promote your content consistently across your social channels. Simply connect your accounts and we'll do the rest. And that includes FB, Twitter Pinterest, Linkedin, Google Plus to name just a few. So how did he come up with this idea? Well from leaving the University Of Liverpool with a degree in Computer Science, you can see that this was a man who was focused on building a future under his control. Starting as a developer for Punter Southall, he started several businesses that appear to be stepping stones to where he is today. All lasting a few years, but giving him great insight and knowledge as to the problems that businesses encounter Solve these problems and BOOM you have a business ready to roll. So is MissingLettr, the missing piece of the puzzle of success that he has been looking for? And if so what is the difference now, compared to the early days on entrepreneurial life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Benjamin Dell Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Benjamin Dell such as: Ben shared how he got to the point where he leapt head first into his business and hasn't looked back since. The pitfalls of social media, and how to separate yourself from the social media noise to be truly effective. How his wife is such an amazing support to him and his business, and he knows that an idea is great if it passes her litmus test and lastly\u2026. Why the world of pornography is now a lot less dangerous than it was previously back in the 70's ...you will have to listen to find out why!\nOvercoming Fear In Business, And Going For The Money Is What Holds So Many People Back From Business Success...Our Guest Is Very Different...... My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has the classic story of living the up and down life of an entrepreneur She found herself in deep trouble, and by finding the route out of her own mess learnt what She is a seven-figure business coach who helps entrepreneurs build businesses that support their ideal lifestyles. After receiving her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and working in marketing for L\u2019Oreal Paris, she left corporate to start her first company \u2013 and then her second company, Revenue Breakthrough. Within her first year in business, she racked up $25,000 in debt, investing in trainings & programs, and trying to launch her own products & programs, most of which flopped. After having her revenue breakthrough, she turned her business around and had ZERO dollars in debt the next year. Today, she helps her clients build, grow and expand their businesses and as she says\u201d MOST ENTREPRENEURS WORK TWICE AS HARD AS THEY NEED TO AND MAKE HALF AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY COULD\u201d At Revenue Breakthrough we support you to focus on the actions that make money now. We empower you to build a team, create processes, and scale your business \u2013 and to take real time off. And now with presentations across the world, and the release of her books Getting Rich: You\u2019re Doing It Backwards and Pause: 52 Questions that Lead to More Money and Time. she is certainly walking the walk, and talking the talk like no other. So looking back is it clear as to the mistakes she made, or is it still a mystery why she failed? And is building success more a mindset shift, or gaining the right business knowledge? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Monica Shah Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Monica Shah such as: How Facebook can be such a poisonous world to frequent, allowing us a glimpse into a world that might not actually be true\u2026but is so enticing. Why so many people spend time on the things that wont bring income into their business, and how to overcome this fear. Sometimes it\u2019s better to think several generations ago, when their wasn\u2019t so many options for connecting with people. Go simple and knock on doors. and lastly\u2026. Why the world wont stop if you get a no in your life, and neither will your business. No\u2019s are just placing you one step closer to the next big Yes.\nBusiness Marketing Expert Ken Tucker Reveals Why Going Local Can Be A Goldmine My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who is a master at taking a clients business and growing it beyond anything they could do on their own. He is the founder of Changescape Web, which focuses on integrated small business marketing solutions in the St. Louis and St. Charles metro area. This includes Online Marketing Solutions: WordPress Websites, HubSpot Internet Marketing Software, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing Management & Training, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Online Lead Generation and Lead Nurturing, Landing Page Creation, Social Media Contests and Promotions, Event Based Marketing, Local Search, Content Marketing. Now what is interesting is how they do this of course, but also how they support the growth of both their clients and their own personal growth through several extremely strong values that they stick to. 1) Helping our clients become wildly successful. 2) Building strong, lasting relationships with our clients. 3) Ongoing commitment to both professional and personal growth and development. 4) Supporting our communities and causes that we care about, both locally and globally. and 5) Having fun! As they say It\u2019s become something of a cliche to say that people should love what they do, but at Changescape, we really do! Every day presents new challenges and opportunities to meet them. It\u2019s a lot of fun (and very rewarding) to discuss a problem one of our clients is facing, and then developing and implementing a campaign to solve it. Our passion for our work motivates us every day. So what is it about the local community that inspires him greatly, instead of hitting every corner of the world like so many of the entrepreneurs that appear on Join Up Dots? And where did he start first? Creating a blueprint from himself that worked, or learning it as he went by building the business as the testing ground for everything? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ken Tucker. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ken Tucker such as: Why becoming unemployable in your own business is more often than not the correct stance to take for huge success. How most people do not niche down deep another in their business to truly understand what and who they are offering services too. Connecting with you local Chamber of Commerce is a great place to start understanding how local business operate, and of course connect with the right kind of people that can help your business. and lastly\u2026. Ken shares how the big growth of his business have occured when he has separated himself from it fully to breathe, think and review without disturbance.\nCan You Make Life Changing Decisions When You Are Married With Kids? Well, my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with an amazing story of taking life by the scruff of the neck and turning full circle to where he wanted to be. As he says \"After failing to get much of an education I set up an online business, selling books. This fuelled my passion for all things literary but the business failed. In order to pay the mortgage I started work stacking supermarket shelves at night. During the day I made a career plan to turn things around. In late 2004 I joined the still relatively young online gambling industry, working in a call centre. 5 years later I co-founded a company (which I subsequently sold) and went on to manage operations in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe. From 2013 to 2016 I was CEO of SKS365 Group. I am now a full time consultant, investor & advisor in one or two startups and, more importantly, I am embarking on a career as a writer, writing about mountains and the outdoors. In other words I am following my passion.\" And this is what makes him the perfect guest for a show like Join Up Dots, as in late 2016 he quit the rat race to redesign his life in a way that was more satisfying, interesting and adventurous both in his personal and professional life. He didn't know how to accomplish the large and vague objective of \"living better\", although he knew it meant being more entrepreneurial and spending more time outdoors! So he embarked on a career writing about mountains, adventure and his journey of redesigning his life and through his website the Armchair mountaineer he is showing all of us how to take control of our lives. So is it as simple as making a firm decision to do something, even if you haven't got all the dots lined up and doing it? Or did he plan everything out so he could make this the life that he has always wanted, and is so inspiring to the rest of us? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Thomas Smallwood. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Thomas Smallwood such as: How he managed to get the plan in place to be able to transition his life to where he wanted it to be, even if it meant doing stuff that wast part of the plan. Why it is so important to overcome the fear of reaching out to people who are ahead of you in their dream building (ensuring always that you provide value first) Why Thomas believes that you should rarely start anything that you want to make money as a first goal, instead work on the passion and see where it takes you. and lastly\u2026. How no matter where you are in your journey of transition you will be hit by periods of doubt and lack of self confidence. Surround yourself with positive people to hep you through the bad times.\nShould I Invest In My Own Business, Or Look For Investors? Today's episode of Join Up Dots is inspired by a listener who asks a huge question, that plagues so many of us as we begin to create our dream businesses. Do we use our money on a business, or find someone to invest in our business....even if means us losing some equity Should we keep control of what we want in our life, if that means taking it slower (perhaps never getting to where we want to be) Well we were asked this: My name is Alistair, a Brit who lives in India, and I\u2019m just about to embark on the startup journey for the first time. For my day job I do a lot of traveling. Today I happened across your podcast, and it made my 6 hour drive across northern India feel like time well spent! First, I\u2019d like to say thank you for doing what you do. The reassurance that there\u2019s so many out there in the same boat, and a friendly voice offering guidance, is invaluable. I\u2019m from a fairly modest background, never struggling, but comfortable enough. I\u2019m also relatively uneducated, having dropped out of college before completing my A levels. Since then, I\u2019ve been working my way around as an outdoor instructor, which is what led me to India. I have been developing an app idea for around 8 months, and I\u2019m about to take the plunge and spend the most amount of money I\u2019ve ever had access to. It\u2019s a small amount in the great scheme of things - \u00a315,000 to develop and get the MVP off the ground - but for me, it\u2019s everything. I often hear the phrase \u201cnever invest your own money\u201d, but at the stage I\u2019m at, no-one is going to be queuing up with their cheque book. Neither would I be interested, as they\u2019d want, quite rightly, a great big chunk of equity. So, my question is, which of the following scenarios sounds most sensible? 1 - I head out now, with nothing more than a well developed idea, a bunch of projections and revenue forecast assumptions, and go in search of angel investors to drum up enough money to get the app developed, knowing that I\u2019ll have to give away large amounts of equity 2 - I go as far as I can with the money available - money my mother would rather I spend on bricks and mortar - develop the MVP, and, hopefully, get some real data and a little traction, with which I could back up my proposal to investors further down the line The second subject that you may have talked about before; I hate asking for money\u2026 Perhaps it\u2019s my background, but I dread the thought of asking for tens of thousands and negotiating equity for my little app idea. My boss, a very well educated, well off, Cambridge alumnus, seems to have no qualms about raising half a million, even though I know for a fact he knows as much about his new venture as I do mine. Is asking for money a common concern of your listeners? Thank you for your time. Warm Regards, Alistair And now for the second question of the day, where our listener is doing quite well in his life, but has got to a point where he feels lost. Should he go back to Mexico, or should he start a business where he is. Hi. David I will use \u201cSailor aimlessly\u201d as subject of the message. Not sure if you read and reply to all messages you get, and I do not want to waste your time, therefore I will go straight to my point: Until a few months ago I was clear about what I was doing with my professional life, set goals and met them all. Today I sail aimlessly, have many ideas but I have not been able to land them and define what my next step should be, it is a terrible feeling and the reason why I am looking for help. In case you are interested in my case, find below a summary of my most recent story: Long story short, I am Mexican living in Ireland for the last 2 years, almost 36 years old, 12 years married and we have 3 beautiful daughters (Valentina, Mikaela & Emma). Since young age with different ideas, active, impatient; I finished high school and left Mexico to pursue my dream, I wanted to be a professional soccer player; tried it in the USA but it did not work, but I decided to stay as illegal working to raise some money and buy my other dream (a motorcycle \u2013 it was later robbed in Mexico). Soccer helped me finish my studies, got a scholarship in one of the most prestigious private universities in Mexico to play for the institution. During College, I set the goal of studying abroad and had the opportunity to live in Austria for 6 months doing a Global Business Program at FH Joanneum University. I come from an entrepreneur family, during my childhood sold cheeses, washed cars, worked in stationers and I was a soccer coach for kids; I started working full time for Mexican government age 22; at the same time I was doing College studies, I was a husband and father of my first kid. After a while, I decided to quit that job and move into private sector, it was a family business owned by a friend of mine, I knew the salary and benefits were lower but I did not want to make a career in politics; Once I finished my Major in Business Administration (2006), defined that I wanted to work for a global company, maybe it would give me the opportunity to live / work abroad, I wanted to compare how things work outside of my country. This also became a reality in 2007, since then I have been working for a Global Food company (the last 10 years), I have had the opportunity to live in 3 different countries (Mexico, Brazil and Ireland), I have done different roles within the organization (Procurement, Supply Chain, Sales, Cost/Pricing, Finance), sometimes company needs, in other occasions it was me looking for new challenges. Couple of years ago (while working) opened a bar with some friends, it did not work and we had to close it; besides the lost money these experience left me many learnings (maybe for a different conversation) \u2026 I also invested in the family business, we produce tomatoes in greenhouses, I have not seen any income from it as we agreed to reinvest and expand/growth the business. A month ago to distract my head and use my time, I download an app and invested few euros, started trading commodities via CFD, I have to admit it is good fun. I have thought about changing residence again looking for growth within the company, finding a new job, opening a business in Ireland, return to Mexico and diversify the family business. I feel like I'm in a comfort zone, the company I work for gives me stability and a secure income, the questions I've been asking myself are: what do I want, what is next, where should I be, what should I do and when is the right time? And I have not been able to answer them and set up my plan. I am clear, more money is definitely an important piece but also I want to help others \u2013 must likely in Mexico \u2013 but I need to find my internal peace first. Any ideas or advice is welcome. Thank Rodrigo\nBrainstuff and being healthy in your life is discussed with Brain expert Dr Steven Masley My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is a physician, nutritionist, trained-chef, author, and the creator of the #1 all-time health program for Public Television, 30 Days to a Younger Heart. His work has been viewed by millions on PBS, the Discovery Channel, the Today Show, and over 500 media interviews, and its not a surprise as his passion is empowering people to achieve optimal health through lifestyle changes. His research focuses on the impact of lifestyle choices on heart health, brain function, and aging and through his books the 30 day heart tune up and his latest The Better Brain Solution - How to Start Now--At Any Age--to Reverse and Prevent Insulin Resistance of the Brain, Sharpen Cognitive Function, and Avoid Memory Loss . he is taking his beliefs, research and passion to the masses. He has spoken for over 300 physician continuing medical education (CME) events, and for over 700 public presentations on a variety of topics related to health, cognitive function, aging, and cardiovascular disease. And if you are thinking, how does he ever make time to do anything else, he continues to see patients and publish research from his medical clinic in St. Petersburg Florida, and offers weekly blog posts on his website. So how did he come to have a fascination for spreading the word of lifestyle changes? Was it through his own personal development, or through seeing patients that quite simply, needed to make a change or two? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Dr Steven Masley Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Dr Steven Masley such as: Why perseverance is the key power to achieving all the success you want in life, but the world still thinks that the quick route is best. How we can improve the way our brain works by up to 50% by allowing for 5 key changes in our lives - starting today. and lastly\u2026. Why so many people fail to grasp the proactive action to failing brain power is the key to reversing the issues - Dont ever wait until its a problem.\nHeather Dominick's Business Lessons Lead To Business Miracles Everyday and my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the founder and leader of the Highly Sensitive Entrepreneur\u00ae movement. Her teachings demonstrate how highly sensitive traits when used as Strengths, rather than Shadows, can create effective entrepreneurial financial success. Her deep wisdom reaches over 100,000 Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs around the globe via her website www.businessmiracles.com and various social media channels. An exceptional facilitator and teacher, Heather is known for creating a safe, sacred community for true transformation whether she is teaching a Business Miracles\u00ae Class, delivering training online or in-person or mentoring her Business Miracles Members in her various Mentoring Programs. She has helped thousands of HSE\u00aes release lifelong limiting beliefs, overcome fears and learn how to build their business in a way that actually feels so good they can't help but create solid, sustainable, high level financial success. Now that sounds uber impressive, as if this person was born to be an entrepreneur rocking it online today...but that is not the case. Back in the late 90's and early 20's your would have found her teaching drama instead at the New York department for Education. Her path was heading her in a totally different direction So when did she decide that business, and teaching entrepreneur around the world how to achieve Business Miracles? And is she glad that she became a teacher first, or instead would she have prefered to jump straight into her life today? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Heather Dominick Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Heather Dominick such as: Heather shares her belief that none of us should do everything ourselves in a business if we truly want to scale a business. Be willing to outsource as soon as possible. We discuss why the world makes us work from nine to five based around the eight hour day Heather talks about why people have to see themselves differently to gain the true success. and lastly\u2026. Heather shares the two primary coping characteristics - The Pusher or the Hider. If you arent sure what these are then you will have to listen\nTravel the world on $12 dollars a day? Dream or reality? Travel expert Will Hatton shows the way Today\u2019s guest joining us on Join Up Dots, is one of those guys that I love speaking to as when you first research them you think \u201cThey are a little bit mad\u201d And then when you see them describe themselves as \u201cAn amateur adventurer, digital nomad and travel addict. I like to get muddy, naked and painted.\u201d you think yeah wasn\u2019t far wrong. But what makes this guy fascinating to me, is how very easily he could have been living the normal, humdrum lifestyle of so many of us if he had listened to the words of others. As he says in his own words \u201cI first started backpacking when I was eighteen and was instantly hooked by all the inspiring people I met whilst hitching, camping and couch-surfing around Europe. Since then, I have lived in India for a year, worked on bars in Vietnam, herded goats in the Holy Land and conquered the highest navigable pass in the world armed with a poorly drawn map and a packet of ritz crackers. I have survived knife-point robberies in Nepal, guerrilla encounters in Myanmar, motorbike crashes in Vietnam and numerous other mis-adventures. In 2011, I came back to the UK and settled into a job (much to my parents delight!) working for a travel company; I hoped I had found my true calling! Sadly, I spent almost all of my time behind a desk and so I decided to throw it all in, start this blog, and hit the road. And now with thousands of followers actively consuming the tales of adventure and madness everyday, it seems to me that he has now found his true calling. So what was it about ritz crackers and the life on the open road that so appealed in the early days? And by surviving on just $12 dollars a day for over two years, has this been the key to totally immersing yourself into this thing called Planet Earth, that so many of us rarely truly see? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Will Hatton\nHow Do You Make An Unsupportive Spouse An Ideal Business Partner? In today's episode of Join Up Dots we look at what makes an unsupportive spouse one of your biggest flagbearers in your life. You see everyday we talk about starting your own business, but we never really talk about how it will effect the lives of those closest to you. And more often than not it will either financially or emotionally. So what can you do about it to ensure that things go the way that you want? Let's start with our first question, which was posed by email from a gentleman I love your show. I only recently got into podcasts. The interviews and information you provide are really helpful. I do have a suggestion for a show though. Unsupportive spouses. I come from a lower middle income family that has always done side gigs as a way to supplement their income. So entrepreneurship has pretty much always been in our blood. I've been freelancing software development services since 2007. In 2009, I immigrated to Australia without any family or friends and had to close down my business in my home country. I had a permanent position for about a year, when In 2010, I started my own business doing contracting and consulting again. It was a one man show and I did really well but I never made the leap to employ people as I just didn't have the experience or mentor-ship to take me to the next level and I didn't know where to get that support. Especially on how to get more clients. I also started an online store in a niche market and it was really doing well. Then in 2016, I hit a really rough patch. My wife were on paternity leave for about 6 months when my contract ended with a big bank. Unfortunately I didn\u2019t have another client to go to as I was the one doing the contracting as a software engineer. For the next 6 months from June to December, my online store's sales had dried up and no matter how much money I threw at advertising or marketing, I wasn't able to get significant sales. I was unable to land any contracts and going over Christmas with no income was especially stressful. As you can imagine, this caused a lot of stress, fights and money flow problems and almost caused our relationship to fall apart. To add to this, my dad passed away in my home country and we had to fly over for the funeral. My credit cards were maxed out and I fell into depression. It was a really dark time. Then in January 2017, I got a short 6 month contract, but by then, my credibility as an entrepreneur had been crushed in my wife\u2019s eyes and she pleaded with me to get a permanent position. So in June 2017, I landed a permanent position with a company. It's a very good company and I like what I do. It pays the bills, and more importantly, I'm able to pay back my spouse the money she lent me when I was in trouble, but it's not where my heart is. I have all these ideas, all these plans to be an entrepreneur. I want to start more online stores, learning from my mistakes and doing better. I want to create software products and services. I want to do so much more. The problem, however, is that every time I try to bring up the subject to start new online stores on the side, or to finally create that software service that I thought about, again, on the side, my wife just shoots it down and it becomes a shouting match about how I've not accomplished anything for the last 8 years, and that I had no work and no income for 6 months while she was on paternity leave. She also brings up that I'm in my 40's and starting a new business is better left for 20 year olds, how I still owe her money. I'm busy shutting down the online store as it's not bringing in enough sales. To be honest, I know I can't just quit my job at the moment and continue my business, however, I can do it on the side and build up a client base or at least start some online stores to bring in some money. I really need some advice on what to do. I really love my wife and child, and I don't want to disappoint them again. I also believe that working for someone will never make you rich or wealthy. I've tried including her into my plans, asking her for advice and all other advice they suggest on the net, but she still has no confidence in me. Joining with that question we also answered, one from a gentleman called Eugene in America who asked: Hi David. Saying hello from Seattle Washington. First off I just want you say I listen and enjoy your show practically everyday. Lots of great info and motivation. I have to ask though, in your case, if you didn't have that big 'motivational push' - your new manager- do you think you would have still left your job? Another point I'd like to mention is that I noticed a lot of people have a significant other to lean on once they decide to take the leap and quit there jobs. Was your wife working when you made that transition? A little about myself, I'm on the 'fence' right now. Working a 9 to 5 but also doing my passion, discovering the stories behind the people that make up the Pacific Northwest. www.whatsupnorthwest.net So if you have a question or need some support from Join Up Dots, then let us know and we will be happy to respond on a future episode of Join Up Dots.\nTapping Your Way To A Successful Business Is An Unusual Story For Sure My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who has built a very unusual business, after travelling a very unusual path. He is the author of the best-selling children\u2019s book \u201cThe Wizard\u2019s Wish,\u201d the co-author of the best-seller \u201cFreedom at Your Fingertips,\u201d a featured expert in the film \u201cThe Tapping Solution\u201d (along with Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Dr. Norman Shealy and Dr. Bruce Lipton), and has been heard internationally on a number of internet radio talk shows. He is an expert in tapping, which is something that I had never heard off until recently, but has many many followers and prctaioners around the world. Tapping, also known as EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), is a powerful holistic healing technique that has been proven to effectively resolve a range of issues, including stress, anxiety, phobias, emotional disorders, chronic pain, addiction, weight control, and limiting beliefs, just to name a few. Tapping therapy is based on the combined principles of ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology. Tapping with the fingertips on specific meridian endpoints of the body, while focusing on negative emotions or physical sensations, helps to calm the nervous system, rewire the brain to respond in healthier ways, and restore the body\u2019s balance of energy. But this guy isn\u2019t just about a history based around medical practices as intriguingly he is also a graduate of Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Clown College, where he was selected to be the emcee and a featured performer in the final show under the \u201cBig Top.\u201d :\u2022) So how did a man go from this point to where he is today, helping people around the world overcome financial issues, heath issues and a wide range of symptoms? And is this something that was obvious to him, or did he fall into it like so many of our other guests who has appeared on the show? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Brad Yates. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Brad Yates such as: Brad shares how 95% of the things that bother us in life will lead to stress, which can be alleviated by practising the tapping technique he teaches. We discuss how he has created a global YouTube following simply by recording a video and then another until there are amazingly 700 plus to view. You have to start somewhere. He recalls how people saw the moment that he left his acting career as a step in the wrong direction. Not many supported him as he began work on his new venture and lastly\u2026. We discuss the abundance that is found in the world today, which allows us all to create similar businesses whilst still creating amazing livings for ourselves. Nothing should stop us starting.\nHow To Make Real Estate The True Smart Passive Income My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has created huge success for himself almost from the first chance that he could. As he says \"I knew from an early age that punching time clocks and working for someone else wasn\u2019t enough for me, which is what drove me into building businesses myself and being my own boss. Living a healthy and active lifestyle has always been important to me, that\u2019s why at the ripe ol\u2019 age of 21, I built my first company that coached clients on effective nutrition and fitness strategies. I began to grow my team and recruited and hired an epic sales team to keep things running smoothly. I ran a successful multi-million dollar company before I was old enough to rent a car. As soon as I realized how profitable real estate investments could be, I bought my first home as an investment. One home quickly became five, and when those five were doing really well, I just couldn\u2019t help but add more. I became obsessed with learning everything that I could about the business. Before I knew it, I had over 50 investment properties that were all performing well and the steady flow of passive income was proof of that. I was passionate and incredibly excited to tell everyone I knew about everything I learned. Today, I dedicate my time to mentoring other entrepreneurs, building my real estate investment portfolio, and helping other investors to build a brighter future through the power of passive real estate income.\" And now with his colleague Jeff Schechter, he is running the High Return Real Estate programme where they teach their students how to gain high return real estate opportunities that are unavailable elsewhere. The processes of acquisition, rehabbing, placement of tenants, and management are fully systemized to deliver properties that are well below market pricing, and perform at much higher returns than you could secure through traditional sources. Sounds good doesnt it....but is it? Is it something that falls into the category of passive income, or one where you are battling with terrible tenants and hassles you wouldnt want for anyone? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Jack Gibson Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jack Gibson such as: Jack shares the reasons why he loves passive income strategies and why he develops these in every way that he can throughout his business. Why it is so important to find the skills sets in others that complement each other. You just cannot build a business on your own. Why Jack admits to struggling with \"never being enough\" in his business a why he keeps hi vacations to a week at a time. and lastly\u2026. Why McDonald's became the biggest land owners in the world because they knew where the value of their business was...and it wasn't hamburgers.\nHealth Is Big Business And Todays Guest Has Taken His Ill Health And Created Massive Success Today\u2019s guest entrepreneur joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots podcast interview is a man who has been through so much that you would think that a smile wouldn\u2019t be permanently attached to his face. But attached it is, and it seems to be getting bigger everyday too. You see this is a guy who found his path to success, fulfilment and enjoyment in such a dark place that it is testament to the truth \u201cThe real gift is waiting within\u201d As he says \u201cFor nearly two decades of my early life, there was always something wrong with me. I was dead tired and suffered from an avalanche of health problems. I endured all of this even though I was an athletic and supposedly fit young man. I tried to ignore it, tucking it all under a rug, but eventually there came a day when I decided enough was enough. And it was all because of this one fateful event\u2026 It was late one Wednesday night in the middle of March, a few days before my 17th birthday. I had just returned home from soccer practice, but I was even more of a mess than usual\u2026\u201d You see he had finally come to the acceptance that there was something wrong within, that not only would change his outward appearance dramatically, but also threaten his life dream of becoming professional footballer forever. He had found his biggest challenge, one that would take him to the brink, before he managed to step onto the first part of the path, that would lead him to where he is today. A New York Times best selling author and one of the most trusted health experts in the world, appearing on TV and radio across the world. So how did he beat the physical issues, when he also had to tackle the mental issues that made his teenage years so difficult too? And does he feel that this is 100% what he should be doing with his life, or is he simply waking towards the bigger path, waiting patiently for him? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Yuri Elkaim.\nExtra Money Coming To You Whilst You Sleep Is A Real Dream. In Todays Episode We Show How Anyone Can Achieve Passive Income In todays episode of Join Up Dots we spend time talking about why and if you should build a content based website. Over the last few years, people have become more and more fascinated with having the ability to create extra income for themselves on auto pilot. You go to sleep and wake up richer than you were before. And now with the internet ruling the world, even the smallest individual can dominate major corporations by building small laser targeted niche websites based around a single subject. Now this episode was inspired by a guy called Paul Gray, who dropped us a line into our Facebook Page asking the following question \"Hi David, I've been listening to the podcast for the last few months and think it's great. Both inspirational and motivational. Just wanted to ask for any advice on starting a holiday website similar to yours. (Although not for Florida keys). Love the idea of the side income potential that, for the most part, would run itself once the initial work has been done. Keep up the great work with the podcast. Thank you, Paul.\" So we responded to him, and advised that we would record an episode detailing our thoughts on creating extra income in this way. Now as we say, it is reasonably easy to do something like this but it does take some planning. You dont want to start off on the wrong foot and spend your time creating a site, that although of interest to many people is a struggle to monetize. So start by thinking about, what people would pay for, and how easy is it to create a site around that thing? This is what I considered right at the very beginning of creating \"Whats At Florida Keys\" Would people pay to find out more information regarding this part of America? Well, no they want it for free, but they will pay to book a hotel room, or hire care, go scuba diving or a romantic meal or two. So can you find people that will be willing to pay you some kind of profit by passing leads through to their business? If you can then this is a great start to your desire to earn extra income for yourself - now you just have to go out and start building the site\nSo many people want to become an entrepreneur but where do you start? Well my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a uk guy who knows more than most what it takes to get something off the ground, and become a success. He author of the book series, The Law Of Business, a book series highlighting the skills needed to make a business successful, whilst also running a podcast of the same name. But why I wanted to have him on the show was to highlight the guys at all levels of building their dream businesses. As he says \"My entrepreneur story started when I went to an event in oxford circus hosted by an American singer called Napoleon, an affiliate of Tupac Shakur.\" And that start is more than good enough to think....these are dots that need to be joined up. Anyway, he was was telling us his story and all the things he did etc, at the end of the event I started thinking, this man is not much older than me and he has done so much with his life. It was wake up time, and that's when I said I need to achieve something big in life, to free myself from the supermarket life i was living at the time. I went home and while on my bed I was thinking of the things I could do, I said to myself, I can't be a doctor, I can't be a football player, then Bill Gates came on my mind, and that's when I wanted to be an entrepreneur or inventor. And that's when my journey begun. That free event completely changed my mindset and I haven't gone back to the employee and average living mindset ever since, I always think big now. In 2011 I had a language learning website called \"Foreigntalk\" but i took that down in 2012 because i knew nothing about marketing and sales, I was getting members but didn't know how to monetize from it. I got into internet marketing by first doing network marketing than I worked on some advertising websites, then I started my own ad website and now I am working on the law of business, my book series and making online courses about business and personal development as well. So this is going to be such an interesting story, as it touches on so many areas that trip others up as they work on the life they want. So why is it that people manage to create a traffic source, but then fail to monetize it? Is it that they create a business that doesn't solve others problems, or actually creates more problems for themselves? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Jamil Jama. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jamil Jama such as: How Jamil is never happy re the amount of work that he gets done, and often gets told by his friends to calm down and look after is health Jamil shares how he has developed his time management system, to ensure he gets masses done every single day. This is something we can all use. We talk about Meetup.com and how useful it is to surround yourself with like minded individuals who understand what you are going through in life. and lastly\u2026. Jamil talks openly about his belief in self development, and why its the stories he hears that make such a huge difference to his life.\nFunnels In Business Are Boomtime, And Todays Guest Is A Click Funnels Expert My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who rise to the top has been nothing short of remarkable. He went from a full-time insurance agent 4 years ago to building an e-commerce business that sold $20 million of physical products in 2016. What is astonishing is he did this WITHOUT using Amazon, eBay, or Shopify, and with nothing more than simple two-page ClickFunnels websites that use carefully optimized sales funnels. If you think that entrepreneurs are born more than made you could well be right. Our guest got his start in entrepreneurship with a pool cleaning business at 16, and has done everything from selling tea, to selling hundreds of thousands of dollars of t-shirts on Teespring, and to now selling 10,000 units per month across 20 different physical product lines. Today, he has built up an email list of 1.1 million subscribers and 300,000 buyers, and is selling the largest volume out of 50,000 ClickFunnels users. In addition to his eight-figure business selling physical products, his passion is helping and mentoring others to have the same success in e-commerce that he has had. But of course you need to have a direction right at the beginning, and then overcome the heartaches, stumbles and falls that knock so many people away from success like this. So was he just extremely lucky and didn't have any of these? Or is he a guy that believes that persistence overcomes luck and talent everyday of the week? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Trey Lewellen Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Trey Lewellen such as: Try shares a story of his early struggles, and reveals how he would have loved to be able to have reached out and found a mentor way before he found the man for him. Trey shares a powerful story of how the value of money has never changed for him, even when he earnt \u00a3117,000 he still appreciated what it took for the normal man to earn similar. Why flying across the world is so inspiring to Trey, as it brings into focus the complete abundance that we all have on offer to us everyday. and lastly\u2026. Why people feel secure in the job that they do, even though they could lose it the next day. This is madness, and a side hustle should be on everyones schedule for protection.\nMistakes Lead To Business Success, If You Are Only Willing To Make Those Mistakes In todays episode David Ralph the host of Join Up Dots will answer some questions sent in from listeners across the world. Some are quite deep whilst others are light and fun, but all of them in one way or another are tackling the subject of mistakes and being willing to tackle them head on. David, thank you so much for the show. I love it. Do you ever wish that you had started a different business, as I think at my core I am frightened of starting something in case I make a mistake and end up hating it. - Michaela Matthews, Toulouse, France Hello to all at Join Up Dots, i recently heard an episode where you answered listeners questions so I thought I would try to get one answered myself. I hate my life and for the longest time have felt in total despair that nothing good is ever going to happen to me. But after listening to many of your shows I am starting to change the way I think about the darkness. Both you and your guests have spoken about the bad times being the good times in the end. I think I can see that is true. So how can I make this small change in the way I think bigger and bigger, as its the key I feel - Peter Druboivs, Pula, Croatia Hello David, my question is about that clip that you play when Oprah speaks about \"Doing The Right Next Thing\". If I am getting this right, she says be quiet, listen to your thoughts and then go and conquer. Surely if it is that easy then everyone would be a success. Thoughts? - Damion Dansey, Ontario Canada, And now if you have been following along with the show, you will have head me mention numerous times about a lovely lady who is connecting with the show called Derek. We call her Derek. so that her bosses, if they happen to listen to the show, wont know its her. Yeah, i know we do too much. However Derek is in the process of reading self development, listening to podcasts, and planning how she can create a business that rocks, whilst at the same time supporting her partner and her lifestyle and she is a bit lost as to how to proceed. Now there isn't anyway that she can just go crazy and do the leap of faith, so a strategic plan is needed to allow her to side hustle her way to earning additional income and growing that confidence. Business is nothing more than, finding something you can do amazingly well, and that others need and will pay for....and then getting them to know about it after all. Well this week, Derek posted in the FB group a statement of success that made me sit and up and take notice. She advised us \"What\u2019s crazy is less than a year ago I started a band - I had zero idea what I was doing. None whatsoever. I just know that I can sing and I started networking and contacting people I had no business contacting being a brand new band and we started making decent headway. I\u2019m floored by the success we\u2019ve seen with the minimal effort I\u2019ve put into it. Why I doubt myself in other arenas is beyond me\" Isn't that amazing...she has already created success, by doing all the right things already. Now its time for her to replicate that format to gain more success again.\nHow Do You Build A Life Coaching Biz That Rocks? Jeanine Cerundolo Has Done Just That My guest today, last appeared on the show back on episode 78 of the show, and at the point was one of the founding members of the Higher Purpose Project, which we also discussed with our previous guests Ginger Kern and Dan Adams. A powerful collection of individuals that have taken it on themselves to create a platform for dreamers, high achievers and goal setters, to channel their passions and overcome their fears. With a tagline of \u201cBe Your Own Hero\u201d the project is going from strength to strength as the world wakes up to what can be achieved if we only take action. And in todays episode we will find out if this platform is still going, and if so how has it pushed her on personally to achieve her own status of hero as he is filling more and more positivity into everyday she is on this planet. She is a workshop facilitator, yoga instructor, writer, and personal development coach and dedicates herself to the arenas of personal transformation, healing modalities, and community building. As she says \"In my free time, I enjoy making any kind of creative concoction with my crepe-maker, dancing to music in my headphones in the parks in New York City, and sharing quality time with friends. I am also very passionate about creative expression \u2013 especially spoken word poetry, painting (finger painting counts, right?) and salsa and tango dance. In my other time, I have coached individuals; worked designing personal development focused curriculum and leading weekend summits for groups of entrepreneurs and change-makers; served as a camp counselor for an adult summer camp revolving around authentic connections sans technology; created and offered workshops on cultivating passion and purpose; and co-facilitated transformative women\u2019s circles and NYC-based programs for career shifts and meaningful work.\" So can you spend so much time helping other people that you fail to truly look after yourself, or supporting other lead onto an increased personal energy that drives you forward bigtime. And for those people looking to create their own coaching business, what are the key stages that bring it all together? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up even more dots with the one and only Jeanine Cerundolo Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jeanine Cerundolo such as: Jeanine discusses how she tries to change her mindset to a fun one everyday, and how it has such a big impact on others. People cant fight positivity Jeanine shares why she feels that the school of \"hard knock life\" is just as important as gaining the qualification as you build a business. How she started to bring customers to her business, and the steps we can all use to develop a life coaching business. and lastly\u2026. The KonmariMethod: How To Be Tidy is a book that Jeanine recognises as one that has made a big difference in her life and certainly could help all of us.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is widely known as the Morning Coach, with a daily podcast that has been downloaded over 22 million times. He is a sought-after motivational speaker and coach with an international following, he holds advanced degrees in business and metaphysics but credits his street education\u2014from black eyes to near bankruptcy\u2014with providing the life-changing lessons that inspired the keys to personal transformation he shares with audiences, coaching clients, and readers worldwide. Now that is the official blurb but what about the man himself. What lead him to be the go to morning person that the world is reaching out for? Well, he thought he had found what he was looking for once he achieved a golden level of corporate success and financial freedom. He had money. He had status. But it wasn't enough, as he realised having conquered the corporate ladder, he felt a strong pull to seek something more, leading him to actualize his personal dream. But what was his personal dream, as he it certainly turned out to be not what he was doing? Well, by aligning his mission, values, and goals, he was able to form an action plan and achieve his vision of a fulfilling career of guiding others toward realizing their inner purpose balanced with his passions of family, golf, and writing\u2014all with a three-hour workday. And this journey prompted him to write the popular book The Sacred Six: The Simple Step-by-Step Process for Focusing Your Attention and Recovering Your Dreams. This 5-star-rated book, the podcast and his overall outlook inspire others to be their best and change the world. So looking back was he actually on the wrong path, or did he need this false start to truly find the right one? And where do people go wrong, listening to others, or not listening to themselves? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only JB Glossinger. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with such as: How he managed to turn himself from a night owl into the morning morning person, and the difference that has made to his outlook and fortune. Why JB feels that making people taking action and being hugely motivated is not his job to see through. He gives them the tools and then its up to them. JB shares the fact that almost everyday he screws up, and how he has learnt to not beat himself up by the fact of opportunities missed. and lastly\u2026. JB reveals why he feels that he was so lucky to have a Columbian mountaineer on his side as he wife knows how you never get to the top of the highest peak that you aim for.\nAre you excited by what the world has to offer you on New Years eve? Well i guess you should be as its a time for new beginnings. However in this episode of Join Up Dots, I share why I feel setting a goal because of the date, is not as valid an idea as starting a goal because you truly want to. The motivation to achieve anything has to start within you, and if you are being forced into it you are prone to fail bigtime. So from myself the host of Join Up Dots, I just want to say a big \"Happy New Year\", thank you for listening to the show in ever increasing numbers and I look forward to sharing more stories, more insight, and a lot more motivation and laughs in the new year. Have a good one and we will see each other again very soon - David\nStarting a Business, Starting To Make Money, Starting The Dream - Its All Here Today Today's show is almost the last one for 2017 and has a few varied and excellent questions from listeners across the world. This is the kind of stuff that really makes hosting a show like Join Up Dots a total delight to host. But the first question, is more of a review of the show, and an amazing insight to the vision that is the show and what we hope it all to become in the future. A great year is almost finished. 2017 has become a changing point for me. Here is my short story. I grew up in Ukraine but I\u2019ve been dreaming to go abroad all my life. I thought about UK. I hadn\u2019t gone to UK, but last year I came to Dubai. It was great event for me. I had worked for one year in the hotel and changed my job then. I worked in sales in Ukraine and I found same job here in Dubai. Now I am working in sales department of a big Real Estate Developer company. The interesting fact. My manager is an amazing British woman. And some brokers whom I work with, are British too. Some of them live in Dubai and work here, some of them live in UK but we are cooperating. It\u2019s a quite interesting, isn\u2019t it? I feel like all the dots started connecting and only now I can understand what Steve Jobs said in his speech in 2005 in Harvard. It\u2019s true, we can\u2019t connect the dots looking forward, we can only connect them looking backwards. But I want to say thanks to one more British person that I\u2019ve met. This person is David Ralph. I\u2019ve found his podcast recently and I listen to it every day, 2-3 episodes a day. He is doing a great job. He is really connecting the dots, all those dots between the people from different countries all over the world. And these amazing people are sharing their life experience in David\u2019s program. I\u2019d like to say thank you, David. I love your program! Merry Christmas to you and whole your family! Question Two Hello David and Join Up Dots, I have recently seen your page when it shares how you monetize Join Up Dots, which is great. This has led me to want to ask two questions if you would be so kind. Firstly, I see that you have a automobile business listed. Is this your business, or are you are partner? And secondly, I see a lot of people share their income statements on their websites. Why do you think they do this, and have you ever considered this to be something that you would like to do too? - Adler Ling, Shanghai, China Question Three Join Up Dots Rocks - I listen everyday and tell all my colleagues to listen too. Your show is not like any other that I have heard. What is your favourite episode you have recorded - Osil Harket, Norwary Question Four Thanks for creating such a wonderful podcast. I came across it 2-3 weeks ago and love listening to many of your past episodes. I have been wanting to create an online business since around 2005. I think I first got the bug after listening to Tim Ferriss's audiobook of the 4 Hour work week. I also was listening to Internet business mastery, which then lead me to Pat Flynns podcast. My challenges are: How to really get started, which idea of my many I should go with, over coming my fear of failing. Maybe it's low self confidence, but I feel that I have failed at a lot of things in life and so I am or was afraid to really try to build an online business. I don't want to fail on my \"dream\". One thing that I dislike about other podcasts is that the host eventually begins to self promote their products and courses and start sharing less and less of how or what to do. I feel that you don't do this. So thank you. Other than wanting to ask you for help on being a mentor and getting me on the right path, I'd like to know how long was it from the time you thought about leaving your job to actually sending out your first podcast? What exactly were you doing? How did you know what you needed to do to set up your podcast? Did you set up a website before or after? If I were to do the same as you, what kind of costs would I be looking at to get started? You talk about all the hours and hard work that went into getting things going. What did those times look like, what were you doing? Last question, what's your favourite thing for breakfast? Thanks again for creating Join Up Dots, it's really inspired me to start taking action. PS. some of the buttons on your site are broken or not set up, fyi. Ryan.\nSales Techniques and Sales Closing Is So Hard, But Not With Michelle Weinstein My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a lady who knows how to turn no's into yes's. She knows how to turn maybes in sales. She knows how to turn struggling businesses into rocking and rolling money making machines, all by the power of pitching correctly. As she says \" I am a time-tested entrepreneur who has the unique ability to help you immediately identify business strengths to create a unique plan of action. More importantly, I will help you zero in on the hidden trip wires that keep you from achieving your financial dreams.\" She has knocked down the doors and impressed CEO\u2019s at many billion dollar companies. Her relentless pursuit towards buyers at Costco Wholesale earned her coveted shelf space that also led to national deals with The Vitamin Shoppe. Other current clients include the Washington Nationals and Tampa Bay Rays. Within in her inner circle are multi-seven figure entrepreneurs, famous comedians, professional athletes and coaches from the NFL, NBA, MLB & NHL. As a result of these amazing relationships and opportunities Michelle has honed a unique skill set that will help you develop the most important and valuable relationships. She will teach you how to open doors and meet people that you have always dreamed of meeting, but you never knew how to get to. That\u2019s her genius. So was this process something that was born in her, or created by many years of hardship, struggle and learning on the coal face? And where do people go wrong - pitching to the wrong avatar, or not believing that they have the value that leads to the sales? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Michelle Weinstein. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Michelle Weinstein such as: Michelle shares the four letter word that makes all the difference to a new entrepreneur, and why it is the most important thing to learn. Michelle talks about why being a standup comedian is the hardest entrepreneurial journey to take, and why they have to be used to failure every single night. However these failures are a gold mine that can lead to huge success. We discuss how she found the diamond in herself by working in bars as a young lady, and how she can now see those skills are exactly the same as the ones she uses today. and lastly\u2026. Why your ability to be able to walk away from money sets out an amazingly powerful position to take, that actually can lead to more money.\nThis is going to be a very short episode of Join Up Dots as hey I guess that most of you are up to your neck in wrapping paper and turkey. So why would you stop to listen to a podcast episode from a guy in the UK? Well i hope that you do, as there are something that I need to share with all my listeners across the world. You see, without you guys lending me your ears, connecting with us on FB, dropping us a line like you do then I dont think I would have the passion to keep going day after day. Building a business is very tough, and we wall need the support of others to help us through the dark times and to push us on to achieve greater and greater success with our ventures. And that is what I get from you all. Seeing the download figures increase month on month. Seeing the changes that are occuring in lives across the world. And getting told that Join Up Dots has made a huge difference in the way that you think about your future is the greatest present I could ever hope to get. And best of all, I dont have to wait until Xmas to get them either. I suppose what I am saying is because of your guys, everyday in Join Up Dots world is Xmas and I am so totally grateful and humble for what you provide me. So thank you so much for being a listener. Thank you so much for allowing me to do what I love doing. And thank you to everyone that looks around themselves at Xmas and realises that if you are able to listen to a podcast, or read a website then you are in a better position to get the dream life than most people in the world today. Happy Xmas everybody and have the best time you can possibly have David\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is a man with a fascinating tale joining up many dots to where he is today. Spending the first nine years of his career like Maverick in Top Gun, he felt the need the need for speed, as an Air Force Pilot, before entering the corporate world to work for Abbott Laboratories and then Valassis. And he was on top form working for both companies, and was recognised as a top performer. Which is of course great, but underneath lurking in his passions and dreams, was a desire to go out on his own to start his own business. The old leap of faith was beckoning, but like so many people across the world, he had the desire but not the direction. He wanted to do his own thing, but was unsure what that thing was supposed to be. And as we see time and time again on Join Up Dots, that path can reveal itself at anytime, and this was certainly the case with todays guest. As fate would have it, a random conversation with a friend about the gum ball machines his family owned started it all off. That one conversation sparked an intrigue and planted the seeds for what would eventually become his business School Spirit Vending. But not before disappointment, frustration and the downturn in the economy in 2008 knocked his confidence for six. And then a knock on the door happened at his home, and the path got clearer. So what was it about that knock on the door, and the conversation that happened upon opening it,that really got the juices going? And does he now look back and think, \u201cMan, the clues were floating around me all the time, I just couldn\u2019t see them?\u201d Well let\u2019s bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays Free podcast, with the one and only Matt Miller Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Matt such as: How he feels the speed of the group is determined by the speed of the leader, and he is aware that everyday he has to be on top form to inspire that momentum. How he often advises entrepreneurs that when you start a product be aware that you will end up in a 180 direction change down the line. How he remembers the time, that it first dawned him that he had achieved the tipping point in his life and he had now achieved the time freedom he craves. And lastly\u2026. How he now knows exactly what his key skills are, and actively seeks for people who are excited to do the things that he can\u2019t. Which powers his business forward massively.\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots, your host David Ralph answers questions received from listeners across the world who are in different stages of growing a business that they can all their own. These range from happiness, to online construction to when is the right type time to leave your job. Big questions, require big answers....so lets start with question one: David, great show. What would be your free biggest tips to being happy? Donald, Manchester, England Now question two.... Hi! I have been listening to your podcasts over the last few weeks and have been talking about wanting to start my own company for months. I've finally come up with an idea that I think really fits my background but is also something attainable and that I'd be interested in doing. I have no idea where to start... I really just have the idea I'm wanting to basically be a recruiter for candidates to go into TEFL programs and teach english abroad - I've been a recruiter for 3 years now and recently taught English in Thailand so I think this is the perfect thing for me to start! But i don't know where to begin. Any help or direction- much appreciated!! Lauren Miller Leading onto question three: Hi David, loving the show. I loved the episode that you talked about burnout. It was really inspiring that you could be so open and honest with us. Following on from that are you happier now, as I would imagine that you are, as that is how you come across on the show - but perhaps the truth is very different. intrigued from Stellenbosch South Africa and the last one David, quick question. I have been working on a few online bits and bobs over the last few years and now have got myself into the position to quit my job and go full time. However I am scared to do so, in case something goes wrong. When do you know when you are at the right time to leave and go it alone? Michaela Impey, Lubeck Germany Thank you so much for listening to Join Up Dots and if you need any help then connect with us on either Facebook or joinupdots@gmail.com\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a a father, husband, entrepreneur, and the visionary behind iTREKKERS. He founded the company in 2014 after realizing that bringing together vetted professional captains and guides on one platform would help guarantee everyone a better experience in the outdoors. But what does that mean exactly? Well as he says \u201cDriven by my passion for hiking and fishing and the unreliable and diverse experiences that I have had; iTrekkers has been born. iTrekkers concept is simple: We connect customers to amazing outdoor experience that will help make them advocates. In order to achieve this, we have developed \u2013 www.itrekkers.com, where customers will be able to search a city location (such as Tampa), pick the type of fishing Trek they want to do (inshore, nearshore or offshore) and the package / price combination they want, and voila! we provide you with a guide to book. Our booking process is simple, safe and secure. And, best of all, we guarantee our trips 100% customer satisfaction or your money back. \u201c The end goal is straight forward: They want all their customers to have the best chance of experiencing the great outdoors in the most pleasant and exciting way possible. Now this is an interesting concept for so many reasons, not least the mental aspect of building a business around something that is already out there? Isn\u2019t someone else doing it already? How can I charge for something people can do for free anyway? Well our guest has ploughed through all the obstacles and now is seeing his business go from strength to strength. So when did the idea first come to him, and was it something that instantly took hold, or niggled away for many months before taking action? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Thomas Mulliez Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Thomas Mulliez such as: How he decided on the area that he was going to build a business in, and the steps that he took to start his new venture. Why Thomas felt the need to go and see a mentor, and how it managed him to see a totally different way of proceeding in the future. Thomas shares why he surrounds himself with greatest minds that he can hope to find, and what he does to hos own development. and lastly\u2026. Why a terrible bachelor party first gave him the idea of starting how own business, but he still needed a push from his own company to tackle it head on.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who when you first read his bio, you think....or at least I did \"Is this true?\" He starts with \"I grew up with a tribe of Mayan Indians in a remote village in the highlands of Guatemala. I am also a helicopter and airplane pilot, an avid photographer, and taught high performance motorcycle riding/racing. \" So this gives you one impression of todays Indiana Jones type guest, so let's give you another He\u2019s an author, speaker, and an entrepreneurial adviser who can teach the world how to make an impact through thought leadership and how to turn their competitors into an asset. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, USA Today, INC. Magazine, and Forbes. He is also a regular speaker not only for TEDx, but for Harvard, Adobe, and other international conferences and now is delivering to the world his fifth book, The Business Of Expertise: How Entrepreneurial Experts Convert Insight To Impact + Wealth teaches entrepreneurs how to elevate themselves and the world. In the book he discusses Five Early Tests for the Positioning of Your Expertise; Demonstrating Expertise; Not Demonstrating Expertise; How Expertise Unfolds\" Which gives us a great framework for taking you guys onto the first steps of being an expert in your own field and rocking it bigtime. But what really shows the man is what he told me on email, and you can hear the passion bigtime \"I\u2019m very successful by most measures, but it always feels tentative to me. I see myself on the street some day if things don\u2019t go my way, if I get lazy, if I have some bad luck. I\u2019m hungry for more, and it drives me crazy. I wish I could relax and enjoy the success w/o being paranoid about it. It feels like life throws weird twists and turns at you and it\u2019s a matter of reimagining yourself in a different role. Saying \u201cno\u201d to most of those things so that you can say \u201chell, yes!!!!\u201d to a few of them. Being grateful, disciplined, and eager. Now I am rambling\" So where do people go wrong...not spending enough time on becoming an expert, or spending too long and never going out to prove it? And when did he realise where he should position himself on his own entrepreneurial journey? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr David C Baker Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with David C Baker such as: David shares why he is still travelling across the world to be put on the spot week in and week out. He feels that he needs to sharpen his skills, by constantly being tested and this is the best way to not getting stupid. Why we all have a lack of confidence in our personal abilities at the beginning, and more often than not do not grow until the market starts seeing us as good. Its then that our own personal belief hits in. David shares how he started his own marketing firm, and how he severely underestimated the amount of work that it took to get it off the ground. and lastly\u2026. Why consultants are in so many ways scamming their company by simply asking the questions that the company should always know if they truly look within themselves.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with a background in finance but a future that is 100% entrepreneurial. As a young man you could see that he was destined for a life dealing with numbers, but not where he has ended up. Leaving the University Of Florida after studying Economics he took a position with the accurate Advisory Group providing retirees and those planning their retirement with a range of financial planning services. He presented to countless families at presentation workshops on Social Security, 401k strategies, the In\u2019s and Out\u2019s of the brokerage world as well as many other related topics for individuals around the Tampa Bay Area for over 9 years until he decided to Found a side business \u201cMy Tax Reduction Blueprint\u201d As he says \u201cWe don\u2019t want our clients to incur any risk, so we perform all our work on a contingency basis. That means we only get paid if we are able to find savings and/or settlements for you! While most CPA\u2019s are stuck looking at the rear-view mirror of your business, we focus on your windshield, creating current and future tax savings for you.\u201d Now for many people this may sound like boring stuff that they trey to hide from as much as possible, but this show will be anything but. This will be a show about a man finding his path, by finding a solution to others problems. This will be a show about a man going it alone, and little by little building his company into a team of motivated financial advisers. This will be a show about a man, who no doubt will have struggled with the financial aspects of building his business as all entrepreneurs do. So why did he decide that this was what he wanted to do in his life, and is he as enthused about it now or can he see bigger goals to achieve? And is there one bit of simple advice that all our listeners to take on board that can make such a huge difference in their lives, when it comes to finance? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Travis Jennings.\nMost Confidential Podcast Ever - I Am Beating Burnout Everyday And Now Share The Darkness That I Have Been Through In today's episode your host David Ralph shares openly and frankly an issue that has affected him and thousands of people across the world everyday. Burnout and how the condition of burnout can creep on all of us without us knowing. During the week he received an email from a Dr who wanted to discuss with him his history of burnout after hearing about it on the show, and so he connected with them and shared openly. However during this conversation it became evident to him that the content would be most powerful by sharing it with his listeners. Which he has done in todays burnout episode of Join Up Dots. The Email Greetings David Ralph, Can I start with saying ow refreshing, fun and truly unique your podcast is. I always look forward to listening no matter who your guest might be. I am Dr Ross Smiley, from the Burnout Process Clinic in New Zealand, and are undertaking a major review into the symptoms and treatment of corporate burnout across the world. We are very interested into the reasons behind the dramatic increase in this problem and how to tackle it going forward. We have heard you mention your own battle with this issue, so would very much appreciate connecting with you to discuss for our report. We understand that you may not be willing to connect due to your workload, but if you could we would very much appreciate it Dr Ross Smiley. So do you have feelings that aren't usually feelings that lie within you? Are you feeling like no matter what you do in your life then its not good enough? Do you feel that you just want to close your eyes and sleep, even if its in the middle of the day? Well if that is the case, then this burnout episode should be something that you plug into your ears as it could make all the difference.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has been wowing the theatre world in London's West End and rocking arenas all over the world for the last few years. During her 25 years in the industry, she has lived and worked all over the world, first starting as an entertainer at Sunwing performing with dance bands, soul, jazz, pop and cover bands, to finally landing bigtime in rock music. But it hasnt been instant success and for many years she worked as a backing singer for many of Sweden's most popular singers, dreaming of the time that she could push them out of the spotlight and truly show what she could do. On February 2, 2008, she found the door that could allow her talent to shine big-time when she won the Swedish talent show West End Star onTV. The prize for winning was the leading role as \"Lady of the Lake\" in the London West End production of the Monty Python musical Spamalot. She moved to London to play the lead, which at that time was the biggest role played by a Swedish performer in the West End for a very long time, and made over 500 performances In July of that year she was back in Sweden leaving the London stage for a while, and performed a song at the popular Swedish television show Alls\u00e5ng p\u00e5 Skansen, where she was approached by the BBC to compete in the UK Eurovision selection event; she declined the offer. But this is not just the story of a lady working hard and getting a break in the business, as today's guest is also someone who loves to give back and entertain audiences that perhaps are not her target audience, such as appearing in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Liberia and Mali for the Swedish Armed Forces. So has this always been a passion, even as a small girl, or did she just find something that she could do very well? And what has the been the hardest part, the struggle to get there, or to stay there? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Nina Soderquist. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Nina Soderquist such as: How she looks back she can clearly see the dots joining up her life, and loves the fact that her future is a walk into the unknown. Scary sometimes but something that she relishes. Why she wishes that she had got a better manager in the early days of her life, as her journey to success would have been so much shorter. How she listens to her own songs, and sometimes appreciates them, but struggles to get past the critic in her. She allows the audience to show her what is good or not. and lastly\u2026. Why she rarely sings away from the stages of the world, and has never ever done karaoke in her life.....shock!!!\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a lady who has been creating her success from the ground up in amazing effect. Starting her journey around the same time that Join Up Dots launched, she has been out there every day, hustling, upskilling and sharing her talents with the world She is the President & CEO of Marketing to Crush Your Competitors, is also an Online Business Strategist, Professional Speaker, Author and Podcaster. She works with entrepreneurs, coaches and startups to build their online platform so they can be seen as an authority, connect with influencers and cash in on their knowledge. She has published 3 books (one a best seller!), been featured on Forbes and The Huffington Post. As a former elite athlete, including playing in the PanAm games, and a former physiotherapist helping her clients get to their optimum health, she is a genius at mapping out a strategic path to victory. But to be honest, you can throw all the big words in the world in her direction and it will never show the simple fact, that she cares. She cares about her business. She cares massively about her clients. She cares about making the most of each day. And that is part of what we will talk about today....loving something so much that your bring into the world something that you couldn't imagine at the beginning So is her business where it is because of the struggles she has overcome or the successes that came easily? And what is the biggest issue that her clients bring to her, stopping them from achieving the same success? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Fabienne Raphael Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Fabienne Raphael such as: Why Fabienne has made the decision to change their name of her podcast, and what that means to her audience. Fabienne shares how she wasn't born to be an entrepreneur, but was willing to hustle. develop and make mistakes until she could 100% class herself as one. Why so many people make the mistake of seeing the small shoots of financial reward start to grow, and then going and starting something else. Why we should make more effort to get out and see real people in our business. You can't develop as quickly if you just stay in front of your computer all the time. and lastly\u2026. How a newborn has allowed her to become uber focused on the tasks that will grow her business massively.\nComing originally from Dallas, but now living blissfully on several acres of Pennsylvania countryside, todays guest knows a thing or two about living great, feeling great, and doing things naturally. Over the last few years he has worked enlightening people, as to how they can in his words\u201d take back their power in the areas in which they give it away. \u201c Which may not mean much to you at the moment, but will certainly form the basis of our interview today. He is regularly featured on television and radio where he shares his direct experiences, as to how we can make living a healthier lifestyle, and easy and fun too! It is the simple no nonsense yet basic everyday living approach to his work, which has created a hugely loyal following over the years. And with a series of publications that really tackle the pain points of people lives, such as \u201cAcne Free in 3 Days: How I Cleared my Acne in Only 3 Days \u201d and \u201cWeight Loss By The Numbers\u201d selling in large numbers he is sought after as the man to help. And its not a surprise as someone who suffered as a young man with weight issues, he is in a prime position to speak from experience. So why is it if you can cure acne in three days, that so many teenagers and young adults suffer with this issue again and again. And what was the point in his own up bringing when he realised that he had to do something about getting into shape? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Chris Gibson. Show Highlights During the episode we discussed such weighty topics such as: Why it is so important to get yourself mentally right before you start tackling the physical health we all crave. How he remembers throwing a Doctors prescription away and that was the moment that he started taking control of his destiny. Why it is so important to slow down and consider every decision that we make each day, to start making a positive change in our lives. If you are in a job that is making you unhappy then you need to ask yourself \u201cWhy is it doing this to me?\u201d and try to resolve the problem not just accept it. And lastly\u2026.. How you don\u2019t need to be an expert in everything nowadays, but you do need to know how to find the people that are.\nIn todays episode of Join Up Dots, David Ralph shares three different stories from three listeners who are building their dream lives and all are struggling in one way or another to make the next step to where they want to be. We get more and more questions from listeners who are listening to the show and are inspired by the content and want more and more from life. So let's start with the first question, which was received in our FB group from a lovely lady in America, who preferred not to be names in case her boss heard the show. So in this episode we will call her Derek..... \"Hi David, Why do I have zero motivation at work!? Please don\u2019t share this on the podcast with my name but I\u2019m curious if you ever felt at your past life job that you just couldn\u2019t give a fuck about the job at hand? I come in excited to start the day coming off of your podcast and then I get here and turn to absolute mush. Did you have days like that? I feel like it\u2019s bleeding into my desire to get out in that it\u2019s just completely draining me.\" You will hear the answer to this question on the show as you would expect from a top ranked podcast. The second question was posed from a guy, who knows what he wants to do, and knows how to do it, but is holding himself back from going full time. \"Hey David, thanks so much for personally getting in touch. I've just realised you did, so apologies for not getting back to you. I'm from Bath, in good old Blighty like yourself. Thankyou for taking a moment to lend me your ear. In answer to your question, what is my biggest issue I have to reply, in a word...FEAR! I made the decision some time ago to change course in my career before reaching the age of 40 to pursue my love of photography. It's something that always consumes my thoughts and heart but until recently not something I thought I should develop on a freelance basis. Well, that changed when in my current job as a gardener I started to lose interest and a new manager appeared in the last 5 months and unfortunately we don't see eye to eye (a little similar to your origin story I think!) So, after 15 years in that career (and my back and knees are getting a bit knackered!) I thought, this is the perfect time to switch it all up again for the new decade of my life. I've now decided to prepare myself, the finances and inform family members of my decision to go freelance and to commit full time to taking photos - I've had some success in the past doing it in my spare time and appeared in a few newspapers, commercial work and recently won a competition on the Expedia/Trover website where the prize was a \u00a31000 holiday. I love shooting events, festivals and adore landscape photography especially if I can get to work with outdoor and travel brands. I think I'm ready, but, as I mentioned before I'm scared. Fear has grabbed me, it's the great unknown and my knees are a knocking! Just can't seem to leave the comfort of a regular job and step into a world of freelance even though I'm sure I can do it and have a much more fulfilling life, just as you discovered when you found your true calling. Apologies for the lengthy ramble, though it would be awesome to get your insight and advice on how to not be too much of a yellow belly and confront this fear! Wayne Farrell, UK. Now for our last question we bring onto the show a lovely lady who has been a friend of Join Up Dots since the early days, and through listening to the show changed her life dramatically. But now that dramatic phase has become a little bit boring. So what do you do when life becomes humdrum? Do you do more and more to keep it exciting, or sit back and focus on what is brilliant in your life? Well as you can guess, we will answer that question on the show...and its a good one that connects all the others spoken about in todays episode. \"Hi all! Just wanted to post an update and ask a general sort of question. I\u2019ve been teaching a crazy amount of in person English classes since I got here, but am looking into teaching online. I can make dollars again and save on my commute which would be great. Outside of that I am honestly not sure what my long term plans are at the moment. Lately I have been feeling so much pressure to travel and even explore Prague with any free time I have but also feeling like I need to be studying grammar and teaching methodology. This has left me feeling a bit overwhelmed and slightly paralyzed. Truth is, as I mentioned I don\u2019t know what my long term plans are. I know I don\u2019t want to move back to America, but outside of that I am feeling a giant question mark. When I try to think about what I want to do I truly don\u2019t know outside of travel. Have any of oh found ways to ease up the mental stress and pressure you tend to create for yourself in these situations? That feeling of I should be doing more all the time?....Megan, Czechoslovakia\"\nSelling Expert Kayvon Kay Gives The Number One Advice For BIG SALES! Todays guest joining us on the show has over the past 19 years, he has helped 1000+ coaches, consultants, service providers, and entrepreneurs master the fundamentals of sales and close more High-Ticket sales over the phone. He is known as the \u201cThe One Call Closer,\u201d and is one of the most recognized and in-demand sales trainers in the high-ticket space. The tactics and ideas that he uses in his One Call-Closer private training are techniques that took him 20 years to develop and that less than 1% of the population even know about. These techniques are also derived from him spending over 10,000 hours on sales and business trainings, courses, and seminars. Now that sounds amazing, and of course we all will be thinking that he was born with this talent. But in fact his journey to becoming a successful sales trainer didn\u2019t happen overnight nor was it easy. He went through a lot to get to where he is today. He started his passion for selling at the young age of 13 where he got his first sales job as a junior sales assistant at the local furniture store. It was from that experience that he wanted to pursue a passion for selling and started this never-ending pursuit of sales improvement. Up until today, he\u2019s read over 396 sales books and has spent over $128,563 on sales trainings and seminars. During his time at college, the Dean of Special Resources told him that he should drop out of school because of his diagnosed struggles with ADD/ADHD. It wasn\u2019t the first time he was told to give up and quit and it will not be his last. However, that didn\u2019t affect him and he wasn\u2019t willing to give up. And that is always the key to success, persistence outworks talent, skills and anything else you think is holding you back from your future. So what is it about selling that lights him up inside, when most people struggle with this bigtime. And where do we go wrong, blinking at the pivotal moment of quoting our price, or something else? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Kayvon Kay Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Kayvon Kay such as: Kayvon share his belief that there is no single path to success, and everybody has to create the path that is right for them if it is truly going to succeed. Kayvon shares how so many people get confused with the systems against the strategies. Use the webinars, funnels, an email optins to create a deeper connection with your clients before you ever hope to sell. We discuss Kayvons childhood, and how his fathers advice could have held him back from the future that was waiting for him. Thank god he ignored him! and lastly\u2026. We discuss how Kayvon spent $125,000 on self development and still failed - the reason was he hadn't proved himself to anyone, not least himself.\nCreativity comes in many forms. And in todays episode our guest shows how he has blended several creative areas into one rocking a rolling business. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an interesting guy for sure. They call him the LINGO guy (which will make more sense shortly) and has been the go-to portrait photographer for an exclusive clientele for 30+ years. His portraits have appeared on The Oprah Show, CBS News, in \u201cO\u201d Magazine, People Magazine and New York Family Magazine. Now if you think this is a guy who just takes amazing snaps then think again as he says \u201cWhile the three career roles I play as photographer, speaker, and coach may seem diverse, they actually have one thing in common. It is the essence of being a witness. The sparkle coming alive in a child\u2019s eyes, a small business owner making a shift in their way of thinking or an entire audience being inspired. I am motivated by the role I play in bringing that response forward and grateful for being a part of someone else\u2019s aliveness.\u201d Which means that through his trained eyes, he uses his honed intuition to see and sense, helping to businesses stand out, attract their ideal customers, and create brand loyalty that supersedes price. Which is fascinating to us at Join Up Dots, as with an ever increasing crowd battling it out online, how do you get your creativity, vision and passion to shine out and attract customer like magic? Well through his book, LINGO: He teaches us all to \u201cDiscover Your Ideal Customer\u2019s Secret Language and Make Your Business Irresistible\u201d Powerful stuff and the kind of content I dont think we have had on Join Up Dots before. He is also the host of the popular business podcast Creative Warriors and a featured speaker on The Moth, and with a social media audience of more than 100,000 seems to be what the world is looking for. So what made him get our his camera and start taking photos in the first place? And when did he realise that it wasnt just an image that he was creating, but someones future every time the shutter clicked? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Jeffrey Shaw Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Jeffrey Shaw such as: Why Jeffrey has learnt that stepping into your greatness doesnt always translate across the world, and how he meanders around it to ensure his clients grow bigger than they could hope for. Jeffrey shares how he knew as a youngster that he was very different from his father and his brothers, and can now see how it placed him where he is today. Why so many people need to make space in their lives to allow themselves to provide the value to their clients. Although they need to be shown that its possible. and lastly\u2026. Jeffrey shares a brilliant image for life\u2026\u2026life is like a game of twister. It doesnt matter if you can\u2019t find the next dot to place your hand, someone will fall and your space will become visible.\nTodays guest on Join Up Dots is going to give us a different perspective to a story which we have already told back on a previous episode of Join Up Dots. His girlfriend and business partner Julie Gohring, came on the show on episode 330, and told us how together with todays guest she has created a life splashing around happily on the beaches of Costa Rica. But it isn\u2019t all about having great fun and the life that he wants. Yes, he is passionate about using fitness and health to enrich peoples lives. As he says \u201cI\u2019ve been an athlete my entire life which has given me a unique set of tools to educate and motivate others to live healthier, fitter and more joyous lives. I love training on the beach and getting after it in the gym. Good nutrition (most of the time) solid recovery, and a little mindfulness practice round out my core beliefs. Surfing lights me up inside and motivates me to eat well, train hard, and stay well rested. I believe we all can find that activity that keeps us active and puts a smile on our face. And i\u2019m here to help you discover it for yourself.\u201d But this isn\u2019t a tale of someone just playing to their strengths and it all comes together effortlessly. This is a story of someone making big decisions, and tackling his own mind chatter head on, as he transitioned from San Francisco and paradise, and a life that looks too good to be true. So how did he free himself from the naysayers, and doom mongers that will have thought \u201cYou can\u2019t have a life on the beach\u2026..that is what vacations are for, not work?\u201d And does he see the beach as the ultimate place for building a business based on your passions, just for the fact that if you can do it there you will believe you can do it anywhere? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Nick Holt Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics such as: How he loves the ability to provide accountability tools to clients across the world, monitoring their progress and setting targets from a far. How his parents took years to really understand that he wasn\u2019t just drinking beer and splashing around on the beach today, and actually is building a business, and one that he loves. How he battled massively with the naysayers who couldn\u2019t understand why he would want to move to a foreign country and start his life again. Why it is so important to realise that the stars are never going to a line in the sky, but you can reach up and a line them up yourself by your own efforts. And lastly\u2026.. How he recalls the famous Mark Twain approach to the secret of getting ahead in life \u201cIs just getting started\u201d and buys into it totally.\nTodays episode is a follow from last Fridays episode of Join Up Dots, where we answered some listener questions. Jenny Kimble and Jorge Uribe both wrote to the show asking for advice, as both wanted to build their own businesses but didn't know how to start. So asked these questions: Hi David and friends! I am literally listening to you most recent podcast right now, I love it and all of your other ones are so inspiring as well. I need help please! I am an artist, and I want to be an artist full time or have a shop or something that I can do that is creative, where I can paint all day and sell my work. I have been evolving with my art and I feel that i know who I am as an artist and I continue to grow. My full time job is very draining and stressful and I sit in an office all day and people that come in are 90% rude to me all day long. My son and husband and I are living with my mom ...my husband can't work due to many health reasons and we are in a big time rut. It's making me mean and cranky and depressed and I dont want to be that person ..to my family especially. You said to just make it work and change your life...but i just need a little advice or something to get it going. I'm willing to do anything to be happier for myself and my family. Help! (Please \u2661) thank you! ~Jenny Kimble~ Well in today's episode we follow on from what we advised due to Jenny sending us a follow up email, discussing the progress that she made when she advised us Hi David! Listened to you show today where you read my email and gave me great advise! Thank you so much. I really appreciate everything you said and will definitely be taking your advise and using it very soon I also have listened to the podcast you sent me about the amazing lady who makes the framed quotes to make a living. It was great! Funny enough, a few days ago a friend of mine quit her job (same place as me) and as a going away gift I painted her a small canvas with a sarcastic remark that a few of us in the office as friends said to each other a lot, and it was kind of an inside joke. She liked it so much and the girls thought it was so funny that they encouraged me to start the etsy shop where id sell sarcastic, vulgar, funny and nice little canvases with funny quotes on them. The next day, another friend of mine said I should do something similar and I took it as a sign to maybe just pursue it and see what happens. i have also looked into Amazon. I will say that i am going to cancel my gym membership (since i've only gone three times lol ) and will use that money to get an amazon membership or a personal website. Just wanted to keep you updated! Thanks again for your support and I will definitely be in touch! \u2661Jenny\u2661 And now for Jorge Uribe, who first connected with us by saying: I hope everything is great. I love your show! I just started to listen to podcasts about 2 months ago because I was looking for a way to not get bored at my cubicle. That is how I found Join Up the Dots and even though my native language is not English, let alone that for me the British accent is more difficult to understand, I got so engaged with your show that I can't stop listening to it. I have been dreaming of having my own business since I was a kid, the funny thing is that I have never gone that way in my life. I am born and raised in Peru and about 5 years ago I was getting bored with my job and I thought that I should try to challenge myself and pursue an MBA abroad. That is how I came to Canada, where I am currently living and working. After finishing my MBA last year, I tried to get a job in my field, a task that ended up being very difficult. I couldn't get any job offer in my field and I was running out of money so I had to be creative and do something to earn some cash. I was doing some temporal jobs where I had to do about anything, even whipping floors. In the meantime, I kept applying to different positions and one day I saw a job posting to do administrative work, I thought that I could leverage my knowledge of working with MS Office and decided to apply. Fortunately, I got the job and after 2 months, due to good performance, I got hired for a full-time position there. The salary just allows me to survive, I cannot save money, but at least I can eat and pay my bills. The thing is that I still have the same dream of creating a business, I don't see myself working all my life for someone. I want to create jobs and opportunities for other people and I, of course, want to own my time and life. I am a hardworking individual and don't care if I have to work 80 or more hours per week in something I like doing. I am very creative, I have good ideas all the time, but my problem is that I don't know how to execute and take action, maybe because I have been working for someone so long. The reason for me to write to you is because, as I commented, I listen to your show every single day and I heard you saying that you can help people like me to unleash the entrepreneur inside. I don't know where to start, what to do or which of my ideas I should pursue and unfortunately I don't have money to invest because I spent my life savings in my master degree. I read, breath and eat business information every day and I am very passionate about entrepreneurship and small businesses. I hope you don't find this email so long and please excuse my bad English, but it was hard to comprise all my story here because there was even more information I wanted to share. I also hope this email is part of my first step to take action as the call you did to one of your favorite shows some years ago where you tell the host your feeling about his show and your desire to become an entrepreneur. It would be great to look back and found this email and see my entrepreneurial journey with proud as you see yours now. Since advising him on the show, he has now got the thoughts rushing around his brain which he shared in this response What you mentioned about me of being a niche, is just great! Among the ideas that I have been evaluating there is one that is very similar to what you mentioned in the show. I would love to help people from South America to improve their education and at the same time to experiment what living abroad is. Some friends from Peru, have been asking me about my experience here, and one of them even told me that she wanted to study here in Canada. That's when I thought I could create some kind of consulting service. Some days passed by and I told her that I could help her, I didn't tell her I was going to do it for money, just as a friend, but she told me that she had new challenges at work and she was going to focus on that now. What I thought could have been my first customer ended up to be just an illusion. That is why I didn't continue developing the idea but now that you mentioned it, I think there could be something there. I still have some doubts about how to start. I know that if I want to create a business using the internet I have to create an online presence. Here is where I get lost, should I create a blog, podcast, website, YouTube channel and how can I start bringing people. And what about the legal aspects, should I incorporate, open a sole proprietorship? or should I just start with an online presence until I get customers and see if it works. The doubt is also because I don't think that a business can be taken seriously by customers if it is not a legal entity. I know you are busy and I don't want to monopolize your time with so many questions but any thought you might have about this is very appreciated. Again thank you for your help. I listen to your show every day but I never imagined that I was going to be part of one. I am extremely grateful for that. So are you ready to follow suit and start your own business?\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man whose business partner first appeared on the show way back on episode 94 Now its his turn to join up his dots, and certainly when he starts his email request to appear with \u201cI\u2019m a technology entrepreneur who built an online course building software called LifterLMS. I used to live on a glacier in Alaska with a couple hundred sled dogs and managed a sled dog tour business there. You could only get there by helicopter\u201d then you know that it is going to be an interesting conversation. But its not just his icy beginnings that interest me, but more importantly what he is doing now and the struggle he has gone through getting here. He is the founder of LifterLMS, an online resource to help people across the globe create their own online courses without all the techy struggle that boggs them all down. \u201cIt\u2019s time to stop stringing together separate software tools into a \u201cSoftware Frankenstein\u201d to get all the functionality you need. LifterLMS is the all-in-one solution many online course creators, teachers and entrepreneurs like you have been looking for.\u201d And I dont normally say this kind of thing in the introduction but this platform looks amazing and is so needed by so many of the people that I speak to that have all the knowledge but then lose their way within the set up. Things are good for our guest, now as they should be\u2026as he says \u201cI\u2019ve gone through hard times with little money, security, and lots of stress while having a wife and 2 wonderful homeschooled children that depended on me. Now things are great financially and in terms of stability, but there was a lot of struggle. I\u2019m happy to share openly about the journey.\u201d So where do we start? With the dogs and the woolly hats? Or the moment that LifterLMS first popped into his head and the change in his life since that time? Well let\u2019s do all of them as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Chris Badgett Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with such as: Why you have to find a way of building the strengths where you have gaps, and the best way of doing this is finding a business partner that has those in abundance. How Chris used to think that business and creating businesses was \u201cevil\u201d and how he overcame this by linking a business into the personal. Chris shares how he manages a team across the globe, ensuring that everybody has the ability to flourish and get the work done. and lastly\u2026. Why it is such a good idea to get out to the market and validate your idea before ever spending a huge amount of money and time\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who like most of us start on a career path that was right for our parents, but not necessarily ourselves. To be honest it probably wasnt even right for our parents, which makes it doubly mad that we passively follow suit First, she followed the engineering path of her father and older brother, then stepped onto her mother\u2019s career path in accounting. \u201cI was just showing up. I was physically there, but I wasn\u2019t bringing a whole lot to the table. I knew it wasn\u2019t the right path for me, but I struggled for a couple of years.\u201d And struggling is what its all about when we arent doing the thing that is right for us. But how do we break free from the struggle and start lighting up the passions of a life which may actually have no idea that we want? Well while still working as an accountant, our guest volunteered for a crisis and suicide hotline and as she say. \u201cThat was a real breakthrough for me. It gave me an opportunity to be in the kind of helping role I had thought I would like. I received amazing training there. I got experience actually helping people. I got validation and learned for the first time that I was really good at it. I was quickly promoted to be a trainer within that organization.\u201d And that is how it starts people. You try lots of things. Some work, some don't. But when other start seeing your talents and saying great things, then perhaps that is where your attention should go. You may not see it at the time, but being told nice things about your performance is a great indicator that you have talents that can be used for a business. And now our guest, is an author of Career Grease: How to Get Unstuck and Pivot Your Career, and an expert career coach who has guided hundreds of people to innovative and functional career solutions. She is a practical advocate for achieving your heart\u2019s desires, improving your workweek, and making a difference, all while keeping an eye on your financial success. So why does she think that now she has found her thing, it took her several missteps to find it? And is there a real path for everyone, or are someone people never going to find it as it simply doesn't exist for some? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Alison Cardy Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Alison Cardy such as: Alison shares how she struggled with marketing her business, which held her back from truly expanding in the direction she wanted before realising her mistake. Alison shares how we can all pivot in our careers, and believes that the first step is to find a champion that can support you moving forward. How the world cannot believe that they can do what they want in life, and they can actually make it happen too. Total mindset shift. and lastly\u2026. Alison shares how she spent many years living in her head, unhappy, depressed, not uncommon to many of the people who now uses her services.\nMy guest on todays episode of the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is a lady who wont let things in life get in the way of what she wants to achieve. She is an amazing woman who overcame a near fatal car accident, chose to remove her left arm, became the US National Champion in the Paralympics, competed in the World Championships in New Zealand, and is now a brand-new mother. That's not a bad start for any introduction. But the key thing to this story, and is what we will delve into in great depth, is how most of the things may not occurred, if she hadn't realised that mentally she was holding herself back from what she could achieve. As she says \"I was in a car accident 17 years ago. So I had to always wear this sling and didn't have any motivation to move forward. My arm was paralyzed, a brachial plexus injury,\" She was intrigued and stimulated by here friends stories of running marathons, so set off to achieve the goal herself. But the whole experience was one of pain and distress, as her paralyzed arm pulled down the entire left side of her body, causing knee pain and even whiplash. It was like running with an anchor attached. She began to realize that her paralyzed arm not only weighed her down physically, it was a metaphor for all that was holding her back from living life fully. The anchor was weighing her down. Keeping her in one position, and stopping her moving towards the future she craved. So she realised that removing the arm, was going to be her saviour. Cutting the ties with the past could very well be the best thing that she could do. So she started considering amputation. \"I wasn't there before, I think, emotionally\" she says \"I knew it was going to be different. The outward appearance is very shocking (to people); it's different now. I used to be asked all the time, 'What happened to your arm?' when it was in a sling,\" Making the decision to undergo such a major surgery proved difficult, even though she knew intellectually it was the right choice. Her solution? Set a series of athletic goals that would only be possible after the surgery. Make the surgery the first step to achieving what she wants in life, and wow hasn't she done just that! So, has the whole process been one that going back in time she would have done earlier? And does she see that the power of the mind, truly outweighs the capabilities of the physical body? Well lets find out, as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Tisa Cawthon.\nIn today's episode of Join up Dots we are responding directly to two listeners who have dropped us a line asking for help. Both of them have issues that are holding themselves back from living a dream life and creating their own business. The first is a lady who is a very talented artist, but is struggling to find a way to market her art to the world in a way that will develop a constant stream of income in to her own life. And the second is from a gentleman who is struggling to find an idea that would make a great business for him (even though as you see there is one sitting right under his nose already) Lets read the first email from Jenny Kimble: Hi David and friends! I am literally listening to you most recent podcast right now, I love it and all of your other ones are so inspiring as well. I need help please! I am an artist, and I want to be an artist full time or have a shop or something that I can do that is creative, where I can paint all day and sell my work. I have been evolving with my art and I feel that i know who I am as an artist and I continue to grow. My full time job is very draining and stressful and I sit in an office all day and people that come in are 90% rude to me all day long. My son and husband and I are living with my mom ...my husband cant work due to many health reasons and we are in a big time rut. Its making me mean and cranky and depressed and I dont want to be that person ..to my family especially. You said to just make it work and change your life...but i just need a little advice or something to get it going. Im willing to do anything to be happier for myself and my family. Help! So 6 years ago when I started painting I mainly used acrylic paint and had a very abstract focus. But as I evolved I did so much research on how to use the paint in different ways and did so much experimenting that my style changed from only abstract, to abstract and illustrations combined using many mediums and materials. I had a stent of being obsessed with refurbing furniture and still do a bit of that as well on the side. I continue to grow and right now am trying to get a coloring book going as well as boost a new etsy shop for canvases, commissions and possibly pet portraits. My instagram id is @jennykimbleart and you can find me under that name as well on Facebook. And now the second from George: I hope everything is great. I love your show! I just started to listen to podcasts about 2 months ago because I was looking for a way to not get bored at my cubicle. That is how I found Join Up the Dots and even though my native language is not English, let alone that for me the British accent is more difficult to understand, I got so engaged with your show that I can't stop listening to it. I have been dreaming of having my own business since I was a kid, the funny thing is that I have never gone that way in my life. I am born and raised in Peru and about 5 years ago I was getting bored with my job and I thought that I should try to challenge myself and pursue an MBA abroad. That is how I came to Canada, where I am currently living and working. After finishing my MBA last year, I tried to get a job in my field, a task that ended up being very difficult. I couldn't get any job offer in my field and I was running out of money so I had to be creative and do something to earn some cash. I was doing some temporal jobs where I had to do about anything, even whipping floors. In the meantime, I kept applying to different positions and one day I saw a job posting to do administrative work, I thought that I could leverage my knowledge of working with MS Office and decided to apply. Fortunately, I got the job and after 2 months, due to good performance, I got hired for a full-time position there. The salary just allows me to survive, I cannot save money, but at least I can eat and pay my bills. The thing is that I still have the same dream of creating a business, I don't see myself working all my life for someone. I want to create jobs and opportunities for other people and I, of course, want to own my time and life. I am a hardworking individual and don't care if I have to work 80 or more hours per week in something I like doing. I am very creative, I have good ideas all the time, but my problem is that I don't know how to execute and take action, maybe because I have been working for someone so long. The reason for me to write to you is because, as I commented, I listen to your show every single day and I heard you saying that you can help people like me to unleash the entrepreneur inside. I don't know where to start, what to do or which of my ideas I should pursue and unfortunately I don't have money to invest because I spent my life savings in my master degree. I read, breath and eat business information every day and I am very passionate about entrepreneurship and small businesses. I hope you don't find this email so long and please excuse my bad English, but it was hard to comprise all my story here because there was even more information I wanted to share. I also hope this email is part of my first step to take action as the call you did to one of your favorite shows some years ago where you tell the host your feeling about his show and your desire to become an entrepreneur. It would be great to look back and found this email and see my entrepreneurial journey with proud as you see yours now. Thank you for your attention and please keep doing the show because you makes us believe that by joining up the dots and connecting our past is the best way to build up our futures. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics such as: Wky Ikea and Amazon are such amazing paces to do market research. Why the most obvious easy thing you can do, might just be what you should be building a business around. Why a business is 50% what you want to do, and 50% what you customer is looking for. and lastly\u2026. Why going niche is the key to getting rich. Market to a tight group and start solving their problems.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who really is blazing a path across the world, being uniquely her and helping people everywhere to find love and amazing relationships. Now you might expect that the introduction will talk to you about Californian beaches, yoga retreat and other such things. But by now, as you well know, is not what we do at Join Up Dots. Instead we like to start with the words of the lady herself who says \"I was a rebel in my teenage years. At 18 years old, I served in the intelligence unit of the IDF. It taught me discipline and responsibility. Soon after my service ended, my free spirit took me to Japan. Living in this magical place for 3.5 years was better than the best sushi you have ever had. But I knew that life had more to offer, I dreamed of becoming the next Angelina Jolie and moved to NYC to study acting. When I started getting minor roles in independent films, my dream seemed within reach. It wasn\u2019t all easy. I\u2019d endured a crippling bout of depression that lasted for years after escaping an abusive relationship. I did everything I could to mend my heart and regain my strength. The process of rising like a phoenix from my own ashes, was my catalyst for becoming a coach and helping others in the same way I was helped. Sometimes, you have to go through great pain and difficulty to unwrap your true gifts.\" And isn't that what we see every single day in Join Up Dots, the bad stuff is the gold, and the good stuff is well.....just that, good. Nice to live through, but doesn't really teach you anything. And now with her coaching business, podcast, and testimonials growing daily it is without a doubt clear to everyone that this lady needed the tough times to become who she is today. So when did she realise that her dreams of a youngster were not actually the dreams that the adult should cling to? And where do people go wrong when trying to find love? Trying too hard, or not trying at all? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Orion Talmay Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Orion Talmay such as: We discuss how we all are masculine and feminine energies, and how we can channel these to gain different results from what we would normally receive. Orion shares how she found her partner, after having a breakthrough at a Tony Robbins course..and what happened in a hot air balloon. and lastly\u2026. Why we would all look ourselves in the mirror and say \"I love you\" no matter what has gone right or wrong in our lives. Acceptance is such a major part to finding your true self.\nToday\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast is a lady who like so many of us decided that she wanted something in life, and then found out that she hated it once it was achieved. As she says in her own words \u201cMy lifelong goal was to be a manager. I hit the corporate fast track and became a manager in record time \u2013 and found out I hated it! The long hours, corporate politics and endless budget meetings drained my energy and enthusiasm for life. What I really wanted, I decided, was a life where I could make my husband and kids my top priority \u2013 so I quit the corporate world to run my own business. I built and ran several businesses but something was still missing.\u201d That statement is so interesting to me on so many levels, which we will discuss on the show. But our guest worked on living a life with status and prestige, but then changed direction. So she became an entrepreneur which is the direct opposite to where she was and still it wasn\u2019t right. These decisions seem to be directed by her head, or her survival instincts, yet once she listened to her heart, and really listened to what the old blood pumper was telling her then it all came together for her. And now she works with clients all over the world in such wonderful places as Holland, Belgium, Australia, U.K., Hong Kong and more! She has coached and mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs helping them create 6 figure businesses and beyond. Even achieving six figures in one day. So does she look back at her career in corporate land and thank the gods that even though she was climbing up the wrong ladder, it still taught her the skills to build her own ladder and start climbing again? And how does she balance this increased success with also being a Mum and Wife. Could she see a time when once again the ladder turns out to be wrong? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to joining up the dots, with the one and only Val Bullerman. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Val Bullerman such as: How she struggled with depression for twelve years, but now makes a decision everyday to be happy. Why we must realise our personal value to what we can bring to the world if we are going to achieve true greatness. Why we should never try to guess what people will be able to afford for your products. Quote your price and let it fly. And lastly\u2026. And why Oprah Winfrey creeps around the woods of America when you least expect it\u2026.who would have thought!!!\nLife shouldn't be hard, should it? We have so many experiences waiting for us. We have so many places that we can visit. We can have so many laughs, jokes, and generally fun times that swe should be walking around with a huge smile everyday! But do you see many people walking around with a huge smile? Not very often I would have thought, because people are so wrapped up in the effort of everything. Last night I had a problem. I couldn't see what i should record for today's episode of Join Up Dots. All week I had thought long and hard about the subject, but inspiration hadn't hit at all. \u201cOhhhh what can I do??\u201d...my mind stressed \u201cMy listeners need an episode of the show, and I have podcasting block\u201d So what I did was nothing, and instead just went to bed and slept on the problem, until I woke up and BOOM and idea was there waiting for me. You see, i made life easy for myself. And so why do we do this? Why do we think that everything is effort and hustle? I suppose it goes back to wanting to look like we are hardworking and industrious, instead of lazy so and so\u2019s! I suppose it is also linked to wanting other people to be impressed by the work we are doing, even if it's not the type of work we want to do. We want to shine, and by floating through life doing the minimum and having a good time how can we possibly shine? And that my listeners is the problem\u2026...we aren't allowing ourselves to shine because we are not doing what we can do best...we are doing what we find hardest. Total madness in every way. So how do we overcome this? How do we change the habits of a lifetime and start creating a future for ourselves that is super fun, and well easy. Well...one of the best ways is to ask our friends and colleagues what they think we do best. What they think we excel at every time they see us...and you will be surprised at what they say. \u201cWe love the way that you can make us feel good\u201d \u201cWe love the way that you are so organised\u201d We love the way that you are able to pack a suitcase like nobody else we know\u201d What??? \u201cThose little things\u201d, you will cry \u201cThat's just what I do\u201d Exactly...it's just what you do, but what other people can't do and that this where you should be heading in life. Look for the super talents that are so unbelievably easy for you and make that your focus and see how your life changes. Life will never be hard again!\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with a skill that most people could use, even if they think they dont need it. He is the CEO of a premier ghostwriting agency, Speak It To Book, and is an expert at establishing a person as a thought leader by turning their ideas into a book, using less than 24 hours of their time. He fuses publishing, ghostwriting, and new generation marketing industries in a powerful and personal way, and has earned half a million through his Book Funnel Method and aims to double/triple his clients' revenue. He is a published author, an Amazon #1 best-seller, winner of the prestigious Genesis Contest for fiction writers, graduate of the CWG's highest level, teacher at conferences across the nation, and former award-winning journalist of numerous star athletes and musicians, including Derek Jeter and Roger Clemons. But this of course is his professional blurb as you dont get to where you are today without a journey of many, many dots. And this was certainly the case with todays guest who after leaving Western Washington University with a BA in Journalism, he started his writing career by covering the New York Yankees for the 2007 season, before relesaing three of his own books. So words were his passion, and fusing that with his love in seeing his clients dreams come true with his ghost writing prowess and he is a man loving life. So even if someone is a great writer, could they still benefit from the skills of a ghostwriter? And where do people go wrong - not having the killer idea, or overwriting and actually killing that killer idea? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Caleb Breakey Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Caleb Breakey such as: Caleb shares the story of how he became an overnight success in ghostwriting, which actually took ten years of hard toil and stress. Similar story to most entrepreneurs. We discuss how so many people want to target the microwave community that want success within a few weeks, knowing that they instead of the years that success is built on. Why now is the best time ever to launch a book, because obscurity is not an issue. Totally different ballgame from just a few years ago. and lastly\u2026. Why we both believe that the best way to create a product or sales funnel is by choosing two people that are rocking and rolling and then deconstructing the breadcrumbs that they have left for us. Clarity and focus is the key to success.\nDo tech startup rock your world, and the thought of creating your own really excite you? Well my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, the slickest way for businesses to automate and manage their appointments online, allowing clients to schedule themselves. Acuity Scheduling supports over 50,000 businesses of all sizes, from people working for themselves to major corporations with thousands of employees. Their Customer Support is unmatched in this industry as they focus on easy & pain-free scheduling with one on one support as they help their client\u2019s businesses grow and thrive. He is a self-professed tech geek and espresso maniac (a word he does not use lightly) who wholeheartedly believes that business should be fun, and that shines out on everything that I have seen from todays guest From his Linkedin profile that simply states \"I enjoy every day by working on the things I love.\" To the way that he hires \"\"Instead of asking for a resume, we actually ask for a love letter. What they say in the love letter, and how they phrase it and show off their personality, is the single most important way that we screen for fit within the company. But how did he take this fun loving approach and build something so needed by business across the world? Well it all started close to home, when he watched the struggles his mom was having running her business As he says \"My mom is a massage therapist. She was self-employed for the longest time. I ended up seeing her going back and forth with clients, reminding them, getting calls that, \u201cGertrude just got her kidney stones removed, so I won\u2019t be able to come in,\u201d and all these little stories. There were things that weren\u2019t really her job. She was spending so much time on the phone beforehand and after hand and scheduling appointments that I thought that there had to be a better way. That\u2019s where Acuity was born.\" Find people pain points. Solve that problem and BOOM you have a business on your hands. Which makes it seem a lot more simpler than it really is, but is still just about right. So when did he realise that his fledgling product was not just going to be something his Mom used, and start to want to market it in the right way? And what was the tipping point that allowed it to take hold and stand on its own two feet in the business world? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Gavin Zuchlinski Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Gavin Zuchlinski such as: Why Gavin spends more time on the customer service than he should do, but enjoys it and finds out much more about how he can improve his service because of these conversation at the ground level. We discuss how a tech startup needs to always have a time of quiet growth, to allow for the feedback, development and customer service to join forces in a timely way. Gavin shared a fascinating story of the time that he wanted to actually kill Acuity Scheduling, and the reasons behind that decision. Why focus is so hard when creating a new start up product, especially for any new tech startup. Ignore the new shiny objects, get your head down, and work on your vision. and lastly\u2026. Gavin shares why he doesnt have a Facebook account, and the reasons he feels that the world is starting to turn against Mr Zuckerbergs platform.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who believes one hundred percent in the words of Joseph Campbell (Follow your bliss and the Universe will open doors, where there were only walls.) But for many years her thoughts were driven by expectations far from remarkable, She was solid, dependable and in a career which was nothing more than traditional. As she says \u201cI became a senior high school science teacher, driven by my passion for teaching about health and the human body. I loved and excelled in my work, and thought I would retire from this position in my elderly years. However, after a deeply transformative and unexpected personal and spiritual awakening that began in 2006, I ended up resigning from my teaching position and officially retiring in 2009. Having just come out of my 20s, and driven to never have a \u201cjob\u201d or work in any traditional setting again. I wanted to be responsible for my own destiny and was not interested in conforming to the cookie-cutter standards and expectations set out by society. And so despite everyone\u2019s objections to me leaving a secure job that I loved, I was driven by the voice within that was hard to ignore if I was going to be true to myself and live in alignment with my passions and values.\u201d And so with no great plan, but hustle, passion and the ability to open doors that even the universe couldn\u2019t, she is now the creator of the Healthytarian lifestyle, based on fresh thinking, smart eating and mindful living to empower individuals who wish to take a deeply holistic approach to their wellness. She has also created video shows on her two web channel networks EBTV and Healthytarian, that feature her own teaching and other guest experts to inspire, empower and motivate people into positive action. So when she decided to walk out of her career did she have any idea that this was the direction that she would go for? And although going great now, was there a time when she might have been persuaded to go back into full-time employment? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Evita Ochel\nIn today\u2019s episode of Join Up Dots we spend time looking at whether we should a business plan when starting a business. Should you plan it all out when you first start or instead make it up as you go along? Well there are so many nuggets of gold in this episode you will want to grab a pen and paper and take notes for sure. Ready? Dear David, It\u2019s your favourite Hungarian listener again. Last time it gave me such a good feeling that you started your episode talking about my review. It made my day that I heard that I\u2019d made yours. So today I\u2019ve listened to the episode with Milana Leshinsky about \u2018Simplicity\u2019. You both have agreed on that we \u2013 the newbies in business \u2013 shouldn\u2019t even write business plan cause we have no idea who to follow and what we can achieve. I am on a different opinion. I think that if I find a company that I like and it\u2019s working then it\u2019s better to follow cause WE HAVE NO IDEA. So someone who has already experiences running a business knows better and would give us a clue, right? Also, we can learn from other apps \u2013 how they\u2019ve reached their target audience. The other thing is that I\u2019m finishing my part sooner then my business partner. I\u2019m responsible for the design, figuring out the structure of the app and what the user should see and how they want to use and I\u2019m also writing the business plan (!) :D. I think it is important to summarize what we are building for whom, when and why. But he is responsible for all the technology part, like programming the app and building a web server (if there is such a thing). So the question is if I should help him with his tasks or we should stick to the basic roles and I can improve my part. So by the time he is finishing the prototype I will already have several plans what to do with it. But do we have time in such a field? Or should we involve more people \u2013 ones who know more about programming? But then it\u2019s risky that we are loosing control. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter, David!\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who asks a great question. \u201cWould you invest 5 minutes a day to achieve a higher level of success? Worldwide, countless real estate agents, entrepreneurs, sales professionals, business owners and others have said YES! If they can do it, you can too! You only have to invest 5 minutes a day to achieve real results. Invest your first 5 minutes a day in reading and sharpening your skills, and this one step can put you on the fast track to success in your life and business. Many masters and experts have shared their wisdom through stories; learning from these experienced leaders by reading their words is how you, too, can achieve personal and professional transformation. Success is achieved by getting into action immediately and applying the principles learned. Applied knowledge leads to success. But of course success isn\u2019t as easy as this. Success is built on hard work, failures, stumbles and \u201cAha moments\u201d that lead us to where. And that is certainly the case with todays guest who began her real estate career developing residential lots with the Trammel Crow Company in Dallas, Texas. She then worked in commercial real estate with The Staubach Company in the Washington, DC Metro area. Before moving to northern Virginia, and completing a Masters Degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Her BA is from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri \u2013 her hometown. Through the HBC Group, she then launched Community Charity Champions to raise funds for local non-profit groups and was awarded by the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce for the Social Corporate Responsibility Award for 2012. So this lady has hustled, and worked her way to where she is now able to see that just five minutes a day can make all the difference. But how did she discover the five minute rule? And where do people go wrong? Not being intentional with their actions, or simply being to hurried to actually make the right decisions? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Karen Briscoe Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Karen Briscoe such as: Why it is so important to start with five minutes a day to focus on health, mindset, fitness whatever you want. But it helps you become intentional with your actions. Karen talks about how the book becoming real was as much as a surprise to her than anything else she has done in her life. The dots joined up and presented her with the opportunity We talk about how people always use a lack of time as the reason for not doing something. However we all have the same time, the question is do you want to do it or not? and lastly\u2026. Why Karen believes that action will help you find out so much quicker if something is working or not. Dont try to double guess, just do.\nPersonal Finance Expert Pete Matthew Shows Us How To Sort Out The Money My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who quite frankly I should have invited onto the show years ago. He has been on my radar for awhile, but for some reason or not has not been given the opportunity to join up his dots. He is a man who has blended so many vitally important skills being used in the online world today into a rocking and rolling business. He is a Financial Planner, Podcaster, Video Blogger, Social Media Trainer. Managing Director of Jacksons Wealth Management, and best of all can teach us how to take control of our cash in ways that simply are life changing. As he says \"I am a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Planner providing fee-based holistic financial planning advice in Penzance, West Cornwall. I am also an award-winning podcaster and video blogger. My passion is to spread the word that anyone can take control of their personal finances. I am fulfilling this passion via my financial education website and podcast, MeaningfulMoney. Through video, podcasting and social media I am reaching thousands of people every week with my simple financial planning message I set out to provide simple, accessible financial planning information to the masses, and decided that video might be a good way to do this, and through trial and error, built a site full of basic instructional video. Through my work with this site, I was awarded IFALife's Social Media Financial Adviser of the Year award 2010 and I won the Professional Adviser Financial Education award in both 2011 and 2012. I also received the Scottish Widows award for Industry Innovation in 2014, and was named UK Podcast of the Year in 2015. This is great stuff, and will of course make a great episode. So what made him continue through the trial and error stages of video content creation, when most people would have said \"I'll just do what I am already doing...its easier?\" And where do people go wrong with their money issues? Not looking after the money they already have, or being unaware of what is available to them out there in the big wide world? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Pete Matthew. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Peter Matthew such as: How he started with the concept of his podcast as simply something to do as he fancied it.....and little by little has turned it into a monster. Why so many people can start a podcast, but in fact so many podcasters should actually be stopped from doing it and the reasons why. Pete shares how he managed to find the right business partners to hep him scale the business, and why he blended friends and business (which so many people are frightened off). and lastly\u2026. We share the top three steps for getting your accounting system in place when you start creating a new business. And they are not as hard as they might seem at all.\nBook Launches can be a nightmare, but not with the book launch king on your side. Today\u2019s guest is a special man to have on today\u2019s episode, which is the official 500th interview that I have recorded. Not of course the 500th show we have released, but the 500th time that I have sat down with a mover and shaker to record an interview for the show. And what makes it even more special is this guy was the first interviewee that I ever recorded with nearly two years ago. Yep, when I was nothing more than a man with a dream to become a podcaster, with no profile, confidence, social platform, then if it wasn\u2019t for him then there was a good chance that the show wouldn\u2019t be around today. So send all your complaints to him as he could have nipped it all in the bud right at the very beginning Now on that first episode we talked about how he had left the military with a desire to travel the world and create a business for himself on his own terms. How he would sit on his bed in his baracks and start creating something that he could show to the world and be proud off. But wow, hasn\u2019t it all changed since we last spoke, as it now seems that not only does he have the belief in what he can achieve, but also the world does too. As he is creating products, podcasts, books and income faster and faster. Such as the Publishers\u2019 Empire, a comprehensive publishing training program, community and book launch platform, which holds over 100 HD training videos, a private, 24/7 forum, weekly small group coaching, exclusive expert interviews with today\u2019s top self-publishers, marketers, and more, copy-and-paste book marketing and sales scripts, dozens of book templates, and much, much more. And those three last words are the key to his increasing success \u201cMuch, much more\u201d He is seeing the world differently. He is acting differently And he is playing to his super talents, and where he lacks, finding the super talents of others to deliver much much more. So when did it really start to speed up and in the words of the comedian Steve Martin \u201cHe become so good that he couldn\u2019t be ignored any more\u201d And when he looks back at the version of himself, sitting on his army bed, was he close to what he wanted to be, or is that now a distant version of what he now wants to become? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots for the second time with the one and only Mr Tom Morkes. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty subjects as: Why in his opinion it is so important to invest in the initial effort to growing a business and not taking short cuts to success. Why his Dad still thinks it\u2019s time for him to go out and get a real job (He has employees now Mr Morkes Senior\u2026this is a real job!) How he travelled around the world building his business, but now has found a home base in Aspen Colorada where he is creating his strategic launch businesses Why mindset is so important to build as quickly as possible, as you cannot hold the belief of others unless you hold your own belief in yourself. And lastly\u2026\u2026\u2026. Why Tom\u2019s children will have such an opportunity to create their own lives and income, as their Dad will instil a respect for entrepreneurship from the start.\nBreak The Rules To Make Success In Your Life - Fast! Today's episode of Join Up Dots, has been inspired by a lovely lady named Amy O'Brien. Amy connected with us via Facebook after seeing a video that was posted by David Ralph the host of Join Up Dots. Amy, mentioned that she was desperate to leave her life in finance and would like nothing more than to create a life coach business but is struggling to overcome the mental roadblock of getting the business off the ground. She feels that she needs qualifications She needs a track record of success. She thinks she needs everything to be lined up ready to rock. But of course as we see everyday on Join Up Dots, and this is the whole theme of the show, you make it up as you go along. You start your business and build the experience as you go. Nothing and I mean nothing can replace experience. So in this episode of Join Up Dots, we not only answer this problem, but we also tackle another quite unusual question posed by a listener in Australia. \"Good morning David and everybody at join up dots. Thank you so much for creating the amazing Join Up Dots and all the episodes. The guests that you have on are quite simply, eclectic, inspiring and motivational. What I love about Join Up Dots is even though the guest may have been on other podcasts, the information you draw out of them is the kind of stuff that I want to hear. So a question for you if you would be kind enough to answer it David on one of these shows? I started an online business at about the same time I guess that you started Join Up Dots, selling surfing equipment and diving apparatus. The business has grown to$ 250000 turnover per year and has left me with a lifestyle that I could only dream about. My question to you is after all the hustle, after all the struggle I've now found the dreamlife a bit flat. I thought being retired at age 36 would be the dream but now I'm wondering what to do with myself. Of course I could start another business but I feel that I would just be in the same position again do you have any suggestions Thank you Sam Logan Gold Coast Australia.\nSimplicity can be so hard to create in business, unless you know todays guest. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who is passionate about business, helping people, but also having a life away from business. And that my friends is so important, as business is important but not at the sacrifice of our own lives and happiness. She is an entrepreneur, business strategist, and a marketing mentor to coaches, authors, and speakers and also the founder of the Simplicity Circle, whose mission is to help entrepreneurs succeed and grow, while keeping their business simple. Milana came from Soviet Ukraine 25 years ago as a classical musician with zero knowledge of the business world, and has built her million-dollar coaching business from home part time, while raising her two children. And if you think that this was all some amazing masterplan then think again, as she began her career teaching music theory and history to 3-5 graders in a specialty music school in Kiev, Ukraine. Followed by a quick stint in an Insurance company, and then working as a web designer before starting her own business. She did the work that she thought she would love before finding the one that appears to light her up inside bigtime. She is the creator of Recurring Revenue Revolution, author of \u201cCoaching Millions,\u201d co-founder of JV Insider Circle, and inventor of telesummit. She constantly strives to stay on the cutting edge in the coach, author, speaker space, and when she\u2019s not working on her business, she writes music and enjoys Latin ballroom dancing. So how has she managed to blend a super successful business, whilst still being their for the kids and herself? And has she always managed to get the balance right, or like most of us ploughed into burnout before seeing the light? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Milana Leshinsky Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Milana Leshinsky such as: Why simplicity in business is such a key part to the success of all businesses. Relax into the process and see where it takes you. How Milana never once went to coaching school, although that never stopped her being a mentor to other coaches. Don't be held back by qualifications...can you solve the problems of your clients? and lastly\u2026. Why its so important to find the systems in you business which will allow you to walk away from it. Nobody wants to create a monster in their lives.\nAre you in your comfort zone, or out of it? Well that is what we discuss in todays episode with my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview. He is a Professor at Brandeis University\u2019s International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and M.A. in Psychology from Harvard University. He also holds a Master\u2019s Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University and a B.A. in International Affairs from Brown University. Which is all very impressive of course, but what we love about our guest, and why we are about to talk to him on the show is his personal mission He helps people develop the insights and courage necessary to act outside their personal and cultural comfort zones when doing important, but challenging, tasks in work and life. He is the author of the new book Reach with Penguin Random House about acting outside your comfort zone \u2013 why it\u2019s so hard, how we avoid doing it, and how to be more successful at it. So why is it that the world is willing to dream big, but then unwilling to take the kind of action that makes it happen? And are there small steps that we can all take to achieve the kind of life we want, or do we have to just jump and hope for the best? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Professor Andy Molinsky Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Andy Molinsky such as: Why we are generally frightened to do the things that then start to interest us the most. We can work our way around the fear by increasing our knowledge in that subject. Andy explains how most people will have a roadblock in their lives that can be overcome by finding the benefit within the task. and lastly\u2026. How so many people will struggle with transferring their personal skills across borders due to their upbringing. What they are totally comfortable with can suddenly seem very different in another country.\nTodays guest joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview, is Dov Baron an Elite Mind Strategist specializing in the Psychology of High Performance Leadership. He serves as a mentor and adviser to corporate, creative and personal leaders. His company Baron Mastery Institute is the only resource for training tomorrow\u2019s leaders in the implementation of \u201cThe C.O.R.E Affluence System for Leadership\u201d. Being born in the UK in the late 1950\u2019s, even as a child he became fascinated with the undercurrent of human psyche. By the time he was twenty-one he had left his home country to travel and study many spiritual philosophies under a variety of spiritual masters. In June 1990 while free climbing in British Columbia, at approximately 120 feet, he reached for a rock that dislodged a bigger rock. This rock hit him in the face and sent him hurling onto the jagged rocks below. It was a tragic moment, a moment that might have ended his life, and in fact, in some ways it did. Now he describes that moment like this, \u201cOn that day I fell 120 feet from a self-imposed pedestal and landed on my ego.\u201d It was the end of the person he had been and in many ways the birth of \u201cThe Accidental Guru.\u201d I love this story, even before we have started the show, as it proves that there is no right time to start something, other than now. It\u2019s you that makes the decision to embrace your true self, and not the version of yourself that is being shown to the world. And our guest is doing just that and through his books, coaching, and leadership blog he is doing just that. So what was the person like before the accident, and does he look back with fondness or frustration as to the path he was on? And is this mission one that he feels led to do, almost a mission bigger than himself? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Dov Baron\nAre you in the need for a career change, but dont know which way to turn? Well most of us are in the same boat and just dont know what to do for the best. Todays episode shares the story of three listeners of Join Up Dots who made the career change for very different reasons and flourished because of them. One of the career change experts opened their own home styling company. The second his own mobile cleaning company. And the last moved to Europe to teach English to children. All career changes made for very different reasons. But all perfect for those individuals.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who is known as one of the top Online Marketers in Australia, and thrives on teaching people, and delivering targeted leads to his customers. He started with his own computer support business in 2003, and then moved to online businesses and has been working from home full time since 2008. During that time he has became a top 100 Clickbank affiliate, earning commision on automatic pilot. However it hasn't always been plain sailing as a couple of setbacks he has dealt with over the years included having his Google Adwords account suspended (90% decrease in income overnight!), and his Youtube account also (hundreds of videos and traffic and sales gone overnight). So how did he get past those \"Oh my god, why is this happening to me...?\" moments that we all have to deal with as we build the dream? Well we will find out, but he has certainly done just that, as he is back on top (where his efforts deserve) And now he has pivoted and helps businesses create lead generation campaigns on Facebook and Google that bring in at least a 5:1 return on investment. So when he looks back on his first computer business, does he smile knowingly at what he thought was success back then? And what is the biggest lesson that he has had forced on him over the years, which he never ever lets go off as he continues to move forward with his business? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. John Lagoudakis Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with John Lagoudakis such as: Why it is so important to have email lists that are targeted for the customer...speak to them in the language that they understand. Why John recalls going to University but hating it due to choosing an interest that just didn't light him up inside. Always go with what feels good and not what you think is good. Why all success starts with digging downwards. You cannot build success without the hole to sink your foundations - Brilliant advice. and lastly\u2026. How Johns minimises the risk of marketing for his clients by working closely with them - before getting paid himself. He states this makes him work harder for both himself and his clients.\nAmazon Selling Is Where Its Happening, Thought about Amazon UK? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who boldly tackled the side hustle whilst maintaining his role as a Director of Kurbis Engineering before travelling the world . And that my friends is what we strongly suggest on Join Up Dots. Start creating your online venture whilst still working for a living until that moment when you can step away and go for it bigtime. And today's guest is certainly going for it big time with his new platform teaching the world to smash it on Amazon Europe. Before starting his Amazon Europe journey, our guest had zero experience with running an online business. After university, he joined the corporate world in London but rapidly realized that it was not for him and so after launching his first Amazon brand in 2014, he was soon able to quit his job to travel the world and network with other successful Amazon sellers from around the globe. Today, he's generating 6 figures of revenue per month from over a dozen products in Europe. His experience led him to develop a specific, step-by-step system to find success with every product launched and now has developed his company FBA Frontiers because so many sellers he met had great businesses on Amazon.com, but had completely dismissed Europe. He's since made it his mission to help sellers overcome the barriers to entry in the EU and find success by bringing their products into Europe. Interesting stuff, and I am sure many of you out there will be scribbling down notes through this show. So what was the first product that bhe brought to market that really showed that he was on to something big? And do people need to create the product themselves or can they jump on the back of the affiliate route? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr John Cavendish Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with John Cavendish such as: How John started his business, by working around his full time employment for just a few hour each day and why he feels that you can do the same too. Why it is so important to surround yourself with the most positive people that you can find, which John has managed to do in abundance and is now reaping the rewards bigtime. Why having an exit plan in a business is such a good idea, as it will allow you to transition to what you want in life instead of getting trapped by what you have created. and lastly\u2026. Why he feels that Amazon UK is such an amazing opportunity for anyone nowadays. How many businesses have a process that can be followed step by step for a new entrepreneur.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has been building her entrepreneurial business since she was a young twelve year old girl interested in computers. And as we show you on the introduction and the show, a career is built by many different steps. Many different phases until you get to what looks like the natural place. The thing that you were born to do. Back in 2002 she launched her first website, a manga scanlation site (translating comics from Japanese & English into Polish) and grew it to 40K views in under 5 months and even managed a virtual staff of people who volunteered to support the growth. Jump on seven years, and she was then running a successful photography business, and this was her life for seven years, before stepping back into the corporate world when\u2026.as she she says in her own words \u201cI worked my tail off in the marketing agency world, including a stint at a corporate ad agency as community manager and social media/email marketing strategist. This is when I got really obsessed with branding, business development, list-building and all the ways biz owners can create consistent revenue without losing their shit.\u201d The first dots had been well and truly placed, and now it was a case of joining them up with the creation of her own self named Digital Marketing Agency. This is a successful digital marketing consulting & education company where she helps modern businesses and entrepreneurs to grow their presence, make more money, and truly blow up online so they can become leaders in their field. And once again as she says \u201cI freaking LOVE it!\u201d So did she always know that she was gently placing the foundations in place as she went, or was each phase in her life supposed to be her legacy work? And what does she find is the hardest part of growing a business? The sales, marketing, or the hours that it takes to get it off the ground? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Kamila Gornia\nIn today's world there is a greater and greater interest in entrepreneurs and what makes successful entrepreneurs. We like to think that we can copy their blueprint for success. We like to think that we can look at how they did it, and by being cunning cut a few corners and get their much quicker than they did. But we cant, and more importantly we shouldn't ever want that, as we couldnt then class ourselves as a successful entrepreneur. You see these folk are made, they make themselves. These folk are given the pieces to the puzzle and simply fit them all together. They have to make the machine, to make the puzzle, to then fit the prices all together. They need to work, hustle, dream, persevere, accept failures and go for it bigtime. There is no blueprint to what makes a successful entrepreneur. but there are character traits which we discuss in todays podcast episode. 1: You Have To Have A Vision Before you can ever hope to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to have a vision of what you want to achieve in life. You cant ever hope to achieve something unless you know in your heart what it will feel, taste, smell like. You need to get under the skin of what its all about so you can quite simply start working towards it with the feeling that you are living it already. That is what I did with Join Up Dots Podcast. I wanted to be a successful entrepreneur with their own top ranked podcast, so I submerged myself in the podcasting world. I listened to podcasts. I spoke to other podcasters, and aI created a vision of what it would feel like to have a top show. 2: Be Willing To Work At It? Nothing will ever be given to you on a plate if its is something that is really worth having. And that is never truer than in the entrepreneurial space. Richard Branson wasn't given an airline, he worked at making it happen. Presidents dont just get into power, they work their way up the ranks until they are at the top table. And all successful entrepreneurs know that work is where it starts, and the rest of the world look for the quick route. 3: Network, Hustle and Reach Out To Others Most people starting a business will sit tin their office behind their own computers and just bash out the work. They work in silo, frightened to stick their head above their pc screen as they haven't got to where they want to be. But this is a huge mistake, and if you want to be a successful entrepreneur then you need to start surrounding yourself with other successful entrepreneurs. You will pick up their habits. You will understand the work that has gone into getting them to where they want to be. And best of all you will start to realise that you are already where you want to be, talking to successful entrepreneurs on a level playfield. They aren't any better than you, they have just stared earlier to build their business. 4: Have More Failures Than You Can Deal With. Tying into what we have already seen on this page, and through the podcast, failures are part of the game. You cannot hope to be the best that you can hope to be inf you are unwilling to accept failure as part of the game. Successful entrepreneurs will be able to share stories of lying on the bathroom floor crying \"What did I do to deserve this, God?\" Well what they did, was try something that they didnt have all the answers for, or the skills for. And they failed because of it. But through those failures you will learn, and become stronger and you will come back ready to claim the success that your efforts deserve. And that my friends is what all successful entrepreneurs now. Its up to you to find the success that you want.\nAction Taking\nAction taking and taking the right action is the key to success. But how do you know what things that you should be doing? Well my guest today knows. She is a lady who has developed an online identity that is fun, inspiring and very different from what is out there. So one look at her website and I thought \"Yeah this is something that I need to know more about\" as it plays to the Join Up Dots message of authenticity. She is the founder of The Action Incubator, sought-after speaker, and Bestselling Author of 7 Principles for a More Productive and Fulfilling Life. But more than that is she is a lady that seems to have cracked the code of knowing who she is, what she is, and what her clients want and need. You see if you define yourself clearly to the world then the world understands that you are the answer to their problems and will seek you out. Which makes lead generation, income production and fun swirl around your business like a tropical storm, blowing cash into your bank account like magic. But of course where hs is know was not where she started, and like all our guests she has been on a Leaving the University of Maryland with a degree in Business Administration she worked from 2005 to 2013 for several companies tracking goals, ensuring that systems were in place, and making things run smoothly. And so it wasn't a surprise when she took all these skills and created her own business, helping entrepreneurs and businesses across the world to systematize their own workflow and find spaces to work on money production instead of just fire fighting all the time. And it certainly looks like she is loving what she is doing, as her profile is growing across all platforms, as is her line of clients wanting to work with her. So when did she realise that she had many of the skills that she could use for herself and for her own business? And does she look back and think \"I did it at the right time\" or \"Man, I could have done this years earlier?\" Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Cat Stancik Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Cat Stancik such as: How she ended up having headshots for her business website just a few hours before giving birth....not the best time I would have thought. How she spent $80,000 in gaining an MBA in Business which led her totally in the wrong direction to where she was actually heading. Why it is so important to know your worth in life, and why that is doubly important in business life. If you don't know your value how can you ever quote your price to your perfect client? and lastly\u2026. Why everything in life leads you where you are today. The experience is being gained, so make sure you look for opportunities to use that experience whenever you can.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who quite simple should be loving his life. He is a creative at heart and has found his way to online success with several businesses. Leaving the University Of Southampton in 2007 with a bachelor of arts in Music you can see quite clearly how the dots have joined up. As he says \u201cI decided to make a go of professional drumming. I spent a couple of years developing something called Online Session Drumming, where I\u2019d record for bands and musicians around the world from my home studio. To do this, I had to learn to market myself effectively by building websites, getting to the top of Google, and learning how to advertise. I wrote a book introducing this way of recording which got extensive coverage in the drumming press, filmed 19 DVDs, ran 2 newsletters and membership clubs, and the method went on to become a way of life for hundreds of musicians around the world. It turned out that I quite enjoyed the advertising and websites bit of the job, even when I got bored of the drumming. My next door neighbour at the time was a plasterer in need of extra work so I built him a website. The effect this website had on him spurred me to start JobDoneWebsites, which went on to become the UK\u2019s leading tradesman-only marketing company.\u201d You see our guest was willing to put himself into environments where he was required to do serious upskilling on every turn. He didn\u2019t have the answers but was willing to that extra mile to make those answers himself. And upon developing those skills, he was actually building the foundations to what he has achieved today. Presently he is the head ninja at Exposure Ninja an online marketing company that has grown to 35 Ninjas in less than 3 years. An expansion which has been exhilarating/tiring/fun/inspiring/hard work. The results he gets for his clients are he says are \u201cSick, and we\u2019re hungry and passionate to help more dominate in competitive markets online.\u201d So is this the business that will be his legacy work, or just the start of other ventures? And what was it about the entrepreneurial life that so appealed against going the normal route and entering the corporate world? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Tim Cameron-Kitchen\nTodays episode of Join Up Dots is a solo show, where your host David Ralph talk about what he considers the four key success principles in life. You see he has been through a hell of a journey and sometimes you need to stop and reflect on what is really important to you, and your business going forward. It's not all grind you know, or at least it shouldnt be as who wants a life that is just work all the time? But that is most certainly what so many people have day to day. Deal with the kids, keep the wife happy, take out the rubbish, dal with clients, do their tax returns, break a sweat at every opportunity until its time to go to bed. Five hours or tossing and turning and then you are back at it. A hamster on a wheel, running, running and running until you burnout. And believe me, I see this time and time again, and have actually done the same thing twice before in my own life. So in todays episode of Join Up Dots I share my insights into what I feel builds success quicker than anything else after receiving an email from a gentleman in Holland who said \"David, I have listened to many shows that talk about success and how to get it and I was wondering do you have your own success principles that you follow...thank you Chris H Reed\" Let's start with Success Principles One Have Belief In Your Future And Your Actions There is no doubt in my mind that belief is the corner stone of what makes success. You have to believe that you will be able to achieve your dream, even though you dont know how you are going to do it. You have to have belief in something, and like Steve Jobs says in his famous Stanford Speech, it can be gut, intuition, karma whatever. But you have to believe in something. So surround yourself with images of people who are already doing what you want to do, and follow their blogs, email marketing whatever. Look at yourself every morning in the mirror and tell yourself \"I can do this. It doesnt matter how long it will take, but I CAN DO it!\" Believe that you can do it, and do everything you can to surround yourself with stuff to explode that belief network. Grow Confidence Because Of Your Failures Not Your Successes Success is great, and successes are what we all want. But a success after success life is never going to happen. And in a funny kind of way you dont want them to happen either. You see when it comes to the success principles it's the failures that are the true winners. It's the failures that build the old hustle muscle and makes your ultimate destination even better. So don't sweat it when things go wrong. Don't scream at the heavens \"Why oh Why Oh Why!!\" instead look at what went wrong and learn from it, so you dont make the same mistake again. And that my friends is the second of the Join Up Dots Success Principles...grow confidence because of your failures not your successes. Freetime = Me Time = Future Building a business is hard. Probably one of the hardest things you will ever do, and its your responsibility to look after your health as much as you do your email inbox. So take time off. Walk away from the business that you are creating and allow yourself to breath fresh air. Spend time with your kids, and your special person. Watch TV, in fact do anything other than work, as I promise you you will be better for it. A human is nothing more than a battery that needs recharging, and by re-charging you will work better. So get the ideas flowing back into your life, enjoy yourself and take heed of the success principles part three: Freetime = Me Time = Future Start Today Not Tomorrow Deep down everyone is scared of starting something new as there is a chance that they will fail. So we put if off. We think that if we wait until tomorrow we will be in a better place to rock this thing to its core. But of course tomorrow never comes. As tomorrow becomes today and tomorrow is well....tomorrow. So the final Success principle is 100% start. It doesnt have to be perfect. It doesnt have to make sense. But start as soon as you can, as what you are aiming for is to build up momentum in your life until it does start to make sense. You are looking to build the belief that what you are doing is going to work, and that only occurs by starting. And that my friends is the four success principles as I see them in my own life, and I certainly think that you cant go far wrong by bringing them into your own. If you want your own question answered on the show then go over to Join Up Dots at either Facebook or on email: joinupdots@gmail.com\nLinkedin Ads Are The Magic That All Business Needs, So Why Do Very Few Business Owners Know Anything About Them. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has built a business around a need that so many of my colleagues need. How to create laser targeted lead generation straight to the heart of the business folk across the world using LinkedIn. After our guest began advertising on LinkedIn in 2011, he quickly discovered its powerful potential for business to business (B2B) advertisers. He was so passionate about the results he was seeing, he left his job to start B2Linked in 2014. As he says \" As online marketer since 2007, I\u2019ve managed hundreds of Google AdWords campaigns. I\u2019ve always been fascinated by the lead quality from intent-based targeting. I love the concept of being present when customers are at the bottom of the funnel, and who are ready to make a purchase. Fast forward to 2011, I was introduced to advertising on LinkedIn. Frankly, I figured that it likely wasn\u2019t a good platform because I hadn\u2019t heard of it before then. As I continued diving deeper into LinkedIn, I began to see the value that I felt the industry has not picked up on. In 2014 I founded B2Linked in an effort to spread the success I was experiencing through LinkedIn advertising to other companies B2Linked\u2019s mission and vision is to share the value of LinkedIn advertising with other B2B marketers and help individuals and companies realize the value of LinkedIn as a lead generation channel, and extract more value from that channel. So is LinkedIn still a place where we hang our resumes, post articles and leave it up to the gods? Or is the world now turning away from FB and pictures of peoples cats and realising the full of business connections? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr AJ Wilcox. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with AJ Wilcox such as: Why the world havent quite grasped the power of LinkedIn Ads today, and how he knew that it was a goldmine made for him (although he was still scared to go after it too). How AJ remembers his first day in business and realised that he had to start ugly. He did this by simply getting referrals from people that he already knew. Simple is best. Why AJ feels that he has fallen in love with Linkedin Ads, and knows that building a business around love is the fast track to where we all head - the Money and lastly\u2026. We discuss how businesses can move towards the franchise model, which then allows massive growth and also massive freedom in someones life.\nWhy Video Marketing Is An Amazing Business Concept is what we are going to discuss with todays guest who is just getting started in business. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who connected with me on email, and told me such a powerful story that I just had to have him on the show. And unusually for Join Up Dots, he is just getting going on his entrepreneurial journey, but in a way that you can see he is giving it a go bigtime. He isn't sitting behind a story of woe, saying well it will never happen to people like me. So let's give you what he told me, and these are in his words My name is Paul, and I am the owner of Cassus Media LLC in Pennsylvania in the U.S. I am a U.S. Marine veteran, and a professional musician. Although I am 24 years old (I will be 25 on October 8th), I have been through quite a bit in my life. Cassus Media is a business that I officially registered in August 2017; it was free to register here in PA since I'm a veteran, although my service was cut short due to a stupid mistake that I made. To be honest, I had something tragic happen to me when I was 15 years old by actions made by a trusted music teacher in my life (and my neighborhood). I held this through my Marine training, and eventually cracked under my own mental pressure, and made a stupid decision. But this - this fall from grace, something that I do not entirely blame on myself, but by the sexual scarring that occurred and the man who did it to me - did not stop me from my dreams. Many in my position would be ashamed and become a hermit, and feel as though they are an outcast. I was given an Other Than Honorable discharge status, something solely determined by the Colonel in command at the time (another Marine that I trained with made the same mistake, but got a higher discharge status called General Under Honorable Conditions). I let this discharge status define me for a time, and I fell into the woodworks for a while. I felt that having lost my mother to alcoholism (who I hadn't seen since I was 6, and while serving in the Marines watched her die when I was 22), not finishing my education, and having been discharged from the U.S. military was the end of me. Citizens in the U.S. would view me as a failure, and of course this information could harm me if they didn't know my backstory. I realized something, though: I was still alive. I still had a talent, and dreams I wanted to pursue. Why should I let my mistakes stop my entrepreneurial dreams? Surely, I don't want to work in a call center anymore (which really, really tears me up inside because it's nothing related to my dreams). But I also found a way to use this job to my advantage in a number of ways. And that is the perfect place to start the show. So is he ready to battle his way through the entrepreneurs minefield with the skills built because of his history, or because of them? And where does he see the first step towards his dreams? Creating his business, or creating the intention? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Paul Casserly Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Paul Cassarly such as: How he praises the military for giving him the tools and willingness to keep moving forward in his life, even though his service finished in a way he wouldnt have wanted. Paul shares his vision of what he wants to achieve in his business, and why he inherently believes you must focus on customer service first and foremost. How he took him many years to shake off the feeling of failure, by making the decision to accept what has happened and move on to his bright future. and lastly\u2026. How he now sees that the entrepreneurial spirit has always been in his family from such an early age, and finds inspiration from is family's hustle and drive.\nJobs are made, Jobs are given, But the best Jobs dont come easy. My guest on todays episode of the Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who like a select band of guests have decided to return again and join up more dots. Yes, back on episode 37 of Join Up Dots, when the show was just a baby, and I was finding my feet, he came on the show with his business partner of the time Mark Sieverkropp. They were building the online career advice platform Happen To Your Career, and in that discussion spoke about the hustle, early mornings, and desire that it takes to bootstrap something and take it out to the world. Happen To Your Career, is a place that is built with the owners desire, and passions being its ideal avatar. You can see that the concept would have been something that our guest would have been looking for, so he created it himself. As he says \u201cI have always had an unusual outlook on careers. My wife Alyssa, who I met in high school, knows this to be true. I have left what others considered \u201cgood jobs\u201d turned down job offers other people would love and any time I have wanted to make more income have simply figured out a plan and acted upon it. I have to be doing something I am excited about to be happy. Having had 8 positions in the last 10 years (including successfully self employed) has caused me to have many experiences in a short period of time.\u201d I have owned a successful business in contracting, led others as a people and human resources professional, coached business owners and leaders to success, and helped many people develop their careers along the way. I have worked a variety of industries including: manufacturing, retail, government, food, construction and more. Everywhere I went I saw people struggling to figure out what they want to do and how to get there.\u201d So has he got there himself. Is the platform he created truly what he wants, or is it still work in development? Like most things created by a desire to help the world will it ever be truly realised? Well lets find, as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Scott Barlow. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Scott such as: How he would love to spend sometime with Tony Hsieh, and is inspired by the big dreams and big actions that he demonstrates everyday. How difficult it is to start a business with your wife, even though you can pay them less than anyone else you could meet. Why the world is fascinated with the huge success of others and care little about the twenty years of struggle that have led to that point. And lastly\u2026. How he recalls the struggles he had as a young man, that caused him to tackle them head-on to allow a starting point to his dreams.\nWe live on planet money, so why do we have so much trouble getting some of it? Todays show is being released based on a question from a listener from Join Up Dots Hello there, A good morning to The Join Up Dots team. I have been listening to your shows for nearly 2 years now racking my brains to find a business idea. And everytime I come up with something I think to myself I can't afford this. I can't afford the website but hosting anything to get it off the ground and I seem to be going round and round in circles. Can you suggest any way that I can really bootstrap this so that I can get my idea going? I have spoken to many friends and they say it's a brilliant idea but as I say money is a huge issue and I'm too scared to put debt onto my credit card Thank you so much Jenny Castor, Millhaven, New York As you will hear from the show the quickest way to earn is to use the money we already have wisely. Most of us will simply live hand to mouth, where we use the money when we fancy it instead of making a plan to follow each month. Yeah, I know this sounds boring and the last thing that you want to do when you can be out having fun with your mates, but you only have to do this once. So in todays episode we discuss everything money and discover that we actually live in Planet Money. We just have to stop it floating away from us.\nLaw of Attraction Or Simply Massive Action...that is the question today. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who shows brilliantly that in life you are never too old to start building your dream. He is a airline pilot, sailor, adventurer, and an author and an avid listener of Join Up Dots. And that my friends is the golden ticket to getting on the show, to highlight your own story to the world. As he says \"Following a life changing experience in my 20s, I discovered that our limiting inner beliefs often keep us tethered to mediocrity. Most people are unaware that our subconscious beliefs determine our outcomes in life, for better or for worse. When we begin to change our inner beliefs, we begin to change our outcomes. You can live the life of your dreams! It is easier than you imagine\u201d I used the power of my subconscious mind to manifest a career as an airline pilot at age 49. Since then, I have written three books and know I will become a successful author and \u2018in demand\u2019 speaker, using the techniques taught by Joseph Murphy, Napoleon Hill, Wayne Dyer, Tony Robbins, Louise Hay, Esther Hicks, Jack Canfield, Richard Bach, and many others. So is this a man who is all woo woo and sits crossed legged and hums to himself for twelve hours a day? Not not of course, although the Law of Attraction for many has a bad reputation this is a man who made conscious decisions, changed his out look and got what he wanted in life by doing the right things everyday. And isn't that what we talk about on Join Up Dots? And so our guest went from miserable and broke, living paycheck to paycheck while working a variety of unfulfilling jobs to financially comfortable and happy. Living on a golf course in Southern California, with views to the Pacific Ocean, with his wife and two cats. So is this something that anyone can do, or does it need a team of mentors, support and years of training? And where do people go wrong, is it the personal belief, or trying something that others dont quite understand? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr. Robert Lawrence. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Robert Lawrence such as: How we have so many opportunities in life nowadays due to the internet that its untrue. Log on, look around and see what the world is doing - could you do the same? Why focus and visualization in our lives is so important - If we dont know where we are heading then how can we possibly arrive where we want? Robert shares how he has managed to create a life that is totally under his control. Time is so valuable if you can learn that you are the master of time. and lastly\u2026. Why it is so important to get our of your own head, embrace looking stupid and shout out to the world \"That ain't too bad really......what more can you throw at me\". Once we embrace the feeling that life is what we make it, good feelings and bad then we are on our way.\nCompany culture and making it good for everyone. How do you do it? My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with a fascinating tale of following a course in his life that is nothing but unusual. As the former director of customer and employee relations at TCC, the largest Verizon Authorized Retailer in America, our guest is no stranger to empowering employees through a powerful cultural movement. A 2016 Gallup report found that 71% of employees are not engaged at work, 60% of employees do not connect with their company\u2019s mission, and 60% of millennials are open to different job opportunities and likely to job hop. That is a statistic that is shocking, even when most of us would nod our heads and say yeah \u201cThat sounds like me\u201d Well today\u2019s guest isn\u2019t just sitting there nodding in agreement, but he is doing something about it He is trying to change that trend with his organization called \u201cCulture of Good.\u201d The program started when Scott Moorehead, the CEO of TCC Verizon wanted help to change the culture of his company of 3,000 employees at 800 stores across the U.S. And ever since then, this cultural movement took off and has spread across the country by helping companies inspire employees to have a positive impact in their community and the world. Our guest took that concept, and created Culture of Good, Inc. to inspire other businesses to create truly altruistic programs that can make the world a better place. He believes in order for a company\u2019s Culture of Good to be successful and meaningful, giving back must be ingrained in the foundation of its core values. Through Culture of Good, Inc. he helps other organizations engage the hearts of their employees and empower them to make the changes they wish to see in their communities. With a huge amount of charitable enterprises benefitting from these business with a heart, does he look back and think of his time as a pastor and think \u201cThis is what I was put on this Earth to do\u2026this was my life mission?\u201d And why is it so hard to get past the middle management of the world, when most company owners want their businesses to operate in the same way? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ryan McCarty. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ryan McCarty such as: Why having a workforce that is happy and encouraged on a daily basis is the easiest way to make true magic occur in a workplace. How Ryan managed to meander his way through the obstacles that occur in a boardroom to bring his mission to the fore. Why he feels that the tragedy that occurred in his life as a child was such a major part of growing into the man he is today. and lastly\u2026. Ryan explains how they had to ask the big question of \u201cHow do we create a movement out of this a-ha moment?\u201d every single day, to ensure that the moment was never lost in the process of living life.\nTodays guest is the co-founder of OpenWorld, the world\u2019s #1 resource for active lifestyle creators. What that means is instead of finding a job to fund your lifestyle, you create your lifestyle and then find ways to fund it. If you want to be an underwater basket weaver then work out how much you need to earn to do this, and then go out and find different ways of funding this. Be creative with the choices that you make to achieve your dreams. Don\u2019t be pigeon holed by what people tell you is the normal route to success. Do things your way, and love every second of your life. Well todays guest has always had that entrepreneurial spirit and since the age of 9 has loved to flex his hustle muscle. And with a history entailing going from broke ramen-eating college graduate to growing a profitable online business and pursuing lifestyle design with reckless abandon. And through his many adventures around the world has been robbed, fallen from bridges and motorbikes, hugged exotic animals, and nearly died several times in pursuit of his dreams. He is now a man who literally can call the world his home, and the planet his playground. So what was about him that made him up for the challenge to brush himself down and go again when things got tough? And why would he say that the world hasn\u2019t quite bought into the belief that they can literally create the life of their dreams? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Danny Flood Show Highlights During the episode we discussed such weighty topics such as: How Google no longer want highly educated people, but want people who are humble and aware of their weaknesses. How he journeyed through Vietnam on a motorbike intoxicated by the feeling of freedom How your vision and mission are far more important than the goals that you set for yourself. How buying an island is the dream that so many people have, but more often than not is not the end goal they should be searching for. And lastly\u2026.. How he believes in the words \u201cHow perfectionism in the unwillingness to be uncomfortable\u201d and what they mean to him.\nHow To Make Money Is Our Discussion Starter Today Welcome to todays episode of Join Up Dots which is a solo show where your host David Ralph answers a series of questions that has been sent to the show by the listeners. Most of these have either a \"How Do I Make Money?\" element or \"How Do I Start A Business?\" So lets start with the first question..... Andrew Hedley, Australia First of all, I just wanted to say how much I am loving the podcast! It helped me exit the corporate career and into this fun and crazy world of start ups. I listen to one podcast every afternoon and it is the perfect inspiration when I start to feel lost and have doubts. Thank you. Advice please - I won't go into details, but I am working on a business that people love the concept, but it's hard to see how I can monetize it. It makes me want to stop and go back to my traditional job as a real estate but my gut says that if I persist the money may just come in ways I don't know exist at the moment. As your show tells us every podcast 'you can't connect can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward'. So should I just soldier on without a concrete strategy for monitizing the idea or should I work it out before moving forward? Isaac Burke, Seattle Your podcast is so great and matches where my life is headed. I'm excited that you're podcast is a part of my journey. You have so many podcasts and I'm new to changing my mindset. Which of your podcasts should I start with? Also, the Ultra Running podcast is missing the Jim Carrey quote, it's just silent. Kim Bola from South Africa Hello David and the Join Up Dots team. Wow what an amazing show. Thank you so much thank you so much, thank you so much. I have been listening now for the last few weeks and I am astonished by your energy are you always like this or is it just for the show? Would you be kind enough to answer a question that has been bothering me over the last few weeks? You talked about taking the leap, you talk about finding the things that you want to do, and you've been talking very much about how you managed to do it. You might have answered this in an earlier episode but I would love to know when the idea to become a podcaster came to you and did you have it all planned out, as I would love to do this myself All the best Kim Bola from South Africa Hello David Love the show I would love to know what has been the greatest business idea that you have heard on the show? Could you point out one that you thought was mind blowing? Thank you John Picard, Weston-Super-Mare, England\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is an ex- American footballer, who after twelve years as a professional was in an amazing place. He played for the Houston Oilers, NFL Europe Scottish Claymores, CFL Montreal Alouettes, XFL San Francisco Demons and even the AFL. The reason he was in an amazing place, was due to the fact, once he retired as a professional he realised that he had gained an amazing insight into professional sports trauma. He had seen, and experienced the devastating effects of TBI and concussions, and knew that there was a path to transition into away from the game And that is a bridge that so many sportsman struggle with. You put your heart and soul into creating the dream life that the majority of boys crave, and then what do you do when that short career is over. Well our guest got his Doctor of Chiropractic degree as well as certifications in Advanced Sports Nutrition and Concussion Assessment and ever since the movie, Concussion, came out\u2026 he made it his mission to NOT end up like my grandfather, who died from advanced dementia at 72. He has written a book, created a web class and plan on coming out with a line of supplements all to help us be healthy in mind and brain. So its all very well having insider knowledge, but how do you turn this into a profitable business that people want and need? And is there a quick fix for head injuries? Or is it a simple case of trying our hardest not to get them in the first place? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr John DeWitt Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with John DeWitt such as: How he managed to get off the grid and disconnect from his business, and why he found that it was a bigger struggle than he imagined. Why John was quite happy to walk away from the American Football pitch even though it was such a big part of his life. and lastly\u2026. How he transitioned from the sports arena to the entrepreneurial world, and the steps he took to create his new life.\nUltra Running Across America Was Just The Start Of It All! My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has been on the show before, but is so inspiring in so many ways its a shock that he hasnt been on again until now. He is a professional speaker, and record breaking businessman, who focuses in on Business mastery and also has the \u201ccome on guys you can do the impossible you just have to start taking action\u201d vibe nailed down too. He can help us all get the champion mind-set and build the strength and courage to tackle the \u201cimpossible\u201d head on. But his life didn\u2019t start in such a positive way, as at fourteen years old he was hit head-on by a drunk driver while riding his bicycle. The neurosurgeon said, \u201cIf he survives the night, he will be a vegetable for the rest of his life.\u201d And certainly the diagnosis looked accurate, as he was in a coma for four days, in casts and rehabilitation for a year, and suffered problematic effects lasting many years. After the accident, life was a cycle of ups-and-downs until he learned the tools and strategies he teaches today. He started his professional career as a carpenter and exceled with woodcraft, and then created his first business at age 24, when he entered into the residential contracting and real estate investment business. But it wasn\u2019t until after a divorce whilst still a young man, did his life really start to find traction and he began to fire sparks across the world. In 2011, he decided he wanted to do something amazing. He wanted to make a difference. He wanted to leave his mark. So from a casual runner, in just nine months he went to running 2,621 miles across America joining the ranks of the most elite ultra-runners in the world. For 100 consecutive days, he ran a marathon distance, and then gave an inspirational keynote speech to at-risk groups and donated 10,000 of his books \u201cDream Big Act Big\u201d to the audiences he met. He ran into New York city waving a huge American flag, surrounded by hundreds of runners, and entered the record books. And since then he has continued to provide inspiration to everyone that he meets, undertaking many challenges that so many people would look at as daunting and undoable. So what is it about the world today that sees the challenge too big to even start taking action on? And was there a moment when he realised that he had the mental strength to tackle anything? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Croix Sather. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Croix Sather such as: Croix talks about couch surfing his way around the world, and how he has found inspiration by building connection with strangers across the world that he never would have dreamt off. Why all success is built through years and years of perspiration, hustle and courage to go after your dreams. So many people stop themselves before ever giving themselves a chance to get going. Why entrepreneurship is such a hard venture to undertake, and how Croix is now more often than not reluctant to tell people to go for it. and lastly\u2026. Why entrepreneurship is such a hard venture to undertake, and Croix is more often than reluctant\nTravel blogs make great reading, but do travel blogs make a good business? Today\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots podcast believes in travel, more travel and then when she is finished and wants a bit of rest: Travel. And this is not the pack your bags for two weeks each year, or for as many weekends as you can get, kind of adventure. She is a believer that \u201cYour life does not have to fit in a box. You don\u2019t have to live behind the picket fence, slave away at that full-time job that sucks you dry, and the monotonous peak hour traffic runs. You can have the picket fence and a job you love of course, but, we\u2019re pretty sure you at least want to escape your everyday life for weekend getaways or a three-week vacation every year.\u201d But what is the fascinating thing about today\u2019s guest, is how close she came to buying into the status quo that life seems to be lived by. Settling into the routine or a life lived on other peoples terms. After meeting each other, falling madly in love and then beginning a five year honeymoon as they travelled the world teaching English, things came to a halt As she says \u201cWe returned home after the honeymoon and hit a major slump. This travel life we loved was over. That thinking changed everything and before we knew it we were chasing money making schemes all over the world trying to get the riches we needed to keep travelling. Let\u2019s just say $500,000 and no self-esteem later we woke up.\u201d \u201cWhy do we need to wait until we have the money to live what\u2019s in our hearts? Why not just start with what is in the heart today?\u201d And with that thought, and I\u2019m sure more than a touch of apprehension they set off on what has become their life, travelling, blogging and helping others to buy into the start the dream today mentality with their top ranked blog \u201cY Travel\u201d and now with two children in tow, their success, and ability to grab more experiences in a month than most of us have in a lifetime is assured. So what was it about the nomadic lifestyle that had such a pull on them? And is it something that they think everyone can do, or does it take a certain type of mindset? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Caroline Makepeace. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Caroline Makepeace such as: Why the words of Steve Jobs send shivers down her spine, as she has learnt from life that everything works out for the best. You may not know how this will happen but it does. How she is so aware that she can\u2019t escape the mundane routines of life that everybody else has to deal with, but can make sure that the experiences of life in between are so much better than everyone else. Why it is so important to get back to the things that you really loved as a kid, to build a life around the passion. Doing this helps you push through the hard times so much more easily. How her parents were so supportive with her dream to travel the world, although they would have been very happy for to get a safe job too. And lastly\u2026\u2026\u2026 Why it is so important to watch out for the energy vampires in your life, and to ensure that you pull away as much as possible from the naysayers, and dream slayers.\nOn today's show we talk about what authenticity means in a business, and can you create a business that brings your authentic self to the fore. Well, this week we had an email sent to us at Join Up Dots by a fellow podcaster, who asked to come on the show and then gave us some big advice. He told us that he felt that the vibe of our show wasn't right, and by doing silly stuff, voices and the like we wouldn't be taken seriously. Now this is a big statement to make, as why does he think that we want to be taken seriously anyway? And what is serious about being a podcaster who delivers conversational, motivational content to the world everyday? Isn't it about being yourself, and authentic to both your message and your listeners? You see when we started Join Up Dots, we were aware that the show had to be different from every other show out there. We knew that we had to do things differently, so that we could be so authentic that we ended up having no competition, and would climb to the top of the charts. And so we did little things, like making jokes, speaking in silly voices and just being ourselves. These things could not be copied by anyone, so in the chance that we achieved our aim and got to the top of the charts, then it would be very unlikely that other copy cat shows would spring up everywhere. Now this, guy suggested that by doing things our way we would be holding ourselves back and not taken seriously? But seriously where? Do we listen to Billy Connolly and Jerry Seinfeld and think that they aren't serious about their craft as they want to make us laugh? Do we look at Jimmy Fallon and think \"Man he is so unprofessional\" just because he looks like he is having a good time? No, not at all.....we love them as they are authentic to themselves and being true to the talents that they possess. And that is where this podcaster who wrote to us made a big mistake. If someone is being truly authentic and making it seem effortless, in fact they are working in the sweet zone, where talent meets genius and that is serious business. They have mastered what they bring to the table and do it better than anyone else, which builds loyalty of audience, followers and authority in the market place. They have become their own competition, so actually have no competition. So if you are building a business and want to live a life on your own terms, then seriously consider \"How you are doing\" something and whether it feels \"Good and Easy\" And if it does, then there is a good chance that you are being truly authentic to yourself and will stand every chance of winning the game.\nRecruiting top talent is hard to say the least, but not with todays top recruitment expert on your side. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who was first introduce to me by a previous guest and friend of the show Tayo Rockson \u201cHi David\u201d\u2026.he said \u201cI had him on my show and he had such great pieces of advice to give. I am certain he would make a great addition to your show.\u201d Well, how could i refuse such a connection, so lets give you some background on who we are going to be speaking to today. He is the founder of the Wintrip Consulting Group, a global consultancy in St. Petersburg, Florida where his mission is to eliminate hiring delays, so companies always have the talent they need instead of empty seats. During the past three decades, he has helped thousands of organizations like Bank of America, Boeing, Procter & Gamble, Randstad, and the Red Cross as well as small and mid-market companies, such as Aquent, Kohl\u2019s, MAKO Surgical, and Valpak to make the right decisions. And this expertise has now been put into print, and is now flying off the shelves with his latest book \u201cHigh Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant,\u201d being published by McGraw-Hill and through Amazon If that isn\u2019t impressive enough then, for five years in a row, he has been named in the \u201cStaffing 100\u201d as one of the world\u2019s 100 most influential staffing leaders, also making Recruiter Magazine\u2019s \u201cTop 40 Under 40,\u201d as one of the most influential executives under 40 years old. So when did he realise that getting bottoms on seats was a skill that he possessed and could build a business around? And what is the biggest mistake that people make when getting the talent that their companies deserve? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Scott Wintrip Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Scott such as: Scott shares his advice of how he makes the right decisions in his life, and if not what he does to then quickly make them the right decisions. Why Scott feels that he did his most remarkable work of his career whilst going through a heavy divorce with his wife. Why Scott feels that anyone who is getting into recruitment should get their recruitment education. Go work for a consultancy before ever going it alone. and lastly\u2026. Scott shares his views on the only person that you can believe in life \u2013 yourself. Be aware if you catch yourself lying to yourself, as it can undermine everything that is possible.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who you just cannot find a photo of her not beaming from ear to ear. And it's not a surprise as quite simply to me, it looks like she is having the time of her life. And unusually for most guests who have come on the show, it appears a pretty straight line to where she is today, but of course that probably isn't the case. Back in the day as a young girl, she would run around with a camera and create silly YouTube videos. After family and friends told her that she should pursue a career in video, she went to the Seattle Art Institute to get her degree in Filmmaking. Which she did, and then set off working for several video companies before starting her own rocking and rolling at Serious Take Productions. And cleverly she didn't just use her skills in video to make her success rapid, but the power of connections. Working with the top entrepreneurs across the world to highlight her skills, and of course gain insights into what makes a successful online business. As she says \"We\u2019re a team of storytellers, cinematographers, editors, and connectors creating impactful videos that evoke emotions. We help established business owners build powerhouse brands through storytelling and compelling videos that attract customers now. We storyboard, shoot, direct, edit and are committed to excellence.\" And believe me, I started doing the research on today's guest and then ended up watching over two hours of her powerful and insightful videos so she certainly does just what she has set out to do. Inspire. Educate. And love everyday of her life. So does she love everyday of her life, or is there much of her business that she could take or leave but knows its part of the game? And where do people go wrong with their own video creations? Making it all about them instead of the viewer? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Tamara Thompson. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Tamara Thompson such as: Why Tamara has such a high degree of gratitude everyday for the things that she has managed to achieve in her life. Tamara recalls seeing her mothers entrepreneurial ventures as a nine year old, and being shown the true value of the dollar, a lesson she has never forgot. Why it is so important to develop flex time in her life for being with loved ones. A business can seem important, but nowhere near what is waiting to be with you at home. and lastly\u2026. How she now thinks \"Man if I had started years before, I could now be on Netflix\"....there is never a better time to start something than today.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has stumbled into the entrepreneurial world. She is the owner of Ash Said It LLC, which is a full service public speaking boutique, hosting receptions, fashion expos as well as upscale soir\u00e9es. Which sounds great, but its the joining up the dots which is the most important part of this show. So how did the ex-military lady transition from Uncle Sam to Fashion Avenue? Well as she says \u201cI had no plans to build a company. The thought never even crossed my mind. The past few years have been tough. I took care of my mom for 3+ years, and being a full time caregiver is a lot, although I would easily do it again. My mother never taught me how to be a lady. She showed me through her actions. She never let anyone take advantage of her meek yet resilient spirit. Thank God I inherited that spark! I buried my mom in 2014, which was the most difficult thing I\u2019ve ever done in my entire existence. I was lost. My heart was no longer in military service. I needed to leave but I had no blueprint on where to go. I did many odd jobs that year. Helped build multiple brands & had nothing to show for it. Then one day a light bulb went off in my head. Why the heck am I wasting time helping people disinterested in helping themselves? Why don\u2019t I pour my 13+ years of industry experience into something I can call my own. That\u2019s when Ash Said It was born! And at that point we will start the show, as it is a moment that every one of our guests have hit in their own lives. That moment when they realise that their life is their own, and everything they do should be on their own terms. It\u2019s the responsibility to create their own future. So how did she move from this idea of creating her business, to actually earning her first dollars and attracting her first clients? And looking back on it all, has it been harder than she could have imagined or simply a dream from start to finish. Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Ash Brown\nIn todays show we discuss Time Management, and how to create a global hit online show, when you very rarely go online...and that is generally hard to do to say the last. Todays episode of Join Up Dots is a very unusual one, as for only the second time in our history there is a different host of the episode. In today's show the amazing host of Natural Born Coaches, Marc Mawhinney allows us to share an interview he recorded recently with myself. Yes, your friendly neighbourhood podcaster David Ralph was grilled by the main man regarding what I have done in my life to create a global hit show. You see most podcasters spend a ton of time sitting infront of their pc's either tweeting, adding content on FB, and a ton of different promotion. It's a total killer and for many podcasters it signals the end of their show and the desire for global domination. On Join Up Dots the amount of time that we spend creating the show has gone down and down, to just three days per month due to scheduling systems and social media rules. What I hear you cry? Join Up Dots only takes three days per month, how is this possible. Well the same with every job in the world, you can choose to do the things that brings the greatest results and forget the things that don't. Which we like to call the sweet spot, or said in another way the 80/20 principle. This is where you only focus on the things that work for you, as long as you can find those things. And guess what....we know these things....BIG TIME. So on today's show you will hear everything from using Itunes for maximum effect, setting up email rules, and holding back from client calls to name just a few things. I hope you enjoy the show, as it was a delight to spend more time with the one and only Mr Marc Mawhinney, and a delight to show you behind the scenes of Join Up Dots.\nOnline Marketing Made Easy is our discussion on today's show with online marketing expert Mark Fortune My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who brings a very different flavour to what we generally see on the show everyday. More often than not we talk about growing a business that attracts customers across the world He believes the most exciting part of the marketing world is working with small businesses. Yes, the ladies and gentlemen that we drive past everyday in our own towns, and neighbouring communities. And the reason for this small town approach? Well as it states on his official page: The technology and media landscape today makes it easier than ever before for a small business to compete and win against large competitors Small businesses are fun to work with, and results are easiest to see in small businesses; if something doesn\u2019t work, it\u2019s easiest to change in a small business Life is too short to spend the majority of your time doing things that aren\u2019t fun, aren\u2019t productive or aren\u2019t leading to positive results. But how did he get to this point of realisation that his future was closer to home than perhaps he first recognised? Well it seems to me that after moving through many different positions within the marketing world, it was when he performed the role of Instructor of Marketing at Arkansas University for two years. We will find out if this is true, but more often than not our future becomes evident to us when we are directing other peoples futures. It's at these moments when the words that come out of our mouth, stop us in our tracks and make us think \"Wow...its ok talking this, but Im not doing this myself!\" Well lets find out this is true, as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Mark Fortune.\nHow To Get Rich Is Our DIscussion Today With The Amazing Dan Lok My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man with an amazing story of persistence, failure, hardship and finding the thing that made all the difference. Coming to North America as a teenager with almost no English and no contacts, to ease the way to the success he is experiencing today, life was hard. As he says \"\u201cMy parents and I immigrated to Vancouver, Canada when I was 14 years old. I came to Canada as a teenager with no money, no contacts, and without knowing a word of English. Then when I turned 16, my parents got a divorce. As the only child, my mom needed help financially, so I had to put school aside and put her well-being first. I learned to support my mom by practicing the basic principles of life and business. I failed at 13 businesses before having my first success. Through the process, I perfected the art of never giving up and learned from my mistakes. Life back then was never easy, but today I can say that I\u2019m blessed to have attained a lot of my life goals. Today, I spend most of my time helping consultants, coaches, speakers, and thought leaders grow their businesses and scale it past five and six figures per month. While amplifying their impact in the world and helping them achieve their business and life goals, I know if I can impact 1,000,000 leaders, they can go out and impact billions.\u201d And that is where he is today, known as the the King of High-Ticket SalesTM, a two time TEDx opening speaker and international best-selling author of 12 books. Not just that but he is the highest-paid and most in-demand consultant in the luxury and high-ticket space, and has been featured on the cover of Jetset Magazine. He is now a founder or partner in more than fifteen companies in various industries, ranging from luxury goods, digital marketing, education, and e-commerce. He is passionate about helping coaches, consultants and other entrepreneurs make more money selling to fewer people. A true immigrant success story, that shows that the American Dream, at least the Canadian one is still alive and kicking if you only want it hard enough. So when did the true confidence that he is showing today first come through, and the shy hesitant teeneager get left behind forever? And does he look back and think \"Man i'm actually glad that those thirteen business failed or I wouldnt be where I am today?\" Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Dan Lok\nThe Secret was a huge film a few years back, and one of the stars who shone brightly when appearing is today on the show, where we discuss his life, the LOA and of course how to do the small things that build success. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who for many people across the world needs no introduction. He is one of the worlds best selling authors, a musician, one of the stars on \"The Secret\" and one of the most popular and powerful copywriters from the past 25 years. Born on December 29th 1953, in Nile, Ohio our guest was raised in a household like millions across America. It was a household that was hardworking but didnt have a lot of money to spend on luxuries. But there was support, and love, and a roof over his head. Step on a few years, and our guests life had turned on its head, leaving him at a position that many people would have struggled to overcome. He found himself homeless, broke and alone in Dallas, far from home. He lost his entire savings, about $1000, to a company promising overseas pipeline work. But instead of getting himself back to place he called home, he was was too embarrassed to return to Ohio. Instead he survived the streets of Dallas, sleeping at the bus station, on the steps of a post office and in church pews. However instead of playing the victom, he focused 100% on the vision that he wanted in his life. To be an author of inspirational books. And little by little he held firm to this vision and changed his circumstances, to become the inspiration to millions that he is today. So when he was at his darkest points, were they really dark or just a moment that helped point the way to the future he wanted. And with his every increasing awards, and accolades, and of course wealth occuring everyday could he go back with the confidence that he could repeat the journey once more? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, and of course share \"The Secret\" with the one and only Dr Joe Vitale\nHow To Start A Business Is Just One Of The Questions That We Answer In Todays Show So hello there and welcome to another episode of Join Up Dots. In this episode we will be looking at just a few of the questions that we have received on the show over the last few weeks. It is amazing how many we are receiving on a daily basis, and more and more questions from listeners who are consuming the content that we provide and are ready to rock on their entrepreneurial journey. So let's answer question number one, from Jessica Arnold from Illinois. David thank you so much for your show Join Up Dots. It really is my favourite show and I have a question for you if you would be kind enough to answer it for me. My question is, is it important to have the profile first or the business. What I mean by that, is I seem to be spending so much time on website design and creation that I'm not getting anywhere close to actually making a proper business and earning money. I'm now wondering whether I should not worry about the website and the profile but just go out and find customers? Thank you so much for Join Up Dots, and I look forward to listening to more and more of the amazing episode you release. And our second question comes from Melanie Connors from Canberra, Australia. Dear David I was listening to your recent episode where you were talking about feeling addicted to the Internet and I have noticed the same feelings in myself. As soon as I wake up in the morning I'm checking my notifications and that continues all day until I go to bed early. I literally cannot leave the phone away from me. Can you suggest a way that I can break my addiction because you seem to have mastered it amazingly well and I now can see that I have a problem thank you so much Melanie Connors. The third Question comes in this form Hi David, I am interested in creating a YouTube channel and was wondering the best way of going about it. I am not overly technical and I do not have enough time to really learn the process that it takes. Can you suggest anyway that I can get up and running by recording the videos and nothing else. Thank you so much for the amazing and brilliant Join Up Dots. It really should be at the forefront of everyone's day, All the best Brian Skinners from Manchester, England. And then lastly...... Hi David in a recent episode of Join Up Dots, I heard you say that you now only work one month at a time. Could you advise how long it took you to get to this point, as I would love to be able to do the same. My job is 6 days a week as a fireman in Missouri and a side gig that replaces the income to allow me to move to a more flexible time scale is all I want in life. Your show is incredibly inspiring for me and my brain is flooded with ideas every time I listen to your episodes keep them coming and keep inspiring me cheers Michael Peters.\nThere are many things that will surprise you from a Steve Jobs biography. We all feel that we know the man well. We have read the stories of success, heard the tales of peculiar behavior and used the products that the man left behind. But what you will find when you start researching Steve Jobs, is a man who I don't think anyone will truly understand. A man with so many layers of personality, and distinct characteristics, that we all had the potential to see the type of person that Steve Jobs wanted us to see. So where do we start on the Join Up Dots take, on the Steve Jobs Biography? Well we can clearly see on the Join Up Dots timeline, that Steve Jobs was from the moment he was born looking for identity. Steven Paul Jobs was brought into the world on the 24th February 1955 in San Francisco California, by two students of the University of Wisconsin, who for whatever reason felt that this new born boy, who would grow up to become the king of techonology, was not theirs to keep. Joanne Schieble and Abdulfattah \"John\" Jandali, played such an amazing part in bringing this child to the world, but would also play such a small part too, and gave the young Steve Jobs up for adoption shortly after birth. And this was one of the dots in the Steve Jobs biography that Steve spoke so candidly about in 2005, when he addressed the graduating students on Stanford in a commencement address that has become a firm favourite to the world. Not least becoming the basis of what became the theme behind the show \u201cJoin Up Dots with David Ralph\u201d The Steve Jobs Biography is a fascinating tale of clearly defined dots that shape what he was going to become right from the start, which would make it fascinating if we could ever go back in time and show the young Steve Jobs the steps that he should take. Would he follow them, or would this young child with such a fascination for technology, and understanding of the components that made early electronic devices work, listen? Well probably not, but you can see in the Steve Jobs biography those dots were clearly working in his favour right from the start. His adopted parents lived in Mountain View California, which would fortuitously become what is known as silicon valley in later years, planting the budding entrepreneur in the centre of where he would later go on to rule. His father, Paul Jobs who worked as a Coast Guard veteran and machinist, also had an interest in electronics and would show his young son from the confines of the family garage (the birthplace of Apple) how to take electronic devices a part, and then have the confidence to put them all back together. Paul Jobs could have had fishing as a hobby, but once again the Steve Jobs biography shows that the skills that he would later utilize to such astonishing success were laid before him. Yes of course, he needed the interest and persistence to make these skills work, but Steve Jobs was nothing but tenacious when that interest was in evidence. A completely different Steve Jobs, to the one we would see throughout his career when he was bored, or things didn't quite go his way! And those opposing, and not so dynamic and conscientious personality traits, were more than evident to everyone during his schooling. Steve Jobs was an innovative thinker. He could see things long before most people had started to even consider there was even something to be seen. Which meant that during school, he struggled with the confines of formal schooling, and the structure of his lessons which as we all know, more often than not are anything but innovative. The young Steve Jobs, would attempt to keep himself entertained by playing pranks and creating mischief, even once being bribed by his fourth grade teacher to get his head down and study. But there was no getting away from the fact that being born to two University graduates had provided him with the genes of intelligence. And school tests, even from a boy who had little interest in the work were a breeze. He would sail through the testing with such apparent ease that the school administrators were keen to push him ahead to High School, which his parents were reluctant to sanction. So already at school age, the Steve Jobs biography shows that we have a child who is living smack bang in the middle of the soon to be formed Silicon Valley, had an interest in electronics, possessed an innovative and questioning mind, and was born in 1955. And this last fact is probably one of the most interesting of all, as Malcom Gladwell attested to in his bestselling book the Outliers\u201d in the chapter \u201cTiming Is Everything\u201d Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was born in 1953, Apple founder Steve Jobs in 1955, Sun Microsystems founders Bill Joy and Scott McNealy in 1954, Bill Gates in 1955. Which made them the prime age when the first do it yourself home computers came to market in 1975. Old enough to see the potential, and risk their futures by working on what someone already established in a career in computers would consider too much a risk to take on. But not old enough to be already settled down with children and responsibilities, frightened to take the leap of faith and risk what they had already gained in life. All of them fascinated with what was in front of them, and on their own paths to becoming household names in computing, making them richer than anyone could hope to be. So we are building quite a list of dots on the Join Up Dots timeline, and of course the Steve Jobs biography. We can now add perfect timing of his birth, to the perfect location, an interest in electronics, questioning mind, and a passion to go against the norm. We can almost see already, the Steve Jobs that we would see a few years later, in the young man huddled over a box of wires and fuses. But no matter how inspired and intellectual a person is, they will need the support of others. And Steve Jobs found this when he was introduced to Steve Wozniak, who became his future business partner. The two hit it off straight away, and as Wozniak spoke about in a 2007 interview, it was obvious from the start that the two had similar outlooks and passions. Passions that back in the early years of the 1970\u2019s very few people had. As he says \u201cWe both loved electronics and the way we used to hook up digital chips. And very few people, especially back then, had any idea what chips were, how they worked and what they could do. I had designed many computers, so I was way ahead of him in electronics and computer design, but we still had common interests. We both had pretty much sort of an independent attitude about things in the world.\u201d And that was how Steve Jobs life was throughout High School. Limited interest in what was happening within the education system, but along with Wozniack fascinated and consumed by the potential outside its walls. And now in the Steve Jobs biography we arrive at that definitive time in his life. The definitive time in everyone's life. They are now ready to go out into the world as young adults and create their own paths. Would Steve Jobs follow the course that so many people follow and play it safe, getting a job just because it's money in the bank, following in the footsteps of his father, or would he strive boldly into a new future, and create his legacy. Well surprisingly Steve Jobs did neither, and even against a background off disinterest in studying and education, Steve Jobs enrolled in Reed College in Portland Oregon. This appears a decision that was not well thought out, as Steve Jobs quickly realised that he wasn't suited for further education and made the decision to drop out of college and do his own thing. And that thing was to start attending classes that he thought would be interesting. He would choose classes to attend, just because he was intrigued by their content, not because how they would look on his resume. One of those classes, as Steve Jobs recounted once again in the Stanford Commencement address changed his life. The course was in calligraphy, and developed the love of typography that he brought to the world in such a dramatic and successful way with his first foray into the home computer market. As he said to the students hanging on his every word on that day \u201cNone of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.\u201d In 1974, the Steve Jobs biography shows, what you would think was a great starting point to his career as a computer genius, and the young Jobs accepted a position with the promising and innovative games company Atari, as a video game designer. Atari would go onto to dominate the home games console market in the late seventies and early eighties, with children across the world clambering for one of these wooden boxes that they could plug into their television sets. The demand was astonishing. But Steve Jobs would not play a big part of the success of the company, as just six months later he quit, to go and find himself by traveling the huge continent of India, high on drugs most of the time. When he did return to the United States of America it was now 1976, Steve Jobs was twenty years old and about get serious about what he saw the future of home computing to be. Alongside his friend Steve Wozniak, still spending hours and hours inside the Jobs family garage, they would create what would grow to become the most valuable company on Earth. The two friends set to work experimenting with the knowledge that they had fostered, more often than not unknowingly throughout their lives. The hours spent fiddling with chips, and electronic circuit boards as a hobby, now finding its true importance in their lives. Which is of course one of the truths of every episode of Join Up Dots. Perceived failures, or what seemed like pure time wastage can later on turn out to be the holder of the very thing that you are looking for. And that was certainly the case with young Mr Steve Jobs. However greatness does not appear without a belief and a willingness to take risks. And the Steve Jobs biography is littered with incidents where he seemed to have the desire to go further and quicker than anyone else around him would consider acceptable.. Selling his Volkswagen bus, whilst his friend Wozniak sold his beloved scientific computer they funded their fledgling enterprise, and began to work changing the world. Empowering every home to believe they could posses their own computer, which several years previously would have been thought an impossible dream. With Jobs in charge of marketing\u2014 Apple, which they decided to call their untested enterprise, initially marketed the computers for $666.66 each. The Apple I earned the corporation around $774,000. Three years after the release of Apple's second model, the Apple II, the company's sales increased by 700 percent, to $139 million. Not bad for two guys, who just three years before were unsure as to which direction their future would go. However this was simply the beginning of what Apple was to become and in 1980, Apple Computer became a publicly traded company, with a market value of $1.2 billion. By the end of its very first day of trading, and buoyed by its success Jobs looked to find someone with the business acumen and vision to drive the company to even greater heights, and made the decision to bring marketing expert John Sculley of Pepsi-Cola in as the President of Apple. A decision that among all the decisions made in the Steve Jobs biography was as bad for Steve as it could possibly be. A decision that would bring Steve Jobs to one of the lowest points of his life, being told to leave the company he had founded. Steve Jobs was sacked from Apple. As we had already discovered in Part One of the Join Up Dots take on the Steve Jobs story, he was born at the right time, the right place, with the right interests, and the rest as they say is history. He co-founded Apple Computer when he was 21, and by the time he hit 23 was a millionaire. In just two years, Steve Jobs had become a wildly successful, fabulously wealthy global celebrity. Not bad for a man who just a few years before, had travelled the continent of India, unsure of his path in life, seeking spiritual enlightenment, whilst seeking as many mind altering drugs as he could get his hands on. And then, at 30, Jobs had the kind of humiliating defeat that for so many would signal game over, he was made to leave the company that he had helped create. He was in the most harshest of environments hung out to dry in the newspapers, and reports across the world. Total humiliation was forced on a man who had became legendary, and it seemed could do no wrong. But why persist to put yourself out there, and face the world's media and consumers head on, if in all sense and purpose you had already made it, and could quite easily live the dream. But Steve Jobs, was a man unable to seek an easy version of his future and as Alan Deutschman, author of \"Change or Die, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. tells \"Steve Jobs persisted, he had this incredible tenacity. He held on and came back with triumph after triumph, driving the company to new heights, creating the greatest corporate success of our time. It's a unique story.\" So how did it occur? How did everything that Steve Jobs had worked so hard to build, be taken away from him? And looking back was this the key to his later success, or just another obstacle to climb over as he followed his passions and interests within the computer world. Well we need to step back a few years in time, when this fledgling company was tittering on financial collapse to gain a clear understanding of the path that Steve Jobs was unknowingly about to undertake. As amazing as it seems now Apple Computer was a home enterprise, and a bootstrapped company that was prone to the same issues that all new home start ups endure. Cashflow is the killer of so many dreams, and to raise the money they needed to get the Apple II off the ground, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak knew that they needed to bring in investors. Interested outside parties who had the kind of financial clout they needed to see their visions begin to prosper. Finding these people in a myriad of locations, their much needed investments stabilised the company, and allowed the continued development of the Apple II, which just a few months previously had been in question. However as the two Steve\u2019s discovered during this period, most of the investors were not too keen to see their money handed over to the two computer whizzkids without some semblance of control on their part. Why would you simply hand over the money for others to use as they see fit, if you also had business experience, and a background of success in the financial and industrial markets of the world, to help direct the returns from those investments? Why wouldn't you seek a place within the company to really keep things moving in your direction? And that is what occurred, with many of the investors claiming themselves a place on the board. And this is fascinating part to the Steve Jobs biography, to which you can clearly see the first division of the dreamer and activator Steve Jobs, and the board of Apple. Moneymen, believed the way to grow a company was to protect the bottom line, and to hell with the vision of consumer perfection that so intoxicated the budding entrepreneur. Make the products, shift the products and move on. Whilst Steve Jobs wanted to change the world and create a legacy. The skills that Jobs would display in such astonishing fashion upon his return to Apple years later were sorely missing at this time, and the board were of the opinion that Steve Jobs was brilliant, but quite simply too young and temperamental to run the company. He had not yet learned how to balance the desire and (occasional) ability to create insanely great products with the need to also ship them \u2014 preferably on time and on budget. The lack of this skill doomed not just Steve's tenure as the head of Apple's Mac division, but also one of his subsequent projects, NeXT. And also as most young men are, he was headstrong, full of his own importance, and of the belief that his products were the key to the success of everything. It was his god driven right to bring his ideals and visions to the world, which would be the saviour of the company. Which in all honesty was probably right, but there is a way to go about bringing this desire for perfection to the world, which Steve Jobs had not mastered. He was petulant, abrasive, and likely to steamroller the weaker members of his teams, even though he loved nothing more than people standing up to him. Even presenting awards to the one who showed this brave trait each year. He would argue, shout, demand and put the most amazing pressure on his teams, with very few thriving, and many falling by the wayside. In a fascinating interview many years later Steve Jobs reminisces about an old man who lived down the street when he was a young boy. The man showed him a rock tumbler, and he and Jobs went out and got a handful of plain old rocks, then put them into the can with liquid and grit powder. They closed up the rock tumbler, turned it on, and then the man told Jobs to \"come back tomorrow.\" The next day, the man opened the can and inside were these \"amazingly beautiful polished rocks. The same common stones that had gone in through rubbing against each other like this (clapping his hands), creating a little bit of friction, creating a little bit of noise, had come out these beautiful polished rocks.\" Jobs goes on to say how that is a \"metaphor for a team that is working really hard on something they're passionate about. It's that through the team, through that group of incredibly talented people bumping up against each other, having arguments, having fights sometimes, making some noise, and working together they polish each other and they polish the ideas, and what comes out are these beautiful stones.\" People can only find their greatest strengths, and polish their inherent talents by being tested and challenged constantly. By being placed into the Steve Jobs tumblr they ultimately would find what they are capable of. Providing Steve Jobs and Apple with the kind of groundbreaking products that the world cannot get enough off. So realising, that at that moment Steve Jobs was not the man the board wanted to run the company, Jobs himself set out to find someone that could demonstrate the skills, characteristics and behaviours that he would want in place of him. And he found that very man, in 1983, when he recruited Pepsi executive John Sculley to run Apple, famously asking him \"Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?\" John Sculley was inspired by these words and accepted this position. Not realising that less than three years later, he would also be changing Steve Jobs life too. Things did not seem doomed for collision when the relationship was first formed, as both considered the other a close friend. Being on the same wavelength, it was a common occurrence for one to finish the sentences of the other. They thrived in each other's company and were seen to many as a dynamic duo that contributed greatly to the amazing press that the company was receiving across the world at that time. They complemented each other personally, but professionally were very different. They had their own responsibilities and demands on their time and energies that neither could possibly understand. Within the walls of Apple there was no getting away from the fact that things were turning for the worse. Jobs was Apple's chief visionary, a role that put him in charge of the team developing Apple's next revolutionary product, the Macintosh computer. John Scully on the other hand, was interested in appeasing the views of the concerned board members who saw Jobs as a loose cannon, and ensuring that the vision of Jobs did not ultimately become the death warrant of Apple. The Mac debuted in 1984 to rave reviews but disappointing sales, putting a financial strain on the company -\u2013 and fraying Jobs' relationship with Sculley. Jobs basically had created his own team to create his own product, the Macintosh. His team actually having its own building. He even flew the pirate flag there. As he often would say, 'It is better to be a pirate, than to be in the navy.' What Steve Jobs had done was ultimately created a company-within-a-company, that became pitted against other parts of the company that actually made money. The cracks were growing wider and wider by the day. The downfall came soon, when buoyed by Steve Jobs largely overestimated expectations of the Macintosh sales, they found that their euphoria about the revolutionary Mac, which they thought they would ship 80,000 units by the end of 1984, and had produced anything but euphoria. They had built, developed and stored 80,000 computers ready for the rush, but encountered a return just a quarter of what was expected. And not only was the figure disappointing, but so was the performance of the Macintosh, that Steve Jobs had deemed as perfection in the making. In fact with its 128 KByte RAM it was not simply not powerful enough, and there were hardly any software applications available yet. During the annual board meeting in 1985, it became clear that the work that Steve Jobs deemed as important was not as important to what truly mattered: the financial bottom line. Compared to the continued sales of the Apple II, Steve Jobs new masterpiece only accounted for 30% of the sales of Apple. It was a dead duck, and to many simply not worth pursuing with. Steve Jobs became more and more angry and aggressive because of the continuing drop in Macintosh sales, and made sure that he blamed everyone for its failure, other than himself. So blinkered was he to the world he had created, that he couldn't see what everyone else would consider to be obvious. The failure was not with the product, but was with Steve Jobs belief in the product. The problem was with him. In the end, he blamed even Sculley for the crisis and wanted to lead the company himself. But this seemed impossible to everyone else: \"Steve was a big thinker, an inspirational motivator, but not a day-to-day manager. What was sad was that he could not see it.\" When Sculley was informed that Jobs intended to remove him from the company, he was quite concerned, but then decided to choose the company's welfare over his friendship to its visionary co-founder. Supported by Markkula and the other members of the board, in May 1985, he dismissed Steve from his positions as the vice-president and as the leader of the Macintosh division; Jobs did not have any managerial power anymore. The record books make it clear that Steve Jobs wasn't sacked, but was demoted. But such was his ego, and love for his creation that is a mute point. Steve Jobs could no longer be seen as someone that could make the company fly high. His wings had been severely clipped, and now like the Macintosh was a dead duck. Perhaps not dead, but a shadow of what he had been previously. Jobs, took awhile to decide on his next move, and by and large spent much of 1985 travelling around Europe and the Soviet Union under the orders of Sculley promoting the Apple II. It was during these endless journeys that Steve Jobs lost interest in what he was doing. He lost interest in the company that he had co-founded. He was depressed and lost. The charismatic young man from just a few month previously forgotten. He stopped coming to work and resigned from Apple Jobs said during the speech at Stanford in 1985 that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that ever happened to him. \u201cThe heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything,\u201d he said. \u201cIt freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life; I\u2019m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn\u2019t been fired from Apple,\u201d Jobs said. \u201cIt was awful-tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.\u201d And so started the third part of the Steve Jobs biography. The ability for him to assess, refocus, play, and learn from his weaknesses. It was during this period when Steve Jobs, as we see everyday on the Join Up Dots interviews, came back stronger than ever. The darkest periods of his life, showed him the light that would lead him to blaze even more brightly than he had thought possible. He would change from the petulant, abrasive, visionary, to as John Sculley himself says \u201cThe Greatest CEO the world has ever known\u201d But how did he do this? How did Steve Jobs pull himself from the dark despair that hung all around him, and start to fight back? A despair so intense that some of his close friends were worried for his safety, and considered his moods suicidal in their depth. Once again, as we need to do time and time again with this tale, we need to step back a few months to review the version of Steve Jobs who hadn't yet decided on his next move. The Steve Jobs that was still struggling to come to terms with his demotion from Apple, but not yet brave enough to walk away. The telling part of the story, is the period when Steve Jobs began failing to turn up for work, and started looking around him. Freed in many ways from the constraints of his responsibilities, he had time to think. \u201cApple was founded when Steve was just 21 years old. So he never really had time to think about big picture, life issues. He obsessed on the same questions over and over: \u201cWhat went wrong with Apple. What did I do wrong?\u201d It was an important question to ask, and within its few words would hold the answer to his true world changing legacy, ready to be unleashed on the world twelve years later. After Jobs returned from the Apple II tour, he met with The Graphics Group, a team of 3D computer graphics technicians gathered by Star Wars director George Lucas. Steve Jobs began to believe that the high-end 3D graphics business was going to be huge. \u201cThese guys were way ahead of anybody,\u201d he said. \u201cI just knew in my bones that this was going to be very important.\u201d He suggested to the Apple board that it consider buying the company \u2014 later called Pixar \u2014 from LucasFilm. But the board wasn\u2019t paying attention to Steve anymore, and less than graciously decided to pass on the deal. Jobs then floated. He spent more time with his daughter Lisa. He gardened. He mused about running for public office. He applied to fly on the Space Shuttle as a civilian, but that didn\u2019t work out. He went to Europe on business, but made time for museums. He spent a lot of time by himself, or with his girlfriend. In Europe Steve Jobs met with heads of state, university presidents, artists. He\u2019d been humbled in California, but was having his ego stroked in Europe, where he was still thought of as a \u201crevolutionary business figure.\u201d Although none of these conversations, and museum visits were on their own important, they were in fact a series of dots, leading to the big dot. The one that would create the inspiration within him, to go again. Ready to return to the U.S. hungry for the next big thing. He began meeting with scientists, who were telling him that they needed a personal computer with enough power for real research and modeling \u2014 \u201ca radically new high-end computer \u2018workstation.'\u201d Although far way from the Jobs family garage, where Apple was born, the same passion and ability for creative thinking was ready to ignite again. Steve Jobs was on the march, and went straight into the boardroom of Apple, to declare that he was leaving start a new company, and would also be taking some low-level Apple employees with him. And what came next, was NeXT. Steve had arrived at a crossroads in his life. After his spectacular rise to the top with Apple, things had turned sour, and he was looking for something to reignite his passions and of course his fortunes. He was still a very rich man, but for the first time in his life had the stigma of failure hanging over him. This was quite unfair in many regards, but as we see time and time again, the world likes nothing more than pushing a person to the top of the pile, and then delighting as they fall back to earth with the rest of us. As the story goes, Steve Jobs had returned from one of his many business trips to Europe promoting the Apple II and met a very old friend of his, Nobel prize winner Paul Berg From Stanford University. The two old friends discussed Bergs work, and it became clear to Steve Jobs that this could be the thing he was looking for. The reason to build a new company thereby restoring the Apple boards faith in him. His friend told him about his work on DNA, and inquired whether the molecules could be simulated on computers. Steve told him No, but that didn't mean that it wasn't possible. And those possibilities excited him greatly. Instead of focusing in on the home computer market as he had previously, he would instead build a supercomputer for the higher education and scientific markets. He did his research as to the computer capabilities he would need, and became even more excited by what he discovered. Steve Jobs, was reinventing the wheel and giving the world something that no one else could, and as we have already seen he was not short of ego, which is why there is no surprise that the idea appealed so much. However, if Steve Jobs had gone further and researched whether the higher education and scientific markets would actually be interested in buying such a super computer, he might have had a very different reaction to the concept. Hindsight as they say, is a wonderful thing. He was still an employee at Apple, so enthusiastically informed the board of his idea. And on the 13th of September 1985 boldly described the vision he had for the computer, the company, and of course himself. Everything went well at first, and the board sided with his enthusiasm, even willing to invest in the plans that Steve Jobs had presented to them. That enthusiasm however was short lived, when Jobs started detailing who he would take with him to the new company. This is when the board of Apple turned bitter. He advised that he would go away with Bud Tribble, the first Mac programmer; George Crow, a key Mac hardware engineer; Rich Page, who had supervised almost all of Apples\u2019 development; Dan\u2019l Lewin, and Susan Barnes, an MBA in finance. Steve Jobs had presented these people as \u201cLow-level\u201d, but it was clear to all that they were anything but. These employees were integral to the future progress of Apple Computers, and the board felt threatened. With no other option and determined to push ahead with his idea, Steve Jobs resigned from Apple. Next Computers was born, and it did not start easily. The minute it was created, the six co-founders found themselves sued by their former employer, Apple. The fruit company was accusing them of stealing their technology. As a result, for its first year or so of existence, the new company could not work on any product in particular, since there was a chance they would lose the trial and give all the technologies they had worked on back to Apple. This didn't phase Jobs at all, and in the meantime he set up to build the perfect company. Building a new company from scratch needed huge investment which Steve Jobs for once had at his disposal. After his departure from Apple, Steve had sold almost all of his stock out of disgust. So by early 1986, he was sitting on more than $100 million. These were very different times from the earlier bootstrapping of Apple. He no longer needed to entice the investment of others to his new venture. This was going to be his baby. He was very much back in control. Steve Jobs knew one thing and he did it better than most: When it came to recruiting he ensured that quality and integrity were at the top of his wishlist. He only recruited those individuals that were classed as extremely bright. Next even used to state that even their receptionist had a PHD, and one thing was certain, there was a buzz around silicon valley about this new start up. The hype was growing by the day, and Steve Jobs added more and more computer whizzkids, and extremely intelligent folk to the list of employees ready to create the next big thing in computing. Next appeared very much the place to be. What made this remarkable was the company couldn't work on anything due to the dispute from Apple, and so were not making any income. The salaries, relocation, logo, equipment costs were all being paid out of Steve Jobs very deep pockets. Not bottomless by any stretch of the imagination, but being emptied at an astonishing rate. Why did Steve Jobs do this? Was it to prove a point to his old employers, or was it to prove a point to the industry? Whatever the reason it got him noticed and the word on the street was \u201clook out he's on his way back!\u201d At the same time as this was all happening, the Star Wars legend George Lucas, came calling to enquire whether Steve's previous interest in his company, working within the motion picture industry was still alive. Steve Jobs had taken a huge interest in the work of the team at Pixar, and had even requested that the Apple board buy the company, but was refused. But now with the value of the company being substantially less than he was once offered, he decided to take matters into his own hands and fork out for the computer animation team. Once again, whether this was a dig at his old work colleagues we don't know, but Steve Jobs paid \u00a310,000,000 of his own money to buy Pixar as nothing more than an expensive hobby. His real passion was for the Next cube,the super computer that would change the industry, not for a group of budding artists trying to make splash in Hollywood. It continued to be a very expensive hobby for many years, with him funding it solely something that he was reluctant to do with his bigger passion Next. He finally started to look for outside investors for that company. Fortunately for Steve Jobs and Next, the Apple dispute fizzled out, and they could actually start getting to work. This occurred mainly by their lack of new creation. Holding back on working on anything new, appeared to be a very good decision NeXT still didn\u2019t have a business plan or concrete plans for its first product. Apple\u2019s case was based on NeXT\u2019s raiding of senior Macintosh executives and conspiring to use the confidential knowledge Jobs and the others had about upcoming Apple projects (like BigMac). And that is where it faltered, Apple couldn't then pinpoint any specific trade secrets that NeXT had violated, because they hadn't. A week later, Apple came back with a list of twenty complaints but failed to demonstrate how NeXT had any plans against Apple. The case proved to be a major embarrassment for Apple and just provided Next and of course Steve Jobs, with a great deal of free publicity: A true win win. When we look back at Steve Jobs time working on The Next cube we can see quite clearly, two major flaws: One was Steve's personal obsession with perfection. Everything from the typeface. to the casing had to be perfect. That perfection only made it a pain to build: from the perfect right angles to its materials to its color, it was extremely complicated \u2014 and therefore expensive \u2014 to put together. In addition, Steve had made a point on also designing a \u201cbeautiful\u201d board for the Cube. All the electronic components, which are usually on several different pieces of plastic, were melded on a single square board that the chairman Steve Jobs considered as beautiful as the case itself. However it was a strenuous problem for engineers to solve. The costs escalated beyond anything that a school or higher education department could afford. Steve Jobs obsession with making it cutting edge and radically ahead of its time was to be its ultimate failure. He had built the technological equivalent of the Ipad thirty years too soon. No matter which way they turned, Next and Steve Jobs hit a brick wall. And through all the twists and turns, delays caused the development of what had been cutting edge two years previously to no longer be seen as such. The competitors had quietly brought their cheaper and user friendly machines to market and had killed any escape route that Next had. Steve Jobs had fallen further from grace, and now was being seen as a liability instead of a maverick and technological genius. Interestingly the forgotten hobby Pixar had started making some progress. Only small steps but enough for the people at Disney to take an interest. In the early 90\u2019s times were hard at Pixar, and the company had survived several threats by Steve Jobs to cut his losses and close the whole thing down. But for some reason or another, he still persisted with its vision. Pixar failed nine times over by normal standards, but Steve didn\u2019t want another failure to be placed on his resume, so he kept writing the checks. He would have sold the company to anybody in a moment, and in fact tried very very hard to do just that, but the bottom line was he wanted to cover his loss of $50 million. In March 1991, he declared he would continue to keep funding it only if he were given back all of the employees\u2019 stock shares. The scheme involved shutting the company down on paper, and creating a \u201cnew Pixar\u201d where he was the sole owner. He also fired almost half the staff, keeping only the software programmers as well as Lasseter\u2019s animation department \u2014 which was, by then, the only part of the company to bring cash in, thanks to its work in TV advertisement. The hardware that the company had developed to enable others to create the same groundbreaking animation was classed as finished. Disney who had an investment in the company could never understand why they should be funding a system to teach others to animate. They controlled animation, and certainly wanted to keep it that way. Nearly twenty odd years after starting the company, the team at Pixar were given a lifeline. After receiving a few awards, and even an Oscar for a short animated film, Disney gave them the greenlight to go for the big one\u2026..a full length computer animated movie. Steve Jobs negotiated a three movie contract with Disney, and arranged to keep 12.5% percent of ticket sales received. Little did he know, as he had limited experience in the movie industry, that he had made a very bad deal. But I suppose a bad deal is better than no deal, and after years of self funding the unit, he was about to see money at last come his way. Or so he thought. Toy Story was put into development, and like all things in Steve's life, at that time, became a lot harder to get the product to the customer than he expected. 1993, was now upon us, and without doubt this was the year when everything that Steve Jobs had dreamt, worked on, and developed crumbled in front of him. A year that many people couldn't have imagined happening ten years previously, when Jobs could do no wrong. Whether Steve Jobs had dwelled on the same dark realisations we can only guess, but it was at an end. He was 38 years old and at his lowest point ever. Next computers crashed around him. It began in January 1992, when Steve Jobs made the decision to allow the advanced operating systems to be used in his competitor's machines. He had taken the view that the uniqueness of what he had created would need to be shared, if he had any chance of saving the company. This was the first sign of the true failure to come for Steve, although many experts had the view that he should have done this from the very beginning. However Jobs was looking to create the system of all systems. The kind of processing speed that would leave all his competitors in the shade. Not to help them in their journeys also. The death warrant had been signed. At the same time in an ironic retelling of a previous dot in Jobs life, things got even worse. COO Van Cuylenburg, who was hired by Steve Jobs, betrayed him in a cruel reminiscence of what had happened at Apple some seven years earlier. Van Cuylenberg had phoned up NeXT\u2019s competitor Sun, and asked its CEO Scott McNealy to buy NeXT and install him as manager of the new company getting rid of Jobs. Fortunately, McNealy had some sense of honor and told Steve about the outrage. Van Cuylenburg left, but Steve was completely devastated by everything that was going on around him. How could this have happened? How could all his hard work and investment end up in such a way? How could it be that everyone of the company\u2019s co-founders, except George Crow would abandon him. He was Steve Jobs, the genius who had created an industry from nothing. A man who had lit up silicon valley and blazed a path across the world. What had he done to deserve all this at once? Next was finished, and in an even crueler twist of fate, his other venture Pixar was in serious trouble too. The lifeline that had been grabbed at when making the deal with Disney was slipping away from them. Disney's Katzenberg had seen what the company had created, and quite simply hated Woody, Buzz Lightyear and all the other characters which we now see as classics. Together with the majority of Disney\u2019s creative staff, he declared that the characters were unappealing jerks and the dialogues inappropriately cynical for a children\u2019s movie (while he was the one who pushed for such characteristics early in development). Pixar was back to making TV commercials just so it could survive \u2014 but it was obvious it would disappear if the work did not start again. Steve Jobs had reached the bottom of his career. He had lost faith in himself, and disappeared behind the closed doors of his home, spending most of his days at home, playing with his two-year-old son. Was there anyway that Steve Jobs could fight back from such a low point? Could he recoup his investment, his self esteem, and be allowed to create the legacy that he so craved? That part of the story will only come on part four of the Steve Jobs Biography.\nChallenges and more importantly tackling challenges head on without fear is what we discuss today Todays joining us on Join Up Dots has a life of highs, lows, amazing self indulgence and a dawning realisation that life is what we make it. At age 13, he moved to the U.S. from India and almost immediately squandered away over a year of his life with drugs and alcohol. So he joined the Marines to leave that lifestyle behind, despite two doctors telling me I\u2019d never survive boot camp due to a blood condition he deals with. He not only survived, but found an inner strength he didn\u2019t know he had. He pushed himself and graduating with honors, but three years after he returned home from fighting in Iraq, the VA diagnosed me with PTSD. He chose not to abide by that label and instead created a new one for himself: Fearvana\u2014a state of unity and bliss without fear that is only achieved through immersion in fear. Now let\u2019s stop and think about that for a moment. Instead of running away from what makes us fearful, we actually embrace it and get to the gold on the other side. And that can just be more confidence, more opportunities, more money, or love, sex, or anything that will generally only come when you go and get it. And now our guest since 2012, has left a comfortable corporate job to drag a 190-pound sled 350-miles across the world\u2019s second largest polar ice cap for a month. Swim through underwater caves, has almost been killed by a falling boulder while glacier caving, experienced severe altitude sickness while climbing in the Himalayas, and suffered through heat exhaustion while running across countries. So you can get the truth from this introduction, that this isn\u2019t a person that talks the talk but fails to back it up with action. Today\u2019s guest is a man on a mission, to banish fear, inspire the world and to show people everywhere how to stop existing and start living. So how does our guest decide on the challenges that will make up his next few months? And do our listeners have to be so bold with their own challenges, or can we do this from behind our desks? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Akshay Nanavati. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Akshay Nanavati such as: Why Akshay believes that we all have our own personal struggles in their lives, you just have to take them for what they are, and find a way past them all. How Akshay classes writing his book as one of the most challenging things he has ever done. The imposter syndrome joining with perfectionism, to name just two, had to be smashed to create his new bestseller. Why he loves the advice that \u201cYou cant give birth to an adult\u201d offered by the founder of Ugg boots, and what it means to him everyday. and lastly\u2026. Why adversity is the real gift in our lives. Not the times that everything goes the way we want it to go, but the rough tough times that shape who we are.\nJason Lewis Tackled An Expedition Like No Other Person - Ready To Find Out What? Todays guest is an award-winning author, adventurer and sustainability campaigner specializing in human-powered expeditions. Now if you don\u2019t you what this means, just remember the last time you thought you would pop to the shops, and you think \u201cI\u2019ll take the car, it will be so much easier\u201d Well our guest today is recognised by Guinness World Records as the first person to circumnavigate the Earth without using motors or sails. Walking, cycling, and inline skating five continents, and kayaking, swimming, rowing, and pedalling a boat across the rivers, seas, and oceans. This took thirteen years to complete, the 46,505-mile journey and was hailed \u201cthe last great first for circumnavigation\u201d by the London Sunday Times. But this is just a tiny part of what this guy is all about. No life is more than just getting his name in the Guinness Book Of Records, as he has also visited more than 900 schools in 37 countries to date, involving thousands of students in a variety of programmes in conjunction with UNESCO\u2019s Associated Schools Program Network. He shares his tales of adventure and hardship to promote world citizenship, zero carbon emission travel, and awareness of individual lifestyle choices on the health of the planet. This will be an amazing story of taking chances, inspiring the world, hardship, but savouring those life experiences that you can only get by putting yourself out there. So when he was growing up in Catterick, Yorkshire, in Northern England was he inspired by the world and loved nothing more than flicking through the pages of an Atlas? Can you just go into countries wherever you want or do you have to find the border crossings? And does he get told by everyone that he meets that \u201cJason, I would love to be doing what you do\u201d and think \u201cWell why aren\u2019t you then?\u201d Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Jason Lewis. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics as: How he recalls sitting in a flat in Paris with his friend Steve Smith, and after a few beers decided that this was a challenge that really appealed as he felt that anyone can do it. They just needed to start. Why it is so strange that in the UK that we fail to celebrate the winners and the high achievers, and do not like people to really go out and do something amazing. How he would get pelted by stones thrown by the children in Tibet, and realised that he needed to start throwing back at them and found the kids loved it when he did so. How we all look at the successful people in life and think that everything must have been put into place for them. We find it hard to believed that they truly worked at it. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. How he now knows that the journey was just part of his life, and he is not going to be defined by his actions. They will simply be the starting point to even more personal missions.\nMotivational quotes are everywhere in life, and its not a surprise when the world is looking for help to create their own futures. When the world is looking for help to truly believe that they can so something remarkable and amazing during their life on this world. Amazing statements of truth and inspiration from the famous, no-famous and go getters through history. So in todays episode we discuss, in response to a listeners email, why we play the motivational quotes that we play, and what they mean to us. If you have listened to an episode of Join Up Dots you will hear four main motivational quotes, from Jim Carrey, Oprah Winfrey, Rocky Balboa and Steve Jobs. Of course the Steve Jobs speech was the one that inspired the creation of the show and is the motivational quote, that pins everything together. But what about the other motivational quotes? Why did we pick them? Well that was a question that was asked to us by Connor McCarthy who wrote from his home in Cambridge Uk, \"David, thanks so much for making such inspiring content for us all to listen to. I have been consuming your shows daily since discovering them and I would like to ask a s question. In regards to the motivational quotes that you play...will you ever change them, and why did you specifically choose them to play?\" Well Connor, great question as this was the first time that we have ever been asked this, and certainly gave us a great content for another episode. So lets asnwer your questions starting with the first of teh motivational quotes that we play by the American commedian Jim Carrey. A few years back Jim, stood up at a commemcent speech for graduatuing students in America and told a fascinating story of how his father settled for a life of \"Safety\" instead of going for a life that he loved. You see he didnt quite bleive that he had it in him to become a top accountant, and played safe, for his families sake. And yes, you could argue that he was trying to pay the bills, and support his family for the long term, but in life things are rarely ever for the long term. Life has a way of hitting you when you least expect it, and that was certainly the case when Jims father's safe route got turned on its head as you can see below. \"My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn't believe that was possible for him. So, he made a conservative choice and instead he got a job as an accountant.\" Then Carrey reveals the moral of the story. \"When I was 12 years old, he was let go from that safe job,\" he added. \"Our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which is that you can fail at what you don't want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.\" So this isnt a speech about doing the crazy and going for what you want, but it certainly is one about truly believing in yourself and going for something that you can control and nobody else can take away from you. But of course how do you know what you want to go for in life? How do you decide where your future lies, when you are so ingrained in just living life? Well that is why we play motivational quotes such as the one provided by Oprah Winfrey. Oprah believes, that we all know where we are heading we only have to look inside ourselves and listen to our gut intuition. She offers many many motivational quotes everyday, but this was the one the resonated with us at Join Up Dots, and works closely with the \"Lets Believe\" speech that Jim Carrey delivered. \"The way through the challenge is to get still and ask yourself, 'What is the next right move? What is the next right move?' and then, from that space, make the next right move and the next right move. There is no such thing as failure; failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.\" So we can see that as long as we take our advice of what we want, we believe, and we get quiet every now and again and truly listen to what our hearts are telling us then we are half way there. Sound simple? Yeah of course it does, as all motivational quotes have a way of making it simple, that is why they are motivational quotes after all. But one thing for sure is, it all comes down to you. Nobody else is going to make your life the way that you want. Nobody else is going to put money in your bank account, love in your life, or allow your the freedom to make choices everyday. It all comes down to you being willing to move forward and keep on going, even when life tries its hardest to knock you on your feet and try to stop you. Guess what? Although these are the hardest times in your life. They are in fact the times that will help you more than any of the quick wins that come your way. These are the times that will make you assess your struggles, look at what you are doing wrong, and come back stronger. Said in a different way, these are the GOLD that makes a ife remarkable. Therefore, out of all the motivational quotes in the world that we could have chosen, we landed in the world of movies, with the legendary boxer Rocky Balboa. In the last outing for the Italian Stallion, ROcky delivers a powerful speech to his son, who has lost his way in his life and is blaming everyone but himself for the situation he has found himself in. These are hugely powerful words and simply had to be one of the motivational quotes that we play on the show everyday. \u201cLet me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! That is so true. Winning is made by having the toughest jaw that you could possibly imagine. Being willing to take the blows, dust yourself down and then get back up and go again. This time with the knowledge of what went wrong in the first place. There you have it three motivational quotes from three legends all leading us to the words that created the whole format of the show Join Up Dots. These are words that quite literally changed my life, when they landed on my desk. Steve Jobs stood up in 2005 and gave an amazing speech to the graduates of Stanford. He framed the whole talk as \"Three simple stories\", and within these stories he supplied one of those motivational quotes that quite simply on their own will point you towards the future you want. He said \"Again, you can\u2019t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something \u2014 your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.\" So amazingly true and important to really understand and digest. It all comes down to trust. You might trust yourself, someone else, God....its doesn't matter who you trust. But you have to trust that your work will come together. Jim, Oprah, Rocky and Steve provide amazing words individually, but combined they are a wow. An amazing blueprint to follow, for anyone who wants to have the dream life, love what they are doing and being in control of their hours and time. Therefore that is why we play these motivational quotes everyday, and highly likely will continue to play everyday. Thank you to Connor for posing this question, and thank you to everyone who listens to the show everyday. Appreciate you one and all.\nHow To make money online is what the world is searching for. But what should you do if our have a website that is leaking money bigtime. Well my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who since starting his career has worked tirelessly to lift the hood of internet and find out what is going on behind the scenes. Since the advent of the commercial internet, he has collected research, reviewed and plotted thousands of websites across thousands of business to see what they are doing well, and what they are doing badly. He now has tens of thousands of data points that have given him the ability to identify what he calls the 8 Money Draining Mistakes. These are the things that literally cause a website to leak serious money\u2026every day. And now he teaches companies and organizations how to fix them\u2026and how to fix them immediately. And it appears that the world is full of leaky websites that are doing a fraction of what they should be doing in regards to monetixing, lead generation or simply connecting with customers and keeping them as customers. These are the things that really matter because they increase financial return on investment in the digital world by 200 to 500 percent or more in 12-months or less. And all of this can be done without needing technical skills. He is host of the Onward Nation podcast, CEO of Predictive ROI, and a digital marketing authority, speaker, educator, and bestselling author two books, The Small Business Owner\u2019s Handbook to Search Engine Optimization and Increase Online Sales through Viral Social Networking. So what made the young man with such entrepreneurial spirit enter in the US Air force for four years, as a Senior Airman? And are all his websites fully leak proof, or like every mechanic in the world, is he driving around in something falling to pieces? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Stephen Woessner\nAmerican Hustle is our discussion today with young entrepreneur Christian Arriola. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who is on a mission to inspire the world to flex the old hustle muscle and create a life of their dreams. And if you have listened to the very first episodes of Join Up Dots you will remember that I had a very similar outlook to life. But do you need to hustle, or is it more about doing the right things, at the right time in a simplified manner? Well, todays guest is certainly hustling and also doing the right things at the right time, so he is well and truly on his way As he says \u201cMy entrepreneurial story began when I discovered that you could buy things for cheap and resell them for 10x\u2026 That\u2019s how I started selling ice sticks when I was 8 years old in my neighborhood. I remember buying those ice sticks for $.05 cents a piece and selling them for a full $1! Believe it or not, I would sell anywhere from $40-$80 dlls in a single day. (Might not sound much to you, but for an 8 year old was definitely A FORTUNE!) After that, I\u2019ve been jumping from business to business, tried all different industries I could, tested products in different niches, all trying to find what would really make me happy. And for many years, I\u2019ve been focusing on how to generate more money. All my decisions have been based on increasing my income no matter what. However, I now feel I took the wrong approach to success\u2026 After a crazy 18-hr drive on a solo adventure road trip I did recently, I came to realize that there was a much easier and better way for me to succeed: To do what makes me happy and stop chasing the money, as money WILL CHASE ME! The result of this trip and of all the hours I meditated while looking at The Golden Bridge is me creating The Hustle Show, where I want to motivate 100s of entrepreneurs every week and to show the world that even though entrepreneurship is pretty damn harsh and cruel, it\u2019s also extremely comforting.\u201d So from his entrepreneurial beginnings offering the world sexy lingerie to bring the spark back into their marriages, what made him pivot to where he is today? And is success based on doing what you love, or providing to the world what they love instead? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Christian Arriola Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Christian Arriola such as: Christian shares how he struggled to believe in himself when younger, even though he looks back and realises much of it was just excuses. We discuss how much of the information that we see on line (especially FB and social media) is simply fake news, and why you MUST connect with people offline to get the real story. Why it is so important to know what your \u201cown personal competition\u201d is to benchmark your progress. Are you a better person than the day before is as good as you can hope for, and then work from that point. and lastly\u2026. Christian reveals how he found himself in a dark mindset in his life, and the steps he took to climb out of the hole.\nShawn Stevenson is an online health expert, great communicator and worth listening to. Shawn Stevenson rocks this episode He is a man who seems to have cracked it big-time, and knows exactly what he was put on this planet to do. And his mission is to make us the healthiest version of what we can be and live an amazing life everyday But unlike so many of our guests who have a childhood that was less than perfect, his life started in a very different way. As he says in his own words \u201cI spent the first half of my childhood in a quiet suburban neighbourhood with all of the love and attention that a child could ask for. I spent the second half of my childhood growing up in some of the most dangerous parts of the inner city, surrounded by gangs, drugs, alcohol, and violence on a daily basis. I was able to gain so much from both environments, and I\u2019m truly grateful for the life I\u2019ve been given. The situations I was in helped me cultivate perspective, resourcefulness, and (most importantly) the power of choice. However, it was in college that my entire world really changed. Not because of the education I was receiving, but because of the devastating illness that I was diagnosed with at the age of 20. Seemingly overnight I was in excruciating pain, I lost a great deal of function in my leg, and I could barely get from room to room in my house, let alone get around on campus anymore. Essentially, my spine was deteriorating far faster than it was supposed to. And according to my doctor at the time, I had the spine of an 80-year old person, even though I was just a young college kid.\u201d And that was just the start of what would become life mission. Starting with getting himself healthy, he learnt so much that he could then share with the world. And now being the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a successful company that provides Wellness Services for both individuals and organizations worldwide, podcast host, and a dynamic keynote speaker life seems good\u2026in fact very good. So does he see people struggle in life as they haven\u2019t had the good and the bad, so aren\u2019t aware of what they can deal with? And would he like to go back in time and change anything that has occurred whilst on this earth? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Shawn Stevenson Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics as: How the opportunities we have to be able to build connections across the globe, shouldn\u2019t be more important than the ones with the people closest to us. How he recalls being tod to fight as a child by his parents, and realises now what a gift he was given in a most peculiar example of parental love. The number one driving force of human beings is staying congruent with the ideas that they hold for themselves. How he remembers the first time that he got paid for his services\u2026.the grand sum of $7.00, and struggled to value his own worth in the transaction. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. How his big dot in life was meeting his Mother in Law and realising that his life was going to be in the details. He needed to go deep and learn more than he thought possible.\nBeing addicted to anything isn't fun. So why are we all addicted to the internet and being online? Well todays show on Join Up Dots is a solo show where your host David Ralph talks about his internet addiction, and the steps he is taking to break free from this common daily occurrence. So how many of us out there will put their hands up and confess to being an addict? Well most of us would say \"No...we aren't addicted to anything\" We are free to live our life away from the addictions that plague other people, because we wouldn't ever put ourselves into that position, but it's not true in any shape or form. As the majority of us are now dealing with internet addiction, where as soon as we wake up we start checking our feeds and notifications. Well just recently I spent a happy two weeks in the Caribbean celebrating the wedding of my daughter Alicia, and made the decision to leave all my mobile devices at home. I wasnt going to think of Join Up Dots, or emails, FB notifications or anything else. I was going to live a life of freedom and fun. Thats going to be easy to do, I thought. But how wrong was I. Even though I am one of the rare people who do not own a phone, or mobile device, I am still surrounded by people that do. So there i was sitting around the beach and pool, trying my best to switch off from everything the world was checking their phones. And it made feel twitchy and restless. It made me want to grab one of their phones and say \"Do you mind if I just check my emails please?\" So how did i get to be addicted to the internet? How did it get to the point, that my stomach churned when I first opened my eyes? How did I become so \"Unpresent\" in my kids lives, simply because of my urge to get online? I have no idea, but in this episode I share the steps I am taking to break free from that, and get my life back on track. A life when I am not sitting in front of my pc everyday. waiting for the next bleep to occur.\nMindset Training isnt normally linked to sobriety, but the One Year No Beer boys do things differently. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who a few years ago was living a life like so many people across the world. Working hard. Playing hard. And spending a lot of his money in the bars on a Friday night. But things have changed dramatically for him, not just in a health sense, but also in a professional and monetary sense too. He gave up drinking in the face of incredible peer pressure, thinking he would lose his edge as one of the Top brokers in the world but soon realized it was quite the opposite. Spurred by this life changing experience he and his business partner, Andy Ramage, another broker, have created the OYNB movement. Which for us all stands for One Year No Beer, where he inspires the world to look for a healthy way of living by speaking about improving all aspects of your life by changing your relationship with alcohol. And now after 2 years alcohol-free he now drinks in total control. He is passionate about helping people change their relationship with alcohol using their 30, 90 & 365 day challenges and in the process discover mindset training in a different way. But what interests me as much as his personal journey, as this man is someone who quite obviously has the entrepreneurial spirit running through him, even though he has for the main part worked for companies throughout the United Kingdom. For example for three years he was the owner of Briaf Ltd, a Sales Outsourcing Agency, offering Telesales, Field Sales and Sales strategy for SME's in Edinburgh, before joining PVM Oil Associates as an employee again. What made this occur? Is this business still around or laying in the dust of failed enterprises? So many questions to be asked. But more importantly with his book One Year No Beer flying off the shelves at Amazon , members joining up for the challenge across the world, and bar owners puling their hair out for loss of profit, does he feel that this is the thing that he has been waiting for in his life? And how do you monetize a challenge which most people could just do on their own? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ruari Fairbairns Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ruari Fairbairns such as: Why the world wants to have a life that is fun, whether you show it or not. How Rurai discovered that giving up on alcohol made his productivity go through the roof (as did his bank balance) Why Ruari uses video and email marketing to stunning effect, and how he remembers struggling to think of content to provide to his audience in the early days. and lastly\u2026. Why a business opportunity does not need to be groundbreaking to be a success. It just needs to be what people want.\nFreedom, Freedom, Freedom....is what George Michael would sing, and my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who has done just that in his life. He has created freedom where other people see time restraints. He afforded me the honour of being one ofthe first guests on a new podcast he created several years ago. At that time he was a personal trainer and health club manager working in the Washington DC area, who through his day to day interactions with his clients could see that his skills would be perfect for the online world. But how do you take an idea and transition to the point that you can have clients across the world. Well first off all you have to get online, then you have to create an attractive offer, and then become visible to the right people. And this he did in startling effect as over the past ten years he has coached hundreds of clients to figure out the #1 limiting factor that holds people back from achieving great results in their life. He came to understand how to develop a strong mindset, and realised that this is usually the missing link to the success that people wanted Without a strong mindset you won\u2019t be able to create better habits in your life, and without good habits you will never gain any serious momentum with your biggest goals. As he says \u201cA few years ago, I started to feel like something was missing from my life. As much as I loved personal training, I felt a calling for something bigger. Wellness had made such a positive impact in my life & I felt obligated to pay it forward. I wanted to make a bigger impact and inspire more people. So what the heck was stopping me?\u200b The fear of sharing my voice with the world and potentially failing. I was terrified of falling short. In January 2015, my 25 year old brother tragically passed away. His death was the catalyst behind many big changes in my life & I decided it was my time to jump. The fear of failure becomes obsolete when you come to terms with the fact that none of us are promised tomorrow. Losing a family member makes you start asking yourself the questions that many people put off for a lifetime. I packed my bags, bought a one way ticket to San Diego and haven\u2019t looked back since.\u201d So why was he so scared at getting out there, and looking back was it a fear that was valid? And what is the biggest piece of advice he gives to the world, when they are looking to make changes in their own lives? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Ian Ryan Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Ian Ryan such as: Why Ian is focused on creating a world class retreat, and the steps he is taking to make this dream to happen. Why Ian moved to San Diego, for reasons that turned out to be so good for the spirit and the mind, and best of all surrounded himself with amazing entrepreneurs everywhere. How the world in our view needs to focus more on its addiction to 100% connectivity. We didnt have it a few years ago, so do we need it now? and lastly\u2026. Why there comes a time in building an online business,when you realise that its time to step away from the pc and get out into the world\u2026online and offline are the perfect combination. Freedom is what we talk about today.\nToday\u2019s guest is a man who started really making momentum in his life in the simplest of ways. He heard a quote that we have heard so many times in life, and more than once on Join Up Dots and this time he was ready for the message. At the beginning of 2014, he heard Jim Rohns quote, \u201cyou are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with\u201d and found that this quote would transform his life! Since then, he has focused on surrounding himself with people who are where he wanted to be in 10-15 years, and what a difference it has made! And in just twelve months he has since seen his income slashed by 40% and being surrounded by the wrong people, to being directly advised by the CEO\u2019s of major companies. And these are guys that are rocking and rolling and really doing amazing stuff, such as the CEO of the sports agency the movie Jerry Maguire was based, the founder of the Make-A-Wish Foundation to name just two. But the great thing about this is that this isn\u2019t a guy who has all the time in the world, as he doing all of us whilst holding down a steady job. So how has he done all of this and still managed to hold down his daily job? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Geoff Woods. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics as: How we have to find the domino in our life, where one push can knock many thousands of dominos and bring massive impact to our lives. How every person can go out and find a mentee that is at the top of their game, and provide the value back to them. You don\u2019t need to be scared. Why it is so important to detach yourself from the outcome of what you are working towards, and simply get out there and try things. And lastly\u2026\u2026.. How he remembers not feeling good at school, and being bullied but knows that it has taught him to be resilient in later life.\nYoung Entrepreneurs is where we focus our attention in todays episode My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is one of the top young entrepreneurs ,battle hardened investor, seasoned trader, advisor to top brands and mentor to world class performers. His mission is to serve one million people, helping them create freedom and abundance by building assets, reclaiming their true resources, and creating a life they love to live. Now i'll be honest that was straight from his website, so how battle hardened is he? How many seasons has his young body gone through to get to this point of success in his life? Well, after a childhood filled with scarcity and hardship in many areas, he\u2019s taken that pain and turned it into a deep desire to help nurture people. He has hustled, connected with the right people, and no doubt been knocked down and got up a few times to break free from that scarcity mindset and walk straight into a life of abundance with what seems a few missteps on the way. Leaving the University of Binghampton with a BA in Biology, he spent the first part of his career as an Emergency Medical Technician before after just one year deciding that a change was needed. He then worked as a Real Estate Agent in New York for another two years, until the entrepreneurial spirit kicked in and he started on the road to where he is today by founding Hartwood Capital. This also only lasted one year and he found himself working once more for someone else as the VP of sales at Open Drives in Santa Monica. And as we see time and time again, these perceived false starts were in fact giving him the skills to really make his mark, and were needed as much as the ongoing success. Now he is 100% self employed and on a mission to change lives across the globe. So with a world of wannabe entrepreneurs fighting through the scarcity mindset, is this the number one challenge that he faces in his business? And what was it, that finally hit home and made him realise what he should be doing in his life? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Brad Hart. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with such as: Brad shares a terrible story of how his father suffered a truck accident as a young child and how it changed the direction of his life. But in many ways he wouldn't be where he is today without it. Why it is so important to expand your vision to encompass more people in your life, By doing so you gain more than you could possibly know. Very wise words indeed. How Steve Jobs, Elon Musk created their own reality by creating their own rules. Something we can all do if we are only willing to accept the decisions to create are all in our own hands. and lastly\u2026. Why the world needs to realise that there are so many opportunities around us, that we dont need to worry about competing with others. Do you think. Do it well. A provide the greatets value you can to your customers.\nPublicity can make or break a business. So how do you find the right publicity? Head to Krupp Communications. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a a lady with a three decade tale of hustle and persistence and undertstanding how the publicity machine works in all forms of media. And she still looks nineteen, so it must have been good for her. She is a twenty-five year veteran in branding, media, marketing, promotion and production in the entertainment industry, and has a proven track record of creating and executing innovative branding and marketing initiatives that build her clients\u2019 businesses. In 1996, she launched Krupp Kommunications (K2), from her studio apartment in Hoboken, New Jersey, and sixteen years later, she is the CEO & Founder of a New York City-based award winning public relations, marketing, publicity and branding agency. As she says \u201cOur clients typically share their wish for deeper engagement with their targets, a need to launch their newest ideas, or something along those lines. But once we dig deeper, they realize that what they really want is to motivate, inspire, persuade, inform and entertain \u2013 all so they can sell more to more people more often. We identify the difference that makes the difference and turn up the volume grabbing the ear of the media sharing your message through the noise to reach the masses. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done:\u201d She built now built K2 into an industry leader with a proven track record of creating and executing innovative branding and marketing initiatives that build her clients\u2019 businesses and boost the publicity of what they offer. And this established success, as K2 has placed over 65 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, including #1 bestsellers The South Beach Diet and Jean Chatzky\u2019s Pay It Down. So back in 1996, we had basic internet, and connectivity so how did she manage to create her business, as it was so very different than today? And is there anything that she would do differently that could have made a difference to where she has found herself? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Heidi Krupp-Lisiten Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Heidi Krupp-Lisiten such as: Why relationships and building rapport are as important in the business world as it is online, and why Heidi prides herself on the personal side of building a business. Heidi shares her first meeting of the motivational speaker Tony Robbins and how proud she is to see her friend bring his talents to the world. Why Heidi doesnt believe in the law of attraction although she 100% believes in setting intentional goals worked towards with integrity and honesty. and lastly\u2026. Heidi shares her \u201cbig dot story\u201d which ties up to her feelings of being adopted when she was just six weeks old. Great story! If you want more publicity in our business then publicity expert Heidi should be your first port of call\nDecision making is hard, especially when you dont have all the information. But todays guest is a decision making master. He is the co-founder and CEO of Hireology. His mission to help business owners make better hiring decisions using predictive data and innovative technology. What this means, as far as I can see, and I am sure that our guest will tell me I am right or wrong on the show is instead of sitting down with someone and using the gut feeling of \"I like this person, I could see them doing a good job in this company\" you attract the right people by using cutting edge technology. Sending job positions through to mobile phones, attracting potential employees to your own bespoke company job board, wannabe employees do a series of tailored tests before even stepping foot in your business. You have the ability to take much of the manpower away from finding the good guys. And with old style hiring processes sitting at a miserable 50% success rate in finding the type of employees and company really wants then...you can see his mission to change things is needed across the world. Now personally you can see that today's guest has always been driven to change things for the better, he is nothing but driven (and of course very very busy it seems) After living in suburban Atlanta for 10 years, his family moved to the suburbs of Chicago in 1990 where he graduated from Crystal Lake South High School in 1994. He then received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a double-major in History and Communications from the University of Illinois before earning a master's degree in business administration from DePaul University, where he serves on the Board of Advisors for the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center. In 2010, he even placed himself as a Republican nominee and challenged for the Illinois Senate, representing the 7th district in the Chicago area. So where did he ignite his passion for changing the futures of people, through either job recruitment or in the wider political sense? And did he struggle like most entrepreneurs to get the ball rolling, or was the need he was aiming to fill simply crying out for his skills? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Adam Robinson. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Adam Robinson such as: Adam recalls the times in his life when he had no money, scrabbled around for two cents in his life, and shares why it is was so fun to be creative with his decisions at this time. We talk about the times when a business goes wrong, and why more often than not looking back you can clearly see the mistakes that can be learned from. Why Adam is a firm believer that there are no decisions that define your life. Make the decision, move forward and learn from what went wrong and right. and lastly\u2026. We discuss how even the greatest product is quite simply a dead duck without marketing involved, and why this doesn't need to cost a lot of money. decision making is what makes a life.\nPersonal Trainer Toni Carey - How To Create An Online Trainer Program In Fitness Todays guest Personal Trainer joining us on the Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has a huge mission in her life. And as we see all the time, when someone has a mission in their lives, they start influencing more and more people across the world to buy into that mission too. And that is certainly the case with todays guest, who is co-founder of Black Girls Run, a grassroots organization that encourages and inspires African-American women to live a healthy lifestyle. While currently serving at the helm of Black Girls RUN!, she is also a freelancer writer for Zelle (a Runner\u2019s World publication) and a blog ambassador for Brooks Running. She has been named one of the \u201c30 Black Bloggers You Should Know\u201d by The Root, Essence Magazine\u2019s and recently received Toyota\u2019s Standing O-Vation Award presented at Oprah\u2019s 2014 \u201cThe Life You Want\u201d Weekend in Atlanta. But if you think this lady has all the time in the world to get these recognitions then think again, as most of this began when she was still a fulltime employee. She had the hustle muscle, and was willing to put in the out of hours effort that was required to to become the online trainer that she is today. So with a manta of \u201cDo What You Love. Love What You Do.\u201d does she find that the majority of people go \u201cYes, that\u2019s what I want\u201d and then do nothing about making that happen at all? And does she see what she has built so far just being the tip of the iceberg. and the true vision of what being an online trainer can become is starting to truly reveal itself? Well let\u2019s bring onto the show to start joining up dots, as we discuss the words of Steve Jobs in todays free podcast, with the one and only Toni Carey Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Toni Carey such as: How she remembers being really productive at High School, and loved nothing more than having her fingers in as many pies as she can..taste testing the future. Why she reflects on the fact she has never worked in a job for more than two years, and believes that we must surrender to the situations that life throws at us. How she recalls being presented to Oprah Winfrey and being shocked when the main lady said \u201cHi I\u2019m Oprah\u201d\u2026.er, I think I know who you are she thought. And lastly\u2026. How she sees that the big successes in life have come her way almost by accident, and when she forces the issue, things never go as well for her.\nTodays show is a solo show where your host talks about persistence, and how this is probably the most singularly most important thing you can possess in your life. Persistence is probably one of the most admirable characters a person can possess. It\u2019s the ability to be determined to do or achieve something regardless of any setbacks. Now everyone has the ability to set goals, and plans in their life. They set everything up to work perfectly (at least on paper) But once they get into the building process then they find that the words on the bit of paper aren't really working. There are obstacles appearing that they could never have planned for. And that is why persistence is such a vitally important skill that you just have to develop in your own lives. 6 Ways to Develop Persistence The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. \u2013 Napoleon Hill Developing persistence is a master skill to success. It is easier to relax and do nothing, or just live in our comfort zone, rather than face the uncertainty and discomfort of sailing thru our goals. Plus, the idea of failure and hardship is unbearable. But if you want to create change in your life and achieve success, now is the time to develop and master persistence. Here are six (6) ways to help you develop persistence: 1. Identify Your Wants and Desires If you don\u2019t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. \u2013 Lawrence J. Peter Before you can develop persistence and eventually achieve success, you need to first identify your wants or desires. You can do this by simply writing down specifically all the things you want to have or accomplish. List down all your desires and wants, no matter how impossible they are to achieve in the moment. 2. Determine Your Motivation Motivation comes from a deep reason why we want to achieve or have something. If you know why you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re doing, it gives you more energy to keep moving. For an instance, you want to publish a book. Creating a book takes time and patience. If you don\u2019t have enough motivation, a reason why you need to publish the book, you probably can never finish it. But if you\u2019re motivated by the thought of influencing and teaching millions of readers thru your words, only then will you keep pushing yourself to work on finishing the book. 3. Outline Your Definite Action Step Identifying your wants or desires speaks of what you want to achieve. Determining your motivation shows the reasons why you want to achieve what you want. Outlining your definite action step is necessary to know how you will be able to achieve what you want. When you know how to get what you want, it makes it easier to achieve it. To know how, it pays to do some research and planning of what needs to be done on your part. Be specific on each step you need to take. Identify at least two (2) ways and plans on how you can achieve your goals. 4. Keep a Positive Mental Attitude The road to success is not easy, in fact, it\u2019s challenging, this is why only few succeeds. There will be countless times you will be face with defeat and failures that if you are weak, you\u2019ll be succumbing to negative thoughts of fears and doubts. In order to develop persistence and eventually succeed in your endeavor, always maintain a positive mental attitude, regardless of situation. Keep your thoughts focused on taking action towards your goals. Avoid negative thoughts and feelings for it will ruin your concentration and persistence. 5. Build Your Mastermind Group Mastermind Group composes of people who can help you succeed towards your goal. Choose carefully who you will trust as part of your mastermind group. If possible, include only those who can give you unbiased judgments and who has positive mental attitude. You can\u2019t afford wasting your time listening to cynical advices and pessimist people. These types of people won\u2019t help you succeed; instead, they will drown your energy that can eventually lead to failure. 6. Develop Discipline and Habit All your goal-setting and planning will go to waste if you won\u2019t be able to develop discipline and good habit. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. \u2013 Jim Rohn There will be a lot of hindrances that will stop you from moving towards your goal, and without proper discipline, it will be easy for you to sail away. Upholding discipline and good habits can help you stay in the course, even despite difficulties.\nOnline Courses are what the world are delivering nowadays. And my guests today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview are a couple that know how to build online courses better than most people. They are a couple who quite simply, stopped looked at their life and then made it what they want. And with the greatest respect to both of them, and we will discuss this in the interview they are what you would call normal. A normal couple, with a normal lifestyle, normal kids but an extraordinary way of making decisions and enough of them to make things work the way they want. They are the owners of the Flipped Lifestyle business, where through their own mistakes, successes and consistency they now teach people the route to success in their own business. They teach how to create businesses that work around a family instead of the other way. As they say \"In 2012, on a rare day off work, Shane stumbled across a podcast about regular people changing their lives through online business. We started brainstorming about how we could do this too, and started a couple of websites just to see what happened. No one could have prepared us for what happened next. In just a few short months, we were able to make thousands of extra dollars each month through online business. Just one year later, we surpassed the five figure mark in online sales for a single month. When our August 2013 sales surpassed $36,000, we decided it was time to stop working for someone else and start living for our family.\" And now with sales in excess of one million dollars all earned online, they travel the globe, in their shorts and sneakers, smiling broadly from ear to ear, as there community of wannabe entrepreneurs grows their smiles with them. So looking back on their lives as hard working teachers, do they think that the ability to change a life so dramatically is more down to mindset or talent? And was it really a rocket ship to success they launched, with a doubt that it would fail? Or did they go through the same issues as the rest of us? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Shane & Jocelyn Sams Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Shane & Jocelyn Sams such as: Why freedom means so much to both Shane and Jocelyn certainly more than money can ever do, which is a surprise to so many people that they meet. Jocelyn shares why both her and Shane decided to become teachers, and how they were actually quite content in their lives, but now see that they had given control of their lives away. Why you don't have to be an expert to sell online products, instead you actually only have to present it to the people on the road behind you. and lastly\u2026. Shane talks about the first 11 cents that he earnt online and how he was so excited he literally jumped out of bed and jumped up and down knowing his life had changed forever.\nDream jobs is what everyone wants, and my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the founder and publisher of Mac\u2019s List. helping people find the dream jobs that they will love. His platform Mac\u2019s List is now the premier resource for connecting passionate, creative professionals to meaningful and creative work throughout Oregon and Washington, with a growing monthly outreach to more than 80,000 people. Prior to moving to there in 1991, he lived in Massachusetts where he was legislative and media relations director for the state Office for Refugees and Immigrants, the first public information officer for Boston\u2019s \u201cBig Dig,\u201d and a researcher in former U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy\u2019s first Congressional campaign. But this was of course a stepping stone to where he is today the recognized expert on job hunting and career management. Throughout the years our guest and his team\u2019s mission has always remained the same: to help people find rewarding, interesting jobs that pay decent salaries and to help employers find the best possible candidates for those jobs So whether you are looking for your first dream job, a better dream job or just want to manage the direction of your career, Mac\u2019s List offers the resources you need to make it happen. In addition to Mac's List, he also runs Prichard Communications, a registered B Corp creative agency that works with top-tier foundations, nonprofits and purpose driven brands across the country. So was this a business driven by his desire to help people change their lives or simply a gap in the market he could see needed to be filled? And where do people go wrong when looking for a job? Is it not knowing themselves well enough, or the company that they are hoping to enter? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Mac Prichard. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Mac Prichard such as: Why it is so important to be able to delegate in your business, as this is a brilliant way of scaling your business. The owner must be allowed to do what they do best. Why knowing your goals is the first thing that people need to be focused on when going for a job. Don't take the job without knowing what you want to get out of it. The second thing is looking for a company that interests you.....make sure you connect with people inside that organization to find out what its like on the inside before you ever go for the interview. and lastly\u2026. The issue that surrounds the job market place, where 80% of jobs are never being posted to the world. Recognise that most jobs are filled by word of mouth and start networking.\nMy interview today on the Join Up Dots free business podcast is a lovely lady who was kind enough to allow me to spend time with her on her own show Freedom Academies.....Turbo Charge Your Success. Now during our conversation it was clear to me that this was a lady that I needed to get on Join Up Dots, as she has a story that shows all the characteristics that we find in the succesfull. She has motivation. She has hustle And alongside her business partner Laura West, a few years ago found themselves homeless The business they ran together was going south and they were exhausted. They had no option at all but to move into two rooms in the office. They had a problem that most business owners have at one time or another. They were very good at that they did, but nobody knew about it. Thye couldnt get their talents out into the world. They started researching business growth systems, high performance \u2018gurus\u2019, wealth creation experts and all the investment strategies they could get there hands on. Within twelve months they had a property portfolio worth over $2,000,000 that they had bought with others people\u2019s money. More importantly the income from that property was double the income from their business that they had spent years building up! They also applied all the business knowledge they had gained, transformed their business and went on to sell it! They did all of this while being homeless, using the leisure centre across the road to shower and working 80 hours per week. They were at such a rock bottom that they had the ability to create huge freedom of choice in their lives. So was it just that the dots joined up, the time became right for them to flourish? Or was it more to do with the undertanding that upskilling your knowledge is the way to go. Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only property entrepreneur Kemi Egan\nSo entrepreneurship seems really fun? And you want to be an entrepreneur but you are too scared hat you don't have the skills to be one? Well thats not a surprise after all. as an entrepreneur is a super powerful individual that has skills that the normal man just cant possess. They need less sleep than you and me. They don't even need to stop and eat like you and I do. They are the supreme beings, controllers of their own destiny and able to cast a shadow across the world and the rest of us. That is of course the perception of what an entrepreneur is, or at least so many people want you to think that....but it's rubbish. And entrepreneur at its heart, is someone who is willing to try to do something. Accept failure. Accept risk, and go again. These are super powers by any stretch of the imagination. These are things that we all posses, if want to posses them. They are in all of us. I'll give you an example.....and this example is going to be about me the host of Join Up Dots. When I started the show, all I could do was turn on the microphone and talk. And even that small action I had to learn. Did I call myself an entrepreneur? Of course I didn't as I didn't know the first thing about it. But I knew how to take a risk and give something a go. I knew how to minimise the downside and try to maximize the upside (in this case not spend a lot to get going, but try to make some cash as some as possible) And that is what I have done, and little by little I am making more cash and having a lovely life. Now not for one moment would I call myself an entrepreneur. What I would call myself is someone who is willing to have a go, and work hard at something. No super powers at all, just pure, down to earth work ethic and persistence. So if you dont think you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur, dont be one. Call yourself anything but give it a go, and you will be amazed at what you achieve in your life.\nMy guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is with a man who first appeared on the show back on episode nine of Join Up Dots. As we spoke about on the first show, some people are born to make money. Others are born to provide value to others. Our guest today was born to do both. From his early days in school, he knew how to hustle, zigging whilst others zagged, zoning in on opportunities whilst others looked the other way. He made money as a young man, and knew that this was the way he wanted his life to be. But life in school is I suppose \u201cChilds play\u201d compared to what is in store when the high school bell rings for the last time, and your thrust out into the big wide world to fend for yourself. Our guest knew this and before even leaving high school, was creating a path that would lead him to where he is today. By enrolling into an MLM course, he learnt the skills of rapport building and developed the ability to create connections with people from all forms of life. This is probably the most important skill that any entrepreneur could hope to have. But although a huge step in the right direction, he was making very little money, so knew he had to take a step into the unknown and accept a level of risk that he hadn\u2019t before. This risk came when he realised that there was opportunities galore in real estate, and before long, with a huge list of tenants paying him rent from properties he owned, he was a paper millionaire. Not bad for someone only in the 20\u2019s. However the phrase \u201cLearn to expect the unexpected\u201d could have had been a very useful mantra to have, as boom time literally disappeared overnight. In 2008 the real estate crash occurred, and forced our guest into bankruptcy. Despondent, depressed and broke, he had two choices.. One to say goodbye to the good life and settle into a life of \u201cWhat Ifs\u201d and \u201cBroken Dreams\u201d Or he could fight back, and restore himself to previous glories. Well after after rebuilding his millionaire net worth he\u2019s achieved a higher minded psychology, greater financial freedom, and full awareness of the science of creating Success From Scratch\u2122. He now currently teaches students across the globe how to create entrepreneurship time freedom with his program. (Alphahomeflipping.com) And with this incredible bounce-backability he has put all his learnings and strategies into his second published book, Success From Scratch\u2122 Mental Strategies for Success in a Survival of the Fittest Environment available now at Amazon. So is he truly at a place now, where the hustle has been replaced with fun and enjoyment, or can he never leave behind the \u201cWhat if i lose it all again\u201d mentality? And why did he feel the need to put his knowledge into words again, when there are many many such similar books sitting covered in dust on the book shelves of the world? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Nick Ruiz. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Nick such as: Why feelings are so important to be aware off as you proceed to build your own future. Excitement is key to pointing the way to the gold. Nick shares how monetizing your passion could well be dangerous and should be considered fully before entering into its pursuit. Why so many people fail to celebrate or reward themselves after achieving goals, and why this is so a huge failure for continued success. and lastly\u2026. Nick and I discuss the power of rough draft moves and how he believes this is the key to all success.\nDoing the impossible can quite often seem a step too far for most people. But my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who seems loves doing the impossible more than anything. He is kind of normal from the outside, but did deeper and you can see a world changing mission. One side of the fence is a coach, and a very successful one at that. He has has helped clients create multimillion pound investments from nothing, he has coached CEO\u2019s to build thriving companies, philanthropists to set up charities, couples to conceive and lovers to start fantastic relationships. He has helped the intrepid to change jobs, change careers and even change countries. He has helped entrepreneurs to find their dream companies and senior executives to earn promotion to the Board. He is dedicated to serving extraordinary people in recreating their lives beyond recognition. Which is of course powerful stuff for sure but then you see the standout journey that he is on. At least it is for us at Join Up Dots. In 2015 he created the impossible busting Chicken shit foundation, which was created to honour and fulfill the legacy of Rafael Bejarano Rangel, who was tragically killed in Egypt, to bring empowerment, education, and transformation to all people through music, laughter and compassion, and to help re-awaken waning or lost indigenous traditions and support their sustainability and survival through the youth of the world. They accomplish their mission by enrolling the support and voices of Chicken-Shits (ie. those who need to believe in themselves more, even if it\u2019s just at certain times with certain people, and who would benefit from taking stock of the gifts and talents they posses that the world is hungry for, and then sharing accordingly.) Our current projects include building schools in Liberia West Africa and for a community in Mexico as well as youth empowerment and preservation of indigenous traditions among youth around the world. They do this by fund raising, mentoring, providing leadership and raising awareness and through building a global community. Big stuff is going on in this mans life so it is a delight to have him on the show. But what made this English man do something, very un-english, and peer his head over his own garden fence and start to make a difference to others across the world? And does he look back and think, I wished I had started this earlier or did it appear at the perfect time for him to be able to achieve his aims? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Simon Crowe\nSleep and getting enough sleep can be such a huge issue for us all. Which is why Christine Hansen built a whole business around getting sleep into our lives. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who the majority of the world need to get into contact with at sometime or another. She is a sleep expert who over the last years has positioned herself as the go to person to help you drift off into a pleasant, restful and recharging sleep as soon as your head hits the pillow. As she says \u201cI understand that sleeping, while on sleep medication isn\u2019t really sleeping. I understand that falling asleep, but then having to lie awake for hours in the middle of the night isn\u2019t really sleeping, and I understand that waking up just as tired as when you went to bed isn\u2019t really sleeping either\u201d So hands up\u2026.come on people be honest \u201cHow many of you have fallen into one of these sleep patterns over the last few years?\u201d Yep, I know that I have, so how has our guest managed to find the solution to something that plagues all of us at one time or another. And the answer is, she has been on a journey of self discovery, upskilling and putting herself and her knowledge out there Starting her journey as an English teacher in Luxembourg, she had a pretty standard career for a few years until she got to the point when her interest in corporate coaching and sleep patterns became too much to ignore. And she took the leap of faith, leaving her career in education in 2015 to start something new and inspiring. And since then with a huge amount of hustle, commitment, perseverance and of course struggle she has built her hugely successful business coaching successful and career driven women (and inspiring men) on how to get a solid nights\u2019 sleep allowing them to wake up refreshed, with more energy, and ready to tackle their legacy and personal life. So how has she managed to do all this whilst still getting a good nights sleep herself? And is it as simple as learning to switch off form everything that needs to be done, or much more than that? Well let\u2019s find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, the one and only, my favourite sleep expert ever Christine Hansen Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Christine Hansen such as: Why its so important for us all to find the best time to create our work. Do you need an early start, or work late. Its up to you to find the time that works. How focusing in on her spider senses is such an important way to operate in business, as more often than not the bad decisions full to the wayside. How she knew that her sleep business was a great idea simply by demand. Every business needs to solve a problem for people, so look around and find a solution. How sleeping is a habit that we can create, so we must look at everything we do on our way to bed to see if it is adding to the problem. and lastly\u2026. How she feels that her job is a secret boyfriend in her life that her husband knows all about\u2026and she want to run and spend time with it as much as she can.\nFun Fun. Fun is what we all want. And on todays show we discuss fun and how you can bring fun into your life, even when you think that there is no chance. You might be working in a factory. You might be working in a stuff office environment, when the last thing that the boss wants is you to have fun, when business needs to be dealt with. All of us want to have fun. But what does this mean, exactly? For some people, for example, fun is about getting wasted by taking drugs, drinking alcohol, or maybe just staying up very late at night. Fun is making the task you are doing as enjoyable as possible by being playful, creative and foolish. What we mean is fun is learning how to enjoy wherever you are and whatever you are doing, no matter how stupid it seems to be. This is a hard one for many people, but it is a key to having fun. The idea is to make anything fun, no matter how weird or dumb it is, if you look at it right. You don\u2019t have to go anywhere, get drunk, or do anything like that to have fun. That is the key here. You can be humorous, upbeat, positive and happy no matter what other people choose around you. They can all be depressed and sad, and you can have a different attitude. This creates fun in anyone, in any situation. You can see the humor. You can see that people are strange, but not freak out or space out like most people do in this situation. Now, if someone or something is definitely making you very unhappy, then try to change the situation, go home, go away, do something else to change it as best you can. But for anything you do in life, you can certainly have fun and enjoy the process. And why, my friends I ask you would you not to do just that? As the Beachboys said \"And she had fun, fun, fun till her Daddy took the T-Bird Away!!\nPodcasts are hot business at the moment. In fact podcasts have never been more popular and my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who not only is in the same game as me, but he has his fingers on the pulse of what is hot, what is good, and what in podcasting should be left as an idea and not actually brought out to the worlds ears. He is the Head of Content at Spreaker, is former EVP/CTO at PodcastOne.com and former Content and Business Manager for Podcasts/TV at Microsoft\u2019s Xbox Live and Zune. He currently hosts the SpreakerLiveShow.com podcast Wednesdays at 3pm PST and co-hosts NewMediaShow.com/live Saturdays at 9am PST/Noon ES. Which is of course very impressive, but even more so especially to someone like me is the fact that he is a veteran in the field, starting his WebTalk World Radio Show in 1999, recognized as the first nationally syndicated radio program in the world to begin podcasting on Sept 15th, 2004. and has been working in the podcasting field since. Now this is pre-google, pre-iTunes, and pre the world that we now take for granted. He is a lover of the format of podcasting. Is a master at his game. And is focused on raising the standards of content creators across the world. And if that isn't something to make you licks your lips and salivate what about this fact! He is also a Guinness World Record Holder for creating the worlds largest glass of Florida Orange juice. So what was it that really excited him about stepping behind the microphone and getting his words out to a world, that perhaps was not ready to consume content in such a way? And is podcasting something that he sees as a great business model, or just a passing fad, waiting to join the Rubik cube, cabbage patch dolls, and the pet pebbles in the craze hall of fame? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Rob Greenlee Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Rob Greenlee such as: Rob shares the steps that he took to create his podcasting career, which led from a love of marketing to putting his words into the worlds ears. Rob shares why so many podcasts struggle with gaining an audience that will reach out to them and gives tips how to build an engaged audience. and lastly\u2026. Why it is so important to start a business from the basis of giving value before you ever start to look to getting any back\nFear, fear and more more fear is what we discuss with my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview. He iss a man that i am proud to call a friend. Im not sure he would say the same about me, but I guess we will discover this through the show. He is the head honcho at Natural Born Coaches, where he supports, nurtures and sometimes gives a kick to coaches across the world who need a little help in building their businesses. And what I love about this guest, as you will see in the show it looks like he has really found his thing in life and looks like it was always on the cards. But as he says \"After a decade of success in my past life (real estate,) I went through business closure and challenges that would have caused most to give up. How did I get back on track? With the help of coaches! After years of being a lone wolf, and being proud of \u201cgoing it alone,\u201d I experienced the power of coaching first-hand, and it really made a difference. So when I was ready to go back into business, I knew that I wanted to be a coach. I wanted to help others like I\u2019d been helped. I dove in and became a coach, and discovered what every new coach learns when he gets into this business \u2026 it\u2019s not easy! Jumping into the coaching business (for small business owners), he created the programs that he would use with his clients, established systems, printed business cards, launched his website, a blog, the social media, and waited for clients to start beating down his door. They didn\u2019t! So he started prospecting harder every day. By reaching out to people in his target market, he got consultations and some clients (but too many that I was working with at discounted rates, or even worse, for free!). It was a frustrating situation. So when I finally got it rolling, I knew that I didn\u2019t want other coaches to go through the same growing pains that I did.\" And now with his podcast rolling into the 500 plus episodes, and people now beating down his door for coaching advice, does he look back and think \"Man, I made it truly hard for myself!\" And what was the key that finally opened the door to get the whole things going? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots once more, with the one and only Mr Marc Mawhinney. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Marc Mawhinney such as: Why Marc feels that it is great to start building communities as soon as you possibly can, as its easy to do, very cheap, and builds connections like wildfire. Why there is a right way and wrong way to reach out to people, and the big two mistakes that Marc believes that everyone keeps on making. Keep Moving Forward is such a powerful mantra for life, for entrepreneurs and for anyone wanting a new future. There is nothing that will stop you 100% in your tracks...just keep moving forward. and lastly\u2026. Why Marc feels that so many coaches need to get over their own personal fears and issues before they start marketing their own services to the world. You can't hide behind a glossy website if you haven't got your own act together.\nJob Search time is hard. You know what you want to do, but nobody gives you the chance to do it. Which makes todays guest entrepreneur so inspiring. As in stead of keeping on the job search odyssey she went and built it herself. My guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a lady who has a background in a background in engineering, marketing and management. Which has lead to her creating a business around\u2026. ill let you think about if for a little while\u2026\u2026lead generation, personal branding, communications, public speaking, social media marketing, and digital marketing. Yeah you didn\u2019t see that coming did you? And I guess neither did our guest today, but it is true to say that at her core she has creativity flooding through her veins As she says \u201d I was always an artist and writer at heart, but thought that when starting the job search marketing was the best way to make a living doing something that required creativity. After a few years working in an insurance company, I realized that the corporate environment wasn\u2019t for me, and thats when I made tough decision to leave the comfort zone of my corporate job, forget about another job search and start my own business.\u201d But her adventure had a rough start. There were many unknowns, including her ultimate job search mission. Which is the amazing part of what Join Up Dots has become for so many people across the world. It is where belief grows into action, and action grows into whatever you want for yourself. You cant see the real dream right at the very beginning, you just have to find out the vague direction that you want to go in, and then start walking. So how did our guest manage to meander her way through the obstacles and create something amazing for her, her clients and of course the world? And when she looks back does she have those \u201cMan, what was I thinking\u2026I could do it so much quicker now\u201d thoughts? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Cloris Kylie Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Cloris Kylie such as: How life is built around moments and situations that are terrible and out of control, but you just cant get to where you want to be without them. Why you should be very aware of who you are working for, so that you can build products that are needed before creating them\u2026.make sure you fill the need before anything.. Why Cloris believes firmly that we should spend more time looking back on the progress of what we have achieved than beating ourselves up about what we need to do in the future. How she believes that in the early days she had a small mindset that needed to be shook up so that she could truly start to be the person that she was born to be. And lastly\u2026. How without two horrible Managers (who are named on the show) she wouldn\u2019t be in the position that she is today\u2026.thank you Managers, but you were still bad people!!! A Job Search when you want to be inspired, happy and motivated can be hard, so why not stop the job search and build the dream yourself?\nFaith, a faith a faith, you've got to have faith. Words supplied by the late and great George Michael, who told us all back in the eighties that no matter what we do in our lives we have to have faith. And that is what we talk about in today's episode of Join Up Dots Faith and most importantly having business faith. Let's get something straight right from the very beginning but when you start growing your business, so many people will tell you that its luck that you need. Yeah, you were so lucky that you found yourself in that position Oh, wow, how lucky was it that you went to that conference and met that business partner! Well let's get this clear when growing your business it's not about LUCK, It's about FAITH. How much do you have? Let me give you some examples of what I mean: * When we get on a plane we have the FAITH it is going to fly! * When we go to bed we have FAITH that in the morning there will be light! * When we leave our house we have the FAITH that it will be there when we return. 90% of our daily activities are solely based on our faith and belief. If we had no faith, we wouldn't even be able to get out of bed in the morning. Faith fuels our very being; yet when it come to getting clients and building our business it seems that there is a faith shortage. If we hold a workshop and one person shows, then we tell ourselves we have the wrong niche. If the first 10 people we speak to say no to our service, we convince ourselves that we hate marketing. Where is the faith? A good friend shared this wonderful analogy with me this weekend about business building... If am handed 10,000 oyster shells and told 10 have a million dollar pearl... I begin to open them. Phew. Oysters are hard to open. 1, 2, 3, 4...Ah. Sill no pearl. Shoot. 5, 6. I cut my hand. This is really hard. 7, 8, 9, 10. Still no pearl. So frustrating. This is a stupid idea. There are no pearls in any of these. I hate oysters. I don't even want a million dollars. And before you know it, there is no faith. Faith is tested when things get hard, when we are afraid, and when our perfectly laid plans aren't so perfect. True faith is continued belief in the face of adversity. True faith is when you have every single reason in the world to have NO faith, especially in business. So, here is how you hold on and keep faith the center of your business development: 1) Be clear about what you want. Faith wavers when it is uncertain what to claim. Claim what you want. 2) Stop being realistic. 3) Stop looking for the results. Not your job. They will come. Your job is faith, action, repeat. 4) Know that our faith will be constantly tested. You pass the test when you continue to believe.\nHeath and business is what takes up my guests todays life. He is a man who classes himself as Part CEO, part personal development wonk and part biohacker info geek. Built from his background of businessman, television producer, filmmaker and author he would also class himself as 100% self-confessed serial entrepreneur,, He began his life journey in Colorado (via Wisconsin), where he studied marketing at the University of Colorado. He then graduated from Chadwick University with a BA in environmental studies, then went on to attend graduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied intellectual property law. But it would seem to me that his life, at least where he was always heading started for earnest in 1999 when he started the health food business Steviva. Answering the need of food companies to manufacture products lower in sugar (and to adhere to new health based FDA disclosure guidelines), Steviva offers a wide range of industrial-size, high-quality clean-label sweetening systems for food manufacturers, plus smaller, pack-size sweetening options for health-conscious consumers. Through Steviva, our guests goal is to eliminate metabolic disease, one meal at a time. As he says \"I founded Steviva Ingredients as a result of my passion for health, business, community service and environmental advocacy. My company was inspired by and follows the world renowned engineer, statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and management consultant Professor W. Edwards Deming's principles of constant improvement in product and customer service. My company ensures the highest possible standards for quality control and food safety. This drives everything we do.\" And isn't that how all success is made? Constant improvement over a period of time, leading to something amazing, rewarding and valuable to ourselves and the world. You start small, and work hard until the world starts to take notice. So was the entrepreneurial vibe born in him or constructed piece by piece by everyday of his working life? And living in a country that is known for its ample portions, sauces, relishes and other additions has it been easier to build his company, or more difficult because of the environment of food loving? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only, Mr Thom King. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Thom King such as: How he came to the realisation that he loves the moments of pain in his life, as this is the area of greatest growth. Thom shares an amazing story of how he came to find recognition from his father, something that he was so grateful for especially after his father passed away. Why he feels that so many people have a ceiling attached to their mindset which they could just blast through, as long as they look around and see what others are doing. and lastly\u2026. Thom shares his childhood dreams of being in the entertainment industry, although he never truly felt it was possible. A mindset ceiling that he never truly managed to breakthrough.\nBeing boss and an entrepreneur, when you are a lady is sometimes hard, especially when you have children and stuff. However my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom, entrepreneur Dan Malstaff. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement maker. She is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and with over 9,000 students in various courses and over 10 years of experience in content creation, community building, and business strategy, she grew the Boss Mom brand into a six figure business in less than a year. But was this always a success that was on the cards, or did she go through the same struggles, guilt and burnout that most new entrepreneurs find themselves in as there fledgling business grows and they become boss. Well certainly the life of a thriving entrepreneur certainly didn't seem on the cards as she pursued her education both in Dijon in France and the Indiana University where she studied Broadcast Journalism. Instead upon completing her studies, she entering employment with the Lowdendal Group, and Quantum Of Health, but it wasn't until she quit her job and got pregnant that the first dots of what has become today's mission really raised themselves. How do you build a business, whilst supporting a new baby? How do you build a business, whilst being a wife, lover, friend, best friend, and all the other hats that ladies wear nowadays? With the \"Why cant we have our cake and eat it\" ideology, Boss Mom was created to do two things. First, to help dramatically shift the mindset of ladies across the world in how they see themselves, and your role as a mother, entrepreneur, wife, daughter, friend and more. An epic shift that will allow them to see how they can be amazing in each of these roles without sacrificing the others. And second, to guide them through a new way of thinking about how they integrate their family life with their entrepreneurial life. Giving a plan that can be implemented that will make her clients world feel a little easier. So would she say that she was a reluctant entrepreneur or one that was always waiting to go out and blaze big across the world? And what would be the biggest learning she has gained from growing a business from scratch? Well lets find out as bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Dana Malstaff Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Dana Malstaff such as: How how she created a business that she loves and wakes up every morning, due to the people that she has hired or work with., Why Dana believes that accepting the rough times in one life on the way to becoming the boss, is a great way of finding the things that you truly love. You need the crap to really heighten your focus on the gold. Why you should never do things in your life that mean you are losing money. Delegate as much as you can, so you can earn the big stuff. and lastly\u2026. Why its a great idea to get drunk in a pub, with a recorder and ask the big questions in life. You will be astonished to see how much truth comes out when you listen back to it all. Check her out at Boss Mom. com where female entrepreneurs thrive\nCareer advice is everywhere. But never will you find better than from todays career expert Rikki Hansen. She is an expert in helping people from across the globe transition in their careers and find work that is amazing everyday. Todays guest is a lady who can call herself a true lady of the globe. Coming originally from Denmark, she grew up in the Scandinavian countryside clambering around the hills and fjords happily, until moving to Paris for three years to live in the capital of romance and culture. But now she calls the UK home and has been living in London since 1996. Yep, we have adopted her as one our own. And she has appeared to flourish whilst living in London, as her career went from strength to strength, as she worked hard on a career in Human Resources for companies such as Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Shell. But it is ok to have a career that is on the ascendency , well actually it\u2019s a great thing, but when you have a career that is going well, but you want to do your own thing, then it can feel quite differently. And our guest knew that her path was going to change She had always wanted to start her own career change consultancy, so in 2005 did just that, and quit her well paid job to go it alone. She walked away from the consistent monthly salary, and started flexing her hustle muscle on a daily basis. And now as she says on her business site \u201cI have a knack for quickly connecting with people and drawing them out thereby helping them understand how they can translate their unique personality, skills and interests into a career or business on their terms. Combining my experience of career coaching over 500 clients, 8 years+ of owning my own business and a background in HR, I can offer you the practical know-how, motivation and confidence to actually make your career change or business idea happen!\u201d So lets find out how this Scandinavian lady came to leave the glorious Danish countryside, to live in the English Capital? And does she see a need for more and more assistance to be offered to wannabe entrepreneurs nowadays, than compared to when she started back in 2005? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Rikke Hansen. Show Highlights During the episode we discussed such weighty topics such as: Why she believes that so many people spend more time looking around them for answers than within themselves. How she feels that she isn\u2019t different, nut more aware of who she should be\u2026.and that is a game changer. How you need to create a crack in your life to allow the passion in. Otherwise it wont stand a chance of finding you. Why Steve Jobs words are so true, and the world has become even more ziggy-zaggy than ever before. And lastly\u2026.. \u201cLive your life like everything around you is rigged\u201d is a great way to achieve what you want in life.\nCompound Effect is so amazingly powerful, and ,my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is a man who uses it daily. He overcame adversity, lost nearly 100 pounds, ran a marathon, dramatically changed his diet and created an approach to help others live a better life, every day. He calls it the Do a Day method and through his book flying off the shelves of Amazon and other good book stores, and his thriving online business he now shows us the steps to doing this. Changing our lives by small, doable steps, leading to overcoming the impossible, instead of tackling huge challenges head on which just wear us out. Now this wasn't a process that was obvious to our guest right from the start, although it is true that although ingrained in the corporate world, he has certainly had a foot in the entrepreneurial motivational camp right from the start Leaving Bowdoin College with an AB in Economics, Chinese and Philosophy, he started work as a Senior Associate Consultant at Liberty Mutual, before going back to school to get an MBA in Business. From then on he tackled many different positions for a multitude of companies leading to holding the Executive Vice President Head of Claims for Hiscox Insurance down in Atlanta. And you can see the ambition clearly as he climbed quickly the corporate ladder. all the time balancing the work ethic with keeping his personal and physical side on an even keel. He has faced challenges in life, such as obesity, depression, work stress, the responsibilities of parenthood, the potential of losing his wife to illness, and more. And he struggled, like anyone else. But as we see on Join Up Dots every-time, through that struggle, he learned the secret to not just overcoming any individual challenge, but creating a life of achievement, happiness and harmony. Do a Day will free you of the burden and judgement of yesterday\u2018s choices, while relieving you of the pressure of what tomorrow may bring. By teaching you how to identify your true motivation and how to use that to focus on what you have to do today, Do a Day will help you change your life. So is he now 100% entrepreneurial of does he see a combined approach to his workload going forward? And what has been the biggest learning from living the life that he has had so far? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Mr Bryan Falchuk. Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Bryan Falchuk such as: How he has managed to juggle so many things in his life, to get his business running, even whilst working a fulltime job. Why Bryan never gives answers to someones problems, as he is a great believer that the individual has to work out the answers himself. We discuss why it is so hard for anyone to kick start their lives, as they really have to dig down and understand their own personal self value first. and lastly\u2026. Bryan shares an amusing story about a veggie burger that emphasises that no matter how a life seems from the outside, people still have to deal with the little annoyances.\nBook publishing is really hot at the moment with many people trying to find th book publishing fastrack to Amazon success. Well my guest today, on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is Julie Broad, a lady spinning many different plates at one time. And I guess that is when a entrepreneur really comes into their own and this guest does it better than most with the ability to both diversify in the subjects that they are passionate about. She is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author and International Book Award winner, recipient of the Top 20 under 40 award for Vancouver Island, a successful entrepreneur, recognized real estate investor and a popular speaker and workshop trainer. She\u2019s been speaking on stages large and small across Canada since 2009, sharing her simple and strategic systems for having more impact & influence in your life and business. She\u2019s appeared as a guest on numerous news programs including CTV, Global TV, DayTime Ottawa and CFax 1070 and featured in publications such as Yahoo!Canada, Entrepreneur.com, Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Sun and The Vancouver Province. She is also a regular contributing writer for Canadian Real Estate Wealth\u2019s Magazine. But once gain as we have seen recently on Join Up Dots, where she really comes into her own is by having the ability to tell stories that converts information into sales. She\u2019s an expert on helping people who aren\u2019t naturally born to sell, get results, make an impact and ultimately make more money (for their company and for themselves!). Sharing proven techniques for better communication, productivity and persuasion, She always leaves people inspired, excited and with clear steps to take action immediately. So out of all the things that fill her time what would be the one that she feels really pulls it all together and become her personal brand? Book publishing or her coaching business. And I suppose the big question as we have her on the show, is what does she find is the number one thing that holds people back from finding similar success? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only Julie Broad Show Highlights During the show we discussed such weighty topics with Julie Broad such as: How she discovered that people do not want perfection from coaches and speakers, but they do want people that they can relate to on a personal level. Why she made the bold decision to leave the job that she had worked so hard to create, due to discovering that it wasn't the money that she really wanted in her life How she started creating her new business and the steps she has taken to bring it to the world, (and the people who need it most) and lastly\u2026. Why selling doesn't need to be hard, and in fact working on the basis of \"Not fit\" can sometimes encourage results like never before. Book publishing has never been easier\nFitness is the buzz word in todays world. Are you looking after your fitness? Are you planning on getting fit? Well today\u2019s guest joining us on the Join Up Dots Steve Jobs inspired podcast is a lady who has made very happy. As this is the second time I have had the pleasure of grilling her on the show, as she last appeared back on episode 208, where we talked about her rise to the top of the fitness industry from a starting point that was more than a bit unusual. Yep, that\u2019s all i\u2019m saying, so you will have to go back and listen to that one to find out her unusual past occupations. So when she connected with me again and said \u201cDavid, have I got more dots to share with you and your listeners\u201d then I knew it was going to be good stuff. And it as this is a lady that is tackling one of the hardest fitness courses the world has scene \u201cThe Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge\u201d created by Jo De Sena who also appeared on the show back on episode 312 And the big question to this desire to get down, muddy and sweaty is why? Is fitness that important? She is a beautiful lady, has a great business that is rocking and rolling, has clients across the world, and could stay in her comfort zone quite happily. But she doesn\u2019t want to. She wants to prove herself and go after bigger and bigger challenges, which really joins up the dots to our first interview. As this is not your usual uber glamorous fitness guru. But this is a lady will drive, commitment and passion to do the unusual. To create her own path, And to go to bed each night content to know that she has given it her very best. 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The Windows 7 Beta is being offered as an ISO image file, so you'll need to have software capable of burning the file to an install DVD. For obvious reasons, you'll want to backup your system before installing it \u0097 this is Beta software after all. You can dual-boot Windows 7 with another version of Windows, provided you install the former on a separate partition. If you've got only one partition and are running Vista, Disk Manager will let you shrink it non-destructively to form a new partition out of some free space. With XP, you'll need a third-party utility.\nMicrosoft hasn't yet announced a release date for Windows 7. The consensus is that it will be out by late this year or early next. 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Thom is a Grand Rapids native and author of several books including \"The Crash of 2016\" and has been named one of the top 10 most influential talk radio hosts by Talkers Magazine.\nNext Episode: On Air Now", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 4158, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 218.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.quicklettings.co.uk/dromore", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:11Z", "digest": "sha1:PRR3GC4A4QOIVNGRPLSRB7WA3R7GU3NB", "length": 583, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.quicklettings.co.uk", "title": "Letting Agents in Dromore - Properties to Let or Rent", "raw_content": "If you are planning to rent a property in Dromore, be sure to find experienced and\nDromore, County Down, BT25 1AW\npropertypartners.cc\nProperty Partners is an estate agency in Dromore, Co Down. Established in 1993, the company headed by Patrick Hanna, a Chartered Surveyor, provides property services in the developing home ownership... area of Mid-Down. To provide the best possible service, we believe close communication between agent and client is essential. Our experienced team is in place to provide you with the most professional, responsive and personalised service possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 1372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 245.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rainforestsaver.org/what-slash-and-burn-farming", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:27Z", "digest": "sha1:LVFZUT7MOR4FSVGE3L42MAX3DP4QTNYX", "length": 2176, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.rainforestsaver.org", "title": "What is slash and burn farming? | Rainforest Saver", "raw_content": "Slash and burn farming is a form of shifting agriculture where the natural vegetation is cut down and burned as a method of clearing the land for cultivation, and then, when the plot becomes infertile, the farmer moves to a new fresh plot and does the same again. This process is repeated over and over.\nSlashed and burned slope. Photo by Antony Melville 2007.\nMaybe about 250 million (they are not easy to count) are forced to eke out a living like that on some of the world's poorest soils. By slashing and then burning tropical forest, these landless farmers can usually sustain themselves for only 2 consecutive years on the same patch of soil. The soil then loses its fertility and they are faced with either a daily walk of several miles to a new patch or, increasingly as the number of landless farmers grows, they may have to with uproot their families to move. Often they have to cultivate hillsides as all the land lower down is used up, and as they progress up and up they are likely to meet another farmer at the top who has similarly worked his way up from the other side.\nHillsides denuded by continuous slash and burn. Photo by FUPNAPIB 2006.\nWhen the plots are far from the dwelling place cash crops cannot be guarded from thieves or wild animals, nor can the family help when there are young children. This too ensures the farmers remain poor.\nIn earlier times when the population density was less, slash and burn worked reasonably well. It was then possible to leave the plots fallow for 15 to 20 years which allowed considerable regrowth of the forest and good restoration of soil fertility. Now the plots have to be reused too soon, with increasing loss of fertility. But even when it was possible to grow enough food reasonably easily with this system the farmers still remained relatively poor.\nNot only is this devastating the worlds remaining tropical forests (see \"keeping carbon in the trees\" and \"saving the rich diverse life of the rainforests\") while keeping the farmers in poverty, but it is also forcing many of them to abandon the land, and migrate to city slums in the hope of feeding their families. Life in the slums can be very hard indeed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 4109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/randiindex.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:29Z", "digest": "sha1:IHRPQMEJRAN467IPAIUA5NBKSFV4XDBE", "length": 965, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.ratbags.com", "title": "Randi Index", "raw_content": "Home > Comments and Articles > Randi Index\nRandi Index\n(This site has been thrown off a number of hosting services for violation of their terms of service. The latest was Angelfire. If it ever turns up again, I will link to the new (temporary) home.)\nSomeone wrote to me asking why I had James Randi listed in the Liars category when he was one of the good guys. This is the site that is listed there, and it is an attack on Randi by someone who believes that all you have to do to prove that your nonsense is valid is to say it is and all you have to do to claim Randi's $1 million is to ask for it. In the real world, things are different. You can see the real James Randi web site by clicking on the picture of Pigasus.\nThe backing for the $1 million challenge has changed now, but I was one of the people who pledged money to the cause when the amount was first raised from $10,000. If you click on the image at the left, you can see my official pledger's card.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 1197, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 208.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.reading.ac.uk/modern-languages-and-european-studies/phd-programmes/mles-phd-programmes.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:05Z", "digest": "sha1:CO2WW2ETXHI766DUKW5WJHC26I4V4SRQ", "length": 9846, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "www.reading.ac.uk", "title": "PhD programmes \u2013 University of Reading", "raw_content": "PhD programmes \u2013 University of Reading\nReading home> Modern Languages and European Studies > PhD programmes > PhD programmes\nStart your research career at Reading\nJoin our vibrant community of researchers\nStudying at PhD level\nlanguages@reading.ac.uk\nBecome part of a large and vibrant community, and work alongside a thriving group of postdoctoral researchers.\nAs a postgraduate research student in the Department of Modern Languages and European Studies at the University Reading, you will become part of a vibrant community. You will contribute to the Department's interdisciplinary research culture, and benefit from the mentoring provided by an integrated and supportive research community.\nThe Department of Modern Languages and European Studies offers a friendly and supportive environment to research students. The collaboration between the programmes of French, German, Italian and Spanish and Latin American Studies within the Department, as well as with complementary departments within Reading, cognate departments in neighbouring universities, and foreign universities provides further opportunities for contact with other researchers.\nWe have established doctoral partnership agreements with the University of Trieste and University of Naples 'L'Orientale, in Italy. Over the years, we have welcomed several doctoral scholars for study visits and internships from a variety of European countries including Italy, France, Switzerland, and Spain.\n\"My supervisor is of pivotal importance during my PhD journey. Although she gives me guidance when appropriate, she also gives me the space and confidence to grow as a writer and researcher and to discover my own answers to theoretical challenges. On a practical level, although there are challenges involved in my status both as a working away student with limited access to the University, and, as part-time student in full-time work, Par meets my needs with flexibility and understanding.\"\nEmma Jackson, PhD Researcher\nColleagues in the Department are consistently successful in grant capture, with projects funded by the AHRC, British Academy, ESCR, Marie Curie Action, and the Leverhulme Trust.\nOur performance in REF 2014 (Modern Languages submission) was exceptionally strong in Impact (4th in the UK) and Research Intensity (5th in the UK). We were also commended for the effective integration of doctoral students into our research environment.\nOur department's research is organised around the following research clusters:\nMigration, Identity and Conflict\nIntellectuals and Networks\nCorpus, Manuscripts and Archives\nOur research is interdisciplinary and archive-based, and it spans from the Middle Ages to the present. We cover French, Italian, German, Spanish and several related languages (Dutch, Catalan, Neo-Latin, medieval Occitan).\nColleagues in the Department contribute to several university centres:\nthe Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies\nthe Early Modern Research Centre\nthe Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures\nthe Centre for War and Conflict\nthe Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism\nthe Centre for Collections-based Research\nthe Archive for East German Studies\nthe Beckett Institute.\nThe University of Reading's strategy places the Department's research within a Research Division embracing Modern Languages and Linguistics.\nWe offer flexible modes of study designed to fit with your needs. Our PhD is available for study on a full-time basis over three years and part-time over four to six years. Both full-time and part-time variants are available for study in Reading or at a distance.\nOver the course of your PhD you will also be involved in opportunities to communicate your work and network with other researchers, present research papers at conferences and workshops, organise workshops and symposia, and visit or host researchers from elsewhere.\nIn the first two years of your degree course, you will benefit from a programme of relevant postgraduate courses which will be agreed between you and your supervisor/s as well as a programme of transferable skills organised by the Graduate School.\nOur PhD students go on to work in academia as postdoctoral researchers and lecturers, but also quickly find employment in a variety of sectors such as publishing and the media; library-related services; advertising; and secondary school education.\n\"Doing a PhD at Reading, you always have staff and other PhDs to ask questions, learn from and importantly have a bit of a laugh with now and again. I really have felt that no question is a stupid question. My supervisors have been absolutely great throughout my PhD, with regular meetings, useful advice, lots of encouragement, and help with keeping calm when life gets stressful!\"\nNicola Thorn, PhD Researcher\nHave an idea for a research proposal?\nIf you already have an idea for a research proposal, please take a look at our staff profiles to find the right supervisor for you. You can email them directly before you submit a full proposal.\nLanguages areas\nResearch in the Department is organised by language into several interdisciplinary research groups:\nResearch in French studies staff has a wide chronological span, ranging from medieval and Renaissance to contemporary culture. Our research is deeply interdisciplinary and has strengths in Medieval cultures; Renaissance and Humanism; history of war and conflict; and contemporary literary cultures including Francophone literatures, theatre and children's literature. Staff in French studies have served as Directors of the Graduate Centre of Medieval Studies (GCMS), and are active members of the Early Modern Research Centre (EMRC) and Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures (CFAC).\n\"My experience of doctoral research at Reading has been much more varied than writing my thesis alone at my desk. Thanks to the supportive MLES department, I have benefited from excellent guidance and fantastic teaching opportunities. Being funded by the SWW DTP has also been fantastic because it has provided me with the opportunity to create and edit Gendered Voices magazine, set up a research network, organise conferences, and meet other PhD students. Come to Reading and leave with so much more than a thesis!\"\nMaria Tomlinson,a SWW DTP-funded PhD Researcher in French Studies\nRead more about our research activities and our areas of expertise\nStaff in German studies cover a variety of disciplines and is focussed on cultural production from 19th century to the present. Historically, research in German studies at Reading has benefited from the resources held in the Archive for East German Studies which continues to enrich research in the literary cultures and film history of the GDR. Staff at Reading are engaged in innovative research in literary cultures of modernity, film studies, linguistics, and translation studies.\n\"I have really loved my PhD experience at Reading and I'm sad it's nearly over. The Modern Languages and European Studies Department is a hugely welcoming and supportive space, and my supervisor has always been there for guidance and advice about academic life more generally, as well as giving me great feedback on my thesis. There is a friendly wider PhD community and these last three years have been some of the most sociable and enjoyable years of my life.\"\nSophie Payne, a SWW DTP-funded PhD Researcher in German Studies\nSince its foundation, Italian studies research has been multi-disciplinary. It covers not only Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present, but also film, linguistics and migration studies, and modern cultural history. Staff are active members of the Graduate Centre of Medieval Studies (GCMS), the Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures (CFAC), and the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CELM).\n\"A PhD at University of Reading is the perfect starting point for the development of your skills (yes, even those you haven't previously thought about!) and a springboard for one's professional and academic future: the extensive range of training offered covers in fact both academic and non-academic aspects of your research project. For instance, I have organized an international symposium and an exhibition of rare archival material related to my thesis. I truly feel that the experience and the knowledge I have gained throughout my PhD could soon be transformed in practical skills for a career either inside or outside academia!\"\nMarta Pozzolo, a SWW DTP-funded PhD Researcher in Italian Studies\nRead more about our research activities and areas of expertise\nThe research of the Spanish and Latin American studies strand of the Department of Modern Languages and European Studies is essentially multi-disciplinary. It covers not only the cultural production of the Iberian Peninsula but also Latin American and Caribbean nations and their sociocultural realities, with research areas that encompass literary analysis as well as cultural studies approaches. Spanish and Latin American Studies at Reading is also founding links with colleagues in other departments and subject areas at the University, including the Henley Business School via LACRUS (Latin American and Caribbean Rural and Urban Studies Group).\n\"I had never planned on doing a PhD until a few weeks before it started, and I never would have made it through those chaotic first few weeks and months (and the years since) without the incredible support of my supervisor. She has provided invaluable guidance at every step, whilst still always challenging me and pushing me to believe in the strength of my work. Although at first I was timid about meeting other researchers, I've also made some great friends at Reading through the postgraduate events run by the Graduate School and RU DocSoc.\"\nMiranda Lickert, a Leverhulme-funded PhD Researcher in Latin American Studies\nReading Researcher Development Programme", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 13198, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.realvail.com/chapin-named-new-mayor-of-vail/a2383", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:42Z", "digest": "sha1:GC4CRIKHJOUB3TVNZ3NWFJZG26UHRCIM", "length": 2113, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.realvail.com", "title": "Chapin named new mayor of Vail - Real Vail", "raw_content": "Chapin named new mayor of Vail\nBruno to serve as mayor pro tem\nDave Chapin and Jenn Bruno have been elected by the Vail Town Council to lead the group for the next two years \u2013 Chapin as mayor and Bruno as mayor pro tem, respectively. The two were unanimously elected and each will serve for two years.\nBruno and Chapin\nChapin is currently serving the last two years of a four-year term after winning election to the Town Council in 2013. Upon his selection, Chapin said he was honored by today\u2019s developments. He says he\u2019s looking forward to the opportunity to play a larger role in the town that he loves and to help make Vail the greatest place it can be.\nChapin has been a member of the Vail community for more than 30 years after moving to Vail from upstate New York in the early 1980s. He has previously served as a member of the Vail Commission on Special Events and the Vail Local Licensing Authority, also serving as chairman of both boards over the years. Chapin is a partner in Vendettas restaurant and bar in Vail Village, the longtime gathering place for the Vail patrol and Vail ski school.\nMayor Pro Tem Bruno is also serving the last two years of a four-year term following election to the Town Council. She was the top vote-getter in the 2013 election. Jenn and husband Luca Bruno are raising their two sons while operating two clothing stores in town. She was born in New York and moved to Vail after graduating from the College of William and Mary in Virginia.\nToday\u2019s activities also included the swearing-in of newly elected Council Members Dick Cleveland, Kevin Foley, Kim Langmaid and Jen Mason by Town Clerk Patty McKenny. In addition to Chapin and Bruno, the newly-elected members are joined by current member Greg Moffet whose term runs to 2017.\nPrior to today\u2019s leadership elections, Andy Daly had served as mayor since 2011 and Ludwig Kurz as mayor pro tem, also since 2011.\nThe Town Council meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Agendas are posted on the town\u2019s website at vailpublic.novusagenda.com. Follow the Town Council on Twitter @VailTownCouncil for meeting updates.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3866, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 203.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.residencyunlimited.org/dialogues/art-science-and-organizational-interactions-exploring-the-value-of-artist-residencies-on-campus/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:47Z", "digest": "sha1:FC2KSKUITKK6SKUYM25I3JEZYCIV2CZT", "length": 1204, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.residencyunlimited.org", "title": "Residency Unlimited | Art, Science and Organizational Interactions: Exploring the Value of Artist Residencies on Campus", "raw_content": "Art, Science and Organizational Interactions: Exploring the Value of Artist Residencies on Campus\nView on campus, University of Stirling, Scotland. Image courtesy of University of Stirling\nThe study examines how an artist residency at an aquaculture institute within an university setting creates value. Dr Boram Lee, lecturer at the University of Stirling (Scotland, UK), and her team found that the residency, initially regarded as \u2018risk-taking\u2019 by both artist and the institute, created unexpected opportunities stemming from the synergies between art and science. The team found that \u2018new ways of seeing\u2019 aquaculture science resulted in the creation of aesthetic, emotional, environmental, educational and social values embracing the intrinsic, instrumental, and organizational levels. The team also found that the lack of available time for the academic staff and financial support for the artist, however, need to be addressed in order to achieve the residency\u2019s full potential. In addition to the arguments for art-based initiatives generally, the team suggests that artist residencies, if planned thoughtfully, have the potential to create an innovative and creative culture on campus and beyond.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2868, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 198.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.resourcezone.com.au/making-disciples-21st-century-hard-copy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:24Z", "digest": "sha1:6XBXXX6ZUTH7BDELWPMITIDRIMMBPCT7", "length": 1400, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.resourcezone.com.au", "title": "Making Disciples in the 21st Century (Hard Copy) | ResourceZone", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Making Disciples in the 21st Century (Hard Copy)\nThe most explicit command given by Jesus to his followers of every generation was to go and make disciples. How odd that it is the thing we are most likely to neglect. It hardly ever rates a mention in church leadership meetings or in our prayer meetings... Over the years I have learned how to lead worship, facilitate Bible studies, preach up a storm and pray. I know how to do the Sunday morning meeting and speak at conferences. All of that will be of little value unless we see disciples made and multiplied. The only legacy I want to leave is an ever-growing movement of disciples... This book by Colin and Judith Noyes is an essential resource if a vision like this one is to be realized. They have distilled years of experience, conversations, training sessions, research and reflection. As the third in a wonderful series, it provides an insightful wrap on earlier ideas....This book must not be read and set aside. You will need to \"camp out\" with it and allow its insights to shape the way you look at your world. I am hoping that you will invite a few of your fellow believers to read it together, then talk and pray together about the issues covered. I am sure it will change the way you think about disciple-making. It is likely that, if such a thing happens, you and I might see the challenge with fresh eyes and a renewed heart.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 3667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 273.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.richardspens.com/ref/anatomy/nozac.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:26Z", "digest": "sha1:M3XBVRAQR4FK2FNYKEULKWWMRYTIKB6T", "length": 5426, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.richardspens.com", "title": "Fountain Pen Anatomy VI: The Conklin Nozac", "raw_content": "In 1931, the Conklin Pen Company of Toledo, Ohio, broke the mold. Two years earlier, Pelikan of Germany had introduced the world\u2019s first successful piston-filling fountain pen, and now it was Conklin\u2019s turn. The Nozac, whose name meant \u201cno sack,\u201d entered the marketplace and did quite well. This article describes how the Nozac\u2019s filling system works. The illustrations depict a pen with its proportions altered for illustrative purposes. Photographs of the external appearance of the Nozac are shown in Profile: The Conklin Nozac.\nThe Nozac\u2019s nib and feed are quite ordinary, as described in Anatomy of a Fountain Pen I: A Typical Lever Filler. But from there back, the Nozac is unique among American pens. The figure below shows a cutaway view of the pen with its piston halfway along the barrel:\nLike Pelikan\u2019s pen, the Nozac uses a helical cam (a long-pitch screw) to move the piston along the barrel. (The \u201cthreads\u201d are cut into the operating shaft instead of protruding from it; and there are dimples in the piston shaft, as described below, that ride in these threads.) The piston knob is secured to the operating shaft by means of a crosswise metal pin that fits into a hole drilled through the shaft and the knob after they are assembled. (Conklin drilled the hole for the pin only partway through the knob; there is therefore only one hole. If repair of the piston mechanism requires its disassembly, the repairer must drill a matching hole from the other side of the knob in order to drive the pin out.)\nBut unlike Pelikan\u2019s differential (double-action) design in which the piston knob screws itself away from the barrel as it is turned to drive the piston toward the front end of the barrel, the Nozac\u2019s knob is secured by washers on the operating shaft and does not move longitudinally. This design (U.S. Patent No 1,902,809) is referred to as a single-action mechanism. Shown here are a portion of the patent drawing and an enlarged view of the piston unit shown in the illustration above. Note that the patent drawing illustrates a pen with a separable blind cap covering a smaller knob for operating the mechanism. Conklin never implemented this design in an actual piston-filling pen, but the twist-actuated All-American bulb filler uses it. (The All-American was a Conklin sub-brand, with lever-, plunger-, and bulb-filling models.)\nThis illustration, in which the piston is retracted fully toward the back end of the barrel, shows the operating shaft assembly: brass shaft, brass washers, cast aluminum retaining collar that screws into the back end of the barrel, piston knob, and crosswise steel pin. It also shows clearly how the front end of the piston shaft is assembled. Two flanged collars, placed back to back, hold the cork seal between them and are then secured to the forward end of the shaft by means of an adhesive that also seals the joint against leakage. The shaft, being a tube, requires a plug at its end, in the form of a small sheet metal piece dimpled to resemble a British army helmet of the First and Second World Wars.\nThe piston shaft is a thin-walled metal tube with two dimples near its back end to serve as \u201cthreads\u201d that engage the screw shaft. (You can see the dimples clearly in the partial illustrations above and farther down the page.) The tube is actually formed from a sheet metal strip and seamed along its length. The seam is made in the same manner as a felled seam in clothing, as shown to the left here:\nThis seam serves a dual purpose; not only does it close the tube, but it also functions as a key, running in a notch on one side of the hole in the wall at the middle of the barrel, as shown to the right above, to keep the shaft from rotating as the screw shaft is turned. (As shown here, Conklin actually made the wall with two notches in it, possibly for greater ease of assembly.)\nThe cross-section views earlier in this article show a barrel with what appears to be an integral wall between the front and back halves. Many Nozacs were built like this, with the wall solvent-welded into the barrel; but Conklin also produced Nozacs whose barrels were in two parts, jointed in the middle. In these pens, the clear front half of the barrel screws into the colored back half, and the wall is a separate part that fits into notches in the end of the front half and rests against a shelf in the back half as shown here:\nPens made like this were much easier to assemble. The aluminum retaining collar installs from the rear, but the tool to install it is a pin spanner inserted from the front of the barrel to engage two notches on the front edge of the collar. (These notches are visible in the illustration above.) With a one-piece barrel, it was necessary to install the collar and then solvent-weld the wall into the barrel. With a two-piece barrel, the barrel half into which the collar screws was shorter and easier to handle; and the wall no longer required solvent welding. On the other hand, labor was cheap, and the more complex parts were somewhat more costly to manufacture. It's not really clear whether these pens were more or less costly than those with the one-piece barrels \u2014 but they are much less common. And restorers today crow with glee when presented with the two-piece version because it is possible to restore a dead piston seal simply by unscrewing the pen into halves. (It\u2019s not even necessary to remove and reinstall/reseal the section.)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 6729, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.riskbub.com/macroeconomics/lucintel-estimates-denmarks-economy-to-reach-353-billion-by-2017/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:49Z", "digest": "sha1:R6ULCAHP6HR6OODP5KEM7Z7NNVWYJ6DV", "length": 2857, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.riskbub.com", "title": "Lucintel Estimates Denmark\u2019s Economy to Reach $353 Billion by 2017 | Risks and Bubbles", "raw_content": "Irving, Texas (PRWEB) February 13, 2013\nThe Danish economy, which is considered both modern and prosperous, is expected to reach $ 353.1 billion in 2017, with a CAGR of 1.9% over the next five years. The country\u2019s competitiveness is under pressure as wage costs have increased faster than other countries for several years, but productivity growth has not increased at the same pace. In order to strengthen the growth potential and improve productivity, government plans for reform process by 2020, which is expected to increase the labor supply and productivity.\nLucintel, a leading global management consulting and market research firm, has conducted a competitive analysis on the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental conditions of Denmark and presents its findings in PESTLE Analysis of Denmark 2012. External and internal economic factors affect the performance of any nations economy and have affected almost all the industries in Denmark.\nThe study reveals that the Danish GDP growth rate was severely hampered by the global financial crisis as compared to the other European economies. Because of this, the country experienced increasing inflation rate above the central bank\u2019s target range. The manufacturing industry wage costs are higher in Denmark compared to most other developed countries, with Norway being the exception.\nThe report indicates that apart from measures to improve growth potential, massive investments in research, education, innovation, and entrepreneurship have been undertaken. Corporate taxes have been reduced, and a political agreement has been made on a competitiveness package to enhance competition and productivity in the private and public sectors. As the country possesses an impressive export sector, the GDP growth rate is likely to improve year over year after recovery from Eurozone crisis. GDP growth is further expected to grow at a higher margin with the passage of time, as the entire region recovers from the financial crisis.\nThe marker research report provides up-to-date information on the economic upheavals, social dynamics, political instability, industrial development, technological advancements, and market entry strategies, Merger & Acquisition for doing business in Denmark.\nFor a detailed table of contents and pricing information on this timely, insightful report, contact Lucintel at +1-972-636-5056 or via email at helpdesk(at)lucintel(dot)com. Lucintel provides cutting-edge decision support services that facilitate critical decisions with greater speed, insight, and cost efficiency. Lucintel offers a broad range of industry research reports, market research reports and management consulting services. To learn more, visit http://www.lucintel.com.\nRelated GDP Growth Press Releases\nTags: $353, 2017, Billion, Denmark's, economy, Estimates, Lucintel, reach", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6028, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 189.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=68758", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:25Z", "digest": "sha1:WU5VJHJAQCOBU4HL77LGNNDBMB2JT6NJ", "length": 1600, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.rit.edu", "title": "RIT Observatory open house Dec. 7 - RIT News", "raw_content": "RIT Observatory open house Dec. 7\nImage of Comet Wirtanen courtesy of Gerald Rhemann (Namibia) Image of M33 courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech Image of M31 courtesy of Lorenzo Comolli\nThe Rochester Institute of Technology Observatory will hold its final open house of the year for stargazers hoping to catch sight of a comet.\nThe public is invited to use the observatory\u2019s telescopes from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7. The observatory is located at 645 John St., near Bailey Road, in Henrietta.\n\u201cComet 46P/Wirtanen will zip past the Earth at the relatively small distance of only 7 million miles in mid-December,\u201d said Michael Richmond, professor of physics and director of the RIT Observatory. \u201cThis will be one of the closest visits by a comet in years, and the comet may become bright enough for us to see it without a telescope.\u201d\nRichmond and his student team will provide binoculars and telescopes if the comet is hard to see. They will also point out two fuzzy objects in the sky that are the Milky Way\u2019s closest neighbors.\n\u201cThe spiral galaxies in Andromeda and Triangulum are about as bright as the comet, but millions of times farther away,\u201d Richmond said. \u201cWhen you look at them, you'll be seeing light which has travelled for millions of years\u2014just to reach your eye.\u201d\nWarm attire is recommended for the outdoor event.\nFor directions\u2014and to check for a weather-related cancellation\u2014go to the RIT Observatory website at https://www.rit.edu/cos/observatory/.\nFind other stories related to newsrelease, cos, science, science, astronomy.\nVEX U Robotics Team allows students to design and build their own robots", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 4474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 288.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.robot-hugs.com/schedule/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:39Z", "digest": "sha1:NDUJW33JZGJA7PNDHKDPWTKD2RC2DANG", "length": 197, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.robot-hugs.com", "title": "Robot Hugs - Schedule", "raw_content": "by Robot Hugs on December 24, 2012 at 9:59 pm\nLook guys I don\u2019t even know.\nInstead of drawing you a comic last week I stayed up all night making sure the sun came up in the morning. YOU\u2019RE WELCOME.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 149.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rocketdynecleanupcoalition.org/rocketdyne/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:56Z", "digest": "sha1:GJY3FBLLEKWR5YMFREWTJIIF24UXOAPY", "length": 661, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.rocketdynecleanupcoalition.org", "title": "Rocketdyne | Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition", "raw_content": "What is Rocketdyne? And why does it matter to us today? Quite simply, it is a huge outdoor facility called the Santa Susana Field Laboratory located in the hills above Simi Valley, California that conducted rocket testing and experimental nuclear work for decades. Partial nuclear meltdowns, including the worst in the history of the country, radiation accidents and dumping, along with million of gallons of toxic chemicals used and dumped at the site have created an environmental nightmare that we have been fighting since 1989.\nClick on the thumbnail images below for an overview of the site and its contaminants.\nRocketdyne Overview\nRocketdyne Contaminants", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 267.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rodpedersen.com/2015/11/burris-feels-hes-still-got-it.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:31Z", "digest": "sha1:ISJX4NMNLQMUHI6SYJKGRZDNCH4DH7EM", "length": 5964, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.rodpedersen.com", "title": "rodpedersen.com: REDBLACKS CLEAN UP AT CFL AWARDS NIGHT", "raw_content": "REDBLACKS CLEAN UP AT CFL AWARDS NIGHT\nWINNIPEG - Henry Burris and the Ottawa Redblacks dominated the CFL awards banquet Thursday night.\nThe 40-year-old quarterback was named the CFL's outstanding player for the second time and also received the Tom Pate award for community service. Burris shared the spotlight at the Club Regent Casino with Ottawa coach Rick Campbell (coach of the year), receiver Brad Sinopoli (top Canadian) and tackle SirVincent Rogers (top lineman).\nHugh Campbell was the '79 coach of the year with Edmonton, making the Campbells the first father-son winners in CFL history.\nWith his parents, wife and two young sons looking on, Burris immediately paid tribute to family.\n\"To go through the tough first season trying to build a new product in the capital city, we went through a lot of heartache,'' he said. \"That's stuff that can be hard on a family at home.\n\"For my wife, Nicole, to be able to handle all the stresses of raising two knucklehead sons by herself, I mean, wow. She's my rock, she makes me the man I am today and when I was being a knucklehead myself she stood by my side throughout this entire journey.''\nOn Sunday, Burris and Co. face the Edmonton Eskimos in the Grey Cup. Awards voting was conducted by 75 members of the Football Reporters of Canada.\nOther winners included B.C. Lions linebacker Adam Bighill (defensive player), Hamilton Tiger-Cats' kick-returner Brandon Banks (special-teams player) and Edmonton receiver Derel Walker (rookie). Bernie Custis, 87, who in 1951 became pro football's first black starting quarterback with Hamilton, received the Commissioner's award while Montreal Alouettes tackle Jeff Perrett claimed the Jack Gaudaur Veterans' trophy.\nBurris had a CFL-record 481 completions and led the league in passing with 5,703 yards. He won his first outstanding player honour in 2010 with Calgary.\nBurris also helped Ottawa (12-6) engineer an amazing turnaround, finishing atop the East Division standings after winning just two games in its inaugural 2-14 campaign. Burris had twice as many TD passes (26) as interceptions after throwing more picks (14) than touchdowns (11) last year.\n\"The bottom line I couldn't do this without my teammates, I can't do this without the coaching staff, I can't do this without the personnel staff, our owners, fans,'' Burris said. \"To bring in a guy like (offensive co-ordinator) Jason Maas, a guy who was my adversary, my foe for so many years ... whoever thought he was the best thing in disguise for me waiting to happen in the future.\n\"It's been an amazing journey for me this year on probably one of the best teams I've ever played for and one of the best group of guys I've ever played with. That's what the power of team can be all about because a quarterback can't do it all by himself.''\nCalgary Stampeders quaterback Bo Levi Mitchell, the 2014 Grey Cup MVP, was the finalist.\nSinopoli, a native of Peterborough, Ont., won the Hec Crighton Trophy as a quarterback at the University of Ottawa. Sinopoli was the CFL's top Canadian receiver with 1,035 yards on 86 receptions with a league-high 471 yards after the catch in his first season with the Redblacks.\n\"I've been a CFL fan ever since I can remember,'' Sinopoli said. \"To be in this league, I am so thankful about it.''\nJamaal Westerman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a New York native who grew up in Brampton, Ont., was the finalist.\nThe six-foot-four, 319-pound Rogers was a key off-season pickup for Ottawa, starting all 18 games at left tackle protecting Burris's blind side. B.C.'s Jovan Olafioye, the 2012 award winner, was the finalist.\nRogers thanked each of his offensive line teammates by name and also paid tribute to his mother, Alfrieda, who died in 2011.\n\"I know she would be proud,'' Rogers said. \"Thank you mom, I'm still trying to go hard.''\nChris Jones was the coach-of-the-year finalist after Edmonton finished tied with Calgary for the league's best mark of 14-4 but secured top spot in the West after winning the season series.\n\"Chris, congratulations on your great year, I hope it ends badly,'' Campbell said with a smile. \"Wow, this is wild.\n\"This isn't my award. We all know football is the ultimate team game.''\nBighill becomes the second straight Lion to be named top defensive player after teammate Solomon Elimimian won it last year as well as the CFL's outstanding player award. Bighill recorded a CFL- and career-high 121 tackles this season while adding four sacks, an interception and fumble recovery.\n\"Wow,'' Bighill said. \"The last five years I've been living my dream and I have to thank the B.C. Lions for that.\n\"For all young people, don't let anyone determine what you can do ... don't let anyone tell you that you can't do something.''\nHamilton linebacker Simoni Lawrence was the finalist.\nBanks had four punt-return TDs, one shy of the league mark. The five-foot-seven 153-pound dynamo was third overall in all-purpose yards (2,073) and punt return yards (930) and became the first CFL player to return a missed convert for a score.\n\"I just want to thank the CFL and my team and coaching staff for putting me in a great position to be successful,'' he said. \"Last but not least, I want to thank my teammates.\n\"Without them I can't run a punt or kick back. I hate getting touched and they do a great job of keeping me from being hit.''\nCalgary kicker Rene Paredes, the 2013 award winner, was the finalist.\nWalker enjoyed a stellar first season with 89 catches (Edmonton rookie record) for 1,110 yards and six TDs despite playing only 12 games (10 starts). Toronto's Vidal Hazelton was the finalist.\nWalker said when his opportunity to play came, he was ready although he added he required time to adjust to the Canadian game.\n\"I feel they developed me when I was on the practice roster,'' he said. \"I was learning the system because it's clearly different than American football.\n\"Opportunities don't come along too often so you have to hit the ground running'.'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 7545, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.romanmosaicworkshops.co.uk/blog/read_92533/mosaic-kits.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:03Z", "digest": "sha1:YBK2DWUDXBNTWAPCZOFR5JE4J6CRQSMQ", "length": 164, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.romanmosaicworkshops.co.uk", "title": "Mosaic kits - Blog", "raw_content": "Posted on 4:25am Monday 30th Dec 2013\nSome of the Roman mosaic kits have now come back into stock. more will be added as they are made up. You can see the page here", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 3314, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 304.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rosiegarland.com/gig-list/item/764-31102015-the-march-violets-the-abbey-chicago-il.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:20Z", "digest": "sha1:LIR5AJTG4WFRRG5FYANUIJNOISUYAR7G", "length": 1331, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.rosiegarland.com", "title": "31.10.2015 - The March Violets, The Abbey, Chicago IL - Rosie Garland", "raw_content": "31.10.2015 - The March Violets, The Abbey, Chicago IL\nThe March Violets - The Abbey\nDark Halloween with The March Violets\nVenue: The Abbey\n3420 W Grace St,\nDoors at 6:30pm and show at 7pm\n$15 advance and $18 door\nSupport from New Canyons - DJ Scary Lady Sarah\nTickets at: Click here for tickets\nhttps://www.facebook.com/TheMarchViolets\nThe first alternative band to have equal male and female vocals, The March Violets were formed in Leeds in the post punk era at the very start of the 80s. Alongside The Danse Society, The Sisters of Mercy and The Southern Death Cult, they were one of the 4 dark British Northern Bands that are often blamed for starting the Gothic scene. The Violets released a series of singles that still fill the darker dance floors around the world, the most played being \"Snakedance\" and \"Walk into the Sun\". They imploded in 1985, just before the rise of \"Goth Rock\" made the Mission and Sisters household names.\nThree original members reformed in 2007 for a remarkably successful reunion, and since then the Violets have done a few rare concerts, headlined some festivals, survived throat cancer, and finally managed to write and record their first proper album 'Made Glorious'. The Violets are a rare thing, a legendary band that has actually managed to evolve, yet retain their original dark brilliance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ruthrocks.com/category/lauren-hill/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:01Z", "digest": "sha1:FTISOWSE5HABAPAOEUGXKMD5ZHE3L2BZ", "length": 655, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.ruthrocks.com", "title": "Allison Murphy's Photo Blog | The Photographic Adventures of Allison \"Ruth Rocks\" Murphy", "raw_content": "Snoop Dogg, Lauren Hill, Street Sweeper Social Club, Boots Riley, Tom Morello, Rock the Bells, Governors Island, NYC 08/28/10\n08/28/10 Lauren Hill, Rock the Bells, Governors Island, NYC\n08/28/10 Snoop Dogg, Rock the Bells, Governors Island, NYC\n08/28/10 Street Sweeper Social Club, Boots Riley, Tom Morello, Rock the Bells,Governors Island, NYC\n08/28/10 Street Sweeper Social Club, Tom Morello, Rock the Bells,Governors Island, NYC\n08/28/10 Street Sweeper Social Club, Boots Riley, Rock the Bells,Governors Island, NYC\nBy Allison Murphy Filed under: Boots Riley,Governors Island,Lauren Hill,Rock the Bells,Snoop Dogg,Street Sweeper Social Club,Tom Morello", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1097, "original_length": 18770, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 306.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sacramentohistory.org/search.php?imageid=17", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:22Z", "digest": "sha1:XU545J2RX4HIQ7ASLVYM67YARGTHY3HX", "length": 843, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.sacramentohistory.org", "title": "Sacramento History Online", "raw_content": "Title [Southern Pacific Railroad Sacramento Shops complex: celebration to mark completion of SP steam locomotive No. 4328]\nSubject(s) Central Pacific Railroad Company (159), Southern Pacific Railroad Company (285), Railroad locomotives (53), Celebrations--California--Sacramento (6), Railroad employees (61), Railroad shops & yards--California--Sacramento (87), Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs (184)\nSummary Celebration to mark completion of SP steam locomotive No. 4328, Class Mt-3, outshopped in Sacramento, September 1925 and placed into service September 30, 1925. This was the first 4-8-2 locomotive built at the Sacramento Shops. The locomotive was vacated January 22, 1953 and scrapped in Los Angeles February 27, 1953. The headlight and smokestack of SP steam locomotive No. 1, \"C. P. Huntington,\" is visible to the right of No. 4328.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 185.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/calendar-detail.asp?event_id=1731", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:45Z", "digest": "sha1:RZ33EIO26UTXR4JQHGODTRKRDGFRFTA7", "length": 772, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sacramentovalleyconservancy.org", "title": "Sacramento Valley Conservancy", "raw_content": "UPDATE: Because we are hosting a wedding this weekend and their reservation starts Friday morning, we are trying to keep the lodge as clean as possible. We will not have the lodge unlocked for the general public/concert attendees, but instead will be taking small groups on guided tours.\nSVC staff will be available to show you the inside of the lodge from 5:45-6pm or 6-6:15pm. The rest of the property is open to the public from sunrise to sunset, so you are welcome to wander around and get a feel for the space.\nOn Thursday, please check in at the registration table between 5:30 and 6pm for a tour. In the meantime, please review our Rental FAQ for more information about the property and pricing.\nThanks so much for your interest in hosting an event at Camp Pollock.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 267.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sankles.com/2014/08/inspired-by-almost-famous.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:14:57Z", "digest": "sha1:XWEN6IZMUOXGKCMGMIXYSSXRJ3G3HTCQ", "length": 1455, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sankles.com", "title": "sankles: INSPIRED BY: 'ALMOST FAMOUS'", "raw_content": "This week I wrote about the music and style in Almost Famous - my personal favourite of Cameron Crowe's oeuvre - for Noisey. That West Coast music scene in the '70s was all about big hair, boho, fur, leather and suede, so I tried to incorporate all that into my outfit. And then added an ankle chain. Penny Lane, Crowe's top \"band aid\" (based loosely on real-life model, musician and lover of rock stars Bebe Buell) ended up being treated pretty badly by the man she loved. But before that happened she spent a summer on the tour bus with Stillwater, seeing America and swearing at school girls, doling out rock 'n' roll wisdom to the innocent William Miller. I would argue that it's impossible to watch the film and not fall a little bit in love with Ms. Lane.\nI'm carrying my trusty pale purple Caboodle, which is the closest thing I have to Penny's tackle box that she uses to store essential tour supplies. (I'm going to do a separate post about this box as it deserves it). Needless to say, it's awesome. The clothes: the shoes are my Swedish Hasbeens I've had for years, the skirt is from Y.A.S. (you can get something similar from Forever 21 for \u00a37.99 - how does that work?!) the top and jacket are from ASOS. The necklace and anklet (yes, ANKLET) are both items I've had in my possession for a looooong time.\nGuys, it's all happening.\nLabels: almost famous, asos, Caboodle, inspired by, Kate Hudson, outfit of the day, Penny Lane, Swedish Hasbeens", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 4865, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sarahandersondesign.co.uk/bathrooms/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:33Z", "digest": "sha1:6CIDHSSI4FGDWPS7ZBX2NZNSJJFKB6TT", "length": 447, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.sarahandersondesign.co.uk", "title": "Bathrooms | Sarah Anderson Design", "raw_content": "Sarah Anderson have been creating stylish, bespoke bathrooms for many years. The suppliers we work with only offer the best when it comes to quality and design, enabling us to provide you with a great range of options. We pay close attention to our clients\u2019 needs and desires, and handle every project from concept to completion. From your choice of bath, shower and tiling, to mood lighting and under-floor heating, we offer the complete service.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 861, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 263.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=333828884", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:22Z", "digest": "sha1:HLCYJVREX2WEB7ANQGDQUIYBLBVFMP5U", "length": 1373, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.satnews.com", "title": "Satnews Publishers: Daily Satellite News", "raw_content": "Russia\u2014Moving On Up, Vardanyan To Baikonur Cosmodrome Head (Business)\n[SatNews] RIA Novosti is reporting that Russian space industry veteran Mikhail Vardanyan has been appointed the new head of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the country\u2019s space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.\nMikhail Vardanyan is the new head of the Baikonur Cosmodrome\nVardanyan has spent his entire career in the industry, including 30 years at the Kazakhstan-based Baikonur launch facility as a military engineer and manager, according to a statement on Roscosmos\u2019 website.\nThe previous head of the facility, Yevgeny Anisimov, stepped down last week for personal reasons, according to Roscosmos. However, the Russian newspaper Kommersant, citing unnamed sources at the agency, reported that he was in fact summoned to Moscow and pressured to resign due to unresolvable disagreements with senior officials at the agency.\nRussia leases Baikonur, the launch site of both Sputnik and Yury Gagarin, from Kazakhstan for $115 million annually.\nA new space center, Vostochny is being built in eastern Russia to reduce dependence on Baikonur. The new facility is planned to host the Angara rocket, now under development for both satellite and manned launches. 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The seventh edition (7th SBGEA) will be held in the city of Santa Maria, localized in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul state, Southern Brazil. The main goal of this event is to bring together the Brazilian Space Geophysics and Aeronomy community for discussing recent scientific results, establish and strengthen cooperation and academic interchange, besides to plan future actions for these science areas in Brazil. Also, an important objective of the SBGEA meeting is to facilitate the approaches of students to professors and researchers, promoting a fruitful interchange of ideas and experiences.\nThe Space Geophysics and Aeronomy areas are interdisciplinary scientific fields that explore the near-Earth space, the interplanetary medium and its relationships to the Sun and Earth's Atmosphere. The SBGEA organization involve around 13 Universities and Research Institutes of Brazil, and typically more than 100 scientists and students attend this event. In the seventh edition of the SBGEA Symposium, it will be included other important areas related to Aeronomy and Space Geophysics, such as Meteorology, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, and Computing Science.\nThe scientific objective of the 7th SBGEA Symposium is to show results of observational, theoretical and modeling studies obtained in recent years that will allow a better understanding of the Space phenomena, with origin in the Sun and in the interplanetary medium, which affects the whole atmosphere and Earth's climate.\nThe Local Organizing Committee is expecting a large number of attendees at this coming SBGEA Symposium, and since now we invite every interested researcher and student to attend at this event and submit their works.\nThe 4\u00ba Circular (Poster) of the VII SBGEA, which contain the information of the deadline for abstract submission and registration, is available HERE.\nSBGEA DATA\nAssociation of civil right without monetary interest\nCategories Select Category Adverts Documents", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3056, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 294.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.scc.ca/en/energy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:51Z", "digest": "sha1:RMUR5BRHGSXUKXJ23ENVQRQ2MGA7FWQB", "length": 2923, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.scc.ca", "title": "Energy Management Systems Accreditation Program | Standards Council of Canada - Conseil canadien des normes", "raw_content": "Energy Management Systems Accreditation Program\nThe Standards Council of Canada\u2019s (SCC\u2019s) Energy Management Systems Accreditation Program assesses the competence of bodies that intend to certify organizations in their implementation of the international standard, ISO 50001 \u2013 Energy Management Systems.\nBy establishing energy management systems and processes in accordance with ISO 50001, organizations can improve their overall energy performance, including energy efficiency, use and consumption. These improvements can lead to significant energy cost savings, as well as reduce an organization\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions (carbon footprint), and other adverse environmental impacts.\nSCC\u2019s Energy Management Systems Accreditation Program accredits certification bodies that certify energy management systems in the following sectors:\nLight and medium industry\nBuilding complex energy use\nManufacturing businesses are energy intensive; ISO 50001 uniquely addresses those key areas relating to energy consumption and improvement. Once accredited by SCC to provide ISO 50001 registration services, QUASAR will ensure a competent team of professionals is available to help customers achieve their energy improvement goals.\nInderpal (Indy) S. Jaswal, Registrar and Manager, Quality Assurance, CWB Group / QUASAR\nSCC collaborator: Cost-shared assistance\nOrganizations that implement energy management systems have reported tremendous energy savings of 10 to 20 per cent within the first five years of adherence. Through Natural Resources Canada\u2019s (NRCan\u2019s) Office of Energy Efficiency, the federal government is offering cost-shared assistance to industrial companies seeking to implement ISO 50001.\nFor more information on the ISO 50001 standard and the key benefits of its implementation, please refer to the ISO brochure, Win the energy challenge with ISO 50001, as well as a short ISO 50001 video.\nTo learn more, view:\nWebinar: ISO 50001 - Approach to Certification and Energy Cost Reduction Incentives\nSCC\u2019s World Accreditation Day 2014 information session on ISO 50001, featuring presentations by:\nCarol Buckley, the Director General of the Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE), NRCan, who talked about the value of becoming certified to ISO 50001. Through NRCan\u2019s OEE, the Government of Canada supports Responsible Energy Use through systematic energy management.\nPaul Birkeland, Founder and Principal, Strategic Energy, who led the information session on ISO 50001.\nThe following is a listing of requirements and procedures documents required by Standards Council of Canada Accreditation programs for Energy Management Systems Certification bodies:\nISO 50001:2011 - Energy management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use\nISO 50001:2011 specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system, whose purpose is to enable an organization to follow a systematic...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 459, "original_length": 14735, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 269.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.schulichleaders.com/growth", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:26Z", "digest": "sha1:H6DCWTK2PQVXE5N7RUKKKP4DQNJBMNZ2", "length": 4155, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.schulichleaders.com", "title": "Growth | Schulich Leader Scholarships", "raw_content": "Second semester has flown by and it is just starting to sink in that I am officially done my first year of university.\nMy courses for this past semester have continued to engage and interest me. I had been excited to take ENGL 199W (Introduction to University Writing), and although it was a lot of work, the content was invaluable. With this course, I gained confidence in my ability to write and communicate like a scholar, to produce work that met the standards of the university level. Highlights of the course included writing my first ever research paper as well as transforming a nursery rhyme (Jack and Jill in my case) into an academic text (a research proposal).\nMy friends have been with me in every step of my growth as a university student. I have met my best friends in the small residence community, friends who understand the demands of university and support me through everything. That has been the biggest reward I\u2019ve received living in residence and I thank Mr. Schulich and his generosity for making it possible.\nIn the professional fraternity of premedical students, Phi Delta Epsilon, I have built a network of like-minded individuals with whom I study and spend free time with. A group of us volunteer weekly at University Highlands elementary school. We work with grade one and two students on their Learning In Depth program. Here, each student ha s been assigned a topic, such as insects, that they research. This topic follows them through elementary school and through high school as well, so that they can become experts on the subject. As volunteers, we guide the students and help clarify any questions they may have. On the first day, I worked with a boy named Brandon on the topic of water. I had difficulty answering the questions his inquisitive mind came up with. The first question he asked me was what water was made of. In my mind, I recalled the molecular structure of water: two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom connected by hydrogen bonds. But as I looked at him, I couldn\u2019t think of a better way to answer his question! To this day, I still have no good answer when he asks me! He also tried to convince me that water was blue. I ran some water from the tap to show him that it was colorless. Yet, to my surprise, he replied, \u201cIt looks blue to me\u201d. Eventually (after some intense persuasion), he came around. Volunteering with these children has been extremely fun and seeing their knowledge grow has been very rewarding. I am definitely continuing come September.\nAside from being more active in my community, I have also taken on a larger role in my university. Just a few days ago, I spoke at SFU\u2019s Entrance Scholarship Reception, an event held to honor and congratulate the SFU major scholarship winners coming out of high school. I had attended the event as a scholarship recipient last year and remembered looking up to the accomplished university students. So it was an out-of-body experience to be on the other side of things, meeting some of the brightest minds Canada has to offer. I met so many amazing grade 12 students and their families, and had the chance to share my university experience. Listening to their questions, it brought a smile to my face to hear questions that I myself had posed last year. A surreal moment came during the reception when I was spotted by a young man who came up and shook my hand. He told me that he was the Schulich Leader Scholarship recipient for SFU this year. We spent a lot of time talking and get ting to know each other. We immediately developed a friendship, connected by the Schulich Leader Scholarship.\nThis past semester has been a time where I feel have truly blossomed; I have continued to grow academically, but I have also grown as a person, building connections with others and developing my leadership skills. I believe that university is not just a place of academics, but a place where one grows to become ready for life. This first year has been a major step in my growth, and it has been nothing short of a dream. I want to once again thank Mr. Schulich and everyone working at the Schulich Leader Scholarships for giving me this opportunity.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 4996, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 274.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.science-engineering.net/engineering/united-kingdom/civil-engineering-surveying", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:50Z", "digest": "sha1:KBNVIZGMZDCN37CKTVEEXMC5KT7RPPS3", "length": 4896, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.science-engineering.net", "title": "Civil engineering surveying -", "raw_content": "The civil engineering industry involves the design and construction of the facilities that shape the world we live in. From roads, railways and bridges to water supply pipes and power stations, this is all civil engineering.\nCivil Engineering Surveyors are involved in every stage of the project from initial concept through design and construction, to monitoring the condition and performance of the completed structure.\nWithin this profession you could choose to work within Commercial Management (Quantity Surveying) or Geospatial Engineering\n(Engineering Surveying).\nCommercial Managers, or quantity surveyors, are the financial managers of the civil engineering industry. They work alongside other professionals in preparing the documents on which projects are based, measuring the work completed on site and ensuring that the companies carrying out the construction are paid a fair price for it. Their responsibilities include:\nPreparing documents, including legal documents;\nEvaluating prices received from various contractors and subcontractors to see who should be appointed to do the work;\nPreparing estimates of the likely cost of the construction of a project;\nAdvising engineers on financial issues;\nMeasuring and costing the work carried out;\nValuing the contract as work proceeds.\nThis profession also includes the following functions:\nEstimating: calculating the cost of a project;\nProcurement Engineering: purchasing the materials and services needed;\nPlanning: programming the construction and ensuring that it is carried out as specified;\nProject Management: general management of the construction project;\nConstruction Law: advising on the legal aspects of the construction, including the settlement of claims and disputes.\nGeospatial Engineering Surveying\nGeospatial Engineers work within construction on the measurement and monitoring of projects, as well as producing maps, plans and charts of different features. The main profession within civil engineering is engineering surveying (sometimes known as land surveying). Engineering surveyors are generally responsible for:\nInvestigating land, using computer-based measuring instruments and geographical knowledge, to work out the best position to construct bridges, tunnels and roads;\nProducing up-to-date plans which form the basis for the design of a project;\nSetting out a site, so that a structure is built in the correct spot and to the correct size;\nMonitoring the construction process to make sure that the structure remains in the right position, and recording the final as-built position;\nProviding control points by which the future movement of structures such as dams or bridges can be monitored.\nThe term Geospatial Engineering includes the following specialist areas:\nEngineering surveying: preparation of maps and plans for the planning and design of structures, as well as ensuring that the construction takes place to the dimensions and tolerances required;\nHydrographic surveying: measuring and mapping the earth's surface that is covered by water;\nPhotogrammetry: involves obtaining information from photographic images in order to produce a plan of an area;\nGeographic Information Systems: involves collecting and manipulating geographic information and presenting the information in the form required;\nCartography/Visualisation: accurately and precisely producing maps or plans and representing the information in two or three dimensions.\nThe civil engineering surveying profession provides an exciting and demanding working environment with the potential to develop a challenging and rewarding career. Many jobs involve working in the open air, with opportunities for travel both in the UK and abroad.\nMost people start their career in civil engineering surveying by taking a degree in one of a number of subject areas. On the commercial management side, degrees are available in civil engineering quantity surveying, and civil engineering commercial management. Within Geospatial Engineering, degrees are in Engineering Surveying, Surveying and Mapping Sciences and Topographic Science.\nOne of these degrees would lead to careers in the financial and project management aspects of civil engineering, or within the mapping and monitoring of land and water features, as listed in the sections above.\nIn order to gain a professional qualification, it is necessary to take the required academic qualifications and then undertake a period of training whilst in employment. A degree-level qualification is required, which can be a full- or part-time degree; alternatively, a combination of further examinations or post-graduate qualifications may be sufficient.\nThe Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors is the only international qualifying body dedicated exclusively to the education and professional advancement of those working within the fields of Commercial Management and Geospatial Engineering.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 7067, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 217.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.scottish-fencing.com/news/2018/10/04/shecanshewill-active-girls-day-2018-chloes-story", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:24Z", "digest": "sha1:MJ4ON4FEQZJSXZKREQZBQ2LLX6NLQ34G", "length": 3501, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.scottish-fencing.com", "title": "#SheCanSheWill - Active Girls Day 2018 - Chloe's Story... | Scottish Fencing", "raw_content": "#SheCanSheWill - Active Girls Day 2018 - Chloe's Story...\nChloe Dickson, at 22 years old, has been fencing competitively for half her life. Her journey began by accident, when at the age of 10 she found a bag of her Dad\u2019s old fencing gear under a bed. After being shown the basics at home, it was not long before she had persuaded her parents to take her along to the local fencing club.\nIt only took one season of fencing competitively before she began to win medals in Scottish competitions. By 2010 she was U16 British Sabre Champion and in 2012 she was UK School Games Girls Foil Champion. She has represented Scotland at both Junior and Senior Commonwealth level and has numerous senior titles to her name, including currently being British Senior Womens Foil Champion. Being part of the fencing team at Edinburgh University led to her being awarded Full Blues, and she was recently announced as Kirkaldy and Central Fife Sports Council Athlete of the Decade!\nTraining to be an elite athlete while at school is very difficult, and Chloe had to make some tough decisions. She was a talented swimmer but made the choice to concentrate on fencing at high school. Every weekend throughout school, Chloe was traveling the length and breadth of the country, and regularly missed out on social events with friends. Although this worried her parents, it soon became clear that Chloe was becoming part of the fencing community, reaping the social benefits of participating in sport and making more, new friends.\nUpon leaving school, Chloe had to make another tough decision. When her friends were leaving home to go to university, she was still participating in a hectic Junior AND Senior fencing circuit. It was clear she would not be able to continue doing that and be a dedicated university student, so she enrolled in a part-time college course that would eventually allow her to apply to university as a mature student.\nChloe has gone through the trials and tribulations that most high-level athletes have, including dealing with defeat, loss of form and injury. After having a knee injury misdiagnosed, she carried on through the pain for almost two years and was only weeks away from walking away from the sport before the issue was resolved during a sportscotland training programme. The mental strength that she developed during this difficult time in her late teens will stand her in good stead for the rest of her fencing career.\nBefore she could drive, Chloe spent hours in the car, being driven by parents, grandparents and family friends from Glenrothes to Dunfermline for strength and conditioning sessions (twice a week), to Edinburgh Fencing Club training (three times a week) and daily early morning gym sessions\u2026 before spending Friday to Sunday in competitions in the UK and abroad!\nShe is now going into her second year of university, and balances all her training and competition commitments with being a student. However, as a self-funded athlete, she needs to raise money to help pay for going to competitions and upkeeping her gear, so somehow manages to fit in shifts in the local pub AND use her Level 3 Coaching in Foil qualification to coach and teach lessons to make ends meet!\nChloe is an example of what a person can achieve if they are willing to make sacrifices. Fencing has given her lifelong friendships, opportunities and experiences she will never forget. She is an exceptional role model to any young girl, and we are proud to call her one of our own.\n#SheCanSheWill", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4127, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 247.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sensescotland.org.uk/what-we-do/latest-news/brushing-up-on-qualifications.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:55Z", "digest": "sha1:JAJFD5PKKD6UM6ZM3CNWRSSAH65XPX4B", "length": 3238, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.sensescotland.org.uk", "title": "Sense Scotland", "raw_content": "Almost 40 people were presented with hard-earned ASDAN awards at Sense Scotland's recent graduation ceremony for the people they support.\nAnd, in amongst the hard-working students, were five ladies who've gone on to use their 'World Of Work: Salon Assistant' qualification to open up a beauty salon, where staff, volunteers and family members can enjoy being pampered.\n'Cuticles and Curls' was established at TouchBase Glasgow thanks to a \u00a31000 donation from ASDAN, which allowed the group to buy equipment like sinks, massage bed and uniforms.\nEvery Friday guests enjoy nail treatments, new hair dos and massages with one saying: \"I feel very relaxed. I will definitely be back, the salon staff were brilliant.\"\nDanielle Cunningham, whose verbal communication is limited, was one of those receiving her salon assistant award. Her mum Nancy has noticed a difference. She explained: \"I think [the ASDANs] have boosted her confidence and definitely brought her out of her shell. When she comes to Sense Scotland she'll see someone she knows and she'll get their attention. A couple of years ago she wouldn't have done that.\n\"It's great that she can achieve the same as anyone else would, she loves coming here and trying new things. I feel very proud at her getting her awards, she loves doing all the different things. She's been coming home from the salon and giving me hand massages.\"\nASDAN is an education charity which provides curriculum programmes and qualifications to equip learners to thrive in 21st Century education, work and life.\nThe Learning and Development team at Sense Scotland introduced the qualification scheme a number of years ago, with staff supporting people to undertake subjects which interested them and engaged them with the wider community. Since 2014 the number of people gaining a qualification has grown 10-fold, with the range of subjects increasing every single year.\nAt the ceremony in TouchBase Glasgow on Friday, August 31, almost 40 people received ASDANs, with some of the most popular subjects being the environment, geography and history. A further ceremony will take place soon in Aberdeen for those in the North East gaining ASDANs.\nSense Scotland Chief Executive Andy Kerr said: \"It's one of the most amazing days in the Sense Scotland calendar. It brings together families, carers, friends, trustees, support workers and the people we support into an atmosphere of celebration, of recognition of their achievements. The joy on the families' faces and those receiving their ASDAN is just fantastic.\n\"The salon opening shows the progress made over the last few years - that people we support are eager to learn and put that learning in to practice. Sense Scotland is delighted to partner with ASDAN to make that a reality.\"\nOver the years the range and complexity of subjects has also changed as Training Co-ordinator Anne Sutherland explains: \"Last year some of the groups were looking at communication and had a talk about using sign language in other countries. This sparked an interested in finding out more about other cultures and countries. A number of the people we support took on geography modules as a result. 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He\u2019s had remixes commissioned by The XX, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Spoon, Hot Chip, The Postal Service, and Chemical Brothers; he\u2019s made mixes for the Fabric mix series and Get Physical\u2019s Body Language. He straddles multiple musical worlds and belongs to none\u2014and he\u2019s just hitting his stride.\nMatthew Dear\u2019s 2003 full-length Ghostly debut, Leave Luck to Heaven, is a suite of sparse, wickedly funky house laced with Dear\u2019s deep, distinctive vocals, and includes the much-loved single \u201cDog Days\u201d (voted one of Pitchfork\u2019s Top 100 Songs of the Decade). The record was met with rapturous acclaim from both the dance-music establishment and the critical press, including a four-star review in Rolling Stone. Dear\u2019s 2007 follow-up, Asa Breed, was a considerable departure from Heaven\u2019s dancefloor excursions, incorporating the polyrhythms of Afrobeat, the irreverent pop sensibilities of Brian Eno, and the austere beauty of Krautrock. More four-stars reviews followed (Q and Mojo magazines), and Dear subsequently began touring with a live three-piece band in which he acted as frontman, commanding the stage with a Bryan Ferry-like swagger and a gentleman\u2019s grace.\nHis latest album, Beams, was a critical and commercial success. It is both a drastic departure from and worthy successor to Black City\u2019s gothic masterwork. A suite of weird, wild, and queasily optimistic rhythm-driven pop songs, Beams is the latest chapter in the continuing evolution of one of music\u2019s most fascinating minds. After over a decade of exploring pop\u2019s outer limits, Matthew Dear now inhabits a rarified corner of the musical universe: no longer tethered to any one genre, respected by his peers, and blessed with a bottomless well of creative energy. 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REPUBLICAN\nFor years Rev. O\u2019Neal Dozier, senior pastor of the Worldwide Christian Center church in Pompano Beach, could have been called Mr. Republican. Dozier is a friend and close advisor of former President G.W. Bush. He is also a go-to person for state, local and national Republicans seeking office. But now those days may be coming to an end. Dozier is contemplating leaving the party over its coming nomination of hapless Mitt Romney for president. He is also concerned the party has abandoned its core principles. The final blow may have been the endorsement of Romney by Rick Santorum \u2014 the candidate Dozier supported.\nA proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution would end most restrictions on using public funding to support religious organizations. Amendment 8 would scrap the current \u201creligious freedom\u201d section of the Constitution and allow taxpayer dollars to be given to organizations even if their practices and beliefs would disqualify them from receiving such funds. They would not be financially penalized for practicing, preaching or advocating against abortion or gay rights, for example. The opposing sides are gearing up for what is sure to be a hard-fought battle.\nA federal judge granted an injunction against the city of Delray Beach\u2019s move to regulate drug and alcohol abuse recovery homes. The Caron Foundation, a Pennsylvania-based substance abuse rehabilitation organization, owns two mansions on an affluent barrier island in the city. When city officials learned of Caron\u2019s plans to turn the properties into rehabilitation homes for the wealthy, the city enacted an ordinance placing restrictions on them. For years, Delray Beach has fought having any rehabilitation operations within its city limits. Expect Mayor Woodie McDuffie and other city leaders to press on with their stance.\nA WORTHWHILE GIFT\nThe Rev. Griffin Davis Sr., senior pastor of Hilltop Missionary Baptist Church in Riviera Beach, gave a longtime member of his church a home. Davis, who founded the congregation in 1964, purchased the four-bedroom, two-bathroom property in Riviera Beach last year and renovated it. Rosa Wright, 53, director of the church\u2019s choir and a congregation member since she was 7, was given the home. It is fully paid for. What a gift!\nThe Sara Sims Memorial Gardens cemetery in Boynton Beach is an old \u201cblacks-only\u201d site and there are few records to show exactly how many people are buried there. There is also a site known as the \u201cwooded area,\u201d which was used by blacks in the city to bury their dead. Like black communities, the construction of the Interstate 95 highway in the 1970s cut through the \u201cwooded area\u201d cemetery. Now city officials and researchers from Florida Atlantic University are working together to find out how many bodies remain buried in those cemeteries. This is good.\nCOP SENTENCED\nFormer Fort Lauderdale Police Officer David Michael McElligott, 47, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for defrauding the city. McElligott worked as a Fort Lauderdale police officer from 1991 until his arrest late last year. Since 2001, he had been on extended military leave to serve in the U.S. Air Force. Beginning in September 2003, McElligott presented to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department falsified military leave orders and earnings statements to get increased supplemental pay, preserve his job and other benefits. As a result he received a total of $312,270.65 in improper shift differential, longevity bonuses and other benefits over the eight-year period. McElligott must also pay full restitution to the city and serve two years probation. A South Florida Times investigative report broke the story last year. Book \u2018em, Danno!\nPolice are releasing details of sexual abuse allegations that have led to the arrest of Jefferey London, a pastor, youth counselor, mentor and foster home operator. According to documents, London routinely and regularly molested under-aged boys who were left in his care or who lived at his unlicensed facility, called London\u2019s Hotel, in Lauderdale Lakes. His operation received funding from various charities and governmental entities. Several people began to come forward with molestation allegations last year. London is currently being held without bond. His accusers now number more than 40. The evidence against him includes explicit text message exchanges with some of the boys.\nWendell Rozier, 23, of Opa-locka, was shot when he and another alleged intruder broke into the Pembroke Pines apartment of 22-year-old Clifford Atis. Atis called 911 and reported he was awakened by the sound of two men burglarizing his apartment. Atis fired several shots and the suspects fled. Police said they found Rozier in a parked car with a gunshot wound to the leg. The other suspect remained at large.\nBroward Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Brent Woodell was arrested last year in a reverse sting in which he was accused of stealing what he believed was drug money. BSO staged a drug bust and Woodell was assigned to confiscate and turn in the proceeds. Instead, he allegedly made a detour and pocketed some of the money and was arrested. Now Woodell is under investigation for allegedly sending nasty text messages to his supervisor who assisted in the sting that led to his arrest. Prosecutors have filed motions seeking to revoke his bond. Woodell, who was assigned to the Deerfield Beach district, was a member of BSO\u2019s notorious Selective Enforcement Teams (SET) that targets high crime areas and street-level drug activities. They have been the subject of theft, brutality and planting evidence allegations for years. Several SET team members are currently under criminal\ninvestigations and more arrests are coming, according to my sources.\nBANK PROTESTS\nThe Miami Worker\u2019s Center organized a cleanup of foreclosed homes in Miami\u2019s Liberty City neighborhood and deposited the trash\nat a Bank of America branch, where they staged a protest. Bank of America is the target of protests by groups around the nation over its foreclosure, lending and banking practices. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan has not commented on the protests. Some groups say they are now organizing a national boycott.\nNorth Lauderdale-based Security Bank, founded in 1980, has been shut down and seized by the federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. awarded the bank\u2019s assets and branches to Coral Gables-based Banesco USA. Security Bank was designated \u201ccritically undercapitalized\u201d on March 31 and warned it needed to raise capital. When it did not, or could not, federal regulators moved in. Banesco USA has acquired Security Bank branches in North Lauderdale, Doral and Miami. Under CEO Rafael F. Salda\u00f1a, Banesco has become one of the fastest-growing banks in South Florida. Its owners also hold banking interests in Venezuela, Panama and the Dominican Republic.\nPhoto: Eljin Jones\nNext post CDC: More teen girls use best birth control\nPrevious post Rev. 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Therefore, Ship & C.R.E.W. is a dynamic and flexible company, always ready to provide the market with top quality services.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 964, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 119.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sidesaddlearea8.co.uk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:01Z", "digest": "sha1:N6ASJ45HYMJIMPEV23VEEDPTVGX35S4R", "length": 201, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.sidesaddlearea8.co.uk", "title": "Side Saddle Association Area 8 - Home", "raw_content": "The Side Saddle Association, founded in 1974, has over 1,200 members, 200 of which are based in Area 8.\nArea 8 includes: Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Greater London South of the Thames, and the Channel Isles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 103.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3753", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:34Z", "digest": "sha1:ROAZUEMKNSC3TFDKXWDD2BWGIIK3PKZR", "length": 4925, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.smallarmsreview.com", "title": "SAR LabRadar Review", "raw_content": "SAR LabRadar Review\nIt was a chance encounter with the engineer behind the intriguing LabRadar chronograph that led to this review. At SHOT 2017 I spoke with Mr. Guy Desbiens, the president of Infinition Inc., the maker of the LabRadar unit.\nMarketed under the LabRadar brand name, it is made and assembled in Canada by Infinition Inc. Based in Trois Rivi\u00e8res, Quebec, Canada, Infinition has over 20 years\u2019 experience with ballistic instrumentation radar systems for military users. Now this same Doppler radar technology is available to regular folks. (The Doppler effect is named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler. It refers to the change in frequency of a constant signal or wave. The change in tone of a siren or train whistle as it passes by is a common example of the Doppler effect.)\nThe first thing I noticed as I unpacked the chronograph was that it is solid. It is molded from thick plastic, giving it a beefy feel rather than a flimsy sensation. Perhaps this is due to their military background.\nThere is a detailed 24-page manual included, and while the unit is simple to use once your settings are chosen, I would recommend that you read it. You will need to get familiar with the various buttons, then choose your preferences. These include velocity units (FPS, yards per second, MPH, M per second, or Km per hour), distance units, weight units, ranging distance, bullet weight, and so on. The same manual can be downloaded from the website as well (http://mylabradar.com).\nThe real beauty of this technology is its ease of set-up. Once you have entered all your parameters into the unit, it is simply positioned along side your firearm, pointed downrange, armed, and you are good to go.\nThe unit is triggered by the muzzle blast, so you will need to position it about one foot to the side of your muzzle. For airguns, there is an optional microphone available. For archery, set the Trigger Source parameter to Doppler. The reflected signal acts as the trigger in this case.\nIt transmits in the K-band, similar to police speed-trap radar. There are 12 different channels (24.080 to 24.168 GHz, in 8MHz steps). This is so that if there are other units in use at your range, you can avoid crosstalk interference issues.\nAs the bullet enters the area of microwave radar signal transmission, some of the radar waves are reflected back from the base of the bullet. As the bullet is moving, the frequency of the reflected signal is changed slightly. This allows the LabRadar to compute the velocity. Interestingly, it can do this over various distances. In fact, you can select five different distances to receive data from. I found myself grinning and thinking, \u201cThis is cool!\u201d\nThe effective range is dependent on the bullet diameter, bullet base shape (boat-tail versus flat base) and power setting. The website suggests that .177 pellets can be tracked to about 30 yards, a .30 cal bullet to around 100 yards and a 9mm or larger slug to about 130 yards.\nAs expected, the output and range are far less than the military units. One model shown on the Infinition website claims to be able to track a 5.56mm bullet at up to 1000M. This is primarily due to the transmission power. The power on the commercial civilian LabRadar version is limited by government regulations.\nThe velocity range is 65 to 3900 fps, in three ranges. It must be noted that if you are in the wrong velocity range, it will not record the velocity. Fortunately, there is sufficient overlap between the three ranges to deal with ammo that straddles the crossover point. Perhaps future versions will do away with the need to pre-select the appropriate velocity range by having one continuous one.\nThe data collected is recorded on an SD card, or its built-in memory. The SD card allows you to transfer your data to a home computer later. A USB cord is included for the same purpose. This allows you to create MS Excel spreadsheets for various loads and guns. It also provides High, Low, Extreme Spread and Standard Deviation data. By entering the bullet weight, it will give you Power Factor and Kinetic Energy also. This \u201cain\u2019t\u201d your daddy\u2019s chronograph!\nIn fact, the advertising on the company website and at its booth at SHOT proudly proclaims that this is not a chronograph. Well, of course it is \u2026 What it is not is an optical shadow sensor chronograph. Unfortunately, the optical shadow type can be prone to errors due to misalignment and changing light conditions. The optical shadow type also requires that the bullet pass over a fairly small zone to be recorded. The LabRadar is not concerned with any of these issues.\nSimple set-up, no need for diffuser screens or auxiliary lights, a large shooting window and some great additional software data make this a winner. The suggested price is US $559.95.\n6 AA or USB power pack\nAccessories. 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Simply put, with cloud computing, you pay to access an Internet-based service which hosts the software, hardware, and other resources you need to run your business. This eliminates the need for you to run software or other applications on your own computers; the cloud network handles everything. You use your own computers simply to access the system, and all your files and information are stored and managed and accessible through the cloud network.\nThe President and CEO of The Small Business Authority, Barry Sloane predicts that cloud computing will be the next big trend in the business community. \"There is no doubt that business owners will embrace the cloud concept and over time gravitate towards its massive benefits. . . . Business owners will need to understand what the cloud is and what it can do for their businesses in the areas of cost control, data security, data protection, accessibility, efficiency and productivity to facilitate a smooth running technological platform for their business.\"\nThere is certainly a lot of cost saving and work efficiency potential for small businesses with cloud computing. Users would have access to their files anytime and from anywhere and it features shared usability. It is also designed to be scalable so that businesses can purchase only what they need, at the scale they need, and then the services can grow as the business and its needs grow. Fees for these services are usually charged on a month-to-month or annual basis.\nPosted by Diana Fitzpatrick | Permalink | Email This Post\nPosted In: Innovating & Making a Profit , Running Your Business\nOur new home is http://blog.nolo.com/smallbusiness/.\nPosted by JinAh Lee | Permalink | Email This Post\nSecrets of Chinese Business Owners' Success\nUnless you've been living in a cave for the past few months, you've probably heard of Amy Chua's infamous book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. After reading the book, small business owner and mother Barbara Taylor wondered if there were parallels between how the Chinese raise their children and how they run their businesses. For her article, Battle Hymn of the Small-Business Tiger Mother, Taylor talked to a number of Chinese business owners in the U.S. What did she learn? In essence, successful Chinese businesses are steered by two principles. The first, avoid debt and manage expenses. Second, expect and demand excellence.\nMore detail is offered in the following pithy five-point motto:\nEvery penny matters.\nEveryone has to earn his or her keep and add value.\nAppreciation of the asset is the driver.\nNo excuses for failure.\nSet goals high and achieve them.\nPrint those five points out and stick them on your refrigerator. Now go forth and prosper!\nPosted In: Cutting Costs , Innovating & Making a Profit , Running Your Business\nWoman-owned Businesses: Uncle Sam Wants You\nIf your small business is woman-owned, the federal government wants to do business with you. After ten years and countless revisions, the U.S. Small Business Administration recently adopted a final rule creating the Women-Owned Small Business Program, offering special incentives for women-owned companies to participate in the $500 billion federal marketplace. Later this year, federal agencies are expected to begin setting aside up to 5% of procurement dollars--more than $20 billion annually--exclusively for competition among woman-owned small businesses.\nTo qualify as a woman-owned small business for federal contracting purposes, your company must meet three primary criteria:\nIt must be \"small\" under the North American Industrial Classification System (\"NAICS\") code applicable to the procurement. For more on calculating your company's size, see Nolo's article Federal Small Business Contract Eligibility: Is Your Business 'Small'?\nIt must be at least 51% unconditionally \"owned\" by one or more women who are U.S. citizens. If, for instance, ownership of a company is split 50/50 between a husband and wife, the company will not qualify.\nOne or more women who are U.S. citizens must \"control\" the company's management and daily business operations. To satisfy this requirement, a woman must hold the company's highest officer position, have sufficient experience to effectively manage the company, and work for the company full-time during normal working hours of companies in the same line of work.\nIf you decide to participate in the Women-Owned Small Business Program, you should carefully review and, if necessary, amend your business's governing documents (such as bylaws, operating agreements, and shareholders' agreements) to ensure that women unconditionally own and control the company. Supermajority voting requirements, for instance, might cause your business to be ineligible.\nDespite the red tape, the Women-Owned Small Business program promises to provide substantial contracting benefits to woman-owned companies in the federal marketplace. If your company is woman-owned, now might be a good time to think about adding Uncle Sam to your customer list.\nBy: Guest blogger Steven Koprince, an attorney with PilieroMazza PLLC in Washington D.C. Mr. Koprince's practice emphasizes government contracts and small business law.\nPosted In: Laws Affecting Small Business , Running Your Business\n7th Annual SF Small Business Week\nThe 7th annual San Francisco Small Business Week is scheduled for May 16th through 21st. It is part of a national celebration of small businesses and entrepreneurs. The event is free and consists of a series of educational workshops, seminars, and networking opportunities designed to educate and connect the business community.\nMost of the educational offerings will take place at the downtown campus of SF State University at the Westfield Center on Market Street between 4th & 5th Streets. There are dozens of seminars and workshops including Marketing & PR: Strategies, Plans, Tactics; Do You Have an Effective Website for Your Business? and Hiring Smart - The Right People, in the Right Seats, Doing the Right Things. For more information, go to the SF Small Business website at www.sfsmallbusinessweek.com.\nPosted In: Running Your Business\nManaging Your Social Media Presence on the Internet\nSmall businesses used to market primarily through print ads in newspapers, radio, and the spoken word of mouth. No longer. Social media and the Internet have taken over as the most powerful, far reaching, and accessible marketing tools for small businesses. The most popular social media sites include Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook--but there are many other ways to market and promote your business online.\nWith the ability to reach out so widely and effectively online comes the burden of having to monitor and manage this open communication about your business. To help with this, a new crop of social media management technologies has emerged. These technologies troll the Internet and sort, consolidate, streamline, and store information about your business found on social media sites. Not only can this save precious time, it can be crucial for helping to monitor and manage your online branding and marketing.\nPeople are also starting to appreciate the possible legal significance of sorting and saving this information. As stated in a recent New York Times article by Tanzina Vega, \"Someone may get sued for the content of their social media or the information in the social media may be relevant to the suit . . . If you haven't preserved it, you've lost it.\"\n\"Disability\" Under ADA to Cover More Workers\nDoes your small business employ individuals who are disabled within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act? The answer is more likely to be \"yes\" today than it was earlier this year, thanks to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent adoption of regulations implementing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.\nThe ADA defines \"disability\" as a \"physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity.\" The new regulations do not change the definition itself, but make it clear that the government will interpret the ADA more broadly than in the past.\nFor instance, the new regulations provide that, in almost every case, disabled status is to be evaluated without consideration of ameliorative measures, such as medication, even if the employee can function without limitations with appropriate medication or other mitigating measures. The only exception is that an employee is not considered disabled on the basis of a vision impairment, so long as the impairment can be corrected with ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses.\nSimilarly, the new regulations state that an impairment that is episodic or in remission nevertheless qualifies as a disability if it would substantially limit a major life activity when active. For example, an employee with lung cancer might be considered disabled even if the cancer has been in remission for years.\nIn addition, the EEOC has taken the guesswork out of determining whether certain employees are disabled. The amendments provide that in most cases, employees with the following conditions are covered by the ADA: deafness, blindness, intellectual disabilities, partially or completely missing limbs, mobility impairments requiring the use of a wheelchair, autism, diabetes, epilepsy, HIV, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.\nIf your small business has 15 or more employees, it is covered by the ADA. You should take note of the new regulations and consider training your officers and managers to ensure that all of the company's decision-makers know that your employees might be considered disabled under the ADA, even if the disability is not immediately obvious.\nCalling all Women Entrepreneurs\nIf you're an outstanding female entrepreneur, Ernst & Young is looking for you. The consulting firm is holding its fourth annual Entrepreneurial Winning Women contest and is seeking ten high-potential female business owners to participate in a customized executive leadership program. Candidates must be female founders of privately held U.S. companies that are less than ten years old. Their businesses must also have reported at least $1 million in sales for each of the last two fiscal years.\nThe application can be found here. The deadline to enter or nominate an outstanding woman entrepreneur is June 30, 2011.\nRepeal of Expanded 1099 Reporting Requirement Likely\nIf you were one of the many small business owners up in arms when lawmakers slipped into the 2010 health care bill a rule requiring all businesses to file 1099 forms for payments to vendors of $600 or more, you may soon have reason to celebrate. Yesterday, Congress passed a repeal of that rule, and President Obama is expected to sign it.\nMore information about the repeal can be found here and here.\nPosted In: Laws Affecting Small Business , Small Business Taxes\nWhat to do When a Client Won't Pay\nThe problem of clients refusing to pay their bills on time--or ever--is one that plagues all businesses. And the problem has only gotten worse with the downturn in the economy. When clients don't pay their bills--making it difficult for you to pay your own bills--what is a small business like yours to do?\nOne option for cash-strapped businesses has always been factoring, or selling outstanding invoices to a third-party investor. But there are downsides. Invoices are often sold for a sharp discount. And the collections process is taken over by the purchaser of the invoice, who most likely doesn't care about retaining good customer relations with your clients.\nA company called The Receivables Exchange now offers a twist to the age-old process of factoring, largely remedying those downsides. According to the article \"How Small Businesses Can Beat Deadbeats,\" by Dyan Machan in SmartMoney Magazine, The Receivables Exchange works as follows: You list your unpaid invoices on the exchange, and financial institutions bid on those invoices. The winner of the bid sends you a cash advance (usually 80% to 90% of the value of the invoice, although businesses new to the exchange may receive much less) in return for a monthly payment of one to two percent. You get an immediate infusion of cash--allowing you to pay your bills and keep your business afloat--and the bidder gets what amounts to an 18% annual return on its investment. Businesses who have listed on The Receivables Exchange say they raise more cash through the exchange than with traditional factors, and they retain control over customer contact.\nUnlike traditional factoring, the risk of the invoice never getting paid stays with you, the small business owner. You still need to go through the collections process with your client. And if your client never pays up, you'd be on the hook to repay your bidder. But still, The Receivables Exchange can be an attractive option for some small businesses--particularly if they're at risk of becoming deadbeat clients themselves.\nPosted In: Running Your Business , Saving a Troubled Business\nMore Take-Home Pay for Employees Under Tax Relief Act\nFor most employees, the net effect of the changes under the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, will mean less total tax being withheld from their checks. Under the Act, enacted on December 17, 2010, the income tax rates that were scheduled to expire at the end of 2010 were extended for an additional two years. These extended rates range from 10% to 35%. If the Act had not passed, the rates would have reverted to their previous higher levels of 15% to 39.6%. The Tax Relief Act also reduces the employee portion of Social Security taxes from the current 6.2% to a temporary rate of 4.2% for 2011 only. The employer portion is the same at 6.2% and Medicare taxes remain at 1.45%. So, the total self-employment tax rate, which was 15.3%, is temporarily reduced to 13.3% for 2011. The Making Work Pay (MWP) credit that was available for tax years 2009 and 2010 was not extended under the new law. The net effect of these changes--reducing the employee portion of Social Security taxes and taking away the MWP credit--will result in a net increase in take-home pay for most employees.\nThe IRS has asked employers to adjust their systems as soon as possible but no later than January 31, 2011. Many employees may not see these changes until their first paycheck in February 2011.\nPosted In: Laws Affecting Small Business\nIRS Extends Filing Deadline\nThe IRS announced this week that taxpayers will have until Monday, April 18, 2011 to file their 2010 tax returns and pay any taxes due. The usual April 15th deadline was extended by three days because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed by the District of Columbia, falls on Friday, April 15th this year. Taxpayers who file for extensions will have until October 17, 2011 to file their 2010 tax returns.\nIn addition, because of the year-end tax changes signed into law in December 2010, some people will have to wait until mid- or late February before they file their returns. The IRS needs to make changes to its systems before it can process certain types of returns. Taxpayers who can't file their returns until the IRS changes its systems include:\n\u2022 taxpayers who claim itemized deductions on Form 1040 Schedule A\n\u2022 taxpayers who claim higher education deductions on Form 8917, and\n\u2022 teachers who claim a $250 deduction for classroom expenses.\nPosted In: Small Business Taxes\nYear-End Tax Changes for Businesses\nThe Tax Relief Act of 2010, signed into law on December, 17, 2010, contains a wide range of income tax, estate tax, and unemployment insurance changes affecting individuals and businesses. For small businesses, the two most significant changes involved bonus depreciation and Section 179 expensing.\nBonus Depreciation Increased to 100% for 2011 and 50% for 2012\nBonus depreciation was first enacted in 2008 as a temporary measure to help our ailing economy. As first enacted and then extended for two years, the deduction was a first-year 50% bonus deduction. It allowed taxpayers to depreciate 50% of the cost of qualified property during the first year the property was placed in service. It was scheduled to expire at the end of 2010.\nUnder the tax laws passed in December 2010, bonus depreciation is extended and increased to 100 percent for qualified investments made after September 8, 2010 through the end of 2011. In addition, 50% bonus depreciation will be available in calendar year 2012.\nSection 179 Expensing Increased to $125,000 for 2012\nSection 179 allows you to currently deduct in one year the cost of long-term assets purchased that year instead of deducting the cost over time under regular depreciation rules. For 2010 and 2011, the maximum annual amount you could deduct under Section 179 was $500,000, subject to a phase-out once your total expenditures exceeded $2 million. The annual deduction limit was scheduled to go down to $25,000 in 2012, with a $200,000 overall property value limit. Under the new tax laws passed in December 2010, the Section 179 deduction limit is increased to $125,000 and the overall property value limit to $500,000.\nIRS Offers Additional Guidance on New Health Care Credit\nThe IRS provided additional guidance this week for small employers who want to claim the new small business health care tax credit for the 2010 tax year. The credit was part of the Affordable Care Act enacted in March and is available to small employers that pay at least half of the premiums for single health insurance coverage for their employees. It is specifically targeted to help small businesses that primarily employ moderate- and lower-income workers.\nThe new guidance clarifies that the credit is available in situations where small employers cover their workers through insured multiemployer health and welfare plans, or where they subsidize their employees' health care costs through a broad range of contribution arrangements.\nSmall businesses can claim the credit for 2010 through 2013 and for any two years after that. For tax years 2010 to 2013, the maximum credit is 35 percent of premiums paid by eligible small businesses. The maximum credit will increase to 50 percent in 2014.\nThe maximum credit goes to the smallest employers--those with 10 or fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) employees--paying annual average wages of $25,000 or less. The credit is completely phased out for employers that have 25 or more FTEs or that pay average wages of $50,000 or more per year.\nThere is a new IRS form--Form 8941, Credit for Small Employer Health Insurance Premiums--that employers use to claim the credit. The IRS has the instructions to Form 8941 on its website which are designed to help small employers correctly figure and claim the credit.\nSee the IRS website for more information about the credit, including a step-by-step guide to claiming the credit and answers to frequently asked questions.\nIRS Defers W-2 Health Coverage Reporting\nThe IRS has decided to defer the new requirement that employers report the cost of health coverage under employer-sponsored group health plans. Under the Affordable Care Act passed in March, employers are required to report these costs for informational purposes--they are not taxable items. The IRS determined that it was necessary to delay implementing this new requirement for a year in order to give employers time to change their payroll systems so they can comply with the new reporting requirements. The IRS has issued a draft Form W-2 for 2011 which includes the codes employers can use to report the cost of health coverage if they choose to do so for 2011.\n1 2 3 4 5 6 Next Archives\nBusiness Week Small Business\nThe New Entrepreneur\nFresh Inc\nNew York Times Small Business\nMainstreet Small Business\nSeth Godin's Marketing Blog\nSave Your Small Business\nBy Attorney Ralph Warner & Bethany K. Laurence, J.D.\nJune 7, 2011 Business in the Cloud The talk of clouds in business is everywhere--mostly recently with the unveiling of iClouds for...\nJune 6, 2011 We've Moved! Our new home is http://blog.nolo.com/smallbusiness/....\nMay 10, 2011 Secrets of Chinese Business Owners' Success Unless you've been living in a cave for the past few months, you've probably heard...\nMay 4, 2011 Woman-owned Businesses: Uncle Sam Wants You If your small business is woman-owned, the federal government wants to do business with you....\nMay 3, 2011 7th Annual SF Small Business Week The 7th annual San Francisco Small Business Week is scheduled for May 16th through 21st....\nMay 2, 2011 Managing Your Social Media Presence on the Internet Small businesses used to market primarily through print ads in newspapers, radio, and the spoken...\nAlternative Financing for Small Businesses (8)\nClosing a Small Business (2)\nCutting Costs (9)\nInnovating & Making a Profit (10)\nLLCs (Limited Liability Companies) (3)\nLaws Affecting Small Business (14)\nRunning Your Business (14)\nSaving a Troubled Business (6)\nSmall Business Taxes (31)\nTypes of Businesses (1)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 24116, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 249.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sme4labour.org/steve_gears_up_to_support_small_business_saturday", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:34Z", "digest": "sha1:CJBTU4F5NFVLPOWZYBP7KNYCTVLFMWG5", "length": 2333, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.sme4labour.org", "title": "Steve Gears Up to Support Small Business Saturday - SME 4 Labour", "raw_content": "Steve Gears Up to Support Small Business Saturday\nSteve Rotheram MP has joined Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna MP in celebrating the contribution of small firms in Walton as part of this year\u2019s Small Business Saturday on 6 December.\nConsumers are being encouraged to \u2018shop small\u2019 and celebrate the contribution of entrepreneurs and small firms this weekend.\nLast year, Britain\u2019s first Small Business Saturday gave a boost to local shops through extra trade of nearly \u00a3500m of additional spending with small firms on the day.\nAcross the UK different activities are taking place to promote Britain\u2019s small businesses. In Liverpool there are special events planned for Small Business Saturday and Steve will be spending time on the high street in Walton.\nLabour has announced plans to cut \u2013 then freeze \u2013 business rates for small firms. Since 2010, small businesses have seen business rate hikes of \u00a31,500 on average. Labour would also take tough action to tackle late payment to small firms and freeze their energy bills.\nThe former Lord Mayor of Liverpool is backing local businesses to take advantage of the campaign on a key shopping day in the year in the run-up to Christmas and encouraging local people to shop locally in small firms as part of Small Business Saturday. The day aims to give a long-term boost to trade and give a lift to the high streets.\nSteve explained: \u201cI am looking forward to backing our local small shops and independent businesses on Small Business Saturday. We should do all we can to thank them for the vital contribution they make to the local economy, adding to the local community and boosting diversity on the High Street.\n\u201cIt will be fantastic to build on the success we achieved with Small Business Saturday last year locally, which is why I\u2019m getting fully behind the campaign again and giving my support to local businesses. There are lots of great businesses in Walton and the campaign is a great way of raising awareness and helping boost trade.\u201d\nShadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna MP said: \u201cBuilding on the success of last year, Small Business Saturday 2014 will be even bigger and better in Liverpool, helping to provide a much-needed boost to our High Streets and making even more consumers aware of the fantastic products and services offered by small and independent businesses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 3546, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 291.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.snackbar-games.com/features/new-game-reflecting-on-the-end-of-a-generation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:41Z", "digest": "sha1:2GKS45DI4LPGZ4KWNBB74HGHTE6CG7JT", "length": 9563, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.snackbar-games.com", "title": "New Game+: Reflecting on the end of a generation", "raw_content": "New Game+: Reflecting on the end of a generation\nThe next generation of video games is here! At least, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been led to believe. Thanks to the increased relevance of PC gaming, we aren\u2019t making a huge generational shift; this is more of a small leap with two more capable devices. With these new systems now out in the wild, I thought I would take this opportunity to reflect back on the past eight years of PS3 and Xbox 360, my experiences with some memorable titles and what I\u2019ve learned most from the games that, in my mind, defined the generation.\nTo me, this generation began with the first of many excellent Western RPGs, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I played this originally on PC, spending countless hours in Cyrodiil before continuing my adventure on the 360. For many people, this was the introduction to the Elder Scrolls series as well as open-world RPGs as a whole. While it hasn\u2019t aged gracefully, Oblivion was the first of many examples of how to bring a classic franchise to consoles with excellent results. Yes, Morrowind was on the original Xbox, but that game still felt strictly PC to me in its design and approach to open world design. With Oblivion, Bethesda expanded on what the series did well while crafting an experience meant for both console and PC players.\nOblivion is also the first major example of console DLC. Who could forget the horse armor \u201cscandal\u201d of 2006? I tried my best to forget it, anyway. This was the initial exposure many had to what would be an increased DLC focus for many publishers and developers, which led to some abusing this monetization scheme while others used it to create some amazing content.\nSince then, the focus has shifted away from DLC and moved to always-controversial microtransactions, there are still instances of DLC-related drama every now and again. Is the anger warranted? Usually not, but this was only the beginning of an ever-growing marketplace outside of purchasing the games themselves. I consider it an excellent way for developers to keep games in our systems long after we finish them, but others tend to view it less positively even today.\nI first purchased an Xbox 360 in late 2007 after the Wii had been my primary console for a solid year after its release, making it my first leap into HD gaming. Sure, I lacked an HDTV at the time, but the jump in graphical quality was impressive even with my dinky 19-inch SDTV. The first game I purchased for my brand new console? The original Mass Effect, a game that was my most anticipated release of that year. I\u2019ve always been (and continue to be) a huge fan of BioWare\u2019s work, so to see them focus on an entirely new universe was undeniably exciting.\nWhile some still look back on the game fondly, I won\u2019t deny my initial disappointment. I fell in love with the characters and universe, yet found the actual gameplay lacking. I almost had to force myself through it because of how much I disliked the actual act of playing it. Despite my issues with it, I still enjoyed simply interacting with characters and learning everything I could about the game\u2019s many different species and galaxies. It was still impressive at the time regardless of its gameplay flaws.\nIt wasn\u2019t until Mass Effect 2 (and subsequently Mass Effect 3) where I really fell in love with the series. Seeing how my choices carried over, interacting with an entirely new cast of complex characters, and marveling at the game\u2019s many mechanical improvements turned it into one of my absolute favorites of the generation. This was the series that really brought BioWare to the forefront, for better or worse. Many games before and since have experimented with choice, yet Mass Effect felt like the first time it was successfully implemented in a long-form experience. Because of this, my Commander Shepard is mine and mine alone.\nWe can\u2019t talk about the last console generation without bringing up the game that almost defined it, at least in my mind: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I\u2019ll never claim it to be one of the best shooters of the past eight years, but there\u2019s no denying the power of the Call of Duty franchise and how Modern Warfare specifically inspired both the future of the series and the future of the FPS genre as a whole.\nHaving said all that, going back to it now, it\u2019s still an excellent, gripping experience that features a surprisingly well-written story and a multiplayer mode that, to this day, is one of the best you\u2019ll see in any game. I won\u2019t deny future games in the series improved upon a lot of what Modern Warfare\u2019s multiplayer did in some brilliant ways, yet they will never be even close to as memorable to me as this game was. The folks at Infinity Ward really came into their own with both this and Modern Warfare 2, and I can\u2019t wait to see what the team, now over at the newly-formed Respawn, does with next year\u2019s Titanfall.\nAnother developer that knocked it out of the park this generation is Naughty Dog, delivering not one, but two of the best games of the past eight years. The original Uncharted, like the first Mass Effect, was a solid effort that showed a lot of potential. Uncharted 2, on the other hand, managed to surprise just about everyone with its invigorating story and memorable, technically impressive gameplay sequences. I\u2019ll never forget the first time I played through the train sequence, which is easily one of the best slices of a game I\u2019ve ever experienced. It was also the first time a game felt like a \u201cblockbuster\u201d to me, both in terms of its ambitious design and its superb quality.\nThe follow-up, Uncharted 3, was fine, yet it didn\u2019t even come close to the second game\u2019s quality. I don\u2019t think Naughty Dog dropped the ball so much as it did the best it could after reaching what seemed like its peak, at least with this specific series. Thankfully, it managed to knock it out of the park again with this year\u2019s The Last of Us. A completely different experience from the Hollywood-inspired action of Uncharted, this is a game with real emotional weight behind it. Many titles at this point had hit me hard with some impactful moments, but very few reached the same heights as The Last of Us.\nOne game that does come to mind, however, is The Walking Dead, the first season of Telltale\u2019s episodic adventure series. Like with Uncharted 2, The Walking Dead took so many people completely by surprise. It experimented with player choice in some different ways than a title like Mass Effect, leading to an experience that still felt impactful while providing the player with a false sense of agency during many of the game\u2019s key moments. During those moments, those key decisions, I still felt like I made a difference even if I might not have at the end of the day. Telltale came into this generation as one developer, but with the success of The Walking Dead, it is a completely different team with a renewed focus.\nI would be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention the growth of indie games over the course of the console generation. This is probably the biggest (and arguably best) trend to emerge over the course of these last eight years. To me, it all started with Jonathan Blow\u2019s Braid, a game that started as an XBLA title which soon found new audiences once it came to PSN and Steam. Other games that come to mind immediately include Castle Crashers, Limbo, Bastion and Journey, yet there are countless others you could name. Not only are these titles some of the best the industry has to offer, they also represent the small teams and solo developers that essentially represent our medium\u2019s future.\nI was also quickly introduced to many experimental independent releases as a result, three of which come to mind immediately. I\u2019m cheating by bringing up PC-exclusive titles, yet I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if many began to branch out and discover other indie projects outside of the console space because of games like Braid and Limbo like I did. Titles like Dear Esther, Cart Life and this year\u2019s Gone Home showcase a clear understanding of how to push forward the medium in meaningful ways without focusing strictly on worthwhile gameplay experiences, at least in the traditional sense. Here\u2019s hoping we continue to see more of these games in the coming years, both on PC and consoles.\nThis past generation wasn\u2019t all sunshine and happiness though. To me, a game that almost defined it entirely was Rock Band 2. It\u2019s not the first game in the series nor is it the best, yet I probably spent the most time with it than any other game in recent memory. It, along with Activision\u2019s Guitar Hero series, brought the \u201cplastic instrument genre\u201d to the forefront while also quickly killing it off before our very eyes. It was a swift death, although not an undeserved one considering Activision\u2019s treatment of their once proud franchise. I can\u2019t help but mourn the loss of these once-amazing titles, though, since it provided me with many of my favorite moments of the generation. I don\u2019t even want to begin to think about how much I spent on Rock Band DLC during my extensive time with the series.\nThere are so many other games I would love to talk about, but I think the point is clear. These past few years have brought us a treasure-trove of memorable games and expanded the medium more so than ever before. If this next console cycle brings us even half the amazing games that these now-last generation systems did, we\u2019re in for one hell of a good time. Looking at what\u2019s ahead for us, even in just the next year or so, I have a very good feeling we\u2019ll have plenty of excellent titles to keep us busy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 10533, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 236.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.somethinggoodtoread.com/2016/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:36Z", "digest": "sha1:U3GYV4YEEZAUYFIGXB7PVXJ5UFG6XUKQ", "length": 9416, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.somethinggoodtoread.com", "title": "Something Good to Read: October 2016", "raw_content": "Hallelujah Cactus by A.S. Dixon\nRecommended Reading: The Relic Master by Christopher Buckley\nThe Relic Master is a witty adventure story set in northern Europe in 1517. At that time, the buying and selling of relics - the remains of a saint, such as a piece of bone, or items that had been in contact with Jesus, a saint, or other venerated person - was booming in the Holy Roman Empire. The story's protagonist, Dismas, is a dealer in holy relics.\nWe first meet Dismas at the Basel Relic Fair where he is on a buying trip for his two most important clients, Frederick of Saxony and Archbishop Albrecht of Mainz. Although the two clients collected relics for different reasons, for both men the relics produced a stream of revenue. As Dismas says, \"Bones bring pilgrims. Pilgrims bring money.\"\nWhen shopping for his clients, Dismas strives to purchase only true relics - no flim-flam, no fraud. He is ethical.\nIn all his years of relic hunting, Dismas had never wittingly purchased or sold a relic he knew to be fraudulent. To be sure, with relics it was impossible to be entirely confident of the provenance. You never really knew that it was the thumb bone of St Contumacious of Tyre, or a bar of the iron grille on which St. Lawrence was broiled alive. All you could do was honor our profession and ask the relevant questions: Did the relic emit fragrance? Had there been verification by ordeal? Had it caused a miraculous healing? Finally, had the saint permitted it to be stolen from its prior shrine? The correct term was \"translation.\" There was logic to it: Saints were living beings, even dead No saint, or member of the Holy Family, would permit his or her relic to be translated from one owner to another unless they favored relocation.\nHis ethics get put to the test, however, when Dismas learns that all of his savings have been stolen. He gets the news from his close friend, the artist Albrecht D\u00fcrer. \"Thank God Agnes didn't follow your advice and give our money to that bounder Master Bernhardt. Sounds like you got your money out before the calamity befell. . . . Dismas - you did get your money out??\" He had not.\nTo replenish Dismas' empty bank accounts, the friends come up with a plan to create and then sell to the Archbishop what Dismas will represent as being a highly coveted relic, the burial shroud of Jesus, which is a length of linen bearing the image of a man. After this complicated plan goes awry, the two pals are forced to hit the road to steal - or, rather, translate - another shroud, one which is said to be the authentic item.\nMany more adventures and details make this a very engaging book. And because the novel also takes place during the start of the Protestant Reformation, there is plenty of politics driving the actions of various characters. The plot of The Relic Master is woven with historical facts presented in an entertaining manner. One tiny example: the name Dismas is associated with one of the two thieves crucified to the right and left of Jesus. Dismas, according to the gospel of Luke, was the good thief who asked Jesus to remember him in paradise.\nThe Relic Master is a very enjoyable book; check it out!\nLabels: historical fiction, Recommended\n2016 Crime Writers Association Dagger Award Winners\nDo you enjoy reading crime writing? Then check out the Crime Writers Association (CWA) 2016 award winners list at this link.\nLabels: cwa, mysteries\nThe Work of Author Pat Conroy in Focus\nThe book-reading community will be honoring the work and memory of author Pat Conroy during the week of October 24. Conroy died earlier this year at the age of 70. His writing, as described in the New York Times, \"mined the people, the places and the trauma of his childhood and young manhood for his thinly fictionalized novels and a series of memoirs that captivated readers with their openly emotional tone, lurid family stories and lush prose that often reached its most affecting, lyrical pitch when evoking the wetlands around Beaufort, S.C.\" (William Grimes, The New York Times, March 5, 2016).\nAmong Mr. Conroy's most famous books are The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, and The Prince of Tides. I read these when initially published, but may revisit The Lords of Discipline, a look at life inside a Southern military academy, which is the latest selection for the Wall Street Journal's book club. (The WSJ Book Club is a public group on Facebook.) I wasn't a huge fan of these books, but other book- reading friends absolutely love his work. It might be interesting to see how the experience of reading Mr. Conroy's writing is different with the passage of 20 years.\nIf you are looking for something interesting to read, try some Pat Conroy novels this month. If you've already read his work, what do you think of it?\nMessy hair, don't care. Our shih tzu, Rosie, getting rowdy this morning.\nFatal Pursuit by Martin Walker (A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel)\nIn Fatal Pursuit, Martin Walker continues his series of cozy mysteries set in rural France and featuring Bruno, the police chief of St. Denis. In this outing, Bruno is called to the home of an elderly couple. It appears that while the woman was out of town, her husband died of a heart attack. Bruno, however, finds the scene suspicious and sets an investigation into motion.\nNow in most mysteries, having identified the potential crime, solving the crime would completely consume the main character's time and attention. This is not Martin Walker's style. Yes, Bruno attends to his job, but that attention includes assignments outside of the dead gentleman. And the reader is also treated to an immersion in life in the French countryside; to the enjoyment of carefully prepared food, good wine, and good times with friends. And in Bruno's case, his group of friends include his horse, dog, and a new romantic relationship with a beautiful woman.\nOn top of all this, Bruno also spends time participating in an auto rally. And this rally, and the crowd of people it attracts to his community, shapes the resolution of the novel. But really, Fatal Pursuit is more about joie de vivre than crime busting. And for this reader, entering such a world is a welcome relief from current events.\nLabels: mysteries, Recommended Reading\nCapital View!\nHighly Recommended Reading: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles\nMoscow, 1922. Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, 32-years old, recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt, and resident of Suite 317 at the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, is a being prosecuted for political crimes before The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs. Despite being in jeopardy with the government, Count Rostov is something of a hero to the powers that be for penning a poem in 1905 that was interpreted as a call to revolutionary action. Subsequent events, however, have brought him under suspicion. The Committee deliberates, and concludes:\nAlexander Ilyich Rostov, taking into full account your own testimony, we can only assume that the clear-eyed spirit who wrote the poem Where Is It Now? has succumbed irrevocably to the corruptions of his class-and now poses a threat to the very ideals he once espoused. On that basis, our inclination would be to have you taken from this chamber and put against the wall. But there are those within the senior ranks of the Party who count you among the heroes of the prerevolutionary cause. Thus, it is the opinion of this committee that you should be returned to that hotel of which you are so fond. But make no mistake: should you ever set foot outside of the Metropol again, you will be shot.\nThus, Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov becomes a Former Person and full-time resident of the Metropol; and so the story begins, and it is terrific.\nCount Rostov is, as was noted even by The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, charming. And it is with charm, intelligence, and humor, (and benefiting from a bit of foresight and emergency planning) that he begins his life in his new attic room at the Metropol, a first-class hotel located near the Kremlin and Bolshoi Theatre and patronized by visitors from around the world. Responding to his new, diminished space in the world, Rostov's connections expand to the people in the hotel, both employees and guests. These guests and employees bring to Rostov the pleasure of new and unexpected relationships as well as the tense and dangerous world of Moscow in the mid-1920s through the mid-1950s.\nA Gentleman in Moscow is written in the third person and the omniscient narrator makes his own charming and wise observations.\n[Nina] leaned back in her chair and appraised the Count in a manner acknowledging that she may have underestimated him.\nNow, when a man has been underestimated by a friend, he has some cause for taking offense - since it is our friends who should overestimate our capacities. They should have an exaggerated opinion of our moral fortitude, our aesthetic sensibilities, and our intellectual scope. Why, they should practically imagine us leaping through a window in the nick of time with the works of Shakespeare in one hand and a pistol in the other. But in this particular instance, the Count had to admit he had little grounds for taking offence.\nA Gentleman in Moscow has many bookmark moments. It is a delightful novel that winds up with an exciting, and unexpected, conclusion. It is definitely a \"you must read this\" book.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 13656, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.songdope.com/Artist.aspx?ArtistID=2950", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:13Z", "digest": "sha1:V2PKUNXPOTBQBSRLYK54HXLV3E2TVBWZ", "length": 442, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.songdope.com", "title": "Songdope - listings of bands and songs and albums", "raw_content": "Nights In White Satin 02 Dec 1972\nQuestion 02 May 1970\nRide My See-Saw 04 Dec 1968\nI Don't Want To Go On Without You 04 Mar 1965\nIsn't Life Strange 06 May 1972\nVoices In The Sky 07 Aug 1968\nGo Now! 10 Dec 1964\nI'm Just A Singer (in A Rock And Roll Band) 10 Feb 1973\nFrom The Bottom Of My Heart (I Love You) 10 Jun 1965\nNights In White Satin 10 Nov 1979\nEveryday 18 Nov 1965\nBlue World 20 Aug 1983\nI Know You're Out There Somewhere 25 Jun 1988", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.68, "perplexity": 148.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.specialistspeakers.com/?p=8638", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:39Z", "digest": "sha1:HWTXTKZ2VDOZEDRVUKCS7CRJ6MLW3OOX", "length": 1166, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.specialistspeakers.com", "title": "Debbie Klein - Speaker Profile", "raw_content": "A leading commentator on marketing and communications Debbie Klein is an expert on digital transformation, leadership and the modern workplace, and in particular, the millennial workforce.\nShe was one of the founding partners of Engine, where she cultivated a culture of business transformation through collaboration. She was Chief Executive of Engine UK since 2010 and in February this year her remit was extended as she was named as Chief Executive Europe and Asia Pacific.\nRecently listed in Ad Age\u2019s 20 Women to Watch in Europe in 2016, Debbie is responsible for integrating new businesses, such as business intelligence specialists ORC, into Engine\u2019s European offering and growing Engine\u2019s credentials in Asia Pacific.\nIn 2014, Debbie led the acquisition of Engine by Lake Capital; the deal that helped give Engine its global footprint. The Engine network now comprises 13 businesses, with 20 offices across 4 continents and over 2,500 staff globally.\nIn February 2018 Sky recruited Debbie Klein to the new Group Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs role.\nFor enquiries or bookings for Debbie Klein please call us on +44 (0)203 002 4125 or use our contact form", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 4976, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.spellcheck.net/definitions/physics", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:28Z", "digest": "sha1:HEJR3MMN4P4TYIZQMEBONWWBB73PZPOM", "length": 2139, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.spellcheck.net", "title": "Physics Dictionary Definition and More from Spellcheck.net", "raw_content": "Physicologic\nPhysiognomic\nDefinitions of physics\nThe science which treats of matter and energy, including mechanics, heat, light, electricity, etc. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.\nUsed as sing. (orig.) equivalent to PHYSICAL SCIENCE, i.e. the science of the order of nature: usually sig. (as distinguished from chemistry) study of matter and the general properties of matter and the general properties of matter as affected by energy-also called natural philosophy. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.\nThe science which treats of the properties of matter, the laws of motion, and the phenomena of nature; natural philosophy. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.\nThe science of nature or natural objects. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.\nThe science that treats of the phenomena and laws of matter. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.\nThe science of nature, or of the material system; natural philosophy. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.\nWhat are the misspellings for physics?\nphisicican,\nphysicican,\nphsycic,\nphsics,\nphyschosis ...\nSee more misspellings for Physics\nUsage examples for physics\nSir Oliver Lodge, F. R. S., well- known among English men of science, and at the time Professor of Physics at Liverpool, describes the opening of the trance in very nearly the same words as Professor Richet in the remarkable report which he published in 1890 on the sittings he had with Mrs Piper. \u2013 Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research by Michael Sage\nBut in mathematics, physics chemistry, all the matters in which it is impossible for a man to take another view because he is a Frenchman or a German- here we reach a haven of intellectual peace; and these calm waters are spreading over the world, in spite of the tempests. \u2013 The Unity of Civilization by Various", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 4364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 328.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.srivastavalab.org/people.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:36Z", "digest": "sha1:3NWLSDBUGLEVCAQYXUWVPVLOVXUECHEO", "length": 6321, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.srivastavalab.org", "title": "People - Srivastava Lab", "raw_content": "Mansi received her A.B. in Biological Sciences from Mount Holyoke College and her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California at Berkeley. For her graduate research, she studied comparative genomics of early-diverging animal lineages including cnidarians, placozoans, and sponges under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Rokhsar. In 2009, she began her postdoctoral research on the evolution of regenerative mechanisms in the laboratory of Dr. Peter Reddien at the Whitehead Institute/MIT. She is interested in using an evolutionary perspective to uncover the mechanisms of animal regeneration.\nMansi[at]oeb.harvard.edu\nVanessa Poirier, Research Assistant\nVanessa received her B.S. in Biology from Keene State College. Her undergraduate research in Dr. Jason Pellettieri\u2019s lab explored a potentially new and exciting role for the exon-junction complex (EJC), a key player in posttranscriptional regulation, in planarian regeneration. In the Srivastava lab, her main goal is to keep both the animals and the people of the lab happy and, in turn, keep the lab running smoothly. When not tending to the animals, she also assists Postdoctoral Fellow Lorenzo Ricci in his journey to establish transgenics in our model system.\nvmpoirier[at]fas.harvard.edu\nAndrew Gehrke, Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow\nAndrew received his PhD at the University of Chicago in the laboratory of Prof. Neil Shubin in 2016. Andrew\u2019s graduate work has focused on using gene regulation to understand the evolution of Hox gene expression in vertebrate appendages. In the Srivastava lab, Andrew has applied his background in gene regulation to the field of whole-body regeneration, where he focuses on identifying regeneration-responsive regulatory elements. More broadly, Andrew\u2019s work focuses on understanding how the genome restructures during regeneration and how gene regulatory networks are deployed after wounding.\nandrew_gehrke[at]fas.harvard.edu\nhttp://andrewgehrke.weebly.com/\nYi-Jyun Luo, Human Frontier Science Program Postdoctoral Fellow\nYi-Jyun received his PhD from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) under the supervision of Nori Satoh. For his graduate research, he studied the comparative genomics and transcriptomics of a major animal group so-called lophotrochozoans, including brachiopods, phoronids, and nemerteans. He is interested in using sequencing and imaging approaches to understand how the body axis information specifies the cell types and regulates regeneration.\nyi-jyun_luo[at]fas.harvard.edu\nhttps://sites.google.com/view/yjluo/\nLorenzo Ricci, Postdoctoral Fellow\n\u200bLorenzo received his MA degree in Life Sciences at the Universit\u00e9 Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, in the Organismal Biology and Physiology program. He received his doctorate from the \"Complexit\u00e9 du Vivant\" Graduate School at UPMC, in \"Regeneration and Pluripotency\" lab under the supervision of Dr. Stefano Tiozzo (a division of the Developmental Biology Laboratory of Villefranche sur mer (DBLV) at the Oceanological Observatory of Villefranche sur mer). For his PhD research, Lorenzo studied non-embryonic developments, i.e., whole body regeneration (by vascular budding) and asexual propagation (by palleal budding), in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri.\n\u200blricci[at]fas.harvard.edu\nJulian Kimura, \u200bGraduate Student\nJulian received his BS in Biology at Duke University. His undergraduate research with Dr. David McClay looked into how developmental gene regulatory networks were re-deployed during regeneration in sea urchin embryos. At the Srivastava lab, he is interested in studying how neoblasts are specified during the embryonic development of Hofstenia.\njulian_kimura[at]g.harvard.edu\nAlyson Ramirez, \u200bGraduate Student\nAlyson received her B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from UCLA. In the Srivastava lab, she studies the establishment of the anterior-posterior axis during regeneration. During her undergraduate work in the Novitch lab at UCLA, she grew cortical organoids and studied the role transcription factors play in the specification of spinal motor neurons during development. Alyson is currently an HHMI Gilliam Fellow, a former NSF GRFP Fellow, HHMI EXROP Fellow, and MARC U*STAR scholar.\nalysonramirez[at]g.harvard.edu\nRyan Hulett, Graduate Student\u200b\nRyan received his B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from the University of California, Berkeley. During his senior year, he investigated the community ecology of molluscs and became fascinated with nudibranchs. This led him to pursue a M.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from San Francisco State University where he studied the evolution of color patterns and biogeography in tritoniid nudibranchs. In 2014, he joined Dr. Nicole King\u2019s lab at the University of California, Berkeley as a research technician working on with the genetic basis of multicellularity and bacterial interactions in choanoflagellates. In the Srivastava lab, he is interested in the mechanisms governing nervous system patterning and neural cell type evolution.\n\u200brhulett[at]g.harvard.edu\n\u200bhttp://ryanehulett.weebly.com/\nAnnika Gompers, Undergraduate Student\u200b\nAnnika is a junior from Newton, MA studying Integrative Biology with a secondary in Women and Gender Studies. Since joining the Srivastava lab in February 2016 she has been focused on the gene expression profile of the early wound response in Hofstenia miamia.\nannikagompers[at]college.harvard.edu\nD. Marcela Bola\u00f1os, Research Associate\n\u200bMarcela is a marine biologist from Colombia and received her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of New Hampshire. For over 16 years, her research has been focused on the taxonomy, systematics, and development of marine flatworms of the order Polycladida. Marce\u2019s deepening knowledge of polyclads increased and focused her interest in polyclad regeneration. This major career transition brought her to the Srivastava lab where she is studying the function of the Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) signaling during regeneration. Marce is interested in understanding polarity and weather intracellular directional information mediated by PCP pathway components plays a role in antero-posterior polarity decision during Hofstenia whole body regeneration.\nbolanosrodriguez[at]fas.harvard.edu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 6525, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 244.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ssp-worldwide.com/africa/privacy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:52Z", "digest": "sha1:URVY5RUGMK4OE4IEYG6NRHXFHRLYNJFX", "length": 1503, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ssp-worldwide.com", "title": "Privacy Policy \u2014 SSP Limited", "raw_content": "The recruitment team, who can be contacted on 01422 330022, will be in control of any application data provided and take the privacy of our clients and candidates very seriously. We receive your personal data when you apply directly for an advertised role via email or through a refer a friend scheme. By submitting your curriculum vitae, you understand the legitimate business interest SSP Limited has in processing your employment application and you are providing consent for us to process the information contained within it for the purposes of employment application with SSP Limited. The information which you provide and any other information obtained or provided during the course of your application (\u201cthe information\u201d) is a requirement to assess your application in the process of a new appointment to SSP Limited and failure to provide all of the information requested will impact on the likelihood of you being offered the role. Your information will be used solely for the purpose of assessing your application. If your application is unsuccessful or you choose not to accept any offer of employment we make, the information will be retained for a further 5 years in the event of a new job opportunity, after which time it will be destroyed. You have the right to data portability, request access to, rectification or erasure of your data collected as part of this process. (See the Your Rights and Our Responsibility section of this policy)\nThis version was last updated on 7 January 2019.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 21330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 279.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sstibbs.com/scott/2005_archives/blog_2005_055.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:05Z", "digest": "sha1:PTABW3KS43CKFYWIG4TXEGKSLAUVCUX2", "length": 1249, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.sstibbs.com", "title": "NARAL's invitation", "raw_content": "Back to Archived blog posts. NARAL's invitation\nThe National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League has issued an open letter to pro-lifers urging them to jump on board a movement to provide easier access to birth control. I do not agree with and will not sign this petition.\nBirth control creates the atmosphere that makes abortion acceptable. When you separate sexual behavior from the natural results of sexuality, you make children an inconvenience (or an \"accident\") rather than a blessing. When birth control fails, as it sometimes does, abortion is a second option to make sure a child is not born.\nMore importantly, some methods of birth control cause abortion. \"The pill\", for example, can prevent a fertilized embryo (a new human being) from implanting in the uterus and thus causing him or her to die. While Planned Parenthood and others may argue that this does not qualify as \"abortion\" based on strict definitions of pregnancy that requires implantation, the fact remains that some forms of birth control can actually kill a newly-formed human being.\nHere is ALL's page on birth control. I don't agree with everything on there, but it does contain some explanations why many pro-lifers oppose birth control as well as abortion.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 1308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sstibbs.com/scott/2005_archives/blog_2005_132.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:34Z", "digest": "sha1:CF3ZAFXIZGZEETBHVDQIARNH2MBOJ3PE", "length": 1770, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.sstibbs.com", "title": "Hiroshima was justified", "raw_content": "Hiroshima was justified\nVictor Davis Hanson has a very good column at National Review on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb. We have this debate every year, but it is more prominent this year because it is the 60th anniversary.\nThere's no doubt that the bombing of Hiroshima was a horrific event. But as Hanson points out, the bombing probably resulted in fewer dead (on the Japanese side alone, not counting American and Allied casualties) than an invasion of the Japanese mainland would have. If we had not used a nuke, we would likely be second guessing ourselves as we look back at the horrible death toll that invasion caused.\nIt is interesting that there is so much consternation, 60 years later, over the use of two nuclear bombs considering we killed many more people by firebombing Berlin and Tokyo. You do not hear nearly as much about all the civilians killed when we blasted the Axis powers with conventional bombs. I think to some extent this is a psychological effect that the destruction of Hiroshima was one by one bomb as opposed to thousands, but it does send the message that civilians killed by conventional bombs are less valuable than those killed by nuclear weapons.\nLet's not forget Soviet imperialism in east Asia toward the end of the Second World War, as well as Soviet imperialism in eastern Europe. Beyond the military need for using the nuclear weapon, we needed to make a show of force against the \"Evil Empire\". Had Hiroshima not happened, would we have fought a third World War with the Soviets a decade later? Most likely, the horror of Hiroshima (and the lingering threat of nuclear annihilation) prevented World War III. Strange as it may sound, nuclear weapons have been the greatest force for peace since the end of World War II.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 1902, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 240.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ssusc.org/growing-up-in-a-boiler-room/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:57Z", "digest": "sha1:PAGQUB67GKO56M2CTXWTHGDIWDMTD5KZ", "length": 342, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ssusc.org", "title": "Growing Up in a Boiler Room | SS United States Conservancy", "raw_content": "Growing Up in a Boiler Room\nAt left is a photograph of the house I grew up in. The one we left in 1957. It is the same width and height (more or less) as one of the boilers on the ship (sketch above). ONE of the eight boilers. No wonder my mother was delighted when I offered to go out and play leaving my brother and sister at home with Mom.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1472, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 138.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.staglanedental.co.uk/dental-implants/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:28Z", "digest": "sha1:NB6JDJQBNML24DYB6X22EQLBIL6CLZTE", "length": 4575, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.staglanedental.co.uk", "title": "Dental Implants Edgware | Dental Implants Burnt OAK, HA8 5LE | Stag Lane Dental Centre", "raw_content": "Missing and damaged teeth are a common problem for many people, dental implants offer a permanent solution to missing or damaged teeth\nIf you're living with a missing tooth, but want something more permanent or lower maintenance than dentures or a bridge, a dental\nimplant could be the safe and secure solution you're looking for\nA dental implant is a small man-made titanium screw that serves as the replacement for the root portion of a missing natural tooth. The implant is placed in the bone of the upper or lower jaw and allowed to bond with the bone and serve as an anchor for the replacement tooth. Dental implants can be used to replace a single lost tooth or many missing teeth. Implant-supported replacement teeth look, feel and function like natural teeth. Dental implants are a proven restoration option with a long clinical history. Dental implants preserve the integrity of the facial structure and reduce the inconvenience associated with tooth loss.\nImmediately (at the same time an implant is placed) or after a period of healing, an abutment is attached to the implant. This is a device that \"abuts? or joins the implant to a tooth form called a crown, which replaces the tooth part you see in the mouth. It will hold a custom-made crown that the dental laboratory will fabricate and match to your existing teeth. The custom crown is cemented or screwed onto the abutment to permanently keep it in place. Once the crown is in place, it should be indistinguishable from your natural teeth.\nFixed Multiple Tooth Replacement\nAs with single tooth replacement, temporary healing caps or abutments may be placed on multiple implants until the healing phase is complete. After healing, permanent abutments are attached to the implants. They can attach to custom-made crowns or bridgework that a dental laboratory will fabricate to match your existing teeth. In the final step, the custom bridge, which will replace multiple teeth, is cemented or screwed onto the abutments. The teeth have been replaced without disturbing the healthy teeth next to them, and bone loss has been halted.\nA sinus lift will be required when there is insufficient bone in the pre-molar and molar region; usually the sixth tooth (first molar) in each quadrant is where the sinus is at its lowest point of the maxilla (upper jaw). It may also be referred to as \u2018sinus augmentation\u2019. The need for a sinus lift will be due to insufficient bone due to tooth loss, periodontal disease or natural low sinus positioning. It's typically performed in advance of implant placement surgery, so to allow time for bone healing. But with some cases, both procedures may be done at the same time. While the need for this procedure is not uncommon, not all implants placed in this region will require it.\nThere can be several reasons why the amount of bone found in a patient's upper jawbone might be insufficient to accommodate a dental implant.\nThey include damage to the bone due to a previous surgical procedure (like a difficult tooth extraction) or the effects of periodontal (gum) disease.\nA frequent problem simply involves the situation where the size and shape of their maxillary sinus is relatively large in comparison to the size of their upper jaw (as shown in our illustration above). And because of this there is not enough bone thickness in which to embed a implant.\nDo implants require special after care?\nYou will need to see the hygienist at regular intervals following completion of your implant treatment. Like natural teeth and gums, implants need good oral hygiene and this is the key to the long term success of your dental implants. We will provide full written instructions on how to care for your implant.\nWill I experience pain after procedure?\nThe after effects of implant placement are usually very mild. There may be some slight bruising and swelling dependent on the number of implants placed; this can be relieved by painkillers. Antibiotics and mild steroids will be prescribed for your comfort. Most of our patients report little or no discomfort.\nIs the placement of implants painful?\nNo, implant placement is a very gentle procedure, normally carried out under a local anaesthetic and in most cases a mild sedative.\nWhat is the success rate of implants and how long do they last?\nThe treatment is highly reliable (96% success rate in a healthy person). With routine check-ups and the following of home care instructions, they should last a lifetime.\nIf you would like to find out more about Straumann Dental Implants visit http://www.straumann.co.uk/en/patients.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 7718, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 298.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.stanceworks.com/2016/10/returning-to-the-lens-reigniting-a-passion-alongside-an-nsx/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:42Z", "digest": "sha1:SIDYAF5C6WTKKXXP3MJWP5T2YVO6MKCM", "length": 4872, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.stanceworks.com", "title": "Returning to the Lens - Reigniting a Passion Alongside an NSX - StanceWorks", "raw_content": "Returning to the Lens \u2013 Reigniting a Passion Alongside an NSX\nKielan Prince\nI haven\u2019t properly been behind the camera shooting cars in about 2 years now. Once I graduated college, I was in a desperate search for a job, and that took nearly all of my time, pulling me away from the craft entirely. I did a few side sessions for a high end \u201cdealership\u201d if you will, and that was pretty much it. Once I finally landed my job, it of course took over my life. Cars, photography, pretty much everything in between took a back seat to becoming a professional. A year later I moved to New York City, sold my car, and pretty much left everything about the car culture behind me.\nAnyone who knows me well, knows just how much cars, and car culture mean to me. For a period of time I was ok without it, excited to see what new opportunities would present themselves as I looked at the world in a completely different manner. I realized moderately quickly though that cars and the car culture were much more than a hobby. It truly is genuinely a part of me. Cars provide so much more than just something to tinker with, they are a creative opportunity that constantly allow you to explore and push your creative limits.\nBecause I had pretty much stopped photography entirely, I bought a new camera thinking it would force me to go out and justify the rather impressive expense I had just incurred. It didn\u2019t. I had no creative spark left in me, I stopped looking at things creatively, and just saw things. Life wasn\u2019t as exciting, and I was slipping back into a mental place that I vowed to never let myself get back to.\nHeading to H2Oi was something that I was on the fence about. I didn\u2019t really enjoy the last time I was there in 2012; I had been hearing some pretty awful things about how the event has progressed over the years, and I honestly hadn\u2019t been in touch with most of the people that I used to once call family. Eventually I said to myself \u201cscrew it, I\u2019m going\u201d rented a car, and made the 4 hour drive down to Ocean City.\nI\u2019ll skip the frankly clich\u00e9 part of how I felt to be back, and how I was inspired, blah blah blah, you\u2019ve heard enough of that gooey garbage already. What I will say however, is that in my mind I was ready to get back to shooting.\nNow after really not picking up the camera after 2 years, and not having the \u201ceye\u201d for photos anymore, I was really trying to push myself to see things differently, and think about how I could best get myself back to capturing light in manner that was meaningful. I won\u2019t lie, this was one of the most difficult things I have done in a while. I\u2019m not going to say that these photos are great, or even that good. But what you are seeing, is me connecting with and believing in myself again. It sounds infinitely pathetic and really lame, but these photos mean so much more to me than just photos of a cool car. These photos are me beginning to express myself again, me letting go and experiencing again, and allowing me to be in total control.\nTo be honest, I\u2019m not really sure how to close this. I will say though, that for anyone who is going through a rough time in life, who can\u2019t really seem to connect with themselves in the same manner that they used to, and is feeling lost. Try and pinpoint what that is, and make the time to allow it in your current life. You don\u2019t need to do it to the same capacity that you did before, but don\u2019t block it out simply because it\u2019s not \u201cconvenient\u201d at the time. You owe it to yourself.\nI\u2019d like to thank Zack for getting together and shooting so early on Sunday morning. I don\u2019t think I could ever do this NSX justice with just how perfectly put together it is. For anyone who has seen it in person, you know exactly what I\u2019m talking about. It has a certain intangible to it that just commands attention, a truly unique example of a timeless classic car.\nComments on Returning to the Lens \u2013 Reigniting a Passion Alongside an NSX\nI would say with confidence that you definitely \u2018still got it\u201d\nI COMPLETELY understand what you\u2019ve been going through. I\u2019ve been in that situation for about 10 years now sadly. I am a true car guy, much like yourself and photography was my major in school. I\u2019ve let life (marriage, children, etc) get in the way of many of the car show and the photographic opportunities I can no longer readily see. Every so often I get a minute spark and the life comes again. Don\u2019t misunderstand I love my family and in no way regret them as a choice, but I do miss my passions.\nKEEP DOING WHAT YOU LOVE in some form or fashion. And those are beautiful pics of a very impressive car!\nKevinBeaudin\nGorgeous Car man! Snapped two at H2Oi, so here you go! 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I wrote it on the off chance that she might see it and that it might have some impact or maybe even change her mind. Little did I know that it would ultimately have the biggest impact and perhaps saved her life. I am proud of this; not for the writing, but for the reading of it. I\u2019m proud that common words of sense and decency transcended an almost demonic grip on a young, vibrant, beautiful woman, and made her change her mind. It\u2019s as simple as that.\nBut Kelly Rothwell was a young, vibrant, beautiful woman, who saw the demon too little too late. She paid the ultimate price for her loyalty and her decency.\nOn Tuesday December 27, three days before Melissa Walker made her announcement on Fox News that she was divorcing David Perry, I received these two emails below the original letter. Because David Perry has written to me before and used aliases, I wanted to substantiate the source before I printed them. I made some calls and ultimately came to the conclusion that the one from her sister Cassandra really WAS from her; the other one from Melissa I had to conclude was genuine as well. I waited to speak to Melissa\u2019s sister Cassandra because I wanted to give Melissa her privacy for as long as possible, knowing that once the news broke she would get no peace.\nCassandra Williams is a powerhouse and she is very protective of her sister Melissa.\n\u201cMelissa is a very smart girl, a personal trainer and licensed esthetician. She gets bored easily because she always likes to be on the go all the time. I mean, who hikes 20 miles before breakfast for fun?\u201d\nCassandra suggested she enter the Reserves and Melissa, in her 30\u2019s, aced boot camp and every test they gave her. So they asked her to enlist for a year,telling her she could be stationed in Hawaii at the Army Medical Center. She had no specific interest in the psychiatry field but did so well on her trials there, they asked her to stay on for the year.\u201d\nCassandra was surprised to learn that Melissa had married David Perry; the family wasn\u2019t told until after the summer wedding. By that time, Cassandra had read some of the stories circulating about Perry and his possible involvement in Kelly Rothwell\u2019s disappearance.\n\u201cI did wonder if he was guilty, but I and my whole family wanted to be supportive of my sister. She is a smart, beautiful and talented woman and we trusted that she would make the right decisions.\u201d\nBut even superior intelligence can be no match for a psychopath, not when they want to charm you and subtly gain control over you. It starts slowly and like Kelly, David had Melissa\u2019s phone put in his name. There were other signs, small ones, but none that were glaring enough to cause Melissa any alarm, according to her sister.\n\u201cI just made sure I talked to her (Melissa) every day,\u201d Cassandra said. \u201cWe\u2019re very close and always talk about our day, no matter where we are.\u201d\nThen,last week,an immediate family member of Cassandra\u2019s called her in tears, reading my open letter blog post over the phone. Cassandra then read it and called Melissa, who also read it. She had no idea it was even out there; David Perry had her convinced NOT to read anything about him and not to answer media requests, telling her they were \u201call lies\u201d.\nCassandra said Melissa was appalled and suddenly realized she had made a huge mistake in marrying David Perry. Cassandra assured her she did, because by this time Cassandra has started doing her own investigation on David Perry and was alarmed at what she found. Cassandra was also upset that it was also affecting her whole family.\n\u201cMy sister knew that she needed to clear her name and no longer wanted to be associated with Dave. She realized that he probably was guilty. So we talked and she decided that she should divorce him. She wants nothing more to do with him. All I want is to protect my sister. She really fell for this guy and it hurts.\u201d\nOne interesting note to all of this; when Perry and Melissa got married, he took her last name of Walker. He has a Hawaii driver\u2019s license as David Walker. Coincidentally (or not) his mother\u2019s last name was Walker too.\nMelissa Walker will never know how close to danger she may have been, but thankfully she will be safe and away from David Perry. Her family will love and support her through this hard time.\nKelly Rothwell tried to get away from the danger, but could not. She paid with it with her life.\nShe is still missing\u2026\u2026\nBy now I\u2019m sure you know who I am and the many others that comprise the family, friends, colleagues and advocates of Kelly Rothwell. She is the woman who has been missing since March 12th, with a high probability that it was her then-boyfriend Davis Perry who it is widely believed has killed her and moved on to you.\nI heard that you refused to listen to law enforcement when they initially told you how dangerous a man David Perry is and I am very surprised that you not only have maintained a relationship with him, but are actually thinking of marrying him, if you haven\u2019t already. I can think of several reasons NOT doing this, which I will enumerate:\nCould it be that you and Perry already had a relationship going on behind Kelly\u2019s back and she found out about it, wanting to confront Perry. Is that why he killed her? I would have to further suppose that you knew about it... it that true?\nDid the two of you plot this together or are you just a pawn in his game of lies and deceit? I find it extremely difficult to comprehend how a woman like you can NOT see what Perry is really all about.\nHe did this with Luana, and several OTHER women he was with; ask him about Ann Morris, who he left after almost 13 years when he met Kelly. He told his friends he had met a \u201crich bitch with money\u201d and was moving to Florida. Ask him about another Kellie, a woman with who he had an affair AND a child while he was still married to Luana. He got fired from the Outback Steakhouse for trying to choke out a cook who didn\u2019t cook his food right. Luana said that he would often choke her so tight that she would lose consciousness. He also told her he could kill her and they would never find her body.\nI ask these things because abusers and sociopaths almost always start out like this; they make you think they are indispensable to you and little by little you lose yourself, until you are under his control and can\u2019t get out. Then you end up like Kelly \u201cmissing\u201d and presumed dead. Because that is what will happen to you. I could almost lay money on it.\nBut perhaps you have some intimate knowledge of Kelly\u2019s disappearance\u2026.Maybe you know something. Maybe you like the rush of the \u201cbad boy\u201d image.. Is it exciting to lay next to a man who may have killed his girlfriend, thinking there\u2019s no way he would EVER hurt you like that\u2026 Think again... again I say there is documentable proof of his prior abuse.\nWe heard that he applied for a marriage license\u2026 could it be to keep you quiet? So you couldn\u2019t testify against him in a court of law? Interesting how things are working out, eh? What does your family think of all this? Do they even care about you? David Perry only thinks about himself, let\u2019s be clear on that. It will only be a matter of time before you start to see the real abuser he is known to be\u2026 again... DOCUMENTED PROOF. Because trust me.. He WILL show his true colors and you will be blindsided by it. Be careful; you could be his next victim.\nPerhaps you are a nice person; I don\u2019t know you and can\u2019t judge your character. But I DO know that YOUR military salary is being paid for with OUR tax dollars. I don\u2019t think I should have to pay for you to enjoy a life with a man who took one.\nFriends of Kelly who Demand Justice\nBy melissa on An Open Letter to Melissa Marie Walker on 12/27/11\nFirst I want to say I am Melissa\u2019s older sister, And I am just as disgusted as you all are, and I send my prayers to Kelly\u2019s friends and family and I also want to say I want this case to be solved and the truth to be revealed. Then I want to say that Melissa is smart, she\u2019s kind, she\u2019s beautiful, she is a great sister, and a wonderful aunt to 2 little boys. She is also woman that was sucked in by Dave\u2019s charm and his lies. She is not the only woman that has fallen for it RIGHT???? There is no way that she had any knowledge of his intentions to harm Kelly in any way, or that she even knew about Kelly until it was too late. I want to be clear one thing.... MY SISTER WOULD NEVER EVER HURT ANYONE, SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A MAN WHO LED HER TO BELIEVE HES SOMETHING THAT HE\u2019S NOT, DID SHE MAKE A MISTAKE? DID SHE HAVE BAD JUDGEMENT IN CHARACTER? IT SEEMS SO, BUT SHE WOULD NEVER, I MEAN NEVER, CONDONE, SUPPORT OR STAND BY SOMEONE WHO HAD DONE SOMETHING SO TERRIBLE.YES SHE HAS BEEN WARNED BY PINELLAS COUNTY DETECTIVES, BUT THERE\u2019S THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF HORRIBLE CRIMES AND DONE YEARS IN PRISON THEN LATER RELEASED, ALL CHARGES DROPPED AND AN \"IM SORRY\", LIVES RUINED FOR NOTHING. WHAT I WANT IS FOR PINALLES COUNTY DETECTIVES TO GET THE EVIDENCE THEY NEED FOR A CONVICTION SO I DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY SISTER, AGAIN MY PRAYERS ARE WITH KELLY AND HER FAMILY, AND I WRITE THIS IN SUPPORT OF THE TRUTH.\nBy CASSANDRA on An Open Letter to Melissa Marie Walker on 12/27/11\nI always encourage to listen and to follow your intuition. I also encourage to hear others intuitions and make your choices wisely. Woman or man, if you think you or someone close is in an abusive relationship (physical or emotional) please know you deserve better! You deserve LIFE! Speak up! Stand up! LIVE!\nDear Leigh, Thank you very much for such a compelling piece. As time has gone by and Kelly has not been found her disappearance has touched many people. And some of these people like myself have never met Kelly or her family. But Kelly and I have something in common that connects us forever and always as sisters. And that is because we are sisters of Domestic Violence. Some of us make it out and some of us don't. Falling into the hands of a monstrous psychopath can happen to anyone and I should know because it happened to me. Everyone I knew could not understand how I got tangled up with a convicted felon that is also an alcoholic drug addcict and controlling abuser. My experience in working in the field of mental health as a therapist did not save me from getting sucked up into his drama and violent filled world. It took me a few years to finally make the break and I did. And because I was one of the lucky ones I knew it was important to give something back to my sisters that have suffered from the hands of a violent abusive man. I now volunteer my time to work as a Domestic Violence Advocate and have been asked to participate and speak at vigils as well as lectures. This is something that I am extremely humbled by and grateful to be able to do because I survived living with a man that put me in life threatening situations. I also want to say that my heart goes out to Kelly's family and Melissa and her family as well. Please let them know that even strangers such as myself are capable of reaching out with genuine love and sincerity in supporting all of you. Bless you all. J\nJustice for Kelly January 2, 2012 at 11:03 AM\nThank you Leigh for putting this together like you did. I'm so glad someone grabbed on to your open letter and helped Melissa process through this monsters mode of operation! Love reading your blog...keep up the good investigative work you do in Kelly's name! Justice for Kelly...is always on my mind!\nMelissa no one was blaming you for your relationship with David. He is a real charmer until something happens and no matter if you are to blame or not it will be your fault. Everyone wanted to get your attention so you could see what the true David Perry was about, not just what he told you. I went through it for over 10 years and still deal with his retrobution every chance he wants to blame me for something. Did you know he sent me a email telling me it was my fault he killed Kelly. He did he used a fake name but he thinks I didn't know it was him. I am not a stupid woman either neither are the rest of the women he treated like dirt or worse. We all just want you to know we are so happy you are safe and saw through his bologna. If you ever need to talk my name is Luana and you are more than welcome to email me or even call. Leigh is a great woman and she is so happy you are safe from the grips of Davids lies and hands. Leigh has my number and email address. I am so proud of you, Luana Rae Greenfield\nLeigh you did a great job in bringing this open letter to light. Melissa I am happy and sad for you right now. Happy that you finally got away from David Perry and sad because you loved him and believed him and that had to be a very hard decision for you. I for one as I cannot speak for others couldn't understand how you could marry an individual that the police had warned you about, so one can draw the conclusion that you were somehow involved or knew more than you were saying. For that I am sorry that I doubted you. As you can see from what you have read Kelly has a lot of supporters and we all have the same thing in common, we want Kelly found and we want justice served. I hope you can move past this and find the true happiness you deserve. I also thank God that you did not endure what others have at the hands of David Perry. God Bless you and your family Melissa and as always God Bless the Rothwells. NLH\nI am so thankful that your blog was instrumental in Melissa seeing what danger she was in! There may not be evidence to charge David Perry YET....but there sure are glaring signs of suspicion from that fateful day when Kelly disappeared to be called the ONLY SUSPECT in her disappearance! Justice for Kelly...always! Keep up the good work Leigh!\nGreat Post Leigh. Anyone who knows this story, or followed it since day one knows the great amount of work and heart you have poured into this story. When Kelly Rothwell is found, or at the very least the right answers are discovered, it will be because of you. I never understood with all of what was facing Melissa, why she would agree to marry David Perry with the lingering Kelly Story and his state fraud case and pending social security case. It didnt make sense. She is such a beautiful, bright woman. I do understand how she was manipulated, as many of Daves exes have discovered and how love is blind. I applaud Melissa for coming to her senses before she experienced some of the terrible things he has done to his exes that I have read about. The reaction and support of Melissa and her family are that of a caring support system and what a normal individual or family would do when faced with a situation like this that would damage a person or family, especially when they are innocenct. David Perry should take a lesson from this, but then again you'd have to be innocent, I suppose. Bravo to Meliisa and her family. 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You create a halo effect when people work together and learn disciplines of execution that expands to other areas and efforts.\u201d\nHis key focus is that critically important concept \u2013 execution.\n\u201cThe accelerator is for the team,\u201d Camp adds. \u201cHow do we get the executive team on board? You find the shared motivators, clear direction, and you set progress milestones. More than the end game, it is about progress and continuously learning how to get better.\u201d\nHe sees three growth pillars for accelerator participants to address \u2013 monetizing their markets, incorporating intentional innovation into their businesses, and optimizing their organization\u2019s performance.\n\u201cThis program is designed to work best with a small number of companies,\u201d Camp says. All will participate in a series of group workshops where the focus will be on the mindsets, methods and mechanics for building sustainable, scalable and successful business. There is also a significant benefit learning from fellow participants and getting feedback from peers in the program. After each workshop, Camp will spend dedicated time with each participating CEO and his/her team at their place of business guiding them get the results they want.\nHaving helped a number of companies scale their business, Camp has some firmly-held thoughts on what works and what doesn\u2019t.\n\u201cMost companies only grow to their management\u2019s capacity,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat most haven\u2019t been taught or haven\u2019t successfully implemented is how to scale. The management team is critical but there\u2019s more.\u201d Camp explains that a business won\u2019t scale beyond management\u2019s capacity to guide and control it without building processes, systems and disciplines that are repeatable, predictable and can be picked up, moved to another region, or applied to a new product or service offering. It is another level strategy and execution.\n\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more to scaling that hiring more bodies,\u201d he says.\nCamp intends to stay involved in the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.\n\u201cJim Biggs and Jonathan Sexton deserve all the recognition and support they can get for what they are doing and accomplishing,\u201d he says of the key players at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center. \u201cThey are doing more than many communities.\u201d\nCamp also cites local assets that many understand such as the culture, geography, talent base, and technology generators (University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory). 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Mainly, the selection is based on how the pieces they perform are treated.\nNoh pieces are classified into \u201cheaviness\u201d levels by the head families. The levels are almost the same, even if some minor differences exist among the schools. In the case of the costumes, there are three types, montsuki (a crested kimono), han-gamishimo (ceremonial dress with short trousers), and naga-kamishimo (ceremonial dress with long trousers). These are basically chosen for pieces called hiramono (literally, plain pieces; lower-valued), naraimono (literally, training pieces) or omo-narai (literally, heavy training pieces; normal-valued), and goku-omo-narai (literally, very heavy training pieces; higher-valued) respectively. 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You could see the business model as a Venn diagram; people who like Ween, a criminally underappreciated rock band from New Hope, PA, and people who are interested in fishing.\nBut hey, even if you don\u2019t like Ween, Mickey will still take you out fishing. Probably.\nIt seems, though, the two worlds are mostly distinct. Sure, you can go check out Mickey\u2019s Brownie Troop videos online and see him fishing with the Butthole Surfers\u2019 Gibby Haynes, but for the most part, Mickey fishes with fishermen and plays with musicians.\nThere are correlations between the two worlds, both populated by independently minded people who learn by experience from their surroundings. And of course, if you\u2019re a Ween fan and you want to go on a fishing trip, you probably couldn\u2019t think of a cooler guide.\nMickey talked about his history with fishing, how it intersects with his life, and his thoughts on a forthcoming Ween full-length.\nTell me about these fishing trips. Is fishing something you\u2019ve always done?\nYeah. It\u2019s something that I\u2019ve always done. In the last ten years, I kind of stepped it up a lot more. I think as Ween has gone along further and further, I\u2019ve gotten more intense about other things in my life. (Laughs). My hobbies, you know? And fishing is something that I started spending so much time doing it and I was fishing wherever the band was going all over the world. I was taking my stuff with me.\nI always wanted to get my captain\u2019s license with the Coast Guard, just as a challenge, to see if I could do it. We did like a year and a half of touring around La Cucaracha, the last Ween record, and I knew we were going to have a long break after it, that whole winter. So I spent the winter that year studying to take the exams. And I passed, and I got my captain\u2019s license.\nI wasn\u2019t planning on starting a charter service or anything like that, but it led to that. And it\u2019s fucking awesome (laughs). Get to fish like ten times as much now. And I\u2019m getting paid for it too.\nWell, you start Ween as a hobby and it becomes a job, and then you start fishing as a hobby and it becomes a job too.\nI\u2019m really very conscious of that. I wouldn\u2019t say that either one feels like a job, really. Touring feels like a job, but not the actual playing of the gigs. The other 20 hours of the day when Ween is on tour when we\u2019re just sitting around in hotels and driving in vans and sitting in clubs backstage. That part of it is definitely work.\nI\u2019ve always been a fisherman my whole life. Passionate about it. It\u2019s not a new thing, it\u2019s just a really good time in my life to step up my game. There\u2019s enough room being in Ween for both things in my life. We have a lot of downtime.\nYou\u2019re from New Hope side of the Delaware. Is that where you\u2019ve been fishing for pretty much most of your life?\nYeah. Here and the Shore. Same thing I\u2019m doing now. Same places. My boat is in Belmar, in Jersey, and I have a boat here on the river as well. The same grounds I\u2019ve been fishing my whole life.\nYou were doing these Brownie Troop videos where you\u2019d get Andrew Weiss or Gibby Haynes fishing. Is that how this all started, fun you would have with friends from town or from bands?\nNo. It\u2019s funny, I have a couple of different circles of friends that don\u2019t really have anything to do with one other. My fishing buddies are one of those groups. There are guys that I fish with, a lot, and I\u2019ve never met any members of their families. Their wives or kids. But they have that passion for it. It\u2019s kind of cool. It\u2019s not as big of a world as you think it is, when it comes to the fishing community at the Shore, or especially here on the river. I know most everybody, the guides. You put together a network of people that share information. I think that\u2019s one of the more important things that you get when you hire a guide. You get reliable, accurate information, because we all share. While we don\u2019t tell each other everything (laughs), there\u2019s a lot of that reciprocating of info.\nThat came to my mind when the BP oil leak happened. Oil is going into all those estuaries and everything, and the horsesense and generational knowledge among all those fishermen could be lost ostensibly for a long time. They can\u2019t pass that knowledge down.\nThe whole thing\u2019s just a fucking disgrace, and the effects of it aren\u2019t going to be known for 50 years. Who knows, but certainly not right now do they know the effects. You can\u2019t even get an accurate answer about how much oil spilled or where it is or whether we\u2019re going to get it up here, you know. Certainly possible. Nobody knows the effect it is going to have. Obviously, it\u2019s not good.\nIt\u2019s funny, there\u2019s a guy\u2014I book a lot of bachelor parties and birthday parties and things like that. I\u2019ll get Ween fans, ten or fifteen of them, and I work with a couple of different partyboats, and I\u2019ll book the trips on the big boats. I usually take a maximum of three people with me. The guys that work on these partyboats, they\u2019re out working one trip in the afternoon, and then they\u2019re a commercial scallop fisherman at night. They know everything. They know the tuna grounds, they know how to bottom-fish, they know how to drag for scallops. It\u2019s intense. And it is a generational thing. Some salty ass guys. (laughs) Those are the people you want to listen to. Fishing is like that. You can never stop learning doing it.\nI guess being in a band is similar. Just that continuous learning.\nIt is similar. Sponging, sponging knowledge and shit off of people.\nWhat is your tour schedule like this year?\nWe\u2019re trying something different this summer. So far it\u2019s worked out pretty good. Rather than go out on two trips that are three weeks at a time or whatever, we\u2019re going out every week and a half and doing three or four shows in a row without any days off, then coming home. So we\u2019ve done about six or seven of them since the spring, and I like it. We\u2019re getting the same amount of work done, if not more, than we normally would, but we don\u2019t have to rehearse all the time, our stuff kind of stays in the truck. (laughs) We\u2019re getting the same amount of gigs in without being away from our families.\nI think some Ween fans were expecting a record this year.\nWe\u2019re going to make another record, probably this winter I guess. But one of the biggest things I\u2019m struggling with right now being in Ween is the role that records play in the music industry these days, and how completely unimportant they\u2019ve become. It\u2019s my favorite part of doing it, making albums.\nI don\u2019t ever want to sound bitter, but the making of the last record and the whole process was really disheartening for me. I was really disappointed, because I thought it was a great record, and we put a lot of work into it. And people just don\u2019t buy CDs. They download the shit, get some tracks or whatever. And it\u2019s everybody.\nThat\u2019s just the way the industry is going now. I remember being bummed that CDs were becoming the primary format over vinyl and how upset that made me, because aesthetically, the whole thing is a record. Sequencing. Side one, side two, side three, side four.\nIt feels like to me, our last record, is just this fucking piece of product that enables us to go on tour and make a living that way. That\u2019s the part of it that always interested me the least. And the irony is after being in Ween for 25 years now and touring for 20 years, that that\u2019s what it\u2019s come to now. The point that I thought we would be at now is making records and not touring as much. And now it seems like we\u2019re a fucking touring band all of a sudden.\nAnd it changes the focus. There were always two different versions of Ween. There was Aaron and I, who do everything in making the records, I play the drums and all that, and there was the live version of Ween that was a totally different experience.\nThe rules have changed now. The whole game has changed. And I\u2019m still figuring out where I want us to fit into it, so to speak. I\u2019d like to make another record, but we put a lot of work and a lot of love and time into our records. We really do. We\u2019ll spend about a year writing it. We\u2019ll demo 60 or 70 songs typically and then whittle it down to an album.\nTo do all that the way that we\u2019re accustomed to doing it and the standard we\u2019ve set for ourselves, and I have to ask myself if it\u2019s fucking worth it. Like I said, I\u2019m not trying to do anything else but be honest with you, but it sucks. It\u2019s totally fucking upsetting to me.\nAnd I\u2019m part of it too. I don\u2019t remember the last record I bought. I don\u2019t have an iPod or anything like that. I just don\u2019t buy records anymore. Whose album is worth going to get? I buy the same old records by the same old people that I always used to buy. Prince and Meat Puppets and Neil Young.\nBut really what it is, I\u2019ll just go see them on tour when they come around. And I wouldn\u2019t expect them to play much off their new records. I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know how I feel about it, but it\u2019s not good (laughs). It used to be, Elvis Costello would make two records a year, three records a year. That was the standard. We made a record every year for the first five or six records. The part that I enjoyed was being in the studio and making records. It was a hobby and it was also what we did and it was fun and now, like I said, I feel like it\u2019s fodder.\nIt\u2019s not moving the culture anymore, it\u2019s not what people care about.\nIt\u2019s not. We obviously were never a singles-oriented band. We don\u2019t have a song that defines us. We never had any commercial success of any significance. So, I consider us to be totally an album band. You remove that from the equation and now Ween is like this live band.\nIt looks like you guys are having fun when you play live.\nWe have a great time. I love being in a band. I love the whole thing. I\u2019m not complaining. That\u2019s why I preceded all this by saying I\u2019m not bitter. Because I\u2019m not.\nOnly an asshole would complain about being paid to play music for a living. I hate people that do that, and I\u2019m not one of them. I totally recognize what a privilege it is to do what we do. But that\u2019s just the way it is now. Touring is very taxing. It sucks the life out of you. It\u2019s hard to have a life if you\u2019re on tour all the time.\nYou could just do fishing trips for a living and make records on the side.\nI\u2019m very happy with where my life is right now. Where it\u2019s been for years now. But you always try to make it better.\nI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever caught a fish. Tried to do it, didn\u2019t catch anything, and moved on. Wasn\u2019t a culture in my family.\nI\u2019ve converted a lot of people into fishermen. I have. Not only my charters, but friends too. It\u2019s a very healthy hobby to have. Like playing golf or something. You\u2019re outside, it\u2019s quiet, you\u2019re outside for half of a day in the sun, with nature, if you enjoy it, it\u2019s a very healthy hobby to have.\nI\u2019ve had charters where I take them out and they\u2019re novice fishermen and I hear back from them for months after asking me to help them pick out rods and reels. They end up loving it, not realizing how much they were going to enjoy it.\nAll it takes is to catch one really monstrous fish. That\u2019s sometimes all it takes. People just are gone from that point on. Fishermen for life. That\u2019s what happened to me when I was a kid. When you\u2019re out there doing it and doing it, and all of a sudden through perseverance or luck, you hook into a huge fish, and that\u2019s it, there\u2019s no looking back.\nDo you remember your first fish?\nMe? No. I don\u2019t remember my first fish. But my dad was really into fishing, so I did come from a lot of fishing. My folks lived at the shore, and I was on a boat on the salt water from the time I can remember. He passed off the rod to me on a bluefish one time. Bluefish have converted so many people, because they\u2019re just all fight. That\u2019s what it was for me. My first alligator bluefish.\nWeen perform at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park on Sept. 17. Info on Mickey\u2019s Fishing trips can be found at Mickeysfishing.com.\ndean weenfishingjersey shorela cucarachamickey melchiondoween\nInterview with Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach: Straight From the Heart\nInterview With Artist Chet Zar: Inked Art\nInked Out: SallyAnn Salsano Leaves Jersey Shore For Tattoo Nightmares\nPete September 1, 2010\nAs an original fan of 20 years and now a family man myself, I can completely understand why Mickey is disenchanted with becoming a touring band. A lot of the art and concept has disappeared with album making. Buying a record used to be a complete experience. Now its something you do when its convenient or when your under the influence in front of your computer taking a trip down memory lane. We hate it yet we all do it.\nSeth September 1, 2010\nGreat interview. I feel moved to comment as a longtime Ween fan that I appreciate and have noticed the amount of effort they\u2019ve put into making whole albums. I might have favorite tracks off of each one, but I love them as a whole, and each album has a different feel and vibe \u2013 they don\u2019t just make one catchy tune and then add a bunch of filler songs, which is somewhat of rarity I think. And Micky, Cucaracha was a great album \u2013 an instant classic. Really looking forward to seeing you guys in Central Park in a couple of weeks!\nrock cousteau September 1, 2010\nThis was a refreshing look at one of my favorite musicians. It\u2019s always nice to know what makes people happy. Thanks for a great interview.\nJohn murrie September 1, 2010\nGreat interview, I still buy CDs ,don\u2019t really believe in getting something for nothing ,and I\u2019d rather pay for something you guys did than feel like I riipped you off for a job consecutively done I enjoy all of your albums and will continue paying for them,maybe I\u2019ll book your charter one of these days ,man that\u2019d be sweet.\nJoe September 1, 2010\nDeaner! Don\u2019t give up on the albums. I use iTunes like everyone else, but when Ween puts out an album, I head to the brick-and-mortar (or Chocodog) because I want the real deal. Sadly, I\u2019ve only been a fan for 11 years or so, but it\u2019s lifelong from here on out. Y\u2019all keep making albums and I\u2019ll keep buying them. Btw, you guys were killer in Columbus.\nIt\u2019s nice to see another side of Ween\u2026being a semi-new fan, I often wondered what u guys do in your spare time. Every album I\u2019ve listiened to, I have enjoyed. Being a mom (of 2 young Ween fans in training) I can understand how touring could get old quick. I just saw u guys in Tulsa last weekend\u2026great show by the way! Keep doin what u do.\nI have been a fan since the mid 90s. You guys are awesome live. I think you played a 4-5 hour set last time I saw you. I even made a pitstop in Newhope on my last East Coast roadtrip. Too bad I didn\u2019t know about the fishing charters then!\nHope you guys make your way to LA again soon.\nscott wheaton September 1, 2010\nthanks mr. interview man..and deaner\u2026that was so nice to read. I wanted to go fishing right after I read the piece, while listening to la cucaracha.\nDrew Jensen September 1, 2010\nAwesome interview. Ween is so legit.\nnipsy doodle September 2, 2010\nAwesome honesty and true. Although i\u2019ve only been a nutty fan for 18 years. I do remember sitting listening to vinyl with head phones on staring at the (larger than a thumbnail) cover art for the duration of the album. Not to mention scrounging any money found under couch cushions to take to the record store to buy records, after filtering the whole store to decide where the money is best spent. F itunes.\nDugHerb September 2, 2010\nGreat interview! Really hope a new album is in the pipes seeing as each new album gets better and better. Hail Boognish \\^^/\nZWiX September 2, 2010\nHEY DEANER,\nI don\u2019t know if you realize this or not but seeing Ween live is life-changing for people. I know it was for me. I\u2019ve been a huge fan since i was 14. Listened only to albums. I had no idea what to expect or what I was getting myself into when I first went to see you guys but it blew my freaking mind. Much love. pzwix.\nDeaner, dude, your fan base is so f-ing loyal and are album-oriented! Don\u2019t give up the albums. Stay true to yourself and the band because your fans are staying true to you!\nCan\u2019t wait to see you guys rock Central Park!\nMandyque September 2, 2010\nDeaner, I\u2019m a massive vinyl and CD fan, I don\u2019t feel like I own anything with downloads, I like to have a physical copy to lovingly hold and arrange in alphabetical order on my shelves :D I love to read the sleeve notes and admire the artwork as well as hear the music itself, and seeing it played live is the ultimate joy for me.\nBTW, are you ever going to tour the UK? You\u2019d go down a storm at Glastonbury Festival, could you do that?\nMonica September 4, 2010\nThe quest for finding friends in US to order for me and bring me (in Romania) every new Ween release is something I will definitely never give up on!\nFishing with Mickey \u00ab Mr. Atavist September 5, 2010\n[\u2026] interview with Dean Ween over at the Aquarian Weekly, about \u2026 fishing. I got to get some bait [\u2026]\nGone Fishin\u2019\u2026 With Deaner from wEEn!!! (09/10/10) \u00ab Bang Bang Slang September 9, 2010\n[\u2026] Here\u2019s a compelling read \u2013 an interview with Deaner from The Aquarian Weekly. Fishing. Ween\u2019s future. Live music vs. recording albums. Great stuff: \u201cDean Ween Casts a Wider Net\u201c [\u2026]\nMikey September 10, 2010\nlmlyp lmlyp lmlyp\nof course you could put out live concert albums and that is good for a twirl on the jukebox\nE.M. October 1, 2010\nI would like to offer my opinion that Ween albums are INFINITELY better and more enjoyable than their live shows. Please continue to make records. There ARE people still buying them, myself included.\nPeter Gray June 7, 2011\nDeaner, I have boughten all of your albums on vinyl AND cd. I appreciate the hard work you guys put on your albums, mixing and mastering them on reel to reel. It\u2019s something I enjoy myself as a hobby. There\u2019s nothing better than recording on to tape, having it processed to vinyl, and getting it in the mail to add to your vinyl collection. I may not be selling it to other people, but that\u2019s besides the point, I have my own private copy for me to enjoy with friends included.\nLeave a Reply to scott wheaton Cancel Reply", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 254, "original_length": 21552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.theaquarian.com/2015/01/28/marias-local-radar-corrina-corrina/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:30Z", "digest": "sha1:JULF6H3P5OZONHGLAQVWWE4RQUMB4DHJ", "length": 4398, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.theaquarian.com", "title": "Maria's Local Radar: Corrina, Corrina | The Aquarian", "raw_content": "Maria\u2019s Local Radar: Corrina, Corrina\nMy local friends, we meet again. Here\u2019s to hoping some local music can make your week a little brighter. First and foremost, huge shout out to my local friends Sekond Skyn, who will be opening up for HELLYEAH at Starland Ballroom on March 1; huge gig for you guys! I love seeing popular local talent getting to open for national acts; keep working hard, and everyone\u2019s time will come. Also, good luck to my friends in Toothgrinder, who are about to embark on another tour; go get what\u2019s yours! There is so much to be excited about. That being said, let\u2019s keep the excitement going with putting another talented act in the spotlight, shall we?\nThis week, I am going to feature a band that I am certain many of you are familiar with, for they are making huge dents in the local music scene. I recently found out about them through the Asbury Park Music Awards a few months ago, and I have been in love ever since. They go by the name of Corrina, Corrina. Are you already a fan? I am sure many of you are. However, for the rest of you, it\u2019s time to change and open some ears.\nCorrina, Corrina is a punk band from Red Bank, New Jersey, currently signed to Little Dickman Records (in the company of some other amazing bands like The Battery Electric). The band consists of Brian McKenna, Matthew Kessig, Deaglan Howlett, and Kyle Donovan. Their album American Short Stories is available now, and also the reason I am so into their sound. It\u2019s full of life from start to finish, and let me explain why.\nIf I had to describe their sound, I would say if you listen to bands like The Menzingers and The Gaslight Anthem, then they are right up your alley. Not comparing their sound and style by any means, but they fit into that category. Now, I could break this record down track by track, but I am not going to. The truth here is, every song has a thorough, distinct, and unique feel to it. Every song, in my opinion, is a winner. \u201cDenim Jacket\u201d is most likely my favorite track, as it has undeniable energy and gets you hooked from the first beat. This record isn\u2019t overwhelmingly technical, since what you see is what you get: good, solid punk music.\nSome of you who aren\u2019t into this genre may have the \u201cpunk\u201d scene labeled in your brain as people in a certain click, but this is actually not the case at all. Sure, all of the punk bands in our scene tend to stick together and support one another, but that is how a solid foundation should be; there is room for everyone. Corrina, Corrina, however, sticks out to me, and I cannot exactly put my finger on what the main reason is. Maybe it\u2019s because they seem to exist in a tunnel of their own style, doing things their own way. Or, maybe it\u2019s the fact that their live set alone will make you a fan, and the fact that their album is so good is an added bonus.\nYou can catch Corrina, Corrina live at The Brighton Bar in Long Branch on Feb. 7 with a ton of other talented young acts, so be sure to get out and show your support. If you can\u2019t make that show, there will be others in the near future, as they seem to be a household name in this area. Their fanbase is getting solid, and I feel as if I am hearing or seeing their name everywhere these days. They are very interactive on social media, sharing their tour dates, music, videos and more, so be sure to head on over to their Facebook page and give them a \u201clike\u201d at facebook.com/CorrinaCorrinaNJ. You can also check out their album, which is 100 percent worth a listen (or 10), at littledickman.com. While you\u2019re over on that site, be sure to check out their whole roster, for I am certain you will find something over there to your liking. I am becoming a huge fan of Corrina, Corrina and hope they continue to make music that makes me smile.\nI will be back next week with another band of your liking, or who knows, maybe I will switch it up with an interview or something of that sort. After all, we have to keep it fresh, for that\u2019s what the local scene is all about! Until next week, my friends, rock and roll.\ncorrina corrinaMaria Ciezakmaria's local radar\nRant \u2018N\u2019 Roll: Classical Gas & Other Delights\nEverynight Charley\u2019s Manhattan Beat: December 16 \u2013 December 20\nMaria\u2019s Local Radar: The Hit Men \u2013 Sept. 10 At The Count Basie Theatre \u2013 A Benefit For The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation\nInterview with Lost In Society: Moving In The Right Direction", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 7174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 241.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thecode.org/koncept-events-joins-the-fight-against-child-sexual-exploitation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:18Z", "digest": "sha1:NU4OCHKSB3AEOI2NISMKCXCWY34JWGQK", "length": 1106, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.thecode.org", "title": "Koncept Events joins the fight against child sexual exploitation by becoming a member of The Code | The Code", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News \u00bb Koncept Events joins the fight against child sexual exploitation by becoming a member of The Code\nKoncept Events joins the fight against child sexual exploitation by becoming a member of The Code\nKoncept Events joins over 300 travel and tourism companies to become the latest members of The Code. 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Moral and Social Prophylaxis; Clinical Soc., N.Y. Sch. Clinical Med.; Soc. Alumni Bell. Hosp.; Amer. Assoc. for Advancement of Science. Author: Suprarenal Gland in Urethral Surg.; Quarantine and Disinfection at Scarlet Fever Hosp.; Treatment of Scarlet Fever; Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Hosp.; Review of the Treatment of Inflammatory Conditions of the Throat by Irrigation and Description of a New Irrigator Tip; Methods of Gastric Analysis; Hyperstehnic Gastritis; Hypersthesia Gastrica; Delayed Evacuation of the Stomach; Causes and Differential Diagnosis; Personal Observations in the Treatment of\nGastroptosis; Regular; specialty, dis. digestive tract (surgical). Residence and office: 48 W. 51st St., N.Y.; 9-11 a. m. and by appointment.\nKent, Charles Sumner, business man; born Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 6, 1873; son of William M. and Susan E. (Phillips) Kent. Educated in public schools, Buffalo, N.Y.; studied architecture in an architect's office four years; spent six months abroad studying architecture. Married Josephine MacPherson. 1901, at Buffalo, N.Y. In employ Barber Asphalt Paving Co., since June, 1892; Supt. at Buffalo and Western New York; Dist. Mgr., Cal., Ariz., Nev., and N.M., 1904-06; Pac. Coast Mgr. since 1906. Clubs: California, Gamut, Los Angeles Athletic, Union League, San Francisco. Residence: 2405 6th Ave. Office: 1011 Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.\nKernan, Walter N., lawyer; born in Utica, N.Y., March 20, 1864; son of Francis Kernan and Hannah (Devereux) Kernan. He was graduated from Georgetown College in 1885 and is a member of the firm of Kernan and Kernan, Utica, N.Y.; also vice-president and general counsel of New York State Railways. He is also a member of the University. Racquet and Tennis and Midday Clubs of New York City. Office address: Grand Central Terminal. N.Y. City; Devereaux Block, Utica, N.Y.\nKinsella, M. Joseph, publisher of 810 Mutual Life Building, Buffalo, N.Y., was born in 1868 in Medina, N.Y. He was graduated from the Buffalo State Normal School in 1894; and the Cornell University in 1900; was then admitted to the New York State Bar the same year. Practiced law for a short time in Buffalo', N.Y. Later went into the publishing line, and is founder and president of The Frontier Press Company of Buffalo.\nKlock. Jay E., newspaper publisher; born Hammond, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 14. 1864; son of Rev. Nellis and Lovina I. (Ottman) Klock; educated under his father's instruction for the most part; attended Albany Boys' Acad., but was not graduated; married, Farmington, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1890, Ina G. Chilson; New York City, Aug. 15, 1911, Louise M. Rice. At the age of 21, became a member editorial staff Albany Evening Journal; in 1889, purchased controlling interest in Little Falls Daily Times; in 1891, sold same and purchased the Kingston Daily Freeman, which has since successfully conducted, also developing large job printing business. Republican. Clubs: Republican, Lotos. Address, 3-9 Broadway. Kingston. N.Y.\nKneeland, Andrew Delos, lawyer; born Binghampton. N.Y., May 6, 1863; son Andrew Jackson and Lucy Adaline (Parker) Kneeland; educated Augusta (N.Y.) Acad., Colgate Acad. (Hamilton, N.Y.), grad. 1884 (honors), Madison Univ., Hamilton, N.Y., A.B., 1888; married April 21, 1887, Martha H. Seymour; children: Joy Pauline, born 1891; Belle Genevieve, born 1893. Admitted to all courts of record of state, 1888, at Syracuse, to Federal Court later, and to U.S. Supreme Court, I900; senior mem. law firm of Kneeland, Files and Reese. City attorney of Rome, N.Y., 1891-96; partner of Judge Isaac J. Evans, county judge of Oneida\nCounty, several years; later of the Hon. Howard C. Wiggins of Rome, N.Y., and of Hon. John C. Evans of Rome, N.Y., several years. Removed and came to N.Y. City, 1902. Republican; Unitarian. Mason, .32 degree K.T., and all Masonic bodies; past master and past commander. Member of N.Y. State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Bar Association of the City of New York, and N.Y. County Lawyers' Association; also several clubs. Residence: 220 W. 98th St. Address: 115 Broadway, N.Y. 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Instead Daisy Mae came out, challenged Williams and Williams defeated Mae in a singles match. At the February 9, 2006 edition of DSW TV Tapings, Williams participated in the first ever Bikini Contest in DSW. She did not reveal her bikini because Palmer Cannon interrupted, which led to a match, where Love managed Cannon against Tommy Dreamer. On February 28, she underwent knee surgery in Birmingham, Alabama to repair her torn ACL. After almost seven months of rehab, she stepped back into the ring at a DSW TV taping. At the beginning of November 2006, Williams started managing The Gymini, but The Gymini were released from their contracts in January 2007.\nWilliams then got in a feud with General Manager of DSW, Krissy Vaine, with Williams claiming that Vaine did something immoral to be appointed General Manager. Over the next couple of weeks, Vaine would cost Williams her matches by forcing other DSW Divas into interfering in Williams's matches. 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On the April 5, 2007 episode of DSW, Williams accompied Vaine to a match, where she defeated Nattie Neidhart after an interfence from Williams. For weeks, Williams teamed up with Vaine against Neidhart and Shantelle Taylor, losing to them on several occasions. This story ended when Deep South Wrestling shut down in April.\nWhen Deep South Wrestling shut down in April, Williams was moved to Ohio Valley Wrestling. Williams made her Ohio Valley Wrestling debut in a dark match at the May 16, 2007 television taping in Louisville, Kentucky, defeating Serena. She was released from her developmental contract two days later.\nAfter being let go from her WWE developmental contract in May 2007, Williams resurfaced in Mexico's Asistencia Asesor\u00eda y Administraci\u00f3n (AAA) promotion under the name Canadian Angel on June 10, 2007. 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Following the match, Zoravar confessed to Love that he's in love with her once again out doing Romeo. On September 22, 2012, Williams, still using her TNA ring name of Angelina Love, and Velvet Sky reunited as the Beautiful People at a Northeast Wrestling event, where they were defeated by Madison Rayne and Rosita.\nLove made her debut for Family Wrestling Entertainment (FWE) on October 4, 2012 at the Back 2 Brooklyn internet pay-per-view, where she teamed up with Velvet Sky to defeat the FWE Women's Champion Maria Kanellis and Katrina Lea in a tag team match with Love pinning Kanellis. Because of that win, Williams was named Number One Contender and faced Kanellis for the FWE Women's Championship on February 16, 2013, but was unsuccessful in winning the championship after Mike Bennett helped Maria take advantage. On November 10, Love made her debut for Pro-Wrestling: EVE in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, defeating Carmel Jacob via disqualification, following interference from Sara-Marie Taylor. Love then teamed with Erin Angel in a tag team match, where they were defeated by Jacob and Taylor. On February 16, 2013, at FWE No Limits, Love was defeated by the FWE Women's Champion Maria Kanellis in a title match. Love returned to FWE at their Openweight Grand Prix on October 12, defeating Cheerleader Melissa and Serena Deeb in a three-way match, when she pinned Deeb.\nOn February 22, 2013, Daffney announced that Angelina Love would be making her debut in the newly based-female promotion \"Shine\" at their next event called Shine 8. On March 23 at the Shine 8 event, Love teamed up with Mia Yim and former Knockouts Amazing Kong, Christina Von Eerie in a losing effort to the team of Valkyrie (Allysin Kay, Ivelisse, Rain and Taylor Made). 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At the Genesis pay-per-view, Williams unsuccessfully challenged for the Knockouts Championship in a fatal-four way with Gail Kim retaining her title.\nThe Beautiful People (2007\u20132009)\nWilliams soon began competing under the ring name \"Angelina Love\" and formed a partnership with Velvet Sky, calling themselves \"Velvet-Love Entertainment\", later changed to \"The Beautiful People\". The duo defeated ODB and Roxxi Laveaux at Turning Point in a Knockouts Tag Team match. During the following months, Love and Sky also aided Gail Kim in her rivalry with Awesome Kong. Love and Sky became villains on the March 13, 2008, episode of Impact by attacking Laveaux. Love also participated at Lockdown in the first ever \"Queen of the Cage\" match but was pinned by Laveaux.\nThe Beautiful People holding their signature paper bags and hair spray.\nAdopting the personas of superficial prima donnas, who loathe and insult anyone they consider to be physically unattractive, they dropped the Velvet-Love Entertainment moniker and became The Beautiful People. In 2008 at Lockdown, they participated in the first ever \"Queen of the Cage\" match, which was won by Roxxi, when she defeated Love in the finals. The following month's pay-per-view, Sacrifice, saw a Battle Royal where the last two in the ring competed in a Ladder match with the loser having their head shaved; the week before on Impact! Gail Kim won immunity in a Shears-On-A-Pole-Match. The Makeover Battle Royal-Ladder Match saw Kim and Roxxi survive the Battle Royal and with Kim having immunity this meant the third runner-up, Angelina Love, would have her head shaved if Roxxi won. Knowing this, Love interfered in the Ladder Match to ensure Kim's victory and Roxxi's head being shaved bald. While the Knockouts watched the haircut in pity, Love and Sky paraded around celebrating with Roxxi's freshly shaved hair cementing them as villains in one of TNA's most controversial moments.\nThe Beautiful People continued to harass the fan favorite Knockouts, including ruining Kim's chance at winning the TNA Women's Knockout Championship, injuring her, and unsuccessfully attempting to shave ODB's head after a match. This led to a Street Fight on June 5 between Sky and ODB, during which Mickie Knuckles (later renamed Moose) debuted as The Beautiful People's ally on Impact!. At Slammiversary the new trio lost in a six-woman tag team match against Roxxi, ODB and Kim when ODB pinned Moose.\nOn July 18, Sky won a ten-Knockout Battle Royal to earn a shot at the Knockouts Championship. However she failed to win the match, afterwards her and Love assaulted champion Taylor Wilde, putting a paper bag over her head. Their bad luck continued when The Beautiful People main evented the July 31 Impact! in a losing effort to Wilde and Kim.\nOn the August 14 edition of Impact!, Kip James was introduced as the team's \"fashionist\" under the name Cute Kip. As Sky had failed to win the title from Wilde, Love was given a chance at No Surrender. The following week on Impact!, The Beautiful People tried to intimidate Wilde before No Surrender, by attacking her backstage. Love and Wilde competed in a beauty pageant which Love lost after losing the evening gown and talent contest segments. Love also lost the title match at No Surrender. While Sky and Love had been focussing on Wilde and her title, Kip had begun a feud with Rhino. This feud ended in defeat for the Beautiful People, with them losing to ODB, Rhaka Khan and Rhino at Bound for Glory IV. Their feud with ODB spilled out into an alliance with Booker T who hired The Beautiful People to protect his wife, Sharmell, from ODB in exchange for his locker room on the December 4 episode of Impact!. This resulted in a six-woman tag team match at Final Resolution against ODB, Wilde and Roxxi, which they lost.\nMadison Rayne (left) joined in March 2009 to make the sorority Mi\u2207\u29b5 (Mi Pi Sexy).\nAlso in December it was announced on TNA's website that the company had extended an invitation to United States Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin which The Beautiful People looked forward to as they considered her husband to be attractive. A Governor Palin parody character, often referred to simply as The Governor, appeared on December 4 played by Shannon Spruill. Love and Sky were oblivious to The Governor being an imposter, resulting in some comedy skits where Kip tried to convince them they were being fooled while others mocked their stupidity. The Governor, meanwhile, convinced the duo that they would have a makeover that would make them worthy of her cabinet; the makeover involved frumpy clothes, no make-up and unstyled hair. On January 15, Taylor Wilde and Roxxi revealed that it had all been a ruse to humiliate The Beautiful People who, in Wilde's opinion, were making a mockery of TNA's women's division. After this they had mud dropped on them from the ceiling.[46] The following week, The Beautiful People brutally attacked Spruill backstage until Kip stopped them after a sufficient beating. On February 5, The Beautiful People exacted revenge on Roxxi and Wilde in a tag match and put paper bags over their heads; however, their revenge was cut short when The Governor made the save.\nAngelina Love at a TNA show in April 2009.\nWilde's rivalry with The Beautiful People continued when Wilde teamed with the recently debuted Knockout Madison Rayne on February 26. Rayne turned on Wilde in the tag team match giving The Beautiful People the win. With Rayne's help, The Beautiful People won a Four Corners Tag Team match against Awesome Kong and Raisha Saeed, Rhaka Khan and Sojourner Bolt, and Wilde and Roxxi. On the March 12 edition of Impact!, Madison Rayne was formally revealed as an initiate to Mi Pi Sexy (Mi\u2207\u29b5) (the newly formed sorority of the group). However, Rayne lost her initiation match to Taylor Wilde. Love and Sky continued to be referred to as \"The Beautiful People\", but when Rayne accompanied them, they were referred to as \"Mi Pi Sexy\". Some time later, the term \"Mi Pi Sexy\" became a nickname, thus being used occasionally on television.\nThe Beautiful People began the hazing of Madison Rayne on March 19's Impact, which began with her helping them clip The Governor's hair after Rayne lost her match. Mi Pi Sexy would fight against Wilde, Roxxi, and The Governor at Destination X. Despite the numbers being even with the acquisition of Rayne, The Beautiful People failed to defeat their opponents. Monty Sopp, who played Cute Kip, was removed from television prior to Destination X to become a road agent, meaning his departure from the stable. This was explained on-screen by Sky, who stated that Kip was on probation before declaring he would be spoken about no more.\nRayne's hazing continued after The Beautiful People won an Impact! tag team match against Kong and Saeed, after which Rayne tried to cut the braided hair of the Knockout Champion Kong. With Sky in her corner, Angelina Love faced Kong and perennial nemesis Taylor Wilde in a three-way cage match for the Knockout Championship at Lockdown. Love narrowly escaped a somersault leg drop from Kong, and as she was recovering Love pushed her towards the cage while Sky pulled her frayed hair through the holes in the cage and tied her to it. With Kong unable to move from the cage, Wilde dove onto Love with a cross body press and legitimately knocked her unconscious with her knee. As she recovered, Wilde attacked Kong, allowing Love to roll-up Wilde for the pin and win the Knockout Championship. The following week on Impact!, Mi Pi Sexy had a celebration with male dancers and named Madison Rayne an official member of the Beautiful People. However the celebration was cut short by Kong. Kong continued her attack on Mi Pi Sexy and proved her dominance by making her way through Rayne, Sky and Kip, who Love brought back to stop her, in stretcher matches on the following weeks of Impact!. Despite this, at Sacrifice Love retained her title against Kong.\nOn May 28, Love defended her title again against Sojourner Bolt with all of her associates at ringside. After quickly defeating Bolt, Love questioned why Cute Kip was still appearing with them and officially fired him from the group. After this Love made a speech about the dominance of The Beautiful People and mocked the lack of competition in TNA. This led to the debut of Tara who laid out both Sky and Rayne and used her Widow's Peak finisher on Love, before accepting the challenge. At Slammiversary, Tara had her chance at the title but with the help of some hairspray from Sky and Rayne, Love retained the championship. Tara, whose name alludes to the tarantula spider, began taunting the group with tarantulas over the next few weeks on Impact!, which resulted in Sky voicing her frustration about Love leaving her alone with the tarantula and threatening to leave the group, if Love didn't back her up.\nRayne was paper bagged after being evicted.\nConsequently when Tara defeated Sky and threatened to place a tarantula on her, Love agreed to put her Knockout Championship on the line immediately afterwards, and without Rayne for support, Love lost the championship. The following week Love demanded, and gained a rematch but was laid out with the Widow's Peak from Tara. At Victory Road, Love almost lost her match when she was accidentally blinded with hairspray, but kicked out and later pinned Tara despite her foot being under the bottom rope, to win back the Knockout Championship. Later in the evening the referee was seen leaving Rayne's shower, with the implication she had seduced him to officiate the match in Love's favour.\nAfter all three failed to win a Battle Royal to become a member of Main Event Mafia, the group were seen mocking ODB and her associate Cody Deaner. A six-woman tag team match between all of Mi Pi Sexy against Tara, Kong and ODB turned into a three-on-one handicap match when Tara and Kong began to brawl between themselves. After a kiss from Deaner at ringside, Love was stunned and lost the match. It was later announced that at Hard Justice, the Knockout Championship would be on the line in a tag team contest between The Beautiful People against ODB and Deaner. After more mistimed hairspraying from Rayne, ODB won the title by virtue of Deaner pinning Sky. On the August 20 edition of Impact!, Madison Rayne was kicked out of Mi Pi Sexy for costing Love the title, being assaulted and paper bagged by them.\nOn September 3, 2009, Williams was released from TNA due to visa issues, while still a top draw in the women's division. However on September 7, 2009, Williams posted a blog entry on her MySpace account stating that she would return to TNA Wrestling once the issues with her visa were sorted out. She continued appearing on Impact! for two more weeks due to the tapings being held before her release. In the episodes she and Velvet Sky advanced to the finals of the tournament for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship with help from Madison Rayne, whom they afterwards welcomed to return to the Beautiful People. Rayne would go on to replace Love in the finals for the Knockouts Tag Team Championship.\nWomen Superstars Uncensored (2009\u20132010)\nAfter her release from TNA, Williams began working for Women Superstars Uncensored (WSU), where she performed under her TNA ring name of Angelina Love. On November 14, 2009, she unsuccessfully challenged Mercedes Martinez for the WSU Championship. On December 12 she teamed with Jennifer Cruz to defeat Jana and Rick Cataldo in a tag team match. After returning to TNA, Williams made one more appearance for WSU, defeating Sassy Stephie at the 3rd Anniversary Show on March 6, 2010.\nFeud with The Beautiful People (2010)\nLove upon her return to TNA, wearing an anti-Beautiful People t-shirt.\nOn January 2, 2010, it was reported that Williams had re-signed with TNA. Williams, as Angelina Love, made her return on the January 14 episode of Impact!, appearing in the crowd and hugging Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne prior to their match with Awesome Kong and Hamada. However, after the match, Love turned face by attacking her former partners and Lacey Von Erich, her replacement in the group, seemingly angry about being replaced. She made her in-ring return the following week by defeating Rayne, however after the match she was triple teamed by the Beautiful People. On the February 4 episode of Impact! she was unsuccessful in her attempt to regain the Knockout Championship from Tara. On the March 8 episode of Impact! Love and Tara teamed up to challenge for the vacant Knockouts Tag Team Championship, but were defeated by Rayne and Sky, after interference from Daffney, with whom Tara was involved in a feud.\nOn the April 5 episode of Impact!, Love teamed with Tara, ODB, and Hamada to face the Beautiful People and Daffney in the first ever Lockbox elimination match, contested for four keys to four boxes containing prizes. Love won a key by eliminating Lacey Von Erich, and it was later revealed that her key opened the box, which contained the Knockout Championship, making her a three-time champion. At Lockdown, Love lost the Knockouts Championship to Madison Rayne, after she pinned Tara in a tag team steel cage match, where Love and Tara faced Rayne and Velvet Sky for both the Women's Knockout Championship and the Knockouts Tag Team Championship. After the match, Love was attacked by the evil Tara, who turned heel in the process. At the April 20 tapings of Impact!, Williams partially tore her biceps and suffered ligament damage in her arm and was expected to be out of action until May. On May 26 it was announced that Williams had been cleared to return to wrestling.\nLove making her entrance in July.\nWhen Love returned from her injury on the June 17 episode of Impact!, she vowed to reclaim the Knockouts title and stated that she would go through each member of the Beautiful People to do it. That night she faced Von Erich and got disqualified after dropping her with a DDT on a steel chair. The following week her match with Velvet Sky ended in similar fashion. On July 11 at Victory Road, Love defeated Rayne via disqualification in a Title vs. Career match to win the Women's Knockout Championship for the fourth time. Prior to the match it was announced that the title would change hands via disqualification, if either Velvet Sky or Lacey Von Erich interfered in the match. However, the title was returned to Rayne on the July 22 episode of Impact!, when it was declared that there was no proof that the person who had interfered in the match was either Sky or Von Erich. The following week Love defeated Sarita to once again become the number one contender to Rayne's title. Two weeks later Love defeated Rayne, after a distraction from Velvet Sky, to win the Women's Knockout Championship for the fifth time.\nOn the August 19 episode of Impact!, Love reunited with Velvet Sky, who accompanied her to the ring, when she successfully defended her Women's Knockout Championship in a rematch against Rayne, who was with the mysterious biker woman. After the match Love and Sky were attacked by Rayne and the biker. Rayne's mysterious ally was finally unmasked as Tara on the September 2 episode of Impact!, when the two of them defeated Love and Sky in their first match together in a year. On the September 16 edition of Impact! Love and Sky saved Lacey Von Erich, who was making a return from her injury, from a beating at the hands of Rayne and Tara and accepted her back into The Beautiful People. She, however, would leave the promotion two months later on November 11. During the feud Rayne had claimed to own the rights to the name the Beautiful People, but on the October 7 live edition of Impact!, Love and Sky defeated her and Tara in a tag team match to officially earn the right to call themselves the Beautiful People. On October 10 at Bound for Glory Love lost the Women's Knockout Championship to Tara in a Four Corners match, which also included Velvet Sky and Madison Rayne and was refereed by Mickie James.\nStoryline with Winter (2010\u20132012)\nMain article: Angelina Love and Winter\nLove and Winter as the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champions.\nOn the October 21 episode of Impact! Love entered a storyline where a woman named Winter started appearing in mirrors, claiming to be her fan, though only Love was able to see her. After weeks of appearing only in front of Love, Winter was for the first time seen by the other people on the November 25 episode of Impact!, when she saved Love during a large backstage brawl. On the December 9 episode of Impact! Love and Sky entered a four\u2013team tournament for the vacated Knockouts Tag Team Championship, defeating Sarita and Daffney in their first round match. On the December 23 episode of Impact!, Winter replaced an injured Velvet Sky, who had been attacked by Sarita, in the tournament final and teamed with Love to defeat Madison Rayne and Tara for the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship.\nOn the January 13 edition of Impact!, Angelina and Winter successfully defend their championship against Madison Rayne and Tara after Winter knocked out Tara with a dragon sleeper. On the January 27 edition of Impact!, Winter brawled with Velvet Sky, who claimed she was trying to break up The Beautiful People. On the March 3 edition of Impact!, Cookie and Robbie E aligned themselves with former Jersey Shore cast member Angelina Pivarnick, with whom they bonded through their mutual dislike of Jenni \"JWoww\" Farley, whom Pivarnick proceeded to challenge to a match (whom was replaced by Winter). The following week, Love, Velvet Sky and Winter defeated Cookie, Angelina Pivarnick and Sarita in a six knockout tag team match.\nLove making her signature entrance at a TNA Live Event!.\nOn March 13, 2011, at Victory Road, Love and Winter lost the Knockouts Tag Team Championship to Sarita and Rosita, after an interference by Velvet Sky backfired. On the March 24 episode of Impact!, Winter, seemingly having control over Love's actions, prevented her from saving Sky from a beatdown at the hands of Sarita and Rosita. Love was kept under Winter's spell with drinks of what she described as her medicine. On the April 7 episode of Impact!, Love turned heel by attacking Sky during a Knockouts Tag Team Championship match against Sarita and Rosita and left her to be pinned by the champions. On the April 28 episode of Impact!, Love defeated Sky via submission in a singles match, no-selling all of her opponent's offense during the match. On the May 5 episode of Impact!, Sky gained a measure of revenge on her former partner, when she teamed with Kurt Angle in a handicap mixed tag team match, where they defeated Love, Winter and Jeff Jarrett The feud between the former Beautiful People partners seemingly ended on the May 19 episode of Impact Wrestling, with Sky defeating Love and Winter in a handicap match.\nThe following week Love attacked Mickie James, after she had defeated Winter in a singles match, setting up a match between the two for the TNA Women's Knockout Championship at Slammiversary IX. Prior to the match at the pay-per-view, Love declined to take her medicine, saying that she no longer needed it as she now understood Winter. After failing in her attempt to win the title, both Love and Winter attacked James. On the June 23 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love helped Winter defeat James in a non-title Street Fight. On August 7 at Hardcore Justice, Love again helped Winter defeat James, this time to become the new Women's Knockout Champion. On the September 15 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love failed to earn a shot at the title as she was defeated by Velvet Sky in a qualifying match.\nAfter being inactive for two months, Love returned on the January 19 episode of Impact Wrestling, challenging Eric Young to a match. Young won the match via disqualification, after Love kicked him in the groin. On the January 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love and Winter lost to ODB and Eric Young in a tag team match, this was Love and Winter's last appearance together as a team. Love competed in a ten knockout battle royal for the number one contendership for Gail Kim's Knockout Championship on the February 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, but was defeated by Madison Rayne. Love wrestled, what turned out to be her final Impact Wrestling match, on the April 5 episode, where she was defeated in a six-way number one contender's match by Velvet Sky. On June 14, at a TNA house show in Belton, Texas, Love teamed up with Winter for the first time in almost five months, when the two, Rosita and Sarita were defeated in a four-on-three handicap main event by Mickie James, Tara and Velvet Sky. Two days later at another house show in Houston, Texas, Love wrestled her final TNA match, where she and Winter were defeated by Tara and Velvet Sky, when Tara pinned Love.\nOn July 1, 2012, Williams announced on her Twitter page that she had been granted her release from TNA. Angelina would also turn down an offer to return to the company in March 2013 as TNA reached out for her to appear at a one night all TNA Knockouts PPV event.\nSecond return to TNA\nThe Beautiful People reunion (2014\u2013present)\nIt was announced by TNA that a former TNA Women's Knockout Champion was signed to a contract and would be returning, which would later be revealed to be Love. Love made her return to TNA on the March 13, 2014 episode of Impact Wrestling, calling out Velvet Sky wanting to reunite The Beautiful People. Sky would later accept Love's offer on the March 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, while Madison Rayne declined due to Love's attitude towards her. Later in the show, Love attacked Rayne, after the two hugged, establishing herself as a heel in the process. On the March 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love defeated Rayne in her returning match due to interference from Sky, who also turned heel, officially returning the original heel incarnation of the stable. The Beautiful People made their in-ring return the following week on Impact Wrestling, defeating Rayne and Brittany, when Love pinned Brittany after a modified Makeover. On the April 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love defeated ODB, Gail Kim and Brittany in a fatal four-way match to become the number one contender to Rayne's Women's Knockout Championship. Later, it was announced that Love suffered a legitimate concussion during the match.\nOn the April 24 episode of Impact Wrestling, The Beautiful People would once again defeat Rayne in a tag team match, only this time with Gail Kim as her partner. Three days later, at the Sacrifice pay-per-view on April 27, Love defeated Rayne to become a six-time Knockouts Champion, her first reign since 2010. Kim joined the feud after interrupting Love's title celebration which led to Rayne and Brittany stripping The Beautiful People of their evening gowns. This led to a tag team elimination evening gown match on the May 8 episode of Impact Wrestling, which The Beautiful People won. In her first title defense, on the May 22 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love defeated Brittany in an open-challenge match. After the match, Love and Sky would attack Brittany and Gail Kim would make the save. This led to a tag team match, where The Beautiful People defeated Kim and Brittany on the May 29 edition of Impact Wrestling. Love and Kim would finally face off in a title match on June 15 at the Slammiversary pay-per-view, where Love would successfully defend her championship. On June 20, during the tapings of the July 3 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love lost the Women's Knockout Championship to Kim, ending her reign at only 54 days.\nOn the July 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, Love unsuccessfully challenged Gail Kim for the title in a four-way match also involving Madison Rayne and Brittany. The Beautiful People would interrupt a championship match between Kim and Taryn Terrell on the July 24 episode of Impact Wrestling, leading to a no-contest. This lead to a four-way contest for the Women's Knockout Championship between the four women, in which Love was unsuccessful in regaining the title. At Hardcore Justice, Love unsuccessfully challenged Kim for the title in a Last Knockout Standing match.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 34756, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thepaperofwabash.com/obits.php?start_from=2024&ucat=2&subaction=showfull&id=1326470518", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ZHH2C7WUZDD5YRPMG2SGQHGBVXIVLUXU", "length": 2619, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.thepaperofwabash.com", "title": "The Paper - Proudly Serving Wabash County Since 1977", "raw_content": "Ernest Smoker, 96\nErnest E. Smoker, 96, died April 23. He was born July 2, 1917.\nHe was survived by six children, 16 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and 11 great, great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four wives, his parents, two sons, a grandson, a brother and two sisters.\nFuneral services were held April 28 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service.\nJason Kelly, 47\nJason T. Kelly, 47, died April 23. He was born Aug. 4, 1966. He was married to Ruth Kelly; she survives.\nHe is also survived by six children, 11 grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters. He was preceded in death by his parents.\nFuneral services were held April 26, at Potter's House Ministries.\nHerbert Coble, 84\nHerbert Coble, 84, died April 26. He was born Jan. 19, 1930. He was married to Nancy West; she survives.\nTwo daughters, one sister, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren also survive him. His parents, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.\nGraveside services will be held at a later date at South Whitley Cemetery, State Road 14, South Whitley.\nShirley Jeffers, 76\nShirley Ann Jeffers, 76, Wabash, died at 10:30 p.m., April 22, at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1937 in Columbia City, to Isaac Franklin \"Frank\" and Clara Elizabeth (Murphy) Overholser.\nJay Hoch, 60\nJay passed away in his beloved Italy after a battle with cancer, on April 9. He was born July 27, 1953.\nBrianna Rylands, 1\nBrianna Fern Rylands, 1, died April 20. She was born Feb. 22, 2013, the daughter of Justin Patrick and Erika Reniegh Badders Rylands.\nShe is survived by her parents, one brother, maternal grandparents, maternal great-grandfather, paternal grandparents, paternal great-grandmother; in addition to many aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her great-grandparents.\nFuneral services will be held at 5 p.m. on April 24, at McClain Funeral Home, Denver. A time of visitation for family and friends will begin immediately following the funeral service.\nArta Phillips, 83\nArta Jessie Phillips, 83, rural Wabash, died at 4:10 a.m., Sunday, April 20, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. She was born Feb. 24, 1931 in Akron, to Galen and Clarissia (Barber) Walker.\nErnest DePoy, 74\nErnest Wayne DePoy, 74, died April 20. He was born July 31, 1939. He was married to Carol Sue \u201cSusie\u201d Winningham; she survives.\nHe is also survived by three children, eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, two siblings, a half-sister, and two half-brothers. His parents, a great-granddaughter, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.\nFuneral services were held on April 23 at McClain Funeral Home.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4805, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 141.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thephillysportscave.com/2016/03/06/50-years-flyers-hockey-look-back-part-six/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:32Z", "digest": "sha1:V52AMA75KXTSTIAHYGW26SBCQCLYNXTD", "length": 6486, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.thephillysportscave.com", "title": "50 Years Of Flyers Hockey: A Look Back \u2013 Part Six", "raw_content": "The Late 1980s: The first drought in Flyers history\nThe Flyers started a slow decline starting with the 1987-88 season. Gone were the days of dominating the Patrick Division and the Eastern Conference.\nThe Flyers finished third in the division and faced the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs. After having a 3 games to 1 lead in the series, the Caps stormed all the way back and forced a Game 7. Philadelphia built a 3-0 lead in Game 7 only to have the Caps tie that game and force it into overtime. Of all people, Dale Hunter scored the series clinching goal on a breakaway to end the Flyers season.\nThe 1988-89 season was more of the same. The Flyers were again a middle of the pack team in the regular season, but caught lightening in a bottle in the playoffs. They avenged their loss to the Caps in the opening round and then beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in 7 games in the second round. They eventually lost to the Montreal Canadians in the Conference Finals in six games. The series against Montreal was memorable because Canadians defenseman Chris Chelios knocked Brian Propp out of the series with a hit that would have warranted a ten game suspension in today\u2019s day and age. And then in the closing seconds, as Game 6 was winding down and it was clear the series was over, Ron Hextall stormed out of his net and ambushed Chelios.\nEven with their run to the Conference Finals, it was clearly evident the Flyers were a team on the decline. It was littered with players like Keith Acton, Mike Bullard and Kjell Samuelsson who were at the end of their careers. Staring with the 1989-90 season, the Flyers went through a stretch where they missed the playoffs for five straight years.\nThe 1990s: Eric Linnros and the Legion of Doom\nEric Lindros was the most highly touted prospect since Mario Lemieux and he was regularly being refereed to as \u201cthe next one\u201d. The Quebec Nordiques finished with the worst record in the NHL and would have the first overall pick in the draft and thus the rights to draft Lindros. Lindros has stated several times that he didn\u2019t wish to play for the Nordiques, but Quebec still drafted him and tried to sign him. When it became evident Lindros wasn\u2019t going to sign with the Nordiques, Quebec set out to trade him.\nAt the following year\u2019s draft, a bizarre scenario happened where Quebec seemed to have completed a deal with the Flyers and Rangers for Lindros at the same time and an arbitrator was then brought in to settle the dispute. Arbitrator Larry Bertuzzi decided that Philadelphia had indeed completed a valid deal and Lindros was awarded to the Flyers. Going the other way were defensemen Kerry Huffman and Steve Duchesne, forward Mike Ricci, goaltender Ron Hextall, center Peter Forsberg, two first round picks and $15 million in cash.\nLindros burst onto the scene and was dominant right from the start. He was a lethal combination of size, speed and skill. He netted 43 goals his first season in the league. The Flyers missed the playoffs his first two years in the NHL but then finally broke through in 1995. Philadelphia got off to a slow start and it was obvious a change was needed. So the Flyers traded star forward Mark Recchi to the Montreal Canadians for forward John LeClair, defenseman \u00c9ric Desjardins and winger Gilbert Dionne.\nDesjardins instantly stabilized the Flyers defense. LeClair was put on a line with Lindros and Mikael Renberg on what became the most dominant line in hockey. The Legion of Doom, a nickname coined by Flyer Jim Montgomery, was born. The Flyers won the Patrick Division and advanced all the way to the third round of the playoffs where they lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils in six games and Lindros was named the league MVP. In 1995-96 the Flyers stumbled a little bit and lost in an upset to the Florida Panthers.\nIn 1997, the Flyers finally made their run with Lindros when they finished the regular season with 103 points. They beat the Pittsburgh Penguins in five games in the first round, the Buffalo Sabers in five in Round 2 and the Rangers in five in Round 3. The Flyers were dominating every team they came across and would meet the Detroit Red Wings in the Finals. It\u2019s hard to believe when you look at the result of that series, but the Flyers were actually favored going into that 1997 Stanley Cup. Right from the drop of the puck in the opening game though, you could see that Detroit was the better team. Philadelphia was swept by the Red Wings in convincing fashion.\nAs seems to be the case when you look at Flyers history, they always seemed to regress instead of getting over the final hump after going to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Flyers made early exits from the playoffs in both the 1998 and 1999 seasons ans in 2000 Philadelphia made another run in the playoffs. It was the year of the Keith Primeau\u2018s goal against the Penguins after a record five overtime periods on May 5.\nThey got to the conference finals and were up three games to one on the New jersey Devils. Eric Lindros had been out for the playoffs with a concussion and t was announced before Game 5 that he would be back for Game 6 if it was necessary. Philadelphia came out and laid an egg in Game 5 and lost in convincing fashion. Lindros was back for Game 6 in New Jersey. The plan was to start him off slowly by playing him on the Flyers third line. That plan went by the wayside quickly as Lindros was the most dominant player on the ice. He scored a goal in the game and almost had a second but it was waved off because it had gone in the net just after the first period had ended. The Flyers would lose Game 6 setting up a Game 7 in Philadelphia.\nI was at this game and saw what unfolded live. The Flyers were trailing 1-0 when Lindros got the puck and started storming up the ice. It was the kind of rush that he had done so many times before that would bring you out of your seat. And the crowd was doing just that, anticipating Lindros to do something big. And then it all ended in a split second. Just as the play was being whistled offsides, Devils defenseman Scott Stevens delivered a forearm shiver to Lindros\u2019s jaw and he crumpled to the ice. Right away one could see it was bad and the crowd went completely silent. It wasn\u2019t hard to realize that I had watched Eric Lindros\u2019s last game as a Flyer as he was later traded to the Rangers. So much hope and promise but Linnros ended up falling a little short of those expectations.\nNext: The Flyers Last Big Run", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 10915, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 234.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.theseasidegazette.com/2019/02/57790/lake-vinuela-flooding/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:09Z", "digest": "sha1:UFWQBQKQLSUM53YX646MQ6DAWNPRQCC4", "length": 1514, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.theseasidegazette.com", "title": "Lake Vi\u00f1uela Flooding | Costa Tropical Gazette News", "raw_content": "The village of El Trapiche in the Axarquia was swamped last night when the main pipe supplying water to nearby municipalities burst on Vi\u00f1uela Reservoir.\nThe gush of water left Calle Poeta Garc\u00eda Valverde under a metre and a half of water, affecting over 60 dwellings. It also caused the A-7205 road to be closed.\nThe incident occurred around 22.15h when water began flooding into the village, provoking a small exodus of residents from their homes along 400 metres of the said street.\nThe fire service, the Protecci\u00f3n Civil, the Polic\u00eda Local and the Polic\u00eda Nacional were soon at the scene to control the crisis. Fire personnel had to rescue a 90-year-old woman from her home where she was trapped owing to mobility problems. She was taken to the Hospital de la Axarqu\u00eda.\nThe Chairman for the Mancomunidad Oriental and publicly owned water board, (Axaragua), Gregorio Campos, stated that they are evaluating the damage caused and were working to prevent water cuts in the 14 municipalities that take their mains water from the said reservoir.\nWork continued all through the night to repair the damage outlet pipe, whilst the fire service set about draining the flood water from the streets and homes. During their work to help people who required rescuing, the fire service used one of their dinghies\n(News: El Trapiche, Axarquia, Malaga, Andalucia)\nThis entry was posted on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 at 11:22 am\tand is filed under Axarquia. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 172, "original_length": 6503, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 306.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thetenstages.com/2016/09/the-child-within-backdoor-into-brain.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:46Z", "digest": "sha1:KKKAHDGZCLKU442KKRSG7QR5NM5FLQ6K", "length": 1207, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.thetenstages.com", "title": "The Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. This is most visible in the life of an addict. | www.thetenstages.com", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb The Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. \u00bb The Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. This is most visible in the life of an addict.\nThe Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. This is most visible in the life of an addict.\nTitle: The Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. This is most visible in the life of an addict.\nThe Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. This is most visible in the life of an addict. The addict '...\nThe Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power. This is most visible in the life of an addict. The addict 'himself' often doesn't want to keep up the addiction, but he keeps doing it anyway. Thus the addict is often described, even by himself, as powerless, and perhaps the best, most parsimonious explanation for his behaviour is that there's literally another agent inside his brain \u2014 his inner addict that has hijacked his child within \u2014 realised as a particular cabal of neurons and modules.\nLabels: The Child within the backdoor into the brain has immense explanatory power.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 231, "original_length": 12251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 334.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thewwwblog.com/htc-touch-hd-review.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:10Z", "digest": "sha1:X6TN6SDYITCIF3RB6JJE4ATBZMH7GZFF", "length": 2784, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.thewwwblog.com", "title": "The WWW Blog HTC Touch HD Review | Gadgets", "raw_content": "This HTC Touch HD has a large, beautiful touchscreen, designed to excel both in watching video and in navigation. The HD also packs in GPS, Wi-Fi, HSDPA 3G (up to 7.2Mbps downloads and 2Mbps uploads), a five-megapixel camera, a microSD memory card and loads more. It is also easily portable.\nThe phone has a 3.8 inches and 800 by 480 pixels of sheer beauty. It is fairly thin: 0.47 inches. It also comes with HTC\u2019s alternate user interface, TouchFLO 3D which designed to make the device easier to use with a fingertip.\nThis gives easy access to all the most commonly performed tasks: check email, play music, check stocks, surf the Web, and so on. Arranged into a series of tabs, you can slide back and forth between tabs by sliding your finger on the screen What I feel is a disadvantage is that as soon as the phone starts ringing the call can be picked up by a single tap of a button while another tap sends the call to voice mail, so sensitive is this smartphone. Moreover the Windows Mobile automatically turns the screen off as soon as a call is connected. But with one push of the Power button the screen will turn back on and the call won\u2019t be affected.\nThe Touch HD\u2019s battery life is indeed remarkable..It supports 3G networks in Europe, Asia.\nThis smartphonekeeps track of your address book and appointments, email and even working with Microsoft Office files.\nA great productivity tool of this phone is that you can synchronise your personal data with your PC.\nWorking with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files is much easier on the Touch HD\nIt is a powerful business device, but its large display also makes it an outstanding mobile video player and you can watch streaming TV with a SlingBox.\nThe five-megapixel camera is an improvement on other HTC models but it still falls short of the quality cameras on offer from, well, virtually all the major phone manufacturers.\nExtra camera features include a panorama mode, which allows you to take a series of between three and six photos which the camera will stitch together into a panoramic image.\nBrowsing the net is a key element of this device too and the HD makes it easy. Opera is the default browser and the on-screen keyboard is a little cramped but easy enough to use with the tip of the finger.\nWith the music player you can browse your tracks with ease. This is the first of the Touch series to sport a 3.5mm headphone jack and while the 512MB of onboard memory won\u2019t hold much of your collection, you can add up to 16GB via microSD card. There\u2019s an FM radio too, with 20 presets.\nOf all HTC\u2019s Touch devices, this is the one that comes closest to competing directly with the iPhone and trumps it in virtually every category. And for those who are willing to pay for the best, the HTC Touch HD could be the way to go.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 4679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 283.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tigard-or.gov/city_hall/probation.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:13Z", "digest": "sha1:J6G2R7LHTB7NCVNVV357RDIQRPO2NYWA", "length": 5915, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.tigard-or.gov", "title": "Q&A about Probation", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb City Hall \u00bb Departments \u00bb Municipal Court \u00bb Probation\nQuestions and Answers About Probation\nFor juvenile first offenders, probation is often imposed by the court instead of a fine. You will be expected to do certain things (called \"conditions\") during the time you are on probation, usually a period of 6-12 months. If you complete all the conditions, the court will terminate probation and close your case. You will not have to pay a fine, though you may be required to pay a diversion fee to the court (see below).\nWhat if I don't complete all the conditions of probation?\nIf you don't satisfy all (100%) of the conditions of probation, you may have committed a probation violation. You'll be required to come into court again. If you don't believe that you violated probation, you can ask for a hearing where the City must show that you're in violation. If you're not found to be in violation, there will be no penalty.\nIf you admit the violation, or if the court finds a violation after a hearing, the judge may impose a fine or some other penalty. The court may extend the period of probation, order additional community service, require you to go to counseling, or impose other penalties.\nWhat are the \"five standard conditions\" of probation?\nThese are the conditions that apply to everyone. If you don't comply with all five of these conditions, you are in violation of your probation. The conditions include:\nViolate no federal, state or local laws, including curfew laws.\nYou must obey all laws. If you are charged with a new offense, you may be in violation of probation. This includes the curfew laws. State law prohibits juveniles from being in any public place between the hours of midnight and 4:00 a.m., with certain exceptions (ORS 419C.680). Local curfew laws may be more strict, so you are encouraged to check with the city and county where you live. Parents who allow teenagers to be out after curfew are also in violation of Oregon law. A new offense may also be prosecuted separately in the Washington County Juvenile Court.\nAdvise parents or guardians of the youth's whereabouts at all times.\nAttend school or educational program, make best grades capable, obey all school rules and avoid suspension or expulsion.\nYou will be required to remain in school and do as well as you can. You should follow school rules carefully to avoid being suspended or expelled. Unless you are sick or have some other legitimate reason, failure to attend school is a probation violation.\nObey all reasonable rules of the household.\nKeep the court informed of current address and phone number.\nWhat are \"special conditions\" of probation?\nThese are conditions that can vary depending on the type of offense you committed and other circumstances.\nWhat is a \"diversion fee?\"\nThis is an administrative fee charged by the court for handling your case. Even though it is not a \"fine,\" it is an obligation to the court that must be paid in full within 30 days.\nWhat is \"community service?\"\nYou will be required to perform a certain number of hours of community service at a nonprofit organization in Tigard or another community. You will be given a list of approximately 15 nonprofit agencies to choose from. You may prefer to do your service at an agency close to where you live. You must contact that agency within 30 days and make arrangements to do your service. You and the agency can decide what schedule works best. You must complete all community service within 90 days of your court appearance. The court will not send out any reminders. Once your community service is done, you'll need to send proof directly to the court using the form we'll provide to you.\nWhat is \"restitution?\"\nRestitution means compensating a victim for the damage caused by criminal behavior. If you may be required to pay restitution, you will be given more details during your first appearance in court.\nWhat is a \"counseling program?\"\nThese programs are designed to educate young people about the consequences of crime for themselves and others. For example, teens convicted of shoplifting will be required to complete the Theft Talk program within 90 days of their court appearance. Most counseling programs last one day, although some programs are longer. You may also be ordered to take part in individual counseling with a qualified professional. Parents can be required to attend a teen parenting program. You must make arrangements to the program within 30 days of your court appearance. The court will not send any reminders. In most cases, the program will send proof of your attendance directly to the court. It is your responsibility to make sure this proof is sent to the court.\nWhat is required in a letter of apology?\nLetters of apology should be addressed to the victim in your case, which includes the owner of the store in a shoplifting case. The letter should be sincere, in your own words and 1-2 pages in length. Be sure to send the letter within 90 days and mail a copy to the court.\nIn shoplifting cases, why is the store demanding that I pay a \"civil penalty\"?\nUnder Oregon law, a retailer can recover the value of shoplifted merchandise plus a penalty of up to $250. This is a separate civil proceeding that has nothing to do with the Tigard Youth Court. You may want to contact a lawyer to learn more about your legal rights.\nWhat other special conditions can the court impose?\nAdditional conditions may be appropriate in certain situations. For example, the court can order you not to have any contact with certain people. You may also be prohibited from driving or riding in a vehicle without the permission of a parent or guardian.\nWhat is \"expunction?\"\nExpunction is a procedure for clearing your record once you reach the age of 18, provided you complete probation and maintain a clean record. 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As the first pub in Portland for the Bend, Oregon based Deschutes, this launch showcases LAD\u2019s ability to generate significant buzz and interest in both the media and the public for this distinctive Oregon microbrewery.\nLAD communications has worked with Deschutes since 2004, developing strategic communications programs on projects such as Neighborhood Hops, the release of a barrel-aged beer called The Abyss, and the annual Sagebrush Classic charity golfing and gourmet event. Through work with LAD, Deschutes has been able to gain significant media placement in national publications such as National Geographic Adventure, Bon Appetit and Men\u2019s Journal. Recent news about the new Deschutes Brewery and Public House in Portland has appeared in feature stories in The Oregonian, a segment on local NBC news affiliate Channel 8 and The Portland Business Journal.\n\u201cWe are pleased to be the PR partner to help with strategy, national media relations and event planning for such an auspicious opening on May 02. Deschutes is an icon, almost a sacred brand, and we enjoy our partnership with the Brewery on many levels,\u201d says LAD communications principal, Lisa Donoughe. \u201cWe know how thirsty people are for more access to Deschutes and congratulate the Brewery and its partners on this huge achievement.\u201d\nThe Deschutes Brewery and Public House is located at 210 NW 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97209. For more information call (503) 296-4906 or visit www.deschutesbrewery.com\nDeschutes Brewery was founded in 1988 by Gary Fish as the Deschutes Brewery and Public House. Over the years, Deschutes has maintained its commitment to innovation and exceptional quality with flagship beers such as Mirror Pond Pale Ale and Black Butte Porter, as well as new additions like The Abyss and Hop Trip. This year, Deschutes Brewery celebrates its 20th Anniversary, along with the opening of the new Portland Brewery and Public House. For more information about Deschutes Brewery and their award winning beers, please visit www.deschutesbrewery.com.\nPrevious articleAmerican Craft Beer Week (May 12-18) Celebrates Brewers\u2019 Community Citizenship\nNext articleFlying Dog Triples Up At World Beer Cup\nFather\u2019s Day Gift Ideas: Johnnie Walker Blue Label\nRogue continues to land abroad", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4048, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 329.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tradersmagazine.com/issues/20060809/2568-1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:05Z", "digest": "sha1:JNFJWNLV5SX3QUI5YIVU5DKIDNQ6UEG2", "length": 3305, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.tradersmagazine.com", "title": "Traders News", "raw_content": "Making Decisions in a Blink\nBy Melanie Wold\nThe database is dead. Long live ESP! With the explosion in algorithmic trading has come a voracious appetite for low latency data and a need for a speedy way to query that data. But the old ways of data management-querying a database built by a Sybase or a Microsoft-are ineffective when processing thousands of pieces of information every second. So now, sophisticated broker-dealers and high-end money managers have latched onto a new data management technology that allows their trading systems to make decisions in the blink of an eye.\nThe technology is known as event stream processing (ESP).\nESP is just one of the terms to describe technology that enables applications-and people-to monitor, analyze and act upon multiple streams of fast-moving, real-time event data. It is also known as complex event processing and data stream processing, and essentially means that traders and applications can detect patterns and intelligently act upon opportunities and threats in real-time.\nSpending on ESP is set to rise exponentially, according to a report by Tower Group. The Boston-based research house is predicting outlays on ESP third-party solutions will be $67 million in 2006. Tower expects that spending to explode to $600 million in 2010.\nAt the forefront of the ESP surge is Apama, a British vendor with a next-generation algorithmic trading platform and ESP solution now owned by Progress Software. Apama was a pioneer in developing a platform to support the new kinds of trading at a time before most people knew what algorithmic trading was. Other vendors in this space include FlexTrade, Portware, Streambase, and newcomer Coral8.\nTom Price, senior analyst for securities and capital markets at Tower Group, said ESP solutions vendors are onto a good thing. \"Data is proliferating and coming in at speeds too fast for human intelligence to interpret and translate,\" Price said.\n\"It almost becomes a requirement to have some kind of event stream processing engine with business rules, to monitor events in real-time that you deem to be crucial to your business.\"\nThe old-fashioned way of delivering market data-feeds, filters, phone lines and \"green screens\" or dedicated PCs-was transformed by digital market data distribution platforms in the 1980s; and for about 10 years this was just about as much as a customer could hope for in terms of data delivery.\nPreviously, databases had been used to store, index and query the data. The game changed in the 1990s. That's when automated trading systems, electronic trading platforms, algorithmic trading systems, and direct market feeds came along, the game changed.\nTraditional methods of storing and querying data in databases are not suitable when data is changing as rapidly as it is today, according to Apama vice president and founder John Bates.\n\"After automated trading took off,\" Bates said, \"this [traditional] infrastructure could not support the speed at which brokers and traders needed to get their data. This is where event stream processing came in.\"\nThe Apama platform was built after 10 years of research conducted by Bates and Giles Nelson, who were both at Cambridge University in England at the time (Bates was lecturing in computer science there). The company was founded in 1999.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 5349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 268.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tradersmagazine.com/news/buyside/state-street-announces-three-new-spdr-beta-etfs-114739-1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:14Z", "digest": "sha1:ZMBOO7PFSFTRSZIRG7CYND4BMPJ56CRS", "length": 216, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.tradersmagazine.com", "title": "State Street Announces Three New SPDR Beta ETFs | Traders News", "raw_content": "State Street Announces Three New SPDR Beta ETFs\nState Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, announced the launch of three new U.S. smart beta exchange traded funds (ETFs).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2127, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tragsa.cgtvalencia.org/2018/06/fire-in-project-annual-workshop-roma.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:08Z", "digest": "sha1:7WVQUL5M446EDTYVZP5N5T3RFOXHWJNN", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.tragsa.cgtvalencia.org", "title": "Secci\u00f3 Sindical CGT Tragsa Val\u00e8ncia: Fire-in Project annual workshop - Roma, 26/06/2018", "raw_content": "Fire-in Project annual workshop - Roma, 26/06/2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 5812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 232.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.turkishvillagedubai.com/turkish-village-restaurant-group-launches-express-concept-at-global-village/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:23Z", "digest": "sha1:IAKGAB5J424EOR2PXMTGXNA4N4XYLHYW", "length": 2640, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.turkishvillagedubai.com", "title": "Turkish Village Restaurant Group launches Express Concept at Global Village \u2013 Turkish Village Restaurant & Caf\u00e9 | Dubai", "raw_content": "Dubai \u2013 6th November, 2018; In light of its consistent success since the opening of its flagship branch in Jumeirah in February 2013, Turkish Village Restaurant & Caf\u00e9 Group has opened its third outlet in Global Village following last year\u2019s debut of its Festival City Branch outlet as part of a countrywide and regional expansion plan.\nThe new outlet was opened only a few days ago with the return of Global Village for the 2018 season with another outlet expected to open within the next few months in another popular area of Dubai bringing the total number of Turkish Village Restaurants in the UAE to 4 with plans to add an additional 4 by the close of 2021.\nLaunched in 2013, Turkish Village Restaurant & caf\u00e9 was positioned as an upmarket Turkish restaurant with a multi-million dirham investment and 3 years of work prior to its opening on Jumeirah Beach Rd and conceived by two partners Mr. Nevzat Esen and Mr. Husain Al Marzouqi.\nSince then the brand has come a long way in setting the bar for what the Turkish experience should look and feel like for UAE residents becoming a hit before the blogger and influencer culture had become the phenomena it is now.\nCommenting on the launch of its newest concept, Turkish Village Restaurant Express, Mr Nevzat Esen said\u201cWe are continuously looking to develop and expand our brand in the UAE and potentially other GCC countries in the near future. We are keen to take advantage of the opportunities in the UAE and grow within this market because we believe our restaurant and the new concepts we intend to introduce offer a great addition to the UAE\u2019s F&B sector and we hope to continue building on our successes steadily and consistently.\u201d\nMr. Husain Al Marzouqi also commented saying; The opening of our newest concept; Turkish Village Restaurant Express; is a demonstration of our brand\u2019s consistent growth year on year and is a testament to its longevity in the F&B market in the country because it has created a unique Turkish experience with hard work, focus, and the unwavering spirit of entrepreneurship reflecting the values of the UAE\u2019s spirit.\nThe restaurant seats 500 people at its flagship branch and 250 at its Dubai Festival City Mall branch and has consistently been rated in the top 250 restaurants on Trip Advisor in Dubai for the past four years maintaining its position in spite of the influx of a number of Turkish restaurant franchise brands into the market.\nTurkish Village Restaurant Express is now open at Global Village in the Turkish Section and serves a wide selection of Turkish dishes ranging from popular Turkish street food favourites to more robust dishes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4020, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tvweeklynow.com/news-blogs/news-blogs-RicksPicks/from-poverty-to-possibility-daughters-of-destiny-the-story-of-shanti-bhavan-breaks-the-caste-mold.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:02Z", "digest": "sha1:67DSZT4TKPIIQXCIAV3FPWHV4N4DLUQE", "length": 2239, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.tvweeklynow.com", "title": "TV Weekly Now | From Poverty to Possibility, \u201cDaughters of Destiny: The Story of Shanti Bhavan\u201d Breaks the Caste Mold", "raw_content": "From Poverty to Possibility, \u201cDaughters of Destiny: The Story of Shanti Bhavan\u201d Breaks the Caste Mold\n\u201cDaughters of Destiny: The Story of Shanti Bhavan\u201d\nPremieres Friday, July 28 on Netflix\nDaughters of Destiny is a 4-part Netflix original documentary series that chronicles the lives of five girls from Indian families who are among the so-called \u201cDalit\u201d caste and most impoverished communities in the world. The series witnesses the girls grow up (ranging in age from 7 to 23 over the course of the 4 episodes) while they are raised at ShantiBhavan, a unique co-ed residential school in Tamil Nadu. The expectation for these girls and all the children who attend Shanti Bhavan is that they must grow up to support themselves, lift their families and communities out of poverty and contribute to the larger world.\nThis school doesn\u2019t just provide their students with a proper education but acts as an agent for social change influencing their social behavior, their morals, goals and philosophy in life. Coming from the country\u2019s lowest social and economic class in India, the school helps the children to not look at class as a determining factor but to focus on what they want out of life. SB\u2019s graduates are working full-time at companies like Amazon, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Goldman Sachs, Mercedes Benz, and many more.\nDirected by Academy Award\u00ae winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth (Freeheld, Best Documentary Short, 2007), the series highlights the struggle of students as they strive to define themselves, re-define gender and class and create a new future for the generations that will come after them. The strength and power of the girls\u2019 own storytelling and dramatic experiences over the 7 years of filming from the gates of ShantiBhav, into their homes brings viewers through their stories of family, love, loss, hard work and courage. An original music score by Academy Award\u00ae and Emmy winning composer A.R Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire, 2008), punctuates this emotional journey.\nThe series will be released in 100 countries in 30 different languages. With the current success of the school, Shanti Bhavan is looking to expand and build a second school in India.\nnetflix daughters of destiny the story of shanti bhavan caste system", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3850, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 209.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.umass.edu/complit/node/4213", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:16Z", "digest": "sha1:2BJU7AYEMRI2ESRTUJ2LVTYUX644AZMW", "length": 1770, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.umass.edu", "title": "Location of Choice | Comparative Literature | UMass Amherst | UMass Amherst", "raw_content": "What is Comp Lit?x\nThe University of Massachusetts Amherst is located in the valley of the Connecticut River, also known as 'the Pioneer Valley'. 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A wide array of contemporary writers and artists, children\u2019s book illustrators, sculptors, and painters have also lived the Valley at various times.\nComplementing the scenic beauties of rolling hills, museums with excellent permanent collections are within reach\u2014the Smith College Museum of Art, the Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, the Mead Art Museum at Amherst, the National Yiddish Book Center, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art at Hampshire College, and several lively galleries on the UMass campus. The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) is a short drive away in North Adams. Also within easy reach are Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, homes to world-renowned summer music and theatre festivals. Getting around is easy, too: The Norwottuck Rail Trail, one of a number of bicycle trails in the Valley, connects the University in Amherst with Northampton across the river to the west. 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It explores how ICTs help generate innovations that improve the livelihoods of the poor and support enterprise competitiveness. The report examines how ICTs affect productivity and growth and reflects on the need for a development-oriented approach to intellectual property rights in order to enable effective access to technology.\nInformation Economy Report 2005\nRead more about Information Economy Report 2005\nThis report looks at recent events, trends and processes in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT) and identifies their major implications for the economic and social prospects of developing countries. Drawing on the results of UNCTAD\u00b4s work on measuring ICT usage, the Report provides the freshest information available about the adoption of ICT by enterprises in developing countries.\nMEASURING ICT AND GENDER: AN ASSESSMENT Report\nRead more about MEASURING ICT AND GENDER: AN ASSESSMENT Report\nThis report constitutes part of the efforts by the Task Group on Gender (TGG) of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (hereinafter referred to as the Partnership) to improve the availability of sex-disaggregated data, especially in developing countries. It takes stock of existing ICT indicators disaggregated by sex, assesses data availability and identifies main gaps based on an evaluation of needs and demand for such indicators.\nInformation Economy Report 2006: The Development Perspective\nRead more about Information Economy Report 2006: The Development Perspective\nThis report provides unique data on the adoption of ICT by enterprises in developing countries. It also explores ICT policy options in a developing-country context and proposes a framework for national ICT policy reviews and for the design and assessment of pro-poor e-strategies. 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More\nAmong the divergent forms of nature writing that flourished in nineteenth-century America, the \u201cOld Manse\u201d preface by Hawthorne reflects a distinctive mood of contentment about the author\u2019s residence in Concord, Massachusetts. This essay\u2019s conception of nature is based not on a wilderness aesthetic, but on a pastoral sense of human interaction with the green world\u2014a sense that Hawthorne associates in turn with Christian theological terms of grace and incarnation. The holiness of gardening likewise informs writing of this period by women such as Celia Thaxter and Margaret Fuller. The religious intensity of Walt Whitman\u2019s ecopoetic worldview, epitomized by \u201cSong of Myself,\u201d ranges from the astronomical heights to the lowly plants mentioned in section 5 of this poem. Unlike Whitman\u2019s oceanic poems, Herman Melville\u2019s portrayal of the sea in Moby-Dick exposes nature\u2019s underlying savagery and vulturism\u2014but also raises deep questions about the divinely inscrutable freedom of Creation embodied by the great white whale.Less\nVariations on Nature : From the Old Manse to the White Whale\nAmong the divergent forms of nature writing that flourished in nineteenth-century America, the \u201cOld Manse\u201d preface by Hawthorne reflects a distinctive mood of contentment about the author\u2019s residence in Concord, Massachusetts. This essay\u2019s conception of nature is based not on a wilderness aesthetic, but on a pastoral sense of human interaction with the green world\u2014a sense that Hawthorne associates in turn with Christian theological terms of grace and incarnation. The holiness of gardening likewise informs writing of this period by women such as Celia Thaxter and Margaret Fuller. The religious intensity of Walt Whitman\u2019s ecopoetic worldview, epitomized by \u201cSong of Myself,\u201d ranges from the astronomical heights to the lowly plants mentioned in section 5 of this poem. Unlike Whitman\u2019s oceanic poems, Herman Melville\u2019s portrayal of the sea in Moby-Dick exposes nature\u2019s underlying savagery and vulturism\u2014but also raises deep questions about the divinely inscrutable freedom of Creation embodied by the great white whale.\nKeywords: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Old Manse, grace, incarnation, Margaret Fuller, Celia Thaxter, gardening, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick\nMoby-Dick and the Opposite of Providence\nMaurice S. Lee\nin Uncertain Chances: Science, Skepticism, and Belief in Nineteenth-Century American Literature\nChapter two shows how chance destabilizes conventional discussions of fate and free will. Beginning with a deeply historicized account of theological and philosophical denials of chance, the chapter ... More\nChapter two shows how chance destabilizes conventional discussions of fate and free will. Beginning with a deeply historicized account of theological and philosophical denials of chance, the chapter turns to Moby-Dick to demonstrate how Melville subverts Christian beliefs in providence and the argument from design, preferring instead to resuscitate concepts of chance as presented in classical and Early Modern scepticism. This chapter also shows how Melville\u2019s knowledge of oceanography, meteorology, and navigation shape his understanding of probability and the potential for managing chance\u2019s disruptive power. We end with a discussion of King Ahab as a figure for anxieties over the possibilities of chance as Moby-Dick resists both formal unity and causal teleology.Less\nChapter two shows how chance destabilizes conventional discussions of fate and free will. Beginning with a deeply historicized account of theological and philosophical denials of chance, the chapter turns to Moby-Dick to demonstrate how Melville subverts Christian beliefs in providence and the argument from design, preferring instead to resuscitate concepts of chance as presented in classical and Early Modern scepticism. This chapter also shows how Melville\u2019s knowledge of oceanography, meteorology, and navigation shape his understanding of probability and the potential for managing chance\u2019s disruptive power. We end with a discussion of King Ahab as a figure for anxieties over the possibilities of chance as Moby-Dick resists both formal unity and causal teleology.\nKeywords: Herman Melville, Moby Dick, fate, free will, providence, philosophy, theology\nin A Historical Guide to Herman Melville\nOne of the best words to describe Herman Melville's reputation, especially among other American writers, is colossus for he has been able to contribute in no small part to the classic literature of ... More\nOne of the best words to describe Herman Melville's reputation, especially among other American writers, is colossus for he has been able to contribute in no small part to the classic literature of the nineteenth century. Although he might have been outwritten by other prominent authors such as Mark Twain and Henry James, among others, Herman Melville managed to write some of the most significant and more ambitious stories in both prose and poetry, such as Mardi: And a Voyage Thither, Moby Dick, and Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land to name a few. Aside from taking on a multitude of various themes and issues, Melville's works complied with a common theme that involves consuming and creating, brought about by Melville's belief that art was meant to be perceived as a semireligious assertion that art reflects the most important aspects of life and experience.Less\nOne of the best words to describe Herman Melville's reputation, especially among other American writers, is colossus for he has been able to contribute in no small part to the classic literature of the nineteenth century. Although he might have been outwritten by other prominent authors such as Mark Twain and Henry James, among others, Herman Melville managed to write some of the most significant and more ambitious stories in both prose and poetry, such as Mardi: And a Voyage Thither, Moby Dick, and Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land to name a few. Aside from taking on a multitude of various themes and issues, Melville's works complied with a common theme that involves consuming and creating, brought about by Melville's belief that art was meant to be perceived as a semireligious assertion that art reflects the most important aspects of life and experience.\nKeywords: Herman Melville, classic literature, nineteenth century, Mark Twain, Henry James, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither, Clarel, Moby Dick\nFast-Fish and the Temple of the Philistines\nin Land and Freedom: Rural Society, Popular Protest, and Party Politics in Antebellum New York\nThis chapter begins with a passage from Herman Melville, published in 1851, which offers a painful insight into the politics and economy of his era. Regarding property in human beings, the law of ... More\nThis chapter begins with a passage from Herman Melville, published in 1851, which offers a painful insight into the politics and economy of his era. Regarding property in human beings, the law of fast-fish was inviolable. Nor was Melville referring only to slavery. Between 1847 and the publication of Moby Dick, anti-renters learned with dramatic finality the limits to popular power under the second-party system. Melville's passage contained not just a description, but also a portent of change: like the Temple of the Philistines, a structure with only two props cannot stand. It was not the law that was at risk, however, but the party system through which lawmakers were chosen and organized. It doubtless referred to the slavery controversy, but perhaps not to that alone. New York's anti-renters and landlords helped undermine the stability of the second-party system and assisted in laying the groundwork for a new political order.Less\nThis chapter begins with a passage from Herman Melville, published in 1851, which offers a painful insight into the politics and economy of his era. Regarding property in human beings, the law of fast-fish was inviolable. Nor was Melville referring only to slavery. Between 1847 and the publication of Moby Dick, anti-renters learned with dramatic finality the limits to popular power under the second-party system. Melville's passage contained not just a description, but also a portent of change: like the Temple of the Philistines, a structure with only two props cannot stand. It was not the law that was at risk, however, but the party system through which lawmakers were chosen and organized. It doubtless referred to the slavery controversy, but perhaps not to that alone. New York's anti-renters and landlords helped undermine the stability of the second-party system and assisted in laying the groundwork for a new political order.\nKeywords: Herman Melville, politics, economy, fast-fish, slavery, Moby Dick, anti-renters, second-party system, Temple of Philistines, New York\nChapter Four: Melville's Furious Life\nin Whipscars and Tattoos: The Last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori\nLiterature, American, 19th Century Literature, World Literature\nThis final chapter argues that the crucial quality that Queequeg brings to Moby-Dick is the same one that was so powerfully associated with the Maori in general and Te Pehi Kupe in particular: a ... More\nThis final chapter argues that the crucial quality that Queequeg brings to Moby-Dick is the same one that was so powerfully associated with the Maori in general and Te Pehi Kupe in particular: a fiercely majestic pride. This is what makes it possible for Queequeg to read Moby Dick not as a symbol of evil, as Ahab does, or as an instructively baffling object of interpretation, as Ishmael does, but as a version of himself, a worthy and uncannily familiar rival. It is, the chapter suggests, exactly how we are encouraged to read Moby Dick: as a magnified incarnation of our own life-force, spouting his, and our, \u201cfrothed defiance to the skies.\u201dLess\nThis final chapter argues that the crucial quality that Queequeg brings to Moby-Dick is the same one that was so powerfully associated with the Maori in general and Te Pehi Kupe in particular: a fiercely majestic pride. This is what makes it possible for Queequeg to read Moby Dick not as a symbol of evil, as Ahab does, or as an instructively baffling object of interpretation, as Ishmael does, but as a version of himself, a worthy and uncannily familiar rival. It is, the chapter suggests, exactly how we are encouraged to read Moby Dick: as a magnified incarnation of our own life-force, spouting his, and our, \u201cfrothed defiance to the skies.\u201d\nKeywords: Melville, Moby-Dick, Queequeg, Maori\nInterchapter: Philosopher at the Masthead\nSteve Mentz\nin Shipwreck Modernity: \"Ecologies of Globalization, 1550-1719\"\nThrough extracts from \u201cThe Mast-Head\u201d chapter of Moby-Dick, this Interchapter considers the intellectual consequences of exchanging land for sea.\nInterchapter : Philosopher at the Masthead\nKeywords: Moby-Dick, Herman Melville, Land, Sea\nJefferson's Convulsions: Archiving Logan\nin On Lingering and Being Last: Race and Sovereignty in the New World\nLiterature, American Colonial Literature\nIn this chapter the author focuses on the figure of the captive king led away from what Wai-Chee Dimock has convincingly argued is the dominant racial logic of Moby-Dick, namely, the fate linking ... More\nIn this chapter the author focuses on the figure of the captive king led away from what Wai-Chee Dimock has convincingly argued is the dominant racial logic of Moby-Dick, namely, the fate linking Ahab and his voyage with the \u201cdoomed\u201dIndians after whom his ship is named. The Pequod, Ishmael explains, were a \u201ccelebrated tribe of Massachusetts Indians\u201d now as \u201cextinct as the ancient Medes.\u201d The last man to go down with the ship in Moby-Dick is Tashtego, the Gay-Head Indian, whose final act is to nail a sky-hawk's wing to the mainmast. The royal slave or captive king, insofar as he is essentially African, is fundamentally deterritorialized: his mythic element is the sea, and the ideal event to which the tradition orients its confused thinking about him is an ever-postponed emancipation.Less\nIn this chapter the author focuses on the figure of the captive king led away from what Wai-Chee Dimock has convincingly argued is the dominant racial logic of Moby-Dick, namely, the fate linking Ahab and his voyage with the \u201cdoomed\u201dIndians after whom his ship is named. The Pequod, Ishmael explains, were a \u201ccelebrated tribe of Massachusetts Indians\u201d now as \u201cextinct as the ancient Medes.\u201d The last man to go down with the ship in Moby-Dick is Tashtego, the Gay-Head Indian, whose final act is to nail a sky-hawk's wing to the mainmast. The royal slave or captive king, insofar as he is essentially African, is fundamentally deterritorialized: his mythic element is the sea, and the ideal event to which the tradition orients its confused thinking about him is an ever-postponed emancipation.\nKeywords: Moby-Dick, emancipation, Tashtego, sea, captive king, deterritorialized\nAhab and Becoming-Whale: The Nomadic Subject in Smooth Space\nTamsin Lorraine\nin Deleuze and Space\nThis chapter explores the alternative conception of space that emerges in the concepts of heterogeneous blocks of space-time and smooth space which are outlined by Deleuze and Guattari in their A ... More\nThis chapter explores the alternative conception of space that emerges in the concepts of heterogeneous blocks of space-time and smooth space which are outlined by Deleuze and Guattari in their A Thousand Plateaus. It first examines the concepts of territoriality (or milieu) and of the refrain in Deleuze and Guattari's description of the subject as actually constituted by the various rhythms of the body's components and their relations to interior and exterior blocks of space-time that become homogenized into the lived experience of an organism. According to this new conception of the conditions of stability and identity, \u2018the organism as a self-regulating whole with its own spatial orientation can then be opened up to forces beyond it\u2019. Taking up the frequent references that Deleuze and Guattari employ in A Thousand Plateaus to Melville's Moby Dick, and to the character of Ahab in particular, the chapter explicates the concept of the \u2018nomadic subject\u2019 which occurs when a process of subjectivity reaches a critical threshold that pushes it into another pattern of activity, thus actualizing singularities that were previously only implicit, and its power to affect changes, and be affected by changes as well.Less\nThis chapter explores the alternative conception of space that emerges in the concepts of heterogeneous blocks of space-time and smooth space which are outlined by Deleuze and Guattari in their A Thousand Plateaus. It first examines the concepts of territoriality (or milieu) and of the refrain in Deleuze and Guattari's description of the subject as actually constituted by the various rhythms of the body's components and their relations to interior and exterior blocks of space-time that become homogenized into the lived experience of an organism. According to this new conception of the conditions of stability and identity, \u2018the organism as a self-regulating whole with its own spatial orientation can then be opened up to forces beyond it\u2019. Taking up the frequent references that Deleuze and Guattari employ in A Thousand Plateaus to Melville's Moby Dick, and to the character of Ahab in particular, the chapter explicates the concept of the \u2018nomadic subject\u2019 which occurs when a process of subjectivity reaches a critical threshold that pushes it into another pattern of activity, thus actualizing singularities that were previously only implicit, and its power to affect changes, and be affected by changes as well.\nKeywords: Deleuze, Gilles, space, space-time, A Thousand Plateaus, Moby Dick\nWisdom of the Heart: The Human Encounter with God in Pens\u00e9es and Moby-Dick\nin The Experience of God: A Postmodern Response\nThis concluding chapter links together Blaise Pascal's Pens\u00e9es, conceived in the years before his death in 1662 and first edited as late as 1844, and Herman Melville's ... More\nThis concluding chapter links together Blaise Pascal's Pens\u00e9es, conceived in the years before his death in 1662 and first edited as late as 1844, and Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851) by way of the theme of the \u201cwisdom of the heart\u201d. Our everyday experience is thoroughly mediated by the Bible. We refer ourselves and others to biblical characters, try to live up to them or react against them, while our deeds are oriented to scriptural injunctions, models, and even hermeneutical templates such as allegory and typology. Pascal's experience of God is firmly shaped by the scriptures, while the Bible is in turn marked by the ways in which he frames it. And we can read an entire theology condensed in the pages of Moby-Dick, one whose sense and function are quite different from the orthodoxy that animates Pascal.Less\nWisdom of the Heart : The Human Encounter with God in Pens\u00e9es and Moby-Dick\nThis concluding chapter links together Blaise Pascal's Pens\u00e9es, conceived in the years before his death in 1662 and first edited as late as 1844, and Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851) by way of the theme of the \u201cwisdom of the heart\u201d. Our everyday experience is thoroughly mediated by the Bible. We refer ourselves and others to biblical characters, try to live up to them or react against them, while our deeds are oriented to scriptural injunctions, models, and even hermeneutical templates such as allegory and typology. Pascal's experience of God is firmly shaped by the scriptures, while the Bible is in turn marked by the ways in which he frames it. And we can read an entire theology condensed in the pages of Moby-Dick, one whose sense and function are quite different from the orthodoxy that animates Pascal.\nKeywords: God, experience, Blaise Pascal, Pens\u00e9es, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville, Bible, scriptures, wisdom, human nature\nUnearthing Pierre\nin Experience and Experimental Writing: Literary Pragmatism from Emerson to the Jameses\nLiterature, American, 19th Century Literature, Criticism/Theory\nThis chapter looks at how Melville reacted to reviews for Moby-Dick by adding pages to the finished manuscript of Pierre, and considers Melville\u2019s use of allegory. It also looks in detail at ... More\nThis chapter looks at how Melville reacted to reviews for Moby-Dick by adding pages to the finished manuscript of Pierre, and considers Melville\u2019s use of allegory. It also looks in detail at Melville\u2019s prose style circa 1851-1852.Less\nThis chapter looks at how Melville reacted to reviews for Moby-Dick by adding pages to the finished manuscript of Pierre, and considers Melville\u2019s use of allegory. It also looks in detail at Melville\u2019s prose style circa 1851-1852.\nKeywords: Pierre, allegory, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, prose style\nEtymology: (Supplied by a Late Consumptive Usher to a Grammar School)\nin Dive Deeper: Journeys with Moby-Dick\nThis chapter explains the etymology of some words associated with Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, which was first published in England as The Whale in October 1851 by Richard Bentley. In November ... More\nThis chapter explains the etymology of some words associated with Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, which was first published in England as The Whale in October 1851 by Richard Bentley. In November 1851, Harper's published the book in the United States with the full title, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. The American edition included the Epilogue, which was lacking in the British edition. Moby-Dick refers to the White Whale, the leviathan dubbed by Jeremiah N. Reynolds as \u201can old bull whale, of prodigious size and strength,...white as wool.\u201d The endless debates about the symbols and meaning of Moby-Dick are known collectively as \u201cMoby-Dickering,\u201d a term coined by Charles Poore in 1952. Moby-Dick has been published in almost every language in the world.Less\nEtymology : (Supplied by a Late Consumptive Usher to a Grammar School)\nThis chapter explains the etymology of some words associated with Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, which was first published in England as The Whale in October 1851 by Richard Bentley. In November 1851, Harper's published the book in the United States with the full title, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. The American edition included the Epilogue, which was lacking in the British edition. Moby-Dick refers to the White Whale, the leviathan dubbed by Jeremiah N. Reynolds as \u201can old bull whale, of prodigious size and strength,...white as wool.\u201d The endless debates about the symbols and meaning of Moby-Dick are known collectively as \u201cMoby-Dickering,\u201d a term coined by Charles Poore in 1952. Moby-Dick has been published in almost every language in the world.\nKeywords: leviathan, etymology, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, The Whale, United States, White Whale, Jeremiah N. Reynolds, Moby-Dickering, Charles Poore\nExtracts: (Supplied by a Sub-Sub-Librarian)\nThis chapter presents extracts from various sources relating to Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, including quotations by Fitz-James O'Brien, W. Clark Russell, Donald G. Mitchell, Archibald ... More\nThis chapter presents extracts from various sources relating to Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, including quotations by Fitz-James O'Brien, W. Clark Russell, Donald G. Mitchell, Archibald MacMechan, Van Wyck Brooks, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, and Melville himself. Also included are quotes from publications such as London Morning Advertiser, New Bedford Daily Mercury, Boston Post, and Philadelphia Saturday Courier.Less\nExtracts : (Supplied by a Sub-Sub-Librarian)\nThis chapter presents extracts from various sources relating to Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, including quotations by Fitz-James O'Brien, W. Clark Russell, Donald G. Mitchell, Archibald MacMechan, Van Wyck Brooks, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, and Melville himself. Also included are quotes from publications such as London Morning Advertiser, New Bedford Daily Mercury, Boston Post, and Philadelphia Saturday Courier.\nKeywords: extracts, quotations, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Fitz-James O'Brien, W. Clark Russell, Donald G. Mitchell, Van Wyck Brooks, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence\nThis epilogue focuses on \u201cBob Dylan's 115th Dream,\u201d a song composed and recorded by Bob Dylan. It compares Dylan with Ishmael, the narrator and the only survivor in the Herman Melville novel ... More\nThis epilogue focuses on \u201cBob Dylan's 115th Dream,\u201d a song composed and recorded by Bob Dylan. It compares Dylan with Ishmael, the narrator and the only survivor in the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick. The song refers to Captain Ahab as Captain Arab, with Dylan adopting Ishmael's persona. Instead of the Pequod, Captain Arab commands the Mayflower. \u201cBob Dylan's 115th Dream\u201d is essentially a surreal reflection of the failed promise of America and how pursuit of the White Whale and profits can lead to disaster.Less\nThis epilogue focuses on \u201cBob Dylan's 115th Dream,\u201d a song composed and recorded by Bob Dylan. It compares Dylan with Ishmael, the narrator and the only survivor in the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick. The song refers to Captain Ahab as Captain Arab, with Dylan adopting Ishmael's persona. Instead of the Pequod, Captain Arab commands the Mayflower. \u201cBob Dylan's 115th Dream\u201d is essentially a surreal reflection of the failed promise of America and how pursuit of the White Whale and profits can lead to disaster.\nKeywords: song, Bob Dylan, Ishmael, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Captain Ahab, Captain Arab, America, White Whale, profits\nThe Uneven Balance: Dialectical Terror in Moby-Dick\nThis chapter argues that the terror of Moby-Dick dramatizes the logical paradoxes of a meta-dialectical method. It introduces a study of the influence of Melville\u2019s close friend, George Adler, a ... More\nThis chapter argues that the terror of Moby-Dick dramatizes the logical paradoxes of a meta-dialectical method. It introduces a study of the influence of Melville\u2019s close friend, George Adler, a proponent of Hegelian metaphysics and a chronic paranoiac, upon Moby-Dick. And it shows how the multiple terrors of Moby-Dick do not arise from one or the other philosophical commitment, but rather from a Hegel-inspired application of dialectical method to the problem of dialectical method itself. The chapter analyzes how moments of precarious balance, in Moby-Dick, are paired with an existential and epistemological terror. The chapter concludes with a reading of how Melville models this dialectical terror upon the physical properties of light.Less\nThe Uneven Balance : Dialectical Terror in Moby-Dick\nThis chapter argues that the terror of Moby-Dick dramatizes the logical paradoxes of a meta-dialectical method. It introduces a study of the influence of Melville\u2019s close friend, George Adler, a proponent of Hegelian metaphysics and a chronic paranoiac, upon Moby-Dick. And it shows how the multiple terrors of Moby-Dick do not arise from one or the other philosophical commitment, but rather from a Hegel-inspired application of dialectical method to the problem of dialectical method itself. The chapter analyzes how moments of precarious balance, in Moby-Dick, are paired with an existential and epistemological terror. The chapter concludes with a reading of how Melville models this dialectical terror upon the physical properties of light.\nKeywords: Melville, Moby-Dick, George Adler, Charles Deas, dialectics, Hegel, Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, The Death Struggle\nBalzac\u2019s Types at Sea\nJohn Haydock\nin Melville's Intervisionary Network: Balzac, Hawthorne, and Realism in the American Renaissance\nAfter and during discussions with Hawthorne, Melville apparently revised his unfinished whaling story through correcting two recurring weaknesses in his narratives cited by Howard P. Vincent: not ... More\nAfter and during discussions with Hawthorne, Melville apparently revised his unfinished whaling story through correcting two recurring weaknesses in his narratives cited by Howard P. Vincent: not having a central character to build around nor a similar sort of villain; repeating a tendency to limit dramatic conflict between two individuals only, usually an officer and a common sailor. The first difficulty he corrected by creating Ahab, a version of Balzac\u2019s famous villain Vautrin from Le P\u00e8re Goriot, a superior criminal genius of godlike intensity. The second he solved by the formula of Balzac\u2019s Unit\u00e9 de composition and creating not one or two forceful characters but an entire range of mankind reflecting instinctive, abstractive, and genius forces. Examples of similar discourse, actions, and perceptions are reviewed through comparisons of characters between Moby-Dick and Balzacian types, particularly Vautrin.Less\nAfter and during discussions with Hawthorne, Melville apparently revised his unfinished whaling story through correcting two recurring weaknesses in his narratives cited by Howard P. Vincent: not having a central character to build around nor a similar sort of villain; repeating a tendency to limit dramatic conflict between two individuals only, usually an officer and a common sailor. The first difficulty he corrected by creating Ahab, a version of Balzac\u2019s famous villain Vautrin from Le P\u00e8re Goriot, a superior criminal genius of godlike intensity. The second he solved by the formula of Balzac\u2019s Unit\u00e9 de composition and creating not one or two forceful characters but an entire range of mankind reflecting instinctive, abstractive, and genius forces. Examples of similar discourse, actions, and perceptions are reviewed through comparisons of characters between Moby-Dick and Balzacian types, particularly Vautrin.\nKeywords: Moby-Dick, Balzac Genius, Le P\u00e8re Goriot, Vautrin, Doubloon, Characters\nThinking about Melville, Religion, and Machines That Think\nJohn Lardas Modern\nThis chapter demonstrates that the concept of feedback\u2014as a technological condition, historical ontology, and theoretical frame\u2014challenges traditional ways of conceiving of religion and writing its ... More\nThis chapter demonstrates that the concept of feedback\u2014as a technological condition, historical ontology, and theoretical frame\u2014challenges traditional ways of conceiving of religion and writing its history. This essay dwells within 1920's America, a moment when the capacity of machines to regulate both nonhuman and human systems reached a point of critical mass and intensity. The chapter addresses responses to this changing technological atmosphere among Anglo-Protestant leaders, American Dada, as well as leaders of the infamous \u201cRevival\u201d of Herman Melville and his long-forgotten Moby-Dick (1851). Historically, the chapter demonstrates how Protestant strategies of self-centering, so pervasive in the early twentieth century, failed to contain the billowing nature of feedback technology. Theoretically, the chapter argues that the principle of feedback allows us to redefine religion not as something primarily ideological\u2014that is, not exclusively about ideas, beliefs, creeds, nor simply as some lived extension or revision of such ideas, beliefs, and creeds. The chapter concludes by arguing that attention to feedback pushes us to consider that religion is not about the freedom to believe but rather about the possibilities that condition our unbelief.Less\nThis chapter demonstrates that the concept of feedback\u2014as a technological condition, historical ontology, and theoretical frame\u2014challenges traditional ways of conceiving of religion and writing its history. This essay dwells within 1920's America, a moment when the capacity of machines to regulate both nonhuman and human systems reached a point of critical mass and intensity. The chapter addresses responses to this changing technological atmosphere among Anglo-Protestant leaders, American Dada, as well as leaders of the infamous \u201cRevival\u201d of Herman Melville and his long-forgotten Moby-Dick (1851). Historically, the chapter demonstrates how Protestant strategies of self-centering, so pervasive in the early twentieth century, failed to contain the billowing nature of feedback technology. Theoretically, the chapter argues that the principle of feedback allows us to redefine religion not as something primarily ideological\u2014that is, not exclusively about ideas, beliefs, creeds, nor simply as some lived extension or revision of such ideas, beliefs, and creeds. The chapter concludes by arguing that attention to feedback pushes us to consider that religion is not about the freedom to believe but rather about the possibilities that condition our unbelief.\nKeywords: Feedback technology, Moby-Dick, American Dada, Lewis Mumford, Melville Revival, American Protestantism, The Sea Beast, Belief and unbelief\nMelville: Testimony without Voice\nMelville cryptically closes Benito Cereno by emphasizing the \u201cvoiceless end\u201d of the slave leader, Babo. On the one hand, the weight of the story, including all of its omissions and oddities, seems to ... More\nMelville cryptically closes Benito Cereno by emphasizing the \u201cvoiceless end\u201d of the slave leader, Babo. On the one hand, the weight of the story, including all of its omissions and oddities, seems to land in this phrase, rendering it a final testimonial claim. On the other hand, Melville is insistent (especially in Pierre) that silence cannot be translated into voice, which means that Babo\u2019s voicelessness can make no claim at all. This chapter examines how to adequately engage the voiceless end. It reads Melville\u2019s words against the etymological history of silence, and it compares his challenging position to that of more recent human rights writing. Ultimately, Melville is shown to elide the expectation that testimony be correlated to the category of voice. Other narrative entities, in particular the air around the ship the San Dominick, register the truth of the text by disturbing the characters without saying anything.Less\nMelville : Testimony without Voice\nMelville cryptically closes Benito Cereno by emphasizing the \u201cvoiceless end\u201d of the slave leader, Babo. On the one hand, the weight of the story, including all of its omissions and oddities, seems to land in this phrase, rendering it a final testimonial claim. On the other hand, Melville is insistent (especially in Pierre) that silence cannot be translated into voice, which means that Babo\u2019s voicelessness can make no claim at all. This chapter examines how to adequately engage the voiceless end. It reads Melville\u2019s words against the etymological history of silence, and it compares his challenging position to that of more recent human rights writing. Ultimately, Melville is shown to elide the expectation that testimony be correlated to the category of voice. Other narrative entities, in particular the air around the ship the San Dominick, register the truth of the text by disturbing the characters without saying anything.\nKeywords: Silence, Voicelessness, Testimony, Stones, Human Rights, Herman Melville, Benito Cereno, Pierre, Bartleby, Moby-Dick", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1057, "original_length": 58906, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 289.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.unsungbusinessheroes.com.au/diane-dromgold-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:22Z", "digest": "sha1:NDUHWJKFWRK4IEV6ATNN2PGSIC74TS4E", "length": 13644, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "www.unsungbusinessheroes.com.au", "title": "Diane Dromgold \u2013 Unsung Business Heroes", "raw_content": "\"Fate and family dynamics intervened, so that didn\u2019t happen.\"\nDiane\u2019s built a career from doing what she loves to do, organising people and get the outcomes other people want. Projects and programs are the natural environment and career for her.\nDiane was born in Sydney. Her father was a builder, her mother a homemaker, and the family lived on the idyllic Northern Beaches. From age nine, Diane and the family spent the next twenty years in Canberra and, as she recollects, \u201cI was doing extremely well at school. I wanted to go on to do medicine. That was my plan. Fate and family dynamics intervened, so that didn\u2019t happen.\u201d\nDiane went on to do her Higher School Certificate at night while she had a full-time job in the public service, and then studied for her degree, over seven years, while also working full-time. By the time she actually finished her Higher School Certificate and University, she\u2019d been working for nine years.\nAt that stage Diane was working in specialist libraries in government departments and all the top librarian were held by men. Diane\u2019s thought was that \u201cthis just won\u2019t work for me.\u201d Three astute men, who weren\u2019t averse to women working their way up when they had the desire and the talent, rapidly facilitated Diane\u2019s career trajectory, beginning the phase which would define and shape her future.\nDiane approached the IT department, which was then a developing area, taking a demotion by several grades to move to IT because \u201cI\u2019ve always instinctively understood that mountain climbers don\u2019t go from peak to peak, they come down and then go up the next one.\u201d\nDuring her first few weeks there, Diane recalls, \u201cI worked for a wonderful guy called Terry Hilsberg and actually learned how to do online searches way ahead of the IT guys. I used to get into work way before Terry every morning and run a summary of his day and what all the big issues were. That lasted nine weeks until there was a project starting to automate all the Federal Industrial Awards.\u201d\nDuring this initial experience another manager, Barry Ellis, observed Diane\u2019s confidence, skills and motivation to perform. \u201cPerhaps he noticed I had talents which could be used on projects and I\u2019m forever grateful, because he sponsored me to move to a project, although I had no idea what project management was!\u201d\n\u201cI was called a subject matter expert, but, of course, I wasn\u2019t \u2013 I knew nothing! I loved the environment though \u201d Diane reminisces. \u201cThe Project Manager, Mark Quirk, led by teaching and I learned so much. I learned the foundations of project management and then this new thing called a Project Management course was coming up. I recall suggesting to him that it would be far better to send me than one of the blokes and he agreed. I completed the course and this was the turning point in my career.\u201d\nDiane discovered she had a natural ability to organise so things happen. And her decision to make this her career was made during that week. She was 24 years old.\nFortunately, John Franklin and Kevin Hollis became part of the further succession of male managers who saw Diane as someone with potential they could support. Diane just kept absorbing all there was to learn. She moved into industrial advocacy and negotiations and loved it. From then on she approached each challenge as though it was a project.\nIn 1989 Diane was given an opportunity, by Fiona Balfour, the first female executive to help Diane\u2019s career along, to be part of a project to set up a new business for Qantas in Sydney. As she recalls, \u201cthere were so many times when I could have said \u2018Oh no, that\u2019s a step too far\u2019. But I learned over and over again that I absolutely love finishing things. The Qantas role lead to opportunities in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore. In those days, projects were all about getting to the end and getting things done.\n\u201cYou have to be prepared along the way to take a few chances,\u201d Diane advises. Initially project management had a very narrow focus in Australia. Diane discovered that when she attended an Australian Institute of Project Management meeting and was the only one there not in construction.\nDiane then took up a role with a large consulting company, KPMG, which she absolutely adored, loving the people and the integrity of the organisation. However, a request to change to part- time for a while was met with a stern no.\nThat was the catalyst for Diane to start what she wanted to work for \u2013 a Really Nice Company. That\u2019s what RNC stands for!\nStarting out again, at the bottom of another mountain, in 1999 Diane rang business contacts and arranged coffee meetings. Her message was simple \u201cif you\u2019ve got broken or breaking projects I can fix them.\u201d By then there were a lot of people who called themselves project managers. Diane differentiated herself as the person who\u2019d fix the projects everyone else broke and take on the projects others wouldn\u2019t touch. That\u2019s how she started the business.\n\u201cWhen I talk to women, I say, \u2018If you have a career break for whatever reason, do not come back into the first meeting with I\u2019ve been off for 18 months, or I\u2019ve been off for 12 months\u2019, they don\u2019t care, it\u2019s irrelevant. If you\u2019re putting yourself there to do some work, don\u2019t start telling them why it won\u2019t work for them to start with.\u201d\nDiane comments that it becomes very important to read the politics of the group you\u2019re working with as well as the people you\u2019re working with. Diane\u2019s feels that \u201cWomen don\u2019t do it. They don\u2019t do it traditionally, because we don\u2019t understand boys\u2019 politics. We didn\u2019t grow up learning how to knock each other over in the playground, playing team sports and all that sort of stuff.\u201d\nOne of the more unusual strategies Diane took when she started was to deliberately avoid any of the big companies. She drew a line under the top 100 and said, \u201cI\u2019m not going near them.\u201d And then she went for the next 100, believing there was no way she could distinguish herself effectively against all the other minnows trying to feed from those big ponds. Over time, the business has been drawn into, and now works for, many of the biggest companies as well as maintaining loyalty to her first clients.\nWhen it comes to defining her role and that of the RNC team now, Diane has a new perspective to fit with today\u2019s changing workplaces. \u201cIn general terms, a project manager is engaged by people who want something specific done outside the line of normal work. That takes a particular skill set and a particular personality style to be able to do that, to be able to fit in with different organisations.\u201d However, the profession has, in her opinion, moved away from delivery to focussing in administration with the basic belief that if you get the paperwork right the right outcomes will follow. It\u2019s a pity on two levels, firstly because it isn\u2019t, now and never has been, true and secondly because the net effect of the focus on administration is a profession proud of its success but a market perception that it adds little value.\nWhen asked to review projects, Diane comments that she\u2019s never encountered one which has been failing because the paperwork wasn\u2019t right. \u201cIt\u2019s always about the people. When someone wants an outcome they can\u2019t achieve in their normal course of events, that\u2019s a project. And whether it\u2019s called a project, a program or a portfolio, describes its complexity, scale, and sub-projects.\u201d Diane now feels she may have lost the battle of the distinction between administrative project management and the ones who focus on delivering the outcome and may well give up the use of \u2018Project Management\u2019 as the descriptor for what RNC does.\nRNC\u2019s primary focus is on actually delivering the outcome rather than tracking and paperwork. She says, \u201cI\u2019m quite ruthless in the fact that I only work for the people who actually want something done.\u201d\nWhen asked about recruiting staff, Diane also has some interesting observations. \u201cIf they come along and they say \u2018I\u2019ve got a PMP, look at my Gantt charts, or I can do S-curves and J-curves, or EVM, I am not impressed with that. I\u2019m impressed with their ability to think laterally. It\u2019s more about understanding the candidate\u2019s perspective and values.\u201d\nWhen Diane meets a potential recruit she deliberately jumps all over the place to see if they can keep up. She\u2019ll also try to see how hungry they are for money, because people who are desperate for money make poor project managers as they\u2019ll likely run the agenda to keep the project going rather than to get the job done.\nDiane recalls she\u2019s \u201cmade some classic hiring mistakes, but it\u2019s not how many stuff-ups you make, it\u2019s how you fix them.\u201d\nWith regard to delegating, Diane reports people often say she\u2019s a perfectionist. \u201cBut I\u2019ve never done anything perfectly in my life. I probably could delegate more.\u201d She believes every person she put on a project, needs to be put through the lens of \u2018I\u2019m risking my house on this person\u2019. \u201cBecause of that I guess I feel inclined to stay close to RNC people and support them.\u201d\nDiane comments RNC staff would say it\u2019s quite a different working environment. Diane quotes the book by the founder of the Marriott chain who said he \u2018built it for the employees first\u2019 as her guide in this area. The philosophy that, \u201cif you look after your employees, they will look after the clients\u201d, has never let Diane down.\nDiane has also used her experience to date to develop her own proprietary software. She believes \u201cMagia is the type of tool most organisations will be using within the next five years\u201d. Going beyond collaboration to what she calls \u2018targeted collaboration\u2019.\nMagia works with the reality of Matrix management by increasing visibility, clarity, focus, and confidence in projects and programs that overlap with business as usual. Diane says \u201cwith RNC and Magia clients get clarity, certainty and control \u2013 after all it\u2019s their outcome and they should have those things.\u201d\nMagia ensures people are central to the project plan. Every person is included, their work is scheduled, and they know what they have to do when, how it fits in with the bigger picture, who they are depending on to be able to do their work, and who\u2019s depending on them. It focusses on collaboration.\nSuccess for Diane, which she defined when she first started RNC, was having enough money so she could say no to clients who don\u2019t fit with her desire to deliver outcomes \u2013 some people just want the paperwork. As Diane states, \u201cRNC\u2019s clients are people willing and determined to achieve (basically the winners). They care enough about the outcome that they\u2019ll work to move whatever has to be moved in the organisation to make it happen.\u201d They know they don\u2019t have to deliver it themselves, they just need to be responsible for it. RNC prefers to be in the background making clients the heroes.\nDiane gets up every morning and thinks, \u201cWho are we going to help today? Whose budget are we going to save? Whose project are we going to rescue? Who will get their outcome?\u201d She loves what she does.\u201d\nRNC Global Projects has been operating for seventeen years and Diane keeps her hand in by taking on at least one major project herself each year. She says \u201cit\u2019s important to stay current and competent \u2013 otherwise clients might not distinguish RNC from \u2018agencies\u2019\u201d.\nWhen asked who she admires in business, Diane nominated several people. One was an American woman, Nancy Tuor, who ran the project to close down the Rocky Flats nuclear site near Denver. To quote Diane, \u201cI absolutely admire her. I went to Denver to learn from her, and the biggest thing I learned, well relearned, was to focus on the people and they\u2019ll deliver. Oh, and be ruthless about removing the people who aren\u2019t on the bus\u2026..everyone knows who they are and if as the leader you don\u2019t remove them you\u2019ve weakened people\u2019s commitment to you and their respect for you.\u201d\nAnother person Diane truly respects is Catherine Livingstone who is currently the Head of the Business Council of Australia, and Chairman of Telstra noting \u201cI\u2019m a great fan. Catherine\u2019s a big supporter of women and getting more women into maths and science. She doesn\u2019t see gender, she sees capability.\u201d Diane is also highly respectful of how Catherine\u2019s conducted herself in the business world.\nDiane\u2019s passionate about giving back, deciding at the outset a certain percentage of the profit from RNC would go to charity every year. That started out with some hospitals and the Heart Foundation. Then she was asked \u201cwould you like to buy an Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) for a surf club?\u201d That was the start of an ongoing relationship with Surf Life Saving. Over the next few years, Diane has regularly bought outboard engines and other essential equipment like defibrillators.\nDiane believes \u201cSurf Life Saving keeps the kids off the street, gives them a purpose, and teaches them valuable skills. And it\u2019s just such a good culture. The kids are just beautiful \u2013 they\u2019re healthy, they\u2019re glowing, they\u2019re confident and they\u2019re contributing.\u201d\nThat commitment, together with Diane\u2019s contribution to her client\u2019s businesses, and those who work with her, ensure she, and RNC, will leave a wonderful legacy for the future.\n\u201cIt\u2019s not how many stuff-ups you make, it\u2019s how you fix them.\u201d\n\u201cYou have to be prepared along the way to take a few chances,\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019ve always instinctively understood that mountain climbers don\u2019t go from peak to peak, they come down and then go up another one.\u201d\n\u201cWho are we going to help today? Whose budget are we going to save? Whose project are we going to rescue? Who will get their outcome? I love what I do.\u201d\nLevel 57, MLC Centre 19-29 Martin Place Sydney NSW 2000\nRNC Global Projects", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 16114, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 247.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.urdunovels.pk/tag/biography-of-umera-ahmed", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:52Z", "digest": "sha1:7UEM5TQYXYH6QQVUDSFJ3ABIU534LZ7A", "length": 385, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.urdunovels.pk", "title": "Biography of Umera Ahmed - Urdu Novels", "raw_content": "Tags: Biography of Umera Ahmed\nUmera Ahmed 158 Comments Biography of Umera Ahmed, umera ahmed, Umera Ahmed interview\nI was born on December 10, 1976. I was born in Sialkot Pakistan. In case you\u2019re wondering, I didn\u2019t just wake up and decide to be a writer. Writing is as natural to me as breathing. It was always a dream of mine to become a novelist so I worked at it. I never thought\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3643, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 223.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.usa.forzanuova.info/2016/09/17/hungarian-people-to-vote-on-illegal-invasion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:18Z", "digest": "sha1:FF6P5OJEF6HRBDGW35WJID7OATZ5QWHO", "length": 1006, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.usa.forzanuova.info", "title": "Hungarian People to vote on Illegal Invasion \u2013 Forza Nuova U.S.A.", "raw_content": "Hungarian People to vote on Illegal Invasion\nby Carlo Abruzzi / Saturday, 17 September 2016 / Published in Uncategorized\nThe Hungarian government of Viktor Orban (a civic Nationalist, so not really one of us) has come up with a brilliant idea! He is going to hold a referendum on October 2nd 2016 which will ask the Hungarian people whether or not they want to let in any illegal invaders. Of course here in the USA, the mainstream media is labeling this as \u201cxenophobic\u201d, \u201cracist\u201d, \u201cdeplorable\u201d. The audacity of a democratically elected leader to ask his people if they want to be demographically displaced!\nhttp://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/09/02/hungarian-anti-migrant-campaign-picks-up-speed-ahead-vote.html\nHere is a Ramzpaul video, and whatever your opinion may be of him, just focus on the beautiful streets of Budapest and the homogeneity.\nAfter WikiLeaks\u2019 14th Podesta Email Batch Release, What We\u2019ve Learned So Far\nStudy: 70% of Europeans see rapid population growth of Muslims as a serious threat", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1799, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 317.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.uxbarcampdc.org/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:09Z", "digest": "sha1:N42SX24TIPPVGFOB2UU4JRZGDJKMR3AB", "length": 223, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.uxbarcampdc.org", "title": "About us - Uxbarcampdc Health", "raw_content": "Learn the best information about hypnotherapy and change your life for the best. If you find the information provided here useful don\u2019t hesitate to comment and leave a feedback. We are always looking to improve our website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 222.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.vagabondplayersinc.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:07Z", "digest": "sha1:TUDOIEXVJDS2XGG2OUWU4FPUQOS2EIIX", "length": 1414, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.vagabondplayersinc.com", "title": "The Vagabond Players, Inc. - Home", "raw_content": "The Vagabond Players, Inc.\nShellie Nominations\nAC5-Arts-Awards-2016\nArts Recognition Awards Celebrating 20 Years.\nLocal Artist & Art Organizations to be honored.\nOur 20th year of honoring those who have made a significant artistic or philanthropic contribution to Contra Costa\u2019s Arts and Culture.\n\u200bA special recognition for this year's honorees will be given by the County Board of Supervisors on November 14, 2017 at 9:30 am.\n\u2022 Sharon Redman, from Brentwood - Founder and Artistic Director of Vagabond Players. She celebrates Seniors talents by having them perform in her shows and this troupe of performers do shows at Senior centers, Assisted Living facilities and small venues in Central and East county.\nAll around the country an endearing phenomenon spearheaded by the senior community is taking root. It is the rise of Senior Theater as a vehicle to highlight the talents of creative folks over fifty.\nOur mission is to contribute to the arts and the community by making theatre more accessible to older artists and audiences;\nto educate seniors who participate in theater arts;\nto dispel myths about aging;\nto educate the community by bringing a positive image of aging;\nand to celebrate the talents of older artists.\nWe are dedicated to improving the quality of life for our older adults by reaching across the barriers of age and fostering an understanding of community through participation on the arts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 253.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.viacapitalevendu.com/cap-sante/intergenerational-properties-for-sale/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:47Z", "digest": "sha1:IEODIJTZWRY5AUEEKQE6VWYTPEXV63KP", "length": 1014, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.viacapitalevendu.com", "title": "Intergenerational properties for sell in Cap-Sant\u00e9, Quebec city and suburbs - Via Capitale", "raw_content": "Intergenerational properties for sale in Cap-Sant\u00e9, Quebec city and suburbs, Qu\u00e9bec\nThe Quebec City or Capitale-Nationale region is made up of the city of Quebec and six regional county municipalities and a native reserve. 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It is in this area where you will find some of the worlds most prestigious boutiques and businesses, which still carry on the tradition and style of Italain artisans.\nVia Vittoria unites via del corso and via del babuino. Via Vittoria \u2019s origin was in the field of an operation to restructure the trident area. This phase concluded the \u201crenovatio urbis\u201d of the Roman Renaissance, which was begun by pope Leone X and completed by Paolo III.\nThe origin of the street name is uncertain. In the 7th century the street was called \u201cDelle Orsoline\u201d after the monastery founded together with Saint Giuseppe, Saint Orsola, and Camilla Borghese Orsini. During the French revolution the name was changed to Via Vittoria. It is believed that the street was named after the aunts of Luigi XVI, Vittoria and Adelaide who lived on the street.\nThe most important monument is at civic number 6 which is the entrance to the X convent .\nIn 1839 with the dissolution of the religious order the X convent was donated to the Academy of Saint Cecilia, which was an institution founded in 1585 by Sisto V. The complex was readapted, the church (sconsacrata) became the Hall for concerts and it was also used as an acting school by the Academy of Dramatic Arts , \u201cEleonara Duse\u201d.\nThe Academy with its long history, gave way to The Musical High School in 1923 becoming a state Academy of Music . Academy and Conservatory were established under one roof. The library, which is known to worldwide music lovers, stores the manuscripts of Giovanni Pier Luigi da Palestrina, of Bellini and of Rossini. 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With the median list price for the Hillsborough area being $247,900 and the median price per square foot of $124 you will be able to find a home that meets your criteria.\n114 Baltic Circle\n5157 W San Jose Street\n1104 Culbreath Isles Drive\nfor Hillsborough Real Estate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 221, "original_length": 4731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.vinosdechile.cl/en/content/wines-chile-academy-3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:35Z", "digest": "sha1:YDEROKIZCQKULU2OTWS47532WMBC7NHU", "length": 792, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.vinosdechile.cl", "title": "Wines of Chile Academy | Wines of Chile", "raw_content": "Activities - Wines of Chile Academy\nDescription: The objective is to educate and certify consumers of wine clubs as well as students of MBA schools, law schools, doctors, among others.\nThis activity will be developed in order to meet a growing need in the American consumer, focused on raising awareness and understanding of Chilean wine. The content of the course is inspired by what was successfully done in the Chinese market but adapted to the American consumer. The objective is to educate and certify consumers of wine clubs as well as students of MBA schools, law schools, doctors, among others. It contemplates the development of two levels: 1) 6 weeks level 1-2 intermediate. 2) 12 weeks advanced level 3. The success of the activity will measure according to the material developed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 239.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.viraled.com/modules/info/hcv-hiv_2018_kidney_disease.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:38:46Z", "digest": "sha1:3MPXUGTEODIZWZIGMJ33AH6W3FZNNZCM", "length": 693, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.viraled.com", "title": "HCV-HIV 2018 Kidney Disease : ViralEd, Inc.", "raw_content": "HCV-HIV 2018 Kidney Disease\nThe fifth internet symposium is being brought to you from Baltimore, MD and will cover, \u201cTreating and Managing HCV/HIV Co-Infection in Persons with Chronic Kidney Disease.\u201d This program will feature an interview with Derek Fine, MD, from Johns Hopkins University by Mark Sulkowski, MD, from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Fine is a leading expert on kidney disease in persons with HCV/HIV co-infection.\nDerek Fine, MD\nThere are no fees for participating and receved CME credit for this activity. During the period, November 30, 2018 through November 30, 2019, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 8365, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 198.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/vi-must-reflect-on-financial-independence-achieved-40-years-ago-01/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:11Z", "digest": "sha1:UPDBH23BXDZFEQO67G4GAVDJ4S3VCIXK", "length": 5618, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.virginislandsnewsonline.com", "title": "VI must reflect on financial independence achieved 40 years ago | Virgin Islands News Online", "raw_content": "You are here: Virgin Islands News Online \u00bb News \u00bb VI must reflect on financial independence achieved 40 years ago\nVI must reflect on financial independence achieved 40 years ago\nDecember 3rd, 2018 | Tags: E. Benito Wheatley Ministry of Finance\nE. Benito Wheatley. Photo: VINO/File\nThrough prudence and determination, the coalition Governments led by the late Chief Minister Dr the Honourable Willard Wheatley, MBE, LLB up to 1979, steered the territory out of recession and into a robust economic recovery from 1974 onward. Photo: Provided\nBy E. Benito Wheatley\nIt should not be taken for granted that the Virgin Islands (BVI) is today financially self-sufficient or that the Government\u2019s finances are managed by a Minister of Finance, appointed from among the elected representatives of the Legislature (i.e. House of Assembly).\nAt the introduction of ministerial government in 1967, Finance was not a portfolio devolved to the elected Government.\nIt remained under the United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor, who also oversaw Britain\u2019s financial assistance to the Territory, referred to as \u2018grant-in-aid.\u2019\nDeep Recession\nBy 1971, the VI was in a deep recession and the Government remained dependent upon Britain to fund its large budget deficit.\nHowever, through prudence and determination, the coalition Governments led by the late Chief Minister Dr the Honourable Willard Wheatley, MBE, LLB between 1971 to 1975 (i.e. Wheatley/Virgin Islands Democratic Party/United Party) and 1975 to 1979 (i.e. Wheatley/Virgin Islands Party), steered the territory out of recession and into a robust economic recovery from 1974 onward.\nThe exceptional public management of this period encouraged Britain to follow through on turning over responsibility for the Finance portfolio, from the Governor to the elected Government under the stewardship of the Chief Minister.\nOn June 1, 1977, Dr Wheatley became the VI\u2019s first Minister of Finance.\nBy 1978, the Government independently closed the budget deficit and ended the year with a budget surplus of $1.3 million.\nThis eliminated the need for further financial assistance from Britain and officially brought an end to \u2018grant-in-aid,\u2019 in the Territory, more than two decades after the VI became a British colony in its own right.\nAt the end of the subsequent budget year (1979), the surplus grew to $2.7 million on the continued growth of revenue from tourism and a rebound in construction.\nThe Territory has since remained financially self-sufficient, as successive Governments have generally ran budget surpluses or balanced budgets.\nSteadfast Leadership\nFinancial autonomy was the next critical step in the VI\u2019s march toward greater self-determination, which was preceded by the introduction of ministerial government in 1967 and the restoration of the legislature (i.e. Legislative Council) in 1950.\nThe new Finance portfolio endowed the elected Government with the fiscal and regulatory authority that positioned the VI to later reinvent the financial services industry, after the termination of the VI-US double taxation treaty in 1981.\nThe Chief Minister, Dr Wheatley, and his various ministers (i.e. Oliver Cills, Conrad Maduro/Dr. Q. William Osborne, OBE, Alban U. Anthony and H. Lavity Stoutt) deserve much credit for their steadfast leadership that ensured the Territory became financially self-sufficient and gained its financial autonomy.\nThis of course could not have been achieved without the dedication of the numerous public servants who worked tirelessly in the national interest.\nThe 40th anniversary of the end of \u2018grant-in-aid\u2019 is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of the VI\u2019s financial independence which remains a key pillar of the self-determination of the Territory.\n4 Responses to \u201cVI must reflect on financial independence achieved 40 years ago\u201d\nThinking (04/12/2018, 07:21) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply\njust saying with your wealth of knowledge along with vibrance of youth I do believe with some other like minded persons might be just what we need to move this coountry forward this is no time to go backwards .\nUndoubtedly, the late Dr. Hon Chief Minister Williard Wheatley is owed a debt of gratitude and should be recognized for advanving the territory out of a deep recession and putting it on a path of financial self sufficiency, reducing/eliminating the need for grant-in-aid. As a result of his effective stewardship, the territory, a little sleepy hollow, emerged having one of the highest standard of living, quality and per capita income ($38K) in the region. Nonetheless, though the BVI should celebrate and appreciate the great start provided by Wheatley Admin on economic attainment and positioning, there is still much work to do on economic growth and development.\nMonster Cat 5 hurricanes Irma and Maria exposed some fragility and weaknesses with the economic structure. The VI has a service-based economy (tourism and financial services); the economy is highly fragile and sector stumbling can result in the whole economy tumbling. As such, atop the new government\u2019s bucket list must be diversifying the economy. On another note, economic independence must be a precursor for political independence. The BVI people has the right to self-determination, ie, independence........etc but whatever path it chooses must entail economic independence. Benito, good read.\nSometimes I wonder if Lavity is the only leader that we had. Very little is taught in our schools about Mr Wheatley or even Mr Romney. And if you ask me, Lavity almost created the greatest blunder in the history of the Virgin Islands (The Bates-Hill Agreement).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 8212, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 264.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.watchesreplicas.org.uk/services/years-for-lord-stanleys-cup/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:MQWHPIDPYVP4Q45ZR62M6TRCMEGONHET", "length": 1914, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.watchesreplicas.org.uk", "title": "Years for Lord Stanley's Cup - Penny T. Groner", "raw_content": "1919 was the first year because the Stanley Cup had entered the hockey world the prize wasn\u2019t granted, since the Spanish flu resulted in the hospitalization of many Montreal players and their supervisor serlegek, and consequently to ward of the series closing between the Seattle Metropolitans and the Montreal Canadiens. The series finished with the connected score of 2-2-1, with no last game being played Joe Hall, among those gamers expired days after the cancellation.\nTherefore, a structure change was so because three leagues instead of two are in competition with each other.\nBack in 1926, the Western Hockey League dissolved, along with the Cup just became the NHL championship decoration \u2013 since the National Hockey League was the sole significant baseball match still standing in the moment. The Victoria Cougars\u2019 win in the conclusion of the 1924-25 season made them the final non-NHL group to win the Stanley Cup. Challenges were issued with other leagues, but no staff beyond the National Hockey League has really played the Cup since. Back in 1947, NHL\u2019s control within the Stanley Cup became official once the league along with the Cup\u2019s trustees came into an agreement allowing the NHL to deny challenges from out its league since it desired. Now just the thirty teams of the National Hockey League might have a chance at winning ownership of the esteemed Stanley Cup.\nBack in 2005, the proprietors of the National Hockey League along with also the members of the baseball players\u2019 union, the NHL Players Association, were included in a labour dispute which led to getting the season canceled \u2013 indicating the very first season in the Cup\u2019s history as the 1919 flu pandemic the sports award wasn\u2019t bestowed. The Governor of General Canada in the moment, Adrienne Clarkson, suggested that because the men\u2019s hockey had been canceled, the best women\u2019s hockey team ought to obtain the Cup rather than.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2963, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 219.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wealdschoolofdance.co.uk/kent_dance_school/file/links.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:42Z", "digest": "sha1:RNUVWSLZXE2WN2XSXIVKVSTX7GMS56R2", "length": 1629, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.wealdschoolofdance.co.uk", "title": "Links at Langley, Sutton Valence - Dance - General Gallery - dance, dance, dance till you drop - Weald school of dance", "raw_content": "when in doubt\u2026 dance!\nPlease find below, some websites that we think may be of interest to you:\nThe Royal Academy of Dance\nWith over 13,000 members' spread across 83 countries, The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organisations in the world.\nEstablished in 1920, to improve standards and re-invigorate dance training initially within the UK, the Academy helps and encourages its teachers to perfect their teaching skills and pass on this knowledge to their students.\nThere are currently over 1,000 students in full-time or part-time teacher training programmes with the Academy and each year, the examination syllabus is taught to more than a quarter of a million students worldwide.\nImperial Society of Teachers of Dance\nThe Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) is the world's leading dance examinations board. Formed in 1904 it is today a registered educational charity and is the only organisation that covers the full spectrum of dance examinations on a truly global scale.\nwww.dancingboutique.com\nThe Dancing Boutique Tunbridge Wells supplies the Weald School of Dance with all their dance wear, shoes and accessories. The shop visits several times a year to ensure the correct fitting of uniform and shoes.\nwww.langley-kent.org.uk\nLangley Parish Council and the Langley Village Hall Committee continue to support our dance school.\nLanceFrench.com\nLance French offers a complete service to deliver good looking, functional websites for organisations of all sizes.\nShould you like to request a link here, please email info@wealdschoolofdance.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 2455, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 251.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.weatherby.dk/content.php?24-The-Little-Ones-220-228-and-224-Weatherby-Magnums&s=446c7a25a639f6fad1ff45603650ebf9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:01Z", "digest": "sha1:C3CH4ETB57O4X45WEITVTRT622PBO32X", "length": 4009, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.weatherby.dk", "title": "Weatherby Rifles Forum - The Little Ones: .220, .228, and .224 Weatherby Magnums", "raw_content": "Although the .270 Weatherby gets the credit for being the first commercially available and successful cartridge in the line of Weatherby Magnums, the first true Weatherby Magnum was the .220 Weatherby Rocket. There were two unsuccessful predecessors to the now legitimate .224 Weatherby Magnum, so let's start with those. The amount of information available on the .220 and .228 is very limited, so I apologize for the short article.\nThe very first cartridge designed by Roy Weatherby in the 1940's was the .220 Rocket, an improved version of the .220 Swift. The Rocket was not exactly a howling success, because even back then, shooters knew that very little velocity could be gained by burning more powder in a .224\" caliber bore than was consumed by the .220 Swift. Weatherby never manufactured ammunition for this caliber. Roy's second high velocity twenty-two was the .228 Weatherby Magnum, made by shortening and necking down the .300 H & H case. I believe some rifles were chambered for these cartridges. One of our members claimed to have seen some of these in the Weatherby Collectors Association events.\nSo, the Weatherby line of proprietary cartridges was still incomplete for the lack of an ultra high velocity 22.\nWhen word about the new .224 Magnum spread among varmint shooters in 1963, most assumed that it would follow the Weatherby tradition of fastest of its breed. Instead, the .224 emerged as a miniature .300 Weatherby Magnum with slightly less powder capacity than that of a .22-250. As was later discovered, the .224 Weatherby Magnum is almost a ballistic twin of the .225 Winchester. Even the little .224 Weatherby Magnum has a freebore. This allows factory loads to be loaded to slightly higher velocity than could safely be done with a shorter throat.\nThe 224 Varmintmaster was introduced in 1963, but according to Roy Weatherby, development went back 10 years prior to this. Introduction of this cartridge was delayed due to lack of a suitable action. Weatherby no longer offers a rifle chambered in this catridge except as a Custom Shop order.\nAs a varmint cartridge, the .224 Weatherby Magnum will hold its own in the presence of the .225 Winchester and .22-250 and its performance is only slightly shy of that of the .220 Swift. All of this and a beautiful little rifle to boot when chambered in the original Varmintmaster, especially with a 26\" barrel, which I belive all rifles should have when chambered for a Weatherby cartridge.\nSince the shorter bullets must free travel through a long chamber throat before engaging the rifling, most Weatherby .224 Magnum rifles produce the best accuracy with bullets weighing 55 grains and up. According to our members who reload for this cartridge, H335 and IMR-3031 are outstanding powders in the .224 Weatherby Magnum.\nAs much as I like all the other Weatherby's these to me are the special ones. Varmint getters!!! As many know I had Ed convert a .223 to a .224 and he is currently working on converting a .22-250 into a .220 Rocket. I can't wait to buckle me a yote or something with that one. Along with my Vanguard in .22-250 the three will make a very fine battery of Fur Ball busters.\nI am looking into getting a 22LRin a bee XXII. What do you all think of that rifle?\nThe new Weatherby bolt action .22s are built on an Anschutz actionwhich are THE best. 90% of Olympic level shooters competing in the Biathlon use Anschutz actions.\nAltenman - 10-09-2010, 14:29\nI saw one of the Weatherby .228's for sale on Collector's firearm website. It's a gun dealer in Houston. I know the individual who purchased the rifle. If I recall, it sold for nearly $28,000. Needless to say, it's a VERY rare find.\nGEURTS340 - 03-07-2011, 02:37\nEd, as in Ed Weatherby? How much did the conversion from 223 to 224 WBY mag cost? Was the conversion performed on a mark V or a Vanguard? 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Now the two great distance warriors, along with second placed Bedan Karoki, are set for another epic battle in Rio this summer, where Olympic gold will be on the line in the 10,000 metres.\nKamworor picked himself up from what was nearly the falsest of false starts to not only retain his IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon championship, but make it three world titles in a row \u2013 the 2014 world half, 2015 world cross country and now the 2016 world half again.\nIn between there was a silver medal for the 23-year-old behind Farah in the 10,000 metres at last year\u2019s world championships and what happened in the Welsh capital merely added further interest and intrigue into what is likely to be one of the hottest races to gold in Rio later this year.\nWhile Kamworor managed to pick himself up after slipping over at the start as the gun went, Farah managed to dust himself down in the closing stages after being left for dead by the teamwork of the Kenyans.\nKamworor and Karoki, got away after 10km as they hit the accelerator to leave their biggest rival trailing in their wake. The fact that Farah set a European record at 15km of 42.03, slashing 36 seconds off John Brown\u2019s 22-year-old previous best, showed he was running at somewhere close to his best, but the top two were 22 seconds faster.\nThe rain lashed down in the final few miles, but that didn\u2019t deter Kamworor, who used the rise off Roath park lake up to Cathays cemetery at 12 miles to drive the final nails into the coffins of his rivals.\nIt was a solo effort from there on in and he won the title in 59.10, two seconds slower than he had won in Copenhagen.\nFarah also dipped under the hour mark, clocking 59.59, the same time as Ethiopia\u2019s Abayneh Ayele, who had to settle for fourth place as he became the latest athlete to be out-kicked in the home straight by the Briton. Karoki took the silver in 59.36, his first defeat in five half marathons.\n\u201cI\u2019m really happy. I fell down at the start and I was trying to get up and everyone was pushing me back down,\u201d said Kamworor, who led Kenya to the team title for the 15th time in 22 events.\n\u201cI was looking for a personal best. This win gives me more motivation for Rio, and I\u2019m really looking forward to running the 10K.\n\u201cIt was the world half marathon today, but now it\u2019s done. From tomorrow it\u2019s all about preparing for the 10,000m.\u201d\nThe wet and windy conditions certainly made life difficult for everyone and Farah admitted it had been one of the toughest races of his life.\n\u201cAfter three or four miles, the Kenyan\u2019s were up the front and Karoki and Kamworor kept pushing the pace on,\u201d said the double Olympic 10,000m champion.\n\u201cThey just went for it and 10km into it, the pace shot up, and I thought to myself \u2018that\u2019s quick\u2019.\n\u201cThe gap got bigger and bigger and I got more and more tired.\n\u201cSub 60 is pretty impressive, and I think Geoffrey is capable of breaking the world record.\n\u201cIf he can run this pace on these conditions, he is definitely capable of running a lot faster.\n\u201cI\u2019ll wipe this out of my mind, what happens in Rio will definitely be different, this will give my massive motivation.\n\u201cGeoffrey is a great athlete, so is Karoki, it\u2019s what the media has been waiting for, a challenge.\n\u201cI want to defend my title in Rio, just as Geoffrey wanted to defend his today. I\u2019m very excited to be competing against these guys.\u201d\nScotland\u2019s Callum Hawkins finished 15th in 62.51 and the third British scorer was Welshman Dewi Griffiths in 27th with a personal best of 64.10, that enabled the team to finish a highly respectable fourth overall, 42 seconds behind the 2014 champions, Eritrea.\nThe women\u2019s race was once again dominated by the Kenyan\u2019s. They filled the first five places in Copenhagen two years ago and once again scooped all the medals.\nAll five Kenyans \u2013 Pascalia Kipkoech, Cynthia Limo, Mary Wacera, Peres Jepchirchir and Gladys Chesire \u2013 were part of a large lead group of 14 athletes to go through 5km in 16:31 before Jepchirchir went on to take the title in 67.31.\nLimo was second, three seconds back, and Wacera took the bronze. The best placed Briton was Alyson Dixon in 27th in 72.57 and the British team finished 11th.\nHead of Athlete Liaison Alex Donald commented saying; ''we were extremely pleased to host a truly world class event and to welcome the world's best athletes to Cardiff''. ''The winning time was particuarly impressive, taking the weather conditions in to account''.\nIAAF International Results\nMass Race Results\nIAAF Men's Race Report\nIAAF Women's Race Report", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 6178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.westashevilledentist.com/treatments/sedation-dentistry/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:39Z", "digest": "sha1:NBXS3TE2QGCZNK5WDD6PRDBPTZNMZANV", "length": 2243, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.westashevilledentist.com", "title": "Sedation Dentistry", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Treatments / Sedation Dentistry\nAre you anxious about dental treatment?\nWe have many different options for treating dental anxiety in our practice. Talk to us about your specific dental fears and we will help you decide what sedation option is best for you. We have three types of options: Inhalation Sedation, Oral Sedation, and IV Sedation. As a side note, we have found that a large majority of our patients who needed sedation dentistry when they first started with us, no longer need it after they have gotten to know us and trust us with their care. We take great measures to put our patients at ease and make every visit as painless as possible.\nNitrous, or more commonly known as laughing gas, is simply a gas that you can breathe in while having dental work. It\u2019s effects are fast acting and don\u2019t leave you with a \u201chang over\u201d effect. Nitrous decreases pain and induces a light headed euphoric feeling. This is a popular option for patients due to its effectiveness, minimal side effects, and the ability to drive oneself home after treatment.\nWe can prescribe a Benzodiazepine to reduce anxiety before your dental treatment. You are awake during the treatment, but the medication makes you feel more at ease and calm. If taking Benzodiazepines for dental treatment, you must have a responsible person escort you to and from your appointments.\nIntravenous Conscious Sedation is when an anti-anxiety drug is administered into the blood stream during your dental treatment. The patient remains conscious during their dental treatment and are able to understand and respond to simple requests from the dentist. IV Sedation is administered through a very small needle on your hand or arm. It puts you in a state of deep relaxation and a feeling of not being bothered by what\u2019s going on. Afterward it is common to not remember anything about the unpleasant dental treatment thanks to the medicine\u2019s amnesia producing side effects. It is mandatory to have a responsible person escort you to and from your appointments.\nWho does the IV Sedation?\nDr Scott is certified to provide IV sedation in the comfort of our dental office. If you are interested to learn more about this service please ask us during your next visit.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3620, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 335.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.westernfrontonline.com/byline/laura-place/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:38Z", "digest": "sha1:TS4WPRWRKTNRUEA6O5KDCAUH4LLOAD3X", "length": 3591, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.westernfrontonline.com", "title": "Laura Place Archives \u2013 The Western Front", "raw_content": "Byline: Laura Place\nAS VP Not Allowed to Assume Position Due to Undocumented Status\nWritten by: Laura Place and Questen Inghram This story was updated on Tuesday, June 27. After being elected Associated Students vice president for governmental affairs, sophomore Ana Ramirez, who is undocumented, has been told by university and AS administrators that she will not be able to assume the position [\u2026]\nCampus responds to Griesemer readmission\nContent warning: This story contains references to sexual assault. Written by: Laura Place Following news about Western\u2019s readmission of a male student who had been convicted of sexual assault, students and faculty responded strongly with concerns for campus safety and the university\u2019s lack of transparency surrounding the decision. [\u2026]\nWestern sexual assault numbers indicate underreporting\nContent warning: This story contains references to sexual assault. Written by: Laura Place The official university data for statistics of sexual assault involving Western students may underrepresent the problem. The annual Security and Fire Safety Report compiled by the university shows a total of 19 reported cases of [\u2026]\nAssistant Attorney General speaks at Fairhaven College about sex trafficking in Washington\nWritten by: Laura Place Washington Assistant Attorney General Farshad Talebi addressed a roomful of Fairhaven students Monday afternoon to talk about the industry he deals with. Worth $150 billion, the net profits of this industry are worth more than Microsoft, BP, Samsung and Exon combined. This industry is [\u2026]\nBellingham May Day March draws around 200\nWritten by: Laura Place and Questen Inghram Bellingham celebrated International Workers\u2019 Day, commonly known as May Day, with a march of around 200 people that went from City Hall and ended at Cornwall Park for a picnic, free of charge. Marchers chanted \u201cNo racism, no class, it\u2019s time to [\u2026]\nAntisemitism task force report released\nBy Laura Place After being finalized and submitted to President Sabah Randhawa over a month ago, Western\u2019s antisemitism report was released to students and faculty Tuesday morning at 11:36 a.m. The 32-page final task report was written by Western\u2019s Task Force on Preventing and Responding to Antisemitism. The report [\u2026]\nBuying locally: Eggcellence\nWritten by: Laura Place When it comes to food production in America, ignorance can be total bliss. However, those raising food at the local level prove that being close to the source of your food can be just as blissful. It\u2019s safe to say that majority of us [\u2026]\nWaterfront development on shaky ground, Geology Department says\nBy Laura Place When it comes to building in Bellingham, what\u2019s under the surface is just as important as what\u2019s on it. Western has been offered six acres of land at the Bellingham waterfront to expand its campus as part of the Port of Bellingham\u2019s Waterfront Development Project. Faculty [\u2026]\nPlaylist of the Week: Spring Fling\nStart off the new quarter with some upbeat, summery tunes to help move along the slow transition into warm weather. Written by: Laura Place 1) \u201cKatie Queen of Tennessee\u201d- The Apache Relay This song captures the feeling of springtime. Make your own remix by switching out \u201cKatie\u201d for [\u2026]\nDignity vigils call for increased support for undocumented community members\nEditor\u2019s Note: This story, published in Western Weekend on March 30, originally did not include a date for the case in which a young man was detained after a traffic stop in Bellingham. The detention occurred on June 20, 2015\u2013not after the council passed their ordinance in February. [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 5373, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wikinewforum.info/showthread.php?212433-iTV-Network-strengthens-senior-editorial-team&s=1c73ea156405c6ee9b3a4d91ddf62b15&p=547083", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:42Z", "digest": "sha1:CQESWH3NILSQQNHR3M2U6E7IGYPVEHSA", "length": 2863, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.wikinewforum.info", "title": "iTV Network strengthens senior editorial team", "raw_content": "iTV Network strengthens senior editorial team\nThread: iTV Network strengthens senior editorial team\nNoida : As part of its strategic review, iTV Network has restructured and strengthened its national editorial team. *\nSarvesh Tewari has been appointed as Managing Editor -News for INDIA NEWS, India\u2019s leading Hindi news channel.\nIn his new role, Tewari shall be responsible for managing day-to-day newsroom operations and strengthening newsgathering processes. He will be responsible for heading the news desk, news programming, news production and other input functions. With a career spread over 20 years, Tewari has worked with established names in the media domain such as Aaj Tak, NDTV, Zee News, Live India, Voice of India, HT Media and most recently at News Nation Network, as Executive Editor.\nRana Yashwant has been appointed to the newly created position of Managing Editor \u2013 Programming and Branded Content for India News. His responsibilities will include daily special shows, weekend programmes, branded content, brand integration, brand innovation and events.\nKartikeya Sharma, Founder and Promoter of iTV Network, said, \u201cHigh-quality content is at the core of our work at iTV Network and this new structure is designed to meet the long-term needs of the business. Internally, it will allow swifter decision-making and better cross platform working. Externally, we will be better equipped to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing media environment. We are confident that Tewari\u2019s vast knowledge and domain prowess will hold INDIA NEWS in good stead and his entry will definitely help us consolidate our position further.\u201d He further added that \u201cI would like to congratulate Rana for his new responsibility. Rana is highly experienced in the television industry, and I\u2019m confident that these changes to structure will only add to the quality of content we provide to our viewers\u2019 every day.\u201d\nOn his appointment, Tewari said, \u201cI look forward to working with the talented and impressive pool of reporters and producers, and to reach the viewers through innovative, informative and credible content.\u201d\nCommenting on his new role, Rana said, \u201cI am thankful to INDIA NEWS for an opportunity as this one. The channel has been built on key pillars of integrity, speed and accuracy, and I am certain that we will continue to deliver value for all our viewers and stakeholders.\u201d\nTewari is a graduate from Lucknow and holds a post-graduate degree in Mass Communication from Indian Institute of Mass Communication. He has also done screenplay writing for Doordarshan documentaries.\nSarvesh Tewari\nABP news strengthens editorial team ahead of elections\nG****s Digital strengthens its creative team\nThe Minimalist strengthens leadership team\nDr. Subramanya Kusnur Joins iTV Network as Senior Director\nCNN International expands its Asia Pacific editorial team", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 5588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 332.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wilmingtonpropertiesonline.com/for-sale/964-wachesaw-road-murrells-inlet-sc-29576/13-310858", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:32Z", "digest": "sha1:ILD6KUDXM2O4WYDBE2OIFTKG2NL2R32Q", "length": 16, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.wilmingtonpropertiesonline.com", "title": "964 Wachesaw Rd., Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 | MLS#: 1810391 | Property No Longer Available", "raw_content": "964 Wachesaw Rd.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 5999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 300.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.winonapost.com/News/Schools/ArticleID/60732", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:42Z", "digest": "sha1:TUEQO42Z5F5QMLIBS6GKPCIMJAHJK35I", "length": 1504, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.winonapost.com", "title": "WSU\u2019s Schmitz is NSIC Preseason Golfer of the Year - Winona Post > News > Schools", "raw_content": "WSU\u2019s Schmitz is NSIC Preseason Golfer of the Year\nWinona State University (WSU) senior Michael Schmitz has been dubbed the 2018-19 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Men\u2019s Preseason Golfer of the Year, in a vote by league coaches.\nIn a close team vote, the Warriors have been picked to finish second in the preseason coaches\u2019 poll behind Minnesota State Mankato. The Mavericks, who edged the Warriors for the 2018 conference championship by three strokes last year, have been selected as the 2018-19 preseason favorite with five first-place votes and 75 total points. Winona State garnered three first-place votes and totaled 73 points.\nSchmitz, the 2015-16 NSIC Newcomer of the Year, is one of six returning Warriors this season. Schmitz is a two-time NSIC First Team All-Conference recipient and was named the NSIC Men\u2019s Golfer of the Week three times during the 2017-18 campaign. The Bloomington, Minn., native ranked second in the NSIC in scoring average last year (73.4). Schmitz concluded his 2017-18 season by qualifying and finishing 61st at the Central/Midwest Super Regional.\nSchmitz and Ben Jasper make up the senior leadership on the Warriors\u2019 2018-19 squad, along with juniors Tyler Beeck, Bentley Glass and Isaac Westlake, each of whom contributed last season. Hammish Brown is also a junior who transferred to Winona State this year.\nSophomore Brady Madsen ranked third on the team in scoring as a rookie (75.2). The Warriors welcome four new freshmen to the team this season.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 3328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 251.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wisconsinloantips.com/va-loans-income-requirements.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:24Z", "digest": "sha1:CSET6C4VIPZI4HIG6JX3QM3LN5LKR5ZH", "length": 2989, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.wisconsinloantips.com", "title": "Appleton Real Estate Mortgage & Refinancing Loans: VA Loans - Income Requirements", "raw_content": "When qualifying for a Appleton VA Loan, like with any type of loan program, your lender will use your gross income (before taxes) for qualifying. This is extremely important because some items such as BAH and disability pay are not taxed. For those items, lenders can \u201cgross up\u201d the income, meaning that for qualifying purposes, they can take 125% of the amount you receive.\nThe total income of all of the borrowers on the application is used to qualify. If there is a family member living in the home who is working, but is not on the application, their income is not used to qualify for the loan.\nThe total gross income is used to calculate a number called debt-to-income ratio (DTI). There are two DTI numbers, housing ratio and total ratio. The housing ratio is the percentage of your income that will be used to pay your new mortgage payment plus taxes, homeowner\u2019s insurance, and HOA fees. The total ratio is the amount of your gross income used to pay all of your debts including the new house payment. Generally speaking, VA requires a 60% or lower ratio, but any ratio above 50% requires strong factors to offset what is considered a high DTI.\nAll borrowers (except on Appleton VA IRRRL refinances) will need to provide the most recent 2 years W2s. In addition, most borrowers will have to provide the most recent 2 years tax returns.\nActive Duty military will have to provide their most recent monthly LES. Gross earnings are used, and 125% of BAH and BAS will be used.\nAlthough in most cases, you must have a 2 year employment history to qualify for a Appleton VA Loan, recently discharged Vets can qualify with less than 2 years with a signed letter from their employer stating their standing with the company, probability of advancement, and likelihood of being laid off. However, if you are receiving variable income such as commissions, generally you will need a 2 year history, despite recent military discharge. The exception is if you are doing the exact same job that you were trained to do, or did, while you were active.\nAny variable income will need a 2 year history as the lender needs to verify stability and consistency. In most cases, you will have to provide 2 years of tax returns. In some rare cases, if you had a salary or hourly job doing the exact same thing previously, the lender may make an exception and allow for only 1 year history, but under 1 year is not acceptable.\nThe amount of the fixed income will have to be verified through documentation such as an award letter for the most recent year. In addition, you will need to document continuance of the income for at least 3 years beyond the closing date.\nChild support and alimony will have to be verified through a court-stamped copy of your divorce decree and separation agreement. You will have to verify that the income will continue at that level for at least the next 3 years.\nWe are always available to answer your questions with honesty and straight-talk. We would be honored to assist you!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 4136, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wmhsac.com/terms-of-use.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:26Z", "digest": "sha1:QWOQE2AJ5P2T6LUIDWCT3XX2DZULAKLV", "length": 472, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.wmhsac.com", "title": "Terms of Use \u00bb Wirraka Maya Health Service Aboriginal Corporation", "raw_content": "This web site is owned and operated by Wirraka Maya Health Service Aboriginal Cooperation and will be referred to as \"We\", \"our\" and \"us\" in this Terms of Use policy. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use Policy of this web site (\"the web site\"), which is set out on this web site page.\nUsing our web site When using this web site you agree to be legally bound by these terms and conditions as they may be modified and posted to our web site from time to time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 5169, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 206.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.woe.edu.pl/content/arise-sir-mick", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:27Z", "digest": "sha1:CGUA6GHB3KH4MEXA6WQUZUF4RMSCHYSA", "length": 4769, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.woe.edu.pl", "title": "Arise, Sir Mick | The World of English", "raw_content": "This year's honours list was, as usual these days, controversial. The addition of The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger prompted furious criticism from his songwriting partner and Stones guitarist, Keith Richards, who said it was a \"paltry honour\". Richards berated Jagger in the newspapers for accepting an award from a British establishment that did its best to keep them both in jail following convictions for drug offences (later quashed) in the nineteen sixties. Nevertheless, why did Jagger become a knight?\" Critics point out that he doesn't even live in Britain and is not exactly known for his philanthropy. Add this to his chequered past and one is left with the idea that he received the award simply for longevity.\nCelebrities are not the only recipients of these honours. Many of the awards go to civil servants, but sometimes those without governmental occupations are honoured for services to others. For example, Isa Allen MBE is a tea lady. An MBE for a tea lady? \"Shorely shome mishtake,\" as Sir Sean Connery might say. But the aforementioned tea lady is just one of over 500 members of the public awarded last year. Isa was nominated by her boss at the Scottish Enterprise Development Agency for 18 years conscientious employment. Other examples include Carol Davis MBE, school caretaker; Mary Munden MBE, nursery nurse; Dr James Cox OBE, doctor and Bushra Khanum Nasir CBE, head teacher.\nMost countries have an honours system, but few are as complicated as the British honours system. The list is created twice a year, chosen by the Queen with the assistance of the Prime Minister, and many nominations come from the general public. There are usually 3,000 people chosen to be honoured each year. Within the honours system there are many complicated grades involved, but to break it down, this is how it looks (see table below).\nWhat happens if you refuse an honour?\nRastafarian poet Benjamin Zephaniah caused lots of controversy when he refused his invitation to accept an OBE in 2003. He was awarded the medal for his longstanding work for the British Council. The poet, whose powerful, invective-filled verse frequently attacks the establishment (especially the British government) seemed incandescent with rage at being invited to collect an honour from the Queen.\nHis has certainly been the most vocal refusal in the history of the awards. Writing in The Guardian newspaper, Zephaniah said that the honour's title, the Order of the British Empire (OBE) was a legacy of colonialism and brutal exploitation. \"Stick it, Mr Blair and Mrs Queen, stop going on about empire,\" wrote the poet.\nRejecting the invitation is not a new phenomenon. Back in the 13th century, when knights were forced to do military service, so many invitations of knighthood were refused that Henry III imposed a huge fine on any man who declined one. Many years later, after losing the 1945 election, Winston Churchill refused to accept the Order of the Garter from King George VI. He later accepted a knighthood when he was back in power in 1953. Modern critics of the honours system have attacked it for being outmoded and pointless. The Labour Party in particular wants the system simplified. \"The whole system really needs shaking up,\" said government minister Gordon Prentice, who believes the whole thing is too complicated and needs simplifying.\nBut in the spirit of the Great British rebel (they're out there somewhere, I assure you) let me leave you with a short list of those who refused these honours - usually because they don't believe in an honours system on principal. David Bowie refused his CBE in 2000, stating that he didn't know what it was for. Ex-Monty Python funny man John Cleese didn't find his offer of a CBE too amusing. Perhaps he was told he couldn't accept it while doing a silly walk? Actor Kenneth Branagh didn't want his CBE either. Novelist Graham Greene refused a CBE in 1956, Alfred Hitchcock went \"psycho\" when he heard he was being offered the same honour in 1962 and painter L.S. Lowry turned refusing honours into a lifestyle. He refused an OBE in 1955, refused a CBE in 1961 and turned down a knighthood in 1968, 1972 and then again in 1978.\nHere are two verses of a poem Benjamin Zephaniah wrote after hearing that he had been offered an OBE.\nSmart big awards and prize money\nIs killing off black poetry\nIt's not censors or dictators that are cutting up our art.\nThe lure of meeting royalty\nAnd touching high society\nIs damping creativity and eating at our heart.\nThe ancestors would turn in graves\nThose poor black folk that once were slaves would wonder\nHow our souls were sold\nAnd check our strategies,\nThe empire strikes back and waves\nTamed warriors bow on parades\nAnd when they have done what they've been told\nThey get their OBEs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 5513, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 295.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.worldofgothic.com/gothic3/?go=musik", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:26Z", "digest": "sha1:4K2PPFWX3ZANH67WMCRIE3ZYE6DCIO4A", "length": 4726, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.worldofgothic.com", "title": "World of Gothic", "raw_content": "Bochum Symphony Orchestra\nFor the first time in the Gothic series an orchestra has been engaged for the music recordings. It\u2019s the Bochum Symphony Orchestra that will enable to enter new dimensions regarding the sound. This renowed orchestra was founded in 1919 and has already received various prices in its past. 1996/97 and 2004/05 they received an award from the German association of music publishers for the best concert-programme. For their CD containing songs for orchestra from the German composer Joseph Marx they have even been nominated for a Grammy. The orchestra conducted by Dr. Hans Jakulsky who is the principal for music at the Ruhr-University in Bochum has also recorded various film soundtracks.\nA game soundtrack is different to a normal piece for orchestra as it has to match dynamically to the events that occur in the course of the game. So each song that is recorded has been divided into smaller units. During the post production each fragment is provided with control data so that the music system can string them together seamlessly dependent on what\u2019s happening in the game. The final result will sound like a cohesive soundtrack.\nBut besides the Bochum Symphony Orchestra there are several other artists needed for recording the soundtrack. The japanese taikoband GOCOO has already recorded some sounds for Gothic 3 in July 2004 in Hamburg. Especially the rythms for the musical background of the fights in the arena and some orc themes have been performed by these 14 drummers. GOCOO have already played percussions for films like Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions where they were also in charge of adding music to the fighting scenes with the sounds of their drums.\nIt\u2019s also the first time in the history of the Gothic series that we will be able to hear a voice in the soundtrack. It\u2019s the voice of the Californian ethno-singer Lisbeth Scott who has already been hired to add vocals to certain scenes of Hollywood films like The Sixth Sense, Sleepy Hollow, Spy Game, Bruce Almighty, Kingdom of Heaven and others. For example in \u201cShrek\u201c she was princess Fionas voice when it came to the singing parts. Now we will be able to hear her voice at some emotional peaks of the story in Gothic 3. The recording session with Lisbeth Scott will take place in September 2005 in Los Angeles.\nAdditionally there will be a choir for particular themes. Predestined for this are situations in the story where divine motivation plays a decisive role. According to game designer Mike Hoge we will also find a profound explanation of the role of Beliar for the story in Gothic 3. Bastian von der Linde, conductor of Bochums Musical \u201cStarlight Express\u201d will generate a sacral mood at appropriate passages with his S.A.M Gospel Choir. The epical melodies of the S.A.M. Gospel Choir will also be recorded in September 2005.\nBut the list of artist involved in the soundtrack recordings is not finished yet. Marc Iwaszkiewicz and the Bulgarian composer and musician Borislav Slavov who has been responsible for the soundtrack of the game \u201cKnights of Honor\u201d have been hired as specialists for exotic musical instruments. They will generate atmospherical, ethnic sounds by the use of specific instruments. The musical instruments used are for instance the Australian didgeridoo, an aborigine wind instrument, the south chinese bawu, a flute made of bamboo with eitght holes, the du, a stringed instrument of arabian origin with 10-12 strings, the saz, a Turkish lute, the Tamboura, an old Indian stringed instrument with 4-6 strings, the Mandolin many of you will recognise by its name or the Indian santur, a stringed instrument similar to the zither that is played with sledges out of wood or picked. All these intruments and perhaps more of them with maybe even more unpronounceable names will also be played in the recording studio in September 2005.\nGothic 3-Partitur\nThose who have already lost the overview on the strange names of instruments or the numerous artists involved in this project will now completely lose their way in this tangle of announcements as there are also some musicians with medieval instruments who will play their (partly home-made) instruments. The press text only said \u201csomething really phenomenal is approaching\u201c and \u201cwhat could be called a fantasy RPG without real medieval sounds?\u201d.\nThe post production of all these recordings will be effected in the studio of Stephan Cahen in D\u00fcsseldorf. This sound studio has been installed by John Flynn who has already created famous studios like the Abbey Road Studio in London.\nAs the soundtrack for Gothic 3 combines the works of so many famous artists a separate CD is planned to be published for the retail market.\nS.A.M. Gospel Choir", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 6020, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2018-5-25&c=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:27Z", "digest": "sha1:IC4HYXOHYVBYY5B2CVUGTBPW5YFG2UU2", "length": 1480, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.ww2incolor.com", "title": "WW2 Calendar", "raw_content": "Rober51 (33)\n05-25-2000 to 05-26-2037* (This event occurs every May 26) 06:00 PM to 05:30 PM\n1940: Britain's Operation Dynamo gets underway & President FDR appeals to RC\n1940 : Britain's Operation Dynamo gets underway as President Roosevelt makes a radio appeal for the Red Cross\nOn this day in 1940, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes known the dire straits of Belgian and French civilians suffering the fallout of the British-German battle to reach the northern coast of France, and appeals for support for the Red Cross\n\"Tonight, over the once peaceful roads of Belgium and France, millions are now moving, running from their homes to escape bombs and shells and machine gunning, without shelter, and almost wholly without food,\" broadcast FDR.\nOn May 26, the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk in France. Ships arrived at Calais to remove the Force before German troops occupied the area, and it was hoped that 45,000 British soldiers could be shipped back to Britain within two days. The German air force, though, had other plans. Determined to prevent the evacuation, the Luftwaffe initiated a bombing campaign in Dunkirk and the surrounding area. British, Polish, and Canadian fighter pilots succeeded in fending off the German attack in the air, allowing finally for a delayed, but successful, evacuation nine days later. But the cost to civilians was great, as thousands of refugees fled for their lives to evade the fallout of the battle.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3047, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2018-8-17&c=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:26Z", "digest": "sha1:YNVD7AESCZCOMMD5SUBV4IZ7JHXL7OGX", "length": 1876, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ww2incolor.com", "title": "WW2 Calendar", "raw_content": "08-17-2000 to 08-18-2037* (This event occurs every August 18) 06:00 PM to 05:30 PM\n1941 : Hitler suspends euthanasia program\nOn this day in 1941, Adolf Hitler orders that the systematic murder of the mentally ill and handicapped be brought to an end because of protests within Germany.\nIn 1939, Dr. Viktor Brack, head of Hitler's Euthanasia Department, oversaw the creation of the T.4 program, which began as the systematic killing of children deemed \"mentally defective.\" Children were transported from all over Germany to a Special Psychiatric Youth Department and killed. Later, certain criteria were established for non-Jewish children. They had to be \"certified\" mentally ill, schizophrenic, or incapable of working for one reason or another. Jewish children already in mental hospitals, whatever the reason or whatever the prognosis, were automatically to be subject to the program. The victims were either injected with lethal substances or were led to \"showers\" where the children sat as gas flooded the room through water pipes. The program was then expanded to adults.\nIt wasn't long before protests began mounting within Germany, especially by doctors and clergy. Some had the courage to write Hitler directly and describe the T.4 program as \"barbaric\"; others circulated their opinions more discreetly. Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and the man who would direct the systematic extermination of European Jewry, had only one regret: that the SS had not been put in charge of the whole affair. \"We know how to deal with it correctly, without causing useless uproar among the people.\"\nFinally, in 1941, Bishop Count Clemens von Galen denounced the euthanasia program from his pulpit. Hitler did not need such publicity. He ordered the program suspended, at least in Germany. But 50,000 people had already fallen victim to it. It would be revived in occupied Poland.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 220.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php/15637-The-USS-Lexington-Found?p=198028", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:34Z", "digest": "sha1:TXA5YUIL3MUVYNAVJJ2NAF3EHZFJ3AEI", "length": 9054, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "www.ww2incolor.com", "title": "USS Lexington, Hornet Found", "raw_content": "USS Lexington, Hornet Found\nThread: USS Lexington, Hornet Found\nWorld War II carrier \u201cLady Lex\u201d found 2 miles under sea by Allen expedition\nScuttled after fire in first carrier v. carrier battle, Lexington rests out of human reach.\nSean Gallagher - 3/6/2018, 6:00 PM\nPaul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, has put his money into many passion pursuits. Underwater archaeology\u2014specifically, finding ships sunk during World War II\u2014is one of the most prominent. Last August, Allen's research vessel Petrel discovered the wreckage of the USS Indianapolis, the cruiser that delivered components of the two nuclear bombs dropped on Japan to close the war. A 2015 Allen expedition on his personal yacht Octopus recovered a bell from the HMS Hood, the Royal Navy cruiser sunk by the German battleship Bismarck that led to the loss of over 1,400 men. The expedition also surveyed the wrecks of \"Ironbottom Sound\" off Guadalcanal\u2014the site of massive losses by the Allied navies during the long battle for that island.\nNow, the Petrel has located the USS Lexington\u2014the aircraft carrier that, along with the USS Yorktown, fought the first-ever carrier duel with the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea.\nThe Petrel located the Lexington's wreck with a Hydroid Remus 6000 drone submersible, an autonomous underwater vehicle equipped for searching large areas of seabed and rated for operations at 6,000 meters (3.7 miles). With its side-scan sonar, the Remus 6000 is capable of mapping over 100 square kilometers per deployment. The Petrel's Remus is the only privately owned AUV of its type in the world\u2014others are operated by various navies and research institutions. An Argus 6000 remotely operated submersible was used to inspect the wreck visually.\nThe damage dealt by the Lexington's and Yorktown's aircraft to the Japanese carrier Sh\u014dkaku, the decimation of the air wing of the carrier Zuikaku, and the sinking of the light carrier Sh\u014dh\u014d would change the direction of the war, weakening Japan's naval air power just before the Battle of Midway. The battle also preempted a Japanese invasion of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, which would have allowed Japan to attack eastern Australia.\nBombed and torpedoed multiple times, the Lexington was still afloat. But when fires caused by the bombing reached the Lexington's aircraft fuel stores and burned out of control, the ship had to be abandoned, and the destroyer USS Phelps was ordered to scuttle the ship with torpedoes. It took five to do the job because two torpedoes, including one located by the crew of the Petrel, were duds. The crew abandoned ship, but the Lexington went down with 35 aircraft aboard, settling to the bottom of the ocean two miles beneath the surface; 216 crewmembers died during the fight.\nImages from the Argus 6000 ROV show the Lexington and some of its aircraft in amazingly good condition after 76 years (or at least good condition for a ship that was deliberately sunk with torpedoes). Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters bearing the \"Felix the Cat\" logo of the VF-3 Navy fighter squadron (now carried on by the Navy's VF-31) were visible, as were Douglas TBD Devastator dive bombers.\nRe: The USS Lexington Found\nIt is in really good condition for being in Sea Water for so long, a pity it isn't in more accessible Waters.\nDylanrivers10000\nNow they need to find the good ol Indianapolis, maybe it's a shark nest now, the iorny\nIt was found in 2017, Google will guide you. Lots of good pictures too.\nShari D CST\nOriginally Posted by Dylanrivers10000\nIt was noted in the very first part of the first paragraph of the story that this was already accomplished by the same individual. In fact, it was just done last year.\nSusWar\nAmazing video !!!\nLast edited by SusWar; 08-06-2018 at 11:34 PM.\nmrmilon\nThanks for the great info! It's really a treasure to keep.\nSunken aircraft carrier Hornet \u2014 best known for Doolittle Raid \u2014 located miles below the waves\nBy: J.D. Simkins 12 hours ago\nAn International Harvester aircraft tug can be seen as clear as day onboard the USS Hornet, which was sunk nearly 77 years ago. The wreckage was located late last month by the late Paul Allen's R/V Petrel expeditionary team. (R/V Petrel)\nThe research vessel Petrel crew members are no strangers to historic underwater archaeological discoveries, having located sunken World War II aircraft carriers, destroyers and cruisers scattered across the floor of the vast Pacific Ocean.\nOriginally championed by deceased Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen \u2014 a philanthropist who also owned the Seattle Seahawks \u2014 the Petrel crew found a new wreck about 3.3 miles below the South Pacific\u2019s surface, the Yorktown-class flattop Hornet (CV-8).\nFinding the carrier famous for launching the harrowing April 18, 1942, Doolittle bombing raid on Tokyo \u2014 the first American air raid on the Japanese homeland since entering the war \u2015 was the Petrel\u2019s first mission of 2019, one that was documented and can be viewed as part of a two-part series on CBS.\n\u201cWe had the Hornet on our list of WWII warships that we wanted to locate because of its place in history as a capitol carrier that saw many pivotal moments in naval battles,\u201d Robert Kraft, Vulcan\u2019s director of subsea operations, said in a press release.\n\u201cPaul Allen was particularly interested in aircraft carriers so this was a discovery that honors his memory.\u201d\nAllen, who passed away on Oct. 15 in Seattle, helped blaze a trail for the crew\u2019s previous finds, which included the Juneau, the Atlanta-class light cruiser famous for carrying all five Sullivan brothers, and the Indianapolis, the sunken Portland-class heavy cruiser that remains the Navy\u2019s single greatest loss at sea.\nSunken ship of legendary Sullivan brothers discovered nearly 3 miles beneath the surface\nA total of 687 men from the Atlanta-class light cruiser died in the attack, including all five Sullivan brothers.\nMonths after launching the Doolittle Raid and subsequently joining in a decisive naval victory at Midway, the Hornet sailed toward the hotly contested Solomon Islands \u2014 notably Guadalcanal \u2014 to provide air cover for U.S. ground forces mired in a seesaw campaign.\nLearning that a large force of Imperial Japanese Navy ships were approaching, the Hornet and the aircraft carrier Enterprise maneuvered to attack.\nOn Oct. 26, 1942, the Battle of Santa Cruz Island began. Aircraft from both navies pounded opposing ships.\nThe Hornet came under a coordinated attack by Japanese dive bombers and torpedo planes. Within 10 minutes, the carrier was dead in the water, all power and communications disrupted.\nAn 18-year-old gunner on board the Hornet, Richard Nowatzski, looked on frantically as his flattop was struck by three bombs and two torpedoes.\n\u201cThe two torpedoes that came in \u2026 it took that Hornet and shook it just like a dog with a bone,\" Nowatzski, now 95, told CBS News. \u201cThey used armor piercing bombs, now when they come down, you hear 'em going through the decks \u2026 plink, plink, plink, plink \u2026 and then when they explode the whole ship shakes. ... We stopped dead in the water.\"\nTwo bombers damaged by anti-aircraft fire then slammed into the flattop, one into the carrier\u2019s island and the other into the its port side.\nA smoke trail can be seen from a Japanese \"Val,\" a type 99 shipboard bomber that struck the carrier Hornet's tower after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire just hours before the ship went under. Bursts of anti-aircraft fire fragmentation can be seen striking the water adjacent to the ship. (Naval History and Heritage Command)\nStill afloat, the Hornet was being towed by the heavy cruiser Northampton until another wave of Japanese planes approached, one of which put a torpedo into the Hornet\u2019s starboard side, causing a 14-degree list.\nOver a 35-minute span, 11 more Japanese bombers flying in two waves attacked the Hornet.\nThirty-two minutes after the last bomb detonated on the carrier\u2019s flight deck, Capt. Charles P. Mason gave the \u201cabandon ship\u201d order.\nThen four more dive bombers swooped down, scoring a hit on Hornet\u2019s forward hangar.\nBut the flattop still didn\u2019t sink.\nTwo American warships fired 16 torpedoes to scuttle the carrier. It continued to float.\nAs enemy forces neared, they set Hornet ablaze with shell fire and hightailed it to the southeast to outrun Japanese scout planes dropping flares to signal the American retreat.\nTwo Japanese destroyers fired four more torpedoes at the Hornet on Oct. 27 and the carrier finally slipped under the surface, ferrying the bodies of 140 American sailors with it.\nNearly 77 years after the Hornet nuzzled into a watery grave, CBS shared the R/V Petrel\u2019s crystal clear video with Nowatzki, who quickly noticed the gun he worked on.\n\u201cI used to stand on the right side of that gun,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where my equipment was.\u201d\nWith vivid imagery bringing on a flood of memories, the old sailor then cracked a smile.\n\u201cIf you go down to my locker, there\u2019s 40 bucks in it. You can have it!\u201d\nMore photos from the R/V Petrel crew\u2019s discovery of the Hornet can be seen at the LINK to NAVY TIMES", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 232, "original_length": 12582, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 337.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2013/10/young-dro-high-times-album-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:49Z", "digest": "sha1:3WNECFXLHHD6NXTJRNJH3TE6EFWLNVOJ", "length": 2883, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.xxlmag.com", "title": "Young Dro Doesn\u2019t Mess With His Formula On \u2018High Times\u2019 - XXL", "raw_content": "Young Dro Doesn\u2019t Mess With His Formula On \u2018High Times\u2019\nSeven years have passed between Young Dro's 2006 debut, Best Thang Smokin\u2019, and his sophomore record, High Times, but what's changed for the Atlanta rapper since then? If you take a second to think about it, the answer is not much, and that isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing. If you\u2019ve been a fan of Dro\u2019s prior efforts, notably his last mixtape Day Two, chances are you will enjoy his latest full-length, even though you may not be able to tell the difference between the two projects. As is the case with High Times, and much of Dro\u2019s 12 mixtape, two album catalog, there\u2019s something to be said about the satisfaction that comes from knowing what you're in for and getting what you expected.\nSave for the rare moments, like his curiously enjoyable gospel experimentation on Day Two\u2019s \u201cWalk,\u201d a typical Young Dro song yields 3-4 minutes of an eccentric brand of crude, charismatic garishness, which may span subjects ranging from the protagonist\u2019s mob ties with \u201cSal\u201d from \u201cItaly\u201d to detailed descriptions of his wardrobe. If you\u2019ve been keeping track all these years, Dro\u2019s closet probably looks like something of a cross between that of Mr. Rogers\u2019 and Don Magic Juan\u2019s. Or, as Dro puts it himself on his lead single, \u201cFDB,\u201d he's rocking \u201cTrinidad James-clothes.\"\n\u201cOdds,\u201d the album\u2019s introduction is perhaps the finest display of Dro\u2019s curious brilliance when it comes to rattling off-and combining-visual metaphors. Within the first 45 seconds or so of his opening verse, we get couplets about stockbroking, helicopter pads, \u201cbrass Lacs,\u201d derrieres, halfbacks, and Joe\u2019s Crab Shack, just to point to a few. Over the dramatic piano-tinged backing, \u201cOdds\u201d is a perfect opening score to the soundtrack of Dro\u2019s world\u2014or more appropriately, the album. In a recent conversation with XXL, Dro described his approach to the record as follows: \u201cWe don\u2019t do what everybody do. We do it different. So we looking at the game like stockbrokers, watching that Nasdaq sheet, pumping that cash money.\u201d Interpret that how you may, but I think the point is that Dro not only knows he\u2019s a bit of an oddball, but colors his music with the intention of conveying that.\nThe tape leaves you with a number of enjoyable moments, like the previously mentioned \u201cOdds,\u201d and \u201cFDB,\u201d as well as the buddy-buddy Doe-B featuring record \u201cHomeboyz\u201d and a stone cold, guitar-driven track by the name of \u201cHammer Time.\u201d Hip-hop fans are lucky to have a wide swath of artists experimenting with new sounds, evolving into grown ups, and collaborating with producers and artists of other genres, but we're equally blessed to have folks like Young Dro. That is, the same Dro you grew to enjoy when you first met him when he first introduced us to shoulder leanin\u2019 and \u201cpimpin\u2019 in linen and salamander sandals.\u201d --@WavyDaveWilliam\nFiled Under: Doe B, Reviews, Young Dro", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 4256, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 253.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yammagazine.com/artist-rande-cook-a-gentle-rebel/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:21Z", "digest": "sha1:E2JR7IH2BPXEBXLW2EFAEWTAE6NEEOOF", "length": 5955, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.yammagazine.com", "title": "ARTIST RANDE COOK: A GENTLE REBEL - YAM MAGAZINE", "raw_content": "ARTIST RANDE COOK: A GENTLE REBEL\nA portrait of Tin Tin, the fictional young Belgian reporter depicted in the cartoon series by Herg\u00e9, isn\u2019t what you\u2019d expect from an Aboriginal artist steeped in First Nations traditions. Riding a bull in New York\u2019s financial district doesn\u2019t come to mind either, but Rande Cook bucks the stereotype. \u201cIf I have to do another killer whale motif I\u2019m going to shoot myself,\u201d he laughs. Cheeky but original, Cook\u2019s mission is to redefine Native art.\nWhat gets him steamed up\nNostrils flaring and poised to charge, New York\u2019s iconic bronze sculpture, the Wall Street Bull, is a powerful symbol of capitalism and prosperity.\n\u201cIt was 2012 and I was taking a jewellery course in New York and I thought \u2018what does New York mean?\u2019 Well, consumerism, finance, Wall Street. I\u2019m going to make a Louis Vuitton Native mask,\u201d Cook recalls.\nSo he carved a cedar mask, decorated it with gold inlay, slapped on the Louis Vuitton logo and paraded around Times Square before moving onto the financial district and climbing atop the bronze bull. Fellow artist Luke Marston took pictures for what eventually became an installation.\n\u201cI like to have fun,\u201d says Cook, dismissing his homemade mask as a device, not a cultural artifact. Make no mistake: Cook is very clear about using his heritage to make a statement versus making a buck off his culture\u2019s spirituality. \u201cSomebody likes a mask. They take it home, they hang it on their wall but they don\u2019t know what that means. They don\u2019t know the story behind it. It just doesn\u2019t sit well with me. We have strong stories; we have metaphors just like the rest of the world. Can we not connect on an international level based on our stories and not based on the masks?\u201d\nHis early influences\nCook grew up in the culturally rich community of Alert Bay. When he asked his grandfather to help him become an artist, his grandfather told him to get himself a sketchbook and \u201cdraw, draw, draw.\u201d He credits fellow resident Doug Cranmer with pushing him beyond the obvious. At that time, Cranmer, a highly respected Northwest Coast artist, was already experimenting with streamlining and simplifying his bowls and totems. \u201cHe was right at his peak when I was growing up in Alert Bay,\u201d says Cook. \u201cIt opened the door for me to evolve, still using traditional elements but in a contemporary way.\u201d\nHow he chooses his subject matter\nCook likes to mix genres. \u201cI ask myself what can I do to turn heads and get people\u2019s attention,\u201d he says from his Bridge Street studio, ready to jump into whatever medium strikes his fancy. Pop art? No problem. Tin Tin was part of a series inspired by modern culture.\nWith Ravenous, Cook adopted the European tradition of narrative painting. A fashion model in traditional dress tethers a raven, the Northwest Coast symbol of creation and knowledge. A wolf loiters in the background. An intoxicated Mickey Mouse lies slumped on the sidewalk. \u201cIt\u2019s about the state of the world,\u201d says Cook lamenting the rise of personal gratification over spirituality. Yet he\u2019s kept the figures flat and two-dimensional, reflective of his Native roots.\n\u201cThere is no blending of colours. It\u2019s very First Nations style,\u201d he says.\nWhy he doesn\u2019t like the term \u2018traditional Native art\u2019\nCook insists he\u2019s not a political artist, but Ravenous and an earlier piece called Idle No More, which criticizes the government for the Indian Act, definitely carry a point of view. Cook realizes deviating from what\u2019s expected from him, that is safe, \u201cauthentic\u201d Native art, may alienate some people but he\u2019s unapologetic. \u201cThere are lots of galleries who would say, \u2018Well, we\u2019d never carry that because it\u2019s not traditional.\u2019 They\u2019re telling you that because that\u2019s what they can sell. I think that handicaps a lot of artists because they have to pay their bills and a lot of them become stuck. There\u2019s no artistic growth in that.\u201d La Tiesha Fazakas, owner and curator of Vancouver\u2019s Fazakas Gallery which is mounting Cook\u2019s September show called Form-a-Line, admits it\u2019s easier to sell what\u2019s safe and proven but adds \u201cThat\u2019s one of the things I like about Rande, he\u2019s willing to take risks and challenge the audience.\u201d The show focuses on formline, the traditional Northwest Coast custom of outlining the subject in flowing, curving lines and then colouring it in. Always inventive, Cook reduces and simplifies the outlines, pushing them towards the abstract. \u201cHis art and his culture are for sale on his terms,\u201d Fazakas says. \u201cThat means you don\u2019t get to appropriate his culture; you get to appreciate his culture.\u201d\nWhy his upcoming fashion show is so important\nCook cherishes his Aboriginal roots \u2014 as a hereditary chief of the \u2018Namgis tribe, Kwakwaka\u2019wakw First Nation, he travels to Alert Bay every two months to attend potlatches and immerse himself in tribal life \u2014 but he\u2019s a man of the times too, choosing to work with many styles and materials, paint, photography, film, you name it. For the past two years he\u2019s been working on a performance piece, which he plans to unveil in Victoria in 2016 (date to be announced). The goal is to take traditional origin stories and bring them up to date through fashion.\n\u201cThere\u2019s going to be old-fashioned music with DJs mixing new beats,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be a video put together with some old Edward Curtis images dissolving into modern images and then traditional thunderbird costumes will lead couture dresses out on the stage to show the progression.\u201d\nIt promises to be a mix of fun, fashion and history \u2014 and yes, Cook is making a point. He wants us to recognize Aboriginal art can be hip and modern and not stuck in the past. \u201cI think for our culture to live, especially within our own people, we need to make it fresh,\u201d he says. \u201cWe need to keep reinventing. I don\u2019t want to be pigeonholed as an Indian artist.\u201d And neither, he says, do his peers.\n\u00ab INSIDE A MID-CENTURY MODERN RENO\nFEEL-GOOD FASHION: LOCAL DESIGNERS EMBRACE ETHICAL PRACTICES \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 6908, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 276.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yatcowlg.org.au/index.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:10Z", "digest": "sha1:36M5WV32LKWGDAY7YQNRJMHSECUVYD7W", "length": 2863, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.yatcowlg.org.au", "title": "YatcoWLG", "raw_content": "Yatco Wetland - Riverland, South Australia\nCombining sustainable irrigation - water savings - wetland health\nWhere is Yatco wetland?\nAbout the Landcare group\nTimelines - our history\nReflections - landholder and other perspectives\nMonitoring and photopoints\nSchools and community involvement\nThe next monitoring event will be held...\nNext meeting of the Landcare group is scheduled for...\nYatco Wetland lies on the floodplain of the River Murray with its major connection to the river being adjacent to the township of Moorook in the Riverland of South Australia. The wetland system comprises two lagoons connected through a narrow human-made causeway. The approximate total area of the two lagoons is 346 hectares.\nWith the construction of Lock and Weir 3 in 1925 the site became permanently inundated. This shift from natural patterns of wetting and drying to permanent inundation, while allowing irrigation and domestic water supplies to be sourced from the wetland, contributed to a gradual decline in water quality in the system and the health of fringing trees and other vegetation in some parts of the system\nIn response to these concerns, the Yatco Wetland Landcare Group was formed in late December 2006. The group took the initiative (with assistance from several individuals and organisations) in developing a Wetland Management Plan, and pursuing several related activities needed in order to allow for the re-introduction of more natural patterns of water level variation at the site. These same measures will result in significant water savings for the River Murray and also offer better quality irrigation and domestic water to the surrounding landholders.\nThis site tells the story of the history of this site and how today the Landcare group continues in its effort to achieve a win-win outcome.\nAs noted in the Management Plan...\n\"through reintroducing drying phases to the wetland, this would not only help reinvigorate the ecology of the system but it would also generate water savings that could be provided to the River Murray, thus contributing to the recovery of the overall health of this \u2018parent\u2019 waterbody which is so vital for seeing a broader range of biodiversity re-colonise Yatco wetland. The opportunity exists here for a significant win-win outcome.\"\nAnd....\"The significant other product from these re-arrangements is the water savings (for the benefit of the River Murray\u2019s health) that come from reduced evaporative losses across the wetland during its dry times, and in the former open irrigation channel.\"\nYatco wetland - March 2009 in drying phase (Photo - C. Nickolai, DEWNR).\nYatco wetland - February 2011 after refilling (Photo - C. Nickolai, DEWNR).\nwww.yatcowlg.org.au\nThe documentation of information for, and development of this web site, was funded by the Caring for our Country program of the Australian Government.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 3018, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 314.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.youngwriterscampuncg.com/blog/july-18th-2017", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:32Z", "digest": "sha1:WKW5G7QMSPKKI3WOXKWLCEH2AJ4HDO42", "length": 1782, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.youngwriterscampuncg.com", "title": "Podcasts and Revisions: Day Six - Young Writers' Camp", "raw_content": "Podcasts and Revisions: Day Six\nToday was the first day back after the weekend. The camp kicked off with a presentation from a UNCG graduate and current podcast writer, Katie Shepard. She is in Iceland right now so she conducted her presentation via Skype.\nShepard began her presentation by talking about her journey to becoming a podcaster. Originally working as an English teacher, Shepard decided that her true passion was writing and moved to New York City to pursue this dream. In a series of unplanned events, Shepard found herself hired as a podcaster. This opportunity offered her a way to share other people\u2019s stories. She plans to further her experience in this nonfiction style of writing by attending Columbia to get her MFA. She also shared with us a short clip of one of her podcasts, a segment from her series that covers the stories of first-generation American high schoolers.\nThis clip contained an introduction about Shepard, which she notes is a crucial part of every podcast. The campers were then allowed to write their own introduction.\nAt the end of the presentation the campers were given the opportunity to ask Shepard a question.\nToday was also a day of editing for the campers. Kids are wrapping up their stories and entering the editing stage. In this stage they receive suggestions from peers and writing coaches and instructors. \u200b\nThis stage is sometimes the most difficult part for the young writers as they have become attached to their pieces. However, each revision is able to strengthen their writing and advance them one step closer to their final product. Throughout the rest of the week campers will begin to finishing their editing and proceed to the publishing stage of the writing process, as they prepare for their presentations on Friday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 4968, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 293.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2011/11/23andme-cyber-monday-discount-today.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:42Z", "digest": "sha1:JRBBKE55EX3PMBR72NN6DAVQXIY2KV6H", "length": 692, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com", "title": "Your Genetic Genealogist: 23andMe Cyber Monday Discount Today", "raw_content": "It is the $9.00/month subscription fee that has always bothered me about 23andMe. FTDNA does not have a monthly subscription fee so paying a little more initially for the Family Finder test (199.00 on sale now through the end of December) with no monthly fee, is a better deal if you are in it for the long term (e.g., you want to continue receiving new relative matches for years to come). So, for the short term, 23andMe is cheaper. For the long term, FTDNA will be cheaper. I still believe that testing with both companies is the best option for adoptees and birth family searching, but if funds are tight, I would wait to see if 23andMe offers something better later on, or go with FTDNA.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 5047, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 232.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yourwells.com/view-event.php?sid=aa733ea9d5ac427503de84c77f9377b9&catid=1017&eventid=1012", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:19Z", "digest": "sha1:YYQMERVHNXCC7IZ6IKW3A67DGW65QUWL", "length": 470, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.yourwells.com", "title": "Royal Bath & West Show - Wells, Somerset", "raw_content": "to Saturday 1st June 2019\nThis is Somerset's premier show ground which holds the annual agricultural Bath & West Show. This not only features livestock judging, but also there are many stalls selling produce and crafts as well as motorcycle display teams and show jumping just to mention a few. Many other shows and exhibitions regularly come to the grounds including flower shows, car shows, antique and collectors fairs, gardening shows, a beer festival and many more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 2030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 328.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zamm.com/articles/movie-mania/q-and-a/qanda-with-producer-director-will-gluck.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:01Z", "digest": "sha1:SUCCWJZX4POLUQBRTSGU5SDO7EMON5NL", "length": 8600, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.zamm.com", "title": "Q&A with Producer-Director Will Gluck - Zamm.com | My Movies <-- END OF LIQWID ADS -->", "raw_content": "Q&A with Producer-Director Will Gluck\n\u201cEasy A\u201d Producer\u2013Director Will Gluck\nAs part of ZAMM.com\u2019s continuing conversations with leading filmmakers Martin Grove talks to producer\u2013director Will Gluck about the romantic comedy \u201cEasy A,\u201d starring Emma Stone, opening Sept. 17 via Screen Gems.\nDirected by Will Gluck (\u201cFired Up\u201d), \u201cEasy A\u201d was written by Bert V. Royal and produced by Zanne Devine and Will Gluck. Also starring are Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka and Stanley Tucci.\nThe Story (no spoilers): After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl (Emma Stone) sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne\u2019s in \u201cThe Scarlet Letter,\u201c which she is studying in school \u2014 until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing.\nWill Gluck is a filmmaker with a uniquely authentic voice who aims to create projects that reflect popular culture and captivate audiences.\nGluck is currently in production on his next feature, also for Sony/Screen Gems, \u201cFriends with Benefits,\u201d starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson and Richard Jenkins. He\u2019s also lined up to direct \u201cRehab\u201d for 20th Century Fox and has written the comedy \u201cTaildraggers\u201d for Participant Media. Gluck made his feature directorial debut with the 2009 dark comedy \u201cFired Up.\u201d\nA native of New York, Gluck started in television as a staff writer for NBC\u2019s \u201cThe John Laroquette Show.\u201d He went on to serve as writer\u2013producer on \u201cWorking,\u201d \u201cGrosse Pointe\u201d and \u201cAndy Richter Controls the Universe.\u201d He created and executive produced the 2003 Fox television series \u201cLuis,\u201d starring Luis Guzman, and co\u2013created and executive produced \u201cThe Loop,\u201d also on Fox, from 2005\u20132007.\nQ: \u201cEasy A\u201d is unusual in that it\u2019s a sex comedy, but without sex.\nA: I call it \u201ca sexless sex comedy.\u201d\nQ: Well, that\u2019s a new genre! How did it come about?\nA: It was a script written by Bert Royal that I took and kind of ran with. It\u2019s a movie about a girl who is falsely accused of being promiscuous in a small town and elevates her social status. Instead of denying it, she takes it on as a badge of honor \u2014 coincidentally, because in high school she\u2019s reading \u201cThe Scarlet Letter.\u201d So like Hester Prynne did, she decides to put the \u201cA\u201d on her wardrobe and play around with it. But it doesn\u2019t end as easily as she thinks. It\u2019s a lot about how sexuality is viewed in America these days.\nQ: How did things move forward?\nA: I was editing my last movie (Gluck\u2019s first feature \u201cFired Up\u201d for Screen Gems) and the studio head, Clint Culpepper, walked into the editing room, handed me the script and said, \u201cHey, what do you think about this?\u201d I read it and said, \u201cIt\u2019s pretty good. I like it a lot.\u201d And he goes, \u201cGood. We bought it.\u201d\nI said, \u201cOh, that\u2019s great. I want to direct it.\u201d He goes, \u201cNo. I didn\u2019t give it to you to direct. I gave it to you just to read.\u2019 I said, \u201cWell, that\u2019s too bad. You gave it to me. I win!\u201d So I asked him if I could take my stab at it and he reluctantly agreed. Then we cast Emma Stone. We were literally in production within four or five months. He gave me the script in October or November of 2008. I started pre\u2013production in March (of \u201809) and we started shooting in the summer. We shot all that summer.\nQ: A sexless sex comedy is kind of daring, isn\u2019t it?\nA: Well, to me sex \u2014 especially when you\u2019re younger \u2014 if you quantify the entire act it\u2019s about 80 percent talking about the sexual act, 15 percent talking about it after it happens and about 1 percent actually having sex. Especially when you\u2019re young, the actual sexual act is never fun. It\u2019s quick. It\u2019s ugly. It\u2019s awkward. So to me, the most important part of actual sex, when you\u2019re young \u2014 and, frankly, when you get older, too \u2014 is to kind of build up to it and the aftermath of it. So I wanted to show those aspects of it and leave the actual act to your imagination.\nPK\u201301_DF\u201306893 Emma Stone as \u201cOlive Penderghast\u201d in Screen Gems\u2019 EASY A. \u00a9 2010 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved\nQ: How do you approach directing a screenplay you haven\u2019t written yourself?\nA: It\u2019s new for me because I write all my own stuff. This is the first thing that I didn\u2019t write. But I did do a lot of re\u2013writing and kind of making it my own. Bert wrote an amazing script, created an amazing character and a great story. Just the whole tone is great. As we cast every actor and actress, I kind of crafted it toward them. And then on the day of shooting, I\u2019d constantly rewrite on the set. So by the time we\u2019re done and by the amount of stuff I\u2019ve shot, it\u2019s kind of in my tone.\nQ: It sounds like you were busy on set. Do you storyboard or shotlist ahead?\nA: Yes. Before I shoot, everything is shotlist and the harder scenes are storyboarded. And I have a great cinematographer (Michael Grady, whose credits include \u201cHotel For Dogs\u201d and Gluck\u2019s now in production comedy \u201cFriends With Benefits\u201d). So by the time we actually get to the shooting I can just concentrate on the acting and writing of it.\nA: Yes. We rehearse beforehand. In fact, for the movie I\u2019m doing right now, \u201cFriends With Benefits,\u201d we have five or six weeks of rehearsal. With \u201cEasy A\u201d because the actors came in for short periods of time, we didn\u2019t rehearse that much. But Emma and I spent a lot of time beforehand rehearsing.\nQ: A lot of directors I talk to say they love to rehearse, but many of them make great arguments about why they don't like rehearsing.\nA: I like rehearsing for two reasons. One, so the actors can get comfortable with their characters. But also so we can all get comfortable with each other \u2014 so we have a shorthand before we get in front of the camera. By the time we actually start shooting we know each other very well. So it makes that process easier for me.\nA: In Ojai. It was quick \u2014 six or seven weeks.\nA: It was a micro\u2013budget.\nQ: Can you characterize micro?\nA: Between $4 million and $100 million. (Laughs) I\u2019ll be honest with you \u2014 closer to $4 million than $100 million.\nA: We took over the town, which is really nice. We shot in the real high school and the real main street and we shot in all the stores. It\u2019s nice shooting a town for a town instead of changing it. But this movie was primarily Emma Stone in every frame of the movie. So most of the movie was just me and Emma in the trenches together for the whole summer. She\u2019s amazing! She\u2019s very funny and she\u2019s about to become a gigantic star.\nA: We had to move very quickly. From a production standpoint, there are these shots where I show how rumors travel at the speed of Twitter. It\u2019s this gigantic steadicam shot that circles throughout the entire school. It goes all the way around and comes all the way back to Emma Stone\u2019s character. The steadicam operator had to travel half a mile or three quarters of a mile and that\u2019s heavy (equipment to carry).\nAnd it\u2019s hot in Ojai. It was the dead of summer \u2014 so physical props to our steadicam operator, Geoff Haley, that he could do that. That was a challenging one from a production standpoint. And there was the fatigue factor because we were doing so much stuff in such a short period of time. It was Ojai hot so it got to be a hundred degrees. Then when we shot at night it was in the high 40\u2019s. So it was a big swing in temperature.\nQ: Any good stories, looking back at production?\nA: How about Emma\u2019s asthma attack? In the movie Emma and a character played by Dan Byrd fake having sex behind closed doors at a party so everyone can hear that they have sex. Because they think they have sex, they raise their social status. The whole sex thing is a fake. They\u2019re just jumping on the bed and pretending to have sex. They had to jump on the bed for seven or eight hours that day and then Emma claimed of having had asthma. We had to call the doctor and he gave her oxygen and she relaxed. Then the doctor went away. At the very end I said, \u201cDo you really have asthma?\u201d And she goes, \u201cNo. I don\u2019t have asthma.\u201d She was just tired. It was a lot of work.\nQ: You\u2019re working with Emma again now on \u201cFriends With Benefits.\u201d\nA: Yes. She has a small role in the movie. \u201cFriends With Benefits\u201d is Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis and Patricia Clarkson again and Richard Jenkins.\nQ: How is that going?\nA: It\u2019s going well. It\u2019s a big movie. Half of it was shot in New York and the rest we\u2019re shooting in L.A. now. If \u201cEasy A\u201d was small and limber, this one is big and slow. This is for Screen Gems and Castle Rock. We are seven or eight weeks in (and still have) four or four\u2013and\u2013a\u2013half (weeks to shoot).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 9531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 229.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zondits.com/article/tag/adoption-rate", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:22:05Z", "digest": "sha1:WBLSDK6I5KSJ4R7ONWAYLM7DHV7BM2BR", "length": 401, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.zondits.com", "title": "adoption rate Archives - Zondits", "raw_content": "Tag: adoption rate\nThe Global Shift to LEDs\nBuilding Technology, Lighting March 17, 2015 Amanda Gasse\nAre LED\u2019s About to Take Over the World? Huffington Post UK, March 11, 2015 A few months ago you could have asked me what an LED (light emitting diodes) was and I would have looked at you with a slightly blank, bewildered expression. I mean, I\u2019d heard the word thrown around but I couldn\u2019t recall [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 5492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 265.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www1.udel.edu/udaily/2016/jul/academic-tree-070815.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:16Z", "digest": "sha1:YQCGFAJJFBKA6R343BRNCS75VOUEGBLK", "length": 4887, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www1.udel.edu", "title": "Engineering dean draws on Nigerian roots to impart respect for academic heritage", "raw_content": "Melissa St. Amand and Jacob McGill received their academic trees in 2013.\nZach Whiteman (center) receives his academic tree from Dean Babatunde Ogunnaike. With them is Whiteman's wife, Elizabeth, who at the time of the ceremony was his fiancee.\nZach Whiteman's academic tree.\nAcademic trees\nEngineering dean draws on Nigerian roots to impart respect for academic heritage\n1:04 p.m., July 8, 2015--Jacob Bernoulli, Leonhard Euler and Simeon Poisson are all icons in the world of mathematics, but to Babatunde Ogunnaike, they\u2019re more than just pioneers who developed foundational principles of engineering \u0097 they\u2019re part of his academic heritage.\nThat heritage is so important to Ogunnaike, dean of the University of Delaware College of Engineering, that he passes it along to each of his graduate students in the form of an academic tree upon graduation.\nHe hopes the gift will inspire them.\n\u201cThat\u2019s the African in me,\u201d says the Nigerian native, who is also the William L. Friend Chair of Chemical Engineering.\n\u201cIn the oral history tradition of African culture, they tell you who your fathers were and what they did. If you know your heritage, you carry yourself a certain way. You want to honor that lineage.\u201d\nEach tree starts with the graduate at the top and follows the influential academics whose work led to his or her current achievement.\nFrom Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, one of the inventors of calculus, to Neal Amundson, known as the father of modern chemical engineering, Ogunnaike traces the intellectual heritage of centuries of scholars to convey what students have been given and what they have a responsibility to share.\n\u201cI want my students to see that they come from an illustrious background,\u201d he says, \u201cand I want them to realize that the people who have come before them are more than just names in a textbook.\u201d\nMelissa St. Amand and Jacob McGill, who married in 2012, received their academic trees when they earned their doctoral degrees in chemical engineering in 2013 under Ogunnaike\u2019s advisement. The gifts hang on the wall in their home office next to their diplomas.\nSt. Amand is now a post-doctoral fellow doing Alzheimer\u2019s-related research at a National Institutes of Health Biotechnology Core Lab, and McGill conducts cybersecurity research for a defense contracting firm.\n\u201cIn academic circles, knowing your lineage is very important,\u201d St. Amand says. \u201cYou always talk about your academic grandfathers, especially in research. If someone knows you came from a certain lab, it gives you a talking point.\u201d\nFor McGill, it was \u201creally neat to finally join the rest of the group and to see that you\u2019re continuing on the same path.\u201d\nResearch giants, teaching mentors\nJust as Ogunnaike credits the research giants who paved the path to his career, he recognizes those who guided him as an educator. In particular, he recalls Byron Bird, professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he earned his doctorate.\nBird did the preliminary research about the academic heritage of Wisconsin\u2019s chemical engineering faculty for the department\u2019s centennial in 2005. Bird\u2019s academic genealogical research provided the foundation for Ogunnaike\u2019s tree through his adviser, Harmon Ray.\n\u201cProf. Bird is a true Renaissance man and a phenomenal teacher,\u201d Ogunnaike says. \u201cIn my last year there, he offered a class that he taught only once every seven years. I was about to graduate, but I took the class anyway because I wanted to learn how to teach.\u201d\nOgunnaike comes from a long line of teachers, so to him, education is the family business.\n\u201cMy mother was an English teacher, and my students and coworkers feel the effects of her influence,\u201d he says. \u201cShe wouldn\u2019t tolerate split infinitives or dangling participles.\u201d\nFor Ogunnaike, there are no disciplinary boundaries with regard to communication.\n\u201cIt\u2019s not enough for our students to know engineering,\u201d he says. \u201cThey need to be able to stand up and talk about it, and they need to be able to write about it.\u201d\nLighting another candle\nOn May 29, Ogunnaike placed the University\u2019s blue and gold doctoral hood over Zachary Whiteman\u2019s head, a symbol that another member of his research group had reached the pinnacle of scholarship.\nOn June 22, at a special dinner, Whiteman received his academic tree.\n\u201cAs a teacher and a mentor, Prof. Ogunnaike has been nothing short of outstanding and inspiring,\u201d Whiteman says.\n\u201cHis knowledge and expertise in the fields of process systems engineering and statistics is unparalleled, and he continually challenges his students to perform their best. As a result of his mentoring over the past five years, I believe I am fully prepared for any challenge I will face along any path my career may take.\u201d\nAs a research mentor and teacher, Ogunnaike has lit Whiteman\u2019s candle.\nNow, he says, his former student has a responsibility to go out and light others\u2019 candles.\nAnd Whiteman is ready to do that.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 6212, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://xlprvu.biz/weapon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:47Z", "digest": "sha1:5K2B7ADDUCJDRGYWWUM6SJB6ZB3V23RR", "length": 4531, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "xlprvu.biz", "title": "Weapon Essay Topics To Write About | Topics, Sample Papers & Articles Online for Free", "raw_content": "HOME Free Essays Weapon\nWeapon Essay Examples\nAnti Guns on Campuses\nGuns are a double-edged sword when it comes down to it. Guns provide many people the ability to feel safe and protected, while other guns are constant reminder that some freedoms are taken too far. Guns privileges are abused, misused, and mistreated. Young people glorify toting weapons like it\u2019s a new fashion statement. Missing the\u2026\nWhy nuclear weapons should be banned\nBOOM! That\u2019s the sound of a nuclear bomb going exploding, and a split second after a person hears that sound he most likely will be turned into a bed of ashes by the wall of fire that\u2019s coming towards him at 100 mph. If he\u2019s not burnt to a crisp by this great wall of\u2026\nWE WILL WRITE A CUSTOM ESSAY SAMPLE ON Weapon ESSAY EXAMPLES SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU\nFor me living under the danger of atomic war would have been terrible for me and my loved ones. Living in trepidation ordinary realizing that at any minute a nation could drop an atomic bomb on me and my family and obliterate us is an extremely terrifying thought. To live under risk of an atomic\u2026\nFrankenstein is not a literary island, isolated and alone. It is connected to a great many literary works by some common themes. One such theme is the idea of experimentation. Mythology in particular and history in general, has shown us that the right to experiment comes with an equal responsibility to stop and think about\u2026\nA Study of Warfare in Europe Between 1300 and 1500\nSince the introduction of gunpowder into Europe, it has gone on to dominate warfare into the twentieth century. With the development of the first European guns in the fourteenth century, armies were given use of a weapon which was to radically alter most of the ways of making war which had been established during the\u2026\nIn early December of 1999, William Manies, 52, of Fountain City, TN returned to his former office to get even with the 45-year-old woman who fired him a month before. Manies, a carry concealed weapon permit holder, walked into the office and pointed a .38-caliber pistol at the victim and executed her while she sat\u2026\nGenerally the mortar was just a metal cylinder attached to a bipod mount. There was a projecting pin inside the base of the tube so that when the mortar bomb was slid down the tube a detonating charge was set off that flung the bomb into the air. The bomb itself was usually made of\u2026\nWhat would the world be like if mankind disappeared? This is the theme of Ray Bradbury\u2019s story \u201cThere Will Come Soft Rains\u201d. All of the characters in the story are machines, which through personification take the place of human characters. The theme of man\u2019s destruction reverberates throughout the story. Bradbury uses personification to describe the\u2026\nStricter Gun Control\nWith the recent abundance of mass shooting in the U.S., the subject of gun safety has once again been brought into the spotlight. The numbers of crimes involving guns are increasing more and more because of how easy it is to have one. Thousands of people die each year in handgun related incidents in the\u2026\nThere are many issues in the media related to gun control laws. With the large number of shootings that have taken place this year and the recent shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that claimed the lives of 20 children and 6 adults many people say that we need tougher laws when it comes to\u2026\nBan On Assault Weapons & High Capacity Magazines\nWhat is a high capacity magazine exactly? It is any magazine for a semi-automatic weapon that can hold more than 10 bullets. Pennsylvania voters want stricter laws on guns, including background checks on all purchases and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Democrats controlled both the House and Senate, and the nation\u2019s crime rate\u2026\nThe Banning of Assault Weapons\nAfter reading Jimmy Carter\u2019s essay on assault weapons, I have come to an agreement with his position that the government should reinstate a ban on assault weapons. Americans do not need to be in possession of semiautomatic assault weapons like AK-47, AR-15,and Uzis. There is rarely a necessity for the average American to even use\u2026\nToo easy to get a gun in the U.S\nLike vehicle owners in the U.S.A most people in the U.S believe that gun owners should be subjected to at least some safety regulations \u201cthere should be a parallel set of regulations for guns\u201d, (Harvy Lipman, 1997 pg 1). People have differing value attachment to guns from the positive to the negative ones. However about\u2026\nWE WILL WRITE A CUSTOM ESSAY SAMPLE IN Weapon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 7870, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://yes.edu.in/cropped-logo-png/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:03Z", "digest": "sha1:4JRPX5QN57A4MQKXHZGOZIPYMLMUUPQD", "length": 61, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "yes.edu.in", "title": "cropped-logo.png \u2013 Yashoda Technical Campus, Satara || Engineering College in Satara, Polytechnic, MBA, MCA, Pharmacy, Architecture", "raw_content": "http://yes.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-logo.png", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 3111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.52, "perplexity": 58.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://yukon-oil.ru/cannabis-smokers-dating-32878.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:15:45Z", "digest": "sha1:UJXDSDL4WIAQF7YSREGVOYXVVPYWJOEQ", "length": 3756, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "yukon-oil.ru", "title": "Cannabis smokers dating orlando florida dating - yukon-oil.ru", "raw_content": "Cannabis smokers dating dating submit link\nMarijuana use has been linked to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, according to NIDA.\nMarijuana smokers are also likelier to suffer from bronchitis, according to a 2014 New England Journal of Medicine review of marijuana's health effects.\nAt first, I really did not want to offer these pages... As I continued however, I somehow maybe felt chosen... But who do we go to if we get ripped-off in this market? So now, I feel like maybe it is about time someone did speak out about these companies and/or their tactics. (I think) Just because we are stoners is no reason to be taken advantage of... Woodstuck built this website to provide education and information, and we would be wrong NOT to let people know of any and all risks involved in dealing with marijuana seed suppliers and 420 related vendors online who have proven to be less than ethical or honest (in our opinion).\nIf these firms treat us in this manner, how will they treat you? as a matter of fact, they should be doing everything possible NOT to add risk to an already paranoid audience. We made many of these organizations money only to be treated badly or not paid as agreed - Not good for business, and certainly not someone we want to send our trusted visitors to.\nIn the early 1990s, the average THC content in marijuana was about 3.74 percent in the early 1990s and in 2013 it was almost 10 percent, according to NIDA.\nShort-term use of the drug impairs thinking and coordination.\nTHC binds to cannabinoid receptors throughout the body, and marijuana's \"high\" comes from THC's binding to brain regions responsible for pleasure, time perception and pain, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).\nThis binding in turn triggers a chemical cascade that eventually stimulates the production of dopamine, a brain chemical often called the \"feel good chemical,\" which is part of the body's reward system,\" said Mitch Earleywine, a psychology professor at the University at Albany in New York, who studies marijuana's health effects. \"Folks who like it emphasize the euphoria and the relaxation, and then depending on the strain, it's mildly stimulating, or mildly sedating.\" Medical marijuana can soothe nausea and increase appetite, quiet pain, soothe anxiety and even reduce epileptic seizures.\nThe flowering plant, which can grow to 16 feet (5 meters) high, likely originated in the Central Asian steppe, near the Altai or Tian Shian Mountains, and was first cultivated in China and India, according to \"Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutic Potential,\" (Routledge, 2002).\nThe leaves, stems, flower buds and extracts from the marijuana plant can be eaten, brewed in a tea or put into a tincture. Yale University researchers surveyed 3,847 Connecticut high school students about this practice in a 2015 study that was published in the journal Pediatrics.\n\"Almost invariably the inebriation is of the most cheerful kind, causing the person to sing and dance, to eat food with great relish, and to see aphrodisiac enjoyments,\" O' Shaughnessy wrote in his paper, \"On the Preparations of the Indian Hemp, or Gunjah.\" O' Shaughnessy also conducted some of the first clinical trials of the drug, giving tinctures to dogs, cats, mice and rabbits.\nThe drug first became popular in Europe when Napoleon's troops returned from Egypt, Earleywine said. But in the 1900s, the tide began to turn against the drug.\nC., claims that \"Ma,\" or marijuana, was a powerful medicinal plant.\nsex dating local affairs\nfriend dating ex girlfriend\ncupidsdating com\nchristian dating unequally yoked\nTracks teen cam\nwho is james taylor dating\nano ang dating pangalan ng thailand\nErotic online spped dating\neros dating guide", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 4316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://z1073.com/should-maine-restrict-how-dogs-ride-in-cars-poll/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:03Z", "digest": "sha1:WO36QSHC5DXO3SF2PRGWWGZ73NDNKAHA", "length": 1623, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "z1073.com", "title": "Should Maine Restrict How Dogs Ride In Cars? [POLL]", "raw_content": "Should Maine Restrict How Dogs Ride In Cars? [POLL]\nA proposal before lawmakers would require that dogs be tethered or harnessed when riding in a car, with their heads safely inside the vehicle. We want to know how you feel about the measure.\nAny 'dog person' will tell you that riding in the car is one of their furry friend's greatest pleasures. In our house, it's considered a treat to go for a ride. Heads hang out of windows, and noses work overtime soaking up all the different smells. Eventually, both dogs will sprawl across the back seat, napping. We're lucky because our dogs are well behaved in the car. They don't jump in the front seat while we're driving or otherwise create a hazard to our safety. But not all pets are as cooperative.\nA proposal before lawmakers aims to address the challenges of having a loose dog in a moving vehicle. Animals would need to be harnessed or tethered, so they can't roam around the car. They wouldn't be allowed in the front seat and would no longer be able to hang their heads out the window.\nRepresentative Jim Handy of Lewiston, who wrote the proposal, told NESN that he did it because of a resident who was concerned about the safety of animals in vehicles. But, he went on to say, that he can see both sides of the issue. In New Jersey, it can cost a driver up to a $1,000 fine if they're traveling with an unrestrained dog in a vehicle.\nNow, we want to know what you think! Should dogs be restrained in vehicles? Is it a good idea to keep them from hanging their heads out the windows? Of is this unnecessary?\nSource: Should Maine Restrict How Dogs Ride In Cars? [POLL]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 3162, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 314.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://za.heyspringster.com/commenting/molo/reply/16200/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:24Z", "digest": "sha1:XFWMH4UFIDL3SUYTKA3OFLWT6HACA4IU", "length": 217, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "za.heyspringster.com", "title": "Sign up", "raw_content": "You must stand up and speak up when there's something that is bothering you that's when people will realize and know that you didn't like the way they treated you and no one deserves to be illtreated we are all equal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 840, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 132.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://zci.stin.hr/en/article/85/head_of_the_scientific_centre_of_excellence_for_croatian_glagolitism_milan_mihaljevi%C4%87_phd_wins_%E2%80%9Caldolfo_veber_tkal%C4%8Devi%C4%87%E2%80%9D_award", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:57Z", "digest": "sha1:UG22U5TSDFCQO4JR4DJ7342LH5OQOSPY", "length": 2000, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "zci.stin.hr", "title": "\ufeff Head of the Scientific Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitism Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD wins \u201cAldolfo Veber Tkal\u010devi\u0107\u201d Award / The Scientific Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitism", "raw_content": "Head of the Scientific Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitism Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD wins \u201cAldolfo Veber Tkal\u010devi\u0107\u201d Award\nOn 7th May 2015 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Head of the Scientific Centre of Excellence for Croatian Glagolitism Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD, an associate member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, received the \u201cAdolfo Veber Tkal\u010devi\u0107\u201d Award for his contribution to Croatian linguistics in the area of syntax of the Church Slavonic and Croatian language. This award is given on regular basis to distinguished linguists during the Croatian Syntactic Days, an international scientific conference held biannually in Osijek. Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD is the fourth laureate of the award received to date by academician Radoslav Kati\u010di\u0107, Prof. Ivo Pranjkovi\u0107, PhD and Professor Emeritus Josip Sili\u0107.\nThe research adviser of the Old Church Slavonic Institute, Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD, is an author of a large number of papers on Church Slavonic and standard Croatian language, as well as of studies into Slavic comparative grammar. Last year his research was marked by two major publications: author\u2019s book Slavenska poredbena gramatika: II. Morfologija, prozodija, slavenska pradomovina (2014) and a book written by a group of authors Hrvatski crkvenoslavenski jezik (2014). Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD prepared the first grammar of the Croatian redaction of Church Slavonic, for which he wrote a number of chapters together with other associates, largely members of the Scientific Centre of Excellence.\nThis year the 5th Croatian Syntactic Days were organised by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek and the Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics. In addition to laureate Milan Mihaljevi\u0107, PhD, two members of the Scientific Centre of Excellence also participated in the scientific conference giving their talks: Jasna Vince, PhD and Ana Kova\u010devi\u0107, PhD.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 2573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://zodiac.keithbradnam.com/2014/06/molluskan-horoscopes-for-week-beginning_16.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:07Z", "digest": "sha1:36AQ4GAQMEFZRWV5JCWEEXB7TJSRCI7C", "length": 4325, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "zodiac.keithbradnam.com", "title": "The Molluskan Zodiac: Molluskan horoscopes for week beginning 16th June 2014", "raw_content": "The current problems with your job are partially due to the monotony that surrounds you. Kick start your career by doing something to shock your colleagues and show them your inner beast. Eat, drink, and be merry. But not if you are driving or are a recovering alcoholic. In which case you should just eat. This is the week where you will need an Oyster by your side, but there will be none to be found. If you get desperate then try searching at either a bar, brothel, or baptism ceremony. These are all natural haunts for the Oyster.\nLife is good at the moment, so be careful not to ruin it all becoming addicted to gambling. This is a good time to reflect on all the things that you are not. For example, you are not an elephant, nor are you an electric toaster. Think of a beautiful day where you are happy and carefree. Now think of a fat and sweaty Mussel that you know. They will ruin said beautiful day and an unpleasant bout of flatulence will almost certainly be the cause.\nThe ship of your dreams is sailing down the river of despair. It's time to take hold of the tiller of fate, and steer yourself to the calm waters of your future. Up, up, up, up, up, up! That's the direction your life will be heading in this week (terms and conditions may apply). Ever been on holiday with a Scallop before? They'll buy you a lot of drinks but they'll expect certain favors in return. You might not like the sound - or the smell - of those favors.\nYou think that someone is out to get you, you think that they want to see you squashed like a bug. You are wrong. They are wrong. Everyone is wrong. A famous fisherman once noted that while five fish will always feed a family of four, four fish might not feed a family of five. These words will have special meaning for you this week. If you put a Clam and an Octopus together, it is a bit like Laurel and Hardy. There will be much stupidity and much clumsiness. There will also be a lot of pain.\nSmile like a bumblebee in June, and you will be rewarded for your happiness. If you start reading a new book this week, but skip over every seventh page, it will lead to an unsatisfying conclusion but you will get the book read that much faster. Invite a Clam to dinner this week on Friday. This will be the one day that they can't make, so easy brownie points for you!\nYour friends will gather closely around you this week, so please take steps to lessen your foul odor. You know the old saying 'Don't worry, be happy'? Well you will worry, and you won't be happy. Such is the life of a Slug. Now is not the time to shed a tear. Now is the time to weep uncontrollably.\nThe color black will be very important to you this week. Especially on Monday, and when connected to the number 1, and if tomato juice is involved, then let's just say that it will be a day to remember. A blue car will loom large in your life (or maybe just your rear-view mirror) on Sunday. Remember to wear your seat belt and try not to have any small animals in your car on that day. Get some attention this week by wearing 7 items of clothing on Monday, and then remove an item each day\nThis is the week where you will wish that you could be as slippery as an eel in a mud-wrestling contest. Avoid photographs this week if you think that your illicit affair may be caught on camera. A Clam you know will offer to cook for you this week. Be careful, they might have ulterior motives, and they will certainly try spiking your food with Tabasco sauce.\nIt is written that 'a drunken sailor is a happy sailor', yet it is also written that 'drinking leads to death'. Which one of these sayings do you most believe in? Would you accept a taxi ride if the driver was a monkey? Probably not. So be careful of simian chauffeurs this week. If you hear so much as one mention of the F-word from a friend or colleague, then forcefully wash their mouth out with soap (or battery acid).\nAvoid even numbers this week if possible as they will only bring you trouble. 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(Reuters) \u2013 The remains of eight more victims were found on Wednesday in and around a northern California town overrun by flames last week, raising the death toll to 56 in a wildfire disaster that ranks as the most lethal and destructive in the state\u2019s history.\nThe latest fatality count was announced hours after National Guard troops arrived to assist in combing through the ash-strewn ruins in what was left of Paradise, California, a Sierra foothills hamlet about 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco.\nLate on Wednesday, the Butte County Sheriff\u2019s Office released a list here of more than 100 people reported missing by relatives, the majority of them over the age of 65. Initially 230 people were officially reported as missing.\nMost of those who remain unaccounted for are from Paradise, which was once home to 27,000 people but was largely incinerated last Thursday night in the killer blaze, dubbed the Camp Fire.\nMore than 8,800 buildings, most of them houses, burned to the ground in and around Paradise, a hamlet once home to 27,000 people. An estimated 50,000 people remained under evacuation orders.\n\u201cProgress is being made,\u201d said Ken Pimlott, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) at a news conference flanked by Governor Jerry Brown, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and other officials.\n\u201cThis is one of the worst disasters I\u2019ve seen in my career, hands down,\u201d Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told reporters in the nearby city of Chico.\nThe killer blaze, fueled by thick, drought-desiccated scrub, has capped two back-to-back catastrophic wildfire seasons in California that scientists largely attribute to prolonged drought they say is symptomatic of climate change.\nBut lawyers for some of the victims are pointing to lax maintenance by an electric utility as the proximate cause of the fire, which officially remains under investigation.\nOn Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department said the remains of a possible third victim were found in a burned-out dwelling.\nIslamist militants attack African Union base in south Somalia\nTrump loaned White House campaign $7.5 million as he nears Republican nomination\nAs Beijing flexes muscles in South China Sea, Malaysia eyes harder response\nSyrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion\nCyprus reunification talks collapse, UN chief 'very sorry'\nYemen's Saleh says ready for 'new page' with Saudi-led coalition\nAlirio Parra, who helped found OPEC, dies aged 90\n\u2190 Sri Lanka bowlers defend modest target for first win Trump aide Ricardel forced out after showdown with first lady \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 6028, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://9jacable.com/royal-wedding-princess-eugenie-marries-jack-brooksbank/breaking-news/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:27Z", "digest": "sha1:RVYTIFSKKZF3WKLCGWP6FKIFHRUFJPOJ", "length": 3150, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "9jacable.com", "title": "Royal wedding: Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank \u2013 9jacable", "raw_content": "Princess Eugenie has married her long-term partner Jack Brooksbank at St George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor.\nThe ninth in line to the throne was watched by her grandmother, the Queen, and Prince Philip, along with other members of her family.\nCelebrities were also among the 850 guests at the ceremony, including Cara Delevingne and Robbie Williams.\nGuests held on to their hats in strong winds, as the young bridal party struggled to stay on their feet.\nAfter the wedding, the couple took a horse-drawn carriage ride through the town, watched by around 1,200 members of the public in the castle grounds, and more well-wishers outside.\nREAD ALSO Zookeeper airlifted to hospital in Germany after tiger attack\nThe 28-year-old and drinks executive Jack Brooksbank, 32, tied the knot at St George\u2019s Chapel \u2013 where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in May.\nBBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said there were \u201clots of smiles and lots of nerves from the couple\u201d.\nHe said the bride kept breaking into a broad smile and the groom was delighted, but \u201cboth of them were a little nervous too, their hands shaking together before they took their vows\u201d.\n\u201cThe biggest cheer of the day? For the Queen, bent a little with age, and the Duke of Edinburgh, ramrod straight despite his years.\u201d\nThe service was also attended by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.\nThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge\u2019s children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, were a pageboy and bridesmaid.\nThe other bridesmaids were Mia Tindall \u2013 daughter of Zara and Mike Tindall \u2013 Mia\u2019s cousins Savannah and Isla, Eugenie\u2019s goddaughter Maud Windsor and Robbie Williams\u2019 daughter, Theodora.\nThe other pageboy was Louis de Givenchy, six, the son of friends.\nSome of the youngsters were seen giggling and joking before walking down the aisle, appearing to imitate the royal trumpeters.\nEugenie\u2019s sister, Princess Beatrice, was maid of honour. Mr Brooksbank chose his brother, Thomas, as best man.\nAmong the celebrities sharing their special day were singer James Blunt, comedian Jimmy Carr and David Emanuel \u2013 who designed Princess Diana\u2019s wedding dress.\nItalian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed two pieces during the ceremony, which also featured members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.\nDean of Windsor David Conner officiated.\nThe couple are travelling from St George\u2019s Chapel along Windsor High Street and the Long Walk, before an afternoon reception hosted by the Queen in St George\u2019s Hall at the castle.\nAn evening party will take place at the York family home, the Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.\nThe families paid for the private aspects of the wedding.\nHowever, republican campaigners said taxpayers face an estimated \u00a32m security bill.\nThe campaign group Republic argued that as Princess Eugenie, the ninth in line to the throne, does not carry out public duties, the families should foot the bill.\nThe post Royal wedding: Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.\n\u2190 Health commissioner bemoans increase in liver cancer cases in Gombe State\nJUST IN: Again, Buhari meets Kano, Zamfara, Ogun govs behind closed doors \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 4473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://a-creative-mind.com/2014/11/11/release-blitz-its-kinda-my-thing-by-k-s-thomas/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:41Z", "digest": "sha1:DHTWN3A2XRTP2OMANKWHEIPZ7LOFF7YL", "length": 4081, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "a-creative-mind.com", "title": "Release Blitz! It\u2019s Kinda My Thing by K.S. Thomas \u2013 Diane Riggins", "raw_content": "Release Blitz! It\u2019s Kinda My Thing by K.S. Thomas\nTITLE: It\u2019s Kinda My Thing\nCOVER DESIGN: Indigo Chicks Designs\nCONTENT WARNING: Adult Language\nOnce upon a time, Rumor Davis was a sweet girl. You know the kind, sugar and spice and everything nice? That was Rumor. Until the day she met Brody Holmes\u2026.\nOne unhappily ever after later, and Rumor is living in Sin City with a music career at death\u2019s door and all that was sweet and nice thrown out the window. Rumor spends her days delivering singing telegrams and spends her nights enjoying all the party city has to offer, usually in the company of her roommate and best friend, Shaun Penny.\nOnce upon a time Brody Holmes was a bad, bad boy, collecting the hearts of girls left and right. When he encountered the rarest edition of all, she slipped straight through his fingers.\nOne near happily ever after later, Brody is standing at the altar with his bride, about to cash out his collection of hearts in exchange for just one, when a familiar voice begins to sing from somewhere in the crowd\u2026.\n** CONTENT WARNING \u2013 ADULT LANGUAGE **\nAs much as I\u2019d tried to push the words from my mind since I\u2019d heard them, Shaun\u2019s voice was still ringing loudly in my ear. \u201cDo you love me, Rumor?\u201d\nShe looked hurt that I\u2019d even ask her that, but I had to. \u201cOf course. I fell in love with you when I was eighteen, Brody.\u201d\n\u201cI know that,\u201d I rubbed my hands on my knees to wipe away the sweat. \u201cBut are you in love with me now?\u201d\nShe nodded, but it was automatic and prompted by her stubbornness, and I knew that.\n\u201cThen why won\u2019t you say it? I\u2019ve said it to you. I\u2019ve told you I love you. Several times. You haven\u2019t said it back to me once.\u201d\nThe tears were welling up in her eyes, but I couldn\u2019t do anything to stop them. I needed her to tell me the truth. Even if it hurt us both.\n\u201cI don\u2019t know why I haven\u2019t said it, Brody. They\u2019re just not words I use. Doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t feel them.\u201d\nBut that wasn\u2019t enough for me. \u201cJust say it now. Say, I love you, Brody. And I\u2019ll believe you. I\u2019ll believe in us. I\u2019ll believe that we can make it even if we\u2019re on opposite ends of the country, with me working my quiet accounting job and you out there pursuing fame and fortune as a rock and roll goddess. But I need to hear it, Rumor. Please.\u201d\nHer hands came up to wipe her eyes and she sniffed loudly. She lifted her gaze from her lap and met mine. Then her mouth opened and I could tell she was struggling to get the words out. When she finally did, they weren\u2019t what I\u2019d expected.\nK.S. Thomas is the author of so many more incredibly written books. Buy a copy and live inside her many worlds.\nDog Lover who likes her pastries full of cream and sugar\u2026.oh\u2026and I write some \ud83d\ude09\nAside from being an author, I am also a mom to a beautiful 5 year old little girl. I tell everyone I named her after my great-grandmother (because that\u2019s the mature answer), but really, I named her after my favorite princess \u2013 just so happens I got lucky and they had the same name\u2026If I wasn\u2019t a writer, I would work on a horse ranch \u2013 I\u2019m an animal lover (in addition to dogs, horses are at the top of my list). I wear flip-flops pretty much everywhere I go. I would rather stay awake until 5 am than get up at 5 am (years of bar tending have left their mark), if I can, I\u2019m going to the beach AND I will always be nice to people who bring me chocolate\u2026or coffee\u2026if you bring me both, I\u2019ll probably love you forever.A gypsy at heart, I write the way I live, following the story wherever it may lead, always ready to start the next one. This is clearly reflected in my body of work which to date includes everything from Children\u2019s Lit to Thrillers.\nI happily reside in sunny Florida ( for now) and always enjoy hearing from fellow readers!!\nIf you\u2019d like to stalk Miss. Thomas, follow these links.\nJoin the party on December 8 and chat with K.S. Thomas about her currently released books and the ones she\u2019s working on.\nThis Blitz was organized by\nVisit me today\nIt's Kinda My ThingK.S. 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(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)\nKlay Thompson scored 28 points, Kevin Durant had 23 points and 10 rebounds against the team he spurned this summer and the Golden State Warriors scored 18 points in a row in the third quarter to pull away and beat the Boston Celtics 104-88 on Friday night.\nStephen Curry had just 16 points - his second-fewest of the season - while sitting out much of the fourth quarter as the Warriors cruised to their sixth straight victory. Zaza Pachulia had 12 rebounds and Draymond Green had eight rebounds and eight assists for Golden State in its only visit to Boston this season.\nAvery Bradley had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Boston and Isaiah Thomas scored a season-low 18.\nThomas hit a 3-pointer early in the third quarter to make it a 10-point game, but the Warriors scored the next 18 points. They made it 86-57 at the end of the third and opened a 30-point lead in the fourth before Boston chipped it down to 11 in the final 90 seconds.\nBut Curry, who had re-entered the game midway through the fourth as the Celtics threatened to come back, hit a 3-pointer, Jaylen Brown missed one for Boston, and then Curry added a finger roll to clinch it.\nCurry shot 7 for 20 in all, making just 2 of 10 attempts from 3-point range. It was the second time this season he has been held under 20 points.\nBoston challenged the Warriors last season while they were on their way to a record-breaking 73-9 regular season. 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[Archive] - Absolute Write Water Cooler", "raw_content": "Absolute Write Water Cooler > Discussion > AW Roundtable > Changing how I use my real name; is this a problem in submissions?\nView Full Version : Changing how I use my real name; is this a problem in submissions?\nI thought the best place to put this would be here, since submissions are part of just about every kind of writing there is.\nI want to change how I use my real name when I submit my works to agents and/or editors. What I want to do is take my first name and make it an initial, and then take my middle initial and spell out the full middle name.\nI do not know if this would be a problem or not to publishers, as my legal signature uses my full first name and my middle initial. Would publishers have a problem with me using my first name's initial and my full middle name instead?\nAny help will be highly appreciated. Thank you all in advance.\nYou could either explain this preference after the manuscript is accepted or list the alternative version as your 'pen name'. I can't see it being a problem.\nIan are you going to submit this and have it published in a pseudonym. The way I understand it, the proper format would be Pseudonym at the top of each page and your real name in caps beside it...Somebody come in and correct me if I am wrong. The agent has to have your real name:) to give you your check... like Mary Smith ( Kimmi 57). I have this at the top right of each of my ms pages....Now when its copyrighted there is a special section just for this. Also I sign every query letter in my legal name. Hope this helps, sure someone will come along shortly, kimmi\nYes, I'm going to be writing under a pseudonym. The reason I wanted to know about changing my real name, is that I want to change the first name I go by in signing documents and stuff like that. I have a friend who uses his first initial and his full middle name because he does not like his full first name. That's what I want to do. I want to sign my real name using my first initial and middle name along with my last name, instead of using my first name and middle initial with my last name.\nIt sounds a bit confusing to explain it, so I'll give a generic example:\nJohn S. Doe wants to change how he signs his name. He wants to sign his name as J. Stephen Doe. How would he go about making this legal?\nI don't think you have to *do* anything. If it's your legal name, like if your whole name is spelled out on your social security card or something, you don't have to officially do anything. The only problem I could forsee is cashing your checks... you'll probably need ID at your bank, which may list your \"alias\" on your accounts.\nWhen I got married and took a different last name, even then it was easy as pie... just got a new ss card and drivers' license... I think that was about it.\nJoe Smith w/a F.S. Muttley\n\"w/a\" means \"writing as.\"\nAgents and editors are used to this; it's no big deal. Worry about it when your work is sold.\nMy agent is giving me good input on what name I should publish under and your agent will also.\nI agree with Sassenach - I wouldn't worry about anything until you get an agent/publisher. Your agent will need to know how you want your name on your checks...\nIan, what you're talking about isn't a pseudonym. It's a different format of your legal name. It's no different than if I sign my name as Lori Basiewicz or Lori A. Basiewicz. Neither is my full legal name, which would have the middle name spelled out, but both pass muster and are easily recognizable as me.\nIan, what you're talking about isn't a pseudonym. It's a different format of your legal name.\nYes, that's correct. My username is actually my pseudonym. As for my real name, I do not like my real first name too much because I have a lot of emotional baggage attached to it from my childhood. I much prefer my middle name, because there is no abuse attached to it from earlier on in my lifetime.\nAlso, when using my first name, I have a tendency to go into situations with a chip on my shoulder. I find when using my middle name, I don't have so much of that problem.\nIt's no different than if I sign my name as Lori Basiewicz or Lori A. Basiewicz. Neither is my full legal name, which would have the middle name spelled out, but both pass muster and are easily recognizable as me.\nOkay, cool. So I don't have to change my Social Security information or anything like that? That is awesome news. Thank you very much for your help.\nOn a side note, I want to thank Sassenach for the explanation on how to format the 'Writing as' issue. To be truthful about it, I never knew that format, so that information will definitely be valuable to me in my writing career. I appreciate it highly.\nWhen I've signed contracts with my publisher, part of what I have to submit is a author info form that includes my legal name and SSN, the name as I want it to appear on the cover and title page of my book, and the name I want the copyright registered in (this could be a corporation, for example). Obviously, they are used to dealing with multiple names for an author.\nYou might want to consider the fact that you'll probably want the copyright to be registered under your full legal name. A reader who understands the ins and outs of this will guess, when they look at the copyright statement on the back of the title page, that it's your real name and that the name on the cover is a pseudonym.\nIan, I am a middle name child, meaning that; eg... Kimmi Mary Smith, I always go by Mary...not by choice, its just the way my parents did it. A lot of non official documents that I sign are similiar to your situation. K Mary Smith. Legal and or official docs are different. I sign it the correct way. Kim M Smith!\nPerhaps another solution would be to change your name legally. This is a very simple procedure that costs about $50.00 in my neck of the woods.\nI had a friend change the spelling of her 1st name and had this done... why I don't know but it was her choice... going from Lisa to Leisa. You do not need an atty; this is something you can petition the courts with, on your own.\nAlso I find this interesting, You can legally pronounce your name any way you want...ie; I an, E on...\nNow about the proper format...I went to www.eclectics.com/rebecca/setup.html (http://www.eclectics.com/rebecca/setup.html). I am sure there are many different ways and I can't say as to why I chose this site, but I like it and have used it. kimmi\nYou just do it. Use the preferred variation on your letterhead, in your contract, in your copyright application, everything.\nAs a general rule, in the US, you can use any name you want, as long as you're not trying to defraud anyone. (There was a case in the news recently, where a guy changed his name to Andy Griffith to run for sheriff, and that could be seen as fraudulent. He lost, anyway, so the issue's probably moot.)\nI wouldn't consider it a pen name, and wouldn't bother with the w/a designation, but would just submit things as J. Stephen Doe (or whatever the real name is). As long as you give the correct SSN in your forms, you're not committing tax fraud. You shouldn't have trouble with the bank, either, since you'd just sign the back of the check, which was intended for you, as J. Stephen Doe, and deposit it into the John S. Doe bank account. Most of the time these days, the banks pay no attention to the actual names on deposited checks (unless they bounce or are somehow contested by the issuer), although sometimes they'll confirm that the payee and the signature on the back match. If you want a separate account for writing income and expenses, you might even find that the bank will allow you to open an account in the variation name, rather than the John S. Doe name, since it is a variation, not an entirely new name. I'm fairly sure that they open accounts in the name of \"Suzy Q,\" when the official name is \"Susan Q.\"\nYour accountant might want you to put an a/k/a (also known as) on your income tax return, just to clarify why a 1099 might come in a variation of your name, but that's something to run by your accountant.\nAs always, rather than relying on legal discussion on a public board, before you do anything drastic, you should run the question past a lawyer with expertise with the legal issues of a small business, including things like d/b/a registration and aliases and banking.\nJD, not giving individual advice, just general information.\nI want to change how I use my real name when I submit my works to agents and/or editors... I do not know if this would be a problem or not to publishers, as my legal signature uses my full first name and my middle initial. Would publishers have a problem with me using my first name's initial and my full middle name instead?\nIt's not a problem at all, Ian. We have an author who switched her name around and created a pen name. Simply tell the editor your real name in your cover letter and tell them you write under a pseudonym. Obviously, you'll have to sign your legal name on the contract.\nOriginally posted by JanDarby:\nAs a general rule, in the US, you can use any name you want, as long as you're not trying to defraud anyone.\nThis has always been my belief also. I think the purpose of a legal name is just to identify you, so whatever name you use, if you establish it as you, and you don't intend to defraud, it's all right. 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His poor literacy skills held him back throughout school and threatened to ruin his whole life. Carl\u2019s journey to gain these vital skills was tough but he eventually learnt to read and established a successful career. He has now written a self-help book and runs inspirational workshops to help young people and adults realize their dreams.\nCarl tells his story:\nMost of my early life felt like a struggle. My home situation was very unstable due to a family breakdown and arguments at times. I often found it hard to sleep. Things were not much better at school. I spent most days half-asleep at school and could not focus or concentrate. What the teacher was saying did not feel important to me and somehow I missed the boat when the other kids were learning to read and write.\nIn 1970s Hackney if you had learning difficulties it was easy to slip through the net. At secondary school I joined about 10 other kids in a special needs class and there didn\u2019t seem to be much hope for us.\nMy literacy problems stole my hopes and dreams of success in life. My mother worried about me, about how I was going to survive in this world and live a normal life.\nThe turning-point came when my teacher, Miss Ball, encouraged me to take part in drama classes. Knowing she believed in me made such a difference. I went on to go to drama school for a number of years and even took part in the BBC television series Grange Hill.\nDespite all my difficulties at school, I discovered that I was intelligent and articulate and I was good at observing and creating new ideas.\nWhen I left school I decided to take action and I studied hard to improve my reading and writing. I challenged myself in many ways: taking on jobs I knew nothing about, learning new skills through trial and error and seeing a positive outcome in all circumstances. It wasn\u2019t easy at first, but it made me stronger, more creative and more productive. I became a person that was never afraid to try something new from judo to modelling. I now work in the human resources team at Hackney council and recently I have even written a self-help book about my experiences.\nMy years of struggle taught me both how hard life is if you can\u2019t read and write, and how easy it is for children to fall behind. By overcoming my difficulties and being patient and persistent I have achieved things I would never have thought possible such as writing my book SELFMADE. If you try hard enough, the change will come. Don\u2019t live your life by fear of failure, live your life by the thought of winning.\nHabitual ways our Habits:\nBe the person you wan\u2019t to be. Be self made.\nHave you ever wondered why you do the things you do, why do you get the results you get? Why is it that whatever you do the results are always the same. You give it your best and it always turns out the same. You may be in a situation where you know what your doing isn\u2019t going to get you what you want but you do it anyway. You see things getting from bad to worse, but you continue none the less. Well that is the result of habits. Some call them Paradigms a multitude of habits (good or bad).\nWhen you where a baby, your mind was wide open, allowing any thoughts and influences through to your subconscious mind. You would of had little or no control over your thoughts. If it was a positive environment then you would take in positive influences and if it was a negative environment then you would have taken in negative influences also. The negative influences is what you need to change as this is what\u2019s holding you back and is most likely where your negative habits formed.\nYour programmed to behave the way you do, by your habits.\nSome of your behavior patterns are inherited and some of it is related to the environment you live in e.g. where you live and who you associate with e.g. family and friends and life\u2019s circumstances. Your habitual ways control your behavior, your thoughts and thinking and the actions you take.\nIt controls your life.\nAt this point it doesn\u2019t really matter what you know, because you will still take the same actions as your conscious mind is overridden by your habitual habits, empowered by your subconscious mind. However your habitual ways can be influenced and changed. You see your habitual ways where formed through repetition. Some habits originally formed during childhood.\nBy doing the same things over and over again, they become habits and can be difficult for some to change. A lot of people will be aware that what they are doing is wrong or incorrect but they do it anyway.\nThey see the results in their lives going from bad to worse but they can\u2019t shake the routine behavior. Because they\u2019re being controlled by their habits. They want to do right and they know better but they just can\u2019t do it. They can\u2019t get past that routine. That circle of doing the same thing day in day out. It is like hypnosis.\nHowever habits can be changed.\nThey can be changed by replacing them with new habits. You can replace the old habits with a new behavior pattern and through repetition those new habits will form. You will do things differently. This is not a walk in the park for some and can take time and effort to achieve. Some help may be required, but once achieved the benefits are rewarding and will change your life.\nby Carl Foster\nTO READ MORE GO TO: www.selfmade.me.uk\nCarl is running motivational workshops to help adults and young people who are struggling with literacy.\nHe aims to share his experience to inspire them to take the first steps in achieving their dreams.\nThe workshop participants will also undertake exercises that will boost their confidence and help them to focus on their goals.\nThe workshops have been developed from the ideas in Carl\u2019s book, SELFMADE [pdf].\nCarl is based in Hackney and is happy to visit schools and colleges as an inspirational speaker or to deliver one of his workshops for students aged 14 and above.\nSELFMADE \u2013 VIDEO ONLINE\n\u201cRiveting! Carl masterfully explores the psychology of change and offers practical solutions to facilitate change in the reader\u2026this book is a \u2018must read\u2019 !\u201d\n\u2013 Robert Hamilton\n\u201cRead this life-enhancing book \u2013 it is possible to become happier and a more successful person.\u201d\n\u2013 Tabby Toussaint, editor of Between the Lines\nIf you are interested, please visit his website where you can find contact details.\nAside from being one of the most genuinely interesting and easy to talk to guys i have ever met.\nCarl is a self made, self help guru.\nCurrently writing his own book on the subject, he nipped into the studio to have some promotional headhshots done.\nI wish him the best of luck with the release of his book in the early part of next year. \u2013 Ed Dabney\nFACEBOOK HERE \u2013 Carl Foster\nTWITTER HERE \u2013 @CarlFosterUK\n|Nominated by WOMAN of ACTION\u2122 \u2013 Camilla Stein\nwelcomes this power of example, a true change maker, into our Alumni celebrating men creating positive change in our world; and look forward to working together for the betterment of all our youth.\nBravo Carl!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 9886, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 328.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/6453", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:27Z", "digest": "sha1:EWMQJNO7TFIJMMVLJETE5EV3QJHIPBJ2", "length": 1290, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "achieve.lausd.net", "title": "Educational Equity Compliance Office / Williams Complaints", "raw_content": "The Williams Complaints Procedures establishes the District\u2019s policy to provide public school pupils with equal access to instructional materials, safe and decent school facilities, and qualified teachers. The Eliezer Williams, et al., vs. State of California, et al. (Williams) case was filed as a class action in 2000 in San Francisco County Superior Court. The plaintiffs included nearly 100 San Francisco County pupils, who filed suit against the State of California and state education agencies, including the California Department of Education (CDE). The basis of the lawsuit was that the agencies failed to provide public school pupils with equal access to instructional materials, safe and decent school facilities, and qualified teachers. After four years of intense litigation, the parties in the case reached a Settlement Agreement on August 13, 2004. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed laws implementing the legislative proposals set forth in the parties\u2019 Settlement Agreement on September 29, 2004.\nRelated Policies and Resources\nBUL-4759.4: Williams Complaint Procedures\nWilliams Posting Notice - English/Spanish\nWilliams Uniform Complaint Procedures Complaint Form - English\nWilliams Uniform Complaint Procedures Complaint Form - Spanish\nWilliams Complaint Tracking System", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 629, "original_length": 15516, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/onlineactions/FFWYScmPKUGAC-_G37pwzA2?sourceID=1004352&utm_source=ad&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=currentalerts", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:15Z", "digest": "sha1:6DMMYODYZDNJMKPH72C7ROEQHVVEQY25", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "act.biologicaldiversity.org", "title": "Speak Up for Marbled Murrelets and Other Oregon Wildlife", "raw_content": "Photo of marbled murrelet by Robin Corcoran/USFWS.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1167, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 271.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://adelady.com.au/cervical-screening-test/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:00Z", "digest": "sha1:HCFG6S377KDX3XXKOJAELO4R6VOQFO2P", "length": 5641, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "adelady.com.au", "title": "Everything you need to know about the New Cervical Screening Test | ADELADY", "raw_content": "Everything you need to know about the New Cervical Screening Test\nWe thought we\u2019d start with a bit of a disclaimer because this article is going to be jam-packed with some of the following words:\nVaginal Passage\nHa \u2014 but seriously, this is one of those rare moments where we have an opportunity to use Adelady to spread the word about some important updates regarding our lady parts, to make sure all our sisters are keeping themselves as healthy as possible. So, stick with us through this uncomfortable convo because we guarantee it will be worth it!\nIt\u2019s always nice to start with some hardcore honesty so here it is \u2014 3 out of 4 of our team is very conscious of booking themselves in for regular cervical screening and check ups with our GP.\nThe other 1 team member has only had one pap smear EVER and while we don\u2019t want to name and shame, it starts with L and ends with AUREN. Luckily for her, she\u2019s surrounded by a team with zero boundaries, so we\u2019ve made the appointment for her #yourewelcome.\nWhen we started chatting about this (AKA ribbing into Lauren about how she NEEDS to go more regularly) it quickly became clear how many myths surround the good old cervical screening situation. So that\u2019s how we ended up here, hosting our very own cervical Myth-Busters.\nHere are our very real, and very wrong statements that we\u2019ve Myth-Busted just for you\u2026\n\u201cYou don\u2019t have to get tested at at all if you haven\u2019t had sex lately\u201d\nFact :: It doesn\u2019t matter when the last time you got lucky was, the point is that if you\u2019ve ever been lucky at all and you\u2019ve reached the ripe old age of 25, it\u2019s time to book in for a Cervical Screening Test.\nWhy wait until 25, you ask? That\u2019s because cervical cancer is super rare in women under 25 so you\u2019re safe to wait until then (our 22 year old team member, Millie, was happy to hear this since she has been getting tested since she was 19 \u2014 now the test has changed she shouldn\u2019t need to go back until she\u2019s 25).\n\u201cI thought you only had to do it if you were having sex with different people\u201d\nFact :: Whether you\u2019ve only ever got it on with 1 partner, or 100 partners, it doesn\u2019t matter. You need to be tested all the same!\n\u201cThere\u2019s a new test now, so you don\u2019t have to go for another 5 years or something\u201d\nFact :: Part of this is true \u2013 there is an awesome new Cervical Screening Test which is more thorough than the classic pap smear since it looks for HPV before it starts to change your cervix cells, and can prevent up to 90% of all cervical cancers.\nHowever this new test is due two years after your last pap smear and THEN you don\u2019t have to go for another 5 years! Much better than having to go every 2 years for the rest of forever, that\u2019s for sure.\n\u201cI had the HPV injection at school so I can\u2019t get cervical cancer\u201d\nFact :: Hate to break it to you, but that injection you got at school isn\u2019t going to cut the mustard this time around. You still need to have a Cervical Screening Test regardless of if you had the vaccination or not.\n\u201cSo you just kind of lie down and then a doctor has a look at your bits?\u201d\nFact :: It\u2019s a little more complicated than that. You\u2019ll be asked to lie down on the examination table, with your legs bent and feet flat on the table. A doctor might ask you to put your hands or a pillow under your bum to tilt your pelvis and open your cervix a little bit more. Then the doctor will insert something that looks like tongs into your vaginal passage and open them up to clear the way to the cervix opening (don\u2019t be stressed by this \u2014 it\u2019s uncomfortable but remember that your body is made to fit a baby through there so this is much easier in comparison!) then they\u2019ll take a swab with what looks like a glorified Q-Tip cotton bud and send it in for testing. Then voila, discomfort is over and you\u2019re free to leave.\nJust remember that if you\u2019re nervous or have your doubts, just let your doctor know and they\u2019ll talk you through each and every step of the way.\n\u201cIt\u2019s just so bloody awkward getting checked out by a stranger\u201d\nFact :: Firstly, it\u2019s not awkward at all. Without thinking about it too hard, it\u2019s actually amazing how many different vaginas your GP has seen in their lifetime \u2014 seeing yours is just another part of work for them, like collecting the mail or paying an invoice.\nHowever if you are one of the eligible women (over 30 years old, been 4 years or more since your last pap test, or you\u2019ve never been screen) then you can ask your doctor if you can do a self-collection test. To follow on from the above, this is also basically a glorified Q-Tip cotton bud that you insert yourself in privacy at the doctor\u2019s rooms. You can\u2019t do it at home, and you can\u2019t get it wrong because your GP will talk you through it beforehand.\nSo there you have it. We don\u2019t know about you but we\u2019re feeling much more cervix-savvy now that we\u2019ve had this open and honest chat. We can\u2019t stress enough how important it is to get regularly tested, as each year around 800 Australian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, however with regular screening most of those diagnosis can be prevented.\nThose 10 minutes of discomfort could save you SO much future pain so get onto it, girls!\nLots of love from us xxx\nPrevious PostWIN 2 memberships and a $200 Jamesdaisy voucher for you and a friend\nNext PostCheck out this caf\u00e9 with a huge heart!\nWhen I had mine done I actually asked my Doctor to stop telling me what he was doing because I was busy imagining I was somewhere else. Personally, I found it much easier that way. But if you like to know these things, that\u2019s up to you. Honestly, it\u2019s a few minutes having an exam with a Medical Professional. That\u2019s how I think of it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 8036, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 320.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://adhesives.specialchem.com/product/a-baker-hughes-be-square-165-wax", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:16Z", "digest": "sha1:HKXD7UP7ZKGIQDIZ5YVLNJO5SKSXQBI7", "length": 330, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "adhesives.specialchem.com", "title": "BE SQUARE\u2122 165 wax - Baker Hughes - datasheet", "raw_content": "BE SQUARE\u2122 165 wax\nBE SQUARE\u2122 165 wax is a microcrystalline wax. It is a petroleum-derived grade consisting of complex mixtures of paraffinic, isoparaffinic, and naphthenic hydrocarbons. It reduces the size of base paraffin crystal structure. 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Used in functional laminating adhesives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2439, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://admiralsroundtable.com/2015/06/27/nashville-select-iakov-trenin-2nd-round-55th-overall/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:14Z", "digest": "sha1:DQ3RKNVFLZHRYZ54XA54UQVZRV5DTMYM", "length": 1166, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "admiralsroundtable.com", "title": "Nashville Select Iakov Trenin (2nd Round, 55th Overall) \u2013 Admirals Roundtable", "raw_content": "Nashville Select Iakov Trenin (2nd Round, 55th Overall)\n(Photo Credit: Claire Ratt\u00e9 // Olympiques de Gatineau)\nThe second day of the 2015 NHL Draft has started up and should be a busy day for the Nashville Predators who didn\u2019t have a first rounder yesterday. Their first selection comes in the second round with the fifty-fifth overall selection, Iakov Trenin.\nTrenin is a native of Chelyabinsk, Russia who played for Gatineau Olympiques of the QMJHL last season. He scored 67 points (18 goals, 49 assists) in 58 games \u2013 along with 34 penalty minutes and a plus/minus rating of +17. Prior, he played for his hometown club Belye Medvedi Chelyabinsk. He is 18-years old and can play both left wing and center.\nThis makes back-to-back years where the Predators have selected a Russian forward in the second round. They drafted Vladislav Kamenev with the forty-second overall selection of the 2014 NHL Draft.\nA Quick & Simple 2015 NHL Draft Preview\nNashville Select Thomas Novak (3rd Round, 85th Overall)\n2 thoughts on \u201cNashville Select Iakov Trenin (2nd Round, 55th Overall)\u201d\nPingback: Nashville Select Alexandre Carrier (4th Round, 115th Overall) | Admirals Roundtable", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2905, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 279.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://advertisinglaw.foxrothschild.com/tag/childrens-advertising-review-unit/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:24Z", "digest": "sha1:HBNYQTLGY3MGBC5HFCBMHVAZR5PWFFCP", "length": 82, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "advertisinglaw.foxrothschild.com", "title": "Children's Advertising Review Unit | Above the Fold", "raw_content": "Children's Advertising Review Unit\nSubscribe to Children's Advertising Review Unit", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 4505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 76.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://agilescientific.com/blog/2018/10/9/reproduce-this", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:38Z", "digest": "sha1:OIXIMU2JKNZOGALYM2BJW2O4MIXCC23D", "length": 1903, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "agilescientific.com", "title": "Reproduce this! \u2014 Agile", "raw_content": "There\u2019s a saying in programming: untested code is broken code. Is unreproducible science broken science?\nI hope not, because geophysical research is \u2014 in general \u2014 not reproducible. In other words, we have no way of checking the results. Some of it, hopefully not a lot of it, could be broken. We have no way of knowing.\nNext week, at the SEG Annual Meeting, we plan to change that. Well, start changing it\u2026 it\u2019s going to take a while to get to all of it. For now we\u2019ll be content with starting.\nWe\u2019re going to make geophysical research reproducible again!\nWelcome to the Repro Zoo!\nIf you\u2019re coming to SEG in Anaheim next week, you are hereby invited to join us in Exposition Hall A, Booth #749.\nWe\u2019ll be finding papers and figures to reproduce, equations to implement, and data tables to digitize. We\u2019ll be hunting down datasets, recreating plots, and dissecting derivations. All of it will be done in the open, and all the results will be public and free for the community to use.\nThere are thousands of unreproducible papers in the geophysical literature, so we are going to need your help. If you\u2019ll be in Anaheim, and even if you\u2019re not, here some things you can do:\nVote on the papers and figures to reproduce, or propose new ones. Click here!\nShow up at Booth #749 to take part. Bring your laptop, or use one of ours (kindly provided by Dell EMC, our amazing booth neighbours). We\u2019ll mostly be coding in Python and Julia, but any open language is welcome.\nTell people about the Repro Zoo and bring them along too.\nThat\u2019s all there is to it! Whether you\u2019re a coder or an interpreter, whether you have half an hour or half a day, come along to the Repro Zoo and we\u2019ll get you started.\nFigure 1 from Connolly\u2019s classic paper on elastic impedance. This is the kind of thing we\u2019ll be reproducing.\nEvent, Science, Software\nreproducibility, research, literature, coding, Python, collaboration, openness", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 258, "original_length": 6279, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 303.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://americasbestcareplus.com/chronic-rhinitis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:53Z", "digest": "sha1:7BCONLAMNWXIPJNZEITLWFMKWP7TJDWX", "length": 3038, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "americasbestcareplus.com", "title": "Chronic Rhinitis - America's Best Care Plus", "raw_content": "What is Chronic Rhinitis?\nAlso known as chronic sinusitis, chronic rhinitis is an inflammation or infection of mucus membrane in the human nose. It can either be caused by a bacterial, fungal or a viral infection that results in inflammation. In some cases, nasal polyps can also be the reason that leads to this disorder called chronic rhinitis. This type of rhinitis, in a certain case, may also be accompanied by tuberculosis, rhinosporidiosis, rhinoscleroma, histoplasmosis, leprosy, leishmaniasis, blastomycosis, and syphilis.\nAn individual suffering from this condition experiences pain and pressure on their face. Furthermore, they may also experience nasal stuffiness, coughing, congestion, and loss of smell for a temporary period. This condition can last for over 12 weeks; it can also come back as it is chronic in nature.\nSymptoms of Chronic Rhinitis\nSome of the symptoms of chronic rhinitis are nasal congestion, sneezing, nasal itching, and runny nose. Post-nasal drip is another common sign of this condition. Post-nasal drip, in turn, may result in a chronic cough and sore throat. Chronic rhinitis, in severe cases, may cause frequent bleeding and crusting. Furthermore, due to this disorder, the patient may also experience pus-filled discharge with an unpleasant smell from their nose.\nCauses of Chronic Rhinitis\nThe causes of rhinitis depends on its type. A rhinitis is categorized into three major types i.e. allergic rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis, and mixed rhinitis. The causes of all three types vary. However, some of the commonly known causes associated with the occurrence of this particular disorder include airborne irritants and low humidity.\nTreatment of Chronic Rhinitis\nJust like the causes, the treatment of rhinitis also depends on its types. It is advised to visit your doctor immediately if you are experiencing any sign and symptom of this disease. Your doctor may prescribe decongestants after examining your condition. Decongestants are known to relieve the symptoms of chronic rhinitis.\nSome people confuse chronic rhinitis with allergic rhinitis. However, there is a vast difference between the two. An allergic rhinitis, as the name suggests, is caused by allergens that a patient is exposed to. These allergens can be found in the environment or in their home. When an individual inhales these allergens, they get affected by this disease. Symptoms of allergic rhinitis include sniffing, sneezing, itching, nasal mucus, and watery eyes. This type of rhinitis also causes patient\u2019s eyes and ears to swell. Furthermore, they may also experience hives and rashes on their body.\nChronic rhinitis requires immediate treatment. The condition of the patient may get worse if it isn\u2019t diagnosed and treated on time. As discussed above, there are different types of rhinitis; thus, it is of utmost importance to get a proper diagnose so that the type of rhinitis the patient is suffering from may be deduced. This diagnosis will allow the physician to suggest an appropriate treatment for the patient.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 6347, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 194.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://amlife.us/terms-of-service", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:52Z", "digest": "sha1:MWBFISRWD2L362GGDAZLSBSDONWMZBFR", "length": 962, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "amlife.us", "title": "Terms of Service", "raw_content": "Investment offerings will be made pursuant to exemptions from registration requirements set out in applicable SEC and state securities laws. This website is a summary only of certain matters relating to offerings and is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information in the offering materials. Prospective investors should take note of the risk factors described therein.\nAmerican Life, Inc., its owner and associates, do not function as attorneys or legal counsel and do not attempt to interpret immigration law and do not provide or offer legal advice or legal services or investment advice. Anyone considering an investment based visa should seek independent professional advice. The information on this site is intended to be general on the subject of the EB5 investment visa green card program and should not be relied upon for any specific situation. Any reference to designated regional centers on this website is posted as reference material only.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1656, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://amp.bangordailynews.com/2018/09/04/outdoors/maines-fall-foliage-is-popping-up-early-this-year/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:22Z", "digest": "sha1:KBZ35CLXLOGOGFIWKGLQLREYVYD6JVSG", "length": 5959, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "amp.bangordailynews.com", "title": "Maine\u2019s fall foliage is popping up early this year \u2014 Outdoors \u2014 Bangor Daily News \u2014 BDN Maine", "raw_content": "Maine\u2019s fall foliage is popping up early this year\nA stunning display of color can be seen from Sunset Rock in Dedham, with Phillips Lake and the Lucerne Inn's Overlook building at bottom right, Oct. 15, 2015.\nBy Aislinn Sarnacki, BDN Staff \u2022 September 4, 2018 5:55 am\nSome trees are displaying bright fall colors early in Maine this year, which may mean an extended fall foliage season. These pops of color in late August are being attributed to the drought that has affected much of Maine this summer.\n\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is some early fall coloration, and that\u2019s due to the trees being under a bit of stress,\u201d said Aaron Bergdahl, forest pathologist with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. \u201cSome species are going to be exhibiting some nice colors several weeks earlier than normal.\u201d\nHowever, not all trees in Maine\u2019s millions of acres of forestland are affected equally by the drought, Bergdahl said. It\u2019s trees by the roadside, along the edges of forests and in people\u2019s yards that are most likely to dry out and tap out early due to exposure and shallower roots, ceasing their production of chlorophyll, the source of green in leaves.\n\u201cA lot of people are noticing it from the windows of their cars,\u201d Bergdahl said. \u201cThey\u2019ll see one maple already blazing red and orange and it\u2019s striking. I\u2019ve been getting some inquiries here at the office about it.\u201d\nFall foliage season in Maine typically begins mid-September and lasts until mid-October, with slight variations every year, depending on weather. In addition, the leaves start to turn colors in northern Maine about a week before the southern reaches of the state. This pattern is fairly consistent from year to year, according to statewide fall foliage reports collected and compiled by the Maine Forest Service for nearly 60 years.\n\u201cWe\u2019re generally reaching peak conditions in most areas right around Columbus Day weekend, which is a very popular weekend for folks from away to come check out the foliage,\u201d said Gale Ross, who has served as the fall foliage spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry for 15 years, helping people enjoy Maine\u2019s flashiest season.\nWorking with Maine forest rangers, Ross compiles weekly reports throughout fall foliage season, emailing them each Wednesday to subscribers and posting them on Facebook and the state-run website, mainefoliage.com. This year\u2019s first report lands on Sept. 12.\n\u201cI reach out to the forest rangers in seven zones,\u201d Ross said. \u201cThey give me their on-the-ground observations [and photos], and from that we build the report and the map.\u201d\n\u201cYou can pretty much be assured that the foliage is going to progress from north to south, with zones 6 and 7 [in the north] reaching peak right around the end of September and the rest of the state following suit in the first week of October,\u201d Ross said.\nDespite the early pops of color throughout the state this year, Bergdahl expects the timing for peak fall foliage to remain the same as years past because while some trees have been affected by the drought, most have not.\n\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s going to be a peak shift,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the forest, the trees are deeply rooted and able to access water. It\u2019s really the edges where you\u2019ll see more of the stress-related coloration [early in the season].\u201d\nAnother factor that may affect this year\u2019s fall foliage is the brown-tailed moth, which has rapidly expanded its territory throughout midcoast Maine this summer. This forest pest hatches during August or early in September to feed on the leaves of many different types of hardwood trees and shrubs. Their most common hosts are oak, apple, crabapple, cherry, hawthorn, shadbush, serviceberry and rugosa rose, according to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.\n\u201cOaks are very nice [fall foliage trees] but the trees I think people really respond to are the maples and there are no major defoliators active in the state this year that impact maple trees,\u201d Bergdahl said.\nWhile fall foliage may have a bit of a head start this year, Maine State Climatologist Sean Birkel said that long term \u2014 looking at decades rather than years \u2014 fall foliage may come increasingly later due to rising fall temperatures.\nBirkel, who is also an assistant professor at the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine in Orono, has recently been occupied with compiling Maine temperature and precipitation records dating back to 1895, and that data shows that over the course of over 100 years, Maine\u2019s average temperature in September has increased steadily, and more noticeably in the past 20 years. For instance, the average temperature for September in 1997 was 43.1 degrees Fahrenheit, while Maine experienced its hottest September on record last year, with an average temperature of 48.5 degrees Fahrenheit.\nBut fall foliage is affected by more than just temperature, so it\u2019s difficult to predict what will happen with the leaves from year to year.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a complex process because it involves the daylight length, overall precipitation, and it could also link to nighttime low temperature versus daytime high temperature,\u201d Birkel said.\nTriggered by all of these factors, leaves change color when a tree stops producing green chlorophyll, revealing yellows and oranges from carotene and xanthophyll. And at the same time, some leaves also undergo chemical changes that produce anthocyanins, which paints the leaves red or even purple or blue.\nBut for that to happen, the temperature needs to drop, and the National Weather Service has predicted that Maine and the rest of New England will experience above average temperatures this September.\n\u201cAccording to weather forecasting, the first part of September is going to be warm days and warm nights, and we really need cool evenings to start that progression of foliage turning,\u201d Ross said. \u201cIt\u2019s Mother Nature\u2019s way of putting our trees to bed. It\u2019s going to happen, ready or not.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 7317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 260.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://and-follow-me.com/2017/10/11/october-11-st-john-xxiii/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:19Z", "digest": "sha1:7XTK73RS3J5T44WTT3FALMYGQDMBIVKJ", "length": 1104, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "and-follow-me.com", "title": "October 11 St. John XXIII \u2013 And Follow Me", "raw_content": "October 11 St. John XXIII\nPosted on October 11, 2017 April 9, 2017 by afmpost in Uncategorized\nWe see all mankind striving for a better future; We see the awakening of a mysterious force, and this permits Us to hope that men will be drawn by a right conscience and a sense of duty to advance the real interests of human society. That this goal may be realized in the fullest sense\u2014that is, with the triumph of the kingdom of truth, justice, peace, and charity\u2014We exhort all Our children in Christ to be \u201cof one heart and one soul\u201d (Acts 4:32) and to pour out ardent prayers in October to our Queen in heaven and our loving Mother, reflecting upon the words of the Apostle: \u201cIn all things we suffer tribulation, but we are not distressed; we are sore pressed, but we are not destitute; we endure persecution, but we are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we do not perish; always bearing about in our body the dying of Jesus, so that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodily frame\u201d (2 Cor 4:8-10).\nPrevious Post October 10 St. Francis Borgia\nNext Post October 12 St. Domnina of Anazarbus", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 319.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://andantemoderato.com/seoul-philharmonic-orchestra-plays-tchaikovsky-symphony-no-6/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:53Z", "digest": "sha1:CJ5S5OEJIVVHJUK723WNPE3VEYU6ZOCW", "length": 4065, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "andantemoderato.com", "title": "Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No.6 | andantemoderato.com", "raw_content": "Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No.6\nSeoul Philharmonic Orchestra plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op. 74, Path\u00e9tique. Conductor: Myung-whun Chung.\nIt is the final completed symphony of the Russian composer, written between February and the end of August 1893. The composer led the first performance in Saint Petersburg on 28 October [O.S. 16 October] of that year, nine days before his death.\nTchaikovsky Symphony NO.6 (Full Length): Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Myung-whun Chung. Recorded on May 16, 2011, at the Korean Art Centre Concert Hall, Seoul Korea.\nPlease notice a tear falling down from the conductor Myung-whun Chung\u2019s eye in the very last few seconds of the symphony. Awesome\u2026\nTchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op. 74 is scored for 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam (ad libitum) and strings. The symphony contains four movements:\nAdagio \u2013 Allegro non troppo (B minor \u2013 D major \u2013 ambiguous key \u2013 B major)\nAllegro con grazia (D major \u2013 B minor \u2013 D major)\nAllegro molto vivace (G major \u2013 E major \u2013 G major)\nFinale: Adagio lamentoso \u2013 Andante (B minor \u2013 D major \u2013 B minor)\nThe Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO), founded in 1948, is one of the oldest and most famous orchestras in South Korea. Its first foreign tour came on a 1965 trip to Japan, followed by performances in Southeast Asia in 1977, the United States in 1982, 1986 and 1996, a 1988 tour of Europe before the Seoul Olympics that year, and a 1997 performance in Beijing. The Philharmonic is an incorporated foundation since 2005. Its current music director is Myung-whun Chung (born 22 January 1953, Seoul), a South Korean pianist and conductor.\nIn 1995 Chung was honored three times at the French Victoires de la musique classique and was also named Meilleur Chef d\u2019Orchestre de l\u2019Ann\u00e9e (best conductor of the year). He directed the world premiere of Messiaen\u2019s last work: the Concert \u00e0 quatre for four soloists (piano, cello, oboe, flute) and orchestra, which the composer had dedicated to Chung and the Orchestre de la Bastille. He has been the Special Artistic Advisor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2001 and was awarded the highest Record Academy Prize by Japanese critics following his performances in Japan. In addition to being awarded numerous music prizes, Chung has also been honored with Korea\u2019s most distinguished cultural award, the Order of Cultural Merit or Geum-gwan Medal (Gold Crown), for his contribution to Korean musical life and was named \u201cMan of the Year\u201d by UNESCO. He served as Ambassador for the Drug Control Program at the United Nations and was Korea\u2019s Honorary Cultural Ambassador, the first in the Korean government\u2019s history. From 1997 he has been the Music Director of the Asia Philharmonic Orchestra, from 2000 the Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, from 2001 the Special Artistic Advisor of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and from 2006 the Art Director and Principal Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.\nIn April 2011, the Seoul Philharmonic became the first Asian orchestra to sign a major-label record deal, committing to make 10 CDs for Deutsche Grammophon. Chung will become the first Principal Guest Conductor in the history of the Staatskapelle Dresden beginning in the 2012/2013 season, and has agreed to conduct one of the Easter Festival\u2019s concert programmes in 2013.\nIn September 2011, Chung made a cultural breakthrough visit to Pyongyang, North Korea, returning with an agreement to form an orchestra made up of musicians from North and South Korea.\nPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on Wikipedia\nSeoul Philharmonic Orchestra on Wikipedia\nMyung-whun Chung on Wikipedia\nMyung-whun ChungPeter Ilyich TchaikovskyPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyTchaikovsky SymphoniesTchaikovsky Symphony No. 6\nPrevious PostJohann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Toccata and Fugue in D minorNext PostJulia Fischer plays Mendelssohn\u2019s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 8679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 95.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://angermanagement.fandom.com/wiki/Charlie_Outs_a_Patient", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:04Z", "digest": "sha1:SIMVIUAYATLBJCS2BTS6NXBUJXMQTCST", "length": 419, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "angermanagement.fandom.com", "title": "Charlie Outs a Patient | Anger Management Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "Charlie Outs a Patient is the eighth episode of the first season of the FX sitcom, Anger Management. This episode aired on August 9, 2012.\nCharlie has to evaluate the depth of his involvement in his patient's lives when he accidentally helps his patient who vicariously enjoys other people's anger hook up with a crazy woman.[1]\nRetrieved from \"https://angermanagement.fandom.com/wiki/Charlie_Outs_a_Patient?oldid=4198\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 2383, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 246.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/696873/aids-cardiac-auscultation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:19Z", "digest": "sha1:ZSQQ6HI4RAHVXBN7QY6FLF6O5OLHBTEW", "length": 1435, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "annals.org", "title": "Aids to Cardiac Auscultation | Annals of Internal Medicine | American College of Physicians", "raw_content": "Diagnosis and Treatment |1 September 1983\nAids to Cardiac Auscultation\nROTHMAN ABRAHAM, M. D.; ARY L. GOLDBERGER, M.D.\nROTHMAN ABRAHAM, M. D.\n\u25b8Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ary L. Goldberger, M.D.; San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center (111A), 3350 La Jolla Village Drive; San Diego, CA 92161.\nDespite the wide application of aids for cardiac auscultation, their diagnostic efficacy has not been comprehensively evaluated. The most commonly used auscultatory aids, including respiration (Carvallo's maneuver), M\u00fcller and Valsalva maneuvers, squatting, standing, handgrip, intrinsic cycle length changes, and amyl nitrite, are discussed. A review of the literature suggests that enthusiasm for these aids must be tempered because of limitations in sensitivity and specificity as well as weaknesses in the methods used in the validation studies.\nABRAHAM R, GOLDBERGER AL. Aids to Cardiac Auscultation. Ann Intern Med. ;99:346\u2013353. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-99-3-346\nThe Teaching and Practice of Cardiac Auscultation during Internal Medicine and Cardiology Training: A Nationwide Survey\nTraining in Heart Auscultation\nCardiac Auscultation, Including Audio-Visual Principles.\nCardiac Diagnosis and Imaging, Cardiology.\nClinical Management of Pneumonitis in Patients Receiving Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 Therapy.\nJ Adv Pract Oncol ;9(4):422-428.\nInvestigation of Stethoscope Technology for En Route Care.\nAir Med J ;38(1):30-35.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 5613, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 303.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://apm.activecommunities.com/matthewsfun/Activity_Search/kidzart-camp-1-around-the-world-afternoons/2105", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:22Z", "digest": "sha1:E35K33DUHHJJYJRWYOVEOYASYBI7EBB2", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "apm.activecommunities.com", "title": "KidzArt Camp 1: Around the World (afternoons)", "raw_content": "Around the World: 1:00pm - 4:30pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 29.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://appdevcon.nl/speaker/michelantonio-trizio/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:42Z", "digest": "sha1:YGYJZJYCUVOFLPRUAP4IIPVFHCRVWD4P", "length": 589, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "appdevcon.nl", "title": "Michelantonio Trizio | Appdevcon", "raw_content": "Co-Founder / CTO at Wideverse\nEngineer & Nerd. I took master degree in computer Engineering with thesis in Artificial Intelligence at Polytechnic University of Bari in 2007. I worked for several years in ICT companies in the south of Italy as developer. I attended the Mind The Bridge startup school in San Francisco in 2011. Back in Italy I started working on my own companies. I\u2019m the founder and the current community lead of GDG Bari. Now, I\u2019m the CTO of Wideverse, a spin-off of Polytechnic University of Bari that works on VR/AR/MR technologies. I\u2019m an Android and backend developer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 269.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://archerhospitality.co.nz/blog/2017/10/30/5-ways-to-make-your-venue-stand-out/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:29Z", "digest": "sha1:UGMSY4HCNB7J2LJDICZPEM3YHLU4DYOV", "length": 2230, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "archerhospitality.co.nz", "title": "Featured Projects | Archer Hospitality", "raw_content": "Posted on October 30, 2017 October 30, 2017 by acblog\nToday, Guests have so many Hotels, Cafes and Restaurants to choose from, so the question is why they should pick your venue over the new chic hotel or modern rustic caf\u00e9 or restaurant down the road with the cool roof top bar? Because of the heightened demand in the hospitality industry, it is crucial to provide guests with an experience they won\u2019t get elsewhere!\nEven if you don\u2019t have an unlimited investment budget at your disposal, there are still plenty of things you can do to help your venue to stand out from the crowd and have the guests return next time they are in town.\n1. A commitment to offering the best experience\nHave a vision to create an amazing experience , not merely limited to the food, also promote d\u00e9cor, culture, and artistic offerings including music, events etc. so that clients get the feeling of a very special outing.\nIts great to be creative, but customers also need to trust your offerings and service.\nThey don\u2019t necessarily want the same menu every time, but certain things like the style of service and consistency in offerings is important.\n3. Be Trend Savvy\nTrends are exciting. They\u2019re fun and eye-catching and can help you make a lot of money in a short amount of time. Make sure you\u2019re trend-aware both in your style of venue and certain trends offer the chance to change your cuisine.\n4. Invest in quality products\nWhat\u2019s important to consider is that while being efficient is good, being cheap is not. If you truly want to create a one of a kind experience, you must invest in the best quality products. Do this by sourcing the best ingredients and offering the best finished cuisine, also its worth investing in quality seating and tables that look classy and last the distance.\n5. Hire great talent\nWith the increasing interest in food preparation and cooking techniques, its important that you have great culinary talent to make yourself stand out in the hospitality market. This helps to contribute to the creativity and quality of the cuisine\nGet in touch on 0800 663 272 to learn more about how we\u2019ll work with you to make your venue to stand out from the crowd and appeal to guests to make them come back time and time again.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 3523, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://archive.nationalgeographic.com/?iid=53880&startpage=page0000099", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:18Z", "digest": "sha1:N7DB6REZD7SMZKLWEVNTCCEUBQIWTHCO", "length": 3279, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "archive.nationalgeographic.com", "title": "National Geographic : 1982 Nov, Page 99", "raw_content": "Making of America MAPS TIE THE NATION TO ITS PAST Editor for Cartography John Garver, we will be drawing upon the insights offered by the expanding field of historical geography and its scholars, such as D. W. Meinig, Maxwell Professor of Geography at Syra cuse University, to take a fresh look at the special characteristics of each region and its development from the pre-European era to the present. John Garver believes the series will be a major contribution to cartography. \"We in tend to show how every region owes its spe cial qualities to the human groups of its past and how the marks they left are still there to be read in the landscape. We want to offer a unique view of our country as a means of gaining a more vivid sense of its develop ment over the full span of our history. At the same time, the maps will serve as guides to travelers, virtual road maps to the past.\" The first map, The Southwest, accom panies this issue. One side depicts the South west today, highlighting places where the remainders of the past can still be seen: cliff dwellings and village outlines of prehistoric Indians who spoke dozens of distinct lan guages; 17th- and 18th-century missions of Spanish priests; crumbling 19th-century adobe forts of the United States cavalry; and the 20th-century test site of the first atom bomb. The other side portrays the historical pro cesses and geographic patterns that have given the Southwest its special flavor, show ing the changing imprints of settlement by Spanish and Anglo populations on land con tinuously occupied by Indians for a hundred centuries or more. It describes what brought each culture here, what tools and ways each introduced, and how each responded to the harsh challenges of the desert. It brings the story up-to-date with the boom in retire ment, resorts, high technology, and other Sunbelt industries in the expanding cities of the Southwest. Future maps will treat similar themes in such regions as the Great Lakes, the Central Rockies, and New England, revealing a di versity of physical habitats and in each area the dynamics of human geography. For example, the ascendancy of the Plains Indians during the 17th and 18th centuries can be linked to their mastery of Spanish horses to extend their bison-hunting culture far into new territory, ultimately reshaping the region and with it the course of human events. Subsequently new Anglo-American technology in the form of the steel plow, barbed wire, and the iron horse entered the same area, altering dramatically the Plains landscape, its resource base, and the lives of Indians and settlers alike down to their de scendants today. Every great sweep of peoples across land is a library of family histories, whether writ ten or not. My own grandfather homestead ed in Missouri, and our family still owns some of that land. Although I am gone from it, it is not gone from me. I think of a very old photograph from a family album. It is of a young bride newly settled in Indiana. The groom was my great-grandfather, a British soldier who for reasons lost to family history fought for the Yankees in the U.S. Civil War. The bride, my great-grandmother, was a full-blooded Shawnee, and their story is one of those that make Americans differ ent as a people. EDITOR 631", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 3532, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://armageddonbroadcastnetwork.tv/2016/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:23Z", "digest": "sha1:L5SIJ63JWKMKPW2P2NU3JHFLLIW27X2Q", "length": 3470, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "armageddonbroadcastnetwork.tv", "title": "December, 2016 | The Armageddon Broadcast Network", "raw_content": "Armageddon Discovered in Torah Code! War Games \u2013 What Will Be the Final Provocation?\nBEFORE ITS NEWSBy Admin December 30, 2016\nThe Kremlin said it will send a government plane to the US to \u201cevacuate\u201d the expelled diplomats and their family members.\nNow Obama will resort to some really drastic provocations since Putin will not take the bait! The question is, what will be the final provocation?\nJohn McCain: Russian cyberattacks \u2018an act of war\u2019\nWorld War IIIBy Admin December 30, 2016\nSen. John McCain, R-Ariz., condemned provocations by the Russian government in the strongest of terms Friday, calling the Kremlin\u2019s interference in the U.S. elections process an \u201cact of war.\u201d\nThe chairman of the Armed Services Committee made the comment during a visit to Ukraine, a country that is no stranger to Russian cyberattacks.\nArmageddon \u2013 Urgent! The Doom of Babylon Could Be Moments Away\nThe chess pieces are now in place. Yet again, The Armageddon Broadcast Network is here to provide you with the latest updates on the upcoming \u201cBATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON\u201d.\nPresident Obama, who has been identified as the Biblical \u201cGOG\u201d, HAS JUST ATTACKED ISRAEL! With less than 30 days left in his presidency, you can bet that Obama just set the stage for World War III.\nObama administration plans to punish Russia for election meddling\nIt seems that another UN Security Council discussion regarding the Middle East is planned to occur just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House. Estimates believe that the UN Security Council will adopt the conclusions being made at the Paris conference that Israel is not participating in.\nAnother anti-Israel discussion within UN Security Council\nThe Biblical Cosmic Wave Strikes as Predicted \u2013 the Battle of Armageddon Imminent!\nThe Armageddon Broadcast Network warned you on Dec 18th and Dec 23rd about the arrival of the incoming Cosmic Wave, and the havoc that it could wreak upon our planet. There is going to be confusion and many questions, so we are here to clarify.\nJEWISH WOMAN\u2019S EMOTIONAL RETELLING OF HER VISION OF THE THREE FINAL HOURS BEFORE MESSIAH\nEarlier this month, an Israeli organization with a mission to connect Israeli Jews to God, released a dramatic video, purporting to describe what will happen in the final three hours before the arrival of the Messiah and the construction of the Third Temple.\nThe 30-minute video is narrated by a 31 year-old Haredi (fervently Orthodox Jewish) woman named Caroline who explained that, \u201cI experienced a sort of out of body experience.\u201d\n10 TIMES THAT GOD HAS HIT AMERICA WITH A MAJOR DISASTER AFTER THE U.S. ATTEMPTED TO DIVIDE THE LAND OF ISRAEL\nBecause Barack Obama has cursed Israel at the United Nations, America is now under a curse. Friday\u2019s stunning betrayal of Israel at the UN Security Council is making headlines all over the planet, but the truth is that what Obama has just done is far more serious than most people would dare to imagine.\nDuterte Threatens UN? Philippines President Vows To \u2018Burn Down The United Nations\u2019 For Criticizing Drug War\nRodrigo Duterte offered his latest controversial remarks on Thursday. This time they were aimed at the United Nations\u2019 human rights chief. The Philippines president attacked the U.N.\u2019s high commissioner for human rights for suggesting the organization should open a murder investigation against Duterte, describing Zeid Ra\u2019ad al-Hussein as an \u201cidiot\u201d and claiming he\u2019d \u201cburn down the United Nations.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6933, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 333.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://armywifewithdaughters.com/2018/07/28/upgrade-your-kids-bedroom/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:31Z", "digest": "sha1:6GXSZKADPAKGT2CH6RFVLK4DWD32YZQ7", "length": 2512, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "armywifewithdaughters.com", "title": "How To Upgrade Your Kids Bedroom As They Get Older Army Wife With Daughters", "raw_content": "One moment, you\u2019re shopping for a crib and cutesy wall decals for a nursery. The next you\u2019ve got a sassy eight-year-old child telling you that she is too big for cloud-shaped lamps and heart-shaped rugs. It can feel like life is skipping by far too quickly, and it\u2019s a big challenge to change the nursery that you fell in love with into a space that is suitable for a child instead.\nWhen you first decorate a nursery, you generally choose d\u00e9cor that is versatile. The main colors and theme can be adapted to suit any age, but the accessories of flowers and hearts early on could be replaced with something a little more grown up. Your child is the one that has to live in that space and call it their own. It makes sense to let them have an input into the colors and the accessories of their own bedroom. Ideally, you want to choose furniture that is sturdy and doesn\u2019t have to be replaced every few years. You can visit this website to see if you can find something to your \u2013 and their \u2013 taste. You also don\u2019t want to have to keep moving your child to a different bedroom, so it makes sense to learn how you can have a room that grows with your child. With the tips below, you can do just that.\nKeep It Versatile.\nThe crib that you bought for your child probably turned into a toddler bed, so when you upgrade to the next bed go straight for the double or the loft bed as this can then grow with them into their teens. Try not to invest in a cutesy themed bed, because you can bet that they will have grown out of it in terms of taste a year later. Get the right bed for growth but play around on the bedding so that you can keep it to the theme that they want.\nPaint, Not Paper.\nWallpaper is lovely in the bedroom, but it\u2019s also a pain to constantly change out. Even doing it once a year is an expensive pain. Instead, paint is your best option; you can change that as many times as you like for a lot less. You can coordinate so much in the room to the color you\u2019ve decided to paint it, too!\nPreviously, you may have had a changing table in the bedroom. Replace this with a desk area and a set of drawers. It can be used for homework, and then for a laptop or tablet, and even for drawing. You can paint the desk and drawers as they grow if you want to, to brighten it up to suit the room as a whole.\nInstalling bookcases and safe docking station for technology comes a little later, but your child\u2019s bedroom can be a space that you can all be happy with and proud of \u2013 even if it hurts to let go of the crib!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 5898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 299.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://around.uoregon.edu/content/pub-talk-will-explore-ways-move-past-implicit-biases", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:34Z", "digest": "sha1:RQXBLTRUQGGESVKSUHUOQH7VLZL5XNX7", "length": 2330, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "around.uoregon.edu", "title": "Pub talk will explore ways to move past implicit biases | Around the O", "raw_content": "Pub talk will explore ways to move past implicit biases\nIn an emotionally charged political environment, it\u2019s easy to make snap judgments, take the news that one agrees with at face value, assume the worst about the news we don\u2019t and fall back on stereotypical thinking.\nA key to achieving critical thinking and sound judgment is understanding biases, according to Erik Girvan of the UO School of Law. People need to understand how those biases affect them and some of the ways they counter them,\nGirvan will expand on a series of discussions and workshops that he\u2019s been leading at the UO into a Quack Chats pub talk. At 6 p.m., Wednesday, June 13, Girvan will speak on \u201cOvercoming Implicit Bias and Getting Along With Others.\u201d\nThe pub talk will be held at the Ax Billy Grill & Sports Bar, on the third floor of the Downtown Athletic Club, 999 Willamette St. Admission is free. Food and drinks are available for purchase.\nIn his campus presentations, Girvan asks a basic question: How can people's race, sex, age and other characteristics influence the way others see and treat them even when they are genuinely trying to be unbiased? By addressing the concept of implicit bias, he explores how the brain naturally perceives, categorizes and draws inferences about the world, including other people.\nFrom there, he provides guidance for how to reduce or eliminate those rumblings in the brain.\nFor his campus constituents, his message resonates with people serving on search committees for new employees or hiring managers. In his own research, he also finds that biases exist in many areas, including the judicial system where even jurors, judges and ultimate legal decisions can be affected.\nIn his Quack Chats talk, Girvan will expand his talk with a broader set of issues, including partisan polarization and the assumptions that people tend to make about those that they disagree with.\n\u201cOur identities \u2014 political, social and otherwise \u2014 shape our opinions more than we tend to realize,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we take the opportunity to set those aside, we often are surprised how much agreement is there.\u201d\nQuack Chats, a program of University Communications, is operating on a reduced summer schedule. Once monthly pub talks will be held on the second Wednesday through September. Twice-monthly Quack Chats will resume in October.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 5416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uos-freyd-named-second-fellowship-stanford", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:41Z", "digest": "sha1:PIMIZU7YTR43IB4HMS3WLKZT3YG4FVEV", "length": 2063, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "around.uoregon.edu", "title": "UO's Freyd named to second fellowship at Stanford | Around the O", "raw_content": "UO psychologist Jennifer Freyd will spend the 2018-19 academic year at Stanford University, where she will expand her research on institutional betrayal.\nFreyd is among at least 37 scholars from 31 U.S. and international institutions chosen as fellows of Stanford\u2019s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. It is second time Freyd has been chosen.\nAs a fellow in 1989-90, she launched her theory of betrayal trauma, in which a person has been wronged by a person of trust. That notion has evolved to encompass the idea that individuals can be betrayed by their institutions. That often arises in cases of sexual harassment and assault but also shows itself in a government failure to respond fairly in a crisis, such as what occurred after Hurricane Maria last year in Puerto Rico, she said.\nIn her upcoming fellowship, Freyd will collaborate with at least two other incoming fellows on a project called \u201cInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Sexual Violence: Individual, Institutional and Structural Forces.\u201d She is also exploring a new collaboration with her colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Stanford School of Medicine, where she is a visiting scholar.\nIt is hoped, Freyd said, that her collaborative work at Stanford will lead to approaches that will help institutions show courage through actions that reduce harm and the likelihood of future violence.\nFreyd, who joined the Department of Psychology in 1987, will continue much of her UO-based research, direct her UO lab and mentor her doctoral students during her fellowship. She earned a doctorate in psychology from Stanford in 1983.\nThe incoming class of fellows at Stanford will conduct research in fields within or intersecting the social and behavioral sciences. Since the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences was founded in 1954, some 2,700 fellows have explored important issues and forge solutions. 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However, all members of the team wore multiple hats, from shooting photos and conducting research to devising strategy. Choe also created the font for the campaign the Science & Memeory team is working on to promote the benefits of composting in Ghana.\nDream job: Start an ad agency where the voices of minorities are better heard, possibly in Korea\nThe challenges of cross-cultural communication: We had to be careful, because it can seem intrusive: \u2018Why are these Americans coming to tell us they know better?\u2019 As a Korean American, culture is important to me. But culture is such a deep and multilayered thing. It\u2019s not something you can learn in a book. You have to be there to immerse yourself in it, face to face.\u2019\nHis contributions to the campaign: I love typography, so a professor challenged me to create a font for the whole campaign. I hand-wrote some lettering and then generated that into a digital font. It's so cool that the photos we're taking and the art we're designing\u2014or in my case the font I created\u2014will be on billboards in a different country on a different continent.\nHow advertising can make the world a better place: This is not a campaign for a retail company to sell products. I feel like my hard work in this new environment is making baby steps toward a better planet. The advertising industry has a lot of power, and that can be both awesome and dangerous. So I want to make sure I\u2019m giving back with my work.\n\u201cWalking through the market in Ghana, using all five senses to sponge it in\u2014you can\u2019t get that in a classroom. For students like me who are trying to visually tell a story, this was a priceless experience.\u201d \u2014David Choe\nScience & Memory\nBy Andra Brichacek\nCommunicating Climate Change Across Cultures\nClimate change is one of the most important issues of our time\u2014and one of the most misunderstood. Scientists have reams of data to communicate. But to reach an increasingly polarized public, they need more than data. They need story.\nAnd story\u2014in the form of well-researched articles, powerful films, and interactive advertising campaigns\u2014lies at the heart of Science & Memory.\nIn this one-of-a-kind program, advertising and journalism students travel around the world to weave compelling narratives around complex subjects. They immerse themselves in some of the ecological and human environments most affected by climate change. And they learn how to increase understanding and drive action using all the tools in the modern communicator\u2019s toolbox.\nIn Alaska, Science & Memory students shot drone footage of melting glaciers for \u201cWill You Change?\u201d\u2014which was shortlisted for a film festival, by the way\u2014and interviewed local fishermen. On the Oregon Coast, they went on research expeditions with oceanographers and framed the hard facts of rising sea levels with captivating data stories.\nJust this spring, students launched a fully immersive campaign in Ghana, complete with roadside billboards and explanatory video animations. Proving that advertising can do so much more than sell product, the Science & Memory Ghana cohort is navigating the delicate dance of cross-cultural communication to promote the benefits of composting to Ghanaian farmers.\nWhere will Science & Memory go next? What science stories will they tell? And will you be with them?\n\u201cWorking on Science & Memory was not like anything else I worked on in school. It was a real project working on real problems. And it was for a cause that I and all of my fellow students and professors believed in.\u201d \u2014Helen Torney\nHelen Torney\nBA '15 (Advertising)\nTeam member, Science & Memory Alaska, 2014-15\nHelen Torney, who designed Science & Memory\u2019s logo, is an art director in Brooklyn, New York. She works at the international advertising agency Anomaly, No. 5 on AdAge\u2019s 2018 \u201cA-List.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 6247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 310.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://artoffoto.com/en/authors/Bedov-Max", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:07Z", "digest": "sha1:NY6HTYYC7FAB2OIJSPD23CJGOT3IG52U", "length": 3169, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "artoffoto.com", "title": "Art of Foto", "raw_content": "Home Authors Max Bedov\nMax Bedoff (1978) is a Member of the Union of Russian Artists, fine art expert, an expert of Russian art, a certified renovator. Got the first art education specializing in wood sculpture as a volunteer of \u201cBogorodskoe Secondary Specialized School of Wooden Carver and Industrial Art\" at the age of school years. After that has been studied for a degree in art forging metal of Abramtsevo Art and Industry College. Later got entered and graduated on a \"Restoration of the painting\" specialization of Moscow State Art and Industry University named after Stroganov \u2013 the world famous Art Institute. Interested in photography since the early childhood, young Max tried to master the magic of the process of printing using the classic technology with his parents. Years were passing around, but the passion for photography grew. In the art school wanted to capture the results of the creative process, because of the fact that the student works had automatically become the property of the school \u2013 all you could take with you are just memories and photos. In the university photography skills have become a vital. The fact that each step in the restoration work requires detailed photographic documentation, and it is completely impossible to call for a professional photographer with specialized equipment on each restoration step, especially when the work is being done on monumental memorials, far away from the civilization. At the same time began to take its first steps in the direction of art photography. For the first times it has been associated with numerous trips along Russia and the Middle East, it has always wanted to capture what you see and not even just to capture, it is more about to convey the impression of what you see to the part of the viewer. Over time, it has become an understanding that the real photo is when the entire process, from selection and filling up the film ending with tinting finished print should be under the authority of the author. From that moment it was decided to refuse the services of photo labs completely. The other principal refusal decision was to get rid of the color in work. Color distracts, gives a lot of extra, unnecessary information in the final image. The classic black and white process itself provides the author with totalcontrol at all stages, whereas the color is always an element of chance. The fact that the digital technology come into the picture had no effect on the creative approach. In the digital photography it is always a mass, the lost of author personality, unlike the classic silver gelatin process, where each author's imprint is absolutely unique. The vision of Photo process and creativity has been fundamentally changed after immersion into the world of classic American photography. After getting known the original prints of Ansel Adams and his students, it had to completely revise the approach to photography, especially to its technical component. Apply to myself all the experience and practice, perfectly described in thefamous Adams trilogy.\nHaving a lot of trips all over the globe, the only thing is necessary in each travel is a camera.\nCafe. 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As the title suggests, it was an interesting bunch.\n\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013Marketing piece for ACFEA Tour Consultants highlighting their process & international team:\n\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013 \"Tracking the BBNC\" depicts each round (and ultimate winner) of the 2006 Brewskee Ball National Tournament.\n\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013\u2013Select pages from Ami Magazine's media kit highlighting the concentration of readers across the U.S.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 1568, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 101.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ascfusa.org/u-s-troops-outnumbered-korea-war/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:26Z", "digest": "sha1:4DJ3SD5A57Z6QPA3FVYYHJKC63ZU7BGD", "length": 147, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ascfusa.org", "title": "U.S. Troops Would Be 'Outnumbered' in Korea War - American Security Council Foundation", "raw_content": "U.S. Troops Would Be \u2018Outnumbered\u2019 in Korea War\nhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-troops-would-be-outnumbered-in-korea-war/ar-BBEMHYA#image=1", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 167.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://asianetpakistan.com/general/324209/washingtons-road-user-charge-goes-live/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:02Z", "digest": "sha1:22VRSRAAQKEZL4E5X6NSVDGR4UDZWUHZ", "length": 4009, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "asianetpakistan.com", "title": "Washington\u2019s Road User Charge Goes Live : AsiaNet-Pakistan", "raw_content": "Washington\u2019s Road User Charge Goes Live\nMarch 12, 2018\t| General, Technology | Share:\nISSY LES MOULINEAUX, France, March 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2014 emovis, the mobility solution provider of the world\u2019s leading highway management firm, Abertis, is thrilled to announce the start of the Washington Road User Charge (WARUC) Pilot Project.\nFor 12 months, 2,000 volunteers will participate in the pilot in order to experience the replacement of the gas tax by a pay-per-mile travelled charge. Drivers will simulate paying for the miles they drive rather than the gallons of fuel they buy. The results of this year-long trial will help shape the state\u2019s future transportation funding policy.\nemovis is proud to take part in this initiative that seeks to explore new ways of providing sustainable transportation revenues to maintain critical road infrastructures in the US. This exciting project illustrates emovis\u2019 long history of Road Usage Charge projects in the US, where the company is involved in Oregon\u2019s RUC Pilot (wwww.myorego.org) as well as similar projects in Europe. emovis is committed to continuous innovation in conceiving smart road-based mobility solutions.\nCloud-based Mobility Solution\nIn addition to implementing a cloud-hosted back office solution, emovis provides On-Board Diagnostic (OBD-II) mileage recording devices and smartphone app technology, thanks to its partnership with Automatic\u00ae.\nAutomatic\u00ae is a San Francisco based leader in connecting every car on the road to the internet and empowering drivers with knowledge about themselves and their cars. Through this strategic partnership, emovis is leading the way in introducing a commercially available off-the-shelf consumer product and applying it to a road user charge solution.\nThe Challenge of Out of State Drivers\nAs with any state-based road charging program, out-of-state drivers pose a challenge in terms of compliance and revenue enforcement for state road authorities.\nOne of the key objectives of WARUC is precisely this\u2014to test multi-jurisdictional charging by relying on the location-aware capabilities of the on-board mileage recording devices. The simulated charges applied to the participants\u2019 trips differ depending on the location of each recorded mile travelled. All of this is achieved while adhering to strict privacy and data protection guidelines set out by the State.\nAbout WARUC (www.waroadusagecharge.org)\nWashington state is testing a Road Usage Charge (WARUC) where drivers simulate paying for miles driven rather than gallons of gas purchased. Various methods of mileage reporting will be tested during this trial.\nThis pilot is aimed at exploring new ways to fund the upkeep of roads as states are confronted with fast declining gas tax-based revenues.\nIn September 2017, following a competitive tender, emovis was selected to provide a turnkey RUC solution in support of the Washington State Transportation Commission\u2019s RUC pilot project.\nAbout emovis\nemovis is focused on keeping roads moving through toll-based smart mobility solutions. With over 600 employees worldwide, the company operates some of the world\u2019s largest free-flow tolling infrastructure in the UK, Ireland, U.S., and Canada.\nIn addition to being awarded the WA RUC project in 2017, emovis successfully launched UK\u2019s second All Electronic Tolling near Liverpool (www.merseyflw.co.uk) last October. The company is 100% owned by Abertis (www.abertis.com), the international market leader in the management of toll roads, managing over 5,300 miles (8,600 kilometres) of high capacity and quality roads in 15 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia.\nwww.emovis.com\nMedia Contact: Beno\u00eet ROSSI\ncommunication@emovis.com\nA photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a36cf3b5-7286-4328-9c6c-4da005563877\n\u00ab Pakistan\u2019s Biggest Machinery Expo \u2013 ITIF Asia 2018 opens today\nPrime Minister receives Imam-e-Ka\u2019aba Al-Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Muhammad bin Talib at Prime Minister\u2019s Office \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 8891, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 315.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ask.allseenalliance.org/answers/2960/revisions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:20Z", "digest": "sha1:2EO4UXU42CCGL2GGRSK5LRQL6LR25KHB", "length": 681, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ask.allseenalliance.org", "title": "Revision history - Allseen Q&A Forum", "raw_content": "As far as I know WiFi Direct isn't currently supported. May you try Bluetooth LE instead. About the functionality of AllJoyn using hybrid apps I'm not sure. First of all you'll have to develop the basic app in HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. This is the part which is the same for all devices. The other part containing AllJoyn development needs to be native for every device and has to be re-produced during development process. So you'll need the native interfaces for your OS. Please correct me if I'm wrong ;-)\nSo the only part which has to be re-produced for devices is the AllJoyn part. 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Office: Main Building, E 226. Email: zoltan.adam@uni-corvinus.hu.\nTopic 1: Comparative Economics of European Integration\nThis course examines the process of economic integration in Europe during the post WWII period from a comparative economics angle. Emphasis is placed on trade integration, economic growth, scale effects, policy adjustments, institutional (re)arrangements and the ongoing financial and institutional crisis that originates in the 2008-09 global financial meltdown. The underlying ambition of the course is to provide an economically well-informed understanding of European integration since 1945. Concepts of micro and macroeconomics will be used with reference to the macroeconomics of open economics in a Krugmanian sense. The course uses the highly popular textbook \u2018The Economics of European Integration by Richard Baldwin and Charles Wyplosz, and runs both at Corvinus University of Budapest (in English) and at ELTE University Budapest (in Hungarian).\nLecture 1: Why the EU? And why the euro?\n\u00b7 The political economy of the advanced phase of European integration and the Eurozone. A brief history of the EU and the Eurozone, the most important principles of operation, and the most important institutionalized agents of integration.\nLecture 2. The crisis of the Eurozone\n\u00b7 In the aftermath of the 2008-09 global financial crisis the Eurozone fell into a financial crisis that has turned into a near institutional deadlock. What happened to financial markets, sovereigns and Brussels-based institutions? How has the crisis tried and changed the existing framework of European integration and whether it leads to a more closely connected European political union.\n\u00b7 Antonakakis, Nikolas \u2013 Badinger, Harald \u2013 Reuter, Wolf Heinrich (2016): \u201cEfficiency, proportionality and member states\u2019 power in the EU Council of Ministers\u201d. In Harald Badinger \u2013 Volker Nitsch eds.: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration. Milton Park and New York: Routledge, pp. 435-448.\n\u00b7 Baldwin, Richard \u2013Wyplosz, Charles: The Economics of European Integration, McGraw-Hill, 3rd (2009), 4th (2012), or 5th (2015) edition.\n\u00b7 Calmfors, Lars (2016): \u201cThe roles of fiscal rules, fiscal councils and fiscal union in EU integration\u201d. In Harald Badinger \u2013 Volker Nitsch eds.: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration. Milton Park and New York: Routledge, pp. 157-170.\n\u00b7 Craft, Nicholas (2016): \u201cWest European economic integration since 1950\u201d. In Harald Badinger \u2013 Volker Nitsch eds.: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration. Milton Park and New York: Routledge, pp. 3-21.\n\u00b7 Dabrowski, Marek (2016): \u201cThe Future of the European Union: Towards a Functional Federalism\u201d. Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 66 (2016), S1, pp. 21-48.\n\u00b7 De Grauwe, Paul (2016): \u201cDesign failures in the Euro Area: Can they be fixed?\u201d. In Harald Badinger \u2013 Volker Nitsch eds.: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration. Milton Park and New York: Routledge, pp. 119-131.\n\u00b7 De Grauwe, Paul \u2013 Yi, Yuemei: \u201cFrom panic-driven austerity to symmetric macroeconomic policies in the Eurozone\u201d, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 51 (2013), S1: 31\u201341. DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12042\n\u00b7 Feldstein, Martin (1997): \u201cThe Political Economy of the European Economic and Monetary Union: Political Sources of an Economic Liability\u201d. NBER Working Paper No. 6150 (August 1997). Downloadable at nber.org/papers/w6150.\n\u00b7 Lane, Philip R (2012): \u201cThe European Sovereign Debt Crisis\u201d. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 26(3), 49-67. http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.26.3.49\n\u00b7 Mody, Ashoka (2016): \u201cLiving (dangerously) without a fiscal union\u201d. In Harald Badinger \u2013 Volker Nitsch eds.: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration. Milton Park and New York: Routledge, pp. 376-407.\n\u00b7 Varoufakis, Yanis \u2013 Holland, Stuart \u2013 Galbraith, James K. (2013): A modest proposal for resolving the Eurozone crisis, Version 4.0. Downloadable at https://varoufakis.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/a-modest-proposal-for-resolving-the-eurozone-crisis-version-4-0-final1.pdf\n\u00b7 Wyplosz, Charles (2016): \u201cThe common currency: More complicated than it seems\u201d. In Harald Badinger \u2013 Volker Nitsch eds.: Routledge Handbook of the Economics of European Integration. Milton Park and New York: Routledge, pp. 103-118.\nTopic 2: The Political Economy of Populism\nI teach this topic as part of various courses (Political Economy of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Institutional Economics, Comparative Economics). My research conceptualizes populism in an institutional economics context. Based on the political science literature on populism, I consider its authoritarian version as a degraded form of democracy that holds elections in regular intervals as means of popular legitimation but undermines pluralism and constrains political choice. Based on the theory of transaction cost economics, I argue that authoritarian populists reduce political transaction costs through vertically organizing political exchange replacing horizontal exchange characteristic of liberal democracy. Electoral demand for such a shift rises at times of crises and a mismatch between formal and informal institutions structuring political exchange. This is what happened in Hungary towards the end of the 2000s, in a period of socially costly fiscal stabilization and the troubles of the global financial crisis. Correspondingly, voters have given Prime Minister Orb\u00e1n strong mandates to govern at three consecutive elections since 2010, and he transformed Hungary into a textbook case of authoritarian populism. Similar institutionalized shifts towards authoritarian governance has been taking place in a number of countries across Europe, Asia and in some sense the United States.\nLecture 1: Political institution building by populists; populists in power\nWhat is populism, and who are populists? How do they transform liberal democracy? Can populism be democratic? What makes populism politically viable and who votes for populist candidates? How can the theory of transaction cost economics be employed to interpret populism?\nLecture 2: Authoritarian populism in action: The example of Hungary\nHungary had been dominated by democratic populism in the 2000s. In 2010, however, democratic populism was replaced by authoritarian populism as a dominant political orientation. This seminar looks into the constitutive elements and the respective political and economic dynamics of this shift in a political economy context: Why has electoral demand surged for autocracy? Why and how the ruling political elite has shifted loyalties and international affiliations from western towards eastern countries? Why has authoritarian populism proved to be sustainable both politically and economically?\n\u00b7 Acemoglu, Daron \u2013 Egorov, Georgy \u2013 Sonin, Konstantin (2013): \u201cA Political Theory of Populism\u201d. Quarterly Journal of Economics, pp. 771-805.\n\u00b7 \u00c1d\u00e1m, Zolt\u00e1n (2018): \u201cWhat is populism? An institutional economics approach with reference to Hungary\u201d. In: Z. \u00c1d\u00e1m ed. (2018): Varieties of Transition. Papers presented at The Second International Economic Forum on Reform, Transition and Growth, Budapest: Corvinus University of Budapest, pp. 83-98.\n\u00b7 \u00c1d\u00e1m, Zolt\u00e1n \u2013 Simonovits, Andr\u00e1s (2017): \u201cFrom democratic to authoritarian populism: Comparing pre- and post-2010 Hungarian pension policies\u201d. Discussion papers MT-DP No. 31. Budapest: Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.\n\u00b7 Brubaker, Rogers (2017): \u201cBetween nationalism and civilizationism: the European populist moment in comparative perspective\u201d. Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 40, Issue 8, pp. 1191-1226.\n\u00b7 de la Torre, Carlos (2013): \u201cIn the Name of the People: Democratization, Popular Organizations, and Populism in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador\u201d. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revista Europea deEstudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, No. 95 (October 2013), pp. 27-48.\n\u00b7 Kornai, J\u00e1nos (2016): \u201cThe System Paradigm Revisited. Clarifications and Additions in the Light of Experiences in the Post-Socialist Region\u201d. Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 66, No. 4, December 2016, pp. 547\u2013596. DOI: 10.1556/032.2016.66.4.1.\n\u00b7 Kornai, J\u00e1nos (2015): \u201cHungary\u2019s U-turn: Retreating from democracy\u201d, Journal of Democracy, Vol. 26 (2015), No. 3, pp. 34\u201348.\n\u00b7 M\u00fcller, Jan-Werner (2016): What is Populism? Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.\n\u00b7 Mudde, Cas \u2013 Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristobal (2017): Populism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.\n\u00b7 Mudde, Cas (2004): \u201cThe Populist Zeitgeist\u201d. Government and Opposition, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 541\u2013563.\n\u00b7 Oblath, G\u00e1bor (2016): Economic policy and macroeconomic developments in Hungary, 2010\u20132015. Warsaw: Case Seminar Proceedings No. 143.\n\u00b7 Rodrik, Dani (2018): \u201cPopulism and the economics of globalization\u201d. 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The Police Services Act, which governs what we do and how we do it, allows members of the public to file an official complaint against the service or policy of the police service or the conduct of police officers.\nIn the majority of instances, the concern is resolved by discussing the incident with a supervisor. Police work is complex, and the rules that apply are sometimes confusing for the public. Upon request, we will be pleased to discuss our actions, and the laws or procedures that apply, with anyone who believes that additional information is necessary.\nOffice Of The Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD)\nThe Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) is responsible for receiving, managing and overseeing all public complaints about the police in Ontario. The OIPRD accepts complaints about the conduct of a police officer or the policies and services of a police department. Conduct complaints are about how a police officer behaves. Policies of a police department are the rules and standards that guide an officer in delivering police services. Services are how effectively and efficiently a particular department performs its duties.\nIn addition to processing and investigating public complaints, the OIPRD is responsible for administering the public complaints system.\nThe police have a code of conduct to follow that includes:\nTo act with honesty and integrity\nTo treat people with respect\nNot to abuse the extraordinary powers and authority police officers are granted\nTo act in a manner that does not discredit or undermine public confidence in the police service.\nPolice organizations have rules that are called policy and service standards that guide how they operate. Complaints about policies and services of a police organization are screened by the OIPRD but are not investigated by the OIPRD. These complaints are sent to the appropriate police service for investigation, with oversight by the OIPRD.\nA complainant is any member of the public who lodges a complaint about the policies or services of a police department or the conduct of a specific officer(s). You do not have to be a resident of Ontario to lodge a complaint. You can make a complaint about a police officer if you:\nHave a concern or were offended by something a police officer(s) said or did to you.\nWere a witness to an incident involving a police officer(s) that concerned or offended you.\nAre concerned or distressed as a result of the way a relative or friend has been treated by a police officer(s).\nAre acting on behalf of an individual listed above, for example a member of an organization, who has been given written permission to make a complaint on another's behalf.\nHave a complaint that a police department has not provided proper service.\nHave a complaint about a policy of a police department.\nSome people are not allowed to file a complaint with the OIPRD. The following people cannot file a complaint with the OIPRD:\nThe Solicitor General (Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services)\nAn employee of the Office of the Independent Police Review Director\nA member or employee of the Ontario Civilian Police Commission\nA member or auxiliary (civilian) member of a police service cannot complain about their own service\nAn employee of the Ontario Provincial Police cannot complain about the OPP\nA member or employee of a police services board cannot complain about their own service\nA person selected by the council of a municipality to advise another municipality's police services board cannot complain about that service\nA delegate to an OPP community policing advisory committee cannot complain about the detachment they advise.\nWho can be the subject of a public complaint?\nOnly police officers as defined in Section 2 of the Police Services Act are subject to the Independent Police Review Act. Section 2 sets out that a police officer includes a Chief of Police, or any other sworn police officer, but does not include a special constable, a First Nations constable, by-law enforcement officer or an auxiliary (civilian) member of a police force Police cadets are not considered police officers, and are not subject to the Independent Police Review Act.\nPrintable Form -Hard copies are available at all police stations or a request for a hard copy can be made at OIPRDcomplaints@ontario.ca , which will be mailed to you. All complaints will be recorded by the OIPRD, regardless of where they are submitted.\nIf you make your complaint against the police to the OIPRD, we are required to forward the details of your complaint to the appropriate authority. In most cases this will be a professional standards department or police authority of the relevant police department. If another police service is investigating the complaint, they will also receive your complaint information. Many police services have a professional standards department that is responsible for complaints made against the service, officers and staff.\nThe OIPRD needs your consent before we can look into your complaint. You will be asked to sign the complaint form indicating you have agreed to the complaints process. If you do not sign the complaint form, we are unable to record and proceed with your complaint.\nHow will you be kept informed?\nWhether the OIPRD or the police are investigating your complaint, you have the right to periodic updates. You will be told how your complaint will be dealt with, what action may be taken and how decisions will be made. The OIPRD will provide you with updates: by mail, e-mail or using our secure Internet page. The OIPRD is responsible for recording and classifying all public complaints. They are also responsible for deciding who will investigate the complaint. Your complaint may be investigated by:\nThe OIPRD\nThe same police service the complaint is about, or\nAnother police service.\nThe majority of complaints will be investigated by the police, with oversight by the OIPRD.\nThe OIPRD has a set of standards that will be followed when conducting an investigation into a public complaint. They have developed these standards to ensure that there is a consistent approach throughout Ontario. Regardless of who investigates a complaint (the OIPRD or the police), the investigator will tell the complainant:\nHow the complaint will be investigated\nWhat cooperation is required from the complainant\nHow a decision will be reached\nWhat action will be taken at the end of the investigation.\nDuring a police investigation, the OIRPD will receive the same information as the complainant. If the Director does not agree with the way the investigation is being handled, it is possible to direct the police to take certain action, or the OIPRD may take over the investigation.\nOIPRD Reviews\nIf you have made a conduct complaint against the police and are not happy with the way it has been handled, you may be able to request a review by the OIPRD. You have 30 days from the day you were notified, to request a review by the OIPRD if:\nThe Chief of Police has determined your complaint is unsubstantiated (there may not be enough evidence)\nThe Chief of Police has determined your complaint is not of a serious nature.\nYou may not appeal a classification or investigation by the OIPRD.\nIf you decide you would like to request an OIPRD review of your conduct complaint, you need to complete a Request for Review form. You can get a copy of the form in a number of ways:\nIn the OIPRD brochure: How to Request a Review\nDownload a PDF of the Request for Review form\nYou can contact the OIPRD and ask us to send you a copy of the Request for Review form. Please fill in the entire form and make sure you attach any reasons or evidence that support your request for a review. Please remember to include your complaint number and sign the form.\nWith the help of the community, we have developed policies and procedures which ensure that everyone is treated fairly and equitably. The many community policing committees that help us in this regard are kept informed of our efforts to improve our training and to operate within the parameters of our mission statement. This Service will continue to deal with such incidents as it has in the past. In the end, a comprehensive complaint procedure helps to improve service delivery and professionalism within the organization. For additional information, please contact the Officer-in-Charge of Professional Standards, at 725-7025, extension 2908.\nPublic Complaints are grouped into three categories; Service, Policy or Conduct complaints. A substantive complaint will be thoroughly investigated by our Professional Standards Unit. 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Earl Plato, a local naturalist and history buff was the founding president. The Club is named after a well-known naturalist and resident of Fort Erie, Bert Miller, whose passion inspired all those who participated in his many rambles throughout the Niagara Peninsula. Since its inception, the Bert Miller Nature Club has been committed to preserving, protecting, restoring and improving the natural environment of the Niagara Peninsula. Through monthly meetings, field outings and advocacy activities, the Club strives to foster an understanding and awareness of our natural heritage and its value in enhancing the quality of life. It also promotes cooperation with other organizations having similar interests.\nIn conjunction with the Town of Fort Erie, the BMNC maintains stewardship of the Shagbark Nature Park, a rehabilitated natural area that features a woodland with marked trails and interpretive signage, a meadow containing native plantings and a chimney swift tower. The Park is located on Burleigh Rd between Nigh and Dominion Roads in Ridgeway.\nIndoor meetings are held the third Monday of the month, September through June and are open to the general public. Field outings are scheduled periodically. Please visit our website, www.bertmillernatureclub.org for more information on our club and a complete list of activities.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 195.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bethcarson.com/vacation-rentals-the-dollars-and-sense/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:44Z", "digest": "sha1:2LQJGXO53MXHQ5IAAUPKRVJZQJJMVIZE", "length": 4889, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "bethcarson.com", "title": "Vacation Rentals- The Dollars and Sense | Beth Carson - Vacation Rental Expert", "raw_content": "Vacation Rentals- The Dollars and Sense\nby Beth Carson | Aug 19, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 comments\nWhy Vacation Properties Are a Great Source of Wealth and Freedom\nWhat would you do if you had $20,000 to spend any way you\u2019d like?\nMany people say they would put it in the stock market hoping for big returns \u2013 but most, I think you\u2019ll agree, would upgrade their car, or buy expensive jewelry or electronics. But, those things don\u2019t last. I have a forever option that smart people \u2013 just like you, are already doing.\nI\u2019d like to suggest a savvy alternative. A better choice. One that\u2019s both fun and financially rewarding.\nInvest in a vacation rental.\nYou go on vacations, right? And, you probably spend $2000 on accommodations in any given year. Actually, the number is $2150 on lodging in 2015. In 10 years, that\u2019s $21,500. And that\u2019s assuming the cost stay flat.\nNow, I\u2019m not telling you to stop going on vacation. I\u2019m suggesting that you let other people pay you for their vacation.\nVacation rentals are growing in popularity.\nThe average vacation rental owner rents 18 weeks a year. I can teach you how to do better than average.\nOf course, your vacations will be free. Over the course of a 30-year mortgage, you will have your dream home paid for by other people, and you\u2019ll have saved $64,500 in vacation costs.\nLet\u2019s say you invested that money in the stock market. If we assume a generous 8% rate of return annually, it will be worth just over a tidy $200,000.\nHere\u2019s what that looks like on a graph.\nBut, first, we need to subtract the cost of 30 years of vacations. Assuming they go up a rate of only 3.4%- that\u2019s the 30 year rate of return for housing, you will have spent $120,000.\nThat takes your stock value down from $200,000 to $80,000.\nStill, an okay amount that you could stretch over a few years to supplement your retirement.\nNow, let\u2019s look at the numbers if you invest in a modest $200,000 home. You put 10% down \u2013 that\u2019s the same $20,000. In 30 years, assuming home values go up 3.4% annually, you will control an asset valued at $545,000, plus you will have saved $120,000 in vacation costs.\nWhy the difference? $200,000 in the stock market compared with and over half a million, $545,000 with owning a vacation rental?\nEasy. Even though the stock market is assumed to go up at a higher rate \u2013 8%, and the investment property is only given a very conservative 3.4% increase in value, year over year, it\u2019s the value of the asset that you are holding.\nIt\u2019s called leverage.\nWith an investment of $20,000 in the stock market \u2013 year over year gains in the beginning are quite small.\nYear 1 Stock Market\n$20,000 x 8% = $1600\nThat\u2019s great- but you just wiped it out with spending $2000 on accommodation for your vacation. In fact, you\u2019re in the hole. A negative balance.\nYear 1 is -$400.\nLet\u2019s look at Year 1 Vacation Rental\n$200,000 x 3.4% = $6,800\nPLUS- you saved $2,150 in vacation costs, so the total for\nYear 1 is $8,950.\nYes, this is oversimplified. The fact is, unless you purchase an existing vacation rental, you\u2019ll have furnishing costs the first year, as well as marketing costs. So your year 1 costs are likely much higher than any other year.\nEven if we take out $50,000 for furnishing and updates throughout the 30-year ownership- you\u2019re still far, far ahead of what your money would be doing with an even higher rate of return, because you are leveraging your money- putting down $20,000 to control an asset worth $200,000.\nThe appreciation is on the $200,000 base, not on $20,000.\nHere\u2019s a graph that compares the two investments- (not including the cost of vacations.)\nNow, let\u2019s address the issue of the cost of vacations going up. That\u2019s a fantastic thing! Why? Because people, those vacationers who are paying you good money to stay in your house, will be paying you more money, on average, year over year.\nBut, with a fixed rate mortgage, which is generally your biggest monthly bill, your costs are staying fairly even.\nLet\u2019s say vacations going up a modest 3.4% a year. And, you are booked 20 weeks a year for 30 years. But the end, people will be paying $5860/week, when they started out paying $2000/week.\nYear 1- $43,000 income\nYear 30- $117,200 a year\nAnd, this in INCOME- not net worth.\nNow that your mortgage is paid off, you can move into your dream home \u2013 which other people paid for, free and clear of any mortgage or debt. 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Whether it\u2019s in national news or at the local level, women are stepping up to lead. 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And where there is a gap, there is money to be made.\nThat\u2019s why Amazon is scaring so many people. They take the new world of the Web and they combine it with the old world of getting a box to your door, preferably overnight. If you want to be in eCommerce, the logistics are more important than the website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2134, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 228.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://binderassociates.com/blog/car-accidents/companies-fight-distracted-driving-through-technology/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:42Z", "digest": "sha1:VUSVNVUCC5YMX362J5FV2PSS7AUBYUUN", "length": 3626, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "binderassociates.com", "title": "The Companies Fight Distracted Driving Through Technology", "raw_content": "Binder & Associates > Blog > Blog > Car Accidents > Driving Safety > Companies Fight Distracted Driving Through Technology\nCompanies Fight Distracted Driving Through Technology\nDistracted driving is an issue that continues to hurt drivers, passengers, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcycle riders across the country.\nThe risks continue to increase as the number of smartphone users increases, but instead of demanding drivers to take action and do changes to their routines so they are not distracted any longer, many safety advocates have begun to focus on what the technology and automotive industries have been doing to change the environment and make sure the issues are addressed.\nAs the country discusses the implementation of autonomous technology, experts discuss the importance of the development of technologies that are designed to boost safety and put an end to distracted driving.\nAccording to some experts in the field, there has been an uptick in patents associated with car safety and autonomous technologies issued recently by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.\nSeveral companies have been focusing on developing these types of technologies in order to ensure the next generation of vehicles is fitted with some of the features that will not only address distracted driving, but will also focus on putting an end to auto crashes as a whole. Experts say the number of companies working on these technologies has increased so drastically that now, all that it will take to allow the industry to develop even further is to make sure regulatory agencies are on top of the changes. Until regulations are drawn and automakers and tech developers understand the rules, consumers will not have access to the innovations.\nIn the United States, 3,328 people died in 2012 in auto accidents caused by distracted driving. While this number does not mean much to common drivers, it\u2019s in the best interest of automakers to make sure that the technologies are safe and widely available. Once the self-driving revolution is here, it will be hard to stray away from it, but until then, drivers must be safe.\nAs the number of people injured in distracted driving accidents increases dramatically, companies work to develop better ways to fight the problem. Until the issues are fully addressed with the autonomous technology, drivers must keep in mind that they too hold responsibility over their decisions, especially those made behind the wheel.\nAccidents caused by drivers who are not focused on the road often lead to deadly consequences. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are more than 800,000 vehicles during daytime hours being operated by drivers who are simply too distracted to avoid accidents at any given time. This type of statistics helps us to understand just how beneficial it would be to take the driver out of the equation.\nSome of the most common factors associated with distracted driving accidents include visual distractions, which are mostly associated with drivers taking their eyes off the road. But manual distraction and cognitive distraction are also important issues. When a driver lets go of the wheel to handle electronics or other items, that counts as manual distractions. When the driver\u2019s mind is elsewhere, however, experts call this type of distraction a cognitive distraction. That may happen even if the motorist is not using any external device while operating his or her vehicle.\nUntil technologies that protect drivers from distracted driving are widely available, consumers should focus on driving and leave all other activities for another time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 6948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 241.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://biography.wales/article/s2-JONE-WIL-1888", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:08Z", "digest": "sha1:QB47YUC2W6P5KMY7HWNO62VQQRFIOJJW", "length": 2586, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "biography.wales", "title": "JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician | Dictionary of Welsh Biography", "raw_content": "JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician\nSpouse: Ellen Jones (n\u00e9e Bennett)\nSpouse: Charlotte Maud Jones (n\u00e9e Dykins)\nParent: Mary Jones\nParent: Hugh Jones\nOccupation: administrator and politician\nArea of activity: Politics, Government and Political Movements; Public and Social Service, Civil Administration\nb. 27 June 1888, the son of Hugh and Mary Jones of Gellifor in the Clwyd valley, Denbs. He was educated in schools at Llanrwst and Denbigh, and began his career as a clerk in a solicitor's office. Jones became a solicitor himself in 1922, and was appointed to a post within the Denbighshire County Council. He served as Clerk of the Peace and as Clerk to the County Council from 1930 until 1949. He came to much prominence as Secretary to the Conference of Welsh Councils which discussed the Report of the Welsh Church Commissioners. In 1942 he became a member of the Advisory Council for Post-War Reconstruction in Wales and Monmouthshire, and from 1942 until 1945 he served as the Regional Controller for South Wales of the Ministry of Fuel and Power. He was also a part-time director of the Wales Gas Board, 1948-59, and a part-time director of the South Western Regional Coal Board from 1949. In the same year he served as a member of the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment. In 1952 Jones was appointed chairman of two influential sub-committees of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire (committees responsible for government administration and for re-development in Wales), and he collaborated effectively with Huw T. Edwards. He resigned from the Council in 1959 as a protest against the appointment of Henry Brooke, Minister for Welsh Affairs, as its chairman.\nJones was considered one of the most distinguished administrators in Welsh local government. He was a native Welsh speaker, a member of the Council of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, and he served as a member of the Council and the Executive Committee of the National Eisteddfod. He received the C.B.E. in 1941, and was knighted in 1949.\nHe married (1) in 1917 Charlotte Maud, daughter of Jos. Dykins. She died in 1932. He married (2) Ellen, daughter of Henry Bennett of Llanychan in 1942. He had two daughters. He died 7 June 1961 at Hafod, Ruthin.\nWho's who in Wales(1937);\nThe Times, 9 June 1961, 20b;\nWestern Mail, 22 July 1942;\nThe Biographical Index of W. W. Price, Aberd\u00e2r.\nJones, J. G., (2001). JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. 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The reality is that government alone can\u2019t fully fund all of the roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure that our economy needs\u2014let alone upgrade our airports, shipping hubs and water sanitation systems to meet the challenges of the 21st century.\nDespite bipartisan efforts in Congress, there is no path in sight to meet our current or future infrastructure needs. Although there is plenty of private capital available, investors are not yet putting all of that money to work. What are the barriers keeping private capital on the sidelines? What can our business and political leaders do to help overcome these obstacles \u2013 and encourage the type of infrastructure investment we need to promote economic growth?\nThe Bipartisan Policy Center launched the Executive Council on Infrastructure, a group of business leaders committed to exploring ways to encourage private investment in our nation\u2019s critical infrastructure. The council includes CEOs and other executives from McGraw Hill Financial, American Water, the California State Teachers\u2019 Retirement System (CalSTRS), FedEx Freight, KPMG LLP, Meridiam, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. and Xylem Inc.\nPresident & CEO, McGraw Hill Financial\nJack Ehnes\nCEO, CalSTRS\nPresident & CEO, Xylem Inc.\nPresident & CEO, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC\nBPC Forms New Council to Promote Private Investment in Infrastructure\nThe Evolving Congress\nProposed Reliability Mechanisms for the Clean Power Plan\nAgenda Setters Series Featuring Senator Steve Daines\nA Bipartisan Opportunity: Improving Retirement Security", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 4580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 323.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/integrating-care-for-high-cost-populations/nggallery/image/0195_bpc_healthcare", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ILGC6I5KLSBUM5TFEMYLMS5QHHSIEQ5C", "length": 2648, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "bipartisanpolicy.org", "title": "Integrating Care for High-Cost Populations | Bipartisan Policy Center", "raw_content": "Integrating Care for High-Cost Populations\nKEYWORDS: MEDICAID, MEDICARE, SHEILA BURKE\nWHEN: Monday, June 20, 2016 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET\nIn 2011, approximately 10 million Americans were eligible for both the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These individuals are more likely to have chronic health conditions and challenges with daily activities. Their costly care needs account for nearly $300 billion dollars annually in state and federal spending. For more than two decades, health care providers and policymakers have sought ways to better coordinate care for these \u201cdual-eligible\u201d individuals, for example through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and Medicare Advantage Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans. New demonstration projects are underway to better integrate Medicare and Medicaid Services\nBPC hosted two expert panel discussions on the pros, cons, and successful strategies for the integration of health care and long-term services and supports for this population. The first panel provided an update on federal and state efforts to integrate Medicare and Medicaid services for low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities who qualify for both programs. The second panel highlighted the Long-Term Quality Alliance\u2019s work on identifying components for the successful integration of long-term services and supports.\nJeffrey Selberg\nExecutive Director, Peterson Center on Healthcare\nPanel I: Care Delivery and Financial Integration in Medicare and Medicaid\nDirector, Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid\nLois Simon\nFounder and Principal, L. Simon Solutions, LLC\nJean Accius\nVice President, Long Term Services and Supports and Livable Communities Group, AARP\nMichelle Herman Soper\nDirector of Integrated Care, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.\nPanel II: Integrating Long-Term Services and Supports: Lessons and Future Direction\nPaul Saucier\nDirector, Integrated Care Systems, Truven Health Analytics\nVice President, Long-Term Care and Dual Eligibles, Centene Corporation\nSheila Burke\nStrategic Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC\nFounder, Anne Tumlinson Innovations, LLC and Daughterhood.org\nHow Federal Policies Impact Innovation and Costs of Pharmaceutical Therapies\nMarisa Salemme\nBipartisan Legislation Supports Healthy Aging for Seniors\nCascading Conflicts: U.S. Policy on Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds\nState Budget Stresses: How Federal Decisions Impact State Programs\nReal World Evidence for Safe and Effective Cures\nElection Law Continuing Legal Education, Memphis Session\nCulprit or Scapegoat? Immigration\u2019s Effect on Employment and Wages", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 5513, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 278.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blackmarkethalifax.com/products/sterling-silver-oval-lapid-lazuli-ring", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:20:12Z", "digest": "sha1:ADHC4VLYQXPIHYCMYKX7MR2WY52LWMB2", "length": 95, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "blackmarkethalifax.com", "title": "Sterling Silver Oval Lapis Lazuli Ring \u2013 Black Market Boutique", "raw_content": "A stunning, one-of-a-kind ring featuring a sterling silver band and an oval lapis lazuli stone.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 1740, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 121.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bladeandbone.lindahall.org/36.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:44Z", "digest": "sha1:SSLSYI4UMXMZK6BZCXRPV75RIXFDFDD5", "length": 1033, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "bladeandbone.lindahall.org", "title": "Linda Hall Library - Blade And Bone Exhibit", "raw_content": "The Venus of Willendorf, 1911\n36. Sollas, William J. (1849-1936).\nAncient Hunters and their Modern Representatives. London: Macmillan, 1911.\nIn 1864, the very first carved depiction of a female figure was discovered at the cave of Laugerie-Basse, in the Dordogne region of France. It was called by the discoverer, rather impishly, the \u201cVenus impudique,\u201d in contrast to the classical Greek statue of the female figure, the Venus pudica, or modest Venus. All later discoveries of carvings of the female form have consequently been called \u201cVenus figurines.\u201d The immodest Venus is shown at the right of the displayed plate, in two different views. The figure on the left is the Venus of Willendorf, discovered in Austria in 1908, and still one of the most famous of all the Venus figurines. George Macurdy, who first brought news of the Venus of Brassempouy to the English-speaking world, happened to be in Vienna in 1908 when the Venus of Willendorf was brought in, so he conveyed its discovery as well to England and the United States.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1484, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 86.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bleacherreport.com/articles/397412-dirty-players-in-nfl-history", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:47Z", "digest": "sha1:Y3RXWWFZ45S4ZAOFASKMP5Y6DKIJ2BE3", "length": 4191, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "bleacherreport.com", "title": "Dirtiest Players in NFL History | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights", "raw_content": "Dirtiest Players in NFL History\nFrozen TundraCorrespondent IMay 27, 2010\nFootball is a violent sport. That's why players wear pads and helmets. But sometimes all that equipment still isn't enough to protect players from each other.\nSome guys just push the violence a little too far. They draw penalties and get branded by opposing players and coaches as \"dirty.\" Throughout the history of the game, there were lots of players who would be fined, penalized, and ejected from the league. But back in the day, it was perfectly acceptable to head-slap an offensive lineman (Deacon Jones's patented move, later banned). In the early Super Bowl era, \"dirty\" by today's standard was the norm. There was no offensive PI. Contact after 5 yards? No problem, as long as the ball wasn't in the air. The game was more physical, more aggressive. But some players from that era stood above the rest with their violent, dangerous, and overly-aggressive play.\nGiven that the earlier game was much more rough and refs were more willing to let the big hit go, its harder to discern between a cheap shot and a hard hit in that time, but there were several guys from back then who stood above the rest. As for current, or recently retired, players, there are enough guys who have rules named after them, or have a yearly nomination for League's Dirtiest Player. So without any further ado, my short list of prominent Dirty Players in NFL History.\nQuite possibly the dirtiest guy ever to play in the NFL. In the 70s, when it was acceptable to horse-collar players, Dobler took it to the next level. As an offensive lineman, when a defender put his hands up to swat a pass, he'd punch them in the stomach. Spitting on injured players, kicking Merlin Olsen in the head, even punching Mean Joe Greene. Dobler did whatever he had to, whatever he wanted to, to whoever he wanted to. Conrad Dobler was the dirtiest player EVER.\nVicious hits, including a helmet-to-helmet on Jerry Rice, earned him suspensions galore and nearly a quarter million dollars worth of fines from the NFL. Frequently topped the NFL's Dirtiest Player poll throughout his 15 year career.\nThe definition of dirty. This guy didn't just cheap-shot opposing players, even his teammates weren't safe. He broke Kerry Collins' jaw in a preseason game, spat in J.J. Stokes' face for taunting him, threw punches at more players than he could count. Oh, yeah.. and he beat up a backup tight end on HIS OWN TEAM so bad he had to retire. He tore the guy's helmet off and punched him in the eye, breaking his eye socket. HIS OWN TEAMMATE. And he threw a football at Bryan Cox and hit him in the junk. That's kinda funny, actually.\nUntil Albert Haynesworth stomped Andre Gurode's unprotected head, Charles Martin had the longest suspension ever given out by the NFL. As a defensive end for the Packers, he wore a towel with Bears players' numbers on them: a hit list. His career was short, but he makes this list for picking up Jim McMahon and spiking him on the ground from behind, ending his season.\nQuite simply the epitome of the cheap shot. Hines Ward will take out any defender, as long as the guy can't see it coming. Frequent blindside blocks that have led to penalties, fines and injuries, and Hines Ward feels no remorse. His excuse is that defenders bring the heat when he goes over the middle. But Hines, the difference is that you know its coming. Drilling a guy through his earhole when the ball is on the other side of the field is a little different. Just like Rodney Harrison, a great player who just doesn't know when to tone it down a little, he's usually at or near the top of the Dirtiest Player poll.\nNicknamed \"The Assassin.\" Paralyzed Darryl Stingley in a preseason game. Nearly beheaded Sammy White in SB XI, one of the biggest hits in Super Bowl history. Do I need to say more?\nSteve Wisniewski was another dirty lineman. He made a name for himself by cut-blocking, crackback blocking, and eye-gouging whoever got in his way. Any defender's knees were fair game, and The Wiz wasn't afraid to go right through them.\nI'm sure there are plenty of others that didn't make my list. Feel free to throw your own choices into the discussion.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 5745, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 293.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blg.com/en/News-And-Publications/Publication_5465", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:42Z", "digest": "sha1:B4O3RWJNANUFVDOVGY2QJ6H2OHNT4VON", "length": 11002, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "blg.com", "title": "Supreme Court Decision Clears Pathway for a Pan-Canadian Securities Regulator", "raw_content": "Supreme Court Decision Clears Pathway for a Pan-Canadian Securities Regulator\nThe Supreme Court finds proposed national co-operative system constitutional\nIn its November 9, 2018 decision Reference re Pan-Canadian Securities Regulation, the Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a national co-operative system for the regulation of capital markets in Canada as proposed in draft federal and model provincial legislation, overturning the Qu\u00e9bec Court of Appeal\u2019s 2017 decision that found the proposed regime unconstitutional.1\nSince the 1930s, efforts to transform Canada\u2019s provincially regulated securities industry into a nationally harmonized one with a single capital markets regulator have encountered significant challenges, largely due to Canada\u2019s federal structure.2\nOne recent effort included the federal government\u2019s then-proposed Securities Act aimed at establishing a national securities regulator, which the Court found unconstitutional in its 2011 decision Reference re Securities Act (the 2011 Reference). While the Court concluded that the day-to-day regulation of the securities industry remained a provincial concern,3 it left the door open to federal legislation relating directly to the management of systemic risk and national data collection.4 This left open the possibility for both levels of government to exercise their powers collaboratively to implement a co-operative system.\nProposed Co-operative Regulatory Regime\nIn response to the 2011 Reference, in September 2014, the federal government and provincial governments of Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick announced that they had signed a memorandum of agreement (the MOA) formalizing the terms of a proposed co-operative regulatory regime for Canada\u2019s capital markets, the Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System.5 Prince Edward Island and Yukon have since entered into the MOA. There are, however, five provinces and two territories, including Qu\u00e9bec, Alberta and Manitoba, that have not signed the agreement\nThe MOA calls for a new legislative framework consisting of a single set of regulations to be administered by a national regulator \u2014 the Capital Markets Regulatory Authority (the Authority). Supervisory oversight of the Authority would be provided by an independent board of directors, in turn accountable to a Council of Ministers comprised of the Minister of Finance of Canada and a minister from each participating province or territory.\nA Provincial Capital Markets Act (the Model Provincial Act) would be enacted by each participating province or territory and would replace the existing provincial or territorial securities legislation. Administration of the Model Provincial Act would be delegated to the Authority by each province.\nThe federal Capital Markets Stability Act (the CMSA) would address the areas ruled by the Court to be under federal jurisdiction in the 2011 Reference, and would also be administered by the Authority. The CMSA would give the Authority national data collection powers to monitor activity in the capital markets and the requisite tools to manage systemic risk in the capital markets nationally.\nJudgment of the Qu\u00e9bec Court of Appeal\nThe Government of Qu\u00e9bec took issue with the proposed regime and referred the question of its constitutionality to the Qu\u00e9bec Court of Appeal (the Court of Appeal). In May 2017, a majority of the Court of Appeal concluded the proposed regime was unconstitutional for several reasons.6\nFirst, the majority of the Court of Appeal found that the mechanism for amending the Model Provincial Act would subject provincial and territorial legislatures to the authority of an external entity (i.e., the Council of Ministers), which would \"fetter the parliamentary sovereignty of the participating provinces.\"7\nSecond, the decision-making mechanism pursuant to which the Council of Ministers would oversee the proposed regime would allow provinces to exercise a \u201cveto\u201d power over federal initiatives that seek to guard against systemic risks related to capital markets. The majority found this \u201cveto right\u201d constituted an improper delegation of legislative authority, was irreconcilable with the principle of federalism and would render the CMSA unconstitutional.8\nIn determining what head of power the CMSA fell under, the Court of Appeal found that its pith and substance was to promote the stability of the Canadian economy by managing the systemic risks that the capital markets pose. As such, the Court of Appeal found that the CMSA was intra vires the general branch of the trade and commerce power of Parliament pursuant to subsection 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867.9 Due to the fact that the CMSA included the provisions relating to the Council of Ministers, which the majority found to be unconstitutional, the CMSA as a whole was rendered unconstitutional.10\nJudgment of the Supreme Court of Canada\nOn appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, two questions were before the Court:\nDoes the Constitution of Canada authorize the implementation of pan-Canadian securities regulation under the authority of a single regulator in accordance with the terms set out in the MOA?\nDoes the most recent version of the draft of the CMSA exceed the authority of the Parliament of Canada over the general branch of the trade and commerce power under subsection 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867?\nThe Court found that the MOA did not improperly fetter provincial legislative sovereignty, and that the CMSA was intra vires the jurisdiction of Parliament under subsection 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867.\nQuestion 1: Constitutionality of the Proposed Regime\nFirst, the Court held the proposed regime would not improperly fetter provincial legislatures\u2019 sovereignty. The MOA makes clear that the Council of Ministers\u2019 role is limited to proposing amendments to the Model Provincial Act and the CMSA11 and does not require provinces to implement amendments.12 It is expressly subject to the approvals of participating provincial legislatures and thus lacks the force of law within a province unless and until it is enacted by that province\u2019s legislature.13 Participating legislatures remain free to reject the proposed statutes and any amendments made to them, and to withdraw from the proposed regulatory regime entirely.14\nMoreover, the Court of Appeal made an error in law in finding that the Model Provincial Act would improperly fetter the parliamentary sovereignty of participating provinces. This principle can only be invoked for the purpose of determining the legal effect of impugned executive action, but not its underlying validity.15 Any executive action that purports to fetter the legislature is not inherently unconstitutional but would simply be ineffective.16\nSecond, the Court held that the proposed regime would not result in the improper delegation of law-making authority. This principle, which bars Parliament or provincial legislatures from transferring their primary legislative authority with respect to a particular matter to a legislature of the other level of government, was not applicable in this case. Neither the MOA nor the Model Provincial Act empowers the Council of Ministers to unilaterally amend the provinces\u2019 securities legislation.17 The Council of Ministers is only authorized to approve proposals for amendments to the Model Provincial Act \u2014 a model statute that lacks any force of law \u2014 and such authority is ultimately subject to participating provinces\u2019 authority to enact, amend and repeal their respective securities laws as they see fit.18 As such, the Court found that the Council of Ministers remains subordinate to the sovereign will of each participating province and the proposed regime therefore does not result in the participating provinces delegating their primary legislative authority.\nQuestion 2: Constitutionality of the CMSA\nThe Court agreed with the Court of Appeal and characterized the pith and substance of the CMSA as controlling systemic risk having the potential to create material adverse effects on the Canadian economy.19 The Court saw the concept of \"systemic risk\" invoked throughout the CMSA as a means of limiting the scope of federal regulatory powers. It held that systemic risk can be understood as having three constituent elements: (1) the risk must represent a threat to the stability of the country\u2019s financial system as a whole; (2) it must be connected to the capital markets; and (3) it must have the potential to have a material adverse effect on the Canadian economy.20 Since the CMSA does not contain provisions that go to the day-to-day regulation of the securities industry (such as dealer registration requirements and disclosure obligations), the Court found it addresses economic objectives considered national in character.21\nThe Court classified the CMSA as addressing a matter of genuine national importance and scope going to trade as a whole, in a way that is distinct from provincial concerns.22 The Court held that the \"preservation of the integrity and stability of the Canadian economy is quite clearly a matter with a national dimension, and one which lies beyond provincial competence.\"23 As such, it found that the CMSA falls within Parliament\u2019s general trade and commerce power under subsection 91(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867.24\nLastly, the Court disagreed with the Court of Appeal\u2019s finding that the CMSA provisions regarding the Council of Ministers, if enacted as drafted, would render the statute unconstitutional in its entirety. Notwithstanding the fact that the Court of Appeal erroneously characterized the Council\u2019s power as a \"veto right\" over federal initiatives, which not only requires the support of a majority of the Council and some level of support from the major capital markets jurisdictions (which at present, are Ontario and British Columbia) but also the federal Minister of Finance, the Court found that statutory delegation in a manner solicitous of provincial input is not incompatible with the principle of federalism.25\nWhile the Court\u2019s decision puts the implementation of a pan-Canadian securities regime back in the political forum and removes a significant roadblock to its realization, changes in provincial governments since the project was first initiated means the securities industry will be waiting to see if there remains sufficient political will to see the project through.\n1 Reference re Pan-Canadian Securities Regulation, 2018 SCC 48.\n2 Ibid, par. 1.\n3 Reference re Securities Act [2011] 3 S.C.R. 837. See our prior bulletin discussing the implications of this decision.\n4 Ibid, par. 117.\n5 See our prior bulletin on the proposed regime.\n6 Renvoi relatif \u00e0 la r\u00e9glementation pancanadienne des valeurs mobili\u00e8res, 2017 QCCA 756, par. 5.\n7 Ibid, par. 55.\n10 Ibid, par. 138.\n11 Supra note 1, par. 49.\n12 Ibid, paras 25 & 50.\n15 Ibid, par. 62.\nGraham Splawski\nGSplawski@blg.com\nBreanne Lehodey\nBLehodey@blg.com\nJacqueline Ting", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 343, "original_length": 23319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 237.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.booker.com/the-booker-blog/online-booking-4-things-youre-missing-out-on-without-it", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:26Z", "digest": "sha1:OGY432HGESNZLXTALTWE3C7R5J65QRTC", "length": 4081, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "blog.booker.com", "title": "Online Booking: 4 Things You're Missing out on Without it", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb The Booker Blog \u00bb Online Booking: 4 Things You're Missing Out On Without It\nOnline Booking: 4 Things You're Missing Out On Without It\nAs with any service business, your booked appointments are your bread and butter. So, when it comes to tampering with how your customers go about booking appointments, your hesitation is completely understandable. You\u2019ve made it this far relying on pen and paper to manage your bookings, so why make a change now?\nWell, that\u2019s because there is a better, more efficient way to book appointments - online booking. Implementing an online booking system at your business not only makes it more convenient for you to run your business, but it\u2019s also more convenient for your customers to book appointments.\nMy friends, considering businesses have seen revenue increase by nearly 90%, sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side. So, let\u2019s take a look at all the things you\u2019ve been missing out on while not having an online booking system in order to give your business the push it needs into greener pastures.\nIt\u2019s pretty great when your phone is ringing off the hook, right? More rings = more $$$. There is that one downside, though: someone actually needs to field all those calls and then manually write in or record each appointment. Unless you\u2019ve got a full-time secretary, that can really be a pain, especially when you need all hands on deck!\nOnline booking eliminates the need to answer and manually record all of your appointments. The more customers that book online, the more time you and your employees will have to focus on all your in-person visitors.\nIf you\u2019re like many businesses, you\u2019re probably open from around 9 am - 6 pm. However, if you\u2019re guzzling three pots of coffee a day, then maybe you\u2019re able to push hours to like 8 am - 9 pm. Either way, there are 24 hours in a day, and you\u2019re still missing out on nearly half of them.\nYour clients don\u2019t operate on a 9 - 5 schedule, and neither should your business. An online booking system can turn your business into a 24/7 machine. Most of your clients are extremely busy during the work day and it\u2019s hard for them to find the time to call and make an appointment over the phone.\nAn online booking system allows your clients the luxury of booking an appointment even when your business is physically closed. Your customers can book appointments at 3 in the afternoon or 3 in the morning - whatever works best for them.\nLast minute cancellations, reschedulings and no-shows are the bane of every service business. They are an inevitability, but sending clients reminders can drastically reduce their frequency.\nThe right online booking system should have automated reminder functionalities. All you have to do is:\n1. Turn on/off Your Segmented Reminders (i.e. 7 days ago, 60 days ago, 180 days ago, etc).\n2. Attach Special Offers\nAnd\u2026 well, that\u2019s actually it. The right online booking system can really put the automated in automated reminders, saving you the trouble of creating the actual messaging, determining who to send to, and physically having to send reminders out.\n4. Mobile Management\nDo you spend most of your day sitting at a desk? I\u2019m going to say you went with \u201cno.\u201d As a business owner, you\u2019re constantly on the go. With an online booking system, the ability to manage your appointment book becomes just as mobile as you are.\nA cloud-based online booking system allows for you to manage your appointment book not just from a desktop, but also from any tablet and/or smartphone. This allows you full access to monitor and manage your bookings from wherever you may find yourself, from the comfort of your own home to waiting on line at the grocery store.\nIf your business isn\u2019t using an online booking system, sorry, but you\u2019re missing out. Don\u2019t just take my word for it though! Check out a quick demo now and see first-hand!\n3 Reasons Why You Should Be Keeping Track of Your Customer Referrals\nWith 90% of consumers trusting customer referrals, it's something you need to start paying attention to. If...\nSmall Business Monday: Customer Feedback", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 268, "original_length": 12480, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 314.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.haskells.com/how-to-read-wine-labels", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:45Z", "digest": "sha1:ZDCDF4XN7RSEJ6N2VWUABOYQCOSRLQ3C", "length": 1735, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "blog.haskells.com", "title": "How to Read Wine Labels [VIDEO]", "raw_content": "More Than Just A Pretty Label\nDon\u2019t let an appealing label sway your decision when purchasing a bottle of wine. The label tells you nothing, and everything about what\u2019s inside. There is plenty of information on the label to help you further enjoy the bottle of wine, you just have to know where to look.\nMost of the information you need is on the label located on the back of the bottle. This label should tell you the blend of the grapes and the amount of alcohol, but that can vary. Under United States law, the variation of alcohol in a bottle of wine can be up to 1\u00bd%. So, a bottle that says 12\u00bd% alcohol, could actually be as high as 14%.\nAim For The Center of the Target\nUsually, the more information on the label, the better the wine. For example, if you\u2019re reading a label, try to envision a target. First, you have the outside of the target, that's the United States. Then we get closer into Minnesota, that's a little smaller in the target. Then we get to Hennepin County, that's even smaller yet. Then after Hennepin county, we go to Edina. Finally, we get to Chateau Farrell in Edina. That target viewpoint is a good way to look at a bottle of wine. The more information, the closer to the center of that target you are. This generally indicates a better bottle of wine.\nThere are also different rules for wine labels in the United States. One rule is that a wine label must be registered. If the wine says cabernet sauvignon, it must have 75% cabernet sauvignon, at least if its a wine made in the U.S.\nReading wine labels isn\u2019t very difficult once you know what to look for and you put your new-found knowledge into practice. It can really enhance your enjoyment of a bottle of wine. So read a label\u2026 and drink some wine!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 4207, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 168.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.lboro.ac.uk/london/uncategorised/venture-crawl-2019", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:36Z", "digest": "sha1:O2QUL2YUGMLSIIRLXRWHOXFZ6ONKIJOG", "length": 1410, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "blog.lboro.ac.uk", "title": "Venture Crawl 2019 - Loughborough University London", "raw_content": "Venture Crawl 2019\n30th January 2019Uncategorised Standard\nThirteen universities will come together on Wednesday 20 March 2019 to run the UK\u2019s biggest Venture Crawl.\nEight buses will transport 300 students around London and Manchester on routes designed to stimulate entrepreneurial skills, thinking and action.\nThe students taking part study subjects as diverse as fashion, computer science, medicine and law and will be transported to leading innovation hubs for talks, workshops and behind the scenes tours, ending with a celebratory event of competitions, keynote and networking.\nSuccessfully piloted in 2017 by King\u2019s College London and expanded in 2018 to nine London universities, the 2019 Venture Crawl is a unique partnership between \u2013 King\u2019s College London, UCL, London South Bank University, Brunel University London, The University of Westminster, Loughborough University London, Birkbeck University of London, University of East London, London College of Fashion, The University of Greenwich, City, University of London, Regent\u2019s University London and The University of Manchester.\nThe event is designed to give students the opportunity to connect to real-world businesses, be inspired by the UK\u2019s vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem, and gain skills in self-confidence, creative-thinking and leadership.\nLondon Venture Crawl 2018\nTo read more about Venture Crawl 2019, please read our news article.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 2006, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 175.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.nextdoor.com/2017/05/25/west-charlotte-turns-to-nextdoor-to-fight-crime-and-restore-safety/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ZIW2GYKJZ56HMFNUD2MW3LOU7TNONL2K", "length": 2187, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "blog.nextdoor.com", "title": "West Charlotte Turns to Nextdoor to Fight Crime and Restore Safety | Nextdoor Blog", "raw_content": "West Charlotte Turns to Nextdoor to Fight Crime and Restore Safety\nCrimes committed by juveniles have been on the rise in several Charlotte neighborhoods, and neighbors are growing increasingly frustrated that the police simply apprehend and return them to their parents with little or no consequence.\nThe uptick in crime started two years ago, when a local 74-year-old woman, Norma Messer, was left for dead in her home after being brutally beaten by a group of teenagers. The culprits? Three young men whom she had tried to nurture over the years. She had hired them for odd jobs, taken them to lunch, and even given them Christmas presents. Miraculously, Norma survived the heartless attack, and has since become a victim\u2019s advocate.\nSusie Taylor, the Lead of Nextdoor Forest Pawtuckett, has lived in her neighborhood for 23 years and remembers when it was considered to be one of the best neighborhoods on the west side of the city. While Susie still loves her neighborhood, she is well aware of the uptick in crime, too.\n\u201cWe have a lot of breaking and enterings, breaking into cars, coming into homes, just breaking the door down,\u201d Susie said.\nFed up with the all of the crime, Susie and her neighbors have taken to Nextdoor to organize a robust neighborhood watch. Block captains send updates, and the community receives crime alerts from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, who partnered with Nextdoor in 2013.\nSusie and her neighbors from the Pawtuckett-area recently used Nextdoor to organize and host a Community Crime Watch Meeting where a panel of experts \u2013 a juvenile court judge, the District Attorney, the Charlotte Police Department, and Norma Messer \u2013 each discussed the issue and informed residents about juvenile law.\nWhile their ultimate goal is to stop juveniles from committing crimes in their community, Susie thinks her neighborhood has started to feel safer again thanks to the strength of their neighborhood watch and their use of Nextdoor.\n\u201cIt\u2019s pretty much, \u2018You watch my back, I\u2019ll watch yours,'\u201d Susie said.\nAs reported by CBS Charlotte here and here, and The Charlotte Observer. Header image courtesy of David T. Foster III/The Charlotte Observer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 3279, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 315.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.plover.com/2018/09/14/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:37Z", "digest": "sha1:Z234VUE7YWZQT3VSIEPKJJG4PPWHRQ4V", "length": 3770, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "blog.plover.com", "title": "The Universe of Discourse : How not to remember the prime numbers under 1,000", "raw_content": "How not to remember the prime numbers under 1,000\nA while back I said I wanted to memorize all the prime numbers under 1,000, because I am tired of getting some number like 851 or 857, or even 307, and then not knowing whether it is prime.\nThe straightforward way to deal with this is: just memorize the list. There are only 168 of them, and I have the first 25 or so memorized anyway.\nBut I had a different idea also. Say that a set of numbers from !!10n!! to !!10n+9!! is a \u201cdecade\u201d. Each decade contains at most 4 primes, so 4 bits are enough to describe the primes in a single decade. Assign a consonant to each of the 16 possible patterns, say \u201cb\u201d when none of the four numbers is a prime, \u201cd\u201d when only !!10n+1!! is prime, \u201cf\u201d when only !!10+3!! is, and so on.\nNow memorizing the primes in the 90 decades is reduced to memorizing 90 consonants. Inserting vowels wherever convenient, we have now turned the problem into one of memorizing around 45 words. A word like \u201cpotato\u201d would encode the constellation of primes in three consecutive decades. 45 words is only a few sentences, so perhaps we could reduce the list of primes to a short and easily-remembered paragraph. If so, memorizing a few sentences should be much easier than memorizing the original list of primes.\nThe method has several clear drawbacks. We would have to memorize the mapping from consonants to bit patterns, but this is short and maybe not too difficult.\nMore significant is that if we're trying to decide if, say, 637 is prime, we have to remember which consonant in which word represents the 63rd decade. This can be fixed, maybe, by selecting words and sentences of standard length. Say there are three sentences and each contains 30 consonants. Maybe we can arrange that words always appear in patterns, say four words with 1 or 2 consonants each that together total 7 consonants, followed by a single long word with three consonants. Then each sentence can contain three of these five-word groups and it will be relatively easy to locate the 23rd consonant in a sentence: it is early in the third group.\nKatara and I tried this, with not much success. But I'm not ready to give up on the idea quite yet. A problem we encountered early on is that we remember consonants not be how words are spelled but by how they sound. So we don't want a word like \u201chammer\u201d to represent the consonant pattern h-m-m but rather just h-m.\nAnother problem is that some constellations of primes are much more common than others. We initially assigned consonants to constellations in order. This assigned letter \u201cb\u201d to the decades that contain no primes. But this is the most common situation, so the letter \u201cb\u201d tended to predominate in the words we needed for our mnemonic. We need to be careful to assign the most common constellations to the best letters.\nSome consonants in English like to appear in clusters, and it's not trivial to match these up with the common constellations. The mapping from prime constellations to consonants must be carefully chosen to work with English. We initially assigned \u201cs\u201d to the constellation \u201c\u2606\u2022\u2606\u2606\u201d (where !!10n+1, 10n+7,!! and !!10n+9!! are prime but !!10n+3!! is not) and \u201ct\u201d to the constellation \u201c\u2606\u2606\u2022\u2022\u201d (where !!10n+1!! and !!10n+3!! are prime but !!10n+7!! and !!10n+9!! are not) but these constellations cannot appear consecutively, since at least one of !!10n+7, 10n+9, 10n+11!! is composite. So any word with \u201cs\u201d and \u201ct\u201d with no intervening consonants was out of play. This eliminated a significant fraction of the entire dictionary!\nI still think it could be made to work, maybe. If you're interested in playing around with this, the programs I wrote are available on Github. The mapping from decade constellations to consonant clusters is in select_words.py.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 4980, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 339.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.stuajnht.co.uk/2018/03/cybercenturion-iv-the-final/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:41Z", "digest": "sha1:TGKPZGMI2JELCIKOIJ73BJVXEHJAPOOS", "length": 32930, "nlines": 84, "source_domain": "blog.stuajnht.co.uk", "title": "CyberCenturion IV \u2013 The Final \u2013 Stuajnht's Blog", "raw_content": "I\u2019ve got to be honest, I haven\u2019t been involved in the CyberCenturion IV competition as much as I was with the 3rd one. After watching the teams compete during the first competition round, during the second round the school closed early due to snow (I was involved with sending out all of the messages, and the students only had till 4PM rather then the full time of finishing at 6PM), and during the third round Sage set itself on fire by not allowing anyone to log in to it after performing an update (long story sort-of-short: Sage drive was set up a while ago as we were prompted to, and all users logged in to that with one account. It was meant to be set up with one Sage drive account per Sage account, but this didn\u2019t stop it from working before. After waiting many hours for the support department to get back to us, they said it wasn\u2019t needed as we were using Sage on-site and it was intended for remote users. They then removed it and everything was happy again. I\u2019m now starting to dislike Sage as much as I do SIMS).\nHowever, the teams themselves just got on an worked hard at solving the problems that were in the images. After all three rounds, we had managed to get one team (CCIV-028) through to the final. Better yet, that team was the top group in the UK competition, with a lead of nearly 20 points (as shown on the results table). The students in this group had all been in at least one final, while for other students this would be their third time in the national finals.\nAround a month before the finals were to take place, an email was sent out to all teams with the names of the schools progressing into the finals. What was interesting with this email was the line \u201cTeams based outside of London will have hotel accommodation the night before fully paid for and we\u2019ll get in touch with these teams separately to confirm details\u201c. Now, I\u2019m not trying to say that this was due to us being, um\u2026 late, to last year\u2019s final, but it possibly was. Still, it was a very nice gesture from the people running the competition, and it must\u2019ve cost quite a bit as there would be a number of rooms needed for the various teams and staff members.\nThe school had booked the 14:14 train from Birmingham New Street to London Euston. To make sure that we got there on time, the 5 team members and three staff members received a lift on the schools minibus (glamorous, I know) at 13:30. We arrived with plenty of time to spare, as we were on the platform when the train pulled in. This allowed us to sit in the highly prized seats (the ones with tables) and to put our bags in various locations.\nThe train journey took about 2 hours. One of the students used their laptop to play around with some software they had found the night before, while the others made good use of their time by taking many photos of each other and sending them to a CyberCenturion group chat which consisted solely of themselves. Talk about being social!. Upon arriving at London Euston, we had around a 30 minute walk to the hotel, which was the Strand Palace Hotel (I didn\u2019t actually know the name of the hotel until this point).\nWe did follow the pavements and not just walk straight through buildings. Honest.\nThere was a doorman on the, well, door \u2013 that tells you you\u2019re in a posh hotel straight away. The reception area was quite a large-ish open space, with a number of fish tanks. The teacher accompanying us on the trip went up to the reception desk to check everyone in, while we had a chance to see a few of the other teams also hanging around the lobby area (or, as is the case with our students, run a speed test on their phones to see how good the Internet would be). For some unknown reason, everyone was spread out over the hotel, rather than being in consecutive rooms. We went to one of the rooms to see how big it was, then sent off a few of the other students to find their rooms.\nAround 10 minutes later the students finally turned up, saying that the layout of the hotel was confusing and there weren\u2019t any signs to their room. While not entirely believing them, we (the staff members) then went off to find our rooms. During this room finding expedition, we agreed with the students that the hotel was not very easy to navigate. However, we eventually found our respective rooms and got settled in.\nWho designs a hotel like this?\nIt was now 6 o\u2019clock (it was half five when everyone had found their rooms) and we were on the lookout for food. Covent Garden was just around the corner from the hotel, so we decided to go there to see what restaurants were around. Apart from seeing a street performer singing opera and performing magic, and a number of photos being taken of the last bit of the sunset, we didn\u2019t choose to go into any restaurants there. What we did end up doing was taking a circular route back to a Frankie and Benny\u2019s restaurant that was immediately next to the hotel.\nWhile there were a number of other teams which had taken up the idea of having food (well, not the walking in a circular route part, but a \u201cHey, there\u2019s a restaurant, let\u2019s go there\u201d type of idea) as the restaurant was full when we went in (from the other teams and rush-hour customers), we were certainly one of the last groups of people to leave. Our waitress had already gone home, and there were very few customers remaining. The school had kindly agreed to subsidise the meals for the staff, but the students had to pay for themselves. After starters, mains, sides and drinks the combined bill for the students totalled somewhere around \u00a3130.\nThis was taken outside the restaurant. Yes, we were that close!\nI probably shouldn\u2019t tell you this, but this is one of the rare times that I wasn\u2019t being very smart. I\u2019d turned the shower on and nothing came out. Then I turned the tap some more, still nothing. Turning it further resulted in a dribble coming from the head and landing in the bath. Finally I turned it even more and instantly soaked myself, the ceiling, the mirror, the toilet and the floor. I quickly turned off the tap, but in a moment of pure genius I turned the tap back on again, only for the exact same thing to happen. After drying the various parts of the bathroom (for the second time) I turned on the tap again, slowly, and noticed that the water was leaking out of the sides of the shower head rose, rather than the nozzles. My saving grace here is that the same thing happened to other people too. Four stars don\u2019t get you everything it seems!\nAt the meal the night before, it had been decided for everyone to meet up at half 7 for breakfast, as it gave everyone an hour to eat, followed by half an hour for final packing and walking to the IET building, where the competition was taking place. The restaurant was as oddly designed as the rest of the hotel, with it being divided into four large rooms. Breakfast was a combination of cooked and continental food and was tasty. The rooms were full with guests, and we also had the chance to see a few more of the teams who we were competing against.\nIt was a 2 minute walk from the hotel to the IET. Well, 2 minutes if you go the correct route. It took us around 10 minutes. Luckily it was warm and sunny, and we got chance to walk past a part near the river Thames on our way there.\nWe got to see both the front and back of the Savoy hotel. How many people get that privilege?\nRegistration was open at 9 o\u2019clock till 10, and despite staying in a hotel near the place we were still one of the last (if not the last) team to arrive. While the competition was taking place in the same building as last year\u2019s competition, it was on a different floor. It was still the same length, but didn\u2019t have a high ceiling. After putting our coats and bags in the cloakroom, we got to have a quick look around the room before being ushered into the \u201cholding pen\u201d room (a smaller room that was divided from the larger room).\nCompetition \u2013 Welcome\nAround twenty to 10, some of the staff running the competition welcomed everyone and went through a few of the rules to remind everyone of the expectations. After that, all of the teams filtered through to the competition area to find their stations. Our team was at the opposite end to the \u201cholding pen\u201d room, and there was a stage in the middle. We also had a mascot, which was a rubber duck that one of the students uses for debugging when coding.\nA few other people came onto the stage to introduce themselves and to wish everyone the best of luck, and as the time neared 10 o\u2019clock everyone who wasn\u2019t taking part solving the issues in the images was asked to leave the room. A countdown then happened, and everyone started on the morning part of the competition.\nCompetition \u2013 Morning\nFor the first few minutes, it was impossible to know what was going on. During the competition rounds I get the chance to see what the students are doing and, via their scoring reports, how many issues they have solved. There is also the scoreboard that is available so we can see how well the team is doing overall. However, for the final, the scoreboard wasn\u2019t turned on until 15 minutes had elapsed. Additionally, all of the teams were called \u201cTeam\u201d, and clicking on any of these would result in the same \u201cpoints gained\u201d chart being shown. As soon as we were able to access the scoreboard, here\u2019s how it looked:\nAs you can see, the top three teams were close together, and had started to gain a lead over the other teams. It was at this point we hoped one of those was our team.\nHalf an hour into the competition, there were now two teams battling it out, with the third place team close but slightly further behind.\nAt this point, on of the technical members of the CyberCenturion competition came in to hook a laptop to a large display screen, so that everyone could see what the scoreboard looked like. Unfortunately it wasn\u2019t much use, as the screen was a few feet wide and the font was too small for anyone to read. Also, it would intermittently lose connection to the server on the automatic page refresh, so there wouldn\u2019t be anything displayed for minutes at a time. (While out of sequence here, a few times during the day I did zoom in to make it easier for everyone in the \u201cholding pen\u201d to be able to read the text, but I\u2019m sure the technical staff were watching the laptop via a hidden camera, as no sooner had I sat down they would come in to look at the screen. Totally unrelated I\u2019m sure, but I did start to have a complex\u2026)\nAround the 45 minute mark, the gap between the top teams was still close, but had spread apart a bit more. While it wasn\u2019t possible to know which team was which, looking at the graph report that we were able to, it didn\u2019t look like our team.\nNormally the Windows images have a very steep increase at the start, with the Ubuntu images taking a gentler slope. However, for whichever team this was, they were struggling quite a bit, and the Ubuntu image hadn\u2019t really gained any points since the competition started (and at the point of the screenshot it was on minus 1 point!). The staff members running the competition did say that they\u2019d made the images very difficult, but if this graph was currently showing the best scoring team at the moment, then the images must\u2019ve been incredibly difficult. There were around 50 issues on each image (Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Server 2016, Ubuntu 16).\nAt quarter past 11, the team that had been at the top of the scoreboard since the start was pushed into second place thanks to a big jump by another team. However, both of these teams had opened up a very large lead over all of the other teams competiting.\nIt was at this point that we started to reverse engineer how the scoreboard worked. We realised that the graph always related to the same team, rather than whatever team was at the top of the scoreboard as we originally had thought, as the total points gained matched on both pages. Therefore, the graph page must pull out the first record from the database from the list of teams competing, rather than sorting by the total scores and pulling out that team ID (well, when sitting in the \u201cholding pen\u201d you have to make up your own entertainment). This was useful to know, as it mean that we could identify at least one of the teams that were playing and see how they jumped around the scoreboard.\nWith half an hour of the morning part of the competition remaining, the top two teams were within a few point of each other, and a number of the other teams had also broken past the 100 points barrier.\nAround quarter to 12, the team that were currently in first place were opening up their lead, with the second place team seemingly stuck as they hadn\u2019t gained many more points, and the teams in third and fourth place were closing the gap on second place. As the graph referred to the second place team, we were able to see that they had been able to gain a few more points on the Ubuntu image, but it was still a bit behind other other images. It also showed that one of the teams had opened multiple images, and we weren\u2019t sure why they would\u2019ve done that.\nIt was now midday. A countdown happened to let students know how long they had left, and then they all had to pause the images. Here\u2019s how the scoreboard looked at the halfway point:\nThe team in first position had strengthened their lead, second place had gained a few more points, and third place was now a joint position.\nCompetition \u2013 Lunchtime\nWe made our way over to our team, as did everyone else to their respective teams, to see how they were getting on. To sum it up, they were hating the images. Windows Server was set up as a domain controller so most of the settings weren\u2019t were the students were used to (I\u2019d always wondered if they would do this, but didn\u2019t think they would. However, by pure luck, the student on this image has some experience with how Active Directory works as in the past he\u2019s asked me many questions about how our school network is set up, and has dabbled with AD in virtual machines too), and the Ubuntu image had something making sure that almost nothing would run or install, with it spewing errors all over the place. The students on the Windows 7 and 8.1 images seemed happier as the issues were along the lines of what had been happening in the competition rounds.\nWhile the students were telling us more information about things they had found, we realised that the graph on the scoring report was for our team. We knew for certain when the student on the Ubuntu image said that they \u201chad no points for ages, gained points and ran an update, then went to minus 1 point\u201c. This matched with the scoring report exactly, so we knew our team was in second place, and had been in first place for much of the morning session. We were also able to deduce which team was most likely in first place. They were sitting a few tables away from our team, and also had a whole bunch of rubber ducks stacked up on their table \u2013 those ducks do seem to know what they\u2019re doing\u2026\nLunch was a combination of sandwiches and snacks for the staff, with students getting similar but pre-prepared packed lunches. A majority of the rest of the lunch involved the students bringing the student who was to swapped in up to speed with was had already been done to avoid wasting time, and a talk from a guest speaker about the importance of Cyber Security. Well, that, and the students constantly moaning about how difficult the people running the competition had made the images.\nWith a few minutes before the afternoon session of the competition was due to start, all non-competing students and staff were asked to leave the room so that the competition could start promptly. I did a few last motivational words to the students, which mainly consisted of \u201cyou were the best team for most of the morning, right before the other team jumped ahead of you. Keep up the hard work!\u201c, then started to make my way back to the \u201cholding pen\u201d.\nUnfortunately, I\u2019d mistimed how long it would take to walk back to the room, and so that I wouldn\u2019t just be walking straight through the room as the competition restarted, I took a route through a corridor. However, this didn\u2019t work too well as I ended up back in the main room, just slightly further down than when I went into the corridor. At this point I would have just decided to walk straight into the \u201cholding pen\u201d room from there, but the 10 second countdown had just started, and there was a cameraman pointing a camera at a team right next to the doorway. So, I did what any normal person would have done. I stood around awkwardly near the back of the room until he\u2019d stopped filming.\nCompetition \u2013 Afternoon\nThe lunch and swap of team members had helped, as a few minutes after starting points were gained on one of the images. However, by quarter past one there hadn\u2019t been many points gained for the other images. Also, quite worryingly, the Server image wasn\u2019t reporting it\u2019s score back. We weren\u2019t sure if the team were aware of this, but were hoping that there\u2019d be a big jump that would help push us back up into first place.\nAround half 1 the scoreboard showed that Server was reporting it\u2019s score again. Either the students had noticed it, or the technical staff had done something. Unfortunately it didn\u2019t have a jump that we were hoping for \u2013 it had stayed flat. Looking on the overall scoreboard, our team had also slipped into third place, and were close to becoming fourth. On a more positive note, points had finally be gained for Ubuntu after a very long time, and the Windows 7 image was also gaining some points too.\nTen minutes later the team managed to gain points in both Windows 8.1 and Server, which pushed them back into second place. It was at this time one of the technical staff came into the \u201cholding pen\u201d and announced to everyone if they would be able to just look at the scoring report on the large display screen in the room, rather than on their individual devices. It turned out that everyone hitting the web server was what was causing the page to not load sometimes on the large screen, and for the Server scoring points to not show up correctly too.\nAt the start of the competition the teams were informed that they needed to nominate one team member to come up to the stage should there need to be any announcements or changes made during the running of the competition. Well, it turned out that this was now going to happen. The teams were informed that another image was to be included into the competition. Yes, that\u2019s right, 5 images!\nIn previous years there\u2019s been three images to start off with, then increased to four later on (similar to what had just been announced). However, there were only four team members allowed to compete at once, and four laptops available. The teams had to make a choice \u2013 keep running the Ubuntu 16 image and try to gain more points on it, or swap to the new Ubuntu 14 image. We hoped that the student who was our Ubuntu \u201cexpert\u201d (he\u2019s only ever done Ubuntu as everyone else has shied away from it) would cut his losses on the difficult one and move onto this new image. Well, according to the scoring report graph, he did just that.\nSince we\u2019d all been told off for refreshing to scoreboard too many times on our phones, I didn\u2019t look too often. To be honest, at this point I was starting to find it a bit tense as the competition was in its last hour, so I didn\u2019t want to see how well the team was doing. However, for the sake of recording the day, I decided to take a look at the scoreboard at 2 o\u2019clock. While our team was still in second place, behind by 20 points, the student on the Ubuntu image had set off like a rocket and was gaining points exceptionally fast. After 20 minutes of work he\u2019d already gained more points with this new image that he did with two and a half hours with the previous image.\nBy half two I decided to have a look at the scoreboard again. OK, that\u2019s a bit of a lie, I caught a sneaky glimpse when I heard the other staff members from our school mention that our team was around 40 points behind the top team a few minutes before. However, when I took this screenshot that had managed to close that gap to 13 points behind the top team. Points had been gained recently on all of the images, and the student on the Ubuntu image had now managed to overtake the Server image for number of points gained. This was more like the graphs we were used to seeing!\nSimilarly to how the scoreboard wasn\u2019t on for the first 15 minutes of the competition, we were told that it would be turned off with 20 minutes remaining, to keep an air of mystery as to where the teams were. This is the last scoring report that I was able to capture, and while our team was able to gain points over a number of minutes, whenever they would be close to the team in first position, that team would make a large jump points wise. The last we knew, our team was 14 points behind first place, and only 8 points above third. This was going to be a close final result!\nI\u2019m going to be honest with you here again. Once the scoreboard was turned off we were a lot more relaxed. We knew there was nothing that we could do, and it was all up to the students in the competition room. Although it was only a 20 minute wait for them to finish, it did seem to take quite a while.\nThe countdown for the last few seconds took place, then all teams stopped. We headed over to our students who were adding up the number of points they had scored (their idea) which came to a total of 288. Everyone was relieved that it was over, and knew that it was going to be a close final result. The students were saying some of the issues that they had managed to figure out in the afternoon session (some that had been annoying them since the morning session), and the student with the new Ubuntu image said that they had thought it was similar (if not identical) to one from an earlier round. They also said that at the very last minute they had figured out one of the forensic questions that involved a regular expression, gaining them 6 points. It was now a case of waiting around to see who the winners would be.\nDuring the waiting time, our team (along with a few others) were asked if they would like to give interviews about how they had found the day, and about the competition in general. We got the chance to go onto the roof terrace of the IET, which offered fantastic views over some of the main sights of London.\nI\u2019ll admit it, this isn\u2019t my best stitched panorama ever\nCompetition \u2013 Awards\nIt took around 45 minutes for the people running the competition to finalise the scores. During this time everyone was nervous and talking about how they thought the competition had gone. Our students were trying to suss out how well they\u2019d done in comparison to the other two teams that were nearby.\nNow, you may be wondering exactly what everyone was playing for. Well, it was for these trophies:\nThere were two sets of trophies to give out. The diamond shaped ones were for the top team of each group type (boys, girls, mixed, cadets) to get through to the final, and the cups were for the top three teams of the final.\nThe first set of awards to be given out were the \u201cbest of\u201d awards. An announcement was made that these were going to be presented, and everyone settled down into their respective team areas. Then my phone rang. I went out of the room, and luckily it was just my work colleague needing to clarify something. When I came off the call and walked back into the room, our team had disappeared. I turned round to see that they were on stage receiving the \u201cAll Boys\u201d award for being the top boys team during the competition rounds. What fantastic timing that phone call was(!)\nOur team then sat down, we applauded the other teams that were the top of their respective stream, then were told the VIP hadn\u2019t yet arrived to give out the trophies for the respective places. So, to pass the time we had a look at the award the team had just won.\nWhile the other teams that had won their awards were celebrating with each other, our team was trying to work out the models of the components (well, which self-respecting group of computing students wouldn\u2019t?). Most of the parts didn\u2019t really have any majorly identifying model numbers on them, the processor above the logo in the middle is an Intel 80186.\nAround 4 o\u2019clock the VIP arrived. It was Oliver Dowden, who is the Minister for Implementation (yes, we didn\u2019t know what that meant either). He gave a brief speech, then it was time for the winners of the final to be announced. To keep the suspense going, the names of the winning teams were inside envelopes.\nThe third place team was announced first. The room went quiet, and \u201cVault 7 from Frome College\u201d was declared. They went up to collect their trophy and medals, and everyone applauded. Well, that meant that our team had manged to stay out of third place.\nSecond place was to be announced next. At this point in time, we all became nervous, as we hoped that our team had managed to stay in second place. There was a bit of a dramatic pause as the team name was removed from the envelope, and\u2026 \u201cSaved by [the] Bell from St Paul\u2019s School, Barnes\u201d was declared (one of these teams won the previous year). A gasp went around our team, as we were sure that we would have been announced. The second place team also went to collect their trophy, and then it was announced there would be a small delay before the overall winners were announced.\nOur team was in quite a surprised state at the moment. Had they come in first place, or had something dramatic happened and they\u2019d been pushed into fourth? The suspense was intense as we weren\u2019t sure what was going to happen.\nFive minutes later, at quarter past four, the first place announcement was ready to be given. Everyone settled down, we were all full of adrenaline waiting to know who it would be, and I was jokingly told by most of the team not to take any more phone calls. The announcement for first place started, the paper with the team name was pulled out and\u2026 \u201cYou really can\u2019t \u2018C\u2019 me\u201d \u2013 our team were announced as the winners! (Even Wikipedia says so \u2013 and it wasn\u2019t me who edited it)\nThe team went up to collect their medals and the trophy, while I went off to take photos (in case you\u2019re wondering what I\u2019m miming in the 3 seconds that I\u2019m in the video for (I also appear in the video as voice only, with a \u201cWhoo!\u201d that happens as the video fades out)). Additionally, as a prize for coming first, our team had won an all expenses paid trip to Virginia in the United States of America! Prizes for other years have been: a valve from Colossus; a replica of letter notifying that the Lorenz cipher had been broken; Raspberry Pi\u2019s to help STEM in school, so this was a pretty fantastic one.\nThe team came back to the table and we all got a chance to look at the trophy and to celebrate. We couldn\u2019t actually believe we had won, and were the best team in the UK (2018) (that just sounds amazing to say). The student were involved in a number of additional interviews from the people running the competition and various media outlets (even I was somehow dragged into one!).\nWhile this was going on, a number of the staff members running the competition came over to ask us how we were feeling. Everyone was saying how elated and pleased they were for the students. Those staff members were also saying how well the students had actually worked together as a team. Most of the teams there were of a similar age range, whereas ours were from Year 10 (15 \u2013 16) through to Sixth Form (17 \u2013 18). Additionally, our team was commended on just coming along and getting on with the competition at hand without much fanfare or \u201chey, look at us\u201c, and for showing determination and perseverance to get into the final round three times.\nIt was then that we found out how close it had actually been between the top teams. When the \u201c2 minutes remaining\u201d announcement was made, our team had just tied with the team that were in first place. With 1 minute remaining, they had just pipped the other team by a few points (around 4 seemed to be the consensus). We couldn\u2019t believe how close it actually was, but it goes to show what a fantastic amount of effort the students put in to gain so many points from the last time we had seen the scoreboard.\nWe now had few problems. There were two trophies that needed to be taken back on the train, as well as a big airplane aeroplane ticket (sorry, I came over all American there). Although we had though it would be nice to win the competition, we hadn\u2019t actually prepared ourselves beforehand if we did manage to win. Luckily one of the students had a few spare Aldi carrier bags with them, so the trophies had an undignified journey back. The other problem we had was that the train was due to leave at 5:15, we had a half hour walk back to the station, and due to the interviews taking quite a while it was now 20 to 5.\nWe collected our belongings from the cloakroom, and had chance to speak to some of the students from Gibraltar before leaving. One of their teams had won the first year we took part in, and it\u2019s been a running theme in our team to know if the Gibraltans are going to be in the final again.\nThe walk back to the station was an interesting one. As the ticket was the same height as one of our students, it gained a lot of attention from passers by. It being prime rush-hour didn\u2019t help with this either. Nearly every person that we walked past tilted their heads to read what was written, and a few asked about it when we stopped at some of the many traffic lights. We managed to get to the station with a few minutes to spare, and also were able to get some seats together (with tables!) on the train too. Everyone was in really high spirits and talked about how the competition went for most of the journey.\nFirday, 9th March 2018\nWhen we returned to school the next day, it did seem kind of\u2026 boring \u2013 everyone was still on a high from the day before. We visited the headmasters office to spread the good news (he claimed that it was his text the day before that did it \u2013 along the lines of \u201cwin, or don\u2019t bother coming back\u201d). A number of other staff also heard about how well we did and congratulated us as we went around school (and said how jealous they were of us going to the United States).\nDuring the computing lessons, the teacher was informing their classes about what had happened over the last few days, with the intention of inspiring more students to join in and get involved with cyber security.\nI was talking to the teacher not long after we had won the overall competition (during the time when it was partially surreal to think we were the champions). We were thinking about how much the students had progressed over the three years that we had taken part in the competition. When we looked back at how this all started for us, it was a parent who mentioned about it one parents evening, and the following day the teacher asked one of the students if they wanted to \u201cgive it a go\u201c. The response was \u201cyeah, why not\u201c. Very humble beginnings indeed.\nAlthough we had always managed to get some teams into the final, this group of students seemed to form the perfect team. They were all great in their individual roles of the team, but together they were fantastic. I would personally like to thank each and every one of the students who made up this team (in no particular order): HS, MD, EC, AD, AH \u2013 you are all amazing (and know who you are).\nAs weird as it may sound, we don\u2019t have a trophy cabinet. So, to prevent damage to the first trophy we achieved by it being left unattended in the classroom, it\u2019s currently on display in my office. I\u2019ve also had numerous jokes from the team for me not to crack it open to use the parts inside to upgrade(!) the school computers.\nIf you\u2019re also wondering about the team name, it\u2019s an ongoing theme that the team has had. The first year was \u201cYou can\u2019t \u2018C\u2019 me\u201d (a very clever pun on the \u2018C\u2019 programming language), then the second year it\u2019d changed to \u201cYou still can\u2019t \u2018C\u2019 me\u201c, and clearly the winning combination for the team name was \u201cYou really can\u2019t \u2018C\u2019 me\u201c.\nOn a slightly different note, on the 7th March it was my 7 year anniversary at my current workplace, so this was a very nice \u201cpresent\u201d to be part of. I\u2019ve always seen various staff members going off for trips at the end of the academic year (theme parks mainly) and been partially jealous, but as my role doesn\u2019t normally involve teaching students, it\u2019s quite understandable that I wouldn\u2019t be considered. However, since I\u2019ve had the headteacher say that I can go abroad, it\u2019s a long overdue reward.\nIf you do have a pressing need to see more photos from the event, click on the link that you\u2019ve just passed.\nRight then. Virginia, here we come\u2026\nPosted in Events, Software, Trips, Work Life. Tagged CyberCenturion, London, Security.\nPrevious: Previous post: CyberCenturion IV \u2013 Round 1\nNext: Next post: I Drove A LaaaaAAAAAAAaaaamborghini", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 34622, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 223.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.udemy.com/cfa-salary/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:04Z", "digest": "sha1:DEPJAK5XKA6CTNCRVLRNV3X2CT5BA337", "length": 5812, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "blog.udemy.com", "title": "CFA Salary: Know Your Worth In Numbers", "raw_content": "CFA Salary: Know Your Worth In Numbers\nApril 4, 2014 by Florence Ng\nMoney, money, money. No matter how stressful it can be or how much we try to ignore its importance \u2014 we need it. And not only do we need money, but often times, we need help with it. The same goes for businesses, companies, or people dealing with the stock-market, just to name a few. If we cannot handle it ourselves, who can we go to that we can trust? The answer would be CFAs, or Chartered Financial Analysts.\nIf you clicked into this article, it is likely that you are thinking or on your way towards becoming a Chartered Financial Analyst. As such, you are probably wondering how much money you could look to make once you become chartered. Well, no need to look any further. You are probably used to telling other people about their money, and now we are going to take the opportunity to fill you in on your potential financial outlook. So sit back and let us do the computing on this one.\nCF\u2026what?\nWhat is the CFA? Let\u2019s give you a quick overview before we jump into the numbers. To become a Chartered Financial Analyst, you will need to obtain a certification from the CFA Institute. To do this, you will need to pass a series of exams and complete a program that will prepare you for a career as a Chartered Financial Analyst. So why do people want to get certified as a CFA? Well, a good answer to that would be: salary and job security \u2013 which is no surprise, as this is why most people go to school and look to obtain professional licenses anyway.\nSalary Numbers\nBefore we talk more about the exams the process of becoming a Certified Financial Analyst, it might be helpful to just take a look at the numbers first. You know, just to incite you a little.\nAs with any other profession, your salary is going to depend on these factors: job type, years of experience, employer, company size, company sales, and total compensation (ie: bonuses or profit sharing).\nWe are going to give you a little overview of the type of compensation, according to Payscale.com, that you can look to expect from each of these categories. Of course, you will not get any exact numbers until you apply for a specific job or obtain a job offer.\nCorporate Financial Analyst: around $61,210\nChief Financial Officer: around $145,810\nInvestment and Securities Analyst: around $73,090\nFinancial Analyst: anywhere between $40,801 \u2013 $95,414\nSenior Financial Analyst: anywhere between $51,680 \u2013 $ 103,824\nVice President of Finance: around $131,700\nPortfolio managers: anywhere between $59,492 \u2013 $162,747\nInvestment analysts: anywhere between $44,347 \u2013 $117,280\nCFOs: anywhere between $74,922 \u2013 $239,545\nAs you can see, salary will differ on the job type. These job types do not factor in years of experience, which are indicated by the range in numbers for certain job types.\nHere is the median salary for a Certified Financial Analyst based on years of experience.\nLess than 1 year: $51,050\n1 to 4 years of experience: $63,900\nSenior CFA charter holders with 10 to 19 years of experience: $119,309\nSenior CFA charter holders with 20 + years of experience: $147,260\nThere are a variety of types of employment that a Certified Financial Analysts can choose to work in. Here are some:\nContractors: $50,400\nTrusts or foundations: $77,438\nGovernment of Federal workers: anywhere between $76,041 and $78,467\nPrivate practices, companies, or colleges: anywhere between $80,617 and $86,400\nSelf employed: $90,005\nNon-profit organizations: $90,690\nFranchises and other organizations had: $100,000 +\nCompanies with under 10 employees: $75,756\nCompanies with 10 to 49 employees: $83,144\nCompanies with 50 to 199 employees: $85,649\nCompanies with 200 to 599 employees: $97,579\nCompanies with 600 to 1,999 employees: $100,980\nCompanies with 2,000 to 4,999 employees: $82,571\nCompanies with 5,000 to 19,999 employees: $90,807\nCompanies with 20,000 to 499,999 employees: $101,940\nThis can be pretty self explanatory: the less number of sales that the company you work for has, the less you can expect to get paid. Let\u2019s take a look at the lowest and highest tiers.\nCompanies with less than $500,000 in sales: around $70,468\nCompanies with annual sales of $2 billion or more: around $104,000\nKeep in mind that this salary is only base pay, and does not include things such as bonuses or profits. To give you a little idea of how this can affect your salary, in 2001, according to the CFA Institute, the average total compensation received by Certified Financial Analysts in the United States clocked in at an impressive $304,000.\nThe CFA Charter Examination and Its Benefits\nIf you are impressed with these numbers, interested in finance, and willing to devote the time and energy needed to get there: good for you!\nAt least four years of qualified work experience\nPassing all three sets of CFA exams (each set is six hours long)\nNow, we are going to add to any of your positive CFA thoughts by providing some more reasons as to why it is beneficial to become a Certified Financial Analyst:\nIt will enhance your financial career path.\nAt around $2,500 to $8,000, the test itself is affordable; if you consider the prices of other professional licensing exams.\nThe CFA Charter is recognized worldwide, which means a lot of opportunity for you almost anywhere you go.\nYour job security and opportunity will be increased. It looks great on your resume!\nAs you probably can already tell, your pay scale will only go up from here.\nBecoming a Certified Financial Analyst is an experience that will set your groundwork for the jobs you will be up for upon completion. The exams are not easy, and once you have passed and completed them all, you should be ready for anything! Now that you know what you can be worth, check out Udemy\u2019s helpful courses for all levels of CFA preparation!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 7392, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 264.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2010/11/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:51Z", "digest": "sha1:MV37IBDQR4X3RMTPF4HQRBAT7UHIX4LN", "length": 43993, "nlines": 100, "source_domain": "blogger.uncleleosden.com", "title": "Uncle Leo Rumbles: November 2010", "raw_content": "Bondholder Bonanza in Europe\nIf you believe in reincarnation, think seriously about coming back as a holder of Euro-denominated bonds. (Or, skip the reincarnation part and just buy some.) Today, the bailout of Ireland makes clear that every nation in the European Union guarantees the obligations of every other EU nation, and also the obligations of every bank in every EU nation. Holders of European debt are in Heaven, dancing cheek to cheek with EU taxpayers.\nThe Germans (and French, kind of) made some noise about bondholders sharing in the losses from future national financial crises. But when push comes to shove, which could be in a week or two with Portugal, it's essentially a certainty that the dour Chancellor Merkel and frenetic President Sarkozy will hold their noses and sign another blank check. That's because the real beneficiaries of these bailouts aren't Ireland, Greece or whoever. They're German, French and other EU banks, which hold shiploads of Irish, Greek, etc. debt. A default by these nations would put the banks down the street from Chancellor Merkel's or President Sarkozy's office at risk, and those banks and their various constituencies are the real reason the wealthy EU nations are spreading Christmas cheer to the poorer EU nations.\nIt doesn't have to be this way. The sovereign debt crisis began with a dust up in Dubai about a year ago. While Dubai's problems quickly moved off the front page with the revelations of Greece economizing on the truth about its budget deficit, a workout continued quietly. Not long ago, the Dubai debt problem was resolved with some bond holders taking losses. Farther back in time, international financial crises in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s involved banks taking losses on their loans. There is nothing magical about being a creditor that necessarily insulates one from loss.\nThe distressed nations can't devalue their currencies to boost their economies through exports (a standard maneuver in such circumstances). They all use the Euro, and its value is maintained by the European Central Bank. Only the long, poorly paved road of austerity and higher taxes is open to them. Without bailouts, defaults would loom and the debtor nations might have to leave the Euro bloc. Since Germany and France want the Euro to work, they are left with little choice except to make nice-nice with bondholders.\nBut just as American taxpayers are tired of bailing out bankers in New York, German taxpayers may eventually tire of bailing out the money men in Frankfurt. The poorer EU nations aren't leaving the Euro bloc--with Germany backstopping them, they have every incentive to stay. The Germans may, in the end, be the ones who leave. The more the Germans bail out profligacy in other nations and reckless lending by their own banks, the more their own financial condition will deteriorate. If Germany guaranteed all EU sovereign and bank debt, it would be in lousy shape. Since it more or less implicitly has done just that, it is. German taxpayers have already carried the substantial burden of incorporating East Germany in the West. They very possibly won't want the burden of incorporating the entire EU into Germany.\nLabels: bank bailouts, EU bailout, Euro, European Union, Germany, Ireland debt\nTurkey Day approaches, so let's see who's thankful.\nGS to Feds. Goldman Sachs surely is thankful to the federal law enforcement personnel who are so assiduously pursuing suspected insider trading by hedge funds and other money managers. This evidently could be a big case, big enough to make the investing public forget all about ABACUS-2007-AC1 and Fabrice Tourre's juvenile e-mails.\nFed to Ireland. The Federal Reserve may be quietly grateful that Ireland is having such well-publicized debt problems. It's brought Europe's sovereign debt crisis back onto the front page, and if liquidity problems crop up as a result, the Fed will have more justification for its quantitative easing program.\nG-20 to North Korea. The gonzo maniacs in North Korea, by revealing their uranium enrichment plant and shelling a South Korean island, have pushed the G-20 and the possibility of a currency devaluation war right out of the news. The potential for a real shooting war in Korea forces the international community to think about what it has in common, at a time when it should give that issue careful thought. Indeed, just days after they acrimoniously failed to reach a trade agreement, South Korea and the U.S. are vividly reminded that they are allies.\nLisa Murkowski to Palin (Bristol). The voting controversy over \"Dancing With the Stars\" has completely overshadowed any voting controversies in Alaska. For once, a Murkowski may be grateful to a Palin.\nCharles Rangel to His Democratic Colleagues. One can't help but suspect that Congressman Rangel might be quietly thankful he's being tried and punished by a House of Representatives controlled by the outgoing Democratic majority. Things could well have been a lot tougher for him if he had stalled the proceedings into the next term.\nDavid Cameron to William and Kate. The prospect of a royal wedding contrasts brightly against the dour grayness of governmental austerity. The prime minister may be grateful for the loss of some front page coverage.\nNBA to LeBron. Just about everyone likes seeing a big talker taken down a notch. LeBron has provided this spectacle to basketball fans from sea to shining sea. Schadenfreude spurs growing fan interest with each Miami loss.\nAmerica to Salehis. We haven't seen Tareq and Michaele Salehi, the alleged White House party crashers, in the news for quite a while. That's something to be thankful for.\nLabels: Bristol Palin, Democratic Party, Federal Reserve, G-20, Goldman Sachs, Ireland debt, Murkowski, Rangel, Salehi, sovereign debt\nThe Euro at Gettysburg\nThe sovereign debt crisis in Europe is evolving into a struggle over European union. Despite decades of increasing commercial and financial harmonization, Europeans haven't resolved many of their underlying differences and the harmonies are becoming dissonant.\nThe initial problem was Greece. When Greece adopted the Euro, it hoped to benefit from a stable currency it could use to borrow at comparatively low rates. The key word here is borrow. Germany and other wealthy Euro bloc nations initially welcomed Greece, thinking they were getting easier access to an export customer. Everything worked fine as long as Greece could borrow enough to finance its purchases from Germany and other exporters. The tough task of building Greece's economy to balance its consumption of goods from other nations with industries and businesses of its own that would attract foreign customers somehow got lost in the glow of apparent short term prosperity.\nBailing Greece out required Germany to stop averting its eyes to the ultimate flaw in its strategy of growth through exports: a continuing trade imbalance with the rest of the world cannot be sustained indefinitely. Obdurate exporters sooner or later have to finance their export customers. Japan and China have financed America's consumption. Germany found out the hard way that many of its banks had financed Greece's consumption. Even though much of the German electorate went Tea Party, the German government ultimately joined in a bailout of Greece in order to bail out Germany's banks.\nNow Ireland, bogged down in a real estate crisis, has been compelled to seek a bailout. Although the Irish government has the liquid resources to cover its debts until next year, it made the mistake of guaranteeing the obligations of Ireland's banks. This temporarily kept those banks from collapsing. But Irish banks are, to a large degree, mortgage banks. Ireland's real estate crisis may be more severe than America's, and the liabilities of Ireland's banks are enormous for a nation of Ireland's size. By backing Irish banks, Ireland's government transferred their potential insolvency onto itself. It now has little choice but to take a bailout the EU has been pressing upon it.\nOne of the weird things about the Irish crisis is that the bailers have been urging the bailee to take the handout. That's because the EU has much bigger problems that the Irish mess is exacerbating. Bond vigilantes see a row of dominos to exploit. If Ireland falls, Portugal is likely to be next, and Spain could follow. The EU desperately wants to forestall the domino effect. While it can keep Greece, Ireland and Portugal afloat, add Spain and all bets could be off.\nThe EU isn't limiting itself to assistance. It can't resist the temptation to seek change. Ireland has been urged by other EU nations to raise the level of its corporate income tax, which is set at a low rate to attract foreign investment. Other EU nations view the Irish corporate tax as a competitive threat. Ireland has firmly refused to raise its corporate taxes, fearing a further diminution of its now fading prosperity. Although everyone publicly insists that Ireland raising the corporate tax rate isn't a condition to the bailout, discussion of this point will likely not end with the bailout.\nThe intimations of other EU nations that Ireland raise its low corporate rate is a sign that the EU in its current iteration cannot last. Either the union becomes more centralized, with greater control exercised from Brussels, or the Euro must be abandoned and national currencies reinstated. Ireland's defiant refusal to change its tax laws tells us that the outcome isn't without doubt.\nThe bailers want more. Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, recently convinced other EU nations to agree that bond investors might have to share losses from sovereign debt defaults. The bond market threw a hissy fit. Its consternation was surely fueled by the experience of Dubai debtholders (remember the Dubai debt crisis, only a year ago but now seemingly so distant?), who recently had to compromise their claims. There is ultimately nothing golden about sovereign debt, and bondholders may be facing a loperamide moment as they attain a deepened appreciation of their risks. Unhappy bond investors may try to force the issue of union--either the EU becomes more like a single nation and its debt market stabilizes, or short sellers and their derivatives cousins clean up.\nIn a way, the European debt crisis resembles the battle of Gettysburg. Like the first day of the Civil War battle, the struggle over Greece's debt is where the lines were drawn and positions were taken. In the second day at Gettysburg, the fight went to the periphery. The far left flank of the Union line held at Little Round Top, and then the far right flank held in the contest for Culp's Hill. Europe's current problems are with nations on the periphery of the EU: Ireland and Portugal. Thus far, the EU seems to be holding. But the battle will be determined if and when it reaches the large nations of the EU. Spain may become the first large European nation to be targeted by bond speculators. It's trying to cope with a virulent real estate downturn. A trillion Euros of public debt and another trillion in private debt held by foreigners takes Spain's debt burdens beyond the capacity of existing EU bailout facilities. The willingness of Germany and other wealthy EU members to pony up more bailout money is by no means clear. Chances are they would only if they could impose greater centralized control.\nThe European imperative for union is in no wise as powerful as America's in 1861. (Remember Yugoslavia? Czechslovakia? The Soviet Union?) The EU has no heros, no 1st Minnesotas, or 20th Maines or Third Brigades from New York. Individual field commanders at Gettysburg--Buford, Reynolds, Hancock, Chamberlain and Greene--took turns acting on their own initiative to hold the line for the Union. But individual national leaders in the EU haven't such latitude; they must act collectively or not at all. If the crisis morphs into its third phase (i.e., Spain), the EU will be put to the test. By the third day of Gettysburg, the Union Army was buoyed by confidence from its successes on the first two days, and it met Pickett's challenge resolutely. But the desire for unity among EU nations is, at best, a work in progress. Before the Civil War, America was known as \"these United States.\" Afterward, it was \"the United States.\" Is Europe ready for that?\nLabels: EU bailout, Euro, European Union, Ireland debt, Portugal debt, sovereign debt\nWith stocks going nowhere for the past ten years or more, we now understand that retirement planning involves more than seeking the highest returns. Risk has to be managed. Savings must be protected. This is especially so as one grows older. With fewer working years left, those who have living memories of seeing or wearing leisure suits should think about downside risk as well as upside potential. It's a good idea to stress test your retirement.\nA stress test would estimate how well your finances would look in adverse circumstances. There are different ways to do this, and some can become quite complex. There is no magical formula or golden number(s). Much depends on your appetite for risk, your life expectancy and your retirement goals. Let's start with individual factors.\n1. Stocks. Assume a 50% drop in the stock market. That's not an unrealistic assumption since stocks dropped a bit more than that at their worst point in the 2008-09 financial crisis. They could drop like that again, notwithstanding every assurance from Wall Street and high ranking government officials. What impact would that have on your finances? If the answer is too much for your comfort level, then reduce your exposure to stocks until you feel comfortable.\n2. Bonds. Assume a 20% loss of your taxable bond portfolio. This would be a very large loss for bond holdings, but could happen if the Fed has to raise interest rates sharply in order to combat inflation. (Indeed, the Fed's ongoing quantitative easing program--the purchase of Treasury securities with printed money in order to lower interest rates--has anomalously resulted in increased interest rates, suggesting bond investors expect inflation from the QE.) What impact would a 20% drop in your taxable bond holdings have on your equanimity? If the answer isn't conducive to equanimity, dial back your bond exposure.\n3. Municipal Bonds. Assume a 20% loss in the value of your muni bond portfolio. This, too, would unusually large. But the growing crisis over state and municipal deficits, and the possibility that interest rates may rise because of or in spite of the Fed, could produce significant muni bond losses. How would this affect your sense of financial security? If you don't like the answer, trim your muni holdings.\n4. Money Market Funds and Similar Products. As we know from the 2008-09 financial crisis, money market funds can go under. Less well-known similar products, most notoriously auction rate securities, may be less safe than money markets. Assume a liquidity crisis for your holdings of money market funds and other short term investments. What would you do if you couldn't get to these assets? If the answer is ugly, transfer your liquid assets to money market funds that invest only in U.S. Treasury securities, or to bank or credit union accounts and CDs that are fully insured by the federal government. Don't mess around searching for incremental increases in yield. Make sure your liquid assets are truly safe (because they may not be liquid otherwise).\n5. Insurance Products. Insurance products are subject to the creditworthiness of the insurance company. Insurance companies make mistakes. If, like AIG, they make big enough mistakes and put the international financial system at the edge of the abyss, they will be bailed out by the government. But most insurance companies can't put the touch on taxpayers like that. Try to figure out how much you could salvage from your annuity or other insurance products if the insurer goes belly up. You might have to research the law of the state where the insurance company is chartered for the coverage provided by its guaranty association for life insurance. (One place to start is the website for the national umbrella organization for these associations, called the National Organization of Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Associations,\nhttp://www.nolhga.com/.) The amount of coverage may be between a maximum of $100,000 to $500,000, depending on the state. If that limit spurs major heartburn, either avoid making a big investment in insurance products, or look to boost the non-insurance portion of your portfolio. Be cautious about exiting insurance products you've already bought, because the insurance companies may whack you with painful termination fees. But pay those fees if your exposure to insurance products makes you queasy.\n6. Pension. Let's say your employer goes bankrupt and ditches its pension plan. Can you live with the reduced payments you might end up with? Figuring out how much your pension might be reduced in such a circumstance could be difficult and the stress test might have to be done with just an approximation (factoring in the limitations in coverage from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., if applicable; see http://www.pbgc.gov/workers-retirees/benefits-information/content/page789.html). You could try assuming your pension payments turn out to be half of what you expected. Then, increase your current savings a lot because the loss of half a pension would be painful for just about anyone.\n7. Social Security and Medicare. Social Security and Medicare will not disappear. They will be here as long as the Stars and Stripes fly. Of course, some modifications will surely be made, particularly in light of the recent mid-term elections. These modifications won't give you a warm glow. Assume your benefits are reduced by 15%. If that would increase your antacid budget, save more.\n8. Health Insurance. If you're under 65, consider the impact of losing your health insurance. (Just about everyone 65 or older has Medicare coverage.) If you're in a group plan, research the cost of buying replacement coverage (which would be an expensive individual policy for most people). Then save more. If the health care reform of 2010 survives Republican attack in 2011 largely intact, you'll probably be able to get good coverage. If the 2010 health insurance reform is significantly cut back, you could be in a tight spot.\n9. House. If your home is part of your retirement finances, consider the impact of a 25% drop in its value. Many homes have dropped more than that in the past few years. Don't think it can't happen again. Factor in the mortgage, home equity loan(s) and other liens on the house. If a 25% loss would ruin your day, save more.\nWe all know that, in a financial crisis, more than one asset class may go sour at the same time. Estimate the combined impact of such a morass. One thing that is certain is we will have another financial crisis like 2008-09. When is anyone's guess. But an enduring lesson of 2008 is that there are no new paradigms in the world of investments and finance. Sooner or later there will be another financial crisis. Those that prepare for it will probably do okay. Crisis deniers surely won't.\nWhere is there safety? Money market funds that invest solely in U.S. Treasury securities for one. Bank and credit union accounts and CDs that are fully insured by the federal government are another. See http://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2010/07/safe-investments.html. Longer term U.S. Treasury securities will be paid in full upon maturity, but are subject to interest rate risk during their terms. Gold and silver may look attractive at the moment, but their values have historically been extremely volatile. Invest in commodities at your peril.\nIf you don't like the results of your personal stress test, save more. That, more than anything else, will strengthen your finances. A diversified portfolio is prudent (stocks and bonds can help with your long term financial needs). But diversified doesn't necessarily mean high risk. Having 20% in stocks and 30% in bonds, with the rest in safe assets, may be as diversified as some people want to get, especially those over 70. All the nice looking statistics and charts that financial planners can generate about long term gains don't mean diddly if we're stuck in one of the decade long or longer time periods when financial assets sag. Allocate your assets in the way that facilitates sleep. You'll sleep better for it.\nLabels: financial planning, health insurance, retirement, retirement plan, Social Security, stress test retirement\nFallout From the G-20's Failure\nLast week's G-20 meeting in Seoul was a failure. Basically, nothing got done, except for an exchange of volleys of antagonistic pronouncements. The major exporting nations--especially China and Germany--criticized America's profligacy and continued monetary easing. America called for structural change from the exporters, demanding that they boost domestic consumption and depend less on selling in America. U.S. officials scolded China for artificially depressing the value of its currency. The group as a whole issued a statement that muttered something about one for all and all for one. But the casual observer might wonder how many members had their fingers crossed behind their backs when they signed the statement.\nAs the meeting broke up, France's president, Nicholas Sarkozy, began a one-year term as the leader of the G-20. He immediately announced that the tasks at hand would take more than a year to complete, thereby absolving himself of responsibility for producing results. This inspiring act of leadership made clear that there ain't gonna be much happening soon G-20wise.\nPerhaps we shouldn't have expected much. The history of the U.N., and before that the League of Nations, teaches that international organizations are always partial to dysfunction. Nevertheless, some world leaders raised expectations. The potential fallout from the failure isn't pretty.\nCranky Financial Markets. In the last couple of weeks, as it became increasingly clear that the G-20 meeting would be unsuccessful, the financial markets hesitated and then fell. Stocks and bonds are both lower (after anomalously rising together). Commodities have fallen back. This isn't surprising. For the past two years, governments worldwide have been transferring risk and losses from the financial markets to taxpayers. Speculators were probably hoping the G-20 would give them yet another undeserved windfall. But taxpayers in Europe and America have rebelled. Faced with risks that aren't being dumped on innocent bystanders, financial market players have apparently chosen to trim their sails.\nPolicy Makers, Be Not Proud. One thing is for sure, today's financial and economics policy makers are dead set on avoiding the governmental mistakes of the 1930s, which today's conventional wisdom holds responsible for turning a nasty recession into the Great Depression. Most central bankers and other policy makers seem to think they know what their predecessors did wrong, and how to avoid making the same mistakes. But the failure of the G-20 meeting is disquieting.\nThe member nations were simply doing what was in their interests. They weren't intent on messing up the world's economy, nor did they want to exacerbate the already rising tensions among them. They simply couldn't levitate themselves above their conflicting national interests to the supranational lovefest that the G-20 is supposed to foster. Each nation's domestic politics dictated its views. With the world economy too small a pie for every nation to get as much as it would like, we're now edging toward an international game of musical chairs.\nAnd that's the way it was in the 1930s as well. None of the central bankers and other policy makers of that era whose mistakes are now so routinely and condescendingly decried meant to create a train wreck. Like their modern counterparts, they consulted with each other and tried to find common ground for constructive action. But they were driven, like today's policy makers, by the interests of their own nations. They looked at the rest of the world from differing frames of reference, each crafted by parochial interests. Yes, they blew it. But they weren't gonzo idiots. They simply did what nations generally do in times of international disagreement.\nThe G-20's failure last week is a disconcerting reminder of the way things fell apart in the 1930s. The G-20 also failed to find common ground, and their pledge to continue working together seemed like little more than press fodder to divert financial reporters while world leaders caught their flights out of Seoul. Before the Fed, the Treasury Department, and other policy makers in America and elsewhere confidently conclude they know how to avoid the mistakes of the 1930s, they ought to step back and think about what just happened. Human nature hasn't changed in the last 80 years. Even though the Fed is taking a sharply different tack from the Fed of the 1930s, its most recent quantitative easing program may provoke the currency, trade and other economic conflicts among nations that hindered recovery during the 1930s. The doyennes of central banking and fiscal policy should be not proud. Their deep and prolonged studies of the Great Depression, and the advantage of hindsight, may still be insufficient to keep us from falling into the abyss. When a group cannot agree on shared sacrifice for the greater common welfare, divided they will have to make their individual ways in a treacherous world.\nLabels: Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve easy credit policy, G-20, quantitative easing, stock market in 2010, stock market volatility\nDid Someone Forget to Tell the Bond Market About Quantitative Easing?\nThe idea behind the Fed's quantitative easing program is the Fed will print money that will be used to buy long term Treasury bonds. Its purchases, to total as much as $600 billion by September 30, 2011, are supposed to push down interest rates, thereby stimulating the moribund economy with lower borrowing costs.\nA problem, it would appear, is that someone forgot to tell the bond market. A month ago, the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was about 3.75%. Today, it trades around 4.25%. The 10-year Treasury note was yielding around 2.4% a month ago. Today, it hovers in the range of 2.6%. Are the bond traders crazy? Received wisdom in the financial markets is never to fight the Fed. But the bond market seems to be determinedly paddling upstream.\nThen again, what if bond traders have it right? What if quantitative easing will be inflationary? It increases the quantity of dollars in the financial system, which is a precondition to inflation. Additionally, it puts downward pressure on the dollar, which raises the price of imports. That will have an inflationary impact. Bond investors demand higher yields when confronted with the prospect of inflation. And higher interest rates dampen economic growth. So QE, before it's hardly out of the gate, has already made things worse.\nThe Fed, however, has a reply: raising expectations of inflation would be good, since that would stimulate consumer spending. Beleaguered consumers, desperately trying to save some of their stagnant or shrinking incomes as a buffer against hard times, will be strong armed into spending their money whether or not they like it. It's for their own good, and the Fed is destroying their financial security in order to save them.\nSo quantitative easing is a win-win for the Fed. If QE lowers long term interest rates, it stimulates the economy by lowering borrowing costs. If QE increases inflationary expectations, it coerces consumers into spending. With the U.S. economy 70% consumption, a revival of consumption means revival of the economy. Of course, this works only if the Fed can prevent inflation from spinning out of control. High inflation doesn't produce prosperity--the late 1970s, a time of double-digit inflation, were an American nightmare, not the American Dream. The Fed has to produce Goldilocks inflation: not too hot and not too cold. Chairman Bernanke insists the agency can do that.\nWe must be in Lake Wobegon, where all monetary policy is above average. Here, a pure money print, which is what QE amounts to, cannot produce a bad result. One would have thought that conjuring up money from thin air would be undesirable. At least, so it would appear to those of us who had always thought money was supposed to be earned from productive work.\nWhen the Federal Reserve comes across like a late night TV ad for no money down real estate, we know we're in trouble. The enduring foundational principle of all economics is that there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. The Fed is coming close to transgressing this, the most fundamental of the laws of economics. Those who put themselves above the law set themselves up for a fall. Perhaps it is true that actual national wealth can be created by flushing printed money into the financial system and deftly removing it when inflation flares. Then again, desperate times are when hope is most likely to triumph over experience. When it does, experience can administer painful lessons.\nLabels: Fed Lowering Interest Rates, federal economic policy, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve easy credit policy, Monetary Policy, quantitative easing\nWill the Fed's Quantitative Easing Enrich Asia?\nJust as leaves on a plant turn toward sunlight, capital seeks out the highest returns. The Fed's recently renewed quantitative easing program will dump $75 billion a month of printed money into the financial system between now and Sept. 30, 2011. That money will go somewhere, and overseas is a very likely destination.\nThe mechanism for this journey is the carry trade: speculators borrow dollars at the ultra low rates provided courtesy of the Fed, convert those dollars into the currency of a nation where higher returns are available, and invest in that nation. Since the highest returns generally available these days are in Asia, carry trade dollars will head across the Pacific. If higher returns were available in America, these dollars wouldn't go west. But the stagnation here makes Asia appear sunnier.\nSome of the dollars will likely be invested in China, stimulating its already red hot economy. China, however, maintains currency controls that prevent unlimited capital inflows and outflows. Consequently, some carry trade dollars will flow to other Asian nations, stimulating their economies.\nThe carry trade has worked the other way. In the first half of the past decade (around 2001 to 2006), the Japanese central bank lowered interest rates to zero and tossed in some quantitative easing to boot, in a largely futile effort to revive Japan's economy. Speculators borrowed yen cheaply, converted it into currencies of nations with higher interest rates and invested in those nations to profit from the difference between national interest rate levels. America was a one beneficiary of the yen carry trade. Possibly, Japan's quantitative easing, leaving behind the stagnation in its native land, contributed to America's recent real estate and credit bubbles. Now, the Fed's quantitative easing is sparking fear in Asia of asset bubbles and heightened inflation.\nPresumably, the Fed is aware of the potential for its quantitative easing program to stimulate other nations instead of America. Perhaps it hopes that juiced up Asian nations will import more from American exporters. That probably will happen to some degree. But there's no way of knowing how much benefit America will receive from such a circuitous route.\nWith the dollar being the world's reserve currency, the carry trade is easily done and easily unwound. Its biggest up front risk may be a revival of the dollar. But with the Fed publicly committed to quantitative easing, a strengthening of the dollar seems about as likely as confirmation of the Yeti.\nThe more ebullient carry traders become, the less likely quantitative easing will help America. Much of the Fed's big money dump could simply fly away overseas. Then what?\nLabels: federal economic policy, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve easy credit policy, quantitative easing\nA pretty simple way to estimate how much money you need for retirement is:\n1. Calculate how much annual income you want (or need) in retirement, using current dollars.\n2. Subtract the amounts of Social Security benefits (including your spouse's benefits, if you're married), and pension income, if any, you (and your spouse, if married) expect.\n3. Multiply by 30; we'll call the result your nominal target.\n4. Adjust for inflation between now and your anticipated retirement age, by multiplying 1.03 by itself the number of times equal to the number of years until your retirement (i.e., 1.03 to the exponential power equal to the number of years until your retirement), and next multiplying the resulting number by the nominal target.\nThe number you end up with is your inflation adjusted target. Here's an example.\nLet's say you'd like the inflation adjusted equivalent of $50,000 (in current dollars) a year for retirement. Your estimated Social Security benefits are $15,000 a year. You're lucky enough to have a pension that will pay $10,000 a year when you retire. Subtracting $15,000 and $10,000 from $50,000 leaves $25,000. Then multiply $25,000 by 30, getting $750,000. We assume inflation will be 3% a year (that's the approximate average annual inflation rate since World War II). We'll also assume you have 20 years to go before retirement. Multiply 1.03 by itself 20 times (that would be 1.03 to the 20th power, exponentially speaking). The result is about 1.8061, which you multiply with $750,000, getting $1,354,500 as your approximate inflation adjusted target.\nIf you have no pension, which is the case for most Americans, you'd subtract your $15,000 Social Security benefits from $50,000, getting $35,000. That figure multiplied by 30 yields $1,050,000. Multiply by 1.8061 to account for inflation, and your target becomes $1,896,400.\nNote that your target number is in future inflation adjusted dollars. Since most people's incomes tend to keep pace with inflation, reaching the target isn't quite as hard as you might think. You can use this target without having to think about investment options or diversification strategies. Tired of stock market volatility? Slick financial advisers make you nervous? Don't want to invest in derivatives contracts or no money down real estate deals? That's okay. Save in CDs and money market accounts if you want. Work a second job, or drive the same car for 20 years. Don't splurge on a McMansion and learn the virtues of home cooked meals. Inherit the money, win the lottery, or get it any other way that's legal. It doesn't matter how you get the money, so long as you have enough.\nThis formula is just an approximation, and is meant to give you a ballpark sense of where you need to go. We assume that you're retiring in your early 60s (most people do so around age 62). That's why we use a multiplier of 30--many financial advisers would use a multiplier of 25, but they're assuming retirement at age 65 or later. The multiplier of 30 also helps account for the fact that most pensions are not increased for inflation, so they lose value over time. We also assume that once you've accumulated the needed total, you invest it in a conservatively diversified portfolio during retirement. If you want to stick with all CDs in retirement, you should use a larger multiplier, like 35 or 40. Of course, this money isn't for your kids' college expenses or other non-retirement uses. That has to be saved in addition to your retirement money.\nIt isn't easy to save for retirement. Then again, nothing worthwhile comes easily. Most people go through life and then retire on whatever they have available when retirement time rolls around. Even if you can't imagine how you'd ever hit your target, starting to prepare is the first step in ultimately being prepared. Many folks would be happy to accumulate half their target. But they have to start saving to get there. The worst thing you can do is nothing. For more on retirement, see\nhttp://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2009/11/techniques-for-retirement-saving.html, and http://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2009/07/simplest-financial-plan-of-all.html. Good luck.\nLabels: making retirement money last, managing retirement savings, retirement, retirement plan\nHow Gridlock in Washington Endangers the Economic Recovery\nThe political gridlock that just was elected to office could make things worse. By definition, gridlock means the status quo is preserved, because nothing can be done to change it. The status quo is a mess, and preserving it is exactly what we don't need. Let's look at some of the key economic issues.\nReal estate. The real estate market and its associated mortgage crisis were the origins of the Great Recession. When the credit carousel stopped turning in 2008, trillions of dollars of losses cascaded on banks, investors, homeowners and ultimately taxpayers. Financial crises such as this work themselves out through the allocation and realization of those losses. Losses must be taken by someone or they will continue to hover over the economy, discouraging consumption and investment, and hindering recovery. Over the past two years, some of the losses have been taken, by banks writing down loans and other assets, investors seeing lower prices on mortgage-backed investments, homeowners suffering falling home values, and taxpayers subsidizing all of the foregoing. But there remain tons of unbooked losses, and also the painful problem of what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (i.e., to what extent will taxpayers provide future subsidies to the housing market). Liberals can't envision a U.S. housing market without federal support, and conservatives can't stomach perpetuation of such massive subsidies and bailouts. The current chaos and confusion in the real estate market, amplified by the burgeoning foreclosure mess, will continue. The process of loss allocation and realization will continue, but in the haphazard, ad hoc, unfair and lunatic way it now operates. Consequently, real estate and housing will stay sick puppies, dragging on economic recovery.\nFiscal Policy. The Bush tax cuts will be extended for almost everyone. If the Republicans have their way, they'll be extended for everyone. But doing so will conflict with a cherished Republican goal of shrinking federal deficits. In theory, deficits could be reduced by cutting spending. In fact, the newly elected coalition government in the U.K. is taking this approach. But Britain's parliamentary system of government enables such decisive action. America's Constitutional limitation and division of authority acts in the opposite direction, permitting the electorate to choose a chief executive and chambers of the legislature from different parties. Gridlock will preclude major spending cuts. Fiscal policy will remain the mosh pit it is today and deficits will lurch on.\nEven in situations where Congress can act, it won't have easy choices. Federally funded unemployment benefits for the long term unemployed will expire at the end of this month. Congress has three weeks to act. Extending benefits would help keep the economy muddling forward. Cutting off benefits would help reduce the deficit (although not by much, maybe a couple billion, which in context is peanuts). But it will also increase the doom and gloom among the electorate. Lengthening the line at the food bank won't spur consumer spending, even if passbook savings accounts pay 0.00001% per annum.\nMonetary Policy. The Fed, being somewhat insulated from politics, will continue with monetary policy, and its recent announcement of $600 billion of quantitative easing reflects a clear, if not unanimous, choice to provide more stimulus. Congressman Ron Paul, cynosure of libertarians and Tea Partiers, and soon to be the chairman of the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, has already announced that he plans to scrutinize the Fed closely, questioning the fundamental premises of its policies and actions. Paul travels leagues farther than mainstream Republicans in challenging conventional monetary policy, subscribing to the gold standard and doubting the wisdom of central banking at all. Chairman Bernanke can look forward to providing the subcommittee with the pleasure of his testimonial company on a regular basis. The Fed's renewed program of quantitative easing will face head winds from the direction of Capitol Hill.\nThe last industrialized nation to suffer a financial crisis and recession like America's was Japan. The Japanese government reacted indecisively, often sinking into dysfunction because each of its options was painful and it was reluctant to impose the costs of washing the crisis' losses out of the economy. So it allowed the losses to linger, dampening economic recovery to this day. The gridlock soon to settle into Washington could easily lead to similar dysfunction, letting the economic recovery meander. The Japanese central bank lowered interest rates to essentially zero and also conducted quantitative easing. But, in a dark omen for the Fed, monetary policy in Japan wasn't enough.\nIf the government is capable at all of restoring prosperity, a question not without doubt, it will have to act with unity of purpose and decisive amounts of fiscal stimulus as well as monetary accommodation. That ain't gonna happen. Have an umbrella ready for the next two years because storm clouds are gathering. And recall that old timers who lived through the Depression would often carry a roll of hundreds of dollars in their pockets, simply because cash money felt good. When times are tough, cash talks and just about everything else walks.\nLabels: 2010 elections, federal economic policy, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve easy credit policy, Monetary Policy, political gridlock, Ron Paul\nThis month, the San Francisco Giants, a team few people outside of the Bay Area notice, with a roster of players few people outside of the Bay Area notice, brought home San Francisco's first World Series title. Improving as they progressed through the playoffs, the Giants determinedly won the championship, conceding only one game of the final series to the Rangers. Edgar Renteria, an aging Giants infielder on the verge of retirement, hit the winning home run in the last game, going out like the champion he became. It was a lyrical, magical victory, befitting the golden city by the bay, poetically inevitable and long to be remembered by baseball fans of all persuasions.\nAnd, oh yeah, there were mid-term elections yesterday. As expected, the Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. Not unexpectedly, the Democrats kept control of the Senate. Gridlock is in our future. Then, today, the Federal Reserve announced that it would print $600 billion and use it over the next eleven months to buy long term U.S. Treasury securities in an effort to stimulate the economy. Various Wall Street analysts had prognosticated that the Fed would announce at least $500 billion, which is financial markets speak for saying they wanted more than $500 billion. The $600 billion was a tepid ante up by the Fed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average offered fair commentary, rising 26 points, or less than 0.25%. In spite of all the headlines, soundbites, points and counterpoints, nothing really surprising happened in the world of politics or in the financial markets. Nor will any of it be remembered like the Giants' World Series win.\nLabels: 2010 elections, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve easy credit policy, politics in 2010, quantitative easing, San Francisco Giants\nDid Someone Forget to Tell the Bond Market About Q...\nHow Gridlock in Washington Endangers the Economic ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1222, "original_length": 64597, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blueplanetenergy.com/news/joe_schwartz_joins_blue_planet_energy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QVRZHBB5LZIAQZTU7EGLU472GV4EYBJG", "length": 6884, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "blueplanetenergy.com", "title": "Blue Planet Energy", "raw_content": "News\u00bbJoe Schwartz Joins Blue Planet Energy\nPressCustomer StoriesNews\n[Honolulu, HI] Blue Planet Energy, developer of the Blue Ion energy storage platform, announced today that industry veteran Joe Schwartz has joined its team. For more than two decades, Schwartz has been a vocal advocate for the advancement of best practices, safety, standardization, training and accountability throughout the U.S. solar and storage industries. Schwartz joins Blue Planet Energy as Market Development Lead. Through technical marketing and sales, professional training and product development, he will leverage his industry perspective and experience to support Blue Planet\u2019s expanding network of dealers and vendor partners.\nA Journey in the Off-Grid Revolution\nA graduate of the University of Oregon, Schwartz began his solar industry training at Solar Energy International (SEI) in 1995. \u201cI purchased the course textbooks beforehand and completed the system sizing and configuration exercises before I rolled into SEI\u2019s Carbondale, Colorado, classroom. I was raring to go,\u201d Schwartz laughed. \u201cThat summer, I was introduced to the technologies and the community that became my professional focus and my extended family for the last two decades.\u201d\nFollowing his training at SEI, Schwartz worked as a renewable energy systems integrator in southern Oregon and northern California. \u201cIn the mid 1990s, I was part of the second wave of renewable energy professionals. I was extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work beside and learn from many of the solar industry\u2019s early pioneers and visionaries. They had not only a common vision, but also the dedication and unique business acumen to create an industry that\u2019s building a post-carbon economy and employing 250,000 Americans.\u201d\nEntrepreneurship and Technical Publishing\nIn the late 1990s, Schwartz began working on projects for Oregon-based Home Power magazine. \u201cIn the early days, Home Power\u2019s founders Karen and Richard Perez operated the business out of their remote, off-grid homestead. Throughout its 31-year history, Home Power played a central and indispensable role in the mainstreaming of residential-scale renewable power systems,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cHome Power provided a first-of-its-kind networking hub for manufacturers and installers to interact with their end-user customers and, not insignificantly, with each other.\u201d\n\u201cOver time, my role at Home Power evolved from building power systems, testing equipment, writing and technical editing to operations and business management,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cI was also involved with advocating for Oregon state legislative efforts to advance solar energy. We successfully passed Oregon\u2019s first net-metering legislation, as well as the legislation that created the state\u2019s Limited Renewable Energy Technician license.\u201d\nIn 2008, Schwartz built and led the exceptional team that created and launched SolarPro, the U.S. solar industry\u2019s bar-setting trade publication for more than a decade. \u201cHome Power played a foundational role in the mainstreaming of residential renewable energy systems,\u201d Schwartz commented, \u201cand SolarPro had a similar impact further along the industry\u2019s time line. We launched SolarPro to help industry stakeholders gain and communicate the skills and best practices required to scale PV power system capacities from kilowatts to megawatts to gigawatts.\u201d\nEnergy Storage: The New Frontier of Decarbonization\nToday, after a move from technical publishing to market and product development with Blue Planet Energy, Schwartz has a renewed focus on energy storage systems. \u201cDepending on the metric you evaluate, modern energy storage technologies and markets are where solar generation was 5, 10 or even 15 years ago. Advancements in lithium-ion and other storage technologies are accelerating the transition from lead-acid batteries. If well-designed, manufactured and supported, these new storage platforms offer superior lifecycle cost, performance, power density, reliability and safety,\u201d said Schwartz.\nAll in with Blue Ion Energy Storage System\n\u201cBlue Planet Energy\u2019s Blue Ion is a premium energy storage platform that offers an exceptional lifetime cost of ownership and the inherent safety of Lithium Ferrous Phosphate (LFP) cells, all while backed by the longest warranty in the industry,\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cI\u2019ve operated a Blue Ion unit at my off-grid property for the last year. Without question, it\u2019s the most significant improvement to not only our off-grid power system, but also to our quality of life in the 16 years we\u2019ve been on the property. In the simplest of terms, Blue Ion has removed the hassle and, in some instances, the fear from living with energy storage. We no longer need to worry about the impact of deep cycling on our storage system's longevity. Additionally, the Blue Ion system has intelligent controls that ensure fail-safe operation.\u201d\nA Welcome Addition to Our \u2018Ohana\n\u201cOur success is fueled by the quality of our people, and we have been building an amazing team at Blue Planet Energy,\u201d shared COO Chris Johnson. \u201cWe are so excited to welcome Joe to our \u2018ohana! He brings remarkable experience in the industry and insights into our customers. He\u2019s a natural fit with our company culture.\u201d\n\u201cBlue Planet Energy\u2019s technology and team caught my attention,\u201d Schwartz recalls. \u201cThe post-carbon vision of its Chief Executive, Tetris founder Henk Rogers, and his prioritization of sustainability as a core business value create a company I\u2019m extremely proud to work with. It feels like home.\u201d\nSchwartz lives in Ashland, Oregon with his wife Emily and their pair of often boisterous and occasionally well-behaved yellow labs. They operate a grid-connected PV system at their in-town property that offsets more than 100% of the energy consumption of their all-electric home and electric vehicle. Located 10 miles outside of town, their off-grid homestead is powered by the sun and Blue Ion. Schwartz is an avid cyclist, both on pavement and off. He is a steadfast advocate of a post-carbon economy, healthy ecosystems, intact and expansive wilderness and everything that\u2019s wild and free within it.\nYou can contact Joe via LinkedIn\nAbout Blue Planet Energy \u2022 Blue Planet Energy\nBlue Planet Energy's mission is to eliminate the use of carbon-based fuels and replace them with clean, reliable and affordable renewable energy. We are changing the way we power the world through the development of next-generation, high-performance energy storage systems. Through years of research and testing, we created the industry\u2019s safest lithium-ion energy storage system with the lowest lifetime cost of ownership. 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The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology provides an introduction to the world of these ancient documents and literary texts, ranging from the raw materials of writing to the languages used, from the history of papyrology to its future, and from practical help in reading papyri to frank opinions about the nature of the work of papyrologists. This volume, the first major reference work on papyrology written in English, takes account of the important changes experienced by the discipline within especially the last thirty years. Including new work by twenty-seven international experts and more than one hundred illustrations, The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology will serve as an invaluable guide to the subject.\nRoger S. Bagnall is Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and Professor of Ancient History at New York University.\n\u041d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology\nOxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History Series\n\u0420\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 Roger S. Bagnall\n\u0418\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c Oxford University Press, USA, 2009", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 2953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 149.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://booksliced.com/ratings/recent/all/157050011", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:57:16Z", "digest": "sha1:LNTZPEUW7UWMYFAGHQC6QCDMOAZ7ICWC", "length": 908, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "booksliced.com", "title": "Classics > Last 7 Days Highest Rated Books | BookSliced", "raw_content": "Showing: Ratings > Classics\nThe Metamorphosis (Modern Library Classics)\nTranslated, edited, and with an Introduction by Stanley Corngold Featuring essays by Philip Roth, W. H Auden, and Walter Benjamin \u201cWhen Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling... Read more >>\nStrangers in Port-au-Prince are united in the corruption, fear, and revolt of Duvalier-era Haiti in \u201cthe most interesting novel of [Greene\u2019s] career\u201d (The Nation). Haiti, under the... Read more >>\nLoosely based on the Johnson County War of 1892, a bloody clash between big landowners and small ranchers in Wyoming, Owen Wister's The Virginian is the classic saga of a man who embodied... Read more >>\nThe Vivisector (Penguin Classics)\nJoin J. M. Coetzee and Thomas Keneally in rediscovering Nobel Laureate Patrick White Hurtle Duffield, a painter, coldly dissects the weaknesses of any and all who enter his circle. His... Read more >>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 5773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 334.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://borg.com/tag/movies-to-go/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:22Z", "digest": "sha1:IHDG3NGVMXYRAQZAKMNHGGQSI5L4EZNZ", "length": 2425, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "borg.com", "title": "Movies to Go | borg", "raw_content": "Tag Archive: Movies to Go\nReview\u2013Manborg, a crazy fun throwback to 1970s/1980s sci-fi horror B-movies\nNo matter what you study in college sometimes you can\u2019t get work in the summer because no one wants to hire for jobs with decent pay on a temporary basis. That\u2019s how I ended up at Movies-to-Go, a pretty typical VHS chain rental store in the 1990s that went the way of the dodo bird when DVDs came along. You learn a lot about people generally while working a video store, disturbing things like the fact that I Spit on Your Grave and Faces of Death outpaced new release sales time and time again. At every store there were aisles of direct to video releases\u2013some action, some sci-fi, some horror. All of them had one thing in common\u2013someone spent a lot of time creating covers that would get renters to actually rent the movie, despite the fact that most of these movies weren\u2019t worth renting. Some of these edge the others out, and as an employee I remember being able to rent free any film overnight that didn\u2019t get checked out, which meant I learned to like a lot of films from John Carpenter, Jean Claude Van Damme and Bruce Lee movies.\nSome of these B-movies weren\u2019t really good enough to be called B-movies, and were nothing but grindhouse pictures that would be shown at the then dwindling drive-in theater\u2019s weekend third late show. Others, like Denise Crosby\u2019s Eliminators, Dolph Lundgren\u2019s I Come in Peace, Guyver 2: Dark Hero, Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer and David Hasselhoff\u2019s Starcrash, and Captain America (1990), prompted one ambitious young Canadian filmmaker named Steve Kostanski to spend three years in the 21st century creating one of these 1970s-1980s-type B-movies, with a name like a made-for TV Syfy Channel movie: Manborg. The amazing thing is Manborg actually received acclaim as an official selection of not one but six international film festivals: Austin\u2019s Fantastic Film Festival, Montreal\u2019s Fantasia Film Festival, Sweden\u2019s Lund Film Festival, Switzerland\u2019s Neuchatel Film Festival, Toronto\u2019s After Dark Film Festival and the London Sci-Fi Festival. And Manborg is being released on DVD on April 30, 2013.\nTags: Adam Brooks, Andrea Karr, B-movies, borg, Bruce Lee, Conor Sweeney, Evil Dead, Flash Gordon, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeremy Gillespie, John Carpenter, Ludwig Lee, Manborg, Matthew Kennedy, Meredith Sweeney, Movies to Go, Steve Kostanski, The Fifth Element, Tron, VHS movies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 10011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 253.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://borg.com/tag/nicholas-meyer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:48Z", "digest": "sha1:MXBWAX3D55KNROGPWYZMR6LRUAPJ45WM", "length": 11141, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "borg.com", "title": "Nicholas Meyer | borg", "raw_content": "Tag Archive: Nicholas Meyer\nCBS releases new teaser for the next Star Trek TV series\nIt\u2019s not much but the first teaser for the next Star Trek television series could be telling. It features the new logo for the series, which doesn\u2019t air until 2017, following the 50 year anniversary of the original 1960s series. It features familiar notes from the classic Star Trek theme, and a journey through the stars similar to the footage that accompanies the end credits to the J.J. Abrams movies.\nCBS presents a new adventure. New Crews. New Villains. New Heroes. New Worlds.\nThe \u201cNew Worlds\u201d shows an attempt to return to the series\u2019 roots, the search for strange new worlds. But it\u2019s the plurals that may be sharing some of what fans have been after. New Crews? So will this be a series of one-shot episodes? A series of multi-episode story arcs? An all-out anthology? The reboot Battlestar Galactica offered up a reasonably successful spin-off following another vessel\u2019s exploits. Is that the kind of story the new producers are working on? Or will each season follow another strange new world and crew?\nWe still know nothing about the sixth Star Trek series, but fans are hopeful. Check out this first teaser for the series:\nTags: Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, CBS, CBS All Access, New Star Trek series, Nicholas Meyer, Rod Roddenberry, Star Trek, Star Trek teaser trailer 2017\nRemastered director\u2019s cut of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan coming to Blu-ray\nThe most lauded production in the Star Trek catalog is getting a facelift. Coming this summer, Paramount is releasing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in Nicholas Meyer\u2019s popular director\u2019s cut version for the first time in Blu-ray format. It\u2019s one of several releases this year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise.\nLong referred to as among the best science fiction films of all time, Wrath of Khan has been digitally remastered in high definition with a higher picture quality than available before. It will include both the Director\u2019s Edition (previously only available on DVD) and the original theatrical version. The Blu-ray also includes a new, nearly 30-minute documentary entitled \u201cThe Genesis Effect: Engineering The Wrath of Khan,\u201d which details the development and production of the film through archival footage, photos and new interviews. Two hours of previously released material fills out the disc set.\nPre-order it now here from Amazon.com to get it when it is released June 7, 2016.\nDirector Nicholas Meyer was recently tapped as chief writer for the next Star Trek TV series, coming in 2017. He also directed the other Star Trek film competing for \u201cbest of the best\u201d cred, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.\nHere are the complete specs for the Blu-ray release:\nTags: Nicholas Meyer, Paramount Pictures, Star Trek, Star Trek 2017, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan\nActors we can\u2019t get enough of \u2014 David Warner\nFew actors have had the opportunity to explore as many diverse characters as David Warner. As genre actor, Warner is frequently the choice for leading man villain roles, for his long face and ominous stature, but it is his powerful voice and slithery and sneering yet refined inflections that cause his words to echo years after you hear them. He\u2019s played classic roles like Henry VI and Hamlet and King Lear and even Bob Cratchit, he played a villain in the big budget movie Titanic and yet also narrated a Winnie the Pooh movie. He\u2019s performed opposite Vanessa Redgrave, Gregory Peck, Jason Robards, and Anthony Quinn, and also opposite Steve Martin and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And since his debut in 1963 he has guest-starred in a variety of series ranging from Remington Steele and Hart to Hart to the Father Dowling Mysteries and Tales from the Crypt, to Murder She Wrote and The Outer Limits. In 50 years he has portrayed upwards of 200+ characters in as many productions.\nBut we love him best for his sci-fi, fantasy, superhero and costume adventure roles. Take a look at the various major franchises where Warner has left his mark:\nTOM JONES (1963). In David Warner\u2019s screen debut he played the conniving Blifil, out to destroy the wily an dashing Tom, played by Albert Finney, and win over Tom\u2019s love interest, played by Susannah York. From the very beginning we can see the kinds of roles Warner would be cast in. As an 18th century squire\u2019s son, Warner performed according to period style and manner, yet subtley dastardly and ungentlemanly.\nTHE OMEN (1976). Warner played Keith Jennings, an unfortunate photo-journalist who becomes one of Damien\u2019s victims, one of many roles for Warner as part of the horror genre.\nTIME AFTER TIME (1979). In director Nicholas Meyer\u2019s critically acclaimed re-imagining of H.G. Wells\u2019 Time Machine, Warner plays gentleman John Leslie Stevenson opposite Malcolm McDowell\u2019s author and inventor H.G. Wells. Or is he such a gentleman? As the most loathsome and recounted villain in history, Warner\u2019s take on Jack the Ripper as 19th century murderer-turned-time traveller let loose in modern times is picture perfect.\nTIME BANDITS (1981). As the all powerful epitome of evil genius, the Evil Genius, in the silly Terry Gilliam film Time Bandits, Warner plays it completely straight, giving gravity to his performance and legitimacy to the entire film.\nTRON (1982). For a subset of kids who were 10 to 12 years old in 1982, David Warner\u2019s Sark was every bit as cool a bad guy as Darth Vader. Warner played three roles in Tron, Ed Dillinger, executive of ENCOM, Sark, the red master of the soldiers in the computer world of The Grid, and the voice of Sark\u2019s own master, the frightening and lifeless Master Control Program. Sark\u2019s viciousness and lack of concern for anyone but himself was Warner at his best.\nSTAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989). In Warner\u2019s first foray into the Star Trek universe Warner proved he could play not only high class evil but also a character who was outright smarmy. Hypnotized by Laurence Luckinbill\u2019s mystic Vulcan Sybok, Warner\u2019s St. John Talbot represents Starfleet stuck at the arse-end of the universe.\nTWIN PEAKS (1991 ). As the conniving Thomas Eckhardt, Warner managed to carve out a memorable role in the middle of the strangest band of characters ever to hit the TV screen. Although a lot of his character\u2019s cunning occurred off-screen and in back story, onscreen Warner revealed a sinister affair with his former proteg\u00e9, Josie Packard, including the assassination of his former business partner, Mister Packard.\nSTAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (1991). In another Nicholas Meyer film and Warner\u2019s second Star Trek work, Warner is stunning as the Abraham Lincoln of the Klingon Empire. With a new Klingon regal look and flanked by fellow Shakespearean thespian Christopher Plummer as Chang, Warner\u2019s Chancellor Gorkon by all appearances was a typical Klingon warrior, but at a dinner with the crew of the Enterprise we learned that a Klingon could upstage the would-be heroes of the Star Trek universe, making them look like a group of backwoods hicks. Acting against type, Warner\u2019s martyred leader died trying to bring the Federation and Klingons together, and Warner\u2019s sincerity made us care, and his characterization in turn flipped our view of the Federation upside down.\nSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (1992). Returning to the drippingly sinister, pure evil of Warner\u2019s performances as Jack the Ripper and Sark, Warner\u2019s Cardassian interrogator Gul Madred was the only villain except The Borg to have bested Captain Jean-Luc Picard, in the two-part Next Generation episode \u201cChain of Command.\u201d Gul Madred pulls no punches torturing Picard, even after his own people require Picard to be returned to Starfleet. I see three lights!\nLOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1994). Proving that TV audiences would accept David Warner in the same league as Marlon Brando, Warner was able to play Jor-El, Superman\u2019s noble father who was savvy and smart enough to save his son from his planet\u2019s oblivion despite violating the rule of law of Krypton.\nBATMAN (Animated) (1992-1995). In the DC Comics animated universe, Warner voiced the smooth talking terrorist Ra\u2019s Al Ghul for several episodes of the series, locking in his continual casting for genre voice roles.\nBABYLON 5 (1995). In Babylon 5, Warner portrayed Aldous Gajic, the brain wiping seeker of the Holy Grail who dies saving a younger character that he sees as a version of his former self.\nSPIDER-MAN (Animated) (1995-1997). Not one of his biggest roles for sure, Warner here was able to add the Marvel Comics franchise and one of Marvel\u2019s greatest foes, Red Skull, to his list of accomplishments.\nMEN IN BLACK (Animated) (1997-1999). Here Warner played Alpha, a rogue Men in Black chief who had previously been Agent K\u2019s friend and mentor.\nTOTAL RECALL (TV) (1999). As leading neurosurgeon Dr. Felix Latham, Latham works for Rekall and again Warner plays an assassinated character. Or was he a clone?\nSTAR TREK: KLINGON ACADEMY (Video Game) (2000). The video game includes some surprisingly good new footage of Warner and Christopher Plummer reprising their roles as Gorkon and Chang.\nSTAR WARS: FORCE COMMANDER (Video Game) (2000). It is easy to picture Warner as Grand General Brashin, a viperous Grand Moff Tarkin type in this video game from the Star Wars universe.\nHORATIO HORNBLOWER \u2013 MUTINY and RETRIBUTION (2001). Returning to the costume adventure genre where Warner first got started, Warner played Captain James Sawyer in two installments of the brilliant and exciting Horatio Hornblower series from A&E. Sawyer was the vile and cruel taskmaster of the HMS Renown.\nPLANET OF THE APES (2001). As Helena Bonham Carter\u2019s ape\u2019s white-haired father Senator Sandar, Warner showed that he is nowhere near finished amassing sci-fi film franchises.\nDOCTOR WHO: UNBOUND (Audio) (2003 and 2008). Warner played the famous Doctor (an alternate Third Doctor, that is) opposite David Tennant, before Tennant was to play the 10th TV version of The Doctor, in the installment Sympathy for the Devil. Warner reprised the role five years later in Masters of War.\nDOCTOR WHO: DREAMLAND (Animated) (2009). Warner played in the world of Doctor Who yet again as Lord Azlok, Lord Knight of the Imperial Viperox War Horde in this animated production.\nAnd to wrap it up, at this link you will find a 10-minute feature involving Dillinger\u2019s character from the original Tron, first appearing on the Tron: Legacy DVD release special features. It has been suggested that this is a bridge for Warner to reprise his role as Dillinger and Sark in the sequel to Tron: Legacy.\nTags: Babylon 5, Batman, Cardassians, Chancellor Gorkon, David Warner, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Dreamland, Doctor Who Unbound, Gul Madred, Horatio Hornblower, Jack the Ripper, Jor-El, Klingon Academy, Lois & Clark, Men in Black, Nicholas Meyer, Planet of the Apes, Sark, Spider-Man, St John Talbot, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Force Commander, The Final Frontier, The Omen, The Undiscovered Country, Thomas Eckhardt, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Tom Jones, Total Recall, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Twin Peaks, Winnie the Pooh", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 398, "original_length": 42724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://boundingintocomics.com/2018/04/05/brand-new-marvel-cinematic-universe-easter-egg-found-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:13Z", "digest": "sha1:QEW6G7RFFG4K2SCTHS2URIU3I6UQEYAV", "length": 3511, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "boundingintocomics.com", "title": "Brand New Marvel Cinematic Universe Easter Egg Found in Guardians of the Galaxy! - Bounding Into Comics", "raw_content": "Brand New Marvel Cinematic Universe Easter Egg Found in Guardians of the Galaxy!\nThe Watchers are Watching\nGuardians of the Galaxy is one of the best films in the MCU. James Gunn\u2018s film was a wonderful tale of a merry band of space-misfits deciding they needed to band together to help guard\u2026the galaxy. Soon enough the Guardians will be joining the MCU in full-force when they help to fight Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. But looking forward to the next film hasn\u2019t stopped some fans from looking to the past. James Gunn has always said there are quite a few Easter eggs in the Guardians of the Galaxy films that still remain unnoticed. Quite a few fans took that as a challenge.\nSo a Reddit user by the name of lawleeeer recently found a few exciting characters in the background of the first film. He recently posted this image, revealing what could be the Watchers in the background of the first meeting of the Guardians of the galaxy.\nUser lawleeeer-created Image from Guardians of the Galaxy \u2013 Marvel Studios\nWhat a catch! Those are almost undoubtedly the Watchers moving in the background of that scene. And why do we know that? Because the Watchers appear in Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2!\nTwice the characters appear speaking to none other than Stan Lee! Well, speaking isn\u2019t the right word. More like listening, observing, and watching. They might not yet have any significance to the MCU, but the fact that they\u2019re making their way through the films could mean the characters have a part to play in Guardians of the Galaxy 3.\nBut there might be more to this Easter Egg. Going from the background of one film to a full-fledged cameo in another is a big deal. It implies that the Watchers do have a part to play in the MCU. Just what could that part be?\nUatu the Watcher \u2013 Marvel Comics\nThere\u2019s one watcher who does more than observe: Uatu the Watcher. The character isn\u2019t always a good guy and certainly isn\u2019t always a bad guy. He\u2019s broke his oath of non-involvement to tell the Fantastic Four about the arrival of Galactus. But he\u2019s also lied to the Fantastic Four in order to protect the interests of The Celestials, whom he works for. However, the Watchers are a unique part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.\nHave you seen the Fantastic Four in the MCU lately? Probably not. But you\u2019ve seen the Watchers in the cinematic Universe. The Watchers are a \u201cshared\u201d part of both the Marvel Studios-owned characters and those owned by 20th Century Fox. This means that the two companies had to come to an agreement for the characters to make an appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 with Stan Lee.\nWith all of the new Fox and Disney Marvel News in the past few months, this could mean that the Watchers have a major part to play in the MCU or in the convergence of the MCU and the Fox Marvel properties. That probably isn\u2019t going to happen anytime soon, but the Watchers could be the connecting factor that brings the entire Marvel Universe together. If you thought Avengers: Infinity War, or all of the memes going around, was the biggest cross-over event of all time. Imagine the film that attempts to bring Marvel together.\nWho knows? Maybe Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will feature the Watchers in an expanded role. 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He has held solo exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, and Tokyo as well as group showings in London, Germany, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Calgary and Art Basel, Miami.\nHis visual style has attracted clients such as Nike, Inc., Target Corporation, Red Bull, Boost Mobile, Honda, Boosted, Volkswagen, MCA Records, Interscope Records, St\u00fcssy, Evisu, Ben Sherman, Capita Snowboards, Armada Skis, Rusty, Salomon, Lemonade Magazine, Wallin Surfboards, ActivEmpire, ActionSports Group, So Sweet Records, 411VM, Palace 5ive, and Bl!SSS Magazine.\nMadsteez has received recognition in the following publications and websites: The New York Times, Flaunt, Dazed and Confused, Nylon (magazine), Black Book, Vapors, Paper (magazine), Mass Appeal, Death and Taxes, Time Out, Stuff (magazine), URB, Vice (magazine), Apparel News, AlternativePress, Happy, SG, Get On, XLR8R, Lemonade, OC Weekly, 411, Riviera, woostercollective.com, thefader.com, dorkmag.com, knowngallery.com, highsnobiety.com and boostedmobile.com\nAbout Martin Luther King Elementary:\ninspiring, engaging and empowering the leaders of tomorrow. We do this through:\n-Consistent implementation of rigorous & relevant instruction for all students.\n-Developing strong relationships with students, parents, community members & staff.\n-Integration of technology across the curriculum\n-Integration off arts across the curriculum.\nArts Vision:\nAt King Elementary, the arts are an integral component of the academic, social and emotional development of students. We seek too inspire, engage and empower each student through the arts. 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During the next years he also consolidates Weborama as a strong company in the South of Europe. After holding international managing positions in the company, in 2013 he takes his current role as VP International.\nHis activity, always related to technology and data, leads him to manage several markets promoting the international growth of the company, being the opening of the New York office his last achieve during 2017. Being present in the digital industry for almost 20 years, his previous experience in TV entertainment or B2B marketplaces gives him a wide vision about digital environment.\nFrom his current position, Abelardo is also focused on Data projects looking for the most innovating solutions for the clients.\nThe Summit program includes the world\u2019s best examples of brand promotion in new media, the integration of all communication channels, digital, social and mobile technologies in marketing and advertising.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2219, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 266.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brawatchswiss.com/tag/contractor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:17Z", "digest": "sha1:MBTLU4BH5BKTQ6THJXHU2YT227WQYEVO", "length": 1784, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "brawatchswiss.com", "title": "contractor \u2013 Swiss Replica Watches", "raw_content": "How Do A Course Of Construction Insurance Policy Work?\nThere are different forms of TX Construction Insurance which you may purchase for a construction. If you\u2019re merely leasing a construction, you\u2019ll have renter\u2019s insurance. This covers everything within this construction, but it doesn\u2019t extend to the construction itself. You\u2019re able to obtain homeowner\u2019s insurance should you get the property, which will protect the home itself and the items inside. If you\u2019re having a house built, however, you might wish to take into account a plan of construction insurance plan. If you don\u2019t understand how this works, continue reading and also the fundamentals will be explained for you.\nGenerally, this is a policy which may be placed on the house when it\u2019s still under construction. It protects it while the work is going on. This could likewise be a dangerous time for you. You can\u2019t get homeowner\u2019s insurance since you don\u2019t yet have a house. However, suppose that a fire breaks out to the worksite once the home is merely a couple weeks from being achieved? 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It was originally developed as a joint project between the St Albans Rotary Club (now Brimbank Central) and the Keilor Council (now Brimbank Council) and was opened on 24th June 1993.\nBirthday Parties for Children and other family and group functions hire is available. It is a popular and very affordable facility for children\u2019s Birthday Parties. To obtain an information pack about hiring the facility contact us via email or visit the Contact Us page and send your details to us.\nWe also run Bicycle and Community Education Excursion Programs, Learn to Ride Programs and we cater for those with Special Needs. To obtain information about these programs contact us via email or visit the Contact Us page and send your details to us.\nThe Brimbank Bicycle Education Centre is run and managed by a team of very dedicated volunteers who have overseen major renovations and improvements since they took over management of the centre in August 2015. All of our income from hire fees is re-invested in the centre to ensure that it remains a high quality facility, able to be used by all the community.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 1507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 310.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brnow.org/News/November-2014/Mars-Hill-Church-to-dissolve-sell-property", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:13Z", "digest": "sha1:KCU22GTRW7N2XZSYFL5HUIO33KD6WRFP", "length": 3299, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "brnow.org", "title": "BRnow.org - Mars Hill Church to dissolve, sell property", "raw_content": "You are here: Home | News | November 2014 | Mars Hill Church to dissolve, sell property\nMars Hill Church to dissolve, sell property\nNovember 4 2014 by David Roach, Baptist Press\nMars Hill Church, the Seattle-based network of congregations founded by controversial pastor Mark Driscoll, will dissolve, sell all church assets and encourage its 13 campuses to become independent congregations.\nDale Braswell, a Southern Baptist church planter in the Seattle area, told Baptist Press the dissolution is both sad and hopeful.\n\u201cIt\u2019s sad seeing an organization like Mars that\u2019s reached so many people and done so much good working in the Seattle area\u201d dissolve, Braswell, pastor of Lifepoint Church in Lynnwood, Wash., said. \u201cBut there\u2019s hope in the sense that a lot of new churches are going to be autonomously started. And, Lord willing, those churches are going to start churches ... and the impact can kind of continue.\u201d\nBy Jan. 1, each of Mars Hill\u2019s campuses must decide whether to become an independent self-governed church, merge with an existing church or disband, according to an Oct. 31 letter posted on Mars Hill\u2019s website by primary teaching pastor Dave Bruskas.\nAs part of the transition plan, all of Mars Hill\u2019s properties will either be sold or the loans on the individual properties will be assumed by the new independent congregations. The church\u2019s corporate headquarters is listed for $7.75 million while three other properties are for sale for a total of $20 million, the Seattle Times reported.\nAll central Mars Hill staff members will be paid and then released from employment, and any remaining funds will be gifted to the new independent congregations, Bruskas wrote. Then the Mars Hill Church organization will cease to exist.\n\u201cThe board of Mars Hill has concluded that rather than remaining a centralized multi-site church with video-led teaching distributed to multiple locations, the best future for each of our existing local churches is for them to become autonomous self-governed entities,\u201d Bruskas wrote. \u201cThis means that each of our locations has an opportunity to become a new church, rooted in the best of what Mars Hill has been in the past, and independently led and run by its own local elder teams.\u201d\nDriscoll resigned from Mars Hill Oct. 14 after an internal church investigation found that he had been \u201cguilty of arrogance, responding to conflict with a quick temper and harsh speech, and leading the staff and elders in a domineering manner,\u201d according to a letter from the church\u2019s board of overseers obtained by Religion News Service.\nBeginning in August Driscoll had taken a break from the pastorate and temporarily suspended speaking engagements and media interviews. Also in August the Acts 29 church planting network, which Driscoll founded, removed him and Mars Hill from its membership.\nAt its peak, Mars Hill had 15 campuses in five states with some 14,000 attendees. The congregation does not cooperate with the Southern Baptist Convention.\n\u201cIt\u2019s sad for Mars Hill the entity,\u201d Braswell said of the dissolution. \u201cBut in the scheme of God\u2019s Kingdom, I think there\u2019s always hope because Jesus promises us that the church is not going to be defeated.\u201d\n11/4/2014 9:20:43 AM by David Roach, Baptist Press | with 0 comments\nFiled under: Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 7011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brooklynrail.org/2011/05/local/brooklyn-leads-living-wage-fight", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:46Z", "digest": "sha1:Z7BZE3H22NTFLQ7OILQREE2EOHJ2RIYN", "length": 12515, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "brooklynrail.org", "title": "Brooklyn Leads Living Wage Fight | The Brooklyn Rail", "raw_content": "Local\t May 4th, 2011\nBrooklyn Leads Living Wage Fight\nby Diane Krauthamer\nMembers of the Living Wage NYC coalition at a campaign demonstration, City Hall, May 25, 2010. Photos courtesy of the Living Wage NYC coalition.\nApproximately one million people in Brooklyn are employed, but many of their jobs do not pay very well. Nearly one in five people in the workforce toil in the retail and service sector. These jobs typically pay at or just above the minimum wage. But the cost of living in Brooklyn and throughout New York City continues to skyrocket\u2014it has nearly tripled since the 1980s.\nSo Brooklyn is now seeing record growth in the number of working poor residents and households. According to the city\u2019s Center for Economic Opportunity, 23.4 percent of Brooklyn\u2019s population currently lives below poverty level. And a whopping 15.2 percent of Brooklyn\u2019s population makes less than $15,000 annually.\n\u201cIndividuals who have lived in the area for years see the cost of living increase without the same change to their wages,\u201d says Brooklyn City Councilman Stephen Levin, who represents Brooklyn Heights, Greenpoint, parts of Williamsburg, Park Slope, and Boerum Hill. \u201cToo many working men and women not only in my district but across New York City earn a wage well below the federal poverty limit. It is everyone\u2019s right, not a privilege, to earn a living wage.\u201d\nWith elected officials, religious leaders, labor leaders, and community organizers, Levin is advocating for more sustainable jobs. Living Wage NYC\u2014a coalition assembled and guided by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) that includes a number of groups across the city\u2014has been urging the City Council to enact the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, a bill introduced in May 2010. The legislation would require all economic development projects receiving more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded subsidies to provide jobs that pay at least $10 per hour plus healthcare benefits or $11.50 per hour without benefits. A majority of council members support the bill and a hearing is set for May 12.\n\u201cThis coalition has gained a lot of grassroots and political momentum over the past year,\u201d said Ava Farkas, one of the main RWDSU organizers on the campaign. \u201cWith such a high level of enthusiasm from people in Brooklyn and throughout the city, we see this living wage movement growing stronger every day.\u201d\nThe coalition formed out of a hard-fought battle against the Bloomberg administration\u2019s plan to convert the Kingsbridge Armory in the northwest Bronx into a poverty-wage shopping mall. The project\u2019s lead developer, the Related Companies, was slated to receive more than $60 million in taxpayer subsidies for the project. The City Council voted against the project in December 2009 after Mayor Bloomberg refused to allow the Related Companies to negotiate with community and labor leaders over the terms of a Community Benefits Agreement, which included a guarantee that workers at the Armory be paid a living wage.\nSupporters of the Fair Wages Act argue that the living wage bill is fiscally necessary public policy, especially at a time when our cash-strapped city is trying to make better use of limited resources. They point out that subsidized economic development projects often include commercial properties where retailers and service companies lease space. Retail and service jobs within those projects will be directly affected by the bill. The Bloomberg administration opposes it.\nCritics claim that requiring living wages on subsidized economic development projects will stall growth. They argue that developers will refuse to pursue projects with such requirements because they will not be able to find tenants or service contractors willing to pay a living wage. But the well-documented experiences of many other cities that have implemented living wage standards show that opponents are driven by ideological views about government\u2019s role in the market, not the facts on the ground.\nA recent landmark study by the Center for American Progress (CAP), \u201cCreating Good Jobs in Our Communities: How Higher Wage Standards Affect Economic Development and Employment,\u201d provides a comprehensive national analysis of job growth in cities that extend living wage laws to their economic development projects. Analyzing nearly 20 years of data, the study reveals that cities around the country have successfully incorporated living wage standards into economic development projects without harming employment growth or business growth. It puts to rest the real estate lobby\u2019s claims that living wage policies have impeded job growth by creating an \u201canti-development\u201d business climate.\nNearly $2 billion in taxpayer money is spent every year on economic development subsidies, yet most non-managerial jobs created with that money are low-wage, according to a recent report issued jointly by the National Employment Law Project, Fiscal Policy Institute, and Good Jobs New York. The finding was not so surprising: no uniform living wage standard is attached to the subsidies. Instead, wage levels are determined on an ad-hoc basis. Big subsidized projects like the redevelopment of Coney Island and the Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront have included wage standards, but many others have not.\nAccording to the bill\u2019s proponents, establishing a uniform living wage standard would make it clearer to developers and companies what is involved in doing business with the city, and let taxpayers know what they can expect when their money is invested. With the city providing substantial public subsidies to shopping centers, sports stadiums, and office buildings, there is no telling how many developments are likely to spring up in the coming years. Supporters say the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act would ensure that taxpayers get a higher return on their investment in the city\u2019s economic future, and that more local residents working in retail and service jobs are lifted out of poverty and able to worry less about survival.\nCouncilman Jumaane Williams.\nDr. H. DeVore Chapman, pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Boerum Hill, is intimately familiar with the anxiety and anguish generated by the struggles low-wage workers must endure in order to survive. \u201cMany times I come across members [of my church] who have to work two jobs just to make ends meet, but they can\u2019t find a second job. These are people that not only need jobs, but they need a better wage at the jobs they have,\u201d Rev. Chapman said.\nOn the evening of April 4 at Bethel Baptist Church, Pastor Chapman joined Councilman Levin, along with Brooklyn council members including Jumaane Williams, Letitia James, and Brad Lander, and a few hundred local residents, for a rousing service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s legacy on the anniversary of his death. Earlier that day, Dr. King\u2019s eldest living son, Martin Luther King III, made news by mentioning the event in a public statement and endorsing the living wage bill. He reminded the media that his father died while fighting for living wage jobs and that New York City was continuing his unfinished work.\nJames, who represents Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, parts of Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, stood up in front of the hundreds in attendance and delivered a stirring speech, vowing to \u201cstand up for those who have to make a decision between paying their rent and paying their bills\u201d because New York \u201cneeds, demands, and should have a living wage, because it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d\nWilliams, who represents Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands, parts of Midwood, and Canarsie, was unequivocal: \u201cEverybody has the right to subsist. You shouldn\u2019t make money off the backs of people when they\u2019re starving.\u201d From memory, he preached parts of Dr. King\u2019s famous 1968 sermon \u201cI\u2019ve Been to the Mountaintop,\u201d in an intonation remarkably similar to King\u2019s own, much to the crowd\u2019s delight.\nIn another dramatic moment, the church went dark and people in the pews held up candles that cast a solemn glow. Rev. Chapman said this was significant because it led to an extended moment of silence in which attendees could come to \u201ca full realization of what King was doing when he was murdered.\u201d\nLater Rev. Chapman suggested that the gathering was part of an ongoing effort to raise awareness of the living wage campaign in the faith community in Brooklyn and beyond. Clergy all over the city are now advocating for the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act as part of the Living Wage NYC Faith Caucus. In addition to Rev. Chapman, some of the most active leaders within the Faith Caucus in Brooklyn include Rev. Robert Waterman of Antioch Baptist Church, Rev. Edison Bond of the Citadel of Praise and Worship, and Rev. Eddie Karim of United Baptist Church.\n\u201cWe are trying to make sure that the awareness is not just from the people who need a living wage, but also from those who make the decisions. Our work comes with a passion of urgency\u2014people don\u2019t need a living wage later, they need it now,\u201d Chapman said.\nLiving Wage NYC also includes a number of Brooklyn-based and citywide groups that want to create a more just and equitable city, including the Brooklyn Food Coalition, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE), Fifth Avenue Committee, and New York Communities for Change (NYCC). These groups understand that the city\u2019s aggressive pro-development agenda means that more taxpayer-subsidized projects will likely soon be built in Brooklyn and elsewhere in the city, and that the stakes are high for many residents, especially those with the lowest incomes, whose wages continue to stagnate.\n\u201cIf we keep people poor there\u2019s no chance, we\u2019re dooming them to a poverty existence,\u201d said Scott Roseboro, a member of NYCC, which is active in the poorest parts of Brooklyn, including places like East New York. One East New York resident I spoke to named Med recently worked full time at a Shoemania store in Manhattan where he was making $8 per hour. Med recalls that he only earned enough \u201cto buy a MetroCard, eat, and pay the phone bill,\u201d depending on public assistance such as food stamps and Medicaid to fill in the gaps. While he held that job, his hopes of going to school and building a future with his wife, who was employed at a supermarket making $7.25 an hour, were dashed over time.\nRetail is one of the fastest growing low-wage sectors of our city\u2019s economy, according to research by the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI). Contrary to popular belief, most retail workers are not teenagers in search of spending money; they are adults trying to support households. In fact, a large majority of retail workers\u201478 percent, according to the FPI\u2014are 25 years or older, and half are 35 years or older.\nIf the city wants to ease the plight of the working poor, it has to focus on raising wages and job standards in the retail sector, the growth of which has been aided by economic development subsidies.\n\u201cAll we did was work and work and work. We were struggling for many years,\u201d Med told me, adding that he is one of many low-income people in his area. He is now volunteering with the living wage campaign. \u201cIf I made a living wage,\u201d Med explained, \u201cI\u2019d be able to save money, pay the bills, and maybe go back to school. My wife and I wouldn\u2019t have to be worried. We could do things that normal families do.\u201d\nMed\u2019s all-too-common story has motivated elected officials like Levin to act.\n\u201cThe Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act will help raise wages throughout the city and ensure that long-time residents can afford to stay in Brooklyn,\u201d Levin said the other day. \u201cIt is my hope that it will also increase the standards of wages throughout the city, not just on publicly-funded job sites.\u201d\nAs Living Wage NYC mobilizes its diverse base of supporters to participate in a major City Hall rally and City Council hearing on May 12, Brooklynites remain optimistic that the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act will move forward and have a positive effect on the borough and ultimately in communities across the city.\n\u201cThis fight is going to make a big difference in a lot of peoples\u2019 lives,\u201d Med said.\nDiane Krauthamer\nDIANE KRAUTHAMER is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, and has published in The Indypendent and Labor Notes. She holds a Master's degree in Media Studies from the New School, and a Graduate Certificate in Labor Studies from CUNY.\nA thoughtful, discerning, and carefully compiled list of the most notable, promising and unique musical events for the month of May in New York City.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 16191, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brusselsdiplomaticacademy.eu/education-and-training/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:04:23Z", "digest": "sha1:BJB33GYENPF45CQXTEYGYPYR62HT6CJ4", "length": 1208, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "brusselsdiplomaticacademy.eu", "title": "Education and Training \u2013 Brussels Diplomatic Academy", "raw_content": "Last chance to apply, programmes start on the 1st of September!\nThe BDA provides education and training for those embarking on their path to a career in diplomacy or international business, as well as those already on their professional journey wishing to enhance their knowledge and skills.\nWe consider it essential that our education and training prepare people for the labour market, or improve their existing career opportunities, by teaching subjects that matter in the workplace. 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Milne\u2019s famed series of children\u2019s books chronicling the adventures of Winnie the Pooh and have not been seen in more than half a century. The most noteworthy of which [\u2026]\nWalmart rolls out Jetblack, a members-only service\nWalmart is rolling out a new service, through its Store No. 8 incubator, where shoppers can order items over the phone via text message. Known as Jetblack, the platform has quietly been in beta mode [\u2026]\nMany college graduates are likely to land job offers in the weeks following their commencement. Though they may be ready to launch themselves into their futures, there\u2019s one nerve-wracking, yet vital, part of the process [\u2026]\nJack Dorsey\u2019s advice to Square CFO after she took another job\nGreenspan says that before Trump, presidents criticized Fed \u2018all the time\u2019\nAs goes January, so goes the year\nConfused about tax return changes? Here\u2019s how to find your new bracket\nParkland, Fla. students\u2019 online store sells more than $180,000 in #MSDstrong tee-shirts, goods", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 4899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://byrhtnoth.com/2017/04/03/the-book-now-standing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:58Z", "digest": "sha1:TUH4FGAPQ2CMWJLNGME5Q2NQITRLSAUD", "length": 3373, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "byrhtnoth.com", "title": "The Book now Standing\u2026 | Byrhtnoth", "raw_content": "The Book now Standing\u2026\nApril 3, 2017 by Christine\tin Writing and tagged Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden, Dunstan, Editing, trains\nI\u2019m not saying that the book is at a standstill \u2013 it is waiting, billowing steam everywhere, eager to go, but, at the moment, waiting.\nThis is not a problem, it is a planned stop. As mentioned last week I was expecting Book 1 back from my editor. It was delayed for a few days so I managed 4,860 words (of book 2) this week. This included a scene I had been dreading writing from the start. I managed to write it, although I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ll ever let anyone read it. At least I got the words out! I have now reached a total 82,711, the end is in sight, downhill all the way. I just hope I don\u2019t hit the buffers. But enough of these train metaphors \u2013 I can\u2019t use them in my books, so it\u2019s good to get them off my chest!\nA train, going nowhere \u2013 yet.\nI am now editing, not writing. It\u2019s going OK so far. Most of the red ink is to do with my mistakes over the punctuation of dialogue \u2013 I promise I\u2019ll get it right from now on. Then there is my unfortunate compulsion for the passive tense, all nicely sorted. It has been a bit of a shock to hear my characters speaking with someone else\u2019s voice when extra text is needed, but that is something I must accept \u2013 most of the time.\nThere was one comment. It concerns a character that is introduced early in the book, and never again. Could there be more about her later? I spent a lot of time thinking about this and came up with something \u2013 she enters and disappears again. Should she appear again? It this point I received another editorial communication. Could she be connected to another character?\nMy first thought was No. Then I got one of those flashes of inspiration. Perhaps she isn\u2019t a separate character, perhaps she is a character that is already there! It kept me up half the night. It couldn\u2019t be her, because of the age difference. If I change that, then something later isn\u2019t right. Alter this and that becomes impossible. I don\u2019t know if I can sort it out. If I do, it will mean some re-writing, but the book will be better.\nIt is a good job that I was not planning to rush into print (or the digital equivalent.) For a few moments I was tempted. I discovered that Conn Iggulden (one of the big beasts in Historical Fiction) publishes a new book next month \u2013 4th May \u2013 not that you\u2019re interested. The title is Dunstan: One Man Will Change the Fate of England. It is about Dunstan (later St Dunstan). Dunstan is a character in my book (minor but important). It starts in the year 937 \u2013 so does mine.\nAfter screaming, rolling on the floor and tearing out my hair, my first thought was \u201cShould I give up now?\u201d Everyone will assume that I was copying him. What if I published first? Apart from the fact that no-one would notice, I\u2019m not sure if I could manage that in a month. Anyway, why rush? I\u2019m not ready yet.\nMy second thought was: If his book is a success, then it shows that there is a market of this period. Just as there is room for Bernard Cornwall and\u2026 everyone else who writes about King Alfred, or other personalities of the Anglo-Saxon period. I can live with it.\nJust please, please, no-one write a book about Byrhtnoth \u2013 at least not until I\u2019m famous and they can be accused of copying me!\n\u2190 Every Character has a Mother.\nBelated Memories of a Pirate \u2013 and other deaths. \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 5369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 265.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?m=20180601", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:40Z", "digest": "sha1:XKTKMGBFMXIAX4R6C2JWRPDNL4IBBNWZ", "length": 6286, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "cahighways.org", "title": "Friday, June 1, 2018 \u2013 Observations Along the Road", "raw_content": "I-710 and #MeToo\nPosted on Friday, June 1, 2018 Authorcahwyguy5 Comments\nLast night, I went to the opening of \u201c710\u201d, an exhibition described as:\nAn exhibition considering the timeline, the geography, and the politics of the 710 interstate freeway and its incomplete five-mile northern extension \u2014 an invisible line that marks the longest running development dispute in American history. Covering 23 miles and over 60 years of local, state, and federal planning, the exhibition looks at our ever-changing relationship to the freeways and the matrix of transportation, industry, environment, and neighborhood power that it has come to represent.\nFor many residents of the San Gabriel Valley, the 710 is the freeway that will never be built. The five mile gap between Valley Boulevard in the south and West California Boulevard in the north marks the battle lines of an intergenerational conflict over the very meaning of \u201cdevelopment\u201d. For the California Department of Transportation, the 710 is the freeway that is always about to be completed. One more feasibility study, one more environmental impact report, one more funding cycle or election away\u2026 always just on the horizon of final connection, of \u201cclosing the gap\u201d. In 2018, with the overland freeway proposal dead and the tunnel alternative currently de-funded, we look back on a struggle that has spanned the entire freeway era in America, from modernist ideal to paleotechnic dinosaur.\nI was at the exhibit because some of my source materials for California Highways were on loan to it. It was held in one of the houses near the 710 northern stub (near the \u201cfork in the road\u201c). On the way home, it got me thinking. First, that I need to add some material on the highway pages covering the pre-2000 period of the gap completion fight (this will be done in the June updates to the site). Second \u2014 and the reason for this post \u2014 it got me thinking about the arguments both for and against the highway. The argument against the gap completion is clear: the impact on the local communities, the destruction of beautiful and historic homes, the impact on air quality and traffic in the communities, the visual blight. But (and this wasn\u2019t heavy in the exhibition), what is the argument for? Primarily, one would think it is thru truck traffic (and even that might be limited \u2014 some of the alternatives wouldn\u2019t allow thru trucks on the gap segment). It is completion of a line on a map. But it doesn\u2019t benefit the local community except for a few minutes of time. In this day and age \u2014 and much as fellow roadgeeks might dislike me for saying it \u2014 there\u2019s no strong reason to complete the route, other than traffic flow. How does one balance larger congestion relief with devastating impacts on the communities traversed \u2014 especially in an era on increased sensitivity.\nThis, in turn, got me thinking of how Caltrans built freeways in the 1950s, and how attitudes have changed. In many many ways, it is like the #metoo movement as a reflection of how societal attitudes have changed, and how what was once acceptable is not anymore.\nConsider: In the heyday of freeway building, the need for \u201ctraffic privilege\u201d overrode everything. We built where there was no road. We widened and \u201cexpresswayed\u201d and \u201cfreeway-tized\u201d existing roads. We cut through the hearts of communities, poor or rich, we didn\u2019t care. The rights of the roadbuilder were supreme. In a paternalistic and colonial sense, the freeways were built \u201cbecause they were good for you\u201d. Close your eyes and think of the empire.\nBut we\u2019ve learned quite a bit \u2014 and become more sensitive. We are still building new freeways, but often they are in areas where there is nothing now, and only the environment to complain (think about the High Desert Corridor as an example). When freeways are built through communities, often the past of least resistance \u2014 meaning the path of redevelopment \u2014 is taken. Translation: Build through the lower income communities that can\u2019t afford to protest and fight back. Again, examples of this are clear in the distant and recent past: Building I-5 through Boyle Heights. Building the Century Freeway through Inglewood and South LA. The proposal to widen I-710 through the working class communities south of I-10 (although that is being fought). There is the increasing sense, however, that this is wrong. We\u2019re widening the freeway, but for what end. Are there other solutions possible?\nThen there are the wealthier communities: the ones that can afford to protest. Beverly Hills. Hollywood. Pasadena. South Pasadena. They make us realize that quite a bit will be lost in our quest to save a few minutes. They make us realize that what was once acceptable may not have been the right answer.\nIn the case of the 710, of course, this was a problem of Caltrans\u2019 making. Caltrans policy in the 1950s and 1960s was to build the hardest parts first, and then connect them: meaning they built the interchanges and then the roads to connect them. In the case of the 710, the location of 134/210/710 interchange and the terminus N of I-10 at Valley Blvd created the problem, for it had to connect one unchangeable point with another unchangeable point. That created the Meridian Alignment and almost guaranteed the battle. If Caltrans had chosen to not build the stub portions of the interchange, they would have had the flexibility to pick any point along the 210 as the end of the 710, and to pick other points along the 10, and could likely have limited the construction to business districts, and widening of an existing road vs. creation of a new route. Caltrans, essentially, boxed themselves into a corner.\nAs a PS: For the argument about the freight traffic from the port, which was the principal reason that Long Beach built what became the 710 in the first place, and is the primary freight traffic on the 710: there is an easy answer. Rail. Find a distribution point out of the city, and build a dedicated rail line from the Port to that distribution center. Rail takes much less right of way, does not require interchanges, and can have much higher density of containers than trucks ever can. It can also use non-polluting engines. Use rail to bring things to the out-of-city distribution point, and then run trucks from there to other points.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 10249, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/4144?eventId=33335677", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:32Z", "digest": "sha1:ABLW434RVCRI2H57VMMRRVQZSUEVAVP5", "length": 944, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "calendars.illinois.edu", "title": "NILOA Event Calendar", "raw_content": "2019 AAC&U Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success\nMar 28, 2019 - Mar 30, 2019 All Day\nAAC&U\u2019s Diversity, Equity, and Student Success Conference: \u201cEngaged Inclusivity: Perceptions, Realities, and Aspirations\u201d will examine what it means to work toward a campus environment where inclusivity thrives through constant reflection, analysis, and accountability. Engaged inclusivity transforms the dialogue on inclusion from general acceptance and tolerance of difference to active institutional transformation, based on the belief that the richness of our culture is because of our diversity and a recognition of our common humanity. The conference will provide a forum for educators, students, and community stakeholders to raise critical questions about institutional and external practices, policies, and structures that hinder full inclusion and to identify strategies for improving the educational environment for all participants.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1428, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/new-year-brings-fees-hikes-for-calgarians", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:15Z", "digest": "sha1:47ECG7D7DTLIIZXZRSI6PSRAJVD24QQB", "length": 4075, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "calgaryherald.com", "title": "New year brings fees hikes for Calgarians | Calgary Herald", "raw_content": "New year rings in higher city fees for Calgarians\nCity of Calgary black cart garbage collection\tPostmedia Archives\nCalgarians will shell out nearly $53 more in the new year on curbside cart service, while a host of other fees are also on their way up.\nBut the city says it\u2019s holding the line on water and sewage rates in 2019 following increases a year ago.\nThe biggest hike in disposing of household waste will come in a new $6.85 monthly fee for black carts, which are designated for landfill trash.\nUntil 2019, Calgarians paid for the black cart through property taxes, a less transparent approach not itemized on monthly utility bills, say city officials.\n\u201cBy moving to a user-fee model, residents will know the full program costs for the blue, black and green cart programs,\u201d said a city spokesperson.\nThe fee for the green cart, which collects compostable materials, is being hiked from $6.50 to $8.65 a month, while the blue recycling bins will cost $8.80 compared with $8.50 in 2018.\nThose increases, part of the city\u2019s freshly debated four-year budget, are being softened by the elimination of the monthly $4.90 waste management levy.\n\u2018One size does not fit all\u2019: City proposes \u2018pay-as-you-throw\u2019 for black cart program\n\u2018A great thing\u2019: Calgary residents tossing nearly half of household waste into green bins\nBe prepared to pay more for Calgary city services in 2018\nCurbside fee hikes, along with an expected 3.45 per cent property tax hike, are expected to cost the average household $113 more in 2019, and annual increases nearing $60 annually from 2020-22.\nBut Calgarians should get a break in 2019 on their monthly utility bills, with charges for residential water, wastewater and stormwater actually retreating slightly.\nThe city says a household of three to four people that typically pays $115.93 a month for those services should see a total decrease of 32 cents a month.\nA year ago, rates for wastewater were hiked by 4.9 per cent and stormwater by 7.4 per cent, equating to a $1.88 monthly hike for the typical household.\n\u201cThe changes are the result of a cost-of-service study the city undertakes every four years,\u201d said Francois Bouchart, the city\u2019s acting director of water resources.\n\u201cThe study . . . allocates costs to different groups of customers based on their usage. It ensures fair and equitable recovery of costs among different customer groups.\u201d\nMeanwhile, a single ride on Calgary Transit will cost $3.40, or a dime more than in 2018, while the cost of an adult monthly pass increases from $103 to $106.\nA single ride on Calgary Transit for a youth will cost $2.35, up from $2.30.\nThe price of a senior\u2019s annual transit pass rises from $135 to $140, and a low-income senior\u2019s pass goes up by $5 to $25.\nTransit fees are going up in 2019. Postmedia\nAdmission to leisure centres is up 30 cents, to $13.35, and visiting a Tier 1 swimming pool will cost $6.70, an increase of 15 cents.\nSimilar transit fare increases in the city\u2019s four-year budget will occur in each of the years through 2022.\nCoun. Shane Keating said those increases are a balanced approach aimed to keep services affordable even as costs for the city rise.\n\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt we have to give value and keep things as low as possible,\u201d he said.\n\u201cEveryone hates an increase and that\u2019s why we have to be cautious . . . we can keep it lower and do better.\u201d\nDespite those fee and tax hikes, Keating said Calgary still remains in the bottom third among Canadian cities.\nComparisons with other cities are irrelevant to Calgarians weary of tax and fee hikes, said Coun. Jeromy Farkas.\n\u201cIt\u2019s not just one thing, it\u2019s everything put together that\u2019s making it difficult for a lot of businesses and households,\u201d said Farkas.\n\u201cWe have to do something about it next year.\u201d\nHe said multi-family dwellings and businesses are picking up the slack for single-family households getting a break next year on water, wastewater and drainage rate hikes.\nDance party at the library, downtown fireworks: New Year's Eve in... Wind warnings continue in southwestern Alberta; snowfall warnings to the north", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 331, "original_length": 9479, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/07/13/when-too-much-data-gets-in-the-way-of-decision-making.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:08Z", "digest": "sha1:JB74QNSX3QFMB6KR5GHOQBK2P2WYQQD5", "length": 9969, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "campustechnology.com", "title": "When Too Much Data Gets in the Way of Decision-Making -- Campus Technology", "raw_content": "When Too Much Data Gets in the Way of Decision-Making\nFor university leaders in need of solid information, often the problem is that they have data in too many places and in formats that aren't helpful. Indiana University's solution uses virtualized data.\nComing to agreement and making decisions in a campus environment where data grows like Steve McQueen's blob can be an exercise in futility. When you think you've got just the right information to make your best business case, somebody else shows up at the meeting with facts that contradict your latest Prezi slide.\nTo address this challenge, a project at Indiana University in play since January 2015 intends to improve its leaders' abilities to make decisions by providing a single, comprehensive \"data fabric\" that will allow users to view what they need and provide consistent reporting across units at executive levels.\n\"If you ask how many people work at the university, well, depending on who you ask and how you ask the question and what time of year you ask the question, you may get different results,\" asserted Chief Data Architect Dan Young. \"That becomes frustrating to decision-makers, whether it's counting staff or students or finances, to [realize], 'Hey, none of these numbers match up. Who do I believe?'\"\nUnder IU's Decision Support Initiative (DSI) the data is gathered up, standardized and put into visual form for the users. The output has already begun helping people like deans of schools, department chairs and the provost \"sing from the same hymnal,\" Young noted.\nVirtualize the Data\nAs Young sat down to map out how DSI might be technically implemented, he grappled with a problem that besets any data solution: addressing the fact that source systems and user requirements can quickly change. He knew he wanted to adopt the practices of agile business intelligence for their emphasis on rapid value delivery and close business collaboration. But another question to be answered was whether the \"presentation of the data\" could be abstracted from the \"data grinder\" \u2014 separating the messy plumbing from the attractive user experience.\nThat's when Young came across the concept of \"data virtualization.\" While he thought it was interesting stuff, he also figured it was probably too new within a university environment that tends to be somewhat cautious in its technology selections. Despite those reservations, the DSI team evaluated various products in the category, and the Denodo data virtualization platform came to Young's attention.\n\"Ultimately, we felt that Denodo was a very good fit for the things we would do,\" he recalled. \"It supports a very broad range of data connectivity, and in practice we've successfully connected to all sorts of sources. Denodo does this very well.\" Also, it uses a security model that easily integrates with IU's use of Active Directory. Finally, Denodo's platform would support Young's vision of agile BI and the idea of a \"logical data warehouse,\" allowing changes to sources, integrations or outputs to be made quickly.\nTo get a new project started in DSI, the primary contact fills out a three-page PDF form online. This \"DSI Charter\" asks questions such as what's to be gained and lost by doing the project or not, what decisions need to be supported, what the project description and scope is, out-of-scope aspects, project metrics and how it will align with the university's \"Bicentennial Strategic Plan.\" The latter is a gigantic vision with many moving parts that sets out IU's priorities for its third century in existence, which officially begins in 2020.\nThe DSI Charter\nThe proposals are prioritized by a steering committee based on breadth of impact. Frankly, Young said, those projects that are \"really good\" for a division won't necessarily receive the same reception as those that will \"cover a broader university audience.\"\nDSI is sticking with the basics for now. That means the data is coming from three primary sources as the starting place: the university's finance system, its human resources application and the student information system. But Young anticipates \"branching out\" to other data sources such as room scheduling and facilities management. In a recent conversation, one unit covered its interest in getting data from social media sites and the constituent relationship management system, to view those in contrast.\nBut that doesn't mean those DSI charters lower on the list have to wait in line. While the various visualizations produced by Young and his crew are the \"end product,\" DSI also emphasizes the creation of \"repeatable processes so we can sustain this long-term,\" he explained. A big aspect of that sustainability is helping others in the university to produce DSI \"Mini-Mes.\" Those who wish to use the Denodo platform with their own data for mashups or data blending can be set up with their own virtualized databases. \"We've had a really positive response from departments outside of DSI. This tool helps them solve data integration issues that they're facing and that we're not specifically focused on,\" said Young.\nThe sharing of riches extends to processes too. \"As opposed to a top-down data governance strategy in which the CTO goes out and buys a metadata tool and says, 'Thou shalt do metadata governance,' and then nobody ever uses the tool, we're really working to bubble it up from the grassroots,\" Young said. \"We show people what we're able to do, and if they like it, we really open the door to them to come in and partner with us, using the tools we've got.\"\nThe next step will be self-service, which will involve making the same data sets behind DSI reporting available to other users for slicing and dicing. That goal is supported by Denodo, which offers an interface that lets users perform searches and do data discovery against the contents of the data fabric.\nThe Proof Is in the Projects\nLike a parent with many children, Young doesn't want to pick his \"favorite\" outcomes. But he will describe a couple of projects that are \"really cool\" for one reason or another. First, there's \"Academic Metrics 360\" (AM 360), a catalog of reports and dashboards that authorized users can access to view queries of interest based on the institution's huge stores of financial records and student data. For example, a Tableau-generated report examines majors vs. non-majors by credit hours. The data allows schools to view where their credit hours are coming from or going to. Having that information enables those in charge of a given school to see where their students are heading to earn their credits. As a hypothetical example, explained Young, if many business students are taking a digital design course from the School of Informatics, maybe it's time to offer something similar in the business school or team up with informatics to make that topic \"an integral part of the curriculum.\"\nAccording to the vice provost for strategic initiatives, M.A. Venkataramanan, that capability has helped the College of Arts and Sciences. \"Visually, the dean and department chairs are able to see right now about 60 percent of their credit hours on the undergraduate level come from non-majors,\" he said. \"When they realized it, they were able to come up with innovative programs aimed at non-majors in the form of minors and certificates.\" As a result, the university is already seeing an uptick in its finances and credit hours.\nA second project that \"isn't so technically flashy\" but still worth sharing, said Young, is how the DSI has been able to influence business practice within the organization. For years, there have been two organizational hierarchies in operation at Indiana U: one for the academic organization and the other for financial management. DSI has enabled the university to \"map\" together these hierarchies, allowing academic courses to be associated with the financial organizations.\n\"This may not appear as great accomplishment,\" he admitted, \"but this has been a long-term challenge for the university. When we tell veteran IU staff, 'Look at how we been able to map the organization,' they don't believe us.\" This particular mapping effort \"wasn't necessarily a \"technically difficult thing to do\" Young added, but \"DSI and the data fabric has given IU the platform to begin influencing organizational change. I think it's really beneficial.\"\nThe project hasn't been without challenges. For one, the DSI version of data truth doesn't always sit right with schools and divisions that have been reporting numbers in their own fashion. But Young doesn't view that as a right-and-wrong situation so much as a chance to start a conversation. \"They have data expertise as well,\" he said. \"If we need to refine our visualizations to better suit what's actually happening in the university, that's great.\" In those situations, DSI serves as a platform for facilitating that discussion.\nFor another, data governance continues to pose problems, particularly around the issue of informal policies related to data access and security. \"Departments may choose to be protective of data they have developed. They might even see those as proprietary,\" Young explained. \"Trying to navigate those issues \u2014 whether ownership or politics \u2014 and figure out the appropriate level of data access among a distributed environment is a challenge.\"\nOf course, the program has high-level sponsorship \u2014 something like this couldn't succeed without it. An organizational chart on the DSI site shows three VP-level people side-by-side at the top: Brad Wheeler, CIO and VP for IT; VP and CFO John Sejdinaj; and Joan Hagen, associate VP and university controller. The arrangement reflects the dual nature of DSI. While dealing with data has its technical aspects, the technology also is only \"a means to the end,\" said Young. \"The end is really to support the business.\" Or, as the project mission expresses it, the success of DSI \"will be measured not by IT deliverables, but by better decisions made.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 16030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://canadianimmigrant.ca/news/electronic-travel-authorization-system-and-other-changes-for-travellers-to-canada", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:46Z", "digest": "sha1:PGORL4SQHP3QAZJNVQ5OM2GWUJ6M6RCP", "length": 4572, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "canadianimmigrant.ca", "title": "Electronic travel authorization system and other changes for travellers to Canada | Canadian Immigrant", "raw_content": "Electronic travel authorization system and other changes for travellers to Canada\nJanuary 17th, 2014 Margaret Jetelina Featured, Immigrate, Immigration Law, News comments\nIn February 2011, Canada and the United States agreed to the Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness. More commonly known as the Beyond the Border Action Plan, the effect of the agreement was to strengthen co-operation and, in some cases, harmonize Canadian and American immigration practices.\nThe Government of Canada has begun enthusiastically implementing the terms of the Beyond the Border Action Plan, and will in 2014-2015 introduce three significant changes to Canadian immigration legislation that will impact almost everyone who enters Canada.\nPeople who wish to visit Canada generally fall into one of two categories: those who need to apply for and obtain temporary resident visas prior to arriving in Canada; and those who can arrive at Canadian ports of entry without first obtaining a visa. This will change in April 2015, when Canada implements the electronic travel authorization (\u201ceTA\u201d) system.\nAll foreign nationals who are exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa will instead need to obtain online authorization before they fly to Canada. This includes Europeans, Australians, Japanese, Koreans, etc. Citizens from the United States, however, are exempt.\nThe eTA application process will be online via the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) website. Applicants will be required to enter biographic, passport and background information, which may affect admissibility to Canada. An electronic system will then perform an examination that includes a risk assessment and a verification of the information provided in the application against enforcement databases. The Government of Canada expects that the majority of applications will be approved within minutes.\nAirlines will have to provide passenger information to Canadian immigration authorities prior to boarding. If an individual who has not yet received an eTA attempts to check in, then the airline will be informed that the person is prohibited from travelling to Canada.\nAs I have previously written in Canadian Immigrant, biometric-based immigration information sharing with the United States will be implemented in 2014.\nCanada and the United States will use the shared information to support each government\u2019s assessment of visa applications, examinations of admissibility, and to generally ensure accuracy and reliability. Where a biometric match is established, the information that may be shared includes the immigration status of the individual, reasons for previous refusals, previous admissibility decision and general information relevant to admissibility.\nIn other words, whenever you apply to enter the United States, you should assume that CIC will know the details.\nTracking exits\nDespite having numerous immigration programs that contain residency requirements, Canada has not collected exit information to date. As such, as part of the Beyond the Border Action Plan, Canada has committed that by June 30, 2014, it will systematically collect and reconcile entry and exit information. Airlines will be required to provide passenger information to the Government of Canada. The United States will soon be sharing its entry information with Canada, which will reconcile it to track exits.\nTracking exits will allow CIC to readily identify persons who overstay (and who previously overstayed) their visa. It will allow them to track the departure of persons subject to removal orders. It will immediately verify that residency requirements are being met by permanent residents.\nThese changes are going to impact everyone who enters Canada. The amount of personal information that is going to be collected and shared across governments will be immense. Travellers have frequently liked to compare and contrast the entry and exist procedures of Canada and the United States. By the end of 2015, they may find that it is almost exactly the same.\nMore information about the Beyond the Border Action Plan can be found at: http://actionplan.gc.ca/en/content/beyond-border.\nSteven Meurrens is an immigration lawyer with Larlee Rosenberg in Vancouver. Contact him at 604-681-9887, by email at steven.meurrens@larlee.com, or visit his blog at smeurrens.com.\ntravellers to Canada\nNext article Foreign Credential Recognition loans help internationally trained workers\nPrevious article Citizenship changes work against immigrant integration: report", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1260, "original_length": 231273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 330.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://captainawkward.com/category/social-interactions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:18Z", "digest": "sha1:W46IQB4E7PTN5IKIRY3BLC4JVJTHCLXT", "length": 3605, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "captainawkward.com", "title": "Social Interactions | Captain Awkward", "raw_content": "#1161: \u201cBeing the New Kid in my partner\u2019s friend group, four years in, with a jillion weddings and other events on the horizon.\u201d\nDating, Friendship, Geek Social Fallacies, invitations, Manners, Reader Questions, Social Interactions\nI\u2019m reaching out because, while this is a relatively specific scenario, I\u2019m sure a lot of people feel this way at one time or another. My partner\u2019s old friend group never really warmed to me when I first moved here, and I let that be okay because I knew his ex was still really hurting from their break-up (there was no cheating, I should be clear, and I wasn\u2019t involved). I accepted that they didn\u2019t really see me as a fully-drawn person but rather the reason why everything was different between two of their closest friends now \u2013 which isn\u2019t great from the outside. I made a few attempts to get to know the more accepting ones on my own terms, and I had mixed results. Some I do legitimately feel have become friends and I see them semi-regularly. Others were kind to me but clearly not feeling it and we have enough fun when we see each other but don\u2019t really keep in touch. There are a significant amount, including his ex, who I barely see and when I do it\u2019s tense.\nI don\u2019t really subject myself to the full group because it\u2019s an anxiety-creating experience, and I still have feels about being sorta bullied by then when I first moved back \u2013 pointed glances, whispers to each other while I was at the table, conversations where I couldn\u2019t contribute anything that lasted the entire time. It didn\u2019t feel good, so I just dipped. I made my own friends here, and I have my own life. I\u2019m polite when we see each other out, but that\u2019s about it. That said, there are a lot of big birthdays and weddings coming up, and my partner and I have been together about 4 years so he wants me to attend them with him. I want to go, too, because I feel some type of way about being intimidated out of attending \u2013 and also because I want to have the kind of relationship where I go to significant life stuff as his date.\nI am \u2026 dreading this more than I thought. His ex will be there, and she feels the way she feels about me. She\u2019s not been above being super kind to him and acting like I don\u2019t exist, and everyone more or less follows suit and resumes the Mean Girls (and Boys) act. I\u2019ve talked to my partner about how this kind of exclusion makes me feel, and he\u2019s been supportive and empathetic \u2013 and tries to help bring me into the conversation, when he can \u2013 but he can\u2019t change what other people do or don\u2019t do. His position, which I can see, is that he\u2019s cut way back on this group in general and never asks me to be around them \u2013 but these are big significant life events, and he wants us to go.\nI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s even a question in here, but \u2014 I guess what I\u2019m asking is, how do I handle a situation where I know there will be a few friendly faces but also a few (more) openly hostile faces? How will I hold it together if the bullying and whispers and whatnot start? How will I stay chill and composed and above it if what I really want to do is scream I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR FOUR YEARS, Y\u2019ALL, YOU DON\u2019T HAVE TO LOVE ME BUT GROW UP. How will I stop myself from feeling awkward and excluded when the conversation mostly involves stuff that I wasn\u2019t around to see? I want to do this; I know I can do this for a few hours for wedding or a 30th birthday just not every week. I\u2019ll say I\u2019ve booked plane tickets and whatnot to some of these things, so the \u201cjust don\u2019t go!\u201d advice ship has sailed. What are your/the commenters thoughts, if you\u2019re up for it? Thanks in advance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 473, "original_length": 82919, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 251.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://careers.newsquest.co.uk/job/multimedia-field-sales-consultant-hampshire-and-the-isle-of-wight-isle-of-wight-339.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:42Z", "digest": "sha1:RCW6SMSCKUTEPYLZOEW4V7JHWTTU26RK", "length": 1280, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "careers.newsquest.co.uk", "title": "Multimedia Field Sales Consultant, Jobs, Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, 339", "raw_content": "Multimedia Field Sales Consultant - Isle of Wight\nA rare opportunity to work across our trusted portfolio of publications, award-winning websites, social media platforms and an ever-growing portfolio of niche publications has arisen. We are expanding our team, and are looking for a Multimedia Field Sales Consultant, based in our Isle of Wight offices, to work across all of these platforms, as we continue our ongoing journey of growth and development in 2018.\nUnder the locally recognised banner of The County Press, we offer all the tools imaginable to help businesses reach their target audience across the Isle of Wight! We are always developing our tools to stay digitally aware sales consultants as part of the wider Newsquest Media Group.\nThe role involves a combination of account management and development of new business and requires the successful applicant to have an absolute drive to succeed on every level. With a high level of customer service, attention to detail and a drive to learn Newsquest Media\u2019s products you have the tools to establish yourself as an advertising & marketing expert. As a Field Sales Consultant, you will be responsible for clients around the Isle of Wight and will need to manage your time between being in the field and in the office.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 5536, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 273.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://carshowtalk.com/could-your-next-muscle-car-come-from-moscow-instead-of-detroit/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:39Z", "digest": "sha1:5HURJAR56MWNQSYGEBQTS3GNLHDXDD3A", "length": 1560, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "carshowtalk.com", "title": "Could Your Next Muscle Car Come from Moscow Instead of Detroit?", "raw_content": "Could Your Next Muscle Car Come from Moscow Instead of Detroit?\nPublished on 12/13/2018 12/13/2018 Author Kim HawksworthCategories Classic ShowcaseTags aviar, electric, moscow, mustang\nPrevious article:The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: A Recap of the 2018 Season\nNext article:Registration Now Open for 37th Annual Classic Auto Show & Cruise-in\n3 thoughts on \u201cCould Your Next Muscle Car Come from Moscow Instead of Detroit?\u201d\nMatt Rittenhouse 01/03/2019 at 5:45 pm\nThat's interesting. Unfortunately, I think battery powered sports/muscle cars are closer than a lot of us would like. It is an exciting technology that will definitely bring incredible performance, but nothing can beat the sound of a V-8!\nHi Matt. I Agree, the electric car is the future. And yes, we will all miss the sound of an American V8. The other thing that will be missed is the ability to modify the engine to make more power. No more adding a cold air intake or headers to make more HP. Or swapping out a cam. This will be there real loss with electric vehicles.\nMatt Rittenhouse 01/05/2019 at 4:40 am\nThat is very true as well. I'm sure the aftermarket will find a way to modify them, but you'll only need a computer instead of hand tools. Sadly, I think that many people today don't have the passion about cars or the desire to work on them. My experience is that more and more people see a car as just a means to get from point a to point b and nothing more. We must embrace this amazing time in sports/muscle car history, because there are some world class cars being built right now.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3822, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 327.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://castoutofeden.wordpress.com/category/religion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:41Z", "digest": "sha1:CUS3PATMQRTTI2HPM6QV7E2NBYGO35GW", "length": 3774, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "castoutofeden.wordpress.com", "title": "Religion | Living out of Eden", "raw_content": "Archive for the Religion Category\nPosted in Culture, Democracy, Economy, Government, politics, Religion, Revolution, Society with tags debt, Judeo-christian, Original sin, tradition on 18/05/2013 by Living out of Eden\nPosted in Behaviour, Crisis, Democracy, Government, Philosophy, politics, Power, Religion, self-managed, Society, Technology with tags books, Defrag, scrabble on 10/05/2013 by Living out of Eden\nNot so long ago, I came up with the idea that our society (and here, please consider \u201csociety\u201d as broad as you can, meaning every single human being on Earth, and the resulting total of all of us), should undergo a process of \u201cde-fragmentation\u201d.\nYes, like we were bits and Bytes, spread all over the Hard Disk, and that we should start the tool running at once, so we could slowly form homogeneous groups, with common interests, with common aims. The groups once identified, would be put together in the cyberspace, like in Social Media groups, or blogging \u201cspace\u201d, so they could process information much faster and more effectively.\nHistorically, we (bits and Bytes) have been split in different sectors of the HD, and didn\u2019t even get to know there were other b&B similar to each one of us. We could not even imagine one day we could form these \u201cgroups\u201d. So in fact, a new social process is taking place, when people meet \u201cdigitally\u201d, and share experiences, thoughts, emotions, etc.\nCould this lead to a complete defrag of the HD? Could we lead this \u201capplication\u201d or \u201ctool\u201d by ourselves? Do we need any order of \u201cRun\u201d from the System to start defragging?\nWell, I have to be honest: some days I\u2019m positively sure about it, some days I just hope so, some I fall in deep disappointment.\nToday, I am in one of the latter ones.\nIn the roller-coaster, it\u2019s the turn of full-throttle-skepticism, and I feel we are immersed in hypocrisy, looking for beautiful words of wisdom, to get yourself going, to strive in your aims while, the truth be told, just try and put your head down, that it will be seconds before you\u2019ll feel a foot pressing down.\nIs it maybe, that our society is far more rigid than a HD containing digital information to be put together?\nCould it be that we form a giant book, in which we are letters that form sentences, then paragraphs, then chapters, and finally a full story? Because if so, then those in Chapter I, would never make it to meet the ones that have been printed on the last page. Even more, you wouldn\u2019t get the chance to even meet those above or below yourself on the same page. We are all fixed in our minimal portion of sheet of paper.\nAnd if so, do we make any sense together?\nHas anyone written us all?\nDo we convey any message when read in conjunction?\nNo, no. Allow me today to be as skeptic as I can. We are not a beautiful story.\nWe are merely a Scrabble box, where all the letters are mixed together, and only come to form words that make sense, if some players decide to play. Which is no good news either, for even when put together, we might just come across with what? maybe two or three more words, best case scenario? Could we try to form any words on our own? Could we somehow agree on which our message ought to be?\nI distrust anyone that lived beyond their 40s.\nNo one completely honest and truly committed to humanism, could make it too far in their lives, just think of JFK, John Lennon, even Jesus Christ. Do some research and you\u2019ll find amazing (as well as scary) results.\nStop fooling yourself: the world is wonderful, but just as long as you manage to forget (or conceal) you have to kill someone everyday to survive.\nUntil the day it will be you the one to get busted.\nPosted in Culture, History, Philosophy, Religion, Revolution, Society with tags Earth, Man, Universe on 07/05/2013 by Living out of Eden", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 10497, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 324.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/releases-national-autism-study-with-cdc/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:51Z", "digest": "sha1:3AMIG5I2TRM74YEFYDD2WYIKG33HVXFL", "length": 4024, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "cehdvision2020.umn.edu", "title": "CEHD Releases National Autism Study in Partnership With the CDC", "raw_content": "by Amy Hewitt, Ph.D.\nAutism Spectrum Disorder Community Engagement\nA new study by the Minnesota-Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (MN-ADDM), led by researchers in the College of Education & Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Minnesota, identified 1 in 42 children (2.4 percent) as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Minnesota. Focused on children who were 8 years old, the study relied on 2014 data from the health and special education records of 9,767 children in Hennepin and Ramsey counties.\nMN-ADDM is part of a nationwide network of studies funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nationwide, the CDC found that, on average, 1 in 59 (1.7 percent) of children have ASD\u2014a lower prevalence rate than Minnesota.\nWhat Initial Data Tells Us\nWe can\u2019t tell you with 100 percent accuracy why the autism prevalence rates in Minnesota are different than what national data tells us. But what we do know is that there are two components that influence it:\nGeography. Our research area consisted of Hennepin and Ramsey counties. These are large, urban areas that make up a large part of the metro area. Historically, the ADDM data shows that geographic regions that are largely urban tend to have higher autism prevalence rates. This is because there\u2019s a higher concentration of medical and intervention services for kids in need, and families tend to gravitate to those services.\nHealth records. The CDC historical data and trends also show that in states where only health records are looked at when identifying children autism prevalence estimates are lower than in those states that use education records to identify children. MNADDM reviews both health and education records to identify children. Because we use both, Minnesota has higher prevalence rates of autism.\nThe most striking finding of this study is that 1 in 42 children in Minnesota has some form of autism; that\u2019s a staggering prevalence rate. For every one of those children, there\u2019s a family trying to get the best care to see them grow, develop. and lead a good life. With our prevalence rate, it means that every person living in Minnesota likely knows a child with autism or a family who has a child with autism. Our communities need to rally behind these families and advocate for adequate and inclusive services for all.\nNumerous post-secondary education institutions like the University of Minnesota produce clinical staff (psychologists, developmental behavioral pediatricians, behaviorists, speech therapists, physical therapists, nurse practitioners, etc.) who have expertise in supporting children with autism through a person and family-centered care model. But we are not producing enough of them to meet staggering demand. This results in people on long waiting lists. We can do away with those waiting lists by training more people with autism expertise.\nThe Future of Autism Treatment & Research\nThis study has shown us treatment and research next steps, including:\nEarlier treatment. We learned in our research that the average age of a child diagnosed with autism in our geographic area is four years and nine months. National data tells us that a child can be diagnosed at the age of two \u2013 almost a two-year gap. That gap is a very critical time for these kids to receive intensive behavioral and communication early intervention services. If we can narrow the two-year gap, we know these kids will see better outcomes in education and better outcomes later in life as adults.\nExpanded research. It will be vital for us to expand our geographic area to improve future research, and we\u2019ll need additional resources for that. Our current funding doesn\u2019t allow us to expand beyond Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Our goal is to answer with certainty whether or not there is a disproportionate rate of Somali and Hmong children diagnosed with autism compared with Caucasian children. Right now, we don\u2019t have a large of enough number of children to assess to determine that difference.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 12812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://centering.org/who-we-are/bookstores-and-conferences/newsroom.html/article/2017/02/06/mom-grief-dad-grief-and-time", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:45Z", "digest": "sha1:7D5EOTDFO2F2NYBYOEOMAZ3BYGTPGUPU", "length": 4988, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "centering.org", "title": "Grief Digest Magazine : Who We Are : Events : BLOG", "raw_content": "MOM GRIEF, DAD GRIEF, AND TIME\nbyGreg Adams\nMy mom died almost seven years ago. My dad died almost three months ago. Mom died with cancer three years after her diagnosis. She relapsed just months after her initial treatment ended. Not considered curable, she lived a little over two more years on various treatments. She was 70 years old when she died. Dad was 80 and in fairly good health. He drove himself to the local emergency room, was flown to the big-city hospital and put on a ventilator, almost dying overnight with pneumonia and sepsis. Mom died with hospice care at home after a little over two weeks. Dad died after a little over a week in an intensive care unit after the ventilator was stopped to allow him to go peacefully. Mom agreed to hospice and we had laughter, tears and meaningful conversations. Dad never said another word to us and we relied on past conversations to make decisions about his care. We saw Mom's death coming for at least two years, more for some of us. Being 80, we knew the day would come for Dad, but we didn't see it coming when and how it did. Mom's death left us with Dad. Dad's death left us with an empty house. Both left us heartbroken with a lifetime of love and memories.\nNo two deaths are the same and no death is the same for different people, even when those people are in the same family. Part of the reason no deaths are the same is that we don't stay the same. We grow and change, influenced by the passing of time and even more by the events that occur in that passing. Even as we adapt and grow, past losses are with us, woven into the fabric of our lives. How many times do we attend a funeral and think of funerals past and then think of funerals to come? Deaths differ for a whole variety of reasons. For who the person was in our lives and the quality of the relationship. For how long and how well we knew them. For the nature of their dying, how much it was expected and how much it was seen as preventable or not preventable. Were we present, did we have decisions to make, and if so, how confident did and do we feel about those choices? Was there \"unfinished business\"\u2014fences needing mending, words left unsaid, important wishes not fulfilled? Many facets come together to make a wholly unique and peculiar experience.\nTime passing makes a difference, but it's not as is sometimes said, \"Time heals all wounds.\" This is one of those statements that contains a partial truth which tempts us to accept it in whole. Not all wounds heal, and those that do heal to varying degrees. Time is part of the healing but is only one factor of many. When we are seriously wounded in a physical way, it takes time for healing to take place, and the healing is greatly dependent upon what we do with that time. Do we take the proper medications? Do we get sufficient nourishment and rest? Do we commit ourselves to the work of rehabilitation, even when it hurts, when it's hard and when we're tempted to stop and give up? Even if we do all the healthy healing things, time will be required to allow the work of healing. We get to control some things, we have some choices, but we do not control time\u2014it passes as it will on a schedule not our own.\nThe grief from Mom's death is different from the grief from Dad's death, and a large part of this difference is time. I've lived with Mom's grief for nearly seven years and had a headstart of sorts as I anticipated and prepared for her death for several years before that. It is still very sad, but it is a softer sadness. Its rough edges have rounded somewhat and it is not as painful to carry. I have come to know it better, and in that sense, it is more familiar and even comfortable in a strange way. Like a melancholy friend you value because of the stories and history you share. Dad's grief is still sharp-edged and awkward. It more often catches me unawares. We are still negotiating many of the fundamentals of what will be a life-long (for me) relationship. I'd rather not, really, but I have no choice in the matter. Dad grief is more work and tiring than Mom grief, although Mom grief was exhausting in the beginning. They are different for many reasons, and one of those reasons is time.\nA blessing in both Mom grief and Dad grief was the opportunity to say good-bye and thank you. If this opportunity was missed or was missing, it is left for us to find these expressions in our lives and our relationships with the dead after the fact. It's important and worthy work, and in reality, even when we had the chance and took it, it's not work that is ever completed in one take. As Mother's Day and Father's Day comes around again, we all get more chances to sort through and express things which still need to be said. Sometimes we get to do it in person, other times in absentia. Whether in Mom grief, Dad grief, or any of the many other varieties, now or later, the conversations continue.\nGreg Adams Program Coordinator Center for Good Mourning goodmourning@archildrens.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 14653, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 293.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://centertech.com/2012/10/legend-rides-again/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:21Z", "digest": "sha1:LZDTPC4XG4JO2DUIYKETBV7HPEU2IJIV", "length": 1801, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "centertech.com", "title": "The Center for Rural Development \u00bb Headless horseman rides again", "raw_content": "Click here to purchase tickets to the Children\u2019s Prime Time Theatre performance of \u201cThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow.\u201d\nThe spooky classic tale of Washington Irving\u2019s \u201cThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u201d is coming to stage just in time for Halloween during the opening performance of Children\u2019s Prime Time Theatre\u2019s new season on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset.\nLake Cumberland Performing Arts, in partnership with The Center, presents the legendary story of Ichabod Crane\u2014the bumbling, awkward schoolmaster trying to win the hand of his sweetheart Katrina\u2014in this timeless piece of classic literature.\nThe play, performed by professional actors from ArtReach, a division of The Children\u2019s Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, opens at 7 p.m. at The Center and is part of a night of family entertainment for all ages.\nA Halloween-themed Pre-Show Event with children\u2019s activities and an optional child-friendly catered dinner served by Chef Mete Sergin will be held prior to the Children\u2019s Prime Time Theatre performance from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in The Center\u2019s Front Lobby.\n\u201cA perfect Halloween treat, this classic storybook adventure comes with all the thrills, chills, and laughs that will keep young audiences on the edges of their seats,\u201d said Dianna Winstead, associate director of arts, culture, and events for The Center. \u201cAs much fun as the play presents, it saves the best for last\u2014the ride of the headless horseman.\u201d\n\u201cThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u201d is the first of six Children\u2019s Prime Time Theatre performances planned for the 2012-2013 season. Other shows include: \u201cBeauty and the Beast,\u201d Nov. 8; \u201cBabes in Toyland,\u201d Nov. 26; \u201cThumbelina,\u201d Feb. 21; \u201cHuck & Tom and the Mighty Mississippi,\u201d March 8; and \u201cJunie B. Jones,\u201d April 25.\n\u00ab Paying it forward | Now covering 45 KY counties \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 4729, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 158.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cgtbattlefields.co.uk/battle-waterloo.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:47Z", "digest": "sha1:RPS4FJEQQNDSZJ6TBPFNAEOBT6MWR5UW", "length": 1417, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "cgtbattlefields.co.uk", "title": "Battle of Waterloo | World War 1 and World War 2 Battlefield Tours", "raw_content": "On 26th February 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte managed to elude his guards and escape from the island of Elba where he had been held in exile since April 1814. He had been confined as a prisoner for only ten months but during that time he had been planning and preparing for the day when he would return to rule France once more as Emperor.\nThe period from the time of his escape to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo has become known as his '100 Days'. During that time he demonstrated all his skills as a military commander and in just over a period of three months he raised an army, organised it and marched on, in an attempt to regain mastery of Europe. When he set out on his campaign most of Europe trembled at the prospect of once more having to try and contain him. He headed into Belgium and on the way he divided his forces. On 16th June at Ligny Napoleon defeated the Prussians. On the same day Marshal Ney was beaten by forces commanded by the Duke of Wellington. Napoleon continued his advance until he encountered Wellington close to the village of Waterloo. What happened that day on 18th June 1815 decided the fate of Europe. The outcome of what is unarguably one of the most famous battles in history is well known but the events concerning how it was made possible are less familiar to many. This tour will set the record straight and dispel the incongruities which have crept in over the years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 8099, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 120.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chathamtownship-nj.gov/macc-at-the-movies", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:19Z", "digest": "sha1:VX4XIUVCQD4QFBLI273XFOYZGUPS22TH", "length": 1201, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "chathamtownship-nj.gov", "title": "MACC at the Movies", "raw_content": "MACC at the Movies\nWednesday, May 30 at 7 PM: RACE TO NOWHERE\nReserve FreeTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/macc-at-the-movies-race-to-nowhere-tickets-44576026094\nRACE TO NOWHERE \"Race to Nowhere\" is a film that calls us to challenge current thinking about how we prepare our children for success. Named by TakePart.com as one of \u201c10 Education Documentaries You Don\u2019t Want to Miss\u201d, \u201cRace to Nowhere\u201d brings communities together to spark dialogue and galvanize change in America\u2019s schools.\nFeaturing the heartbreaking stories of students across the country who have been pushed to the brink by over-scheduling, over-testing and the relentless pressure to achieve, \u201cRace to Nowhere\u201d points to a silent epidemic in our schools. Through the testimony of educators, parents and education experts, it reveals an education system in which cheating has become commonplace; students have become disengaged; stress-related illness, depression and burnout are rampant; and young people arrive at college and the workplace unprepared and uninspired.\n\u201cRace to Nowhere\u201d has become the centerpiece of a nationwide, grassroots movement for the transformation of education.\nMore Info:http://www.racetonowhere.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3104, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 295.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chiarasworlds.com/2018/10/05/northern-thailand-june-2018/20180703_132906-1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:24Z", "digest": "sha1:677FHNX55MQRETWJMMB3DVBXFWF2Z5E4", "length": 60, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "chiarasworlds.com", "title": "Chiara's wor(l)ds", "raw_content": "October 5, 2018 \u2022 2938 \u00d7 2203 \u2022 Northern Thailand, June 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 6238, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 90.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://choosekim.com/school-search/pattonville", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:20Z", "digest": "sha1:7GQP7U5WYLW4NLQVUJ6SWH3OTJ5TDUOO", "length": 70, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "choosekim.com", "title": "BHHS Select Properties - Kim Anderson - Pattonville", "raw_content": "Below is a list of homes for sale in the Pattonville High School area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 2536, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 56.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chrispearce.wordpress.com/2012/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:03Z", "digest": "sha1:LWLY7AZBUNX7T6IVJWOK76JCBEYG2CV7", "length": 5654, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "chrispearce.wordpress.com", "title": "December | 2012 | Teachable Moments", "raw_content": "sketchbook: santa claus conquers the sketchbook\nPosted in sketchbook with tags mystery science theater 3000, santa claus conquers the martians, sketchbook on December 24, 2012 by Christopher Pearce\nA few days ago I was watching Mystery Science Theater 3000\u2018s first Christmas episode, where Joel and the \u2018bots watch Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I doodled a little bit in my sketchbook while the flick was on and here are the results. I remember hearing rumors of an MST3K comic book years ago and I always wondered how that would have looked.\nChristmas Comic Cavalcade: DC Comics Presents #67\nPosted in christmas comics with tags christmas comic cavalcade, curt swan, dc comics, dc comics presents, e. nelson bridwell, len wein, murphy anderson, santa claus, superman on December 22, 2012 by Christopher Pearce\nIn our final Christmas Comic Cavalcade of 2012, let\u2019s look at DC Comics Presents #67, published in 1983. This yuletide comic was plotted by Len Wein and E. Nelson Bridwell, illustrated by Curt Swan and Murphy Anderson.\nThat gorgeous cover is by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, by the way\u2026\nodds and ends: my christmas decorations, updated\nPosted in odds and ends with tags a charlie brown christmas, frosty the snowman, lucy van pelt, mickey's christmas carol, odds and ends on December 20, 2012 by Christopher Pearce\nLast year, I posted about my Christmas toy collection. That\u2019s been a weirdly well-trafficked post, if all the WordPress site traffic things are to be believed. Seeing as that was popular, I thought I\u2019d update a bit with some of my newer holiday acquisitions.\nTwo new guys on this shelf, which was last year just a catch-all for my Nightmare Before Christmas stuff.\nI missed out on the first release of Frosty the Snowman figures from a couple of years ago. When I saw Forever Fun had rereleased Frosty, I snapped him up immediately. He\u2019s a fairly good figure with some screen specific accessories. The hat is supposed to stick to Frosty\u2019s head via a magnet, but it\u2019s so weak I had to stick it on there with some FunTac. Unfortunately they haven\u2019t made a Professor Hinkle or Karen yet.\nI\u2019m dancing around the idea of starting to collect the toys made from Mickey\u2019s Christmas Carol. It\u2019s a cartoon I love but some of the pieces I\u2019d need to round out a set are prohibitively expensive right now. I\u2019ve only see Scrooge McDuck on eBay a handful of times and he always sells for a ridiculous amount of dough. I scooped up Goofy as Jacob Marley for a song though.\nBy that same token, there are MANY more Peanuts characters I could track down for my Charlie Brown Christmas display I\u2019m going to draw the line with my final new acquisition.\nNo Peanuts display would be complete without Lucy Van Pelt. They\u2019re all sort of crammed in there, but Lucy\u2019s there in the back, manning her psychiatric booth. These toys are really wonderful. It\u2019s a shame the company that makes them shifted formats a few years ago. They used to be about 6 inches tall, but now they\u2019ve moved toward offerings around 4 inches.\nI have to admit, of the five or six little collections I have going, finding new things for my Christmas display is one of the more fun ones of late. It\u2019s gotten to the point where I\u2019ve gone against one of my old rules for buying these toys, whereby I\u2019d only scoop them up after December 25th, when stores have crazy discounted them. The Toys r Us where I picked up Frosty at full price also had a couple of characters from the Frosty\u2019s Winter Wonderland sequel, including Frosty\u2019s wife Crystal and Frosty\u2019s two kids. I may go back to TRU sometime after New Year\u2019s and see if the rest of the snowman clan will be discounted.\nthe best/worst forged note ever\nPosted in Uncategorized with tags forged notes on December 19, 2012 by Christopher Pearce\nDuring semester exam week, my school runs on the following schedule: From 7:15 until 11:00 in the morning, we administer exams. If a student brings in a signed note from their parents, they are allowed to leave the school for the rest of the day. This practice isn\u2019t unique to my high school, although I\u2019d never heard of a thing like this until I started teaching in the Midwest.\nANYWAY, teenagers being how they are, every year I get a student or three who forgets to get a note and ends up stuck at school for the duration. This is a pretty grim prospect for most students, as almost 90% of their friends have packed up and taken off for the afternoon. As such, I will get a handful of forgeries every time exams start up.\nI\u2019ve seen a LOT of forged notes in my time teaching\u2026 but this one is by far the best. Or\u2026 the worst.\nYour eye immediately be drawn to the misspelled word, but my favorite part of the note is the \u201cparent\u201d signature. You know, because all adults sign their name with the artful flourish of extending our T cross ACROSS THE PAGE.\nThe student who did this is a pretty nice kid. I called him on it right away and he copped to the forgery. He also said it was alright if I shared this with you guys. I give him some credit\u2026 at least he didn\u2019t sign it from \u201cEpstein\u2019s mother.\u201d\n2012-2013 school year: fifty shades\nPosted in 2012-2013 school year with tags 2012-2013 school year, fifty shades of grey on December 17, 2012 by Christopher Pearce\nTo anticipate a question, I haven\u2019t read Fifty Shades of Grey and I\u2019m not planning to. A couple of my students have told me they\u2019ve read book but no one\u2019s asked to do a book report on it or anything. 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It highlights some of the best in francophone punk, ska, hardcore, and oi! from every corner of the french-speaking world!\nTuesdays from 23:00 PM to 00:00 AM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 1740, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 223.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cinemaxx1.net/tag/layarkaca21-the-hole-in-the-ground-2019/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:4AZDPNWJRBBAVYWRT66L54K3NTSWZ3AW", "length": 41, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "cinemaxx1.net", "title": "Layarkaca21 The Hole in the Ground (2019) - Cinema 21 INDOXXI", "raw_content": "Layarkaca21 The Hole in the Ground (2019)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 336.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://civildigital.com/finite-element-method-fem-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:23Z", "digest": "sha1:AMOKRIEOZQZJLRD4DV3RBZPB6YWADNPS", "length": 1911, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "civildigital.com", "title": "FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM) - Lagrange Interpolation Method, Principle of", "raw_content": "Finite Element Method (FEM) is nothing but a numerical technique to get the approximate solution to the boundary value problems consisting of a partial differential equation and the boundary conditions. The Finite element Method converts these typical equations into a set of algebraic equations which are easy to solve.\nBasic Aspects of FEM:\nIt can model a structure of arbitrary geometry by making use of various pipes, shapes and sizes.\nArbitrary boundary conditions can be handled.\nStructures can be modeled by using different types of elements. For example: Plate elements or shell elements together can be analyzed.\nHigh Speed Computers are required.\nOnly one solution is obtained at one time.\nDivision of structures requires some experience.\nBasic Aspects needed for FEM:\nInterpolation and Representation of Graphs (Lagrange Interpolation Method)\nElements of theory of elasticity\nThere are 2 broad finite element procedures :\nVariational Procedure\nMethod of Weighted Residuals.\nPrincipal of Virtual work and minimum PE is a particular form of Variational Procedure only.\n1. Lagrange Interpolation Method:\nIn FEM, Lagrange interpolation method is used for the polynomial interpolation.\nThe formula was named after Joseph Louis Lagrange who published it in 1795, though it was first published by Edward Waring in 1779 and rediscovered by Leonhard Euler.\nPolynomial U(x) of degree \u2264 n \u2013 1 passes through n points (x1,u1 = f(x1)), (x2,u2 = f(x2)),\u2026.., (xn,un = f(xn)) is given by :\nU(x) = \u2211 Uj (x) where j = 1 to n.\nOr U(x) can be written explicitly as,\nU(x) =\nClick here to read about Principle of Virtual Work and Minimum Potential Energy (P.E.)\nTags:Classical Rayleigh Ritz Method, Elements of theory of elasticity, fem, Finite element methos, lagrange interpolation method, polynomial interpolation, Principle of Virtual Work and Minimum Potential Energy (P.E.), Variational Procedure, Weighted Residuals", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 4524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 269.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://clarityinthemorning.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:11Z", "digest": "sha1:CXO47QDTEEKJZM6IH2WUZRLQKW4GHIA2", "length": 462, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "clarityinthemorning.com", "title": "|", "raw_content": "Hello, it has been a few weeks since I\u2019ve posted a new blog post. I\u2019ve been doing a lot of growing in more ways than one. Life Is Good For\u2026\nThe song \u201cI Believe\u201d is originally sang by the Country duo Brooks and Dunn. Sang here by Patrick Henry Hughes. Patrick was born without eyes and unable to walk. He\u2026\n\u201cThere are far, far better things ahead than anything we leave behind.\u201d C. S. Lewis For years now I have wanted to sit down and just write about my life. It\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 473, "original_length": 26442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 147.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://climatesecurity101.org/faqs/are-only-poor-nations-at-risk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:32Z", "digest": "sha1:OFKQ33D6VTQHXJJ7DBFIDUOX7WEVZV6Y", "length": 2360, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "climatesecurity101.org", "title": "Are only poor nations at risk? | Climate Security 101", "raw_content": "HomeFAQsAre only poor nations at risk?\nNo. A combination of exposure to climate risks, and governance deficiencies, determines whether not a nation is at risk. This includes poor, middle-income and wealthy nations. Extremely poor and unstable nations are especially at risk due to the fact that significant existing pressures will be made worse \u2013 especially stresses on food and water security. However, middle-income and wealthy countries are also susceptible to the security risks of a changing climate. For example, the nations of the Middle East and North Africa, though mostly middle-income countries, are facing declining winter precipitation as a result of climate change, which has already contributed to instability. Many of these countries are also highly dependent on wheat imports from the global food market, which is in turn very vulnerable to climate shocks. As the provision of basic services becomes less reliable, the social contract between citizen and government can rapidly erode. This can lead to instability, as well as a greater incidence of authoritarian responses. Sea level rise, and an increase in the severity and intensity of extreme weather events, can also threaten wealthy nations that have vulnerable energy, military and agriculture infrastructures, both inland and along the coasts. Cascading disasters have the potential to place such enormous strains on wealthy nations, that economies and critical infrastructure can be severely disrupted.\n2014: Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), U.S. Department of Homeland Security\n2014: Heyman and Durkovich, U.S. Department of Homeland Security: \u201cStatement for the Record, Extreme Weather Events: The Costs of Not Being Prepared, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.\u201d\n2014: Climate Change Adaptation: DOD Can Improve Infrastructure Planning and Processes to Better Account for Potential Impacts. GAO-14-446\n2014: Extreme Weather Events: Limiting Federal Fiscal Exposure and Increasing the Nation\u2019s Resilience. GAO-14-364T. (Feb 12, 2014)\n2014: Climate Change and EU Security Policy: An Unmet Challenge. Youngs, R. Carnegie Europe\n2013: Council of the European Union 2013. Council conclusions on EU Climate Diplomacy. Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Luxembourg 24\n2008: European Commission: The European Union and the Arctic Region", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3422, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 231.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://clipp.co/Venue/1032/billy-barrys", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:28Z", "digest": "sha1:AVTFDMZLHJ5UHDXHC2Q3GYKG4TIZFEQH", "length": 1404, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "clipp.co", "title": "Billy Barrys", "raw_content": "This local hotel is a great value for the money. The beers are cold, the meals are large and the prices are reasonable. It's what keeps local patrons coming back day after day. You can find this hotel just across from North Sydney Station in North Sydney. Its location makes it perfect for a cold drink after a walk over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's also a popular lunch spot for professionals working in the area. The interior is incredibly inviting. There are dark woods, warm leathers and hanging plants that give it a touch of the outdoors. It is a rather masculine setting where you can fill up on beer with a hearty meal. The walls are covered in signs that remind you to drink Victoria Bitter, Guinness Stout and Australian wines. You know, just in case you forgot why you are there. It gives the whole place an Irish pub feel. There is always something on at Billy Barry's. The hotel serves free popcorn starting at 5 PM on Friday nights. It might sound like a pleasant offer but it's to put salt in your mouth so you drink more beer. It's quite a nice trick. You can play free pool on Sundays and there are $10 meal specials every day. Just ask your server what's on. There is a great happy hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays where you can get $5 beers and wines. The deals make Billy Barry's a great place to start a thirsty Thursday on the town.\nAddress: 32 Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2060", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 2410, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://clipp.co/Venue/1355/commodore-hotel", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:39Z", "digest": "sha1:H74M5DND5AAZSECH7N6HP7KWFNCTHRAS", "length": 1486, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "clipp.co", "title": "Commodore Hotel", "raw_content": "The Commodore Hotel is an incredibly refined place. It's the kind of hotel where you'll find professionals in the area enjoying their lunch hour or having a drink with peers after work. This modern hotel has plenty of light from the floor-to-ceiling windows that open up completely. It's the kind of place where you could spend an entire afternoon laughing with friends out in the open air while enjoying a drink. The Commodore is located in McMahons Point in North Sydney. It corners right up to Union Street and Blues Point Road. You'll know it by the large, covered patio area perfect for a laid-back Sunday session. And while this hotel may look fancy from the outside, there is still some smashing deal to be had on the inside. Tuesdays, the Commodore busts out the big screen TV for trivia night while they serve up $22 burgers that come with a draught beer. For the same price, you can get your hands on a parmi or schnitzel with a beer on Wednesday nights. There are deals for bottles of champagne on Thursday nights and the weekend features discounted seafood. The hotel's bistro has won awards for best casual dining, best steak and best burger. It serves up pub food done well and you can always count on a good meal. The bar features a host of local and boutique beers for you to explore in a smart, casual setting making this hotel great for a meal after a day out in the city.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/commodoresydney\nAddress: 206 Blues Point Road, McMahons Point NSW 2060", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2501, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://co149.livejournal.com/72845.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:51Z", "digest": "sha1:DEIJGOMUSPGU52DOZTNN4WKF6YQ5ESMR", "length": 807, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "co149.livejournal.com", "title": "Cyveillance, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, has searched\u2026 - There is only one war and everyone fights", "raw_content": "Cyveillance, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, has searched\u2026 - There is only one war and everyone fights\nCyveillance, Inc., of Arlington, Virginia, has searched www.mraiow.com looking for copyrighted material, presumably on behalf of one of their clients pursuant to a contract or on behalf of the United States Government. As with all accesses to this server, this search has been logged.\nCyveillance, Inc. is hereby informed that a search of their publicly accessible webpages performed on 27 July 2003 turned up no content that is copyrighted by myself or any person or entity for whom I am acting as agent. Cyveillance is applauded for their corporate good citizenship.\nThey are not applauded for sucking up my personal bandwidth, and I am banning their IP block from my webserver.\nYeah, I blocked them too.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1761, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 275.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/south-carolina-state-regulators-withdraw-enforcement-actions-on-two-blockchain-startups", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:31Z", "digest": "sha1:DYN7BTSJIAZIJOEXCBVJCMLZDYVJKBDO", "length": 2313, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "cointelegraph.com", "title": "South Carolina State Regulators Withdraw Enforcement Actions on Two Blockchain Startups", "raw_content": "South Carolina securities regulators removed cease-and-desist orders against two blockchain startups, which were previously halted due to selling unregistered securities.\nThe South Carolina securities regulator removed cease-and-desist orders against two blockchain startups that allegedly sold unregistered securities\nThe Securities Division of the Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina has removed cease-and-desist orders against two blockchain startups, according to public documents published July 26.\nToday\u2019s order removed a cease-and-desist order filed by the South Carolina Attorney General's office against shipping platform ShipChain for violating the state\u2019s securities statutes on May 21. Regulators initially accused the firm of running afoul of securities laws during their private SHIP token sale.\nThe second firm, cloud mining platform Genesis Mining, which was previously halted by the South Carolina Attorney General's Office Securities Division due to selling \u201cunlicensed securities,\u201d is now ordered to be dismissed as a respondent from the administrative order.\nFollowing the cease-and-desist order in May, ShipChain refuted the accusation by state regulators, claiming that their token sale was conducted in compliance with securities laws. Moreover, the firm specified that ShipChain was \u201cnot aware\u201d that SHIP tokens were even offered to South Carolina residents, since the token sale was held prior to the company\u2019s placement in the state of South Carolina.\nAccording to Influencive, ShipChain raised $30 million in a private token sale in January. Launched in 2017 in California, the blockchain startup aims to solve major problems associated with the logistics and shipping sectors. According to the National Cargo Security Council, the industry loses more than $50 billion annually from lost or stolen cargo.\nIceland-based Genesis Mining is one of the largest companies providing cloud mining services, primarily focused on Bitcoin. Founded in late 2013, the company\u2019s mining farms are reportedly the largest consumer of electricity in Iceland.\nEarlier today, Cointelegraph reported that the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) launched enforcement measures against crypto mining firm Envion AG over its potentially unauthorized token sale in mid-January 2018.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 354, "original_length": 6276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 268.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://college.rrmch.org/intensive-care/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:18Z", "digest": "sha1:YV2E2ZUT5YUU4YIXBVJW4HGQ7PHGP76O", "length": 808, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "college.rrmch.org", "title": "Intensive Care | RRMCH College", "raw_content": "Extending Intensive Care\nICU at RajaRajeswari Medical College & Hospital is serving people as a life saver for patients at critical conditions. It offers hope and welcomes many critical patients back to life. This 18 beds facility has 6 beds especially devoted to MICU, SICU and ICCU with sophisticated multi-para monitors and ventilators. RajaRajeswari Medical College & Hospital has further extended the concept of intensive care to cover neonates as well, through a neonatal intensive care unit that specializes in handling critical neonatal cases including surgeries. Similarly, a pediatric intensive care unit is also there to provide critical care to children who require it. 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Well, technically, the game is a bit older as it originally launched for Neo Geo arcade cabinets back in 1996, and you should know that by \"best console in the world,\" I mean the Sega Dreamcast. The game is called Breakers, and it's now available to purchase for the Dreamcast for $39.99. We have some screenshots in the gallery located on the top and bottom of this article.\nHow gnarly is that?! We're getting a new 2D fighting game release on the console that shoved fighting games back into the mainstream competitive limelight in the early 00s. You can check out some video footage above to get a taste of the action. As you can see, Breakers is a highly polished fighting game with a unique roster of characters, each with their own unique special moves and flashy combos. This release is officially licensed by Visco Games, the original developer.\nIf you're baffled as to why anyone would want to publish a game for a console that has been out of production for over a decade, then you're not cool enough to play it! The Dreamcast still has a lively and vibrant publishing scene, believe it or not. Indie developers have taken to the Dreamcast in recent years, and it's become chic to release your game on Sega's sexy little console. Last year I remember reporting on another Dreamcast indie release, Ghost Blade, which is a beautiful and action-packed sh'mup.\nIf you still own a Dreamcast and you fancy booting it up again for a night filled with old-school gaming and reminiscing, then you can totally buy Breakers right now. The store listing is right here. Make it an old-school night! Grab your buddies and spend the night smashing buttons and playing Breakers, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, and Street Fighter Alpha 3. I think you'll be surprised by just how well the Dreamcast holds up after all of this time, and you'll be the coolest kid on your street as the only person to buy a new Dreamcast game in over a decade.\nCheck out a few more screens and some shots of the beautiful Dreamcast packaging in the gallery below!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 4227, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 224.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2018/10/09/the-walking-dead-rick-shane-return-andrew-lincoln-lori/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:18Z", "digest": "sha1:7R64MRWWATMME6MMDOCWUSQTY432EYAL", "length": 1034, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "comicbook.com", "title": "'The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln Trolls With Which Character He Would Come Back As", "raw_content": "'The Walking Dead's Andrew Lincoln Trolls With Which Character He Would Come Back As\nBy Brandon Davis - October 9, 2018\nLooking back at The Walking Dead's eight seasons so far, there is one character Andrew Lincoln quipped he would like to come back as: Shane Walsh.\nDuring a panel at New York Comic Con, Lincoln was asked by a fan which non-Rick Grimes character he would like to go back and portray given such a fantastical opportunity. \"I'd come back as Shane because I'd actually get to sleep with Lori,\" Lincoln joked, taking a jab at Rick's late wife who cheated on him with his best friend back in the days where she thought he died in the hospital.\nFittingly enough, Shane Walsh will be making a return to the AMC show in its upcoming ninth season. With Lincoln set to exit the AMC show in its upcoming season, he will finally have opportunities to play characters outside of his best known Rick Grimes part.\nLincoln admits he does get nervous when he meets fans and shares the work. The fans, however, make it easier for him.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 4222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 271.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://commanderclub.com/photo/img-20180706-141010270?context=latest", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:25Z", "digest": "sha1:HEXB3UUHHYISLWWJDJX663OSPMV5P5W2", "length": 88, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "commanderclub.com", "title": "IMG_20180706_141010270 - Chris Craft Commander Club", "raw_content": "Added by Patrick A. Beard on January 14, 2019 at 3:21pm\nReturn from Mackinac Island 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 3304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 129.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://commlead.uw.edu/2013/03/25/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:44Z", "digest": "sha1:LF53JFAGQWRDCTS5TMQUA3QXSR6Z3LE7", "length": 7796, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "commlead.uw.edu", "title": "25 | March | 2013 | Communication Leadership", "raw_content": "car2go: A chat with their CTO and an exclusive look at their new app\nIt\u2019s a problem faced by most of us living in modern urban cities: transportation and parking. Environmentally (and economically) aware urbanites have long relied on mass transit, carpooling, bicycling and good old fashioned walking. In recent years, there have been a number of companies trying to fill the gap between private vehicle ownership, and the public bus. Companies like Flexcar, which later merged with Zipcar, are probably the most commonly known car sharing companies. However, within the last couple of years, another player has slowly, but steadily been entering the market.\nLaunched in Germany in 2008, car2go made its US debut in Austin in 2010, just in time for SXSW. Since then, it has steadily been growing in popularity in urban metropolitan regions across the world. Unlike other car sharing services, no advanced reservation is necessary. But most impressive is that vehicles can be driven one-way and parked on any public street curb. The company negotiates annual parking rates directly with cities, so drivers never have to worry about paying for parking.\nHow popular is car2go? Here in Seattle, 18,000 members signed up within the first three months of local launch, making it car2go\u2019s second-fastest growing market. Young professional urbanite, Adam Parnell, recently extolled the virtues of car2go in an exuberant Facebook post, exclaiming \u201cWalked to City Target and ended up buying $250 worth of stuff for my kitchen so I walked less than 100m to the closest car2go and drove home. Forget men; car2go has my heart.\u201d This is exactly the target audience corporate demographers salivate over \u2013 young upstart professionals in the \u201cacquisition phase\u201d of life.\nIncidentally, Calgary has been the fastest growing market to date, with 15,000 members signing up in two months. (Ironically, both markets are rife with gas-guzzling, all wheel drive SUVs, a far cry from the Lilliputian Smart For Two models.)\nBack in Austin, I was in the thick of SXSW Interactive. I had just gotten out of a panel discussion and was rushing off to another part of town for a meeting. My destination was too expensive for a taxi, too far for a walk, and not on the SXSW shuttle route. Ultimately I decided to jump into a car2go. As I entered my vehicle, I was greeted by a friendly face and a glowing smile offering me a car2go swag bag. (It wouldn\u2019t be SXSW without the swag, after all.) On a whim, I asked her if I could snap her photo. She cheerfully obliged and introduced herself as Grace. I asked if I could possibly interview her for Flip the Media. She politely suggested that I instead talk to the car2go Communications Manager for North America.\nMuch to my surprise, less than an hour later my phone rang. It was none other than the Communications Manager herself, Katie Stafford. She graciously offered a lunch meeting along with another member of her team, Margot Hake, Communications Specialist. Much to my further surprise, she also mentioned that their CTO, Helmuth Ritzer, was in town from Germany and might be able to join us. This is the beauty of SXSW. You never know who you\u2019re going to meet during these impromptu and unplanned encounters.\nWithin a couple of hours, the three members of the car2go team, veteran flipthemedia.com editor, Patrick Doherty, and I sat down to lunch at Max\u2019s Wine Dive. It was a welcome respite from the frenetic pace and environment of the adjacent convention center. And thus began our 90 minute delve into the inside magic behind car2go.\nHelmuth Ritzer, a twenty-year veteran of Daimler Corporation, recounted the story of being invited to a meeting a few years ago by Daimler\u2019s Business Innovation Unit in Stuttgart. After being shown three PowerPoint slides on the car2go concept, he was convinced that he needed to join the team.\nWhile car2go is 100% owned by the Daimler Corporation, they still operate with a start-up mentality. Though fully funded by Daimler, they\u2019re a much smaller subset and have the luxury of focusing on innovation and new products. Technology is moving fast, and they aim to be revolutionary. It\u2019s about culture and community, though Ritzer admits there is no secret formula for success. In the beginning, everything was a surprise, and they had to create everything from scratch \u2013 from the vehicle tracking system to the website to the mobile apps. Ironically, the idea for a car sharing system came up years ago, but it is only now that manufacturers are jumping on board. Rather than focusing solely on manufacturing automobiles, they\u2019re now looking at the concept of \u201cmobility\u201d from a product point of view in a much broader sense.\nKatie Stafford, car2go Communications Manager for North America, shared the impressive company growth statistics cited above. She also explained the delicate process of getting car2go on board in the various cities. As you can imagine, any topic as touchy as parking and revenue would be a cause for concern for any city council. Car2go positions itself as an opportunity for cities to engage in smart growth, offering transportation alternatives to already congested cities. Here in Seattle, she worked closely with city council transportation committee chair, Tom Rasmussen, who introduced the car2go legislation.\nMargot Hake, car2go Communications Specialist, added an interesting anecdotal insight. In some markets, the car2go brand has become so visible, buyers are walking into dealerships asking if they can buy a car2go, often oblivious to the Smart Car moniker. So far from being seen as a threat to sales by local Daimler dealers, car2go is in fact increasing demand.\nInterestingly, car2go doesn\u2019t collect that much user data on its members, apart from pick up and drop off points. They use heat maps to see where the needs are over the course of a day. There is also a customer service team in each market, a location manager, and a marketing manager to get the word out about sponsorships, etc. There is also a fleet team that takes care of the vehicles.\nRitzer acknowledged that there was competition in the market, but felt confident that there was room for everyone. In his native Germany, he admits that many consumers concurrently subscribe to multiple services and use whichever car best meets their needs at the given moment. \u201cWe have to live with the fact that people have choice, and will choose what\u2019s appropriate for them.\u201d\nSneak Preview World-Premier\nWe got an exclusive world premier preview of a new project they\u2019re working on \u201cmoovel\u201c. It\u2019s a multi-transport method of aggregating data from various sources. It\u2019s a way to respond to users need to go \u201cfrom here to there\u201d. With a focus on \u201cmobility\u201d rather than \u201cautomobiles\u201d it\u2019s an open marketplace. Users can even enter bicycle information.\nAt the end of our talk, they turned the tables on us and asked our opinions on how to make the service better. I wished for more vehicle availability, while Patrick wished for greater geographic coverage. They cited some interesting requests, like bike racks on vehicles (unlikely due to insurance issues) to automatic customization of things like digital presets tied to a users account (more feasible).\nWhat would you request? They are an innovative and responsive group. They just might be listening.\ncar2go: A chat with their CTO and an exclusive look at their new app 03.25.2013\nDeath. Does the simple mention of the word make you uncomfortable? Michael Hebb, inaugural MCDM Teaching Fellow, and MCDM Associate Director Scott Macklin are combining a topic not often talked about (but should be) with the act of eating a meal in a program called Let\u2019s Have Dinner and Talk about Death.\nWatch this video to learn more about this innovative conception and read more on the main website>>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 9001, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://communicators-marketplace.com/home/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:45Z", "digest": "sha1:5HRH36DAMNNLC4I2MYTNORLRGIYOFNHK", "length": 599, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "communicators-marketplace.com", "title": "Marketplace Home \u2013 COMPEL Training", "raw_content": "When a writer steps into her calling to write for others, there are a number of things she needs professional help with. However, she doesn\u2019t always know where to go to get a quality, affordable, service provider she can trust. The Communicators Marketplace can help!\nThe Communicators Marketplace is a listing of vetted Proverbs 31 providers to connect with for the services needed by those who write, speak and lead. It\u2019s just one of the many perks of being a COMPEL Training member!\nTo join COMPEL and have 24/7 unlimited access to the Communicators Marketplace, click below for more information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 320.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://communityimpact.com/local-news/dallas-fort-worth/mckinney/news/2017/05/03/craig-ranch-resort-conference-center-open-mckinney-2019/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:49Z", "digest": "sha1:2YQBLNBR5HBA64FISKQBMTVI2PQBZ4UD", "length": 646, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "communityimpact.com", "title": "Craig Ranch Resort & Conference Center to open in McKinney in 2019 | Community Impact Newspaper", "raw_content": "Craig Ranch Resort & Conference Center to open in McKinney in 2019\nBy Community Impact Staff | 3:31 pm May 3, 2017 CST May 3, 2017\nCraig Ranch Resort & Conference Center will be located on an 8-acre site at the corner of Collin McKinney Parkway and Weiskopf Avenue in McKinney within the 2,200-acre Craig Ranch master-planned development. The property will feature 285 well-appointed rooms and suites and 33,000 square feet of flexible, state-of-the-art meeting space. Plans call for the resort to be branded under the Marriott Autograph Collection, known for its design and sense of place, with a scheduled opening in the fourth quarter of 2019.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 5870, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 185.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://competenetwork.com/faces-of-sports-mark-cuban-a-lifelong-maverick/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:11Z", "digest": "sha1:F3KVXI5G7NNM5WXQNOWKRUMNOEOPQBAH", "length": 4399, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "competenetwork.com", "title": "Faces of Sports: Mark Cuban; A Lifelong Maverick | COMPETE Network | Sports Diversity", "raw_content": "Faces of Sports: Mark Cuban; A Lifelong Maverick\nMark Cuban is probably best known by most people as owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team or as a panelist on the reality television series, \u201cShark Tank\u201d that enables entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses to a panel of investors. With a net worth estimated to be over $3 billion, Cuban is a textbook example of a successful entrepreneur, a maverick who trusts his intuition and blazes his own path to success without allowing himself or others to pigeonhole him.\nHe\u2019s been less well-known as an outspoken ally to the LGBT community until the massacre at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 11 that killed 49 people. Cuban immediately donated $1 million to the Dallas police department that will be used, according to police chief David Brown, \u201cprimarily to protect the LGBT community. We will earmark and track the expenditure of these funds to ensure its effective use in creating a safe environment.\u201d In an email to CNBC following his donation, Cuban said, \u201cIt was the right thing to do and I will do more of it in a future.\u201d\nSo how did a nice boy from Pittsburgh, son of a car upholsterer, wind up being an LGBT ally and an Athlete Ally advisory board member whose role involves advising the group on programming to make sports a more welcome place for gay athletes and fans? Perhaps it\u2019s because in true entrepreneurial fashion, Cuban doesn\u2019t really care what other people think about him, a trait that\u2019s evidenced by his outspokenness, and he has over $2 million in NBA fines for years of controversial comments to prove it.\nFollowing NBA player Jason Collins\u2019 courageous and historic coming out in 2013 and former Missouri defensive end Michael Sam\u2019s coming out the next year, Cuban appeared on CNN\u2019s \u201cPiers Morgan Live\u201d show in 2014 and said that coming out as a gay athlete is a \u201cnon-event.\u201d Rather than being dismissive, Cuban was actually paying tribute to the progress that had been made.\n\u201cIt actually, literally, is a non-event,\u201d Cuban said. \u201cEver since Jason came out and MLS player Robbie [Rogers], it\u2019s changed radically. How many states now allow gay marriage? And [homosexuality] has become so accepted, it\u2019s a non-event. Just in the span of six, 12 months, it\u2019s changed dramatically.\u201d Of course then as now, there are many on both sides of the issue who don\u2019t agree with him; some not seeing it as a welcome sign of progress and others not seeing it as enough progress. But Cuban is one who views society with a \u201cglass half full\u201d lens.\nCuban has always had that talent for spotting \u201cglass half full\u201d opportunities and been willing to work for what he wants. But he\u2019s never followed the standard linear path to achievement, instead often leapfrogging his way forward. Starting at age 12 he sold garbage bags to earn money to buy a pair of shoes he liked and then started earning money in high school as a stamp and coin salesman. But his hustle didn\u2019t stop there. During his junior year in high school he started taking psychology classes at the University of Pittsburgh. It prompted him to skip his senior year and enroll in college full-time.\nAfter a year at at Pitt, he transferred to Indiana University where, in order to continue paying for his education, he started giving dance lessons that morphed into hosting what\u2019s been described as \u201clavish disco parties.\u201d It was here he and business partner and fellow Indiana alumnus Todd Wagner launched into the media business that became the bedrock of Cuban\u2019s wealth. But it was launched partly because he wanted to listen to Indiana Hoosier basketball games online, something that puts his purchase of the Mavericks in a new perspective.\nPerhaps the following statement Cuban wrote in 2013 best describes his role as an ally in the sports diversity movement: \u201cIt\u2019s a new world. Everyone should know that they can be themselves in sports. Leagues like the NBA, their teams and players have a great opportunity to set an example and spread a message to people who are either LGBT or straight that our culture should be celebrated for diversity and individual authenticity.\u201d I couldn\u2019t agree more!\nConnie Wardman is Compete Magazine\u2019s editor-in-chief. 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Following the International Olympic Committee\u2019s 2015 Consensus Committee to adopt new policy that is more inclusive for transgender athletes to participate, Bearden is one of the first transgender US cyclists to compete at the professional level.\nFollowing her first season as a professional cyclist who is also transgender she was kicked off of \u201cTeam Fearless\u201d due to their transphobic policies. Bicycles has announced on October 27th, 2018 that Bearden is a \u201cSpecialized Ambassador and Athlete.\u201d Making her Specialized Bicycles\u2019 first transgender team athlete. Announcing on their Facebook page\u2026\n\u201cOur doors and arms are open wide to anyone that throws a leg over a bike, so if you\u2019re struggling out there, we want you to know that we hear you, we see you, we stand with you, and we have your back.\u201d\nAssigned male at birth, Jillian had turned to cycling as a release to help her deal with her brother\u2019s suicide in 2005, gender dysphoria and her own thoughts of suicide. Cycling became her therapy and in a 2017 interview with the Denver Post she remarked \u201cRiding my bike has saved my life many times over.\u201d As a result, she rose to the top ranks in mountain and road cycling at the amateur level.\nUnfortunately, it wasn\u2019t enough and in late 2014 Jillian had planned to end it all. Despite all her success in her personal and athletic life, she was ready to commit suicide. At the last moment though, Jillian changed her mind.\n\u201cWhatever it was, that presence brought me out and the message to me was \u2018Tell your mom. Just tell your mom.\u201d\nShortly thereafter, Jillian came out. To her mom, her partner and her children. She had come to accept herself as female. From then on, her transition began, finding support and love from her family and friends in the process. There was never a doubt that Jillian would give up cycling, as she noted that cycling had \u201csaved her life many times over\u201d and played a vital role in helping her during her transition.\nDuring her transition, Jillian had noticed changes in her performance as a result of the hormone therapy. Taking testosterone blockers and estrogen supplements, Jillian\u2019s power output on the bike had decreased has a result.\n\u201cI went from 16 minutes to 26, 27, 28 minutes,\u201d she said of her times one of her climbs. \u201cI was like holy \u2026 Testosterone gives you this drive, this oomph, and I didn\u2019t have that push. My muscles looked fairly big, but I did not have that push to drive that extra energy. I had good days and really, really bad days. But at the end of it all, I always know that I won the biggest race of all. I am here on planet Earth with my family and it doesn\u2019t really matter how slow I am. I\u2019ve already won.\u201d\nDocumenting her performance over the course of her transition and hormone therapy was well in line with other elite and professional female cyclists as well as the (so far) only published study performed on transgender athletes tracking performance changes throughout transition. In addition to continuing her training, Jillian worked with USA Cycling and the United States Olympic Committee in their work to make more inclusive policies for transgender athletes, including adopting the new IOC guidelines in 2015.\nWith her new team and sponsorship, we are looking forward to seeing Jillian race again!\nRelated Items:cycling, featured, transgender", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 8493, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 234.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://conceptsvideo.com/patient-behavior-digital-tools/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:40Z", "digest": "sha1:YWUT46FD3CDFTXUNUF3KIWY6ZW3UOPY3", "length": 2772, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "conceptsvideo.com", "title": "Patient Behavior and Digital Tools - Concepts Video", "raw_content": "Digital tools, such as fitness trackers and step counters, are on the rise in the medical field. However, these tools are not proving to be as beneficial to its wearers as previously believed.\nIn today\u2019s digital age, doctors are now able to show patients exactly what is happening in their bodies. Through virtual reality, patients are given a comprehensive look at how their body will react to the good and bad they put into it. This immersive experience gives patients a first-hand look at their future health. Virtual reality is an eye opening experience for patients because it allows them to physically see the harm they are causing their bodies. This may inspire and motivate them to begin living a more health conscious lifestyle. Concepts Video has extensive experience with Virtual Reality. Our team of highly creative animators and produces can create an incredible virtual reality experience for both patients and doctors.\nDigital Tools & Wearables\nHealth and fitness trackers have seen a sharp rise in popularity in recent years. Thanks to products like Fitbit and the Apple Watch, monitoring and tracking your health has never been easier. These wearables have the ability to track your daily step count, heart rate, calories you\u2019ve burned, and more. The concept is innovative; however, the execution falls short among many users. Unlike virtual reality, wearables were not able to motivate its users to pursue a healthy lifestyle. This flaw is not a fault of the product, it is an issue with our \u201ccomplex human behavior\u201d according to behavioral economist Dan Ariely. Even though fitness trackers are able to lay out all of the health information we need in front of us, it will still not be enough to inspire us to make a change. Unless we see the actual imminent future of our health, like we can through virtual reality, it is hard to stay motivated to live a healthy lifestyle.\nThe Future of Patient Behavior\nDigital tools in the medical field are ever changing. It appears that the more immersive and informative the product is, the patient will have a better response to that product. Clearly there is no \u201cone size fits all\u201d solution for everyone\u2019s health needs. The medical field is hopeful that in the future there will be a product that will positively change patient behavior and motivate them to live a healthy, active lifestyle.\nIf you would like to create a virtual reality experience to motivate your patients, give Concepts Video a call today!\nhttps://www.mmm-online.com/technology/can-digital-tools-really-change-patient-behavior/article/736450/\nTags: digital tools, medical field, pharmaceutical marketing, virtual reality\nAdvertising: A New Audio and Video Era Collette Liantonio Gets Inducted into the 2018 New Jersey Advertising Hall of...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 5512, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://conference.ncri.org.uk/programme_entry/lunch-networking-exhibition-and-poster-viewing-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:00Z", "digest": "sha1:EEATLCJVDNJVOECVOTOZFCSL2RWUAL3K", "length": 48, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "conference.ncri.org.uk", "title": "Lunch, networking, exhibition and poster viewing | 2019 NCRI Cancer Conference", "raw_content": "Date and time: Tue 06-Nov-2018, 12:30 pm-2:00 pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 103.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://conferences.moneyshow.com/moneyshow-las-vegas/workshop/d88e616fc63143d694225f791d550d8f/how-to-use-womens-investing-edge-to-your-advantage-women-on-wealth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:13Z", "digest": "sha1:Z4SG6XFKDV2GYWB2WZYUS7NGJYYBDK64", "length": 589, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "conferences.moneyshow.com", "title": "How to Use Women's Investing Edge to Your Advantage (Women on Wealth)", "raw_content": "Mon., May 14, 8:45 AM - 9:10 AM PST\nHow to Use Women's Investing Edge to Your Advantage (Women on Wealth)\nContrary to popular misconception, female investors aren't less confident or more risk-averse than their male counterparts-in fact, studies show that women typically generate higher portfolio returns than men over time. PBS/Forbes financial columnist Diane Harris, the former editor-in-chief of MONEY magazine, outlines the qualities that lead women to outperform and explains how can you make the most of them going forward to substantially grow your investments and overall wealth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://content.sciendo.com/search?f_0=author&q_0=Kath+Bradley&print", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:09Z", "digest": "sha1:EAIIXFFSVORYNVDAX5P5HFUSSWR3DHUX", "length": 1419, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "content.sciendo.com", "title": "Search Results", "raw_content": "Author: Kath Bradley (1 Results)\nAuthor: Kath Bradley x\nWar Games: Staging the Histories in an American Presidential Year\nKath Bradley\nThis paper examines the ways in which the seldom performed collaborative play, Edward III, was re-contextualised by Barbara Gaines, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theater of Chicago, in order to create a specifically presentist piece of theatre making a forceful political statement during the 2016 US presidential election. Edward III formed the opening section of a trilogy entitled Tug of War: Foreign Fire, which continued with Henry V, and Henry VI Part I. The second trilogy, Tug of War: Civil Strife, comprised the remaining two parts of Henry VI and Richard III. The paper will address the rationale behind the selection of these specific plays, and why it was felt unnecessary to fill the historical lacuna created by the exclusion of Richard II and Henry IV Parts I and II. In addition, it will also examine the limitations inherent in the available archival material when researching an ephemeral theatrical event, particularly one which has been edited and directed in order to address issues of immediate political concern. Selected extracts from my own review of the first of these two trilogies will seek to offer a more detailed response than is possible for journalistic reviewers and to provide sufficient background to prove of benefit for future researchers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3192, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 257.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cornerstonechapel.cc/pastor_s_blog/?y=2008&m=11", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:53Z", "digest": "sha1:7OBUSX36XSTZSJ77RBOLFTN5FRE3UGAU", "length": 18428, "nlines": 105, "source_domain": "cornerstonechapel.cc", "title": "Cornerstone Chapel - Pastor's Blog", "raw_content": "Give me some Old Time Passion\nPassion is defined as an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. It is a willingness to do what needs to be done and a desire to reach peaks not yet climbed. It is a faithfulness that is created by knowing, understanding and believing the promises of God.\nOur passion to reach the lost should be a driving force behind our actions. 1 Peter 1:18 states ... if the righteous scarcely be saved, then what separates those that are and are not saved. Could it be passion? Could it be a willingness to sacrifice when nobody else does, or preach the gospel when it is not popular? Acts 20:31 states...\nIf we are to reach the lost of our community, there has to be a fire within us that burns with a passion for those without hope and direction. Jeremiah 20:9 states...\nThe passion for Jesus Christ must be reflected in our prayer lives, giving and faithfulness. Our actions must reveal the passion that we have for Jesus simply because it may be the difference between heaven and hell.\nI realize that the preaching of sin and hell is somewhat taboo among all Christian groups including Pentecostals. I find this sad because it is the passionate preached Word that convicts and changes. The Psalmist wrote...\nIt may be old time religion, but it is relevant to the world today. We need to work, teach and preach with passion so that a world without direction can have a relationship with Jesus Christ.\nI came across this video on www.youtube.com. As many of you know, Cornerstone Chapel hosted a concert in October with Bro. Cortt Chavis and we appreciate his ministry and his humble spirit. We have already booked him for September 12, 2009 for a concert to take place on Town Hill in Colonial Beach, Virginia.\nThe X that is pictured above sits on a shelf in my office. I received it while at Direction '08 in St. Louis. It is made of wood and is painted red. There is nothing spectacular or beautiful about this X, but it represents something that is powerful and meaningful.\nMy wife and I have the privilege of home schooling our son. My wife does 99% of the instructing, but once in a while I will substitute and have the opportunity to teach my son the principles of math. We speak of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. Recently, we spoke of using multiplication rather than addition. I told him that multiplication would allow him to reach his answers in certain problems with less mathematical equations and to reach his goal faster and more efficient. If the church were to think in terms of multiplication and not addition then our growth would be faster and more efficient. Acts 16:5 states...\nIf we are to multiply, then we must multiply the amount of leaders, saints and churches. We must broadcast our vision beyond the walls of the church building and preach the Gospel with a renewed desire to reach the lost. We need to multiply ourselves and our church. Our desire should be to see churches in every town, county and city. The passion for souls should consume us and our prayer life should reflect our desire to reach the lost.\nFinally...some Good News\nThis is the sermon preached at Cornerstone Chapel on November 16th...\nIn writing my blog this week, I thought I would try to post some good news. In looking for good news, I came across articles on\u2026\n\u2022 Riots over not allowing gay marriages\n\u2022 Forest fires\n\u2022 The economy is crashing\n\u2022 Atheists advertising on the sides of buses\n\u2022 Murder and Mayhem\nWhen I think of the news, as it has been recently, my thoughts are brought to the scripture found in\u2026\n2 Timothy 3:1 (Amplified) BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].\nBut, this morning, I want to bring you some good news. The scripture that I read as my text, Mark 16:15 is found in the Amplified Bible as stating\u2026\nNo matter how bad the world becomes there will always be good news. I realize that most people would want their pastor to be optimistic, but the good news that I declare until you this morning is not that the economy is better or somehow peace has overtaken the world. The good news that I preach unto you this morning is not limited to governments or even generations. It is not controlled by time or current events. It brings hope to the masses and joy to the world. Paul wrote in Romans 1:16\u2026\nThe good news of the gospel is that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin not just to be a good person, but He came with a purpose\u2026\nThe good news of the gospel is that Jesus Christ came and died on a cross that we might live\u2026\nThe good news of the gospel is that Jesus Christ was buried and that He rose again\u2026\nRomans 6:4 (Amplified) We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious [power] of the Father, so we too might [habitually] live and behave in newness of life.\nThe good news of the gospel is that we have an opportunity through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ to have life and have it more abundantly. No more do we have to be bound by sin, but can stand tall on the promises of God. For Jesus stated\u2026\nOne World Government?\nThis is purely speculation on my part, but we have seen a shift in the political climate that may favor a more global economy. The proof is in the pudding and Christians should be keenly aware of the world we live in. The following Reuters headline and partial article is interesting and may very well put us on course for the endtime...\nLONDON (Reuters) - The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday.\nIn his annual speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Brown -- who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial institutions -- will say Britain, the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order.\n\"The alliance between Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. -- can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order,\" an excerpt from the speech says.\nYou can view the rest of the article by clicking here.\nSay No to Status Quo\nThis was the sermon preached on Sunday, November 9 at Cornerstone Chapel...\nHabakkuk 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.\nStatus Quo is a Latin term meaning the current, or existing state of affairs. It was Ronald Reagan that stated\u2026\nStatus quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we're in.\nEach of has a status quo. It is our habits, lifestyle and routine existence. We breathe and eat our status quo and each time that we look in the mirror, we stare at what we currently are.\nFor many people, they are satisfied with their current state of affairs. They have no dreams and ambitions to be more than what they are at any one moment. In their minds, they have achieved all that life has for them. Their rhythm of life has flat lined.\nIt is the dreams of an individual that pushes them passed the status quo so that they can achieve the greatness that is hidden within them\u2026\nThe dream of two brothers and bicycle mechanics, named Orville and Wilbur, that gave us flight\nThe passion of a man that failed fourth grade, named Thomas Edison, that gave us the light bulb\nThe ambition of Abraham Lincoln, allowed him to overcome his many failures to become our greatest president.\nThe approval of our current situation or status quo is an attitude that precludes us from achieving the greatness for which we are destined. It is what causes us to remain in a rut without the hope of change. Living in a constant state of affairs without a change of scenery.\nI have introduced this sermon using concepts of the physical man. I believe that we should set our goals in this world at high levels and work to achieve them. It is important to gain education and reach for our career goals, but it was Jesus that stated\u2026\nAs we live our lives, we are presented with choices that destine us to what we are to become. These choices include\u2026\n\u2022 Where do I go to school?\n\u2022 Who will I marry?\n\u2022 How many children will I have?\n\u2022 Where will I work?\n\u2022 When do I retire?\nBut, I stand before you today and can tell you with full confidence that these are not the most important decisions that you make in your life. The most important decision that you will make in your life is a fork in the road literally between heaven and hell. Matthew 7\u2026\nEach of must make a decision whether we will serve God. This decision constitutes a change in our status quo. Matthew 6:24 states\u2026\nIf I can for a moment, tell you about Moses. Moses was a prince of Egypt. He had all that he wanted including the best education, but his situation was complicated because he was a Jew living in the house of Pharaoh as Pharaoh held Moses\u2019 people as slaves.\nMoses had to make a decision. There is no doubt that this decision was not easy and Moses probably lay in bed at night debating the pros and cons, but the Bible documents what Moses decided. Hebrews 11 states\u2026\nMoses came to understand that his status quo needed to change. His life was not what it should be and although he had accomplished a lot in the physical\u2026 there was something missing.\nHe did not have a relationship with God.\nA relationship with God is something that each of us should strive to achieve. We know from the scripture, that a relationship with Jesus Christ brings\u2026\n1 Peter 1:8 Without having seen Him, you love Him; though you do not [even] now see Him, you believe in Him and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy.\nIf you are in need of a change in your status quo, then Jesus is here to meet you. Habakkuk 3:19 gives us the promise to walk in mine high places. We can move to higher levels in Jesus saying no to status quo. In shedding the shadow of our status quo, we must look to Jesus. We need to seek Him and He can fill you with His wonderful Spirit.\nThe Psalmists wrote in Psalms 139\u2026\nThis is the first sermon preached at Cornerstone Chapel (August 6, 2006). It is being posted as a reminder of our vision...\nMatthew 16:13 And coming into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples, saying, Who do men say Me to be, the Son of Man?\nMatthew 16:14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.\nMatthew 16:15 He said to them, But who do you say I am?\nMatthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.\nMatthew 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, You are blessed, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in Heaven.\nMatthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.\nIt has often been said that \"Rome was not built in a day\", but if you travel to Italy today there stands a magnificent city named Rome. I am not sure the history of Rome, but I am sure that it began with one brick.\nWe can also appreciate the concept that \"A journey of a 1,000 miles starts with a single step\". Surely, it would be wonderful and grand if we were able to reach our destination within blink of an eye, but we are governed by the laws of time and physics.\nWe are part of a brilliant beginning to a chapter in apostolic history that will document a church that experiences the power of Pentecost. This chapter will be filled with those experiencing the infilling of the Holy Ghost and baptism in Jesus name as in the book of Acts. It will document the healing of the sick, the deliverance of those bound by sin and the preaching of the apostolic doctrine. Cornerstone Chapel will be a church that impacts its community while carrying the burden for the lost around the world. It will be a place that will build leaders, pastors, evangelists and missionaries. Cornerstone Chapel will preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to those that hunger for the Word and pray for those that need a touch from the Master.\nCornerstone Chapel will be a giving church. It will sacrifice its time and money to reach those that have not felt the love of Jesus Christ. We will support with prayer and finances missionaries that have been called to foreign countries and North America.\nCornerstone Chapel will be a place of refuge for the people of our community. A place that the love of Jesus Christ will flow freely with the joy and peace found through the Holy Ghost. It will be a place that friends, families and neighbors can experience Psalms 36:7\nHow precious is Your loving-kindness, O God! And the sons of men take refuge under the shadow of Your wing.\nI do not say these things because I will them, but because I believe them. They are not \"sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal\", but the promises of God written in the scripture. Jesus stated in\nThe church is not built on shifting sand, but on the Rock that is Jesus Christ.\nPsalms 31:3 For thou art my rock and my fortress;\nThere is no principality, power or ruler of darkness that can triumph over the church for the Bible states in\nI John 4:4 ...because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.\nThe power given to us through the Holy Ghost is well documented throughout the scripture. The church of the New Testament witnessed miracles and according to the scripture we can still see the same healings and blessings that the first church witnessed:\nCornerstone Chapel is a Spirit - filled church that believes in the power of the Holy Ghost. It is a church that will preach the new birth experience from this day until the rapture of the church. It is not enough to feel the Spirit of God, but we want you to experience the Holy Spirit. The church is not a building or a physical place, but the people of God. It is written.\nHow do we experience the New Birth? Jesus was approached by a man named Nicodemus in the 3rd chapter of John. While speaking to Nicodemus, Jesus told him in\nShe does What?\nThis was an Letter to the Editor written by Pastor Eaby and published in the November 11th edition of of the Journal Press ...\nSarah Palin comes from a church that speaks in tongues and there is a thought that she has experienced this phenomenon herself. The media has written editorials and drawn cartoons poking fun at Governor Palin and the many Christians that speak in tongues. Their concept of this Biblical experience is based on their ignorance and like many that are bias lash out at what they do not understand.\nSpeaking in tongues is something that has not just emerged from the Christian world, but occurred at the birth of the church. This event was documented in Acts 2:4, \u201cAnd they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.\u201d The New Testament church experienced the infilling of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues as part of the salvation experience as documented in book of Acts. Jesus prophesied this experience as something that His believers would practice. Mark 16:17 states \u201cAnd these signs shall follow them that believe\u2026they shall speak with new tongues\u201d.\nThose that experience the Holy Spirit with speaking in tongues come under the umbrella term of Pentecostal. The media portrays those that speak in tongues as out of the norm but also documents that Pentecostalism is spreading throughout the world faster that any other Christian movement. The Ledger.com published an article on April 24, 2006 entitled Pentecostals Celebrate World's Fastest-Growing Religion. This may seem extraordinary to those on the outside of Christianity, but to those that know the scripture understand the prophecies found in Joel 2:28, \"And that's just the beginning: After that\u2014I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people\u2026\u201d\nThe Holy Spirit is life changing. The key to the Pentecostal movement is not the programs that a church offers, but the power of God that is evident in the life of the person that has received it. Pentecostalism is not a religion, but an experience with God. It is no longer \u201cback woods\u201d, but has come to the center of the religious and political world.\nIt is sad that in America one can use the freedom of the press to try to influence and degrade those that exercise freedom of religion. The lack of knowledge that the media has concerning religion reveals a generation that is moving away from God, but according to Romans 14:11, \u201cFor it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God\u201d.\nOK...I will say something political\nAlthough, I have my own political views, they are not brought into the pulpit. In light of yesterdays events, I do want to say a couple things.\nWe are first Christians and stand on the principles of scripture. The ideas of politicians and government are a distant second to the Biblical principles that are taught each Sunday in the pulpits across America.\nWe need to continue to live and preach the gospel...\nWe must continue to preach against sin. Please consider the following headlines...\n\"FBI examines pastor's sermons on abortion & homosexuality\" (www.bpnews.net)\n\"Swedish Pastor Sentenced to Month in Prison for Preaching Against Homosexuality\" (www.lifesitenews.com)\nThe ideas of our new government have the potential of being in line with many of the ideas of the liberal thinking of Europe. This can be dangerous to the doctrine of the Christian church. The first church faced down the government and preached the doctrine..\nActs 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,\nActs 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.\nPlease pray for our country...\n2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.\nProphecy coming true?\nWith all the current events that may confirm Biblical prophecy, I found this online. Is one church coming true?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 334, "original_length": 33382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 267.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://corpay.com/here-are-the-penalties-for-misclassifying-workers-as-contractors/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:26Z", "digest": "sha1:PBZKL5WSXCXXZPDSGZIYXVU2KUYJZNYB", "length": 3749, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "corpay.com", "title": "Here are the Penalties for Misclassifying Workers as Contractors \u2022 Corporate Payroll Services", "raw_content": "Here are the Penalties for Misclassifying Workers as Contractors\nJun 15, 2018 | Industry News, Regulatory Updates\nLet\u2019s face it. A number of employers intentionally misclassify workers as independent contractors rather than employees. It is estimated that 10 to 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker. Both old- and new-economy sector workers are impacted, in industries like trucking, construction, house cleaning, in-home care and technology, as well as those in the \u201csharing\u201d economy (think Uber and Airbnb). The employer\u2019s incentive is lower labor costs, but the practice means these companies evade Social Security, Medicare, unemployment and other tax obligations. They also avoid covering their misclassified workers for workers compensation and unemployment insurance.\nThe reduced labor costs give them an unfair competitive advantage versus the legally compliant business owners. The practice also shorts revenue collection for the federal and state governments\u2013several studies conservatively estimate the shortfall at over $3 billion annually\u2013which shifts the tax burden to law-abiding taxpayers. And the workers find themselves without the legal protections afforded employees for wages and overtime, unemployment insurance if they find themselves out of work, and workers compensation coverage if injured on the job.\nWe\u2019ve covered the criteria for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) to determine the correct worker classification. The net result of being found out, whether through a worker filing a complaint with a state labor agency, or a workers compensation or unemployment claim being filed which alerts those agencies, is that significant fines and penalties can be levied on the company. Plus, the individual(s) responsible may find themselves personally liable for the uncollected taxes.\nEmployer Fines and Back Payments\nEven in cases where misclassification is unintentional, an employer can face fines including:\nA $50 fee for each Form W-2 that should have been filed\n1.5% of the employee\u2019s wages, plus interest\n40% of the employee\u2019s FICA (Social Security and Medicare) taxes that were not withheld from the employee\n100% of the employer\u2019s matching FICA contributions\nHowever, if intentional misclassification is suspected, an employer can be charged these fines and penalties:\n20% of all employee wages paid\n100% of FICA contributions for both employee and employer\nCriminal penalties of up to $1000 per misclassified employee\nImprisonment for up to one year\nTo restate the point: the individuals responsible for the misclassification may be held personally liable.\nEmployee Benefits Owed\nA misclassified employee who files a complaint may be eligible for benefits owed to them, such as:\n401(k) or pension plan contributions\nDamage to Company Name and Reputation\nIf the fines and penalties aren\u2019t enough, costly lawsuits can be a financial drag on a company and result in punitive damages. The time, attention and focus of management is diverted from growing the business to salvaging it. Bad publicity stemming from lawsuits and possible media coverage, including viral social media, can do irrevocable harm to the company\u2019s, and the owners\u2019, reputation.\nIn short, employee misclassification can cost employers a great deal. Compliance with government tax, labor and insurance regulations is a relatively small price to pay for the legal coverage\u2014and peace of mind\u2014it provides.\nIt\u2019s also the right thing to do.\nAre you looking to get it right? Corporate Payroll Services helps thousands of businesses like yours handle payroll taxes, unemployment insurance, workers compensation and other mandated deductions. 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This suggests that the perceived roots of conflict and terrorism are often enshrined in subjective historical realities, established through relative facts and the construction of the regimes of truth. This article has been connoted in five major offshoots.\nFirstly, this section describes prehistoric conditions from three religious points of view (Jews, Muslims and Christians) which have been concocted to modern political doctrines (Zionism, Palestinianism, Pan-Arabism etc.) in the construction of conflict. Arab people involved in the war on behalf of Palestinians because of having envisioned pan-Arabism near the greater Syria.\nSecondly, this section deals with the four major Arab-Israel wars in 1947, 1956, 1967 and 1973 in the Middle East. Israel has become independent country following the 1st Arab-Israel war and Palestinian established PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964). United Nations has passed resolutions on the solution to the conflict for several times as dominant peace treaties were signed such Camp David treaty in 1978 following those UN Resolutions .Israel attacked in Lebanon and Iraq in 1982 following their \u2018pre-emptive and pro-active policy\u2019.\nThirdly, this section deals with the processes of the declaration of war of independence by Palestinians through the Intifada (mass uprising) in 1987 and 2001 under the leadership of Hamas (a political organization). In the mid time of these two mass uprising, there were signed peace treaty such as Oslo accord in 1993, Wye River treaty in 1998, Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandums in 1999 and The Roadmap for Peace in 2003 as efforts to resolve the conflict following dominant UN Resolution 242 and 339 particularly.\nFourthly, this section deals with major factors of war eruption in 2014 between Israel and Palestine following previous political complexities.\nFifthly, several kinds of optimistic solutions have been proposed in resolving this conflict which may conducive to both countries.\n2. The Two-State Solution is Dead, Long Live the Two-State Solution,\nDr. Allison Hodgkins\nUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, issued December 23 2016, codified the growing concern on the part of the Quartet members that Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank was eroding the viability of a two state solution. As referenced in the text of the resolution, the construction of settlements over the 1949 armistice lines is both a violation of Israel\u2019s obligations as an occupying power and in contradiction to UN Security Council Resolution 242, which establishes those lines as the basis for a negotiated settlement between the parties to the conflict.\nWhile the resolution was welcomed as an important affirmation of those principles, this article questions whether the quest for peace and Palestinian self-determination might be better served by recognizing Israeli settlement as a fait accompli and crafting a new process based on the terms of settlement outlined in UN General Assembly Resolution 181. Unlike UN security council resolution 242, which is premised on the territorial integrity of sovereign states, the 1947 \u201cpartition plan\u201d was based on the assumption that the conflict could only be resolved by assuring both parties meaningful exercise of self-determination within the boundaries of Mandatory Palestine.\nThe terms of the 1947 partition plan, which incorporate the findings of the UN Special Commission on Palestine and earlier efforts like the 1937 Peel commission, focus less on the establishment of borders and more on the mechanisms of government, modalities of cooperation and protections for minority rights that would follow the independence of two sovereign, but interdependent states.\nThis paper argues that a return to those principles would liberate the peace process from the zero-sum terms outlined in UN security council resolution 242 and acknowledge the source of the conflict is the competition between rival identity groups within what would be effectively recognized as a single, binational state.\nMr. James Sorene & Professor Alan Johnson\nThe paper \u2013 based on a series of confidential, track-two dialogues between current and former Israeli and Palestinian officials and academics which took place in London under the auspices of BICOM \u2013 will (a) map the factors leading to the erosion of the classic bilateral paradigm of a negotiated two state solution, (b) map the three main alternative approaches to moving forwards towards a two state reality \u2013 a regional framework, constructive unilateralism, and Israeli-Palestinian confederation \u2013 and (c) claim that a new \u2018hybrid\u2019 strategy, drawing creatively and strategically upon all four strategies is now the most likely way to make progress.\nA variety of reasons for the weakening the relevance of the paradigm of bilateral negotiations are explored. These include Israeli political paralysis and the strengthening of the right-wing, the institutional weakness and geographical and ideological divisions among the Palestinians, and the absence of trust compounded by numerous failed negotiations processes. Moreover, continuing regional chaos, a new American administration likely to prioritise other domestic, regional and global issues, and the EU beset by domestic challenges, suggests no significant external intervention is anticipated in the short term.\nThe paper will argue that returning to the classic bilateral negotiation model without prior agreement on parameters is not worthwhile. \u2018One more heave\u2019 won\u2019t do. However, the paper\u2019s central claim is that there is potential for a \u2018hybrid\u2019 model which draws creatively upon components from four models of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking: bilateral negotiations focused on agreed parameters; a regional framework; constructive unilateralism; and Israeli-Palestinian confederation.\nSuch a model would involve a regional framework for a peace process composed of a strategically creative deployment of genuinely constructive, and sometimes coordinated, unilateralism, and bilateral negotiations that move from framework agreements through incremental implementation to final status talks.\nThe advantage of such a model lies in its combination of designing a political horizon or endpoint while harnessing the flexibility of constructive unilateralism, which might begin on a small-scale. Moving away from sequential to parallel incentives, as the Arab League has recently done in the Arab Peace Initiative, and shedding the mantra of \u2018nothing is agreed until everything is agreed\u2019, would also introduce more flexibility into the process. Moreover, seemingly radical proposals found within the confederative model \u2013 such as allowing some Israeli settlers to remain in a Palestinian state with a similar number of Palestinian refugees residing in Israel \u2013 may also form part of this model, helping to resolve some hitherto intractable core issues.\nSeveral difficulties of a \u2018hybrid\u2019 strategy are anticipated and addressed.\nDr. Miguel Manero\nDebate on the Middle East peace process has traditionally been focused on the need for a negotiated solution based upon the agreement of both Israel and Palestine. Although a consensual way out is desirable, facts on the ground make it more and more difficult to materialize.\nThis paper explores the possibility of a non-negotiated solution imposed by the Security Council (SC). This would mainly consist of a demarcation by the SC of the border between the two. For this purpose, the SC should take the stances of both Palestine and Israel and the rules of international law on the issue of territorial disputes into account. However, it should be mainly guided by what is the demarcation that better serves the interests of peace, even if that is contrary to the interests of one or both parties or to the rules of international law on the issue.\nThe power of the SC to act against or beyond international law rules is increasingly acknowledged. There is a strong argument that the SC has been over the decades not merely \u201cmessing up\u201d with treaty law but also with customary international law. In addition, it has become increasingly clear that SC decisions bind every actor of the international order, irrespective of their membership in the UN. This is in accord with article 2 (7): although \u2018[n]othing in the [\u2026] Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state [\u2026] this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII\u2019. It is also in tune with article 2 (6): \u2018[t]he Organization shall ensure that states which are not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security\u2019. These provisions are \u2018a consequence of the fact that the purpose of the United Nations [\u2026] is not only to maintain peace within the Organisation but within the whole international community\u2019.\nA territorial dispute is normally not only a matter that does not lie within the sovereignty of any one single state but is also a situation that very rapidly can turn into a threat to peace. This explains why the SC has already in the past determined proprio motu the boundary between two states in the case of Iraq-Kuwait. Resolution 687 (1991) therefore serves as a good example of what should be the main features of a resolution on the Israel-Palestine issue.\nThe bottom-line argument is that there is no inherent reason which prevents the SC \u2013 in the face of a threat to peace arising from the Israeli-Palestinian problem \u2013 to settle a permanent border between the two, impose that settlement on all state and non-state actors alike and try to deal away with the problem for good. The contention can actually be put forward that this threat already exists. Thus, the Charter\u2019s procedural conditions for the SC to immediately act have already been met.\nDr. Themistoklis Tzimas\nIn the post- Oslo peace accords era, especially following Yassir Arafat\u2019s death on the one hand and the hegemonic right- wing shift in internal Israeli politics on the other hand, a \u201cconflict- management\u201d approach instead of conflict resolution is prevalent. The question is whether the conflict management approach might be proven suitable, possibly under different political conditions in Israel or is inherently inefficient to provide a viable solution.\nIn order to answer this question it is useful to examine comparatively a different case of division and occupation which has been dealt in the framework of conflict management, namely that of Cyprus. While the conflict in Cyprus has not been resolved, it remains frozen for the past 43 years, with a very small number of violent incidents. On such a basis it could be argued that the \u201cfreezing\u201d of a conflict or in other words the conflict management approach might be more suitable, in order to gain time until tension eases.\nIn principle that could be an efficient approach for the Israeli- Palestinian conflict as well. However, the inherent and structural dynamics within and around the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, contrary to the issue of Cyprus, rule out such an option as viable. Conflict management can be suitable in cases where a minimum of security on the ground is guaranteed for all sides, the regional framework influencing the conflict discourages violent confrontation, the balance of power is not too disproprtionate in favor of one side and the grievances between the populations involved have eased. Therefore when in terms of international relations, existing polities, balance of power and mass psychology, the motive not to resort to violent confrontation overweights the contradictory tendency.\nIn the case of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict though, none of these conditions is present. The Palestinian populations do not enjoy practically any security guarantees, given the continuing occupation; the balance of power leans disproportionally in favor of Israel; public grievances between the two populations are high and even further the regional framework is dominated by a violent process of regime and state- borders change.\nTherefore, structurally and inherently, the conflict- management approach towards the Israeli- Palestinian conflict is deemed to fail. Even worse what appears as conflict- management is in fact an one- sided and in violation of international law and Oslo accords, conflict resolution process, through the de facto expansion of the Israeli state and the destruction of all possibilities for a viable Palestinian state. This condition has become fundamental of Israeli state policy, leading inevitably to escalating confrontation.\nIn order to reach my conclusion I will analyze comparatively the cases of Cyprus and Palestine, identifying differences and similarities. I will extract some general remarks concerning when conflict management can be succesful and I will then apply them to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. I will conclude with some remarks concerning\nDr. Parshuram Sial\nThe Middle East in the past five years has been in instability and political change. The \u201cMost Dangerous and Complicated Region on Earth\u201d, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\u2019s need of the hour is a peaceful settlement. This endless conflict can be replaced by a peaceful future. The hopes of Arab Spring have been replaced by the Syrian civil war, problems in Iraq, the failure of the Lebanese state, anarchy in Libya and Yemen and recently the rise of the deadly Islamic State. The dilemma of Israeli policy is how to deal with the Syrian crisis, where the major threat from Islamic State is based. Jordan is also pressurizing Israel to accept Palestinian statehood. Now, Israel\u2019s the most important policy dilemma is how to deal with Syrian crisis.\nTrump\u2019s proposal is for Jerusalem to be recognized as Israel\u2019s capital and prepare for structural changes in Middle East policies. However, his immigration order to seven Muslim countries can affect the Middle East peace process. Another important factor is Iran\u2019s support of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad which has turned into Israel-Palestinian conflict. As of now, the Iran and Syrian support to Hamas is disrupted due to Syrian civil war. Israel is also facing the problem of Palestine issue, national security challenges and hostility from a large part of the Arab and Muslim world. Israel has to deal with Hizballah and Hamas as a potential future conflict. Mohamad Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority oppose resorting of armed conflict. There are also prospects of uprising of Hamas and groups closer to Fatah to launch a military action against Israel. The regional challenges and opportunities are that Israel has limited choice at regional level. As Erdogan is interested in trade and economic relations, it has little prospect of improving relations with Israel. There is a concern that rises of jihadist current in regional politics. Israel and Sisi\u2019s Egypt have also common interest in the Sinai Peninsula and in the Gaza Strip. Iran\u2019s support to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad is significant for Israel and Palestinian conflict. Turkey has also political and diplomatic support to Hamas. The Iranian and Syria\u2019s support to Hama has been disrupted due to Syrian civil war. The two successful peace accords Camp David and Oslo accord to be followed for bringing peace. By this way, the vision of \u201cTwo State Solution\u201d can become reality. The proactive involvement of Arab States can give crucial ladder. The lack of internal consensus between two major Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah becomes challenging for peace process. Israel also do not trust Palestinians and are not willing to make any concession because security is most important issue to them as threat posed by Hamas on Israel civilians.\nDr. Yossef Rapoport\nThe UN\u2019s resolution 2334 has confirmed the gaping hole between the consensus of the international community and the realities on the ground. On the one hand, the resolution sanctifies the legal and international framework for future settlement as two states based on the 1967 borders. This strengthens the Palestinian leadership\u2019s adhesion to a national struggle, while the option of a human rights struggle that many have hoped for has been significantly weakened. The resolution is also quite explicit in rejecting the tactic of acquiring territory by settlement. Netanyahu\u2019s dream of sharing the West Bank with a puppet Palestinian state suffered what may be a terminal blow.\nSo much for what has happened in the realm of international law, agreements and the future of negotiations. The realities on the ground, on the other hand, are very much becoming those of a single polity. The number of settlers increases by the day, and the political impossibility of evacuating even the tiniest of settlements is now a basic constraint to any solution. With or without formal annexation of some areas of the West Bank, the Israeli government is purposefully tying the economies of the West Bank and Israel\u2019s in ways that have not been seen since the 1980s.\n\u201cTwo States One Homeland\u201d is an Israeli and Palestinian civil society group that believes that it has a solution to this apparently impossible puzzle. Here is the vision in all its simplicity: the local reality is of a single Homeland \u2013 that is, an organised, coherent and cherished geographic entity. But there is nothing about a State that says that two of them cannot simultaneously occupy a single Homeland. Two sovereign states could still recognise the right of citizens of Palestine, including current refugees, to reside in Israel and the right of citizens of Israel, including the current settlers, to reside in what would become the Palestinian state. The states will be separate, but will also be deeply interdependent, and the intensity of the interdependence will require many joint political, legal and economic institutions.\nTwo States One Homeland tries to bridge the gap between the international commitment to two states and the mixed demographic and economic realities. There will have to be two states based on the 1967 borders. This is, and will be, the only game in town as far as the international community is concerned. But both states would have mixed demographic structures, a shared, undivided capital city, and they would recognise their tight economic and environmental interdependence. In effect, open borders are a practical necessity for any implementation of the two state solution.\nTwo States One Homeland not only offers a truly pragmatic approach to the material and demographic aspects of partitioning an indivisible land, but also recognises that the land is both shared and plural. This vision does not absolve Israel of moral blame and legal responsibility. But, fundamentally, long term reconciliation can only come through ensuring the equality of all those who live on the land, as well as recognition of both collective national aspirations within the territory.\nMr. Karel Reybrouk\nIn Belgium, federalism is seen as an institutional way to pacify the lingering conflict between the country\u2019s two main communities, the Flemings (Dutch-speaking) and the French-speaking. Don\u2019t be mistaken, even though the Belgian conflict has a nonviolent nature, a permanent climate of polarization between the culturally and linguistically different groups exists. In 1970, grave tensions between Flemings and French-speaking led to the demise of the unitary state of Belgium and the creation of a federal state. A combination of self-rule (regional government) and shared rule (federal government) proved the right recipe to sufficiently pacify intercommunity relations to prevent violence and bloodshed. The Belgian model of federalism is asymmetric i.e. often multiple federated entities exercise competences over a same territory. In bilingual Brussels for example, not only the federal government, but also the Flemish and the Frenchspeaking community are competent to build schools.\nOf course the grave inequality between the deeply divided communities in Israel/Palestine raise legitimate questions concerning the comparability with the Belgian situation. Yet, however different the cases may be, important similarities are numerous. Both Belgium and Israel-Palestine are binational states made up of two main communities with very different and often opposed aspirations. Belgium and Israel/Palestine are also almost the same size geographically and have a similar population density. Moreover, Brussels, much like Jerusalem, is a contested city claimed by both Flemings and French-speaking as their capital. Brussels enjoys a special autonomous status within the Belgian federalist framework, with a combination of self-rule and control of the two communities over the city. With regard to the self-rule, institutional mechanisms are put in place to protect the Flemish minority of Brussels. Conversely, on the federal level the French-speaking minority (40%) enjoys constitutional guarantees against unilateral action by the Flemish majority (60%). The Belgian constitution created a tradition of consensus politics by impeding decision-making by (linguistic) majority rule.\nThe central research question is simple and broad: What would an Israeli-Palestinian federation based on the Belgian model look like? The paper will briefly describe the key aspects of the Belgian federal system and consequently analyze whether these aspects should or should not be integrated in a possible federal solution for Israel-Palestine. These key aspects include: personal or territorial federalism, symmetric or asymmetric federalism, division of competences, hierarchy of norms, protection of minorities, financing and the capital. Specifically the status of Brussels deserves additional attention as it serves as a model for a possible solution of the Jerusalem-issue. Without disregarding the fundamental differences between the Belgian context and the Israeli-Palestinian situation, the paper will put forward a model for a possible future federal state Israel/Palestine, based on several aspects of the Belgian federal system.\nMs. Maja Sahadzic\nMost traditional federal theory remains rooted in a notion that asymmetrical arrangements in federal states are considered rather exceptional. Contemporary research in asymmetrical federalism points that traditional federal theory suffers from limitations, mainly concerning three matters. The first is that traditional federal theory fails to trail evolution in the internal structure of states. The second is that traditional federal theory bases this argument on uninational federal systems. The third is that traditional federal theory proposes symmetry as an essential integrative part of federal states. Such a construction of federal system cannot be expected to deal with, at least not effectively, confronting challenges with regard to a change in the understanding of autonomy claims.\nThis is especially true for systems such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, and the United Kingdom. Contemporary literature stresses that traditional federal theory fails to recognize that features of asymmetrical federalism are identifiable, although sometimes covert, in quasi-federal states, regionalized unitary states, and even in a transnational setting. This is closely linked to the understating federalism as a process. Besides this, many of these systems are multinational in their essence. Threatened by autonomy claims from different subnational entities, these states accommodate these claims through the employment of asymmetrical solutions that are put into practice to hold the state together, thus bringing forth new types of federal systems.\nContemporary federal theory indicates that recent federal systems are fragmenting and multinational states that produce asymmetrical responses to differences. To that end, the more comprehensive approach is needed to research contemporary asymmetrical arrangements as a mechanism for diversity accommodation in multinational societies. In spite of the potential harmful effects, asymmetry still remains an option for diversity accommodation (Burgess, 2009) as it allows an opportunity to compromise (Wolff, 2011). As the choice for constitutional asymmetries implies a rejection of (coercive) homogenization, asymmetry upholds the power to choose which prevents the system from falling into decay (McGarry and L\u2019Leary, 2012). This suggests that asymmetrical solutions are often required in federal systems, as well as that a certain degree of the asymmetry may provide grounds for the sustainability of the system (Delmartino, 2009). Having asymmetry at a disposal provides a flexibility in the institutional design process, which includes (sequential) accommodation processes (Wolff, 2011).\nThe first aim of this paper is to respond to these theoretical challenges by establishing a new theoretical framework based on a notion of multi-tiered multinational systems that experience constitutional asymmetries. The second aim of this paper is to apply this framework in identifying when asymmetrical solutions may be an alternative solution in disputed territories, such as in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. 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So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly ofIsraelwent to Rehoboam and said to him: \u201cYour father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.\u201d\nRehoboam answered, \u201cGo away for three days and then come back to me.\u201d So the people went away.\nThen King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. \u201cHow would you advise me to answer these people?\u201d he asked.\nThey replied, \u201cIf today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.\u201d\nThe young men who had grown up with him replied, \u201cTell these people who have said to you, \u2018Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter\u2019\u2013tell them, \u2018My little finger is thicker than my father\u2019s waist. My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.'\u201d \u2013 1 Kings 12:1-11 (NIV)\nThis is not the best way to start off a reign. Rehoboam has the opportunity to heal some wounds, repair some cracks in the kingdom and become beloved by his people, but he decides to hang with his friends. Where the elders under Solomon had gained wisdom, experience and perspective, Rehoboam\u2019s friends had gained arrogance and bitterness. Stupid friends.\nThere is a disease that every generation suffers from in varying degrees. It attacks the mind, especially the areas controlling perspective, logic and reason. Those who suffer from this disease become convinced of their superior intellect, accepting their opinion as absolute truth. Usually the malady affects children beginning in the pre-teen years and can only be cured by respecting your elders and being teachable. The sickness is known by many names; I-know-it-all-itis, you-ain\u2019t-the-boss-of-me-enza, and it\u2019s-all-about-me-fever.\nRehoboam certainly had contracted the disease and it seems it was his friends who were contagious. Unfortunately our children can contract the disease very easily from friends, TV and even at home. We need to provide a healthy environment at home and inoculate them against the foolishness of this world. This requires discussing hard issues with hard answers, honesty and whole-hearted dependence on God for His wisdom to salt those conversations. Teaching our children to walk in the counsel of the wise is a daily challenge, but God will meet our daily need if we ask.\nRehoboam did not heed the words of his own father, \u201cA wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, to understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.\u201d (Proverbs 1:5-7) Our children need to hear this truth again and again, but more importantly they need to see it in action. They need to see God\u2019s wisdom at work in our lives. They need to watch us reject the foolishness of this world for the wisdom of God\u2019s kingdom. Let\u2019s cure the disease by seeking healing for ourselves first.\nLord, help me to be wise. Give me a hunger for Your wisdom and good counsel. May my children grow in wisdom and humility, seeking friends who follow after You and You alone. Let them not \u201cdespise wisdom and instruction.\u201d Amen.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 19406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 312.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dailydomer.nd.edu/news/research-to-market/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:57Z", "digest": "sha1:37Z5CO3SYQFHS55LCDTQ7WRKJVGVQQWQ", "length": 596, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "dailydomer.nd.edu", "title": "Research to Market // News // The Daily Domer // University of Notre Dame", "raw_content": "Research to Market\nWilliam G. Gilroy | Apr. 19, 2013 | Mike and Josie Harper Cancer Research Institute\nHsueh-Chia Chang, Bayer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named recipient of the 1st Source Commercialization Award celebrating research that has made it to the marketplace.\nChang, who also is an investigator with the University\u2019s Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics Initiative (AD&T), is a leading researcher in micro/nanofluidics, particularly in the area of nano-electrokenetics.\nRead more at the Harper Cancer Research Institute", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 194.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dailynews.news/city-controller-stringer-says-de-blasio-housing-plan-doesnt-do-nearly-enough-for-lowest-income-nyers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:25Z", "digest": "sha1:XR4E323RRXXWLKQT5RDAPTFAVMGOJN4L", "length": 2887, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "dailynews.news", "title": "City controller Stringer says de Blasio housing plan doesn't do nearly enough for lowest income NYers - NY DailyNews", "raw_content": "City controller Stringer says de Blasio housing plan doesn\u2019t do nearly enough for lowest income NYers\nNY City Comptroller Scott Stringer discusses dangerous conditions at NYCHA playgrounds on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. (Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News) (Jefferson Siegel / New York Daily News)\nController Scott Stringer \u2014 a potential 2021 mayoral candidate \u2014 blasted City Hall Thursday for not doing enough to attack the affordable housing crisis that\u2019s particularly hurting the lowest income New Yorkers.\n\u201cThe current plan is simply out of line with where we need to build,\u201d Stringer said in announcing what he described as a more aggressive campaign to find housing for those who can least afford it. \u201cWhile we have to make sure all New Yorkers have access to affordable housing, we are not putting our money where it will make the greatest impact.\u201d\n\u201cI believe it\u2019s time to change our approach,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need to break the mold.\u201d\nThe controller started with praise but switched to criticism of Mayor de Blasio\u2019s much touted promise to build or preserve 300,000 affordable units.\nHe cheered the mayor\u2019s plan as the \u201cmost ambitious\u201d since Mayor Koch built thousands of affordable units in the 1980s, but then took issue with de Blasio\u2019s decision to steer few of his promised 300,000 units to New Yorkers whose incomes are the smallest.\nStringer estimated that more than 500,000 New Yorkers are either \u201cextremely low income\u201d households, earning less than $28,170 per year, or \u201cvery low income,\u201d earning less than $46,950 per year. Yet de Blasio\u2019s housing plan targets only 72,000 units for those households.\n\u201cThey\u2019re actually working New Yorkers: the home health aide for our aging parents, the cashier at the supermarket, the person who empties the trash at the office. People we see and rely on every day,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are the backbone of New York and we are failing them.\u201d\nStringer noted that more than half of the affordable units promised by de Blasio are going to households making up to $75,000 for a family of three. Just over 10% are going to households in the \u201cextremely low income\u201d category.\nHe also pushed to dramatically increase the number of apartments set aside for families in homeless shelters. Currently de Blasio\u2019s plan targets 5% of the 300,000 promised units, mostly in preserved housing \u2014 not new apartments.\nStringer says the city should set aside 15% of all new apartments for the homeless, a proposal now circulating in the City Council.\nMayoral spokeswoman Jane Meyer defended de Blasio\u2019s approach.\n\u201cOur city is in the grips of an affordability crisis, and the Mayor is confronting it head on. From creating affordable housing at record levels, to rent freezes and free lawyers for tenants facing eviction, this administration is fighting this crisis with every available tool \u2013 not just the housing plan being looked at by the Controller,\u201d she said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 4064, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 292.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://danielbiau.webnode.com/news/arab-cities-on-the-way-to-better-urban-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:46Z", "digest": "sha1:D4JGUNZV2WM342VKWPPF5FV5LNPMUOX2", "length": 14137, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "danielbiau.webnode.com", "title": "Arab Cities on the way to Better Urban Life? :: Daniel Biau", "raw_content": "Daniel Biau > Arab Cities on the way to Better Urban Life?\nArab Cities on the way to Better Urban Life?\nIn April 2010 the first international meeting on the State of Arab Cities took place in Kuwait City, in a place only three hundred kilometres from Uruk, the Mesopotamian city-state.\nLocated on the Euphrates, Uruk is considered as the first city in the world history. Under King Gilgamesh, five thousand years ago, it counted 40,000 people. If Kenya claims to be the cradle of mankind, southern Iraq could claim, thanks to the Sumerians, to be the cradle of urban-kind. Not very far, the first big village of the world, Jericho on the Dead Sea, already had 5,000 people seven thousand years ago. So the meeting took place in a region where urbanization was born (also in Anatolia). One can safely affirm that urban issues are not foreign to the Middle East.\nOne must also acknowledge that the Arab world has played a very important role in the history of urbanization. From Damascus, the first capital of Islam under the Umayyad dynasty; Baghdad, the Abbasid capital and Cairo, the Fatimid creation at the end of the 10th century, the region is where urban civilization was born. Both the Sumerian and Arab contributions to world urbanization have indeed been outstanding. With the official creation of Cairo in 969, the modern era of urbanization started in earnest, long before the Italian Renaissance. The Arab world is a region where urban matters have been addressed for centuries.\nInitially Arab civilization was nomadic. But very quickly it created a number of cities. One of the greatest geniuses of all times, the Tunisian scholar Ibn Khaldun, wrote in the 14th century about this confrontation between nomadic origins and city life. Ibn Khaldun founded urban sociology six hundred years ago, explaining the relations between rural/nomadic and urban conditions, noting the complementary and confrontations between the two worlds.\nThe Arab urban civilization, which has evolved over the last millennium, provides the historical background for our coming report entitled, The State of Arab Cities. It is well known that some of the most beautiful cities in the world are in this region, from Marrakesh and Fez in Morocco to Damascus and Aleppo in Syria without forgetting Sana\u2019a in Yemen, Jerusalem, Cairo, etc. Any lover of cities would testify that these cities are the pearls of the Islamic World.\nWith the contributions of many specialists, UN-HABITAT has started to analyze the current State of Arab Cities, noting that different sub-regions face different problems. The Arab world is unified by cultural and linguistic features, but it is also marked by many diversities.\nIn terms of urbanization one should distinguish three major sub-regions. The first one covers the Gulf Cooperation Countries with an extremely high rate of urbanization, an average of 86 per cent which is the highest in the world, much higher than in Europe. Kuwait holds a world record with 98 per cent, and is clearly one of the most urbanized States in the world.\nThe second region (which will be sub-divided in the report) includes the Maghreb and Mashreq which together represent the bulk (close to 70 per cent) of the population of the Arab World. It is two-thirds urbanized today, with an average rate of 67 per cent.\nThe third \u201cregion\u201d is made of the Arab Least Developed Countries. They are very heterogeneous, combining Yemen, Somalia, Djibouti and Sudan in the East, with Mauritania in the West, and the Comoros Islands. There is no homogeneity, but this group is still under-urbanized \u2013 only up to 45 per cent on average. So the Arab States include three completely different regions. One cannot compare Doha, Kuwait City, Bahrain or Abu Dhabi with Mogadishu or Nouakchott; these are two different worlds. This will make UN-HABITAT\u2019s survey and analysis a bit difficult because what will be said of one part of the Arab world will not necessarily apply to the other parts. However there are common aspects, common features of these agglomerations, which can be highlighted to show that \u201cBetter Arab Cities\u201d \u2013 in reference to the theme of the recent Shanghai EXPO \u2013 may indeed be around the corner.\nThe first common feature is the Arab architecture. Arab architecture has evolved down the years, but there are still a number of similarities among all parts of the Arab world. The Arab architecture is well known to urban specialists. It developed as a physical response to social and environmental conditions, social challenges \u2013 high family values, defined men-women relations, and harsh climate conditions in predominantly dry countries. Many books have been written on the Arab House and on the Arab pattern of urbanization. The traditional Medina or Old City is the common denominator of this heritage. Policy-makers need to combine the urban heritage with modern development objectives and Kuwait is a good example where one needs to build a city almost from scratch while preserving what is left from history. Moving towards \u201cbetter cities\u201d requires heritage preservation and integration in urban development strategies.\nThe second feature is the centralized governance prevalent in the region. All Arab countries in the last fifty years have developed centralized governance systems. These are systems where the governor (Wali) is more important than the mayor, where western-style local democracy remains hard to adopt. So far the centralized Arab pattern of government has demonstrated some effectiveness in term of infrastructure development, but also some obvious limitations in term of environmental management and political participation.\nThis explains partly why the third common feature is the water challenge faced by Jordan and many other countries where water scarcity is becoming more and more a political concern. The Arab world is water-stressed and has to invest more in adequate infrastructure, including desalination plants, to face this situation. Betterment of cities requires adequate water supply and improved sanitation, together with participatory environmental planning and management.\nThe fourth feature relates to the need to accommodate a flow of migrants in a number of cities. Traditionally students learnt about rural-urban migration. At present rural-urban migration remains an issue only in Least Developed Countries, it is no longer on the agenda in most Arab countries. Migration has now become an international matter which directly affects city development. Because of its geographical situation, the Arab world is where most migrations are taking place. One could witness migration from Asia to the Gulf countries as well as migration from the Mashreq to the same countries. Migrations occur from sub-Saharan Africa to Maghreb countries, from Maghreb to Europe, from Somalia to Saudi Arabia or Yemen or Kenya. One can see internal migration in countries like Sudan and unfortunately, migration as a result of conflicts affecting Palestinian and Iraqi refugees. The Arab world is a region where migrations have increased in recent decades, having an important impact on the development of cities. Urban refugees and migrant workers must certainly be given more attention in public policies.\nOn the positive side, the Arab world seems to be the region where cities are the safest. While political violence has increased in some countries, urban delinquency and crime remain low in most of the Arab world. This reveals that the traditional social fabric is still strong. Women and men can walk almost everywhere in Cairo, Casablanca, Algiers, Damascus without fear, even in the evening. This safety is something that sometimes the Arabs themselves do not notice. That is a positive dimension of the Arab city.\nAnother dimension to highlight is related to the introduction of urban innovation in many areas. Particularly in the Gulf Cooperation Countries where a number of cities have recently introduced urban innovations, most of the time coming from the Western world.\nSome are strictly technical innovations which make sense because they save time or money, and improve living conditions. Others are more artificial, even superfluous. They are often a sign of modernity with little impact on the quality of life, which benefit international architects rather than urban populations. Urban malls, cloned from the USA, reflect both sides of this innovation process. On the negative side, they are a mechanism of exclusion and privatisation of public space. On the positive side, they are a modern substitute to the traditional souks (markets) and could allow some degree of conviviality, provided they are well designed and well located. Social and technical progress should go hand in hand in the cities of tomorrow.\nOn the economic front, the recent Dubai crisis, where a number of real estate companies went bankrupt because of wrong investment strategies, must be critically analyzed. In a way Dubai has been victim of its successful diversification strategy. Since 1980 there have been a lot of investments in Arab cities. Billions have been invested, sometimes in the right direction (trunk infrastructure) and sometimes in the wrong direction (real estate speculative operations). The economy of cities will be discussed squarely in our report on the State of Arab Cities. Compared with other regions, the last 30 years have seen positive developments in many Arab cities. Journalists often highlight the negative aspects, the uncontrolled urban expansion, the increasing urban poverty, the deteriorated environment.\nMy first visit to Cairo took place 38 years ago. At that time in the local newspapers one could read that Cairo was a complete disaster; that the city will collapse within 10 years or become totally chaotic. Then I went to Cairo approximately every two years in recent decades and each time I read the same articles explaining that Cairo was finished, dead, and without a future. This was simply untrue. In fact Cairo is not becoming a nightmare. Cairo has improved. Cairo is manageable, Cairo is managed. And it is by far the largest Arab city with 12 million permanent residents. How come these cities which journalists regularly brand as potential disasters have emerged, have improved, have become more productive? Not being an NGO, the United Nations has to acknowledge the positive aspects of urbanization. There are difficulties, there are serious employment problems, but there are also successes and we have to objectively recognize progress when and where it occurs.\nSince the Istanbul City Summit of 1996, Arab cities have become more and more globalized as part of the globalization of the world economy. More and more links have been established between the Arab world and the rest of the planet, the international world. This is a major phenomenon both in economic, cultural and social terms. Cities are now internationalized, except in Least Developed Countries. This is a general trend and in the Arab world it is accelerating.\nDuring the years 1986-1996, UN-HABITAT provided technical assistance to Dubai Municipality and contributed to create the basis for sound urban management. At that time Dubai was relatively small but its growth has been extremely fast, its population doubling every 10 years (from 350,000 inhabitants in 1986 to 700,000 in 1996 and 1.4 million in 2007). In less than 50 years a big village became a metropolis.\nThis link with the outside world is important and will be highlighted in the State of Arab Cities report because cities are no longer driven by their own internal conditions but primarily by external factors. Many cities have become international hubs, like Doha and Dubai. Towns which were small have become large agglomerations. Apart from Cairo, the only Arab mega-city, nine cities have passed the 3 million people mark: Baghdad, Khartoum, Riyadh, Alexandria, Algiers, Casablanca, Jeddah, Aleppo and Damascus.\nMost of them, not all, are better today than they were twenty years ago, in both social and economic terms. In North Africa for example the proportion of slum-dwellers in the urban population went down from 34 per cent in 1990 to 13 per cent in 2010, according to UN-HABITAT data. However many Arab cities still face very difficult environmental challenges.\nThe first chapter of the State of Arab Cities will deal with demography. It will be based on the UN Population Division\u2019s World Urbanization Prospects: the 2009 Revision which shows that out of 350 million people in the Arab world, 200 million live in urban areas.\nThe growth rates are also available, provided by the National Bureaus of Statistics. This is the easiest part even if statistics have their own limitations. But we have to work on the basis of UN data because they are the only official figures, accepted by all governments. In the other chapters the report will discuss the economy of cities and their social dimensions, including the housing conditions, and particularly the conditions of the poorest segments of the population.\nIt will discuss the current environmental problems of cities including water, sanitation, transport, energy, impact of climate change and finally the political dimension of cities, the way they are managed by central and local governments, what is known as urban governance. Insufficient decentralisation, lack of popular participation and corruption practices will have to be analysed, particularly in light of the recent events in Tunisia and other countries.\nWe expect that the first State of Arab Cities report will be completed, printed and available for the sixth session of the World Urban Forum, to be held in 2012. During that session the evolution of Arab cities will be assessed by hundreds of experts and policy-makers. The on-going evaluation should provide the facts, figures and analysis required for the promotion of better urban life in the region, while the Forum will also provide ample opportunities for inter-regional exchanges. The spirit of Gilgamesh and Ibn Khaldun will certainly enlighten that forthcoming session.\nThis article was published in \"Urban World' in January 2011.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 14882, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 203.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://davemierau.com/2014/03/06/making-mistakes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:27:11Z", "digest": "sha1:J3M4GO6ZTB623LK7JZYNSBZLXXB35N5X", "length": 1633, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "davemierau.com", "title": "Making Mistakes \u2013 Dave Mierau", "raw_content": "What I\u2019m about to say might sound really counter-intuitive and even wrong, but it\u2019s true:\nIf you\u2019re not making mistakes, you\u2019re not moving forward.\nSome people believe they should be perfect, so when they make a mistake it\u2019s either crushing or it\u2019s creatively dismissed as someone else\u2019s fault.\nSome people believe they should appear perfect, so they avoid risks and stay in their comfort zones. Their motto is, \u201cDon\u2019t rock the boat.\u201d\nSome people aren\u2019t very concerned about their performance in general. When they make mistakes, it\u2019s usually in the wrong direction. Instead of falling forward, they fall backward.\nAnd some people know that mistakes and growth go hand in hand. They get that there\u2019s a learning curve and a trial-and-error process involved in improvement. They don\u2019t celebrate, ignore, or wallow in their mistakes. Instead, they learn from them, try not to repeat them, and keep moving forward.\nMost people carry elements of each of these, depending on the day, mood, activity, environment, etc. I\u2019d just like to spend most of my time hanging out in the fourth category. How about you?\nAuthor Dave MierauPosted on March 6, 2014 April 3, 2016 Categories Growth, Perfectionism\n2 thoughts on \u201cMaking Mistakes\u201d\nshadowslurking says:\nWell said. I think wanting inappropriate amounts of approval from others tends to steer folks down the rocky road. When God is not at center and we are not mindful, that road becomes more a slippery slope.\nThank you. I think you\u2019re right. I\u2019ve found from my own experience that the more secure I am in God\u2019s love, the more margin I have to make mistakes.\nNext Next post: My Workout Routine", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 226.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://db.rising-gods.de/?object=1697", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:45Z", "digest": "sha1:YG6XVIB4CMVKSVRQBZTUNRNVJB2S5NTZ", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "db.rising-gods.de", "title": "Tirisfal - Object - Rising Gods - WotLK Database", "raw_content": "This object can be found in Silverpine Forest (1).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 127.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dc.sundaynightfilmclub.com/2012/09/20/the-master-sep-23rd/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:20Z", "digest": "sha1:LRVTYSU4ZMQLUGBGXULUK4CJGGV2RJP7", "length": 972, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "dc.sundaynightfilmclub.com", "title": "\u201cThe Master\u201d \u2013 Sep 23rd \u2013 Sunday Night Film Club \u2013 DC", "raw_content": "\u201cThe Master\u201d \u2013 Sep 23rd\nJoin the Washington DC Sunday Night Film Club this Sunday, Sep 23rd at 4:30 for The Master at the Landmark E Street Cinema . Look for Brian A. wearing a grey t-shirt with a red maple leaf and the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s Go to the Mall!\u201d in the theatre lobby about 15 minutes before the film. As always, after the film we will descend on a local establishment for dinner/drinks/discussion.\nA striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post-World War II America, The Master unfolds the journey of a Navy veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his futureuntil he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Boogie Nights), the drama co-stars Amy Adams and features an original score by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.\nPrevious Previous post: \u201cDetropia\u201d \u2013 Sep 16th\nNext Next post: \u201cStars in Shorts\u201d \u2013 Sep 30th", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 5103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 249.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_restaurant_lease_with_a_tv_spot_on_the_side/8023", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:23Z", "digest": "sha1:AABEBGEC3S7O3BULTPPEZC4X74424VM2", "length": 3055, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "dc.urbanturf.com", "title": "DC Retail Space Touts Chance at Food Network Fame", "raw_content": "DC Retail Space Touts Chance at Food Network Fame\nThe space in a well-known previous iteration. Courtesy Lisa Drazin.\nAn Adams Morgan retail space looking for a tenant could come with a special perk: a spot on a new Food Network show.\nA casting producer for the to-be-aired program Restaurant Wanted told the owner of the space at 1815 Columbia Road NW (map) that it could be the perfect place to shoot the program. Restaurant Wanted will walk viewers through what it takes to start a new restaurant, from signing a lease to designing the space to bringing in the masses. Sort of a House Hunters for restaureuteurs.\nNow, the space is touting the possible TV connection in the hopes of attracting a new restaurant to a strip that already features notable eateries like Mintwood Place and Cashion\u2019s Eat Place.\n\u201cIt\u2019s enormous national and local exposure, publicity that would be free to the tenant,\u201d owner Lisa Drazin told UrbanTurf.\nThe space has definite perks: it\u2019s currently a blank canvas that\u2019s zoned by right for a rooftop deck, and the landlord owns about 250 square feet of the sidewalk out front, Drazin said.\n1815 Columbia Road has a lengthy history in the District. Longtime DC residents will remember it as the site of Comet Liquor, which Drazin\u2019s father, Sidney Drazin, owned and operated until his death in 2005. Later, it was the subject of controversy when former talk show host Montel Williams floated opening a marijuana dispensary there (he was unsuccessful). Until recently, the site was occupied by Footaction, a national shoe retailer.\nWhether the next tenant will get their name in lights is an open question. A spot on the show is not guaranteed even if the eventual tenant starts a new restaurant, since all potential candidates will have to go through an interview process to get on TV. Because casting is open to everyone and not limited to Drazin\u2019s space, another DC restauranteur could get a spot on the show first if producers choose that location instead.\nThis article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_restaurant_lease_with_a_tv_spot_on_the_side/8023\nMarcy Logan said at 11:58 pm on Wednesday January 22, 2014:\nI hope that the sign conveys and STAYS with the property. I would kill for it!\nScoot said at 12:34 am on Thursday January 23, 2014:\nIf I'm not mistaken the sign is currently being used by Comet Ping Pong (over in Cleveland Park), and something tells me they aren't too willing to part with it...\nLark Turner said at 12:43 am on Thursday January 23, 2014:\nHi Marcy, The sign was sold by the owners in 2005 when the store closed (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600755.html). Scoot is right; it has a new home at Comet Ping Pong. If you check out Comet Ping Pong using Street View on Google Maps and zoom in, you can see the sign there (https://goo.gl/maps/KiEvg). Lark\nStan said at 5:10 pm on Thursday January 23, 2014:\nNew restaurant row in the making. Enjoyed the interesting history, too. And the sign is iconic and lives on at Comet Pizza.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 326, "original_length": 14933, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 332.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://deadline.com/print-article/1202523917/?KeepThis=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:40Z", "digest": "sha1:QCSVLVLLLSRCCYRMRCGBOT6WTHH3DBK7", "length": 1638, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "deadline.com", "title": "\u2018Parks And Recreation\u2019 Acquired By Comedy Central; Will Debut With MLK Day Marathon - Deadline", "raw_content": "\u2018Parks And Recreation\u2019 Acquired By Comedy Central; Will Debut With MLK Day Marathon\nBy Erik Pedersen\t on Dec 20, 2018 10:48 am\nComedy Central is headed to Pawnee. The Viacom-owned cable net said today that it has acquired all seven seasons of the popular comedy Parks and Recreation and will premiere it with a daylong marathon next month.\nThe ensemble workplace comedy, which aired 125 episodes from 2009-15 on NBC, stars Broad City producer Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a wide-eyed, enthusiastic and (mostly) unflappable midlevel bureaucrat who just loves her job at the Parks and Rec Department of Pawnee, IN. Her cast of colleagues and friends includes Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza, Retta and Rob Lowe. It also featured cameos by such prominent politicians as Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Michelle Obama Barbara Boxer, Newt Gingrich, Madeliene Albright and, of course, Joe Biden \u2014 who was Leslie\u2019s unashamed D.C. crush.\nThe mockumenty-style show\u2019s Comedy Central debut marathon is set for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 21.\nThe series from Deedle-Dee Productions, Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Universal Television was executive produced by Greg Daniels, Michael Schur, Howard Klein, David Miner, Daniel J. Goor and Morgan Sackett.\nThis week the Paley Center for Media announced that Parks and Rec will get a special 10th anniversary reunion at the 2019 PaleyFest LA in March.\nRelatedComedy Central Sets Lineups For January Stand-Up Month Specials\nThis article was printed from https://deadline.com/2018/12/parks-and-recreation-acquired-comedy-central-marathon-january-1202523917/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1939, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 317.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://decarealty.com/in-st-louis-community/deca-supports-old-newsboys-day/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:25Z", "digest": "sha1:BBOPFM3F5NVYNT3JFIXVPGNR6IXFSENJ", "length": 936, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "decarealty.com", "title": "Deca Supports Old Newsboys Day - Deca Realty", "raw_content": "It\u2019s a day like no other in St. Louis. Old Newsboys Day has been a tradition in St. Louis since 1957, when it began at the Globe-Democrat. It was initiated as a way to\nbring together volunteers from all organizations to work together for one day.\nThe Deca Team will be participating at the intersection of Gravois and Mackenzie. Papers are free and donations are greatly appreciated. We hope you\u2019ll stop by a pick up a copy of this very special edition. We\u2019ll assemble at our location at 6 a.m.\nThe annual charitable project, now coordinated by the St. Louis Post Dispatch supports hundreds of children\u2019s charities with millions of dollars in donations. The event runs for about two hours, on Friday, Nov. 16, from 7 to 9 a.m. and involves thousands of volunteers around the city of St. Louis.\nThe tradition is kept alive by residents and businesses with deep St. Louis roots\u2013many of whom were newsboys or paper carriers in their youth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 115.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dennisschatz.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/uq-vs-usyd/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:24Z", "digest": "sha1:URPEIH4CD636YYM5JUKNJTVUTZSEA6PK", "length": 4946, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "dennisschatz.wordpress.com", "title": "UQ vs. USYD | In a Seattle Frame of Mind", "raw_content": "\u2190 Not just riding ferries, drinking coffee and digging dinosaurs\nLicense Plate Nonsense \u2192\nUQ vs. USYD\nI\u2019m delighted to say I am back on line. My computer\u2019s memory has been restored \u2013 although due to the archaic University of Sydney computer system, it seems to take twice as long to do anything. Some blog readers reported that when they received my last post (Not just riding ferries, drinking coffee and digging dinosaurs) they were prompted to give a password. I\u2019m not sure how that happened, but I\u2019m blaming the university\u2019s internet protocols. If this happens again, just copy the URL for the blog (https://dennisschatz.wordpress.com/) into your favourite browser and you will directly go to the blog site.\nThis post is not an academic comparison of the University of Queensland (UQ) and University of Sydney (USYD), but a physical comparison. I was directly connected with the UQ faculty in Brisbane, but I am only peripherally associated with USYD. I am staying at the USYD International House (IH), but my research is being done at the Powerhouse Museum (http://www.powerhousemuseum.com) and the New South Wales State Library (http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/) where I\u2019m using their research libraries/services to understand what it was like for children to grow up in Australia in the mid-1800s and the during WWI.\nI have the opportunity to stay at IH because I lived here in a \u201cprevious life\u201d 41 years ago as a solar astrophysicist working for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Physics, which was on the USYD campus at that time. The building I worked in has heritage status, so still stands.\nMy office was in the tower \u2013 a grand location to view the surrounding area. I think no one wanted the offices because it was too many stairs to climb.\nA panorama just across the street from IH \u2013 the circular building and seven story housing unit attached to it \u2013 shows that that USYD is a campus surrounded by busy streets not far from the CBD (Central Business District).\nUQ is a suburban campus occupying a peninsula on the bend of the Brisbane River. A lake and pleasant walking paths exist through much of the campus.\nUSYD, being the oldest university in the country (celebrating its 159th anniversary this coming year), has more historic buildings, one with a highly manicured quad and ivy-covered archways.\nBut the view through the archway shows the close connection to the CBD.\nBoth universities have stately Jacaranda trees, with their intense blue flowers, juxtaposed against campus buildings and producing a bluish carpet of petals below.\nBut UQ has many more Jacarandas throughout the campus as you can see in the panorama view. There aren\u2019t many campuses like UQ where you can walk to work via a pleasant path along a river, with its splendid views and places to rest and be thoughtful.\nI reached my 10,000 steps each day by walking back to my college along the river. At dusk, thousands of Rainbow Lorikeets fill the trees, their chirping making so much noise you have to almost have to yell to be heard by your walking partner.\nYou can\u2019t easily see the birds, although I did capture some silhouettes of them against the twilight sky. If they filled the trees in the middle of the day, the rainbow of colors on each bird would make quite a sight.\nUSYD may not have a river to walk along and the main sound at twilight is from the cars and buses speeding along City Road ten meters from my apartment, but a 20 minute bus ride takes you to Circular Quay (pronounced \u201ckey\u201d) \u2013 which is not circular by square. From there you can walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, take a ferry across the harbour or walk around the Sydney Opera House.\nThe bridge walkway isn\u2019t usually this busy, but this was the day that one of the local newspapers sponsored the \u201cSeven Bridges Walk\u201d \u2014 an event to support cancer research where you can walk 28.5 km and cross seven bridges around Sydney Harbour. I made 7 km and then stopped at a friends house for drinks and relaxation. Somehow I just never got going again, although I probably covered another 2 km to get back to IH.\nFor now it is off to the Powerhouse Museum to learn about netball, the game of \u201cknuckles\u201d and the origins of Vegemite \u2014 all good topics for future posts.\n1 Response to UQ vs. USYD\nOh Dennis \u2013 jacaranda trees! i remember them well, and loved the blue petal drop in the grass. It sounds like you are having a marvelous time, and i\u2019m not giving you any new news to tell you you ain\u2019t missing a THANG in the winter weather in the Pacific NW. How i envy you the summer sunshine in November!\ni couldn\u2019t access your last post, so it\u2019s good to be caught back up. And i\u2019ll bone up on my Southern Hemisphere coffee terminology before heading again to Australia or NZ, though i do remember ordering long whites and finding them weak sisters.\nThanks so much for keeping us all updated on your doings. \u201cGood on you!\u201d as my Kiwi friends would say.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 7182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 319.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dentalpracticetransitions.henryschein.com/listing/ca-279/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:55Z", "digest": "sha1:OV7F7FAQW6UMVVQ3BU4KDK7NXJ4Q32HX", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "dentalpracticetransitions.henryschein.com", "title": "Anaheim Hills, California - Henry Schein", "raw_content": "Anaheim Hills, California, CA 279", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 2845, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.61, "perplexity": 164.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dentalrealsaltillo.com/little-money-for-high-quality-dental-tourism-in-romania.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:36Z", "digest": "sha1:B3ZR3FQAZOULER24BXSZI5N3YXVTVLA3", "length": 2339, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "dentalrealsaltillo.com", "title": "Little money for high-quality dental tourism in Romania \u2013 Dental Real Saltillo", "raw_content": "The growing costs of dental care in Western Europe leave room for a blooming and growing industry: dental tourism, which is basically a combination of two activities vacation + dental treatment. You have the possibility to visit some amazing places and relax while also getting your dental problems solved. What\u2019s more, you can also save money. Romania is considered by many the best country for dental tourism in Europe. Why? Low prices for high quality treatment, amazing travel opportunities and other services tailored to your needs. With the help of the online platform dentaltourisminromania.com, you will be able to find the best Romanian clinics, get the treatment that you need, travel and still save money.\nWhat to expect from a dental tourism experience in Romania?\nPeople who don\u2019t know a lot about Romania tend to have misconceptions regarding dental tourism in Romania. First of all, Romania adheres to the latest European Union rules on dental equipment and sterilization. The clinics on the dentaltourisminromania.com platform have international accreditations and years of experience in dental tourism. You even have clinics such as DENTALMED LUXURY DENTAL CLINIC, which is the official dental services provider to the Royal House of Romania.There\u2019s no need to worry about the quality of the equipment or the treatment in general. Whatever procedure you may need, you may be sure that it will be done by a highly certified specialist at a highly reputable clinic. Also, don\u2019t miss out on the travel opportunities. You can have a three-hour tour of Bucharest or even a five-day tour exploring Transylvania\u2019s legends. You\u2019ll have the chance to discover what this amazing country has to offer and absolutely fall in love with the sceneries. You will be guided by the customer support team and will be provided with translators&interpreters and even a patient care facilitator, according to your needs and budget.\nDentaltourisminromania.com wants to make sure that you\u2019ll have the time of your life in Romania. Aside from taking care of your dental health, you will have an amazing holiday. The best part is that you will spend less money than you might expect. Dental tourism prices in Romania are worth going some extra miles.\nPrevious \u00ab Average Cost Of Teeth Whitening\nNext Where to Go for Cosmetic Dentistry in St Helens \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 4263, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 339.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/1985/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:48Z", "digest": "sha1:IHDHUFGHP7WATHEZVQ6ZICYEOKVOHBTM", "length": 1448, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "dera.ioe.ac.uk", "title": "Maintaining standards: promoting equality: professional regulation within nursing, teaching and social work and disabled people\u2019s access to these professions - Digital Education Resource Archive (DERA)", "raw_content": "Maintaining standards: promoting equality: professional regulation within nursing, teaching and social work and disabled people\u2019s access to these professions\nEquality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), corp creator. (2007) Maintaining standards: promoting equality: professional regulation within nursing, teaching and social work and disabled people\u2019s access to these professions.\nmaintaining_standards_formal_investigation_full_report.pdf - Published Version\n\"The Disability Rights Commission launched a Formal Investigation (FI) in May 2006 looking at the barriers people with impairments and long-term health conditions face in trying to pursue careers in teaching, nursing and social work across Great Britain. [This report concludes] that they often face barriers to entry and progression throughout large parts of the public sector. It also found that the mass of regulations and guidance which govern health do nothing to protect the public, whilst often deterring people from applying or remaining in these professions. The report recommend[s] the repeal of the statutory requirement for 'good health' or 'fitness' of professionals. It [says] that they should be replaced by a robust framework of professional competence and conduct standards, which it felt was the best way to achieve both protection of the public and the aspirations of disabled people to make their contribution to British life.\" - http://www.maintainingstandards.org/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2194, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 227.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://derby.openrepository.com/handle/10545/617021", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:37Z", "digest": "sha1:GL3VLI2WKBORXK6RGNE7LMMI6KJXYRAT", "length": 1178, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "derby.openrepository.com", "title": "Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network", "raw_content": "Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network\nArts health wellbeing reflections ...\nStickley, Theo\nParr, Hester\nDaykin, Norma\nDe Nora, Tia\nHacking, Sue\nCamic, Paul M\nJoss, Tim\nAn account is provided of a UK national seminar series on Arts, Health and Wellbeing funded by the Economic and Social Research Council during 2012\u201313. Four seminars were organised addressing current issues and challenges facing the field. Details of the programme and its outputs are available online. A central concern of the seminar programme was to provide a foundation for creating a UK national network for researchers in the field to help promote evidence-based policy and practice. With funding from Lankelly Chase Foundation, and the support of the Royal Society for Public Health, a Special interest Group for Arts, Health and Wellbeing was launched in 2015.\nStickley, T., Patt, H. et. al, (2016) 'Arts, health & wellbeing: reflections on a national seminar series and building a UK research network', Arts & Health, 9 (1), pp.14-25\nExcept where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Archived with thanks to Arts & Health", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 3574, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 268.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://designresearchfailures.com/blog/2017/4/17/rtd2017", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:40Z", "digest": "sha1:LPBWXSVK5LQRNIH2EWEPMV3SFV3URPJC", "length": 2323, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "designresearchfailures.com", "title": "Design Research Failures \u2014 Engaging the design practice vs. design research schism at RTD2017", "raw_content": "Engaging the design practice vs. design research schism at RTD2017\nSince starting Design Research Failures, I\u2019ve been particularly intrigued by the schism I experience between the way in which failure is celebrated in practice and education (as epitomised in David Kelley\u2019s famous \u201cfail faster to succeed sooner\u201d) and the way failure is underarticulated and undervalued in design research.\nWith this in mind, it has been very exciting to run DRF as part of the third RTD (Research Through Design) conference, at the National Museum of Scotland (NMS) in Edinburgh, March 22-24, 2017. As described on the RTD website \u201cRTD is a new, experimental conference that supports the dissemination of practice-based design research\u201d.\nAs part of this dissemination of practice-based design research, a larger exhibition containing various design research artefacts invited participants to engage and interact across several floors in the conference space. Similar to DRS2016, DRF ran as an exhibit in this space, featuring a wall of failures, with new RTD responses being constantly added through the conference. In addition a selection of existing cards were also available to take away.\nOne of the pillars in DRF is a state of open-ended dissensus. Rather than aiming to reach a conclusive answer (THIS is how design research has failed in the last 50 years), the project encourages a continuous, sometimes clashing, stream of responses.\nDuring RTD this aspect was amplified in a series of graphics that presented pairs of DRF responses that seemed to interestingly contradict one another. The graphics ran on screens in the exhibition, and on the projector between keynotes and panels, with the intention of provoking informal debate between conference participants. Along with the the exhibit, the physical cards, and numerous tweets, the DRF presence at RTD2017 can perhaps best be characterised as parasitic; a space for ventilation and critical reflection alongside the main programme.\nThe new responses from RTD2017 will be going online in the coming weeks. Thanks a lot to everyone at the conference who contributed to the project, to Marije de Haas for design sparring and Giovanni Marmont for invaluable logistics assistance. Finally, a big thanks to the stellar organising team, in particular Chris Speed and Jane MacDonald.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 2575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dftba.net/2013/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:44Z", "digest": "sha1:5B2MTQI22AUFQIAUPEYXCNUNN6Y3DWV2", "length": 499, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "dftba.net", "title": "Nerdfighteria Network | Monthly Archives: October 2013", "raw_content": "October 2013 Board of Directors Elections: Official Candidates List & Results\nPosted on October 26, 2013 by Tyrope\nHello and welcome to the October 2013 Board of Directors election candidate responses. Below you will find the four candidates along with their responses to the questions they were asked in the election form. Usually this is where you\u2019d vote on them, but since There\u2019s only 1 candidate for each seat that would be silly\u2026\nNerdfighteria Network Board of Directors Candidate Registration", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 2548, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 305.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dgarygrady.com/2013/01/18/the-amateurs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:52Z", "digest": "sha1:HPCDU3LSQI4GK7AZQZDRTXFQUOMX2FBT", "length": 1308, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "dgarygrady.com", "title": "Review: The Amateurs (2005 movie) | D Gary Grady", "raw_content": "\u2190 Sound engineer at work\nDara O'Briain on baguettes infesting Ireland \u2192\nReview: The Amateurs (2005 movie)\nJeff Bridges is a small-town divorced dad with not much money who fears losing the love and respect of his son, who lives with his mother and her second husband, who isn\u2019t just rich but also a really nice guy. Bridges decides that he needs to achieve something with his life, or at least get out of his low-rent situation, so he convinces his circle of friends to make a porno movie.\nThis sounds like a setup for a very broad farce, but it proves to be a quiet little character-driven comedy, as if The Andy Griffith Show had a porn episode.\nOne well-liked member of the circle of friends happens to be gay, and he\u2019s completely oblivious that everybody knows this, and it\u2019s not clear he knows it himself. Mary Steenburgen turned down a part in the movie, but when she read the script she decided the perfect actor for the role would be he husband, Ted Danson. If I were Ted Danson I\u2019m not sure how I\u2019d feel about that. Then again, if I were married to Mary Steenburgen I\u2019d put up with it. In any event, he does play the part and is very good at it.\nIt\u2019s not a great film, but I liked it.\nLink: http://youtu.be/yJk-YiB_p-s?t=20s\nPosted in Funny comedy humor, Movies and television, Video clips\tpermalink", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 4678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 211.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/acsq/vol1/iss1/7/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:54Z", "digest": "sha1:ASPZQ3YG75BMZLJBYKE3XVVBXXSMIMPT", "length": 618, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.hamilton.edu", "title": "\"Mother\u2019s Last Visit to Watervliet\"", "raw_content": "Reprint of a Shaker manuscript recently acquired by the Hamilton College Library probably dating to 1821 or shortly thereafter. It bears a caption title: \u201cMother\u2019s Last Visit to Watervliet\u201d and consists of nine unnumbered pages (filled) within a twenty-four page booklet. It is an important and early work, and was never published by the Shakers. It details the activities, meetings, counsels, and sayings of Mother Lucy Wright during the month preceding her death\u2014from January 10, 1821 when she arrived at the Watervliet, New York Shaker society, to February 7, 1821 \u201cwhen she expired a quarter before three O\u2019clock.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1485, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 165.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/acsq/vol1/iss3/5/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:26Z", "digest": "sha1:IP4SNWEKG3M437AGC42HSMJP6DCYR6J3", "length": 770, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.hamilton.edu", "title": "\"Sally Dean and Her Letter to \u201cRespected Friend Phineas\u201d: Introduction\" by Glendyne Wergland", "raw_content": "In 1822, a young Shaker sister named Sally Dean penned a remarkable letter to her former church. Simultaneously a testimony of her faith and a rebuttal to criticism of Shakerism, it is the only known manuscript attributed to Dean, who wrote that it was \u201cquite contrary\u201d to her feelings to communicate in writing. That letter, however, did an excellent job of promoting Shaker views. What provoked it was a letter from Phineas Fletcher of the Baptized Church of Kingsbury and Hartford, New York. He wanted to know why, after professing her faith to the Baptists, she had left their church and gone to the Shakers, who broke up families, denied the resurrection of the body, and rejected customs such as baptism and communion. He asked for an explanation of her departure.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 1777, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 238.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/school-liberal-arts-faculty-works/1683/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:01Z", "digest": "sha1:AFPQYLXIO6EUPJD7X3GOKXIZ7M4UMPQT", "length": 281, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu", "title": "\"Kyrgyzstan After Akayev\" by Susan Weissman", "raw_content": "Kyrgyzstan After Akayev\nWeissman, Susan. 2005. \u201cKyrgyzstan After Akayev.\u201d Against The Current 20(4), 11. https://solidarity-us.org/atc/118/p242/\nWeissman, Susan. Kyrgyzstan After Akayev (2005). 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E3 has come and gone, and all those melodramatic gamers are at this very moment in time still in a state of shock and awe (and mild dampness in their trousers) having been given a preview of how they will be spending most of their waking hours over the coming years. As the resident bird in anger, I must endeavour not to be stunned into silence at the epicosity of this year\u2019s conference, but report up on what went down and why. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a poor man\u2019s attempt to condense the infinite awesomeness of the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo into a single blog post.\nE3 2012 kicked off with green smoke and the new trailer for Halo 4. The 7 minute trailer, mixing live-action with gameplay footage, certainly followed the trend of seriously epic that has made the Halo series one of the most successful for Microsoft\u2019s Xbox platform. That said, it looks like the game is turning a bit darker and scarier with glimpses of forerunner technology and new enemies. The gameplay seemed familiar and both Halo fanatics and newcomers alike will have no trouble getting used to the controls. The interface was nice and the graphics were certainly on par with the latest flagships, so no surprises there. The video gave just enough perspective to get us interested in the game, revealing that it is set four years after the end of the war on a distant planet that Master Chief landed on after the end of the Halo 3. The trailer and gameplay also told us that the ancient forerunners will be playing a big part in the game, and if the weapons that Master Chief is using are anything to go by, this is definitely a good thing, as well as tying up a story that has spanned the best part of eleven years. Halo games have always been a staple of sci-fi shooters, and this next installment certainly doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s going to disappoint.\nFollowing shortly after came the announcement of another cross-platform sequel from Ubisoft in the shape of Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell: Blacklist. This trailer genuinely made me want to get this game and start increasing the atmosphere\u2019s lead content. I am a fan of tactical cover shooter games where a little bit of planning is required before all hell breaks loose, and the latest Splinter Cell seems to offer this. The gameplay footage showed a fluid and deadly combat system that no gamer will have trouble causing havoc with, as well as a plethora of stealth options and target marking which allows you to take out large numbers of hostiles quickly, quietly and above all awesomely. This being a cover shooter, the movement mechanics looked seamlessly fluid allowing you to be very efficient. As expected from a Ubisoft title, I even noticed a hint of Assassin\u2019s Creed in the climbing mechanics, but either way it looks to be brilliant. Furthermore, Sam Fisher has been promoted to the head of the newly formed Fourth Echelon, meaning you now have many more support systems at your disposal as well as highly advanced intelligence which can be easily accessed through the Kinect integration on Xbox 360 meaning you don\u2019t even have to look up from combat. This is definitely one of my top 3 games of the expo, and I am looking forward to its launch across PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in spring 2013.\nAnother big title to be announced by Microsoft was a fourth installment for the Gears of War series, entitled Judgment. Despite its original name, the trailer certainly had me curious as to what was going to happen in the game. I am not a big Gears man myself, so the fact that it even got into this post is a credit to Epic Games. The trailer showed only snapshots of action and was set to the daunting soundtrack of an American military reading a list of charges against the main protagonists, showing dark corners of a ruined courtroom, a rocket and many artistic angles of the lieutenant\u2019s backside. What we can expect is lots of impossible missions, plenty of action and miles of locusts. This may not be quite my kind of game, but certainly one that fans will spend many hours enjoying.\nThe game I have really been waiting for is next on my list, and easily makes it into my top three games of E3 2012. It is of course Forza Horizon, the latest edition to Microsoft\u2019s answer to Sony\u2019s phenomenal Gran Turismo series and pretty much every racing game aside. Up until now, Forza has been a dedicated racing simulator similar to GT and arguably the best of them al. The immense driving mechanics and physics involved were always brilliant, and, as gaming progressed, so did the graphics until it looked faultless in last October\u2019s Forza Motorsport 4. Up until now, the Need For Speed crew held pole position for street racing and more arcade style racers that I enjoyed as much as the serious Forza titles of the day. Now, developers like Playground Games have decided that as EA crossed the border and released more sim-heavy games such as NFS: Shift, they should return the favour and bring some of the Forza magic to the streets. Forza Horizon is based around a massive music festival in Colorado, and you as the driver are racing to get there in time for the start. As with any game, things are not as simple as they may seem, as along the way you shall encounter some interesting problems. This is starting to sound a little familiar, but my worries have been set aside by the trailer unveiled at E3. It doesn\u2019t quite have the same challenge aspect as NFS: The Run, and nor does it come close to the sprawling islands of Test Drive Unlimited, but is showing undertones of Burnout, a series that has been largely untouched since the TDU\u00ad-esque Paradise met critical acclaim in 2008. The amalgamation of all these genres added to the precision and reputation of Forza in an open world setting means that although this is far from what I was expecting, I am still very excited to see what the end result will be. I have high hopes that maybe, just maybe, this will be the be all and end all of street racers.\nThe final game to go on my top three games of E3 this year is of course Assassin\u2019s Creed 3, another title from the guys at Ubisoft Montreal. I wrote an article a couple of weeks back expressing my hope that the Assassin\u2019s Creed series hadn\u2019t peaked too early and that AC3 would live up to expectations and more, and what we saw at E3 means that it most certainly will. The game takes place during the American civil war, and gamers take control of a new assassin who goes by the name of Connor Kenway. Connor is half Mohawk, half English and half angel, and somehow that makes perfect sense. The story takes place across thirty years across New York, Philadelphia and Boston, as well as the high seas and the vast frontier. From the various videos I have seen, Ubisoft has continued to innovate to make the original AC formula seem fresh and exciting. Little details such as horse drawn hay bales that you can jump into as well as the static ones are the kind of thing I was hoping for, and the little things like that will continue to make this game just as good as we are hoping. New combat mechanics such as hiding round corners and the Mohawk axe replacing the sword combined with refined assassination techniques exclusive to this new assassin were shown in the gameplay footage, as well as continually stunning graphics which have been upgraded to include weather changes and seasons. Assassin\u2019s Creed has provided the combination of mind games with sheer awesome combat that was serious and yet bags of fun for many years now, as well as a story that has always had me craving more. From what I can see, this latest installation shall continue this trend and will probably become the best AC yet, and for that I\u2019m thankful.\nI have been saving the best pair of games for last, and despite the fact neither made it onto my top three, they are probably the most significant and impressive from this year\u2019s E3. I refer of course to Watch Dogs and The Last of Us.\nWatch Dogs had me intrigued from the moment I first saw the trailer. I was genuinely perplexed at what this game was about. To me it looked like a campaign against internet information and only at the end did I realize it must have something to do with the ability to control the ctOS system. The gameplay footage shown at E3 confirmed this, as it showed a guy in an oversized coat controlling various electronic elements of his environment to achieve his goal, which turned out to be killing someone named Joseph DeMarco, a guilty man who was nevertheless acquitted for soliciting murder. I am very curious to see what Ubisoft has come up with here. It may well be the next big hit and is certainly unique in its own right which is why it is so important could this become the next Assassin\u2019s Creed as the final installment is set for later this year. The gameplay also gave us a bit more to try and piece some logical plot together. The main protagonist Aiden Pearce seems to be well acquainted with killing, but his interaction with civilians during the firefight suggests some kind of anti-hero. Either way it seems to be open world, set in a city modelled closely on Chicago, the graphics look so phenomenal that everyone thought they were from the next-generation of console gaming until Ubisoft confirmed to Joystiq that the game would make an appearance on at least the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and it is very new, with a launch expected next year, so I will be following intently developments in this new title. It is exactly what makes E3 so good \u2013 we talk in depth about the games that we are looking forward to hearing about, and then someone like Ubisoft comes out and stuns everyone with a brand-new IP.\nWhile gamers continued to swoon over the announcement of Watch Dogs, Sony\u2019s conference began, but they stole the show at the end of theirs with the unveiling of the first gameplay video of the other of the important games, Naughty Dog\u2019s The Last of Us. From what we know so far, it seems to follow an I Am Legend-esque theme with an over run city and few surviving humans each willing to kill the other at the drop of a hat. The infected that stalk the land run fast and are agile but can\u2019t speak. They certainly aren\u2019t your conventional zombies, but they will do the job and they are a nice change from the stereotype, perpetuated by Ubisoft in the trailer for ZombiU. The initial idea came from the cordyceps fungus which attacks only one type of ant, driving it insane before killing it by growing out of the ant\u2019s brain. The idea for these infected is similar, only applied to humans. Check it out on the BBC\u2019s Planet Earth if you want more info, but despite the sci-fi nature of the infection, it is real, and kudos should go to Naughty Dog for staying true to science. The character you play is an aging man with a beard accompanied by a teenage girl who never experienced what the world was like before the epidemic. The game is certainly as juicy as Watch Dogs and the short gameplay footage available shows a cover system, intense and brutal combat and limited supplies. This looks to be a heart-pumping game that might follow a familiar formula, but will be delivered in a way never seen before that will make one hell of a game. Naughty Dog, despite their pedigree of success with the Uncharted series, has shocked the gaming community with the quality of this release, so I have no idea what will happen when we actually get round to playing this. The graphics look very pretty, and although I can\u2019t quite work out if it is open world yet, the ways in which you could tackle any one building look numerous. The developers say that they want this to be about the emotional experience between humans in this terrible post-apocalyptic city of Pittsburgh and beyond in the journey across America, and I am sure that we will be treated to a cinematic experience that will leave us empty at some points as we connect with the characters and what they must do. Either way, it looks awesome and will definitely become the next Alan Wake, if not more.\nAt this point in time, the letters on the keys of my keyboard have been rubbed away by the repetitive keystrokes required for this article, but little else can be expected when one is asked to sum up E3. For those few who have not died or fallen asleep, I commend you and I shall continue to fly straight on with the last two major events of this year\u2019s E3.\nAnother awesomely humbling game is the long-awaited reboot of Tomb Raider. From what I saw of the new Crossroads trailer, it looks to contain a Far Cry-esque island with a very sinister side. In contrast with the previous games\u2019 emphasis on open world decision, the new game is about as linear as you can get without it being Mario. As you would expect from such a major title, the graphics are magnificent and an action packed fighting mechanic with plenty of weapons and a seemingly half-decent plot line added into the mix should make a fun third-person shooter. It might not be ground breaking, but it is nice to see the old game revived in such a nice way, and it will certainly be a title to play and have fun with after I have finished everything else at least twice.\nAnother very important game is the latest installment in the Call of Duty series. Black Ops 2 is taking a very different tone from its predecessor, as it is controversially taking place in the future. The opening caption of the trailer asks what happens to one\u2019s highly sophisticated and deadly army of unnamed drones when the enemy can control them. I have a sneaking suspicion we might just find out, as the gameplay footage shows a grizzled soldier accompanying the president through a war torn city with drones flying overhead blowing everything up. After the comparative disappointment of Modern Warfare 3 compared to Battlefield 3, does this latest title deserve a chance? The gameplay looks very identical to all previous CoD games, but the new weapons and potentially interesting plot produces a compelling argument. The graphics were on par, and at the end of the day we all know it will sell better than probably any other game at E3 so why not. CoD games will always be good even if they\u2019re not always great. The new technology will be fun to explore, and using unmanned drones to reduce obstacles to dust and smart jets as well as new age combat arms mean that I will definitely give it a chance and hope that CoD will get back to being good. I for one don\u2019t want to put money on another wet fish.\nLast and most definitely least for me was the announcement of Xbox SmartGlass. This allows you to connect to your Xbox through your Windows, Android or iOS device allowing you to play music, surf the web and get interactive with movies and games through more than one channel. SmartGlass will certainly add to existing games and activities and is certainly a good idea, but by no means groundbreaking. It is simply an improvement to a system which is expected as technology becomes more and more accessible. The system will help games like the upcoming Madden and FIFA games, where voice and motion integration are the next improvements, as well as giving you another stat channel to immerse you fully in the gameplay. Before long it will be like playing real sport. It is good to see that Microsoft is still innovating because the Xbox has been serving gamers true for a very long time now and improvements like this could help shape the future of gaming consoles which, once the mould is broken, could provide gaming at a depth never before imagined.\nFinally I have come to an end of a battle that has raged for an entire day of my life. The Electronic Entertainment Expo this year was as massive as ever, and I have only managed to scratch the surface of what the industry brought to the table at the Los Angeles Convention Centre this week. Other notable mentions should go to Microsoft\u2019s implementation of a strange singing being called \u2018Usher\u2019 to launch Dance Central 3, LocoCycle, Resident Evil 6, Matter for Kinect, South Park: The Stick of Truth and a game for Kinect called Wreckateer that looks to be some kind of voice and motion controlled Angry Birds rip-off which I can actually imagine having loads of fun with, especially if with friends. This looks to be a great year for gaming, and if this year\u2019s E3 was anything to go by, video gaming will continue to blow our minds away. If anybody is bored this summer, it is because they are truly insane, and I am already looking forward to next year because to be honest I can\u2019t even begin to comprehend anything more spectacular than this. After a good six hours writing this, I am the Angry Bird signing off until next year.\nThursday May 24th 2012 Thursday May 24th 2012 by Eddie King\nMix Your Meme: Your argument is invalid\nInternet, Mix Your Meme\nArmy, Calling, Internet, Mix Your Meme\nTo Henry, Love Eddie.\nPS: You can\u2019t call to save my life", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 38627, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://diplomacyopp.com/tag/2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:42Z", "digest": "sha1:FJTQETGCGZ3W62TQTMUMWBYY7B2AQ6LZ", "length": 1482, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "diplomacyopp.com", "title": "2018 | Diplomacy Opp", "raw_content": "The Youth SDGs Cafe is a monthly meetup for sustainability enthusiasts to learn about the latest trends in the development world, network with amazing people who are working towards implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and also build on their skills to empower their immediate communities to action. 2019 is less than 60 days\u2026\nNovember 10, 2018 in Advocacy, Africa, Change Agents, Education, ICT, Leadership, United Nations, Workshops, Youth.\nJoin AYM Agriculture Campaign and Win $100 | Diplomacy Opportunities\nAfrika Youth Movement (AYM) Committee on Agriculture (COA) is launched its first annual #Sexyfarming campaign, a month-long campaign that engages African youth into Agriculture and not just the youth, we are engaging all stakeholders and key actors across the agricultural value chain. 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A three-round boxing exhibition between Floyd Mayweather and Japanese kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa. It was happening, then it wasn\u2019t happening, now it\u2019s happening again.And you can\u2019t watch it live\u2026 at least not legally.FITE TV and RIZIN announced on Thursday that this weekend\u2019s show will be shown live on PPV in North America at 1 AM ET/10 PM PT on Sunday night (December 30th) at the usual cost of $19.99.\nFloyd Mayweather will soon be taking to the ring to fight for the first time since his August bout with Conor McGregor. The all-time great talent in Mayweather will be taking on Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, who is 27-0 in the realm of kickboxing. This fight will be shown at Japanese fighting event Rizin 14, and in terms of rules the fight it has been described as an \u2018exhibition boxing match\u2019. There was some ambiguity regarding the rules that the fight would be under, but the conditions for the fight seem to have been well determined at this point.\nHowever, if this fight happens as planned, its success and the character and stature of the fighters involved could all change this. First, the fight involves the best boxer of his generation going up against the newest sensation of the Japan boxing scene which is already a superstar in his own right and it is happening in Tenshin Nasukawa\u2019s backyard and organized by a Japanese promotion company. This is a great coup for the Japanese combat sports scene taking away a fight that would have been staged in America or Europe.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 2753, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dirttreeswildlife.org/species-of-greatest-conservation-need?page=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:53Z", "digest": "sha1:OAG5K7CVPANKFWIFLG6STTEIZDS5PUBR", "length": 4022, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "dirttreeswildlife.org", "title": "Species of Greatest Conservation Need | Dirt to Trees to Wildlife", "raw_content": "The black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia) is a common to uncommon widespread breeder throughout BCR 14. It is most likely to be found in hardwood or mixed-wood pole-sized stands resulting from clear cuts. 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It is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in one or more states in BCR 14.\nRead more about BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO\nThe Black-throated blue warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) is a common to fairly common breeder in BCR 14. It prefers deciduous or mixed woodlands with a thick understory of shrubs or saplings. It is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in at least one state in BCR 14.\nRead more about BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER\nThe Blanding\u2019s turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) is a 7- to 9-inch turtle with yellow speckles that often run together to form streaks on the carapace. It is easily identified when basking from its characteristic yellow throat and chin. It uses a variety of shallow wetland habitats including marshes, swamps, bogs, ponds, and vernal pools. Females make long distance upland movements in search of suitable sandy or loamy, full-sun, nesting habitats where they are most vulnerable to mortality from vehicles when crossing roadways.\nRead more about BLANDING'S TURTLE\nThe blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale) is a dark-bodied salamander measuring 3\u00bd to 5 inches and speckled with blue or white flecks and spots across the back, side, and tail. They are most commonly found in moist hardwood forests and wooded swamps, marshes, and bogs. They hybridize with Jefferson salamanders. Threats to this species include development of upland habitat and associated edge effects, filling of wetlands for development, and mortality from vehicles on roadways. It is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in all six states in BCR 14.\nRead more about BLUE-SPOTTED SALAMANDER\nThe blue-winged warbler (Vermivora pinus) is an uncommon to locally common breeder whose population s apparently increasing. It is a breeder in the southern part of BCR 14 up to southern New Hampshire. The blue-wing prefers reverting old fields with scattered shrubs and small trees near water. It is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in one or more states in BCR 14.\nRead more about BLUE-WINGED WARBLER\nBobcats are the most widely distributed wild felid in North America and are found in a broad variety of habitat types. They are listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in one or more states in BCR 14.\nRead more about BOBCAT\nThe bobolink (Delichonyx oryzivorus) is a locally common breeder in BCR 14. Its populations have been declining due to the loss of the grasslands it uses as habitat. Modern mowing practices are also adversely affecting this species. It is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in one or more states in BCR 14.\nRead more about BOBOLINK\nThe broad-winged hawk (Buteo platyperus) is a fairly common breeder throughout BCR 14. 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He said, \u201cHappy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding; for her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, and her gain than fine gold\u201d (Prov. 3:13-15).\nOur Daily Bread senior research editor Herb Vander Lugt led our team in the following study of the wisdom of Proverbs. 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I\u2019ve just been given a glimpse of that reality a little more than some others have.\u201d\nSix years after marrying his wife, Karen, David was diagnosed with a rare form of neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer. It had metastasized by the time it was discovered, and his liver was riddled with more than 100 tumors. Treatment began immediately with surgery followed by radiation. David waged the fight of his life for more than five years, but had very little to show for it.\n\u201cAfter many treatments and complications along the way, healing didn\u2019t happen,\u201d said David. \u201cIn fact, more damage had been done. Finally our doctor in New Orleans told us there was nothing else he could do for me.\u201d\nKaren says it was God\u2019s Word that sustained them during that season of adversity. \u201cWe prayed for healing, but God did not answer those prayers the way we wanted,\u201d said Karen. \u201cWe had friends who walked a similar journey and prayed for healing, but unfortunately passed away. However, we clung to the truth that God was faithful and could be trusted whether He provided healing or not.\u201d\nAt low points, David questioned if this was how his story was going to end. He says that Isaiah 41:10 and 43:2-3 reminded him that even while going through a trial of faith, the Lord would not leave him.\nOut of options, David was referred to a doctor who specialized in multi-organ transplants. He advised David to move forward with the surgery while he was healthy enough to survive a transplant. It would take months to receive insurance approval and complete all necessary tests. A year passed before David was placed on the transplant list. Even if the transplant happened, David and Karen would have to leave their kids in Dallas (their youngest daughter was a high school senior at the time), and relocate to Miami where the surgery would take place.\nTheir children encouraged David to move forward with the treatment in Florida. Friends offered to live in their home to keep things in order. An army of faithful friends prayed and offered practical assistance along the way.\n\u201cSo many people found out about our journey,\u201d said Karen. \u201cI walked into a business conference in another city, and someone I never even met told me they had been praying for us. I was continually reminded that if God is in control of every aspect of our lives, we should not give way to fear. So we followed where God led us not knowing how it would go.\u201d\nA few weeks after the Sandlins made the trip to Miami in July of 2013, David received the life-changing news that he would soon receive a new pancreas, stomach, small and large intestines and liver. At that point only fifteen people had successfully gone through a multi-organ transplant after neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer. Despite the risk, David was not afraid.\n\u201cI went into the transplant surgery without fear because I knew it was either heaven or healing,\u201d said David. \u201cEven if I survived the surgery, the healing part would just be temporary. The Lord would take care of me either way.\u201d\nWhen the surgery began, the doctor discovered that David\u2019s stomach had disintegrated, and his liver was in terrible shape. \u201cAt that point many doctors would have stopped the surgery, but my doctor moved forward. Turns out the transplant happened at exactly the right time,\u201d said David.\nAfter an arduous procedure, David was released from the hospital faster than any other patient before him. After one year, the Sandlins received the great news that there was no evidence of cancer in David\u2019s body. Though the doctor cautioned him that the cancer could return, the chances were good that David would enjoy a great quality of life.\nIn spite of his miraculous recovery, David says his story isn\u2019t about defeating cancer. \u201cWhen I got the diagnosis I didn\u2019t understand why God allowed me to get cancer,\u201d said David. \u201cOne afternoon the Lord impressed upon me that this was an opportunity to, \u2018know Me better\u2019. I wrote those words down even though I didn\u2019t understand. The gift in all of this was to know more about how wonderful and loving God truly is. This wasn\u2019t about praying for a miracle, although I am eternally grateful. The Lord taught me to depend on Him and nothing else.\u201d\nToday David shares his story with whoever will listen. \u201cHurting people out there need to know that God is in control,\u201d said David. \u201cThere have been hundreds of opportunities to tell my story and give God the credit. I tell them that I had cancer, and at one point, part of my body was dead inside. But God is good, and He can be trusted even when things look hopeless.\u201d\n2 comentarios en \u201cHeaven or Healing\u201d\nKaren Sandlin dice:\n03 de March de 2016 a las 16:20 04Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:20:38 +000038.\nDavid, you are my hero! You said from the beginning that you could endure any difficulty as long as you knew it was temporary. Twice I have watched you be so sick and your body so far from health that you looked closer to death than life, but step by step, you trusted God even when you didn\u2019t have the strength, and here you are!! Thank you for never, ever giving up. Thank you for sharing your story of hope every where you go. Every time I hear you tell others of your story, I am reminded that God has a purpose in this journey, and you faithfully radiate His love and hope! You are prayed for and loved by those whose lives you have touched!\nMelody Kisinger dice:\n04 de March de 2016 a las 06:48 06Fri, 04 Mar 2016 06:48:57 +000057.\nWhat a wonderful story of faith and love! Thank you so much for sharing your faith, strength and hope! Such an inspiration!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 8250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 298.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dostavka.sasa.bg/en/terms", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:38Z", "digest": "sha1:7IFJ5SX5LBZI2ZWXUHC65752WOVDCQ3L", "length": 40964, "nlines": 147, "source_domain": "dostavka.sasa.bg", "title": "\u0423\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438\u044f \u0437\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0435 | Sasa Delivery", "raw_content": "This document contains the general conditions of the Use of Services Contract regarding the services provided by \"HAPPINESS\u201d Ltd. through the website for online orders\"www.delivery.sasa.bg\"(\"Terms\") and defines the relations between HAPPINESS Ltd. and each of the users of the website www.delivery.sasa.bg.\nIn the interpretation and application of these Terms and Conditions, the terms and expressions used have following meaning:\n1.1. \"IP Address\" (\"IP address\") is a unique ID number, associating a device, Internet site or user\u2019s resource in a way that allows their localization in the Internet.\n1.2. \"HAPPINES\u201d Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as HAPPY), is a company with UIC: 103279218, with registered office: Varna, 25 Roza Street, and mailing address: Varna, 25 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, \"Orbita\" hotel, tel: (+359 52) 0700 19 000, e-mail: delivery@happy.bg, which provides services under these Terms of Service.\n1.3. delivery.sasa.bg / delivery.sasa.bg website is a website through which consumers are offered purchase and delivery of food to their designated address.\n1.4. \"E-link\" is a link labeled in a website that allows automatic referral to another website, information resource or object using standardized protocols.\n1.5. \"Malicious acts\" are acts or omissions in violation of netiquette or causing injury to persons connected to the Internet and associated networks, including but not limited to sending unsolicited mail (SPAM, JUNK MAIL), channel flooding (FLOOD), obtaining access to resources with foreign rights and passwords, using flaws in the systems for personal benefit or to obtain information (HACK), performing actions that can be qualified as industrial espionage or sabotage, damaging or destroying systems or data sets ( CRACK), sending a Trojan horse or virus causing installation or remote control systems, disturbing the normal operation of other users of the Internet and associated networks, and performing any action that may be classified as a crime or administrative violation under the Bulgarian or other applicable law.\n1.6. \"Website\" is part of the website, which may be integral or separate.\n1.7. \"Information system\" means a device or system of connected devices, some or any of which is designed to store, send or receive electronic documents.\n1.8. \"USER\" is any person who has 18 years and who uses any of the services and resources provided through the website delivery.sasa.bg or the callcenter of Happy Delivery.\n1.9. \"Profile\" is a separate part of delivery.sasa.bg, containing user information provided by themselves upon registration and stored by delivery.sasa.bg, whereas access to the profile is possible by entering a user name and password. The profile allows the user to examine and edit the data entered during registration, to have access their personal mail box, to change their access password, to subscribe or unsubscribe, to receive newsletters and more.\n1.10. \"Username\" is a unique, selected by the user code of letters and/or numbers by which he/she is individualized in delivery.sasa.bg.\n1.11. \"Password\" is a selected by the user code of letters and/or numbers, which together with the username individualize the latter.\n1.12. \"User Content\" means any data, information, text, opinions, comments and blogs that the user has at dostavki.happy.bg, which are made accessible to all other users through the website delivery.sasa.bg.\n1.13. \"Server\" is a device or system of connected devices, where there is installed system software for performing tasks related to the storage, processing, receiving or sending information.\n1.14. \"Website\" is a special place in the global Internet network, accessible through its unique address (URL) protocol HTTP or HTTPS and containing files, programs, text, sound, pictures, images, electronic links or other materials and resources.\n1.15. \"Blog\" is a website whose content is supplemented by regular reviews, descriptions of events, files and other material presented in chronological order.\n1.16. \"Accident\" was unforeseen at the time of the contract circumstance of extraordinary nature, which makes its execution objectively impossible.\n1.17. \"Commercial communications\" are advertising or other kinds of messages, representing directly or indirectly the goods, services or reputation of a person with a trade or craftsman activity, or a person exercising a regulated profession.\nII. SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT\n2.1. HAPPY, through its website delivery.sasa.bg, provides the user the services (\u201cServices\u201d) in on-line regime, provided in the Terms, in strict compliance by the latter with the requirements defined in the Terms and conditions.\n2.2. Some of the services of the website delivery.sasa.bg is provided to all consumers without the need for prior registration. These include, but are not limited to: access and use, subject to the rules of these Terms and conditions, of various information resources available through the website delivery.sasa.bg - news, entertainment publications, promotions, calendar information about upcoming events, trainings and seminars, a catalogue of electronic links to Bulgarian and foreign websites or other content provided by delivery.sasa.bg, as well as User Content posted on the website delivery.sasa.bg;\n2.3. Using part of the website delivery.sasa.bg services is possible only after registration, creation of user profile and entering of your username and password.\n2.4. The relationship between consumers and delivery.sasa.bg in connection with the supply, implementation of access and use of paid services via the website delivery.sasa.bg is subject to the rules described in the General Terms and Conditions of the relevant paid services available through the website dostavki.happy.bg.\nIII. SCOPE OF ACTION. ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS\n3.1. These Terms apply to the relations with consumers who have registered on the website dostavk\u0430.happy.bg (\"Registered User\"). The present Terms apply also in the relations with users who have not registered on the website delivery.sasa.bg (\"Unregistered Users\u201d), whereas their rights are limited to using of the services described in Section 2.2.\n3.2. The text of these Terms is available on the Internet website delivery.sasa.bg in a way that allows its storage and playback. Electronic link to the website containing the text of these Terms, is located on every page of the website delivery.sasa.bg. With each use of the services and resources on the website delivery.sasa.bg, including opening the web page of the website delivery.sasa.bg, and by pressing an electronic link from the home page (home) or any other internet website from the website delivery.sasa.bg, the CONSUMERS declare that they are aware of these Terms, agree with them and undertake to comply with them.\n3.3. To use the services in Section 2.3. of these Terms, the user needs to pre-register by filling out the electronic registration form, available in real time (on-line) in the Internet site delivery.sasa.bg.\n3.3.1 In the process of registration, by ticking the box \"I agree with the Terms of delivery.sasa.bg\u201d and pressing the virtual button\" Register \", the user, respectively the parent or guardian of the user, makes an explicit electronic statement under the Electronic Document and Electronic Signature Act, which declares that he/she is aware of these Terms, accepts them, agrees with them and undertakes to comply with them.\n3.3.2 Upon their registration, the User gets access to all services offered by delivery.sasa.bg. When completing the registration form the USER must provide complete and accurate data regarding their identity, respectively, the personality of the user, and other provisions required by the electronic form of delivery.sasa.bg data and update them immediately if any alteration. The USER declares that the data provided in the registration process are true, complete and correct, and will update them in due time if/whenever any changes occur.\n3.3.3 In the case of non-granting of personal data required in the registration form, delivery.sasa.bg has the right to refuse registration.\n3.3.4 In case of providing false data or non-updating of the changes, delivery.sasa.bg may terminate or suspend immediately and without prior notice the provision of services and the maintenance of their registration. In this case, the termination of the provision of services shall be deemed to automatically terminate the contract.\nIV. USERNAME AND PASSWORD. USER\u2019S PROFILE\n4.1. Upon registration, the user indicates a user name and a password. If the username is not already taken, the user receives the username and password that they requested. Through these user gets access to their profile, and the opportunity to use the Services under Section 2.3.\n4.2. The username is a unique code of letters, numbers and symbols through which theUSER identifies theirself when using the services under Section 2.3. dostavka.happy.bg does not verify and is not responsible for the match of the username with the name of the user, whether it affects the rights of third parties and in particular the right to have a name or other personal rights, trade name (company name) rights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights.\n4.3. The password is a code of letters, numbers and symbols, which together with the username are used to access a particular user profile.\n4.5. The USER shall not divulge to any third party their password or secret question and answer and shall notify immediately dostavki.happy.bg in the event of unauthorized access as well as the likelihood of such. The USER is obliged to take full care and take necessary measures, which are reasonably necessary, in order to protect their password and secret question and answer and is fully responsible for all actions performed by him or a third party when using them.\n4.6. The User\u2019s profile is a distinct part of the website dostavki.happy.bg, containing information on registered USERS provided in the registration process and stored on the servers of delivery.sasa.bg. Through their profile the USERS may use, set, activate or deactivate the use of various services under Section 2.3. of delivery.sasa.bg, to manage the User\u2019s Contents uploaded by him on the server delivery.sasa.bg, to update information provided at their registration, change their password and secret question and answer, terminate their registration at delivery.sasa.bg etc..\n4.7. To gain access to paid services on the Website delivery.sasa.bg, the USER should register at the designated website or undertake other actions required under the Terms of use of the respective paid service, indicated on the website.\n4.8. Each user can have only one active User\u2019s profile. Registration under a fake or assumed name (identity) is prohibited. dostavki.happy.bg may refuse the registration of a person about whom there is information to have used false or someone else\u2019s data.\nV. CONCLUSION OF THE CONTRACT\n5.1. The contract between the parties shall take effect upon the agreement, objectified in the manner set out in Sections 3.2 or 3.3.1.\n5.2. The contract is concluded in Bulgarian.\n5.3. The contract shall have effect:\na) for unregistered USERS \u2013 until cessation of the use of the Services under Section 2.2;.\nb) for registered USERS - for an indefinite period of time from the USER\u2019s registration until the termination of the contract in the manner provided in the present Terms.\nVI. CHANGES IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS\n6.1. In order to periodically supplement and modify the Services, their improvement and expansion, and in relation to possible legislative changes that affect them, the Terms may be changed unilaterally by HAPPY. Such a change may take place also at a change of the type, nature or technology of the Services provided, upon cessation of the provision of certain Services, as well as changes in the economic conditions.\n6.2. When changes are made in the Terms and Conditions, HAPPY announces them to the USERS through publication on the Website delivery.sasa.bg. HAPPY provides two weeks period for the USERS to become familiar with the changes in the Terms and Conditions before they take action.\n6.3. These Terms, as well as any future amendments thereof, shall apply to existing registered USERS to the date of their activation. In the period set under Section 6.2., they have the opportunity to reject the changes by sending a message to HAPPY. In the event that a statement rejecting the change is not received by HAPPY, it will be considered that the USER is bound by them. A registered USER\u2019s statement that they do not agree with the changes in the Terms will result in automatic termination of the contract for use of the services provided through the Website dostavki.happy.bg between the USER and HAPPY, whereas HAPPY is entitled to immediately stop the USER\u2019s access to their profile, to terminate their registration and delete all User\u2019s Contents, placed on the servers.\nVII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE USER\n7.1. The USER provides the requisite (terminal devices for Internet access and related software applications for use of the services provided by HAPPY and Internet access.\n7.2. The USER is entitled to access in on-line regime to the services provided through the Website delivery.sasa.bg, subject to the conditions and access requirements set by HAPPY.\n7.4. The USER undertakes when using the services provided by HAPPY, not to load, place on the HAPPY server and not to disclose in any way whatsoever to a third party User\u2019s Content - information, data, text messages and any other materials or electronic links to materials:\na. contradicting the Bulgarian legislation, applicable foreign laws, the present Terms and Conditions, Internet ethics, rules of morality and decency;\nb. containing violence (including violence against animals), agitation for violence, humiliation of human dignity, threats to life and human inviolability;\nc. with pornographic or sexually explicit content;\nd. containing distinct bodies of victims of car accidents and other serious incidents;\ne. insulting a religion or containing religious propaganda;\nf. trade or business secrets or other confidential information;\ng. subject to intellectual property rights of third parties, except with the consent of the holder of the right;\nh. violating any material or moral rights or legitimate interests of third parties;\ni. propagandizing discrimination based on sex, race, education, age and religion or preaching fascist, racist or other anti-democratic ideology;\nj. undermining the reputation of others, calling for a forcible change of constitutional order, for committing a crime, for violence or the incitement of racial, ethnic or religious hatred;\nk. containing information, inciting or facilitating terrorist activities;\nl. containing information about somebody else's passwords or access rights without the consent of their holder, as well as software to access those passwords or rights;\n7.5. The USER undertakes when using the services provided by HAPPY:\na. not to perform malicious actions under the present Terms and Conditions;\nb. to notify HAPPY immediately in case of infringement committed while using the services provided;\nc. not to use other person\u2019s identity;\ne. not to use methods leading to a forced downloading of unwanted by the users Internet content (\"pop-up\", \"blind link\" and the like).\n7.6. The USER is entitled at any time in their sole discretion to terminate their use of services provided by HAPPY by disabling them from their User\u2019s profile or another designated website, or terminate their registration on the Website delivery.sasa.bg, respectively, discontinues the use of services under Section 2.2. From the moment of cancellation of the registration, and for unregistered USERS - from the time of cessation of the use of the services under Section 2.2., the contract between the parties shall be deemed automatically terminated and HAPPY stops the USER\u2019s access to the User\u2019s profile and may stop access to and delete from its servers all User Contents in accordance with Section 14.2. of the present Terms. Elimination of the provision of certain services does not lead to termination of the contract.\n7.7. The USER can access and use any content posted on the Website delivery.sasa.bg, including User Content, only for personal use for non-commercial purposes and in compliance with the requirements of the present Terms.\n7.8. The USER undertakes not to carry out and not to try to acquire unauthorized access to services provided by delivery.sasa.bg through interception and use of somebody else\u2019s passwords or by any other methods, not to circumvent, damage or disturb in any way the normal operation of technical or software applications of the Website delivery.sasa.bg, which prevent or restrict access to other people\u2019s mailboxes, office panels, computer systems and networks, related to the services provided.\nVIII. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF HAPPY\n8.1. HAPPY assure you that the delivery will be on your address in 75 min.\n8.2. HAPPY is obliged to take due care to enable the USER\u2019s normal use of the Services.\nIn case of high workload resulting in a temporary difficulty for HAPPY DELIVERY to observe the specified delivery time in the area where the USER'S address of delivery is located, HAPPY DELIVERY has the right to refuse to accept the order by promptly informing the USER that his order can not be accepted.\nHAPPY DELIVERY reserves the rights to change the delivery areas and/or their limits at its sole discretion.\n8.3. HAPPY is not obliged and has no objective ability to control how the USER uses the Services provided, and is not responsible for the objectives and activities of the USER in connection with use of the Services, as well as the type and nature of the User\u2019s Content. HAPPY has no obligation to monitor the information stored on its servers or made available by provision of the Services or to seek facts and circumstances indicating illegal activity carried out by the USER through use of the Services.\n8.4. In accordance with the requirements of Bulgarian legislation HAPPY stores information materials and resources, uploaded by the USER on a server of delivery.sasa.bg, and is entitled to present them to the competent state authorities in cases where it is necessary to preserve the rights, legitimate interests and the security of HAPPY or third parties, as well as in the cases where these are formally required by the relevant state authorities.\n8.5. In case of not using a USER Profile within 60 days after registration or the expiration of 120 days from its last use, HAPPY is entitled to suspend access of the USER to their User Account without notice, to terminate their registration and delete from its servers its all User Contents placed by them. At the point of termination of the registration, the contract with the USER is deemed automatically terminated.\n8.6. HAPPY is entitled to put on each page of the Website delivery.sasa.bg, including User profiles, electronic links, banners and other forms of advertising of goods and services offered by HAPPY or third parties, as well as electronic links and advertising banners leading to websites outside the control of HAPPY. HAPPY is not responsible for the content, accuracy and legality of such websites or resources, that were made available to the USER while using the services of the Website delivery.sasa.bg.\n8.7. When the USER activates the option to offer advertising space on the blog, HAPPY is entitled, but not obliged, to place materials under section 8.5. at its discretion. In the event that such materials are placed on the blog, HAPPY shall provide the consumer ...... % of the income received from this advertising. On the other hand, if the customer discards the order or returns less than two-thirds of the amount delivered, HAPPY DELIVERY has no obligation to compensate the customer.\n8.8. HAPPY is entitled to send commercial messages to consumers in order to offer information and ads on their own or offered by other companies goods and /or services, make inquiries on various issues, conduct polls and more. By accepting the present Terms and Conditions, the USER agrees to receive commercial messages from HAPPY.\n8.9. HAPPY is entitled, but not obliged, at its discretion and without sending a warning to stop access to and /or remove User Content, where the same contradicts with the requirements in the present Terms and Conditions.\n8.10. HAPPY has no obligation to suspend access to and /or to remove any User Content posted on the Website delivery.sasa.bg, upon request by the USER who posted them.\n8.11. HAPPY shall be entitled at its own discretion and without sending a warning to stop or temporarily restrict USER\u2019s access to services under Section 2.3. as well as access of other USERS to User Content placed by them when, at the discretion of HAPPY or according to information obtained from third-party, the USER uses the Services in violation of Bulgarian law, the present Terms, the decency or any other applicable rules.\n8.12. HAPPY reserves the right to temporarily or permanently discontinue the provision of specific services available through the Website delivery.sasa.bg, by notifying the USER with a message posted on the relevant web pages or in the User Profile.\nWith each major portion is added one free pair of plastic fork, knife and spoon. When ordering sushi portion you\u2019ll get one free set of chopsticks for sushi. If you want extra you need to pay them. The price of each pair of plastic cutlery (fork, knife and spoon) is 0.20 lv. The price of extra set of sushi chopsticks is 0.10 lv.\n9.1. With the placement of User Content in any form on the Website delivery.sasa.bg, the USER provides HAPPY with non-exclusive right to use, record, store, distribute publicly on the Internet, including offering access to an unlimited number of persons to it, in a manner allowing access to this from a place and time individually chosen by them without due remuneration for this, and without territorial restrictions (worldwide). Right in the preceding paragraph shall be granted for the time that the User Content is located on the HAPPY server and for a reasonable time after its removal or deletion.\n9.2. When using of the Services subject to the Terms and Conditions, the USER has access to diverse content and resources that are subject to copyright or other intellectual property rights of HAPPY, of other USERS or persons respectively specified. The USER has access to content in order to use it for personal purposes in accordance with these Terms and shall not use, record, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, or publicly distribute the intellectual property, which has been made available to him while using the Services, unless it is a negligible amount of information intended for personal use, provided that the legitimate interests of the authors and other holders of the intellectual property are not unreasonably violated, if the copying or reproduction is carried out for non-commercial purposes and in the case that the respective content is provided by the USER or they have obtained the explicit consent of the copyright holders. Notwithstanding the above, the USER may not remove trademark signs and attributes of other intellectual rights from the materials available to him, whether the holder of the rights is HAPPY or other USER.\n9.4. Intellectual property rights of all intellectual property issues - materials, databases and other resources located on the Website, other than User Content placed by the USERS on the Website dostavki.happy.bg, are protected under Copyright law and related rights and / or the Law on Marks and Geographical Indications, belong to HAPPY or an indicated person, who has ceded the right of use to HAPPY and can not be used in violation of applicable laws.\n9.5. In case the USER believes that their intellectual property rights have been violated by another user, they should notify HAPPY in writing at the address referred to in the present Terms and Conditions or by a letter sent to the e-mail address specified for contact with HAPPY. The notification must contain the exact identification of the material that you claim that has been in violation of intellectual property rights, an indication of the person whose intellectual property rights have been violated and the basis on which these persons have become holders of the respective rights, as well as an address and telephone number for contact with the USER. HAPPY at its discretion, takes the actions set out in Section 11.1. of the Terms.\nX. LIABILITY. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY\n10.1. HAPPY cares to enable the user of normal use of the Services, but as far as providing them is free HAPPY has no obligation and does not guarantee that they will meet the USER\u2019s requirements, nor that they will be uninterrupted, timely or secure. By accepting the Terms, the USER declares that the use of the Services provided by HAPPY will be entirely at his own risk and responsibility, and the parties agree that HAPPY is not responsible for any damage caused to the USER while using the Services provided.\n10.3. HAPPY is not responsible for the availability and quality of products and content of services brought to the attention of the USER via the website through electronic links, banners and messages for sale of goods and services from third parties and /or by attaching such to the text of commercial messages sent to the address of their mailbox provided by them upon registration or generated upon registration. Since the actions of such third parties are not under the control of HAPPY, the same shall not be liable for the illegal nature of the activities of third parties or the occurrence, insurance, implementation, modification and termination of commitments and obligations in relation to those offered by third-party goods and services and is not responsible for any damages or lost profits arising from these relationships.\n10.4. HAPPY is not responsible for failure of service in the event of circumstances beyond its control - in cases of force majeure, fortuitous events, problems in the global Internet network and the provision of services beyond the control of HAPPY, problems due to the USER\u2019s equipment and in case of unauthorized access or third party intervention in the functioning of information systems or HAPPY servers.\n10.5. HAPPY is not responsible for damage to software, hardware or equipment of the USER or loss of data arising from materials or resources searched, loaded or used in any way through the Services.\n10.6. HAPPY is not responsible to the USER and third parties for damages and lost profits incurred due to termination, suspension, modification or limitation provision of any of the services provided for the use of the Services, removal, return, failure, modification, loss, inaccuracy or insufficiency of articles, messages, materials or information used, recorded or made available through the Website delivery.sasa.bg.\n10.7. The Parties agree that HAPPY is not responsible for the failure of services or providing them with poor quality due to tests performed by HAPPY to check the equipment, connections, networks, etc., as well as tests to improve or optimize the Services. In these cases, HAPPY informs the USERS about the possible temporary failure, respectively, for the poor quality of the Services in advance.\n10.8. By accepting these Terms the USER declares that he/she is aware of the possibility of any disruption or other difficulties in making the Internet connection to the Website delivery.sasa.bg, that may arise despite HAPPY\u2019s care. The USER declares that he will not claim any compensation from HAPPY for lost profits, damages or inconvenience due to the occurrence of the above difficulties or interruptions of the Internet connection, including the capacity of this link.\n10.9. HAPPY is not responsible and does not owe compensation to the person whose personal data is used by another person for use of the Services provided by HAPPY, whether or not they have given their consent.\nXI. RIGHTS OF HAPPY IN CASE OF USER\u2019S FAILURE OF THE OBLIGATIONS\n11.1. HAPPY has the right to suspend, restrict or change the Services provided to USERS and to approach the competent authorities if by their behavior the USER, in the discretion of HAPPY, violates provisions of the Bulgarian legislation, these Terms or the rights and legitimate interests of third parties and has the right at any time and without prior notice to suspend access to any content on the Website delivery.sasa.bg placed by the USER, about which determines or receives information from third parties, that is contrary to the Bulgarian legislation, the current General terms and conditions or their or other's rights and legitimate interests, including intellectual property rights, until the resolution of a similar dispute with the act of a competent authority.\n11.2. Upon receiving the order from the competent authorities concerning the User\u2019s Content, HAPPY is entitled to suspend access to such User\u2019s Content or perform other actions, following the order, without prior notice.\n11.3. HAPPY is entitled without notice to disable the password for access to the User\u2019s profile, in case that at the discretion of HAPPY the USER violates provisions of the Bulgarian legislation, these Terms or the rights and legitimate interests of third parties. In these cases, HAPPY is entitled to terminate the registration of the USER, to cease the provision of the Services to the USER under item 2.3. and delete all User\u2019s content, placed on its servers. The contract with the USER shall be deemed automatically terminated from the date of the termination of their registration.\n11.4. When receiving information providing reasonable grounds to assume that the USER\u2019s behavior when using the services of the Website dostavki.happy.bg could constitute a crime or administrative violation, HAPPY is entitled at its own discretion, to approach the competent state bodies providing them with necessary assistance and all necessary information and materials required in the proper order, which at the discretion of the authority would help to identify the perpetrator and proof of the crime or administrative violation.\n11.5. In the above cases HAPPY is not liable for damages and lost profits from the USER or third persons that occur due to suspension, modification or limitation of services, termination of the contract or provision of information or execution of orders of the competent state authorities.\nXII. COMPENSATIONS\n12.1. The USER shall indemnify HAPPY and all third parties for all suffered damages and lost benefits from them, including paid fines, legal fees and other costs due to claims by and / or compensations paid to third parties in connection with materials that the USER has made available to third parties or made available through the use of information provided by HAPPY Services in violation of Bulgarian law, applicable foreign laws, these Terms, or morals, and in conjunction with other violations of its obligations under these Terms and Conditions .\n12.2. Apart from the above, the USER shall indemnify HAPPY for all damages caused by use of the Services provided by third parties to which the latter has provided their password or secret question and answer, in violation of these Terms.\n12.3. Parents with parental responsibility, guardians or trustees of underage persons are responsible for all damage caused by the latter to HAPPY and third parties at the registration and use of Services - subject to these Terms, and any damage resulting from a false data or falsehood of the statement in paragraph 3.3.2, last sentence.\n12.4. The obligations of persons under this paragraph 12 shall continue to have effect after termination of the contract with the consumer.\n13.1. HAPPY is entitled to collect and use information about the USERS. Information by which the person can be identified may include name, surname, date of birth, sex, location, e-mail, and any other information which the USER voluntarily enters, uses or provides when using the Services of the Website dostavki.happy.bg. To avoid any doubt, the USER\u2019s Content is not regarded as personal data and therefore is not subject to the protection of the USER\u2019s personal data under these Terms.\n13.2.Through their user name and password, any registered USERS have access in on-line regime to their profile where they can correct and update their personal data stored by HAPPY.\n13.3. HAPPY attends to the collecting, processing and storage of USERS\u2019 personal information in strict compliance with the provisions of the Law for rotection of personal data.\n13.4. HAPPY attends to and is responsible for protection of the USER\u2019s information that has become known to him in relation to the provision of Services, subject to these Terms, except in cases of force majeure, accident or malicious acts of third parties, and in cases where the USER himself has made this information available to third parties.\n13.5. In the registration form filled in by the USER when signing a contract, HAPPY clearly indicates the mandatory or voluntary nature of data to be provided and the consequences of refusal. By expressing agreement with these Terms the USER agrees the information about them to be handled in the manner provided in these Terms.\n13.6. HAPPY collects and use information under item 13.1 for the purposes provided in these Terms, including offering of new services to consumers, offering of goods and / or services provided by others, promotions, organizing raffles, requests for statistical and any other purposes, whereas by registering to use the Services, the USER agrees to receive commercial messages sent by HAPPY. The purposes described, for which this information can be used, are not exhaustively described and do not create obligations for HAPPY.\n13.7. By accepting these Terms, the User agrees to the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes. The user may object to the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes by sending written notice to HAPPY at the postal or e-mail contact addresses. The User is entitled to receive information before their personal data are disclosed for the first time to third parties or used on their behalf for the purposes of direct marketing as well as to be given the opportunity to object to such disclosure or use.\n13.8. HAPPY shall not edit or disclose any personal information of the User or their use of the Services and shall not provide the information collected to third parties - public authorities, companies, individuals and others, except in cases where:\na. It was provided for in these Terms or the User has given their explicit consent upon registration or at a later time;\nb / It is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation of HAPPY;\nc / Information is required by public authorities or officials, who are entitled to demand and collect such information, according to current legislation and in compliance with statutory procedures;\nd / Personal data is made available to employees or subcontractors of HAPPY for enforcement of activities of the latter and use the Services;\ne / Other cases specified by law.\n13.9. When using the Website dostavki.happy.bg, HAPPY automatically has the right to retain certain information that a computer or other terminal of the user sends to the server of HAPPY, relating to the User\u2019s activity. The information is stored in log-files on HAPPY\u2019s servers and may include User's IP address, date and time at which a page of the Website dostavka.happy.bg was visited, time spent on it, etc.. In addition, HAPPY stores the User's IP address and any other information needed for identification of the User and reproduction of their electronic statement according to paragraph 3.2., respectively item 3.3.1 for acceptance of the General conditions in the event of a court dispute.\n13.10. HAPPY is entitled, but not obliged, to install on a computer or other User\u2019s terminal cookies - small text files that are stored by the website server via the Internet onto the hard disk of the user and allow recovery of information about the USER by identifying him and tracking his actions.\nXIV. TERMINATION and rescission of contracts\n14.1. Except as provided in these Terms, the contract between the parties shall be terminated upon the occurrence of any of the following circumstances:\na. Cessation of the activity of HAPPY or termination of the maintenance of the Website dostavki.happy.bg;\nb / mutual agreement between the parties for termination;\nc / other cases provided by law.\n14.2. In the event of termination of the contract between the parties on any ground, HAPPY has the right to immediately suspend access of the User to their User profile, to terminate its registration and delete from its servers all User Contents located there, by complying with the requirements of law. In the event of termination HAPPY is not liable for damages and lost profits from the User or third parties as a consequence of the suspension of User\u2019s access to their User profile, termination of their registration, deleting all User Contents from HAPPY\u2019s servers, as well as following the provision of information or execution of orders of the competent state authorities.\nXV. OTHER CONDITIONS\n15.1. The provided in the present contract and these Terms written statements and electronic messages are to be considered valid if made in the form of a registered letter, facsimile, email, pushing a virtual button on the Website dostavki.happy.bg and similar as far as the statement is technically recorded in a way that allows its reproduction.\n15.2. By accepting these Terms and entering into a contract between themselves, the Parties agree to consider the electronic messages between them as received upon their arrival to the information system specified by the addressee without need of explicit confirmation. On the occasion when HAPPY is the addressee of the statement, then the receipt of the statement in the information system, specified by the addressee, shall be considered confirmed upon its entrance in the POP3 servers of HAPPY. When the USER is the addressee of the statement, then the receipt of the statement in the information system, specified by the addressee shall be considered confirmed upon its entrance in the mailbox, specified at the time of registration, located on a server within the domain host.\nIn case the User has specified an invalid mailbox, then the statement shall be deemed to be received only by sending it from HAPPY even if it was not obtained.\n15.3. The parties agree that in the event that any provision in these Terms is invalid, this will entail the nullity of the contract, clauses or other parts. The invalid clause will be replaced by mandatory rules of law or the common practice.\n15.4. The Website dostavka.happy.bg is maintained by HAPPY through equipment located in the territory of Bulgaria. HAPPY does not guarantee and is not responsible for the availability and proper delivery of Services of the Website dostavki.happy.bg outside the Republic of Bulgaria, and in particular the settlements in which no delivery is provided may be used only unpaid services. In case the User uses the Services under these Terms of Service, outside the territory of Bulgaria, the user is solely responsible for compliance with the applicable law according to the place of use of the Services.\n15.5. For all issues of this contract the law of the Republic of Bulgaria shall apply.\n15.6. All disputes between the parties are resolved in a spirit of understanding and goodwill. If no agreement is reached, all outstanding disputes arising from the contract between the parties or relating thereto, including disputes arising from or related to its interpretation, invalidity, performance or termination, as well as disputes about filling gaps in the contract or its adaptation to newly arisen circumstances, shall be resolved by the competent Bulgarian legislation court.\nIn accordance with the applicable legislative system, the sale of alcohol and cigarettes to persons under the age of 18 is forbidden. In the event of a doubt during the finalization and delivery of the order placed, the client is to produce one\u2019s identity card.\nIn the event of that a person is under the age of 18, alcohol and cigarettes shall not be delivered and shall be returned in the catering establishment servicing the delivery area.\nIn the event that the client wants to cancel an order placed, it can be done within 3 minutes of its receipt, and the cancellation may be satisfied upon calling 0700 19 000. In the event of cancellation by a client after the 3rd minute, the same shall be entered into the Black List data base \u2013 a list of clients whose orders shall not be carried out.\nThese Terms are adopted by resolution of \"HAPPINESS\u201d Ltd from 05.07.2010, and take effect from 07.05.2010.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 269, "original_length": 44526, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 272.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dradance.org/the-actors-fund/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:40Z", "digest": "sha1:3NIT7PMEWLU7BSDXTX4VGJ7JOBFGTMVP", "length": 11294, "nlines": 58, "source_domain": "dradance.org", "title": "The Actors Fund \u2013 Dancers Responding to AIDS", "raw_content": "Providing Lifelines of Support for Those Onstage and Offstage\nDuring a recent conversation in New York City\u2019s Chelsea Market, Javier Mu\u00f1oz and Krysta Rodriguez finished each other\u2019s sentences. As accomplished actors who performed together in Broadway\u2019s In the Heights, their closeness is not surprising.\nBut the sentences they finish have nothing to do with lines from a show or backstage stories. It\u2019s when they talk about the side effects of prescription medicine or the isolation of being sick or simply the challenge of asking others for help.\nIn their separate journeys of living with HIV and cancer, Mu\u00f1oz and Rodriguez find common ground in the good days and bad ones, the shared experiences in doctors\u2019 offices and discussions with social workers. They both know firsthand how The Actors Fund shines as a beacon of light and hope for so many.\nFor more than 25 years, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has been strengthening The Actors Fund\u2019s vital safety net of social services as The Fund\u2019s largest single supporter. Since 1988, Broadway Cares has awarded $73 million to The Actors Fund, including a record $5.6 million in 2016.\nMu\u00f1oz, who stars as Alexander Hamilton in Broadway\u2019s history-making hit Hamilton, first encountered the services of The Actors Fund in 2000 after being diagnosed with HIV.\n\u201cIt was July 2 and I got my result that I tested positive,\u201d Mu\u00f1oz shared with Rodriguez. \u201cI spent about two days in complete and utter depression, not sure what I even had available as far as options. I had no money to pay for medications, and I didn\u2019t know how to even start.\u201d\nMu\u00f1oz ultimately ended up at The Actors Fund. \u201cThat\u2019s how I got my doctor, that\u2019s how I got my insurance taken care of, that\u2019s how I got my AIDS Drug Assistance Program put in place,\u201d he said. \u201cI remember hitting a point \u2026 I mean, taking care of yourself is so expensive. What you need medically and emotionally is just ridiculous and I needed help.\u201d\nIn the fall of 2014, Rodriguez, who\u2019s appeared in seven Broadway shows including the recent revival of Spring Awakening, was diagnosed with breast cancer on the eve of her 30th birthday. Even for someone with a successful career, the reality that comes after diagnosis can be daunting.\n\u201cI\u2019m chugging along paying for everything and all of the stuff was starting to add up,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cThe surgeries were going to be tens of thousands of dollars. My biggest problem was that I didn\u2019t have any money.\u201d\nRodriguez knew about The Actors Fund and its HIV/AIDS Initiative, but not the extent of other services offered.\n\u201cI was very aware of The Actors Fund because I had been collecting for Broadway Cares for years, but I didn\u2019t have AIDS or HIV, so I thought, \u2018Well, that\u2019s that,'\u201d she said. Rodriguez\u2019s manager, however, knew of The Actors Fund\u2019s support of women\u2019s health and connected her to the organization. After sharing her challenges with The Actors Fund, Rodriguez was amazed by the support she received.\n\u201cMy social worker, Allison, came in and said, \u2018We can have a check for you,'\u201d Rodriguez remembered. \u201cI started shaking, I started crying. I said, \u2018Where does this money come from?\u2019 And she was like, \u2018You helped raise it. It came from you.'\u201d\nRodriguez\u2019s assistance came through the Phyllis Newman Women\u2019s Health Initiative. In 1996, thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from Broadway Cares, The Actors Fund established the initiative to provide a safety net to women in the industry tailored to their unique needs and illnesses. These women-centric concerns include HIV/AIDS, breast, cervical and ovarian cancers, domestic violence, chemical dependency and mental health issues. Since that first grant, Broadway Cares has awarded $9.4 million to the women\u2019s health initiative.\nFor both Rodriguez and Mu\u00f1oz, The Actors Fund provided access to financial assistance, countless resources and a safe, understanding community.\nMu\u00f1oz appreciated how The Actors Fund recognized the unique struggles of people in the entertainment industry and provided customized financial and emotional support based on those needs.\n\u201cAs an artist who doesn\u2019t always work all the time, doesn\u2019t always have insurance all the time, all the things we deal with in and out of contracts,\u201d Mu\u00f1oz explains, \u201cThe Actors Fund knows exactly what our needs are, and there\u2019s integrity in whatever the need is.\u201d\nFor Mu\u00f1oz, his connection to treatment and support was provided by the HIV/AIDS Initiative. Established more than 25 years ago, the initiative offers support to performing arts professionals through financial assistance, counseling services, weekly support groups, access to vital medication and long-term holistic planning. In 2016, Broadway Cares awarded $2 million to the initiative.\n\u201cI felt so much comfort, so much safety,\u201d Mu\u00f1oz said. \u201cFor the first time I got help within my community.\u201d\nToday, Rodriguez\u2019s cancer is in remission and Mu\u00f1oz has learned how to manage his diagnosis. Neither depends on the kindness of The Actors Fund at the moment, but because the safety net provided by Broadway Cares played such a key role in their journeys to recovery, they are eager to give back.\nDuring the run of Spring Awakening, Rodriguez shared her personal story as part of Broadway Cares\u2019 fundraising appeal: \u201cThe money doesn\u2019t go to a vault somewhere, it\u2019s getting put back into the community. It\u2019s me, it\u2019s somebody next to me, it\u2019s four people behind me, it\u2019s somebody in the next show you\u2019re going to see.\u201d\nMu\u00f1oz enjoys holding Broadway Cares\u2019 iconic red donation bucket after shows because it gives him an opportunity to connect with fans in an inspiring way.\n\u201cIt feels wonderful to say thank you to the person, to connect with the audience member,\u201d Mu\u00f1oz said. \u201cNot only have they helped our industry, but some of the money they\u2019re donating may be a resource for them later in life from some organization that they don\u2019t even realize Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS helps support. We\u2019re asking for their help because here we are, living proof that it works.\u201d\n\u271b HIV/AIDS Initiative\nThe HIV/AIDS Initiative works with men and women in the entertainment industry to create confidential, holistic plans and support systems that will meet each person\u2019s emotional, medical and financial needs. The HIV/AIDS Initiative facilitates support not just for those living with HIV/AIDS, but also for their caregivers and partners who are HIV-negative.\nThe HIV/AIDS Initiative provides an array of supportive services including emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, food, health insurance and non-reimbursable medical expenses, case management referrals to other sources of community and public assistance, benefits advocacy, vocational retraining, counseling and support groups.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $2 million in support for the HIV/AIDS Initiative in 2016.\n\u271b Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative\nThe Phyllis Newman Women\u2019s Health Initiative, created in 1996 with a grant from Broadway Cares, is staffed by social workers experienced in helping women manage a range of critical health concerns.\nThe initiative\u2019s dedicated resources address needs specific to women, including breast, cervical and ovarian cancers, domestic violence, chemical dependency and mental health issues. The goal is to help women receive the care and support they need to reduce stress and focus on their wellness.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $810,000 in support for the Phyllis Newman Women\u2019s Health Initiative in 2016.\n\u271b Artists Health Insurance Resource Center\nThe fund\u2019s Artists Health Insurance Resource Center was started in 1998 with the singular mission to insure every artist in the United States. Now that that goal is closer to reality, AHIRC is positioned to help the industry understand the Affordable Care Act, its opportunities and its implications.\nWith in-person counseling in New York and Los Angeles, national telephone support and workshops throughout the country, AHIRC continues to work to reduce the number of uninsured artists and expand access to quality, affordable health care.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $400,000 in support for AHIRC in 2016.\n\u271b Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic\nThe Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic addresses the immediate needs of those in the entertainment industry who are uninsured or underinsured. Located in New York City, the clinic provides urgent, primary and specialty care and patient education.\nThe clinic addresses ongoing management of medical problems, urgent sick visits, flu vaccinations, prostate exams, breast examinations, tuberculosis and diabetes screening, blood pressure and cholesterol testing, vision screening and more. All lab work is free of charge. In collaboration with Project Renewal Scan Van, the clinic also provides free mammogram services each month.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $600,000 in support for the Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic in 2016.\n\u271b Actors Fund Work Program\nA comprehensive employment and training program, the Actors Fund Work Program helps entertainment professionals identify and find sideline work and new careers in industries where their skills and experience are also valued.\nBy highlighting the skills of entertainment industry professionals \u2013 such as communication, discipline, creativity, flexibility and professionalism \u2013 the Actors Fund Work Program has helped clients begin careers in many other industries, including teaching, administrative support, healing professions and real estate.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $300,000 in support for the Actors Fund Work Program in 2016.\n\u271b The Dancers' Resource\nLaunched in 2007 with a grant from Broadway Cares, The Dancers\u2019 Resource provides support, education and information through one-on-one counseling in New York City and telephone and email support to those across the country.\nThrough a dedicated social worker, the program also offers groups for dancers dealing with injuries or other health concerns. Through these groups, dancers can safely and confidentially address the emotional issues and other complexities that are specific to dancers facing physical problems. The program also addresses mental health issues, eating disorders, substance abuse and depression.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $310,000 in support for The Dancers\u2019 Resource in 2016.\n\u271b Stage Managers' Project\nThe Stage Managers\u2019 National Health Directory offers a web-based directory providing Broadway and national touring companies with a list of doctors and health professionals in 30 cities across the country. The Actors Fund as a single reliable source of doctors and specialists who can be called when cast members, crew and staff need medical care assembled the directory. The practitioners included were recommended by theatres, stage managers, actors and others in the entertainment industry.\nBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provided $200,000 in support for the Stage Managers\u2019 Project in 2016.\nSupport for The Actors\u2019 Fund by Fiscal Year\nBC/EFA Support for THE ACTORS FUND in 2007:\nTHE AIDS INITIATIVE GRANT $2,105,000\nPHYLLIS NEWMAN WOMEN\u2019S HELATH INITITATIVE GRANT $570,000\nTHE HIRSCHFELD FREE HEALTH CLINIC at The Auraora $675,000\nACTORS\u2019 WORK PORGRAM \u2013 NYC $200,000\nTHE DANCER\u2019S RESOURCE $125,000\nTOTAL SUPPORT: $3,675,000", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 14400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 217.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://drarmandosoto.com/before-after-photos/body/tummy-tuck/orlando-fl/23380/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:48Z", "digest": "sha1:JGUTIF3UUSWO5XZW4KSTHGKAKGF4QHLX", "length": 597, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "drarmandosoto.com", "title": "Tummy Tuck- Aesthetic Enhancements Plastic Surgery", "raw_content": "As the patient shown in these photographs had approached middle age, she grew more interested in restoration of her feminine figure, and in having a pretty waistline again. We were able to give her a complete transformation to a very natural, feminine and athletic silhouette through abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) techniques. While we always carefully tailor the details of the procedure involved adjustments in skin quantity, muscle position, and fatty tissue distribution. She is completely satisfied with her outcome, as we are. She is shown here both before, and just 2 months after her surgery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 2262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 276.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dresstosuccess.org/business-casual", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:50Z", "digest": "sha1:2XD4DIEXT5DNQGA7MLYY5HVLJN434G3B", "length": 2501, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "dresstosuccess.org", "title": "Business Casual | Dress To Success", "raw_content": "There are many people who are not sure about the definition of the \u2018business casual\u2019 dress code. You can\u2019t blame them since there\u2019s been an expansion of these fairly new terms when it comes to the dress code. Maybe one of the (many) reasons why people have difficulties to define this dress code is due to the fact that it sounds like an oxymoron. Really, it is very hard to put \u2018business\u2019 and \u2018casual\u2019 in the same category.\nHowever, there is no general agreement when it comes to the definition itself. There are many factors which might change our perception of business casual, such as the industry, the size and the type of the company, the number of employees etc. Also, what in some countries is considered to be appropriate, in others would be seen as quite the opposite.\nEither way, if you are standing in front of your closet with a giant question mark hovering over your head, it\u2019s time for us to explain the definition of so-called \u2018the most confusing dress code out there\u2019. At most companies, employees are encouraged to keep up this \u2018business-like\u2019 and professional image, while still having a possibility of being more relaxed when choosing their outfits.\nTherefore, looking polished, yet having some fun via fine ruffles or unexpected cuts and prints is something we consider to be business casual. Everything from sweaters or knit shirts, polo-shirts or open-collar, blouses or dress shirt, to skirt at knee-length or below, and a dress is seen as appropriate attire. Now we\u2019ll go through all mentioned above individually and explain in details.\nCasual dresses and skirts, including skirts that are split at knee-length or below the knee, are appropriate. Bear in mind that a dress or a skirt you are wearing should fit you well. It\u2019s suitable if you could sit in it comfortably in public. However, tight skirts and shorts are still a no-no.\nCasual and dress shirts, as well as golf-type shirts, are acceptable work attire. V-sweaters with a button- down shirts below are also appropriate. Tops are a go-to thing. Turtlenecks also.\nAnd what about footwear and shoes?\nSneakers, conservative athletic and walking shoes, boots, flats, and dress heels are acceptable for work. Also, closed toe and closed heel shoes are appropriate, in some cases even required.\nWhen it comes to accessories\u2026\nWhether it\u2019s jewelry or perfume it should always be in good taste. Less is more when it comes to makeup. Keep it simple and keep it natural.\nHas that question above your head disappeared already? \ud83d\ude42", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 273, "original_length": 26203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dresstosuccess.org/valentines-day-styling-tips", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:55Z", "digest": "sha1:RMFYUZMXMD4EAEIZFNYMXFAP6W7OZIWL", "length": 3538, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "dresstosuccess.org", "title": "Valentine's Day Styling Tips | Dress To Success", "raw_content": "It doesn\u2019t really matter whether you\u2019re married, have a long-term relationship or just dating, you have to feel like the most loved person in the world. Even if you\u2019re single, you can listen to the awesome tips and you can go out there, have fun and party hard!\nWomen should look good and turn heads, but it might be too much if it\u2019s too revealing. Remember, the less you reveal the mysterious you will be and the more attracted men will be! I think we all know that we want to impress our dates and a romantic candlelight dinner is not enough. Let\u2019s dive right into the styling tips which you MUST listen to if you want a successful Valentine\u2019s Day!\nDon\u2019t Go with Pants\nIf you do this, you\u2019ve ruined the day before it even started. It\u2019s a formal occasion and you want to impress, therefore, wear a dress or a skirt. No matter the body type, EVERY woman feels feminine and chic with a dress or a skirt. You can even pull out your black mini-skirt (which every woman MUST have).\nWhether you\u2019re short and curvy, tall and slim, skirts will look perfect on you! If you don\u2019t want to show off your legs, you can go with a length that\u2019s just above your knees.\nColorful but Not Too Much\nMany people will tell you that the more colors the better and will often tell you that red is the color of love. True, it is, but let\u2019s avoid wearing a red dress. It will make people think that you\u2019re trying to attract too much attention.\nIf you\u2019re curvy and short, you can go for a dark and solid color. At all costs avoid patterns, because they will make you look boxier.\nTry NOT to wear prints at all, and if you have no other choice, make sure they can\u2019t be easily observed as they can make you look shorter. Therefore, the best type of outfit you\u2019d want is a light colored top with a dark mini-skirt. However, if you\u2019re more of a dress-person, make sure you choose a solid colored dress and break it up with a big belt.\nShoes Can be a Bummer or Reason to Fall in Love\nLet\u2019s be honest, ballerina flats are a no-go for any date on Valentine\u2019s Day. You can go for some ankle straps, which happen to be the favorite choice for many women. They can be worn with most anything, are attractive and feel extremely comfortable.\nNowadays, thanks to this era\u2019s fashion, there are a variety of shoes you can wear, no matter whether you\u2019re tall or short.\n\u201cBoots aren\u2019t attractive\u201d \u2013 Completely Wrong\nIf anyone ever told you that boots can\u2019t be head-turners, you have to stop listening to their fashion advice! If you want to be a man\u2019s fantasy, wear a hot boot with heel and there you have it! You can even try an ankle boot if you\u2019re concerned that your calves are too thick. Put on an attractive pair of boots and you will look great the whole day (and night, of course).\nHowever, above all, make sure that you wear something that makes YOU feel good and in which you are comfortable. 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Frequently they meet seafarers who have not been ashore for several months.\nTurnaround times for ships in port are becoming ever shorter. At the same time, crew numbers have been reduced to a minimum, resulting in an even greater workload for those remaining. This also means that crew members cannot relax during their short stay in port, nor can they explore the city or the harbor due to the work requirements on board.\nThe main task of the ship visitors is to take time to find out what the seafarers' needs are. In addition, they provide information - for example about the opening times of the seamen's club, or answer questions concerning shore leave in Bremerhaven.\nOn their visits they can also supply phonecards and help crew members to set up an internet connection. In addition, they bring free newspapers in different languages from many different countries and also provide the opportunity to exchange money or transfer cash home.\nIf required, a chaplain will also come on board for prayer or to conduct a church service.\nPlease feel free to contact us if you wish to be visited on board:\n++49 471 43013 (Seafarers\u2019 Centre Bremerhaven)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 2124, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 285.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dvd-fever.co.uk/tag/killer-klowns-from-outer-space/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:30Z", "digest": "sha1:BLAMOSQ5DAYKCQ7JSU7LX7GZ62DTGX6R", "length": 2050, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "dvd-fever.co.uk", "title": "Killer Klowns From Outer Space Archives - DVDfever.co.uk | DVDfever.co.uk", "raw_content": "Posts Tagged \u2018Killer Klowns From Outer Space\u2019\nKiller Klowns From Outer Space: Special Edition on Blu-ray \u2013 The DVDfever Review\nKiller Klowns From Outer Space is a title which, despite pre-dating the Ronseal advert, does exactly what it says on the tin. Well, if not tin, then Steelbook, as the film is available on a regular box as well as the Steelbook Limited Edition. Both contain the film on Blu-ray and DVD, continuing Arrow\u2019s tradition [\u2026]\nPosted in Blu-ray, Movies, Reviews Tags: Adele Proom, Armon Stover, Brian Degan Scott, Charles Chiodo, Chris Titus, Christopher Titus, Claire Bartle, Danny Kovacs, David Piel, Dennis C. Walsh, Edward Chiodo, Genie Houdini, Geno Ponza, Grant Cramer, Greg Sykes, Harrod Blank, Howard Malpas, Irene Michaels, Jeff Yesko, Jimmy Locust, John Allen Nelson, John Massari, John Vernon, Karen Raff, Karl Shaeffer, Karla Sue, Kathleen Stefano, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Lucinda Burgess, Melvin Thompson, Michael Halton, Michael Harington Burris, Michael Harrington Burris, Michael Siegel, Mitch Bryan, Paul Haley, Paul Parsons, Peter Licassi, Royal Dano, Scott Beatty, Sharon O'Mahoney, Stephen Chiodo, Steve Rockhold, Steven A. 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Set before and during the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, the film follows the plight of slave-turned-gladiator Milo (Harington) who falls in love with Cassia (Emily Browning), the daughter of [\u2026]\nPosted in New Blu-ray & DVD releases Tags: A Touch of Sin, Angels, Anne and Muriel, Attack on Titan, Brute Force, Common, Deep Breath, Hawaii Five-O, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Only Lovers Left Alive, Pompeii, Stagefright, The Burbs, The Good Wife, The Medusa Touch, The Office, The Two Faces of January, Warehouse 13, Warship, Wolf Creek 2, bones, doctor who, frank No Comments \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 11001, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 339.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dynamicfacades.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:ZWYNTYDBLVFMITNFG7WPXQCJ7GH5PVTN", "length": 23312, "nlines": 107, "source_domain": "dynamicfacades.co.uk", "title": "Terms and Conditions | TI Dynamic Facades", "raw_content": "TI TILES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Branded as TI Dynamic Facades\u00ae)\nrennie mcinnes llp\n59 Mosshead Road\nGlasgow G61 3EZ\nBusiness Day: a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday) when banks in Scotland are open for business.\nCompany :TI Tiles International Limited a company incorporated in Scotland with Company Number SC079734 and having its Registered Office at Murdostoun House 5 Linnet Way Strathclyde Business Park Bellshill Lanarkshire ML4 3RA\nDeliverables: the deliverables set out in the Order.\nDelivery Location: has the meaning set out in clause 4.2.\nForce Majeure Event: has the meaning given to it in clause 14.1(a).\nGoods Specification: any specification for the Goods, including any relevant plans or drawings, that is agreed in writing by the Customer and the Company.\nOrder: the Customer\u2019s order for the supply of Goods .\nOrder Acknowledgement \u2013 the Company\u2019s written acknowledgement of the Order incorporating these terms and conditions\nTechnical Notes \u2013 a description of the product appended to the Order\nCompany Materials: has the meaning set out in clause Error! Reference source not found..\n1.2 Construction. In these Conditions, the following rules apply :\n(a) person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality);\n(b) a reference to a party includes its personal representatives, successors or permitted assignees;\n(c) reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to such statute or statutory provision as amended or re-enacted. A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision, as amended or re-enacted;\n(d) any phrase introduced by the terms including, include, in particular or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms; and\n(e) reference to writing or written includes faxes and e-mails.\n2.2 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when the Company receives the duly signed Order Acknowledgement at which point and on which date the Contract shall come into existence (Commencement Date).For the avoidance of doubt the Order Acknowledgement may be sent by e-mail.\n2.4 Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter or advertising issued by the Company and any descriptions of the Goods or illustrations or descriptions of the Services contained in the Company\u2019s catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Services and/or Goods described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract or have any contractual force.\n2.6 Any quotation given by the Company shall not constitute an offer, and, unless otherwise stated is only valid for a period of 30 Business Days from its date of issue.\n3.1 The Goods are described in the Technical Notes as modified by any applicable Goods Specification and the Order Acknowledgement.\n3.2 To the extent that the Goods are to be manufactured in accordance with a Goods Specification supplied by the Customer, the Customer shall indemnify the Company against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses (including any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal and other professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by the Company in connection with any claim made against the Company for actual or alleged infringement of a third party\u2019s intellectual property rights arising out of or in connection with the Company\u2019s use of the Goods Specification. This clause 3.2 shall survive termination of the Contract.\n3.3 The Company reserves the right to amend the Technical Notes or Goods Specification without prior notice.\n4.1 The Company shall ensure that:\n(a) each delivery of the Goods is accompanied by a delivery note which shows the date of the Order, all relevant Customer and Company reference numbers, the type and quantity of the Goods (including the code number of the Goods, where applicable), special storage instructions (if any) and, if the Order is being delivered by instalments, the outstanding balance of Goods remaining to be delivered; and\n(b) if the Company requires the Customer to return any packaging material to the Company, that fact is clearly stated on the delivery note. The Customer shall make any such packaging materials available for collection at such times as the Company shall reasonably request. Returns of packaging materials shall be at the Company\u2019s expense.\n4.2 The Goods shall be delivered to such location as may be advised by the Customer before delivery (Delivery Location) within fiveBusiness Days of the Company notifying the Customer that the Goods are ready.\n4.3 Delivery of the Goods shall be completed on delivery to the Delivery Location. For the avoidance of doubt it shall be the Customer\u2019s responsibility to offload the Goods.\n4.4 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only, and the time of delivery is not of the essence. The Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods..\n4.5 If the Company fails to deliver the Goods, its liability shall be limited to the costs and expenses incurred by the Customer in obtaining replacement goods of similar description and quality in the cheapest market available, less the price of the Goods. The Company shall have no liability for any failure to deliver the Goods to the extent that such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event the Customer\u2019s failure to provide the Company with adequate delivery instructions for the Goods or any relevant instruction related to the supply of the Goods.\n4.6 If the Customer fails to accept or take delivery of the Goods within5 Business Days of the Company notifying the Customer that the Goods are ready, then except where such failure or delay is caused by a Force Majeure Event or by the Company\u2019s failure to comply with its obligations under the Contract in respect of the Goods:\n(a) delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to have been completed at 9.00 am on the Fifth Business Day following the day on which the Company notified the Customer that the Goods were ready; and\n(b) the Company shall store the Goods until delivery takes place at the Customer\u2019s risk, and charge the Customer for all related costs and expenses (including insurance).\n4.7 If Thirty Business Days after the Company notified the Customer that the Goods were ready for delivery the Customer has not accepted or taken delivery of them, the Company may resell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the Goods and, after deducting reasonable storage and selling costs, account to the Customer for any excess over the price of the Goods or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price of the Goods.\n4.8 The Customer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods if the Company delivers up to and including 5 per cent more or less than the quantity of Goods ordered, but a pro-rata adjustment shall be made to the Order invoice on receipt of notice from the Customer that the wrong quantity of Goods was delivered.\n4.9 The Company may deliver the Goods by instalments, which shall be invoiced and paid for separately. Each instalment shall constitute a separate contract. Any delay in delivery or defect in an instalment shall not entitle the Customer to cancel any other instalment.\n5.1 The Company warrants that on delivery the Goods shall:\n(a) conform in all material respects with the Goods Specification; and\n(a) the Customer gives notice in writing (including photographs where appropriate) within 7 days of delivery that some or all of the Goods do not comply with the warranty set out in clause 5.1;\n(b) the non-compliant Goods are laid aside and quantified and the Company is given a reasonable opportunity of examining such Goods; and\n(c) the Customer (if asked to do so by the Company) returns such Goods to the Company\u2019s place of business at the Company\u2019s cost,\n5.3 The Company shall not be liable for the Goods\u2019 failure to comply with the warranty in clause 5.1 if:\n(a) the Customer makes any further use of such Goods after giving a notice in accordance with clause 5.2;\n(b) the defect arises because the Customer failed to follow the Company\u2019s oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice;\n(c) the defect arises as a result of the Company following any drawing, design or Goods Specification supplied by the Customer;\n(d) the Customer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of the Company;\n(e) the defect arises as a result of fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, or abnormal working conditions;\n(f) the Goods differ the Goods Specification as a result of changes made to ensure they comply with applicable statutory or regulatory standards.\n5.4 Except as provided in this clause 5, the Company shall have no liability to the Customer in respect of the Goods\u2019 failure to comply with the warranty set out in clause 5.1.\n5.5 The terms of these Conditions shall apply to any repaired or replacement Goods supplied by the Company under clause 5.2.\n(b) any other goods that the Company has supplied to the Customer.\n(a) hold the Goods and any proceeds of sale of the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company\u2019s Trustees;\n(b) store the Goods separately from all other goods held by the Customer so that they remain readily identifiable as the Company\u2019s property;\n(d) maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured against all risks for their full price on the Company\u2019s behalf from the date of delivery;\n(e) notify the Company immediately if it becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 12.1(a) to clause 12.1(k); and\ngive the Company such information relating to the Goods as the Company may require from time to time, but the Customer may resell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of its business.\n6.4 If before title to the Goods passes to the Customer the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 12.1(a) to clause 12.1(k), or the Company reasonably believes that any such event is about to happen and notifies the Customer accordingly, then, provided the Goods have not been resold, or irrevocably incorporated into another product, and without limiting any other right or remedy the Company may have, the Company may at any time require the Customer to deliver up the Goods and, if the Customer fails to do so promptly, enter any premises of the Customer or of any third party where the Goods are stored in order to recover them.\n(a) ensure that the terms of the Order and (if submitted by the Customer) the Goods Specification are complete and accurate; satisfy itself that the Goods are of satisfactory design and suitable quality for the purpose contemplated and shall place no reliance on any advice offered by the Company\n8.1 The price for Goods shall be the price set out in the Order Acknowledgement or, if no price is quoted, the price set out in the Company\u2019s published price list as at the date of delivery. Unless otherwise stated the price of the Goods is inclusive of all costs and charges of packaging, and , transport of the Goods.\n(a) increase the price of the Goods, by giving notice to the Customer at any time before delivery, to reflect any increase in the cost of the Goods to the Company that is due to:\n(i) any factor beyond the control of the Company (including foreign exchange fluctuations, increases in taxes and duties, and increases in labour, materials and other manufacturing costs);\n8.3 In respect of Goods, the Company shall invoice the Customer on or at any time before completion of delivery.\n(b) in full and in cleared funds to a bank account nominated in writing by the Company,\n(c) prior to delivery of any Goods, and time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.\n8.5 All amounts payable by the Customer under the Contract are exclusive of amounts in respect of value added tax chargeable from time to time (VAT). Where any taxable supply for VAT purposes is made under the Contract by the Company to the Customer, the Customer shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from the Company, pay to the Company such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the Goods at the same time as payment is due for the supply of the Goods.\n8.6 Without limiting any other right or remedy of the Company, if the Customer fails to make any payment due to the Company under the Contract by the due date for payment (Due Date), the Company shall have the right to charge interest on the overdue amount at the rate of Eight per cent per annum above the then current Clydesdale Bank plc\u2019s base rate accruing on a daily basis from the Due Date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after decree, and compounding quarterly.\n8.8 Credit shall only be given where appropriate credit insurance is in place and subject to the Company\u2019s discretion and any additional credit terms imposed by it.Credit may be refused at any time prior to delivery. If Goods are supplied to The Company on credit then, at its sole discretion, the Company may extend similar credit to the Customer but only on the basis that the credit terms of the original supplier shall apply as between the Company and the Customer\n9.1 The Customer acknowledges that, in respect of any third party Intellectual Property Rights in the Goods, the Customer\u2019s use of any such Intellectual Property Rights is conditional on the Company obtaining a written licence from the relevant licensor on such terms as will entitle the Company to license such rights to the Customer.\nA party (Receiving Party) shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to the Receiving Party by the other party (Disclosing Party), its employees, agents or subcontractors, and any other confidential information concerning the Disclosing Party\u2019s business or its products or its services which the Receiving Party may obtain. The Receiving Party shall restrict disclosure of such confidential information to such of its employees, agents or subcontractors as need to know it for the purpose of discharging the Receiving Party\u2019s obligations under the Contract, and shall ensure that such employees, agents or subcontractors are subject to obligations of confidentiality corresponding to those which bind the Receiving Party. This clause 10 shall survive termination of the Contract.\n11.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude the Company\u2019s liability for:\n(c) breach of the terms implied by section 11 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982;\n(a) the Company shall under no circumstances whatever be liable to the Customer, whether in contract, delict, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract ; and\n(b) the Company\u2019s total liability to the Customer in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed the amount of the Contract.\n12. Without limiting its other rights or remedies, each party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:\n(a) the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being an individual) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or as having no reasonable prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being a partnership) has any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply, or becomes apparently insolvent in term of section 7 of the Bankruptcy ( Scotland) Act 1985;\n(b) the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than (where a company) for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;\n(c) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of the other party (being a company) other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of the other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;\n(d) the other party (being an individual) is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order;\n(e) a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration, diligence or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of its assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;\n(f) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed over the other party (being a company);\n(g) a floating charge holder over the assets of the other party (being a company) has become entitled to appoint or has appointed a receiver or an administrative receiver;\n(h) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the other party;\n(i) any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 12.1(a) to clause 12.1(h) (inclusive);\n(j) the other party suspends, threatens to suspend, ceases or threatens to cease to carry on, all or substantially the whole of its business; or\n(k) the other party (being an individual) dies or, by reason of illness or incapacity (whether mental or physical), is incapable of managing his own affairs or becomes a patient under any mental health legislation.\n12. Without limiting its other rights or remedies, the Company may terminate the Contract:\n(a) by giving the Customer 21 days written notice;\n(b) if the Customer commits a material breach of its obligations under this Contract and (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within 14 days after receipt of notice in writing of the breach;\n(c) with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under this Contract on the due date for payment.\n12.3 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, the Company shall have the right to suspend the supply of Services or all further deliveries of Goods under the Contract or any other contract between the Customer and the Company if:\n(b) the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 12.1(a) to clause 12.1(k), or the Company reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them.\n12.4 The Company may, at its sole discretion, choose to accept an offer by the Customer to terminate the Contract at any point after to commencement of manufacture of the Goods on the basis that the Customer pays 60% of the invoice value of the Order, it being agreed that this represents a fair pre-estimate of the Company\u2019s loss\n(a) the Customer shall immediately pay to the Company all of the Company\u2019s outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has yet been submitted, the Company shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by the Customer immediately on receipt;\n(b) the Customer shall return all of the Company Materials and any Deliverables which have not been fully paid for. If the Customer fails to do so, then the Company may enter the Customer\u2019s premises and take possession of them. Until they have been returned, the Customer shall be solely responsible for their safe keeping and will not use them for any purpose not connected with this Contract;\n(a) For the purposes of this Contract, Force Majeure Event means an event beyond the reasonable control of the Company including but not limited to strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of the party or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of Companys or subcontractors.\n(c) If the Force Majeure Event prevents the Company from providing any of the Services and/or Goods for more than 10 weeks, the Company shall, without limiting its other rights or remedies, have the right to terminate this Contract immediately by giving written\n(d) notice to the Customer.\n14.2 Assignation and subcontracting:\n(a) Any notice or other communication required to be given to a party under or in connection with this Contract shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the other party personally or sent by prepaid first-class post, recorded delivery or by commercial courier, at its registered office (if a company) or (in any other case) its principal place of business, or sent by fax to the other party\u2019s main fax number\n(b) Any notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly received if delivered personally, when left at such addressor, if sent by prepaid first-class post or recorded delivery, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting, or if delivered by commercial courier, on the date and at the time that the courier\u2019s delivery receipt is signed, or if sent by fax, on the next Business Day after transmission.\n(c) This clause 14.3 shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action. For the purposes of this clause, \u201cwriting\u201d shall not include e-mails and for the avoidance of doubt notice given under this Contract shall not be validly served if sent by e-mail.\n(b) Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under the Contract are cumulative and to not exclude rights provided by law.\n14.6 No partnership: Nothing in the Contract is intended to, or shall be deemed to, constitute a partnership or joint venture of any kind between any of the parties, nor constitute any party the agent of another party for any purpose. No party shall have authority to act as agent for, or to bind, the other party in any way.\n14.9 Governing law and jurisdiction: This Contract, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, Scots law, and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 31313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 288.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://e-electricity.com/fr/country/andorra/tenders", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:31Z", "digest": "sha1:3Y5GB6WAD75NIVS5DW265PRZVPLOHTLW", "length": 305, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "e-electricity.com", "title": "Appel d'offres en \u00e9lectrcit\u00e9 en andorra| E-electricity.com", "raw_content": "E-electricity platform is a B2B network of global energy procurement and electrical tenders. This professional platform is a reliable source of information and contacts considering the entire energy sector. Find out here recent electrical tenders in andorra published which are up-to-date and trustworthy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3930, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 288.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eastsideinterfaith.weebly.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:54Z", "digest": "sha1:YYFLFGMFCYYIQQBY2XLN4EQ3LPX3SQUY", "length": 251, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "eastsideinterfaith.weebly.com", "title": "E P I C - Home", "raw_content": "Eastside Partners of the Interfaith Community\nEPIC (Eastside Partners of the Interfaith Community) seeks to create a diverse community of people who work together;\u200b learn from each other; \u200bcounteract divisiveness and barriers; and serve our neighbors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 428, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 244.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://econjwatch.org/articles/response-to-edwards-and-mcguirk-income-level-economic-growth-and-inequality-flawed-methodology-and-inaccurate-inference?ref=section-archive", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:24Z", "digest": "sha1:GKUXHUB52N2OWPXUQVKI3QWFG4OXWZK4", "length": 555, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "econjwatch.org", "title": "Rate of Economic Growth, Level of Development, and Income Inequality: Rejoinder to the Reply by Edwards and McGuirk \u00b7 Econ Journal Watch", "raw_content": "Rate of Economic Growth, Level of Development, and Income Inequality: Rejoinder to the Reply by Edwards and McGuirk\nby Jih Y. Chang and Rati Ram\nJih Y. Chang is Assistant Director in the Financial Aid Office, at Illinois State University, Normal, IL.\nRati Ram is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Illinois State University, Normal, IL.\nA rejoinder to Edwards and McGuirk (August 2004).\nThis article is a response to Reply to Chang and Ram: Statistical Adequacy and the Reliability of Inference by Jeffrey Edwards and Anya McGuirk (EJW, August 2004).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1673, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 234.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/9248-before-the-rains/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:29Z", "digest": "sha1:WVJY6GZLQAWH3TOW7VRTUCVWHKATR2BD", "length": 1648, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "edinburghfestival.list.co.uk", "title": "Before The Rains | Edinburgh Festival", "raw_content": "(Santosh Sivan, US/India) 98min\nSet against the backdrop of the decline of the British empire and growth of the nationalist movement in southern India in 1937, this tale of forbidden love between an English spice merchant (Linus Roache) and a local village girl (Nandita Das) works as a powerful metaphor for the failure of colonialism. Working from a screenplay by the late American writer Cathy Rabin (to whom the film is dedicated), cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan (The Terrorist) makes his English language debut with this unsurprisingly handsomely shot film that\u2019s loaded with visual symbols. Doom-laden as the tragedy is, there\u2019s also an optimistic note in the presence of idealistic young Indian TK (Rahul Bose), who\u2019s torn between loyalty to his country\u2019s past and ambitions for his own future.\nCineworld, Thu 19 Jun, 8.30pm; Fri 20 Jun, 5.15pm, \u00a38 (\u00a36.40).\nUS/India\nDirected by: Santosh Sivan\nCast: Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, Leopold Benedict, Lal Paul\nIdealistic spice farmer Henry (Roache) has an ill-advised affair with his housemaid (Das) and when the pair are discovered, a tragic chain of events is set in motion. 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It is very important to keep your racket up because it needs to be quick and precise...\n...Clears: These shots are used to move your opponent to the back of the court. If done correctly, you should hear a pop come off your racket...\n...Smashes: used to end the point quickly. You snap your wrist right as your racket makes contact with the bird...\n...Drop Shot: used up at the net. It is used to make players run up close to get it...\nShots Used...\n...Purposfully distracts an oppenent...\n...Invading an opponent's court...\n...If a player touches the net...\n...If the shuttle is hit twice in a row by the same player...\n...The shuttle lands outside the playing area...\n...If the player not diagonally across from the server hits it...\n...If the serve is not served diagonally...\n...If the same team hits the shuttle twice in a row...\n...Serve diagonally across, over the net......Rally scroing... which means everytime the birdie drops, somone must get a point......If YOUR score is even, you'll serve from the right, if your score is odd, you'll serve from the left......the side that scores is the side that serves......the first one to twenty one, and who wins by two, wins the game...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2345, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 173.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://education.uarctic.org/news/2015/8/international-day-of-the-world-s-indigenous-peoples/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:24:04Z", "digest": "sha1:CJOJRHE5GYTQ3PFRZKOYJ5TPUOHRTANW", "length": 2377, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "education.uarctic.org", "title": "UArctic Education - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples", "raw_content": "International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is celebrated annually on 9 August. On this day 1992 was organized the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. The holiday emphasizes the richness and variety of indigenous cultures and the contribution they make to the family of nations of the world.\nRussian regions prepare actively for this event: the holiday concert organized by Shor and Teleut peoples will take place in Novokuznetsk; Dudinka parents with baby carriages will take part in the festive procession; traditional indigenous arts and crafts competition is held in Khabarovsk. The Sakhalin regional museum will host different cultural events.\nPresentation of the book \"Ancient cultures and indigenous peoples of Sakhalin\" will open the celebration. The presentation will be accompanied by the photo exhibition \"The striking power of tradition\", which will feature rare photos capturing traditional national holidays of Sakhalin Indigenous Peoples in the period from the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century.\nGuided tours and lectures on traditional cuisine of indigenous peoples of Sakhalin, master classes and traditional Nivkh games will be organized for museum visitors. One of the fascinating points of the program will be an interactive platform \"Nivkh settlement\" which will be held in the territory around the museum. Museum guests can try on traditional Nivkh costumes and visit a replica of the Nivkh home, where the guide will plunge into the atmosphere of everyday life of the ancient inhabitants of Sakhalin. Everyone can take a picture in the national Nivkh suit as well.\nAnother part of the festive events will be ethno-sport game \"Ptyavala\" and handiwork master class on application and drawing \"Nivkh patterns\" as well as clay figures modeling master class based on fairy tales of indigenous peoples of the world. Also planned is a musical program \"Sounds of Nature\", several songs with accompaniment of the jew's harp will be performed by the local musical group \"Sakhalin Peoples\". The main actors of all these events, of course, will be Nivkh, Uilta, Evenk and Nanai peoples.\nFor reference: there are more than 240 thousand representatives of the indigenous peoples of the North in Russia.\nBased on materials from the site of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Russian Far East", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 226.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://educationpost.org/2017/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:06Z", "digest": "sha1:CVDVXMXOCHGDMRN62LKVUZ7SY54KCNCH", "length": 2545, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "educationpost.org", "title": "May 2017 - Education Post", "raw_content": "We Used to Be One of the Worst Schools in California. Not Anymore.\nWith high suspension rates, low achievement scores and ineffective teachers, Pacoima Elementary had the dishonor of being one of the worst schools in California. So\u2026\nBy Sylvia Fajardo\nMeet the Chicago Senior With $1.6 Million in College Scholarships\nI have been thinking about college since my elementary school days at Frazier Prep, a charter school on Chicago\u2019s West Side, where every classroom is\u2026\nBy Desmond Cain\nEveryday My Teachers Show Respect and Set High Expectations Because They Believe in Our Ability\nWhen you first step foot onto the commons area of my school on these early mornings, you\u2019ll see a large group of students\u2014some half asleep,\u2026\nBy Malique McCoy\nCriminalizing Students Isn\u2019t Helping Anyone, Here\u2019s How Restorative Justice Can Help\nDuring my second year in the classroom, I had a student I\u2019ll call Dylan. He was aggressive, disinterested and disrespectful. He was also malnourished, homeless\u2026\nBy Ashley McCall\nIt\u2019s Hard to Get a Teaching Job When You\u2019re Black\nIs it possible for a school to change the trajectory of low-income Black students\u2019 lives while denying people who look like their aunts, uncles, mothers\u2026\nThis Teachers Union Might Have More in Common With President Trump Than They Think\nThe Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) recently rejected the opportunity to offer congratulations to the National Teacher of the Year, Sydney Chaffee. Why? For the sole\u2026\nBy Martha M. Walz\nSometimes Your Kids Can Be What It Takes to Go Back to School for the Third Time and Graduate\nLike many first-generation college Latinx students, Priscila Gonz\u00e1lez struggled through her freshman and sophomore years at Chicago State University. She struggled with managing time, learning\u2026\nBy Claudia Alvidrez\nI\u2019m a Confident, Straight-A College Student But I Wouldn\u2019t Be Here If It Wasn\u2019t for This Community\nMy involvement in OneGoal over the past four years has taught me many lessons. However, the one that stands out most vividly to me is\u2026\nBy Isabel Garcia\nOnly 6 Women Were in This College Class and One of Them Was My Mom\nIn September of 1955, Gertrude Mary Long, better known as Gigi, started her freshman year of college at Lowell Technical Institute in Lowell, Massachusetts. (That\u2019s\u2026\nA Principal Helping Kids to Be the First in Their Family to Go to College, Just Like He Was\nFirst-generation college student Vincent Gay started his journey on a wrestling scholarship at Edinboro University, near Erie, Pennsylvania. Early on, he got into such difficulty\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 5761, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://elistingz.com/the-benefits-of-all-natural-moisturising-lotion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:40Z", "digest": "sha1:GT2NM7SDWU3AOK2KFBTTVB3WCOSORF5Y", "length": 3180, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "elistingz.com", "title": "The Benefits of All-Natural Moisturising Lotion - Elistingz", "raw_content": "The Benefits of All-Natural Moisturising Lotion\nA good moisturising lotion can help your skin appear younger and softer, even when exposed to harsh climates or other pollutants in the air. Using organic moisturising products are much better for your skin than using products made with chemicals or animal products. You can also feel good about using natural products that are not made with animal products or tested on animals.\nIf you have ever used skin products made with animal products, chemicals or other synthetic products, you know the damage to your skin they can cause. They can cause your skin to by over-dry, to crack, sting and burn. These products are leaving behind much dirt and residue on your skin. The natural products do a better job of cleansing your skin and repairing it from damage cause by environmental factors.\nSome of the best all-natural products used for making moisturising lotion include cocoa butter, plum, ginseng, alpha hydroxyl fruit acid from grapes, Shea butter, strawberry, liquorice, green tea and aloe vera. Using these all-natural moisturisers will give you soft and silky skin, improve ph balance and help your skin retain moisture to stay healthy and look younger.\nWhat is the best way to use moisturising lotion? A proper skin care regimen involves cleansing, toning, exfoliating and moisturising. You should only moisturise your skin after you have first cleansed and toned with vegetarian based all-natural skin care products. After this, apply the moisturising product is small dots to your face and neck until the product is absorbed. If you are going to be in the sun for an extended period of time, you may want to re-apply a safe sun sunscreen lotion, cr\u00e8me or gel.\nOnce you become accustomed to using all-natural skin care products and moisturising lotions or cr\u00e8mes, you may never want to buy them from a department store again. You will find that these lotions are full of vitamins and antioxidants that will nourish your skin and repair it from any damage caused by outside pollutants. Try these natural moisturisers for yourself and see how much you like the results. You will be glad you did.\nNothing can make your skin feel so soft and healthy as a all-natural moisturising lotion as part of an overall skin care regimin. To find the best deals on all-natural skin care products such as cleansers, toners, moisturisers and other skin and cosmetic products; shop at an online all-natural cosmetic store. You can find competitive prices online as well as the best selection in natural cosmetic products.\nYou can\u2019t go wrong with an all-natural moisturising lotion to keep your skin smooth, soft and looking health. For the best in natural cosmetics, you can trust Lotus Herbals. Lotus Herbals is India\u2019s leading natural cosmetics company with over 250 skin products for retail and professional markets. The company has been in business since 1993 and follows strict manufacturing processes to ensure the quality of all products. For more information about Lotus Herbals natural cosmetics, you can visit the website, http://www.lotusherbals.com/ or call 1-800-200-2324. You may also email the company at shop@lotusherbals.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4175, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 326.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://emacsredux.com/blog/2014/01/01/a-peek-at-emacs-24-dot-4-rectangular-selection/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:59Z", "digest": "sha1:6Y2UKVUEPSSMPYE6KUPHWCXHXOVX6YXG", "length": 682, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "emacsredux.com", "title": "A peek at Emacs 24.4: Rectangular selection \u00b7 Emacs Redux", "raw_content": "I\u2019m extremely fond of rectangle editing (the ability to select a rectangular region and apply editing commands only to it), but I\u2019ve always disliked the fact there was no way to visually highlight the exact rectangle region you\u2019ve currently selected. Let\u2019s delete some text in a rectangular region (with C-x r d), so you can see where the problem lies:\nIt\u2019s not immediately clear where the rectangle bounds are (it\u2019s clear where the rectangle region starts, but it\u2019s not so clear where it ends), which is a source of constant confusion for many people.\nEmacs 24.4 finally fixed this with the introduction of rectangle-mark-mode (bound by default to C-x SPC). Let\u2019s see it in action:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 328.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://emiliemalburnyenglish.com/category/random-nonsense/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:12Z", "digest": "sha1:S4HCKEM2A5UPZREANX5G5FJ65OFRYTMO", "length": 1694, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "emiliemalburnyenglish.com", "title": "Random nonsense \u2013 Let's talk y'all\u2026", "raw_content": "Category: Random nonsense\nThat\u2019s a question I keep asking myself (adding to the one I wonder if penguins have knees\u2026), silly question isn\u2019t it ?\nActually, not that silly because I\u2019m breathing right now with no air. When you struggle in every aspect of your life and when you don\u2019t see any favorable issue, it\u2019s just like breathing with no air.\nYou go one step at a time. Trying to find every bit of oxygen you can find.\nYou go work, you get paid for that and at the end, you don\u2019t even have the ability to go out because the struggle is too real and the others won\u2019t understand it because you\u2019re lucky to have a work.\nI agree, I\u2019m really lucky (especially when you have a \u00ab mutli-gazilionaire \u00bb company as \u00ab Caterpillar \u00bb that is shutting down an entire factory in your neighbourhood (Gosselies, Belgium, Europe, if you don\u2019t know what I\u2019m talking about, Google is your friend).\nThis doesn\u2019t mean things are less problematic.\nWait a minute, I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m the worst case in the world, I perfectly know I\u2019m not. So don\u2019t come here bugging me with those considerations, I\u2019m the first one to help and that\u2019s exactly what put me in this situation.\nAnd that\u2019s where I wanted to come: You need to think a bit about yourself before the others because anybody will care for you. At least not enough to stop you to be too kind and available.\nAt the contrary, they will make a fuss the first time you won\u2019t be OK to help them, not because you don\u2019t want to, but just because you\u2019re not able to.\nSo be selfish sometimes. You need to. You owe it to yourself.\nThis will help you not to give everything and every bit of your heart and trust to somebody else. This will prevent you to breathe with no air.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 13451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 231.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://empressivetv.com/Home/tag/rhoa", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:26Z", "digest": "sha1:V7BDMXUT5K4ZJ4LGTOHRWIARNYBLJ3HO", "length": 988, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "empressivetv.com", "title": "Empressive | Rhoa", "raw_content": "Kim Zolciak Storms Out Of The RHOA Reunion\nThe final part of Season 10's Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion aired and Kim Zolciak was in the hot seat. Kim had to answer to all of the trouble she caused, but she didn't want to take accountability for her actions. She stormed out of the room and had a meltdown off camera. She even reprimanded executive producer of RHOA, Andy Cohen, for not taking up for her. 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Moore said that she and husband Marc Daly \"will definitely be welcoming a boy or girl in late this year.\" \"Oh my God, I said that,\" Moore said. \"I don't want to talk about the details because I'm still very", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1766, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 268.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrick_Lamar", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:16Z", "digest": "sha1:AHDTMYDUPKOCASBKWGZBWLDJDAIBDEZG", "length": 70982, "nlines": 336, "source_domain": "en.m.wikipedia.org", "title": "Kendrick Lamar - Wikipedia", "raw_content": "Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most skillful and successful hip hop artists of his generation.[1][2][3][4]\nDuckworth accepting the Pulitzer Prize in 2018\nRaised in Compton, California, Lamar embarked on his musical career as a teenager under the stage name K-Dot, releasing a mixtape that garnered local attention and led to his signing with indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). He began to gain recognition in 2010, after his first retail release, Overly Dedicated. The following year, he independently released his first studio album, Section.80, which included his debut single, \"HiiiPoWeR\". By that time, he had amassed a large online following and collaborated with several prominent hip hop artists, including The Game, Busta Rhymes, and Snoop Dogg.\nLamar's major label debut album, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City, was released in 2012 by TDE, Aftermath, and Interscope Records to critical acclaim. It debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the RIAA. The record contained the top 40 singles \"Swimming Pools (Drank)\", \"Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe\", and \"Poetic Justice\". His critically acclaimed third album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) incorporated elements of funk, soul, jazz, and spoken word. It debuted atop the charts in the US and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 58th ceremony. In 2016, Lamar released Untitled Unmastered, a collection of unreleased demos that originated during the recording sessions for Butterfly. He released his fourth album Damn in 2017 to further acclaim; its lead single \"Humble\" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.\nAside from his solo career, Lamar is also known as a member of the West Coast hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, alongside his TDE label-mates and fellow South Los Angeles\u2013based rappers Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and Schoolboy Q. Lamar has received many accolades over the course of his career, including thirteen Grammy Awards. In early 2013, MTV named him the \"Hottest MC in the Game\", on their annual list.[5] Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016.[6] In 2018, Damn became the first non-classical and non-jazz album to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music.[7]\nKendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California on June 17, 1987,[8][9] the son of a couple from Chicago, Illinois.[10] His father, Kenny Duckworth, was a member of street gang Gangster Disciples.[11]\nHis first name was given to him by his mother in honor of American singer-songwriter Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations.[12] In 1995, at the age of eight in his hometown of Compton, Lamar witnessed his idols, Tupac Shakur and Dr. Dre, film the music video for their hit single \"California Love\", which proved to be a very significant moment in his life.[13] He grew up on welfare and in section 8 housing.\nAs a child, Lamar attended McNair Elementary and Vanguard Learning Center in the Compton Unified School District.[14] As a teenager, Lamar went on to attend Centennial High School in Compton, where he was a straight-A student.[10][15][16]\nIn 2004, at the age of 16, Lamar released his first full-length project, a mixtape titled Youngest Head Nigga in Charge (Hub City Threat: Minor of the Year), under the pseudonym K-Dot.[17] The mixtape was released under Konkrete Jungle Muzik and garnered local recognition for Lamar.[18] The mixtape led to Lamar securing a recording contract with Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), a newly founded indie record label, based in Carson, California.[17] He began recording material with the label and subsequently released a 26-track mixtape two years later, titled Training Day (2005).[19]\nThroughout 2006 and 2007, Lamar would appear alongside other up-and-coming West Coast rappers, such as Jay Rock and Ya Boy, as opening acts for veteran West Coast rapper The Game. Under the moniker K-Dot, Lamar was also featured on The Game's songs \"The Cypha\" and \"Cali Niggaz\".[20][21]\nIn 2008, Lamar was prominently featured throughout the music video for Jay Rock's commercial debut single, \"All My Life (In the Ghetto)\", which features American hip hop superstar Lil Wayne and was backed by Warner Bros. Records. Lamar garnered further recognition after a video of a live performance of a Charles Hamilton show surfaced, in which Hamilton battled fellow rappers who were in the audience. Lamar did not hesitate and began rapping a verse over the instrumental to Miilkbone's \"Keep It Real\", which would later appear on a track titled \"West Coast Wu-Tang\".[13]\nAfter receiving a co-sign from Lil Wayne,[22][23] Lamar released his third mixtape in 2009, titled C4, which was heavily themed around Wayne's Tha Carter III LP.[24] Soon after, Lamar decided to drop K-Dot as his stage name and go by his birth name. He subsequently released The Kendrick Lamar EP in late 2009.[25] That same year, Lamar along with his TDE label-mates: Jay Rock, Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q formed Black Hippy, a hip hop supergroup.[26]\nThroughout 2010, Lamar toured with Tech N9ne and Jay Rock on The Independent Grind tour.[17] On September 14, 2010, he released the visuals for \"P&P 1.5\", a song taken from Overly Dedicated, featuring his Black Hippy cohort Ab-Soul.[27] On the same date, Lamar released Overly Dedicated to digital retailers under Top Dawg Entertainment, and later on September 23, released it for free online.[28][29] The project fared well enough to enter the United States Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it peaked at number 72.[30]\nThe mixtape includes a song titled \"Ignorance Is Bliss\", in which Lamar highlights gangsta rap and street crime, but ends each verse with \"ignorance is bliss\", giving the message \"we know not what we do;\"[31][32] it was this song specifically that made hip hop producer Dr. Dre want to work with Lamar after seeing the music video on YouTube.[33] This led to Lamar working with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg on Dre's often-delayed Detox album, as well as speculation of Lamar signing to Dr. Dre's record label, Aftermath Entertainment.[17][34][35] In December 2010, Complex magazine spotlighted Lamar in an edition of their \"Indie Intro\" series.[36]\nIn early 2011, Lamar was included in XXL's annual Top 10 Freshman Class, and was featured on the cover alongside fellow up-and-coming rappers Cyhi the Prynce, Meek Mill, Mac Miller, Yelawolf and Big K.R.I.T., among others.[37] On April 11, 2011, Lamar announced the title of his next full-length project to be Section.80,[38] and the following day the first single \"HiiiPoWeR\" was released, the concept of which was to further explain the HiiiPoWeR movement.[39] The song was produced by fellow American rapper J. Cole, marking their first of several collaborations.[39]\nOn the topic of whether his next project would be an album or a mixtape, Lamar answered: \"I treat every project like it's an album anyway. It's not going to be nothing leftover. I never do nothing like that. These are my leftover songs you all can have them. I'm going to put my best out. My best effort. I'm trying to look for an album in 2012.\"[40] In June 2011, Lamar released \"Ronald Reagan Era (His Evils)\", a cut from Section.80, featuring Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA.[41] On July 2, 2011, Lamar released Section.80, his first independent album, to critical acclaim. The album features guest appearances from GLC, Colin Munroe, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul, while the production was handled by Top Dawg in-house production team Digi+Phonics as well as Wyldfyer, Terrace Martin and J. Cole. Section.80 went on to sell 5,300 digital copies in its first week, without any television or radio coverage and received mostly positive reviews.[42]\nIn August 2011, while performing at a West Los Angeles concert, Lamar was dubbed the \"New King of the West Coast\" by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and Game.[43][44] On August 24, 2011, Lamar released the music video for the Section.80 track, \"ADHD\". The video was directed by Vashtie Kola who had this to say of the video: \"Inspired by \"A.D.H.D\"'s dark beat and melancholy lyrics which explore a generation in conflict, we find Kendrick Lamar in a video that illustrates the songs[sic] universal and age-old theme of apathetic youth. (\u2026) Shot in New York City during the sweltering July Summer heat\".[45] In October 2011, Lamar appeared alongside fellow American rappers B.o.B, Tech N9ne, MGK, and Big K.R.I.T., in a cypher at the BET Hip Hop Awards.[46] Also in October, Lamar partnered with Windows Phone, and crafted an original song with producer Nosaj Thing entitled \"Cloud 10\", to promote Microsoft's new product.[47] During 2011, Lamar appeared on several high-profile albums including Game's The R.E.D. Album, Tech N9ne's All 6's and 7's, 9th Wonder's The Wonder Years and Canadian recording artist Drake's Grammy Award-winning Take Care, which featured Lamar on a solo track.[48]\nOn February 15, 2012, a song by Lamar titled \"Cartoon and Cereal\", featuring fellow American rapper Gunplay, was leaked online.[49] Lamar later revealed that the track was for his major-label debut studio album and that he had plans to shoot a video for it.[50] Although the song would later be ranked #2 in Complex's Best 50 Songs of 2012 list, it would ultimately fail to appear on Lamar's debut.[51] In February 2012, it was announced that Fader had enlisted both Kendrick Lamar and Detroit-based rapper Danny Brown, to appear on the cover of the magazine's Spring Style issue.[52] In February, Lamar also embarked on Drake's Club Paradise Tour, opening along with fellow American rappers, ASAP Rocky and 2 Chainz.[53]\nIn March 2012, MTV announced that Lamar had signed a deal with Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, marking the end of his career as an independent artist. Under the new deal, Lamar's projects, including his album good kid, m.A.A.d city, would be jointly released via Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope.[54] Also in March, Lamar appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly, where he spoke on Dr. Dre and his hometown of Compton, California.[55] On April 2, 2012, Lamar premiered his commercial debut single \"The Recipe\", on Big Boy's Neighborhood at Power 106. The song, which serves as the first single from his good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released for digital download the following day. The song was produced by West Coast producer Scoop DeVille and features vocals from his mentor Dr. Dre, who also mixed the record.\nOn May 14, 2012, J. Cole again spoke on his collaborative effort with Lamar. In an interview with Bootleg Kev, Cole stated: \"I just started working with Kendrick the other day. We got it in, finally, again. We got maybe four or five [songs] together.\"[56] On May 21, Lamar made his 106 & Park debut alongside Ace Hood, joining Birdman and Mack Maine on stage to perform \"B Boyz\". Lamar also talked about his style and sound, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, and his upcoming collaborative LP with J. Cole.[57] On the same date, Lamar released \"War Is My Love\", an original song written and recorded for the video game Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, for which he appeared in a mini promotional clip earlier that month.[58]\nOn July 31, 2012, Top Dawg, Aftermath, and Interscope serviced \"Swimming Pools (Drank)\" as the lead single from Lamar's debut album. The song's music video, directed by Jerome D, premiered on August 3, 2012, on 106 & Park. The song peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in its thirteenth week of gradually climbing up the chart. On August 15, 2012, singer Lady Gaga announced via Twitter that both had recorded a song titled \"PartyNauseous\" for his debut album.[59] However, Gaga withdrew from participation in the last moment, citing that it was due to artistic differences and had nothing to do with Lamar.[60] On August 17, 2012, Lamar released a song titled \"Westside, Right on Time\", featuring Southern rapper Young Jeezy.[61] The song was released as part of the \"Top Dawg Entertainment Fam Appreciation Week\". During 2012, Lamar also toured with the rest of Black Hippy and MMG rapper, Stalley, on BET's Music Matters Tour.[62]\nLamar's major-label debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city, was released on October 22, 2012. The album was met with critical acclaim and debuted at number two in the US, selling 242,100 copies in its first week.[63] Later that year, Fuse TV listed Lamar's single, \"Backseat Freestyle\" among the top 40 songs of 2012.[64] In a few months' time, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). HipHopDX named Lamar \"Emcee of the Year\" for their 2012 Year-End honors.[65] In November, after Cole posted pictures of himself and Lamar working in the studio, the latter revealed that the two are still working on a project, but an exact release date was not given for the joint album: \"We are going to drop that out the sky though. I don't want to give dates. I'm just going to let it fall\" in an interview with the LA Leakers.[66]\nOn January 26, 2013, Lamar performed the album's first singles \"Swimming Pools (Drank)\" and \"Poetic Justice\" on NBC's sketch comedy and variety show, Saturday Night Live. In the same episode, Lamar also appeared alongside guest host Adam Levine and comedy band The Lonely Island, in an SNL Digital Short, which spawned the single \"YOLO\".[67][68][69] On February 22, 2013, Lamar released the video for \"Poetic Justice\", the Janet Jackson-sampling collaboration with Canadian rapper Drake.[70] On February 26, Lamar performed \"Poetic Justice\" on the Late Show with David Letterman.[71] Just nine months after its release, good kid, m.A.A.d city was certified platinum by the RIAA, Lamar's first platinum certification.[72]\nIn August 2013, Lamar's verse on the Big Sean track \"Control\", made waves across the hip-hop industry. In the verse, Lamar vows to lyrically \"murder\" every other up-and-coming rapper, namely J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, The Creator and Mac Miller. During the song, Lamar also calls himself the \"King of New York\", which caused controversy among several New York-based rappers.[73] Many New York rappers, including Papoose, The Mad Rapper, Mickey Factz, JR Writer, Mysonne, Joell Ortiz and more, took offense to this. Furthermore, fellow American rappers such as Meek Mill, Lupe Fiasco, Cassidy, Joe Budden, King L, Bizarre and B.o.B, among many others, released a response or diss track, within a week.[74] In the days following the track's release, Lamar's Twitter account saw a 510% increase in followers.[75]\nOn September 6, 2013, American recording artist and record producer Kanye West announced he would be headlining his first solo tour in five years, in support of his sixth album Yeezus (2013), with Kendrick Lamar accompanying him on tour. The Yeezus Tour began in October.[76][77] In October, it was also revealed that Lamar would be featured on Eminem's eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2.[78] On October 15, 2013, Lamar won five awards at the BET Hip Hop Awards, including Album of the Year and Lyricist of the Year (the latter of which he had also won the year before).[79] At the award show, Lamar performed \"Money Trees\", and was also featured in a cypher alongside his Top Dawg label-mates Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, and Ab-Soul.[80][81] During an October 2013 interview with XXL, Lamar revealed that following The Yeezus Tour, he would begin to start working on his next album.[82]\nLamar performing \"Money Trees\" during the Yeezus Tour\nLamar received a total of seven Grammy nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014), including Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Best Rap Song,[93] but did not win in any category. Many publications felt that The Recording Academy snubbed Lamar, as well as Seattle-based rapper Macklemore, who won Best Rap Album \u2013 category for which Lamar was also nominated.[94][95][96] At the ceremony, Lamar performed \"M.A.A.D City\" and a remix of \"Radioactive\" in a mash-up with American rock band Imagine Dragons at the awards ceremony.[97] The remix was again performed by Lamar and the band on February 1, 2014, during the airing of Saturday Night Live, marking Lamar's second appearance on the show.[98]\nIn an interview with Billboard in February 2014, Lamar stated he was planning to put out a new album the next September.[99] During the same interview, which also included Schoolboy Q, Anthony \"Top Dawg\" Tiffith, and Dave Free, the possibility of a debut effort from the Black Hippy collective appearing in 2014 was announced.[99] On July 31, 2014, it was announced that Lamar would premiere his short film m.A.A.d at Sundance's inaugural NEXT Fest in Los Angeles on August 9.[100] The film is inspired by good kid, m.A.A.d city, and was directed by Kahlil Joseph, who had previously worked with Lamar on the Yeezus Tour.[100] Lamar featured on the Alicia Keys song \"It's On Again\", which was written for the film The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).[101]\nOn September 23, 2014, Lamar released \"i\" as the first single from his third album.[102] On November 15, 2014, Lamar once again appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest, where he performed \"i\" and \"Pay for It\", appearing alongside Jay Rock.[103] Through his appearance, with blackout contacts and his braids partly out, Lamar paid homage to New York-based rapper Method Man, whose debut album Tical celebrated its 20th anniversary that day.[104][105] In December 2014, it was announced that Lamar had started a partnership with sportswear brand Reebok.[106] On December 17, 2014, Lamar debuted a new untitled song on one of the final episodes of The Colbert Report.[107][108] In early 2015, Lamar won Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for his song \"i\" at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.[109] On February 9, 2015, he released his third album's second single, titled \"The Blacker the Berry\".[110] Originally expected to be released on March 23, 2015, his new album To Pimp a Butterfly was released a week early on March 16, 2015 to rave reviews.[111] The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart selling 324,000 copies in its first week,[112] and established Spotify's global first-day streaming record (9.6 million).[113] Lamar was later featured on the cover of Rolling Stone, with editor Josh Eells writing he's \"arguably the most talented rapper of his generation.\"[14][114]\nLamar in 2016 performing at Festival Internacional de Benic\u00e0ssim.\nOn May 17, 2015, Lamar featured on the official remix of Taylor Swift's song \"Bad Blood\", as well as appearing in the music video.[115] The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[116] To Pimp a Butterfly produced other three singles with accompanying music videos, \"King Kunta\", \"Alright\" and \"These Walls\". The music video for \"Alright\" received four nominations at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year and Best Male Video.[117] The song \"For Free? (Interlude)\" also featured a music video,[118] as did \"u\" with \"For Sale\" as part of the short film \"God Is Gangsta.\"[119] In October 2015, Lamar announced the Kunta's Groove Sessions Tour, which included eight shows in eight cities.[120] In early 2016, Kanye West released the track \"No More Parties in L.A.\" on his official SoundCloud, a collaboration featuring Lamar and produced by West and Madlib.[121] Lamar also performed a new song, \"Untitled 2\" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in January.[122]\nBillboard critics commented at the end of the year, \"twenty years ago, a conscious rap record wouldn't have penetrated the mainstream in the way Kendrick Lamar did with To Pimp A Butterfly. His sense of timing is impeccable. In the midst of rampant cases of police brutality and racial tension across America, he spews raw, aggressive bars while possibly cutting a rug,\"[123] while Pitchfork editors noted it \"forced critics to think deeply about music. It's an album by the greatest rapper of his generation.\"[124] Producer Tony Visconti stated David Bowie's album Blackstar (2016) was influenced by Lamar's work, \"we were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar [...] we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn't do a straight-up hip-hop record. He threw everything on there, and that's exactly what we wanted to do.\"[125] Visconti also stated this about Lamar while talking about \"rule-breakers\" in music.\nLamar won five Grammys at the 58th ceremony, including Best Rap Album for To Pimp a Butterfly.[127] Other nominations included Album of the Year and Song of the Year.[128] At the ceremony, Lamar performed a medley of \"The Blacker the Berry\" and \"Alright\".[129] It was ranked by Rolling Stone and Billboard as the best moment of the night,[130][131] with the latter writing \"It was easily one of the best live TV performances in history.\"[129]\nOn March 4, 2016, Lamar released a compilation album Untitled Unmastered,[132] containing eight untitled tracks, each dated.[133] Lamar later confirmed that the tracks were unfinished demos from the recording of To Pimp a Butterfly.[134] The compilation album debuted atop the US Billboard 200.[135]\nLamar on The DAMN. Tour in 2017.\nOn March 23, 2017, Lamar released a promotional single \"The Heart Part 4\".[136] A week later, Lamar released the lead single, titled \"Humble\", accompanied by its music video.[137] On April 7, 2017, his fourth studio album was made available for pre-order and confirmed to be released on April 14, 2017.[138][139] On April 11, Lamar announced the album title, Damn (stylized as DAMN.), as well as the track list, which confirmed guest appearances by Rihanna, Zacari, and U2.[140] The album was released on April 14, 2017 to rave reviews, with a Rolling Stone writer describing it as a combination of \"the old school and the next-level.\"[141] It marked his third number one album on the Billboard 200 chart, and the single \"Humble\" became his first number one as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100.[142] On May 4, 2017, Damn was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[143] Lamar later released the DAMN. Collectors Edition in mid-December 2017, with the tracklist from the original album in reverse order.[144]\nAlong with Top Dawg Entertainment founder Anthony Tiffith, Lamar produced and curated the film soundtrack for the Marvel Studios superhero film Black Panther (2018), titled Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By.[145] A single from the soundtrack, \"All the Stars\", was released in January 2018, and features singer SZA.[145] Shortly thereafter, another track, titled \"King's Dead\", was released by Jay Rock featuring Lamar, Future and James Blake.[146] The third single, \"Pray For Me\", by Lamar and The Weeknd, was released in February 2018, ahead of the album's release in that month.[147][148] Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By was released on February 9, 2018[149] to universal acclaim.[150][151]\nIn January 2018, Lamar's song publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music began to expire. Top Dawg Entertainment, which represents Lamar, is seeking $20 to $40 million for the rapper's catalogue.[152] Lamar opened the 60th Annual Grammy Awards with a medley of \"XXX\", \"LUST\", \"DNA\", \"HUMBLE\", \"King's Dead\" and Rich the Kid's \"New Freezer\".[153] He was also nominated for seven awards, including Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for DAMN., and the Record of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video for \"HUMBLE\", and Best Rap/Sung Performance for \"LOYALTY\" with Rihanna. Lamar ultimately won five awards at the ceremony, for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, Best Music Video, and Best Rap/Sung Performance.[154]\nIn July 2018, Lamar made his acting debut in the fifth season the Starz drama series Power, portraying a Dominican drug addict named Laces.[155] Lamar's casting stemmed from his friendship with rapper 50 Cent, who also executive produces and stars in the series. Series creator Courtney A. Kemp said that Lamar told 50 Cent that he wanted to be on the show and 50 Cent organized the appearance.[156] Lamar wanted to portray a character that did not resemble his musical persona, and drew inspiration from various people he knew when growing up in Compton. He also compared his acting preparation to his songwriting, saying that he prefers to \"always have that open space to evolve\".[157] Lamar's performance was praised by critics and viewers.[158][159][160][161]\nKendrick Lamar has stated that Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z, Nas, and Eminem are his top five favorite rappers. Tupac Shakur is his biggest influence, and has influenced his music as well as his day-to-day lifestyle.[17][162][163] In a 2011 interview with Rolling Stone, Lamar mentioned Mos Def and Snoop Dogg as rappers that he listened to and took influence from during his early years.[164] He also cites rapper DMX as an influence: \"[DMX] really [got me started] on music,\" explained Lamar in an interview with Philadelphia's Power 99. \"That first album [It's Dark and Hell Is Hot] is classic, [so he had an influence on me].\" He has also stated Eazy-E as an influence in a post by Complex saying: \"I Wouldn't Be Here Today If It Wasn't for Eazy-E.\"[165]\nIn a September 2012 interview, Lamar stated rapper Eminem \"influenced a lot of my style\" and has since credited Eminem for his own aggression, on records such as \"Backseat Freestyle\".[166][167] Lamar also gave Lil Wayne's work in Hot Boys credit for influencing his style and praised his longevity.[168] He has said that he also grew up listening to Rakim, Dr. Dre, and Tha Dogg Pound.[169] In January 2013, when asked to name three rappers that have played a role in his style, Lamar said: \"It's probably more of a west coast influence. A little bit of Kurupt, [Tupac], with some of the content of Ice Cube.\"[170] In a November 2013 interview with GQ, when asked \"The Four MC's That Made Kendrick Lamar?\", he answered Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Mobb Deep, namely Prodigy.[171] Lamar professed to having been influenced by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and Parliament-Funkadelic during the recording of To Pimp a Butterfly.[172]\nOn the topic of his music genre, Lamar has said: \"You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.\"[175][176] Lamar's projects are usually concept albums.[177] Critics found Good Kid, M.A.A.D City heavily influenced by West Coast hip hop[178] and 90s gangsta rap.[179] His third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly, incorporates elements of funk, jazz, soul and spoken word poetry.[180]\nCalled a \"radio-friendly but overtly political rapper\" by Pitchfork,[181] Lamar has been a branded \"master of storytelling\"[182] and his lyrics have been described as \"katana-blade sharp\" and his flow limber and dexterous.[183] Lamar's writing usually includes references to racism, black empowerment[184] and social injustice,[185] being compared to a State of Union address by The Guardian. His writing has also been called \"confessional\"[186] and controversial.[2] The New York Times has called Lamar's musical style anti-flamboyant, interior and complex and labelled him as a technical rapper.[187] Billboard described his lyricism as \"Shakespearean\".[188]\nIn August 2013, Lamar was featured on the song \"Control\" by Big Sean, featuring Jay Electronica and Lamar. In his verse, Lamar called out several rappers telling them he was going to murder his competition. The verse gathered responses and diss tracks from artists such as Joe Budden, Papoose, Meek Mill, Diddy, Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B.[194] Rolling Stone called the verse, \"One of the Most Important Rap Moments of the Decade.\"[195]\nKendrick Lamar has been reported to be in a feud with Drake. Complex called their relationship \"complicated\",[196] Genius called it a \"subliminal war\"[197] and GQ called it a \"cold war\" due to the mass popularity of both artists.[198] The reported tension between the artists began after Big Sean's single \"Control\" featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica was released in August 2013. In his verse, Lamar claimed he was going to lyrically \"murder\" all his competitors, including Drake.[199] Before the verse, Lamar had been featured on Drake's \"Buried Alive Interlude\", Drake was featured on Lamar's single \"Poetic Justice\" and both were featured on ASAP Rocky's Billboard top 10 song, \"Fuckin' Problems.\"[196] Drake responded to Lamar's \"Control\" verse in an interview with Billboard, saying, \"I know good and well that Kendrick\u2019s not murdering me, at all, in any platform.\"[200]\nOn September 24, 2013, Drake's third album, Nothing was the Same was released.[201] Publications such as Complex speculated that Drake had sent subliminal insults towards Lamar in the song (and later single) \"The Language.\"[202] In an interview with Pitchfork a day later, Drake showed disapproval with the verse, saying he wasn't impressed with it and added \"Mind you, it\u2019ll go on\u2013 Complex and Rap Radar will give it like, verse of the millennium and all that shit or whatever.\" Drake later said his only competition was Kanye West, after being asked about Kendrick saying he was \"murdering his competition.\"[203] Lamar further escalated tensions in the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards cypher when he referred to Drake during the cypher,[204] saying \"Yeah, and nothing's been the same since they dropped 'Control' / And tucked a sensitive rapper back in his pajama clothes.\"[205] Stereogum noted that Lamar was referencing Drake's third studio album, Nothing was the Same, and also Drake being called overly sensitive by the media.[206]\nIn June 2016, former NFL player and broadcast-show host, Marcellus Wiley alleged that on his ESPN show, Drake or Lamar had given an interview in which they started \"talking noise!\" and claimed that they had problems with the other individual. The interview was eventually not aired and Wiley said it had been \"destroyed.\"[208] Wiley said that the interview would have escalated the reported feud to become official with diss tracks being directed at the other side.[209][210] Following an almost year-long hiatus from music, Kendrick Lamar released \"The Heart Part 4.\" It was speculated that Lamar's line \"One, two, three, four, five/I am the greatest rapper alive\" was a response to Drake's line \"I know I said top five, but I'm top two/And I'm not two and I got one\" on the song \"Gyalchester.\"[211][212] Kendrick proceeded to insult rappers who have ghostwriters in an interview with Rolling Stone in August 2015. It was speculated that the insult was directed towards Drake, who has been in controversy due to the use of \"ghostwriters\" on songs such as \"RICO.\"[213]\nKendrick Lamar has also feuded with Detroit rapper and former collaborator, Big Sean. Following the release of Sean's track \"Control\" in August 2013 where Lamar calls Sean out and claims he's gonna \"murder\" him, Sean responded in praise, saying \"Alright, that's what it need to get back to, it need to get back to hip-hop, that culture.\"[214] In January 2015, Sean later spoke on \"Control\", saying that the song was \"negative\"[215] and a month later released \"Me, Myself, and I\" freestyle with lines speculated to be directed at Kendrick.[216] In October 2016, Big Sean released \"No More Interviews\" with shots directed at Kendrick.[217]\nIn February 2017, Big Sean appeared on Breakfast Club and when asked about Kendrick Lamar's verse on \"Control\", became aggressive.[218] Lamar came back from a year-long hiatus from hip-hop with \"The Heart Part 4\", which involved lines speculated to be directed toward both Drake and Big Sean.[219] Lamar continued with more disses on the Billboard number one single, \"Humble.\"[220]\nSee also: List of awards and nominations received by Kendrick Lamar\nLamar has won thirteen Grammy Awards. He received a total of seven nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year for good kid, m.A.A.d city. At the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015, his single \"i\" earned him his first two wins: Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. Lamar received his second Album of the Year nomination at the 58th Grammy Awards for To Pimp a Butterfly, also leading the list with 11 categories.[128] For the latter, he went on to pass Eminem as the rapper with the most nominations in a single night, and second overall behind Michael Jackson, who holds the record of 12 nominations since 1984.[221] Lamar was the most-awarded artist at the ceremony with five, including Best Rap Album.[127] The rapper appeared for the first time on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2016.[6]\nLamar has received two civic honors. On May 11, 2015, he received the California State Senate's Generational Icon Award from State Senator Isadore Hall III (D\u2013Compton) who represents California's 35th district. 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Kendrick Lamar's \"Control\" vs. Drake's \"The Language\"\". Complex. Retrieved February 8, 2018.\n^ \"Drake responds to Kendrick Lamar's \"Control\" verse, says Kanye West is biggest competition\". Consequence of Sound. September 25, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2018.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar Crushes the Competition with BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher\". Rap-Up. Retrieved February 8, 2018.\n^ \"Kendrick Steals the Show at the BET Awards\". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 8, 2018.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar Disses Drake In BET Hip-Hop Awards Cypher\". Stereogum. October 3, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2018.\n^ \"Marcellus Wiley Talks Scrapped Interview That Reportedly Would've Ignited a Major Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef\". Complex. Retrieved February 8, 2018.\n^ \"Drake & Kendrick Lamar's \"Beef\" Nearly Escalated To 50 Cent & Ja Rule Proportions, According To Marcellus Wiley\". HotNewHipHop. 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Lakers Nation. January 24, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2015.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar Discusses Not Smoking Weed\". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved August 12, 2017.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar: \"All I Am Is a Vessel, Doing His Work.\" \u2013 RELEVANT Magazine\". relevantmagazine.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ Coscarelli, Joe (March 16, 2015). \"Kendrick Lamar on His New Album and the Weight of Clarity\". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ \"The Book of K. Dot: Exploring the religious themes tucked in Kendrick Lamar's catalog\". REVOLT TV. Retrieved August 22, 2017.\n^ a b \"The Radical Christianity Of Kendrick Lamar\". BuzzFeed. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ \"Rapper Kendrick Lamar Announces Baptism On Stage At LA Concert\". JubileeMag.com. November 19, 2013. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ \"Billboard Cover: Kendrick Lamar on Ferguson, Leaving Iggy Azalea Alone and Why 'We're in the Last Days'\". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ Ahmed, Insanul (August 2014). \"Kendrick Lamar Interview: Turn the Page| Cover Story\". Complex. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ Deitch, Maud (November 4, 2014). \"Exclusive: Kendrick Lamar Sings Taylor Swift's \"Shake It Off\"\". The FADER. Retrieved August 21, 2017.\n^ Borquaye, Isaac (September 2015). \"8 mainstream artists you never knew were Christian\". Premier. Retrieved September 15, 2015.\n^ Funaro, Vincent (January 12, 2015). \"'We're in the Last Days, I Truly in My Heart Believe That,' Says Kendrick Lamar\". The Christian Post. Retrieved September 15, 2015. Lamar exploded on the hip-hop scene in 2012 when he released his critically acclaimed album Good Kid M.A.A.D City. It became an instant classic among many listeners and his follow-up is expected out some time this year even though no release date has been confirmed. The debut featured a good amount of Christian content, including a skit where Kendrick and his friends are baptized into the faith by proclaiming Jesus Christ as their Savior. Toward the end of last year he released the first single off the album titled \"i\" which also touches on Christian faith.\n^ \"Kendrick's 'DAMN.' Is a Spiritual Reawakening\". Noisey. Retrieved August 22, 2017.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar Explains Why He Doesn't Vote\". BET.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.\n^ Gray, Jazmine (August 27, 2012). \"Kendrick Lamar Says No To Voting\". Vibe. Retrieved September 22, 2017.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar Will Be Voting For Barack Obama, Says Mitt Romney Doesn't Have A \"Good Heart\" [VIDEO] | Hip-Hop Wired\". hiphopwired.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar Opens Up About Meeting President Obama: 'No Matter How High-Ranking You Get, You're Human'\". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2017.\n^ \"President Obama's Favorite Song of 2015 Is...\" Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2017.\n^ RomanCooper (November 22, 2011). \"Kendrick Lamar Talks \"Section 80,\" Wu-Tang Clan, Rumored Album With J. Cole\". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ Ahmed, Insanul (June 18, 2017). \"Interview: Kendrick Lamar Talks \"Section.80,\" Major Labels, & Working With Dr. Dre\". Complex. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ Meara, Paul (April 20, 2013). \"Kendrick Lamar Announces 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' World Tour\". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ Josephs, Brian (June 18, 2017). \"Kendrick Lamar Announces \"good kid, m.A.A.d city\" World Tour\". Complex. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ Baker, Soren (October 20, 2015). \"Kendrick Lamar \"Kunta's Groove Sessions\" Additional Tour Dates Announced\". HipHopDX. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ Kreps, Daniel (April 24, 2017). \"Kendrick Lamar Announces 'The Damn. Tour'\". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ \"Kendrick Lamar, SZA, & The TDE Crew Announce \"Championship Tour\"\". January 22, 2018.\n^ Jeremy Gordon (June 25, 2014). \"TDE Didn't Want Kendrick Lamar to Do Kanye West's Yeezus Tour, Kendrick and Kanye Barely Spoke\". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\n^ Young, Alex (June 25, 2014). \"Details surface of Kanye West and Kendrick's relationship on tour\". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved June 23, 2017.\nWikimedia Commons has media related to Kendrick Lamar.\nKendrick Lamar discography at Discogs\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kendrick_Lamar&oldid=883085020\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 431, "original_length": 77183, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 144.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.radiofarda.com/a/putin-to-visit-iran-in-november/28790103.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:47Z", "digest": "sha1:XTW3RD4SUMZ26Q54ABS4PRGFGT7VMULS", "length": 1251, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "en.radiofarda.com", "title": "Putin To Visit Iran In November For Talks With Iranian, Azerbaijani Counterparts", "raw_content": "Putin To Visit Iran In November For Talks With Iranian, Azerbaijani Counterparts\nRussian President Vladimir Putin (R), Iranian President Hassan Rohani (L) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pose for a photogrpah during their meeting in Baku, August 8, 2016\nSenior Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov announced that preparations are underway for Russian President Vladimir Putin's to visit Iran on November 1.\nThe visit is said to be tied to a trilateral meeting between Russian, Iranian and Azerbaijani presidents.\nIn August 2016 the first such meeting took place in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, where Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev discussed joint economic projects, including a north-south transport corridor plan.\nEarlier, another Kremlin official, Yuri Ushakov had announced that Putin was scheduled to travel to Iran before the end of the year as part of the same trilateral summit.\nThe Kremlin has not mentioned what the bilateral dimensions of the meeting will be. But given the current situation of heightened tensions related to the Iran nuclear deal, Putin's visit can serve as an opportunity to hold high level discussions on the future of the nuclear agreement and related issues.\nReporting by ITAR-TASS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 2905, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.smarteventi.it/adi_srl_presentazione_oribe_prodotti.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:33Z", "digest": "sha1:36AHB45KSEMDB46MZMWWZKW35IL6OUZ5", "length": 605, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "en.smarteventi.it", "title": "Launch Event of Oribe's New Products | Smarteventi.it", "raw_content": "Oribe's Launch of the New Products\nAdi S.r.l. - 17th June 2018\nIn collaboration with Adi S.r.l., italian company of international import of beauty products, we have organized the presentation event for the launch of Oribe's new products, who asked us to find a location decorated entirely in Opera theme.\nThe request was to find a modern location, of big impact and with breathtaking view. Indeed we found a location with a beautiful terrace on one of the highest skyscrapers in Isola district, with a panoramic view on Mlan.\nWe cured audio and video service, catering and the staging of the new products.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1943, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 258.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.unionpedia.org/3_1/2_Minutes,_10_Bullets", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:46:50Z", "digest": "sha1:YAKI23Z2HDCE2HJG6VKYWZYBYQZW4JYA", "length": 6617, "nlines": 67, "source_domain": "en.unionpedia.org", "title": "3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets - Unionpedia, the concept map", "raw_content": "3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets, also known as 3 1/2 Minutes, is a 2015 documentary film that was written and directed by Marc Silver. [1]\n30 relations: Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Black Lives Matter, Box Office Mojo, CBS Interactive, Deadline Hollywood, Documentary film, Dope (2015 film), Fandango (company), Florida, HBO, HBO Films, IMDb, IndieWire, Jacksonville, Florida, John Michael Phillips, Lucy McBath, Marc Silver, Metacritic, Penske Media Corporation, RogerEbert.com, Rolling Stone, Rotten Tomatoes, Shooting of Jordan Davis, Stand-your-ground law, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute, Variety (magazine), YouTube.\nThe Academy Award for Documentary Feature is an award for documentary films.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Academy Awards \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nBlack Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Black Lives Matter \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nFounded in 1999, Box Office Mojo tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, and publishes the data on its website.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Box Office Mojo \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nCBS Interactive Inc. (formerly CBS Digital Media Group) is an American media company and is a division of the CBS Corporation.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and CBS Interactive \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Christmas \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Christmas and holiday season \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Christmas Eve \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Christmas traditions \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nDeadline Hollywood, also known as Deadline.com and previously known as news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily, is an online magazine founded by Nikki Finke in 2006.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Deadline Hollywood \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nA documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Documentary film \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nDope (2015 film)\nDope is a 2015 American comedy-drama coming-of-age film written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa and produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Dope (2015 film) \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nFandango (company)\nFandango is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Fandango (company) \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nFlorida (Spanish for \"land of flowers\") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Florida \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nHome Box Office (HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite television network of Home Box Office, Inc..\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and HBO \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nHBO Films (formerly called HBO Premiere Films and HBO Pictures) is a division of the cable television network HBO that produces feature films and miniseries.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and HBO Films \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and IMDb \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nIndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and IndieWire \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nJacksonville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Florida and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Jacksonville, Florida \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nJohn Michael Phillips\nJohn Michael Phillips (born February 4, 1975) is an American lawyer, consumer and civil rights advocate, legal commentator for national media and former radio show host of Courts & Sports, a nationally broadcast radio show.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and John Michael Phillips \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nLucia K. McBath is an American gun control advocate from the state of Georgia.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Lucy McBath \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nMarc Silver is a British filmmaker.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Marc Silver \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Metacritic \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and New Year \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and New Year's Day \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and New Year's Eve \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nPenske Media Corporation (PMC) is an American digital media, publishing, and information services company founded in 2003.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Penske Media Corporation \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nRogerEbert.com is an American website that archives film reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times and also shares other critics' reviews and essays.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and RogerEbert.com \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Rolling Stone \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Rotten Tomatoes \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nShooting of Jordan Davis\nThe shooting of 17-year-old high school student Jordan Davis occurred on Friday, November 23, 2012, at a Gate gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, United States by Michael David Dunn, a 47-year-old software developer, following an argument over the loud music played by Davis and his three friends.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Shooting of Jordan Davis \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nA stand-your-ground law (sometimes called \"line in the sand\" or \"no duty to retreat\" law) is a justification in a criminal case, whereby defendants can \"stand their ground\" and use force without retreating, in order to protect and defend themselves or others against threats or perceived threats.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Stand-your-ground law \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nThe Sundance Film Festival, a program of the Sundance Institute, takes place annually in Park City, Utah.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Sundance Film Festival \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nSundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists.\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Sundance Institute \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and Variety (magazine) \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and YouTube \u00b7 See more \u00bb\nNew!!: 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets and 2018 \u00b7 See more \u00bb\n[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_1/2_Minutes,_10_Bullets", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 11879, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 187.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Peppers", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:TAHV2FEUIBSOHKORBUEASXDHCGPORBKE", "length": 60341, "nlines": 336, "source_domain": "en.wikipedia.org", "title": "Julius Peppers - Wikipedia", "raw_content": "Peppers at the 2012 Pro Bowl\nBailey, North Carolina, United States\n(Bailey, North Carolina)\nCarolina Panthers (2002\u20132009)\n9\u00d7 Pro Bowl (2004\u20132006, 2008\u20132012, 2015)\nChuck Bednarik Award (2001)\nLombardi Award (2001)\nDefensive touchdowns:\nJulius Frazier Peppers (born January 18, 1980) is a former American football defensive end. He played college football at North Carolina, where he was recognized as a unanimous All-American, and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers second overall in the 2002 NFL Draft, and also played for the Chicago Bears from 2010 through 2013 and the Green Bay Packers from 2014 to 2016.\nPeppers was named to the Pro Bowl nine times, and both the first and second All-Pro teams three times each. In his rookie season, he was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2002, where he recorded 12 sacks, five forced fumbles, and an interception, all while playing in only 12 games. He was also named to the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team.\n2.2 College Football Awards and honors\n3.1 Carolina Panthers\n3.4 Carolina Panthers (second stint)\n4 NFL career statistics\n5 NFL awards and honors\n5.1 Panthers franchise records\n5.2 NFL records and accomplishments\nPeppers was born in Wilson, North Carolina, and raised in nearby Bailey. He first attended Hunt High School for his freshman and sophomore years. Later, he transferred to Fike High School for his junior year and then finally transferred to Southern Nash Senior High School where he completed his junior year and senior year. By the time he was a senior at Southern Nash High School, Peppers had grown to 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 225 lb (102 kg). Ray Davis, the football coach at Southern Nash, felt that Peppers would be an asset on the gridiron for the Firebirds, despite the fact that Peppers had never played football before. Davis's gamble would pay off. During his high school career, Peppers played running back and defensive lineman, finished his career with 3,501 rushing yards and 46 touchdowns, and was one of the most dangerous defensive linemen in the state.[1] He also lettered in basketball and was voted all-conference as a power forward for four consecutive years. In 1998, Southern Nash won the state championship in track for the first time in the school's history. Peppers contributed as a sprinter, winning the state championship in the 4\u00d7400 meter team relay (3:23.10 minutes) and finishing second as a triple jumper (14.05 meters). He was also rumored to have cleared 2.03 meters in the high jump.[2] During his senior year (1997\u201398), he was named to the Parade magazine high school All-America team in football as an all-purpose talent and was also named Male Athlete of the Year by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. In 2005, Peppers was named by the Rocky Mount Telegram newspaper as one of the 50 Greatest Athletes from the Twin County (Nash and Edgecombe) area.\nPeppers attended the University of North Carolina , where he played defensive end for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team from 1998 to 2001. As a true freshman in 1998, he was redshirted. Peppers led the nation with 15 quarterback sacks during his sophomore season (2000), and earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and second-team All-American honors. Following his junior season in 2001, he was a first-team All-ACC selection and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American.[3] He also won the Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation's top defensive player and the Lombardi Award as the best collegiate lineman and the Bill Willis Trophy as the nation's best defensive lineman. In the three seasons at North Carolina, Peppers started 33 of the 34 games in which he played. He is currently ranked second all-time in UNC history with 30.5 sacks. He accumulated 53 stops behind the line of scrimmage, 167 tackles, 5 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries, 5 forced fumbles, 13 passes deflected, and 42 quarterback pressures (hurries) and returned 2 interceptions and 1 fumble recovery for touchdowns.\nWhile at the University of North Carolina, Peppers was also a walk-on member of the men's basketball team. The North Carolina football coach, Carl Torbush, said he could play football and then be a walk-on for Bill Guthridge on the North Carolina men's basketball team. He was a reserve on the 1999\u20132000 Tar Heels team that made it to the Final Four. Peppers was also a reserve on the 2000\u201301 men's basketball team. In the NCAA Tournament, Peppers scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a loss to Penn State in the second round. After the season, Peppers decided to focus solely on football and did not play basketball in his final season.\nCollege Football Awards and honors[edit]\nSporting News Freshman All-American (1999)\nFirst-team All-ACC (2000)\nSecond-team Associated Press All-American (2000)\nSecond-team Football News All-American (2000)\nDivision I-A sacks leader (2000)\nBronko Nagurski Trophy finalist (2001)\nBill Willis Trophy (2001)\nPeppers in 2008\nPeppers was a highly regarded prospect coming into the 2002 NFL draft earning comparisons to Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor for his ability to dominate a football game.[4] Peppers would end up being selected number 2 overall in the 2002 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers behind number 1 overall pick, quarterback David Carr.\n(0.87 m) 10 in\n(0.25 m) 4.74 s\nMeasurables taken at NFL Scouting Combine[5]\nCarolina Panthers[edit]\nOn September 8, 2002 against the Baltimore Ravens, Peppers played in his first career NFL game, in which he made an impact by deflecting a pass by Ravens quarterback Chris Redman that was intercepted by linebacker Dan Morgan, who proceeded to race 22 yards down field with under two minutes remaining in the game to preserve the victory; the Panthers won the game by a score of 10\u20137.[6]\nIn Peppers' second career NFL game, which came on September 15, 2002 against the Detroit Lions, he lived up to his billing with three sacks and a forced fumble for Carolina. Peppers also had five tackles including one for a loss, and a deflected pass.\nPeppers, the second overall pick in the draft, got his first NFL sack early in the first quarter. He got another a few minutes later, and registered his third on the final play of the first half when he drilled Lions quarterback Mike McMahon from behind, knocking the ball loose and leaving McMahon motionless on the ground for several moments. The game ended up being a 31\u20137 rout of the Lions.[7]\nLater that season, in a 14\u201313 loss against the Dallas Cowboys in week 6, Peppers produced three tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble, one pass defensed, and an interception of Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter that he returned 21 yards, before lateralling the ball to linebacker Mark Fields, who gained an additional 30 yards. Peppers' second three-sack outing of the year tied the NFL rookie record for three-sack games in a season, set by Leslie O'Neal of the San Diego Chargers in 1986.\nPeppers during his rookie season also helped the Panthers boast the only defensive unit since the NFL merger in 1970 to improve from last in the league in total defense to second in one season. Peppers would finish his rookie season with 28 solo tackles, 7 assisted tackles, 12 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 1 interception, 5 passes defensed, and 3 stuffs.[8] For his efforts Peppers would earn the NFL Rookie of the Month Award in October 2002 and the 2002 Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award.[9] With four games remaining in the season, Peppers was suspended for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy for taking a banned dietary supplement. Peppers would go on to say that he was given a dietary supplement by a friend to help him fight off fatigue. The pills contained an ephedra substance that was banned by the NFL. Peppers said it was an honest mistake on his part and that he would be more cautious in the future.[10]\nIn Peppers second season, he was part of a defensive line that also included Brentson Buckner, Kris Jenkins, and Mike Rucker. Together, the unit would be a key cog that would help the Panthers reach the Super Bowl.[11] Peppers would finish the season with 37 solo tackles, 7 assisted tackles, 7 sacks, three forced fumbles, 3 passes defensed, 4 stuffs, and 1 blocked kick.\nIn the wild card round playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys, Peppers would make a couple of extraordinary highlight reel plays. In the first quarter, Peppers would chase down Cowboys Receiver Joey Galloway who was one of the fastest players in NFL history, and run him out of bounds after a 28-yard gain. And then later in the fourth quarter as the Cowboys were trying to mount a comeback, Peppers would intercept Dallas Quarterback Quincy Carter and return it 34 yards to the Cowboys 11 yard line. Peppers recorded 1 tackle, 1 interception, and 1 pass defensed in the game. The Panthers won the game 29\u201310. In the divisional round against the St. Louis Rams, Peppers would again have a dominant performance by recording a sack, 2 passes defensed, and 4 tackles, one of which came on a shuffle pass in the second quarter to running back Marshall Faulk. The game would go into double overtime, as the Panthers defeated the Rams 29\u201323. The next week in the NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Peppers would record 2 tackles in helping to lead a dominant defensive performance for the Panthers as they held the Eagles to just 3 points. Panthers would win by a score of 14\u20133.\nThe Panthers reached the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history and matched up against the New England Patriots, the game would be an instant classic as both teams went back and forth throughout the game. Peppers would record 2 tackles and pressure New England QB Tom Brady all throughout the game. On the first defensive snap of the game for the Panthers, Peppers stormed into the Patriots backfield with a speed rush from his left Defensive End spot pressuring and hitting Tom Brady right as Brady released the ball for a completion to WR Deion Branch. Two plays later on the Pats opening drive Peppers was cut blocked by Patriots Offensive Tackle Tom Ashworth, but Peppers recovered quickly and nearly deflected the pass as it whizzed by. On the very next play Peppers again ripped into the Patriots backfield along with blitzing Panthers linebacker Dan Morgan hurrying Tom Brady into a rushed throw for an incompletion, and then again on the following play Peppers man handled Tom Ashworth with a hump move made famous by former great Defensive End Reggie White, as Peppers tossed Ashworth to the side like a rag doll, leaped into the air with both arms up and hit Tom Brady altering his hurried throw for an incompletion.The Patriots missed a field goal on their opening drive. On the next Patriots possession Peppers helped force a three and out by pushing Pats Running Back Kevin Faulk to the ground, who was assigned to block him on the third down play, and then leaped into the air to alter Brady's pass as it was completed short of the first down marker. On a play towards the end of the first half with 32 seconds remaining on the clock, Peppers exploded off the line of scrimmage exhibiting great speed and power, rushing against a double team, and drove both the tackle and guard back towards Brady narrowly missing out on a sack, as Brady just did side step him. On the Panthers first defensive snap of the second half, Peppers shrugged aside the New England Tight End Christian Fauria to tackle Running Back Antowain Smith after a gain of just one yard. On the Patriots second possession of the second half, on third down and 5, Peppers bull rushed Ashworth right at Brady and nicked Brady on the helmet with his left hand just after Brady released the ball, the pass was completed for a first down. After the play sports commentator Phil Simms commented that Peppers \"was a star waiting to happen.\" On the same drive, second down and 6, on a running play by the Patriots Peppers tossed Ashworth to the ground as he was in good position defending against the run, the tackle was made by the Panthers defense for a short gain. In a play early in the fourth quarter, Peppers dropped into coverage and made a tackle on Receiver Troy Brown. On a third and goal play in the fourth quarter with 7:48 remaining on the clock, Patriots leading 21-16, Peppers bull rushed Ashworth and pushed him to the ground, as Peppers was closing in on Brady fellow Defensive End Al Wallace got to Brady sooner and forced Brady into a hurried throw that was intercepted by Cornerback Reggie Howard. On the first play of the next Patriots possession, Peppers dominated Ashworth yet again, bull rushing him back into Tom Brady nearly getting a sack on the play, as he and fellow Panthers Defensive End Mike Rucker hurried Brady into a quick throw which he completed for a 1 yard gain. On the Patriots final drive of the game near the end of the fourth quarter, on the Pats first snap Peppers used an outside speed rush to get around Ashworth and hit Tom Brady knocking him to the ground just as he released the hurried throw for an incompletion. Peppers was double team blocked for the remainder of the Patriots final possession. Peppers was a highly disruptive force all throughout Super Bowl XXXVIII.\nWith 1:08 remaining in the game, and the score tied 29-29, the Patriots were given a short field when Panthers kicker John Kasay kicked the ball out of bounds on the kickoff, giving the Patriots the ball at their own 40 yard line with just over a minute left and three timeouts to use. Brady got the Patriots down the field into field goal range, and Pats kicker Adam Vinatieri kicked a 41 yard field goal through the uprights with 4 seconds remaining for the victory. It was a crushing defeat for Peppers and the Panthers but they fought hard until the final whistle. Final score Patriots 32 Panthers 29.\nPeppers and Donovan McNabb were the only people to ever play in both the NCAA men's basketball Final Four and the NFL's Super Bowl.[12]\nOn October 10, 2004 versus the Denver Broncos, on third-and-3, he was fooled on the play at first but recovered in time to push Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer out of bounds on a bootleg after a 2-yard gain. Then on fourth-and-1, he intercepted Plummer's pass and ran it back 97 yards which was an NFL record for a defensive lineman.[13] Peppers would record 4 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass defensed in a losing effort to the Broncos by a score of 17\u201320.\nIn a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 12, Peppers produced one of the NFL's most dominant performances of the season by blocking a 26-yard field goal attempt, recording a 46-yard interception return for a touchdown, which was Peppers first career touchdown scored and was the first interception returned for a touchdown by a defensive lineman in Carolina Panthers history. Also recorded 1 pass defensed, 1 sack and 4 tackles including one stop in which he chased down Bucs running back Michael Pittman from behind on a 68-yard screen pass in the second quarter. The Panthers would defeat the Bucs 21\u201314.\nPeppers would also make a memorable play in Week 15 against the Atlanta Falcons, which was a Saturday night game held on December 18, 2004, Peppers would grab a fumble in midair by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and race 60 yards the other way for a Panthers touchdown.[14] Peppers also harassed and chased Michael Vick all over the field during the game as he recorded 3 tackles one being for a loss of yards, 1 pass defensed and the 60 yard fumble recovery for a touchdown. Peppers would also line up as a wide receiver in the red zone towards the end of the second quarter, and catch a pass just outside the end zone, that if thrown more accurately by Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme would have resulted in a touchdown catch for Peppers. It was a hard-fought game with the Falcons but the Panthers would lose in the end by a score of 34\u201331.\nPeppers would also set an NFL record by recording 143 total interception return yards which is the most ever recorded in a single season by a defensive lineman. He also had a combined 203 interception and fumble return yards which is the most ever by a defensive lineman in a single season since the NFL merger in 1970.[15]\nPeppers would finish the season with 52 solo tackles, 12 assisted tackles, 11 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 2 interceptions, 9 passes defensed, 4 stuffs, 1 blocked kick, and 2 defensive touchdowns.\nFor his accomplishments Peppers was named to his first NFL Pro Bowl while also earning a spot on the NFL's All Pro First-Team. Peppers would also be named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month in November 2004 and finished fourth overall in the voting by the Associated Press for the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award.[16] He would also be named the NFC Defensive player of the Year by the Kansas City Committee, as well as the NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year.\nPeppers broke a bone in his right hand in the sixth game of the season against the Lions, but would return to the game with a cast and help the Panthers get a win 21\u201320. He would play the next few games with a cast on his hand. Peppers would record two impressive 3 sack games during the season, one against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 9, in which addition to his 3 sacks, Peppers also recorded 5 tackles.\nHis other 3 sack effort came against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 16, in this game Peppers also recorded 8 tackles, 1 pass defensed, and 1 blocked kick.[17] Peppers was an absolute menace and was all over the field for the Panthers defense, but despite Peppers efforts, the Panthers would lose the game 20\u201324.\nFor the season Peppers recorded 38 solo tackles, 12 assisted tackles, 10.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 6 passes defensed, 5 stuffs, and 1 blocked kick. Peppers would make his second Pro Bowl for his efforts.\nIn the wild card round of the playoffs, Peppers was part of defensive effort that held scoreless the New York Giants offense that ranked third in the NFL in points per game. The Giants managed just 132 yards total offense. Panthers became the first team to register a shutout on the road in the playoffs since 1980 when the Los Angeles Rams posted a 9-0 victory at Tampa Bay (1/5/80) in the 1979 NFC Championship. Carolina shutout was third in team history. Panthers coach John Fox had Carolina prepared for everything New York attempted, rattling Eli Manning into four turnovers and sacking him 4 times, pressuring him throughout the game en route to a 23-0 victory. Peppers contributed 2 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 pass defensed.\nIn the divisional round against the Chicago Bears, Peppers hurt his shoulder while driving Bears running back Thomas Jones out of bounds near the goal line in the fourth quarter. Peppers went to the locker room after the play, then returned to the bench but not the game. Peppers recorded 3 tackles and helped the Panthers get the win 29-21.\nIn the NFC Championship Game, against the Seattle Seahawks Peppers would play well with a hurt shoulder and record 6 tackles 1 being for a loss of yards, but the Panthers would lose the game 34\u201314, and miss out on a chance to play in the Super Bowl.[18]\nPeppers would again record two three-sack games during the season, his first against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 2, in which he recorded 8 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 stuff, 1 pass defensed, and 1 blocked kick.[19]\nIn week 3 against the Cleveland Browns, Peppers, who was playing with a sore ankle, would be a nightmare all game long for QB Charlie Frye and the Browns offensive line. Throughout the game Peppers would record 5 tackles one being for a loss of yards, a sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery on the same play, 5 other QB hits and a pass defensed in which Peppers made an extremely athletic play. Browns fullback Lawrence Vickers took a handoff right but pulled up to pass the ball, Peppers, playing left end, read the play before it began to develop, sprinted downfield and tipped the ball away from tight end Kellen Winslow II. Peppers dominant play helped the Panthers defeat the Browns 20-12.\nIn Week 6 against the Baltimore Ravens, Peppers became the Panthers' all-time sacks leader after registering 2 sacks during the game.[20] Peppers also had 8 tackles and a forced fumble in yet another game that Peppers looked like the most dominant defensive player in the NFL. .[21]\nIn Week 10 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Peppers recorded 4 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 pass defensed, and one fumble recovery in helping to defeat the Buccaneers 24\u201310.[22] Peppers was so dominant in the game that ESPN Monday Night Football analyst Joe Theismann compared him to Lawrence Taylor, whom Joe had played against while he was a Quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and Taylor a Linebacker for the New York Giants.[23] Taylor ended Theismann's career when he broke his right leg during a Monday Night Football game in 1985.\nPeppers earned the NFC Defensive Player of the Month Award for the month of October 2006, his second such award. Peppers finished the season with 49 solo tackles, 9 assisted tackles, 13 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 6 passes defensed, 7 stuffs, and 2 blocked kicks. For his efforts, Peppers earned a trip to his third consecutive Pro Bowl and was also named NFL First-Team All Pro for the second time in his career.\nFollowing Panthers safety Mike Minter's retirement after the 2006 season, Peppers was named as the Panthers defensive captain. Peppers had a down season in 2007 after only recording 30 solo tackles, 8 assisted tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 interception, 5 passes defensed, 1 stuff, and 2 blocked kicks. Before the season started, Peppers suffered from an undisclosed illness and lost weight which is assumed[by whom?] to have played a part in his down season. Peppers also missed the final two games of the season with a sprained MCL in his right knee.\nThe 2008 season was a bounce back year for Peppers who reverted to his usual dominant self after recording a career-high 14.5 sacks. Peppers would change from left defensive end to right defensive end before the season, which was the position he played in college at the University of North Carolina.[24] Julius\u2019 best performance of the season came against the Oakland Raiders in Week 10, a game in which he recorded 7 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 1 pass defensed,[25] Peppers moved all along the defensive line and dominated against the Raiders, leading the Panthers to a 17\u20136 victory. He would earn his second NFC Defensive Player of the Week Award after his performance.\nPeppers finished the season with 40 solo tackles, 11 assisted tackles, 14.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 5 passes defensed, 4 stuffs, and 1 blocked kick. After the season, Peppers earned a spot on the NFC Pro Bowl team, which was the fourth of his career. He also earned Second-Team All Pro honors. The Panthers made the playoffs after the 2008 NFL regular season but lost in the divisional round to the Arizona Cardinals by a score of 33\u201313. On January 16, 2009, ESPN reported that Peppers told ESPN's Chris Mortensen he did not intend to re-sign a long-term deal with the Panthers and would like to explore options with another team, specifically one with a 3-4 defensive formation. He also expressed the desire or willingness to convert from a defensive end to an outside linebacker. Peppers said he would request a trade if franchise tagged. However, despite his request, the Panthers would place the Franchise tag on him on February 19.[26]\nThe 2009 season ended Peppers' first stint with the Panthers. Peppers began the season well by recording 5 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 pass defensed, and 1 blocked kick in a Week 1, 38\u201310 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles. But Peppers went without a sack during the next two games against the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys, both losses as the Panthers started the season 0\u20133, causing Panthers linebacker Jon Beason to question Peppers' intensity on a radio show in Charlotte, North Carolina. Beason would later admit that he was wrong about saying this about Peppers and said he thought that Julius would go down as one of the best players to ever play in the NFL.[27]\nPeppers bounced back in Week 5 of the 2009 season against the Washington Redskins by recording 5 tackles, 2 sacks, and along with the help of Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis, tackled Redskins Running Back Clinton Portis in the end zone for a safety. Peppers helped the Panthers to their first win of the season defeating Washington 20\u201317. In Week 8, in a 34\u201321 win against the Arizona Cardinals, Peppers recorded 2 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception for a 13-yard touchdown, and 1 pass defensed earning him his third NFC Defensive Player of the Week Award. In Week 9, in a 30\u201320 loss against the New Orleans Saints, Peppers broke his right hand, but continued to play with a cast on his hand over the next few games.[28]\nIn Week 15 against the Minnesota Vikings, Julius Peppers played one of his best games of his career, although only recording 1 tackle, 1 sack, and 1 pass defensed, Peppers also had 5 quarterback hurries and was all over the field, causing sports writer Peter King to say that Peppers looked like Lawrence Taylor and Deacon Jones rolled into one dominant force.\nPeppers played so well he caused Vikings Pro Bowl left tackle Bryant McKinnie to be benched by Vikings head coach Brad Childress. Peppers' effectiveness not only prompted Childress to switch tackles, but to also consider making a quarterback change, which Vikings quarterback Brett Favre strongly resisted. Childress said he wanted to protect Favre, who he said was getting his rear end kicked and was taking a beating.[29] In Week 17, which came on January 3, 2010, in a 23\u201310 win against the New Orleans Saints played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Julius Peppers played in his final game as a member of the Carolina Panthers during his first stint with the team. Peppers recorded 3 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass defensed. The interception Peppers recorded was, at the time, thought to be the final play of his Panthers career,[30] but Peppers would eventually return to his home state team before the 2017 NFL season. Julius finished the season with 36 solo tackles, 6 assisted tackles, 10.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 2 interceptions, 5 passes defensed, 3 stuffs, 1 blocked kick, and 1 defensive touchdown.\nPeppers was voted to his fifth Pro Bowl and also earned Second-Team All Pro honors. On February 22, 2010, Adam Schefter reported that the Panthers would not place the franchise tag on Peppers, leaving him an unrestricted free agent, free to pursue a contract with another team.[31]\n[32] On March 5, 2010, the Chicago Bears signed Peppers [33] to a six-year contract worth $91.5 million, with $42 million guaranteed in the first three years.[34] Peppers made an immediate impact in Week 1 vs. the Detroit Lions by sacking quarterback Matthew Stafford and forcing a fumble with 29 seconds to go in the first half. The hit Peppers put on Stafford knocked him out for the remainder of the game.\nIn Week 3 against the Packers on Monday Night Football, Julius Peppers recorded just two tackles, but was a thorn in the side of the Packers offensive line and Quarterback Aaron Rodgers all game long, forcing multiple false start and holding penalties, and hurrying Rodgers in the pocket all game long. Peppers also blocked a field goal that ultimately would prove to be the difference in the game as the Bears went on to defeat the Packers by 3 points by a score of 20\u201317.\nIn Week 5, Peppers went back to his home state to play against his former team, the Carolina Panthers,[35] a game in which he and the Bears won by a score of 23\u20136. His biggest play of the game was when he tipped a Jimmy Clausen pass and proceeded to intercept it, by diving underneath the ball, after the play, Peppers proceeded to hush the booing crowd by raising his index finger to his lips.[36] Peppers finished the game with 4 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass defensed.\nIn Week 11 against the Miami Dolphins, Peppers recorded his first three-sack performance as a member of the Chicago Bears, he finished the game with 6 tackles, 3 sacks, and 1 pass deflection that was intercepted. He earned the fourth NFC Defensive Player of the Week Award of his career for his efforts. Peppers would also win the NFC Defensive Player of the Month Award for November 2010 making it the third time in his career he earned the award.\nPeppers finished the season with 43 solo tackles, 11 assisted tackles, 8 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 2 interceptions, 9 passes defensed, 5 stuffs, and 1 blocked kick. His impact was most felt with regards to putting pressure on opposing quarterbacks, redirecting running plays, or assisting on the tackle. Julius was voted to his sixth Pro Bowl and was named to his third, First-Team All Pro team. Peppers also finished fourth in voting for the NFL's 2010 AP Defensive Player of the Year Award, which was won by Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu.[37]\nIn Peppers first year as a Bear, he helped them make the playoffs for the first time since the 2006 season, and helped the Bears secure a victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the divisional round by a score of 35\u201324. Peppers and the Bears came within one game of reaching the Super Bowl, but ultimately lost to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC championship game 21\u201314.\n\"Though Peppers had but eight sacks this year, he had a huge impact on a defense that went from 21st in the league in points allowed in 2009 to fourth this year; from 4.3 yards per rush last year to 3.7 this year; from 29 touchdown passes surrendered last year to 14 this year. He pushes the pocket. He buzzes around the quarterback. He makes other guys -- Israel Idonije, Tommie Harris -- better.\"\n\"There's no question the return of Brian Urlacher at the pivot point of the defense has been a significant addition, but Peppers has been the most important reason the Bears have become the Monsters of the Midway again, and that's why he's my defensive player of the year. He's the John Stockton of the Bears defense, the guy who makes everyone around him better.\"\n-Sports writer Peter King[38]\nPeppers improved on his 2010 season in 2011 starting all 16 games and leading the Bears defense with 11 sacks despite facing constant double teams, and also playing much of the season with a sprained MCL in his left knee that he injured in Week 5 against the Detroit Lions.[39] But Peppers was still able to record 33 solo tackles, 4 assisted tackles, 11 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, 4 passes defensed, 6 stuffs, and 2 blocked kicks. Peppers was awarded his fourth career NFC Defensive player of the month award for November as he collected 6 tackles, 4 sacks, and 3 pass breakups.[40] In Week 17 facing the Vikings, Peppers was awarded a .5 sack by the league, that he originally split with fellow Bears defensive lineman Matt Toeaina, giving him his 100th career sack making him the twenty eighth player in NFL history to achieve that milestone.[41] For his efforts Peppers was elected to the Pro Bowl which was the seventh of his career.\nDuring the 2012 season, Peppers played with plantar fasciitis,[42] though he was able to record 11.5 sacks on the season, becoming the first Bears player to record ten sacks or more in back-to-back years since Rosevelt Colvin,[43] and the first Bear to record at least 11 sacks in two consecutive seasons since Richard Dent.[44] Peppers also recovered a career-high four fumbles, which tied for the league lead.[45]\nIn Week 16, in a 28\u201313 win against the Arizona Cardinals, Peppers recorded 5 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 stuff, 1 forced fumble, and 1 pass defensed making it the ninth time in his career that he had recorded at least three sacks in a game, for his efforts Peppers earned his fifth career NFC Defensive Player of the Week Award. Peppers finished the season with 32 solo tackles, 7 assisted tackles, 11.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 4 fumble recoveries, 2 passes defensed, 3 stuffs, and 1 blocked kick. He was named to the 2013 Pro Bowl, his fifth consecutive, and eighth of his career, and was also selected to the NFL's 2012 All-Pro Second Team. Peppers also received the Bears Brian Piccolo Award given annually to the player that best exemplifies the courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor of the late Bears running back Brian Piccolo.[46]\nOn June 5, 2013 Profootballtalk.com named Julius Peppers to their Carolina Panthers Mount Rushmore as one of the teams most significant players in franchise history.[47] On July 31, 2013 EA Tiburon revealed that Peppers was named to their \"Madden NFL All-25 Team.\"[48]\nDuring the Chicago Bears 2013 training camp, Peppers said after one of the Bears practices that he felt 25 years old, and that he wanted to win the first Deacon Jones Award, which was to be given to the player that led the league in sacks.[49] In Week 3 of the 2013 NFL season in a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Peppers returned a fumble recovery 42 yards for a Bears touchdown with under four minutes remaining in the game to help seal a Bears victory by a score of 40\u201323. It was the second fumble recovery Peppers had returned for a touchdown in his career, as well as his fourth touchdown scored.[50] In the Bears Week 11 game against the Baltimore Ravens, Peppers recorded a career-high 11 tackles as well as two sacks and two more tackles for loss in helping the Bears defeat the Ravens in overtime by a score of 23\u201320.[51] Peppers finished the season with 31 solo tackles, 14 assisted tackles, seven sacks,[52] two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception, three passes defensed, two stuffs, and one defensive touchdown.\nOn March 11, 2014, Peppers was released by the Chicago Bears after attempts to trade him were unsuccessful.[53]\nPeppers in 2014 training camp\nPeppers signed a three-year deal with the Green Bay Packers on March 15, 2014. The deal was worth $30 million with $8.5 million in first year, and $7.5 million guaranteed.\nIn Week 3 of the 2014 NFL season, Peppers recorded his first sack as a Green Bay Packer and also recorded his 40th career forced fumble and 15th career fumble recovery on the same play. It happened in a losing effort against the Detroit Lions by a score of 19\u20137. In Week 5 of the 2014 NFL season Peppers recorded his tenth career interception and raced across the field and down the sideline 49 yards to score the fifth touchdown of his career. In doing so, Peppers became the first player in NFL history to record at least 100 sacks and 10 interceptions,[54] he also recorded 3 assisted tackles 1 being for a loss of yards, a pass defensed, and a half-sack in helping the Packers defeat the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 42\u201310. For his efforts against the Vikings, Peppers was named the NFC defensive player of the week for the sixth time in his career, making him along with Chris Doleman the only two players to win the award with three different teams.\nPeppers also became the first player since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 to record at least a half-sack and an interception-return touchdown in three different games.[55] Peppers recorded 4 tackles, 2 passes defensed, and a sack, forced fumble, and fumble recovery on the same play against Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. The Packers blew out Peppers' former team by a score of 55\u201314.\nIn Week 11, Peppers recorded 2 tackles and his 11th career interception which he returned 52 yards for a touchdown, becoming the first player in NFL history to record at least 100 sacks and 4 interception-return touchdowns.[56] It was Peppers sixth career touchdown scored including both interceptions and fumble recoveries returned. The Packers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 53\u201320.\nPeppers finished the season with 29 solo tackles, 15 assisted tackles, 7 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries, 2 interceptions, 2 defensive touchdowns, 11 passes defensed, and 4 stuffs.[57][58]\nPeppers also ranked first among all linebackers and defensive linemen in the NFL with 101 interception return yards.\nIn the Divisional playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys, Peppers would have a dominant performance by leading the Packers in tackles on the day with 6, sacking Dallas quarterback Tony Romo and forcing a fumble on the third play of the game, then drew a holding penalty, and later forced a fumble of running back DeMarco Murray in the third quarter that the Packers recovered and prevented what looked like a clear run to the end zone for Murray. It was yet another game changing play made by Peppers, who has made plays such as this all throughout his outstanding career, and has been one of the biggest playmakers in NFL history as a game wrecking dominant defensive force, the likes of which the NFL hasn't seen since the days of Lawrence Taylor and Reggie White. The Packers went on to defeat the Cowboys 26\u201321.[59][60]\nThe Packers would advance to play the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship Game. Peppers would put on another dominant playoff performance by recording 5 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 3 quarterback hits, and put lots of pressure on Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson throughout the game, but ultimately the Packers would fall short in overtime by a score of 28\u201322.[61]\nPeppers started his fourteenth NFL season off with a bang against his former team, the Chicago Bears. Peppers recorded 6 tackles and 1.5 sacks on the day and in doing so passed former Kansas City Chiefs great Derrick Thomas for fifteenth most sacks in NFL history, as well as helping the Packers defeat the Bears by a score of 31\u201323.\nIn Week 15 against the Oakland Raiders, Peppers recorded 4 tackles and 2.5 sacks which moved him past fellow North Carolina alumni and former New York Giants legendary linebacker Lawrence Taylor into tenth place on the all-time NFL sacks list, giving him 135 career sacks. The Packers beat the Raiders by a score of 30\u201320.\nPeppers finished the season with 25 solo tackles, 12 assisted tackles, 10.5 sacks, and 2 stuffs. He was also selected to his ninth career Pro Bowl.\nPeppers helped the Packers reach the playoffs and win their wild card round playoff game against the Washington Redskins by a score of 35\u201318, he had several quarterback pressures and 2 tackles in the game. In the next round against the Arizona Cardinals, Peppers would record several more quarterback pressures and a sack, but the Packers would go on to lose the game in overtime 26\u201320.\nBefore the season started, the top three living NFL sack leaders of all time, Bruce Smith, Kevin Greene, and Chris Doleman all said that Julius Peppers should be a Hall of Famer once he retires.\nIn Week 13, Peppers sacked Texans quarterback Brock Osweiler, moving into the top five on the NFL's all-time sack list with 142.5, passing former New York Giants Hall of Fame Defensive End Michael Strahan for fifth place. Peppers finished the game with 5 tackles and 1 sack, helping the Packers defeat the Texans by a score of 21\u201313. In Week 15 against his former team the Chicago Bears, Peppers recorded 4 tackles, a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery on the first play of the second half to help the Packers win by a score of 30\u201327.\nPeppers finished the season with 15 solo tackles, 8 assisted tackles, 7.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 3 passes defensed, and 1 stuff.\nIn the NFC wild card playoff round against the New York Giants, Peppers sacked Giants quarterback Eli Manning in the first half on a third down play to force a Giants punt. Peppers also ended another Giants drive on third down when he batted a pass that was nearly intercepted, and another on a later play by hitting Eli Manning just as he released the pass, causing an incompletion. Peppers finished the game with 3 tackles, 1 sack, 2 quarterback hits, and 2 passes defended helping the Packers beat the Giants by a score of 38\u201313 and advance to the divisional playoff round against the Dallas Cowboys. Peppers helped beat the Cowboys the following week 34\u201331, but the Packers lost a week later to the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC championship game 44\u201321.\nCarolina Panthers (second stint)[edit]\nOn March 10, 2017, Peppers signed a one-year contract to return to the Carolina Panthers.[62][63] Peppers stated that while he was away from his home state of North Carolina and his home state team, and team that drafted him, the Carolina Panthers, he realized how much he missed the place saying \"home is where the heart is.\" He also said he always wanted to return to the Panthers and repair the relationships with the team and fans and give them another chance to see him wear the Panthers uniform once again. Peppers was given the jersey #90, which was the same number he wore for the first eight years of his career while playing for the Carolina Panthers.[64]\nIn week 1 of the 2017 NFL season, and Peppers first game back as a member of the Panthers, Peppers recorded a half sack and 2 QB hits in helping the Panthers beat the 49ers by a score of 23-3. In week 2 and in Peppers homecoming game in Charlotte, North Carolina at Bank of America Stadium, Peppers would be the last player to be introduced to the crowd as he came out of the tunnel to a huge standing ovation, excited to be back playing for his home state team, and team that drafted him with the second pick in the 2002 NFL draft. It had been nearly eight years since the Panthers legend had suited up for his home state team in Charlotte, and he was ready to put on a show for the home crowd, and the 37 year old future Hall of Famer did just that, having a great performance by recoding 6 tackles and 2 sacks in helping to shut down the Buffalo Bills running game, and helping to harass Bills QB Tyrod Taylor all game long. It was a special day for North Carolina's prodigal son as he helped the Panthers defeat the Bills by a score of 9-3. After the game Peppers would go on to say that this defense is the best he's ever been a part of.\nIn week 4, Peppers helped the Panthers defeat the New England Patriots 33-30. Peppers had another dominant performance recording 4 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 QB hits, and nearly had another sack and forced fumble right before halftime as he helped to disrupt Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, (who suffered an ac joint sprain in his left shoulder on one of Peppers sacks, but was able to finish the game) and the New England offense throughout the game, despite playing through a right shoulder injury of his own that he had in a brace. For his efforts, Peppers was named the NFC Defensive Player of The Week for the seventh time in his storied career.[65] In Week 5, Peppers recorded a sack of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and also had a big 4th down tackle for a 4-yard loss which resulted in a turnover on downs. The Panthers would defeat the Lions by a score of 27\u201324. In Week 6 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Peppers recorded his 150th career sack, making him the fifth player in NFL history to achieve that milestone. He also forced a fumble on the same play, which gave him 48 career forced fumbles and tied him for second most all time with former Defensive End John Abraham. However, the Panthers lost 28\u201323. In Week 8 win against Tampa Bay, Peppers recorded his 151st sack, moving him past Chris Doleman for fourth most all-time. Peppers also recorded his 49th career forced fumble on the same play, which moved him into sole possession of second place on the all-time forced fumbles list. The sack also gave Peppers 7.5 sacks for the season, tying him with Bruce Smith for the most seasons with at least 7 sacks (15). In Week 15 against the Green Bay Packers, Peppers recorded a half sack late in the fourth quarter on a fourth down play against quarterback Aaron Rodgers, helping the Panthers ultimately win 31\u201324. The half sack gave Peppers 10 sacks on the season and 10 total seasons with double digit sacks, becoming only the fourth player in NFL history to achieve that milestone. Peppers also became only the third player in NFL history at age 37 or older to record at least 10 sacks in a season.\nPeppers finished the season with 21 solo tackles, 12 assisted tackles, 11 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries, and 3 stuffs.\nPeppers helped the Panthers make the playoffs, and they faced off against the New Orleans Saints in the wild card round. Peppers would record 2 tackles in the game including a huge tackle for loss on third down with 2:27 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Saints would go for it on fourth down and Saints' quarterback Drew Brees would throw an interception thereby giving the Panthers offense one more chance to win the game, but the Panthers offense was unable to score, causing the Panthers to lose by a score of 31\u201326.\nOn March 14, 2018, Peppers signed a one-year contract extension with the Panthers.[66]\nIn week 6 against the Washington Redskins, Peppers recorded a sack and a forced fumble which gave him 50 forced fumbles for his career. Peppers is only the second player in NFL history to record at least 50 forced fumbles, the first being Robert Mathis. The Panthers would lose the game though 17-23. In week 7 against the Eagles, Peppers recorded a sack and forced fumble on fourth down late in the fourth quarter to seal the victory for the Panthers by a score of 21-17. In week 17 against the New Orleans Saints, in what would be his last NFL game, Peppers would have yet another dominant performance, one of many in his Hall of Fame worthy career. Peppers recorded 4 solo tackles, 1 sack, 2 other tackles for loss, and 1 pass defensed as he looked to be all over the field in helping to defeat the Saints by a score of 33-14.\nPeppers finished the season with 14 solo tackles, 8 assisted tackles, 5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 6 passes defensed, and 3 stuffs.\nAfter a 17-year career in the NFL, Peppers announced his retirement on February 1, 2019. [67] Peppers finished his legendary NFL career with 716 total tackles, 159.5 sacks (fourth most all-time) his 159.5 sacks trail only Bruce Smith (200), Reggie White (198) and Kevin Greene (160). He sacked 77 different quarterbacks, tied with Hall of Famer Reggie White for the most since sacks became official in 1982. Peppers recorded at least one sack against 30 of the NFL\u2019s 32 franchises. The exceptions were the Bengals (three games against) and the Colts (four games against). He also had 51 forced fumbles (second most all-time) 21 fumble recoveries, 11 interceptions, 82 passes defensed, 6 defensive touchdowns scored (four interception's returned, and two fumble recoveries) 60 stuffs, and 13 blocked kicks (second most all-time). He played in 266 of a possible 272 games in his career - the sixth most games played by a defensive player in NFL history.\nNFL career statistics[edit]\n12 12 35 28 7 12.0 5 0 0 0 1 21 21 0 4 0\n16 16 64 52 12 11.0 4 1 60 1 2 143 97 1 7 0\n16 16 50 38 12 10.5 2 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 6 0\n16 14 42 36 6 10.5 5 1 11 0 2 13 13 1 5 0\n16 16 45 31 14 7.0 2 1 42 1 1 14 14 0 3 0\n16 16 44 29 15 7.0 4 3 2 0 2 101 52 2 11 0\n16 5 33 21 12 11.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0\n16 8 22 14 8 5.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0\n4 4 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 34 34 0 0 0\n3 3 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0\n2 2 11 5 6 2.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0\nNFL awards and honors[edit]\nFind sources: \"Julius Peppers\" \u2013 news \u00b7 newspapers \u00b7 books \u00b7 scholar \u00b7 JSTOR (March 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)\nNFL Rookie of the Month (10/02)\n2002 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year\nPro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team (2002)\n2004 NFC Defensive Player of the Year\n2004 NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Year\n2013 Brian Piccolo Award\n2018 Panthers' Ed Block Courage Award\nNFL 2000s All Decade Team\nPro-Football-Reference All 2000s Team\n100 Sacks Club\n2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 NFC Pro Bowl\n2004, 2006, 2010 All-Pro First Team\n2008, 2009, 2012 All-Pro Second Team\nSeven time NFC Defensive Player of the Week (11/13/06, 11/9/08, 11/1/09, 11/18/10, 12/23/12, February 10, 2014, January 10, 2017)\nFour time NFC Defensive Player of the Month (11/2004, 10/2006, 11/2010, 11/2011)\nPanthers franchise records[edit]\nMost career sacks: (97)\nMost career forced fumbles: (34)\nLongest Interception return: 97 yards (against the Denver Broncos on 10/10/04)\nNFL records and accomplishments[edit]\nFourth most sacks in NFL history: 159.5\nTied for third most double digit sack seasons in NFL history: 10\nTied for fifth most games with at least three sacks: 9\nTied for fifth most multiple sack games in NFL history: 37\nSecond most forced fumbles in NFL history: 51\nSecond most interceptions by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 9 *11 career interceptions including time played as a linebacker\nMost interception return yards by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 192 yds *293 career interception return yards including time played as a linebacker\nMost interception return yards in a single season by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 143 yds\nMost interception return yards in a single game by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 97 yds\nLongest interception return by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 97 yds\nMost combined interception and fumble return yards by a defensive lineman in a single season since NFL merger in 1970: 203 yds\nTied for second most interceptions returned for a touchdown by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 2 *4 career interceptions returned for a touchdown including time played as a linebacker\nThird most passes defensed by a defensive lineman in NFL history: 68 *82 career passes defensed including time played as a linebacker\nSecond most blocked kicks in NFL history: 13\nOnly player in NFL history to record at least 100 sacks and 10 interceptions\nOnly player in NFL history with 100-plus sacks and four interceptions returned for touchdowns\nPeppers has three career games with at least a half-sack and an interception-return touchdown, the most such games in the NFL since the sack became an official statistic in 1982\nIn 2016, Peppers appeared on the E! reality TV show WAGS Miami with fianc\u00e9e Claudia Sampedro.\nIn February 2009, Peppers donated $500,000 to a scholarship program that supports black students at his alma mater of North Carolina. 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(As an adult, I\u2019ve never been a person for birthdays or holidays, much\u2026)\nWell, for one thing, I have started working on a webcomic script. It\u2019s not much, but it is pointing out things that I need to know to proceed further.\nEverything I\u2019ve read, in regard to comics, at least, says that script format doesn\u2019t matter, as long as I know what\u2019s going on: especially as the script is not meant to be interpreted by someone else. I did try and take a scriptwriting class some time ago, if you remember (click my \u201cscriptwriting\u201d tag to see more \u2014 not the one populated by the Reader), but dropped it because it was implicitly for filmmaking. And, because my teacher was biased in a way which conflicted with (okay, was offensive to) me.\nI have (very) little interest in filmmaking, at the moment; so while last night I did remember to note to myself to look at some scriptwriting books today at work, this morning I realized that I would run across exactly the same problem with the majority of those books.\nReally, I think that if I were trying to get back into writing a script for a webcomic, books on writing stories in general (maybe short stories, in particular) would probably be more helpful than books on writing screenplays. Books have narratives; screenplays can totally lack this dimension (and in the class I dropped, did totally lack this dimension).\nAs regards University: I need to get on working through some things as regards researching future career paths. This is one thing to do when I don\u2019t know what to do. (Reading, is another.)\nI should not assume that Cataloging is going to work out as well for me as I think it is going to work out; I need to be doing some self-assessments, and probably doing some work prior to (and in addition to) going back to my Vocational program. This means doing some work over the holiday as regards career path and class options.\nIn particular, I\u2019m going to at least want to work out a potential class pathway and see if I will need to fill in some gaps as regards the specific Competencies we are supposed to cover through our courses \u2014 in addition to my Foundation courses.\nI also need to be looking at what job positions I can move into which will help advance my career as a future Information professional. Right now I am most interested in Academic or Special Libraries \u2014 Knowledge Management sounds fun \u2014 though narrowing down a search to a new immediate job which will be fulfilling (or, at least, a good experience) should be easier after doing more homework.\nThere are some optional readings I didn\u2019t do while classes were in, which may be good to follow up on, now. And I should get back to my co-worker about talking to a Cataloger for an informational interview.\nThere are two more classes that I can see myself taking out of the Library Science part of the program: Collection Development, and Reference Interviews. (The other night, I read through most of the offerings of my school which looked applicable to me\u2026but was on my lightweight computer, so didn\u2019t do as much work as I could have at my main terminal.) These two classes will very much impact me if I do decide to move on within the Library sphere, regardless of whether those libraries happen to be Public, Academic, or Special.\nI also need to pick up a book that I\u2019ve been thinking on, for a while.\nAside from this, I have done some work with watercolors and brushes\u2026but this thing has enough metadata attached to it, as it is. I\u2019ll post about that, next.\nThinking ahead: webcomics?\nTaking a brief hiatus from my color work to think on something that caught my imagination last night. This is the concept of publishing: specifically, a webcomic. I had (and have) been thinking on traditional printing, but if I wanted to work in full color, the economic barriers are much lower online; and my potential audience, much higher.\nOf course, though, I\u2019m planning on becoming an Information specialist, so I don\u2019t\u2026think? I would have to worry much about being paid. If I learn web coding, I can also publish this in the manner I choose. If I printed this stuff, though, it would be a financial loss not to charge for it. Economically speaking, it\u2019s still a loss if I spend time on it instead of doing other things, but if it makes me happy, that\u2019s something else.\nPart of what spurred this off was having run across an old posting of my own, which reminded me of a resource I\u2019d forgotten (now found). It is only a few pages of notes and a false start for something that looked more like creative nonfiction than a script: but these are enough to spark off that which I did have in mind, back then. As a note for the future: I really should have recorded that dream I referenced, close to the time I had it. Making it public is better than losing it entirely.\nFrom what I can recall, it tied in my old/first fictive story (dealing with kind \u201cdemons\u201d) with the latter/newer one (dealing with mental illness), and a few things wandering around my head which have to do with varying notions of immortality, the paranormal, ghosts, and aliens\u2026it\u2019s not what it looks like, let me assure you. (This is not the one about the ex-Buddhist warlock [that one could be really fun to write, actually], or the one focused on jewelry and environmental exploitation.)\nAnd now, right, I\u2019m thinking that comics publishers must need librarians, too. The major issue is that I am now on a data organization and retrieval path, not a Special Libraries one. But we will see what the future holds.\nAh, wait: nah. My current path looks hella more adapted to me specifically. \ud83d\ude09 I\u2019ve actually gotten a bit distracted by this at the moment, though. It would seem \u201cfun\u201d to work as a librarian for a publishing house, especially where it comes to comics, but I am guessing that those jobs are few and far between. I\u2019ve also read that traditional publishing is shrinking due to Web influence (not to mention self-publishing), but I can\u2019t recall where or when I read that.\nEspecially because I\u2019m more of an indy type (when it comes to my own interests)\u2026I think\u2026than a DC or Marvel type\u2026and as the print commercial comics world would seem to be dominated by males (even, it seems, when the target market is female \u2014 which doesn\u2019t\u2026really make sense), I could foresee some challenges (not least, being called to represent \u201cwomen\u201d when I don\u2019t consider myself a woman). But I\u2019ve been the first female to do a lot of things, which is probably why I needed the shelter of Library & Information Science in the first place.\nI have a couple of pages of little scribbled notes here from about 2 AM last night; I\u2019ll see what I can make out. The first portion of it is a thumbnail for a drawing/painting which I didn\u2019t get to work on, today (I didn\u2019t really wake up until 2 PM, which left me with three hours of daylight). I had been thinking of working that painting on a small tile and seeing what became of it, but I think it is better to work with the precision of watercolor, as versus acrylics, right now. Acrylics don\u2019t require masking, but detail can be difficult to obtain on a small scale with heavy-body paints.\nAnyhow (this does relate to my notes), through the rest of this week, Blick appears to be having in-store holiday clearance sales. I\u2019m pretty much too sick to risk going (I\u2019m hoping to be healed up enough not to be immediately infected by something else, by the weekend), but it did get me thinking on what I might try out if I could.\nAt the beginning of last night\u2019s \u201ctrying to go to sleep\u201d stint, I was trying to figure out how to do layout without resorting to my Wacom. There\u2019s nothing wrong with it; it\u2019s just old and kind of awkward to use (where do I put this when I\u2019m not using it?), and without Adobe Illustrator or another vector-drawing program (or maybe the Pen tool in Photoshop CC, which isn\u2019t available in Elements), its uses are limited where it comes to comic production (scribbling in color fills on Photoshop is less than ideal, though I wouldn\u2019t know about this unless I had been exposed to Layer Masking some years ago).\nAt some point I did realize that I could outline a selection, then use Paste Into Selection in order to insert a scanned drawing into a page that I could later publish, maybe as a .PDF. Thus, there is no need for me to make a completed page, then scan it in and only do cleanup on it. So long as I have a template or rough draft of what I want, and keep the images I\u2019m inserting to the right ratio, I should be able to scale and insert the image, and assemble the page using software. This basically negates the need for a translucent painting foundation like Yupo (of which I had been thinking about getting a tiny pad [should it exist] to try out).\nBasically, last night I was trying to figure out how to transfer knowledge of a finished layout from my layout paper over to Bristol board or hot-press watercolor paper for coloring, in some way so that I wouldn\u2019t be drawing the same thing three times: one rough, one on Layout paper for inking, one which would allow water-based coloring media (though the same is possible by scanning the lineart and then adding color at 100% transparency on the computer). Yupo would solve this problem by being the paper used both for inking and for coloring (there is a translucent variety), but it\u2019s pretty expensive. I also don\u2019t know if the inks will stay put on it.\nLOW-TECH, BABY. \ud83d\ude09 Well, kind of\u2026? Not really. Yupo is polypropylene.\nI probably should have marked the time that I realized that I didn\u2019t have to pre-assemble the images, but I didn\u2019t. \ud83d\ude09 In any case, I can create the images separately, even if on Yupo (allowing for disastrous failure) and then assemble them on the computer. This method also allows for higher-resolution scans, though I\u2019ve experienced my last instance of Photoshop (not the current one\u2026yet) to be a bit irregular where it comes to what resolution anything is kept when imported into a new file.\nI should also consider utilizing my Wacom with Creative Cloud services\u2026(or saving money for a newer Wacom, with Creative Cloud services. The biggest issue for me is whether they will stop billing me when I tell them to stop billing me, and what I can do if they don\u2019t.)\nI am also in the process of realizing that there are a number of possible visual formats one could utilize to publish a webcomic, and at the moment, I\u2019m not sure which is best \u2014 or which will utilize the least amount of programming knowledge! Today I started looking through the Reader here for examples, and found a really nice webcomic, Brainchild by Suzanne Geary. It seems to fall in line with something I would like, at least aesthetically (I haven\u2019t gotten the chance to read much of it, yet, so the story is a bit beyond me at the moment).\nThe largest issue I can see with web publishing is the scale factor: how to make sure that the text in my images is actually of a size that is readable, and that the images are actually large enough to appreciate, even on a tablet. It isn\u2019t so much of an issue when part of an image is given and then the reader scrolls down to get the rest of the panels, but putting a complete page onto a computer screen\u2026may be different. It would also be different if I designed the pages to be able to be printed and bound, as versus simply read online\u2026which, I\u2019ve gotta say, at this point I\u2019m leaning against, if only because it will make it more difficult to rip off. \ud83d\ude09\nWell, yes and no. \ud83d\ude42 Not only will it make it more difficult to print, it will be vastly easier for me to produce. ^_^;; (Yes, I have indeed tried to use bleeds and gutters\u2026the post-print binding and trimming of which, is probably the biggest pain about any of this.)\nGah. I\u2019ve got to find some way to learn to code\u2026\nCouldn\u2019t help myself: FW acrylic inks vs. watercolors, probably Part 1\nI\u2019ve waited quite a while to write this post. Between wanting to fit in a visual comparison of the FW acrylic inks versus artist-quality tube watercolors (I\u2019ve given up on the image editing, for now: my digital photography skills are not as honed as my drawing skills), having come down with a cold over the holidays, and it being\u2026well, the holidays, I haven\u2019t gotten around to it until now.\nI had intended to do a test to see if I could get the FW acrylic inks to bleed like watercolors, but unfortunately, I haven\u2019t had the energy. What I have been doing is swatching out watercolors over black fineliner to see how transparent they are. Although while I was in the process of painting, it became difficult with some colors (like Cobalt Blue) to see the lines, after things were dry the transparency of (all) the paints was much more apparent, and with all of the ones I have (save heavy applications of Lamp Black), black ink underdrawings should be visible.\nI should note for newcomers here that I\u2019m not using any cadmium colors, which are known for their relative opacity, even in watercolor lines which otherwise tend towards transparency (note that intentionally opaque watercolor is called gouache and isn\u2019t what I\u2019m talking about now); I tend to shy away from cadmium pigments for health reasons. There are other pigment families which also require caution in use, one of them being the cobalt salts; though I\u2019m less wary of these (whether that\u2019s deserved or not).\nThere are three cobalt pigments that I have used: Viridian (a bluish, granulating green), Cobalt Blue (a sky-blue type color), and Aureolin (a cool yellow which leans green, and is said to darken over time). There is at least one more, Cobalt Violet, which I\u2019m curious about but haven\u2019t tried yet\u2026though I certainly shouldn\u2019t go around collecting toxic materials for the hell of it. In any case, all of the ones I\u2019ve listed have seemed a bit\u2026desaturated? to me. I\u2019ve been using Winsor & Newton, and almost scrapped Cobalt Blue from my palette because it\u2019s so weak in mixes when trying to make green.\nHowever! There are uses for these pigments which don\u2019t appear on the surface. For example, Viridian mixed with Permanent Rose Red (a violet-leaning, delicate red) makes a really, really nice violet-grey. (At least, I\u2019m pretty sure that was Viridian I used, and not Viridian Hue \u2014 which is Phthalocyanine Green.) Don\u2019t ask me how. It would be hard to explain. \ud83d\ude09 I might have been up for it if I hadn\u2019t read parts of Blue & Yellow Don\u2019t Make Green, by Michael Wilcox but I did, so\u2026I can\u2019t unsee it. \ud83d\ude09 The book I mention is on color theory and the physical aspects of pigments\u2019 light absorption properties in relation to what colors we see them to be; I have the 2009 version, which is, of course, very dated by now (at least some of the paints tested in the book have changed formulation since 2009).\nThe short of it is: it\u2019s hard to explain how green plus red equals violet under traditional color theory, except that the green leans blue and the red leans violet\u2026then the yellow in the green would mute out violet, and the red mixed with blue leans violet\u2026but then there\u2019s still green\u2026AAHhhh\u2026okay.\nIt\u2019s\u2026it\u2019s just hard to think about, and I\u2019m no longer sure that the color wheel is even a viable system, at this point. For instance, is green GREEN, or is green blue plus yellow? In the prismatic spectrum, there are pure greens\u2026so where does the notion of green being \u201cblue plus yellow\u201d come from? The point is that many yellow pigments eat blue light and many blue pigments eat yellow light, but they both reflect green, so green is the dominant frequency of the light that is left over and reflected. It\u2019s not the only color, though, as is visible when chlorophyll decays in maple leaves and you get spectacular yellows and reds reflected which were there all along, but dominated by the green light.\nIt\u2019s because of this that I wonder whether any grouping of colors turning to \u201cmud,\u201d (dull, nondescript color) can be reoriented in some useful direction with the addition of one or more of the right colors. After all, \u201cmud\u201d is basically\u2026just a neutral, yeah? That means it should have a lot of different colors in it being reflected all at once, with few dominant. Take out what you don\u2019t want, add what you do: it would seem to be possible, at least?\nI have been using a split-primary system (a modified color wheel which at least gives some direction)\u2026but at some point randomness helps to find those gorgeous colors that you can\u2019t get without mixing some colors not traditionally combined. Mixing several steps further than the point at which a more cautious person (or brain-voice) would have told you to stop, can also be really fun (for example, mixing black is, generally speaking, a blast). For me, at least. I still don\u2019t understand how my brain perceives color, but I think that it is in some way my thinking/language-oriented mind doesn\u2019t know how to comprehend\u2026like seeing what is not there rather than what is.\nIn any case (that was a long tangent), what I can say is that the watercolor paints I have, in comparison to the FW acrylic inks, display much more randomness when it comes to where on the image the pigment dries. I\u2019m not entirely sure if this is simply a quality of high flow with the watercolors, or has something to do with acrylic resin\u2019s famed quick-drying ability. (Those who have painted in both acrylic and oil paints tell me that acrylic dries very quickly in relation to \u2026well, maybe anything would dry quickly in relation to oil\u2026but I wouldn\u2019t know firsthand.)\nI have also noted that although the acrylic inks appeared more saturated than I remembered my paints being when I first used them, in one of my photos, the watercolors are clearly denser. I\u2019m not sure if this is an artifact of the camera, lighting, LCD display, or what. I can get back to you on it, though.\nBy far, though, the biggest difference between the FW acrylic inks and the watercolors I have (mostly Winsor & Newton, with a few exceptions), is the fact that the watercolors move, after they\u2019re laid down. Particularly, Grumbacher Vermilion Deep (it isn\u2019t actually technically mercuric sulfide, don\u2019t worry), and W&N Viridian, Sap Green, French Ultramarine, and Burnt Umber\u2026all show a tendency to highlight the texture of the paper (unless I wasn\u2019t paying attention, this is a rather heavy Canson Montval cold-press).\nVermilion Deep, Viridian, and French Ultramarine, I would say, are all definitely granulating (or \u201cflocculating?\u201d hm, new word); that is, the pigment particles seem to cluster together as the paints are drying, which gives the area a distinctive texture \u2014 which, I\u2019ve gotta say, is probably nicer in a Fine Art context. If I were creating something to be reproduced, like a comic page, though, I might want to use the FW acrylic inks, just because they give a lot more of a reliable (though less exciting) outcome. \ud83d\ude1b\nAnd please, PLEASE remember to wash your brush frequently when using the FW inks! I got a little happy and acrylic resin dried around the end of my ferrule on the first day of painting with these! (I\u2019m just lucky I didn\u2019t use the one with real hair\u2026)\nUp next; unless I forget about this post entirely: working wet-into-wet with both the watercolors and the FW acrylic inks!\nYeah\u2026sometimes spiritual talk does help.\nThis piece, I suppose, explores something tangential to me\u2026in the New Age ideal of Ascension. Though let\u2019s face it, many things are tangential to me. I have so many tangents that my location based on their point of intersection is fairly clear (and while I am tempted to intentionally run off on a tangential diatribe to poke humor at this, I\u2019ll spare you). \ud83d\ude09\nTonight, I had the experience of accidentally clicking on the Reader Tag, \u201cpsychometry,\u201d through which I found a blog, interesting enough to me, if not to you.\nBased on its location in my Tag listing, I assume that I have spoken about this before at some other time, probably years past. Actually, Googling myself brings up at least two separate instances of this, neither of which look content-rich. Psychometry\u2026is a name given to the ability to discern information from an object based on its \u201cenergetic\u201d imprints. I have what might be considered the beginnings of this\u2026I don\u2019t know how to zero in on specific information, but I do get clear \u201cfeelings\u201d when I touch certain objects which are not explainable by ordinary means.\nAs I may have said before, however, the ability to feel things based on sensing something (what?) which one cannot quite put a name or definition to, in my family, crosses over into various other unusual responses to reality, and the realm of having a hard time staying grounded in \u201cthis\u201d reality. Without saying too much; if I am energetically sensitive, this comes along with my creative abilities, which seem to also come along with my own mental troubles.\nIn The View From the Studio Door, Ted Orland quotes James Lee Burke\u2019s somewhat tongue-in-cheek comment that \u201cGod might choose fools and people who glow with neurosis as his partners in creation \u2014 but he doesn\u2019t make mistakes.\u201d* (83) What I find interesting about this, as it reflects back on my life, my studies, and my work, is that a great number of neurodiverse people seem to be attracted to the arts.\nWhen I showed a couple of paintings and drawings to one of my old team members, noting my illness at the same time as I felt inclusion in the arts community despite it, he noted that I had \u201cMad Skillz.\u201d This, and \u201cglowing with neurosis,\u201d kind of shed a different light on what otherwise might be seen entirely as an illness, as versus one aspect of a larger human survival strategy. Other components of this strategy might include irrational hope and unshakable faith. After all, the first trait qualifies as delusional; and the second trait only evades that status because the facts regarding the actual situation can\u2019t be proven, therefore one cannot technically be proven wrong.\nI\u2019m not sure if Van Gogh is entirely \u201cto blame\u201d for the humanization of those of us who at times (at least) feel otherworldly, but for some reason, there are a collection of us in the arts community. I am also certain that I am not alone in having my spirituality feed very much into my art, which in turn (along with the fear of having an effect on my society which is unintendedly deleterious \u2014 likely instilled in me from peers assuming I was subhuman, growing up), is the main thing that scares me away from it.\nBut it\u2019s fairly evident that most people aren\u2019t scared of doing the wrong thing for their society \u2014 especially those who clearly are doing the wrong thing. It\u2019s also fairly evident that my creative drive is likely what has sustained me to this point. Hence, why I try \u2014 even if wobbling a bit \u2014 to return to the sheer joy and power and terror of creation.\nThough it is still just weird for me to see things develop as I work on them.\nLast night, in particular, it seemed as though I had been revving the (metaphorical) car in neutral, and then suddenly engaged the gears.\nI don\u2019t know how this creativity thing works. I have been given some tools to help me harness it, but knowing how to drive a car doesn\u2019t mean you understand how the car functions. It means that you can get from Point A to Point B by using it. That doesn\u2019t mean that it\u2019s easy to block out the noise which comes when either you do well, or don\u2019t. Nor does it mean that you won\u2019t suddenly engage a gear and lurch forward and freak yourself out.\nThe easiest way to block a person from being creative is to convince them not to begin; beginning is the hardest part. After you have something to work with, even if it\u2019s just a scrawl\u2026you can start to see things in it, and what it might become. But beginning? It\u2019s a leap of faith, and when you know you\u2019re going to be terrified either way at the outcome (\u201coh no! it\u2019s horrible!\u201d/\u201doh no, I\u2019m being reminded of my life purpose! [now what?]\u201d), it\u2019s hard to take that leap.\nThe difference is that one terror is the terror (or relief) of failure. The other terror is the exalted joy of success, and accompanying sense of direction and responsibility, which requires (guess what?): CHANGE. Bravery, direction, and purpose are not easy burdens to bear, but they become far easier when you\u2019re committed to them, and embedded in the work already. Past a certain point, there is no going back.\nOf late, this has weighed on me; particularly within the last 15 years, in trying to figure out what to do about my embodiment\u2026though I realize now that there is no, \u201cbest-case scenario,\u201d for me. I am not a, \u201c\u2018woman\u2019 who \u2018wants to be\u2019 a man,\u201d or a, \u201c\u2018man\u2019 who \u2018wants to be\u2019 a woman,\u201d and whether either of those things are even accurate ideas, is an obvious question. What my life is has gone far beyond black and white dichotomies; and maybe that is my choice, made while I was unaware it was a choice: to live in full color (yes, with yellow, in addition to red and blue [or magenta and cyan: you pick]: you get many more colors that way) in a society that has historically largely seen in greyscale.\nSurgery would be superficial, for me. Hormones would require never-ending care. I\u2019ve been in the transgender community in one form or another for at least the last 15 years, and I know now that I am clearly not transsexual. Remedies made for them will not work for me. At the same time, I doubt I could be happy in relationships where the fact that I don\u2019t identify as a woman would be unknown or disrespected.\nParticularly, I don\u2019t identify as lesbian (to be lesbian implies, to me, womanhood; it doesn\u2019t to all, however), and could likely partner with a man \u2014 but that man would have to respect me wholly, including the fact that I don\u2019t see myself as a woman, and cannot bend on that point for his benefit. I stopped seeing myself as a woman as a matter of survival, and my survival comes before my relationship with him. (I\u2019m thinking that this is a new flavor of genderqueer.) The same point stands for a significant other of any gender, by the way. Men are only the most commonly occurring options.\nIn talking about gender and sexuality and how I want to shape my future, I\u2019m talking about self-actualization, which is another aspect of creativity. It is, to be certain, one of the clearest points I could assay to support my hypothesis that to change\u2026is scary. Especially when what you\u2019re considering changing is something that will alter your life from the ground up. (Yes, art does that for me. It changes me as I work on it.) But sometimes we change and we don\u2019t know we are changing until the process is already well underway. Sometimes we take a third or fourth or fifth+ route that we didn\u2019t originally see as an option, but which is the only way to survive while keeping ourselves somehow intact (that\u2019s not meant to be a commentary on surgery; I can\u2019t speak to the feelings that cause one to feel enough stress at their embodiment that physical transition is the only option).\nAnyhow, I was talking about Ascension, or the evolution of our collective beings to a higher level of functioning (as I presently understand the term). It will be interesting to see if any of this works out in the ways I\u2019ve seen predicted. I know (and know that I know) little enough about the universe and my own existential existence not to have ruled out messages of hope. After all, it\u2019s one of those survival mechanisms.\n*Orland, Ted. (2012). The view from the studio door: How artists find their way in an uncertain world. Santa Cruz, CA & Eugene, OR: Image Continuum Press.\nlate night color play\u2026\nIt took me until 5 PM today, to fully wake up. Accordingly, even though I am tired now\u2026I know I should go to bed; I just don\u2019t want to. I did, however, get up the courage to play around with some colors.\nMy one pearlescent FW ink is at center bottom \u2014 it\u2019s the one with the glare.\nLong story short, all of the non-glittery FW acrylic inks I have at the moment, are transparent, and neither my Micron nor Copic fineliners bleed under them. The glitter in the pearlescent color I\u2019ve got, however, blocks some of the underlying drawing, even when there isn\u2019t that glare off of the surface (the glare is illustrated above).\nThough I\u2019ve tried to color-correct for this, all of the photos in this post were taken under artificial light. Therefore, some of the more delicate aspects (like the differences between those three yellows up there) are probably not going to be as apparent as they would under full sunlight.\nDon\u2019t let the water pool and dry, or you get this:\nSo, up next was the attempt at color blending. These guys do a decent job of blending wet-into-wet if you drag the colors into each other with the brush (and not so much water), as indicated on that inside corner between red-orange and yellow-orange; they don\u2019t do so well if you let the water and pigment pool and then dry on its own.\nThe latter technique was what achieved the blot in the upper right corner of this photograph. I\u2019m thinking it would have been alright if the amount of water had been far less. But it\u2019s an obvious difference from Western-style watercolor paints, which would probably not have dried like that. You can see as well that glazing appears very effective. I was working on Canson Montval cold-press paper, here.\nDrawing a new color into a brushstroke which has already been laid down has the same subtle effect, as seen here:\n\u2026and I can actually somewhat see the colors separating out in the bluer \u201ctail\u201d of this doodle. I\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s due to incomplete mixing or to the pigments actually settling out. In any case, I\u2019m really surprised that some of the color mixes I\u2019m showing here look as decent as they do, because they looked pretty bad on my palette. I can just say that. \ud83d\ude42\nAt one point I did get the urge to see if these things could work wet-into-wet like regular watercolors. The short answer to that is \u201cno,\u201d at least not when using staining colors, and at the same time having paper which is not fully saturated with water.\nThe result of attempting to drop pigment straight onto wet paper.\nThe image to the right is the result of attempting to drop a few different colors into what was essentially water which I had spread on the paper, but not allowed to soak in. The stain in the center-top area seems to be the result of Phthalo Blue working its way into the paper itself, as the paper absorbed the water that had been laid on top of it.\nI kind of wonder if things would have been different, had I allowed that water to soak in fully before adding in the ink. It would likely have changed the response a bit. I notice that neither the green nor the yellow which I dropped in did the same thing, though, so maybe the difference can be attributed to Phthalo Blue being a staining pigment.\nAnd, right: that same pooling and settling thing happened in the snakes on the right side. I\u2019ve got to remember not to let that happen again, unless I want the effect. \ud83d\ude42 (It really didn\u2019t look that way when it was wet\u2026then again, I saw a lot of subtle variations when the inks were wet which became difficult to see after they had dried.\nOkay, see, and now I want to do a comparison between these and my true watercolor paints\u2026soon, maybe. What I can say is that I have got the saying in mind to let paintings be paintings, and drawings be drawings\u2026I don\u2019t remember who said that, but it is surely difficult to wed the two.\nHaving said that, I went out on a limb and tried drawing a person tonight. Right now, she\u2019s kind of a wireframe and difficult to see, being totally in pencil. But if I were going to work in illustration, as for a comic book, I really do think that this media would be ideal for that. The transparency of the inks allows inked underdrawings to show through, easily, and the acrylic component in the color allows lower layers of acrylic ink to stay put. However, there is also a bit of an issue in my recording tools not being able to pick up the full spectrum of the light which I can see reflected off of the paper.\nI wonder if maybe I should look forward to a dedicated scanner, if I\u2019m going to be doing this stuff seriously (no, that is not a dare)\u2026I just don\u2019t want to deal with public machines where it comes to scans\u2026\nInternational influences make me feel better :)\nI have noticed something about my taste when taking photographs: I very much prefer images which are not totally man-made. I realized this first somewhere along the first time that I went to Las Vegas and did not take pictures of the extravagant ornamentation, not even the ones which seemed set-up for great picture-taking. Now I realize that this is because those images were artificial. Not just in the way that photos cannot help but be artificial, but in the way that these images that I avoided recording were created just to be seen.\nProbably a Coleus. Taken, actually, a number of years ago; but I revisit this site regularly.\nIn contrast, the images I take of plants, and which I took at the last CA State Fair, had an element of chance to them. Even when the images taken were obviously human-arranged, such as the images of a small garden full of Coleus which I took \u2014 there was a non-human element to them which was dominant. As versus the plants within one of the mall displays at Las Vegas, which were placed and then left to die, it seems, the ones at the State Fair were obviously well cared-for, and center stage. That is, it was their beauty we were looking at; not an entirely artificial one.\nIt reminds me of a time when I was at the UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens and was trying to take a picture of a flowering tree\u2026the flower I was focusing in on had a small green bug on it which kind of looked like a green ladybug. At the time, I felt like the green ladybug-thing was keeping the photograph from being \u201cperfect,\u201d but later on, and especially now, I realize that this was an element which individualizes the photo and makes it a portrait of a specific time and place (now gone). As I age, I realize that art pieces I make \u2014 or that anyone makes, really \u2014 are records of the times they originated in\u2026and if there\u2019s one thing to note about time, it\u2019s that it always keeps going. \ud83d\ude42\nYes little bug, I see you. \ud83d\ude42 I know you don\u2019t care I\u2019m here. It\u2019s OK. \ud83d\ude42\nThe other thing I realized about myself, as regards my reading habits, is that I have a very large tendency to want to read things which are new to me. That is, I dislike reading a chain of seven different books which might as well have been one \u2014 which has been a big reason why I haven\u2019t read broadly (in fiction) after University. The perspectives I tended to find were both broadly distributed and relatively unitary as regarded their philosophies. Now that I look back on it, the books which I have most appreciated have been books from authors who had at least dual-culture experience.\nFrom Articulations of Difference: Gender Studies and Writing in French, which focused on explorations of gender and sexuality in French literature, and which was my first major foray on my own into literary criticism; to Essentials of Buddhism: Basic Terminology and Concepts of Buddhist Philosophy and Practice, which is translated out from its original Japanese; to The Hell Screens, written by Alvin Lu, who questioned why he didn\u2019t write the book in Chinese\u2026through to my experiences in my English education where I appreciated a few of the translated works by Russian authors much moreso than books written by native English speakers (though unfortunately I cannot remember anymore which specific authors I appreciated; this was at minimum a decade ago)\u2026not to mention the translated manga I have read but not gotten all the way through (Blade of the Immortal comes to mind)\u2026I have a pattern of appreciating international thought; specifically, international thought which doesn\u2019t try to assimilate to thought structure typical of writing in the English language.\nAnd this last book I\u2019ve been reading, on Chinese Painting Techniques for Exquisite Watercolors, by Lian Quan Zhen, and how it can translate over to influencing Western-style watercolors, is really eye-opening. It reminds me of what I had been told about Picasso\u2019s study of African artwork \u2014 that is, that it revolutionized his painting technique and helped to usher in a new era (for the time) of Modern Art, which in turn blasted open the ideas of what art could be, in Western circles.\nI didn\u2019t get to work on my painting today because I am trying to avoid getting sicker than I already am (going out to work did not happen either); nor did I get to work on reading anything. (And certainly, I should get back to bed after writing this!) However, the memory of having read what I have, of Chinese Painting Techniques, is sticking with me. It\u2019s just really, really interesting to me to read thought which I have not heard expressed to me, before; along the lines of hearing about Best Maugard\u2019s Seven Motifs in my Painting classes, which was brought to me by a teacher fluent in Spanish.\nAs for how that translates into my learning other languages\u2026I know that language acquisition will open my world, at least one culture at a time; maybe more than one at a time. This possibility draws from the example of learning an Asian language which has authors who then touch on cultures I know much less about \u2014 like Essentials of Buddhism by Mizuno Kogen (Mizuno is his surname), who goes into some lesser-known sects of Buddhist practice (out of South Asia, unless I am mistaken) which are no longer extant \u2014 that is, they either are no longer practiced, or have morphed into something else.\nHow are these things related? Probably via my art practice \u2014 what there is of it, at this point, anyway. Where it comes to painting, Chinese Painting Techniques, has been really refreshing.\nThrough this book I have found more of a focus on nature, less of a focus on the human body as a subject of art (I have not understood the Western focus on the human body as a subject of art, but suspect it has to do with seeing the human form as a mirror of the Christian God \u2014 which is irrelevant to me); and a freedom to imaginatively describe subjects as versus copying them from reality. I was just kind of blown away when I looked at this book and found that it was OK in some traditions to describe things intensely by linework, or to describe elements of reality in an imaginative and still elegant way, as versus a literal way\u2026or to incorporate poetry with art (though granted, I knew the latter already). In particular, the section on composition, along with drawing inspiration from reality but not copying literal reality; these things have opened up a new way to thinking about image-making, for me.\nAt this point, I am very much inspired by this book. I am unsure about buying it, as it seems the only options to get a paper copy are through used book sales, and I am not planning on switching to Chinese watercolors anytime soon (which behave differently than Western watercolors). However\u2026just to know that there are alternate accepted ways of working out there, is really nice to know. That is, it\u2019s nice to know that doing things differently is not necessarily doing them wrongly.\nAnd how this ties into my desire to learn other languages\u2026? It\u2019s a relatively new viewpoint for me, but I will keep trying. It\u2019s just strange to notice the lack of exposure someone who only knows English has to the knowledge of world civilizations and histories and cultures and arts, etc\u2026almost as though this knowledge is commonly seen as irrelevant or optional. (It\u2019s not, when we live with people who have backgrounds from all over\u2026)\nThis is to the extent that I know my English grammar skills are lacking (I was supposed to be taught this when very young, but apparently no one wanted to teach it), which cannot help but make the later acquisition of other languages, more difficult. However, it\u2019s been clear that my grammatical knowledge has been built on and reinforced both by Spanish and Japanese, even though I am not yet to the level of full functionality in either language. It wasn\u2019t until I started work, though, that I realized that my six years of training in Spanish amounted to very basic Spanish knowledge, which could maybe allow me to understand the gist of a kid\u2019s book or an advertisement.\n(I wonder how I would have done in Ethnic Studies, or a foreign language as a major; as versus English\u2026? Would it have been so conservative?\u2026)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 47635, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://equal-eyes.org/database/2015/12/2/latvian-minister-declares-hes-gay-exposing-new-culture-war-in-europe", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:15Z", "digest": "sha1:OSS54KUH43FI6PILZ6RLBNGS4RGUJZBB", "length": 879, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "equal-eyes.org", "title": "Latvian Minister Declares He\u2019s Gay, Exposing New Culture War in Europe \u2014 Equal Eyes", "raw_content": "World of Politics, Sports and Culture\nLatvian Minister Declares He\u2019s Gay, Exposing New Culture War in Europe\nWhen Latvia\u2019s foreign minister, Edgars Rinkevics, declared on Twitter on Thursday that he was \u201cproud to be gay,\u201d the announcement was welcomed there by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activists, who have faced open hostility from social conservatives in the former Soviet republic.\nIn neighboring countries, contrasting reactions to the minister\u2019s declaration \u2014 and his statement, in Latvian, that he would also work for legal recognition for same-sex couples \u2014 seemed to reveal the contours of a cultural fault line on the issue in post-Cold War Europe between West and East. Read More\nTagged: Latvia, coming out, twitter\nNewer PostStudy: Pro-LGBT laws spur global economic growth\nOlder PostOver 50% of gay population in Taiwan have suffered partner abuse", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1513, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://esic-parliament.uk/2019/02/12/the-bilateral-investment-agreements-transitional-arrangements-and-framework-for-managing-financial-responsibility-revocation-eu-exit-regulations-2019/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:57Z", "digest": "sha1:JO4YEOWPQUEHAXCAN55V6C7XYAUQJ36G", "length": 676, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "esic-parliament.uk", "title": "The Bilateral Investment Agreements (Transitional Arrangements and Framework for Managing Financial Responsibility) (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 \u2013 European Statutory Instruments Committee Engagement Tool", "raw_content": "2.1 This SI revokes, on the day of the UK\u2019s withdrawal from the EU, two EU regulations relating to the administration of the relationship between the EU and Member States on matters relating to EU investment agreements and the Member States\u2019 bilateral investment treaties and any related investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases. Following the UK\u2019s withdrawal from the EU these Regulations will become EU retained law, unless this SI revokes them.\nPrevious Post The Creative Europe Programme and Europe for Citizens Programme (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019\nNext Post The Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2946, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 245.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://essaysexperts.com/essays/history/africa-during-the-period-1750-1945.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:32Z", "digest": "sha1:7YTLM5QEAKIRKOV3E4VYU2LXKIBEEXZA", "length": 5948, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "essaysexperts.com", "title": "buy custom Africa during the Period 1750-1945 essay paper cheap. order Africa during the Period 1750-1945 essay for sale, pay", "raw_content": "Home Sample Essays History essay Africa during the Period 1750-1945\nImperialism has been defined as the extension of rule or even influence by a particular government to the other, or, the influence of one society to the other. The evidence that shows the existence of imperial powers is drawn from the history written in Egypt and Mesopotamia. At this time, local rulers had to extend their powers by conquering some other nations and holding them in captives in a subjection state. The most empire that was highly organized in history was the Assyria, which was later taken over by a more integrated empire of Persian. In history, imperialism reached its climax at the time of Roman Empire. In Europe there has never been another empire that rose to take over the Roman Empire. However, imperialism in Africa remained a historical feature from 1750 to 1945. This paper shows how did imperial powers control and transform Africa during the period 1750-1945. It majorly uses The Book `Things Fall Apart 'by Chinua Achebe.\nA part from the shedding of blood throughout Africa, the European imperial powers led to cultural penalties. The Europeans moved in and established effective presence in the whole of Africa. People started seeing religious missions' trading posts then later emerged political control, which transplanted the European culture. There \"were the effects on languages, economic system, and technology, political and legal influences, ended up being forced traditional African societies\". On top of losing both political and economic control, most Africans had to be satisfied with the introduced disturbing ideas, as well as cultural confronts. In Various African communities, the recognition of such cultural experiences differed.\nThe crazy-quilt of being controlled by Europeans, defined a confusing variety of different culture imported from Europe then implanted and imposed in a manner that can be described as being hodge-podge, which ended adding much complexities to the onc that were already existing in Africa. For instance, there were different European cultures being implanted in different African society in different regions. There were cases where different European cultures were being implanted in different languages in the same region at different times, for instance, the German and the Britain culture in Tanzania. This implantation ended up adding cultural diversity as well as conflicts.\nChinua Achebe in his book Things Fall Part for instance, explains the complex effects of new culture introduction and their effects into traditional established African Societies. The traditional culture of African societies for instance Ibo community as used by Achebe were shaken to its center due to colonial intrusion. This was especially as a result of the new religion introduction. When Okonkwo excommunicated from his community, on his return, the white man's culture had taken over the tribe's culture. This was even accompanied by other European structures along with ideas, like the government structure changing from traditional chiefs to the use of District commissioners. Though the story itself is fictional, but it explains the real paten experienced by experienced by the Ibo society as they confronted by the power and culture of the white man (Achebe, 1994).\nThough Achebe does not depict the Ibo community before the coming of the Whiteman as perfect, but some of the changes that introduced by the Britons, were much better to the Ibo society as a whole, for example the treatment of the outcast, women, as well as deeply unhappy with societal laws. Britons presence was destructive to the existing local relationships and traditions. Due to European culture, the African society ended up changing for ever. Their developments and patterns were permanently destroyed. This consequence of imperial power was just similar to other countless African traditions as well as other parts oof the world like Asia. Regardless of whether, the introduction was developmental or progressive, the fact remains that, the Ibo community and other native societies in Africa were transformed and destroyed for ever by forceful introduction of \"new religious ideas, new economic structures, new political power and laws. There will be no going back to traditional, pre-colonial cultures, even after independence is achieved\".\nBefore the coming of European people, African societies were practicing imperial power control over other African societies. Different societies used to go into war with other societies just to capture them or take over their land and other properties, on top of them all, to impose their culture on them. This was due to the fact that, every community wanted to expand its territory, in terms of geographical region, as well as cultural influence and wealth. For instance, in the book of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, the Ibo community went into war with other neighboring societies to capture them and take over their properties including cattle. This is makes up the reason as to why Ozonkwo ended up capturing one boy whom he brought in his home and made him under go the Ibos' rites and rituals.\nThis is not some thing that happened in Ibo's society alone, it happened in the whole of Africa. Another area where imperial power took control in Africa is the boarder and political division. It is clear that, after the coming of Europeans, the conquering forces made no absolute meaning to Africans. The distinction between different colonies was not really rooted on geographical distinction, language differences, or even on the existing states of Africa as well as tribal linkages. The distinction was rooted mainly on \"who got there first\". 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Most of the exports of the Kona Electric will initially go to the European markets because the US launch of the vehicle has been scheduled for later this year.\nThe Kona Electric CUV will be available in two versions --- a \u2018Short-range\u2019 battery pack version equipped with a 39.2 kWh battery pack for 300 km range; and a Long-range\u2019 battery pack version featuring a 64 kWh battery pack for nearly 470 km range.\nHyundai has not yet released the pricing details for the Kona Electric CUV in all the markets. However, it is being projected that the cost of the vehicle will start in the low $30,000s, with the Long Range version to be priced at approximately $40,000.\nVolvo COO shares details about company\u2019s first fully electric car\nHyundai Kona EV 64kWh version will likely cost 325.900 kr in Norway", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 8156, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://events.ku.edu.tr/detail.php?i=2620", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:40Z", "digest": "sha1:JX2MWMBNOFHARG2MC774YHYDT22BMINX", "length": 403, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "events.ku.edu.tr", "title": "The Vienna Graduate School on Computational Material Science", "raw_content": "The Vienna Graduate School on Computational Material Science\nAnnounces the opening of students in the area of computational and theoretical condensed matter physics, chemistry and engineering. The Graduate School is committed to high quality in research and education, and is hence seeking students with excellent academic records and visibly strong enthusiasm and talent for research.\nOpeningVienna.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 187.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://everybrodymovie.com/2017/01/29/solo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:12Z", "digest": "sha1:YYOWKV7APQADNWY4XVZFY62OHJQE5BST", "length": 2605, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "everybrodymovie.com", "title": "Solo | EveryBrodyMovie.com", "raw_content": "Writers: Screenplay by David Corley, based on the novel \u201cWeapon\u201d by Robert Mason.\nStarring: Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Barry Corbin, Adrien Brody, Seidy Lopez, Abraham Verduzco, Farnecio de Bernal\u2026\nI\u2019m going to be straight with you, my dear readers: this movie is not great. It has its impressive moments, but overall\u2026 it\u2019s kind of cheesy. As with Bullet, though, I think it may have impressed me more upon its release in 1996.\nSolo is basically about a government project (also called SOLO) to develop a cyborg super soldier. They can send this robot soldier into more dangerous situations than a human, as he can be programmed to take on any task, and because there is no fear of death.\nThe cyborg soldier, whom they name Solo (yes, it\u2019s the name of the project and the character) has a perceived flaw, however. Killing makes him \u201cfeel bad.\u201d Solo (Mario Van Peebles) believes endangering innocent bystanders/\u201dnon-combatants\u201d is wrong. This is something the military officials in charge of the program did not count on.\nSolo ends up befriending a group of \u201cnon-combatants\u201d in a village and helps them learn to defend themselves. In exchange, they provide him with electronics to keep his power charged. He learns more about human nature along the way. Meanwhile, the leaders of the program are losing their minds trying to reign Solo in.\nSomething I noted while analyzing Adrien\u2019s performance in this film (as is the point of this blog), is that the aforementioned moral compass Solo is guided by closely mirrors that of his creator.\nDr. Bill Stewart (Brody) is a soft-hearted scientist who cares for the cyborg soldier he\u2019s created as if he was his child or brother. Everyone else treats Solo as a weapon, a machine, even a mistake. Bill is easily the most ethical person involved in the project. It\u2019s a great role for Adrien to play: humor, brains and heart. He did quite well here. The bond between Solo and Bill is my favorite part of the film.\nCol. Frank Madden (William Sadler) seems to embody the polar opposite: a total lack of moral compass. He is guided only by his own desire to be in charge. This becomes even more evident when he is sent on a mission to retrieve Solo after he goes rogue.\nWithout giving too much away, it becomes clearer and clearer what Madden is about. The story then becomes about the classic good vs. evil battle that drives so many films.\nIt\u2019s worth the watching to see Brody and Sadler\u2019s performances (Barry Corbin is quite enjoyable, also) and to revel in some of the more cheesy moments. An example: Solo learning how to laugh. It\u2019s hilariously cringeworthy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 4648, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 252.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://excellencereporter.com/category/neuroscience/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:33:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ULJWYQD6WXSBPYSQDA4UGFHR47SLEKGY", "length": 3648, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "excellencereporter.com", "title": "Neuroscience \u2013 Excellence Reporter", "raw_content": "Excellence Reporter: Dr. Radin, what is the meaning of life? Dean Radin: Each of us defines our own meaning of life. For those who are simply trying to survive pondering this question is an impossible luxury. But for those who have the time and means to wonder why [\u2026]\nB. Alan Wallace: The Meaning of Life and Genuine Wellbeing\nExcellence Reporter: Dr. Wallace, what is the meaning of life? B. Alan Wallace: Issues of meaning, values, and ethics are considered by many to be subjective in nature, determined simply by one\u2019s preferences, in contrast to the objective truths revealed by scientific inquiry. I find this split between [\u2026]\nDr. Bj\u00f6rn Brembs: What is the Meaning of Life?\nThere is no meaning of life, except the one you choose to give it. For everything else, watch Monty Python\u2019s \u201cMeaning of Life\u201d ~Bj\u00f6rn Brembs, Professor of Neurogenetics in the Institute of Zoology at Regensburg University brembs.net Copyright \u00a9 2015 Excellence Reporter\nAllan Combs: Life Has a Thousand Meanings\nExcellence Reporter: Prof. Combs, what is the meaning of life? Allan Combs: There are a thousand meanings to life, as there are a thousand moments to the day. In the morning it is good to chop wood and carry water. At night to read, enjoy friendships and loved [\u2026]\nJean-Fran\u00e7ois Gari\u00e9py: There is No Meaning to Life\nExcellence Reporter: Jean-Fran\u00e7ois, what is the meaning of life? Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Gari\u00e9py: What do we mean by the word meaning? The meaning of something is its intended effect or signification. Hand waves, smiles and tears are all things that have some meaning, because we infer the message carried by [\u2026]\nDr. Mark Changizi: The Meaning of Life\u2026\nExcellence Reporter: Mark, what is the meaning of life? Mark Changizi: The meaning, or point, to life is\u2026to answer the questions to the universe. \u2026it\u2019s what I\u2019ve been saying since a kid. ~Dr. Mark Changizi, neuroscientist http://www.changizi.com Copyright \u00a9 2015 Excellence Reporter Image: National Georgraphic\nSandeep Gautam: The Meaning of Life and Self-Actualization\nExcellence Reporter: Sandeep, what is the meaning of life? Sandeep Gautam: When asked about the meaning of life my first response is to be smart alecky and reply \u201942\u2019, but I don\u2019t want the readers to be left with the impression that life is meaningless or arbitrary. I adhere [\u2026]\nMichael Posner On The Meaning of Life\nExcellence Reporter: Prof. Posner, what is the meaning of life? Michael Posner: I do not believe that life in general has a meaning. I believe that the meaning of each individual life is provided by the person themselves. In the case of my life, it is given what [\u2026]\nTali Sharot: Meaning and Expanding Human Knowledge\nExcellence Reporter: Tali, what is the meaning of life? Tali Sharot: The meaning of life is to have meaning. That is to say, to know why you get up in the morning. That reason is different for different people. For me personally it is expanding human knowledge in a way [\u2026]\nDiane Powell: All Life Is Inherently Meaningful\nI began my search for life\u2019s meaning when I was four years old and experienced two life-altering events: The first occurred while I was mountain hiking with my family. Our trail\u2019s dry earth suddenly crumbled underneath my feet and broke off the cliff, taking me with it. I fell several feet, [\u2026]\nDr. William A. Tiller: Working Hypotheses Regarding The Meaning of Life\nExcellence Reporter: Dr. Tiller, what is the meaning of life? William A. Tiller: My working hypotheses regarding the meaning of life are: To grow in coherence, to develop our gifts of intentionality and thus become co-creators with our spiritual parents and As we learn in academic knowledge, in [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 9467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 301.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011-season/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:23Z", "digest": "sha1:DX6N4DKN7ZFI6BNXEQRCOBCBXVSLPB4A", "length": 324, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "f1fanatics.wordpress.com", "title": "2011 Season | The F1Fanatics Blog", "raw_content": "Welcome to the 2011 Season page. You can hover of the \u201c2011 Season\u201d part of the bar above and select a team, or click on a team name or image below to be taken to their page. Also available on this page is a schedule of the races for the 2011 season.\nTeams (in 2010 constructor championship finishing order):\nHispania HRT F1", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 277, "original_length": 8178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://familymedicine.vcu.edu/about/news/fmscholar-kathryn-gouthros-rotation-in-yellowstone.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZCQXSFMALVDTJQCQPN6UGOASZQXX54V4", "length": 1088, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "familymedicine.vcu.edu", "title": "News - VCU Family Medicine and Population Health", "raw_content": "M4 Kathryn Gouthro, a scholar in the fmSTAT track program, recently completed one of the more unconventional medical rotations when she spent a month at the clinics in Yellowstone National Park. For Gouthro, the president of the Class of 2019, it was a homecoming; she grew up inside the park and visited those same clinics for her own medical care. Seeing firsthand how the doctor was a vital part of the Yellowstone community itself spurred her interest in family medicine. It seems a perfect fit, as her supervising physician and Yellowstone medical director Luanne Freer, M\u201988 noted, \u201cShe has this way of connecting with people.\u201d\nOnce she completes a seven-year commitment with the Army after graduation, Gouthro hopes to makes these connections even stronger. \u201cI would love to be a rural family doctor. When you are it \u2013 when you are the only person available \u2013 you have the opportunity to really become a resource for the people there. You become part of the community, which is really a special thing.\u201d\nTo read more about Kathryn\u2019s time in Yellowstone, please see the article here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1943, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 234.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fashionschooldaily.com/17402/beyond-the-front-row-general-meeting-tomorrow/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:37Z", "digest": "sha1:7PSUWE7OLOSHFGH5FUKRS7ISAQFVTXZK", "length": 715, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "fashionschooldaily.com", "title": "Beyond the Front Row General Meeting Tomorrow! | Fashion School Daily, School of Fashion Blog at Academy of Art University", "raw_content": "Beyond the Front Row General Meeting Tomorrow!\nBeyond the Front Row, the School of Fashion\u2019s student club, is having a general meeting and fashion workshop this Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30 PM! The meeting will be held in Room 201 at 625 Polk Street. Beyond the Front Row will discussing volunteer opportunities and events, which will be taking place in April and May. Also, in preparation for the Academy of Art University Graduation Fashion Show and surrounding events, the club would like to introduce a workshop, which will educate and prepare students for fashion shows and events.\nTo find out more information you can email Beyond the Front Row at beyondthefrontrow@gmail.com.\nNext Kent Denim Has a New L.A. Shop", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 245.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fearandmere.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/some-thoughts-on-america-and-the-military/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:EF22IKKHWHPSH3MD5P7F3M3NKSQLDIGL", "length": 3933, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "fearandmere.wordpress.com", "title": "Some thoughts on America and the military | fearandmere", "raw_content": "\u00ab Introduction and Selections I\nSome thoughts on America and the military\nThe other night a U.S. soldier killed 16 Afghan civilians.[1]\nMost of them were women and children.\nOne of the children was 2 years old.\nBut we\u2019re told to support the troops. We\u2019re told to support our country. Be patriotic!\nBut a soldier just killed innocent people. He murdered them. Now those who protest would say he\u2019s just an anomaly. He doesn\u2019t represent the American military as a whole. I completely disagree. This soldier was trained by the American military. When he killed he wore their uniform. He used their weapons. He is a part of them no matter how much they try to cover it up. They trained this soldier to be violent.\nAnd violence breeds violence.\nI don\u2019t support the troops. I don\u2019t support this country. I\u2019m not patriotic.\nI refuse to \u201cpledge allegiance to the flag.\u201d[2]\nMy only allegiance is to Christ. He said to turn the other cheek.[3] He said to love your enemies.[4] He said blessed are the peacemakers.[5] He said that those who draw the sword will die by the sword.[6]\nIf I have any other allegiance it is idolatry.[7] I can\u2019t serve both G-d and country.[8]\nNational borders are man-made and G-d does not see them. He only sees the human race in its diversity and beauty. We need to have the same outlook. If we did than countries would not be going to war with each other.\nIt sickens me that Christianity has believed this patriotic lie for so long. To me even to have an American flag in a church building is wrong. How can we fly this flag next to the cross? It is one of the greatest contradictions and should be eradicated.\nWe need to be revolutionary like Jesus and stand up for His truth even if it\u2019s hard and contrary to what we\u2019ve been taught. For example, I went to a hockey game several months ago. And during one of the intermissions they had a U.S. Marine Oath of Enlistment.[9] Of course afterwards the whole arena gave a standing ovation. But I refused to stand up. I refused to applaud. I refused to do something that you\u2019re supposed to do. How could I? I would have stood up and applauded for people that were giving their lives to the idol of this country and its violence. I could not in good conscience as a follower of Christ support these new soldiers. In that moment of \u201crebellion\u201d I believe I was obeying Jesus.\nAmerica likes to portray itself as good but I think for many people America is evil. All you have to do is ask the family and friends of those who were killed the other night by an American soldier. Or those connected with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What do you think their thoughts of America are? The prophet Isaiah said, \u201cWoe to those who call evil good and good evil.\u201d[10]\nIn 2010, more U.S. soldiers killed themselves than were killed in combat.[11] America is essentially killing their own soldiers more than their so-called \u201cenemies\u201d are.\nAmericans like to sing \u201cG-d Bless America.\u201d But maybe G-d should damn America.\n[1] http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-soldier-accused-killing-16-afghans-including-women/story?id=15897098#.T14rj_X4ySo\n[2] \u201cI pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under G-d, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\u201d \u2013 How dare the name of G-d be present in this pledge of idolatry!\n[7] Exodus 20:3-5a \u2013 Patriotism turns America into a god. Is the flag not an image we bow down to when we put our hands over our hearts and recite the pledge or sing the national anthem?\n[8] Matthew 6:24 with my own variation\n[9]http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=256878311027673&set=a.256877837694387.53870.158413400874165&type=1&theater \u2013 to most people this picture is innocent but to me it is very disturbing\n[11] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmH0PF1IiaI\nPosted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, Christianity, God, Jesus, military, pacifism, violence | Leave a Comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 5601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://feelbydoing.com/eng/calendar/mushrooms-oct", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:09Z", "digest": "sha1:ZHAR5QS2VLBBUB2DG74MW45IQFAR23WW", "length": 459, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "feelbydoing.com", "title": "Turismo responsable y sostenible en Catalunya \u2014 Feel by Doing", "raw_content": "Catalonia is land of mushrooms and can practically be found in all the regions... Knowing which ones are eatable and which ones are not is not easy, and even dangerous if you don't know about it...\nWe offer you a guided tour into the nature with a mushrooms' expert, who will help you to discover and understand the properties of all mushrooms, curiosities, culinary uses, etc. Once the basket is full, you will cook a tasty recipe or take them home with you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fenfast.com/fenfast-side-effects/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:35Z", "digest": "sha1:KB7VRKNJS3IOX6C2MYSRQTN3HSCQP63V", "length": 3185, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "fenfast.com", "title": "Fenfast Side Effects - Does Fenfast have Side Effects?", "raw_content": "FENFAST 375 SIDE EFFECTS\nAmong the first thing that dieters want to know about FENFAST 375 is whether or not there are any side effects. This is a very important thing to consider, particularly since this nutraceutical contains stimulants that provide very similar benefits to prescription weight loss medications.\nIt is important to understand that FENFAST 375 does not include any prescription or regulated ingredients in its formula. This, in general, makes it far safer to take than prescription diet pills like Phentermine and Adipex. However, some people may still experience some side effects when taking FENFAST 375 tablets. These side effects will typically be very mild in nature, such as a dry mouth or a jittery feeling.\nHowever, FENFAST is not recommended for everyone. For example, people who are sensitive to stimulants, who are taking other medications or supplements, or women who are pregnant or nursing should not take FENFAST 375. Your doctor can help to determine whether this product is safe for you.\nPrescription diet drugs based on phentermine hydrochloride \u2013 which is a very powerful stimulant \u2013 can generate a number of different unwanted effects. These can range from mild inconveniences (some of which go away after the first few days or weeks of use) such as headache, tremors, constipation and dry mouth, to severe or dangerous reactions such as convulsions, heart palpitations, seizures, or very high blood pressure.\nAs both types of diet pills stimulate the central nervous system, it is easy to suspect that the drawbacks may also be similar.\nHowever, there are no severe FENFAST side effects when taken as directed. It is perfectly safe to use for many dieters, and will not cause them to experience those powerful or dangerous symptoms. Furthermore, unlike the prescription strength counterparts, this over the counter pill also does not come with an extremely high risk of problematic addiction. Though the prescription drugs must be reserved for short term use or the dieter could form a dependency on the medication, this nonprescription tablet can continue to be used over the long term, as long as the dieter needs to continue to lose weight. This pill does contain caffeine, which can cause mild withdrawal effects when immediately stopped, but they are small in comparison to amphetamines.\nBecause the formulation does contain stimulants, there is a chance that people who have a specific sensitivity to that type of ingredient could experience the same type of FENFAST side effects that they would have if they drank coffee. The reason is that coffee contains caffeine, which is also a stimulant. Some people find that they can experience mild symptoms, such as jitters or others, when they have stimulants of any kind. Those individuals may not find that they can use this product without that experience.\nAt the same time, though, the majority of healthy dieters should find that they can use this product without experiencing any unwanted FENFAST side effects at all. This is because it has been carefully formulated to balance all of the ingredients in a way that will ensure their maximum benefit and lowest possible chance of drawbacks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 4130, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 265.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fibaaml.fiba.net/speakers/daniel-stabile/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:28Z", "digest": "sha1:2LIUU6KYKGE5VCGSFTDCQFT4UZOCDSFF", "length": 1161, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "fibaaml.fiba.net", "title": "Daniel Stabile - FIBA AML Compliance Conference FIBA AML Compliance Conference", "raw_content": "Daniel Stabile is a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where he is a member of the Financial Services Practice Group. The firm\u2019s Financial Services Practice Group has been recognized by Chambers USA as a Band 1 banking and financial practice area since its first publication.\nDaniel focuses his practice on representing domestic and international financial services firms and businesses. He concentrates his practice in the disputes arena, and has represented numerous financial institutions (and other entities) in internal and governmental/SRO investigations, as well as related enforcement proceedings, civil litigation, and arbitration.\nDaniel also advises clients with respect to regulatory and corporate issues pertinent to individuals and entities of all sizes operating in the distributed ledger and virtual currencies spaces. He has spoken on such issues in various forums, including in a recent presentation sponsored by the Florida International Bankers Association.\nPrior to joining Shutts, Daniel practiced in the New York office of an international law firm. During law school, he worked at the United States Department of Justice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2342, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 169.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://figuringpeople.wordpress.com/contact/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:19Z", "digest": "sha1:UGUTFV2Q6PCGHGFN65EQRPEVVM6366JM", "length": 162, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "figuringpeople.wordpress.com", "title": "Contact | Figuring People", "raw_content": "If you\u2019d like to request a review of an artist not covered here, or to inquire about a purchase, or make a private comment, I will be happy to read your thoughts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://filipiknow.net/manila-history-and-trivia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:56Z", "digest": "sha1:FZDCZSEX2YMJPSYXYSIBHOAW6AYWCBOR", "length": 16951, "nlines": 86, "source_domain": "filipiknow.net", "title": "12 Random Facts About Manila That Will Blow Your Mind", "raw_content": "07/02/2014 11/16/2018 FilipiKnow Dwight D. Eisenhower almost became Quezon City\u2019s first chief of police, Escolta boasts of many firsts in the Philippines, facts and trivia about manila, Felix R. Hidalgo Street was once considered \u201cthe most beautiful street in Manila\", Gen. Douglas MacArthur was Manila Hotel's \"General Manager\", Harrison Plaza was a former cemetery, history of manila, Manila City Hall is shaped like a coffin with a cross on it when viewed from the top, Manila Day (June 24) marks the foundation of Intramuros, manila facts, manila history, manila trivia, Manila was formerly known as Kota Salurong, Manila's underground tunnels, not the Manila we know today, The British invasion of Manila, The height of Quezon Memorial Shrine was based on the president's age when he died, the ONLY Filipino casualty of the First World War, Tomas Claudio\nSo much has happened since Miguel Lopez de Legazpi established the Spanish City of Manila on June 24, 1571. We\u2019ve witnessed how the Philippines\u2019 capital transformed from the celebrated \u201cPearl of the Orient\u201d into a lost city marred by war. And then it was all downhill from there.\nBut Manila is still the country\u2019s capital, and celebrating its foundation day is more about looking forward to the future and less about thinking how we fell behind in terms of economic progress.\nIn order to move forward, however, we also need to look back to our past. After all, there are so many stories and facts about Manila that those who live in the city aren\u2019t even aware of.\nHere are some of the most fascinating facts about Manila you probably don\u2019t know:\n1. \u2018Secret\u2019 underground tunnels.\n2. The height of Quezon Memorial Shrine\u2019s three vertical pylons was based on President Quezon\u2019s age when he died.\n3. General Douglas MacArthur served as Manila Hotel\u2019s \u201cGeneral Manager.\u201d\n4. Harrison Plaza and other areas in Manila used to be cemeteries.\n5. Tomas Claudio Boulevard in Malate was named after the ONLY Filipino casualty of the First World War.\n6. Felix R. Hidalgo Street in Quiapo was once considered \u201cthe most beautiful street in Manila.\u201d\n7. The British invaded and ruled Manila for two years (1762-1764).\n8. In the 16th century Manila, the Muslims were the ruling class while the Tagalogs were considered inferior.\n9. Dwight D. Eisenhower almost became Quezon City\u2019s first chief of police.\n10. Escolta boasts of many firsts in the Philippines.\n11. Manila Day (June 24) marks the foundation of Intramuros, not the Manila we know today.\n12. Manila City Hall is shaped like a coffin with a cross on it when viewed from the top.\nPhoto credit: Richard A. Reyes\nManila\u2019s busiest commercial districts are clear reminders of the city\u2019s modernity. Anyone who frequents these places would always expect to see towering skyscrapers, condominiums, and posh boutiques.\nBut underground tunnels that are older than WWII? Highly unlikely.\nTo the surprise of many, both Makati City and Bonifacio Global City in Taguig actually have secret passageways hiding underneath them.\nIn January 2011, the crew of Manila Water discovered a tunnel during one of their digging operations at the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA)-Guadalupe area. Although few details have been revealed about the said man-made tunnel, it is reportedly located 3.5 meters below the street level and is wide enough to fit several dump trucks.\nThe Fort Bonifacio Tunnel, on the other hand, has a more interesting history to share. Located near Megaworld, the tunnel is about 2.24 km long and 4 meters wide. It is equipped with 32 built-in chambers, a 6-meter-deep well, and 2 exits leading to Brgy. East Rembo and Brgy. Pembo in Makati City.\nThere are four entrances to the tunnel that currently exist: The first is across C5 (near Market! Market!) while the other one is found on East Rembo.\nThe third entrance can be found at Amapola Street, although it has been closed to give way to the construction of a new house. The fourth entrance is open and is found on Morning Glory Street.\nAlthough some say that the tunnel was built under the order of General Douglas MacArthur in 1942, historical accounts show that it was constructed much earlier. Retired Brig. Gen. Restituto Aguilar, also the former director of the Philippine Army Museum, said that the construction of the tunnel started in the early 1900s through the efforts of the Igorot miners from the Cordillera.\nThe tunnel was initially used as an \u201cunderground highway\u201d which helped transport food, medicines, and other military supplies to Fort McKinley (now Fort Bonifacio). It was then expanded in 1936 to serve as Gen. Douglas MacArthur\u2019s headquarters and storage room for military supplies.\nWhen the WWII broke out, the Japanese destroyed Fort McKinley and renamed it \u201cSakura Heiei\u201d. The tunnel, on the other hand, served as a temporary shelter of high-ranking Japanese military officials, including Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita.\nAfter the war, the tunnel was turned over to the Philippine government. Fort McKinley was renamed Fort Andres Bonifacio and became a Central Business District in 1994. The underground tunnel was eventually closed in 1995 and since then, most Filipinos have forgotten that such historical treasure exists.\nIn 2012, Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) disclosed their plans of developing the Fort Bonifacio Tunnel into a historic site to help protect its legacy.\nPhoto credit: Jodel Cuasay via Flickr\nThe Quezon Memorial Circle houses the museum, shrine, and the remains of former President Manuel L. Quezon as well as First Lady Aurora Quezon.\nModeled after Napoleon Bonaparte\u2019s catafalque in Les Invalides, France, the Quezon Memorial Shrine was the brainchild of Federico Ilustre, an architect who bested other finalists to create the monument\u2019s final design.\nThe monument has three vertical pylons symbolizing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. They measure 66 meters in height, based on President Quezon\u2019s age when he died on August 1, 1944. There are also three angels holding Sampaguita wreaths on top which were created by Italian sculptor Monti.\nConstruction of the Quezon Memorial Shrine started in the 1950s but was only completed in 1978 due to several factors like lack of funds and the difficulty of importing Carrara marble which came in blocks and was carved on site.\nOn August 19, 1979, President Quezon\u2019s remains were transferred from Manila North Cemetery to the Quezon Memorial Circle. In the same year, President Ferdinand Marcos declared the site as a National Shrine.\nEstablished on July 4, 1912, the Manila Hotel witnessed several landmark events and became home to some of the most important people in Philippine history\u2013including Gen. Douglas MacArthur.\nIn 1935, MacArthur was commissioned by President Quezon to help build the Philippine army and serve as Military Advisor of the Commonwealth. From 1935 to 1941, MacArthur stayed in the Manila Hotel together with his wife Jean and son Arthur.\nBefore they arrived in the Philippines, President Quezon hired architect Andres Luna de San Pedro, son of famous painter Juan Luna, to build a seven-room penthouse in Manila Hotel. MacArthur lived a life of luxury and fully enjoyed his favorite food at the hotel: Native lapu-lapu wrapped in banana leaves.\nThe cost of MacArthur\u2019s suite eventually drained the hotel\u2019s budget and Quezon, upon receiving the bill, called Mayor Jorge Vargas to settle the problem.\nTo handle the cost, it was decided to give MacArthur the honorary title of \u201cGeneral Manager\u201d. Although he was considered a figurehead, MacArthur ignored his status and still took charge of hotel management.\n1899: Monument of a cemetery located at the south west of Fort San Antonio Abad. The area is where the present-day Harrison Plaza now stands. Photo credit: John Tewell via Flickr.\nThanks to modernization, some sacred burial grounds had to be wiped out to give way to commercial buildings. Such is the case with an old cemetery located southwest of an area once known as Fort San Antonio Abad in Malate, Manila. The area is now occupied by the Harrison Plaza, also known as the country\u2019s first modern mall.\nBut Harrison Plaza is not the only one that lies above former burial grounds. Another area in Malate, the Remedios Circle, was actually one of Manila\u2019s earliest cemeteries. However, it closed down after WWII, and all the remains were transferred to the South Cemetery.\nThe incident happened after the Catholic Church agreed to surrender the cemetery to the government in exchange of a road leading to a new church across the Manila Zoo.\nAnother former cemetery is the Espiritu Santo Parish Church in Sta. Cruz, Manila. It is known as the first church in the country dedicated to the Holy Spirit. It used to be a simple place of worship in the middle of Sta. Cruz Cemetery.\nThe area around the cemetery was eventually converted into the Parish of Espiritu Santo by the La Liga del Espiritu Santo led by Florentino Torres, Supreme Court\u2019s first associate justice. The small chapel within the cemetery, on the other hand, was built into a bigger church in 1926.\nTomas Claudio. Photo credit: Tomas Claudio Memorial College\nBorn on May 7, 1892, Tomas Mateo Claudio was originally from Morong Rizal. He was hired by the Bureau of Prisons as a guard but was fired shortly after he was caught sleeping during working hours. He then moved to the US where he got a job at a sugar plantation in Hawaii, and later as a salmon canner at Alaska.\nEventually, he got a chance to study commerce at a college in Nevada. After graduation, Claudio worked at a local Post Office as a clerk.\nClaudio, already a Filipino-American, then decided to enlist himself in the U.S. Army. He was one of the members of the American Expeditionary Force to France who was sent to fight against the Germans during World War I.\nUnfortunately, he died in the battle on June 29, 1918, making him the first Fil-Am war hero and also the only Filipino casualty of WWI.\nTo honor his bravery, the Pvt. Tomas Claudio Post 1063 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. was established in 1923 by a group of Fil-Am veterans of WWI. A college, a street, and a bridge in the Philippines were also named after him to honor his contributions.\n1899: San Sebastian Street (Felix R. Hidalgo Street today) looking northeast towards San Sebastian Church. Photo credit: John Tewell via Flickr.\nNamed after the famous 19th-century Filipino painter, Felix R. Hidalgo Street in Quiapo, Manila is known for connecting two churches: the San Sebastian Basilica and the Basilica of Quiapo.\nAlthough it is now filled with illegal settlers, dilapidated houses, and commercial establishments, R. Hidalgo Street was not like this centuries ago. In fact, it was called \u201cthe most beautiful street in Manila\u201d in 1817, mainly because of the grand mansions that once stood in the area.\nFormerly known as San Sebastian Street, the R. Hidalgo Street was once home to upper and middle-class families during the Spanish era. According to Dr. Fernando Nakpil Zialcita, an anthropology professor who studied Manila\u2019s historical streets, the thoroughfare was a preferred location because it was near schools, churches, the Malaca\u00f1ang, and several recreational centers on Rizal Avenue.\nUnfortunately, the once celebrated street started to decline during the 1960s.\nPhoto credit: Filipinas Heritage Library\nThe two-year British invasion of Manila was one of the consequences of the Seven Years War (1756-1763) which pitted the British against France and its allies\u2014including Spain.\nAlthough the war was mainly fought in Europe, it also reached the colonies of the involved countries. At that time, the British had already established the East India Company which saw the conflict as an opportune time to invade the Philippines.\nThe British army arrived in the Philippine Archipelago on September 23, 1762, with 15 ships and more than 6,000 troops led by Brigadier General William Draper and Rear-Admiral Samuel Cornish.\nThe news about the invasion already reached Archbishop Miguel Rojo, then acting Governor-General, the day before. As a result, Manila was put in state of defense. However, the British fleet successfully arrived in Manila Bay and plans of a widespread attack in Manila were made afterward.\nThe British army eventually captured the fort of Polverista, but the subsequent murder of their soldiers by the Spaniards forced Brig. Gen. Draper to send a threatening letter to Archbishop Rojo. The latter responded with a letter of apology along with a request to release Antonio Tagle, the Archbishop\u2019s nephew who had been captured.\nThe British agreed to free Tagle, but he was murdered, along with British Lieutenant Fryar, upon arrival.\nThe incident infuriated the British even more, and they started to destroy Intramuros the following day. The bombardment continued until 6th of October when the Spanish finally surrendered the city to the invaders.\nThe British occupation would last for two years, but their power would not extend beyond Manila and Cavite\u2014thanks to Governor Simon de Anda y Salazar who moved to Bacolor, Pampanga and continued to fight for more than a year and a half. The British officially left the Philippines after the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1764.\nDuring the 16th century, Manila, known then as Kota Salurong (or Seludong), was under Muslim control. It all started when Sultan Bulkeaiah (Nakhoda Ragam) of Brunei conquered the Kingdom of Tondo and established Kota Salurong as an outpost of his sultanate. Soon, the Muslims became the ruling class and fully controlled the wealth, trade, and the seat of government in the old Manila.\nThe Tagalogs, on the other hand, were considered second-class citizens who wore long hairs, carried weapons such as daggers, and rarely traveled by land. Under the Muslim rule, the Tagalog learned to adopt the culture of their conquerors. They started to use Muslim names, wore turbans, read the Quran, and even refused to eat pork.\nIn October 1939, President Manuel L. Quezon started to discuss his plans of establishing a new city with General Douglas MacArthur, his military adviser at that time. The late president valued the latter\u2019s opinions due to his \u201ckeen, analytical mind.\u201d After he decided that he would take over the mayorship, Quezon asked MacArthur if he knew someone who could be an effective chief of police for the new city.\nMacArthur immediately scanned the room and pointed to one of his assistants. The young man, as it turned out, was then Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower, a future U.S. president.\nAlso Read: The US President Who Almost Became UP\u2019s Third President\nOf course, Eisenhower was qualified for the position as he had some police training in the States. But when Quezon was about to appoint him, the young Eisenhower refused and explained that he already made a promise to his wife to go back home after his tour of duty is over.\nEscolta Street in the mid-1950s. Photo credit: Lou Gopal of Manila Nostalgia.\nYou probably already know that Clarke\u2019s Ice Cream Parlor on the west side of present-day Jones Bridge was the first ice cream store in the country. This soda fountain and restaurant was brought to the country by an American entrepreneur named M.A. \u201cMet\u201d Clarke.\nBut this ice cream parlor was just one of Escolta\u2019s trailblazers.\nThere\u2019s also Salon de Pertierra which opened in 1896 and became the first movie house in the country. It was designed to show Pertierra\u2019s first movie in Manila which was finally shown in January 1897. The first four movies were silent French films with subtitles and accompanied by an orchestra.\nEscolta, known by pre-war Filipinos as the shopping strip for the upper- and middle-class, was also home to the country\u2019s first electric cable car (Tranvia), the first American-style department store (Beck\u2019s), and first elevator (at the Burke Building).\nUnknown to many, Manila Day, which is held every 24th of June, commemorates the foundation of Spanish Manila.\nThe term Spanish Manila, however, was only limited to the areas contained within the walls, hence Intramuros. In other words, Manila Day celebrates the foundation of Intramuros, not the Metro Manila we know today which were actually suburbs or arrabales outside the walls.\nScary as it may sound, the Manila City Hall actually looks like a coffin when viewed from the top, as proven by several aerial shots proliferating on the Internet.\nHowever, the shape is not actually a casket or coffin. Manila City Hall was intentionally designed to resemble a shield of the Knights Templar when viewed from an aerial standpoint. 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I certainly didn\u2019t, but it certainly raises the question, \u201cwhy?\u201d There are many reasons why people are poor, and even more in today\u2019s day and age.\nWhile I know this topic is a bit sensitive for many, I firmly believe this is a subject overlooked far too often.\nJust to clarify, this post is more relevant to people living in more advanced society, with jobs, housing, and modern society a part of their livelihood. It is less applicable to someone living in an African village in \u201cextreme poverty\u201c.\nIf you are reading this, this information may be coming to you right now, at this point in time, just so that you can change the direction of your life\u2026\nI am a strong believer that every person is limitless and has the ability to do whatever they want. I believe there are very few reasons, if any, why someone can\u2019t be rich or financially successful in life.\nLet\u2019s get right into this shall we?\nReasons Why People Are Poor:\n1. Poor Upbringing\n2. Lazy and Comfortable\n4. Emotionally Compromised\n5. Uneducated\nPoverty Is A Tragedy!\nMy Reasons For Success\nSuccess Is A Choice Just Like Poverty\nThis is the #1 reason why poverty exists, they simply weren\u2019t bought up to be rich. They will say that their parents didn\u2019t raise them to be rich.\nLet me just clarify something though, this doesn\u2019t apply to anyone in the world. (What!?)\nThat\u2019s right, this is an excuse that the world uses 24/7, and it never makes any more sense than it did 100 years ago. People aren\u2019t created rich or poor, they are created equal before God.\nPeople CHOOSE to be rich or poor. People choose to fit in with societies rules, inside the box that supposedly has the right to determine whether someone has the potential or capability to achieve financial greatness in life.\nPlease bear in mind, this is less applicable to those who live in a far more barbaric or less industrialized society in remote areas, but if money exists or something that people use for trade or commerce exists in a society, the rich and poor exist too.\nTwo different classes, two different kinds of people.\nThis hits home a little to hard for me personally. Laziness and being comfortable with my state, regardless of it\u2019s actual inconvenience and lack of prospects, leads to financial disaster.\nBeing unwilling to take action because \u201cI don\u2019t want to\u201d, probably kills more people internally than people physically. What good is living life if you never Live!?\nLiving life is all about risks, experiences, and personal growth! Laziness should be a flaw, not a definitive quality in my life.\nI know that I battle laziness. I combat bad habits by creating new good ones, and by having accountability to help me do what I say, when I say it.\nThere is nothing wrong with being comfortable, unless it keeps me from growing and becoming the person I was made to be.\nThe reality is, there should never be a place in life that you are lazy, and if you are comfortable, it shouldn\u2019t end your growth. There is always room to grow, to improve, to create further wealth for the next generation, more people to touch, more people to help.\nThat\u2019s right, people quote the Bible when they try to justify their financial habits, or lack of them for that matter.\nLet\u2019s get something straight for the record, in any modern translation, \u201cmoney\u201d is not the root of all evil, \u201cThe Love of Money\u201d is the root of all evil.\nPeople need to stop worrying about the external and focus on the internal. Regardless what I believe in my spiritual life, I choose what my life will look life, and I am the one who allows things like money to change me or control me.\nPlease know that I don\u2019t mean to offend anyone, I sincerely hope my intention is clear. I am only stating what people say when asked why they are poor or doing bad financially. I comment only that which is true. \ud83d\ude42\nPeople are often not prepared to handle success, emotionally. They succeed or fail financially, and they fall apart. Unfortunately, this is also an excuse that we use.\nThere is no excuse for being poor because it is still a choice. It\u2019s not something out of my control. If I\u2019m not able to cope with the stress and responsibility of financial growth, then I need to do whatever it takes to overcome my inability!\nAm I the only one who has noticed an increase in people who are supposedly \u201cgrown-up\u201d but haven\u2019t met \u201cgrown-up\u201d responsibility well?\nThey have an industrial age work ideology, they don\u2019t know anything about money management, you might as well be speaking a foreign language when you mention financial freedom, and they make tons of excuses!\nNow, it wouldn\u2019t be fair to say that I don\u2019t make excuses, or that I know everything there is about money management or financial freedom, however, there is a big difference between someone who is actively growing, and someone who thinks they \u201calready know that\u201d.\nEmotionally compromised just means, \u201cI might start crying or literally die if I don\u2019t make it financially\u201d.\nDon\u2019t be fooled, this may be the 5th one on the list, but it is one of the most common excuses why my fellow Americans say they aren\u2019t financially literate.\nI ask if the new generation has read any books by Robert Kiyosaki, T. Harv Eker, or Zig Ziglar, and nearly every time they say, \u201cNo\u201d. Worse yet, they don\u2019t even know who they are!\nFirstly, if you are reading this and you are a parent, I sincerely hope that you have passed down financial knowledge of the rich to your kids.\nIf you haven\u2019t, you are setting them up for disaster. You are wrapping them in a straight jacket telling them to swing on the monkey bars.\nIt isn\u2019t going to happen, and they are going to find it extremely difficult to become financially successful without the right tools.\nI know I am stepping on some toes here, and you might be saying \u201cJacob, why are you putting down people who don\u2019t know what you know!?\u201d Because when I am financially free, they are going to ask me how I got there!\nThey are going to wonder why they are miserable with their lives, and why I am so happy. They are going to wonder why no one told them what they were doing wrong or what they needed to do.\nDo you want to be elderly working as a Walmart greeter when you should be on a cruise? Those people should be reaping the rewards of their labor, instead they are working at Walmart because they didn\u2019t take the time to change the direction of their life. It is a tragedy!!!\nThey will look at me and ask why they haven\u2019t achieved the same level of success. You know what I\u2019m going to say? \u201cI became financially free because of the following:\u201d\nI never stopped moving forward. Passivity was a word to describe a chess move, not my lifestyle.\nSuccess teachers, financial experts and the learning bunch are my idols.\nI managed my money well. Sure, I wasn\u2019t perfect, but I decided young that I was going to treat every dollar like a soldier on a campaign to bring back even more wealth.\nCreating RESULTS in my life and not EXCUSES has been key.\nI was accountable to others who helped me stay the course towards financial freedom.\nI\u2019ve never stopped learning, even after I graduated from school.\nI had a clear understanding of what it meant to be rich, and I never accepted that, \u201cThe rich are greedy\u201d.\nBecause failure is a life lesson, I embraced it! I\u2019ve learned early on that I have never failed, only experienced pricier and pricier life lessons. \ud83d\ude00\nI was brought up Middle-Class, but chose a rich mentality daily!\nI worked on every area of my life every year little by little by hiring Life Makeover Coaches.\nYou know what the difference between my reasons and most other people\u2019s reasons are today? Mine are reasons why I have succeeded, theirs are reasons why they failed.\nIn summary, success is a choice. Marriage is a choice. Reading is a choice. Playing video games is a choice. Getting dressed in the morning is a choice. Learning financial information is a choice. Being willing to fail is a choice. Accepting responsibility is a choice.\nLooking back, I make excuses in life because I don\u2019t want to make a choice. I\u2019m given a choice to do the right thing or the wrong thing. Funny thing is, the wrong thing is often less work.\nBut even doing nothing is still a choice!\nI have reviewed some great books that are sure to help you overcome financial problems and achieve success in life. Be sure to check those out, Here.\nIf you have any questions, let me know and I will answer them asap! My email is below and you can leave your questions in the comments below.\nThe Law Of Success: The Secret To Your Victorious\u2026\nThe Truth About Making Money: 5 Hard Hitting Facts\u2026\nThe Millionaire Mindset \u2013 Powerful Thinking\u2026\nJacob Highley May 12, 2018 January 11, 2019 Success Topics, Top 5 Success Topics 18 Comments\n\u2190 Books By Zig Ziglar: Top 10 Best Books For Faith, Leadership, Personal Growth, Sales, Family And Success In 2019\nWhat Is The Power Of Positivity? \u2013 Why Depression And Optimism Kill \u2192\n18 thoughts on \u201cReasons Why People Are Poor: The Hard Hitting Top 5 In 2019\u201d\nThat\u2019t right , lazzines and depression are wolrd disease .\nGood article and good tips to figth againts mediocrity and poor .\nGood and thorough article.\nI must say the topic of your article could come across to some people as controversial, but in a way that is a good thing. People need to know the truth about why they are in the financial situation they are in, and what they can do about it.\nYou gave quite a few reasons why you are financially free.\nWhat is your number 1 recommendation that a person could put into practice to help them on the path to financial freedom?\nWell, first and foremost, people need to understand what it means to be financially free. I highly recommend books by Robert Kiyosaki. Secondly, people need to grow up. Making excuses doesn\u2019t bring success. I would be fired within about 2 days if I didn\u2019t show up for my job, so why is it I would think I can expect success in life when I don\u2019t show up?\nI agree with all your top 5. When growing up, my parents lived pay check to paycheck. For whatever reason, even though I make pretty good money now, I still live paycheck to paycheck! It is time to make a change and break the cycle that was embedded in me all these years. Great article.\nHey, Jessica, I\u2019m glad you liked the article. Don\u2019t be too hard on yourself, at least you read it and see room for improvement! I am always working on myself, and I always will be!\nI guess a lot of my passion in this article stems from seeing so many talented people waste away as they never find true success or become the people God has made them to be. I still make excuses in life, but I am learning to just simply, \u201cDo it\u201d in terms of moving towards success.\nI\u2019m using Wealthy Affiliate right now to build my business, definitely check that out if you want to start building something that will bring you financial freedom!\nWow , nail on the head here Jacob. Great article. Very nice Outlook and so deep. Great job. Makes you stop and think a bit. Keep up the great work. Thanks\nThanks, Tim! Glad to know that you found the post helpful!\nJacob, my parents lived paycheck to paycheck growing with 5 kids to take of. My current situation I make ok money but still struggle to get by. I had to ask myself those very questions, why am I in this financial situation and what can I change.\nHey, Tim, it is always good to ask the hard questions, and it is important to not let our environment dictate our character. I can sympathize with both your parents and you.\nI work full time an an answering service and it has been tough sometimes. The only reason I have made it where I am today is because of God\u2019s grace and the good habits that I have practiced.\nI chose to define those moments, and keep pushing for success. If I was having trouble making ends meat, I would look at my financial statement, outline my expenses and make a plan to improve my situation. This is certainly more difficult with children, but not impossible.\nThought provoking read no doubt about that,everything that happens in your life is directly related to your state of mind.Im a great believer in the power of positive thinking.m\nVery true, Fintan! It\u2019s as simple as, you can be poor, or you can be financially successful, you choose. Thanks for the comment!\nTo put it very simple: You\u2019ll become poor, when you spend more than you earn.\nEverything you wrote, is so true. In my opinion, it\u2019s not a matter of being a millionaire or not. That\u2019s not everyones dream or choice. The problem is, that financial illiteracy makes middle-class people struggle, when they wouldn\u2019t have to. The \u201cbuy now \u2013 pay later\u201d seduction makes them blind and push them over the edge of financial health.\nIn the end, everyone else but themselves will be blamed.\nAll too true in life. Our habits dictate our lifestyle. If we don\u2019t exercise delayed gratification and take care of our money, we are going to find ourselves in a very sticky situation.\nWell written article and very true, I believe poverty is definitely a choice as harsh as that sounds. All good points\nOne could say that people in foreign countries don\u2019t have a choice, but I would advocate that those people aren\u2019t poor, they are oppressed. We have free choice, there are always opportunities around us, but it is definitely more difficult when others subject you. In any case, our identity is not decided by those around us, we remain in control of our lives, and we have the ability to define our situations. Thanks for the comment!\nWell written article about a touchy subject. Couple points I think only apply to people living inthe western world. You have to consider that the 80 % of people making less than 10 bucks are mainly living in third world countries. You really, I mean REALLY don\u2019t have the same opportunities to make money if you do not have the education to even read or maybe are a single mother since age 12 in a village run by ISIS.\nJust trying to point out that there are people who are truly poor because of their situation. These are good point when applied to an lazy american or european who has had the opportunity for education and is in an environment to actually do something about their situation.\nGood topic that really made think, thanks for the post.\nI think you make a valid point, people don\u2019t have as many opportunities in other countries, and many people don\u2019t have immediate access to the kind of education that other countries do.\nI\u2019m not really sure how much my article applies to individuals who have been oppressed most of their lives, I think their focus has been survival in life, not gaining financial prosperity. I empathize with people who live in such horrible conditions and I truly hope better days come for them.\nHowever, as cruel as it sounds, the people in those countries are choosing every day to go along with whatever it is that is happening to them. There are always the poor and the rich. There are always slaves and masters. There is always a choice, and there consequences with those choices.\nI\u2019ll say this, America was once a country under the thumb of the most powerful nation in the world, and the words of a famous individual roused his countrymen to make a choice\u2026 a choice to live in oppression or to die for freedom: \u201cGive me liberty or give me death.\u201d \u2013 Patrick Henry.\nKindle Fire HD 7\", HD Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB - Includes Special Offers (Previous Generation - 3rd) $139.99\nZHONGJI All in One Retail Bundle Point of Sale System - Includes AP-B6000 Touch Screen PC, Windows10 Pro OS,POS Software, Thermal Receipt Printer,Steel Cash Drawer\nFinancial Statements: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports $19.99 $17.99", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 261, "original_length": 20470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://floridacitizens.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/announcing-dr-tina-heafner-as-the-keynote-speaker-for-the-61st-annual-florida-council-for-the-social-studies-conference/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:32Z", "digest": "sha1:DGXQAJP4IXIKGZ3WRT7D2GUQMAGT4HGE", "length": 1158, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "floridacitizens.wordpress.com", "title": "Announcing Dr. Tina Heafner as the Keynote Speaker for the 61st Annual Florida Council for the Social Studies Conference! | Florida Civics", "raw_content": "Announcing Dr. Tina Heafner as the Keynote Speaker for the 61st Annual Florida Council for the Social Studies Conference!\nGood afternoon, friends in social studies. On behalf of the Florida Council for the Social Studies, I would like to invite you to join us at our annual conference from October 19, 2018 at noon to October 21, 2018 at 1:00 PM. The conference will be held at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center on Sand Lake Road in Orlando, and it will be an excellent event. We have a number of very good sessions planned (and will release the program soon), but more importantly, we are excited to announce our Saturday keynote speaker, Dr. Tina Heafner!\nDr. Heafner is an incredible advocate for the social studies and for educators, a leading expert on inquiry in the social studies, and the current vice-president of our national council. We are incredible excited that she will be speaking with our teachers and education leaders at the conference! We will share an overview of her keynote when that is available in the next couple of weeks.\nWe hope to see you at the conference. For more information and to register, check out the FCSS website!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 4998, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 225.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://floridacitizens.wordpress.com/category/founders-month/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:16Z", "digest": "sha1:OQRGN336HVZ7HTQN473FSKR4JSVGVXXT", "length": 8858, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "floridacitizens.wordpress.com", "title": "Founders Month | Florida Civics", "raw_content": "Category Archives: Founders Month\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month in Florida: Judith Sargent Murray\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month (and Freedom Week!) continues in Florida. Today, let\u2019s take a look at one of the earliest advocates for women\u2019s rights in our young nation\u2019s history: Judith Sargent Murray.\nJudith Sargent Murray was born in pre-Revolutionary Boston, the daughter of a well-to-do merchant family. It as fortunate for us, as it was for her, that her parents believed in educating their daughters as well as their sons. Unfortunately, this education was limited to reading and writing; Sargent Murray had little opportunity for advanced education. Instead, she took advantage of her father\u2019s vast library and educated herself in history, civics, philosophy, literature, and so much more. This education, so much of it self-taught, she put to work as a writer and thinker and, most importantly, advocate for the rights of women and the equality of the sexes.\nFor Judith Sargent Murray, the way in which we consider the roles and educations of boys and girls was unjust, stifling, and wrong. In her seminal work, \u2018On the Equality of the Sexes\u2018 (1790), she raises doubts about the argument that men are inherently the intellectual superiors to women:\n\u201cYet it may be questioned, from what doth this superiority, in thus discriminating faculty of the soul proceed. May we not trace its source in the difference of education, and continued advantage?\u2026As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science\u201d\nIn other words, the only reason men can claim superiority to women is because we do not give women the same education and opportunities as men! This theme would reappear throughout her work over the years, and she never ceased believing that America offered a great opportunity for a reconsideration of the role and education of girls. The new nation, after all, needed women who would raise the next generation to believe in and understand the American spirit and model, a \u2018Republican motherhood\u2018 that required educated, passionate, and (to a degree for its day) liberated women.\nSargent Murray practiced what she preached, educating the children in her house as she believed they deserved and as was right. She also wrote hundreds of essays and letters and articles, many of which were published under pen names in such a way as to hide the fact that she was a woman, for she feared her arguments would be automatically rejected. She was a \u2018Founding Mother\u2019 of the pursuit of equal rights, an advocate for the American project, and someone who encouraged the new nation to live up to the ideals it promised. You can learn more about the wonderful Judith Sargent Murray from this excellent lesson.\nGrab the PowerPoint featured at the top of this post: Judith Sargent Murray AFM\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month in Florida: Alexander Hamilton\nIt\u2019s American Founders\u2019 Month in Florida, and today we look at Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, one of the youngest of those men and women so significant in the early life of the United States, has certainly experienced something of a renaissance lately. This is due in no small part to the wonderful work of Lin Manuel Miranda and his musical interpretation of Hamilton\u2019s life and career. But did you know that this great musical is actually based on a fantastic historical book about this immigrant and leader? It draws from the work of historian Ron Chernow, and has inspired many Americans, young and old, to consider anew the life and beliefs of this sometimes controversial Founding Father.\nAlexander Hamilton was many things. An intellectual, a Federalist, an immigrant, the father, and even savior, of the American economy, Treasury Secretary, an advocate for an aggressively strong federal government, an effective national bank, and ultimately a man who had as many enemies as he did friends. You can learn more about Hamilton from the New York Historical Society.\nGrab the PowerPoint slide featured in this post: Alexander Hamilton AMF\nCheck out Lin Manuel Miranda performing one of the best songs from his impactful musical.\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month in Florida: Mercy Otis Warren\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month continues here in Florida. Today, we take a look at one of the most influential of those women who played a role in the establishment and early days of the United States: Mercy Otis Warren.\nMercy Otis Warren was one of the most well-read and literate residents of Massachusetts in her day, man or woman. A playwright and a historian, an eloquent essayist and inveterate letter writer, she was one of the loudest voices speaking out against the failures and perceived tyranny of British government in Massachusetts and the other colonies.\nA long time friend to both Abigail and John Adams, she broke with her dear friend over the creation of the U.S. Constitution, which she opposed as a violation of the ideals she and Adams were strong advocates for during the Revolution. Indeed, she was one of those Anti-Federalists who wrote in response to the Federalist Papers; using the nom de plume \u2018A Columbian Patriot\u2019, she wrote powerfully on perceived flaws in the new Constitution, and as herself to her dear friend John Adams on how he had so betrayed what they fought for. Sadly, her relationship with the Adams family never truly recovered.\nYou can learn more about this fascinating woman through the National Woman\u2019s Hall of Fame.\nGrab the Powerpoint slide featured in this post: Mercy Otis Warren AFM\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month in Florida: John Adams\nPosted by stevemasy in Founders Month, General Civic Education, Lou Frey Institute, Uncategorized\nJohn Adams remains one of the most fascinating of the Founders. A passionate patriot and one of the earliest supporters of American independence from Great Britain, he nevertheless felt it important to provide legal defense to those British soldiers accused of crimes as a result of the Boston Massacre.\n\u201cThe Part I took in Defence of Cptn. Preston and the Soldiers, procured me Anxiety, and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country. Judgment of Death against those Soldiers would have been as foul a Stain upon this Country as the Executions of the Quakers or Witches, anciently. As the Evidence was, the Verdict of the Jury was exactly right.\u201d\nHis rivalry with his colleague and once-and-future-friend Thomas Jefferson is also a fascinating aspect of the \u2018strange bedfellows\u2019 relationships that were necessary in the pursuit of America independence.\nCheck out the National Humanities Center\u2019s activity on Adams and leadership here to get a sense of who this Founder was and how he influenced our nation.\nGrab the PowerPoint slide featured in this post: John Adams AFM\nAnd if you are so inclined, check out this humorous but realistic and passionate take on the patriot John Adams, from 1776.\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month in Florida: Benjamin Franklin\nOur celebration of American Founders\u2019 Month here in Florida continues with a look at Benjamin Franklin. Mr. Franklin may be one of the most fascinating of the people who contributed to this country during the Founding Era. He was known for his wit, his charm, his brilliance, and yes, even his way with the ladies. He may be introduced to younger kids with the story of his decidedly unwise but ultimately legendary act of flying a kite in a thunderstorm, but truly, he was so much more than that. Take some time and check out this great DocsTeach resource on dear Mr. Franklin\u2019s time as a politician and diplomat!\nGrab the PowerPoint slide featured in this post: Ben Franklin AFM\nAnd the wonderful musical 1776 is always worth checking out for some excellent historical debates and discussions. Here, Benjamin Franklin talks about what makes Americans different from their English cousins, featuring some of the wit and charm and especially intellect and passion he was known for (relevant clip begins around :34).\nAmerican Founders\u2019 Month in Florida: Abigail Adams\nAbigail Adams is perhaps one of the most well known of what we might call the Founding Mothers, the women who participated, in one form or another, in the establishment of the United States of America. Indeed, she was more than simply the wife of of one president (John Adams) and the mother of another (John Quincy Adams). But what was she, really, and what do we owe to her memory and her contributions to our country? Check out the overview and really cool primary sources in this lesson provided by the Massachusetts Historical Society to learn more about this incredible woman.\nYou can download the PowerPoint slide to share with your students here: Abigail Adams AFM\nAdditional American Founders\u2019 Month Posts:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 350, "original_length": 23695, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://footage-berlin.com/en/oberbaum-bridge-from-above-2015/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:37Z", "digest": "sha1:NMAQJMLXWXCPABVG2BUXTNDIHYLWJPDR", "length": 485, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "footage-berlin.com", "title": "Oberbaum Bridge in Berlin from above | footage berlin", "raw_content": "Next \u201cBadeschiff\u201d in Berlin from above, 2015\nThe Oberbaum Bridge on Warschauer Stra\u00dfe connects the districts Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain and crosses the river Spree. During the time of the Berlin wall, these districts used to be divided. For that reason the bridge has become an important symbol of Berlin\u2019s unity. The massive stone bridge was originally built in 1894. The upper deck of the double-deck bridge carries the underground line 1 and 3.\nAerial Views Berlin-Kreuzberg Spree", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3366, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 139.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/03/25/a-back-door-to-chinese-internet-freedom/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:23Z", "digest": "sha1:QPNVMH3F656HFQWHMCIN266SAK423IB2", "length": 8346, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "foreignpolicy.com", "title": "A Back Door to Chinese Internet Freedom \u2013 Foreign Policy", "raw_content": "ChinaFile: A Back Door to Chinese Internet Freedom A Back Door to Chinese Internet Freedom...\nA Back Door to Chinese Internet Freedom\nIt's based on a dare: block our sites, and risk losing billions.\nBy Jeff South\nIn January, when the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a U.S. journalism nonprofit, published an expos\u00e9 of the use of offshore tax havens by Chinese politicians and business moguls, the Chinese government blocked access to the consortium\u2019s website and to news articles about the report. Internet users in China trying to load ICIJ.org or follow-up stories by the Guardian, the New York Times, and other news organizations saw a familiar message: \"This web page is not available.\"\nSo free-speech activists like those at the secretive anti-censorship website GreatFire.org deployed a way for Chinese to access the ICIJ report: They uploaded it to Amazon Web Services (AWS) \u2014 a cloud-hosting service used by large companies around the world, including in China. Netizens then spread the word about the AWS link, which could be accessed without a virtual private network (VPN) or other privacy software. Posting the ICIJ report on Amazon was but one of the latest deployments of a strategy called \"collateral freedom,\" the title of an April 2013 report by the Open Internet Tools Project (OpenITP), a New York-based nonprofit that fights government censorship around the world. It dares censors to block access at the cost of inflicting collateral damage \u2014 in this case, on China\u2019s economy.\nAmazon says thousands of Chinese customers, including major corporations, use AWS for database management and other cloud-computing applications. But just as businesses can store data on AWS, so can other users. This poses a dilemma for government censors: They can\u2019t selectively block content on encrypted cloud services, according to officials at GreatFire.org, OpenITP, and other Internet freedom advocacy groups. China must either tolerate the material \u2014 or block AWS entirely and undermine the businesses using it. (Amazon did not respond to requests for a comment about the use of AWS by GreatFire.org and others to circumvent censorship in China.)\nThe OpenITP report introducing the concept was based on a survey of 1,175 Chinese residents who routinely \"jump over the wall\" to avoid the censors. These individuals, still a tiny minority of China\u2019s more than 600 million Internet users, use a variety of tools, from virtual private networks to GoAgent, a browser plug-in that runs on Google\u2019s cloud-hosting platform. But the tools have one thing in common: \"the collateral cost of choosing to block them is prohibitive for China\u2019s censors,\" the OpenITP report stated.\nThat\u2019s because Chinese businesses also rely on VPNs and Google\u2019s cloud infrastructure, the study stated. \"Our survey respondents are relying not on tools that the Great Firewall can\u2019t block, but rather on tools that the Chinese government does not want the Firewall to block,\" it stated. \"Internet freedom for these users is collateral freedom, built on technologies and platforms that the regime finds economically or politically indispensable.\"\nThere are advantages to looking at Internet freedom \"through an economic lens,\" said David Robinson, a technology consultant and visiting fellow at Yale Law School\u2019s Information Society Project who co-authored the OpenITP report. \"Economic growth is a value that the United States and China share. The conversation about Internet freedom sometimes takes place in ways that seem distinctively American or distinctively Western.\" But, he said, more progress may be made if economic growth is the \"central animating goal\" of increasing access to information on the Internet.\nThe loudest cheerleader for \"collateral freedom\" in China has been an organization called GreatFire.org, which monitors and opposes censorship behind the so-called Great Firewall. The group has created four websites in the encrypted cloud out of otherwise blocked content. Charlie Smith, the pseudonymous spokesman for GreatFire.org, stated in an email interview that under the \"collateral freedom\" banner, his organization is \"creating \u2018unblockable\u2019 mirrors via \u2018unblockable\u2019 cloud services.\" (Smith and other GreatFire.org officials refuse to give their real names or discuss specifics of their organization because they say they fear retribution by Chinese authorities.)\n\"Collateral freedom\" can be exercised in two ways, and both entail trade-offs. When individuals install a VPN or similar tool, they can access any site (such as YouTube, Facebook, or NYTimes.com) that is blocked. But individual Internet users must implement this solution themselves on each computer or device \u2014 a task requiring a certain level of technological competence. When an organization uploads otherwise-blocked content to the encrypted cloud, it can be accessed by anybody with a computer, potentially reaching a mass audience. But, of course, this frees only the uploaded material.\nUsing tools like VPNS are a far more common way for residents of China to circumvent the Ministry of Public Security\u2019s censorship and surveillance system, which is formally called the Golden Shield and colloquially known as the Great Firewall. The Great Firewall blocks access to thousands of websites focusing on what authorities deem politically \"sensitive\" issues or individuals (such as the Dalai Lama) or offering unfiltered discussions. The blocked sites include not only fairly obvious targets like the websites of human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Freedom House, but also news organizations such as Radio Free Asia and the New York Times and social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Many sites are blocked on moral grounds because they promote pornography or gambling. Other blocked sites are less predictable, ranging from Medicare.gov to Internet.org to a portal on Taiwanese culture.\nGreatFire.org has only used mirror sites a handful of times. One reason the numbers are so small, Smith said, is that \"it is a relatively new concept \u2014 most people don\u2019t know [about it]. We have not had enough general press exposure to make people understand what it is using layman\u2019s language.\" Moreover, Smith stated, small websites that are blocked in China may lack the technical know-how or financial resources to create a mirror site on Amazon. And for a big site like the New York Times, \"this is a major political decision which likely would involve trying to get people to buy in to the concept and for them to be willing to stand up to censorship in such a public way.\"\nCollateral freedom faces other challenges. The content on AWS, for example, must use the http://s3.amazonaws.com domain name. This can result in unwieldy URLs like https://s3.amazonaws.com/icij/www.icij.org/project/zhong-guo-chi-jin-rong-jie-mi.htm.\nThe biggest challenge, however, is the potential pushback. What would happen if Chinese officials pressure Amazon to remove the content they want to censor? Or if China\u2019s government decides to cut off Amazon Web Services entirely? \"There\u2019s going to be pressure on AWS,\" predicts University of Toronto researcher Jason Ng, author of the book and blog Blocked on Weibo. He said China might try to thwart collateral freedom by moving all of AWS\u2019s Chinese customers to a separate cloud and then blocking access to the domain used by GreatFire.org and other activists.\nKing-wa Fu, an assistant professor and censorship researcher at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, agrees that the Chinese government eventually will play hardball. If the mirror sites attract a tipping-point level of Chinese visitors, Fu fears \"that the Chinese government would block Amazon or ask Amazon to take down the contents.\"\nTo date, activists who have posted otherwise-censored content on AWS have not heard from Amazon or Chinese authorities. \"Not a peep,\" Smith said. \"And I hope it stays like this.\" And what if the company asks GreatFire.org to take down its mirror sites? \"We\u2019d make as public a fuss about it as we could \u2014 draw as much media attention to Amazon\u2019s practices as would be possible,\" Smith said. \"We would not remove the material if they asked us to.\"\nThis article was produced by ChinaFile.\nTags: China, ChinaFile, Default, East Asia, Free, Internet, Web Exclusive", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 13511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 286.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://forum.bia2.com/index.php?/topic/1926-no-comment/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:03Z", "digest": "sha1:V3C6VHON6TUXE56QVPIK4KCIJKPDLFAP", "length": 5288, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "forum.bia2.com", "title": "No Comment ! - History, Politics, Religion & Philosophy - Forum | Bia2.com", "raw_content": "By Siamak, September 28, 2005 in History, Politics, Religion & Philosophy\nAuthorities announced the arrest of Farhad Farhbaksh yesterday, saying he's the prolific robber who stole nearly $300,000 in 43 holdups since September 2003. Farhbaksh, 40, was arrested Monday while trying to cross the border in San Ysidro with a counterfeit ID card. He is an Iranian national who first entered the United States on a student visa in 1978, authorities said. They initially identified him as Ernest Lozano, but it turned out that was the assumed name of a deceased U.S. resident. He was then identified as Farzad Naroii .\nPolice snag prolific bank robbery suspect\nThe \"FedEx bandit\" eluded and frustrated authorities for two years, robbing more than 40 banks in Southern California before finally making the big blunder.\nHe left a cell phone behind after robbing a California Bank & Trust near Del Mar in June.\nInvestigators went through the phone's directory and eventually figured out it belonged to the man they were searching for.\n\"Sometimes it just takes one mistake,\" said San Diego police Lt. Mike Angus. \"That was his big one.\"\nAuthorities announced the arrest of Farhad Farhbaksh yesterday, saying he's the prolific robber who stole nearly $300,000 in 43 holdups since September 2003.\nFarhbaksh, 40, was arrested Monday while trying to cross the border in San Ysidro with a counterfeit ID card. He is an Iranian national who first entered the United States on a student visa in 1978, authorities said.\nThey initially identified him as Ernest Lozano, but it turned out that was the assumed name of a deceased U.S. resident. He was then identified as Farzad Naroii.\nLauren Mack, a spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said investigators \u2013 aided by the cell phone \u2013 determined his real name was Farhad Farhbaksh.\n\"We were able to track hundreds of international phone calls that gave us a lot of information about him,\" Mack said.\nAuthorities learned, for example, that Farhbaksh had a girlfriend in Tijuana.\n\"And we believe he was smuggling the money back into Mexico, and may have been laundering it,\" Mack said.\nAngus said the bank robbery spree began in September 2003 and included robberies in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, with more than 30 of the crimes occurring in San Diego County.\n\"He was dubbed the FedEx bandit because in several of the robberies he walked in there with an envelope, a FedEx envelope, that he used as a prop and to carry the money out at times,\" Angus said.\nNicknames are common among bank robbers, who almost always get the monikers from the FBI. Names like the Itty Bitty Bandit and Gentleman Bandit grab the public's attention and serve as convenient shorthand for tracking cases.\nThe FedEx robber showed bank tellers a gun in his waistband or jacket pocket, and sometimes threatened to shoot them or said he had a bomb.\nAngus said the FedEx bandit was responsible for one of the longest bank robbery sprees in the region in recent years, and investigators had few clues until the cell phone slipup.\n\"There was very limited physical evidence, very limited witness information, making this individual very difficult to find,\" Angus said.\nBy July 6, when Farhbaksh drove up to a border check point at San Ysidro, his name and face were connected to every computer screen at the crossing, Mack said.\nStill, he managed to avoid capture. A curious inspector tapped on the gas tank and suspected the man was hiding something in the tank. He asked him to pull over for a secondary inspection.\n\"He took off, and once again got away,\" Mack said.\nAt a news conference outside San Diego police headquarters yesterday, officials described how Farhbaksh was finally caught.\nMonday afternoon, the man was trying to enter the United States through the pedestrian crossing at San Ysidro. He caught the attention of officers because he was sweating profusely and looked nervous, said Bruce Ward, acting port director with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.\nImmigration and customs enforcement agents pulled him aside when he presented a phony ID card. They checked his fingerprints and discovered he had warrants out for his arrest.\n\"It was a very good catch,\" Ward said. \"Mr. (Farhbaksh) could have very well just walked into the United States if not for these alert officers.\"\nFBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth said Farhbaksh confessed to the robberies during a five-hour interview with federal and local investigators.\nHe told investigators he was in the country to avoid the military draft in Iran.\nThe last robbery occurred Aug. 30. No one was hurt in the crimes.\nPolice first alerted immigration officials because they suspected the bank robber, who at times spoke Spanish during the robberies, was traveling back and forth to Mexico, Angus said. Witnesses had described him as being either Latino or of Middle Eastern descent.\nImmigration officials were able to determine the bank robber was using a stolen identity, that of a baby born in San Antonio in 1967 who died shortly after birth, Mack said.\nFarhbaksh is being held in the County Jail on suspicion of robbery, with bail set at $1 million. He's expected to be arraigned this morning. Authorities said he may face additional federal charges of identity theft and money laundering.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6957, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 301.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://forums.episodeinteractive.com/t/beginner-friendly-directing-help/12583", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:58Z", "digest": "sha1:4EIOPPEZ2V5JMC7RPKJVHAUUAFKKK27D", "length": 959, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "forums.episodeinteractive.com", "title": "Beginner-Friendly Directing Help! - Directing Helps & Tips - Episode Forums", "raw_content": "Beginner-Friendly Directing Help!\nizzxepisode 2018-03-29 03:56:29 UTC #1\nNow, I\u2019ll start this post off with a disclaimer: I am not a professional. By any means. I\u2019ve technically been on episode for over 2 years now, but I took about a year off because of personal problems and I only recently returned. I still don\u2019t have the hang of a lot of things - but I\u2019d say that I have the beginner stuff (basic choices, zooms, spot placement, etc.) pretty well down. I remember when I first joined, I was floundering all over the place and although the tutorials were helpful - I remember thinking that having an ACTUAL PERSON to talk to about my questions and work through my issues would be a lot more helpful. So, that\u2019s why me, an actual person, is here to help any of you new Episode writers!\nI know there are a lot of threads like this already, but I just wanted to make a very beginner friendly thread. Absolutely no questions are dumb questions here. Ask away!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 1349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://foundlostdogs.com/lost/6699-edmonton-alberta-canada", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:34Z", "digest": "sha1:HRI5LU6CR3P4WTU3QVVCQGRQP7ZN4AMP", "length": 36, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "foundlostdogs.com", "title": "Lost Dog - Edmonton Alberta Canada", "raw_content": "Lost Dog - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 174.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fr.slideshare.net/shutolee/avionics-28071418", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:24Z", "digest": "sha1:6MNB2NLFWQ5EBXKCMTFJKKWKGBEVWQ3B", "length": 8645, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "fr.slideshare.net", "title": "Avionics", "raw_content": "Avionics-Embedded systems-basic by Sejj Lingayat 5232 views\nAvionics Systems Instruments by Michael Bseliss 12944 views\nshutolee\nPubli\u00e9 dans : Business, Divertissement et humour\nF5 p6 , Instrument Technician at Kentz Dominican Republic at Kentz Caribbean\nAkinrotoye Samuel kayode , Student at Nigerian college of Aviation technology, Zaria\nSushma Rajagopal at INFO TECH\nSpartan College of Aeronautics and Technology at Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology\n1. INTERACTING WITH A FIGHTER PLANE avionics\n2. When you\u2019re in a cockpit, you want to be friend with the plane\u2026 That you\u2019ll do using the display instruments\u2026and that\u2019s a part of the job. The cockpit is a pilot\u2019s world, consisting in needles on clock faces and more\u2026 Everyone has a name and a function Here goes\u2026\n3. If you have to take off, you need speed. In fact speed is the essence of all flight\u2026 You\u2019ll know about the right speed watching the airspeed indicator. This \u201cclock\u201d is a member of the pitot-static system, so named because it operates by measuring pressure in the pitot and static circuits. It working on air pressures, indicating two kinds of speed: indicated airspeed (towards the current position) and true airspeed (towards the land). Western aircrafts display speed in mp/h or knots. But eastern ones do that in km/h. If you\u2019re having bad luck and you\u2019re indicator\u2019s malfunctioning, you\u2019ll have to throw eyes on\u2026\n4. The machmeter A machmeter is also an aircraft pitot-static system flight instrument that shows the ratio of the true airspeed to the speed of sound, a dimensionless quantity called Mach number. This is shown on a machmeter as a decimal fraction. In oposition with his previous brother, you have to do some math to be aware of your speed. If you don\u2019t, you\u2019ll probably loosing altitude and that\u2019s the reason for\n5. The altimeter An altimeter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of a plane above a fixed level. This is also a pitot-static system flight instrument, operating on air pressures by the principle the greater the altitude - the lower the pressure. But this device has also a brother, operating on radio waves. It\u2019s called\u2026\n6. Radar altimeter The radar altimeter uses the time taken for a radio signal to reflect from the surface back to the aircraft. The radar altimeter is used to measure height above ground level during landing, warning the pilot if the aircraft is flying too low. Of course, this can be told also by the\u2026\n7. The artificial horizon This is a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope providing an artificially simulated horizon for the pilot. If you\u2019re airborne, it probably be best to know if your plane it\u2019s flying not inverted as in Top Gun movie. This instrument helps you to avoid false sensations. If you\u2019re not sure that the horizon tricks you or not, then look at the\u2026\n8. The vertical airspeed indicator Also known as variometer, this indicator is a pitot-static instrument used to determine the level flight. The vertical airspeed shows the rate of climb or the rate of descent, measured in feet per minute or meters per second. This helps you to be sure that you\u2019re still flying, not going down\u2026 Yet\u2026you still need where to go. And that\u2019s a job for the\u2026\n9. The compass It is an instrument used to determin the heading. There are two types of compasses \u2013 magnetic and gyroscopic one. The magnetic compass is perhaps the simplest instrument employed to indicate direction being used widely by sailors and aviators alike. In airplanes, the magnetic compass is primarily used for navigational purposes needing no inputs for the pilot or onboard systems, therefore it is wide used in all airplanes, from single-engine aircraft to large commercial jets. However, the errors due to plane\u2019s evolutions and terrestrial field magnetic positioning make necessary the use of the\u2026\n10. The gyrocompass A gyrocompass is a type of non-magnetic compass which is based on a fast-spinning disc and rotation of the Earth to automatically find geographical direction. They have two significant advantages over magnetic compasses: they find true north as determined by Earth's rotation and they are unaffected by magnetic fields. This means that wherever you want to reach, you\u2019ll probably not arrive in the outer hemisphere\u2026 These are all navigation instruments. Fortunately, someone thought that it will be best to gather them into a single place\u2026\n11. The head up display A head-up display also known as a HUD is a transparent display that presents data such as speed, altitude, bearing, attitude, space positioning without requiring pilots to look away from their usual viewpoints. It\u2019s placed on the top of the instruments panel, at the same level with pilot\u2019s eyes. But this device is not the ultimate shout of technology, cause it\u2019s override by\u2026\n12. Helmet-mounted display A helmet-mounted display (HMD) is a device used in some modern aircraft, especially combat aircraft. HMDs project information similar to that of head-up displays (HUD) on an aircrew\u2019s visor or reticle, allowing him to obtain situational awareness and/or cue weapons systems to the direction his head is pointing. This is the result of modern days conception of avionics that the pilot must be undisturbed, during a battle, by other actions. And that\u2019s the beginning of the new avionic concept\u2026\n13. HOTAS HOTAS, an abbreviation for Hands On Throttle-AndStick, is the name given to the concept of placing buttons and switches on the throttle stick and flight control stick in an aircraft's cockpit, allowing the pilot to access vital cockpit functions and fly the aircraft without removing his hands from the throttle and flight controls. In the modern military aircraft cockpit the HOTAS concept is sometimes enhanced by the use of Direct Voice Input to produce the so-called \"V-TAS\" concept, and augmented with helmet mounted display. Detailing\u2026\n14. The Stick Constantly to previous statements, a stick commands, beside the flight position and brake functions on ground, the trim position of the stabilators, the automated pilot on/off switch, the radar calibrating button, selection of guns and of course, the trigger. Also the knob of jettison the external tankers, while\u2026\n15. The throttle Operates over the power of the engine, aerial brakes, radio communications, selection of targets and more. And this is the concept that allows the pilot to watch on the exterior, while his hands keep the plane under the touch control. The actions and information getting to the pilot are facilitated, though, by the presence of\u2026\n16. Multi-function display A multi-function display (MFD) is a small LCD screen in an aircraft surrounded by multiple buttons that can be used to display information to the pilot in numerous configurable ways. MFD allow the pilot to display their navigation route, moving map, weather radar on the same screen. Occasionaly, he could assure himself that all goes well on board by sweeping eyes on\u2026\n17. Other instruments Beside those above presented instruments, a plane is fitted with engine control instruments, such as thermometer, measuring the gases temperature, tachometer \u2013 wich measures the rotation of the shafts of the engine, indicators presenting the fuel and oil pressures, flowmeters for the quantity of fuel inside tanks\u2026 But if the bad luck reaches you, they might wanna know what happens. Will do that by refering to\u2026\n18. Flight data recorders Popularly referred to as a \"black box\u201c, in fact there are two types of these systems: FDR and CVR and the\u2019re not painted in black but in orange, for better visibility. A FDR (flight data recorder; also ADR, for accident data recorder) is an electronic device employed to record any instructions sent to any electronic systems on an aircraft. It is a device used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. The data recorded by the FDR is used for accident investigation\u2026\n19. \u2026while a cockpit voice recorder (CVR), is a flight recorder used to record the audio environment inside the cabin of an aircraft for the purpose of investigation of accidents and incidents. Like the flight data recorder (FDR), the CVR is typically mounted in the tail section of an airplane to maximize its survival in a crash, but is used mostly on commercial planes. On jet fighters FDR and CVR are merged in one standalone box. This should do about knowing the plane from inside and\u2026\n20. \u2026if you\u2019ve get familiar interacting with a jet fighter, it\u2019s probably time to make a flight without worrying for having a crash, because we\u2019ll know what will be happening\u2026 Enjoy your flight!\nAvionics-Embedded systems-basic\nSejj Lingayat\nAvionics Systems Instruments\nMichael Bseliss", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 12117, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 255.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://francesandfriends.com/js/the-rise-of-the-antichrist.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:08Z", "digest": "sha1:3O6VDCOCFR6CITIQ5HP4FM2ZODR4G34W", "length": 19012, "nlines": 64, "source_domain": "francesandfriends.com", "title": "Frances & Friends | Thr Rise Of The Antichrist - Part 1 | Jimmy Swaggart", "raw_content": "The Rise Of The Antichrist (Part I)\nMANY PEOPLE ASK THE question, \u201cCannot Satan read the Bible, which tells of his utter defeat?\u201d Of course, he can; however, he is so self-deceived that he does not believe the Bible. Despite Calvary, Satan still believes that he is going to take the day. In fact, his greatest thrust - his greatest effort - is just ahead. He will empower the Antichrist as he has empowered no other man in human history.\nThis man is referred to in the Bible as the \u201cBeast\u201d (Rev. 13:1), the \u201cAntichrist\u201d (I Jn. 2:18), \u201cGog\u201d (Ezek. 39:1), \u201cthat Wicked\u201d (II Thess. 2:8), and \u201cthat Man of Sin\u201d (II Thess. 2:3).\nWHO WILL HE BE?\nAs to whom he is, the Bible doesn\u2019t say.\nI think it is obvious, however, that he will have to be a Jew. The Jews would in no way accept a Gentile as their proposed Messiah. They will accept this man, claiming him to be their Messiah, which means that he has to be Jewish. Considering that Jews are scattered all over the world, this means that he could come from any number of places.\nThe Jews are a peculiar people. Having been out of the will of God for more than 2,000 years, it has taken a deadly toll on them and their nature. In this country of America, some few Jews are conservative, but most are liberal, even extremely liberal.\nIf I remember correctly, the year was 1987. I was asked to speak at a Jewish symposium in Washington, D.C. Influential Jews would be present from all over America. Benjamin Netanyahu was the other speaker. He was not prime minister of Israel then, with such coming a little later. After the session was over, I had the opportunity to meet the man who is now the prime minister of Israel.\nI recall almost nothing about the meeting, but I do remember that when I walked away, I sensed in my spirit that this man was going to play a great part in the future of Israel. At any rate, I had been asked previously to meet with the Jewish liaison to Congress after the meeting was ended. I spent nearly two hours with the man.\nHe mentioned to me that he did not understand how that President Reagan, whom most Jews did not support, had turned out to be one of the greatest friends, if not the greatest friend, that the nation of Israel ever had. Thinking that all conservatives were opposed to Israel, he asked me how this could be.\nI explained to him that the Christian movement in America was mostly conservative, but yet, loved Israel very, very much. I went on to tell him how that I felt that President Reagan personally had positive feelings toward Israel, but, as well, he was, no doubt, helped along, as it regarded Israel, by the hundreds of thousands of born-again believers in this nation. So, from that conversation, it is easy for me to see how that Israel can accept a Jew from almost anywhere, assuming that he meets with their approval.\nThere is some biblical indication that the Man of Sin will be a Syrian Jew (Dan. 11:40). However, we must understand that the country of origin of the \u201cking of the north,\u201d who will be the Antichrist, includes modern Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. Actually, Iran, Afghanistan, and even some of modern Pakistan were also included in the old Syrian division of the Grecian Empire. However, some say they are not to be included because they were not a part of the old Roman Empire territory from which the 10 horns came up (Dan. 7:7). Possibly, that is true, but not necessarily so. Some claim that the Antichrist will be a reincarnation of Judas, while others claim that he will be a reincarnation of Alexander the Great, etc. There is nothing biblical that supports a reincarnation of anyone.\nTHE DEBUT OF THE MAN OF SIN\nThe Antichrist will make his debut, promising great peace, and will be believed by much of the world. Concerning this, the Scripture says: \u201cAnd I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals (refers to the crucified, risen Christ, and is proven by the use of the word Lamb), and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts (living creatures) saying, Come and see. (This will follow the rapture of the church, but we aren\u2019t told exactly how long after the rapture the great tribulation will come. \u2018Come and see,\u2019 says that it is destined and cannot be avoided.) \u201cAnd I saw, and behold a white horse (symbolic; proclaims the Antichrist presenting himself to the world as a prince of peace): and he who sat on him had a bow (mentions no arrows; he preaches peace, but is preparing for war, as symbolized by the \u2018bow\u2019); and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (The \u2018crown\u2019 represents the fact that he will conquer many countries. At first, he does so by peace, but will quickly graduate to war)\u201d (Rev. 6:1-2).\nTHE SEVEN-YEAR CONCORD WITH ISRAEL\nAs we have already stated, Israel, and especially Jerusalem, is the flash point of the world at this time. Surrounded by more than 100 million Muslims, who swear her destruction, she occupies a very precarious position. And then, her greatest benefactor of all, the United States, is weakening in its resolve toward her. In fact, the Obama Administration is not only not favorable toward Israel but, if the truth be known, actively opposes her.\nSince the administration of Jimmy Carter, the brightest minds have tried to solve the thorny problem of Israel and the Palestinians. Most of the world thinks that the problem is that Israel will not give land to the Palestinians in order that they might form a nation. Nothing could be further from the truth!\nAs Arafat once said, \u201cWe will win out over Israel by the means of peace - piece by piece.\u201d The truth is, the Muslim world demands the entirety of the nation of Israel, with Jerusalem as their capital and the country then named Palestine. As well, they want every Jew dead. It must be remembered that every war between Israel and the surrounding Arab countries such as Egypt and Syria has always been instigated by the Muslims. Israel did not start any of these wars, and yet, they have won every war and then allowed the Palestinians to remain in Israel. If the situation was reversed, and the Muslims had their way, meaning they had won any one of these wars, they would have slaughtered every single Jew. However, the world doesn\u2019t see that because they don\u2019t want to see that. In fact, the world as a whole wouldn\u2019t care if Ahmadinejad was able to secure for himself an atomic bomb and then would use it on Israel.\nThe only friend in the world that Israel has presently is Canada and what is left of the friendship of America.\nSo, the brightest minds in America, as already stated, from the time of Jimmy Carter, have tried to solve this thorny problem between Israel and the Palestinians, but with no success. President Bush bragged to the world that before he left office, there would be a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. It did not happen!\nActually, there is no such thing as Palestinians. The name is derived from the ancient Philistines, and, to be sure, there are no Philistines remaining. The people in Israel, who refer to themselves as Palestinians, are actually Jordanians, Syrians, Egyptians, etc.\nSometime back, I had the opportunity to hear a most interesting interview with Clark Clifford, who had been an advisor to every democratic president from Harry Truman all the way to Jimmy Carter. Consequently, he had witnessed so much of modern-day history. As far as I know, this was the last interview that he gave before he died.\nAs the interview began, it was announced by the host that they would discuss this man\u2019s life, and considering his experience, it promised to be a very eye-opening interview, which it was. However, despite what the opening remarks were, the entire hour was spent discussing Israel and it becoming a state in 1948.\nMr. Clifford stated how that he was the youngest advisor to President Truman. He went on to state that due to his youthfulness, he had so little place and position that his advice was little sought at that time. While he was present at all the Cabinet meetings, still, it was almost nothing but look and listen.\nMr. Clifford talked about the great struggle in the mind of President Truman as it regarded the formation of the state of Israel. There were arguments about everything. One of the president\u2019s closest friends, George Marshall, even suggested that America purchase a small country in Central America and give that to the Jews.\nIt must be understood that at that particular time, with World War II having just ended, America, plus many other nations, had a guilty conscience as it regarded the Jews. Hitler had slaughtered more than 6 million of these people, and it seems that very little had been done to try to stop the slaughter.\nThere were others who claimed that wherever a state for these ancient people was made possible, it should be named something other than Israel. President Truman\u2019s closest friend was George Marshall, and Marshall was vehemently opposed to the formation of the state of Israel. So, the argument flew back and forth.\nIn answer to the questions posed by the host, Clifford stated that he felt very strongly about Israel becoming a state, how that state must be in the same boundaries as in the Bible, and the state must be named \u201cIsrael.\u201d He was asked why he felt that way; was he Jewish?\n\u201cNo,\u201d he answered, \u201cI\u2019m not Jewish.\u201d He remarked as to how he did not understand why he felt as he did but in his thinking, but he felt he had to somehow get his views to the president. So, he wrote a letter.\nHe stated that he couldn\u2019t get an audience with the president, so, assured that the letter would be delivered to the Oval Office, he put down on paper that which he felt about Israel.\nA couple of weeks passed, and he forgot about the letter. Then the president\u2019s secretary called him, stating, \u201cMr. Clifford, the president wants to see you. Would you be in his office in the morning at 9 a.m.?\u201d He asked the secretary, \u201cDo you know what the president wants?\u201d\nShe answered in the negative.\nThe next morning, he was there as he had been called.\nHe stated how that he walked into the Oval Office and stood before the desk of the president. President Truman was looking down at a letter on his desk and after a few moments, Mr. Clifford recognized it as his letter.\nPresident Truman finally looked up to his youthful advisor and asked, \u201cClark, why do you feel this strongly about Israel, actually stating that her boundaries must be the biblical boundaries, and that this new state must be called \u2018Israel\u2019?\u201d\nThe question threw him, he went on to say. He had no time to think up an answer. Why did he feel as strongly as he did?\nHe finally blurted out, \u201cMr. President, I feel as I do because it is the right thing to do.\u201d He said that the president looked at him for a few moments and then finally said, \u201cThank you Clark; that\u2019s all.\u201d\nHe turned and walked from the room, not really knowing if the president appreciated his answer or not. At any rate, he stated that in a couple of weeks, the president announced to the world that he was going to throw the full weight and prestige of the United States of America behind the formation of a state for the Jews, that it must be in the biblical boundaries, and that it must be named \u201cIsrael.\u201d\nHe went on to say that he had no idea if his letter had anything to do with the president\u2019s decision, but he did feel that if he had any influence at all on the president, this was one of the greatest things that he accomplished in his many years of serving as advisor to a number of democratic presidents.\nIn fact, shortly before President Truman died, he was taking his customary walk, which he did every morning. That particular morning, a reporter was with him. He was going to write an article on the president, and he was doing all he could to get some information. He asked the president, \u201cWhat do you consider to be the thing that you are most proud of that you were able to accomplish as president?\u201d\nHe was speaking with the man who had given the orders to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, which ended World War II. This was the man, as well, who had instigated the Marshall Plan to save Western Europe from communism.\nThe president looked at him and said, \u201cI consider the most important thing that I was able to accomplish while in office was the part I played in helping Israel to become a nation.\u201d The reporter was taken somewhat aback, expecting another answer.\nAs stated, this was not long before the president passed away. Quite possibly, spiritual things were on his mind. Irrespective, his answer was absolutely correct. He had been led by the Lord to do what he did, in other words, God used him to help fulfill Bible prophecy. Nothing could be more important than that.\nTHE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT TRIBULATION\nAt the moment the Antichrist signs the seven-year agreement between Israel and the Muslim world, the great tribulation will begin. As we\u2019ve already stated, he will be able to do what the brightest minds in America and elsewhere in the world have not been able to do\u2009\u2014\u2009bring together the Israelis and the Muslims. How will he do that?\nAs we\u2019ve also already stated, the Man of Sin will be anointed by the powers of darkness as no other human being has ever been. In other words, Satan will invest more in this man than he has invested in any other down through the ages. This is Satan\u2019s fell swoop, so to speak. If he doesn\u2019t carry out his scheme now to become master of the universe, in other words, dethroning God, he will never be able to do it. This is it, the moment which he has worked toward even from the dawn of time. To be sure, Satan is self-deceived. He is so deceived that despite what he knows about God as the Creator and being all-powerful and all-knowing, still, he actually thinks that he will be able to overcome the Lord and set his throne up in the place of God.\nThe great Prophet Isaiah gives us a clue as to the thinking of the Evil One. Through the prophet, the Holy Spirit tells us: \u201cHow are you fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! (Isaiah\u2019s prophecy now switches from the Antichrist to his unholy sponsor, Satan himself. \u2018Lucifer\u2019 is the name of Satan. Actually, he is an angel, originally created by God, who served the Lord in righteousness for an undetermined period of time. When he fell, he led a revolution against God, with about one-third of the angels, it seems, throwing in their lot with him [Rev. 12:4]. Therefore, all the pain, suffering, misery, heartache, death, and deception, which have ruled the nations from the very beginning, can be laid at the doorstep of this revolution headed up by Satan).\u201d\nI WILL BE LIKE GOD?\n\u201cFor you have said in your heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: \u201cI will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. (In these two verses, we see the foment of Satan\u2019s rebellion and revolution against God. It seems that Lucifer, while true to the Lord, was given dominion of the earth, which was before Adam. After his fall, he worked deceitfully to get other angelic rulers to follow him in his war against God.) \u201cYet you shall be brought down to Hell, to the sides of the pit. (This would be the lot of Satan and all who seek to be like God, but in a wrong way, in effect, by making themselves god)\u201d (Isa. 14:12-15).\nThe Evil One has deceived himself in the same manner that he has deceived much of the world and for all time. However, the conclusion for him, and for all who have followed him, and who do follow him, will be eternal Hell, i.e., \u201cthe lake of fire\u201d (Rev. 20:10).\nA WEEK OF YEARS\nHow is it that we know this agreement, which will be signed by the Antichrist, plus Israel and the Muslims, and, no doubt, others, as well, will last for seven years?\nDaniel is the prophet who gave this information and did so about 2,500 years ago. The account is found in Chapter 9 of the book of Daniel.\nThe great prophet, it seems, had been in prayer before the Lord for a period of time. At a given point, the angel Gabriel appeared to him.\nI will quote verbatim from The Expositor\u2019s Study Bible: \u201cAnd while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God (Daniel declared that Jerusalem has been called by God\u2019s name and has been chosen by God. Actually, it will be the capital of His eternal kingdom on earth [Ps. 2:6; 48:2; 87:2; 102:16; 132:13; Isa. 2:2-4; Ezek., Chpt. 48; Zech., Chpt. 14]);\n\u201cYes, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. (Once again, Gabriel is sent to Daniel\u2019s side. The phrase, \u2018About the time of the evening oblation,\u2019 referred to 3 p.m., which was the time of the evening sacrifice; however, this does not imply that those offerings were made in Babylon, but simply that, through the nearly 70 years that had intervened since the fall of Jerusalem, the sacred hour had been kept in remembrance, and possibly as one consecrated to prayer.)\n\u201cAnd he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and understanding. (\u2018To give you skill and understanding,\u2019 refers to the future of Israel and last-day events.)\n\u201cAt the beginning of your supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. (The study of Bible prophecy was not for Daniel a mere intellectual entertainment but moral and spiritual nourishment.)\nSEVENTY WEEKS OF YEARS.\n\u201cSeventy weeks are determined upon your people (Israel) and upon your holy city (Jerusalem), to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. (\u2018Seventy weeks are determined upon your people,\u2019 actually means 70 sevens, which translates into 490 years. This period of time has to do with \u2018your people\u2019 and \u2018your holy city,\u2019 referring to the Jews and Jerusalem. The second coming of Christ and their acceptance of Him will \u2018finish the transgression.\u2019\n\u201c\u2018To make reconciliation [atonement] for iniquity,\u2019 refers to the fact that Israel will not only accept Christ at the second coming but will also accept what He did for us at Calvary. One can well imagine this moment, for they are the ones who crucified Christ.\n\u201cThe phrase, \u2018To anoint the Most Holy,\u2019 has to do with the building of the millennial temple, even as described by Ezekiel in Chapters 40 through 48 of his book)\u201d (Dan. 9:20-24).\nThis message was taken from the Jimmy Swaggart hardback book, Armageddon.\nORDER IT ONLINE - www.shopjsm.org - Armageddon (09-116) - Price: $30", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 19958, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 177.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://franchise.gautier.fr/testimonials-from-our-franchisees/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:43Z", "digest": "sha1:JDXLXPTLFM6GDP7OD7YDTS4VO3TFT5IC", "length": 3142, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "franchise.gautier.fr", "title": "Testimonials from our franchisees - Franchise Gautier", "raw_content": "from our franchisees\nFranchise Gautier > Testimonials from our franchisees\n\u201cWhy did I choose Gautier?\n\u2013 A French brand that manufactures in France\n\u2013 A family company not listed on the stock exchange\n\u2013 Sharing the same human values as myself\nStrong positioning on the furniture market with remarkable value for money in terms of quality and design, a reassuring 10 year guarantee, and a welcoming and inspiring store concept.\nFinally, full support for GAUTIER teams throughout the project and on a daily basis once the business is launched.\nAfter 18 years in the DIY retail sector, I am delighted to have made this career change by starting my own business. GAUTIER is a smart choice!\u201d\n\u201cI wanted to start my own business and was drawn to this family-run company that is committed to human values. I am delighted with my first year in business, despite the difficult economic conditions. All Gautier furniture is made in France. The development and production teams will be staying in France and there are no plans to relocate overseas. And finally, Gautier guarantees quality products: the Made in France label is a symbol of this quality and is much appreciated by consumers.\u201d\n\u201cRebuilding a professional career beyond the age of 50 is not easy, and yet that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve managed to do in under 10 months. Let us tell you how we did it.\nTaking on a franchise seemed the most suitable and least risky solution for us, as long as we could find the right partner.\nThat\u2019s where everything got really easy! We found Gautier to be the ideal partner as it is a recognised brand with careful product positioning, an innovative concept and, most importantly, permanent support.\nGautier invested in us to bring the project to fruition, from creating the company to opening the store. These strong foundations mean that we are now on track for success, with results better than forecast and highly positive customer feedback.\u201c\n\u201cI\u2019d always dreamed of independence but at the same time there is a fine line between independence and solitude. With Gautier, franchisees are independent but also have access to others\u2019 expertise. So the fears surrounding such a project fade away. There is a professional to answer all your questions and provide support at every step. This partnership is extremely reassuring.\nThis new adventure will be a personal achievement, a dream come true. Working in a great location like La Rochelle, in a beautiful store offering such quality \u2013 made in France! \u2013 products can only make you happy.\u201d\n\u201cI was looking for a franchise that would allow me to grow and flourish, and that is what I found with Gautier. We have a real dialogue where my wishes are taken into account, and there is still a family atmosphere even though Gautier is now an international group. In these difficult times, I\u2019m really proud to be able to offer quality products that are made in France. And what a pleasure it is to get positive customer feedback \u2013 that\u2019s not a given these days!\u201d\n\u201cA key factor in my decision was my rapport with the Gautier teams. They are professional, friendly and they always listen \u2013 this really struck a chord with me.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4718, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://freedomoutpost.com/genesis-3d-bringing-the-creation-to-the-big-screen/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:12Z", "digest": "sha1:I3FZIWFGSTO2K6GUKXA4MBHOZK4FHE2Z", "length": 3425, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "freedomoutpost.com", "title": "Genesis 3D: Bringing the Creation to the Big Screen - Freedom Outpost", "raw_content": "ArticlesChristianityMediaUS NewsVideos\nGenesis 3D: Bringing the Creation to the Big Screen\nFollowing the release of Dr. Kent Hovind on July 8, I had the pleasure of speaking with his son, Eric Hovind, about the release of a brand new film set to be completed in July 2016. The Genesis 3D movie will detail the Creation account from the Book of Genesis like nothing seen previously.\nCreation Today is the producer of the film and their hope is to impact those who do not know the Creator, Jesus Christ, along with tying in why Creation is so important to the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\nGenesis 3D Movie is a feature-length documentary film based on the first book of the Bible, featuring stunning 3D visual effects accompanied with expert scientific research!\n\"It's a 3D documentary where we actually\u2026 the 3D CG [computer generated] portion is actually showing the Creation of the world,\" he told Freedom Outpost. \"So, for the first time, you're actually getting to experience what it might have been like for God to create the heavens and the earth. Instead of just reading, you're gonna watch that.\"\nThose watching the film will need 3D glasses to enjoy the stereoscopic 3D animation.\nHovind said that there would be interviews interspersed throughout the film with leading Creation scientists presenting information on how we know God created the world. The presentation will also reflect a young earth view and assumes the \"days\" of Genesis are literal 24 hour days (evening and morning).\nThe documentary will also seek to refute many points of evolution to demonstrate that evolution is an absolute impossibility.\nHovind says the film will be biblically precise, teach the significance of our origins, enrich our understanding of the Creator and will answer the two most important questions in life: Where did we come from? And why are we here?\nWhen asked what he expects to accomplish in the production of the film, Hovind said, \"The whole point is to take people from Creator to Savior.\"\n\"So, the film has Ray Comfort giving the salvation message at the end,\" he added. \"A lot of people don't understand Creation and so they don't understand salvation. They don't understand man's sin and so they don't understand man's need for a Savior, Jesus Christ. So, this is really a journey from Creation to Savior.\"\nComfort recently had his own video trailer for his new film Audacity, which deals with the issue of sodomy, removed from YouTube. It was immediately reinstated following the voice of Christians being raised against the ban. He is known for his biblical gospel of holding up the Law of God to show sinners the need for a Savior and then presenting them with the Good News of how Jesus Christ saves such men.\nHovind says that he is still working on marketing the film, but will begin with targeted theaters for a limited time when it is ready to be released. Following the theater release, the film will be offered to Churches and then onto DVD.\nThe film still needs support and Creation Today is asking Christians to pray and support them and share the information about the release of the Genesis 3D Movie. If you are interested in supporting the project, you can click here to donate to the effort.\nNext post If This Comment from Feinstein for Obama\u2019s Iran Deal is \u201cSupport,\u201d There is none\nPrevious post Former U.S. General Calls for Rounding Up and Interning \u201cRadicalized\u201d and \u201cDisloyal\u201d Americans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 7959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 255.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com/2013/05/theres-still-time-to-play-with-sketch-84.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:39Z", "digest": "sha1:VSKOOWCPT2WHHK7UU2QI64WVD556W5MJ", "length": 49, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com", "title": "Freshly Made Sketches: There's Still Time to Play With Sketch 84!", "raw_content": "Challenge closes at 12:00 PDT on Monday, May 6th.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 4083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 89.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fuldaohio.org/Roehrig-Riski.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:24Z", "digest": "sha1:DE7AT5RAODGGVPKXNLCAJJDRIKBKCIRE", "length": 809, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "fuldaohio.org", "title": "Roehrig-Riski", "raw_content": "This photo was taken at the wedding of Elenora Roehrig and John Riski on 25 Jul 1953. Elenora was the daughter of Albert Roehrig and Mollie Schott.\nRelatives of Albert and Mollie Roehrig left to right:\nSons: Bernard Roehrig (1917-1983), Terrance John Roehrig (1905-1967), and John Roy Roehrig (1907-1958); son-in-law John Riski (1912-1978); daughter Elenora Rosa Roehrig (b. 1925); grandson: Edward Bernard Roehrig (son of Dorothy Roehrig Bing and Roy Cray, b 1936, d. 2000); Amelia \u201cMollie\u201d Schott Roehrig (1882-1963), and Albert H. Roehrig (1880-1955); daughters: Freda Roehrig Gill (1910-1997), Dorothy Roehrig Bing (1913-2004), Mary Margaret Roehrig Craig (1915-2003), and Eulalia Elizabeth Roehrig Valot (1919-1982).\nAnother daughter of Mollie and Albert, Leora Roehrig was born in 1924 and died in 1926.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6, "original_length": 1043, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 269.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gamingbolt.com/a-nintendo-3ds-successor-may-happen-says-nintendo-president", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:17Z", "digest": "sha1:BTA76K6JH7XBUKFLX7M2EK3M7NJOFEXO", "length": 1555, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "gamingbolt.com", "title": "A Nintendo 3DS Successor May Happen, Says Nintendo President", "raw_content": "A Nintendo 3DS Successor May Happen, Says Nintendo President\nIt will, I suppose, depend entirely on just how successful the Nintendo Switch turns out to be.\nThe appeal of the Nintendo Switch is in its sheer versatility- here we have a hybrid system that is both, a home console and a portable, and it can be exactly what you want it to be, when you want it to be that. Indeed, one of the biggest things going in the Switch\u2019s favor is the fabled unified Nintendo library- one system to play all Nintendo games on, as all of Nintendo\u2019s efforts, handheld and console, are put on one system.\nAnd yet, according to Nintendo President Tatsumi Kimishima, who was speaking to Kyoto Shinbun (via NeoGAF), a proper Nintendo 3DS successor may yet happen. Kimishima said that Nintendo is open to the possibility, and if there is a market for it, a 3DS successor will come. Whether this is in the form of a smaller Switch that is a dedicated handheld without the modularity, and which runs the same games, or an entirely new system, remains to be seen.\nOf course, the statement may still be meaningless, with Nintendo trying to cover its bases in case the Switch should fail- remember the Gameboy successor we were going to get in spite of the Nintendo DS\u2019s release? That never panned out because the DS\u2019s success ensured that there would be no need for it to pan out. If the Switch is sufficiently successful, don\u2019t expect to see any dedicated Nintendo handhelds beyond a Switch SKU designed to be only a portable.\nTagged With: Nintendo, Nintendo 3DS, nintendo switch", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 5375, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 308.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gaya-entertainment.de/heroes-of-the-storm/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:25Z", "digest": "sha1:CXJCSKCQMJNNTY5FGXARL37YN6NCBUUJ", "length": 720, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "gaya-entertainment.de", "title": "Heroes of the Storm | Gaya Entertainment", "raw_content": "Products from Heroes of the Storm\nHeroes of the Storm is a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena video game (MOBA) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Compared with other popular video games of the same genre, HotS features a unique objective system in which the players have to fulfil certain tasks to dominate the battlefield.The game is a crossover of the biggest Blizzard franchises where the players take control of famous characters in exciting and spectacular fights in the Nexus.\nHeroes of the Storm uses a free-to-play model with micropayments, which can be used to purchase heroes, skins for the heroes and mounts.\n\"Hell, it's about damn time.\"\nHeroes of the Storm Wallscroll Heroes\nHeroes Of The Storm T-Shirt Logo", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 2447, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 243.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://generalaviationnews.com/2009/07/27/fuel-mismanagement-leads-to-emergency-landing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:24Z", "digest": "sha1:XUETCRBKQQHGP467IKPSY5HUQLGKIODT", "length": 1100, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "generalaviationnews.com", "title": "Fuel mismanagement leads to emergency landing", "raw_content": "Fuel mismanagement leads to emergency landing\nThis July 2007 accident report is provided by the National Transportation Safety Board. Published as an educational tool, it is intended to help pilots learn from the misfortunes of others.\nAircraft: Cessna 180A.\nLocation: Redding, Calif.\nWhat reportedly happened: The pilot, who was attempting to fly from Arlington, Wash., to Redding, Calif., stopped at an airport in Oregon about 100 miles from his final destination but did not refuel. before he took off again. While on a 2.5-mile final approach to the destination airport, the engine lost power. The pilot performed an emergency landing in a field. The airplane hit a berm during the landing roll.\nAt the time of the power loss the fuel selector was set to both. Investigators determined that the right fuel tank was empty and the left fuel tank had about six gallons of fuel. According to the airplane\u2019s manual, five gallons of fuel is unusable per tank in non-level flight.\nProbable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot\u2019s inadequate in-flight planning and his failure to refuel while en route.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 11291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 222.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://geopoliticalfutures.com/manners-political-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:05Z", "digest": "sha1:WYO36S3WOXYFLVI2FEQFUEWJHLOCINUA", "length": 11649, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "geopoliticalfutures.com", "title": "Manners and Political Life - Geopolitical Futures Manners and Political Life - Geopolitical Futures", "raw_content": "Oct. 11, 2017 Restraint in public life is not a foundation of civilization. It is civilization.\nMeredith, my wife, grew up elegant and restrained. The enormous body of rules she called good manners rigidly shaped and controlled her passions, which were many. She followed the rules she learned as a child partly out of a desire for others to think well of her, partly because she regarded these manners as the laws of nature. Restraint and propriety were the outward sign of a decent life. The dinner table was where children learned that there were rules to a civilized life. For many, the powers of good manners crushed their souls, leaving them with little but the arrogance of having mastered the rules. For the best, manners provided the frame for a life of free will and self-confidence. Good manners allowed her to be both free and civilized, in the English manner. Her obsession with manners imposed a civility that shaped the way in which people disagreed.\nI grew up in the Bronx, a place of fragmented cultures, of immigrants under severe and deforming pressure. There were many cultures \u2013 few any longer authentic, all in some way at odds with each other. Meredith\u2019s table was a place of restraint. Mine was a place of combat. The hidden message about food was to eat as much as you can as quickly as you can, because who could really know when you would eat again? The table was a place of intellectual and emotional combat, where grievances were revealed, ideas were challenged and the new world we were in was analyzed for its strangeness. The grammar of debate took precedence over digestion.\nShe and I appear to many to be mismatched. She has never lost her belief that one must show restraint to appear to fit in. I have never lost my belief that the world is a dangerous place that must be confronted vigorously. Yet underneath these differences we formed a bond, based on a will to live as we will, but distinguishing carefully between who we were in private and who we were in public. This distinction is the root of both sanity and civility. I learned from her that there was a time and place for everything. I learned that without manners, however arbitrary they might be, life was chaos. I learned that combat, in speech and deed, might sometimes be necessary, but that it must be bound by the rituals of civility, or everything is destroyed. I am not sure she learned much from me.\nManners make it possible to disagree within a framework of ritual that the disagreement does not lead to unhealable breaches. They allow you to live much of your life in unthinking patterns, freeing you to devote your thoughts to matters more pressing than how to greet someone, or whether to put on a tie. A tie is an example of this. It is a pointless piece of cloth. Yet, in putting it on, the act of dressing becomes complex and focuses you on the task ahead. You are putting on a tie because what you will now do has some importance \u2013 at least for me.\nI grew up in the 1960s, when manners were held to be a form of hypocrisy, the sign of a false and inauthentic time. When Mickey Mantle hit a home run, he trotted around the bases as if his excellence was incidental and required no celebration. His undoubted elation was contained within ritual. Today, success in sports has fewer limits, and success and contempt for the other side frequently merge. When I was very young, courtship and marriage rituals were ringed with things you did not do. Of course, all these things were done, but they were hidden from the gaze of others. Part of it was shame, but part of it was also respect for manners, even in their breach. It had the added and urgent dimension that the most precious parts of growing up were private things.\nThe argument was that honesty was the highest virtue. Manners restrained honest expression and therefore denied us our authenticity. What came of this was an assault on the distinction between what we are in private and what we are in public. The great icon of this was Woodstock, where the music was less important than the fact that things that had been ruthlessly private had become utterly public. The shame that is attached to bad manners was seen as dishonesty, and unrestrained actions as honesty. The restraint of manners became mortally wounded.\nHarry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower had come to despise each other by the time of Eisenhower\u2019s inauguration. They hid this in public. The press, undoubtedly aware of the tension, chose not to focus on it. The ritual that was at the heart of the republic \u2013 the peaceful transfer of power \u00ad\u2013 was the focus, and the personal feelings of each were hidden from view. They were dishonest in their public behavior, and in retrospect, the self-restraint with which they hid their honest feelings was their moral obligation. These were two dishonest men, honoring their nation in their dishonesty.\nThe U.S. flag flies at half-staff above the White House on Dec. 15, 2012. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images\nThe press was in on the act. The press is an institution specifically mentioned in our Constitution. Implicitly it is charged with telling the truth. The press minimized the fact that Franklin D. Roosevelt was disabled. The New York Times refrained from publishing that the Soviets had deployed missiles in Cuba. Reporters did not make public the rumors that Eisenhower might have been having an affair in England. All of these might have been true, but the press saw its role as that of an adversary to the state, but not an enemy.\nMembers of the press saw themselves as carrying out three roles: They were journalists, they were citizens, and they were well-mannered. As journalists, they published \u201call the news that\u2019s fit to print.\u201d As citizens, they wanted the U.S. to win World War II and would do nothing to hinder it. As ladies and gentlemen, they knew there were things that were true but did not warrant telling. There were always exceptions, but the prestige press, as they were then called, did not see these roles as incompatible.\nIt is important not to overstate the comity that existed, or neglect the exceptions, but the idea that good manners required certain behavior did matter. It is not clear to me that the republic suffered from the restraint of good manners and the ability of politicians and journalists to feel shame.\nToday, we are surrounded by politicians who have decided that honesty requires that they show how deeply they detest each other, and a public that feels free to display its contempt for any with whom it disagrees. Our opponents have become our enemies, and our enemies have become monsters. This has become true for all political factions, and all political factions believe it is true only for their opponents. The idea that it is proper to hide and suppress our malice because not doing so is bad manners has been lost on all levels. With this has been lost the idea that it is possible to disagree on important matters, yet respect and even honor your opponent. Or, put another way, what has been lost is the obligation to appear to feel this way. Manners, after all, do not ask you to lie to yourself, but merely to the rest of the world.\nThe obsession with honesty over manners hides something important. Depending on who you are, depending on what you say, and depending on why you say it, honesty can be devastating. The idea that manners create inauthentic lives, lives in which true feelings are suppressed, is absolutely true. But it forgets the point that many of the things we feel ought to be suppressed, and many of the truths we know ought not to even be whispered. Indeed, the whisperer, when revealed, should feel shame. Without the ability to feel shame, humans are barbarians. It is manners, however false, that create the matrix in which shame can be felt. When we consider public life today, the inflicting of shame has changed from the subtle force of manners, to the ability to intimidate those you disagree with. As Francois de La Rochefoucauld said, \u201cHypocrisy is a tribute vice pays to virtue.\u201d Today, vice feels little need to apologize.\nI am not here speaking of issues. The issues must be debated. I am speaking of the aesthetics of debate, of restraint and respect. I am speaking of the ability to believe something deeply, yet hold open the possibility that you have much to learn from those who disagree \u2013 or at least pretend to, which is almost as good.\nWhat I have written here would seem to have little to do with geopolitics. It has everything to do with it. A nation has as its foundation the love of one\u2019s own. That isn\u2019t a saccharine concept. It is the idea that we are born in or come to a country and do not merely share core values with each other, but honor each other for being our fellow citizens, that our mutual bond is the fellowship of the nation. Underneath there may be much malice, but good manners require it be hidden. The collapse of manners undermines the love of one\u2019s own and weakens the foundation of the nation. And since nations rise and fall, this is very much a geopolitical question.\nIn the end, being well-mannered in the highest sense is a personal obligation. It rests on the desire to be well-thought-of as a human being, and on caring what others think of you. Many of us lack that virtue. We lack the ability to be ashamed, or we have convinced ourselves that feeling shame is a weakness. We appear on television saying things to each other that decent human beings would not reveal they feel, and our viewers applaud. There is no federal program to resurrect pride in our bearing. It flows from each of us doing it. But that requires a common code of behavior, not fully rational but fully respected, and that has been eaten away. This is the place where I should mention social media, but what more is there to say on that, so consider it said. We all know that there is a terrible problem. But most of us think it is the person we dislike who is the problem, not us.\nThere is a concept worth ending on, which is the principle of intellectual rectitude, the idea that one must be cautious in thought and in speech. That we should know what we know, and know what we feel, and draw a sharp line between the two. There is a place for feelings, but passion can lead to recklessness, and societies crumble over the massive assault of passion. One of the things I try to do \u2013 frequently failing \u2013 is to exercise intellectual rectitude in my writing. Restraint in public life \u2013 that life that you live with others \u2013 is not a foundation of civilization. It is civilization.\nThere is a time to tell the truth, and a time to withhold it. In the Bible, two books are thought to be written by Solomon. One, Ecclesiastes, is about the fact that there is a time and place for everything. It is a book of manners and of despair. Manners and despair are linked, but if you don\u2019t know there is a time and place for everything, then you are not human. Solomon also wrote the Song of Songs. It is a poem about love and the erotic. It allows us to see that while there is a time and place for everything, and eros in the public space is unacceptable, a life without the erotic is not worth living. The Song of Songs is our solace for the rigors of Ecclesiastes.\nThe loss of time and place is the loss of propriety and proportion. It is the destruction of both the public and the private, of the life of duty and the life of pleasure. Pleasure cannot live without duty nor duty without pleasure. Neither can exist without good manners. And this applies to the relationship of lovers, of citizens and of nations. And the beginning of the path to it is intellectual rectitude.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 14997, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 261.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gettingpregnant.co.uk/male-infertility.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:34Z", "digest": "sha1:CXJ7RV2ZOF2GSP2CUJMJG3PRCQXJRQ3V", "length": 2961, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "gettingpregnant.co.uk", "title": "Coping With Male Infertility", "raw_content": "Home \u203a Male Fertility Problems \u203a Male Infertility\nCoping With Male Infertility\nVery few men think that they will have a problem with infertility. Finding this out can lead to anger, shock and frustration. More focus needs to be given to the impact of male infertility.\nUnless the cause of infertility is known, both men and women will need to be tested. The testing process can be physically demanding and very overwhelming. It's important for men to understand the purpose of the tests and what the procedures will entail. In the Unites States over six million couples are suffering from infertility. From this number, 40% of cases will be caused by male infertility.\nChoices For Infertile Couples\nDonor sperm is one option for men who do not produce any sperm or who have not been successful with ICSI treatment. Some couples consider donor insemination using donated sperm. Donor insemination allows the couple the opportunity to share the experience of pregnancy and childbirth.\nNot all men choose to undergo medical treatment and for some couples the various methods of assisted reproduction techniques have not been successful for them. At this stage, some infertile couples consider adoption or providing foster care to children. These are often options that couples did not initially consider. It can be a very daunting and overwhelming task for couples to face up to the reality of their fertility problems and make choices for the future.\nThe Emotional Journey Of Male Infertility\nFor both men and women, infertility can cause feelings of anger, depression and frustration. For men in particular, the following issues are common.\nGuilt - it is a notion from 'traditional' societal roles, that men will provide their partners with babies and many men feel guilty if they cannot do this. This problem is particularly dominant if the female in the relationship doesn't have any fertility issues.\nInadequacy - male infertility can lead to feelings of sexual inadequacy. Society places a lot of pressure on men to be masculine and virile and infertility can threaten this perception. It can lead to tension in a relationship and some men have admitted to problems with impotency as a result.\nFailure - men who want to have children will often feel a sense of failure if they are infertile. This problem relates to women as well; however there is a lot of pressure on men to 'carry on the family name'.\nCoping Suggestions\nThere is a lack of resources aimed specifically at men coping with infertility; however it's important that men seek help from counselors, family or friends. It can be difficult to talk about this topic but keeping emotions inside is not a healthy way of dealing with them. Bottling up feelings can lead to outbursts of anger and put extra strain on relationships. Some men find that receiving psychological support or contacting a support group aimed at men can help them to come to terms with this emotional and stressful experience.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 3858, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gizmodo.com/all-the-presidents-men-is-what-made-me-want-to-become-a-1649612258", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:53Z", "digest": "sha1:QAPVJ33CPGI6AWRT37OHOX6DOFXIQLOF", "length": 1772, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "gizmodo.com", "title": "All the President's Men Is What Made Me Want to Become a Journalist", "raw_content": "All the President's Men Is What Made Me Want to Become a Journalist\nBen Bradlee was editor of the Washington Post when the newspaper did something phenomenal: It took down the Nixon administration in the Watergate scandal. I didn't know anything about Bradlee or newspapers or the Washington Post when I saw the 1976 film about the scandal\u2014I only knew I wanted to work somewhere just like that.\nI always knew I wanted to do something with words in my life, but until I saw All the President's Men\u2014caught on cable in the middle of the day one high school summer\u2014I'd only had the vaguest ideas of what that might look like. This provided a pretty awesome career path to aspire to. As two rookie journalists hoping to make a name for themselves, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman end up chasing a story through dark parking garages. And their boss, Bradlee (played by Jason Robards), cheered them on, even though he knew he was putting his own career on the line. Man, who knew that writing could be so exciting?\nAs an homage to Bradlee, who died yesterday, Slate posted this pivotal scene where Robards supposedly perfectly embodies Bradlee's straight-talking, go-with-your-gut demeanor (apparently he was even more witty in real life). My office certainly doesn't look anything close to that fluorescent-lit newsroom with its sea of paper-strewn primary-colored desks, and I certainly haven't had any anonymous sources like Deep Throat (maybe email ruined that). But watching this clip, I felt that same thrill that rippled through my brain as a teenager. Writing for a living is about taking a chance on a story and having someone really smart who's got your back. And then\u2014and to be clear, this doesn't always happen\u2014it's about how good it feels to get it right. [Amazon]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 3324, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 289.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gizmodo.com/fart-blamed-for-causing-a-fire-during-surgery-at-a-toky-1788414929", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:30Z", "digest": "sha1:NMOEIISYL7ZFMLHGYPBYRDMDF4P6I3DR", "length": 1523, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "gizmodo.com", "title": "Fart Blamed for Causing a Fire During Surgery at a Tokyo Hospital", "raw_content": "Fart Blamed for Causing a Fire During Surgery at a Tokyo Hospital\nFiled to: FartsFiled to: Farts\nThis surgery sounds like a total nightmare. According to a new Tokyo Medical University Hospital report, a patient\u2019s fart during surgery apparently caused a fire that led to serious burns on her body.\nThe fart-fire incident originally occurred all the way back in April, but a report was just released on October 28 by a committee of \u201coutside experts\u201d who looked at the case and determined there were no flammable materials in the operation room during the surgery, according to Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun.\nThe patient, who was in her 30s, was receiving an operation at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital in Shinjuku Ward that involved using a laser to perform surgery. According to a report from the hospital, \u201cWhen the patient\u2019s intestinal gas leaked into the space of the operation [room], it ignited with the irradiation of the laser, and the burning spread, eventually reaching the surgical drape and causing the fire.\u201d\nThe committee also determined that the equipment used in the operation was functioning normally, so it couldn\u2019t possibly be to blame during this unfortunate incident. So, if you\u2019re ever in the situation where you need to undergo laser surgery, maybe try eating something light before the doctors put you under.\n[Asahi Shimbun via Boing Boing]\nSoldiers Tear Apart, Rebuild A Jeep In Four Minutes\nExploring the Myth of the Scientific vs. Artistic Mind\nEverything Microsoft Showed At E3 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 2841, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://globleweblist.com/finding-the-right-hydraulic-system-for-your-needs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:48Z", "digest": "sha1:NZPTKVT4TWNJHXGS2TPEVJCUBQN346PC", "length": 2749, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "globleweblist.com", "title": "Finding the right hydraulic system for your needs | globleweblist.com", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Industrial Goods and Services \u00bb Finding the right hydraulic system for your needs\nFinding the right hydraulic system for your needs\nPosted on May 13, 2016 by Louis Shea in Industrial Goods and Services\nHydraulics is used in thousands of applications around the world for manufacturing, constructing and heavy industrial applications. Whether you are looking for a standard replacement part for a common brand of bulldozer, or you have a need for a custom made piece for an aircraft, single acting hydraulic cylinders are one of the most common heavy industrial parts used by today\u2019s manufacturers and large construction jobs. With a small application of science and mechanical understanding, hydraulics can be used to extend or retract individual machines in ways that would take a dozen workers and a large amount of time and effort.\nThe various uses for hydraulic cylinders\nHydraulics can be used in smaller hand tools such as nail guns, jackhammers or pressure cutters; they can also be used in massive machines such as cranes, snow plows, and backhoes. Hydraulics also have the benefit of being able to work perfectly well underwater in marine and freshwater environments for ecological exploration and sampling, ship salvage, offshore platform construction, dam construction and oil well building. Welded cylinder units are less prone to leaking their pressurized oil or other fluids into the water around them, and are often chosen as the hydraulic tools to be used at depth by divers building oil rigs or dismantling sunken vessels for collection at the surface. Winches on the boat used to drag up the sunken vessel are often powered by hydraulics, as are the cranes used to lift the debris from the water and onto the collection barge.\nKnowing your particular needs and ratings\nCylinders can come in a massive array of premade, and custom sizing is depending on the application it will be used for. They can be as small as a 6-inch stroke or a 60 inch. The rated payload can be under 2,500 pounds for hand tools or more than 35,000 pounds for excavators or cranes. Operating temperatures can vary as well, depending on where the cylinder will be put to use. Some can be built to work properly in temperatures 20 degrees or lower while others can easily withstand high heat applications of 230 degrees or more. Many welded single acting cylinders can be used in underwater jobs as well, such as oil platform construction or ship salvaging operations. Welded cylinders are much more secure than their counterparts and are less subject to leaking the hydraulic fluid into the nearby water.\nTop Reasons To Use An Anderson Pressure Gauge\nThe Basics Of Hard Chrome Plating\nBoat Trailers for Sale \u2013 The Best Manufacturers Have Much to Offer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 14820, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 313.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://globleweblist.com/reasons-to-hire-a-company-for-roof-repair-in-brookfield-wi/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:06Z", "digest": "sha1:FBNPCBF2W2MGETJEYJGMWSLRLVLOPCGA", "length": 2483, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "globleweblist.com", "title": "Reasons to Hire a Company For Roof Repair in Brookfield WI | globleweblist.com", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Roofing \u00bb Reasons to Hire a Company For Roof Repair in Brookfield WI\nReasons to Hire a Company For Roof Repair in Brookfield WI\nPosted on September 20, 2018 by Louis Shea in Roofing\nTaking care of one\u2019s home is rather important, especially when it comes to the structural aspect of it. The roof is an integral piece of the home. Because of that, it is important to repair or replace it properly and efficiently. Not only does the roof provide shelter from the rough elements of the outside, but it also provides a family safety and a sense of security. Roof repair in Brookfield, WI is a project that is better left for the professionals. Search for Waukesha Roofing Inc. to learn more about the different services they offer, as well as setting up an appointment for a free consultation.\nHiring A Roofing Company Is A Better Option Than Doing It Yourself\nThere are many reasons as to why hiring a roofing contractor is a better idea than a homeowner attempting to fix a roof. Safety, however, is the biggest reason roofing repair should be left to the professionals. Other reasons include efficiency, properly repairing or replacing the roofing and getting the work done on time. Roofing contractors are highly trained and skilled in their area. They have all the proper tools and equipment to get the job done on time, as well as getting it done right. Visit WaukeshaRoofingWI.net to learn more.\nDifferent Services Offered\nRoofs can have different issues going on, and it is best that a professional investigates the main issue at hand and fixes it. For example, they can be hired to investigate a leak or analyze the roof. They can be called after a storm has passed so that they can assess any storm-related damage. They can also repair shingles (asphalt, wood and wood shakes), tile and flat roofs. Choose a company that is insured and will give its customers a guarantee of the work being done properly and on time.\nMany roofs on homes are rather high and come to different angles. It is not worth it for the homeowner to risk falling off the roof and getting hurt. Call the professionals for any roof related needs. They will get the job done safely, as well as on time. There are plenty of home projects left for the homeowner, roof repair in Brookfield, WI should not be one of them.\nReasons to Call One of the Roofing Contractors in Edmonds Today\nWhat You Can Expect from the Best Roofing in Southampton, PA\nWhat Opportunities Could Cover The Cost Of Roof Repairing?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 14567, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://godofsmile.com/category/accessories-exercise/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:48Z", "digest": "sha1:OIB3O6FTGH4M4U5KCJSJCOYEH4G3PKGW", "length": 951, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "godofsmile.com", "title": "Exercise Archives - God Of Smile", "raw_content": "No matter if you follow workout exercises on a daily basis or just on the weekend, having the right exercise\u2026\nFor many years, hunting has been tiresome and potentially dangerous to the extent that it was advisable to go hunting\u2026\nSometimes, we get extremely exhausted after a day\u2019s strenuous workout. Well, one of the things we definitely need is a\u2026\nApart from developing good overall muscle tone for your entire body, an exercise yoga ball offers numerous other benefits that\u2026\nRebounding is an exercise people should do on a daily basis. However, I must admit that when it first came\u2026\nDesigned for running and sports, exercise running shoes cushion as well as guide foot and ankle movement to prevent foot-related\u2026\nWhile our ancestors may have chased wild animals across the plains without shoes, anyone who has tried to run on\u2026\nThere are so many benefits of trampolining that nowadays everyone wants to be involved in bouncing back to health. Unlike\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2126, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 239.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gogetfunding.com/help-for-mental-illness/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:33Z", "digest": "sha1:7IHVMR74YK4DNXYQDYLI4WAGZF2Z6WVD", "length": 1830, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "gogetfunding.com", "title": "Help for Mental Illness | Medical Expense Fundraising with GoGetFunding", "raw_content": "Help for Mental Illness\nFundraising campaign by Jane Doe\nThank you for clicking on this link. today I am writing on behalf of a good friend, who 3 years ago was diagnosed with mental illness.she was a teacher in a school and upon discovery of her illness, was deemed unfit for work and forced to resign. Teaching was her. . . . .\nThank you for clicking on this link.\ntoday I am writing on behalf of a good friend, who 3 years ago was diagnosed with mental illness.\nshe was a teacher in a school and upon discovery of her illness, was deemed unfit for work and forced to resign. Teaching was her love: she spent all her college days preparing for this dream job.\nover the past 3 years, she has been in and out of the hospital for treatment of depression and anxiety.\nthis was not known to me; I would never have thought she was depressed. she was always smiling with love to give everyone. it wasn\u2019t until this year and a suicide attempt that we realized her condition.\nWith medical bills rising every month (no insurance covers) and outstanding student loans, I thought I would proactively do something, anything I can to help her. I appeal to anyone with 1 dollar to spare. All we need is $1 from one person; a hundred thousand people will count and help this one person and show her that there is something worth living for.\nThank you, kind stranger for your help.\nps. I will update this page with proof of medical bills and her loans\nThank you for clicking on this link. today I am. . . . .\nYou'll essentially get your own fundraising page dedicated to campaign 'Help for Mental Illness' and all funds raised will go directly to Jane Doe.\nYou'll have your own unique link that you can share, and Jane Doe can see just how much you've helped. Your campaign will also be showcased from the main campaign.\nSend Message to Jane Doe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 17738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 237.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gokatayama.wordpress.com/category/beijing-lifestyle/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:54Z", "digest": "sha1:EO7I2E4ZUP3WIY2ELJWLUCW2WGIHCZTL", "length": 3889, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "gokatayama.wordpress.com", "title": "Beijing Lifestyle | Go Katayama - Photography & Disc Jockey", "raw_content": "[Photos] Beijing Capital International Airport\nCompleted just in time for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the Beijing Capital International Airport is now the most busiest airport in Asia. Living in Beijing makes it simple to travel around Asia and I myself have called Beijing my home for the last year. Coming back to this airport always has a special feel to it, well assuming that it\u2019s not polluted outside, but when I came back from Seoul last month I took my time to snap some photos of the ceilings in Terminal 3. It\u2019s massive and the photos don\u2019t do justice.\nAt its opening, It was the largest man made structure in the world in terms of area covered, and a major landmark in Beijing representing the growing and developing Chinese city.\nA 98.3-meter monitoring tower stands at the southern end of T3\nThe expansion was largely funded by a 30 billion yen loan from Japan and 500-million-euro (USD 625 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB).\nMay 18, 2011 | Categories: Beijing Lifestyle, Photos | Tags: Beijing Airport, Beijing Capital Aiport, Terminal 3 | 1 Comment\n[Photos] Beijing Railway Station at Sunset\nUpon leaving for my latest thirteen hour train ride over to Dalian in Liaoning Province, I took some time to snap away some scenes from Beijing railway station: the oldest station in Beijing that\u2019s been around for almost sixty years. Since my train was to leave at night and it was during China\u2019s labor day three-day weekend, you could see a lot of people rushing in to catch their trains. Beijing railway station to me is a special place since my first trip to Beijing couple years back started from this station. I had no idea I would be back working here but it was nice to look around and take some photos here during sunset. I think the photos can do most of the talking but I wanted to show some movement in these photos.\nMay 11, 2011 | Categories: Beijing Lifestyle, Photos | Tags: Beijing Photography, Beijing Railway Station, Sunset | Leave a comment\n[Photo] Beijing Apple Store Scuffle Aftermath\nLast Saturday afternoon turned out to be an interesting one for me at Sanlitun Village, one of the premier shopping malls in Beijing. A group of people wanting to purchase the brand new white iPhone 4 and iPad 2 clashed with Apple Store employees in a fight that caused the store to close down for several hours. Sources like gizmodo and WSJ have a pretty good coverage on what went down but it was interesting enough for me to observe the aftermath as this all folded as if nothing ever happened.\nI first noticed the crowd getting larger and larger around the apple store, and so like most curious people I decided to check it out. Throughout this week with the release of iPad 2, you could feel in Beijing the tensions and pressures of people wanting to get one for themselves. Beyond the hundreds of observers, I noticed the large amount of security guards lined up in front of the store along with one side of the glass door to the apple store being completely shattered and gone (see photo below). You could see that the venue didn\u2019t want any more attention and chaos as I witnessed a number of people yelling for them to open the store since they were concerned that they wouldn\u2019t be able to get their apple products today. Then a man came around and started sprinkling water on the clean pavement to stir the crowd away. His action inspired me to take out my camera and snap this photo. This water method worked so well that he alone cleared out almost half of the hundreds of people in a couple of minutes. 30minutes later the store was still closed but it was really as if nothing happened at all. But nonetheless the demand for apple products here is growing substantially.\nMay 11, 2011 | Categories: Beijing Lifestyle, Photos | Tags: Beijing Apple Store, China Apple Store, ipad2 in China, Sanlitun Village, Scuffle, Violence | Leave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 19856, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://granttrainingcenter.com/about_instructor/12", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:17Z", "digest": "sha1:I3ZPNQ5R2DIC62NSKBXUFRVX35CMFYOH", "length": 607, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "granttrainingcenter.com", "title": "Grant Training Center - About Our Instructors", "raw_content": "T. N. Nokware Adesegun, a licensed attorney, holds a bachelor\u2019s and a master\u2019s degree in engineering, and has over twenty years of experience in research and grants administration. Nokware has worked for institutions of higher education, as well as nonprofit organizations, where he has developed an expertise in the area of pre- and post-award federal grant compliance. Nokware has also consulted with various institutions in developing funding strategies, researching funding opportunities and developing competitive proposals, securing in excess of thirty five million dollars over the past twenty years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 30129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 132.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://graywarriors.org/About/OurStory", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:12Z", "digest": "sha1:C2GJ3EP3E6DILEY42GPZM32JA5XAEFGW", "length": 5990, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "graywarriors.org", "title": "Gray Warriors - OurStory", "raw_content": "The Gray Warriors Story\nOn September 4th, 2013 Chris Toneff passed away. He was killed by a brain tumor; a Grade-three Anaplastic Astrocytoma. He was a 34-year-old son, brother, husband, uncle, grandson, father of two, and a hero in his community.\nOn April 6th, 2016, Colleen Toneff, Chris\u2019 mother, also passed away. She, too, was killed by a brain tumor: a Grade-four Glioblastoma. She was a daughter, sister, wife, aunt, mother of three, a grandmother of six, and the rock of her family.\nThis is their story. It\u2019s also the origin of Gray Warriors.\nChris was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008, at 29 years old. His wife, Jenn, was pregnant with their first daughter, Delaney. Chris worked at John Deere, farmed two family farms, and operated a business repairing tractors out of his own shop. He had his first brain surgery in August of 2008 to remove as much cancerous material as possible followed by radiation therapy. As far as anyone knew, including him, treatment was a success. Delaney was born on August 22nd and life went back to normal.\nChris recognized that surviving brain cancer was no trivial effort. He, along with a bunch of his best friends, organized a fundraiser to help others suffering from this devastating cancer. They shined up their tractors, collected some donations, and paraded through local towns. Chris had beautifully restored an International 3088 which was just right for the occasion. Along the way, they stopped at a few local bars and concluded with lunch for participants and their families. The first annual Toneff Tractorcade was a success and many were counting down the days until the next year\u2019s event.\nOn February 16th, 2012, Chris and Jenn\u2019s second daughter, Reegan was born. Shortly thereafter, around Christmas, Chris learned that his cancer had returned with a vengeance. The doctors started chemotherapy in an attempt to control the cancer. In June of 2013, Chris mentioned that he had some headaches, but didn\u2019t think anything of it given all of his treatments. A week later, Jenn and Colleen took him to the hospital for worsening headaches and weakness. He would never come home.\nEn route to the hospital, Chris had a major seizure. That seizure landed Chris in the ICU at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA. Chris continued to deteriorate. Chris was moved to a hospice facility to keep him comfortable in his final days.\nIn August of 2013, despite Chris not being able to drive his own tractor, the Toneff Tractorcade fundraiser continued. This time, his mother, Colleen, led the parade of tractors, followed closely by his brother-in-law and good friend, Dave, in the IH 3088. Over 100 tractors were in the ride that day. Special arrangements were made to drive through Waterloo, past Chris\u2019 hospice facility. Despite having been bedridden for weeks, Chris went outside in a wheelchair to see the parade of tractors come through town. As they went by, Chris insisted that he stand \u2013 and he did. Chris passed away 24 days later.\nA few months later, in November of 2013, and after watching her son battle brain cancer for so long before it finally took his life, Colleen started to experience some unusual symptoms, mainly left-sided weakness. In a week\u2019s time, she had seen a chiropractor, a massage therapist, a doctor, and a psychiatrist. All said she was suffering from depression due to the loss of her son.\nShortly after, Colleen had a fall at home for which she was taken to the ER. After a CT Scan and other testing, she was immediately transferred to the University of Iowa Hospital for further evaluation. It was there, in the very same room that the Toneff family had received the devastating news of Chris\u2019 diagnosis and prognosis five short years earlier, that the Toneff family learned Colleen, too, had brain cancer.\nEventually Colleen was transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. She endured three surgeries, two rounds of radiation, and many, many rounds of chemotherapy. Despite being so sick and likely knowing exactly what the future held for her, she persisted. She was absolutely certain that she would be going back to work at the University of Northern Iowa. She was not interested in any sort of disability label or financial support. She lived her entire life with a smile on her face.\nColleen took her entire family, including her kids, grandkids, daughter-in-law, sister, niece, nephew, and all of their spouses to Florida for vacation. Everyone spent time on the beach, met Mickey and Minnie, and thoroughly enjoyed each other\u2019s company for the week. She was determined that she was not going to live life as if she was sick. If she had limited time on this Earth, she was going to live every minute of it \u2013 and she did. On April 6th, 2016, Colleen passed away.\nChris and Colleen were Warriors. They fought the fight with everything they had. Chris and Colleen\u2019s fight is over, but there are thousands of victims of brain cancer that are still fighting their fights.\nDespite the pain and grief of losing Chris and Colleen, what\u2019s not often talked about are the people surrounding those that are sick. Medical bills are typically paid for via insurance and co-pays and such. However, costs such as fuel to and from hospitals, hotels near the medical centers, three meals a day while traveling, and many, many other expenses are rarely mentioned. These expenses are very real and take a toll on everyone involved in these types of situations.\nGray Warriors was founded in 2017 by Bonnie Sadler, Chris\u2019 aunt and Colleen\u2019s sister, to raise funds to support anyone fighting their battle with brain cancer. The Gray Warriors Board of Directors is made up entirely of volunteers who have all had direct experience supporting those with cancer. Gray Warriors donates money to friends, families, and victims of brain cancer to help ease the financial burden that is not covered by medical insurance. Every penny donated to Gray Warriors goes directly toward helping those fighting brain cancer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 6712, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 213.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://grazia-tanta.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-empires-warlike-manoeuvres-in.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:23Z", "digest": "sha1:6L7EZ4K2N2X5ZRNCMAKWP6KISZLNCLFH", "length": 55112, "nlines": 171, "source_domain": "grazia-tanta.blogspot.com", "title": "GRAZIA TANTA: The Empire's warlike manoeuvres in the Middle East", "raw_content": "The Empire's warlike manoeuvres in the Middle East\n1 - A decadent Europe shows its decaying teeth\n2 - A quick glance on the Pentagon/NATO's last brave interventions\n2.1 \u2013 Libya\n2.2 \u2013 Iraq\n2.3 \u2013 Afghanistan\n2.4 \u2013 Syria\n3 - What is left from tragedies and comedies of the recent past?\n4 - Iran, the rich target of the Westerners\n4.1 - Recent history of Western's interventions in Iran\n4.2 \u2013 The Iranian foreign relationships matrix\n4.3 - The Iranian nuclear programme\n4.4 - The impact of the energy sanctions dictated by EU\nThe geopolitical approach has an advantage the multidisciplinary integration (geography, history, economics, cultures, demography\u2026) and is the one that allows for a global vision of the world.\nAccordingly, although this text focuses in particular in the Middle East and Iran, we will take into account that there are no closed regions from a geopolitics point of view and that the planet is a communicating vessels' system, without denying the regional or local particularities.\nTo the enlightened European leaders, the absence of problems in Europe - where, as is well known, the welfare standards are distinctly increasing - justifies the indefinite postponement of any solution to minor problems such as the banking and state bankruptcies or the economic recovery.\nTherefore, they have plenty of time to dictate sanctions against Iran[1] following their usual obedience of Washington's orders where - indeed - there is a strategy for the whole world and in particular for the Middle East. Tuning to the same strategic obtuseness, they reinvented on January 30 a discredited formula to shackle the indebted EU countries to the provision of perennial revenues to the financial system, thus avoiding bankruptcies amongst major European banks. Stupidly, or to benefit major oil corporations, they contribute to the rise in prices, without disclosing that Europe's relevance for the Iranian exports is not that big, as will be seen below.\nWhat are they preparing? Probably, one more summit preceded by the customary meeting of the \"Merkosy\" mishmash.\n2 - A quick glance of the Pentagon/NATO's latest brave interventions\nLet us look at a few notes on the most recent amongst all the Western-led well-intentioned military interventions;\n2.1 - Libya\nNews on Libya are coming through on a regular basis and they are not reassuring - military conflicts, torture, dissents within the new power and people's actions against the transitional government imposed in Libya by NATO through the democratic formula of bombing. After the humanitarian Western intervention, how many of us would expecting the Libyans still have not stopped praying as a token of gratitude for the Western bombings? The real success of the U.S. \u201cnation-building\u201d strategy will be seen in the near future, in addition to the appropriation of the country's energy resources[2].\nOne less well reported aspect is that, following the end of Kaddafi's age, the Tuareg troops merged into the Libyan army positioned themselves in Mali, demanding the secession of that country's part inhabited by Tuareg tribes. This people are indeed a Stateless nation (they have never had a State) and the borders established by the colonial power are meaningless for them. The MNLA \u2013 Mouvement National pour la Lib\u00e9ration de l\u2019Azawad (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) has recently attacked/occupied various locations near the Niger \"curve\" in Mali.\nGiven the weakness of the Malian army, it is no surprise that the \"counter-terrorist\" plan - with which the U.S. have involved Africa's governments in general and Sahel's government in particular within the past few years of AFRICOM's intense activity - be implemented.\n2.2 - Iraq\nLate in 2011, the U.S. and their eager faithful left Iraq \u2013 leaving behind the customary \"consultants\" of the local army \u2013 a ballast of over 1 M civilian deaths and the massive destruction of the country's infrastructures; these are the usual collateral issues - as used in NATO's jargon - to pacify the country. However, bombs continue to explode and to create victims[3].\nThis withdrawal, despite not ending the military presence or reducing the strategic Middle East\u2019s relevance for the U.S., demonstrates, in essence, failures and non achieved objectives.\nA number of relevant notes can be drawn from the invasion and later occupation of Iraq by the U.S. and their appendages - all of them anxious to leave the scene from very early \u2013 in order to approach the present Western posture against Iran and Syria:\na) Let us remember the choir of the Western leaders and their conductor, the famous George W. Bush, all of them assuring to have incontrovertible evidence of the existence of weapons of massive destruction in Iraq. It has been confirmed that such weapons were non-existent but what actually existed was its role as central argument in a rough propaganda move. The argument against Iran on weapons of massive destruction - or a similar line of argumentation - will certainly not benefit from the same support as in 2003. However, it is always possible to buy or enlist in the U.N. a few faithful such as the Marshall Islands or the dutiful minister Portas* to participate in any circus show.\nb) The promise of establishing a democracy - even a market democracy - has failed abysmally. To Saddam's authoritarian and corrupt regime succeeded a more diverse mandarinate \u2013 but no less corrupt - which, immediately after the U.S. invasion, knew how to make the best - the worse for Iraqis \u2013 of the U.S. funding and aids. The example intended to be shown to regimes and peoples of the Middle East, namely that of the joys of market democracy, with the abandonment of the military or feudal authoritarianism, had no followers; the changes in Tunisia and Egypt were essentially the result of the strenuous fight of the crowd against the dictators and in no case was Iraq the inspiration;\nc) The result of the intervention in Iraq did not, in the end diminished the anti-American and anti-Western antipathy feelings in Muslim countries. Afghanistan is still occupied and Pakistanis despise the regime of the corrupt Zardari and of the military, business men and torturers. The Arab monarchies continue calmly and quietly with their manifestations of authoritarianism, repression and denial of civil and political rights of the population. Palestinians continue to be the subject of plunder of their land and their property at the hands of a racist sect that operates as a Cerebrus guarding Western interests, especially energy interests, in the Middle East;\nd) The presence of American military in the Persian Gulf and on Arab lands began in 1991 following the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam. Once the Iraqis were kicked out of \"their\" 19th Province, the U.S. allowed the continuation of Saddam, with limited sovereignty, with no-fly zones and sanctions which hit the population hard; it is quite clear that the presence of the U.S. would continue on the argument of supervisioning Iraq, containment of its leader who, even weakened, functioned as a false threat to Kuwait or to Saudi Arabia;\ne) The invasion of Afghanistan (2001) and thereafter, of Iraq (2003) were all forms of perpetuating the American presence in the Middle East which, meanwhile, spread on account of the \"terrorist\" threat, of Al-Qaeda and for the sake of the containment of Iran. Now, with the withdrawal from Iraq and, from Afghanistan, in the nearest future, new threats need to be designated to justify the presence in oil lands and in oil transit routes to rival countries. The U.S. is creating a military posture composed of 32 bases in the Persian Gulf region[4] where Seeb, Thumrait and Masirah stand out in Oman, Al-Ubeid in Qatar, the command of the 5th fleet in Bahrain, near Manama and Camp Arifjan or Camp Doha in Kuwait;\n2.3 - Afghanistan\nThe U.S. have been there since 2001, when they invaded the country on the pretext of capturing Bin Laden and his host, Mullah Omar, the governor of the fundamentalist Taliban, rulers of the country at the time. Obama announced his intention to withdraw from the country in 2014, leaving it to the care of his dependable man, Karzai, linked to CIA and a former employee of an American oil company, Unocal, meanwhile integrated into Chevron.\nKarzai's regime is characterized by corruption and electoral fraud to which the American tutelage closed its eyes to favour its ward. It is the U.S. military presence that guarantees that instability does not degenerate into chaos and allows for Chinese and Indian investments. However, it appears that the three million refugees in Pakistan and Iran do not trust that the Pax Americana will continue.\nThe mountainous nature of the terrain and the difficulties of movement and travelling make ethnic and political differences more evident in a rural society with strong patriarchal traditions and tribal, linguistic or ethnic links that foster the existence of armed militias and warlords. The war and the strategic position promoted a flourishing activity of opium cultivation and traffic which has caused serious social damage, but which is used for financing the warlord\u2019s weaponry.\nAs is clear, the fight against terrorism and the punishment of Bin Laden was a false argument to invade Afghanistan in 2001 but it was enough to further a patriotic and avenging wave in the U.S. as well as to justify the infringement of rights and an anti-Islamic phobia that became an export product. Later on, in 2008, the candidate Obama would refer to the underdeveloped Afghanistan, landlocked in Asia and with no outlets to the sea, as the real threat to U.S. security!\nSeveral factors explain this obsession for Afghanistan or derive from it:\na) The presence in Afghanistan is a direct threat to Iran, the largest U.S. military base being located in Shindand, 100 km from the common border, although the logistics centre of the U.S. military apparatus is in Bagram, to the north of Kabul;\nb) On a proactive trend, the U.S. tried to use Afghanistan to carry the immense energy resources from Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan to the Indian Ocean, thus removing them from traffic routes dependent on Russia and at the same time without passing through Iran. This Project failed completely, as explained further ahead.\nc) Just like the Soviets in the '80s, the Americans did not study the failure of the British in Afghanistan, in the 19th century; and they forgot the cultural proximity of the Pashtun from both sides of the artificial border with Pakistan (itself, another \"brilliant\" British creation to divide its Indies Empire). Consequently, the political and social instability worsened in Pakistan in a way that is likely to provoke conflicts with India;\nd) The poppy cultivation for the production of heroin in Afghanistan (something like 93% of the world production in 2007) occupies more land than the coca plantation in Latin America and generates $ 50000 M per year[5]. The cultivation increased substantially since the defeat of the Taliban and it plays a significant role in the Mafia-like world economy that forwards so much capital to the finance system and the powerful Wall Street; both of them operating to the discontent of the overwhelming majority of humanity. The warlords work as guardians of the plantations, charging money for it under the blessing of the U.S.. This cultivation repeats what the U.S. has done in the 1970s in Laos, in Cambodia and in Burma, where CIA controlled heroin and opium to finance the American war against the Vietnamese guerrillas;\ne) The U.S. has already spent $ 438 000 M and the British \u00a3 18 000 M with the war in Afghanistan and it remains to be seen whether, after their withdrawal, the settling of accounts between the various warlords, the Taliban and Karzai will not bring the latter the faith of his predecessor Najibullah who, in 1989, after the departure of the Soviets, was murdered with barbaric sophistication.\nThe Syria situation \u2013 despite all the ambiguity of such designation, is presenting new episodes on a daily basis.\nWhere there is repression, there is resistance. There is dissent in Syria but apparently it is unable to overthrow the regime and the various social forces that support it: the Orthodox Christians (4%), the Sunni oligarchs and Druses (3%), or the Armenians who tolerate the Alawite power, a Shiite sect that represents 12% of the population and guarantees it stability; and whose opinion will probably change when Bashar will be falling. On the other hand, the predominance of the \u201cMuslim Brothers\u201d in the contestation to Bashar does not attract many of those who prefer the secularism of the Syrian regime to a Sunni based religious regime with the imposition of the Koran\u2019s rule.\na) Contrary to what has happened in Tunisia or in Egypt, where peaceful mass protests were (and still are) witnessed, in Syria and maybe not only through desertions in the army, which were not relevant to break its unity, the opposition has resorted to arms. From a strictly legal point of view, this option justifies the brutal and heavy intervention against the insurgents, moreover only armed with Kalashnikovs;\nb) It is true that an armed insurrection, without a strong support of the crowd, is always weak and it is bound to fail. Guevara paid with his life his romantic vision of revolutions based on vanguards of heroes. Any guerrilla manual reflects Mao's teaching \u201ca revolutionary must be integral to the people as a fish is to the water\". In this sense, either the insurgents widen their popular support to the point of isolating and dividing the present supporters of Bashar, or they will be crushed; and it does not appear realistic that a military intervention will take place in Syria as that observed in Libya, led by NATO;\nc) In the Syrian opposition there are not many adherents of an external military intervention to solve internal problems, since the country has a rich history of humiliations, occupations and aggressions, the most recent of which came from the Israeli entity. The Iraqi and Libya cases have showcased the altruistic aims of the Westerners; thus, the Western commitment against Bashar does not give credibility to the opposition in Syria and neither does the tension of their Turkish neighbours. Let us also remember that the Ottoman Turkey ruled (the Great) Syria until the 1914/18 war; that the French occupiers offered a slice of Syrian territory (the Sandjak of Alexandretta, known today as Iskenderun) in 1939 in order to ensure the Turkish neutrality in the world conflict of 1939/45. However, Turkey refuses a foreign intervention and even the establishment of no-fly zones over Syria;\nd) There is a clear interest on the part of Russia (and China) to curb Western urges against Syria. Their acceptance of Resolution 1973 against Libya has been taken over and it has been used as stepping stone for NATO's aggression against that country. Once the war was over, the redistribution of Libyan oil resources was carried out in favour of the Westerners, in particular of the French and the British, to the detriment of the continuity of Russian and Chinese business with Gaddafi. That is why both \u2013 Russia and China \u2013 used their right of veto in the UN Security Council on the proposal against Syria, on the past February 4; they surely do not want to see repeated in Syria the poor results obtained in Libya. As far as oil is concerned and in a world thirsty for its consumption, despite the fact that Syria has no impressive reserves when compared to Libya's (2500 million barrels against 46400 million barrels), cannot be ignored;\ne) On the other hand, Russia has a close relationship with Syria where it owns a naval base in Tartus, its only permanent position in Mediterranean, a remnant of the Soviet greatness. It is not difficult to imagine that, after Bashar al-Assad's fall, a new power created by the U.S. or thankful for the role played by the U.S. in the crusade for the \"democratization\" of Syria, will request the Russians to abandon Tartus.\nf) Following this veto, on February 6, the U.S. withdrew its diplomatic staff from Damascus, while Obama said the problem could be solved without military intervention. Interestingly, the Western market democracy regimes, in order to pressure the fall of the dictatorial Syrian regime, use as supporters the Arab League countries, the majority of which are dictatorships when they are not absolute monarchies. In politics, gratitude is low valued; the Emir of Kuwait will have forgotten that the Syria of Hafez al-Assad (Bashar's father) condemned, in 1990, the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam, although this and Hafez were the paramount leaders of two sister parties, the Iraqi and the Syrian Baas;\ng) A few years ago, Syria was the major obstacle to a project for the building of pipelines between Turkey (Ceyhan) and Israel for oil, water and electricity transportation to the Zionist territory, since it would necessarily have to pass through Syrian territorial waters. A change of regime in Damascus could be a project enabler considering that Turkey would ease its friction with Israel which resulted from the Zionist military attack on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in May 2010;\nh) Also, Israel would be a great beneficiary of political changes in Syria if the new power would accept in fact the occupation of the Golan Heights in exchange for business with Israel and, above all, if it would make life difficult for Hezbollah in Lebanon or would allow for its isolation by limiting the influence of Teheran in Lebanon;\ni) Finally, and strategically, the democratic concern of the West over the regime in Damascus is essentially about the period of political and military pressure against Iran, given the strong ties between Iran, Syria and the Lebanese government.\n3 - What is left from the tragedies and comedies of the recent past?\nIntoxicated by the falling apart of dictatorships and of the state-controlled capitalism in Russia and Eastern Europe, the Westerners believed that their political and social model would be easily transplanted to the Muslim world and beyond. If not through a questionable moral superiority, at least through manu militari which, in between and with less media coverage, would help re-launching the powerful military industry, resentful by the end of the Cold War[6].\nThe inevitability of the single neoliberal thought and of market democracy propagated by the Westerners presents two appalling denials. On one hand, China's economic growth reveals that a repressive regime is able to conciliate a state-controlled capitalism with the private national or multinational initiative and even to become the main driver of GDP growth or of the world trade, becoming in parallel a financial power. On the other hand, the recessive drift in terms of economy and rights, promoted by the neoliberal mania in the West, causes the Western model to lose credibility. If this model proves to lead to unemployment and poverty, it cannot encourage the large masses of population of the Islamic countries to make a simple copy of it, since their countries are already suffering too much from those problems.\nThe memory of the colonial humiliations and the failed or sabotaged attempts to repeat the Western path are lucidly perceived by the peoples as a legacy of the colonial period. Finally, the existing barriers in the Western countries to exports from other countries or to the entry of immigrants \u2013 the subject of racist and discriminatory treatment - are not examples of individual or collective solidarity for the resolution of underdevelopment and poverty problems.\nThe great majority of the regimes existing in Islamic countries associate with Western capital by coupling with the exclusive globalization system, thus being both accomplices in maintaining poverty and the absence of rights as well as in the repression of the peoples' claims all over the world and not only in more or less emerging countries. Also in 2011, given the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, the Westerners, with Hillary Clinton\u2019s lead, expressed greater concern to ensure an evolution in continuity of the authoritarian model than enthusiasm for the liberating drive of the peoples.\nThe overwhelming military power of the Pentagon, of NATO and of their allies proved to be, at times, insufficient to strategically win the wars in which they get involved. Thus Israel did not manage to crush Hezbollah in 2006; the U.S. was not able to establish a democratic regime and peace in Iraq, even spending $ 1 trillion; and in Afghanistan the U.S. try to get out of the quagmire in which they are involved, even if their opponents do not, by any means, have their military, technological or financial power. In the end, when they leave the scene, the Pentagon and NATO always leave behind metastases of conflict, dictatorships, suffering and misery and it cannot be said that the world has become more safe and happy after the military defeat of the successive \"rogue states\".\nThe insistence on wars and invasions over the past twenty years by the U.S. and its allies, including the Israeli branch, does not contribute to the preparation of negotiating formulas for conflict management. The \u201cnation-building\u201d concept is based on racist attitudes of civilisation superiority over the \"indigenous\", on contempt for their culture, their history, their ethnic or religious diversity, relying only on the power of weapons to crush the enemy and of money to buy mandarins for representing their interests;\nAlthough the attitudes of the vast majority of Islamic countries' regimes towards Palestine are highly hypocritical and instrumental for the purposes of propaganda, in fact, the crowds in the Middle East countries are very much in favour of the Palestinians and contrary to the Zionists. Now, by systematically having attitudes exonerating the crimes and the Israeli occupation \u2013 when not clearly being supporters thereof \u2013 the U.S. and its subordinates destroy, a priori, the development of sympathies on the \"Arab streets\". Although Turkey is not an Arab country, its government had to support the indignation of its people upon Israel's terrorist action on the Mavi Marmara, with damage to the commercial and political relations between Turkey and the Israeli entity. In turn, the regime change in Egypt had immediate consequences favourable to the Palestinians, whom the Egyptians declared their support to. In a face-saving exercise and with an assistance logic, the EU makes donations to the Palestinians, in particular to the corrupts in Ramallah;\nIn Iraqi, the Western energy multinationals are back to the wells that give access to 8.3% of world oil reserves, as everybody would have guessed before the American and British invasion. Exactly the same happened in Libya by using a grim sharing criterion - France took possession of one third of the Libyan oil since it had one third share on the bombings carried through[7];\nIn Iraqi, from the very beginning of the conquest, the U.S. imposed the transposition into law of such interesting aspects as legal immunity to foreign contractors and to private military and security firms as the notorious Blackwater; the absence of taxes on profits from exported goods; or the obligation to purchase registered seed (GMO) from the major companies Monsanto or Cargill[8];\nA semi-independent Iraqi Kurdistan was established that was tolerant towards its Kurdish brothers in Turkey, which sometimes causes heartburn to Erdogan; and in Iraqi it is feared that, if there is a radical power change in Syria, the province of al-Anbar in Syria's border and with a large Sunni majority will be tempted to secession because of being displeased with the Shiite power in Bagdad. The borders resulting from the colonial sharing era are almost all full of artificiality and nonsense;\nPerhaps the part that appeals less to the U.S. and its affiliates is the fact that the anti-Iranian antagonism developed by Saddam and ordered by the U.S. gave rise to a strong link between the Iraqis \u2013 people and government, mostly Shiite - and Iran. Even during the American occupation, the UN sanctions against Iran, from 2006 onwards, were totally ignored by the Iraqis, thus contributing to the harmlessness of such sanctions. The bloody Iraqi episode \u2013 we are looking forward to the next chapters \u2013 reminds us that the military always shout \"mission accomplished\" even when they withdraw strategically defeated.\n4 - Iran, the Westerners' juicy target\nIran is the great enemy to the US and the European party in the so-called \"Arc of Instability\" that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Eastern border of Pakistan. However, today it appears to be too large a bone for the Pentagon's teeth; of course not for strictly military reasons but also, and mainly, for economical and political reasons.\n4.1 - Recent history of Western intervention in Iran\na) Iran\u2019s Prime Minister Mossadegh, in the 50s of the last century, humiliated England - which exercised suzerainty over the country since 1913 \u2013 when he nationalized the oil sector controlled by BP's forerunner;\nb) In 1953, CIA and MI6 overthrew Mossadegh, supporting the Shah in a despotic regime. The Iranians only freed themselves from the Pahlevi dynasty in 1979, after a democratic revolution which was later superseded by the enforcement of the Sharia law imposed by the Shiite clergy around Khomeini, considered by the people as a consequent opponent of the Shah. But in real life there are many tolerance situations towards the rigours of the Islamic law;\nc) Still in 1979, within the scope of that democratic revolution, the people's anti-americanism took to the streets and the students occupied the U.S. Embassy, thereby sequestering dozens of officials for a possible exchange with the Shah who had taken refuge in the U.S. Dissatisfied, the U.S. tried a military rescue operation but failed disastrously, leaving behind aircraft wrecks in the Iranian desert. Meanwhile, the Iranian property in the U.S. was frozen, to be released two years later when the Embassy's officials were handed over.\nd) With the overthrow of the Shah, in 1979, CENTO, a military organization dominated by the U.S. and the UK, was dissolved; in it, beyond Iran, were participating Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey as links of the siege of the USSR;\ne) In 1980, Saddam Hussein's Iraq wished to reverse the democratic evolution in Iran by taking advantage of the divisions between Khomeini's supporters and the Iranian left in order to prevent contagion of the Iraqi Shiites and also to obtain territorial advantages in oil areas;\nf) Thus, began the Iran-Iraq war with very unequal international support; the U.S. and Saudi Arabia were financing Saddam, who also had some support from Egypt and USSR; the latter, being a seller of weapons to Saddam, changed sides when the U.S. became dominant in the support for Iraq. The supporters of Iran were only Syria and Libya.\ng) Amongst the military forces on the ground there was a great inequality as far as men and equipment were concerned. Iraq had a superior military power, although Iran was far more densely populated. However, Saddam has disregarded the political and cultural uniformity of Iran, one of the oldest states on earth which, for example, refused the use of Arabic and got back to Farsi shortly after Islamization \u2013 unlike Syria, Mesopotamia and North Africa. And this notwithstanding the linguistic and ethnic diversity;\nh) Such inequality of forces caused a much greater number of Iranian casualties - 500,000/1 million dead - against 300,000 Iraqis who even used chemical weapons and bombed Bushehr nuclear power plant. This time, the use of chemical weapons by Saddam was not condemned because the dictator was on the American side of the war;\ni) Iran's foreign policy after the war with Iraq has been curbing the animosity of the U.S. and breaking the international siege and isolation proposed by the U.S.. Seen in these terms, Iran does not acknowledge the existence of Israel and has built political bridges with Syria, the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas;\nj) Concerning the U.S. military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan \u2013 respectively along its western and eastern borders - Iran has been very cautious, without harming its historical links with the Shiite majority in Iraq (60% of the total) or with Afghanistan, where there are linguistic or religious affinities with Hasaras, Tajiks, Aimaks and Pashtuns;\n4.2 \u2013 The Iranian external relations matrix\nGlobalisation, for which the multinationals and the financial system have fought so hard, caused a perverse effect in the usual Western power. Instead of seeing all states and peoples of the world lining up in a submissive vassal's attitude towards the United States - as thought or desired after the collapse of the USSR - there was a clear weakening of the economies and of the capacity for political action of Western powers, by contrast with a new power \u2013 China \u2013 which is increasingly developing and strengthening its influence in the world scene; along with China, there is a reaffirmation of Russia and the rise of regional powers such as Brazil and India and, on another level, South Africa, Turkey and Iran.\nIn this context, given the Western economic decline, the main powers in the East - Near East and Middle East - have sought a political and economic realignment, by looking eastward and southward and by increasing the relations between themselves as well.\na) Two of these powers \u2013 Turkey and Iran \u2013 have been cementing strong cooperation links. Turkey, after the collapse of the USSR felt less threatened, established bridges with Turkish-speaking nations of Central Asia and, without dismissing NATO and the American military bases, has assumed great independence on the international scene. On the other hand, Turkey understood that entering the EU is but an elusive dream about which its population is less and less enthusiastic;\nb) The foreign policy of the AKP of Erdogan is to stand like a bridge between East and West and, as far as Iran is concerned, large-scale investments were made by them there, thus playing recently an active role together with Brazil in intermediating the American pressure on Iran in connection with the latter's nuclear programme (see 4.3 in this document). Within this \"bridge\" scope between two worlds, Turkey receives gas from Iran through two pipelines coming from Tabriz, as well as, since 2005, being crossed by the BTC (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan), the oil pipeline controlled by BP with the high support of the U.S. in order to prevent oil transit routes through Russia or Iran. In parallel, BTC transports gas from Turkmenistan to Erzurum in Turkey, to be incorporated in the Nabucco project , the viability of which is highly at risk;\nc) To the East and North of Iran are those countries linked to the SCO \u2013 the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation formed in 2001 with the Shanghai Five members (Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) created in 1996, which was joined by Uzbekistan. Later on, Iran, India, Mongolia (2006) and Pakistan joined as observers. These countries surround almost entirely an American \"enclave\" called Afghanistan;\nd) The existence of SCO \u2013 in spite of the rivalries and animosities between some of its members or observers \u2013does not suit the U.S. To unite the huge populations of China and India, with China's financial power, the energy reserves of Russia, Iran and Kazakhstan and also Russia's and China's military power - in addition to the fact that four of the ten partners have nuclear weapons - is a structuring element in world geopolitics. Recently, the two major permanent members of SCO vetoed the Western purposes for Syria and do not demonstrate any interest in serious participation in any sanctions against Iran;\ne) India receives some 15% of its energy requirements from Iran which is its nearest energy source. One supply route is from Chabahar, a Southeast Iranian harbour, outside the Persian Gulf, where India is investing in its development by possibly building an undersea oil pipeline in order to avoid passing on Pakistani soil. Another strategic development would be the construction of a multimodal corridor which would connect Bombay [Mumbai] to St Petersburg, with branches to Europe and Central Asia, passing through the whole Iranian territory and Turkmenistan, which would thus send its gas to India through an exchange system with Iranian gas. This Project does not please the Westerners who would always stay out of it[9];\nf) In March of 2010, Iran and Pakistan signed an agreement for building an oil pipeline connecting both countries, the infra-structure of which has been completed in Iranian soil, on July 2011, after overcoming the several years of U.S. pressure, which preferred to transport electricity from Tajikistan through Afghanistan. The project aims at establishing branches within Pakistan and a passage to India with subsequent branches that may subsequently reach Bangladesh[10];\ng) In January 2010, the transfer of gas from the Dauletabad field in Southern Turkmenistan and Khangiran in the Northeast of Iran[11] was started, where it integrates the internal network of Iran, thus opening a new outlet for the huge Turcoman reserves, after the opening of another connection on the west, in 1977, next to the border between the two countries, in the Caspian Sea[12];\nh) Apart from oil and gas, Iran is in the world top ten places regarding to the production of zinc, lead, cobalt, aluminium, manganese and copper[13].\n4.3 - Iran's nuclear programme\nIran's nuclear programme started in the 1950s with the assistance of the U.S. and it was discontinued after the 1979 revolution. At that time, the German company Kraftwerk Union AG, linked to Siemens and AEG Telefunken, withdrew from the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant due to the U.S. pressure.\nIn 1995, after recovering from the damage resulting from the war with Iraq, Iran resumed its nuclear programme namely to conclude the Bushehr nuclear power plant, within the Framework of an agreement with Russia, meanwhile stating that such nuclear power plant programme will be developed in Arak and Darkhovin/Ahvaz as well to produce 6000 Mw electricity up to 2010. For that purpose, it has or plans to have research nuclear reactors in Tabriz, Ramsar and Tehran, other facilities in Natanz and Isfahan and to explore uranium mines in the Southeast (Saghand and Jasd).\nSince the resumption of the nuclear programme, the U.S., backed by its European allies and the Israeli subsidiary, has been making never substantiated accusations that there is a concealed project for the production of nuclear weapons. Revealing that the dog always barks first and louder than its master, Israel has been showing its appetite for the bombing of Iran's nuclear power plants, as it has done on Osirak, in Iraq, in 1981. However, its master has a firm hand and is hindering the action, as it prevented Israel's retaliation when Saddam fired Scud missiles on Israel, in 1991; nevertheless, this action remains latent.\nThe sanctions adopted by the UN started in 2006, in the framework of the customary use of the Institution to cover the interests of the U.S. and the rest of the Western people. In March 2010, Noam Chomsky clearly expresses that \"Iran is perceived as a threat because it never obeyed the orders of the United States. Militarily, such threat is irrelevant\u201d.\nThe U.S. tension has deteriorated the procurement process of nuclear fuel by Iran, what does not happen with any other country having nuclear power plants. In 2009, Iran requested the assistance from IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) for obtaining fuel for research for the purpose of medical use, followed by a set of diplomatic incidents for the Western control of the material procedures, of the enrichment technology and of the transformation into fuel intended for Iran. Refusing the western requirements, Iran began uranium enrichment at 20% in Natanz (February 2010).\nU.S. and its allies then proposed more sanctions against Iran and in order to ease the tension of the situation, Brazil and Turkey drew up an agreement with Iran (May 2010) on the exchange of uranium at 3.5% with another, enriched at 20%, reaffirming \u201cthe right for all countries to research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination\"[14]. This agreement, though similar to the proposals of Western countries, did not reverse the U.S. decision of approving new sanctions against Iran within the framework of the UN.\nHowever, uranium enriched up to 20% has no application in the production of atomic weapons, as in these weapons is used uranium at 80% (or even 90%, as is the case of the bomb dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima). Although Ahmadinejad has announced both Iran's capacity and disinterest in the enrichment of uranium up to 80%, this should be regarded as being with political aims and even IAEA considers that Iran can only enrich uranium up to 20%.\nMeanwhile (April 2010), Obama stated the new U.S. nuclear doctrine according to which the U.S. would not consider the use of nuclear weapons against countries that do not have them and have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)[15], excluding North Korea and Iran from such guarantee. Such guarantee will of course not count for much considering the precedent in view of Japan in 1945 or the use of depleted uranium ammunitions in Iraq in 1991 or in Serbia in 1999. But it is a political fact to take into consideration, a clear demonstration of hostility.\nBeing Iran a signatory of the NPT and having no nuclear weapons, until there is evidence to the contrary, the threat is obvious. Once more, the U.S. claim for themselves more rights than the other States, calling themselves guardians and interpreters of who has or has not the right to possess such weapons and assuming the perpetuity of its nuclear arsenal as well as of those of the other members of the nuclear club. Yet, it is known that peace and security in the world would have everything to gain from the dismantling of all weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons[16].\nOn the other hand and at the same time, an IAEA consultant stated that the amount of uranium stored by Iran has been stable for a long time and that \u201cthe possibility of Iran to continue to produce a nuclear weapon with a hidden uranium stock is utterly false\u201d. The same consultant also stated: \u201cI believe the problem is not the nuclear issue. Several geopolitical interests are also at stake, since Iran plays a balance role in the Middle East. It is a counterweight to countries as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, local allies of the United States. Iran has also relations with Palestinian groups which destabilize Israel. I believe it is a political rather than a technical problem.\u201d[17]\nThere is an overwhelming hypocrisy! India and Pakistan have admittedly nuclear weapons and they have not signed the NPT, just as the Israeli entity which does not assume the possession of nuclear weapons and whose nuclear weapons programme started in 1967 with the collaboration of France[18].\nFollowing the NPT review in 2010, a conference for the denuclearization of Middle East was planned, for which all States in the region were invited, including the Israeli entity, not a signatory to the Treaty, although it holds a number about 200 nuclear weapons and has the capability of delivering them in its Jericho missiles to targets at flight distance of 11500 km.\nThis Israel's capability of dropping a nuclear bomb, for example on Rio de Janeiro, far away from the region where threats to its security might arise, is not the product of a delirium of its military. This capability attests that Israel is a Western fortress in the Middle East and that it is part of the Western strategic military mechanism, the head of which is Pentagon; it is therefore justified all financial, economic and diplomatic Western support to the Israeli entity. To this integration at the military level should be added another well-known between CIA and Mossad.\nTo finish the set of U.S. accusations against Iran, a former American officer, a senior political scientist of the \"commendable\" RAND Corporation, Seth Jones, wrote an article in the American \"Foreign Affairs\" Magazine in which he reveals the presence of thousands of al-Qaida members in Iran, who have taken refuge in there when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. It is not hard to admit that al-Qaida's militants have joined the crowd of Afghan refugees in Iran (one million in 2003) to save their own skin. Especially curious is that this fact becomes known only now, ten years after the event, at a phase in which Western propaganda is particularly fierce in diabolizing Iran. It appears that, even after Bin Laden's death, al-Qaida continues to be a useful political argument to Pentagon[19].\nIt is therefore misleading to continue with the tale of Iran's military nuclear programme. It is worse than misleading; it is to accept a discussion under the terms deemed convenient by the U.S. and its Israeli subsidiary which solely aim at isolating Iran and maintaining the American and the Western supremacy in the Middle East as well as the control of its energy sources. This means to the Westerners, especially to the U.S., not only the control of their own energy supply (see 4.4 in this document) but, most of all, to have the power to interfere in the supply of strategic rivals, such as China, India, Japan or South Korea, all of them very dependent on the energy supply from Persian Gulf, thus having the power to determine the development of their economies.\nA new large-scale war is probably not on the agenda of the U.S.. This year (2012), the U.S. will start integration between the Afghan army and the Western troops in order not only to give the former more experience in the fight against the Taliban but also to substantially reduce the direct combat of Western troops with the opponents of their presence. It is a repetition of the vietnamization process of the war, the results of which are known and which were also considered a defeat of the U.S. and its allies; it is also a repeat of the process initiated in Iraq some years ago.\nThese processes are above all soft forms of leaving the ground without achieving a strategic victory by eliminating the threat of the enemy and giving the idea that the military intervention and the \"aid\" allowed the \"locals\" to develop their own and autonomous capabilities of success in the future and of virtuous progress towards democracy and civilization. Given that military interventions are very specifically intended to serve the interests of the invader and occupier, the social and political changes are not those necessary or those accepted by the people and hence the fight takes hold again and steps up after the military withdrawal of the invaders.\nThis transfer process of military responsibilities to local soldiers has also several advantages; it is welcome by the American public opinion which sees its soldiers coming back home, since as far as mercenaries are concerned, no one really cares whether they continue on the ground and act without any public scrutiny; it relieves the coffers of the American state that faces unemployment, poverty and the crucial support to the financial system; it constitutes a disguised form of defeat assumption.\nIt seems to be underway a military strategy of no invasion of enemy territory with the occupation of its land, the management of administrative disorder, refugees, attacks and the responsibility for the reconstruction of infrastructure \u2026 even if that might benefit American companies placed in the first line of the award of contracts.\nIt should be recalled that in the new NATO Strategic Concept (2010) are defined four stages of \"crisis management\" - preventive protection, proactive crisis management, use of military force and post intervention stabilization \u2013 the latter being known as the most expensive, the most time consuming and the most difficult, involving more human and financial costs for the invaders.\nIn order to avoid this latter stage in Libya, the military intervention was based on bombing, on the use of information collection and on logistical support to anti-Gaddafi armed groups. Once Gaddafi was defeated and the rights over oil resources were reassigned in favour of the Westerners, no one seems to be concerned about the arrangements between the various armed groups that fight each other or, even less so, about the reconstruction of the war-torn areas, primarily after-effects of the Western intervention.\nAlso in Bahrain, in face of the popular demonstrations, Saudi and UAE troops intervened to maintain the power of the al-Khalifa family, despite the fact that are located in Bahrain, the headquarters of the command of the U.S. 5th fleet and the number of military present there is around 5000, plus the garrisons of some 30 ships.\nThis assumption of strategic weakness becomes clearer faced with the dimension of Iran and the geopolitical aspects of its vicinity. Therefore, economic measures, murder and sabotage will be preferred by relying on the unconditional support of the grim Mossad in the region; or even provocative measures with drones or others, with intervention of special groups eventually created in vassal countries of the Gulf region. In this regard, Saudi Arabia would be the best placed, since its military expenditure corresponded to 11,2% of GDP in 2010 against 2,5% for Iran in 2007.\nIn addition to its Israeli fortress, the U.S. in 2012, unlike what happened in 1979, has no Saddam to confront Iran and are forced to be at the forefront of the confrontation, in an unpromising but dangerous bluff game; Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates can function as aids but not to enter, by proxy, into direct confrontation with Iran. But, just like Israel, they would be delighted if the U.S. would crush over Iran and would militarily occupy the region (even more), since this would guarantee the perpetuity of the various royal houses of the Gulf as protectorates of the American, as they have been of the British until decolonization.\nHowever, any military conflict in the Gulf would impact for an indefinite period the whole world energy distribution system and the energy prices (increased by 30%, according to IMF)[20] which, in the disastrous state of Western economies, would only reinforce their steep decline. The White House and the Pentagon are well aware of that.\n4.4 - The impact of energy sanctions imposed by the EU\nIn 2010, the proven reserve/production ratios for oil and natural gas, referred to or calculated on the basis of information published in the Statistical Review of World Energy related to 2010, show the huge reserves existing on the shores of the Persian Gulf and, in contrast, China and the U.S. strategic shortages that forces them to ensure abroad their energy supplies.\nIran, with the third largest reserves in absolute values of oil \u2013 after Saudi Arabia and Venezuela - and the second largest ones \u2013 after Russia - for natural gas, is the most important country in energy terms, particularly because it holds in its territory huge amounts of the two most versatile fossil fuels. It should be noted that the European gas producers have relatively limited reserves, measured through the above mentioned ratio \u2013 Norway with 18.8 years, the Netherlands 17 and England 5.3 years.\n(production years \u2013 2010 level)\nUn. Arab Emir.\nJust like China has been diligently developing an ambitious plan for the construction of hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants, while simultaneously, investing in renewable energy (therefore its interest in EDP- Eletricidade de Portugal), Iran will seek to ensure a longer duration of its reserves and energy exports by creating a nuclear alternative desired since the time of the last of the Palehvi.\nIn 2010, as compared to 1995 and according to elements published by UNCTAD, we highlight the following elements on Iran's foreign trade which reveal the enormous relevance of energy products in exports;\nVariation in total exports\n5,5 times\nVariation in oil exports, crude or refined oil\nVariation in gas exports, natural or non-natural\nVariation in the remaining export\nThe spatial distribution of Iranian exports in general and of energy products shows the structural changes in world trade and production that are materialised in the decline of Western domination after some three centuries of dominance. These global changes lead to tensions, conflicts and strategic adjustments which hierarchically restructure the States.\nBalance in energy transactions is normally unstable and there are many factors affecting prices. When the EU bureaucrats decided to cancel oil imports from Iran, from July onwards, to show the U.S. strategic suzerainty what they could do, they should certainly know that no insurmountable difficulties would emerge for Iran there from. Within the proverbial wisdom of the bureaucrats, it is expected that Iran's retaliation to suspend oil exports to France and England, announced on February 19, will not represent another element of sacrifice for the peoples of Europe.\nMost likely there will be a logistics reallocation of the origins and destinations with or without reduction of Iran's overall export level. Among Iran's main customers, China and India, for example, will not be very keen to keep pace with the EU by refusing Iranian oil, especially because the economic dynamism they are experimenting makes them eager for oil and unwilling to cooperate with elements of instability in energy supply; on the other hand, Japan and South Korea only too reluctantly and in the face of Western strong pressure will play the boycott game.\nIn the past fifteen years there has been a constant drop in the weight of all countries in \"developed\" Europe relatively to the total exports of crude oil or refined products: 42.8% in 1995 and only 22.5% in 2010. The loss of position of the European countries and, to a lesser extent, of Japan and South Korea is clearly offset by the increasing significance of Chinese and Indian imports; these, taken together, were irrelevant in the context of Iran's exports in 1995 but they show China's growing weight since then and India's as from 2006. As of 2007, Iranian exports to China and India, as a whole, clearly exceed those to Europe.\nPrimary source: UNCTAD\nIranian gas export represented, in 2010, only 2.3% of total exports against 79.3% of oil and refined products in the same year. In this context, the relative importance of \"developed\" Europe represents only 7.8% of the total, although it had greater representativeness in recent years.\nNext, let us evaluate the structure of imports by Europe and by the U.S. to assess the dependence on Middle East suppliers based on data collected from the Statistical Review of World Energy relating to 2010.\nThe overall crude or refined oil import by Europe and the U.S. has a quantitative value of nearly 12094 thousand barrel per day in the first case and 11689 thousand barrels per day by the U.S., for the 2010 reference year. The share of supplies from the Middle East is greater in Europe than in the U.S. and therefore sanctions may lead to increased dependence on Russia in the first case. Marked differences should also be noted regarding the geographical position but essentially with respect to the degree of concentration in the four main supplying areas of Europe on one hand and of the U.S. on the other hand.\nS & Cent. America\nIt is doubtful whether the U.S. want to get involved in a new war of great territorial and temporal extension and its European allies, even less, since the Empire wars are not popular in Europe. Moreover, in the intervention in Libya, the European actors have shown that they had not a suitable facility and they could not even maintain an adequate supply of ammunition to the war front[21].\nWhen speaking about war, upon landing on the Troika's Iberian colony, it is unavoidable to remember that all submarines have doors, the case of Minister Portas being the only one that reminds you of submarines.\nPortas, with his excited preacher manners looks like a Torquemada exhorting to the burning of the Iranian infidels or the protagonist of a popular festival of lies, benefiting from the ignorance or subservience of the Portuguese journalism in geopolitical matters. We, in Portugal, all also remember the manifestation of his catholic fundamentalism against the so-called \"love boat\" transporting activists in defence of abortion, in 2005, casting him into ridicule as he sent two gunboats against it\u2026 because the famous submarines ordered to German shipyards, had not entered in operation.\n- - - - -- - - - -- ----------\nThe present text and others in:\nhttp://pt.scribd.com/people/documents/2821310\nhttp://www.tsf.pt/PaginaInicial/Internacional/Interior.aspx?content_id=2271069&tag=L%EDbia\nhttp://www.tvi24.iol.pt/internacional/tripoli-libia-tvi24-confrontos-tiroteio/1322018-4073.html\nhttp://pt.euronews.net/2012/01/26/msf-suspende-operaces-em-localidade-libia/\nhttp://pt.euronews.net/2012/01/21/libia-sede-do-cnt-invadida-e-saqueada/\nhttp://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/efe/2012/01/24/diferentes-ataques-no-iraque-deixam5-mortos-e7-feridos.htm\nhttp://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/saida-do-iraque-marca-fim-das-grandes-intervencoes-dos-eua3457957#ixzz1l9bIJJSW\n* Portas is the surname of the Portuguese minister of the Foreign Affairs\n[4] http://www.tsf.pt/PaginaInicial/Internacional/Interior.aspx?content_id=967511&page=-1\n[5] http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2009/10/456849.shtml\n[6] http://www.scribd.com/doc/30507981/O-Pentagono-e-a-NATO-Gastos-militares-e-armamentos\nhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/43856384/The-Pentagon-and-the-NATO\n[7] http://www.angonoticias.com/Artigos/item/18813\nhttp://www.monitormercantil.com.br/mostranoticia.php?id=100841\n[8] U.S. Edicts Curb Power Of Iraq's Leadership, 27 de junho, 2004\n[9] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chah_Bahar#Chabahar_Port\n[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Pakistan-India_gas_pipeline\n[11][11] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauletabad%E2%80%93Sarakhs%E2%80%93Khangiran_pipeline\n[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpeje%E2%80%93Kordkuy_pipeline\n[13] http://pt.reingex.com/Irao-Negocios-Economia.asp\n[14] http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programa_nuclear_iraniano\n[15] http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tratado_de_N%C3%A3o_Prolifera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Armas_Nucleares\n[16] http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C3%ADses_com_armamento_nuclear\n[17] http://operamundi.uol.com.br/conteudo/noticias/4120/conteudo+opera.shtml\n[18] http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/\n[19] http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/137061/seth-g-jones/al-qaeda-in-iran\n[21] http://www.presseurop.eu/pt/content/article/714431-europa-sem-armas-face-crises\nEtiquetas: Afeganist\u00e3o, Europa, fascismo, geopol\u00edtica, Ir\u00e3o, Israel, L\u00edbia, M\u00e9dio Oriente, Mediterr\u00e2neo, militarismo, NATO, seguran\u00e7a, UE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 482, "original_length": 63514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 219.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://greenerpasture.com/Ancestors/BrowseByLastName/Has?page=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:57Z", "digest": "sha1:UWORS754CMHXKTEHUSHLTWHGQSKOKQT5", "length": 9126, "nlines": 108, "source_domain": "greenerpasture.com", "title": "Browse Ancestors By Last Name Surname -Has - GreenerPasture GENEALOGY", "raw_content": "List of Ancestors whose Last Name (Surname) (Family Name) begins with Has\nAbraham HASBROUCK (abt. 1649, , France - 7 March 1717, , Ulster County, New York, USA (Esopus))\nBenjamin HASBROUCK (abt. 1719, Kingston, New York, USA - 2 September 1797, , Ulster County, New York, USA (Esopus))\n(Joseph HASBROUCK & Elsie SCHOONMAKER)\nEva HASBROUCK (27 October 1753, New Paltz, New York, USA - aft. 1812, , Ulster County, New York, USA (Esopus))\n(Benjamin HASBROUCK & Lydia SCHOONMAKER)\nJoseph HASBROUCK (28 January 1684, , Ulster County, New York, USA (Esopus) - 28 January 1734, , Ulster County, New York, USA (Esopus))\n(Abraham HASBROUCK & Maria DEYO)\nMichael HASE (1838, , Ireland - 28 December 1858, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA)\nAndrew HASEK (17 February 1870, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA - 7 March 1929, Hollywood, Florida, USA)\nHaselloh\nMarie Elisabeth HASELLOH (1784, Hille, Minden, Prussia, Germany - 1880, Hille, Minden, Prussia, Germany)\n(Toenjes Henrich HASELLOH & Anna Maria Elisabeth OXEMANNS)\nToenjes Henrich HASELLOH (1740, Hille, Minden, Prussia, Germany - 1830, Hille, Minden, Prussia, Germany)\nCharles T. HASELTINE (1797, - 30 January 1878, Augusta, Maine, USA)\nDeliverance HASELTINE (25 January 1651, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA - 15 June 1735, Andover, Massachusetts, USA)\n(Robert HAZELTINE (HASELTINE) & Ann WOOD)\nMercy HASELTINE (16 October 1642, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA - 5 January 1707, Bradford, Massachusetts, USA)\nWilliam H. Harrison HASEY (1841, Bangor, Maine, USA - 28 September 1864, Bangor, Maine, USA)\nJane HASH (1753, Independence, Grayson, Virginia, USA - 12 April 1822, Grayson, Virginia, USA)\n(John HASH & Rebecca ANDERSON)\nJohn HASH (22 April 1724, Grayson, Virginia, USA - 13 April 1784, Grayson, Virginia, uSA)\n(John HASHE & Ellender OSBORNE)\nHash? Waite?\nRebecca May HASH? WAITE? (abt. 1694, , Virginia, USA - abt. 1732, , Virginia, USA)\nJohn HASHE (1656, , England (United Kingdom) - 1724, Grayson, Virginia, USA)\nSally HASHELL (1806, Otis, Massachusetts, USA - 6 January 1866, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)\nAaron HASKELL (1780, - 14 April 1857, West Gardiner, Maine, USA)\nAbby A. HASKELL (1832, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA - 19 April 1851, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))\nAbner HASKELL (6 January 1785, - 11 July 1872, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill))\nAbner D. HASKELL (1781, - 18 July 1864, Bangor, Maine, USA)\nAbraham HASKELL (1823, - 4 October 1864, Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown))\nAlbert HASKELL (1811, - 1867, China, Maine, USA)\nBalzaman HASKELL (1790, - 12 August 1815, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)\nBenjamin HASKELL (1796, - 15 June 1872, China, Maine, USA)\nCharles H. HASKELL (1814, - 1 April 1869, Dana, Massachusetts, USA*)\nCharles W. HASKELL (1855, - 26 April 1876, China, Maine, USA)\nDaniel HASKELL (1724, - October 1804, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))\nEben C. HASKELL (1821, - 27 January 1848, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nEbenezer HASKELL (15 July 1794, Peru, Massachusetts, USA - 19 July 1870, Hinsdale, Massachusetts, USA)\nEdward C. HASKELL (1844, - 23 September 1871, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA)\nEdwin F. HASKELL (1861, - 20 April 1888, China, Maine, USA)\nFoster HASKELL (1800, , New York, USA - 21 May 1873, Kirtland, Ohio, USA)\nGeorge W. HASKELL (1807, - 1855, China, Maine, USA)\nHarris HASKELL (1783, - 29 April 1849, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)\nHerlehigh HASKELL (30 October 1781, Windsor, Connecticut, USA - 7 July 1858, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)\nIsaac HASKELL (1716, - April 1804, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))\nIssaac HASKELL (1826, - 21 October 1889, Auburn, Maine, USA)\nJabez HASKELL (1753, - 4 September 1816, Windsor, Connecticut, USA)\nJabez HASKELL (8 February 1776, New Gloucester, Maine, USA - 17 May 1856, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nJabez HASKELL (1828, - 19 January 1849, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA)\nJabez C HASKELL (26 April 1799, New Gloucester, Maine, USA - 27 January 1875, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nJacob Osgood HASKELL (13 August 1796, New Gloucester, Maine, USA - 25 March 1880, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nJames Bowdoin HASKELL (1803, China, Maine, USA - 10 September 1860, China, Maine, USA)\nJohn HASKELL (1824, - 24 May 1873, Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA (Valley Falls) (Ashton) (Cumberland Hill))\nJohn W. HASKELL (1816, - 1 July 1849, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nJonathan HASKELL (1766, - 14 October 1857, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nJoseph HASKELL (24 March 1807, China, Maine, USA - 7 April 1872, China, Maine, USA)\nLewis R. HASKELL (1822, Shutesbury, Massachusetts, USA - 9 May 1880, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))\nMarshall J. HASKELL (1816, - 27 February 1886, Auburn, Maine, USA)\nMary HASKELL (1722, - November 1802, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))\nMatthew W. HASKELL (1827, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA - 25 November 1856, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (North Amherst) (South Amherst))\nMichael HASKELL (1830, - 14 May 1871, Somerset, Massachusetts, USA)\nMoses HASKELL (1810, - 26 March 1850, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nMoses M. HASKELL (20 September 1804, New Gloucester, Maine, USA - 22 June 1849, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nNathan HASKELL (1771, - November 1838, Wendell, Massachusetts, USA)\nNathaniel HASKELL (16 January 1718, - 31 July 1808, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))\nNathaniel HASKELL (1754, - 11 January 1836, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (Annisquam))\nNathaniel HASKELL (1780, - 27 January 1861, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nNathaniel HASKELL (1792, - 17 March 1863, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills))\nNye HASKELL (1806, Wendell, Massachusetts, USA - 3 July 1860, Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield))\nOscar M. HASKELL (1838, - 6 March 1881, China, Maine, USA)\nPeter HASKELL (1769, - 14 July 1849, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nPeter HASKELL (10 January 1797, New Gloucester, Maine, USA - 6 May 1878, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nRoger HASKELL (1 April 1753, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA - 8 April 1847, Peru, Massachusetts, USA)\nRoger HASKELL (1792, - 13 April 1868, Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown))\nSamuel HASKELL (1800, - 23 March 1878, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA)\nSamuel Cushing HASKELL (13 September 1834, New Gloucester, Maine, USA - 15 July 1864, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nSidney HASKELL (13 June 1786, Windsor, Connecticut, USA - 21 November 1834, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA)\nTamson B. HASKELL (January 1827, - 23 October 1845, China, Maine, USA)\nThomas HASKELL (1801, - 6 May 1852, New Gloucester, Maine, USA)\nThomas H. 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Consider the remarkable achievements in ceramics, textiles, and architecture that have emerged from this island nation over the centuries. Ukiyo-e, the colorful woodblock prints that were much admired and very influential in the West in the late nineteenth century, functioned much like manga, Japanese comic books, do today: they were aimed at a mass public and sold for the equivalent of pennies. On the other end of the socio-aesthetic spectrum, exquisitely painted screens and scrolls were commissioned by temples or collectors, who stored and treasured them, taking them out only occasionally to be admired.\nThe Western notion of fine arts, so deeply rooted in concepts of individualism and originality, was not introduced to Japan until after the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Before that, the term kogei, which means \u201ccraft,\u201d served as an umbrella term for all the arts. Only after Japan opened its ports to Western trade were terms for \u201cfine arts\u201d coined in the Japanese language\u2014bijutsu (which literally translates as \u201ctechnique of beauty\u201d), geijitsu (art in general), and gijitsu (technical skill). Since then, the Japanese have been quick to accept the concept of \u201cart for art\u2019s sake,\u201d never abandoning, however, their age-old belief in the fundamental contribution of the arts to everyday existence. But Western ways, like all outside influences, have never been simply appropriated or adopted in Japan. Instead they have undergone what has been termed the \u201cdomestication of the foreign.\u201d Over a century later, the arts\u2014both traditional and avant-garde\u2014are very much alive and kicking Japan.\nNonetheless, the situation for contemporary art in Japan is complex, especially for emerging artists whose work does not conform to accepted practices. Government grants for individual artists are rare, and very few \u201calternative spaces\u201d as we know them exist. The artists in this exhibition\u2014winners of a competition established in 1996 to discover, nurture, and support young artists in Japan\u2014are making their U.S. debut. More than 1400 entries were reviewed by a national jury, who selected one hundred finalists. Their works were exhibited last summer at the Tokyo International Forum, where an international final screening jury chose the seven winners whose work is on view here today.\nLike their contemporaries all over the world, Japanese artists work in a wide variety of media, ranging from photography to installation to drawing. They, too, address a myriad of themes, including the concepts of permanence versus transience and evolving ideas about body image. 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Some people think it is legalistic, but today we explore it as a beneficial way of relating. Deuteronomy 5:16 \u201cHonor your father and mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you on\u2026\nTurn and Strengthen Your Brother\nToday I bring a communion message about strengthening our brothers. When Jesus washed the disciples\u2019 feet, he was loving them and giving them an example of what they would need to do for each other. John 13:34 \u201cA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you,\u2026\nWhen we Walk in the Faith of Abraham\nToday I relate a walk of faith to the life of Abraham. Abraham faced many challenges throughout his life, but he faithfully pressed on in his walk with God. We too face many challenges, will we waiver in disbelief or will we continue to trust in God\u2019s plan for us? Romans 4:20 \u201cyet, with respect\u2026\nSalvation is More Than Forgiveness of Sin\nToday I convey Gods desire for a relationship through salvation. Galatians 4:4\u202d-\u202c5 \u201cBut when the time was right, God sent his Son, and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed the Law, so he could set us free from the Law, and we could become God\u2019s children.\u201d As children it is important for\u2026\nDon\u2019t Carry the Idols of the Past\nToday I urge us to set our sights on God\u2019s plan. Too often we find ourselves clinging to the past and making idols out of memories. We must let go of yesterday and trust God as He leads us forward. 1 Corinthians 13:9\u202d-\u202c10 \u201cFor we know in part and we prophesy in part; but when\u2026\nWhat is Triggered by Our Prayers?\nToday I talk about the importance of prayer. Whether we identify it as such or not, it is likely that what we are facing today is the result of prayers or lack of prayers. We often pray with a preconceived idea of what we think we need, but God\u2019s answers do not always look the\u2026\nWhy is Maturity Important?\nToday I continue imploring us to seek the truth and grow in our walk with God. There are many lies that come to hold us back and divide us, but Christ has opened the door for us to grow together in oneness and love. Ephesians 4:15-16 \u201cbut speaking the truth in love, we are to\u2026\nAm I Open to Hear the Truth\nToday I encourage you to ask yourself an important question. Am I open to hear the truth? In John 8:32 we read, \u201cAnd you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d Each one of us have a different perception of the Truth. Without being open to hear the truth in love\u2026\nWe Have Been Included Through Christ\nToday I entreat you to dig into the scriptures about God\u2019s plan for inclusion. Sometimes we might think that for God to accept one He has to reject another, but He is unlimited! 2 Chronicles 6:14. \u201cHe said, \u2018O Lord , the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on\u2026\nA Willingness to Hear and Obey\nToday I reiterate how just having the word is not enough, we must hear and obey Gods word. What makes the distinction between hearing and not hearing? A willingness to do His will. John 7:17 \u201cIf anyone is willing to do Gods will, they will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or\u2026\nThe Lesson of the Wilderness\nToday I begin to explain the wilderness experience. God was with the Israelites the entire time, but it was a time of teaching His people. In everything we go through there is one thing God is trying to teach us \u2013 trust in Him and trust in His love for us. Deuteronomy 7:9 \u201cKnow therefore\u2026\nParable: Pray at all times (Luke 18:1)\nToday I impart a new revelation of faith. Our personal relationship with the Lord will trigger effective prayer. We must have faith that God wants us to be persistent and work with Him in what He is doing through our prayers. Isaiah 62:6 \u201cOn your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and\u2026\nAtonement: Not Just Salvation, Complete Sanctification\nToday I unfold key concepts about the Ten Days of Repentance and the Day of Atonement. These days are not about shame and regret, but rather an opportunity to realign with God\u2019s perfect plan for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 \u201cNow may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul\u2026\nParable: The Soil and The Stages of Discipleship\nToday I bring a relatable perspective to the parable in Matthew 13:3. As humans, we are the soil. Although there is nothing wrong with the soil, there are outside influences which keep the soil from bearing fruit. As we grow in discipleship, our soil will become more fruitful.\nParable: We are All Managers\nToday I teach about the parable in Luke 16:1-13. God\u2019s grace is unending and He desires a relationship with us no matter how great our sins. If we know God\u2019s grace, we are managers responsible to share it. Micah 7:18 \u201cWho is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act\u2026\nBiblical Feasts \u2013 Open My Mind to a Deeper Understanding\nToday I begin to explain why we celebrate the Biblical Feasts. If you dig into the New Testament you will see many references to the Feasts, as it describes how Jesus celebrated them. When we celebrate the Feasts, we are not just celebrating something that happened in the past, we are anticipating a greater fulfillment\u2026\nParable: What am I Doing with My Talents\nToday I explain the parable of the talents from Matthew 25:14. We have been given many talents from the Lord, it is our responsibility to manage those talents. We won\u2019t see growth if we hide our talents, we must put them to good use and share them with others.\nWhat was Jesus\u2019 Teaching?\nToday I talk about Jesus teaching the disciples. There are many layers of interpretation, but it is important to make the scriptures practical in our lives. It is also important to continue studying and learning the deeper meanings of Jesus\u2019 teachings.\nToday I teach about Jesus in relationship to His roots. In order to better understand Jesus\u2019 teachings, we must study His heritage. Jesus was a Jewish teacher speaking to a Jewish audience. Lord open our eyes to have a fresh understanding.\nWhat Are You Equipped For?\nToday I speak about the importance of us becoming equipped to walk according to God\u2019s will. Colossians 3:16-17 \u201cLet the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word\u2026\nSee God\u2019s Unchanging Love For You\nToday I bring a foundational teaching about God\u2019s unchanging love. We repent for believing the lie that God can reject His children. Even in times of discipline God loves us to the uttermost and wants to see us mature as His sons.\nA New Perception of God\u2019s Love\nToday I inspire us to receive a new perception of God\u2019s love for us. God is preparing each one of us for something new, but it cannot happen out of our human perception of love. There is a motivation in God\u2019s love to see us grow and mature, so we can participate in the bringing\u2026\nMiracle Provision Through Relationships\nToday I expound on the story in 1 Kings 17. Even though Elijah was a prophet, he could not solve his own problems. He had to rely on the miracle God provided through the poor widow. We need to get out of our comfort zone and appropriate the provision God has given us through relationships.\nThe Father is Knocking, Open the Door\nToday I link the parable of the prodigal son to Revelation 3:20. \u201cBehold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.\u201d The prodigal son was free to make his own choice but\u2026\nChannels of Living Water\nToday I express the importance of us becoming channels of living water. When we only receive and never share the blessing, we become like the dead sea. We must be willingly to share the love we have received to continue the flow of living water.\nAssemble Your Salvation\nToday I relate our provision from God to a box of parts waiting to be assembled. We have access to a complete provision, but if we do not read the manual and spend quality time with our instructor, we won\u2019t be able to see the fullness of all that we have received.\nToday I inspire us to continue opening up to receive God\u2019s love. God is love, and the key to walking as sons of God is seeking His love with all our heart. We grow up by receiving His love with a broken spirit. Everything we do must be born out of this pure love.\nTouched by His Love\nToday I connect our ability to see ourselves as God sees us to our openness to receive God\u2019s love. Through a story of the eight cow woman we can see how opening up to God\u2019s love allows us to be aware of the beauty in ourselves that He has seen from the beginning.\nA Pentecost of Thousands of Living Springs\nToday I impart a new revelation of the Holy Spirit. 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The inquiry will consider whether there is evidence of wage theft occurring in Western Australia, the reasons behind it and the impact on workers, business and the community.\nThe inquiry will look at the current regulatory framework at a State and Federal level, and recommend strategies to combat wage theft and assist affected workers.\nThe inquiry report and recommendations will be provided to Government by June 2019.\nIt has been reported that Australian workers are being underpaid more than $1 billion in lost wages each year.\nIndustrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston said:\n\u201cThe McGowan Government is committed to ensuring there is a fair safety net of wages and entitlements for all workers.\n\u201cWorkers should not be denied their legal pay and entitlements through employers engaging in wage theft.\n\u201cI\u2019m very pleased to have Tony Beech, who is very well respected in the industrial relations community, to undertake this important inquiry.\n\u201cI encourage workers affected by wage theft, stakeholders and the community to get involved in the inquiry so that practical strategies can be developed to combat this issue.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 4409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hamiltoneducation.com/archives/5425", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:16Z", "digest": "sha1:4ER7QJ2TCIF3LKKPKIRSN2AVJDUTD6ZZ", "length": 2905, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "hamiltoneducation.com", "title": "Skills Based Approach To Test Prep and College Applications \u2013 Hamilton Education", "raw_content": "Student Spotlight: Leily Rezvani, Stanford class of 2022.\nThe first time I took the ACT at HCC, I got a 25. After participating in the test prep camp, my score improved to a 31 because of HCC\u2019s skills-based curriculum. I attended High Tech High North County from seventh to twelfth grade. Due to my high school\u2019s emphasis on project-based learning and depth versus breadth, I lacked certain reading comprehension, on-demand essay writing, and math and science skills that are vital to performing well on standardized tests. During the test prep camp, HCC helped me develop skills that enabled me to not only become a better test-taker, but also to grow academically.\nThe first time I took the ACT at HCC, I got a 25. After participating in the test prep camp, my score improved to a 31 because of HCC\u2019s skills-based curriculum.\nThe skills I learned at HCC are even transferrable to my extracurriculars, which are all writing intensive. Over the summer and during fall-extension, I learned how to write well under pressure, appeal to different audiences, productively manage my time on the Math and Science problems (especially on the ACT), and absorb information while reading at a fast pace. I was able to apply those skills when completing writing assignments during internships at NPR, the United Nations Association, and the University of San Diego.\nI learned how to write well under pressure, appeal to different audiences, productively manage my time on the Math and Science problems (especially on the ACT), and absorb information while reading at a fast pace.\nIf students apply to UCs and private universities, the process will inevitably be very writing intensive. They will have to analyze prompts from various perspectives, write in a straightforward manner, and appeal to different audiences through literary devices such as ethos, pathos, and logos. While writing college essays, I found myself continuously referring back to the lessons I learned at HCC. Much like an essay on a standardized test, in a personal statement applicants must demonstrate why they deserve a place in the incoming class by stating a clear thesis, using strong evidence, and writing creatively while still being straightforward.\nWhile writing college essays, I found myself continuously referring back to the lessons I learned at HCC.\nBecause of HCC, I was able to increase my ACT score, improve my academic performance, and develop skills crucial for the college application process.\nLeily Rezvani recently graduated from High Tech High North County and is currently a student worker at HCC. Since eighth grade, she has been participating in HCC\u2019s enrichment classes, SAT/ACT camps, and college application program. 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While it doesn't necessarily have the same bells and whistles as some other cameras on the market, it brings a very distinctive approach and has some unusual settings and features that aren't easily found elsewhere. I've been shooting with one since 2015, so it's not a new model. And it's just about to be replaced by a new version, the GR III.\nSo why am I posting photos from the GR II when the GR III is just around the corner? Two reasons. Firstly, I have high hopes for the GR III, and one of the things I'll be most interested in seeing it whether its low-light performance is improved. It's one area that I've always had a little nagging disappointment with the GR II--I just feel like there's room for improvement, especially since in this particular area the GR II didn't offer much improvement over the even older GR. And when I'm out and about with a camera like this, chances are I'll be wanting to use it in less than ideal lighting conditions. So I wanted to gather together some examples to establish a reference point to compare with. Secondly, I would expect there to be some good deals on the GR II when the GR III comes out, and I suspect there will be people who are still interested in seeing how the GR II performs in real-world shooting conditions.\nSo here's a collection of images I've taken in the past few years with the GR II at high ISOs. The GR II has an APS-C sized CMOS sensor (23.7 x 15.7mm), which is basically the same size as cameras like the Fujifilm XT-3, Nikon D7500, Sony a6500, or the Canon 80D.1 It produces images up to 16.2MP which measure 4928 by 3264 pixels.\nAnd it has an ISO range from 100 to 25600. I'm focusing here on the upper end of that range, starting with ISO 1600. (If you're looking for a more general collection at a broader range of ISOs, I posted some sample images here some time ago. I've included the ISO each photo was taken at in the captions.\nHigh ISO Sample Images from the Ricoh GR II\nThese were all originally shot in RAW, and while the images have been processed in Lightroom (and some in Color Efex Pro 4), I haven't applied any extra noise reduction to them. You can click on each image to open a full-resolution version for a closer look.\nWhile APS-C refers to a pretty standardized size, there can be minor variations in the precise physical measurement. \u21a9", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 12612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 223.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://havingapoo.blogspot.com/2007/12/ho-ho-ho.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:31Z", "digest": "sha1:O7P4SQRNWJGWZFUIVKRFD2UE27KN3SKQ", "length": 118, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "havingapoo.blogspot.com", "title": "The Log Blog: Ho. Ho. Ho.", "raw_content": "I have a lot to say about Christmas.\nI want to enjoy it though.\nAnd now I am going to play with my children some more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 4044, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 217.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://haywardmoon.co.uk/our-people/trudy-mimms/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:47Z", "digest": "sha1:46TTPJNWTBXLZB77A4LWWL6REB5QLU5H", "length": 112, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "haywardmoon.co.uk", "title": "Hayward Moon | Trudy Mimms", "raw_content": "Trudy Mimms\nTrudy joined the firm in April 2015. She previously worked at a local law firm.\ntm@haywardmoon.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 264.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hdipcbassemblies.page.tl/Printed-Circuit-Board-File-Generation.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:26Z", "digest": "sha1:Y32SPSY5HHK5USHL6Z3A7EKAG3MK7QVI", "length": 2986, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "hdipcbassemblies.page.tl", "title": "HDI PCB Assemblies - Printed Circuit Board File Generation", "raw_content": "One of the most important aspects of creating a printed circuit board is making sure all necessary files are included. Without these, the board will not function properly and changes will have to be made in order to fix it. Different PCB companies have varying standards concerning files. This pertains to how the files are submitted, which files should be included, and the format said files should be in. Understanding the importance of Gerber files in the PCB board design process can help users enjoy a more seamless experience and a more satisfactory end product.\nWhen Are Gerber Files Needed?\nThese types of files are usually needed for each layer of a board. Even if the layer is the same on both sides, most PCB companies will recommend that users submit a file for each. There are also varying standards as to how an image file should be set up. Some companies have their own specifications, but many choose to have this listed in the lower left corner. Another popular topic concerning these files is the format they should be in. Submitting files correctly minimizes the chances of errors in the design process and helps ensure a better result.\nWhat Format Should Files Be In?\nThere is no one set format that all Gerber files are written in for printed circuit board design. Most PCB design companies will list their specifications on their website. The number of digits and decimal place both help identify files properly and allows them to be used as specified. After users have all their files gathered and formatted correctly, the next step is to submit them. These files are usually submitted along with the design and assembly order. This can be done via email, phone, fax, or a PCB design company\u2019s integrated online ordering platform.\nThe Dangers of Leaving Out Files\nWhen it comes to a PC board, there are many things which can cause compatibility issues. Those with a knowledge of hardware can usually avoid most of these, but a common problem in circuitry continues to be missing files. If files are missing, even the most high-end piece of circuitry cannot perform at optimal levels. Without the proper information, no configuration can fulfill its intended purpose. Thankfully, it is now possible to ensure that files are not missed out on during the design process. This is possible thanks to the use of error-checking algorithms in PC board design software.\nEnsuring That Important Files Aren\u2019t Missed\nForgetting files during the PC board design process is a simple mistake, but it can have a substantial impact on the way the board functions. However, a new tool has been developed to help avoid this common problem. In modern PC board design software, error-checking algorithms and file-checking tools both exist to help make sure an end product is complete. These tools can compensate for human error by alerting users when files are missing from any given configuration. Even as the design changes, users can ensure they\u2019ll be alerted of any missing files.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 5755, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 251.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://healthfully.com/37145-mache-nutrition-information.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:28Z", "digest": "sha1:LDDZLRTJYP223JPGKCZQB7TS3AMYRHDE", "length": 1647, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "healthfully.com", "title": "Mache Nutrition Information | Healthfully", "raw_content": "By K.M. Chapman\nMache is a type of lettuce that is available in many specialty grocery stores. Also known as lamb\u2019s lettuce, corn salad, field salad, or field lettuce, mache grows in rosettes or loose bunches.\nMache has 475 Calories and 5.00 g of Protein per 100 gram serving according to the nutrition facts provided by the USDA Food Composition Database.\nEach 4 oz. serving contains 25 calories. It also has 3 g of carbohydrates, 0 g of fat, 2 g of fiber and 2 g of protein.\nA 4 oz. serving contains 2.2 mg of iron, 459 mg of potassium, 38 mg of calcium and 38 mg of vitamin C.\nMache contains almost half the daily requirement of vitamin B9 (folic acid) at 160 mg per 4 oz. serving.\nNatural Source of Omega-3s\nMache is a natural plant source of omega-3 fatty acids. A 4 oz. serving has more than 250 mg of omega-3s.\nThe omega-3s in mache help lower triglycerides and improve HDL (good) cholesterol levels, which reduce inflammation, and help reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Folic acid is highly recommended for women of childbearing age. Folic acid is also believed to improve stress and reduce depression.\nMache Information\nBased in California and Maine, K.M. Chapman is a freelance writer, photographer and educator. She is a former weekly columnist, and has been published in newspapers, in-house publications and online. She is an intensely curious former science teacher and a cohort of the Maine Governor's Academy for Science and Mathematics Educational Leadership. She has a Bachelor of Arts in communication studies.\nCalories Burned While Push Mowing\nCalories Burned Stacking Wood\nHow Many Calories Are in Pure Maple Syrup?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 285.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hebrew.learnoutlive.com/the-metaphysics-of-the-binding-of-isaac/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:27Z", "digest": "sha1:GNQWVOGGP3T57HDWSLCZIKZIIEWDMXCN", "length": 2177, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "hebrew.learnoutlive.com", "title": "The Metaphysics Of The Binding of Isaac | Bible Stories As Blueprints of the Soul", "raw_content": "The Metaphysics Of The Binding of Isaac\nWhich kind of a father would sacrifice his son? Which thought will send a father for such a mission, and how spiritually can always hide behind to most obscure deeds?\nBut before answering these questions, first a few remarks about the Bible: Some people relate to the Bible like a mythological text, others see it as a collection of beautiful literature, while yet others look at the bible as a codex of ancient moral laws.\nThere is, however, a totally different way, which is not in conflict with the other ways, but simply goes above, below or beyond which invites us to relate to the Bible as a dream. For a dream describes a higher form of reality but also speaks to us by using symbols that appear in our lives. In other words, it\u2019s here but also comes from there. In a way, the Bible is a dynamic text which reflects the state of mind we are in.\nSo if the Bible is a dream, and we are the active dreamers, what do we see behind the words, the names, the figures, the mountains, the oceans, the animals, and if it is not just a collection of beautiful stories, what is the Bible really about?\nThe Zohar offers us an interesting scope in which we can see the Biblical story. The Zohar offers us to look at the biblical story like if it was a magnetic field in which different powers and qualities reveal their abilities.\nFor example, the Zohar offers us to see the binding story slightly different. Throughout the Zohar\u2019s lens Abraham is not just a father of Isaac, but also a reflection of the infinite grace, in which the world was created, While Isaac, is not just the son of his father Abraham, but also a reflection of the laws of nature, (In Hebrew we see a direct correlation between the letters of his name, \u05d9\u05e9\u05d7\u05e7 \u2013 in English there is a low)\nAnd according to the Zohar, through the binding of Isaac, we can see an inner spiritual picture in which the laws of nature submit themselves to the infinite grace. In other words, the laws of nature binding together serve one universe\nWe wish you all Shana Tova, a happy good sweet year, and if you have questions, remarks thoughts and wonders please feel free to write and comment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2966, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hispanicexecutive.com/2013/goya-foods-inc/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:22Z", "digest": "sha1:2WCMSGAP3AXRRWQSBQPKVHXBMR7GBADJ", "length": 5520, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "hispanicexecutive.com", "title": "Modern Familia - Hispanic Executive", "raw_content": "LA GRAN FAMILIA GOYA Goya Foods is one of the few companies that didn\u2019t dock raises when the economy took a downturn. \u201cThe thing is, Goya is a different animal,\u201d explains Tony Rico (center), director of human resources. \u201cIt is run like a family, and that\u2019s why labor relations here are doing so well.\u201d\nBy\tCristina Adams\nGoya Foods\u2019 director of HR Tony Rico has transformed his department with innovative ideas, new technology, and good old-fashioned human relations\nAs the only bilingual guy in the neighborhood, Tony Rico would often translate papers\u2014labor contracts, health insurance, and workers\u2019 compensation documents\u2014for workers from the local textile mills and factories who came into his father\u2019s Cuban restaurant, La Pola, at lunchtime. That was back in high school. Since then, Rico has held human-resources positions at the New York City Mayor\u2019s Office, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the Brooklyn Public Library. In 2004, he joined Goya Foods, Inc., often referred to as La Gran Familia Goya, as director of human resources. In this role, he has dedicated himself to modernizing, automating, negotiating, and generally ensuring that the labor side of things at the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States runs smoothly.\nBetter Hiring Practices & Policies\nRico is more familiar than most people with the importance of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA); his daughter, born prematurely, spent eight months in the hospital and required several surgeries. Not surprisingly, when he came on as HR director, Rico aggressively instituted FMLA policies at all of Goya\u2019s locations across the United States. He also brought the company up to speed on better hiring practices, educating his staff on how to interview prospective employees, how to prepare Equal Employment Opportunity reports, what kind of data should and should not be collected, and more.\n\u201cOne of the things we implemented right away was HRIS, Human Resource Information System,\u201d he recalls. \u201cBasically it consolidated the HR records into a central system that we could pull information from. Before, the president could ask me how many employees we had, and by the time I could get him the number, it would have changed. Now, I can get that information right away. We have instituted real-time reporting for many elements of the business.\u201d\nPhotos: Vincent Villafa\u00f1e/Goya\nAdding New Departments\nAmong his many responsibilities, Rico is also charged with making sure that existing departments within Goya are appropriate to the company\u2019s objectives. In some cases, he has discovered a need\u2014and created a new department to fill it. Among the departments developed under Rico are logistics, research and development (R&D), and quality control. The functions of each existed at Goya\u2019s various locations, but loosely; Rico centralized the functions, formed departments, and hired and trained dedicated staff for each.\nIn the R&D department, for example, the staff is constantly researching new foods and flavors\u2014the company boasts food lines for virtually every country in Latin America and the Caribbean\u2014and is eager to have them taste tested. \u201cThey contact HR and say it would be nice [if] somebody familiar with the food from that country [could] try it,\u201d Rico says. \u201cSo, I go into the system, search for any Salvadoran employees, for instance, and ask if they can come to the kitchen lab to critique new Salvadoran products. I can tap into a specific population within the company, and I can get that specific with logistics and quality control.\u201d\nIncreasing Benefits\nAbout four years ago, Rico helped the company transition from an outdated defined-benefit plan to a 401K defined-contribution plan. During that time, the plan\u2019s assets have grown at a healthy clip, from zero to about $15 million, and the voluntary participation rate has risen from 38 percent to more than 60 percent. And while that\u2019s still about 15 percentage points from Rico\u2019s goal, he\u2019s pleased that participation is fairly high and increasing. In addition, he has set up a relationship with a brokerage firm which provides free financial advice to Goya employees\u2014everything from how to save for college tuition to developing a customized financial plan. Not one to leave stones unturned, Rico has also brought representatives from the Social Security Administration to discuss retiree benefits. \u201cA lot of education, time, and energy has gone into this project,\u201d Rico says. \u201cI travel to our facilities around the country to talk to employees about the advantages of this plan and how they can benefit from it. My staff jokes that I go on the 401k tour twice a year.\u201d\nCreating \u201cLifers\u201d\nFew companies can say they haven\u2019t docked raises during recent tough economic times. But, according to Rico, Goya can. \u201cBy the same token, we\u2019ve had to make changes to make our operation more competitive,\u201d he says. \u201cThe thing is, Goya is a different animal. It is run like a family, and that\u2019s why labor relations here are doing so well.\u201d Nationwide, the average length of a Goya employee\u2019s service is 13 years. In the company\u2019s headquarters, Rico says, there are people who have worked there for more than 40 years. It\u2019s safe to say that attrition across the company is low, and that\u2019s something Rico is proud of. \u201cThe only place it\u2019s high is on the loading docks, among the people who load and unload the trucks,\u201d he says. \u201cIf we can retain them for two years, they get promoted to other positions, work their way through the company, and become \u2018lifers.\u2019\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 7198, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 223.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hispanicexecutive.com/2015/letter-from-the-editor-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:55Z", "digest": "sha1:KY4YOSAXWIJVEHRDTVKVFNHE6DQO3JMU", "length": 1878, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "hispanicexecutive.com", "title": "Letter From the Editor - Hispanic Executive", "raw_content": "As much as we might try to always live in the moment, the latter part of a calendar year triggers reflection. What have I personally accomplished or overcome in the past year? What have we as a country, as a community, or even as humanity faced in 2015, good or bad? Certainly, there have been some horrors\u2014senseless violence and tragedy\u2014but let us also remember the steps forward.\nEach year, as we choose our Top 10 L\u00edderes, the criteria become more and more focused. We want to highlight those who have come into their own, have had major professional wins, have made an impact, and have shown exemplary leadership in the past year. Our chosen cover l\u00edder, Cynthia Telles, has shown a will-of-force and fearlessness in fighting for equality in access to mental health care. As she said in her speech at the Martin Luther King Community Health Foundation in early 2015: \u201cWe cannot rest until diversity is a source of strength for communities; health is a shared agenda; and partnership is a norm.\u201d And she never does.\nSimilarly, Gerardo Rodriguez, who advocates on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community experienced a major win in June 2015 when the Supreme Court passed the law of marriage equality across the nation. While he was thrilled for that victory, Rodriguez continues unwaveringly to seek equality and equal justice in every lacking corner of the country.\nWhether from the perspective of big business, government, or nonprofit, our l\u00edderes are fierce in their principles and fearless in their efforts; they continuously fight for the betterment of their communities, their places of work, and growth within themselves. They may live in the moment, but their vision lies in the future.\nJoin me in taking un momento de reflejo al fin del a\u00f1o to consider where we are going, how to get there, and, especially, how far we\u2019ve come.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 200.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://history.stigmabase.org/2018/03/made-in-north-korea-graphic-design-of.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:22Z", "digest": "sha1:SGONKKB6KNPT4HFPPOJLIRD2K5ZPRRP7", "length": 361, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "history.stigmabase.org", "title": "Made in North Korea: The graphic design of a pariah state", "raw_content": "Made in North Korea: The graphic design of a pariah state\n- A hand-painted poster saying \"Let's develop our Korean traditional medicine, our national heritage!\". North Korea is proud of its homegrown medicine, but is known to have huge domestic nutrition and health problems. Earlier in 2017, a North Korean soldier who defected was found to have \"enormous\" ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1166, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 181.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://home.kpmg/ch/en/home/contacts/t/sandra-terzic.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:18Z", "digest": "sha1:S62RAMVQIPKD6LDXGM7ACHWRNU5DEJEQ", "length": 577, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "home.kpmg", "title": "Sandra Terzic | KPMG | CH", "raw_content": "Sandra Terzic\nDirector, Department of Professional Practice\nSandra Terzic is a Director in the Swiss firm\u2019s Department of Professional Practice. In her role, she is responsible for providing solutions for accounting issues in accordance with Swiss Code of Obligations and Swiss GAAP FER. She is also responsible for audit reporting in accordance with Swiss Auditing Standards (SAS) as well as International Standards on Auditing (ISA). Furthermore, she deals with accounting and reporting issues related to the Swiss Merger Act.\nGraduated from HWV (Higher College for Business)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 5372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 238.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hot963.com/2478756/aretha-franklin-reflects-on-her-friendship-with-muhammad-ali/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:05Z", "digest": "sha1:TDIR3GUZBDM7BLALA347MHGT6ZQTRRE3", "length": 1518, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "hot963.com", "title": "Aretha Franklin Reflects On Her Friendship With Ali | Hot 96.3", "raw_content": "Aretha Franklin Reflects On Her Friendship With Muhammad Ali\nAli's \"personality was so mesmerizing and charismatic,\" said Aretha.\nRoland Martin recently spoke with Aretha Franklin about the life and legacy of the late, great Muhammad Ali.\nDuring their conversation, Aretha talked about the first time she became aware of Ali and what made him so special.\n\u201cThe Queen of Soul\u201d told Martin Ali was \u201cunpredictable.\u201d\n\u201cYou couldn\u2019t exactly just guess where he was and he absolutely stood behind his convictions and his values, and he took a very strong stance and he didn\u2019t waver,\u201d she said.\nWhen asked about Ali\u2019s stance on the Vietnam War, Aretha said he refused to fight based on his religious values.\n\u201cI believe that everybody stands behind their religious values \u2013 almost every faith you can speak of stands behind their religious values, so that is what that was about with him,\u201d she added.\nAretha continued: \u201cHe loved magic, he used to have all kinds of tricks back in the day that he would carry with him, and he would show you these different tricks or he would try them on you.\u201d\nThe Queen of Soul also explained that Ali\u2019s \u201cpersonality was so mesmerizing and charismatic,\u201d and said she will miss him, his \u201cmillion-dollar smile and the great, great fights.\u201d\nWatch Roland and Aretha reflect on the life of Ali in the video clip above.\nAretha Franklin Reflects On Her Friendship With Muhammad Ali was originally published on newsone.com\naretha franklin\t, Muhammad Ali\t, Roland Martin\t, The Queen of Soul\t, Vietnam War", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3494, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 292.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hotair.com/archives/2016/12/16/wsj-russians-tried-hacking-the-rnc-but-failed/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:32Z", "digest": "sha1:LFQWGTUS3G3REEOTYWJPXZ44NN3G4D5H", "length": 4603, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "hotair.com", "title": "WSJ: Russians tried hacking the RNC -- but failed", "raw_content": "WSJ: Russians tried hacking the RNC \u2014 but failed\nWas Reince Priebus right all along? Leaks from the CIA allege that Russian hackers gained access to computer systems at both the DNC and RNC, but only chose to expose Democratic data in an effort to defeat Hillary Clinton. Outgoing RNC chair and incoming chief of staff Priebus denied that the RNC had been hacked at all, which would put a rather large dent in the story coming from anonymous sources at Langley.\nAccording to the Wall Street Journal\u2019s sources, Priebus told the truth:\nRussian hackers tried to penetrate the computer networks of the Republican National Committee, using the same techniques that allowed them to infiltrate its Democratic counterpart, according to U.S. officials who have been briefed on the attempted intrusion.\nBut the intruders failed to get past security defenses on the RNC\u2019s computer networks, the officials said. And people close to the investigation said it indicated a less aggressive and much less persistent effort by Russian intelligence to hack the Republican group than the Democratic National Committee. Only a single email account linked to a long-departed RNC staffer was targeted.\nThe disclosures came as a political furor grows over suspected Russian hacking of U.S. political organizations. The Central Intelligence Agency has concluded that Russian hackers, whom analysts say work for that country\u2019s military and intelligence apparatus, stole emails from the DNC, as well as another Democratic organization and the chairman of Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign, to harm her candidacy and boost Republican Donald Trump\u2019s chances of winning. Russia has denied the allegations.\nThe possibility that Russians tried and failed to infiltrate the RNC doesn\u2019t necessarily conflict with the CIA\u2019s conclusion. A senior U.S. official said analysts now believe what started as an information-gathering campaign aimed at both parties later took on a focus of leaked emails about Mrs. Clinton and Democrats.\nActually, it does \u2014 at least according to the way the leakers explained the CIA position. Reuters reported the premise of their conclusion in their exclusive on the ODNI\u2019s skepticism of it:\nMoreover, only materials filched from Democratic groups \u2013 such as emails stolen from John Podesta, the Clinton campaign chairman \u2013 were made public via WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization, and other outlets, U.S. officials said.\nThe CIA conclusion was a \u201cjudgment based on the fact that Russian entities hacked both Democrats and Republicans and only the Democratic information was leaked,\u201d one of the three officials said on Monday.\n\u201c(It was) a thin reed upon which to base an analytical judgment,\u201d the official added.\nThe FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence don\u2019t share the CIA\u2019s conclusions about the intent of the hacks, and it\u2019s now a little clearer as to why. The RNC called in the FBI after the Wikileaks publication of DNC materials in June 2016 to check out their own security, according to the WSJ\u2019s sources. That\u2019s when they spotted the attempt to hack into their system, which got foiled by their security precautions. The FBI would have known for months that the main premise of the CIA\u2019s conclusion was false, and probably had already shared that with the ODNI well before the leaks started coming out last week.\nTheir conclusion that the leaks were intended to boost Donald Trump are entirely predicated on the theory that the hackers had gained access to data from both parties. If the Russians had inside information on both Democrats and Republicans but only publicized the former, then one could conclude they were playing favorites. But if they didn\u2019t hack both parties, then this goes from an operation to elect Donald Trump to a much-more plausible explanation: the Russians wanted to sow confusion and doubt, not elect someone in particular. (As I pointed out on Tuesday, the notion that Russia feared a Hillary win is somewhat difficult to buy, given her actions at State.)\nThe more plausible scenario would also explain why Russian hackers didn\u2019t try harder to force their way into the RNC\u2019s computers. They had already succeeded in their operation to create confusion and paranoia, which continues to this day. No matter who won, they would come into office under a cloud, weakening the transition and giving Russia more breathing room for a period of time. 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Outdoor dining areas has gone from being a secondary area to being a main and fundamental part of the residential or hotel complex.\nObviously, this change has required the development of different products designed for the outside. Point has also been adding new materials and designs adapted to the needs and demands of the different styles of outside dining rooms.\nWhat role does furniture play in the overall al-fresco interior design concept?\nAs with any room in a house, the terraces also need a study and decoration project, if possible, with greater difficulty than the inside one, since it is the link between the indoor and the outdoor. That is the reason why furniture is a main element to achieve harmony and integration between the interior and exterior; there is no doubt that a good choice of outdoor furniture suitable for the overall design project will get you to eat in the outside areas and work as an extension of the hotel.\nWhat elements are important when creating top-quality outdoor dining furniture?\nOutdoor furniture requires special materials for its manufacture, which have high resistance to inclement weather and high durability to the effects of the sun.\nTherefore, the materials used by Point are always strong and durable. Another important question when we want to improve the quality of our products is comfort. That\u2019s the reason why we use high-resistance polyurethane foams and specific exterior fabrics with a five-year warranty.\nHow do you develop different ranges and collections?\nPoint has a certain way of working to arrive to new designs:\nAfter an analysis of our current collections, we look for the necessities that we have to obey our maximum offer and then, we decide if we need sofas, dining rooms, and deckchairs.\nWe make an assessment of what style the new design (modern or classic for instance) must have, based on our product offer deficiencies and analysis of the latest trends in the market. We then decide what materials to be used for the new collection. After that, we select the designer; our choice depending on the style of the collection.\nOnce the new design has been selected, the following step is the prototype development. In this case, Point\u2019s design department works together with the collection designer to complete the prototype. Once the prototype is ready and has solved all the quality tests, Point design committee approves its incorporation to our collections.\npoint1920.com/en/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 5355, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 307.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB1853&year=2014&code=R&style=new", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:25Z", "digest": "sha1:QTDE3V2X3L5DGFIUT7L4XD7Y3XK43XSD", "length": 164, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "house.mo.gov", "title": "Missouri House of Representatives", "raw_content": "Authorizes the City of Liberty to impose, upon voter approval, a sales tax of up to .5% for the purpose of improving the public safety of the city\nNeth, Myron (017)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 176.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://how-rich.com/3975/how-rich-is-josh-flagg/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:24:38Z", "digest": "sha1:JGVHKEKBOGTKU7HTRBSJ76MRQQB7SSHA", "length": 2766, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "how-rich.com", "title": "How rich is Josh Flagg? \u2013 How Rich?", "raw_content": "Authors, Business, Reality, US\nHow rich is Josh Flagg?\nName: Joshua Daniel Flagg\nOccupation: Real estate broker and television personality\nJosh Flagg, fair use\nJosh Flagg was born in Los Angeles, California on August 20, 1985. He is the son of Michael and Cindy Flagg. Josh comes from a long line of successful business-minded people: Josh is the grandson of electronics industry executive Hermann Platt; the great-grandson of Benjamin Platt, who was the founder and owner of Platt Music Corporation; and the grandson of fashion industry executive Edith Flagg.\nJosh attended the private school, Brentwood School. He would later attend the Beverly Hills High School. Just before his graduation, Josh registered to become a real estate agent at just the age of 18.\nComing out as gay in early 2011, Josh has been dating interior designer Colton Thorn since 2008. Josh presently lives in Los Angeles, California and owns a penthouse in Century City.\nHis career started in his teen years when he entered the real estate industry. Josh experienced instant success when he began to record several residential sales in affluent areas, like Beverly Hills and the Sunset Strip. He worked under real estate broker Bruce Nelson with the John Bruce Nelson firm. Josh would later work at Coldwell Banker in its east office in Beverly Hills.\nIn a little more than a decade, Josh has sold approximately $1 billion worth of property. Some of these headline-grabbing properties consist of Merv Griffin\u2019s Bel Air estate and Dorothy Chandler\u2019s Hancock Park estate. Josh has acquired a few properties of his own, worth tens of millions of dollars.\nDue to his overwhelming success in the real estate industry, the television network Bravo hired Josh in 2006 \u2013 as well as Chad Rogers and Madison Hildebrand \u2013 to star in the reality television series \u201cMillion Dollar Listing Los Angeles.\u201d\nHe has also made several other media appearances, including NBC\u2019s \u201cToday Show,\u201d \u201cABC\u2019s Good Morning America\u201d and Bravo\u2019s \u201cWatch What Happens: Live.\u201d\nOutside of television, Josh has authored two books: \u201cA Simple Girl: Stories My Grandmother Told Me\u201d and \u201cMillion Dollar Agent: Brokering the Dream.\u201d He also launched a mobile application in 2012 called Star Maps, which is a directory that lists hundreds of properties that have some sort of a relationship with celebrities in LA.\nWe estimate that Josh Flagg\u2019s net worth is $8 million (2015).\n$8 million could buy you one of his featured real estate listings, including a $3.2 million Los Angeles house and a $3.5 million Beverly Hills (90210) house (why not buy both?). $8 million could also buy you a home that once was owned by any celebrity \u2013 you just have to ask Josh.\nHow rich is Patti Stanger?\nTags: josh flagg, million dollar listing los angeles", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 338, "original_length": 9892, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 201.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://howlingpixel.com/i-en/109th_United_States_Congress", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:01Z", "digest": "sha1:HJLRADXQNUPLP5Q5JN7BBFIKCWF3F3FX", "length": 57241, "nlines": 957, "source_domain": "howlingpixel.com", "title": "109th United States Congress - Howling Pixel", "raw_content": "The One Hundred Ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, from January 3, 2005 to January 3, 2007, during the fifth and sixth years of George W. Bush's presidency. House members were elected in the 2004 elections on November 2, 2004. Senators were elected in three classes in the 2000 elections on November 7, 2000, 2002 elections on November 5, 2002, or 2004 elections on November 2, 2004. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twenty-second Census of the United States in 2000. Both chambers had a Republican majority, the same party as President Bush.\nHouse Speaker Dennis Hastert (2006)\nDick Cheney (R)\nTed Stevens (R)\nDennis Hastert (R)\n1st: January 4, 2005 \u2013 December 22, 2005\n2nd: January 3, 2006 \u2013 December 8, 2006\nJanuary 20, 2005 \u2014 President George W. Bush began his second term.\nNovember 7, 2006 \u2014 California Representative Nancy Pelosi and Nevada Senator Harry Reid lead the Democratic Party in taking control of both the House and the Senate in the 2006 congressional elections, the first time in 12 years the Democrats secure control of both houses of Congress simultaneously.\nProminent events included the filibuster \"nuclear option\" scare, the failure of the federal government to promptly respond to Hurricane Katrina disaster relief, the Tom DeLay corruption investigation, Plamegate, the rising unpopularity of the Iraq War, the 2006 immigration reform protests and government involvement in the Terri Schiavo case.\nIn addition to the DeLay indictment, this Congress also had a number of scandals: Bob Ney, Randy \"Duke\" Cunningham, William J. Jefferson, Mark Foley scandal, and the Jack Abramoff scandals.\nThis Congress met for 242 days, the fewest since World War II and 12 days fewer than the 80th Congress.[1][2][3] As the Congress neared its conclusion, some media commentators labelled this the \"Do Nothing Congress,\" [1][4][5][6][7] a pejorative originally given to the 80th United States Congress by President Harry Truman, although the number of bills passed by Congress is no measure of its success.\nThe President vetoed only one bill, his first veto, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005.\nPresident George W. Bush signing the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, on September 26, 2006.\nWith Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) looking on, President George W. Bush signs into law Pub.L. 109\u2013353, the North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2006, on October 13, 2006.\nFebruary 17, 2005: Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u20132\nMarch 21, 2005: Theresa Marie Schiavo's law, Pub.L. 109\u20133\nApril 20, 2005: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, Pub.L. 109\u20138\nApril 27, 2005: Family Entertainment and Copyright Act, Pub.L. 109\u20139\nJuly 28, 2005: Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (CAFTA Implementation Act), Pub.L. 109\u201353\nJuly 29, 2005: Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u201358\nAugust 10, 2005: Transportation Equity Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u201359\nOctober 26, 2005: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, Pub.L. 109\u201392\nDecember 1, 2005: Caribbean National Forest Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u2013118\nDecember 22, 2005: Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u2013145\nDecember 30, 2005: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, Pub.L. 109\u2013148\nFebruary 8, 2006: Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u2013171\nMarch 8, 2006: USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109\u2013177\nMay 17, 2006: Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u2013222\nMay 29, 2006: Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act, Pub.L. 109\u2013228\nJuly 27, 2006: Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act, Pub.L. 109\u2013248\nSeptember 26, 2006: Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109\u2013282\nOctober 13, 2006: Safe Port Act, Pub.L. 109\u2013347, including title VIII, Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006\nOctober 17, 2006: Military Commissions Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109\u2013366\nOctober 26, 2006: Secure Fence Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109\u2013367\nDecember 20, 2006: Stolen Valor Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109\u2013437\nDecember 20, 2006: Tax Relief and Health Act of 2006, Pub.L. 109\u2013432\nProposed, but not enacted\nH.R. 554 \u2014 Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act\nH.R. 810 \u2014 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 (Vetoed)\nH.R. 1505 \u2014 Jessica Lunsford Act\nH.R. 4437 \u2014 Border Protection, Anti-terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005\nH.R. 4569 \u2014 Digital Transition Content Security Act\nS. 147 \u2014 Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005 (Akaka Bill)\nS. 2611 \u2014 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006\nMore information: Complete index of Public and Private Laws for 109th Congress at U.S. Government Printing Office\nCongressional response to the NSA warrantless surveillance program (Senate Judiciary; House Intelligence; Democrats of the House Judiciary)\nParty standings in the Senate during the 109th Congress\n44 Democratic Senators\n1 Independent Senator, caucusing with Democrats\n55 Republican Senators\nThe party summary for the Senate remained the same during the entire 109th Congress. On January 16, 2006, Democrat Jon Corzine resigned, but Democrat Bob Menendez was appointed and took Corzine's seat the next day.\n(shading shows control)\nEnd of the previous congress\nDue to resignations and special elections, Republicans lost a net of three seats; Democrats gained one seat; three seats were left vacant; and one seat which was vacant at the beginning of the Congress was filled. All seats were filled though special elections. (See Changes in membership, below.)\nSection contents: Senate: Majority (R), Minority (D) \u2022 House: Majority (R), Minority (D)\nPresident of the Senate: Dick Cheney (R)\nPresident pro tempore: Ted Stevens (R)\nMajority Leader: Bill Frist\nMajority Whip: Mitch McConnell\nRepublican Conference Chairman: Rick Santorum\nRepublican Policy Committee Chairman: Jon Kyl\nRepublican Conference Secretary: Kay Bailey Hutchison\nRepublican Campaign Committee Chair: Elizabeth Dole\nChief Deputy Whip: Bob Bennett\nMinority Leader: Harry Reid\nMinority Whip: Richard Durbin\nDemocratic Conference Chairman: Harry Reid\nDemocratic Policy Committee Chairman: Byron Dorgan\nDemocratic Conference Secretary: Debbie Stabenow\nDemocratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles Schumer\nDemocratic Steering and Outreach Committee Chair: Hillary Clinton\nSpeaker: Dennis Hastert\nMajority Leader: Tom DeLay, until September 28, 2005\nRoy Blunt, September 28, 2005 \u2013 February 2, 2006 (\"Interim Leader\")\nJohn Boehner, from February 2, 2006\nMajority Whip: Roy Blunt\nSenior Chief Deputy Whip: Eric Cantor\nDeputy Whip Team: Kevin Brady\nAssistant Deputy Whip Team: Doc Hastings\nConference Chair: Deborah Pryce\nConference Vice-Chair: Jack Kingston\nConference Secretary: John T. Doolittle\nPolicy Committee Chairman: John Shadegg, until February 2, 2006\nAdam Putnam, from February 2, 2006\nCampaign Committee Chairman: Tom Reynolds\nSenior Chief Deputy Whip: John Lewis\nMinority Deputy Whip Team: Joe Crowley, Diana DeGette, Ron Kind, Ed Pastor, Jan Schakowsky, John Tanner & Maxine Waters\nDemocratic Caucus Chairman: Bob Menendez, until January 16, 2006\nJim Clyburn, from January 16, 2006\nDemocratic Caucus Vice Chairman: Jim Clyburn, until January 16, 2006\nJohn Larson, from January 16, 2006\nAssistant to the House Minority Leader: John Spratt\nDemocratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Rahm Emanuel\nDemocratic Steering Committee Co-Chairs: Rosa DeLauro, George Miller\nIn this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 2006; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 2008; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 2010.\n2. Jeff Sessions (R)\n3. Richard Shelby (R)\n2. Ted Stevens (R)\n3. Lisa Murkowski (R)\n1. Jon Kyl (R)\n3. John McCain (R)\n2. Mark Pryor (D)\n3. Blanche Lincoln (D)\n1. Dianne Feinstein (D)\n3. Barbara Boxer (D)\n2. Wayne Allard (R)\n3. Ken Salazar (D)\n1. Joseph Lieberman (D)\n3. Christopher Dodd (D)\n1. Tom Carper (D)\n2. Joe Biden (D)\n1. Bill Nelson (D)\n3. Mel Martinez (R)\n2. Saxby Chambliss (R)\n3. Johnny Isakson (R)\n1. Daniel Akaka (D)\n3. Daniel Inouye (D)\n2. Larry Craig (R)\n3. Mike Crapo (R)\n2. Richard Durbin (D)\n3. Barack Obama (D)\n1. Richard Lugar (R)\n3. Evan Bayh (D)\n2. Tom Harkin (D)\n3. Chuck Grassley (R)\n2. Pat Roberts (R)\n3. Sam Brownback (R)\n2. Mitch McConnell (R)\n3. Jim Bunning (R)\n2. Mary Landrieu (D)\n3. David Vitter (R)\n1. Olympia Snowe (R)\n2. Susan Collins (R)\n1. Paul Sarbanes (D)\n3. Barbara Mikulski (D)\n1. Ted Kennedy (D)\n2. John Kerry (D)\n1. Debbie Stabenow (D)\n2. Carl Levin (D)\n1. Mark Dayton (DFL)[8]\n2. Norm Coleman (R)\n1. Trent Lott (R)\n2. Thad Cochran (R)\n1. James Talent (R)\n3. Kit Bond (R)\n1. Conrad Burns (R)\n2. Max Baucus (D)\n1. Ben Nelson (D)\n2. Chuck Hagel (R)\n1. John Ensign (R)\n3. Harry Reid (D)\n2. John E. Sununu (R)\n3. Judd Gregg (R)\n1. Jon Corzine (D), until January 17, 2006\nBob Menendez (D), from January 18, 2006\n2. Frank Lautenberg (D)\n1. Jeff Bingaman (D)\n2. Pete Domenici (R)\n1. Hillary Clinton (D)\n3. Charles Schumer (D)\n2. Elizabeth Dole (R)\n3. Richard Burr (R)\n1. Kent Conrad (D)\n3. Byron Dorgan (D)\n1. Mike DeWine (R)\n3. George Voinovich (R)\n2. James Inhofe (R)\n3. Tom Coburn (R)\n2. Gordon Smith (R)\n3. Ron Wyden (D)\n1. Rick Santorum (R)\n3. Arlen Specter (R)\n1. Lincoln Chafee (R)\n2. Jack Reed (D)\n2. Lindsey Graham (R)\n3. Jim DeMint (R)\n2. Tim Johnson (D)\n3. John Thune (R)\n1. Bill Frist (R)\n2. Lamar Alexander (R)\n1. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)\n2. John Cornyn (R)\n1. Orrin Hatch (R)\n3. Robert Bennett (R)\n1. James Jeffords (I)\n3. Patrick Leahy (D)\n1. George Allen (R)\n2. John Warner (R)\n1. Maria Cantwell (D)\n3. Patty Murray (D)\n1. Robert Byrd (D)\n2. Jay Rockefeller (D)\n1. Herb Kohl (D)\n3. Russ Feingold (D)\n1. Craig Thomas (R)\n2. Michael Enzi (R)\nInitial percentage of members of the House of Representatives from each party by state at the opening of the 109th Congress in January 2005\nThe names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.\n1. Jo Bonner (R)\n2. Terry Everett (R)\n3. Mike D. Rogers (R)\n4. Robert Aderholt (R)\n5. Bud Cramer (D)\n6. Spencer Bachus (R)\n7. Artur Davis (D)\nAt-large. Don Young (R)\n1. Rick Renzi (R)\n2. Trent Franks (R)\n3. John Shadegg (R)\n4. Ed Pastor (D)\n5. J.D. Hayworth (R)\n6. Jeff Flake (R)\n7. Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva (D)\n8. Jim Kolbe (R)\n1. Marion Berry (D)\n2. Vic Snyder (D)\n3. John Boozman (R)\n4. Mike Ross (D)\n1. Mike Thompson (D)\n2. Wally Herger (R)\n3. Dan Lungren (R)\n4. John Doolittle (R)\n5. Vacant, until March 9, 2005\nDoris Matsui (D), from March 10, 2005\n6. Lynn Woolsey (D)\n7. George Miller (D)\n8. Nancy Pelosi (D)\n9. Barbara Lee (D)\n10. Ellen Tauscher (D)\n11. Richard Pombo (R)\n12. Tom Lantos (D)\n13. Pete Stark (D)\n14. Anna Eshoo (D)\n15. Mike Honda (D)\n16. Zoe Lofgren (D)\n17. Sam Farr (D)\n18. Dennis Cardoza (D)\n19. George Radanovich (R)\n20. Jim Costa (D)\n21. Devin Nunes (R)\n22. Bill Thomas (R)\n23. Lois Capps (D)\n24. Elton Gallegly (R)\n25. Howard McKeon (R)\n26. David Dreier (R)\n27. Brad Sherman (D)\n28. Howard Berman (D)\n29. Adam Schiff (D)\n30. Henry Waxman (D)\n31. Xavier Becerra (D)\n32. Hilda Solis (D)\n33. Diane Watson (D)\n34. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)\n35. Maxine Waters (D)\n36. Jane Harman (D)\n37. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D)\n38. Grace Napolitano (D)\n39. Linda S\u00e1nchez (D)\n40. Edward R. Royce (R)\n41. Jerry Lewis (R)\n42. Gary Miller (R)\n43. Joe Baca (D)\n44. Ken Calvert (R)\n45. Mary Bono (R)\n46. Dana Rohrabacher (R)\n47. Loretta Sanchez (D)\n48. Christopher Cox (R) until August 2, 2005\nJohn Campbell (R) from December 7, 2005\n49. Darrell Issa (R)\n50. Randy \"Duke\" Cunningham (R) until December 1, 2005\nBrian Bilbray (R) from June 13, 2006\n51. Bob Filner (D)\n52. Duncan Hunter (R)\n53. Susan Davis (D)\n1. Diana DeGette (D)\n2. Mark Udall (D)\n3. John Salazar (D)\n4. Marilyn Musgrave (R)\n5. Joel Hefley (R)\n6. Thomas G. Tancredo (R)\n7. Bob Beauprez (R)\n1. John Larson (D)\n2. Rob Simmons (R)\n3. Rosa DeLauro (D)\n4. Christopher Shays (R)\n5. Nancy Johnson (R)\nAt-large. Michael N. Castle (R)\n1. Jeff Miller (R)\n2. Allen Boyd (D)\n3. Corrine Brown (D)\n4. Ander Crenshaw (R)\n5. Ginny Brown-Waite (R)\n6. Cliff Stearns (R)\n7. John Mica (R)\n8. Ric Keller (R)\n9. Michael Bilirakis (R)\n10. Bill Young (R)\n11. Jim Davis (D)\n12. Adam Putnam (R)\n13. Katherine Harris (R)\n14. Connie Mack IV (R)\n15. Dave Weldon (R)\n16. Mark Foley (R), until September 29, 2006, vacant thereafter\n17. Kendrick Meek (D)\n18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)\n19. Robert Wexler (D)\n20. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)\n21. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)\n22. Clay Shaw (R)\n23. Alcee Hastings (D)\n24. Tom Feeney (R)\n25. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)\n1. Jack Kingston (R)\n2. Sanford Bishop (D)\n3. Jim Marshall (D)\n4. Cynthia McKinney (D)\n5. John Lewis (D)\n6. Tom Price (R)\n7. John Linder (R)\n8. Lynn Westmoreland (R)\n9. Charlie Norwood (R)\n10. Nathan Deal (R)\n11. Phil Gingrey (R)\n12. John Barrow (D)\n13. David Scott (D)\n1. Neil Abercrombie (D)\n2. Ed Case (D)\n1. C. L. Otter (R)\n2. Michael K. Simpson (R)\n1. Bobby Rush (D)\n2. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D)\n3. Dan Lipinski (D)\n4. Luis Gutierrez (D)\n5. Rahm Emanuel (D)\n6. Henry Hyde (R)\n7. Danny K. Davis (D)\n8. Melissa Bean (D)\n9. Janice D. Schakowsky (D)\n10. Mark Steven Kirk (R)\n11. Jerry Weller (R)\n12. Jerry Costello (D)\n13. Judy Biggert (R)\n14. Dennis Hastert (R)\n15. Timothy V. Johnson (R)\n16. Donald Manzullo (R)\n17. Lane Evans (D)\n18. Ray LaHood (R)\n19. John Shimkus (R)\n1. Pete Visclosky (D)\n2. Chris Chocola (R)\n3. Mark Souder (R)\n4. Steve Buyer (R)\n5. Dan Burton (R)\n6. Mike Pence (R)\n7. Julia Carson (D)\n8. John Hostettler (R)\n9. Mike Sodrel (R)\n1. Jim Nussle (R)\n2. Jim Leach (R)\n3. Leonard Boswell (D)\n4. Tom Latham (R)\n5. Steve King (R)\n1. Jerry Moran (R)\n2. Jim Ryun (R)\n3. Dennis Moore (D)\n4. Todd Tiahrt (R)\n1. Ed Whitfield (R)\n2. Ron Lewis (R)\n3. Anne Northup (R)\n4. Geoff Davis (R)\n5. Hal Rogers (R)\n6. Ben Chandler (D)\n1. Bobby Jindal (R)\n2. William J. Jefferson (D)\n3. Charlie Melancon (D)\n4. Jim McCrery (R)\n5. Rodney Alexander (R)\n6. Richard H. Baker (R)\n7. Charles Boustany (R)\n1. Tom Allen (D)\n2. Mike Michaud (D)\n1. Wayne Gilchrest (R)\n2. Dutch Ruppersberger (D)\n3. Ben Cardin (D)\n4. Albert Wynn (D)\n5. Steny Hoyer (D)\n6. Roscoe Bartlett (R)\n7. Elijah Cummings (D)\n8. Chris Van Hollen (D)\n1. John Olver (D)\n2. Richard Neal (D)\n3. Jim McGovern (D)\n4. Barney Frank (D)\n5. Marty Meehan (D)\n6. John Tierney (D)\n7. Ed Markey (D)\n8. Mike Capuano (D)\n9. Stephen Lynch (D)\n10. Bill Delahunt (D)\n1. Bart Stupak (D)\n2. Peter Hoekstra (R)\n3. Vern Ehlers (R)\n4. David Lee Camp (R)\n5. Dale Kildee (D)\n6. Fred Upton (R)\n7. Joe Schwarz (R)\n8. Mike Rogers (R)\n9. Joe Knollenberg (R)\n10. Candice S. Miller (R)\n11. Thaddeus McCotter (R)\n12. Sander Levin (D)\n13. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D)\n14. John Conyers (D)\n15. John Dingell (D)\n1. Gil Gutknecht (R)\n2. John Kline (R)\n3. Jim Ramstad (R)\n4. Betty McCollum (DFL)[8]\n5. Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)[8]\n6. Mark Kennedy (R)\n7. Collin Peterson (DFL)[8]\n8. James Oberstar (DFL)[8]\n1. Roger Wicker (R)\n2. Bennie Thompson (D)\n3. Chip Pickering (R)\n4. Gene Taylor (D)\n1. Lacy Clay (D)\n2. Todd Akin (R)\n3. Russ Carnahan (D)\n4. Ike Skelton (D)\n5. Emanuel Cleaver (D)\n6. Sam Graves (R)\n7. Roy Blunt (R)\n8. Jo Ann Emerson (R)\n9. Kenny Hulshof (R)\nAt-large. Denny Rehberg (R)\n1. Jeff Fortenberry (R)\n2. Lee Terry (R)\n3. Tom Osborne (R)\n1. Shelley Berkley (D)\n2. Jim Gibbons (R), until December 31, 2006, vacant thereafter\n3. Jon Porter (R)\n1. Jeb Bradley (R)\n2. Charlie Bass (R)\n1. Rob Andrews (D)\n2. Frank LoBiondo (R)\n3. Jim Saxton (R)\n4. Chris Smith (R)\n5. Scott Garrett (R)\n6. Frank Pallone (D)\n7. Mike Ferguson (R)\n8. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D)\n9. Steve Rothman (D)\n10. Donald M. Payne (D)\n11. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R)\n12. Rush D. Holt Jr. (D)\n13. Bob Menendez (D), until January 17, 2006\nAlbio Sires (D), from November 13, 2006\n1. Heather Wilson (R)\n2. Steve Pearce (R)\n3. Tom Udall (D)\n1. Tim Bishop (D)\n2. Steve Israel (D)\n3. Peter T. King (R)\n4. Carolyn McCarthy (D)\n5. Gary Ackerman (D)\n6. Gregory W. Meeks (D)\n7. Joseph Crowley (D)\n8. Jerrold Nadler (D)\n9. Anthony D. Weiner (D)\n10. Edolphus Towns (D)\n11. Major Owens (D)\n12. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D)\n13. Vito Fossella (R)\n14. Carolyn B. Maloney (D)\n15. Charles B. Rangel (D)\n16. Jos\u00e9 Serrano (D)\n17. Eliot L. Engel (D)\n18. Nita Lowey (D)\n19. Sue W. Kelly (R)\n20. John E. Sweeney (R)\n21. Michael R. McNulty (D)\n22. Maurice Hinchey (D)\n23. John M. McHugh (R)\n24. Sherwood Boehlert (R)\n25. Jim Walsh (R)\n26. Tom Reynolds (R)\n27. Brian Higgins (D)\n28. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D)\n29. Randy Kuhl (R)\n1. G. K. Butterfield (D)\n2. Bob Etheridge (D)\n3. Walter B. Jones (R)\n4. David Price (D)\n5. Virginia Foxx (R)\n6. Howard Coble (R)\n7. Mike McIntyre (D)\n8. Robin Hayes (R)\n9. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R)\n10. Patrick McHenry (R)\n11. Charles H. Taylor (R)\n12. Mel Watt (D)\n13. Brad Miller (D)\nAt-large. Earl Pomeroy (D)\n1. Steve Chabot (R)\n2. Rob Portman (R) until April 29, 2005\nJean Schmidt (R), from September 6, 2005\n3. Michael R. Turner (R)\n4. Michael G. Oxley (R)\n5. Paul E. Gillmor (R)\n6. Ted Strickland (D)\n7. David L. Hobson (R)\n8. John A. Boehner (R)\n9. Marcia C. Kaptur (D)\n10. Dennis J. Kucinich (D)\n11. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)\n12. Patrick J. Tiberi (R)\n13. Sherrod Brown (D)\n14. Steve LaTourette (R)\n15. Deborah D. Pryce (R)\n16. Ralph S. Regula (R)\n17. Timothy J. Ryan (D)\n18. Robert W. Ney (R) until November 3, 2006, vacant thereafter\n1. John Sullivan (R)\n2. Dan Boren (D)\n3. Frank Lucas (R)\n4. Tom Cole (R)\n5. Ernest Istook (R)\n1. David Wu (D)\n2. Greg Walden (R)\n3. Earl Blumenauer (D)\n4. Peter DeFazio (D)\n5. Darlene Hooley (D)\n1. Bob Brady (D)\n2. Chaka Fattah (D)\n3. Phil English (R)\n4. Melissa Hart (R)\n5. John E. Peterson (R)\n6. Jim Gerlach (R)\n7. Curt Weldon (R)\n8. Mike Fitzpatrick (R)\n9. Bill Shuster (R)\n10. Don Sherwood (R)\n11. Paul Kanjorski (D)\n12. John Murtha (D)\n13. Allyson Schwartz (D)\n14. Michael F. Doyle (D)\n15. Charlie Dent (R)\n16. Joseph R. Pitts (R)\n17. Tim Holden (D)\n18. Tim Murphy (R)\n19. Todd Russell Platts (R)\n1. Patrick J. Kennedy (D)\n2. James Langevin (D)\n1. Henry E. Brown, Jr. (R)\n2. Joe Wilson (R)\n3. Gresham Barrett (R)\n4. Bob Inglis (R)\n5. John Spratt (D)\n6. Jim Clyburn (D)\nAt-large. Stephanie Herseth (D)\n1. William L. Jenkins (R)\n2. John Duncan (R)\n3. Zach Wamp (R)\n4. Lincoln Davis (D)\n5. Jim Cooper (D)\n6. Bart Gordon (D)\n7. Marsha Blackburn (R)\n8. John S. Tanner (D)\n9. Harold Ford, Jr. (D)\n1. Louie Gohmert (R)\n2. Ted Poe (R)\n3. Sam Johnson (R)\n4. Ralph Hall (R)\n5. Jeb Hensarling (R)\n6. Joe Barton (R)\n7. John Culberson (R)\n8. Kevin Brady (R)\n9. Al Green (D)\n10. Michael McCaul (R)\n11. Mike Conaway (R)\n12. Kay Granger (R)\n13. Mac Thornberry (R)\n14. Ron Paul (R)\n15. Rub\u00e9n Hinojosa (D)\n16. Silvestre Reyes (D)\n17. Chet Edwards (D)\n18. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D)\n19. Randy Neugebauer (R)\n20. Charlie Gonzalez (D)\n21. Lamar S. Smith (R)\n22. Tom DeLay (R), until June 9, 2006\nShelley Sekula-Gibbs (R), from November 13, 2006\n23. Henry Bonilla (R)\n24. Kenny Marchant (R)\n25. Lloyd Doggett (D)\n26. Michael C. Burgess (R)\n27. Solomon P. Ortiz (D)\n28. Henry Cuellar (D)\n29. Gene Green (D)\n30. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)\n31. John Carter (R)\n32. Pete Sessions (R)\n1. Rob Bishop (R)\n2. Jim Matheson (D)\n3. Chris Cannon (R)\nAt-large. Bernie Sanders (I)\n1. Jo Ann Davis (R)\n2. Thelma Drake (R)\n3. Robert C. Scott (D)\n4. Randy Forbes (R)\n5. Virgil Goode (R)\n6. Bob Goodlatte (R)\n7. Eric Cantor (R)\n8. Jim Moran (D)\n9. Rick Boucher (D)\n10. Frank Wolf (R)\n11. Thomas M. Davis (R)\n1. Jay Inslee (D)\n2. Rick Larsen (D)\n3. Brian Baird (D)\n4. Doc Hastings (R)\n5. Cathy McMorris (R)\n6. Norm Dicks (D)\n7. Jim McDermott (D)\n8. Dave Reichert (R)\n9. Adam Smith (D)\n1. Alan Mollohan (D)\n2. Shelley Moore Capito (R)\n3. Nick Rahall (D)\n1. Paul Ryan (R)\n2. Tammy Baldwin (D)\n3. Ron Kind (D)\n4. Gwen Moore (D)\n5. Jim Sensenbrenner (R)\n6. Tom Petri (R)\n7. Dave Obey (D)\n8. Mark Green (R)\nAt-large. Barbara Cubin (R)\nAmerican Samoa. Eni Faleomavaega (D)\nDistrict of Columbia. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)\nGuam. Madeleine Bordallo (D)\nPuerto Rico. Luis Fortu\u00f1o (Resident Commissioner) (R and PNP)\nVirgin Islands. Donna Christian-Christensen (D)\nMembers who came and left during this Congress.\n(1) Jon Corzine (D) Corzine resigned to become Governor of New Jersey on January 17, 2006. Bob Menendez (D) January 18, 2006\n(1) Joseph Lieberman (D) Change of party affiliation Joseph Lieberman (ID) August 9, 2006\nCalifornia 5th None Representative Bob Matsui (D) died January 1, 2005 \u2014 before the end of the previous Congress. A special election was held March 8, 2005 Doris Matsui (D) March 10, 2005\nOhio 2nd Rob Portman (R) Resigned April 29, 2005 to become the United States Trade Representative. A special election was held August 2, 2005 Jean Schmidt (R) September 6, 2005[9]\nCalifornia 48th Christopher Cox (R) Resigned August 2, 2005 to become chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. A special election was held December 6, 2005 John Campbell (R) December 7, 2005[10]\nCalifornia 50th Duke Cunningham (R) Resigned December 1, 2005 after pleading guilty to conspiracy for bribes and tax evasion. A special election was held June 6, 2006 Brian Bilbray (R) June 13, 2006[11]\nNew Jersey 13th Bob Menendez (D) Resigned January 16, 2006 to become a U.S. Senator. A special election was held November 7, 2006 Albio Sires (D) November 13, 2006[12]\nTexas 22nd Tom DeLay (R) Resigned June 9, 2006 after a series of criminal indictments. A special election was held November 6, 2006 Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) November 13, 2006[13]\nFlorida 16th Mark Foley (R) Resigned September 29, 2006 after a teen sex scandal. Remained vacant until the next Congress.[14]\nOhio 18th Bob Ney (R) Resigned November 3, 2006 after pleading guilty to conspiracy.\nNevada 2nd Jim Gibbons (R) Resigned December 31, 2006 to become Governor of Nevada.\nLists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.\nAging (Special) (Gordon H. Smith, Chair; Herb Kohl, Ranking Member)\nAgriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Saxby Chambliss, Chair; Tom Harkin, Ranking Member)\nForestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization (Mike Crapo, Chair; Blanche Lincoln, Ranking Member)\nMarketing, Inspection and Product Promotion (Jim Talent, Chair; Max Baucus, Ranking Member)\nProduction and Price Competitiveness (Mitch McConnell, Chair; Kent Conrad, Ranking Member)\nResearch, Nutrition and General Legislation (Rick Santorum, Chair; Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member)\nAppropriations (Thad Cochran, Chair; Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Member)\nAgriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Robert F. Bennett, Chair; Herb Kohl, Ranking Member)\nCommerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (Richard Shelby, Chair; Barbara A. Mikulski, Ranking Member)\nDefense (Ted Stevens, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Ranking Member)\nDistrict of Columbia (Sam Brownback, Chair; Mary Landrieu, Ranking Member)\nEnergy, Water and Related Agencies (Pete Domenici, Chair; Harry Reid, Ranking Member)\nHomeland Security (Judd Gregg, Chair; Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Member)\nInterior and Related Agencies (Conrad Burns, Chair; Byron Dorgan, Ranking Member)\nLabor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Arlen Specter, Chair; Tom Harkin, Ranking Member)\nLegislative Branch (Wayne Allard, Chair; Richard Durbin, Ranking Member)\nMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies (Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chair; Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member)\nState, Foreign Operations and Related Programs (Mitch McConnell, Chair; Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member)\nTransportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies (Kit Bond, Chair; Patty Murray, Ranking Member)\nArmed Services (John Warner, Chair; Carl Levin, Ranking Member)\nAirland (John McCain, Chair; Joe Lieberman, Ranking Member)\nEmerging Threats and Capabilities (John Cornyn, Chair; Jack Reed, Ranking Member)\nPersonnel (Lindsey Graham, Chair; Ben Nelson, Ranking Member)\nReadiness and Management Support (John Ensign, Chair; Daniel Akaka, Ranking Member)\nSeapower (Jim Talent, Chair; Edward Kennedy, Ranking Member)\nStrategic Forces (Jeff Sessions, Chair; Bill Nelson, Ranking Member)\nBanking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Richard Shelby, Chair; Paul Sarbanes, Ranking Member)\nEconomic Policy (Jim Bunning, Chair; Chuck Schumer, Ranking Member)\nFinancial Institutions (Robert F. Bennett, Chair; Tim Johnson, Ranking Member)\nHousing and Transportation (Wayne Allard, Chair; Jack Reed, Ranking Member)\nInternational Trade and Finance (Mike Crapo, Chair; Evan Bayh, Ranking Member)\nSecurities and Investment (Chuck Hagel, Chair; Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)\nBudget (Judd Gregg, Chair; Kent Conrad, Ranking Member)\nCommerce, Science and Transportation (Ted Stevens, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Ranking Member)\nAviation (Conrad Burns, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member)\nConsumer Affairs, Product Safety and Insurance (George Allen, Chair; Mark Pryor, Ranking Member)\nDisaster Prevention and Prediction (Jim DeMint, Chair; Ben Nelson, Ranking Member)\nFisheries and the Coast Guard (Olympia Snowe, Chair; Maria Cantwell, Ranking Member)\nGlobal Climate Change and Impacts (David Vitter, Chair; Frank Lautenberg, Ranking Member)\nNational Ocean Policy Study (David Vitter, Chair; Frank Lautenberg, Ranking Member)\nScience and Space (Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chair; Bill Nelson, Ranking Member)\nSurface Transportation and Merchant Marine (Trent Lott, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Ranking Member)\nTechnology, Innovation and Competitiveness (John Ensign, Chair; John F. Kerry, Ranking Member)\nTrade, Tourism and Economic Development (Gordon H. Smith, Chair; Byron L. Dorgan, Ranking Member)\nEnergy and Natural Resources (Pete Domenici, Chair; Jeff Bingaman, Ranking Member)\nEnergy (Lamar Alexander, Chair; Byron Dorgan, Ranking Member)\nNational Parks (Craig Thomas, Chair; Daniel Akaka, Ranking Member)\nPublic Lands and Forests (Larry E. Craig, Chair; Ron Wyden, Ranking Member)\nWater and Power (Lisa Murkowski, Chair; Tim Johnson, Ranking Member)\nEthics (Select) (George V. Voinovich, Chair; Tim Johnson, Vice Chair)\nEnvironment and Public Works (Jim Inhofe, Chair; Jim Jeffords, Ranking Member)\nClean Air, Climate Change and Nuclear Safety (George V. Voinovich, Chair; Thomas R. Carper, Ranking Member)\nFisheries, Wildlife and Water (Lincoln Chafee, Chair; Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ranking Member)\nSuperfund and Waste Management (John Thune, Chair; Barbara Boxer, Ranking Member)\nTransportation and Infrastructure (Kit Bond, Chair; Max Baucus, Ranking Member)\nFinance (Chuck Grassley, Chair; Max Baucus, Ranking Member)\nHealth Care (Orrin Hatch, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member)\nInternational Trade (Craig Thomas, Chair; Jeff Bingaman, Ranking Member)\nLong-Term Growth and Debt Reduction (Gordon H. Smith, Chair; John F. Kerry, Ranking Member)\nSocial Security and Family Policy (Rick Santorum, Chair; Kent Conrad, Ranking Member)\nTaxation and IRS Oversight (Jon Kyl, Chair; Jim Jeffords, Ranking Member)\nForeign Relations (Richard Lugar, Chair; Joe Biden, Ranking Member)\nAfrican Affairs (Mel Martinez, Chair; Russ Feingold, Ranking Member)\nEast Asian and Pacific Affairs (Lisa Murkowski, Chair; John Kerry, Ranking Member)\nEuropean Affairs (George Allen, Chair; Joe Biden, Ranking Member)\nInternational Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion (Chuck Hagel, Chair; Paul Sarbanes, Ranking Member)\nInternational Operations and Terrorism (John E. Sununu, Chair; Bill Nelson, Ranking Member)\nNear Eastern and South African Affairs (Lincoln Chafee, Chair; Barbara Boxer, Ranking Member)\nWestern Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs (Norm Coleman, Chair; Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)\nHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions (Mike Enzi, Chair; Edward M. Kennedy, Ranking Member)\nBioterrorism and Public Health and Preparedness (Richard Burr, Chair; Edward M. Kennedy, Ranking Member)\nEducation and Early Childhood Development (Lamar Alexander, Chair; Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)\nEmployment and Workplace Safety (Johnny Isakson, Chair; Patty Murray, Ranking Member)\nRetirement Security and Aging (Mike DeWine, Chair; Barbara A. Mikulski, Ranking Member)\nHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Susan Collins, Chair; Joe Lieberman, Ranking Member)\nFederal Financial Management, Government Information and International Security (Tom Coburn, Chair; Tom Carper, Ranking Member)\nOversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia (George V. Voinovich, Chair; Daniel Akaka, Ranking Member)\nPermanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Norm Coleman, Chair; Carl Levin, Ranking Member)\nIndian Affairs (John McCain, Chair; Byron Dorgan, Vice Chair)\nIntelligence (Select) (Pat Roberts, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Vice Chair)\nJudiciary (Arlen Specter, Chair; Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member)\nAdministrative Oversight and the Courts (Jeff Sessions, Chair; Chuck Schumer, Ranking Member)\nAntitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights (Mike DeWine, Chair; Herb Kohl, Ranking Member)\nConstitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights (Sam Brownback, Chair; Russ Feingold, Ranking Member)\nCorrections and Rehabilitation (Tom Coburn, Chair; Richard Durbin, Ranking Member)\nCrime and Drugs (Lindsey Graham, Chair; Joe Biden, Ranking Member)\nImmigration, Border Security and Citizenship (John Cornyn, Chair; Edward M. Kennedy, Ranking Member)\nIntellectual Property (Orrin Hatch, Chair; Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member)\nTerrorism, Technology and Homeland Security (Jon Kyl, Chair; Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member)\nRules and Administration (Trent Lott, Chair; Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)\nSmall Business and Entrepreneurship (Olympia Snowe, Chair; John F. Kerry, Ranking Member)\nVeterans' Affairs (Larry E. Craig, Chair; Daniel K. Akaka, Ranking Member)\nAgriculture (Bob Goodlatte, Chair; Collin C. Peterson, Ranking Member)\nConservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research (Tim Holden, Chair; Frank D. Lucas, Ranking Member)\nDepartment Operations, Oversight (Gil Gutknecht, Chair; Joe Baca, Ranking Member)\nGeneral Farm Commodities and Risk Management (Jerry Moran, Chair; Bob Etheridge, Ranking Member)\nLivestock and Horticulture (Robin Hayes, Chair; Ed Case, Ranking Member)\nSpeciality Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs (William L. Jenkins, Chair; Mike McIntyre, Ranking Member)\nAppropriations (Jerry Lewis, Chair; David R. Obey, Ranking Member)\nAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (Henry Bonilla, Chair; Rosa L. DeLauro, Ranking Member)\nDefense (C. W. Bill Young, Chair; John P. Murtha, Ranking Member)\nEnergy, Water Development and Related Agencies (David Hobson, Chair; John P. Murtha, Ranking Member)\nForeign Operations, Export Financing and Related Agencies (Jim Kolbe, Chair; Nita Lowey, Ranking Member)\nHomeland Security (Harold Rogers, Chair; Martin Olav Sabo, Ranking Member)\nInterior, Environment and Related Agencies (David L. Hobson, Chair; Pete Visclosky, Ranking Member)\nLabor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Ralph Regula, Chair; David R. Obey, Ranking Member)\nMilitary Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies (James T. Walsh, Chair; Chet Edwards, Ranking Member)\nScience, The Departments of State, Justice and Commerce and Related Agencies (Charles H. Taylor, Chair; Norman D. Dicks, Ranking Member)\nTransportation, Treasury, HUD, The Judiciary, District of Columbia and Independent Agencies (Joe Knollenberg, Chair; John Olver, Ranking Member)\nArmed Services (Duncan Hunter, Chair; Ike Skelton, Ranking Member)\nMilitary Personnel (John M. McHugh, Chair; Vic Snyder, Ranking Member)\nProjection Forces (Roscoe G. Bartlett, Chair; Gene Taylor, Ranking Member)\nReadiness (Joel Hefley, Chair; Solomon P. Ortiz, Ranking Member)\nStrategic Forces (Terry Everett, Chair; Silvestre Reyes, Ranking Member)\nTactical Air and Land Forces (Curt Weldon, Chair; Neil Abercrombie, Ranking Member)\nTerrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities (Jim Saxton, Chair; Marty Meehan, Ranking Member)\nBudget (Jim Nussle, Chair; John M. Spratt, Jr., Ranking Member)\nEducation and the Workforce (John Boehner, Chair; George Miller, Ranking Member)\nEducation Reform (Michael Castle, Chair; Lynn Woolsey, Ranking Member)\nEmployer-Employee Relations (Sam Johnson, Chair; Robert E. Andrews, Ranking Member)\nSelect Education (Patrick Tiberi, Chair; Ruben Hinojosa, Ranking Member)\n21st Century Competitiveness (Buck McKeon, Chair; Dale Kildee, Ranking Member)\nWorkforce Protections (Charlie Norwood, Chair; Major Owens, Ranking Member)\nEnergy and Commerce (Joe Barton, Chair; John D. Dingell, Ranking Member)\nCommerce, Trade and Consumer Protection (Cliff Stearns, Chair; Janice D. Schakowsky, Ranking Member)\nEnergy and Air Quality (Ralph M. Hall, Chair; Rick Boucher, Ranking Member)\nEnvironment and Hazardous Materials (Paul E. Gillmor, Chair; Hilda Solis, Ranking Member)\nHealth (Nathan Deal, Chair; Sherrod Brown, Ranking Member)\nOversight and Investigations (Ed Whitfield, Chair; Bart Stupak, Ranking Member)\nTelecommunications and the Internet (Fred Upton, Chair; Ed Markey, Ranking Member)\nFinancial Services (Mike Oxley, Chair; Barney Frank, Ranking Member)\nCapital Markets, Insurance and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (Richard H. Baker, Chair; Paul Kanjorski, Ranking Member)\nDomestic, International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology (Deborah Pryce, Chair; Carolyn Maloney, Ranking Member)\nFinancial Institutions and Consumer Credit (Spencer Bachus, Chair; Bernie Sanders, Ranking Member)\nHousing and Community Opportunity (Bob Ney, Chair; Maxine Waters, Ranking Member)\nOversight and Investigations (Sue W. Kelly, Chair; Luis Guiterrez, Ranking Member)\nGovernment Reform (Tom Davis, Chair; Henry Waxman, Ranking Member)\nCriminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources (Mark Souder, Chair; Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member)\nEnergy and Resources (Darrell E. Issa, Chair; Diane E. Watson, Ranking Member)\nFederal Workforce and Agency Organization (Jon C. Porter, Chair; Danny K. Davis, Ranking Member)\nFederalism and the Census (Michael R. Turner, Chair; William Lacy Clay, Ranking Member)\nGovernmental Management, Finance and Accountability (Todd Russell Platts, Chair; Edolphus Towns, Ranking Member)\nNational Security, Emerging Threats and International Resources (Chris Shays, Chair; Dennis J. Kucinich, Ranking Member)\nRegulatory Affairs (Candice S. Miller, Chair; Stephen F. Lynch, Ranking Member)\nHomeland Security (Christopher Cox, Chair; Bennie Thompson, Ranking Member)\nEconomic Security, Infrastructre Protection and Cybersecurity (Dan Lungren, Chair; Loretta Sanchez, Ranking Member)\nEmergency Preparedness, Science and Technology (Peter King, Chair; Bill Pascrell, Jr., Ranking Member)\nIntelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment (Rob Simmons, Chair; Zoe Lofgren, Ranking Member)\nManagement, Integration and Oversight (Mike Rogers, Chair; Kendrick Meek, Ranking Member)\nPrevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack (John Linder, Chair; James R. Langevin, Ranking Member)\nHouse Administration (Bob Ney, later Vern Ehlers, Chair; Juanita Millender-McDonald, Ranking Member)\nHurricane Katrina (Select)\nIntelligence (Select) (Peter Hoekstra, Chair; Jane Harman, Ranking Member)\nInternational Relations (Henry Hyde, Chair; Tom Lantos, Ranking Member)\nAfrica, Global Human Rights and International Operations (Chris Smith, Chair; Donald M. Payne, Ranking Member)\nAsia and the Pacific (Jim Leach, Chair; Eni Faleomavaega, Ranking Member)\nEurope and Emerging Threats (Elton Gallegly, Chair; Robert Wexler, Ranking Member)\nInternational Terrorism and Nonproliferation (Edward R. Royce, Chair; Brad Sherman, Ranking Member)\nThe Middle East and Central Asia (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair; Gary Ackerman, Ranking Member)\nOversight and Investigations (Dana Rohrabacher, Chair; William D. Delahunt, Ranking Member)\nThe Western Hemisphere (Dan Burton, Chair; Robert Menendez, Ranking Member)\nJudiciary (Jim Sensenbrenner, Chair; John Conyers, Ranking Member)\nCommercial and Administrative Law (Chris Cannon, Chair; Mel Watt, Ranking Member)\nThe Constitution (Steve Chabot, Chair; Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member)\nCourts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property (Lamar S. Smith, Chair; Howard L. Berman, Ranking Member)\nCrime, Terrorism and Homeland Security (Howard Coble, Chair; Bobby Scott, Ranking Member)\nImmigration, Border Security and Claims (John N. Hostettler, Chair; Sheila Jackson-Lee, Ranking Member)\nResources (Richard W. Pombo, Chair; Nick J. Rahall, Ranking Member)\nEnergy and Mineral Resources (Jim Gibbons, Chair; Raul Grijalva, Ranking Member)\nFisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans (Wayne T. 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Bush lauded the Congress \"for demonstrating its bipartisan commitment to confronting the Iranian regime's repressive and destabilizing activities.\"\nJessica's Law is the informal name given to a 2005 Florida law, as well as laws in several other states, designed to protect potential victims and reduce a sexual offender's ability to re-offend. A version of Jessica's Law, known as the Jessica Lunsford Act, was introduced at the federal level in 2005 but was never enacted into law by Congress.\nThe name is also used by the media to designate all legislation and potential legislation in other states modeled after the Florida law. Forty-two states have introduced such legislation since Florida's law was passed.\nThe law is named after Jessica Lunsford, a young Florida girl who was sexually battered and murdered in February 2005 by John Couey, a previously convicted sex offender. Public outrage over this case spurred Florida officials to introduce this legislation. Among the key provisions of the law was classifying lewd or lascivious molestation on a person under the age of 12 as a life felony, and a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison and lifetime electronic monitoring of adults convicted of lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim less than 12 years old. The statute also requires that if an offender is sentenced to a term of years, he or she must be given lifetime probation following the imprisonment. In Florida, another charge, capital sexual battery is defined as: A person 18 years of age or older who commits sexual battery upon, or in an attempt to commit sexual battery injures the sexual organs of, a person less than 12 years of age commits a capital felony. 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The Act states that food-producing or retailing corporations cannot be legally held responsible for obesity, heart disease, or other health-related issues caused by consumption of their food, save for situations where actual food quality or handling was held responsible for such issues.\nThe bill was reintroduced in 2005 by Florida Republican Congressman Ric Keller. Keller had taken the maximum level of PAC donations up to $300,000 for his personal campaign funding from restaurants including McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King. On October 19, 2005, it once again passed the House with a 306-120 vote although Keller actually missed the vote due to being rushed to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrhythmia. Once again, it failed to achieve a Senate vote.Many state legislatures have considered their own versions of the bill.\nThe Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (or SAFE Port Act, Pub.L. 109\u2013347) was an Act of Congress in the United States covering port security and to which an online gambling measure was added at the last moment. The House and Senate passed the conference report on September 30, 2006, and President Bush signed the Act into law on October 13, 2006.\nSecure Fence Act of 2006\nThe Secure Fence Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109\u2013367), also labelled H.R. 6061, is an Act of the United States Congress which authorized and partially funded the construction of 700 miles (1,125 km) of physical fence/barriers along the Mexican border. It was signed into law on October 26, 2006, by U.S. President George W. Bush, stating \"This bill will help protect the American people. This bill will make our borders more secure. It is an important step toward immigration reform.\"Bill H.R. 6061 was introduced in the House of Representatives on September 13, 2006, by Congressman Peter T. King, Republican of New York, passing 283\u2013138 on September 14, 2006. It passed the Senate 80\u201319 on September 29, 2006.\nStem Cell Research Enhancement Act\nStem Cell Research Enhancement Act was the name of two similar bills that both passed through the United States House of Representatives and Senate, but were both vetoed by President George W. Bush and were not enacted into law.\nThe Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Pub.L. 109\u2013432, 120 Stat. 2922), includes a package of tax extenders, provisions affecting health savings accounts and other provisions in the United States.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1458, "original_length": 68165, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 255.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://howlingpixel.com/i-en/Ball_de_bastons", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:28Z", "digest": "sha1:MVABL7DH3AC5MOPVDEKADNCUJDBALJ52", "length": 15127, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "howlingpixel.com", "title": "Ball de bastons - Howling Pixel", "raw_content": "Ball de bastons (Catalan pronunciation: [\u02c8ba\u028e d\u0259 \u03b2\u0259s\u02c8tons], stick dance) is the name of a ritual weapon dance spread throughout Europe and the rest of the Iberian area (cossiers in Majorca, Portuguese pauliteiros, Aragonese palotiau, Basque ezpatadantza and Spanish paloteo or troqueado) but mostly in Catalonia. English and Welsh Morris dances are well-known relatives to these traditions. The origins of dance are difficult to reference; first recorded mention dates to 1150, in a banquet of Count Berenguer IV)[1]\nMost melodies are based on easy 2/4 rhythms. Instrumentarium includes tabor pipe, shawm or bagpipes. Some of these tunes as Villano de Zamora were strikingly popular grounds among European Renaissance and Baroque composers.\nVarious different traditions are encompassed in the phrase, but normally the dancers will all carry one or two sticks (bastons) traditionally of holm oak, about 40\u201350 cm long and 5 cm thick. In the most common set, two opposite rows of dancers elaborate some patterns of stick-clashing. Sometimes, a peculiar chief character directs the movements and changes. The dancers may wear white skirts or short trousers, as well as red ribbons and ornaments.\nTraditional Catalan folk dance Ball de bastons\nC\u0103lu\u0219ari\n^ AA.VV. (2009). Un cop fort i sec : historia del Ball de bastons del Vendrell. Cosset\u00e0nia Edicions. p. 15. ISBN 978-84-9791-471-0.\nCatalonia (; Catalan: Catalunya [k\u0259t\u0259\u02c8lu\u0272\u0259]; Aranese: Catalonha [kata\u02c8lu\u0272\u0254]; Spanish: Catalu\u00f1a [kata\u02c8lu\u0272a];) is an autonomous community in Spain on the northeastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Catalonia consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. The capital and largest city is Barcelona, the second-most populated municipality in Spain and the core of the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union. It comprises most of the territory of the former Principality of Catalonia (with the remainder Roussillon now part of France's Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales, Occitanie). It is bordered by France (Occitanie) and Andorra (Andorra la Vella, Encamp, Escaldes-Engordany, La Massana and Sant Juli\u00e0 de L\u00f2ria) to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, and the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon to the west and Valencia to the south. The official languages are Catalan, Spanish, and the Aranese dialect of Occitan.In the late 8th century, the counties of the March of Gothia and the Hispanic March were established by the Frankish kingdom as feudal vassals across and near the eastern Pyrenees as a defensive barrier against Muslim invasions. The eastern counties of these marches were united under the rule of the Frankish vassal, the count of Barcelona, and were later called Catalonia. In the 10th century the County of Barcelona became independent de facto. In 1137, the lineages of the rulers of Catalonia and rulers of the Kingdom of Aragon were united by marriage under the Crown of Aragon, when the King of Aragon married his daughter to the Count of Barcelona. The de jure end of Frankish rule was ratified by French and Aragonese rulers in the Treaty of Corbeil in 1258. The Principality of Catalonia developed its own institutional system, such as courts (parliament), and constitutions, becoming the base for the Crown of Aragon's naval power, trade and expansionism in the Mediterranean. In the later Middle Ages, Catalan literature flourished. During the last Medieval centuries natural disasters, social turmoils and military conflicts affected the Principality. Between 1469 and 1516, the king of Aragon and the queen of Castile married and ruled their kingdoms together, retaining all of their distinct institutions and legislation.\nDuring the Franco-Spanish War (1635\u20131659), Catalonia revolted (1640\u20131652) against a large and burdensome presence of the royal army in its territory, being briefly proclaimed a republic under French protection. Within a brief period France took full control of Catalonia, until it was largely reconquered by the Spanish army. Under the terms of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, the Spanish Crown ceded the northern parts of Catalonia, mostly the County of Roussillon, to France. During the War of the Spanish Succession (1701\u20131714), the Crown of Aragon sided against the Bourbon Philip V of Spain; following Catalan defeat on 11 September 1714, Philip V, inspired by the model of France imposed a unifying administration across Spain, enacting the Nueva Planta decrees, suppressing the main Catalan institutions and rights like in the other realms of the Crown of Aragon. This led to the eclipse of Catalan as a language of government and literature, replaced by Spanish. Along the 18th century, Catalonia experienced economic growth, reinforced in the late quarter of the century when the Castile's trade monopoly with American colonies ended.\nIn the 19th century, Catalonia was severely affected by the Napoleonic and Carlist Wars. In the second half of the century, Catalonia experienced significant industrialisation. As wealth from the industrial expansion grew, Catalonia saw a cultural renaissance coupled with incipient nationalism while several workers movements appeared. In 1914, the four Catalan provinces formed a commonwealth, and with the return of democracy during the Second Spanish Republic (1931\u20131939), the Generalitat of Catalonia was restored as an autonomous government. After the Spanish Civil War, the Francoist dictatorship enacted repressive measures, abolishing Catalan self-government and banning the official use of the Catalan language again. After a first period of autarky, from the late 1950s through to the 1970s Catalonia saw rapid economic growth, drawing many workers from across Spain, making Barcelona one of Europe's largest industrial metropolitan areas and turning Catalonia into a major tourist destination. Since the Spanish transition to democracy (1975\u20131982), Catalonia has regained considerable autonomy in political, educational, environmental, and cultural affairs and is now one of the most economically dynamic communities of Spain. In the 2010s there has been growing support for Catalan independence.\nOn 27 October 2017, the Catalan Parliament declared independence from Spain following a disputed referendum. The Spanish Senate voted in favour of enforcing direct rule by removing the entire Catalan government and calling a snap regional election for 21 December. On 2 November of the same year, the Spanish Supreme Court imprisoned 7 former ministers of the Catalan government on charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds, while several others, including President Carles Puigdemont, fled to other European countries.\nA folk dance is developed by people that reflect the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances are usually called \"Religious dances\" because of their purpose.\nThe terms \"ethnic\" and \"traditional\" are used when it is required to emphasize the cultural roots of the dance. In this sense, nearly all folk dances are ethnic ones. If some dances, such as polka, cross ethnic boundaries and even cross the boundary between \"folk\" and \"ballroom dance\", ethnic differences are often considerable enough to mention.\nJogo do pau (Portuguese pronunciation: [\u02c8\u0292o\u0263u du \u02c8paw], \"game of the stick\") is a Galician and Portuguese martial art which developed along the Minho river and its surrounding regions (Minho, Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes, Pontevedra and Ourense), focusing on the use of a staff of fixed measures and characteristics. The origins of this martial art are uncertain, but its purpose was primarily self-defence. It was also used to settle scores, disputes and matters of honour between individuals, families, and even villages. While popular in the northern mountains, it was practically unknown elsewhere, and those who did practise it were taught by masters from the Norte Region, Portugal and Galiza.\nThis is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music areto a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in varying degrees with each other.\nMorris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Implements such as sticks, swords and handkerchiefs may also be wielded by the dancers. In a small number of dances for one or two people, steps are near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid one across the other on the floor.\nThe earliest known and surviving English written mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448, and records the payment of seven shillings to Morris dancers by the Goldsmiths' Company in London. Further mentions of Morris dancing occur in the late 15th century, and there are also early records such as bishops' \"Visitation Articles\" mention sword dancing, guising and other dancing activities, as well as mumming plays.\nWhile the earliest records invariably mention \"Morys\" in a court setting, and a little later in the Lord Mayors' Processions in London, it had assumed the nature of a folk dance performed in the parishes by the mid 17th century.\nThere are around 150 Morris sides (or teams) in the United States. English expatriates form a larger part of the Morris tradition in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Hong Kong. There are isolated groups in other countries, for example those in Utrecht and Helmond, Netherlands; the Arctic Morris Group of Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden; as well as in Cyprus.\nMusic of Catalonia\nThe music of Catalonia comprises one of the oldest documented musical traditions in Europe. In tandem with the rest of Western Europe, it has a long musical tradition, incorporating a number of different styles and genres over the past two thousand years..\nThe music of Spain has a long history. It has played an important role in the development of Western music, and has greatly influenced Latin American music. Spanish music is often associated with traditional styles such as flamenco and classical guitar. While these forms of music are common, there are many different traditional musical and dance styles across the regions. For example, music from the north-west regions is heavily reliant on bagpipes, the jota is widespread in the centre and north of the country, and flamenco originated in the south. Spanish music played a notable part in the early developments of western classical music, from the 15th through the early 17th century. The breadth of musical innovation can be seen in composers like Tom\u00e1s Luis de Victoria, styles like the zarzuela of Spanish opera, the ballet of Manuel de Falla, and the classical guitar music of Francisco T\u00e1rrega. Nowadays commercial pop music dominates.\nStick dance may refer to:\nStick dance (African-American), a dance developed by American slaves\nBall de bastons, a European ritual dance\nDandiya Raas, a dance of Gujarat origin\nJocul cu b\u00e2t\u0103, a Romanian folk dance\nSoke (dance), a Tongan folk dance\nTahtib, an Egyptian folk dance\nTirere, a dance in Kiribati\nLaathi nach, also known as the Tharu stick dance\nVilanova i la Geltr\u00fa (Catalan pronunciation: [\u02ccbil\u0259\u02c8n\u0254\u03b2\u0259 j l\u0259 \u0292\u0259l\u02c8t\u027eu]; Spanish: Villanueva y Geltr\u00fa) is a city in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and the capital of the Garraf comarca. Historically a fishing port, the city has a growing population of approximately 66,000, and is situated 40 km south-west of Barcelona, with the more famous coastal resort of Sitges some 10 km to the north-east.\nThe town has a long history, and experienced an efflorescence during the Romantic period evidenced by a wealth of opulent 19th century buildings. The atmospheric town square, the Pla\u00e7a de la Vila, and many of its iconic public buildings were principally financed by Josep Tom\u00e0s Ventosa Soler (1797-1874) a textile magnate who made his fortune in Cuba. A monument featuring a bronze statue of Ventosa stands in the center of the square. An identical monument stands in Matanzas, Cuba, where both statues were forged. Today, children play around the monument and agile climbers from castellers to protestors to carnival pranksters climb the statue and adorn it with their own symbols (see photo).\nDuring the dictatorship, large numbers of people fleeing poverty in Southern Spain settled in Vilanova. They are sometimes referred to by historians as \"fugitives of fascism.\" Although they experienced prejudice they became increasingly accepted and known as els altres Vilanovins or \"the other Vilanovins.\" By 1970, a majority of the town's population had been born elsewhere. In the first decade of the 21st century, there was another wave of immigrants (called nouvinguts or \"newcomers\" locally), this time primarily from North Africa, South America and Eastern Europe.\nThe weapon dance employs weapons\u2014or stylized versions of weapons\u2014traditionally used in combat in order to simulate, recall, or reenact combat or the moves of combat in the form of dance, usually for some ceremonial purpose. Such dancing is quite common to folk ritual in many parts of the world. Weapon dancing is certainly ancient; among the earliest historical references we have are those that refer to the pyrrhic, a weapon dance in ancient Sparta, in which the dance was used as a kind of ritual training for battle.There are virtually no parts of the world left where the weapon dance is directly connected with imminent or recent combat. This is especially true of European states, which have long since moved away from the tribalism that usually gives rise to such folk dances. It is, however, also true of parts of the world where tribal traditions have succumbed to colonialism and the forces of globalism. The dances that one sees today are often part of general movements to preserve and rejuvenate tribal or local traditions. Some of these movements are quite strong now, such as those among native North American tribes and the aboriginal peoples of Australia.\nRelated to weapon dances and war dances is the dance of the hunt. A very early reference to a weapon dance of the hunt comes in the form of a rock engraving at \u00c7atal H\u00f6y\u00fck, the large neolithic settlement in south-central Anatolia. It depicts a hunting ritual involving dancers holding their bows; one figure has a bow in each hand, two perform artistic leaps and another holds a horn-shaped stick and is striking a frame drum.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 15713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 101.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://howlingpixel.com/i-en/Four_Color", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:40Z", "digest": "sha1:6JTTQEPLNS6V74QC6EYHDWVNPA5GPOUQ", "length": 18056, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "howlingpixel.com", "title": "Four Color - Howling Pixel", "raw_content": "Four Color, also known as Four Color Comics and One Shots, was an American comic book anthology series published by Dell Comics between 1939 and 1962. The title is a reference to the four basic colors used when printing comic books (cyan, magenta, yellow and black at the time).[2]\nMore than 1,000 issues were published, usually with multiple titles released every month. An exact accounting of the actual number of unique issues produced is difficult because occasional issue numbers were skipped and a number of reprint issues were also included. Nonetheless, the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide lists well over 1,000 individual issues, ending with #1354. It currently holds the record for most issues produced of an American comic book;[2] its nearest rival, DC's Action Comics, reached the 1,000-issue milestone in 2018. The first 25 issues are known as \"series 1\"; after they were published, the numbering began again and \"series 2\" began. Four Color published many of the first comics featuring characters licensed from Walt Disney.\nOne of the earlier issues of Four Color (#9 from October 1942), featuring Walt Disney's Donald Duck in Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold. Note Four Color title below the price.\nSeptember 1939 \u2013 April\u2013June 1962[1]\nUnlike most comic book series of the day, which were either devoted to one character, or were anthologies with collections of stories starring the cartoon characters of a particular studio, Four Color instead devoted each individual issue to different characters. One issue might feature a popular cartoon character, while the next might be an adaptation of a popular movie or TV series. Thus the phrase \"one shot\" which was used in the publisher's code in the first interior page of the first story. For example, issue 223 (1949) was denoted DDOS 223 which translates as Donald Duck One-Shot #223. Most Four Color titles featured licensed properties; relatively few original characters were created for the line. The first Four Color comic featured comic strip and movie serial hero Dick Tracy; the last (issue number 1,354, series 2, dated April\u2013June 1962) was based upon the TV series Calvin and the Colonel.\nThe primary purpose behind Four Color was as a try-out showcase for potential new Dell Comics series.[2] For example, Tarzan and Little Lulu in early 1948 launched their own titles (starting with no. 1) after proving themselves via a number of Four Color try-out issues. However, during the 1940s, the transition was not always so prompt, as a number of prominent funny animal characters starred in 20\u201330 issues of Four Color (these include Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Porky Pig).[2] Comic book historian Michael Barrier notes that by the early 1950s, Dell seemed to be giving more emphasis to subscription sales (promoted via premium giveaways as part of the Dell Comics Club), which necessitated stable series instead of one-shots.[3] At one point in 1951, some issues of Four Color were double-numbered, reflecting the issuances for particular characters; thus issues 318 and 328, featuring Donald Duck, carried the notation \"nos. 1\u20132\" on the cover underneath the Four Color series number. This may indicate thought at that point was being given to the eventual transition of these characters from one-shots to their own titles. Indeed, beginning in the early 1950s, it became more prevalent than previously for Four Color titles, if they proved popular enough, to become ongoing, independent series. In some cases, the issue numbering of these spin-offs took into account any previous Four Color issues (albeit sometimes miscounting the one-shots; Donald Duck started with #26 despite the publication of twenty-nine Four Color issues with the character preceding it).\nIdentifying Four Color comics can be a challenge, as only issues published between c.1940 and 1946 actually carried the title Four Color Comics on the cover.\nDocumenting the extent of the Four Color series was among the bibliographic tasks undertaken in the early 1960s by emerging comic book fandom. Fans Donald and Maggie Thompson took the lead in this endeavor and, in 1968, finally issued A Listing of Dell Special Series Comic Books (and a Few Others) as Bibliographic Supplement no. 1 to their fanzine Comic Art. In its 35 pages, it listed not only individual titles of comic books published in the Color/Four Color series, but those in these series: Black and White, Large Feature, United Feature Single Series, Comics on Parade, McKay Feature Books, Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated, and Classics Illustrated (Classic Comics).\n^ Grand Comics Database entry\n^ a b c d Booker, M. Keith, ed. Comics Through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. Greenwood, 2014, p. 6. ISBN 978-0-313-39750-9.\n^ MichaelBarrier.com (column): \"And of Comic Books\" (Feb. 15, 2008), by Michael Barrier\nFour Color (series I) at the Grand Comics Database\nFour Color (series I) at the Comic Book DB\nFour Color (series II) at the Grand Comics Database\nFour Color Comics (series II) at the Comic Book DB\nFour Color at the INDUCKS\nContents of the issues in the first series\nContents of the issues in the second series\nChronological listings of all Four-Colors\nApple Video is a lossy video compression and decompression algorithm (codec) developed by Apple Inc. and first released as part of QuickTime 1.0 in 1991. The codec is also known as QuickTime Video, by its FourCC RPZA and the name Road Pizza. (The codename \"Road Pizza\" is a reference to the idea that \"when you run over an animal, you're basically compressing it on the freeway\".) When used in the AVI container, the FourCC AZPR is also used.The bit-stream format of Apple Video has been reverse-engineered and a decoder has been implemented in the projects XAnim and libavcodec.\nA ballpoint pen, also known as a biro or ball pen, is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a \"ball point\". The metal commonly used is steel, brass, or tungsten carbide. It was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument: millions are manufactured and sold daily. As a result, it has influenced art and graphic design and spawned an artwork genre.\nPen manufacturers produce designer ballpoint pens for the high-end and collectors' markets.\nThe Bic Cristal is a popular disposable type of ballpoint pen whose design is recognised by its place in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.\nThe CMYK color model (process color, four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself. CMYK refers to the four inks used in some color printing: cyan, magenta, yellow, and key.\nThe CMYK model works by partially or entirely masking colors on a lighter, usually white, background. The ink reduces the light that would otherwise be reflected. Such a model is called subtractive because inks \"subtract\" the colors red, green and blue from white light. White light minus red leaves cyan, white light minus green leaves magenta, and white light minus blue leaves yellow.\nIn additive color models, such as RGB, white is the \"additive\" combination of all primary colored lights, while black is the absence of light. In the CMYK model, it is the opposite: white is the natural color of the paper or other background, while black results from a full combination of colored inks. To save cost on ink, and to produce deeper black tones, unsaturated and dark colors are produced by using black ink instead of the combination of cyan, magenta, and yellow.\nCarl Barks (March 27, 1901 \u2013 August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.\nBarks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961). Will Eisner called him \"the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books.\"\nThe Color LaserWriter is a line of PostScript four-color laser printers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. in the mid-nineties and compatible with PCs and its own Macintosh line of computers; by the use of an 10baseT Ethernet port it was also able to connect to large networks. Two models were released.\nColor printing or colour printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white\nor monochrome printing). Any natural scene or color photograph can be optically and physiologically dissected into three primary colors, red, green and blue, roughly equal amounts of which give rise to the perception of white, and different proportions of which give rise to the visual sensations of all other colors. The additive combination of any two primary colors in roughly equal proportion gives rise to the perception of a secondary color. For example, red and green yields yellow, red and blue yields magenta (a purple hue), and green and blue yield cyan (a turquoise hue). Only yellow is counter-intuitive.\nYellow, cyan and magenta are merely the \"basic\" secondary colors: unequal mixtures of the primaries give rise to perception of many other colors all of which may be considered \"tertiary.\"\nIn mathematics, a conjecture is a conclusion or proposition based on incomplete information, for which no proof has been found. Conjectures such as the Riemann hypothesis (still a conjecture) or Fermat's Last Theorem (which was a conjecture until proven in 1995 by Andrew Wiles) have shaped much of mathematical history as new areas of mathematics are developed in order to prove them.\nIn computer science, Coq is an interactive theorem prover. It allows the expression of mathematical assertions, mechanically checks proofs of these assertions, helps to find formal proofs, and extracts a certified program from the constructive proof of its formal specification. Coq works within the theory of the calculus of inductive constructions, a derivative of the calculus of constructions. Coq is not an automated theorem prover but includes automatic theorem proving tactics and various decision procedures.\nThe Association for Computing Machinery rewarded Thierry Coquand, G\u00e9rard Pierre Huet, Christine Paulin-Mohring, Bruno Barras, Jean-Christophe Filli\u00e2tre, Hugo Herbelin, Chetan Murthy, Yves Bertot and Pierre Cast\u00e9ran with the 2013 ACM Software System Award for Coq.\nDell Comics was the comic book publishing arm of Dell Publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines. It published comics from 1929 to 1974. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful American company in the medium. In 1953 Dell claimed to be the world's largest comics publisher, selling 26 million copies each month.\nDonald Duck (American comic book)\nDonald Duck is an American comic book magazine starring the Disney character Donald Duck and published by various publishers since 1952.\nFour-color deck\nA four-color deck is identical to the standard French deck except for the color of the suits. In a typical English four-color deck, hearts are red and spades are black as usual, but clubs are green and diamonds are blue. However, other color combinations have been used over the centuries, in other areas or for certain games.\nIn mathematics, the four color theorem, or the four color map theorem, states that, given any separation of a plane into contiguous regions, producing a figure called a map, no more than four colors are required to color the regions of the map so that no two adjacent regions have the same color. Adjacent means that two regions share a common boundary curve segment, not merely a corner where three or more regions meet.Unlike the five color theorem, a theorem that states that five colors are enough to color a map, which was proved in the 1800s, the four color theorem was proved in 1976 by Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken, but only after many false proofs and counterexamples. It was the first major theorem to be proved using a computer. Initially, their proof was not accepted by all mathematicians because the computer-assisted proof was infeasible for a human to check by hand. Since then the proof has gained wide acceptance, although some doubters remain.To dispel any remaining doubts about the Appel\u2013Haken proof, a simpler proof using the same ideas and still relying on computers was published in 1997 by Robertson, Sanders, Seymour, and Thomas. Additionally, in 2005, the theorem was proved by Georges Gonthier with general-purpose theorem-proving software.\nGaylord McIlvaine Du Bois (sometimes written DuBois) (August 24, 1899 \u2013 October 20, 1993) was an American writer of comic book stories and comic strips, as well as Big Little Books and juvenile adventure novels. Du Bois wrote Tarzan for Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 until 1971, and wrote over 3,000 comics stories over his career.\nAn avid outdoorsman, Du Bois had a true affinity for writing stories with natural settings. His forte was in Westerns, as well as jungle comics and animal reality comics. He created many original second features for Western Publishing (e.g., \"Captain Venture: Beneath the Sea\", \"Leopard Girl\", \"Two Against the Jungle\", etc.), but most of his work for the company was in writing stories with licensed characters.\nKalantar (\u0995\u09be\u09b2\u09be\u09a8\u09cd\u09a4\u09b0) is a daily Bengali-language newspaper issued from Kolkata, India. It is the organ of the West Bengal State Council of the Communist Party of India. It was published as a weekly newspaper since 1965; 'Kalantar' converted to a daily newspaper in the late 1960s. And have a separate weekly as it is. The header of the 'Kalantar' daily was designed by the legend film maker-artist Satyajit Ray himself. Among the early editors, veteran communist leader Somnath Lahiri, Bhabani Sen, Jyoti Dasgupta, Prabhat Dasgupta, Prof. Gautam Chattopadhyay were there. From the single-color edition it is now publishing as a four-color daily newspaper. In the autumn, Kalantar publish a festive 'Sharadiyo' edition in the book form as like as other daily newspapers in Kolkata.\nPlaying card suit\nIn playing cards, a suit is one of the categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several pips (symbols) showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or additionally be indicated by the color printed on the card. The rank for each card is determined by the number of pips on it, except on face cards. Ranking indicates which cards within a suit are better, higher or more valuable than others, whereas there is no order between the suits unless defined in the rules of a specific card game. In a single deck, there is exactly one card of any given rank in any given suit. A deck may include special cards that belong to no suit, often called jokers.\nScamp (comics)\nScamp is a Disney canine cartoon and comics character, the son of Lady and the Tramp, appearing in the animated movies Lady and the Tramp and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, as well as in comic strips and books of his own since the 1950s. An unnamed puppy appeared in the first Lady and the Tramp that was used as the basis for the comics character.\nSister 2 Sister was a monthly U.S. four-color women's magazine devoted to the world of African-American entertainment. It was in circulation between 1988 and 2014.\nTurok is a fictional character who first appeared in American comic books published by Western Publishing through licensee Dell Comics. He first appeared in Four Color Comics #596 (October/November 1954). After a second Four Color appearance (#656 October 1955), the character graduated to his own title \u2013 Turok, Son of Stone (#3 March\u2013May 1956) \u2014 published by both Dell and then Gold Key Comics from 1956 to 1982. Subsequently, he appeared in titles published by Valiant Comics, Dark Horse Comics and Dynamite Comics.\nThe character also inspired a popular video game series, starting with Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, published by Acclaim Entertainment in 1997. Several sequels would be released in the following years for various gaming consoles.\nUncle Scrooge (stylized as Uncle $crooge) is a comic book starring Scrooge McDuck (\"the richest duck in the world\"), his nephew Donald Duck, and grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and revolving around their adventures in Duckburg and around the world. It was first published in Four Color Comics #386 March 1952, as a spin-off of the popular \"Donald Duck\" series and is still presently ongoing. It has been produced under the aegis of several different publishers, including Western Publishing (initially in association with Dell Comics and later under its own subsidiary, Gold Key Comics and its Whitman imprint), Gladstone Publishing, Disney Comics, Gemstone Publishing, Boom! Studios, and IDW Publishing, and has undergone several hiatuses of varying length. Despite this, it has maintained the same numbering scheme throughout its six decade history, with only IDW adding a secondary numbering that started at #1.Besides Scrooge and his family, recurring characters include Gyro Gearloose, Gladstone Gander, Emily Quackfaster, and Brigitta MacBridge. Among the adversaries who make repeat appearances are the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, John D. Rockerduck and Flintheart Glomgold. Uncle Scrooge is one of the core titles of the \"Duck universe\".\nIts early issues by famed writer/artist (and creator of Scrooge McDuck) Carl Barks formed the inspiration for the syndicated television cartoon DuckTales in the late 1980s. Several stories written by Barks and published in Uncle Scrooge were adapted as episodes of DuckTales.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 18796, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 98.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://howsyourrevolution.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/on-this-revolutionary-day-in-history-may-9th/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:05Z", "digest": "sha1:MGR2KMZBNHXUMUFOF6ZXRZCI3MGD6J53", "length": 464, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "howsyourrevolution.wordpress.com", "title": "On This Revolutionary Day In History: May 11th | Revolutions for Fun and Profit!", "raw_content": "\u00ab A Revolutionary Welcome!\nRevolutionary Herb of the Week: Cilantro \u00bb\nOn This Revolutionary Day In History: May 11th\nMorrissey lead a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat against sexuality in 1984, but was replaced seven years later with Paula Poundstone.\nThis entry was posted on May 11, 2009 at 7:00 am and is filed under On This Revolutionary Day In History.\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1484, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 305.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hoziersguitars.com/sneak-peek-at-new-hozier-song-better-love", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:27Z", "digest": "sha1:WEW4BUYEKXGO7QZH52CQCG55MEFBAQ4N", "length": 2174, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "hoziersguitars.com", "title": "Hozier's Guitars | Sneak Peek at new Hozier song \u2018Better Love\u2019 from The Legend of Tarzan", "raw_content": "Here\u2019s a 12-second sneak peek of Hozier\u2019s new song Better Love, featured on the soundtrack of the new movie, The Legend of Tarzan.\nVery happy to announce my new song Better Love will be released as part of the @legendoftarzan film. More soon! pic.twitter.com/sfiMhD16MW\nThe film is set for release in North America on July 1, 2016 and July 7 in Ireland and the UK. Check here for other countries.\nYou can hear @Hozier's Better Love on @BBCiPlayerRadio @AnnieMac's show around the 12 minute mark: https://t.co/3fTD5RvT4j\nReports from fans in New Zealand is that the song is streaming on Spotify there (3:25 AM local time), making the release date of June 17 likely. Look for the track after midnight wherever you may be.\nOn June 16, All Songs Considered will have an exclusive interview with Hozier, who appears to be at a piano in this promo shot.\nA great new song from @Hozier, plus an exclusive interview. \"Better Love\" all coming tomorrow. @legendoftarzan pic.twitter.com/PeAk6kPTRb\n\u2014 All Songs Considered (@allsongs) June 15, 2016\nFrom The Legend of Tarzan site:\n\u201cThe Legend of Tarzan,\u201d starring Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd (HBO\u2019s \u201cTrue Blood\u201d) as the legendary character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.\nThe film also stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (\u201cPulp Fiction,\u201d the \u201cCaptain America\u201d films), Margot Robbie (\u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street\u201d), Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou (\u201cBlood Diamond,\u201d \u201cGladiator\u201d), Oscar nominee John Hurt* (\u201cThe Elephant Man,\u201d the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d films), with Oscar winner Jim Broadbent (\u201cIris\u201d), and two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz (\u201cInglourious Basterds,\u201d \u201cDjango Unchained\u201d).\n*Note: After his death, it was revealed that John Hurt played Tarzan\u2019s grandfather but the footage did not make the final edit.\nTagged better love, Legend of Tarzan, soundtrack. Bookmark the permalink.\nHG as always you bring good news \u2013 sounds\nB E A U T I F U L look forward to hearing the entire song. Thank you \u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\nWe\u2019re looking forward to it too!\nThanks so very much for keeping us up to date. So exciting! Better Love sounds haunting, I can\u2019t believe he has managed to release something so quickly.\nIt\u2019s our pleasure! Hozier\u2019s been off tour for 14 weeks\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 4122, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 285.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iancommunity.org/ocalicon-2014", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:19Z", "digest": "sha1:OLGIIXYS2NDWYQ4P7YQBWQP2T76HDXPI", "length": 269, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "iancommunity.org", "title": "Ocalicon 2014 | Interactive Autism Network", "raw_content": "Home / Events / Ocalicon 2014\nOCALICON 2014 is a national conference and exhibition on autism, assistive technology, and low-incidence disabilities (including visual impairments, hearing impairments, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and more).\nhttp://conference.ocali.org/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 4763, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 222.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ibelieveinunicornsandrainbows.com/cervical-cancer2b/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:32Z", "digest": "sha1:OV76D5VVOZFAOSAV6NILJQ7FFFYVKN5E", "length": 1675, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ibelieveinunicornsandrainbows.com", "title": "Cervical Cancer \u2013 my story.", "raw_content": "Cervical cancer is a malignant tumour that starts in the cells of the cervix. Malignant means that it can spread, or metastasize, to other parts of the body.\nThe cervix is part of a woman\u2019s reproductive system. It is the narrow lower part of the uterus, or womb. It is the passageway that connects the uterus to the vagina.\nCells in the cervix sometimes change and no longer grow or behave normally. These changes may lead to non-cancerous, or benign, tumours such as polyps, cysts or fibroids.\nChanges to cells of the cervix can also cause precancerous conditions. This means that these cells are not yet cancer, but there is a chance that these abnormal cells might become cancerous if not treated. Most women with precancerous changes of the cervix are successfully treated and don\u2019t develop cancer.\nMost doctors describe abnormal changes to squamous cells in the cervix using the term squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL). Some doctors use the terms cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) and cervical dysplasia, which are older ways of classifying changes in the cervix.\nThe most common type of cervical cancer starts in flat, thin cells called squamous cells. These cells cover the lining of the outer surface of the cervix (called the ectocervix). This type of cancer is called squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. Cancer can also start in other cells that line the inside of the cervix (called the endocervix). These are called glandular cells, which make mucus. These cells line the passageway that connects the uterus to the vagina. This type of cancer is called adenocarcinoma of the cervix.\nFor more information on Cervical Cancer please visit www.cancer.ca.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 4019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 149.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://idea-intl.com/exhibits/exhibit-design-portfolio/exhibition-portfolio-bae-systems", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:39Z", "digest": "sha1:BSW2XBLBDCXMVGS74AVWMPAZ3JDOAIFX", "length": 808, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "idea-intl.com", "title": "BAE Systems Exhibit by Idea International, Inc.", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Exhibit Design Portfolio \u00bb Exhibition Portfolio \u2013 BAE Systems\nBAE Systems is a global defense, aerospace and security company with wide-ranging products and services that cover air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology, and support services. At Maritime/Air Systems & Technologies (MAST) where the focus is primarily on naval (undersea, surface, air, and cyber) platforms, systems, and technologies, BAE was able to connect with senior level attendees from over 40 countries and showcase the Bofors 40 Mk4, its state of the art naval gun, in this 6m x 6m space. The stark product display\u2014both full size and a smaller model\u2013communicated the appropriate gravity of situations demanding the Bofors to the military decision makers in attendance at MAST.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 303.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ideadigest.wordpress.com/2011/04/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:24Z", "digest": "sha1:6QA64SYZWLL667OA62ZFMAGPZEARVJGC", "length": 15037, "nlines": 95, "source_domain": "ideadigest.wordpress.com", "title": "April | 2011 | ideadigest", "raw_content": "I am going to be traveling\u2026\nI will be away for a few days, so probably will not be posting. Hope the weather gets better and the world does not blow up. Things usually happen when I am not watching carefully\u2026..\nWhile they all scream about the dollar declines\u2026.\n\u2026. as if they never happened before. It seems again Obama can do nothing right. HOWEVER\u2026 check out Barry Ritholtz and his history of the decline of the dollar. Under Reagan/Bush I, from 1985 to 1992, the dollar dropped 58%. Compare that with 2001-2008 under Bush II and a drop of 41%. NOW check out the current decline of 14% and get real!! While the decline in a couple of years may be bad, it is also in the context of the worst recession in 70 years, not the much less severe ones the prior Presidents had to deal with.\nBy Kathy H | Posted in economics, opinion, politics, Uncategorized | Comments (0)\nHow to Make Your Lie Go Mainstream in 26 Easy Steps\nCheck this out! Mother Jones has some great stuff! Of course this was a find through my favorite Barry Ritholtz.\nA sequel to the tax story\nThe truth is not easy to swallow and our so-called leaders in Washington are probably not going to have the guts to do what needs to be done, given that there is an important election next year, but here is what Doug Kass has to say and, unfortunately, I agree that this is most likely what the solution is going to be. But also most likely, this is the least likely outcome from our politicians, who are in the oldest profession! Here is part of his take on the issue:\nIn this past Sunday\u2019s New York Times op-ed David Stockman spelled out the most serious (deficit) challenge clearly:\nIt is obvious that the nation\u2019s desperate fiscal condition requires higher taxes on the middle class, not just the richest 2%. Likewise, entitlement reform requires means-testing the giant Social Security and Medicare programs, not merely squeezing the far smaller safety net in areas like Medicaid and food stamps.Unfortunately, in proposing tax increases only for the very rich, President Obama has denied the first of these fiscal truths, while Representative Paul D. Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, has contradicted the second by putting the entire burden of entitlement reform on the poor. The resulting squabble is not only deepening the fiscal stalemate, but also bringing us dangerously close to class war.\nThis lamentable prospect is deeply grounded in the policy-driven transformation of the economy during recent decades that has shifted income and wealth to the top of the economic ladder. While not the stated objective of policy, this reverse Robin Hood outcome cannot be gainsaid: the share of wealth held by the top 1% of households has risen to 35% from 21% since 1979, while their share of income has more than doubled to around 20%.\nThe culprit here was the combination of ultralow rates of interest at the Federal Reserve and ultralow rates of taxation on capital gains. The former destroyed the nation\u2019s capital markets, fueling huge growth in household and business debt, serial asset bubbles and endless leveraged speculation in equities, commodities, currencies and other assets.\n\u2014 David Stockman, \u201cThe Bipartisan March to Fiscal Madness\u201d (The New York Times)\nEver considered how little you spend on food?\nCompared to the rest of the world, we are very well off. We spend plenty, but it is still a small portion of our income. In 1930, it was more than 24% of our income, but by 2000, it had declined to less than 10%. Even with the increases we see today, we are still among the most fortunate people in the world, when it comes to food security. We truly should give thanks every day!\nHere is a very interesting comparison of amounts spent by the average family in different countries around the world. It is taken from:\n\u00a9 Peter Menzel http://www.menzelphoto.com from the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats\nUnfortunately, it does not include what the portion of total income is, that would give us the meaningful data to show just how much of a family\u2019s resources are going to the feeding of their members. But, as an example, the population in Belarus, where my husband was just on a medical mission, spends about 48% of their income on food.\nOne week\u2019s worth of food by various cultures:\nThe Melander Family, Germany\nGermany: Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07\nThe Revis Family, USA\nUSA: United States: The Revis family of North Carolina \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: $341.98\nThe Ukita family - Japan\nJapan: Japan : The Ukita family of Kodaira City \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25\nThe Manzo family - Italy\nItaly: Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11\nThe Casales family - Mexico\nMexico: Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09\nThe Sobczynscy family - Poland\nPoland: Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27\nThe Ahmed family - Egypt\nEgypt: Egypt: The Ahmed family of Cairo \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53\nThe Ayme family - Ecuador\nEcuador: Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: $31.55\nThe Namgay family - Bhutan\nBhutan: Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03\nThe Aboubakar family - Chad\nChad: Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp \u2013 Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23\nA great quote of the day from my fave \u2013 Barry Ritholtz\n\u201cWhen a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.\u201d \u2014Harvey MacKay\nAndy Borowitz on Donald Trump!\nThank you, Andy Borowitz for skewering the silliness inherent in the Trump pseudo-campaign. The only thing Trump is for is self-aggrandizement, publicity and self-promotion. Forget about what this country needs in a leader.\nTHE BOROWITZ REPORT: APRIL 25, 2011\nTrump Dogged By Rumors His Hair is Not From U.S.\nSo-called \u2018Balders\u2019 Movement Gathers SteamNEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) \u2013 A threat to the fledgling presidential campaign of Donald Trump emerged today, as a group of activists charged that Mr. Trump is not eligible to hold the nation\u2019s highest office because his hair does not originate from the U.S.\u2028The group, who call themselves \u201cBalders,\u201d claim that the hair-like substance that crowns Mr. Trump\u2019s head is from a foreign country, which would mean that the candidate is less than one hundred percent American.\u2028\u201cTime and time again, Donald Trump has refused to produce a certificate of authenticity for his hair,\u201d said Leeann Selwyn, a leading Balder. \u201cThis is tantamount to a comb-over of the truth.\u201d\u2028But if in fact Mr. Trump\u2019s distinctive mane turns out to be of foreign origin, such a revelation need not be fatal to his presidential hopes, says Professor Davis Logsdon, who has studied the history of presidential hair at the University of Minnesota.\u2028\u201cRemember, several of our greatest early presidents, like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, had hair that originated elsewhere,\u201d Mr. Logsdon says. \u201cThe only thing that could kill Trump politically is if his hair turns out to be from France.\u201d\u2028At a GOP event in Iowa, Mr. Trump made no reference to the Balders controversy, and instead sounded an upbeat theme: \u201cIf I am given the chance to do the same magic I did for NBC, America will be the number four country in the world.\u201d\u2028In a piece of good news for Mr. Trump, a new poll showed a majority of likely voters agreeing with the statement, \u201cDonald Trump being sworn in as President would be a great last scene in a Planet of the Apes remake.\u201d\nA new movie I can\u2019t wait to see\nSpurlock Shills for Pomegranate Juice, Shoes in New Film\nBy Rick Warner, 4/19/2011, Bloomberg News\nDirector Morgan Spurlock at The Colosseum of Caesars Palace on March 30, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photographer: Ryan Miller/Getty Images\nMorgan Spulock wears his \u201cNascar\u201d jacket. His current documentary is about product placement, the funding source of his film. Source: Sony Pictures Classics via Bloomberg\nDirector Morgan Spulock. His latest movie is \u201cPOM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.\u201d Photographer: by Daniel Marracino/Sony Pictures Classics via Bloomberg\nFilmmaker Morgan Spurlock walked into the interview room wearing a navy sports jacket plastered with 21 corporate logos.\n\u201cThis is my Nascar prom jacket,\u201d he joked, referring to stock-car racers whose uniforms are covered with sponsor names.\nSpurlock was promoting his new film, \u201cPOM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,\u201d whose $1.5 million budget was funded entirely by companies whose products are prominently displayed in the documentary. POM Wonderful, which makes pomegranate juice packaged in distinctive bulb-shaped bottles, is paying $1 million to be the title sponsor.\nAnother sponsor, the Sheetz convenience-store chain, is based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, which is changing its name to the movie\u2019s title for 60 days in exchange for a $25,000 donation from Spurlock\u2019s production company.\nThe documentary explores the burgeoning world of product placements, whereby companies pay to have their brands used in movies and TV shows. With more and more viewers fast-forwarding past commercials on TV and ignoring them when they\u2019re squeezed between trailers at the movie theater, companies are resorting to more direct advertising.\n\u201cI didn\u2019t sell out, I bought in,\u201d Spurlock explained. \u201cI wanted to look at the way Hollywood makes movies these days. If you really wanted to reach a wide audience, you need that cross-promotion. You need the hat. You need the T-shirt. You need the collector cup.\u201d\nLike Spurlock\u2019s other films, including \u201cSuper Size Me\u201d and \u201cWhere in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?,\u201d \u201cThe Greatest Movie\u201d examines a serious subject with liberal doses of humor. I spoke to the 40-year-old director in a conference room at a New York publicity firm.\nWarner: So what do your sponsors think of the film?\nSpurlock: They all love it. They realize it\u2019s a great way to promote their products. Mane \u2018n Tail (which makes a shampoo that works on horses and humans) even invited me to the Kentucky Derby next month.\nWarner: Why did you make this film?\nSpurlock: I wanted to pull back the curtain and show how the process works. I take you inside these pitch meetings and negotiations, which most people have never seen.\nWarner: Product placements have been around for a long time, but they\u2019re more noticeable these days. How come?\nSpurlock: It\u2019s expensive to make movies and TV shows, so producers are looking for new sources of money. Also, no place is really safe from commercials anymore. They\u2019re even talking about selling advertising space in the Grand Canyon.\nNo Guns, Cigarettes\nWarner: Did any of your sponsors try to influence the content of your movie?\nSpurlock: They had creative input on how we promoted their products, but they didn\u2019t have any say over the final cut.\nWarner: Did you turn down any companies that wanted to be in the film?\nSpurlock: No. In fact, we tried to get some offensive sponsors like cigarette companies and gun manufacturers but they said no. We even asked BP if they were interested. Who needs good publicity more than BP right now?\nWarner: You visited Sao Paulo, Brazil, which has banned all outdoor advertising. That must have been a strange sight.\nSpurlock: It was weird. As you\u2019re driving into town, you see all these billboards. Then suddenly, as you hit the city limits, there\u2019s nothing \u2014 no advertising at all. It\u2019s like you\u2019ve landed on another planet.\nNader\u2019s Shoes\nWarner: You interviewed Ralph Nader, who\u2019s a harsh critic of commercialization. As a gag, you then gave him a pair of Merrell shoes, which is one of your sponsors. Do you know if he\u2019s wearing them?\nSpurlock: We gave him a pair of slip-ons, but he wanted one with laces. So we sent him another pair.\n\u201cThe Greatest Movie Ever Sold,\u201d from Sony Pictures Classics, opens April 22 in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angelesand Austin, Texas.\nBy Kathy H | Posted in art, opinion, Uncategorized | Comments (0)\nWe really need a dose of FACTS on taxes.\nAs a retired CPA, I think you should have the facts before you listen to all the political hyperbole that purports to tell you things like this \u2013 \u201chalf the people in this country pay no taxes\u201d and \u201cwe have the highest corporate tax rate in the world\u201d. When lies are told often enough and loud enough, those of you who don\u2019t have a way to get the real information wind up believing it. The reality of taxes is taking a huge hit with the demagogues of the political parties out there.\nSo, I am doing my part in educating you. I am listing the main points here, but please take the time to read the whole article, which I am linking to. It is by a very respected reporter, a Pulitzer Prizer Winner, a Professor of Taxes, etc. Here is his bio:\nDavid Cay Johnston is a columnist for tax.com and teaches the tax, property and regulatory law of the ancient world at Syracuse University College of Law and Whitman School of Management. He has also been called the \u201cde facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States\u201d because his reporting in The New York Times shut down many tax dodges and schemes, just two of them valued by Congress at $260 billion. Johnston received a 2001 Pulitzer Prize for exposing tax loopholes and inequities. He wrote two bestsellers on taxes, Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch. Later this year, Johnston will be out with a new book, The Fine Print, revealing how big business, with help from politicians, abuses plain English to rob you blind.\n9 Things The Rich Don\u2019t Want You To Know About Taxes\n1. Poor Americans do pay taxes.\n2. The wealthiest Americans don\u2019t carry the burden.\n3. In fact, the wealthy are paying less taxes.\n4. Many of the very richest pay no current income taxes at all.\n5. And (surprise!) since Reagan, only the wealthy have gained significant income.\n6. When it comes to corporations, the story is much the same\u2014less taxes.\n7. Some corporate tax breaks destroy jobs.\n8. Republicans like taxes too.\n9. Other countries do it better.\nAn older painting added to the mix\nSummer Window, Oil on Canvas, 16\" x 20\"\nHere is one I did in February \u2013 hoping for spring, I guess, even though it is perennial summer here in Florida. In our travels, I take many, many pictures, now more than ever, since the advent of digital photography. While my husband\u2019s pictures are full of people, especially the old and the young, mine are nearly always devoid of people, and full of windows and doorways and empty streets and alleys. Almost always, since I started painting and drawing, I have taken these pics with a view to using them as inspiration for my work. So I am sure you will see much more of this kind of stuff.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 17553, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 307.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://igamingcrm.com/2012/09/06/a-real-life-case-of-annoying-a-vip-namely-me/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:21Z", "digest": "sha1:HKJEL7PJLBT237QV2FC7XYBLA2PYFOP3", "length": 7440, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "igamingcrm.com", "title": "A real-life case of annoying a VIP \u2013 namely, me | iGaming CRM", "raw_content": "\u2190 Communism Relationship Management\nThinkGeek Loyalty Program Terms: Rolling Update \u2192\nA real-life case of annoying a VIP \u2013 namely, me\n\u2014 \u201cThinkGeek Loyalty Program Terms\u201d: CLICK HERE for the latest news on this case\nIf you were a doctor and a bit lazy, who\u2019s the last person you\u2019d want as a patient? Another doctor, right? The physician-patient isn\u2019t going to be fooled by your excuses or explanations, so you\u2019d be smart to actually do your best \u2013 at least with this ONE patient, don\u2019t you think?\nSo you have to wonder what is going on at a company called ThinkGeek \u2013 an online biz that sells cool things like T-shirts with a \u201cYou are here\u201d sign, pointing to the Earth\u2019s location in the Milky Way galaxy, a pizza cutter shaped as the Star-Trek Enterprise, and a Batman ice cube tray. These folks also sponsor special events, such as their famous Bacon Day:\nThey\u2019ve got a loyalty program, too, and guess which VIP they really pissed off by the way they administer this program? You got it. C\u2019est moi (Thomas, that means\u2026 forget it).\nSo first let\u2019s look at the program. Customers accumulate points for every purchased item, and can eventually apply these points to buy a wide range of their products \u2013 with a few limitations:\nPoints can only be used on the next purchase\nEach points-purchased item must be associated with another real-money purchase\nYou can\u2019t buy more than one points-purchased item per order (normally not a problem, except customers end up spending more on shipping than if multiple points-purchased items could be included in a single order).\nOkay, I\u2019m not a retail CRM expert and I\u2019m guessing you\u2019re not, either. Otherwise we would have had normal lives and no reason to enjoy websites such as ThinkGeek. But I am sure you can already spot the problem here: The reward for loyalty is not only limited, but also aggressively requires customers to increase purchase volumes. That might be okay, but it amplifies the cost of shipping, which no one like to pay for. It leaves a sour aftertaste to the entire experience.\nSo what happened with me? Here\u2019s what I wrote to them in advance of my trip to the U.S., where they are based:\n\u201cHiya Geeks,\nI have been a customer for few years already, with several orders, always made to a friend or a relative within the States, as I live abroad.\nNow I am traveling for business, and wanted to redeem my points in exchange for few cool items (on top of additional purchases, of course), but I can only add 1 item per order batch.\nCan you please consider a one-time dismiss of this term? It will assist me a lot, and not only because I will end up paying less for delivery. It\u2019s just much easier, especially considering the fact that I visit the US only once every 10 years or so \u2013 that\u2019s it.\nLet\u2019s be honest, I will buy the items anyway, but it would be great to feel appreciated, if you can allow me to add several GeekPoints items within a single delivery.\nMany thanks in advance, and hey \u2013 you are doing a hell of a job.\u201d\nThe auto reply was sent few hours later (Ticket #DZI-91643-712), stating that an answer should be provided within 1 business day.\nTwo days later, I received this odd message that is officious in one paragraph and then chipper-happy-friendly in the next:\n\u201cThank you for contacting ThinkGeek!\nI apologize but that is nothing something we can override. Customer Service Monkeys are not able to alter or adjust point redemptions for customers so we wouldn\u2019t be able to make the accommodation for you.\nShould you have any questions, comments, or concerns, our army of Customer Service monkeys are merely an e-mail or phone call away!\nYour Customer Service Minion Overlord\u201d\nHa-ha. Really cute with the \u201cCustomer Service Minion Overlord\u201d title, but if they\u2019re so charmingly non-corporate with their titles, why are they taking such a formal, corporate approach to the issue? That\u2019s what you call a branding failure \u2013 when your behavior is not in line with the image you\u2019re hoping to create in the customer\u2019s mind.\nFrom a CRM perspective, can\u2019t they bend a rule once in a while? It\u2019s not like they are going to lose money \u2013 my shopping cart of more than $150 in items was already packed and ready to be ordered. All I asked for was instead of being restricted to the one freebie they\u2019d allow me to include three freebies (say that 10 times really fast!) in the order this one time.\nThink about what would happen if your VIPs actually had to comply with all the obligations and terms of your program \u2013 no exceptions! That\u2019s right \u2013 soon you would have no VIPs. The general principle of successful CRM is that as long as you increase both the lifetime and the value of your end-user, you\u2019re heading in the right direction.\nSo I sent a second request:\n\u201cI respect the fact that as a rep you probably have less tools to deal with such a case, but can\u2019t you please escalate it? Again, it\u2019s not like you are going to be losing money or anything \u2013 I am going to have a purchase of $150-$200! What you can lose, is probably loyalty, which might worth a lot more than that\u2026\u201d\nThis time, the firm reply came quickly:\n\u201cBeing a Minion Overlord, I\u2019m actually part of the supervisory staff here at ThinkGeek. I\u2019m not quite sure how the system allowed you to enroll in the program; however, it is only suppose to allow enrollments for customers who reside within the United States or Canada. So technically you shouldn\u2019t even be able to accrue points. I apologize if this is not the answer you are wanting; however, we are unable to override that request.\u201d\nFantastic, isn\u2019t it? Not only can they not help at all, they even question the legality of the points that I as their customer have already earned! From their point of view, that\u2019s pretty much the end of the story.\nWell, some people don\u2019t like to be placed in certain situations, and I\u2019m one of those people. My response:\nSo let\u2019s make it easy for you \u2013 in order to prevent such an anomaly in which a reckless customer collects points in mischief, I will stop being a customer.\nPlease show yourself the way out of my life.\u201d\nNext the Minion Overlord issued a response that sounds like his title is not meant in jest, and the minions in question are not ThinkGeek staff but customers:\n\u201cOnce again, I do apologize; however, per the terms of the Member Agreement this information is all listed. Upon the enrollment into the program, you were referred to this same page to ensure you understood the terms and conditions. You may review it by visiting the link provided below.\nhttp://www.thinkgeek.com/geekpoints/terms.shtml\nIf you would like us to delete the account and Geek Points enrollment, simply let me know and I will be happy to accommodate.\u201d\nOkay. They\u2019ve won. They\u2019ve shown who has the bigger monkey.\nIs that the end of it? No \u2013 we can all be monkeys in service of a greater Overlord: The Overlord of Treating Customers Well! Here\u2019s how you can help our cause. Link to this blog post on ThinkGeek\u2019s Twitter account (https://twitter.com/thinkgeek) as many times as possible.\nUse this link in your Tweet: http://bit.ly/TqtIuT, and let\u2019s see if we can get one of their PR people to actually try to resolve this.\nAfter all, their products are unique, so it\u2019s a shame we cool nerds can\u2019t enjoy the buying experience, knowing we won\u2019t be appreciated for our business. If retention-wise it\u2019s less than perfect, it can\u2019t do the trick for us \u2013 hot geeks or not.\nPS: We are going to Vegas! And you are not. HA! Oh, you are? 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Most living organisms do.\u201d\nSir David Attenborough, the much-loved and admired veteran naturalist and television presenter, is an avid collector of rare books and will be opening the Antiquarian Booksellers\u2019 Association (ABA) flagship 61st Fair, which takes place this May in Battersea. For the last 20 years the Fair, which is one of the largest and most prestigious rare book fairs in the world, has taken place at Olympia but this summer it is moving to its new home - the attractive Battersea Evolution venue in Battersea Park.\nSir David Attenborough and Professor Brian Cox discussing Darwin for Royal Society People of Science Series (Image: BBC/PA). Sir David Attenborough is an avid collector of rare books.\n\u201cFor me, a book brings more than the cumulative meaning of its sentences. It can seduce me by the feel of its paper and the smell of its binding. I delight in recognising whether or not the copy I hold was the work\u2019s first appearance and treasure the misprints or bound-in advertisements that tell me whether or not that was so. And I rejoice if I can discover who once owned it and whose eyes once scanned the printed lines just as mine do.\u201d\nSir David Attenborough, Honorary Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and Patron of Honour of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, will open the Fair at 12pm on Thursday 24th May!\nOver 160 British and international exhibitors will be showcasing a wide range of rare books, manuscripts, maps, prints, ephemera and original artwork which will include Medieval museum quality manuscripts to modern day first editions such as Harry Potter. Prices will range from tens of pounds to hundreds of thousands of pounds, and the ABA are sure there will be something which will appeal to everyone from serious collectors to those who are new to book collecting.\nFor more information, please visit the website: www.rarebookfairlondon.com\nNEW VENUE: Battersea Evolution\nThe Fair is being held at Battersea Evolution, Chelsea Bridge Gate, Battersea Park, London SW11 which is just over Chelsea Bridge in Battersea.\nThere will be frequent shuttle buses from Sloane Square tube station and Pay & Display parking in and around Battersea Park.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 5186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 283.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iloverecovery.com/freedom-at-the-last-house-on-the-block-mark-masserant/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:44Z", "digest": "sha1:KKSQZXHPZ7XQSI6NL7BNZ7XW53RXM5R3", "length": 9453, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "iloverecovery.com", "title": "I Love Recovery CafeFreedom at the Last House on the Block \u2013 Mark Masserant", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Recovery \u00bb Freedom at the Last House on the Block \u2013 Mark Masserant\nWhen someone mentioned freedom at my first 12 step meeting, I wasn\u2019t feeling it\u2014it felt more like I was trapped. I didn\u2019t know it was just what I needed. But I\u2019d been gone a long time, and my life was in a shambles. I felt conspicuous and unprepared for human contact as I faced the strange new terms for survival that were explained to me. It made listening difficult and eye-to-eye contact unnerving. However, I knew I couldn\u2019t run away and hide without being sucked back into the bottle if I raised it to my lips again. It might not spit me out the next time. The specter of alcohol was a gun to my head, forcing me to do things that were contrary to my thinking. So I kept going to meetings.\nI had to face life sober, and it was something I hadn\u2019t foreseen. The old-timers insisted everything had to change except my name, and the fear of this widespread Unknown was daunting. I had to believe in something that was hard to believe in. Although it was a painfully slow process, I listened closely to them at meetings, and eventually they helped me to want to believe.\nHowever, the regulars spoke in a language I couldn\u2019t comprehend, full of obscure clich\u00e9s, monotonous one-liners and amusing anecdotes that aspired to be funny. They weren\u2019t\u2014it took awhile for my funny bone to stop smoking and my sense of humor to return. Simple suggestions were offered that were woefully insufficient. It was clear they didn\u2019t know how complex my problems were, or how important I was. I knew they meant well and were trying to help me, but I suspected they had been on the sauce too long. Naturally, I\u2019d have to figure it out for myself. Maybe I could come back and help them someday?\nMany alcoholics with similar mindsets preceded me to this last house on the block, convinced they were different, too. Most had vanished from the group\u2019s memory, or made spotty appearances after lengthy absences. Each time they returned a little more damaged. The admission of powerlessness was a formidable fight to the finish for many. Paradoxically, in order to win, I had to surrender\u2014a concept not easy to compute, and a taste too bitter for many.\nMy mental and emotional states had been in steady decline for years. I suffered from depression and PTSD due to a tragic accident I witnessed as a fourteen-year old boy. My grandfather was killed when a tractor rolled over on him on the very day my life-long dream of becoming a farmer would briefly come true. I was just a kid. The greatest day of my life slipped into a nightmare in twenty short minutes, and I dropped into a deep, emotional chasm I might never escape.\nConsequently, I was one of those who suffered from grave emotional disorders when I arrived. Feelings resurfaced from years before that I thought I evaded, but they quietly crawled around inside me for over a couple of decades, sedated. I thought I mentally processed and buried the pain years ago, but I was wrong. It was back.\nI was also in the early stages of a hasty divorce that stunned me and my ego. Collectively, they weren\u2019t optimal conditions to begin recovery, but I was fortunate to have the capacity to be honest enough to know what the next first drink would set in motion.\nStill, if there were any requirements imposed on me when I first began my journey, I couldn\u2019t have stayed. I would have been one more anonymous casualty added to a grim statistic. All I could do was not drink and keep coming back. I was in a painful fog that would take time to clear up. My ability to be honest, open-minded and willing was lacking, and I couldn\u2019t automatically become obedient to the motley group I had just met, trusting they knew what was best for me. There were so many voices and so many suggestions\u2014it was information overload.\nI was closed-minded, rebellious and afraid, not to mention scatterbrained, yet still was given the freedom to grow at my own pace\u2014to attend meetings and learn the language. I listened to the war stories that helped me identify, and the recovery stories that gave me the vital ingredient I was missing\u2013 hope. It kept me coming back on those days that felt like a tightrope walk through Hell.\nThough they wanted to help me avoid them, I learned best by making mistakes, all the while steadied by the support they offered. I learned how to Keep It Simple by not keeping it simple, and how to live A Day at a Time by not living a day at a time. I learned how to Let Go and Let God by not letting go and not letting God. Grasping what wouldn\u2019t work was useful despite the occasional harsh experience. Discomfort, frustration and pain were the fare for my passage into a new way of life. Slowly, I saw how those simple tools could be utilized for my benefit. A considerable amount of Quality Miserable Time was necessary before I got it, but it was a lesson well-learned. Laughter finally returned.\nThere was just as much skepticism before I applied the twelve steps to my life, but that wasn\u2019t unusual either. I have yet to meet anyone who couldn\u2019t wait to get started, and no one I know wished there were fifteen or twenty of them, either. But when I realized knowledge wouldn\u2019t bring me the desired effect, and no future inspirational lecture would be enlightening enough, I had to find something else. All of the mental and emotional upheaval I experienced embodied the perfect backdrop for something spiritual to occur in my life, and it changed me at the very nature of my being. The seeds had been planted all along; I just had to get ready and willing. I think it\u2019s a God-thing.\nEverything took longer than necessary\u2014I couldn\u2019t connect the dots in the beginning. And there were a lot of dots, and so much to learn. Although it was a long process, I kept coming back and grew spiritually and healed mentally and emotionally. It happened because I continued to practice the steps, attended meetings and stayed close to my Higher Power. My sponsor called it my sobriety insurance policy. I\u2019m grateful he didn\u2019t expect me to get everything right when I first showed up. Some days my mind had a mind of its own. Buoyed by my surrender and willingness, the grace of God saw me through. I was given the gift of time.\nThe only way I could believe in something new was to have an actual, personal experience that uprooted my old beliefs. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn\u2019t un-think anything I believed in. Those fixed conceptions had to be replaced by something better that was also legitimate, and could only be produced by the results of the actions that were suggested to me.\nI can\u2019t make someone\u2019s mistakes for them, or substitute what they need to experience with my wisdom that was forged from the school of hard knocks. I have to check my ego at the door. I am not unique\u2014I can\u2019t forget my old ideas had to be pried away from me, too. I can only show others what I did to stay sober. I afford newcomers the same time and freedom I was given while I wait, a phone call or a cup of coffee away, with patience and support. They have to get it themselves so it can become part of their own experience.\nMy pain, my growth, my wisdom, my surrender and my sense of wonder had to become as much a part of me as the heart beating in my chest, and the face I looked at in the mirror. It was my sober experience.\nI strive to help maintain an environment where the miracle of recovery can take place. I share my experience, strength and hope, and offer help and understanding. As broken as I was when I arrived, the love and acceptance I was given allowed me the freedom I needed to get another chance at life in a brand new world. I continue to pass it on to the best of my ability.\n\u00ab What\u2019s the Difference Between Opiate Dependency & Addiction \u2013 By Jessica Donovan\nThe Role of Nutrition and Supplementation in Recovery \u2013 By Jackie \u00bb\nThank you so much. I am truly sorry for the horror you witnessed when your grandpa was killed. Understandably staying with you.. I appreciated and related quite a bit. Have a wonderful day!\nThank you Jennifer. I wrote this because so many who need recovery arrive with varying levels of pain, surrender and mental and/or emotional disorders that people who have maintained a measure of sobriety need to be sensitive to. We can forget where we came from. It takes some longer than others to be able to jump on board with the program. Chuck Chamberlain, the wonderful man from many years ago, whose retreat was transcripted into the book, \u201cA New Pair of Glasses\u201d, felt that many alcoholics enter 12 Step programs with a \u2018big hurt\u2019.\nAlthough I carried the pain with me for the first 2 1/2 years, I finally did an extra inventory that I didn\u2019t think needed to be done. His name was on it. I ended up crying like the 14 year-old should have but never did, only 22 tears later. It hurt, but my life changed, the weight I carried for years that I didn\u2019t know was there was gone, and I am free today. I had no idea a simple inventory could provide such a cathartic experience.\nSorry, I didn\u2019t intend to get too heavy, but that\u2019s what happened to me. The love and understanding given to me by many members saved my life and allowed me to begin on a journey of nearly 32 years of sobriety. I hope I never forget to be grateful, and to extend the same courtesies that were given to me.\nThanks for sharing so honestly and renewing hope for so many.\nWell written, Thank you for being open and honest of your recovery process.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 13135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 263.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://im-possible.info/english/articles/escher/escher.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:34Z", "digest": "sha1:FVCUAABKNPG2COZKPJUJRLIIJQBFTZXK", "length": 26918, "nlines": 65, "source_domain": "im-possible.info", "title": "Biography of M.C. Escher - Impossible world", "raw_content": "This biography is condensed mostly from the biography written by Bruno Ernst for the book M.C. Escher - His Life and Complete Graphic Work, \u00a9 1981, with some material from original essays by M.C. Escher.\nMaurits Cornelis (M.C.) Escher was born on June 17, 1898, in the Dutch province of Friesland. His parents, George Arnold Escher and Sarah Gleichman Escher, had three sons of which Maurits (called Mauk for short) was the youngest. His father, George, was a civil engineer. The Escher family was living in Leeuwarden in 1898, where George served as Chief Engineer for a government bureau. The family lived in a grand house named \"Princessehof,\" which would later become a museum and host exhibitions of M.C. Escher's works.\nYoung M.C. Escher moved with his family to Arnhem. He attended elementary and secondary school there, and also in the seaside town of Zandvoort, where he lived for a while to improve his health. In 1907, he started learning carpentry and piano. In secondary school, his marks were poor except in drawing. His art teacher took and interest in his drawing talent, and taught him to make linocuts. He failed his final exam and thus never officially graduated.\nIn 1913, M.C. Escher met his lifelong friend Bas Kist in religious school (which he attended at his parent's direction, even though he wasn't very religious). Kist was also interested in printing techniques, and may have encouraged M.C. to make his first linoleum cut works. Amoung these early works is a portrait of his father which is the oldest surviving work by the artist. In 1917, the two friends visited the artist Gert Stegeman, who had a printing press in his studio. Some of M.C.'s work from this year were apparently printed at Stegeman's.\nAlso, in 1917, the Escher family moved to Oosterbeek, Holland. During this year and the following few years, M.C. Escher and his friends became very involved in literature, and M.C. began to write some of his own poems and essays.\nIn 1918, Escher began private lessons and studies in architecture at the Higher Technology School in Delft. He managed to get a deferrement on military service in order to study, but poor health prevented him from keeping up with the curriculum. He was rejected for enlistment in the military service in 1919, and as a result could not continue school (he had never successfully graduated from high school!). During this difficult period, Escher did many drawings, and also began using woodcuts as a medium. It was also at this time that his work began to receive favorable reviews in the media.\nStill trying to pursue a career in architecture, M.C. Escher next moved to Haarlem and began studies as the School for Architecture and Decorative Arts. After on a week in the city, he met the artist Jessurun de Mesquita. After seeing Escher's drawings, Mesquita and the school's director advised him to continue with them. He began full-time study of \"the graphic and decorative arts\" in the fall of 1919. Also at this time, he acquired a white cat as a present from his land-lady.\nIn 1921, Escher and his parents visited the Riviera and Italy. Unimpressed by the tropical flowers of the mediterranean climes, he made detailed drawings of cacti and olive trees. He also sought out high places and dramatic vistas to sketch, some of his later works were influenced by these sights.\nEscher started to experiment with themes that would suffuse his later works around this time. The woodcuts he did for a humorous booklet Easter Flowers exhibit several: mirror images, crystal shapes, and spheres.\nThe first print by M.C. Escher to sell in large numbers was St. Francis (Preaching to the Birds), a woodcut that Escher claimed to have \"worked on like a madman.\" He finished out the year doing some sign work and a few commisioned prints. In 1922, in search of fresh inspiration, he decided to go to Italy.\nM.C. Escher and two friends left Arnhem for Italy in April of 1922. On his leaving, his mother had these words of parting for her artistic son: \"Son, don't smoke too much.\" The two friends returned to Holland after only a couple of weeks in Florence, and Escher went on to San Gimignano with a sister of one of them. He did a great deal of serious drawing here and in the next few towns he visited: Volterra and Siena. He spent all of the spring of 1922 roaming the Italian countryside, drawing landscapes, plants, and even insects. In Assissi he met a fellow Dutchman, the painter Gerretsen. The two met occassionally over the next few years.\nReturning home in June, Escher found that he could not be happy and productive in his old environs. He seized his first opportunity to return to southern europe, taking a freighter to Spain with some friends, and saving expenses by caring for their two small children on the trip. It was on this trip that he first saw the phenomenon of a phosphorescent sea, so beautifully expressed later in his woodcut of the same name. In Spain, he saw his first bullfight: an \"off-putting and barbaric\" event. He visited Madrid and its famous museum, the Prado, but was unimpressed by many of the paintings there. Surprisingly, he also attended another bullfight. He dodged large rats to find a place to draw in Toledo. Missing an express train, he spent 24 hours on a local train to get to Granada. In Granada, Escher visited the Alhambra, and saw examples of Moorish (Arabic) decorative styles. He studied these, and copied one.\nEscher travelled from Spain to Italy by ship, and enjoyed the voyage immensely, splitting his time between drawing the ship and playing cards with her officers. After travelling around Italy, he settled in Siena for several months. During this time he worked very hard and enjoyed himself immensely, calling the town and atmosphere \"blessed.\"\nMarch of 1923 found Escher still working hard and traveling around Italy. At the end of the month, a Swiss family took up residence at the pension where Escher was staying. Over the next few months, Escher found himself drawn to the daughter of the family, Jetta Umiker. Letters to his friend Jan state that he found her arms especially attractive. In a more serious vein, Escher realized he was falling in love with Jetta Umiker, but was uncertain of his own ability to maintain a relationship. When the Umiker's left for Switzerland in June, Escher expressed his feelings at the last moment, and a bond was formed.\nEscher traveled around Italy some more, and in August of 1923 held his first one-man show in Siena. He paid very little attention to this important milestone in his artistic career, he was concentrating on Jetta. In mid-August he proposed to her, and on August 28 arrived in Zurich to formally meet the family. They decided to marry and live in Italy.\n1924 was a very busy year for M.C. Escher. He held his first one-man show in his native Holland in February. On June 12, he married Jetta in Viareggio, Italy. The newlyweds visited Genoa, Annecy, and Brussels. In October they went to France, and then went back to Italy. During all these travels, Escher had the chance to observe a great many architectural forms. At the end of 1924, Escher and his new bride purchased a house under construction in Frascati, a small town outside of Rome. The house was finished in March, 1925, but the couple did not move in until October.\nShortly after Escher moved into his new home outside of Rome, his brother was killed in a mountaineering accident, and Escher had to go to the site to identify the body. After this tragedy, Escher produced his famous Days of Creation woodcuts.\nIn June of 1926, the Eschers bought a new, larger house under construction in anticipation of an addition to their family. In late July, George Escher was born. It is a measure of Escher's growing fame that both King Emmanuel and Mussolini attended the boy's christening.\nLiving in Rome, happy with his wife and child, the late 1920s were a productive period for Escher. He exhibited works in many shows in Holland, and by 1929 was so popular that he was able to hold five shows in Holland and Switzerland that year. It was during this period that his pictures were first labeled as mechanical and \"reasoned.\" Pictures from this period include some of Escher's most striking landscapes, and also some stark commercial illustrations. The very famous lithographic of a mountainside village, Castrovalva, was completed in February 1930. Also, Escher's son Arthur was born in 1930.\nLater in 1930, and into 1931, Escher health was poor and there was a lull in the sale of prints. These lulls occured periodically through the artist's life, this time it was broken by a meeting with the Director of the Dutch Historical Institute in Rome. G.J. Hoogewerff suggested some new works, and also wrote an article in a magazine about Escher's work. The works he suggested were published as a book, Emblemata, in 1932.\nThe printroom of Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam bought twenty-six prints to give Escher a nice start to 1933. In May, he went to Corsica and made nineteen drawings that later became wood engravings and lithographs. Later that year, he created some prints for a horror book named The Terrible Adventures of Scholastica.\nIn 1934, Escher and his family went to the seashore, and then Escher and his wife continued on to Belgium, Ghent, and Bruges. In the meantime, his work was doing well in the US. His print Nonza won third prize at the Exhibition of Contemporary Prints at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute also purchased the print, which was Escher's first sale to a museum in America.\nDue to business in Holland, Escher traveled to his parent's house at The Hague in the summer of 1935. He then travelled to Amsterdam. During this visit, Escher spent a great deal of time on a detailed portrait of his father. This lithograph was finished in August, and prints given to members of the family only.\nIn August of 1935, Escher and his family moved into a new home in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland. Life was expensive, and Jetta missed the social life of Italy. Escher worked hard, and finished several woodcuts and a lithograph.\nAs autumn passed into winter, the Escher family grew accustomed to their new home. Jetta took up piano again, and Escher himself joined the local chess club. The children enjoyed the snow. In December, Escher made a lithograph of a farmer's shed on a snow-covered hillside, but was disappointed with the poverty and starkness of the result. His son George later said that his father missed the warmth of Italian landscapes.\nIn early 1936, Escher was determined to take a trip back through southern Europe. He wrote a shipping company, and offered to make prints of the company's ships and their ports of call, in exchange for free passage on the company vessels. To his surprise, the Adria shipping company accepted the offer, and at the end of April he left for Trieste. At the Adria offices, he was treated with great deference and courtesy.\nEscher's journey by ship took him to Venice, Ancona, Bari, Catania, Palermo, Genoa, and several other Italian and Sicilian cities. Jetta joined him in mid-May. During the trip, Escher made many sketches of the ships and ports. Roughly nine prints, almost all woodcuts, resulted from the trip. It was to be Escher's last extended trip through his beloved Mediterranean Italy.\nIn June, after his trip courtesy of Adria, Escher and his wife visited some lakes in Switzerland, and then went to stay with Escher's parents at the Hague. The trip was successful, but it was a successful ending to one phase of Escher's career. On September 1, Escher and his family returned to Chateau d'Oex, and Escher's graphic work gradually began to take new directions.\nBy the end of 1936, Escher had finished most of the prints for the Adria company. One of the other works during this time was based on a sketch from the trip: it was Escher's first print of an impossible reality, called Still Life with Street. He had begun to think more about artistic expression from images in his mind, rather than directly from his observations and travels.\nAlso in 1936, Escher visited Alhambra for the second time, again studying the Moorish tilings. This visit, plus his departure from Italy, can be seen as forces which pushed him in new directions. In a 1960 book introduction, he wrote the following.\nThe fact that, from 1938 onwards, I concentrated more on the interpretation of personal ideas was primarily the result of my departure from Italy. In Switzerland, Belgium, and Holland where I successivly established myself, I found the outward appearance of landscapes and architecture to be less striking than those which are particularly to be seen in the southern part of Italy. Thus I felt compelled to withdraw from the more or less direct and true-to-life illustrating of my surroundings.\nThese personal circumstances, caused in part by the brewing war, were in large part responsible for Escher turning inward for vision.\nIn mid-1937, the Escher family resettled in Ukkel, a suburb of Brussels, Belgium. In October, Escher showed his brother Beer the plane-filling tilings he had been working on. Beer, a professor of geology, was apparently impressed with work and with the potential applications to crystallography.\nIn 1938, Escher continued to experiment with plane-filling techniques, shapes, and transformations. In order to give the impression of infinite extent, he tried first tried making the figures more vague toward the edges of the print, and later by scaling the figures smaller as they approached the center, or smaller as they approached the border. One of the most beautiful motifs Escher created was that of two birds flying in opposite directions. This became the basis for the famous print Day and Night, which is still one of his most popular single works.\nOn June 14 1939, M.C. Escher's father, G.A. Escher, died in his home in the Hague.\nSeveral months after his father's death, Escher began work on a new major work. He had already done a woodcut named Metamorphosis [1937], it showed a city block transforming into a little human figure. The new Metamorphosis II was to show a sequence of ten transformations, and at 19cm x 3.9m it was his largest print. As another experiment with tilings, he carved a motif of swimming fish onto a beechwood sphere, completely covering the surface. Escher was extremely fond of this little sculpture, keeping it with him the rest of his life.\nIn May 1940, the Nazi army invaded Holland and Belgium; Brussels and its suburbs were occupied on the 17th. At the end of May, Escher's mother died. Due to the invasion, he missed her funeral at The Hague. Escher spent the rest of 1940 settling his mother's affairs, and executing a commission to decorate the town hall of Leiden. He and Jetta found a house in Baarn, Holland, and moved there in February of 1941.\nHolland, The War, and Fame\nThe Nazi persecution of the Jews touched Escher in a very personal way. His old teacher, Samuel de Mesquita, a Jew, was taken away by the Nazis in January of 1944, and was killed. Escher helped to transfer Mesquita's works at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. He kept for himself a sketch that bore the imprint of a German boot, and kept it with his drawing supplies for the rest of his life. In 1946, he organized a memorial showing for Mesquita at the Stedelijk\nImmediately after the war ended, Escher participated in a show of works by artists who had refused to collaborate with the Nazi regime. Afterwards, he earned several new commissions, including one to make 400 copies of one of his prints for distribution to schools.\nIn 1946, Escher became interested in a new technique: mezzotint. While very laborious and time-consuming, the resulting works could show very subtle and delicate lines and shadings. Possible one of Escher's most famous mezzotint works, and one that shows off the technique well, is the 1948 Dewdrop.\nIn 1949, Escher and two other artists held a major exhibition in Rotterdam. In addition to showing their prints, all of the artists gave talks and demonstrations about their technique. Escher sold dozens of prints, including one of the huge Metamorphosis.\nIn addition to doing woodcuts, lithographs, and an occasional mezzotint, Escher took on several unusual commissions in 1949/1950. Working with a weaver, he designed a tapestry, and at the request of manufacturing giant Philips of Holland, he designed a ceiling decoration for a factory (in celebration of the firm's 60th anniversary). It is a good measure of Escher's growing fame that he was beginning to get as many requests for these kinds of services as he could handle. Although some serious print collectors in America knew about Escher's work, he was not yet popular outside of Europe.\nFame in America began for Escher with two magazine articles. Due to recognition in the art journal The Studio, Time-Life journalist Israel Shenker interviewed Escher at his home in Baarn. The interview took place in late 1950, and articles about Escher and his work appeared in the 4/2/51 Time and the 5/7/51 Life. The articles gained some attention, and orders for Escher work increased greatly.\nEscher sometimes crafted models or figures in clay, wood, string, or other material to assist himself in visualizing subjects of his prints. For example, the famous Reptiles from 1943 depicts a tiny crocodile crawling out of a tesselation and over some books; according to his George Escher, the little croc was crafted from plasticine and posed with some items found on a desk. In 1951 Escher created a peculiarly compelling lithograph named House of Stairs which featured an odd little animal. Escher modeled the \"curl-up\" in clay prior to beginning the lithograph.\nAlso during the early 1950se, Escher gained popularity as a lecturer. He was in demand both for artistic audiences, and for scientific ones. He also held his first one-man exhibition in the United States. It was held in Washington, and raised US awareness of Escher's work and sold many prints. Due to the rush of work, Escher completed only two new works in 1954.\nApril 27, 1955, was an exciting but morally conflicting day for M.C. Escher. It began normally, with him working on a woodcut in his studio. By the end of the day, he was a Knight! He described it as follows to his son Arthur. This letter captures very well the tone of his personal correspondence during this period, and also his aversion to the trapping of celebrity.\nThree days ago the town clerk announced Alderman Ros was coming to visit me the following morning. In view of the warm weather and my being very busy, I had not dressed up in anything special but was working on a woodcut in my old cord trousers and shirt-sleeves, when Mr. Ros come into the studio together with the town clerk. I had no idea whatever why they had come. I thought they might want to buy one of my prints to adorn a wall in the town hall, or I might be given some commission for the municipality. I put on my old jacket, and after shaking hands asked them to take a seat. Mr. Ros replied that he would rather remain standing. Then he proceeded to tell me that the Mayor was indisposed and that he, Ros, was acting in his stead. I wondered why he had to tell me all this standing up, and again asked them to sit down. Ros refused a second time and said they had to remain standing a little longer. I didn't understand it at all. Possibly he had a boil on his backside? Finally he told me the big news: he was honoured to offer me, in the name of our revered Queen, the Knighthood of the Order of Oranje Nassau. As I watched dumbfounded, he took out a beautiful orange box; out came a silver cross inlaid with enamel. He made some unsuccessful attempts to pin this weighty object onto my chest, but he was too nervous - or the safety pin would not go through my lapels. At any rate, your dad is a knight, even if not of the garter. Why in the world they should want to \"decorate\" me is a complete mystery. I can only hope it is not a mistake. That evening my name was in the paper along with thousands of others who received a decoration in honor of the Queen's birthday. In fact my knighthood does not amount to much. Van Beinum, the conductor of the famouns Concergebouw Orchestra, was made of knight of the Nederlandse Leeuw [a higher order].\nBut to get back to the point: did you ever imagine that your dad, who lives so far away from the bustle and intrigue of the world, working on his prints day after day like a hermit, would some day be drawn into the sickening scene of vain officialdom, despite himself? However, there is one thing they will never get me to do and that is wear a decoration in my buttonhole. When I'm tired, I occasionally travel second class [equivalent to business class?] on the train and I see one of these important gentlemen wearing his decoration. Their deliberate pose and condescending self-satisfied smiles clearly distinguish them from the sad anonymous crowd with empty buttonholes.\nBut what on earth can I do about it? Luckily I can swear by God and all his angels that I never moved a finger to get the decoration or licked the boots of any bigwigs.\nIn 1955 and 56, Escher completed many famous prints, including the beautiful \"Three Worlds\" and distinctive \"Print Gallery\". During this time, he also sold many prints. For example, he received a check from a Washington art dealer - bring his total for sales in the US to $2125 for the sale of 150 prints! This sum may seem small today (indeed, some individual Escher works from the 1950s sell for nearly as much) but Escher was well pleased with it.\nIn 1957, Escher received a commission to do a wall mural in the Dutch city of Utrecht. He worked on this and other projects through most of 1958, also taking another trip around Europe. In October of 1958, his son George finished his University training in engineering, and emigrated permanently to Canada. This was something of a frustrating time of Escher, artistically; several prints he began work on turned out less well than he had hoped. For example, about \"Sphere Spirals\" he wrote:\nAfter the first proof my high expectations were, as always, greatly disappointed. I am now struggling on - with some feeling of despair - so that I at least achieve a passable result.\nIn terms of Escher's work, we can also see a definite trend beginning in 1956-58 toward merging the themes of approaching infinity and tiling the plane. Beginning with the print \"Smaller and Smaller\" (1956) and continuing through \"Whirlpools\" (1957, shown at right) and up until his last print \"Snakes\", Escher sought a way to express infinity within the bounds of a finite print. Prior to 1958, all save one of his works show objects shrinking toward the center of the print. After 1958, all such prints show objects shrinking toward the outer edges.\nThe change in approach to showing infinity was due in part to Escher seeing an article by Prof. Coxeter of Ottawa, which included an illustration of a system for reducing a plane-filling motif with increasing distance from the center of a circle. Escher interpretation and extrapolations of Coxeter's system appear in no less than 6 major works. Escher found the effect beautiful, but was sometimes worried that viewers would not.\nWhile a small circle of mathematicians had been appreciating Escher's work since the 1940s, it was in 1959 that he met Prof. MacGillavry. This lady academic arranged for Escher to give a talk about symmetry to an international meeting of crystallographers in England. Also in 1959, Escher received from friends a copy of an article by L.S. and Roger Penrose, describing various sorts of 'impossible objects'. The article mentioned some of Escher's older works, and also inspired a few. For example, the very famous print \"Ascending and Descending\" (1960) is based on the endless stairway described in the article.\nEarly in 1960, the first book of Escher's prints was released, Grafiek en Tekeningen, with descriptions of 76 works by Escher himself. The book helped Escher gain recognition among mathematician and crystallographers, including some in Russia and Canada. Before even giving his lecture to the Cambridge crystallographers' meeting in August of 1960, Escher also arranged to give it again in Canada and the US. When he finally gave the Cambridge lecture, it was very well-received; Escher also had a great time in England, being a something of a guest of honor at the meeting, and the only artist in attendance.\nIn the last months of 1960, Escher went on an long trip by freighter to the US and Canada. In addition to giving lectures in Boston and Ottawa, he was able to meet his infant grand-daughter. He made the acquaintance of several professors at M.I.T., some of whom later became friends and good customers. In all, the year 1960 was a very successful one, both artistically and financially; correspondence from that year clearly shows Escher to be in good spirits and very busy filling orders.\nMathematical and crystallographic aspects of Escher's periodic (tiling) works became quite popular in the late 1950s and 1960, and in 1961 he gave permission for a book about them to be published under the auspices of the International Union of Crystallography. The book, Symmetry Aspects of M.C. Escher's Periodic Drawings by Prof. Caroline MacGillavry, was published in 1965.\nCould use some more here about the Escher's work in 62 and 63, as well as the planned trip to Boston in 1962 that never took place.\nIn 1964, Escher went to North America again to see his son and deliver a series of lectures. Unfortunately, he fell ill almost immediately upon arrival, and after surgery in Toronto he and his wife returned to Holland. The lectures, which Escher had written out in full, were published more than two decades later as part of the book Escher on Escher (Abrams, 1986).\nEscher's wife was never happy living in Baarn. In 1968 she moved back to Switzerland, and lived there the rest of her life. Escher himself stayed in Baarn, and immersed himself in work. His health was failing, but he continued drawing and printing woodcuts.\nIn 1970, after another round of surgery, M.C. Escher moved to a new apartment in the Rosa Spier House in Laren, the Netherlands. His new rooms included a studio, but his health was too poor to do much work. He continued to correspond with various friends all over the world, including his boyhood companion Bas Kist. A comprehensive book about his life and work was published in Dutch at this time, and other books were in preparation. Escher lived long enough to see the first book, The World of M.C. Escher, translated into English and become very successful.\nDuring the month of March, 1972, Escher's condition deteriorated. His family gathered around him, taking turns sitting by his hospital bed. On March 27, 1972, he died, at the age of 73.\nText reprinted from http://users.erols.com/ziring/escher.htm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 27401, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 198.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://impulsetraining.com/2015/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:28Z", "digest": "sha1:3SVS2Q5KNQQHC42RFZ2XSSOLO4AU6ZXO", "length": 721, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "impulsetraining.com", "title": "October 2015 \u2013 Impulse Training", "raw_content": "October 29, 2015 September 11, 2018 / By Ashley Gerrard\nLife is weird. I mean, you only get one life\u2026 One chance\u2026 And you better not screw it up. So it would be pretty cool if we could find the instruction manual, and follow it step-by-step. Otherwise you could fail, right? No! This is your life, and there is no instruction manual. There is no \u2026\nLife Is Weird Read More \u00bb\nIn 1958, the US government appointed the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to oversee the safety of our food supply. So one would assume that the FDA approval means that food is good for us, right? Their success depends on your definition of health. WRONG! In 1997, the FDA began allowing companies to determine if \u2026\nIs Your Food SAFE Read More \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 2312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 316.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://index.healthboards.com/bipolar/love-and-bipolar-disorder/6/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:44Z", "digest": "sha1:6FQBLK2OQ7BTFIM5FTCH4X5VP5WYWCSA", "length": 5289, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "index.healthboards.com", "title": "Bipolar Disorder Board Index: love and bipolar disorder - Page 6", "raw_content": "Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ... 31 Showing 101 - 120 of 611 for love and bipolar disorder. (0.035 seconds)\nBipolar affective disorder type 2\n... lt that \"what if I do, what if I don't\" anxiety all my life. My first therapist helped me with that...she said I had taken on the role of \"sentry\" for my family and anyone and everyone around me. I was on guard for everyone and it wasn't my job or my role in life to have to be that. I try to remind myself of that. ... (34 replies)\nOur Bipolar Kids ~ Finding The Light At The End Of The Tunnel\n... t build character, it teaches them nothing about life whatsoever. I think it actually does more damage than anything. Most of those children grow up into corrupt and unethical adults without any sense of community, work ethic, or anything to offer the world in my opinion. ... (685 replies)\nA Painful Love Story due to Bipolar Disorder\n... so I'm relatively ok... with a good job and a fairly stable life. ... (21 replies)\n... i wanted to thank you for the post i have seen pdrs since 7 and i didnt know some things, i am constantly seeking out past relationships i cant forget any of them but i didnt know that was usual with bipolar, i havent had a relationship of any sort in about 7 years and just now starting one i know im not right even now but i want a relationship so bad (overwelmingly) its... (21 replies)\nApologize: I am bipolar\n... I have just come through a terrifying depression and life's consequences spanning about 3 years. ... (6 replies)\nMedications and Creativity?\n... Anyways I'm 25 and newly diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. ... (2 replies)\nBipolar and Seventeen, in need of advice\n... Hi, Paige....thanks for the update. It is a great one and it seems that you have come so far in this past week. ... (383 replies)\nRe: In sickness and health????? An older thread\n... They only reason you can understand me and know where I am coming from is because we have both lived the same way. ... (12 replies)\nBipolar and Menopause\n... I blessed with having a pharm. that is a compounding specialist and a doc that is up on women's issues. The combination is a little bit of heven. ... (55 replies)\nQuestions about bipolar and hypomania\n... I've been so focused on age and how time flies and how we will all die someday. It's morbid, and I can't stop. It's like a looming depression, or a strange emtiness I carry around all the time. If someone asks me what's wrong, I can't even really answer. ... (6 replies)\nJust Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder\n... stop and spending tons of money and gambling to lows of depression. I have been married for 12 years and my poor husband has been put through hell due to my irritability and mood swings. ... (7 replies)\nQuestion about kids w/bipolar\n... Hi all, i am new to this thread, but not so new to mood disorders and Bipolar. Right now i am struggling with my son who is fourteen. When do you say enough is enough? ... (22 replies)\nI need some advice My bf is bipolar.\n... I am currently in a relationship with my boyfriend who is bipolar. We've been together for only 3 months and it's already falling apart. I seriously love, and would do anything for this boy. Only thing is, i don't know if i'm going to be able to deal with his anger any longer. ... (3 replies)\n... etes often, because they are very simillar. The effects of not managing your diabetes are severe. Although diabetics should manage their illness, take their meds and not eat sugar, it is often the case that they make choices that make their symptoms worse. You can blame the choices, but not the symptoms. ... (21 replies)\n... Just wanted to thank all of you for your help. After all this reading up on it and all the comments that all of you have given me I am thoroughly confused. All I know is that something about me is definetly not right. ... (17 replies)\nMy Mental Breakdown And the Ensuing Life On Antipsychotics (Please Read)\n... at around age 19. I'm now 23. At first, I just thought I was doing exceedingly well in life. I was writing songs, making a ton of friends, and generally \"ruling the world\". After a few months however, I felt the downside. I was so depressed I could barely get out of bed. ... (5 replies)\nBipolar but don't want to take meds at 21\n... Hi Greenjuice, Welcome to the boards :) From what i can see you're doing well especially will your diet. Sometimes i think some of us are better off without the meds because of the side effects, i think it boils down to how a person copes or doesn't cope in their lives. If you feel you are doing well without them, and not rapid cycling or too manic, then i think to find out... (8 replies)\n... I've recently just been diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder and have been diagnosed for a long time with adhd, but I don't take the medications. ... (8 replies)\nStepfather of Teen with Bipolar-Trying to Understand and help.\n... are in a sticky spot. Most of us who have children that were diagnosed as teens have had the same problems, trying to figure out what is \"normal\" teen behavior and what is the mood disorder. ... (4 replies)\nI'm bipolar and worry about my children\n... Back in 2001, after my second child was born I found out how hard things were having two children and having Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar. ... (9 replies)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 7089, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 293.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://infocus247.com/2017/08/18/moshav-villages-of-israel/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:30Z", "digest": "sha1:KZCGYDADSDVLPHBJ3GRGCUTYE4V2NGXT", "length": 3023, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "infocus247.com", "title": "Moshav Villages of Israel \u2013 INFOCUS247", "raw_content": "Moshav Villages of Israel\nMoshav is a type of agricultural community in Israeli consisting of a group of individual farms. The moshav is generally based on the principle of private ownership of land, emphasis on community labor and communal marketing. Workers produce crops and goods on their properties through individual or pooled labour and resources, and use profit and foodstuffs to provide for themselves. The farmers pay an amount of tax and this money is used to provide agricultural services to the community, like buying supplies and marketing the farm produce.\nThe first moshav was established in the Jezreel Valley in 1921. During the period of large-scale immigration after the creation of Israel in 1948, the moshav was found to be an ideal settlement form for the new immigrants, almost none of whom were accustomed to communal living. By 1986 about 156,700 Israelis lived and worked on 448 moshavim.\nMoshav Nahalal, Jezreel valley. Photo credit\nThere are two types of moshavim, the more common of the two are called moshav ovdim (Hebrew for \u201cworkers\u201d). Moshav ovdim relies on cooperative purchasing of supplies and marketing of produce. The family or household is, however, the basic unit of production and consumption.\nThe other, less common type, is the moshav shitufi (Hebrew for \u201ccollective\u201d). These are more similar to kibbutzim, another type of communal living, as the land is farmed collectively and the profits shared equally. The difference being that households are independent of each other and the family is the centre of the social life. Members who are employed outside the community also pay taxes. This type of moshav was first founded in 1936.\nThe decline of agricultural profitability in Israel have caused serious financial problems for the moshavim and kibbutzim, as has the problem of absorbing all the children who might wish to remain in the community. By the late 1980s, more and more moshav members were employed in nonagricultural sectors outside the community, so that some moshavim were coming to resemble suburban or exurban villages whose residents commute to work. In general moshavim never enjoyed the elite status accorded to kibbutzim; correspondingly they have not suffered a decline in prestige in the 1970s and 1980s.\nToday, many moshavim have turned to tourism. Amirim in north of Israel deserves a special mention, as it has become a popular weekend spot for Israelis. All the families who live there are vegetarians and it has developed into a centre for vegetarian and vegan restaurants, guest houses and spas.\nMoshav farm at Nahalal. Photo credit: Yann Arthus-Bertrand\nSeptember 11, 1921 \u2013 The first settlers arrive by horse and wagon from Mikveh Israel. Photo credit\nThe main square of Nahalal in the 1930s. Photo credit\nNahalal in 1979. Photo credit\nSources: Wikipedia / Britannica / This-is-Galilee / Amazing Planet\nNatural Life, Travel\nmoshav villages, Moshav Villages of Israel\nPrev Post: Underwater Photography of Mr Muirhead\nNext Post: Book Select: FROM SOUL", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 4485, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ingenhovenarchitects.com/news/news-archiv/green-good-design-award-2015-for-lanserhof-tegernsee-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:20:20Z", "digest": "sha1:ORB7DCN3OQXH23OVXVWBA55FXSDWSYW3", "length": 719, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ingenhovenarchitects.com", "title": "ingenhoven - GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2015 for Lanserhof Tegernsee", "raw_content": "\u201cThe Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design\u201d has awarded the Lanserhof, Lake Tegern, designed by ingenhoven architects, with a GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2015. The award was founded in 1950 in Chicago and remains one of the oldest and most important awards worldwide for sustainable design.\nFour buildings designed by ingenhoven architects have already been awarded with a GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award: the European Investment Bank Luxembourg, the Daniel Swarovski Corporation Zurich, the Oeconomicum D\u00fcsseldorf, 1 Bligh Sydney and now the Lanserhof, Lake Tegern as number five. Since its opening in 2014, the health hotel has been awarded with a total of 14 awards.\nChicago Athenaeum, GREEN GOOD DESIGN Award 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1050, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 192.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://inland-empire.fandom.com/wiki/Gordy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:24Z", "digest": "sha1:BDTVGKTSEBELBLZ3S3PRKFMPIQXWUT6U", "length": 1310, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "inland-empire.fandom.com", "title": "Gordy | Inland Empire Wikia | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "Gordy (Marek Zydowicz) is a Polish man who works for Cyrk Zalewski and seemingly is part of the plot to defeat the Phantom.\nHe attends a backyard party at Sue and Smithy's house along with seven other members of the circus troupe, apparently to recruit Smithy. He is wearing a captain's hat and a plaid jacket. Upon arriving, he immediately approaches Piotrek and says, \"It's 3:00.\" Smithy, seeming perplexed, replies, \"Yes, that's right. You're right on time.\"\nLater, Gordy is staying in a trailer in the woods in Eastern Europe when Smithy and Janek arrive, looking for the Phantom. Gordy tells Smithy that the Phantom is gone, and angrily yells at him, \"You're nothing! You've done nothing!\" Eventually, Gordy calms down and tells Smithy that the Phantom \"talked, mumbled something about Inland Empire.\"\nMarek Zydowicz is an executive producer for the Polish portion of INLAND EMPIRE. He founded the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Camerimage) in 1993, and was instrumental in recruiting Lynch to attend the festival in 2000, ultimately resulting in Lynch\u2019s love of \u0141\u00f3d\u017a and decision to film much of INLAND EMPIRE there. (Source: Room to Dream, David Lynch and Kristine McKenna, 2018, Random House, p. 376-77.)\nRetrieved from \"https://inland-empire.fandom.com/wiki/Gordy?oldid=996\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 2759, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 253.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://instituteopex.org/site/member-articles/8_operational_excellence_principles_to_grow_your_business", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:45Z", "digest": "sha1:XLWAPUEJAORV3JLXRZLPJCMWNNV6ZVOH", "length": 9903, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "instituteopex.org", "title": "Member Article- 8 Operational Excellence Principles to Grow your Business | Institute for Operational Excellence", "raw_content": "By Kevin J. Duggan\nThe word improvement in an operation means different things to differ\u00adent people. Some define it as lower operating cost or reduced inventory while others describe it in terms of increased efficiency or better quality. The process of improvement in an organization often involves management setting one of these goals, employees making changes in their areas to achieve it, then management setting a new goal.\nIf everything goes right, the best this cycle will yield is a climb up the staircase of continuous improvement year after year. Rather than a never-ending journey with no destination, a more recent approach is to design the performance of the operation, and then ensur\u00ade that it performs in accordance with the design specifications.\nThe first step in our design is setting a desti\u00adnation so that we will know exactly where we are going. Our destination is to create Operational Excellence, where \u201cEach and every employee can see the flow of value to the customer, and fix that flow before it breaks down.\u201dSM\nAchieving the destination, meaning how the company will actually get there, must be based on a process so that each employee knows the steps along the way, they can see the signposts that tell them they are heading in the right direction, and they know when they have arrived.\nJust like an engineer uses the laws of physics to design an aircraft, a bridge, or a car engine, we will follow some principles to reach our destination of Operational Excellence. There are eight principles that we will use:\nPrinciple #1: Design lean value streams\nWe need to design on paper an end-to-end lean value stream flow, starting from the time we receive an order or request for service from the cus\u00adtomer until the time we deliver it. On our future-state map, information is given to only one process in the value stream. All other process\u00ades know what to do next because the information will flow with the product through the connections created from that one point. The key is that each process is connected, and material and information moves only when the next process needs it.\nPrinciple #2: Make lean value streams flow\nNext, we take our design from paper to the real world of our operation and implement a self-healing value stream that creates Operational Excellence. The first step in going from paper to performance is to provide formal training, including a review of the current-state value stream map, the eight guidelines for flow, application of these guidelines to the target value stream, and finally the implementation plan. Most importantly, all employees are taught the destination of Operational Excellence and the common goal of business growth.\nPrinciple #3: Make flow visual\nOnce we have taken the design from paper and physically cre\u00adated the framework for flow, the next step is to make flow visual so that each employee can see how the processes are connected to one another and to the customer. In Operational Excellence, just about any visual indicator in the operation should have something to do with the flow or the progression of the flow of product to the customer.\nPrinciple #4: Create standard work for flow\nOnce we\u2019ve created a good visual lean flow that lets employees see how the flow should normally work, our next step is to apply the concept of standard work to that flow. While the typical application of standard work is applied at the processes, in this principle, we will establish standard work between the processes, specifically targeting the connections that have been established between them. By applying standard work both at the processes and between the processes, we stabilize the complete end-to-end flow to reduce varia\u00adtion and create normalcy for the entire flow.\nPrinciple #5: Make abnormal flow visual\nIn Operational Excellence, we want every employee to see when or before abnormal flow happens. The idea is that if we rigidly define what normal flow is (as we have done in the first four principles), then we should be able to see when or before abnormal flow happens. That way, we can learn not just how to correct it but how to prevent it from occur\u00adring in the future without management.\nPrinciple #6: Create standard work for abnormal flow\nEven though employees have been taught how to adjust the flow to maintain it, eventually, the flow will break down. The key is to have a course of action that an operator would take before calling a supervisor to get the flow back on track. To do that, we create standard work for when abnormal flow occurs by first de\u00adtermining when management has to jump in. We record the top responses management usually gives then create a menu of responses so that the people who are in the flow take these actions automatically, without seeking the approval.\nPrinciple #7: Have employees in the flow improve the flow\nOnce we have turned over the delivery of product\u2014the part that delivers value to the customer\u2014to the employees who work in the flow, we want to maintain and improve a level of performance using some proven continuous improvement tools. But this is not an end\u00adless journey of eliminating waste; this is about the operations side of the business attaining a level of performance that affects business growth and then maintaining and improving that performance to support further growth.To do that, the correct application of these tools is to have them prevent abnormal flow from happening.\nPrinciple #8: Perform Offense Activities\nOperational Excellence is about business growth. It gives management the ability to take time away from running the operation and put it into growing the business. This is done by reducing or perhaps even eliminating the activities that operations management performs when delivering the product to the customer. By changing their role, operations management can now be involved in sales, engineering, and innovation \u2013 up front \u2013 to become part of the process that will evolve us from being a parts supplier to a solution provider.\nA Process that Delivers\nThe eight principles we use will also create a process that we can use to achieve Operational Excellence in many areas of the company and throughout entire divisions \u2013 from the production floor to marketing and every other area of an organi\u00adzation. Once the flow is installed, we can leverage it to work on of\u00adfense in the form of product development and new technology in which Operationsis a major part of delivering innovation.\nOne example of a company who was able to apply the principles of Operational Excellence and realize significant business growth is IDEX. IDEX Corporation\u2019s Health and Science business segment, based in Rohnert Park, CA, produces highly precise fluidics components and sub-assemblies used in analytical and diagnostic instruments at its headquarters and three other sites in the U.S.\nIn 2005, IDEX began to initialize a program of Operational Excellence across the organization, in every site in every business segment, from the largest company all the way down to the smallest. At Rohnert Park, the site faced the challenge of flowing a broad mix of products down the same value streams and creating flow through its shared machining processes. To strategically build Operational Excellence into its value stream, it used education and applied a formal process for handling both mixed-model and shared resource flow into its value streams.\nHowever, it didn\u2019t strive to just to create flow, but designed from the beginning a self-healing flow, which meant that every employee could see if their designed flow was normal or becoming abnormal. If there were interruptions in flow, employees were able to anticipate those situations and use standard responses for correcting flow, without management intervention. The flow, rather than management, dictated what everyone worked on next.\nWhen the flow dictates what everyone works on next rather than management overseeing, prioritizing, and guiding people on what to work on next, managers can spend their time on offense, or activities that grow the business. The result is an operation that drives overall business growth -- increased market share, competitive advantage, and shareholder value.\nRohnert ROI\nAt Rohnert Park, the results have been exactly what you would expect: significant lead-time reduction, reduced inventory, increased on-time delivery, and improved quality. More than 70 percent of all products are manufactured based on visual signals from the shop floor. There are far fewer schedules from the office, and there are no changing priorities. The resources that are normally tied up in a traditional production control department have been freed up for use elsewhere. Of particular note is how much less time the supervisor needs to spend dealing with issues in the flow.\nWhere she would previously have devoted three to four hours of her eight-hour day dealing with issues in the flow, today she estimates she only spends about thirty minutes on problems in the flow. She spends the rest of her time during the day working on offense, which in this case entails continuously improving the company\u2019s value streams and working with Engineering on the launch of new products.\nThe results were obvious in the company's performance:\nIn 2010, the company grew at about three times the market average.\nR&D spending did not drop during the worst of the reces\u00adsion in 2009.\nRohnert Park set three high-water marks for sales in 2010.\nThe general manager spends about 60 to 70 percent of his time on offense.\nIn 2010, Rohnert Park had twice as many products in de\u00advelopment as it had compared to other years (and having more products means being able to provide more solutions to customers).\nBy applying the principles of Operational Excellence, IDEX\u2019s corporate leadership was able to unleash its managers to focus on offense by providing them with time to spend on growing the business.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 11938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://integritymovers.com/moving-to-york/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:38Z", "digest": "sha1:FUZCLU3DPCISC4ZPBWUEVHIZG3366GMU", "length": 1540, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "integritymovers.com", "title": "York - Integrity Movers", "raw_content": "York Recommendations\nThe Nubble Lighthouse, perched atop a rocky outcrop in York Beach, Maine, stands 41 feet high. The Nubble began operating in 1879 after a five-year construction effort. It was painted white in 1902 after intially being red or possibly brown. Its red beacon flashes at six-second intervals and can be seen from 13 nautical miles away. Like all lighthouses in the Seacoast, The Nubble is automated. The last lighthouse keeper moved out in July 1989, and the house is no longer occupied. One of the most popular times to view The Nubble is when the town of York lights up the lighthouse and buildings for Christmas, on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. The lights come on at dusk from then until the first week of January. There is free parking at Sohier Park, at the end of Nubble Road in York Beach, with an excellent view of the lighthouse. The lighthouse and grounds, however, are not open to the public.\nOriginally built in 1780 as a working farm, Clay Hill Farm is now a 220-seat restaurant and special occasion venue nestled amidst 11+ acres of rolling lawns, protected woodlands, and colorful gardens. Tranquility waterfall brooks, a pond, two generous garden-view decks and a picture-perfect gazebo, now accent the traditional Maine beauty of the Farm. With modern cuisine in a classic setting, Clay Hill Farm has become a popular dining destination in a country escape just 2 miles West of Ogunquit village. Clay Hill Farm has won numerous local, regional and national awards for food, ambiance and service.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 4025, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 242.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://intercrosse2013.wordpress.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZTTFQ6HOVJI2CHTC4SQPJNOMXSKQHULO", "length": 6772, "nlines": 46, "source_domain": "intercrosse2013.wordpress.com", "title": "FIIC XI Intercrosse World Cup and XXV World Games | Lons-le-Saunier \u2013 France \u2013 19 july 28 july 2013", "raw_content": "We are now one week away form the 2013 Intercrosse Events!\nWe would like to share to you some further details regarging your arrival.\nWe will welcome you from 16h to 18h45 at the halls on friday 19 for the World Cup and from 16h to 18h30 on tuesday 23 for the World Games. All the logisitical details (accomdation, meals and schedule, etc.) will be communicate to you there.\nAdress: 683-787 Rue Robert Schuman (Gym name: Ges Cosec) or with your GPS: 46.683985,5.5641\nIf you think you will not be able to arrive on these time frame, please contact us (see point 3).\nThe World cup opening ceremony will start at 19h45, at Puits Sal\u00e9 (8 minutes from the halls).\nThe World Games opening ceremony will start at 19h30, at Juraparc center (we have to take a bus form the Gym, meeting at 19h in the halls)\nTo inform us on your venue and get a contact phone number, please contact us on this adress: intercrosse2013@gmail.com\n3. Logisitical information.\nDon\u2019t forget to bring a flag of your country (120\u00d7180 cm) and swimming pool shirt to enjoy the aquatic center facilities.\n4.Important informations from the FIIC\nSee below the last reminder from the FIIC (previous article)\n5. Communication and live stream.\nAs you may have noticed, we changed a little bit the pages of this website. For people that want to get informed on the results, we will regurlay provide you updates on this website (page \u00ab results live stream \u00bb). Also, we opened facebook pages to enable people to share their feelings, pictures and local atmosphere.\nWorld Cup : https://www.facebook.com/events/356291844485340/?fref=ts\nWorld Games : https://www.facebook.com/events/436009889810165/?fref=ts\nWe are all looking forward to meeting you in Lons in one week!\nThe Organising comitee\nTime is running and we are just a few weeks from the beginning of our annual events in Lons-le-Saunier. Here are some important information and reminders for you and the members of your delegations:\nThe organization will have civil liability insurance for the sport venue where the games will be played. However, it is the responsibility of each player to be properly covered by medical/travel insurance, which will cover medical services or theft, in case such a situation would arise.\nAs usual, white shorts are mandatory for the World Games. Hats (baseball caps or others) are also prohibited during the games. The players\u2019 equipment must respect the standards as stated in the FIIC official rulebook.\n3. Present at the World Games:\nTo pursue the tradition, presents will be exchanged between players at the end of the last game. The present should be representative of the player\u2019s nation and have a value between 10 and 20 Euros, as much as possible.\n4. Rules:\nThe official FIIC rulebook will be used at the World Cup and the World Games. I invite all the participants to take the time to read (again) the rulebook at least once before the events; even if we play regularly, it\u2019s always good to refresh our memory with the official rules. The rulebook can be downloaded from the FIIC\u2019s website (http://www.inter-crosse.com) or directly from this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6u9k86d7si6oi6/FIIC_Rulebook_v4.0.pdf\n5. Referees:\nFor the World Cup, a team of experienced referees has been put in place. All these referees are serious, skilled and committed to provide a fair and high-level or refereeing. However, refereed are humans and they will make mistakes, as all the players will; but let\u2019s not forget that without referees there would be no competition and we expect absolute respect from the participants towards the referees, in and out the playing areas. During the games, only the captain or the coach can talk to the referees and only when the ball is \u00ab dead \u00bb or when the play is stopped. The referees will be under the supervision of the referee-in-chief (myself). For the World Games, the referees will be choosen among the teams, like for the past years.\n6. Discipline committee:\u200b\u200b\nA discipline committee will be formed with the referee-in-chief, a member of the FIIC board of directors and a member of the organizing committee. The discipline committee\u2019s mandate will be to get together and make fair and appropriate decisions concerning any issue that require their attention (violence, cheating, alcohol or drug intoxication, etc.).\n7. Security, alcohol and drugs:\nDespite all the efforts that will be done by the organization to ensure the security of the participants, it is everyone\u2019s responsibility to be vigilent and make sure that people can have a good time while not compromizing their or others\u2019 safety (especially the minors). Alcohol is part of the parties and the tradition, but we must remain alert for abuse or intoxication. And of course, drugs of any kind are strictly prohibited at any place for the duration of the events. The organizers received the instruction not to hesitate to call an ambulance or request appropriate medical assistance whenever necessary (in doubt, we will take no chance \u2014 nobody is qualified to make a medical diagnostic).\n8. Flags :To forget to bring a flag of your country/nation in Lons-le-Saunier. The size of the flag should be 120 x 180 cm.\nI will publish this information on the FIIC\u2019s Facebook page, but please pass it on to the members of your respective delegations that will come to France so we can be sure that everyone gets it. And do not hesitate to contact me or any other board member if you have any comment or question.\nLooking forward to see you all in France for the celebration of our wonderful sport! \ud83d\ude42\nCommentaires : Commentaires ferm\u00e9s sur World Games\u2019s cooking!\nAs some of you may have seen and asked, there is some bungalows available on the camping. Unfortunately they are only available from saturday to saturday.\nHowever, it is possible to bring your camping car. One site include either a car or a camping car.\nAlso, as it explain on the accomodation page, we offer the possibility to book for you the accomodation. But you can also book on your own if you prefer.\nWe\u2019re two weeks away from the deadline to make a first registration payment for your delegation at the World Cup and World Games. Are you ready?\nFor more informations, please visit the registration section .\nWe are happy to confirm that both women\u2019s and men\u2019s competitions will take place at the 2013 FIIC World Cup next July in Lons-le-Saunier, France, with the following teams:\nWomen: Canada/Qu\u00e9bec, Czech Republic, France, Germany.\nMen: Canada/Qu\u00e9bec, Czech Republic, France, Italy.\nThank you teams for your registration. More informations in the next weeks notably about 2nd deposit\nPictures of the sport halls\u2026and more\nHere is some pictures of the two brand new (2010) sport halls with terraces where the games will take places and the aquatic center nearby.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 8767, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 315.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://introvertedalpha.com/legal/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:21Z", "digest": "sha1:UZPQSNJNQCVYR3WJQZ37QNWP3TF66AI5", "length": 24894, "nlines": 84, "source_domain": "introvertedalpha.com", "title": "Legal Information | Introverted Alpha", "raw_content": "Welcome to Introverted Alpha, a website provided by Introverted Alpha, Inc. (\u201cIntroverted Alpha,\u201d the \u201cCompany,\u201d \u201cwe,\u201d \u201cour,\u201d or \u201cus\u201d). 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The stock repurchase reflects the commitment of the Board and management to enhance shareholder return\"\nWOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGRX) (\u201cEagle\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) today provided preliminary financial results and announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new stock repurchase program providing for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of $150 million of Eagle\u2019s common stock, consisting of (i) up to $50 million in repurchases pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase (\u201cASR\u201d) transaction with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (\u201cJP Morgan\u201d) and (ii) up to $100 million in additional repurchases. This reflects the Company's conviction in its business strategy.\nThe specific number of shares to be repurchased is based on the average of the daily volume weighted average share prices of the Company\u2019s common stock, less a discount, during the term of the accelerated share repurchase program.\n\u201cBased upon our long-term earnings projections and value of our pipeline, Eagle has decided to execute a $50 million ASR. At yesterday\u2019s closing price, this would represent approximately 6% of the Company\u2019s outstanding shares. Upon completion of this share repurchase, Eagle will have bought back a total of approximately $154 million of its stock since our IPO in 2014,\u201d stated Scott Tarriff, Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Pharmaceuticals.\n\u201cWe believe this is a good use of our cash to benefit shareholders and remain committed to expanding our products and pipeline over the long-term. The stock repurchase reflects the commitment of the Board and management to enhance shareholder return,\u201d added Tarriff.\nUnder the terms of the agreement, Eagle will pay $50 million to JP Morgan on November 1, 2018, and receive 702,988 shares, representing approximately 80% of the notional amount of the ASR, based on the closing price of $56.90 on October 29, 2018. Upon settlement of the ASR, the final number of shares repurchased will be trued up based on the average of the daily volume weighted average share prices of the Company\u2019s common stock, less a discount, during the term of the accelerated share repurchase program. Eagle expects the ASR to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018. As of September 30, 2018, the Company had 14.9 million common shares outstanding.\nThe Company intends to use cash on hand to fund the ASR program. As of September 30, 2018, cash and cash equivalents were $91 million, accounts receivable was approximately $78 million, and debt was $45 million.\nThe Company also announced preliminary financial results.\nQ3 2018 preliminary revenue is expected to be $51 million;\nQ3 2018 preliminary net income is expected to be $14 million, or $0.94 per basic and $0.91 per diluted share; and\nQ3 2018 preliminary Adjusted Non-GAAP net income is expected to be approximately $18 million or $1.22 per basic and $1.18 per diluted share.\nThis press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and other securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Words and phrases such as \u201canticipated,\u201d \u201cforward,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cremain,\u201d \u201cpotential,\u201d \u201cprepare,\u201d \u201cexpected,\u201d \u201cbelieve,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d \u201cnear future,\u201d \u201cbelief,\u201d and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future events including, but not limited to: Eagle\u2019s plans to finance and consummate the stock repurchase program, including the ASR; the anticipated outcome of the stock repurchase program, including the ASR; Eagle\u2019s preliminary revenue, net income, Adjusted Non-GAAP net income, and Adjusted Non-GAAP earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2018. All of such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond Eagle\u2019s control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to: the impact of general economic, industry, or political conditions in the United States or internationally, the performance of financial markets, the fluctuation of interest rates, the possibility that Eagle may identify items that would require Eagle to make adjustments, some of which could be material, to the preliminary financial results, and other factors that are discussed in Eagle\u2019s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 26, 2018 and its other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to revise and disseminate forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of or non-occurrence of any events.\nAdjusted non-GAAP net income excludes share-based compensation expense, depreciation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, severance, non-cash interest expense, restructuring and tax adjustments. The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures help indicate underlying trends in the Company\u2019s business and are important in comparing current results with prior period results and understanding projected operating performance. Non-GAAP financial measures provide the Company and its investors with an indication of the Company\u2019s baseline performance before items that are considered by the Company not to be reflective of the Company\u2019s ongoing results. See the attached Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP net income and Adjusted Non-GAAP earnings per share for the three-month period ended September 30, 2018.\nNet income - GAAP $ 14,040\nAmortization of acquired intangible assets 194\nShare-based compensation expense 831\nSeverance 68\nNon-cash interest expense 94\nRestructuring charge 91\nTax effect of the non-GAAP adjustments (1,334 )\nAdjusted non-GAAP net income $ 18,265\nBasic 15,011,159\nDiluted 15,483,037", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 10262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 164.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ionigeria.com/daughter-from-hell-kills-her-father-in-abuja-over-a-man/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:19:56Z", "digest": "sha1:LJEPY4MBZ5YDR3MKERAWHN2LWKXX5IUC", "length": 4334, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "ionigeria.com", "title": "Daughter From Hell: Kills Her Father In Abuja Over A Man - ionigeria.com", "raw_content": "Home / News / Local News / Daughter From Hell: Kills Her Father In Abuja Over A Man\nEmani Kure, a 16-year-old girl, has committed a horrendous act by killing her father in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.\nThe hapless man, 40-year-old Kusha Kure, met his untimely end because he opposed the desire of his teenage daughter to marry a particular man, and therefore withheld his consent to the proposed marriage.\nEmani and her fianc\u00e9, Nasiru Musa, had been dating for about two years in Karavan village, Bwari Area Council of Abuja and had expressed the desire to marry.\nThe Sun gathered from the police that the ugly incident happened on March 11, 2018 around 3:00am.\nCommissioner of Police, Mr. Sadiq Bello, said that matter was later reported at the Bwari Police Division. On March 13, homicide detectives arrested Emanu and her mother, Asabe Kure, who she had claimed played a role in the murder. They were later transferred with the case file to FCT Criminal Investigation Department at the headquarters of the command.\nIn an interview with The Sun, Emani made the shocking revelation on how the incident happened.\nShe said: \u201cI killed my father because he did not allow me marry my boyfriend, Nasiru Musa. We have been dating for two years. My father has beaten me several times, to stop me from marrying Nasiru. Around 3.00am on March 11, my mother told me while we were sleeping outside, to go into my father\u2019s room where he was sleeping. She said that I should take his cutlass and kill him. I ran to where my father always keeps his cutlass and went to his room. I cut him on the neck with the cutlass while my mother held his leg.\n\u201cAfter killing him, I ran away to the house of my friend, Regina. The incident was reported to the police at Bwari Police Division. Nasiru did not know that I wanted to kill my father. He was shocked when he heard that I killed my father.\u201d\nOn her own part, 35-year-old Asabe, wife of the deceased, flatly denied the allegations made by her daughter.\nNarrating her story, she said, \u201cMy late husband and I did not support my daughter, Emani to marry Nasiru Musa, her boyfirend. She refused to listen to us. My husband was sleeping in the room. My little baby started crying and I woke up to breastfeed her. Suddenly I heard a noise from my husband\u2019s room. I called my father in-law. He and other people rushed to our house and saw my husband in a pool of blood. My daughter was not around; she ran away. I started to suspect her and Nasiru Musa as being responsible for my husband\u2019s death.\u201cWe went to the Bwari Police Division to report that my husband was killed in his room. I told the police that I suspected my daughter and her boyfriend. Later the police arrested Nasiru and my daughter. She confessed to the crime but claimed that I gave her instruction to kill my husband. I was not involved in killing my husband.\u201d\nTwenty-four-year-old Nasiru, who is accused of complicity in the murder case gave his account of what transpired: \u201cI wanted to marry Emani Kure as my second wife. I already have a wife and we have one child. I have known Emani for two years. Her father did not agree to my marrying her. I didn\u2019t know that Emani was planning to kill her father. I was not aware. I was shocked when I heard that Emani killed her father. I went on condolence visit to the family and even assisted in searching for her, before she was arrested.\n\u201cEmani confessed to the police that she killed her father and even said that it was her mother who instructed her to kill the father. I was shocked that the mother accused me of killing the husband. I didn\u2019t have a plan to kill her husband.\nThe Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Investigation Department, Mr. Mohammed Ciroma, who spoke with The Sun, disclosed that detectives had recovered the cutlass allegedly used by Emani to kill her father.\nMeanwhile, the trio of Emani, her mother and Nasiru are still in police custody as detectives continue with the investigation.\nTags Abuja Emani Kure Nasiru Musa\nPrevious Nurse Arrested For Helping Pregnant Girls Sell Their Babies\nNext Pastor Lands In Prison For Defrauding Cooperative Society in Lagos\nUnited Kingdom Set To Accept Naira For Payments\n10 Feared Dead As Fire Guts Second Coming Gas Plant In Magodo\n89-Yr-Old Grandmother Graduates College To Pursue Another Degree", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 6646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ir.erahelicopters.com/all-sec-filings/content/0001525221-17-000069/q1201710-q.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:32Z", "digest": "sha1:UI2QVKMU2B5VKDZDNB4YJFBXK6N3RJKD", "length": 16581, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "ir.erahelicopters.com", "title": "Document", "raw_content": "Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenues when they are realized or realizable and earned. Revenues are realized or realizable and earned when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Revenues that do not meet these criteria are deferred until the criteria are met. The Company did not defer any revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2017.\nFrom time to time, the Company enters into Qualified Exchange Accommodation Agreements with third parties to meet the like-kind exchange requirements of Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (\u201cIRC\u201d) and the provisions of Revenue Procedure 2000-37. In accordance with these provisions, the Company is permitted to deposit proceeds from the sale of assets into escrow accounts for the purpose of acquiring other assets and qualifying for the temporary deferral of realized taxable gains. Consequently, the Company establishes escrow accounts with financial institutions for the deposit of funds received on sales of equipment, which are designated for replacement property within a specified period of time. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had $3.8 million deposited in a like-kind exchange escrow account. The Company has identified a qualifying asset and intends to use the funds to complete a like-kind exchange transaction in the second quarter of 2017.\nCapital Expenditures. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, capital expenditures were $1.0 million and consisted primarily of spare helicopter parts and capitalized interest. In connection with the deferral of helicopter deliveries, the Company ceased capitalizing interest on helicopter deposits in the fourth quarter of 2015. The Company resumed capitalizing interest in the fourth quarter of 2016. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company capitalized interest of $0.4 million and $0, respectively. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, construction in progress, which is a component of property and equipment, included capitalized interest of $4.9 million and $4.5 million, respectively. A summary of changes to our operating helicopter fleet is as follows:\nEquipment Additions - The Company had no helicopter acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2017 or 2016. The Company took delivery of two AW189 heavy helicopters during the fourth quarter of 2016, but these helicopters were not placed in service as of March 31, 2017. The Company places helicopters in service once completion work has been finalized and the helicopters are ready for use.\nEquipment Dispositions - During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company sold or otherwise disposed of property and equipment for proceeds of $0.1 million and recognized gains of $0.1 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company sold or otherwise disposed of property and equipment for proceeds of $4.0 million and recognized gains of $2.9 million.\nThe Company\u2019s condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 include assets of Aer\u00f3leo totaling $13.7 million and $12.9 million, respectively. The distribution of these assets to Era Group and its subsidiaries other than Aer\u00f3leo is subject to restrictions. The Company\u2019s condensed consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 each include liabilities of Aer\u00f3leo of $9.2 million. The creditors for such liabilities do not have recourse to Era Group or its subsidiaries other than Aer\u00f3leo.\nThe Company\u2019s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 include operating revenues of $10.2 million and $7.6 million, respectively, and net income of $0.9 million and net loss of $0.7 million, respectively, as a result of the consolidation of Aer\u00f3leo, including the effects of intercompany eliminations.\nDuring the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded income tax benefit of $2.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively, resulting in effective tax rates of 25.2% and 20.3%, respectively. The increase in effective tax rates is primarily due to the recognition of tax benefits associated with the Company\u2019s foreign affiliates.\nDuring the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no new uncertain tax positions identified.\nRevolving Credit Facility. On March 31, 2014, Era Group entered into the amended and restated senior secured revolving credit facility (the \u201cRevolving Credit Facility\u201d), and on October 27, 2016, the Company entered into the Consent and Amendment No. 3 to the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility provides Era Group with the ability to borrow up to $200.0 million, with a sub-limit of up to $50.0 million for letters of credit, and matures in March 2019. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent and the agreement by the lenders, the Revolving Credit Facility includes an \u201caccordion\u201d feature which, if exercised, will increase total commitments by up to $100.0 million. Era Group\u2019s availability under the Revolving Credit Facility may be limited by the terms of the 7.750% Senior Notes.\nBorrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at Era Group\u2019s election, either a base rate or LIBOR, each as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin is based on the Company\u2019s ratio of funded debt to EBITDA, as defined in the Revolving Credit Facility, and ranges from 75 to 200 basis points on the base rate margin and 175 to 300 basis points on the LIBOR margin. The applicable margin as of March 31, 2017 was 125 basis points on the base rate margin and 225 basis points on the LIBOR margin. In addition, the Company is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee based on the average unfunded portion of the committed amount at a rate based on the Company\u2019s ratio of funded debt to EBITDA, as defined, that ranges from 37.5 to 50 basis points. As of March 31, 2017, the commitment fee was 50 basis points.\nAs of March 31, 2017, Era Group had $61.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and issued letters of credit of $1.3 million. In connection with the amendment of the Revolving Credit Facility in 2014, Era Group incurred debt issuance costs of $2.4 million. In connection with Amendment No. 3 to the Revolving Credit Facility entered into in 2016, which reduced the total commitment amount to $200.0 million, the Company wrote off previously incurred debt issuance costs of $0.5 million and incurred additional debt issuance costs of $0.9 million. Such costs are included in other assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and are amortized to interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations over the life of the Revolving Credit Facility.\nAer\u00f3leo Debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company settled certain tax disputes in Brazil totaling $0.2 million and $2.0 million, respectively. Such amounts are included in other debt in the table above and bear interest at a rate equal to the overnight rate as published by the Central Bank of Brazil. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company prepaid a $1.0 million loan to a third party in Brazil.\nFleet. The Company\u2019s unfunded capital commitments as of March 31, 2017 consisted primarily of agreements to purchase helicopters and totaled $117.0 million, of which $16.2 million is expected to become payable during the remainder of 2017 with the balance payable through 2019. The Company also had $1.3 million of deposits paid on options not yet exercised. The Company may terminate $103.5 million of its total commitments (inclusive of deposits paid on options not yet exercised) without further liability other than aggregate liquidated damages of $2.5 million.\nIncluded in these commitments are orders to purchase five AW189 heavy helicopters, two S92 heavy helicopters and five AW169 light twin helicopters. The AW189 and S92 helicopters are scheduled to be delivered in 2017 through 2019. Delivery dates for the AW169 helicopters have yet to be determined. In addition, the Company had outstanding options to purchase up to ten additional AW189 helicopters. If these options are exercised, the helicopters would be scheduled for delivery beginning in 2019 through 2020.\nBrazilian Tax Disputes. The Company is disputing assessments of approximately $7.4 million in unaccrued taxes, penalties and interest levied by the municipal authorities of Rio de Janeiro (for the period between 2000 to 2005) and Maca\u00e9 (for the period between 2001 to 2006) (collectively, the \u201cMunicipal Assessments\u201d). The Company believes that, based on its interpretation of tax legislation supported by clarifying guidance provided by the Supreme Court of Brazil with respect to the issue in a 2006 ruling, it is in compliance with all applicable tax legislation, has paid all applicable taxes, penalties and interest and plans to defend these claims vigorously at the administrative levels in each jurisdiction. In the event the Municipal Assessments are upheld at the last administrative level, it may be necessary for the Company to deposit the amounts at issue as security to pursue further appeals. In 2015, the Company received a final, unfavorable ruling with respect to a similar assessment levied by the Rio de Janeiro State Treasury for the periods between 1994 to 1998 (the \u201c1998 Assessments\u201d). The 1998 Assessments were upheld without taking into consideration the benefit of the clarifying guidance issued by the Supreme Court following the assertion of the claims. The final adjudication of the 1998 Assessments requires payment of amounts that are within the established accruals, will be paid in multiple installments over time and are not expected to have a material effect on the Company\u2019s financial position or results of operations. At March 31, 2017, it is not possible to determine the outcomes of the Municipal Assessments, but the Company does not expect that the outcomes would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position or results of operations. In addition, it is not possible to reasonably estimate the likelihood or potential amount of assessments that may be issued for any subsequent periods.\nThe Company is also disputing challenges raised by the Brazilian tax authorities with respect to certain tax credits applied by Aer\u00f3leo between 1995 to 2009. The tax authorities are seeking $2.4 million in additional taxes, interest and penalties. The Company believes that, based on its interpretation of tax legislation, it is in compliance with all applicable tax legislation and plans to defend this claim vigorously. At March 31, 2017, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, but the Company does not expect that the outcome would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position or results of operations.\nThe Company is disputing fines of $0.3 million sought by taxing authorities in Brazil following the final adjudication to disallow certain tax credits applied by the Company to offset certain social tax liabilities. The fine is calculated as 50% of the incremental tax liability resulting from the disallowance of the tax credits and has been applied without taking into account the circumstances relating to the disallowance of such tax credits. The constitutionality of such fines is under review by the Supreme Court in Brazil. There are a number of cases in which taxpayers have received favorable rulings due to the unconstitutionality of the law. As such, the Company plans to defend this claim vigorously. At March 31, 2017, it is not possible to determine the outcome, but the Company does not expect that it would have a material adverse impact on its business, financial position or results of operations.\nIn the normal course of business, the Company may become involved in various employment-related litigation matters. At March 31, 2017, it is not possible to determine the outcome of several claims wherein claimants are seeking judgments that are, in the aggregate, $0.1 million above the Company\u2019s established accruals. The Company does not expect that the outcome with respect to such claims would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position or results of operations.\nThe Company is also disputing claims from the Brazilian tax authorities with respect to federal customs taxes levied upon the helicopters leased by the Company and imported into Brazil under a temporary regime and subject to re-export. In order to dispute such assessments and pursue its available legal remedies within the judicial system, the Company deposited the amounts at issue as security into an escrow account that serves as security and with the presiding judge in the matters controlling the release of such funds. The Company believes that, based on its interpretation of tax legislation and well established aviation industry practice, it is not required to pay such taxes and plans to defend these claims vigorously. At March 31, 2017, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, but the Company does not expect that the outcome would have a material adverse effect on its business, financial position or results of operations.\nOther. In the normal course of its business, the Company becomes involved in various litigation matters including, among other things, claims by third parties for alleged property damages and personal injuries. Management uses estimates in determining the Company\u2019s potential exposure to these matters and has recorded reserves in its financial statements related thereto\nwhere appropriate. It is possible that a change in the Company\u2019s estimates related to such exposure could occur, but the Company does not expect such changes in estimated costs would have a material effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.\nIn April 2014, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter), a division of Airbus Group (formerly European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company), with respect to the extended suspension of operations of H225 heavy helicopters in 2012 and 2013. The settlement agreement provided for certain service and product credit discounts available to the Company to be applied against support services available from Airbus Helicopters covering spare parts, repair and overhaul, service bulletins, technical assistance or other services. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company utilized credits in the amount of $0 and $1.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2017, the Company has utilized all credits available under the agreement.\nThe Company leases office space from SEACOR Holdings Inc. (\u201cSEACOR\u201d), and during each of the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company incurred $0.1 million in rent and utilities, which is included in administrative and general expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of both March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had a payable due to SEACOR of less than $0.1 million.\nThe Company purchased products from its Dart Holding Company Ltd. (\u201cDart\u201d) joint venture totaling $0.1 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company also has a note receivable from Dart which had balances of $3.1 million and $3.2 million as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.\nDuring each of the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company incurred fees of $0.2 million for simulator services from its Era Training Center, LLC (\u201cETC\u201d) joint venture and provided helicopter, management and other services to ETC of $0.1 million. The Company also has a note receivable from ETC which had a balance of $4.0 million as of both March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan (\u201cESPP\u201d). During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company issued 75,162 shares under the ESPP. On September 15, 2016, the ESPP was amended to, among other things, increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP. As of March 31, 2017, 386,650 shares remain available for issuance under the ESPP.\nComprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest in subsidiary\nInvestments in and advances to equity method investees", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2038, "original_length": 62513, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 137.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://isleblue.co/magazine/st-barts-sunsets/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:12Z", "digest": "sha1:IF3L6AZ67BSKTIWP3VTI4ZBCMDTGST3O", "length": 4129, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "isleblue.co", "title": "St Barts Sunsets - Isle Blue", "raw_content": "St Barts Sunsets - Isle Blue\nSt Barts Sunsets\nIf a travel expert says that the, \u201cSunsets in St Barts are worth writing home about,\u201d (Fodors, 2015) and that you should make a point of planning where you will be every evening just to enjoy them\u2026well, you should do it! Of course, saying you should make a point of catching the sunset each evening, and actually doing it are two different things. We have put together a list of several prime sunset viewing locations that can guarantee you at least a few unforgettable experiences while on the island.\nWhether you are the sort who loves sitting on the beach and gazing until the very last light is gone or you\u2019re the type for sipping cocktails with a large group of revelers, there are many spots where you can enjoy a St. Barts sunset in comfort and peace.\nAs the name suggests, the center point of St Barts offers an outstanding vantage point for magnificent sunsets. The views incorporate the western end of St Barts in the forefront of the blazing skies vivid with yellows and oranges brushstrokes. Villas in Pointe Milou offer guests a striking balance between ocean, mountain and sunset views.\nWithout a doubt, the one spot where you will be certain to see a wonderful sunset whenever you are in the capital city of Gustavia is Do Brazil. This famous bar is popular with celebrities as well as visitors and locals, and it is an entirely casual place to sip a cocktail, enjoy a meal, and linger long after the sun has faded and the stars twinkle.\nOf course, you don\u2019t have to pay to enjoy a meal while watching the sunset in Gustavia because you can simply remain on Shell Beach. This is adjacent to the Do Brazil restaurant and is known as one of the truly loveliest and most unique beaches in the world. The entire beach is paved with millions of seashells (hence its name), and it is a wonderful place to tote a picnic, pop cork, and enjoy a glorious and peaceful sunset.\nThough this is a large quartier on the island of St. Barts, it is known that its high peaks tend to provide travelers and residents with some of the most impressive panoramas imaginable. While you can easily explore the roads to find a spot to enjoy a sunset, one of the most popular ways of doing so in great style is to book a table at the utterly charming Caf\u00e9 Santa Fe. Set as it is on a very high peak overlooking the island, and offering some of the best French cuisine, it is a rare treat and one not to be missed.\nFinally, the small and charming town of Corossol is a classic fishing village with roads that wind into the hills above it. From the beaches or the hills, travelers tend to agree that it is one of the most iconic and idyllic spots to enjoy the sunset. So, pack a picnic, or book a table at the one French caf\u00e9 on the water, and enjoy!\nNaturally, if you have a private villa booked for your stay in St. Barts, it may be your bar or pool from which you enjoy spectacular sunsets, but don\u2019t miss a chance to sample as many different perspectives as possible!\nLocated on the western end of St Barts, guests enjoy panoramic and unobstructed views of the sun setting into the Caribbean horizon. Make sure your villa is oriented towards a western or southern exposure.\nIsle Blue Launches Barbados Blue Luxury Villas Charlotte, NC/October 17, 2017/\u2013 Isle Blue, LLC, a leading global luxury villa and vacation rental company, announces the launch of Barbados Blue, LLC, a luxury villa specialist for the island of Barbados. Continuing to enhance the luxury vacation planning platform, Isle Blue proudly introduces Barbados Blue, a geo-specific [\u2026]\nThe Mayan Riviera as Kitesurfing Destination\nYou chose an Isle Blue villa in the Yucatan Peninsula area known as the Mayan Riviera, also called Riviera Maya by some, and you already know you are in for a rare treat. Nature, history, outdoor activities, scenery, shopping and dining are all guaranteed to be unique and unforgettable here. Cenotes are waiting to be [\u2026]\nLong described as one of the world's most \"ideal\" ski resorts, Val D'Isere is a long-time French Alps icon. It has amazing terrain and a truly charming village that provide\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 8247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://islingtonlife.london/discover-islington/blog/become-an-official-islington-guide/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:31Z", "digest": "sha1:7KCUUDBQD3HJKMIW5U454AQFGUPNMIG3", "length": 1789, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "islingtonlife.london", "title": "Islington Life - Become an Islington guide", "raw_content": "Become an Islington guide\nPlaces are still available on the University of Westminster\u2019s Clerkenwell and Islington Tour Guiding course starting in January.\nA course for people wanting to become guides and those who just want to expand their knowledge of local history, it is focused on Clerkenwell and Islington and some of London\u2019s most historic and culturally rich sights.\nStudents get to study and visit places like the Clerk\u2019s Well, medieval Charterhouse and St John\u2019s Gate, the 17th century New River, Islington\u2019s handsome Georgian squares, and Sadler\u2019s Wells. Shakespeare, Hogarth, Dickens, Orwell, Sickert, Lenin, Morris are just some of the names from the worlds of art, literature and politics whose lives have connected with the area.\nThe course mixes learning about Clerkenwell and Islington and its history with sessions devoted to the skills required to interpret the area to diverse audiences, both on the street and inside buildings.\nStudents will study at the university\u2019s newly refurbished Marylebone campus and those who successfully complete the course will qualify for the badge and membership of the Clerkenwell and Islington Guides Association. CIGA is running a Meet the Guides session on Thursday 8 December at 7pm. This is an opportunity to see a bit of the local area and discuss the course and guiding with CIGA members. Find out more about the Meet the Guides session here.\nThe next course starts in January 2017 and runs until July 2017. Lessons are held on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings and costs \u00a3995.\nTo apply, got to this website and complete the Tour Guiding Application form: www.westminster.ac.uk/tour-guiding-islington\nOr for further information and any general admission enquiries call 020 3506 6490 or email abeshortcourses@westminster.ac.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2547, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 284.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://isthmus.com/events/history-sandwiched-in-july-10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:46Z", "digest": "sha1:Q26RCZ4SNNFY35AYZT5BUA4GAB6SCBMX", "length": 804, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "isthmus.com", "title": "History Sandwiched In - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin", "raw_content": "In October 1964, the owners of the Milwaukee Braves made a shocking announcement: The Braves were moving to Atlanta. In the decades since, many have tried to understand why the Braves left Milwaukee. Fans blamed greedy owners and the lure of Coca Cola cash. Team management claimed they weren't getting enough local support.\nPatrick Steele, author of Home of the Braves: The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee (University of Wisconsin Press), will delve deeply into all facets of the story, looking at the changing business of baseball in the 1960s, the interactions of the team owners with the government officials who controlled County Stadium, the surging success of the Green Bay Packers, and much more, to understand how the \"Milwaukee Miracle\" went south. A book signing will follow the presentation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 2570, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 198.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://itvs.org/blog?topic=awards", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:06Z", "digest": "sha1:TWDJUBTMNHMKXEXWPXGJJOSPZ6LOACIK", "length": 1141, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "itvs.org", "title": "Documentary Film Funding, Production, Distribution, and Marketing Blog | ITVS", "raw_content": "Applying for the Peabody Awards: What You Need to Know\nEvery year, the Peabody Awards recognize those who excel in radio, television broadcasting, and online media in America. The judges review over a thousand documentary entries and only a select few are awarded the prestigious gold medallion. With such stiff competition, what makes a film stand out? Earlier this week we hosted a webinar featuring Dr. Nate\u2026\nITVS Films Clean Up at Sundance\nAll six ITVS films in competition at Sundance picked up awards on Saturday, marking an unprecedented accomplishment for the organization and the filmmakers.WINNER OF THE GRAND JURY PRIZE IN U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITIONThe House I Live In by Eugene Jarecki The film weaves together director Eugene Director's personal narrative with America's war on\u2026\nFourteen winners of the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Awards were announced on Wednesday in New York. Hell and Back Again, by filmmaker Danfung Dennis, will premiere on Independent Lens in May 2012. The documentary follows one soldier\u2019s experience fighting the war in Afghanistan and recovering from a serious injury back in the U.S.In his\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 212.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iwaponline.com/hr/article-abstract/49/5/1349/38843/Modeling-soil-erosion-by-data-driven-methods-using?redirectedFrom=fulltext", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:55Z", "digest": "sha1:TBDXVKTTS5Y4VUR22CKDXZ7GICQIHS3V", "length": 1636, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "iwaponline.com", "title": "Modeling soil erosion by data-driven methods using limited input variables | Hydrology Research | IWA Publishing", "raw_content": "Modeling soil erosion by data-driven methods using limited input variables\nShahla Yavari\n1Geology Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran\nE-mail: shahlayavari3@gmail.com\nSaman Maroufpoor\n2Department of Water Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran\nShahla Yavari, Saman Maroufpoor, Jalal Shiri; Modeling soil erosion by data-driven methods using limited input variables. Hydrology Research 1 October 2018; 49 (5): 1349\u20131362. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2017.041\nSoil is one of the main elements of natural resources. Accurate estimation of soil erosion is very important in optimum soil resources development and management. Analyzing soil erosion by water on cultivated lands is an important task due to the numerous problems caused by erosion. In this study, the performance of three different data-driven approaches, e.g. multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (ANN), grid partitioning (GP), and subtractive neuro-fuzzy (NF) models were evaluated for estimating soil erosion. Land use, slope, soil and upland erosion amount were used as input parameters of the applied models and the erosion values obtained by MPSIAC method were considered as the benchmark for evaluating the ANN and NF models. The applied models were assessed using the coefficient of determination (R2), the root mean square error (RMSE), the BIAS, and the variance accounted for (VAF) indices. The results showed that the subtractive NF model presented the most accurate results with the minimum RMSE value (3.775) and GP, NF and ANN models were ranked successively.\nerosion, MPSIAC, neural networks, neuro-fuzzy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 5646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 316.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iwbf.org/2017/07/05/durban-to-host-2017-african-qualification-tournament-for-world-championships/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:01Z", "digest": "sha1:WLZWHUBGIMJAMJSJXECJ7ZODYIJ3XJWT", "length": 1497, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "iwbf.org", "title": "Durban to host 2017 African Qualification Tournament for World Championships - IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation", "raw_content": "Durban to host 2017 African Qualification Tournament for World Championships\nJul 5, 2017 | Africa, Events, News, World Championships, Zone News\nIWBF Africa have awarded Wheelchair Basketball South Africa the opportunity to host the 2017 African Qualification Tournament where teams will compete for a place in the World Championships.\nA maximum of eight men\u2019s teams will battle for the one qualifying spot in the men\u2019s section at the World Championships 2018 in Hamburg, and a minimum of four women\u2019s teams will take each other on for their one qualifying spot.\nPresident of IWBF Africa, Hamid El Aouni, said, \u201cWe are very pleased to award the 2017 African Qualification Tournament for the World Championships to Wheelchair Basketball South Africa.\n\u201cThe African Zone is developing and growing stronger every year and we are hopeful that the qualifiers will see the same level of competition we did in 2015 for the qualifiers for Rio 2016.\u201d\nAny National Organisation of Wheelchair Basketball in the Africa Zone that wishes to participate in the 2017 African Qualification Tournament for the World Championships must submit the registration form along with the registration fee of USD 1,000.00 must be paid to IWBF Africa before 15 August 2017.\nFor more information for countries that would like to participate download the following 2017 Africa Worlds Qualification Invitation\nPreviousGold for Turkey and The Netherlands at European Championships\nNextIWBF Europe hold Congress and Forum in Tenerife", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 6115, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 312.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://janaaxline.com/2013/06/24/she-said-what/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:02Z", "digest": "sha1:JMKDUWL7WD7MTIGUJXD4XM2PQHZ5EYOJ", "length": 2212, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "janaaxline.com", "title": "She Said What? | janaaxline", "raw_content": "I\u2019m sure at least once a week you hear something that raises your eyebrows and makes you wonder what the person really meant by the comment. Cross-gender communication is even more challenging. All the way to the psyche, men and women are different. This week we had Amanda Johns Vaden, gender differences expert, on the show to help us improve our communication in the work place.\nEvery time we approach a conversation, we have a set expectation of what the outcome will be and how we will reach that outcome. The challenge is, men and women\u2019s \u201chow\u201d is usually vastly different. This leads to a lot of hurt feelings and resentment, especially when we bottle up our assumptions about the person\u2019s intentions and don\u2019t address it.\nWhen faced with communicating with the opposite sex, here are a few tips:\nWhen in doubt, ask. Our biggest mistake in communicating is that when we are offended by a comment or something rubs us the wrong way, we tend to overlook it. Instead, take the person aside and ask. Using a non-accusatory approach, try to get to the true meaning of what they were saying: \u201cWhen I heard you say you\u2019ve got this because you understood it the best, I felt like you were implying the rest of us weren\u2019t capable.\u201d When you use \u201cI\u201d statements and talk about your feelings, it breaks down barriers towards conflict-resolution.\nBe prepared. When you work with people day in and day out, you tend to notice trends. If you find someone is continually making what you deem as snide remarks towards you, come prepared. Think of ways you can address it on the spot with humor or an intelligent but non-aggressive response.\nCome with understanding. If you approach conversations with the opposite sex understanding they don\u2019t view things through the same lens, that will automatically help you be more sensitive in your communication. Awareness is the first step in being able to adjust your behavior.\nTo hear more great tips about improving your working relationship with the opposite sex, listen to last week\u2019s episode of On Air with Axline Solutions.\namanda johns vaden, building relationships, communication, gender communication\n\u2190 What Got You Here Won\u2019t Get You There\nThe Secret Isn\u2019t in the Sauce \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 4459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 328.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://janesvilleapostolicministries.org/2015/12/13/the-kingdom-of-god/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:15Z", "digest": "sha1:IN5GLLLA5WX2NE7CENIVWRDHYJWPB6LL", "length": 2844, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "janesvilleapostolicministries.org", "title": "The Kingdom of God | Janesville Apostolic Ministries", "raw_content": "\u201cAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.\u201d\nWe see in these scriptures that JESUS was preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom. We need to understand that the Kingdom of GOD is right here on earth. If you have the Holy Ghost you have all the power that JESUS displayed here on earth. We have the ability to heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, when we yield ourselves and are used by JESUS. HE is the one doing all of that. We are the earthen vessels HE is looking for.\nYou see in those scriptures that He healed ALL sickness and ALL diseases. Not just certain ones but every single sickness and every single disease. From colds to pneumonia to cancer to cuts and broken bones. Everyone got healed. People possessed of demons were set free.\nEverything we know that\u2019s in Heaven is for us right now and for every second of our lives. No suffering. No pain. No sickness. No diseases. No sadness. No depression or anxiety. We have victory over the enemy.\nSee, satan is the ruler of this world and he\u2019s running it and he\u2019s doing his best to destroy it and every one in it. Satan has his kingdom here because when you look around, you\u2019ll see all the drugs, alcohol, abortions, murders, suicides, addictions, shame, abuse, fear, and lots of sins are made to look like they help us, like it\u2019s no big deal, everyone else does it, be politically correct. I say we need to stand strong and be Spiritually correct. That\u2019s why we need the Holy Ghost so we can defeat anything satan throws at us. We are not under satan\u2019s rule, we belong to the KING of kings and the LORD of lords and HIS name is JESUS. The Holy Spirit that\u2019s given to us has a lot to do with the Kingdom.\nJESUS\u2019 message for salvation when HE was among the people was to believe in HIM in order to be saved. JESUS explains to Nicodemus what is actually required, that we must be \u201cborn again.\u201d We all gotta be born of the Water and of the Spirit to enter the Kingdom. We all come into the world first by a physical birth. In order to come into the Kingdom of GOD, we gotta have a spiritual birth.\nEverything JESUS did, supported everything JESUS said.\nThis is GOD\u2019s church so that means we are the community of the Kingdom of GOD. We need to tell people about JESUS and let the miracles happen because we serve a miracle-working GOD. As we show folks the power of the Spirit, we\u2019ll see more coming to JESUS. We\u2019re gonna see more people getting healed, being set free. Families will be restored. I\u2019m claiming all of this because the Kingdom of GOD is here.\nPicture care of: tangibletheology.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 5190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 245.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://janesvilleapostolicministries.org/tag/power/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:47Z", "digest": "sha1:FQRDXI6JP3YFNJ4ET4E5KXPNCHJ65HVU", "length": 8584, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "janesvilleapostolicministries.org", "title": "Power | Janesville Apostolic Ministries", "raw_content": "Romans 1: 16 \u201cFor I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.\u201d\nA lot of people don\u2019t like change. People will fight change, but change is good sometimes. You can\u2019t become OR you can\u2019t be a Christian without change. From the moment we become a Christian, we begin to change \u2013 we should change because we become new creatures in CHRIST. The good news is that it\u2019s JESUS that gives us the ability and strength to change. We are HIS workmanship, HIS creation, created for HIS purpose. We need to change. The old man is washed away and ALL things are made new.\nWe are here to spread the gospel and not be ashamed of it. When the opportunity comes up, we need to jump in and tell people about JESUS.\nI remember when Dee and I were in Menards and I started talking to this young worker gal. I asked how she was doing and she said she would be better if I was a chiropractor because she had shoulder pain and discomfort when she moved it a certain way. I told her I\u2019m not a doctor but I am a believer and I will pray for a healing. She smiled and I prayed a healing touch in her in JESUS name. She had tears in her eyes and thanked me. I said give GOD the Glory. She told me she just got back with the LORD a few weeks ago because her boyfriend is a believer. I invited her to church and gave her some testimonies from JAM. She was excited and still had tears in her eyes. It\u2019s all about JESUS and don\u2019t be ashamed of the GOSPEL of JESUS CHRIST.\n\u201c For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ\u201d:\nThis passage was written when Rome was in power. Rome was an Empire filled with pride. They were in power for over 200 years. Pride came from what a person owned or their social status. The Pride was everywhere. Pride is a destructive thing. Too many people hold onto their pride and live their lives like they\u2019re better than others.\nWe need to let people know that there is a much stronger Hope in JESUS than anything the world has to offer.\nConsider what Paul went through. He was imprisoned in Philippi, chased out of Thessalonica, smuggled out of Berea, laughed at in Athens and in Corinth his message was considered foolishness to the Greeks and a stumbling-block to the Jews. But Paul stands firm in his commitment, tall in his faith and says \u201cI am not ashamed of the Gospel.\u201d\nAt school, work, or play can people look at you and they know you made a commitment to JESUS, or is it something you try to hide?\nDo people know the stand you have taken for JESUS? Your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, or are you keeping that a secret?\nThe Gospel is the force behind salvation. \u201cFor it is the power of GOD for salvation\u201d\n\u201cPower\u201d \u2014- is Force!!!\nPicture care of: Living Hope Baptist Church\nToday is still the season to celebrate JESUS and all HE has done for everyone. HE still loves us the same. HE \u2018s still pouring out HIS SPIRIT to anyone who wants to receive it. We should always be celebrating JESUS and all that HE\u2019S done for us. HE will never stop on HIS promises because HE is the same yesterday, today and forever. JESUS never changes.\nNever confess or focus on \u201cI can\u2019t,\u201d because the Word says: \u201cI can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me.\u201d (Philippians 4:13)\nNever confess or focus on fear, because the Word says: \u201cGod has not given me a spirit of fear, but one of power, love and a sound mind.\u201d (2 Timothy 1:7)\nNever confess or focus on weakness, because the Word says: \u201cThe Lord is the strength of My life\u201d (Psalm 27:1) and \u201cThe people that know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits.\u201d (Daniel 11:32)\nNever confess or focus on sickness, because the Word says: \u201cWith His stripes I am healed.\u201d (Isaiah 53:5) and Jesus \u201cHimself took my infirmities and bore my sickness.\u201d (Matthew 8:17)\nMat 28:18 All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth\nLuke 9:1 Then he called his 12 disciples together and gave them power and authority over all devils and to cure diseases.\nIf you have the Holy Ghost you have the ability to Generate Power. While you\u2019re sitting around waiting for GOD to send the power HE\u2019s waiting for you to KICK up the power that\u2019s already inside you.\nWhen you pray you generate power. When you fast you generate power. When you praise and worship God you generate power. When you speak in tongues you generate power. When you sow seeds you generate power. When you dance for JESUS you generate power. When you show the love of JESUS you generate power.\nWith this JESUS power we need people who are serious about seeing our children saved and serving GOD. People that are serious about seeing the drug addict, the alcoholic, any addiction get that desire removed out of their lives, delivered and set free. See the cripples walk and the blind eyes opened and the deaf to hear and marriages healed and broken families restored.\nLet\u2019s start praising GOD for our children, praise HIM for deliverance for those addicted, praise HIM for restoration and healing of marriages. Lift up your voice and start pulling down strongholds, you\u2019ve got the power, greater is HE that is in you than he that is in the world.\nYou\u2019ve got the greatest power company inside of you, let it out let those rivers of healing and deliverance flow, let those rivers of miracles flow. You\u2019ve got the power.\nJESUS is still the reason for this season and every second of our lives. Let\u2019s celebrate JESUS.\nPicture care of: Sharefaith\nForgiveness! It\u2019s one of the most significant expressions of love that I can think of, Jesus over and over tells us the importance of it. In the Lords prayer He tells us in Matthew 6:12, \u201cAnd forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.\u201d Then to further emphasis it he follows up in verses 14-15, \u201cFor if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.\u201d As we see here, it can be positive if you are willing to forgive, and negative if you chose not to forgive.\nJoseph (Genesis 37-45) is a great example of someone who chose to forgive his brothers who should distain to him and even came to the point of almost killing him but sold him to slavery. Eventually Joseph had the opportunity to exact revenge on his brothers but instead showed grace. The story if Ahitophel is the opposite, a one time friend and council to David, he became an enemy as result of David\u2019s sin with Bathsheba whom was his granddaughter. We find him at the end of the story hung from tree after his betrayal was not heeded by Absalom (2Samuel 17:23).\nRecently I had the opportunity to see the story of one Eva Moses Kor who had a twin sister named Miriam. These two sisters as well as the rest of their family were sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 where the entire family except for the twins were killed immediately. A doctor Josef Mengele \u201cthe angel of death\u201d began experiments on Eva, Miriam and many other twins which had lasting affects on they bodies and may of contributed to Miriam\u2019s\u2019 death in 1993. Eva later was put into contact with another \u201cNazi\u201d doctor who was at the camp, a Dr. Munch. She was soon confronted with the idea to write a letter of forgiveness to this doctor but was challenged to also to forgive Dr. Mengele. Eva decided that she would and then realized that she and she alone had any power to forgive, not the others who were at the camp, not any church, or any other organization. It was hers alone as we also have the same power to or not to forgive, it\u2019s our power!\nEphesians 4:30-32, \u201cAnd grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ\u2019s sake hath forgiven you.\u201d\nForgiveness is not always easy, but it is necessary, even if the person who is the recipient does not or cannot accept it we still need to forgive not once, not twice, but as Jesus tells us in Matthew 18:22, \u201cseventy times seven\u201d, really what Jesus was saying is there is no limit on our ability to forgive others except the limit we put on it.\nOur greatest example is found in Jesus Christ, even after the beatings, mocking, and bing nailed to a wooden cross he declared in Luke 23:35, \u201cThen said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do\u2026\u201d If we want to be Christ-like we need to be able to do the same!\npicture care of: hellemanworld.blogspot.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 26887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 289.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jeremybuckingham.org/2014/11/06/question-broken-hills-water-supply-6-november-2014/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:27Z", "digest": "sha1:FZ6W2LQLXFHQ3OIDOMC7XWHDH2VSQRCD", "length": 55, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "jeremybuckingham.org", "title": "Question \u2013 Broken Hill\u2019s water supply \u2013 6 November 2014 |", "raw_content": "Question \u2013 Broken Hill\u2019s water supply \u2013 6 November 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2118, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 297.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jimmytaco.com/2010/11/09/sharing-is-careing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:58Z", "digest": "sha1:GTFRF3IGCIHR7UMY7KURFVQYEA5A3AT5", "length": 575, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jimmytaco.com", "title": "SHARING IS CAREING\u2026\u2026.. | Dj Jimmy Taco", "raw_content": "SHARING IS CAREING\u2026\u2026..\nSO I\u2019M IN A GREAT MOOD AND WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH MY FRIENDS. 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He is also an actor, singer, songwriter and an accomplished record producer.\nEminem stands out from other rap artists due to his unique way of rhyming words and phrases. He is among the very few well-established and famed white rappers of all times. Beastie Boys was the other rap group consisting of whites that took the world of rap and hip-hop by storm back in the days. However, Eminem soon ventured into the scene and stood out as not only the best but also the richest.\nEminem Biography, Wiki\nEminem was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972, in Detroit, Michigan. He grew up in a black-dominated middle-class neighborhood with his mum who worked very odd jobs to make a living. His surroundings exposed him to rap and hip hop at a very tender age and this influenced him to become a hip-hop artist as he constantly listened to tracks from Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre, Naz, AZ and other rap artists.\nBeing white and growing up in a black community that viewed rap as black-oriented, Eminem found it quite difficult to penetrate the market. In fact, he was beaten quite severally by other artists who couldn\u2019t imagine a white boy doing rap music. Also, many record producers turned him down without even listening to his tracks.\nThis, however, did not kill his dream to one day make it into the limelight. And to nurture his talent, Eminem frequently took part in freestyle rap battles, open-mic sessions, and created his unique style of rap while still a teenager. Poor grades in High School saw him spend three years in the ninth grade which eventually prompted him to drop out at seventeen years of age.\nIn addition to being a solo artist, Eminem is a notable member of two hip-hop groups; D12 and Bad Meets Evil.\nD12, an initialism for The Dirty Dozen, comprised of six Detriot rappers and their alter egos which made it a dozen. Members of the group included Eminem, Bizarre, Kuniva, Mr. Porter, Swifty, and Proof. Eminem\u2019s other group, Bad Meets Evil, comprised of him and another fellow Detriot rapper, Royce Da 5\u20199.\nMusic Career And Success\nEminem later signed up with Soul Intent (formerly known as Bassmint Productions) while still working as a dishwasher and cook at the local eatery. At this stage, Eminem\u2019s net worth was probably nil as he struggled to take care of not only himself but his mum as well. He, later on, moved on to FBT productions and Mashin Duck Records but still, nothing looked promising.\nIn 1996, he released his debut album titled \u201cInfinite\u201d under FBT productions\u2019 independent label, Under Web Entertainment. The album was a commercial failure as Eminem continued to struggle in his personal life, culminating in a suicide attempt.\nHis major breakthrough came the following year in 1997 after he released \u201cThe Slim Shady EP\u201d which caught the attention of famous Hip-Hop producer and NWA member, Dr. Dre. Working with Dr. Dre enabled him to release \u201cThe Slim Shady LP\u201d which took the industry by storm.\nThe Album brought Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of the Year.\nSee Also: Jay Z Net Worth, Albums, Songs, Discography, Son, House\nIn the year 2000, Eminem looked to have begun to master his craft by releasing \u201cThe Marshall Mathers LP\u201d which holds the record for being the fastest selling hip-hop album ever.\nIn 2002, he followed it up with another critically and commercially acclaimed album, \u201cThe Eminem Show\u201d.\nEminem was the best-selling artist in the U.S. during the 2000\u2019s era. Album sales exceeding 172 million copies also made him one of the best-selling artists in the world. He ranks second when it comes to being the bestselling male artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era.\nEminem has won Best Original Song at the Academy Awards. He has had at least 12 singles top the charts worldwide, and 8 albums top the Billboard 200. Billboard Magazine named him the Artist of the Year in 2009.\nIn addition to declaring him as King of Hip Hop, Rolling Stone also ranked him at position 83 among the greatest 100 artists ever.\nTo date, Eminem has released four compilation albums and nine studio albums.\nEminem Net Worth, House\nThe hip-hop artist who has made a name for himself as one of the world\u2019s best-selling artists has a net worth of $190 million.\nEminem lives in Rochester Hills on the northern outskirts of the Detroit suburbs.\nHe bought the mansion 14 years ago for a whopping $4.75 million. It includes six bedrooms, nine and a half bathrooms and stretches 17,000 square feet on nearly six acres of land.\nThe mansion\u2019s grounds also include a tennis court, a waterfall pool, and spa, an entertainment cabana, a guest house with its own game room and a guard house.\nEminem Mom, Wife, Daughter, Is He Gay?\nEminem and his mother, Deborah Rae \u201cDebbie\u201d Nelson, have had a torrid relationship most especially after he gained success in his music. Despite having been the only parent in his life after she and his father, Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr separated, the two have not seen eye to eye with Eminem publicly slandering her, implying that she was an unstable drug user.\nIn 1999, she sued him for about $10 million for slandering her on \u201cThe Slim Shady LP\u201d.\nEminem has been married twice to Kimberly Anne \u201cKim\u201d Scott who he met while in high school. She and her twin sister Dawn ran away from home at the age of 13 and started living with Eminem and his family. The pair soon after began an on-again-off-again relationship.\nThe couple welcomed their first and only child, a daughter Hailie on Christmas Day 1995. Kim was 20-years-old and Eminem, 23. In 1999, they tied the knot but divorced two years later.\nThe couple later got back together and remarried in January 2006 following years of turmoil. Just three months later, the rapper filed for divorce again.\nEminem in a recent interview said that he uses dating apps such as Tinder to meet people who to go on dates with. The rapper who is well known for his use of homophobic lyrics in his music then shocked the interviewer when he revealed that he is also on Grindr, a popular dating app used among gay and bisexual men.\nEminem, however, failed to confirm if indeed he was gay or whether it was just a joke.\nEminem Age, Height, Body Stats\nProfession: Rapper, actor, songwriter and record producer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 9609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 161.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://justrichest.com/lebron-james-net-worth-how-much-is-lebron-james-worth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:31Z", "digest": "sha1:PF3XD46F3PN34NEXSICLNU3OMS5BAXF3", "length": 6353, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "justrichest.com", "title": "Lebron James Wife, Height, House, Kids, Mom, Family, Salary, Wiki,", "raw_content": "Home Celebrities LeBron James Wife, Age, Height, House, Kids, Mom, Family, Salary, Wiki\nLeBron James is a professional American basketball player who started his decorated career at the age of 9 when a local youth coach introduced him to basketball. King James has given his best to ensure that he has his name among the greatest NBA players to ever exist and thankfully he is among the highest paid players in the sports.\nIn 2014, James earned a total of $72 million from the NBA season. Just from his salary, he made a whopping $19.3 million, and from several of his endorsements, he made $53 million. In the same year, he was listed as the third highest paid athlete behind Cristiano Ronaldo ($80 million) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. ($105 million). However, LeBron is thought to have a greater appeal compared to the two which shows why he was voted the 2nd most powerful athlete.\nSee Also: 30 World\u2019s Highest Paid Celebrities\nDue to James\u2019 recent contract arrangements with massive endorsement partners McDonald\u2019s, Upper Deck, Coca-Cola, and Nike; he is considered to have basketball\u2019s biggest endorsement.\nLeBron James Wiki, Age, Mom\nLeBron James (nickname King James) was born LeBron Raymone James on December 30, 1984. His mom was only 16 years old when she was delivered of him in Akron, Ohio in the United States. It may be surprising to learn that growing up was really tough for him as his mother, Gloria Marie James raised him alone as a single mother without a stable job. His father\u2019s name is Anthony McClelland but he was not involved in LeBron\u2019s upbringing. When his mother couldn\u2019t take it anymore, she gave up little LeBron to stay with the family of a local football coach, Frank Walker. But against the run of play, he developed a keen interest in basketball as against football and started playing the game of basketball at the age of nine.\nSee Also: Top 20 Highest Paid Athletes In The World\nLeBron James Family: Wife, Kids\nLeBron James is married to Savannah Brinson, who has been his sweetheart since they met in high school. He proposed to her on the New Year\u2019s Eve of 2011, in a party that was supposed to be his 27th birthday party. She said yes to him and they eventually walked down the aisle two years later on September 14, 2013, in a posh ceremony in San Diego. The couple now has three kids, two of which are already hitting their strides in basketball: LeBron James Jr. (born 2004), Bryce Maximus James (born 2007) and their last child, Zhuri James (born in 2014 \u2013 ten years after their first child).\nLeBron James Net Worth, Salary, and Endorsements\nLeBron has made over $150 million in NBA salary and over $300 million in several endorsements over his career.\nHis 2017/18 salary is adjudged to be the highest of any player in the NBA since Michael Jordan in 1997/98. He remains the 2nd best-paid NBA player just behind Golden State Warriors star forward, Steph Curry but he is the highest-paid Cleveland Cavaliers player at the moment.\nLeBron made a surprising announcement of his return to Cavaliers which was highly anticipated. He did sign a two-year deal worth $42.1 million.\nIn 2016, LeBron earned $77.2 million with $23.2 million coming from his salary and $54 million from endorsements. James\u2019 earnings only increase by the year. In 2017 his salary enjoyed a 12% increase to $86 million, making him the highest-paid NBA player for three consecutive years.\nLeBron has inked lucrative deals with very established companies that return millions of dollars yearly. He has made his busy schedule worth it by appearing in commercials for Samsung, Microsoft, State Farm, and Dunkin Donuts. In fact, James owned a small portion of Beats by Dre when the company was taken over by Apple for $3 billion in 2014.\nSee Also: Top 10 Highest-Paid NBA Players In The World 2016\nBack in 2003 at 18 years of age, LeBron signed his first endorsement deal which was a $90 million deal with Nike over 7 years and in 2015 he renewed the deal to last a lifetime, becoming the only player in the history of the 44-year-old company to do so. The deal stands to earn him as much as $1 billion depending on the sales of LeBron James-branded shoes.\nLebron James who has his net worth estimated at $400 million doesn\u2019t bank only from his NBA salary and endorsements, Read the article; How LeBron James Makes And Spends His Millions to see the other ventures the NBA star is involved in.\nLeBron James House\nCelebrities are rich and most of them usually invest in prominent homes worth millions of dollars and LeBron James isn\u2019t different. Upon returning to the Cavs, King James sold his Miami mansion for $13.4 million, he had originally bought it for $9 million, thus making a $4.4 million gain.\nThe 12,000 square-foot mansion has 6 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, a bay view, an elevator, a guest house, as well as a heated pool. The small forward now lives in a mansion in Montrose Ohio which he built from scratch on a land he bought for $2 million back in 2003.\nThe house measures almost 36,000 sq ft and includes 6 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, a bowling alley, aquarium, movie theater and of course a basketball court.\nLeBron is a man many kids can look up to not only as a complete professional but as one of the few celebrities who has lived a successful, scandal-free life on and off the pitch. Of course, he has had his not-so-good moments but no one would deny that James has been able to take control of most of his words and deeds and that has played a huge role in his success.\nHeight, Body Measurements\nLeBron James stands at 6 feet 8 inches (2.03 m) and weighs 250 pounds (113.4 kg). His height is perfect for the game of basketball. He has an athletic build and his body statistics is 46-17-36 inches (117-43-91.5 cm). His workout routine with his personal trainer, Mike Mancias includes spinning or pilates. He also uses the VersaClimber cardio and body fitness machine. His diet includes lots of carbs, chicken breast, peanut butter or some pasta. He claims the carbs in his pre-game diet helps increase his energy levels during games.\nHe says he also eats lots of vegetables, salads, and even protein shakes with some fruit before games. But avoids the fatty foods such as the pizza, the french fries, the pies, and the sandwiches. All of which he says he saves for eating only after a game.\nHis wingspan is 214 cm and his shoe size is 15.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 9385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 176.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kai-mann.com/2010/08/22/every-time-i-see-you/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:41Z", "digest": "sha1:3GORNHP4P3MAHDPA5WCOLHACNCDZINXQ", "length": 1636, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "kai-mann.com", "title": ">Every Time I See You \u2013 Author Entrepreneur Inspirationalist", "raw_content": ">Every Time I See You\nAugust 22, 2010 July 1, 2011 by Kai Mann, posted in You Remind Me\n>Every time I see you, you remind me of who I used to be\nIt\u2019s almost like the changes I\u2019ve made you\u2019ve refused to see\nEvery time I see you, you remind me of the words I used to say\nIt\u2019s almost like you don\u2019t care who I am today\nEvery time I see you, you remind of what I used to do\nLike the new me is still the issue\nEvery time I see you, you remind me of what I used to look like\nAs if everything I did then was not right\nEvery time I see you, you remind me of what I did to you\nAs if I could apologize enough so I don\u2019t know what to do\nEvery time I see you , you remind me of the past\nAs if the challenges I have overcome will not last\nEvery time I see you, you remind me that I am weak\nAs if the strength in me is not what you seek\nEvery time I see you, you try to say that I am still the same\nAs if I could change me by changing my name\nEvery time that I see you, I almost want to run away and hide\nBut with all the changes I\u2019ve made, I am growing from the inside\nEvery time that I see you , it reminds me that I am not that person anymore\nIt makes me sad for you because the new me you aren\u2019t willing to explore\nEvery time that I see you, it reminds me of why we aren\u2019t close\nIt reminds me of why I no longer need my daily dose\nEvery time that I see you, it reminds me of why I had to change\nAnd of why I could no longer remain the same\nEvery time that I see you, it reminds me of how sad I feel for you\nBecause every time I see you, you don\u2019t know what to say or what to do\nPrevious post>How Was Your Subscription Paid\nNext post>Tags & Labels", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 5329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 281.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://karensingermd.com/testimonials/vitals-user-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:21Z", "digest": "sha1:IYSMXOBR7P3NTFOMSHTFASXS7VUTEDSQ", "length": 520, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "karensingermd.com", "title": "Vitals User - Dr. Karen Singer", "raw_content": "\u201cI was very happy with my whole experience, especially the results. Dr. Singer was very understanding and I feel really listened to my concerns. I had a tummy tuck and breast lift done by her and just love the results. The only think negative I could say is how far out they were, after the consult I wanted to have the treatment asap, but they couldn't get me in earlier than 8 weeks. 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No one church can reach this big region alone and AE has given us the unique opportunity to do it together,\u201d he said. \u201cIn fact, this is the first time that all of the churches are coming together in the Rubaga district.\u201d\nRev. Raphael Kjjubi is a core partner with AE in Kampala. He leads King Jesus Church in the Rubaga division. He spoke to us enthusiastically about the mission.\nRev. Kjjubi shared that local churches have felt discouraged by the spread of Islam in their community. Newly established and well-funded Islamic educations centers target marginalized communities and provide free education which revolves around Islamic studies. \u201cThis is why it\u2019s so fundamentally important to evangelize urban areas. The churches need to awaken to the Great Commission and learn to be intentional about sharing the Gospel,\u201d he said.\nRaphael opened his church for pre-mission training and over 40 churches were trained in evangelism. He told us, \u201cAE\u2019s model works so well because it provides free training and support to churches before the mission. My church and many others have been empowered by this training and it\u2019s provided long-lasting benefits for all of us. We\u2019ve been provided with a strong theological base, local leaders have been encouraged and people have been challenged to reach out to their communities. God Bless AE! Thank you for coming to our community!\u201d he said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 4103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 255.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kenyoncollegian.com/news/global-kenyon/2018/10/global-kenyon-dudakovic-others-charged-with-war-crimes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:58Z", "digest": "sha1:4USIHIDWYABRJUZENY2KW4SIKMWRETYE", "length": 4009, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "kenyoncollegian.com", "title": "Global Kenyon: Dudakovic, others charged with war crimes \u2014 The Kenyon Collegian", "raw_content": "Global Kenyon: Dudakovic, others charged with war crimes\nAfter his arrest in April 2018, Atif Dudakovic was charged by the Bosnian government on Oct. 11 with committing war crimes against Serbs during the Bosnian War, which lasted from 1992 to 1995.\nTwenty-three years after the violent war concluded in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a post-Yugoslav nation, the 65-year-old Dudakovic was charged. Dudakovic commanded the prominent \u2014 and, among many Bosnians, revered \u2014 Fifth Corps, along with 16 senior members of his unit, according to Reuters.\nAssistant Professor of Political Science Jacqueline McAllister has interviewed Bosnian citizens, including veterans of the conflict, as part of her research on international criminal tribunals. According to McAllister, Dudakovic and the Fifth Corps\u2019 prominence makes this a particularly important conviction.\n\u201cFor the Bosnians in particular, the Fifth Corps holds a special place for many of them,\u201d she said. \u201cSo the fact that their top commander is convicted either makes people really happy or really sad.\u201d\nDudakovic and the convicted members of the Fifth Corps killed over 300 Serbs, many of whom were elderly or prisoners of war, according to the Associated Press.\nMcAllister said that Bosnian attachment to the Fifth Corps comes from its role in defending northwest Bosnia, which was encircled by two Serb-occupied territories: the Republic of Serbian Krajina in the west and Republika Srpska in the east. According to the Associated Press, the Serbian onslaught in northwest Bosnia left around 100,000 dead and millions without homes.\nThe International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was the first to pursue violators of international crime, indicting 161 individuals during its existence between 1993 and 2017. In 1996, the ICTY established the \u201cRules of the Road\u201d procedure, which according to McAllister set up a system of dialogue between the international, tribunal and domestic courts in countries that were once part of Yugoslavia.\nIn 2005, talks began on how Bosnia-Herzegovina specifically would take on cases, which led to the creation of the War Crimes Chamber within their national court: a temporary national effort at charging those who had committed crimes during the conflict.\nAccording to McAllister, this chamber was recently extended until 2023, as it still has a backlog of over 500 cases. She remarked that Bosnian citizens were uniquely supportive of the country\u2019s strategy for prosecuting war crimes.\n\u201cIn my interviews, people would tell me straight up, \u2018Oh yeah, our side totally perpetrated war crimes,\u2019 which is pretty unique,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I think they are more open, but I think going after such a prominent official is going to be hard for veterans especially, as well.\u201d\nMcAllister added that the ICTY\u2019s prosecution of Serbs, Croats and Bosnians was proportional to the atrocities committed, with the most atrocities and war crimes carried out by the Serbian side and the least by the Bosnians. There are victims and perpetrators present on all sides.\nShe also emphasized that the identity markers \u2014 Serb, Croat, Bosnian \u2014 are sometimes blurred. Bosnian Muslims fighting alongside Serbs were victims of Dudakovic\u2019s crimes, and there were ethnic Serbs on the side of the Bosnian Muslims and the Fifth Corps.\n\u201cI think in the Western media we like to pretend they\u2019re neat categories, but they\u2019re not at all,\u201d McAllister said.\nPerhaps most significant about this prosecution of a Bosnian war criminal by Bosnian chief prosecutors is what it exemplifies about Bosnia\u2019s efforts to engage with the war as part of their history.\n\u201cOn my trips to Bosnia, at least within Sarajevo, I think one of the things I admire most about that context, and granted I talk to people that are really thinking about these issues,\u201d McAllister said. \u201cThey are still having the conversation about what happened and what does it mean, and I think that that\u2019s pretty important, because a lot of societies just don\u2019t even do that.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 5490, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 213.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kerapido.com/spanish-online-course-by-maria-fernandez/lesson-5/lesson-5-spelling-names-out/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:56Z", "digest": "sha1:IIG6GAH6SFIAUXHPFNO3SNRMB3BBZYGN", "length": 327, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "kerapido.com", "title": "Spelling names out - Start speaking Spanish today!", "raw_content": "Lesson 5 \u2013 The alphabet: Spelling names out\nTo develop your confidence in Spanish, it\u2019s essential that you practise speaking from the beginning.\nI\u2019m going to take you step by step through how to spell out people\u2019s names.\nBy the time you reach the bottom of this page, you\u2019ll have learnt how to spell out some very common names.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 342, "original_length": 5446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kh.usembassy.gov/author/usembphnompenh/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:34Z", "digest": "sha1:X7P7XYXUVMV2EZ6WJKCIWPTFZ7XL6GVZ", "length": 566, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "kh.usembassy.gov", "title": "U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, Author at U.S. Embassy in Cambodia", "raw_content": "usembphnompenh\nHome Home | News & Events | Archives for U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh\nTravel Guidance for Cambodia Regarding Zika Virus\nReleased on September 30, 2016 The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh informs U.S. citizens that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued Travel Guidance for Cambodia regarding the risk of Zika virus infection. Zika virus is endemic . The risk of Zika to travelers, especially pregnant women, in endemic countries is likely lower ...\nBy U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh | 30 September, 2016 | Topics: Security & Emergency Messages", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1144, "original_length": 137127, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 289.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kimolsen.net/2012/10/02/3588/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:03Z", "digest": "sha1:QCPIGKXGYVV7OSX5DWIJ3JUK7VFNCF6W", "length": 1067, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "kimolsen.net", "title": "DiscernIt", "raw_content": "I have been sober 28 years now only by the grace of God.\nI just sat with a man whose wife was killed and his children hospitalized by a drunk driver. It was stunning and heartbreaking. Pray for this young family, the in-laws of my good friends, Steve and Toni Hafler.\nThe experience inspired a rant:\nI understand the fact that the Bible\u2019s teaching about alcohol is complicated. I\u2019ve studied it and preached on it. However, I also understand that there is a cavalier attitude toward alcohol consumption in the modern church, especially among younger believers, and it\u2019s alarming. I\u2019m all for interpreting the Scriptures carefully. Yes. But young guns, let me uncork for a minute before you chase your Bible study with a Budweiser and urge others to do the same.\nUnless you\u2019ve counseled a worn-out wife about her husband\u2019s alcoholism, unless you\u2019ve comforted a teen whose parents have both been heavy drinkers for as long as he can remember, unless\u2026\n\u00ab Claiming to Know the Mind of God \u2013 Rick Wiles and Trunews\nIRANIAN PRESIDENT LOOKING FOR \u201cJESUS\u201d AND ISLAMIC MESSIAH \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 8107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kristiancomesundone.com/cover-songs-i/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:19Z", "digest": "sha1:NYQKOMKXG25KS4AJQRV5HAGW54YT2EZ4", "length": 2334, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "kristiancomesundone.com", "title": "Awesome Cover Songs - I \u2013 Kristian Comes Undone", "raw_content": "Cover Song started out as a racist term. Its first use was to describe a white artist recording a song by a black artist. The black artist did not receive royalties from the use of their song. An example would be Pat Boone poorly covering the Little Richard song \u201cTutti Frutti.\u201d It was an attempt to keep black artists off the radio airways. It also helped appease uptight white parents who tried to ignore the future of Rock \u2018N\u2019 Roll.\nThe History of Cover Songs\nAs time passed, the words evolved into a new meaning. Some may say \u201ccover song\u201d is incorrectly used, but the definition changed. As I list my favorite cover songs, it represents a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist who released the song. In many cases, the arrangement, music genre or some lyrics may be different. The original composer should receive royalties regardless of race. Unlike Pat Boone, the cover may even be better than the original.\nI attempt to list the greatest covers of all time in this multiple piece series. I explain why I chose the covers song and then give you a side by side comparison to the original. My goal is to identify songs, which pay homage to or improve upon the original. Changing genres and tempo is a plus. Charting higher is also a measure used. I welcome your opinion or suggestions for the future articles in the series. We will begin with Johnny Cash\u2019s version of \u201cHurt\u201d\nToward the end of Johnny Cash\u2019s life, he records the album American IV: The Man Comes Around. The album is mostly cover songs, sung in Cash\u2019s own sparse sound. The song \u201cHurt\u201d is arguably one of the best from the album and one of his best ever. He changes a single word, \u201cshit\u201d to \u201cthorns\u201d. It alters the meaning of the song to now represent a man wishing it wasn\u2019t too late to correct his errors. He adds the honesty of a man looking back in regret at his failures and the pain he caused. Recorded at the end of his life, you feel that he is sincere in what he sings. It is a heartbreaking cover that is difficult to hear without feeling his sadness.\nThe Original by Nine Inch Nails / The Cover by Johnny Cash\nTags: Cover SongCover SongsGreatest of All TimesMusicMusic VideoTop 20Top 20 ListingTop Twenty\nNext story Even Dwarfs Started Small or A Cult Movie I hate.\nPrevious story Interview with Artist Alid Nail G\u00e9rboles", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 5988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kylebean.co.uk/portfolio/uxlondon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:26Z", "digest": "sha1:BPLVG3X4HA27QGUSJ4ZGKT35UKZUGY36", "length": 570, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "kylebean.co.uk", "title": "Kyle Bean - UX London", "raw_content": "I designed and made a stage piece for UX London, a 3-day conference centred around user experience design. The concept was to create something playful and eye-catching that could change throughout the 3 day event. I developed an idea whereby a series of wooden light boxes could be re-arranged to create different compositions on the stage with letters and symbols cut out of the panels to spell out different things throughout each day.\nThe film and studio shots below were made using the finished boxes and were shot in collaboration with Mitch Payne. Music by Father.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 317.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://labelleassiette.co.uk/neacsu-bogdan/bourguignon-beef", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:11Z", "digest": "sha1:SFZHDI7BARNEYXTW55FB3XA723KKTKOA", "length": 49, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "labelleassiette.co.uk", "title": "Duo Of Beef by Chef Bogdan Neacsu - La Belle Assiette", "raw_content": "The menu Duo Of Beef is unavailable at that date.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 5554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ladylavinia1932.wordpress.com/tag/bill-campbell/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:28Z", "digest": "sha1:E5NLCBGDOCEXI4J4A7E6QK6CLQ4N7SWC", "length": 12343, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "ladylavinia1932.wordpress.com", "title": "bill campbell | Ladylavinia1932's Blog", "raw_content": "1. \u201cMad Men\u201d (2007-2015) \u2013 Matthew Weiner created this award-winning series about the professional and personal life of an advertising executive during the 1960s. Jon Hamm starred.\n2. \u201cKennedy\u201d (1983) \u2013 Martin Sheen, Blair Brown and John Shea starred in this seven-part miniseries about the presidency of John F. Kennedy. The miniseries was written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard.\n3. \u201cTour of Duty\u201d (1987-1990) \u2013 Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark created this television series about an U.S. Army infantry platoon during the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. Terence Knox and Stephen Caffrey starred.\n4. \u201cPan Am\u201d (2011-2012) \u2013 Jack Orman created this series about the lives of four Pan Am stewardesses and two pilots during the early 1960s. The series starred Kelli Garner, Margot Robbie, Karine Vanasse, Mike Vogel, Michael Mosley and Christina Ricci.\n5. \u201cVegas\u201d (2012-2013) \u2013 Nicholas Pileggi and Greg Walker created this series about the conflict between Las Vegas Sheriff Ralph Lamb and a Chicago mobster named Vincent Savino. Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis starred.\n6. \u201cThe Astronaut Wives Club\u201d (2015) \u2013 Stephanie Savage produced this adaptation of Lily Kopel\u2019s 2013 book about the wives of the Mercury Seven astronauts. The cast included Joanna Garc\u00eda Swisher, Yvonne Strahovski and Dominique McElligott.\n7. \u201cThe Kennedys\u201d (2011) \u2013 Jon Cassar directed this award winning miniseries that chronicled the lives of the Kennedy family between the 1940s and the 1960s. Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper, Diana Hardcastle and Tom Wilkinson starred.\n8. \u201cCrime Story\u201d (1986-1988) \u2013 Chuck Adamson and Gustave Reininger created this television series about the bitter conflict between a Chicago police lieutenant and a mobster in the mid 1960s. Dennis Farina and Anthony Denison starred.\n9. \u201cPath to War\u201d (2002) \u2013 John Frankenheimer directed this HBO movie that dealt with the Vietnam War through the eyes of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland and Alec Baldwin starred.\n10. \u201cPublic Morals\u201d (2015) \u2013 Edward Burns created and starred in this TNT limited series about police detectives who worked for the Public Morals Division of the New York City Police Department.\nFiled under: Essay, History, Television | Tagged: aaron mccusker, aimee garcia, alec baldwin, alex poch-goldin, anthony denison, ashley greene, austin stowell, azure parsons, barry pepper, bay of pigs, bill campbell, bill smitrovich, blair brown, bret harrison, brian dennehy, bruce mcgill, bryan batt, caity lotz, carl weathers, carrie-anne moss, christina hendricks, christina ricci, christopher stanley, cliff de young, cold war, colin hanks, cuban missile crisis, david harbour, dennis farina, dennis quaid, desmond harrington, diana hardcastle, diana scarwid, dominque mcelligott, donald sutherland, e.g. marshall, early 20th century, edward burns, enver gjokaj, erin cummings, evan handler, frederic forrest, fredric lehene, gary sinese, geraldine fitzgerald, goran visnjic, greg kinnear, harris yulin, history, holley fain, james frain, james russo, january jones, jason o'hara, jason o'mara, jay o. sanders, jessica par\u00e9, joan chen, joanna garcia swisher, joel johnstone, john shea, john slattery, jonathan banks, joseph wiseman, karine vanasse, katie holmes, keith nobbs, kelli garner, kenneth mitchell, kim delaney, kristin booth, kyle chandler, lee majors, linda cardellini, mad men, margot robbie, martin sheen, matty ferraro, michael chiklis, michael gambon, michael ironside, michael mosley, michael o'neill, michael rappaport, michael reilly burke, michael wiseman, mid 20th century, miguel nunez jr., mike vogel, music, neal mcdonough, odette annable, old hollywood, p.j. marshall, peter gerety, politics, robert fuller, robert ito, robert knepper, robert morse, rosemarie dewitt, ruben santiago-hudson, sam reid, sarah jones, shawn doyle, stephen caffrey, stephen lang, talia balsam, taylor handley, television, terence knox, tom wilkinson, tony becker, travel, vietnam war, world war 2, yvonne strahovski, zoe boyle |\tLeave a comment \u00bb\n\u201cGETTYSBURG\u201d (1993) Review\nIn 1974, author Michael Shaara\u2019s novel about the famous three-day battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was published. Titled \u201dThe Killer Angels\u201d, it told the story of the Gettysburg battle from the viewpoint of certain military leaders \u2013 Confederates James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee and Lewis Armistead and Union leaders John Buford and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. The novel went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. But despite this accolade, Shaara never really made any money from the novel. Nor did he live long enough to reap the benefits of his creation in the years to come \u2013 including the movie adaptation called \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d.\nReleased in the fall of 1993, \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d starred Tom Berenger as Longstreet, Jeff Daniels as Chamberlain, Sam Elliot as Buford Richard Jordan as Armistead, and Martin Sheen as Robert E. Lee. The movie was directed by Ron Maxwell and produced by Ted Turner. And despite being over four hours long (the running time is officially four hours and fourteen minutes), managed to surprisingly maintain my interest without me falling asleep. And that is something that the 1939 Oscar winner, \u201dGONE WITH THE WIND\u201d cannot boast. True, one could say that \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d is a movie filled with a great deal of combat in compare to Margaret Mitchell\u2019s story, which featured no combat at all. But despite being a story about a famous battle, \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d featured a lot more narrative drama than it did combat action sequences. And yet, director Maxwell managed to keep the movie at a good pace \u2013 with the exception of one period in the story.\nRonald Maxwell had not only directed \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d, but also wrote the screen adaptation of Shaara\u2019s novel. I must admit that Maxwell did a pretty good job in closely following the novel. Although there were times when I wish he had taken a few short cuts. Actually that time occurred in the series of conversations leading up to the final action sequence \u2013 namely Pickett\u2019s Charge up Cemetery Ridge on the third day. It simply lasted too damn long. I had found Chamberlain\u2019s discovery of his first sergeant\u2019s death, Longstreet\u2019s instructions to Pickett and the latter\u2019s brigade commanders, and Longstreet\u2019s gloomy prediction about the Charge dramatically satisfying. But honestly . . . I could have done without Armistead\u2019s speech about Virginians to the English observer \u2013 Lieutenant Colonel Fremantle (James Lancaster), Armistead\u2019s last conversation with Richard Garnett, Chamberlain\u2019s conversation with Hancock and the sequence featuring the Confederate troops cheering Lee. It was only during this last act that the movie threatened to bore me.\nThere had been complaints that \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d had failed to make any allusions to the slavery issue. Well, whoever made those complaints had obviously failed to see the movie. Not only did Longstreet commented about the slavery issue to Fremantle \u2013 before the latter immediately changed the subject \u2013 but an encounter with a runaway slave led to an interesting conversation about race, slavery and bigotry between Chamberlain and the 20th Maine\u2019s First Sergeant Kilrain (Kevin Conway). There were other aspects of the movie that I had also enjoyed \u2013 Buford\u2019s commentary about the importance of the Gettysburg location, the aforementioned Longstreet\u2019s prediction about Pickett\u2019s Charge and Lee\u2019s ironic comments about being a military commander. And I also enjoyed some of the movie\u2019s more comic moments \u2013 Chamberlain\u2019s efforts to prevent his brother Tom (C. Thomas Howell) from being too informal in the presence of the 20th Maine men and the conversation between Pickett and his commanders about Darwinism.\nBut \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d is, first and foremost, a war movie about a specific battle. And like many other war movies, it is filled with battle sequences. On the whole, I found them pretty satisfactory. One must remember that this movie had been released at least five years before Spielberg\u2019s World War II drama, \u201dSAVING PRIVATE RYAN\u201d. Which meant one should not expect the battle scenes to be particularly detailed in its violence in the same manner as the 1998 movie. In other words, most of the battles seemed to feature a great deal of musket fire, explosions, and bodies either falling to the ground or being blown sky high \u2013 something one would see in television miniseries like \u201dNORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK II\u201dor \u201dTHE BLUE AND GRAY\u201d. The most graphic scene I can recall occurred during a non-combatant scene that featured the field hospital filled with both bodies and body parts, where Longstreet visited one of his division commanders, John Bell Hood. However, I must commend at least two battle sequences. The actual charge up Cemetery Ridge had a great sweep, enhanced by Kees Van Oostrum\u2019s photography from a helicopter. That effectiveness of that sweep was nearly ruined when the Confederate troops finally reached the Union position. There, the scene became nothing more than a confusing mess of both Union and Confederate troops merely shoving each other around. Too bad. Another memorable battle sequence featured Chamberlain and the 20th Maine\u2019s conflict with the 15th Alabama regiment on Little Round Top. The battle started in a generic manner as the two regiments exchanged musket fire. But once the 15th Alabama came across the 20th Maine\u2019s position, the violence became rather detailed and spilled into hand-to-hand combat and short-range firing. I can even recall one Union soldier slamming the butt of his musket into the crotch of a Confederate. And the 20th Maine\u2019s charge down Little Round Top turned out to be as exciting as the charge made by Pickett\u2019s division up Cemetery Ridge.\nBut it was the cast that really impressed me \u2013 especially the performances of Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Richard Jordan, Kevin Conway, Stephen Lang and especially Jeff Daniels. Berenger did an excellent job of portraying the very human James \u201cPete\u201d Longstreet, Lee\u2019s \u201dOld Warhorse\u201d. But his most poignant moment occurred when his Longstreet regretfully ordered Pickett to commence his charge without uttering a word. I was amazed at how the actor allowed Longstreet to age within seconds during this sequence. Martin Sheen portrayed Robert Lee beyond the historic icon as a brilliant, yet obviously flawed man. Both Conway and Lang gave vibrant performances as the Irish-born Buster Kilrain and George Pickett. Lewis Armistead turned out to be Richard Jordan\u2019s last role and many have claimed that it was one of his best. I heartily agree. In fact, one of his finest moments on screen occurred when his Armistead rallied his troops up Cemetery Ridge by sticking his hat on his sword (which actually happened, by the way). Unfortunately, Jordan died of a brain tumor nearly three months before the movie\u2019s theatrical release. For me, the heart and soul of \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201dturned out to be Jeff Daniel\u2019s masterful portrayal of the talented Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Not only did he managed to portray the Union leader as a flesh-and-blood human being, he also gave one of the best speeches \u2013 in which he attempted to convince the remnants of the mutinous 2nd Maine to join his regiment \u2013 on the silver screen. It seemed a shame that Daniels had never received an acting nomination or award for his performance.\nI would not go as far to say that \u201dGETTYSBURG\u201d is one of the best war movies ever made. Quite frankly, it is not. But it is one of the better Civil War movies I have ever seen. Not only did director/screenwriter Ronald Maxwell managed to adhere closely to Michael Shaara\u2019s novel, but maintain a steady pace for a movie that turned out to be over four hours long. It presented its historical characters as human beings and not waxwork dummies that seemed prevalent in a good deal number of other Civil War movies. And more importantly, it provided a history lesson on one of the most famous battles during that particular period. 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The temporomandibular joint connects the lower portion of the jaw to the skull and is located on both sides of the head, in front of the ears. The range of motion provided by the temporomandibular joint controls a patient\u2019s ability to chew, yawn and speak. At Laser Smile Studio in Denton, TX and with the help of board-certified dental physician, Dr. Todd McCracken, patients may find relief from some of their TMJ symptoms.\nPatients suffering from TMJ, commonly experience severe pain and discomfort in their jaw. This pain may only last a few hours or a few days if the joint and muscles are able to find the rest and relief needed to function normally again. At times an anti-inflammatory medication is recommended to reduce swelling and relieve pain while the jaw recovers. But in some situations, the pain does not subside and may require the attention of a medical professional. At Laser Smile Studio, we offer a few TMJ treatments which have provided our patients with relief. Muscle stretching techniques, relaxation exercises and bite guards are just a few things we recommend to address TMJ.\nWhen TMJ treatments and anti-inflammatory medications are not working to relieve the symptoms and pain of TMJ, Dr. McCracken may recommend the use of BOTOX\u00ae. This product is a cosmetic prescription medicine that is commonly injected into muscles around the face to improve the look of fine lines and wrinkles. However, BOTOX\u00ae Cosmetic when administered by a certified dentist, can be a wonderful solution for addressing the dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. The cosmetic product works by blocking the nerve impulses to the joint, thus reducing the muscle activity that causes pain in the jaw and face when suffering from TMJ.\nOther Forms of Treatment\nOccasionally, the treatment options provided by Dr. McCracken at Laser Smile Studio are not successful in eliminating the pain and tenderness caused by TMJ. In these situations, more invasive medical procedures may be necessary and can be discussed at the patient\u2019s primary medical care provider\u2019s office. These options may include cortisone injections, which can help relieve both inflammation and pain, or jaw joint replacement surgery which is usually a last resort. Jaw joint therapy is the replacement of the jaw joint with a new, artificial joint. Though these more invasive procedures may seem intimidating, they are effective in treating the pain and discomfort that commonly accompanies TMJ.\nAt Laser Smile Studio, we understand that although TMJ is common, it can cause our patients, serious discomfort. It is our mission to attempt to treat this issue in office, prioritizing minimally invasive procedures first. We are always hopeful to address the issue quickly and effectively, keeping your comfort in mind at all times. If you believe you are suffering from TMJ and feel that we may be able to help treat it, give our front office a call today. We look forward to scheduling your consultation and helping to reduce your TMJ associated pain.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 6551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lbmjournal.com/in-depth-tech-tools-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:55Z", "digest": "sha1:PL5QMR3V72H7DHMAYSXRSNEXALX6IVVC", "length": 25623, "nlines": 96, "source_domain": "lbmjournal.com", "title": "In Depth: Tech tools - LBM Journal", "raw_content": "Home In Depth In Depth: Tech tools\nGPS Insight\u2019s fleet management technology helps improve efficiency by ensuring trucks receive preventative maintenance on schedule, tracking fuel efficiency and examining the utilization of delivery trucks.\nWhether it\u2019s an ERP system or estimating software, a new point-of-sale solution or GPS tracking technology, there are plenty of options out there for dealers looking to improve their business through new technology.\nUsing Building Information Modeling, MiTek\u2019s Sapphire Supply is able to create more accurate estimates, improving efficiency and reducing waste.\nAt the same time, that wealth of options can be overwhelming. Choosing any new software is an important decision.\nHaving involvement from managers and other supervisors will not only help determine areas that need to be improved, but will help ensure employees are on board with the changes, says Jason Parchomchuk, Product Manager for BisTrack at Epicor.\n\u201cYou need that strong leadership to get the employees to buy in,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you have that, it\u2019s going to make the job a lot easier.\u201d\nDoing your homework up front can help make that transition go much smoother, and avoid problems in the process. \u201cFirst, they should find a system that fits their business, its needs and users,\u201d says Jeff Rogers, Marketing Director for Paladin Data Corporation \u201cMoving your business to any digital platform is a big commitment, so merchants need to make sure the system they choose solves their needs now and in the future.\u201d\nOne of the most important steps when looking at making a change in software is being sure you know what you want out of the solution.\n\u201cInvolve all of the managers of key areas of your operation\u2014sales, mill- work shop, logistics, accounting,\u201d says Pat Gannon, Vice President of Sales for Ponderosa Software. \u201cUse this group of in-house experts to identify bottlenecks and areas for improvement. This includes areas where you know you\u2019re not as cost-effective as possible or that can be improved through access to better information or even automation.\u201d\nThose key managers can help a company identify specific areas for improvement. Ranking those features and deciding how important they are can help make decisions down the road.\n\u201cWrite that down, and then have an order of importance \u2026 so, I need to know what my specific requirements are, prioritize and rank them in such a way that you can figure out, how do I point and score these things,\u201d says Felix Vasquez, CEO of Hyphen Solutions.\nIt\u2019s also key to know about the technical capabilities of a potential partner. How often is the software updated? Can the company deliver on what they promise?\n\u201cSoftware should be a tool that allows you to do more with less,\u201d says Neil Faulkner, Software Sales Specialist with MiTek\u2019s Sapphire Supply. \u201cBut it also should be a tool that has a vision to grow into the future. \u2026 If you\u2019re bringing on a software platform, you want to ask those companies, \u2018What are your plans for the future? Where do you see this going?\u2019 MiTek updates their software about every three months. We\u2019re constantly evolving it. And we evolve because our customers are asking for us to make changes and updates and modifications, and we respond to that.\u201d\nBefore investing in a new system, consider the track record of the provider, says Seljax Sales Manager Lloyd Sherwood.\n\u201cLook at how long the software has been around and what new products they have introduced over the past couple years,\u201d Sherwood says. \u201cThis will give them a good understanding of the company and if they are innovative. Customer testimonials and referrals are always helpful [and] they give you an understanding of other dealers\u2019 experiences.\u201d\nEpicor BisTrack helps dealers track and leverage their data to gain insights to increase sales, deliver exceptional customer service and increase profitability.\nHolden Melia, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for DMSi, agrees, noting it\u2019s important to know about the company\u2019s support and track record with other dealers.\n\u201cWhen you\u2019re changing ERP systems, check the longevity and financial strength of any potential partner,\u201d Melia says. \u201cThey should be competent, understand the market, and have a viable plan for the future. This isn\u2019t a short-term decision. You should be confident in the long-term future of whoever you choose.\u201d\nDon\u2019t just take a yes/no answer from a provider\u2014ask to see how the features you want are going to work for your company, Melia says.\n\u201cI find that most ERP providers basically say yes to \u2018Do you have this feature, do you have that feature,\u2019 but until you really dive in to see how it handles your requested functionality, you won\u2019t find the differences,\u201d he says. \u201cMake sure you\u2019re exploring the depths of that system to see exactly how it will work for you.\u201d\nECi\u2019s Spruce is cloud-based, giving users access to key reports and other information anywhere they have internet access.\nChoosing an industry-specific solution will also help ensure a successful transition, says Cary Anderson, Vice President of Research and Development at Kerridge Commercial Systems. \u201cTo me, that\u2019s the most important part,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s historically been a very bad idea to use a generic software package to try and do building material stuff. And then the next thing would be is it fast enough and scalable enough for the size of their business.\u201d\nWith any new platform, there\u2019s going to be a learning curve, so dealers should look for a company that offers training and a good transition plan.\n\u201cTraining is the most important part of the purchase,\u201d Anderson says. \u201cThe software is important, but the training part is often the most neglected and most under-funded. A lot of people don\u2019t understand, when they\u2019re signing a contract for a system, how much they need to really pay for the entire training process. You don\u2019t want to skimp on that piece.\u201d\nThe best companies are always improving their offerings and looking to separate their technology tools from the competition. Epicor BisTrack is an ERP system built specifically for the building materials industry, with features designed to improve customer service, leverage data and simplify operations.\nRenditions, part of Hyphen Solution\u2019s SupplyPro, makes it possible for suppliers to use SupplyPro as a single entry point for all their builders, instead of having to use multiple different portals.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a whole suite of manufacturing, multi-branch customer retention management (CRM), web store, online portal, everything built into one package,\u201d says Jason Parchomchuk, Product Manager for BisTrack at Epicor.\nBisTrack also includes cloud-based mobile apps as well, allowing users to give customers quotes on the jobsite, make changes on the fly and track deliveries wherever they are. The company recently released mobile apps for iOS devices, joining the existing Android offerings.\n\u201cEverything you can do in the system you can also do while you\u2019re on the jobsite,\u201d Parchomchuk says.\nECi\u2019s Spruce software is a cloud- based, end-to-end management software for LBM dealers. It can help dealers with point of sale solutions, accounting, delivery and more.\nWhat sets Spruce apart from other software is the company\u2019s depth of knowledge in the lumber and building materials industry, says John Maiuri, President of the LBM and Hardlines Group at ECi.\n\u201cFor over 30 years, the various people and applications that we manage have been solely focused on the LBM and hardware space,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s the core of our business. Really, by and large, the only business that we do. And that truly does distinguish us.\u201d\nECi has worked hard to find experienced LBM professionals to help guide the product\u2019s development.\n\u201cThere\u2019s a massive amount of consolidation occurring every year,\u201d Maiuri says. \u201cAnd through that consolidation, it puts a fair amount of people into the marketplace looking for work. And we\u2019re quite fortunate \u2026 to be able to attract many of those folks as our business has expanded. We have a stable of industry experts, if you will, within our employ.\u201d\nKerridge separates its K8 software from other solutions, Anderson says, with its n-tier architecture. In layman\u2019s terms, that means it\u2019s \u201cblazingly fast.\u201d\n\u201cThat\u2019s the first thing people always notice about our software, it\u2019s so much faster than the others,\u201d Anderson says. \u201cIt\u2019s fast, scalable. That\u2019s the biggest difference, because most of our competitors use what they call a fat client, so it\u2019s a much slower type of architecture. They have to use a lot of other hardware to get around it.\u201d\nNew to K8 is a mobile configurator that will allow users to access the system\u2019s tools on the go.\n\u201cThe big difference in customers, now, is they\u2019re looking for more mobile applications, and they\u2019re looking for a lot more capabilities on the web,\u201d Anderson says.\nDMSi\u2019s Agility mobile app allows salespeople to manage their day, collect notes and take care of tasks on the go.\nDMSi\u2019s Agility ERP software is used by more than 400 companies in the building materials industry, according to the company.\n\u201cThe core focus of Agility has always been and will always continue to be inventory control and order management,\u201d Melia says. \u201cThat\u2019s where we have advantages with enhanced business logic and automation over some competitors. DMSi provides efficiencies and streamlining through order entry, order management, and inventory control to name a few. With Agility, the focus is on pushing information toward the end user, so decisions can be made without having to dig in to figure out what needs done for day-to-day tasks.\u201d\nDMSi has recently added a mobile CRM application that allows salespeople to manage their day-to-day notes and tasks on the go. A new loyalty program for Agility also is designed to help drive repeat business for dealers.\n\u201cMobile apps provide our customers with real competitive advantages, especially when it comes to order- fulfillment,\u201d says Melia. \u201cOutside sales reps generate price quotes and new orders on the spot. Production teams \u2018complete\u2019 items the minute they come off the line. Drivers collect a signature, confirm the delivery, and the order is instantly invoiced. Mobile apps mean things happen in real-time, so our customers get products to their customers sooner.\u201d\nAs employees and customers continue to embrace mobile technology, more technology companies are offering mobile solutions to meet everyday business needs.\nMain Street Companies created Mobile Visual Pro to help salespeople create takeoffs and estimates while working with contractors in the field.\n\u201cIt is an application, like an app that is downloaded from the app store, but it\u2019s not just an app because it has a back- end software, an admin software component that ties into a dealer\u2019s point of sale system,\u201d says Owner/Partner Steve Linn. \u201cAnd so once that admin software is established on their system, then it\u2019s able to export all of their products and SKUs from their POS system into this admin software and from there we work with the customer to configure it the way they want to be able to see it on their mobile device and it\u2019s uploaded to all of their outside salespeople that are connected with their mobile devices.\u201d\nThe difference between Mobile Visual Pro and other solutions is that instead of it being a live application that\u2019s working through a server back into the dealer\u2019s system, it\u2019s an upload process where all the products and information are uploaded through the server and into the mobile device so that data is always residing on the mobile device. The information is regularly updated when the salesperson connects to the server.\n\u201cAnd because of that, they\u2019re able to do their work without any kind of interruption from cell service or lack of cell service,\u201d Linn says.\nMobile Visual Pro is a mobile software solution for on-site take-off and estimating. Designed for the field, it operates on an iPhone or iPad and provides point-of-sale integration with virtually any system.\nMobile Visual Pro also increases accuracy by moving salespeople away from the traditional scratch pad and notes that they then would have to de- cipher and enter into the system when they returned to the office. Main Street originally developed the software for use at its own millwork business before expanding it to make it available for any dealer.\n\u201cThe platform that we built is also great for any product that a building supply company would like to put into this,\u201d Linn says. \u201cIt\u2019s a great tool for somebody that\u2019s selling more visual type products. That could be hardware, could be lighting, it could be different things like that. \u2026 With MVP if you have your pricing in there, it\u2019s building a beautiful graphic estimate and they don\u2019t have to send it into the office or tie up people in the office to put it all in the computer. And so, MVP takes it down to maybe a couple of hours vs. three or four days.\u201d\nMiTek\u2019s Sapphire Supply is a solution for whole house designs and lumber estimates that works off of Building Information Modeling (BIM).\n\u201cSo we model a frame-accurate building,\u201d Faulkner says. \u201cWhen you do it that way, you\u2019re actually counting the materials, or using the shape of the building to very accurately count the materials, what builders call a Bill of Materials, or BOM. I like to say we\u2019re not really doing an estimate, we\u2019re actually doing a take-off. And I differentiate the two by saying we\u2019re taking off the material as you need it, we\u2019re not just guessing at the material.\u201d\nThis makes orders more accurate and improves efficiency across the board, while reducing waste.\n\u201cIf you change the pitch of your roof, the plywood count would change, but so would your shingle count, so could your bracing,\u201d Faulkner says. \u201cThe quote will adjust as the shape of the building changes. You don\u2019t have to do any type of reloading of information. The items you\u2019re quoting will adjust for that.\u201d\nHyphen Solutions offers SupplyPro, which makes it easier for dealers to communicate and manage orders from large builders. SkuSphere, part of the SupplyPro tools, works as a sort of \u201cuniversal translator\u201d to make it easy to move orders from builders to suppliers without creating confusing mistakes. Renditions, another part of the SupplyPro family, makes it possi- ble for suppliers to use SupplyPro as a single entry point for all their builders, instead of having to use multiple different portals.\n\u201cWe\u2019re now about 30% of the U.S. market for new home starts,\u201d Vasquez says. \u201cSo, if you want a ton of volume with a simple easy process, that gives you disruptive notifications, so that you can react to changes in real time as they\u2019re happening, we\u2019re the only software player in town concentrating on this industry that\u2019s doing that.\u201d\nSaberisConnect offers another solution for dealers to improve their efficiency by integrating vendor order systems to their POS or ERP system. The program originally launched as a desktop solution in 2001, but is now cloud- based, offering integration to dealers for $99 a month per location. The company continues to integrate with more vendor systems as dealers ask for them.\n\u201cThe dealer calls the vendor and asks for integration,\u201d says President Doug Syme. \u201cThat\u2019s how important it is to them now \u2026 and as a result we\u2019ve had quite a few come on board in the last six months.\u201d\nRenoWare is designed as an easy to learn app that automates and integrates the Installed Sales process from start to finish. It can be a single user, local network or cloud based database.\nThis fall, Saberis is implementing what it calls \u201cstealth integration,\u201d designed to make the process easier and save even more time. The feature will be introduced with some vendors this year.\n\u201cThe big advantage to it is users don\u2019t have to export data from a quote program, upload it to the Saberis server and process it,\u201d Syme says. \u201cThey will just go into the quote program \u2026 click the button, then go to their ERP system, and the order will be there. It all happens behind the scenes.\u201d\nThe goal of SaberisConnect is very simple: to make the process more efficient for dealers, saving even more time in the process. \u201cWith the user in mind, SaberisConnect makes a complex process easy and user-friendly. Especially with stealth integration, the process is simple, and very little training is needed.\u201d Syme says. \u201cThe other advantage of our system is that no matter who the vendor is, the process is the same. \u2026 I believe that the best selling feature is the elimination of double entry and the time and errors that are associated with it.\u201d\nNot every dealer has installed sales, but for those who do, RenoWare Technologies is trying to make managing that part of the business easier.\n\u201cNumber one, it gives them one central database that all of their sales- people, or admin staff have to put their estimates together,\u201d says CEO Murray Cutler. \u201cThen we handle all of the contract and documentation that is required for an installed sales business. For management, it gives one spot that they can go to and look at notes, and details on all customers, all jobs.\u201d\nCleary 365 from Computer Associates, Inc., the first commercial implementation of Ponderosa Software\u2019s web-based Sales Portal technology, lets customers create millwork quotes and place orders 24/7 from any mobile device.\nWhile many POS systems have modules that can be used for installed sales, Cutler says RenoWare is superior because it is designed for installed sales only and offers more reports and details.\n\u201cThe point of sale systems typically report on sales or the gross margin or that type of thing but in ours we have over 30 different reports that are customized specifically for installed sales\u2014things like close ratio for sales staff, so you know what the efficiency of each salesperson is,\u201d he says. \u201cAutomation of the process and all the details that has to happen in installed sales and the integration of the different estimating programs and point of sales systems is one of the biggest strong points.\u201d\nMany companies have no idea there is an installed sales solution out there and are making do with something that isn\u2019t a great fit, Cutler says.\n\u201cThey\u2019re missing a lot of the tools and they don\u2019t know necessarily what they are missing \u2026 they just plug along with it and that\u2019s why we\u2019re trying to get the word out that there is a better solution,\u201d Cutler says. \u201cThis was designed and built from scratch. We\u2019re not resellers; the other partner in the business is a programmer and so this comes from the experience of working with hundreds of stores over the last 20 years to develop what the dealers really need in a full end-to-end solution.\u201d\nComputer Associates\u2019 Ponderosa Building Materials software is a full suite of applications based on 40 years of experience working with building material and millwork clients.\n\u201cWe are widely regarded by our customers as the best in the industry because of our ability to support customized processes in complex environment and to drive more profits from custom millwork, installed sales, special orders, remanufacturing and other products and services,\u201d Gannon says. \u201cSecond, Ponderosa\u2019s Millwork Product Configurator and built-in Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ) tool is industry leading and lets our customers respond to RFQs faster, with more accuracy and a better understanding of profit margins, thereby giving them an edge over the competition.\u201d\nPonderosa and Cleary Millwork recently announced Cleary 365, a configurable, online ordering system that provides 24/7 access to inventory, pricing, quotes ordering and credit information. Ponderosa Software has also introduced its Electronic Signature Capture feature that sends orders to drivers\u2019 smartphones or tablets and allows them to capture signatures, add photos and make notes related to deliveries, installed sales and service work.\nPaladin Data Corporation has developed a digital retail platform, with the goal of automating time-consuming tasks, so retailers can focus on their customers. Paladin was designed and built for the hardware and LBM industries.\n\u201cOur software and point of sale platform streamlines operations and simplifies all phases of business with hundreds of features and valuable integrations,\u201d Rogers says. \u201cWe also enable retailers to connect with customers through rewards programs and digital marketing outreach.\u201d\nPaladin is regularly introducing new proprietary features and third-party integrations with software providers, Rogers says, including Mobile2, which facilitates the use of mobile devices in lumberyards or by delivery drivers; Charity Roundup, which allows end- users the option to round up their purchase amount to the next dollar and donate the difference to charity and Rich Rewards, Paladin\u2019s royalty-free customer loyalty program.\nGPS Insight offers a different\u2014but no less important\u2014technology tool with its fleet management system.\nThe Paladin point-of-sale system is designed to be easy to learn, easy to operate, with useful tools that don\u2019t require a large upfront investment. Shown above is how PaladinNsight\ntells you about your business.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a top priority for lumber dealers to ensure their fleet operations run as effectively as possible to keep up with deliveries and provide the best customer service to their customers,\u201d says Jenny Shiner, Marketing Communications Manager. \u201cFor a fleet operation, increasing efficiency relates to ensuring trucks receive preventative maintenance on schedule, working as efficiently as possible to deliver the best customer experience, ensuring fuel efficiency, and examining the utilization of delivery trucks.\u201d\nA fleet management system can improve communication, safety, efficiency and accountability, Shiner says. The GPS Insight system also integrates with many other programs.\n\u201cWe recognize most lumber dealers use more than just one type of software to manage their entire fleet and business operations,\u201d Shiner says. \u201cIt can be difficult to navigate several different platforms and ensure the data is being put to use in the best way. To make the process of managing all this data sim- pler for our customers, we work with many other technology providers in the industry, such as Epicor BisTrack, to integrate our solutions. This allows businesses to access all their fleet and business information from one interface.\u201d\nOne roadblock to successfully implementing a software solution can be the reluctance of employees to embrace new technology. Providers say that one of the best ways to overcome this is to point to the ways the new software can make their jobs easier.\n\u201cThe most common concern employees have about fleet management solutions is that the technology is overly intrusive,\u201d Shiner says. \u201c\u2018Big Brother\u2019 is a term used far too often when describing it, which simply isn\u2019t true. Using fleet management data to coach drivers will increase safety, improve productivity, enhance customer service, and ultimately increase revenue. By explaining to employees that the technology will be used to drive organizational growth, not as a tool for punishment or invasion of privacy, they are far more likely to be on board with the initiative.\u201d\nEmployees can be concerned about what new tools means for their future.\n\u201cNew technology is scary for many employees as they think technology will put them out of work eventually,\u201d says Sherwood. \u201cWhen doing a demo of Seljax we explain that Seljax will save them time estimating and will give them time to use their skills elsewhere in the company, like teaching junior sales staff what they know about products and practices within the industries. This empowers the estimator as most want to pass on what they know.\u201d\nOften, there is a reluctance to accept change, Linn says.\n\u201cA lot of companies have been doing things the same way for so long and the guys in the field are used to just writing things up themselves the same way they always do,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd so we get pushback sometimes on that just because they\u2019re afraid of it.\nWhen we have the opportunity to actually demonstrate it and go out in the field with them, and show them how it works, you know, once they see it and once they just try it, they really get on board with it.\u201d\nCompanies often worry about a disruptive conversion process.\nSeljax sales, estimating, and 3-D design tools are designed to increase speed, accuracy, and presentation of estimates. Platform options include 3D House, 3D Deck, 3D Stud Frame, and 3D Post Frame.\n\u201cThey\u2019re taking attention away from their business to focus on converting over,\u201d Parchomchuk says \u201cIt\u2019s one that we really deal with by saying you can stay with an old piece of software or you can grow your business. A little bit of pain to do the conversion will allow your business to grow considerably further.\u201d\nFinding time to train employees and implement a new software system can be difficult, Maiuri says.\n\u201cThat\u2019s probably the thing that we compete against most when we\u2019re talking to people,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not competition from other systems as much as it\u2019s competing for people\u2019s time to devote to going through the process. One of the fundamental foundations of our applications are that they be easier to use and simpler to ramp and train on. So, fundamentally, software is different today than it was years back, where those older green screen software platforms were menu intensive, as an example. Our newest application today has only two levels of menus to go through before you\u2019re within a particular work area in the software, all d signed, certainly, to speed up the process and remove the complexity from both a learning curve standpoint, and a use standpoint.\u201d\nIn Depth: Insulation and housewrap", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 207, "original_length": 28664, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lccollege.org/people/melanie-sanchez-ms", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:30Z", "digest": "sha1:AORQJALT7LHSU2VW5LFXTIHY6WSWJNLQ", "length": 437, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "lccollege.org", "title": "Melanie Sanchez, M.S. - Legion of Christ College of Humanities, Inc. - Cheshire, CT", "raw_content": "Melanie S\u00e1nchez teaches Spanish and English as Second Language (ESL). She holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Southern Connecticut State University (1976). She also studied at the University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain. Her teaching experiences include the Colegio Hispano Norteamericano in Valencia, Spain, as well as at the high school and college levels in Connecticut. She has traveled extensively throughout the Spanish speaking world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 44.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://legalizationofmarijuana.com/the-most-popular-methods-of-cannabis-consumption", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZHYCCKFLWWNSI4XJK2DLML27I36J43IA", "length": 5004, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "legalizationofmarijuana.com", "title": "The Most Popular Methods of Cannabis Consumption - Legalize Marijuana, Legal Weed, Marijuana Facts", "raw_content": "Cannabis is a popular plant because it has a number of medical uses. Many consume cannabis products because they offer a level of intoxication that people cherish to experience. There are available a number of acclaimed methods of cannabis consumption and for Cbd Manufacturing.\nAcclaimed Methods of Cannabis Consumption\nFollowing are some of the popular methods of cannabis consumption: \u2013\nSmoking dried cannabis flower using a pipe is a common method of cannabis ingestion. When cannabis products are inhaled then it results in a chain reaction which delivers the cannabinoids to the system with extreme efficiency.\nUpon smoking cannabis inhalation, the effects start almost instantly and lasts for 30 minutes to 1 or 3 hours. The raw cannabis flowers give the users a good control over the source, strain as well as the cannabinoid content than any other method of cannabis consumption. However, it is important to understand that cannabis inhalation is detrimental to health as the smoke generated as a cause of cannabis burning contains carcinogenic compounds.\nVaping is an effective way to consume cannabis. The effects can be felt within a short span of time post-inhalation. The effect lasts for thirty minutes to a couple of hours. Vaping is considered the cleanest and healthiest methods to consume the plant.\nMany users of cannabis prefer the substance in the edible form. This process may be a bit slow as the cannabinoids reach the body cells via the liver. Edibles are available in a wide variety of forms including snacks, sodas, ice-cream, chocolate, mints, and pizza.\nIt takes roughly 15 minutes to 2 hours to exhibit the effect of intoxication. The intoxication may last for about 4 to 6 hours and it depends on the dosage accepted by the cannabis user. Cannabis in edible form is regarded as the most convenient form of consumption. It may happen that cannabis users consume the product in large doses and when that happens the users remain intoxicated for a long period of time.\nCannabis-based tinctures are immensely popular among the common cannabis consumers. There are available a wide range of cannabinoid formulations and dosages. The thing about the tinctures is that they are absorbed sublingually and because of that they enter the bloodstream, fast.\nThe effect of the alcohol-based tinctures is fast compared to the edibles. The intoxication effect of the cannabis tinctures is felt within 20-30 minutes. Frequent users of cannabis tinctures find that the intoxication effect lasts for several hours and this depends on the dosage accepted by the user. Cannabis tinctures are often administered with alcohol and that is often not accepted by many users. The cannabis tinctures required to be stored appropriately or else they get destroyed.\nAyurvedic practitioners use cannabis-enriched lotions and balms for centuries. The cannabinoids are assimilated into the skin and they are mostly used for therapeutic purposes.\nIt takes 5 minutes to 2 hours to start the effect of intoxication. The intoxicating effect lasts for a period of 12 hours. The topical form of cannabis is used to treat pain and skin inflammation. They are also very effective in treating arthritis, skin conditions, bone fractures, migraines, cramping.\nFull Spectrum Oil\nFull spectrum oil also known as RSO oil is yet another method of cannabis consumption. The oil has a number of healing attributes. It is useful to cure cancers. The full spectrum oil has medicinal attributes and because of that, it is extensively used for medical purposes. The effect of the oil starts within 15 minutes and its effect lasts for about 1 hour to 4 hours. If you want to get a big quantity you should check out Wholesale Cbd Oil. The oil is highly effective to stop the growth of various types of skin cancers and tumors.\nDabbing is a new form of cannabis consumption. It is best suited for high-tolerance users. In this process a small amount of marijuana is heated atop a titanium nail, causing combustion. If you are ingesting a small amount of cannabis, understand that it contains a significant amount of THC. The effects of dabbing are strong and effective when compared to other forms cannabis products. The effect of dabbing starts immediately post-inhalation. The duration of dabbing lasts longer when compared to other inhalation methods.\nThe dabbing method is best for seriously ill patients. It can be an effective and efficient way to get a large number of cannabinoids into the system. Users of dabbing love the flavors and tastes of the cannabis products used in the cannabis consumption process.\nHowever, dabbing has some negative points and they include that dabbing process quickly raise the user\u2019s tolerance and as a result, other forms of ingestion are not felt. It is understood that the consumption of cannabis and hence THC in high doses can result in nausea, anxiety and even passing out.\nFor additional information on the different methods of cannabis consumption visit relevant websites, online.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 5968, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 248.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/frank-cepollina", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:45Z", "digest": "sha1:SUHC5UZLJ5LGYZIEGCV6HZ6QM6VBY7XE", "length": 4314, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "lemelson.mit.edu", "title": "Frank Cepollina | Lemelson-MIT Program", "raw_content": "Frank Cepollina\nSatellite Servicing Techniques\nThe advent of space flight and the widespread practice of putting satellites into orbit for communications purposes has posed a variety of challenges for scientists, engineers, and researchers this past half-century. One of the most important problems has been finding feasible methods for making necessary repairs and improvements to such equipment when it is actually deployed in space.\nNASA engineer and inventor Frank J. Cepollina has devoted much of his nearly 50-year career to this problem. His list of accomplishments includes groundbreaking techniques for servicing satellites, designing new tools and interfaces for astronauts, and leading the historic 1993 repair mission for the Hubble Space Telescope.\nA Northern California native, Cepollina was born in 1936 and attended the University of Santa Clara, where he graduated in 1959 with a BS degree in mechanical engineering. He joined Aerojet General Corp. and, later, the Defense Intelligence Agency before signing on with NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1963.\nFrom his early days with NASA, Cepollina worked on engineering solutions for satellites and spacecrafts. In the late 1960s, satellite failure was becoming a significant problem, and engineers at NASA, including Cepollina, began working on a new type of \u201cMultimission Modular Craft.\u201d These crafts would have swappable parts and could potentially be fixed easily by space-walking astronauts \u23af who NASA anticipated would soon be flying on regular Space Shuttle missions. The first of these crafts was the Solar Maximum satellite, launched in 1980. When it began to fail several months into orbit, Cepollina was asked to lead the repair mission, which began in 1984. The mission \u23af the first of its kind \u23af was a success; the modular craft concept proved effective. Cepollina was lauded for his leadership on the project and was subsequently named Satellite Servicing Project Manager.\nNot too long after, Cepollina was faced with an enormous challenge: to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, widely cited as the most difficult on-orbit repair mission ever attempted. Having worked on the development of its modular design, as well as its command and control subsystem, he knew the Hubble well. But few could have anticipated that the Hubble, launched in 1990 and orbiting 375 miles above the earth, would have a problem like the one it did: Its lens was flawed and corrective optics would have to be installed. Newly designed instruments were built from scratch and successfully installed by astronauts in December of 1993, under Cepollina\u2019s guidance. The mission was a major success, marking a satellite-servicing milestone and boosting NASA\u2019s worldwide reputation.\nCepollina led additional successful repair and improvement missions for the Hubble in 1997, 1999, and 2002. These missions added performance-enhancing technologies that were not available at the time of Hubble\u2019s initial deployment, including better cameras, more efficient solar arrays, and a more powerful processor for data transfer.\nCepollina\u2019s work has led to developments outside the space realm, in the areas of medicine and consumer products. Technology developed for the Hubble, for example, has been used to help detect breast cancer, and optics technology for the Hubble has helped to create smaller, faster microchips.\nIn addition, in 1969, Cepollina patented an innovative strain gauge measuring technique (U.S. Patent No. 3,460,378) for measuring multiple points of strain on complex systems. He is the author or co-author on numerous papers and reports, including the often-referenced \"In-Orbit Servicing.\"\nHis long list of honors and awards includes NASA's Exceptional Achievement Award, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, and the Robert C. Baumann Memorial Award, the GSFC\u2019s highest honor for mission success, which was awarded in 2000. Also that year, President George W. Bush named him Meritorious Executive in Senior Executive Service. In 2001, he and his Hubble Space Telescope Team won the Space Foundation Space Achievement Award, and in 2003, he was inducted into the National Inventor\u2019s Hall of Fame. Today, he serves as Associate Director for NASA\u2019s Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at the Goddard Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 5016, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 174.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lethbridgecollege.ca/node/3868", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:08Z", "digest": "sha1:YCYJK3GPCXLVSGAMZ5FZLN3HCBRB3GXX", "length": 2658, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "lethbridgecollege.ca", "title": "People | BE READY", "raw_content": "Cherie Souther\nLethbridge\u2019s Cherie Souther grew up in oilfields around the world. So when the mother of seven children started thinking of returning to school, she looked back to the experiences she had as a child in the Mediterranean and Canada where her father, an engineer, lived and worked. \u201cI got a taste for it growing up,\u201d she explains, \u201cand I thought I\u2019d like to give my own children that experience.\u201d\nShe met with the Lethbridge College\u2019s career counsellors and realized that a career in Geomatics Engineering Technology \u2013 work which could take her back to oilfields to survey and map the land \u2013 was the perfect fit. \u201cThey really helped me form a picture of what the future could look like,\u201d she says. Souther started school in the fall of 2011 and graduated two years later, and her instructors and mentors called her an outstanding student.\nShe says her grandmother and children have been her inspiration. \u201cMy kids are inspirational because they set a good example,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd my grandmother was a strong woman who went on to do things she never thought she\u2019d be able to do.\u201d\nYou\u2019re teaching us actual stuff we can use in the field.\nBarrett McMillan\nWhat is the velocity of detonation? How is a methodical search for a bomb conducted? Where would you set up a command post in a hostage/armed and barricaded subject situation? Question after question, Lethbridge Regional Police Sgt. Christy Woods challenged her students in her Preliminary Response and Investigation course. It may have been the last day of classes and a perfect, blue-sky afternoon, but Woods wanted her class to be ready for the final exam and, more importantly, ready to respond to some of the challenging situations police officers may face in their careers in criminal justice.\nIn a hostage situation, what are the three courses of action to keep in mind? What are the three types of hostages? True or false: Traumatic stress only occurs immediately after a traumatic event? With a voice shaped by experience and filled with encouragement, Woods, a 1999 graduate of Lethbridge College\u2019s Conservation Enforcement program, took her 17 students through a review of the semester-long class, one of many each year at the college that are taught by instructors who are actively working in their professions.\nThe students responded eagerly to her questions and appreciated the perspective she offered as she shared real-life stories of crime scenes and investigations she undertook in her work with the Lethbridge Police Service. Barrett McMillan, a student in the class, came up to her at the end to thank her, saying \u201cYou\u2019re teaching us actual stuff we can use in the field.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 4885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lfk.org.au/take-a-moment-to-watch-this/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:54Z", "digest": "sha1:VNJSDEUA3BM5XZ7FMIFLM7I4PIY3ENUA", "length": 891, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "lfk.org.au", "title": "Take a Moment To Watch This - Lady Forster Kindergarten", "raw_content": "All children want to play. Children with disabilities are no different. \u201cIan\u201d is a short, animated film inspired by the real-life Ian, a boy with a disability determined to get to the playground despite his playmates bullying him. This film sets out to show that children with disabilities can and should be included.\n\u201cIan\u201d premiered at Cannes in May 2018. It was written by Gast\u00f3n Gorali (Metegol/Underdogs), produced by Academy Award winner Juan Jos\u00e9 Campanella (The Secret in their Eyes) and Fundaci\u00f3n ian, a nonprofit founded by Ian\u2019s mum, whose mission is to make life better for families with disabilities. The animated film has won numerous awards internationally. \u201cIan\u201d has also qualified for the Best Animated Short category in the 2019 Academy Awards. A special film \u2013 please take a moment with your child(ren) to watch this.\nYou can also watch the movie here (opens in new window)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 3585, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 168.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://liamkidney.com/blog/tag/st-marys-church-athlone/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:29Z", "digest": "sha1:R562QPL6GSJ2SHKFTFODPFQLXEOR6TUU", "length": 548, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "liamkidney.com", "title": "St Mary's Church Athlone Archives - Liam Kidney's Photography Blog", "raw_content": "Wedding of Orla and Cathal, St. Mary\u2019s Church Athlone, Glasson Country House Hotel |Westmeath Photographer\nI recently covered the wedding of Orla Forde and Cathal Conaty in St. Mary's Church Athlone and Glasson Country House Hotel . 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I started in Glasson village\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3374, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 282.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lifehappens.org/industry-resources/john-hancock/videos/a-dream-lives-on/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:15:18Z", "digest": "sha1:N5FZHGHW3IYOHVDR57RPFPYCDEELTWRP", "length": 1883, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "lifehappens.org", "title": "Cathy Young - A Dream Lives On | Life Happens", "raw_content": "Cathy Young \u2013 A Dream Lives On\nCathy Young: A Dream Lives On\nScott Young liked to dream big. Although he came from humble beginnings, through hard work he turned a one-man enterprise into the largest heating and air conditioning business in their area. That allowed Scott and his wife, Cathy, to fulfill another dream\u2014to build a home in the country and work it as a hobby ranch. They wanted to give their two daughters a life that revolved around the outdoors and good living.\nInsurance professional Steve Sabo made sure Scott was properly insured at work and at home. Scott ran the business with his brother, David, and a buy-sell agreement funded with life insurance ensured the business could continue if one of them were to die. Plus, Scott had a personal life insurance policy that would allow Cathy and the girls to be OK financially if something were to happen to him.\nAs the business and Scott\u2019s financial responsibilities grew, Steve knew it was time to reassess Scott\u2019s life insurance needs. They did, indeed, find a need and immediately set to work to increase Scott\u2019s personal and business coverage.\nTragically, just weeks after the life insurance applications were submitted, Scott suffered a fatal accident. On July 4, this avid outdoorsman drowned while paddle boarding in a nearby river.\nWhile Cathy and her daughters must now make a new life for themselves without Scott, the life insurance has been invaluable. The insurance through the business ensured that Cathy was compensated for Scott\u2019s portion of the company instead of becoming an owner of a business she had no interest in running. Scott\u2019s personal policy cemented their dream. \u201cI have an incredible amount of gratitude, and it\u2019s all because of the life insurance,\u201d says Cathy. \u201cWithout it, we\u2019d be gone from this property. Now my daughters can grow in the home we built, as we create a new life together.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 4488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 251.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://linemountaineagles.com/main/teamschedule/id/3741185/seasonid/4321857", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:56Z", "digest": "sha1:MI5BFXPCMT6TGLFRGVR4K755C7HY4U4P", "length": 392, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "linemountaineagles.com", "title": "Line Mountain Jr/Sr High School Boys Junior Varsity Basketball Winter 2018-2019 Schedule", "raw_content": "(H) 12/05/18 7:30 PM vs Benton Area MS/HS .\n(H) 12/07/18 6:00 PM vs Wyomissing Area HS\nShikellamy Tip Off Tournament .\n(A) 12/17/18 6:00 PM vs Millersburg Area Senior HS 36 - 45 L .\n(H) 01/14/19 6:00 PM vs Warrior Run HS 60 - 61 L .\n(H) 01/21/19 6:00 PM vs Newport Junior/Senior HS Postponed .\n(A) 01/26/19 6:00 PM vs Greenwood HS 21 - 53 L .\n(H) 01/30/19 6:00 PM vs Susquenita HS Cancelled .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 3983, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 287.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10869-009-9090-8", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:14Z", "digest": "sha1:AIUD4DSFQPYRYIGIAO2CKLUP76LWP6KB", "length": 16514, "nlines": 134, "source_domain": "link.springer.com", "title": "Cognitive Lie Detection: Response Time and Consistency of Answers as Cues to Deception | SpringerLink", "raw_content": "Cognitive Lie Detection: Response Time and Consistency of Answers as Cues to Deception\nJeffrey J. Walczyk\nKevin T. Mahoney\nDennis Doverspike\nDiana A. Griffith-Ross\nThe purpose of this study was to test a new cognitive lie detection method, time restricted integrity confirmation (Tri-Con), which uses response time and inconsistencies across answers as cues to deception.\nData were obtained from two samples of students enrolled in psychology classes (n = 96 for Experiment 1, n = 99 for Experiment 2). The experimental task required students to lie or tell the truth to questions probing biodata under time restriction. The foci of questions (such as Academics or Employment History) were chosen because of their relevance to participants\u2019 lives.\nTri-Con was able to distinguish between truth tellers and liars after controlling for individual differences. In one experiment, liar-truth teller classification accuracies reached 89%. Mean response times and answer consistency can be used to distinguish those who lie from those who tell the truth.\nResearch on cognitive-based lie detectors, such as Tri-Con, hold the potential for developing reliable and valid methods of screening out employees likely to engage in misconduct and providing deceptive answers to screening questions. A cognitive lie detector would constitute a paradigm shift away from the polygraph, and could be used in tandem with integrity tests.\nThis study was a preliminary test of a cognitive lie detection method based on a model of cognitive events (the Activation-Decision-Construction model) when people answer questions deceptively. It constitutes a step in translating laboratory-based cognitive research into applied technologies for the real world detection of lying, including lying that occurs during pre-employment screening.\nCognitive lie detection Cognition Deception Response time Employee selection Applicant screening\nReceived and reviewed by former editor, George Neuman.\nFoci and questions of experiment 1\nGeneral Questions: Prompt-The following questions concern characteristics about yourself and your life in general\n1 What is your first name?\nQuestion pairs involving inconsistencies: 4\n2 Are you a member of a sorority or fraternity?\n3 What is your last name?\n4 In years, what is your age?\n5 Are you a male?\n6 Do you believe in a God?\n7 Do you smoke cigarettes?\n8 What was or is your biological mother\u2019s first name?\n9 What year were you born?\n10 What year did you receive your GED or graduate from high school?\n11 Are you a woman?\nNumber of Questions to be lied to: 0\nSaturday Night: Prompt-The questions that follow concern what you did this past Saturday evening. Take a few moments to try to recollect where you were, who you were with, and so forth\n12 Around 9 p.m. Saturday Night, where were you?\nQuestion pairs involving inconsistencies: 11\n13 Had you been there before?\n14 What were you doing?\n15 Were you with others?\n16 About how many people were you with?\n17 Were you drinking alcohol?\n18 Were you with any close friends?\n19 What were you wearing?\n20 How many males were there?\n21 Were you in a car?\n22 How many females were there?\nCurrent Residence: Prompt-The questions that follow concern your local place of residence. Take a few moments to think about where you live locally, its physical appearance, and so forth\n23 Not counting closets, how many rooms are there?\n24 Do you usually sleep with a night light on?\n25 Is your local residence within the city limits of Ruston?\n26 Do you live in a dorm?\n27 How many windows are in your bedroom?\n28 Do you live in an apartment?\n29 Do you sleep in a single-sized bed?\n30 Is there a kitchen?\n31 What is the primary color of your bedspread?\n32 At one time, how many people can comfortably sleep in your bed?\nAcademics: Prompt-The questions that follow concern your career as an undergraduate student, your current major, past majors you\u2019ve had, classes you\u2019ve taken, and so forth\n33 Including one or two credit courses, how many courses are you currently enrolled in?\n34 What is the name of the course in which you are receiving extra credit?\n35 Who is the instructor?\n36 What is your primary major?\n37 Is your GPA 3.00 or higher?\n38 Are you majoring in chemistry?\n39 How many credit hours are you registered for?\n40 Since you entered college, how many majors have you had?\n41 When you graduate, what job would you like to have?\n42 When you first entered college, was your major the same as it is now?\nEmployment History: Prompt-The following questions concern jobs that you have had, your work history, what you did on those jobs, and so forth\n43 Have you ever been fired?\n44 Are you currently employed?\n45 Including a current one, what is the most recent job you have held?\n46 Have you ever stolen small things such as pencils from the workplace?\n47 In that job, did you have to deal with the general public?\n48 What was your favorite job ever?\n49 Was the job in food service?\n50 While employed, did you ever call in sick when you werenot?\n51 What job would you like once you graduate?\n52 In the last 5 years, about how many jobs have you had?\nAlliger, G. 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I only recall one other opportunity I had to see him: I was in college and in Atlanta for a conference and had other obligations.\nThursday night, I finally got a chance to see him in concert, at Hoyt Sherman Place, a much more intimate setting than I\u2019m sure the Atlanta show would have been.\n\u201cIt kind of makes me wish I hadn\u2019t spent so many years not coming here,\u201d Costello said slightly before the end of his main set, before saying he would be back.\nCostello\u2019s Detour tour isn\u2019t filled with his biggest hits. It\u2019s just him on stage with an assortment of guitars, a piano and a bit of ukulele. I\u2019ll spoil things now by saying \u201cPump it Up\u201d and \u201cRadio Radio\u201d were not performed. I think the singer adequately set the town early with a more downbeat version of \u201c(Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes.\u201d\nThis wasn\u2019t a & the Attractions or & the Imposters. It was just Elvis, with all his solo strengths (and a few weaknesses).\nIt was a night of talking, but not at the expense of songs. Costello shared a lot of stories, like a brief infatuation with a cab driver that ended when she sought out a station playing Pink Floyd when he wanted to hear The Buzzcocks, inspiring him to write \u201cAccidents Will Happen,\u201d or talking about achieving his goal of working with Allen Toussaint before performing \u201cThe River in Reverse.\u201d\nThere was maybe a bit too much peacocking. After every song he performed on piano, Costello would get up, strutting across the stage while the crowd clapped. He 100% deserved the applause, but at times it felt like it was throwing off the rhythm of the show and detracting a bit from more intimate numbers like \u201cShipbuilding\u201d and \u201cDeep Dark Truthful Mirror.\u201d\nBut let\u2019s not dwell on minor annoyances. The show had so many amazing moments, like the main set closing version of \u201cAlison,\u201d where Costello stepped to the front of the stage, away from the mics, to sing the song unamplified. It\u2019s not the kind of experience I could have gotten from a big Elvis Costello show in college.\nThere were several songs from Costello\u2019s in the works musical \u201cA Face in the Crowd,\u201d which worked well in the concert setting for the musical\u2019s title song, and \u201cBlood & Hot Sauce,\u201d though the \u201cVitajex Jingle\u201d was a bit odd out of context. Opening act Larkin Poe did add some great harmonies to it, however.\nCostello played two encores, returning the first time with the members of Larkin Poe to perform \u201cBlame it On Cain,\u201d \u201cNothing Clings Like Ivy,\u201d \u201cClown Strike,\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s Not the Part of Him You\u2019re Leaving\u201d and \u201cBurn the Paper Down to Ash,\u201d with Larkin Poe\u2019s Rebecca Lovell taking lead on the latter. The first set closed with the trio joining together for Nick Lowe\u2019s great \u201c(What\u2019s So Funny \u2018Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding.\u201d\nFor the second encore, Costello returned alone to the front of the stage to sing \u201cJimmie Standing in the Rain\u201d without a mic, before returning to the piano to sing \u201cDon\u2019t Lose Your First Love Looking For The Last Word.\u201d\nBefore the concert, I was talking with my brother about going to see Elvis Costello. He expressed concern that with a prolific artist like Costello, you\u2019re never going to hear all your favorite songs. I mentioned \u201cPump It Up\u201d earlier, though I wouldn\u2019t count it as one of my favorites, and it\u2019s hard to imagine that song working on guitar alone. \u201cRadio Radio\u201d is probably my favorite Costello song (I picked it as the theme for my KFMG radio show), and it could work alone on electric guitar (which he did break out for a few songs). But I\u2019m not sweating it not being played.\nIf I had to pick two songs that were on my wish list, the first would have been \u201cVeronica,\u201d which was the song that introduced me to Costello in the summer of 1989. It\u2019s stuck with me over the years, no doubt helped by the fact that it was co-written with Paul McCartney.\nThe other would have been \u201cTramp the Dirt Down,\u201d a bitter ode to Margaret Thatcher\u2019s England. Given Thatcher has been dead for three years now, I certainly didn\u2019t expect it, but given the upcoming election, I could see him feeling it might have some relevance today.\nBut over the course of nearly 30 songs, Costello touched on pretty much every part of his career. He told great stories, like how is father, Ross McManus, was once played as part of a command performance for Queen Elizabeth, listed higher on the bill than The Beatles (the concert where John Lennon made his immortal \u201cRattle Your Jewelry\u201d remark).\nIt was an amazing show in a more intimate setting than I would have ever imagined seeing an artist of this stature. Hoyt Sherman has been killing it on quality shows this fall, with this being one of the most impressive the venue has ever landed.\nOctober 7, 2016 Joe LawlerUncategorizedconcert review, music\nOne thought on \u201cReview: Elvis Costello at Hoyt Sherman Place\u201d\nDavid Towle\nI would have wanted to hear \u201cAlmost Blue.\u201d\nGreat review. 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The Sun Bowl\u2019s game-winning touchdown was a fumble by Stanford quarterback KJ Costello that dropped right into the hands of running back Cameron Scarlett at the goal line; Pitt\u2019s offense sputtered in the final minutes of a 14\u201313 rockfight.\nAnd speaking of rockfights, Oregon beat Michigan 7\u20136 in the Redbox Bowl, a game that turned into a comedy of errors on both sides in the second half. Missouri gained 637 yards of offense but couldn\u2019t convert a fourth-and-one with everything on the line in Memphis, as senior quarterback Drew Lock was stopped short of the line to gain on a keeper to seal a 38\u201333 Oklahoma State win in the Liberty Bowl.\nNorthwestern was more successful with its comeback effort in the Holiday Bowl, converting on three Utah turnovers and scoring 28 points in the third quarter to outlast the Utes, 31\u201320. 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Wedding & Music Services strives for personal and professional service at a great price.\nwww.loveweddingmusicservices.com\nServing London & Surrounding Area", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3357, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 223.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lucaslaursen.com/europes-new-satellite-system-will-improve-your-phone/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:36Z", "digest": "sha1:F5Q2DSDWEPSRI3WMPIX7B6VX5GWSHDUL", "length": 2858, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "lucaslaursen.com", "title": "Europe\u2019s New Satellite System Will Improve Your Phone | Lucas Laursen", "raw_content": "With Galileo\u2019s opening, announced this month, providers of a variety of services and devices, from specialized navigation systems to mobile-phone and car makers, will be able to add its signal to that of the 70-odd satellites in the American GPS and Russian GLONASS systems. At least 17 companies are already poised to do so, among them phone makers Huawei and BQ.\nThe more satellite signals available, the choosier your receiver can be. If buildings or other devices interfere with signals in one direction, your receiver may be able to find a less noisy signal from a satellite elsewhere. This means the Galileo satellites will make it easier to get a signal in places covered by fewer satellites, such as the far north of Europe, and provide more accurate and faster position fixes elsewhere, says Richard Langley, a geospatial expert at the University of New Brunswick in Canada and a member of a working group focused on research uses for Galileo\u2019s data. Just one additional satellite \u201ccan make a huge difference\u201d in position accuracy, he says.\nWhen your phone finds less noisy signals, it frees the device\u2019s processor for other tasks, explains Lukasz Bonenberg of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, which is helping to build Galileo. That will allow developers, such as those who attended a Galileo hackathon last month, to design software that focuses on using location data rather than helping to interpret it, he says.\nGalileo should also speed up search-and-rescue operations. Today it can take hours for a distress signal to reach enough low-orbiting satellites to confirm a position. Navigation satellites, which orbit higher, are more suitable for the task, but only the newest GPS and GLONASS satellites have the right hardware. All the Galileo satellites have it, and they should be able to locate rescue beacons in 10 minutes. An encrypted channel will be available to government agencies for emergency services.\nToday the Galileo constellation consists of 18 satellites. Six more, enough for full global coverage of Earth, will be launched over the next three years by the system\u2019s operator, the European Space Agency. (There will be six backup satellites as well, Galileo having learned a lesson from GPS and GLONASS\u2019s struggles with dud satellites.)\nGalileo is one of a growing number of satellite navigation systems. China is building its own, BeiDou, also scheduled for completion in 2020. Other countries, including India and Japan, have growing regional navigation systems as well.\nThese systems are interoperable, and researchers around the world are developing efficient algorithms for combining signals from multiple constellations. 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INFORMS Annual Meeting is one of the most prestigious...\nSyed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering Department of Electrical Engineering Office of Alumni Relations\nEE Graduate Wins Award at the 17th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium 2018\nBilal Majeed, an MS Electrical Engineering graduate won the award for \"Best Poster Presentation\" at the 17th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium 2018 held November 2 to 4, 2018. 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In most cases, it's the first thing people identify with when thinking of your company, so it's important to create something unique, memorable and more recognizable than your competition.\nSometimes a logo is an abstract idea, and other times it's simple and straightforward. In the landscape of logo design, there are so many things to keep in mind and even more resources available for inspiration. Here are a few trends in logo design today.\nYou'll notice that a big trend in all aspects of design is simplicity. This holds true for logo design. The use of 3-dimensional shapes and effects is becoming an old practice as design is becoming ever so flat. Using a limited number of words in a logo is also important because logos are a visual representation of a brand; not a description.\nNegative Space and Hidden Symbolism\nUsing negative space and hidden symbolism in a creative way is a popular trend that isn't going away. It's a unique way of morphing textual elements and iconography that creates a strong statement. Here are some famous logos that use this effect. Can you spot the hidden symbols in these popular logos?\nRounded shapes and corners create a much more modern look than squares and rectangles. Sharp angles aren't as welcoming and friendly.\nTrendy color palates and tints change just as often as any other design element. Popular colors now are more subdued than a few years ago. A perfect example of this is the use of black vs. gray.\nThe readability of text in a logo is just as important as any iconography attached to it. While it's important to be creative and unique, do not sacrifice legibility. Script fonts are a popular trend right now, but make sure to choose the right one.\nHere are a few popular sites where you can find some great inspiration. 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My role with Mainmark is very much about identifying new opportunities in civil, infrastructure and asset preservation industries, whilst also managing the NSW/ACT sales team.\nWhat do you most enjoy about working with Mainmark?\nI really enjoy getting to understand a client\u2019s problem, aligning the objectives of each client\u2019s project to Mainmark\u2019s capabilities, and then being able to deliver an innovative solution that will remediate the issue and ultimately satisfy the needs of the client. Mainmark offers a range of advanced industry leading technologies, and I like having the ability to deliver these innovative solutions to our clients. One example being non-invasive resin injection as a far more cost effective solution than traditional underpinning for resolving structural issues. Mainmark is unique in that it has the capability to provide niche market solutions.\nI also enjoy the company\u2019s positive culture and the support provided by the operations and delivery teams. Nothing is too hard for Mainmark \u2013 they make an effort to rise to the challenge and embrace change. This is a refreshing and enjoyable environment to work in. We have great people with a diverse mix of experience and I look forward to continued growth with the team.\nOne project that particularly stands out was at a mine site where we stabilised an underground mine crusher situated at a depth of approximately 875m below ground level. It required a bespoke solution which needed to be applied within the pit area in a very confined space, under a heavy piece of equipment. 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There were a lot of downs that everyone helped me through, but there were also a lot of ups.\nLike my trip to Boston with one of my best friends, to visit a woman who is now also my friend.\nThere were my many outdoor adventures, most of which were not captured on camera:\nAnd then I headed to Jasper to visit my younger brother:\nPlus, I started an Instagram for my cats, deepened relationships with good friends and picked up a few new hobbies. I spent so many hours dancing with my nephews, joking around with friends and snuggling animals. The Handmade Vegan Market was a ridiculous success. I sold a wild number of buttons. Cockroach really started to take off and I sent more than 1,400 valentines to women\u2019s shelters. I got a lot of new work, including achieving my teenage goal of being published by BUST. Almost more exciting, I got paid to write about cats.\nDon\u2019t judge my life by my blog. I\u2019m showing my darkest, saddest self here for many reasons, but there truly is plenty of beauty, joy and love in my silly little life.\nI have a lot of optimism that things are just going to keep getting better. I have trips planned to Calgary, Ottawa, Chicago and Boston, and there\u2019s some talk of a month long adventure along the East Coast. The next Handmade Vegan Market is going to be on May 27 and valentines are already pouring in for women\u2019s shelters across Canada. I\u2019m working on an idea for a new podcast, Bedtime Stories for Adults, and am writing a memoir (because I\u2019m so old and wise and interesting). 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Though hot summer weather invites active outdoor activities, there are many sweaty days that demand some time in a dark, air-conditioned room losing yourself in an adventure not your own.\nTypically, a summer blockbuster is easy to spot, even when taken out of the context of their release date. They are mostly mindless action-adventure films with a liberal dose of comedy and a sprinkle of romance. Beyond independent films that take advantage of the whimsical outdoorsiness of summer to promote hipster films like The Kings of Summer, The Way Way Back, and Much Ado About Nothing, summer is not a season for Oscar bait or plodding, soulful dramas. Summer is all about indulgence \u2014 in vacations, ice cream, and terrible off-season reality shows \u2014 and the film industry preys on this trend.\nSo what makes a good summer movie? Let\u2019s look at this year\u2019s crop of successful and well-reviewed films. The summer season officially started off with Iron Man 3 and was soon followed by another fantasy sequel, Star Trek: Into Darkness. Man of Steel allowed the DC fanboys something to drool over (or rip to shreds). Rounding out the category of otherworldly romps are the upcoming R.I.P.D., about dead cops who fight other dead people so they don\u2019t take over the world or something equally preposterous, and The Lone Ranger, a fresh take on an iconic character that dates back to a 1930s radio show.\nSix months after the Mayan Apocalypse failed to destroy the earth, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic movies are still very popular. The sub-genres of these films vary widely from the comedic This is the End to the horrifying World War Z or The Purge. Besides their common genre and bafflingly similar title fonts, After Earth, Oblivion, and Elysium have plots that are impossible to distinguish between in simple movie synopses. And don\u2019t forget the crucial inclusion of a big star to each of these films; this is the season that veterans of the action-adventure genre like Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Pitt, Jamie Foxx, and Vin Diesel make their diamond-encrusted toilet seat money.\nThe audience for a summer blockbuster is often varied\u2014and film studios cater to this notion. It is widely believed that a man will not so much as step into a movie theater unless a film promises at least three large explosions and seven toppled buildings. Men like things to go \u201cboom,\u201d and women like endings sealed with a kiss, right?\nAnd since, according to movie producer Lynda Obst, \u201cThe movie marketers believe that women go to guys\u2019 movies if they\u2019re good, but guys won\u2019t go to women\u2019s movies ever,\u201d most summer blockbusters contain more \u201cbooms\u201d than kisses. Action-heavy movies still appeal to the female demographic through the use of dreamy leads including Chris Pine, Henry Cavill, Ryan Reynolds, and Armie Hammer. Children are lured in by the glossy graphics and bright colors of computer animated films like Turbo and Monsters University, as well as the pure candy-like rush of seeing their favorite comic book characters come to life in the more mature Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel.\nA good summer movie has a likable movie star \u2014 say, Will Smith or Channing Tatum or Brad Pitt \u2014 slinging around a gun and muttering one-liners before foiling the all-too-simple plot of the enemy. You can expect shots of mass exodus from the city being attacked, as well as extreme close-ups of the star\u2019s face as he watches his world crumble around him. There will be at least one gravity-defying leap from a building, car, train, or helicopter. Just because they\u2019re predictable doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re bad; movies like Iron Man 3 and Star Trek: Into Darkness have been well received by critics and audiences alike.\nJohnny Depp in The Lone Ranger\nWhile fall and winter stress both the emotional power and the seriousness of films through dark, chilly dramas seeking gold statues, summer celebrates the indulgent frivolity and spectacle of the cinema that dates back to the earliest days of black and white silent movies.\nThose who complain about this year\u2019s crop of sequels and duds must remember that pandering to the audience\u2019s most simple desires is not a new marketing technique; Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire starred in ten movies together because people delighted so much in their pairing. Plots for movie musicals \u2014 the pinnacle of the popcorn movie back in the 1940s during Hollywood\u2019s golden years \u2014 were recycled and similar and produced by the dozens each year.\nWhile we are in an age of bloated blockbuster budgets, sequels, threequels, and remakes, we must keep in mind that just because summer popcorn films are prolific does not mean the well-crafted movie is a dying art. 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This past Thursday, a church from Novi brought dinner and music.\nPilgrim Church and I Am My Brother\u2019s Keeper MinistryWith no state or federal funding, donations of cash and in-kind foods and services \u2014 like that of the Novi church \u2014 keep I Am My Brother\u2019s Keeper running. On such a shoestring budget, any cost savings they find are like small blessings.\nWhen the energy utility DTE saw that the church was slipping behind on its energy bill, it sent a team to evaluate and improve I Am My Brother\u2019s Keeper\u2019s energy usage habits onsite.\n\u201cWe did an energy audit,\u201d says Vicki Campbell, DTE\u2019s Director of Energy Efficiency, \u201cand their boiler was in really bad repair.\u201d Through an energy optimization incentive program, DTE was able to get the church a refurbished boiler, with new piping.\nOverhead, above the gymnasium diner, LED lights dot ceiling tiles. Throughout the building \u2014 the chapel and sanctuary, the kitchen, the shelter and dining area \u2014 new DTE-supplied LED and CFL lights are cutting electricity usage for lighting anywhere from 50 to 75 percent over old halogen lighting.\nAll told, the upgrades have trimmed about $1,000 from the church\u2019s monthly energy bill, says Campbell.\nThese upgrades, and others like them throughout the city, are the result of Public Act 295 \u2014 the Michigan Clean, Renewable and Efficient Energy Act \u2014 signed into law by Gov. Jennifer Granholm in October of 2008.\nIn addition to about $100 million in funding for incentive and rebate programs, the law implements yearly energy efficiency standards the industry must meet, including a requirement that by 2015, ten percent of all retail electricity sales must come from renewable resources. Further standards apply to Consumers Energy and DTE, the state\u2019s largest investor-owned utilities.\nThe hope is that the new standards, in addition to spurring development in clean and renewable energy sources, encourage performance optimizations in commercial and residential energy customers. The optimizations seem to be working, and in Detroit \u2014 with lagging city services and higher-than-average poverty rates \u2014 many commercial-sized customers are not just businesses, but providers of valuable community needs.\nAcross town, at the northeast corner of McNichols and Wyoming, the same LED lights seen in the Pilgrim Church gymnasium blaze through the midnight dusk from the canopy of Nasser Beydoun\u2019s Marathon gas station. They illuminate the coolers lining the rear wall of the station\u2019s grocery and convenience store and the Subway sandwich shop in back.\nNasser BeydounBeydoun paid about $7,000 out-of-pocket in upgrades for indoor and outdoor lighting and cooler equipment, with DTE kicking in about another $6,000, he says.\n\u201cWe made these changes in April of last year,\u201d Beydoun says, \u201cand they paid for themselves within about six months.\u201d He says his energy bill dropped by 33 percent, saving him over $1,000 a month.\nThe lights stay on throughout the night at Beydoun\u2019s 24-hour Marathon station, which takes part in the Lighthouse Project, a public-private safety and security project started downtown with representatives from Quicken Loans and affiliated companies, Illitch Holdings, and the Police Department.\n\u201cWe took the Lighthouse Project that Rock (Ventures) and Illitch (Holdings) were doing downtown and moved it out to the neighborhoods,\u201d says Beydoun, who serves as a representative of the Arab-American Business Owners on the expanded Lighthouse Project.\nThe goal of the Lighthouse Project is \u201cprovide shelter, aid, safety, and information for citizens and visitors of the City of Detroit who are in temporary need of assistance,\u201d a mission statement from the group reads. Participating businesses must display a project decal on site and operate \u2014 with adequate lighting, including the programs signature green light \u2014 24 hours a day, seven days a week.\n\u201cPeople come in at night now, always,\u201d says Shaddad Alshadadi, who manages the gas station. \u201cBefore (the Lighthouse Program), nobody would come out at night. Now, they know it\u2019s a safe place. The police stop by throughout the day, two or three times a night,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople come to shop, come to report something, use the bathroom.\u201d\nOf course, these benefits occur beside the more traditional environmental goals of the law and programs \u2014 cleaner air, greener infrastructure, and lower utility costs.\n\u201cOver the long run,\u201d reads a 2013 report from the state\u2019s Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Department, \u201cthe cumulative reduction in customer demand for electricity is expected to result in the deferral or reduction in the need to build new electric generation plants.\u201d Further, it suggests, utility bill savings would lead to \u201cincreased spending within the economy.\u201d\nIn 2012, statewide optimization programs resulted in electrical savings of over 1.0 million megawatt hours, according to the report. The state expects $4.07 saved by customers for every dollar spent on optimizing and upgrading energy infrastructure in the long run.\n\u201cIt\u2019s crazy, right?\u201d asks DTE\u2019s Campbell. \u201cWe sell energy \u2014 why would we want people to use less of it?\u201d\nBut, she says, there are obvious, direct benefits to the company besides just complying with the law.\n\u201cOur customers like it. When we have offerings that they value, they think better of us as an energy company, and we have higher customer satisfaction.\u201d\nAnd, she notes, savings accrued by customers may spell economic development for communities in Detroit.\n\u201cWe are proponents of economic development,\u201d she says. \u201cWe want healthy businesses in the state and in our service territory, and these programs have actually resulted in new jobs.\u201d Dollars saved may become \u201ca new shift, maybe a new line, maybe a few more hours someone\u2019s open,\u201d she says. \u201cThe economic impact of these programs has been positive for us.\u201d\nDanny Fenster is a Detroit-based freelance writer. Follow him on Twitter @D_Feez.\nAll photos by Marvin Shaouni.\nThis piece first appeared in Model D.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 7542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mideastmatrix.wordpress.com/category/national-religious-party/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:56Z", "digest": "sha1:MP2APNAUVW5ORVEGRF5KONRB4QQPWL7X", "length": 671, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "mideastmatrix.wordpress.com", "title": "National Religious Party | Mideast Matrix", "raw_content": "Category Archives: National Religious Party\nOf Phobias and White Knights\nMy second piece on the elections in Israel in Open Zion is out. This time I argue that while the campaign is facilitating the creation of new parties and electoral tickets, most of these aren\u2019t likely to last. The history of the Israeli party system indicates that the major parties in each cluster (among Jewish parties, the left, right, and religious) were consolidated long ago; any new \u201cchallengers\u201d to them have tended not to last past one or two elections.\nPosted in Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Labor Party, Likud, National Religious Party, Shas, Tzipi Livni, Yisrael Beiteinu\t| Leave a reply", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 262, "original_length": 22738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 321.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mikeandberg.com/category/blog/remember-this/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:12Z", "digest": "sha1:LMKLWXUCI2LJ5VNZ7WHUP34XNVW2QYJ4", "length": 3743, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "mikeandberg.com", "title": "Remember This? | Mike Andberg", "raw_content": "Category Archives: Remember This?\nRemember This? \u201cDarkness on the Edge of Town\u201d and Enlightenment\nIt had been a long-awaited album. His last, Born to Run, was four years ago. I sensed pressure was on for a great follow-up to that great album.\nThe first thing I experienced when the album came out in June, 1978, was the record jacket, both sides revealing a somber, skinny Bruce Springsteen (the pre-Born in the USA pumped up Bruce), standing alone in a cheap hotel room. The album name, Darkness on the Edge of Town, included song titles like \u201cFactory,\u201d \u201cBadlands,\u201d and \u201cAdam Raised a Cain.\u201d\nBleak. I wanted Born to Run back before I even played one song of Darkness.\nOf course, I was a very young man then, and probably the last to know just how naive.\nI gave the album many listens. With each, I was taken to places like \u201cCandy\u2019s Room,\u201d \u201cDarkness on the Edge of Town\u201d and \u201cPromised Land.\u201d The entire collection of soulful, searching songs was speaking to me about greed, inequity, disappointment, desperation, identity, satisfaction, love and hope; in other words, what real life is made of, not Top 40 life, and certainly not my own.\nI was confused by the chaos all these human issues brought to me at once. Nonetheless, I appreciated how Springsteen ached to tell stories, as if busting out in Darkness, trying to bust apart the chains of man\u2019s pain, warning \u201cin comfort danger dwells; only on the dangerous cliff edge does one\u2019s true self reside.\u201d But I wasn\u2019t sure if that\u2019s what he was really saying.\nThere was an emptiness in my life such that Springsteen\u2019s edge was as close to any edge I could stand upon. I was living in Gaithersburg, Maryland, then, not the edge of urban life, life, or anything \u2013 only the fringes of suburbia. Somehow, Springsteen\u2019s words eventually penetrated the edge of my consciousness:\n\u2013 The dogs on main street howl, \u2018cause they understand / If I could take one moment into my hands / Mister, I ain\u2019t a boy, no I\u2019m a man / And I believe in a promised land.\n\u2013 I take her to the floor, looking for a moment when the world seems right / And I tear into the guts, of something in the night.\n\u2013 \u2018Cause in the darkness, there\u2019ll be hidden worlds that shine / When I hold Candy close she makes the hidden worlds mine.\n\u2013 Some guys just give up living / And start dying little by little, piece by piece / Some guys come home from work and wash up / And go racin\u2019 in the street.\n\u2013 End of the day, factory whistle cries / Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes / And you better believe, boy, somebody\u2019s gonna get hurt tonight / It\u2019s the working, the working, just the working life.\n\u2013 Some folks are born into the good life / Other folks get it anyway, anyhow / I lost my money and I lost my wife / Them things don\u2019t seem to matter much to me now / Tonight I\u2019ll be on that hill \u2018cause I can\u2019t stop / I\u2019ll be on that hill with everything I got / Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost / I\u2019ll be there on time and I\u2019ll pay the cost / For wanting things that can only be found / In the darkness on the edge of town.\nIn time, I sensed a testiness of my own. Discontent with machine shop work, empty experiences, boredom, unfulfilled dreams. So, I began to write songs; eschewed folk guitar and formed a rock band; became a freelance artist; worked as agency ad man before eventually finding a teaching career.\nThis rousing, creeping, crawling and often raucous stanza of rock and roll impressed me. Perhaps only at the edge does one gain best perspective. Slowly protruding from my shadow, Darkness prompted a head-on collision with my own life\u2019s chorus.\nTagged as album, boy, Bruce Springsteen, darkness, Darkness on the Edge of Town, dreams, edge, life, rock and roll, song, town, working, world", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 280, "original_length": 28897, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mikestakeonthemovies.com/2015/09/17/needful-things-1993/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:56Z", "digest": "sha1:ELZ3D6KFESCWRXDNGVG3UQMQ5SBFKUUD", "length": 4348, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "mikestakeonthemovies.com", "title": "Needful Things (1993) \u2013 Mike's Take On the Movies \u2026\u2026\u2026. Rediscovering Cinema's Past", "raw_content": "Aside from a list of usual titles, I have never found much to enjoy in the many horror films that showed up adapted from Stephen King stories back when they were turning up in abundance. For every Misery there was a Pet Sematary 1 and 2.\nWhich brings us to this film with a couple of pros at odds against each other in the classic struggle of good vs. evil.\nIn the small town of Castle Rock our story will focus on a few residents including Ed Harris as the town sheriff who is romancing Bonnie Bedelia over at the local diner. While this may sound like Mayberry don\u2019t expect to see Barney and Andy walking the streets whistling a tune.\nInto the town comes the deliciously evil Max Von Sydow as Satan himself. He\u2019s opened a small antique/curio shop which the film adopts it\u2019s title from. Needful Things.\nHe\u2019s quick to make his presence known to those who he crosses paths with. There\u2019s something for everyone in his shop. For one young boy it\u2019s a Mickey Mantle rookie card. \u201cFleers or Tops?\u201d\nJ.T. Walsh falls in love with a horse racing game which is supposed to help him escape the clutches of a gambling debt which has led to the embezzlement of town funds.\nInitially thanks to Sydow\u2019s devious performance the film is rather light in tone but that is about to change when he gets his hooks into the unstable Amanda Plummer who is at war with another local resident.\nThe cost of any item in the shop is rather small unless you count the favor that is required to go along with the low price. It\u2019s the favors that Max asks of his customers that create the mounting tension causing the escalation of arguments and ultimately murder within the town.\nSydow even has the local churches at war with each other over the congregations and minister vs. priest in an all out battle towards the climax.\nEd Harris is slowly piecing the puzzle together and realizes that Leland Gaunt (Sydow) is no man of this earth. He sees that everyone around him has ties to Max and they staunchly defend him when Harris begins to pry. Deep within the basement of the curio shop he\u2019ll unravel the mystery and begin to fight back in the name of all that is good and pure.\nOne could argue this is a by the numbers thriller but it\u2019s a bit more than that thanks mainly to Max as Satan. He seems to be thoroughly enjoying his role here and that comes shining through. With plenty of inside quips that we the viewer understand he winks at the camera and it\u2019s just a joy to watch. At one point when his shop is full of customers and Plummer walks in he points out \u201d I didn\u2019t think we had room for another soul in here.\u201d Love it!\nEd Harris was by this time a solid actor having gotten started in the late seventies working for George Romero and making his official screen debut in Borderline in 1980. He has remained a solid presence on screen to this day.\nVon Sydow will of course always be associated with his role as The Exorcist. This King adaptation has given him a chance to look at good and evil from the opposite side of things.\nNeedful Things was directed by Fraser Clark Heston. That last name should ring a bell as Fraser is indeed the son of Charlton. For the trivia fans it should be noted that both starred as Moses in the De Mille epic back in 1956. Fraser as the baby Moses on the river and Chuck as the full scale version. And so the Heston cameo continues\u2026\u2026\nSupposedly there is a longer version of this that turned up for television which would account for a couple of scenes in the trailer missing from the theatrical release and also explain why there is a woman wandering around at the end of the film in Elvis Presley styled sunglasses. If there is more of Von Sydow\u2019s marvelous whit to be had, I\u2019ll have to check it out if given the chance.\nAmanda Plummer, Bonnie Bedelia, Charlton Heston, Ed Harris, Fraser Clarke Heston, George Romero, J.T. Walsh, Max Von Sydow, Stephen King\nAn Evil to Behold : Sherry Peatty in The Killing (1956)\nPingback: The Heston Cameo | Mike's Take On the Movies\nI never saw this one, but it seems to have a lot of story parallels to \u2018Salem\u2019s Lot\u2019. Do you see it that way, or am I off the mark? And now, thanks to your review, the \u2018Needful Things\u2019 episode of \u2018Rick & Morty\u2019 makes a lot more sense!\nlol. It could be easily be compared to Salems Lot minus the vampire I guess. Sydow is so much fun I never really think of it that way.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 303, "original_length": 13179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://milwaukeehistory.net/the-cooperation-west-side-association/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:25Z", "digest": "sha1:7WFK3GGMSFKQFBRMQ22TW2KIIPMLUU6B", "length": 304, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "milwaukeehistory.net", "title": "The Cooperation West Side Association", "raw_content": "The Cooperation West Side Association\nTitle: The Cooperation West Side Association\nInclusive Dates: n.d.\nScope and Content: Consists of one brochure detailing the virtues of Milwaukee\u2019s West Side. Includes lists of businesses, churches, and a number of reasons why people should want to live in the area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 2673, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 267.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://minapharm.com/Public/glaucoma.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:38Z", "digest": "sha1:JTIUMAGWXQXWCH4EHJ3DWQPFPJDLNG3B", "length": 965, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "minapharm.com", "title": "Glaucoma - Minapharm Pharmaceuticals", "raw_content": "Home\u00bbPatient Info Services\u00bbGlaucoma\nGlaucoma is a group of diseases that affect the eye and lead to narrowing of the visual field gradually till the complete loss of vision. The pressure inside the eyes increases, Pressure itself is not a disease, but rather the major most important risk factor for Glaucoma development.\nAt the front of the eye, there is a small space called \"anterior chamber\" within which clear fluid flows in and out. In glaucoma, the fluid builds up raising the pressure inside the eye, thus causes damage to the optic nerve which carries the images we see to the brain. This damage causes gradual decrease in the visual field till complete loss of vision.\nTherefore, the frequency of examination is recommended to be as follows:\nGlaucoma is only diagnosed through a series of tests administered and interpreted by an opthalmologist (eye doctor), therefore a regular eye examination is the single most important tool in preventing vision loss.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3432, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 238.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://miramarculturalcenter.org/284/Phases-of-Emergency-Management", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:58Z", "digest": "sha1:45GUSBDMKE5HIP4C4VJVHTVMNZH2GN5Z", "length": 790, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "miramarculturalcenter.org", "title": "Phases of Emergency Management | Miramar, FL - Official Website", "raw_content": "Preparedness activities increase a community\u2019s ability to respond to a disaster when it occurs. Typical preparedness measures include developing mutual aid agreements and memorandums of understanding, training for both response personnel and concerned citizens, conducting disaster exercises to reinforce training and test capabilities, and presenting all-hazards education campaigns.\nActions are carried out immediately before, during, and immediately after a hazard impact, which are aimed at saving lives, reducing economic losses, and alleviating suffering. Response actions may include activating the emergency operations center, evacuating threatened populations, opening shelters and providing mass care, emergency rescue and medical care, fire fighting, and urban search and rescue.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2641, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 215.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://moneymaven.io/blackwealthchannel/personal-finance/love-hip-hop-s-khadiyah-lewis-is-worth-more-than-you-may-think-IZ23-R8NpEy-pHv_MEq-PQ/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:07Z", "digest": "sha1:RRDKI4VIXBZDOTUPM32LWMAQUCZRNKBA", "length": 2046, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "moneymaven.io", "title": "Love & Hip Hop\u2019s Khadiyah Lewis Is Worth More Than You May Think - Black Wealth Channel", "raw_content": "Love & Hip Hop\u2019s Khadiyah Lewis Is Worth More Than You May Think\nBy Victor O\nKhadiyah Lewis is an American reality TV personality and businesswoman who is best known for her role as the archrival of Karlie Redd on the Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta series. Many fans of the VH1 reality series can best describe Yung Joc\u2019s longtime mistress with the aid of her on-screen antics and fisticuffs, but do not really know much about her beyond that, including how much she is worth.\nKhadiyah is a real businesswoman and some people are not aware of that fact, merely seeing her as just a reality TV personality. She currently has three businesses to her name, according to Celebrity Net Worth. She has a real estate investment company and a consulting firm that assists clients in areas such as business management as well as strategic organization and effectiveness. Lewis also has a personal and professional financial services company.\nOn Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta\nKhadiyah made her debut in season three of the VH1 reality TV series, which follows the lives of people based in Atlanta and who have something to do with hip hop music. She was introduced as a realtor, an assistant and a best friend of Yung Joc, but soon showed her main intention was to contest for the love of the hip hop artist.\nApart from Karlie, Khadiyah has had it rough with another cast-mate Sina, who already has two children with Yung Joc, and the two hardly ever see eye to eye without an altercation breaking out. The relationship between her and nearly all of Yung Joc\u2019s exes has not been a smooth one by any means.\nIn the previous seasons when Yung Joc was dating Karlie, Khadiyah had been a mistress, \u201cside chick\u201d. She officially entered the fourth season of the show as Joc\u2019s new girlfriend and is seemingly not ready to relinquish that status just yet, at least not without a fight.\nKhadiyah, who said she decided to be part of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta because of her love interest and seeing Yung Joc had ended the relationship with Karlie, has a net worth of about $600,000.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 4017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 149.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://montreal.spokenweb.ca/digital-toolbox/omeka/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:48Z", "digest": "sha1:IZ3MXDEYR76QGJ5BPY6IVAQHJDAYOWVY", "length": 1799, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "montreal.spokenweb.ca", "title": "SpokenWeb Montr\u00e9al | Omeka", "raw_content": "Both. Hosting via http://www.omeka.net/\n\u201cOmeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its \u2018five-minute setup\u2019 makes launching an online exhibition as easy as launching a blog\u2026 Omeka falls at a crossroads of Web Content Management, Collections Management, and Archival Digital Collections Systems: \u201d (source)\nWe plan to use Omeka in the next phase on the SpokenWeb project as one of several CMS\u2019 that we will run in parallel in order to determine the relative advantages and disadvantages of each as a spoken word and poetry platform.\nSo far, we have not used Omeka on the SpokenWeb project. For a good, albeit slightly outdated review of Omeka for building digital collections, see:\n\u201cUsing Omeka to Build Digital Collections: The METRO Case Study\u201d\nArticle by Jason Kucsma, Metropolitan New York Library Council, and Kevin Reiss and Angela Sidman, City University of New York\nhttp://www.dlib.org/dlib/march10/kucsma/03kucsma.html\nTo date, we have not found any poetry or spoken word sites that use Omeka. Here are 2 non-poetry examples:\nFlorida Memory http://www.floridamemory.com. One of the best, well-rounded (in terms of formats) sites that we come across using Omeka. This well-designed site features excellent browsing, embedded audio and video, audio playlists, and more.\nEuropeana: Art Nouveau exhibition http://exhibitions.europeana.eu/exhibits/show/art\u2013nouveau\u2013en. This simple and elegantly designed site is a good demonstration of Omeka as a platform for a digital image collection.\nAlthough Omeka is quite new it already has a significant following (i.e. over 1,000 sites), excellent documentation, well-managed forums and an expanding team of developers.\nhttp://www.omeka.net/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3118, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 336.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://moosenutfalls.wordpress.com/tag/the-9050-rule/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:23Z", "digest": "sha1:IFQZWBNLUU5NRGWMPLOSSWKMFNB6HYUU", "length": 16, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "moosenutfalls.wordpress.com", "title": "The 90%/50% Rule \u2013 Moosenut Falls", "raw_content": "The 90%/50% Rule", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 228, "original_length": 29282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 129.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://motherlandchronicles.com/store/motherland-chronicles-the-keeper", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:56Z", "digest": "sha1:FKAXTQDCETBJJNVCN5AEPWSJ4WCLDPEX", "length": 181, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "motherlandchronicles.com", "title": "Motherland Chronicles - The Keeper", "raw_content": "Poster Size: 13 x 18\" / 33 x 45.5cm.\nLimited to 15 copies, archival, numbered and signed with certificate of authenticity. For pricing and availability please contact us to enquire.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 1631, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 252.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mountainside.com/people/lukasz-junger", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:32Z", "digest": "sha1:TKPI3C64VBSRLAIF7I7PGEYFKXVFN4NT", "length": 733, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "mountainside.com", "title": "Lukasz Junger", "raw_content": "Lukasz Junger, PMHNP\nLukasz is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a Masters of Science in Nursing and a medical waiver for Bupernorphine. He has nearly a decade of medical experience focusing on clients with psychiatric and dual diagnosis disorders. As a Psychiatric Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Mountainside, he incorporates a multidisciplinary treatment approach that is both holistic and client-centered to promote overall health and well-being. Lukasz believes establishing a therapeutic relationship based on trust, respect, empathy and being non-judgmental is integral to the treatment of clients. 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Murcia Today - Illegal For Shops In Spain To Supply Free Plastic Bags To Customers", "raw_content": "Illegal for shops in Spain to supply free plastic bags to customers\nThe new law came into force on 1st July, prior to a total ban in 2020\nAs of 1st July it is illegal in Spain for shops to offer free plastic bags to their customers, a move which has been brought in as a temporary measure in order to encourage people to reuse these items where possible or, better still, to replace them with other bags, ultimately reducing the amount of plastic litter which makes its way into the world\u2019s seas and oceans.\nThat this is a temporary measure is due to the fact that more legislation will make the use of all lightweight bags illegal in 2021, excepting those which are made of degradable substances.\nThe legislation which came into force on Sunday classifies plastic bags into three categories: very light (less than 15 micras thick, generally used for products such as pharmaceuticals and fruit, meat and fish which are weighed at point of sale), light (under 50 micras, the ones most commonly distributed at checkout tills) and thick (over 50 micras): most shops already charge for the thick bags, which due to their durability are commonly re-used by customers.\nThe law makes it obligatory for customers to be charged between 5 and 15 cents for the bags, depending on their thickness.\nThe subsequent legislation in 2021 will make all of the \u201cvery light\u201d and \u201clight\u201d bags illegal unless they meet certain degradability regarding speed and degree of disappearance from the environment, targeting the thinner plastics because they are more easily blown into rivers and seas.\nBut the law which came into force on Sunday also says that thicker bags must contain at least 50 per cent recycled plastic, while all of those made from fragmentable plastic are banned.\nThis new legislation must be considered a great step forward in the fight against plastic contamination in Spain, but some ecologists are dissatisfied for a variety of reasons. Firstly, they point out that the law comes three months late \u2013 it was due to be implemented on 1st March \u2013 and secondly, they are adamant that it does not go far enough. Instead, they advocate the immediate supply by retail outlets of re-usable paper and raffia bags, eliminating plastics entirely except where they are essential to product freshness.\nThe ecologists claim that \u201cdegradable\u201d bags also contain plastics, and only degrade completely in specific laboratory and industrial conditions. Once in the sea, they argue, they can fragment into micro-plastics which then infiltrate marine fauna and flora, in many cases eventually finding their way into the human food chain.\nOn these grounds, groups including Amigos de la Tierra, CECU, Desnuda la Fruta, Fundaci\u00f3 Deixalles, Greenpeace, Orgranico, NastidePlastic, Red Ecofeminista, Asociaci\u00f3n Residuo Cero Regi\u00f3n de Murcia, Retorna, Surfrider Espa\u00f1a and Vivir Sin Pl\u00e1sticos have signed a document lamenting the fact that a complete ban on all plastic bags has not been imposed, and that the fragmentable bags will continue to be allowed for another two years.\nOver the course of the last decade Spain has reduced its consumption of plastic bags from 317 per person per year in 2007 to 144 in 2014, according retail sector sources, and as public awareness of the problem of plastic contamination increases it seems unlikely that the new legislation will cause the same uproar as in Australia, where single-use bags have just been completely withdrawn from some stores. In Australia re-usable bags are now on sale at approximately 15 cents in the Woolworths and Coles chain stores, and some shoppers were so angry at being asked to pay for these previously free items that they threw their shopping on the floor and left the premises without it.\nIn some incidents those manning the cash tills were insulted and even physically attacked, but the Aussies had better get used to the idea of not using plastic bags: of the six States, only New South Wales has neither banned them nor has definite plans to do so, and given time it seems inevitable that the regional government in Sydney will follow suit.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 427, "original_length": 13431, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://muziekpublique.be/lessons/musique-balkans-violon-autres-instruments/?lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:17Z", "digest": "sha1:TTGWBANRMTOKNQQY2K3DWLODME7DIL5K", "length": 1723, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "muziekpublique.be", "title": "Muziekpublique", "raw_content": "Music from the Balkans (violin and other instruments)\nThe Music from the Balkans course can either be given individually, as a violin course, or to small groups comprising all instruments.\nThis course allows you to approach or to study more thoroughly different styles of music played in the Balkans, from Transylvania to Greece, including Bulgaria. The course can either be taught individually, to people playing the violin, or to small groups, to people playing all instruments. All instruments are welcome. The repertoires we address concern several regions from the Balkans and will be interpreted in a manner to bring out every music\u2019s character and style.\nBefore you sign up for the course, please be so kind as to get in touch with Nicolas at the mail address kopanica@live.be in order to know the planning and the schedule possibilities.\nNicolas Hauzeur (violin and arrangements) has been teaching and sharing his passion for the Balkans for the last 15 years at Muziekpublique. Furthermore, he originated an exchange network with numerous groups and artists from the Balkans, with whom he organizes residences and workshops in Belgium and abroad.\nCome and discover this course during the free session on Wednesday 19th of September, from 18:30 to 21:00.\nWednesday: from 6pm\n\u2013 30 to 50 minutes per course depending on the number of participants \u2013\nWith a repertoire of Greek Rebetiko music, you will learn to play the bouzouki, the famous long (...)\nBalkan Music Orchestra\nThe repertory will concern different regions of the Balkans and although we will create our own (...)\nChromatic accordion (piano accordion)\nThis course focusses on harmonies and on different types of accompaniment. 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When he\u2019s 11 years old, he\u2019s finally had enough, and takes off running. Yup, literally running. He runs for a couple hundred miles and a year, and ends up in Two Mills, Pennsylvania.\nManiac doesn\u2019t know it yet, but Two Mills is a divided town. (Okay, well, maybe the name should have been a clue.) The East and West End are separated by Hector Street. Maniac\u2019s first stop is the East End, where he meets Amanda Beale and her suitcase of books. Maniac goes back and forth between the East and West End, making a few friends and mostly enemies, and for some reason never really noticing that the West End is entirely white and the East End is entirely black.\nWhen the Beales realizes that Maniac is homeless, they take him in as a member of their family. Life is great for a while, but eventually the East Enders start getting him down. See, not everyone loves the idea of a white kid living with a black family in a black neighborhood. So Maniac (after a quick detour solving Cobble\u2019s Knot) takes off.\nLong story short, he moves in with a buffalo family and then meets Earl Grayson, a washed-up former minor leaguer. Things are really hunky dory for a while: Maniac\u2019s got a temporary dad, Grayson learns to read, they celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. And then Grayson\u2026dies. And Maniac is alone. Again.\nManiac\u2019s not doing so well this time, and ends up cold, starving, and alone in Valley Forge. Good thing Russell and Piper McNab find him on their way to Mexico. These two little hoodlums provide a reason for Maniac to stick around for a while, in a nasty, nasty house filled with some nasty, nasty people.\nBut the little McNabs need Maniac, and he steps up. Eventually, Maniac leaves them behind as well to move back in with Baby Buffalo and his mom (really). He\u2019s living there when his friend/enemy Mars Bar Thompson and his adopted sister/BFF Amanda Beale find him and make him come home. That\u2019s right, home. To his family. It looks like Maniac has finally found what he\u2019s looking for.\nManiac Magee by Jerry Spinelli is available for checkout from the Mission Viejo Library. It can also be downloaded from Overdrive.\nPosted in Book Reviews\t| Tagged adventures, cross country adventure, preteen, runaway, tall tales, tween\t| Leave a reply\nPosted on September 26, 2016 by Aliya A.\nThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, chronicles a few of the adventures of 12-year-old Tom Sawyer. Living on the Mississippi River, Tom lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Tom gets into many misadventures and he just as deftly gets out of them. At times, when Tom is punished, one can see how he gets out of trouble and chores by manipulating his friends (though not necessarily in devious ways).\nTom and his friend, Huckleberry Finn (the subject of another book by Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), get into all kinds of trouble, from seeing things they were not meant to see, to running away with friend Joe Harper to an island, to going treasure hunting and discovering a dangerous secret. Tom also indulges in more normal pastimes, like playing pretend and going on picnics (though he does get lost in a cave with Becky Thatcher, a girl he is trying to impress). Overall, I thought that this book was a good read, as it was relaxing in some places and funny in others. 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We were hoping it would be fundamental to the review process.\u201d\nYiannoullou also raised concerns at the review\u2019s failure to conduct a \u201creal exploration of user-led groups or resources\u201d and said it had not \u201cgone far enough\u201d on the key issue of the disproportionate number of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities detained under the act, although she accepted that it was just an interim report.\nAlexis Quinn, who is autistic and has taken part in the review\u2019s consultation process, said he was \u201cdelighted\u201d that there has been an independent review and that it has been \u201cservice-user focused\u201d.\nHe said: \u201cI am someone who can attest to the lack of dignity and respect from staff in the \u2018care\u2019 and \u2018treatment\u2019 I was supposed to receive. I have been detained more than 30 times in the past five years.\n\u201cI have been restrained 96 times in the NHS (I know this from my clinical notes) and secluded approximately 20 times.\u201d\nBut he said he was \u201creally upset\u201d that the review had so far not been strong enough on the practice of detaining autistic people and those with learning difficulties under the MHA even if they do not have a mental health condition.\nHe said this failure \u201ccontinues the discrimination that this review was supposed to end\u201d.\nHe said: \u201cAutism is not a disorder and it cannot be treated.\n\u201cHow can the government collude with and have persons held for treatment [under section three of the act] when the thing they are being \u2018treated\u2019 for isn\u2019t a disorder but a brain difference! I am saddened that this burning injustice will continue.\u201d\nBut he said the interim report had so far succeeded in highlighting issues concerning the way that people are detained.\nHe said: \u201cThe way I was detained, often by police in times of distress, was uncalled for and the \u2018care\u2019 I received was not acceptable.\n\u201cLet\u2019s be honest \u2013 forced treatment is an oxymoron. When you are being forced by six staff, all holding you down on the floor and removing your trousers to expose your bum for injection, we can hardly call this \u2018care and treatment\u2019, especially when there is no treatment for my condition: autism.\n\u201cStaff are too stretched, beds are in such short supply that oftentimes I felt I was more in a prison than a ward.\n\u201cThe report is right in suggesting that people\u2019s choices are oftentimes disregarded \u2013 as a \u2018service user\u2019 I can attest to the fact that this happens and it isn\u2019t because our ideas are bad or not worthy of paying attention to but rather because there isn\u2019t the staff, the time or the money to fund resources properly.\u201d\nOne leading commentator on mental health issues, Kay Sheldon, who has personal experience of detention, said she was \u201cunder-whelmed\u201d by the interim report.\nShe said on Twitter: \u201cNothing about resources \u2013 as cause or solution. The MH Act is being used to manage the risks caused by depleted services.\n\u201c[Service-users] consistently say that it\u2019s the quality of relationships that make the difference \u2013 which staff don\u2019t have time for now.\n\u201cPeople with a severe mental illness are detained for a few weeks then discharged on a [community treatment order] due to pressures on beds and staff.\n\u201cThe system has become coercive and is experienced as punitive.\u201d\nIn a foreword to the report, Wessely and his three vice-chairs say their key task is to examine \u201cthe rise in the use of the MHA over the last 10 years, but also the significant over-representation within that cohort of BAME communities and, within that, a significant over-representation of people of African-Caribbean and African descent\u201d.\nThey say that an \u201caspiration of the review was and remains to reduce the number of individuals subject to compulsory detention\u201d, while it was already clear that the system of community treatment orders (CTOs) needed to change.\nThe latest MHA statistics show that black people are nine times more likely to be given a CTO than white people, says the report.\nThe report appears to dismiss the kind of major reforms to mental health legislation called for by the UN\u2019s CRPD, which said last year that the government should \u201crepeal legislation and practices that authorise non-consensual involuntary, compulsory treatment\u201d and the detention of disabled people \u201con the basis of actual or perceived impairment\u201d.\nThe review says the UN\u2019s approach would mean a \u201cfundamental recasting not only of the MHA but also of the MCA [Mental Capacity Act]\u201d, before adding: \u201cWe are not minded to recommend the complete repeal of both the MHA and MCA.\u201d\nThe report warns that two-thirds of service-users who have been subject to detention under the MHA and expressed a strong view said they did not feel they had been treated with dignity and respect, with reports of \u201cphysical violence, verbal abuse and threats, bullying and harassment, sexual predation, pain-based restraint, coercive reward and punishment systems for access to open air, leave or family contact\u201d.\nAmong the review\u2019s early conclusions is that the provision of advocacy is \u201cpatchy\u201d and that its \u201cstandards are variable\u201d.\nThe report also says that the \u201cexperiences of people from black African and Caribbean heritage are particularly poor and they are detained more than any other group\u201d.\nAnd it says it has \u201cheard concerns about inappropriate use of the MHA in relation to people with a learning disability or autism, potentially linked to lack of appropriate alternative provision in the community\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 11938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 237.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://myvalleycab.com/index.php/payment", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:47Z", "digest": "sha1:VNNAOQ3LD5FCXNPKVIH2DPJP5CRV74KJ", "length": 62, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "myvalleycab.com", "title": "Payment | Medford Cab | Medford Taxi | Valley Cab | Medford Oregon", "raw_content": "Valley Cab accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express & PayPal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.6, "perplexity": 238.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nafoa.org/broadcasts/cfda-gov-is-going-offline-on-may-25th", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:12Z", "digest": "sha1:44N2MTFH72KVDLW5BCELYNLLTO5RZ56X", "length": 412, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "nafoa.org", "title": "@nafoaorg | CFDA.gov is Going Offline on May 25th", "raw_content": "CFDA.gov is Going Offline on May 25th\nThe General Services Administration (GSA) is transitioning 10 online systems that manage procurement and awards processes to one site called beta.SAM.gov. 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In Texas, service areas are primarily defined by county borders. They help us better track coverage of our organization\u2019s programming across the state and enable us to more effectively communicate this information to our funders and the general public. They also helps NAMI Texas clearly identify underserved areas, information that is essential to our expansion efforts. Moreover, we want to avoid approving the formation of new NAMI Affiliates that would incidentally fall within an existing Affiliate\u2019s service area.\nNAMI Affiliate Service Areas in Texas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 4981, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 308.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nathanallotey.com/tv/035-pricing-with-profit-in-mind/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:52Z", "digest": "sha1:UD2PJAHDA35NVVUAEU4LGV46I24VQKFT", "length": 2242, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "nathanallotey.com", "title": "035: Pricing with Profit in Mind | Nathan Allotey (Official Site)", "raw_content": "https://audio.simplecast.com/89ec511c.mp3\nIn the earlier video I talked about pricing. Different pricing strategies and ways you can consider when trying to arrive at the price that is ideal for your service. In the past I learned a valuable lesson about profit. Often times I would speak with the client grasp the scope of the project, and then develop a price based on that. Months later tour the end of the year I would find that what I priced in what I got to take home with two very different things.\nI remember when I first received my first four figure out payment from a client. It was about $1000 and I was overly excited. This is the first time somebody paid me for work in the thousands. I created a website and graphics for them and they were satisfied enough to pay me the amount. I begin to think for a moment and wonder if I should charge all of my clients at least $1000 when it came time to working on a website for them. At the time $1000 seems like a nice round number that wasn\u2019t overly high in was overall reasonably priced for the value I was giving.\nI then used the base price of $1000 to calculate if it was possible for me to go full time making that amount. There was one fundamental flaw with my calculations. I was assuming that if I charge the client $1000 that I profited in my business $1000 and this is not true. If I were to charge a client $1000 and they choose to pay via PayPal then I am already losing out about 3% of that $1000. The good thing about that is I can write off the fee as an expense which leaves me with $970 of profit. This is not exactly the case either because if I was truly taking home $970 then based upon what tax bracet I would lose either a 20% or 30% of that. This means I am really taking home $600-$700.\n035: Pricing with Profit in Mind2016-06-102018-09-23https://nathanallotey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/green-na-logo-1.pngNathan Allotey (Official Site)https://nathanallotey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pricing-for-profit.jpg200px200px\nSean Jamshidi\t August 13, 2016\nGreat podcast. I would like to ask if you can do a future podcast on budget. When and if you ask a client their budget? Do you include budget selector in your online questionnaire or contact page? Thanks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 4517, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 295.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nationalfootballpost.com/marvin-harrison-on-terrell-owens-the-hell-with-him/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:58Z", "digest": "sha1:I4QFJ4TABQVMX3ZHNARFPF52MCPLDY2H", "length": 1480, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "nationalfootballpost.com", "title": "Marvin Harrison on Terrell Owens: 'The hell with him' - National Football Post", "raw_content": "Marvin Harrison on Terrell Owens: \u2018The hell with him\u2019\nMarvin Harrison has no compassion for Terrell Owens who said he feels disrespected because he didn\u2019t get named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\n\u201cThe person who was supposed to get in got in. And that was me,\u201d Harrison told the Talk of Fame Network. \u201cIf he didn\u2019t get in, that\u2019s his problem. He can talk all that other bullshit like he\u2019s been doing. That\u2019s on him. But I\u2019m in. My jacket is gold. I will look in the rear view for nobody. So he can get his ass in whenever he gets in \u2026 if he gets in. If he doesn\u2019t get in, too bad. The hell with him.\u201d\nHarrison joined Brett Favre, Ken Stabler, Orlando Pace and others in the 2016 Hall of Fame class. Owens was eligible for the first time, but didn\u2019t get in.\n\u201cI felt more so disrespected. I think you guys know, my stats speak for themselves,\u201d Owens said recently. \u201cI think everyone realizes that there is a flaw in the system. I didn\u2019t really have to say a whole lot. Around the country, two weeks after the Super Bowl and this whole induction thing, people are still talking about it. Obviously there is something that needs to be changed about it.\n\u201cI never really played the game to get in the Hall of Fame, anyways. I\u2019m used to it. I probably would have been more surprised if I had made it. It\u2019s a shame for some pencil-pushers to vote guys in, considering the body of work they\u2019ve done and put out on the football field. 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It is an antibiotic that works by stopping the growth of certain bacteria (Staphylococcus and Streptococcus) on the skin.\nUse this medication on the skin only. Clean and dry the affected area first. Then apply a small amount of ointment to the affected area, usually 2 times a day for 5 days or as directed by your doctor. Wash your hands after applying unless you are treating an area on the hands. Do not use this medication around the eyes, nose, mouth, or vaginal area, or on large areas of skin, unless otherwise directed by your doctor. You may cover the treated area with a bandage/gauze. This may help prevent your child from accidentally getting the medication in their eyes, nose, or mouth. Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. Continue to use it for the full time prescribed. Stopping the medication too early may allow bacteria to continue to grow, which may result in a return of the infection. You should see some improvement (healed/dry sores, decreased redness) in 3 to 4 days. Tell your doctor if your condition does not improve in 3 to 4 days.\nMild burning, stinging, or itching may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly. Tell your doctor right away if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: blistering/swelling/oozing skin. Use of this medication for prolonged or repeated periods may result in a new infection (e.g., fungal infection). Contact your doctor if you notice signs of a new infection (e.g., new/worsening sores, fever). A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, seek immediate medical attention if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing. This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4993, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 299.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://naturespic.com/NewZealand/image.asp?id=18038", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:59Z", "digest": "sha1:SMWJACIBK3ZGS2XPZXQ5E2GSZ3WHTXT7", "length": 152, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "naturespic.com", "title": "Looking down over French Bay and the town of Akaroa; Akaroa Harbour, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury Region, New Zealand (NZ). Stock photo from New Zealand (NZ). 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Photos and Stock Photography by Rob Suisted", "raw_content": "Red clover flowers (Trifolium pratense - Fabaceae), New Zealand (NZ), stock photo.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.58, "perplexity": 214.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nawindpower.com/new-group-launched-to-promote-energy-cleantech-businesses", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:17Z", "digest": "sha1:6LRLHGQ3XTLADLB5O3Z66ZB7VJRFIVKZ", "length": 872, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "nawindpower.com", "title": "New Group Launched To Promote Energy, Cleantech Businesses - North American Windpower", "raw_content": "Home News FYI New Group Launched To Promote Energy, Cleantech Businesses\nNew Group Launched To Promote Energy, Cleantech Businesses\nA new group has been created to serve as an umbrella organization for energy and cleantech businesses.\nThe group, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), advocates for advanced energy, which includes any solution that moves toward the goal of energy that is affordable, abundant and secure. AEE says it does not favor specific technologies, but rather those that provide benefits in the field and in the marketplace.\nThe group says it will develop, strengthen and connect state and regional cleantech business organizations. Its membership includes state and regional associations covering nine states and about 700 companies.\nAmong the AEE's board of directors are former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter and former U.S. Secretary of State George Schultz.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 3682, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 210.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nb.pressprogress.ca/en/blog/archive/201306?page=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:12Z", "digest": "sha1:SGCGDTOONMSBRVXBORUXUWGM7WCRXPB3", "length": 1195, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "nb.pressprogress.ca", "title": "June 2013 | Broadbent Institute", "raw_content": "Many pundits argue that students are essentially the authors of their own fate. Some fields of study offer great prospects, and others don\u2019t. Little sympathy is expressed for those who study to learn and pursue a passion, rather than carefully choose a vocational or...\nRead more about The end of the \"Golden Age\" for university graduates\nEd Broadbent addresses Trent University's class of 2013\nMr. Chancellor, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen \u2014 and most of all, students. I want to begin by warmly congratulating those who are graduating today. For most of you this day will remain one of the most important highlights of your life. You have studied hard, done research and written exams. The degree you get, you have earned. But for me the situation is quite different. To accept an honourary degree...\nRead more about Ed Broadbent addresses Trent University's class of 2013\nWhy Crowley has it wrong on cars, freedom, and public transit\nPosted by Matthew Paterson\nIn Wednesday's Globe and Mail, Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute produced what he called a \u201chomage to the (undeservedly) hated...\nRead more about Why Crowley has it wrong on cars, freedom, and public transit", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 4463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 336.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ne150.org/program/celebrating-nebraskas-150th/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:25Z", "digest": "sha1:LV27DIOYXOJG3AUQH2ZHFOQ4UZAUYVMR", "length": 576, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ne150.org", "title": "Celebrating Nebraska's 150th - Nebraska 150 Celebration", "raw_content": "Celebrating Nebraska\u2019s 150th\nCreighton University Archives has artifacts and documents from Creighton, Omaha, and Nebraska history on public display in the Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library to celebrate Nebraska\u2019s 150th year of statehood. It is meant to inform students and faculty, as well as anyone interested, about Creighton and Nebraska history while also appreciating the rich history of the state. It is not specifically funded because the display is kept and updated by student employees of the University Archives who are employed by the University through the Library.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 1723, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 203.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.avclub.com/lebron-james-has-some-ideas-for-a-trainwreck-sequel-1798281725", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:18Z", "digest": "sha1:JTG75EUODQIPSDQSQSPIVTHNXBGW5NCN", "length": 979, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "news.avclub.com", "title": "LeBron James has some ideas for a Trainwreck sequel", "raw_content": "LeBron James has some ideas for a Trainwreck sequel\nPhoto: Funny or Die screencap\nBefore the July 10 Trainwreck red-carpet premiere in Akron, Ohio, native son LeBron James took co-stars Amy Schumer and Bill Hader, as well as director/producer Judd Apatow, to legendary drive-in fast-food joint Swensons. The crew wasn\u2019t just fixing for the restaurant\u2019s signature Galley Boy burger and onion rings, however: They were filming a Funny Or Die sketch that involves bouncing ideas off one another for a Trainwreck sequel. Hader\u2019s the odd man out in the brainstorming session, which finds James suggesting he take a greater creative role in the future. Oddly enough, that might not be so far-fetched: The rapport between Schumer and the Cavs star, as well as the pair\u2019s impeccable comedic timing, underscores that James\u2019 warmly received appearance in Trainwreck was no performance fluke.\nTrainwreck: The Sequel Starring Amy Schumer And LeBron James, But Not Bill Hader from Judd Apatow", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 329.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.avclub.com/selma-and-the-imitation-game-accused-of-factual-inaccur-1798275235", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:01:40Z", "digest": "sha1:4CJT266YZ3ABWP5R4GG4KFMNS3IRAD5N", "length": 2758, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "news.avclub.com", "title": "Selma and The Imitation Game accused of factual inaccuracy, per Oscar tradition", "raw_content": "Selma and The Imitation Game accused of factual inaccuracy, per Oscar tradition\nThe 87th Annual Academy Awards are only a couple of months away, leading to much spirited discussion among movie fans about which films and filmmakers deserve to have their hard work validated with little golden statues. That will then lead to another awards-season tradition as studios and op-ed columnists try to tear down certain movies by attacking their factual accuracy. The practice ran rampant last year as critics picked apart the historical accuracy of 12 Years A Slave, wondered if the real Captain Phillips was friendly enough to be played by Tom Hanks, and questioned whether anything that happened in Gravity made sense. Now, mudslinging season is open on two films considered frontrunners for Best Picture nominations: Selma and The Imitation Game.\nThe attack on Selma comes from Joseph A. Califano Jr., Lyndon Johnson\u2019s assistant during the Selma marches. Writing in The Washington Post, Califano takes issue with the movie\u2019s portrayal of the president, which shows him at odds with Martin Luther King Jr. and indicates that he only reluctantly supported the Voting Rights Act of 1965. According to Califano, Johnson and King were partners during the marches, and Johnson was a fierce proponent of the bill. Califano thinks that the movie should be \u201cruled out\u201d during awards season, which inspired a response from director Ava DuVernay:\nThe Imitation Game, meanwhile, has been called out by journalist Christian Caryl in an article for The New York Review Of Books. Caryl accuses the filmmakers of shearing away the more outgoing sides of computing pioneer Alan Turing\u2018s personality, and for rewriting history to make it seem like he was more of an underdog during his early attempts to break Nazi codes.\nHowever, 12 Years A Slave still won the Academy Award for Best Picture last year despite assaults on its credibility, so these kinds of attacks might not have much impact on a movie\u2019s chances for Oscar success. They could even be taken as a compliment, since no one would bother to smear a movie that didn\u2019t have a decent shot at winning. We note, for example, that few people seem to be questioning the historical verisimilitude of A Million Ways To Die In The West.\nThis year\u2019s Oscar nominations have not been announced yet (voting started this past Monday), but both Selma and The Imitation Game are considered serious contenders for Best Picture, so attacks on their historical accuracy are likely to continue. Other movies widely expected to receive nominations, like Boyhood and Birdman, would seem to be insulated from these sorts of factual assaults, unless Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to weigh in on whether Michael Keaton could really fly like that.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 4084, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/limak-signs-kd-28-990m-contract-for-south-abdullah-al-mubarak-project/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:53Z", "digest": "sha1:4DJVQ6XB2O453WVMW4IMP7OZ33VKJYQB", "length": 3332, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "news.kuwaittimes.net", "title": "Limak signs KD 28.990m contract for South Abdullah Al-Mubarak project - Kuwait Times", "raw_content": "Limak signs KD 28.990m contract for South Abdullah Al-Mubarak project\nPlans to complete construction on its fourth project in Kuwait in 2022\nGroup photo of the signing ceremony\nKUWAIT: Limak Holding, one of the world\u2019s leading conglomerates constructing landmark projects worldwide including the new terminal at Kuwait International Airport, has signed an infrastructure contract with the Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) for the construction, completion and maintenance of 3,260 plots of land for the South Abdullah Al-Mubarak Housing project during a signing ceremony held on March 5, 2018.\nThe contract was signed by Limak Holding Tendering and Cost Control Director Melek Guvener and Kuwait Minister of State for Housing and Minister of State for Services, Jenan Bushehri. In attendance at the signing ceremony were PAHW Director General Engineer Bader Al-Wuqayyan, Chairman of the Housing Committee MP Faisal Al-Kandari, and Limak Insaat Kuwait S.P.C. General Manager Kayihan Bagdatli, in addition to VIPs from the government and business sector in Kuwait and the company\u2019s senior management.\nUnder the agreement Limak will construct 3,260 plots of land in 730 days, which will include road networks, parking lots, sewage systems, rainwater drainages, a telephone network, power stations, road lighting, a 250-gallon irrigation tank, and placement of power cables.\nMelek Guvener, Limak Holding Tendering and Cost Control Director said: \u201cWe are honored to have been selected by the Public Authority for Housing Welfare to implement the South Abdullah Al-Mubarak housing project, and are proud to continue to play a prominent role as a trusted contractor in the community, and have a role in the growth and advancement of Kuwait through various development megaprojects.\u201d\nKayihan Bagdatli, Limak Insaat Kuwait S.P.C. General Manager said: \u201cUtilizing our extensive experience in construction, renewable energy, and management, we are proud to have a role in Kuwait\u2019s development plan and help the country achieve its Vision 2035 goals. Representing our continued interest towards the community we established a local presence under the Foreign Direct Investment Law, Limak Insaat Kuwait, and recently increased our capital to 10 million, and will continue to seek ways to contribute and invest in Kuwait for decades to come.\u201d\nLimak began contributing to Kuwait\u2019s development projects in 2009 with the company\u2019s first project, the Infectious Diseases Hospital, followed by the West Abdullah Al-Mubarak Housing project, and then most notably the New Terminal Project at Kuwait International Airport (Terminal 2).\nWorking previously with the PAHW, in September 2017 Limak Insaat successfully completed and delivered the first phase of the West Abdullah Al-Mubarak infrastructure project two months ahead of schedule. The KD 45.9 million project is one of the largest residential areas in Kuwait with 5,201 units, and the first phase alone includes 2,346 units.\nEstablished in 1976, Limak is one of the leading conglomerates in Turkey with major interests in construction, energy, cement, and tourism. The Group operates in over 17 countries with more than 55,000 employees and across various sectors, including tourism, cement, energy, infrastructure, airport management and operations, port management, food and aviation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 5168, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 226.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2005/02/28/the_apache_project_turns_10.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:52Z", "digest": "sha1:UA3RTY4N6SHKIRDSWOZMBUSVQ2QZEQQU", "length": 1759, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "news.netcraft.com", "title": "The Apache Project Turns 10 | Netcraft", "raw_content": "The Apache Project Turns 10\nThe Apache Web Server Project is now 10 years old, as noted over the weekend by Roy Fielding, a co-founder of the open source development project. \"Ten years ago today, the Apache Group decloaked with the creation of the new-httpd archive and initial accounts on hyperreal.org,\" Fielding noted on the apache-httpd-dev mailing list.\nApache hit another milestone earlier this month when our Web Server Survey found 40 million sites now running on the Apache server, which powers nearly 70 percent of web sites.\nApache was detected on 658 sites in the initial Netcraft survey in August 1995, just six months after the project's launch, when its 3.5 percent market share was dwarfed by software from NCSA (57 percent) and CERN (19.7 percent). The Apache server reached 10 million sites in June 2000, 20 million in November 2001 and 30 million in November 2003.\nIn an interview with Netcraft last year, Apache co-founder Brian Behlendorf assessed the remarkable growth. \"I imagine most of the growth continues to be either with the small mom-n-pop companies, or web hosting ISPs, or internationally - all places where price sensitivity is high, where the economic downturn is still causing budgets to be hurt, and there's willingness to consider an Open Source approach to solving a given problem,\" said Behlendorf. \"I imagine the rise of related Apache projects, like the continued rise in use of mod_perl and Tomcat and our friends over at PHP, have only increased the confidence in using the web server for mission-critical situations.\"\nPosted by Rich Miller on 28th February, 2005 in Web Server Survey\n\u00ab Previous post: Four Sites Targeted by Mugu Marauder Now Offline\n\u00bb Next post: March 2005 Web Server Survey Finds 60 Million Sites", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 5240, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 324.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newspunch.com/uks-stalled-ufo-document-release-questioned-in-house-of-lords/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ZQ4KDWL3WHRJJSRKEY3AQEXXE6K63SB6", "length": 7397, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "newspunch.com", "title": "UK's Stalled UFO Document Release Questioned in House of Lords - News Punch", "raw_content": "HomeConspiraciesUK\u2019s Stalled UFO Document Release Questioned in House of Lords\nUK\u2019s Stalled UFO Document Release Questioned in House of Lords\nApril 13, 2015 Royce Christyn Conspiracies, UK 0\nJohn Burroughs, a former US airman, was witness to one of the UK\u2019s most famous UFO sightings. He also is famous for getting the House Of Lords to admit they had not released all records and documents pertaining to the incident and other UFO encounters.\nBurroughs, who is currently in ill health, was at the two Royal Air Force bases in 1980 that were on lease to the US at the time when their were multiple UFO encounters.\nAccording to OpenMinds.tv, Lord Black of Brentwood, a member of the House of Lords and part of their Information Committee, formerly asked the UK government the status of the release of these files.\nOpen Minds continues: A witness to the UK\u2019s most famous UFO encounter was able to get the UK government to admit they had not released all of their UFO files as they had previously claimed. In December, 2013, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, they said they had found 18 UFO files they would send to the UK National Archives for public release, but that has not happened yet, and a member of the UK House of Lords wants to know why.\nLord Black of Brentwood, a member of the House of Lords and part of their Information Committee, formerly asked the UK government the status of the release of these files. In a message titled \u201cUnidentified Flying Objects\u201d that was posted on the UK Parliament\u2019s written question and answer page on March 2, 2015, Lord Black writes: \u201cTo ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether the 18 Ministry of Defence unexplained flying object files that have yet to be released to the public have been passed from the Ministry of Defence to the National Archives; what is their current estimate of when the National Archives will make the files public; and whether the files will be released in a single batch or in multiple batches.\u201d\nThe 18 files Lord Black refers to were mentioned in a response to a FOI request sent by John Burroughs, a former US airman who was present when multiple military witnesses saw UFOs over several days over two Royal Air Force (RAF) bases that were on lease to the US in 1980.\nBurroughs, who has since suffered from health problems that he believes stem from this incident, has fought to get more files released regarding what the U.S. and UK governments know about what happened during those UFO incidents.\nIn December, 2013, he was told, in a response to his FOI request, that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) found 18 UFO files that had not been released in their effort initiated in 2008 to release all of their UFO files. In June, 2013, the UK National Archives claimed to have completed the release of all of the UK government\u2019s UFO files. However, Burroughs was not convinced, and was proven to be right.\nBurroughs was told that the files would need to be prepared and sent to the UK National Archives for release. This has yet to happen. In September, 2014, the MOD posted a response to a request similar to Burroughs\u2019, which was inspired by Burroughs\u2019 request, that was submitted by a UK citizen. In it, they again said they had found 18 UFO files that had not previously been released, and again, said that it would take several months to process them.\nThe MOD wrote: \u201cIt is intended that they are submitted to TNA [The National Archives] by December 2104. It is likely that TNA will take around 9 months to process these files before they will be available to the general public but this is considered ahead of the 30 year point which is when most MOD material is usually transferred to TNA.\u201d\nLord Blake\u2019s recent request was answered on March 10, 2015, by Lord Astor of Hever, also a member of the House of Lords, who serves as the House of Lords Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Ministry of Defence.\nLord Astor responded: \u201d None of the 18 Ministry of Defence (MOD) unexplained flying object files have been passed from the MOD to The National Archives for release. The MOD is working with The National Archives to facilitate the transfer, which we estimate will be in the next 9-12 months. The release mechanism will then be agreed between the MOD and The National Archives.\u201d\nNick Pope, who used to work as a UFO investigator at the MoD, told the Mirror Online: \u201cThis massive delay will have conspiracy theorists up in arms. It looks like the MoD is stalling.\u201d\nIndeed, it does appear as though the MOD is stalling the release of these newly found UFO files, but why? Pope says, \u201cThe suspicion will be that there\u2019s a bombshell in these files and that the Ministry does not know how to handle it.\u201d\nThese stalling tactics are no surprise to Burroughs, who says he has had a difficult time getting answers from both the UK and U.S. governments.\nWhen he originally attempted to get his health issues addressed by Veterans Affairs, they told him he was not in the Air Force in 1980. Burroughs had to hire a lawyer and enlist the help of Arizona Senator John McCain\u2019s office to get his records corrected. However, they were still unable to get his medical records released.\nBurroughs\u2019 lawyer, Pat Frascogna, says McCain\u2019s office said they would likely never get them. Frascogna says he believes they are classified, but for what reason, he is unsure. He suspects it has something to do with Burroughs\u2019 close contact with the UFO in 1980.\nThe good news is that Burroughs was able to recently win his battle with the Veterans Affairs department for disability. At the 2015 International UFO Congress in February, Burroughs and Frascogna announced that winning their case is a de-facto admission by the military that Burroughs\u2019 health issues were caused by his UFO encounter.\nAs for Lord Black\u2019s recent question to the parliament, Burroughs says he does not know why Lord Black submitted the inquiry.\nPerhaps, this recent inquiry will get the MOD to move more quickly on the release of the files. However, for some reason, they have not even taken the first step of submitting the UFO files to the UK National Archives. According to their timelines, that means the files won\u2019t be seen until sometime in 2016, years after the initial request.\nIt is quite baffling as to why the MOD is stalling the release. That the files exist at all is an indication of some major bungling. Is their delayed release due to more ineptitude, or does the UK\u2019s MOD really have something to hide?\nFor more about Burroughs and his efforts to get information released, see the video above.\nMassive Sinkholes Opening, Dead Sea Disappearing At Alarming Rate\nVideo: 3-D Facial Scanner Can Detect Biological Age\nSelfie Destroys Statue Of Legendary Portuguese King\nGreenwald Debunks Sunday Times Report That Was \u2018Filled With Falsehoods\u2019\nTSA Agent Caught Stealing Passengers Money At JFK Airport\nPentagon Lawsuit Video Proves 9/11 Cover Up\nGovernment Investigators Report Says EPA Caused Toxic Colorado Mine Spill\n200 Die In Severe Heatwave In India\nUS Soldier Exposes USA FEMA Camps \u2013 MUST WATCH VIDEO\nChina\u2019s Railway Through The Amazon Threatens Lungs Of The Planet\nU.S. Preparing Europe For Pre-Emptive Nuclear Attack On Russia\nRussia Warns USA: Do Not Attempt False Flag In Syria\nHolland Bans Burqas From Public Spaces\nAssange: The Generation Being Born Now Is The Last To Be Free\nSouth Africa: 110 Children Raped, 49 Killed Every Day", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 11267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 262.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newtonarbitration.com/interview-with-sir-christopher-clarke-from-brick-court-chambers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:49Z", "digest": "sha1:RI7VHR7YEJESVX4VBMA4VA7HTELACIKQ", "length": 410, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "newtonarbitration.com", "title": "Interview with Sir Christopher Clarke from Brick Court Chambers - Newton Arbitration", "raw_content": "This initiative considers the new class of uber arbitrators.\nIn this interview, Sir Christopher Clarke, a former Court of Appeal judge and a member of the new class of uber arbitrators, discusses why he decided to become an arbitrator. Sir Christopher also considers a number of related issues including what are the qualities of a good arbitrator and what he expects from the advocates that appear before him.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 6179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 174.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newwayacademy.org/about-us/faculty-staff/administration/abbey-ross-biography/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:57Z", "digest": "sha1:4G34S4JPUWX5ZMJYDZKQJHXCUSAC3TVG", "length": 2047, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "newwayacademy.org", "title": "Abbey Ross - New Way Academy", "raw_content": "Mrs. Abbey Ross has spent the majority of her professional career helping students with learning differences, and building unique programs to ensure their success after school. She is a skilled teacher and administrator who takes the time to get to know her students and their families, and works closely with them to devise a plan for success in the classroom.\nMrs. Ross graduated from University of Oregon with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Communications and Political Science. Afterwards, she joined Teach for America, a nationally acclaimed and highly selective teaching program. Mrs. Ross taught 8th grade for two years at Dysart Elementary in El Mirage, Arizona where she developed a comprehensive academic support program for students with learning differences to help them prepare for AIMS testing.\nOnce her Teach for America commitment was complete, Mrs. Ross began her work at New Way as a junior high teacher. As she focused on the success of her students in school, Mrs. Ross also saw the need for a post-secondary support program for college students with learning differences. She spent two years leading the development and design of the Bridgeway College Success Program, which currently serves Valley students that attend local colleges.\nMrs. Ross became the Executive Director of New Way Academy in 2012. With a campus expansion complete and an increase in enrollment and teachers, Mrs. Ross continues to show her leadership and commitment to providing every opportunity imaginable for students with learning differences.\nMrs. Ross is involved with several non-profits in the Valley and serves on the boards of Arizona\u2019s Parent Education Network (PEN) and Bridgeway College Success Program. She has been involved in Suns Charities 88 and a member of Valley Leadership, Class 37. She and her husband, Jason, are enjoying parenthood with their children, Harlow and Winston. When Mrs. Ross is not at New Way, you\u2019ll likely find her at a local coffee shop, rooting on her Oregon Ducks or pedaling around her neighborhood on a cruiser bike.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 4491, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 161.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ngscsports.com/2019/02/07/temples-huge-first-half-beats-uconn/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:50Z", "digest": "sha1:46VMTJDIAREYCD4QMST43TPMODRFAK2W", "length": 4012, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "ngscsports.com", "title": "Temple\u2019s Huge First Half Beats UConn", "raw_content": "The home crowd erupted at the Liacouras Center when Quentin Jackson, Jr. scored a layup with just under a half of a minute to go, as Temple beat UConn at home on Wednesday, 81-63.\nJackson had only seen time in eight games prior to this appearance and was only accountable for three points before checking in with a few minutes left against UConn. The junior guard was able to see some time due to the blow out that Temple had put together. Jackson was not the only player who saw unusual time. Tim Waddington, Anto Keshgegian and Jasen West all got a chance to check in for the Owls, which the crowd seemed to love.\nThis game was Meme Night for the Owls, featuring the players wearing their favorite Meme on a T-Shirt.\nWith UConn playing a decent second half, the Owls needed to stay ahead. Nate Pierre-Louis, who ended with 17, and Shizz Alston, Jr., who ended with 18, both were able to control the pace and keep their team up large. Alston hit a huge three with just over five minutes to play, to get the crowd back into it after some scoring by the Huskies. At this time, Temple sat with a comfortable lead, 77-54.\nThe Owls had the momentum coming out of the half, and due to the home crowd, they were able to stay one step ahead of the Huskies. Temple ate up a lot of clock in the second half but still got some highlight plays from their stars. Pierre-Louis had a nice steal that he turned into a monstrous windmill dunk that got the crowd going. Quinton Rose also nailed a three with 15 minutes left to put them ahead, 57-31. This one was never close, as the Owls were able to hit the three ball with ease, going 11-23 from beyond the arc.\nThings were clicking for Temple early on, quickly jumping to a 13-6 lead with 16 left to play in the first. Justyn Hamilton, who has been starting for Owls recently, had a stellar game. Getting the first two buckets of the game, Hamilton quickly tied his career high of seven points in the first half. Hamilton ended the game with 13 points while shooting 6-7 from the field.\nWhen asked about his role in the recent games, Head Coach Fran Dunphy touched on what he saw in Hamilton from the first time he watched him play.\n\u201cLength, speed, quickness, good guy. The potential he had, you could just see it and feel it,\u201d said Dunphy.\nHamilton started this game along with J.P. Moorman II, due to an injury to Ernest Aflakpui. Hamilton was able to play a big role in the win.\nWhen asked about his role for the team, Hamilton stayed humble.\n\u201cI saw the chance where I could help my team and I\u2019m always trying to help my team any way I can,\u201d said Hamilton.\nJustyn Hamilton\nWith most of the game being one-sided, the Owls had to continue to shoot the ball very well. Early on in the game they scored at a high success rate but keeping that up was the hard part. Temple had to keep their foot on the pedal even being up 46-20 at the half because they knew that UConn would bounce back. They were able to do so due to their depth, five players ending in double digits.\nUConn came out shooting significantly better in the second half. They shot 47.1 percent from the field in the second half, compared to their 32.1 percent in the first. Most notably, the Huskies were able to get to the line 14 times in the second half, when in the first they only shot one free throw. A big part of that was due to Josh Carlton and Christian Vital, who each ended with 18 total points.\nWhen asked about what his team was unable to do, Coach Dan Hurley felt they were not able to start fast.\nUConn huddles together before the second half.\n\u201cTry to go at them physically in the paint, and we didn\u2019t really find that until the second half,\u201d said Hurley. \u201cWe were just overall too soft in the first half.\u201d\nWith the win, the Owls improve to 17-6 and 7-3 in the AAC. They will play Tulsa on Saturday at the Reynolds Center. UConn falls to 13-10 and 4-6 in the conference.\nRelated Items:AAC Basketball, Basketball, College Basketball, slider, sports blog, sports news, Temple Basketball, Temple Owls", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 6123, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 329.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nicolasbookclub.org/about-nicola/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:04:39Z", "digest": "sha1:4JBT23MDVWSHLP3RUKAGOB5BQ3QDYCIE", "length": 2452, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "nicolasbookclub.org", "title": "About Nicola | Nicola's Book Club", "raw_content": "You see things; and you say, \u2018Why?\u2019\nBut I dream things that never were; and I say, \u2018Why not?\u2019\n\u2013 Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)\nFormer proprietor of Nicola\u2019s Bookshop in Brussels (2004-2009), Nicola has developed her knowledge and enthusiasm for world literature and personal development over many years. You may be wondering what caused her to mix books on personal development with world literature, since they are an unusual combination. In her words, here are the reasons why.\nFirst, I have realised that the only person you can change is yourself. After spending years trying to change the people and events around me so that I would feel better, I understood that once I took care of changing myself, I would change what I attracted into my life and all those people and situations I tried so hard to fix would simply disappear. Books on personal development have helped me to clarify many issues and they continue to guide me along the way.\nThe second important discovery I made was that when you change how you see the world and the people in it, the world around you changes. When you see life from another perspective other than your own, you become less judgemental towards other people regardless of their race, gender or religion. You learn to step into the \u2018other\u2019 one\u2019s shoes and you see the world through their eyes. In this way, you open your mind to another vision of life. After reading hundreds of world literature books over the years, I realise that no matter where we come from, we all experience similar inner conflicts and that deep down we all have the same desire for love, respect and understanding.\nI believe that books are one of the best sources of inspiration. There are many other sources, such as films or music, but books have a way of touching us on a deeper level. So what I would like to do is offer you a challenge: read two books per month over the next 12 months choosing a mix of personal development and world literature titles and see what changes it brings to your life.\nAs she so clearly points out, a book can change your life, change your perspectives, push you to discover new ideas, increase your understanding of other places and cultures, and above all it can bring you much pleasure and personal growth. In Nicola we have a true lover of world literature and personal development, someone with the ability to steer us through the labyrinth of choice to the gems that lie concealed just beneath the surface\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 5547, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 260.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ninthcloud.uk/the-cunynghame-interview", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:57Z", "digest": "sha1:6Z3KOMBS5Y7MSDZO3XCE3F4JTACLT3TW", "length": 174, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ninthcloud.uk", "title": "Richard Cunynghame's Ninth Cloud - The Cunynghame Interview", "raw_content": "Comprehensive series of articles for Red Bull interviewing the top 5 men and women finishers from both the Downhill and Cross-Country World Cup Series'.\nPhotos by Sven Martin", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 763, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 254.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://njw.home.blog/2017/07/24/2017-7-23-the-feast-of-saint-martha/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:10Z", "digest": "sha1:VROT6LBV57KSRVRCKUS6JBZYTK3WONNF", "length": 2857, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "njw.home.blog", "title": "The Feast Of Saint Martha \u2013 New Jack Witch", "raw_content": "This coming Saturday, July 29th marks the feast of Saint Martha. Inspired by Briana Saussy\u2019s Feast Days For The Radically Reverent, we will be holding a free candle service to honor her.\nWho is Saint Martha?\nSaint Martha is a Catholic Saint, believed to be the sister of Mary Magdalene and Lazarus. Because she is said to have attended to Jesus in her home, she is considered to be the patron of housewives, housekeepers, and those who work in the service industry. She is often depicted holding a torch, and with a dragon at her feet, due to the following tale featured in The Golden Legend:\nThere was that time upon the river of Rhone, in a certain wood between Arles and Avignon, a great dragon, half beast and half fish, greater than an ox, longer than an horse, having teeth sharp as a sword, and horned on either side, head like a lion, tail like a serpent, and defended him with two wings on either side, and could not be beaten with cast of stones ne with other armour, and was as strong as twelve lions or bears; which dragon lay hiding and lurking in the river, and perished them that passed by and drowned ships. He came thither by sea from Galicia, and was engendered of Leviathan, which is a serpent of the water and is much wood, and of a beast called Bonacho, that is engendered in Galicia. And when he is pursued he casts out of his belly behind, his ordure, the space of an acre of land on them that follow him, and it is bright as glass, and what it toucheth it burneth as fire. To whom Martha, at the prayer of the people, came into the wood, and found him eating a man. And she cast on him holy water, and showed to him the cross, which anon was overcome, and standing still as a sheep, she bound him with her own girdle, and then was slain with spears and glaives of the people.\nAs a result of this folklore, within the hoodoo tradition she is known as Saint Martha the Dominator, and is often called upon to tame more metaphorical dragons such as bad or abusive bosses or lovers. Saint Martha is known as a fierce protector of women and can be called upon when one seeks justice or wishes to gain the upper hand in a situation.\nIf you are interested in learning more about Saint Martha and how to work with her, we recommend this chapbook from Hadean Press, although there is also a wealth of information to be found on this beloved Saint on the web as well.\nIf you do not wish to participate in the service, but would like to honor Saint Martha on her feast day, traditional offerings include red or green candles, coffee, dark chocolate, and red flowers. Donations can also be made to a church or charity in her name. There are many ways of honoring this wonderful saint and these are just a few suggestions.\nThe Candle Service\nPetitions are now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted!\ncatholic magic, folk magic, hoodoo, saints", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 4082, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 292.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nmrabr.org.uk/back-to-basics", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:12Z", "digest": "sha1:S45LSXILR4HONVXHJQYAWXFOTE5NGNLL", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "nmrabr.org.uk", "title": "Back to Basics", "raw_content": "You are here: Home Back to Basics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 1536, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 245.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://northmountaindermatology.com/tanning-beds-tanning-booths/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:05Z", "digest": "sha1:QTAWETFI6F7RGQWZZW7G33EFVABBOSRA", "length": 668, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "northmountaindermatology.com", "title": "Tanning Beds/Tanning Booths - North Mountain Dermatology", "raw_content": "According to the American Academy of Dermatology and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ultraviolet (UV) radiation from tanning beds, tanning booths and sun lamps are known carcinogens (cancer-causing substances). Exposure to UV radiation during indoor tanning has been proven to increase the risk of all skin cancers, including melanomas, squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. In fact, the risk of melanoma increases by 75 percent when indoor tanning devices are used before the age of 30. The UV radiation during indoor tanning also leads to skin aging, hyper \u2013 and hypopigmentation, immune suppression and eye damage, such as cataracts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 121.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nottmarketing.com/a-good-mind/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:23Z", "digest": "sha1:76KW6XXZDWW7GEFN6K3CPHC6ZSGGR3YT", "length": 2509, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "nottmarketing.com", "title": "A Good Mind - Small Business Websites in Connecticut", "raw_content": "by Lorraine Nott | Oct 27, 2018 | Personal File | 0 comments\nIt is such a treat when I get a look at my son\u2019s everyday life. So as his mom, I don\u2019t mind when he makes the television news for just riding past the news truck the day before a storm. My son Kevin is one of the brightest young people I have ever met, and I just adore him. There may be a hazard to being a highly creative and intelligent human being, though. People who are truly busy enjoying their lives can tend to be oblivious to the mundane goings-on around them. Like weather forecasts warning of a windy weekend nor\u2019easter during the Hunter\u2019s moon.\nFriday October 26, 2018, my son and friend Kevin Nott was riding his bicycle home from his job. He was under the bridge on the Hartford side of the River, where a WTNH News 8 truck was standing there. They pulled him aside to ask if he were ready for the Nor\u2019Easter coming our way. It\u2019s an amusing little interview, and he had a bit of fun with it. He alerted me when he arrived at his apartment to watch the 11:00 news. Can\u2019t get a copy of the video, so I decided to embed it.\nHARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) \u2013 \u201cLook at my legs you think the ready for snow? You have shorts on, that\u2019s awesome!\u201d\nBare legs at the gas pump, Angelo Simoni not ready for the nor\u2019easter.\nHow about Kevin Nott from Hartford?\n\u201cI ride my bike every day, every day! No I\u2019m never ready!\u201d\nCan\u2019t blame them. Who\u2019s ready for a nasty dose of icy wind and rain?\nThe power companies.\nThey have been out pre-cutting trees all summer, to get ready for mother nature. At the supply yard in Hartford, crews were stocking up on wire poles and transformers, getting for Saturday morning\u2019s blast.\nPatty Hemphill is ready.\n\u201cI think you have to make sure you have flashlights. I think you have to have some food and water in the house, and make sure your cars are inside and in the garage, if you have one.\u201d\nRelated Content: Cities and towns preparing for potential flooding and high winds Saturday\nAngelo and Patty are filling the car with gas in case the power goes out and the pump stopped working.\nThis might not be a full-blown hurricane or winter blizzard, but Patty says you need to respect Mother Nature.\n\u201cI think we have to take it seriously. Our weather has just been so erratic. We have to be prepared and have fun while it\u2019s raining!\u201d\nAnd if you think about it, charge the phone, and any extra batteries you have for the phone. 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The siblings survive a childhood that includes playing the leads in \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d and go on to success \u2014 she as an actress, he as a writer. But when circumstances bring them home, they find their aging parents preparing for one final amazing act.\nby Lev Grossman (Viking)\nThe magic is back. Quentin Coldwater, fresh off his adventures through an upstate New York college for magicians and the Narnia-esque fantasy world of Fillory in Grossman\u2019s bestseller, \u201cThe Magicians,\u201d has returned. But when a quest to collect taxes leads him back to reality \u2014 and his parents\u2019 house in Massachusetts \u2014 Quentin must face his most difficult challenge yet. Now that Harry Potter is through in books and films, grown-up fans of the boy wizard might want to give this nimble fantasy series a try.\nby M.J. McGrath (Viking)\nWith her fiction debut, you can add Londoner McGrath, who previously explored the world of the Inuit in \u201cThe Long Exile,\u201d to the growing list of talented cold-weather-crime novelists. Meet Edie Kiglatuk, the half-Inuit, reformed drinker, ex-polar bear hunter and ex-mayor of a tiny island town. When an Arctic adventurer dies, the mayor of her tiny town calls it a hunting accident. But when the adventurer\u2019s business partner goes missing \u2014 along with someone dear to Edie \u2014 she suspects more.\nGroove Interrupted\nLoss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans\nby Keith Spera (St. Martin\u2019s)\nSpera was in New Orleans during Katrina \u2014 he was one of the few reporters for the Times-Picayune who stayed behind; they wound up with a Pulitzer for their work. A music writer for the paper, Spero tells us about the musicians who are so much a part of the Big Easy\u2019s identity. Among the stories about Aaron Neville, Terence Blanchard, Allen Toussaint, Pete Fountain and others, his tales of a fragile Fats Domino stand out, especially his trip to New York and visit to the Carnegie Deli.\nby Matthew Norman (Harper Perennial)\nAt 35, Tom Violet\u2019s life isn\u2019t quite what he\u2019d envisioned: successful novelist with a beautiful wife and a happy dog. Instead, it\u2019s his father who\u2019s won a Pulitzer for fiction, his wife may be having an affair and his dog has been diagnosed with severe anxiety. 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Encouraging the students, he added, \u201cSolving various global issues such as climate change, increasing energy demand, aging society, etc. would depend upon your generation\u2019s creativity and intelligence.\u201d\nRepresenting the Students\u2019 Council, Sandrine Burriel (40) gave a welcoming speech with advice, \u201cBefore being a good scientist, be a good person. 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Whether this is due to old age, an accident, or gum disease, we have the most durable solution for replacing your teeth. This is the only procedure that replaces both your lost root and tooth, since dentures and dental bridges only replace the visible portion of your tooth. In order to place implants, we must conduct dental implant surgery. During the surgery, we will insert a titanium post under the gums and secure it to the jawbone. The bone and metal will fuse together through the process of osseointegration, creating a durable root system to attach your new tooth (crown). If you are considering this procedure, we encourage you to call (626) 472-2178 to schedule a consultation with our Pasadena dental office.\nOn the day you visit our California dental office for surgery, you will be given anesthesia so you will not feel anything while we place the implant. The procedure itself can take anywhere from 30 minutes for a single implant to several hours. If you are replacing multiple teeth with implants, we will let you know how long the process will take and whether or not it will take two appointments.\nSince dental implant surgery is an invasive process, you can expect to have some swelling and sensitivity after the fact. While perfectly natural, you must take good care of your mouth in order to prevent an infection or unnecessary irritation. We suggest taking ibuprofen to decrease swelling and manage discomfort. You can also use an icepack or cold compress for 15 minutes at a time. At Okamoto Dentistry, we generally recommend taking a couple of days off work while you are recovering. After two to five days, you will feel normal again; though your gums may remain slightly sensitive for a little longer.\nCheck out what others are saying about our dental implant surgery services on Yelp: Dental Implant Surgery Pasadena.\nWe recommend you eat foods that are soft and easy to chew or that require no chewing at all. A perfect example would be yogurt, warm soup, ice cream, smoothies, and steamed vegetables. Dr. Geri and Dr. Bigley can provide you with a more detailed list during a consultation. Also be sure to avoid foods that are difficult to chew, like steak, or things that are sharp, like tortilla chips, since they can further irritate your gum tissue.\nWhen you come in for a consultation, Dr. Geri and Dr. Bigley can provide you with a good idea of when we can attach your new tooth. For the most part, we wait until the process of osseointegration takes place and the titanium post integrates into the jawbone. This provides the most durable base to attach your new crown to. Typically, this process can take anywhere from three to six months to complete. However, there are other options we can explore if you are on a tight timeframe. To ensure your smile is intact while you wait, we can provide you with a temporary denture to wear. We will attach the denture using wires, similar to a retainer. You can remove the denture whenever you want to. This way, your smile will appear intact until we are ready to secure your new tooth (crown) in place. We will schedule you for a follow up visit to inspect your implant and give you a better idea of how the healing process is going at that time.\nYes, at Okamoto Dentistry, we place implants on a regular basis. Patients who are tired of wearing removable dentures and want something more permanent can benefit from dental implants. Since dentures can easily slip out of place, switching to implants can make it easier to eat, speak, and engage in normal daily activities. If you have worn dentures for some time, you may be suffering from resorption. If this is the case, your jawbone may not have sufficient density to support an implant. When this happens, we may recommend a bone graft prior to beginning. To discuss this further, call 626-472-2178 and schedule an examination. After physically examining your teeth and taking X-rays, we can create a full treatment plan for you.\nBefore you can begin, we need to examine you and take X-rays to determine the density of your jawbone. This appointment will be non-invasive and comfortable. We can present you with all of the options available to you and discuss the ins and outs of each treatment solution. This will allow you to ask questions and select the option that is best for you. 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If your organization or company is interested in partnering with Our Lady of Grace Preschool please contact Sally Lake at (410) 329-6959 or by email at slake@ourladygrace.org\nBill Kidd\u2019s Toyota/Volvo\nA family owned and operated car dealership for over 60 years, Bill Kidd\u2019s spans three generations of personal attention and excellent customer service. Bill Kidd\u2019s Toyota/Volvo offers customers with the following lines of service\nFactory certified sales consultants and service technicians\nComplimentary shuttle service with service center\nFree wifi, coffee, water, and snacks if you choose to wait for car service\nComplimentary car wash with each service visit (weather permitting)\nTo learn more about Bill Kidd\u2019s please visit their website.\nThe Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to 15,342 councils and 1.9 million members throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Poland, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, Guatemala, Guam, Saipan, Lithuania, Ukraine, and South Korea.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 277.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://olsonfuneralhomebloomer.com/understanding-grief.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:34Z", "digest": "sha1:BRQUNGP77VP56MCQXTBI4QGA3MAYGACA", "length": 273, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "olsonfuneralhomebloomer.com", "title": "Understanding Grief", "raw_content": "You may not be understanding how you or a family or friend is feeling now that a loved one is gone. We hope this section of our website will help you understand the grieving process. If you have any questions or would prefer to speak to someone directly, please contact us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 303, "original_length": 7561, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 236.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://omnientertainment.com/tag/rap/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:30Z", "digest": "sha1:76HJIKZ5SJZ66KSWDPR7FMIS5GZLJWHE", "length": 148, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "omnientertainment.com", "title": "Rap | Omnientertainment - Entertainment Booking Agency", "raw_content": "Dolewite Kansas City Hip Hop Rap is one of the newest and most undeniably infectious bands from the Kansas City region. The band\u2019s stage show is [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2611, "original_length": 20644, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 144.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://onpointcu.com/meet-onpoint/our-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:23Z", "digest": "sha1:45FPMIOQ2CBXMEIIABY53OYGBORABP3A", "length": 5989, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "onpointcu.com", "title": "About OnPoint Community Credit Union - Oregon & WA - OnPoint Community Credit Union", "raw_content": "At OnPoint, we strive to be the leader in delivering extraordinary experiences and value to our community.\nOur purpose is to build strong communities by supporting financial growth and well-being, one person at a time.\nWe accomplish this by following our guiding principles:\nPursue innovation that values our members' time and helps them achieve their goals.\nVest employees with the authority to deliver superior service and advice.\nAlways do the right thing and act with the utmost integrity.\nBe the champion of education.\nEnsure the safety and soundness of our institution to allow for long range sustainability.\nOnPoint was founded in 1932 as Portland Teachers Credit Union. Sixteen schoolteachers gathered to create a safe place to save their money and to provide low-cost loans for those looking to build a better life.\nSince then, our mission has remained the same \u2013 to promote the financial well-being of our members and to ensure the safety and soundness of our credit union. Keeping that mission alive has prompted a few changes along the way.\nIn 2005, Portland Teachers Credit Union was granted a community charter, meaning we were able to serve anyone living or working in Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Lane, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington and Yamhill counties in Oregon. To reflect our expanded membership, we changed our name to OnPoint Community Credit Union. In 2007, we amended our charter to include those living or working in Clark and Skamania counties in Washington. In 2009, our charter grew again as we moved to include those living or working in Deschutes County in Oregon. And in 2011, our charter was further expanded to include those living or working in Crook and Jefferson counties in Oregon.\nOnPoint has been improving the lives of our members and the communities we serve including the cities of Portland, Vancouver, Eugene, and Bend for over 80 years. We have grown to be the largest community-owned financial institution in Oregon with over 360,000 loyal members. We look forward to building on our legacy of service and making dreams come true for many generations to come.\nAs an equal owner of OnPoint, each member has one vote to elect a Board of Directors that will set the overall strategy for our credit union. The Board represents the members, and each Board member is elected to a three-year term. The Board also appoints a Supervisory Committee that ensures the Board and OnPoint management abide by OnPoint\u2019s written policy and that OnPoint\u2019s financial records are accurate.\nThe Executive Management team implements our policies and manages the day-to-day operations of our credit union.\nThe Board and Supervisory Committee earn a quarterly stipend based on the position held. This ensures that OnPoint Community Credit Union continues to attract and retain well-qualified individuals for these positions. Click here to read the full Annual Notice of Board of Directors & Supervisory Committee Compensation.\nRob Stuart, President/Chief Executive Officer\nJim Armstrong, Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer & HR Executive\nVeronica Ervin, Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer\nJim Hunt, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer\nSteve Leugers, Senior Vice President/Chief Credit Officer\nTory McVay, Senior Vice President/Chief Retail Officer & Wealth Management Executive\nSteve Owen, Senior Vice President/Chief Operations Officer\nTom Tsuruta, Chair\nLeland \"Rocky\" Johnson, Vice Chair\nMatt Mroczek, Secretary\nRob Stuart, Treasurer\nSteve Goldschmidt\nCori \"Susi\" Harms\nSiva Narendra, Ph.D.\nKaren Schwartzrock\nKeith Thomajan\nBrent Macey, Chair\nSheryl Manning\nAccess all the information you need regarding Board Elections, including how to submit your application for nomination to the OnPoint Board of Directors.\nView our current and past year's annual reports, which share highlights of the year, as well as provide specific details of our assets and liabilities.\nBuild strong communities by supporting financial growth and well-being, one person at a time.\nTo be the leader in delivering extraordinary experiences and value to our community.\nYour Money is Safe at OnPoint\nYou can be confident your hard-earned money is safe and secure with OnPoint Community Credit Union. With over 80 years of banking know-how and the strength of over 360,000 members behind us, OnPoint has grown into a financial institution that, year after year, is financially sound and remains a safe place for your money.\nAs a member-owned cooperative, we carefully review our products and services, lending processes and business practices on an ongoing basis to ensure we maintain the integrity of the credit union and interests of our members. We don\u2019t engage in risky investments or lending and are highly prudent in our money management. Our first priority is always our members\u2019 financial success.\nOnPoint\u2019s financials underscore that the credit union is well capitalized and well managed. All OnPoint account deposits are insured up to $250,000 under the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), administered by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). NCUSIF, like FDIC, is a federally insured fund backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 increased federal savings insurance coverage from $100,000 to $250,000. Standard account deposits are federally insured to at least $250,000; if you have a retirement account with OnPoint, it\u2019s insured up to $250,000 as well.\nFor more information about the insurance that protects your deposits, How Your Accounts Are Federally Insured provides an overview of NCUA insurance and Your Insured Funds is a more detailed review of this subject.\nOur practices, procedures and protections all exist to ensure your money is working to help you achieve your financial goals. If you have questions, we invite you to call Member Services at 503.228.7077 or 800.527.3932 (M\u2013F 7:00 am - 7:00 pm; Sat 9:00 am - 1:00 pm).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 9316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 255.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://openntf.org/main.nsf/blog.xsp?permaLink=NHEF-84BN64", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:41Z", "digest": "sha1:3WSWKKCGOYQ6JRX44DGSIA65RJFYMLZO", "length": 595, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "openntf.org", "title": "OpenNTF - A major IP and Strategy Update: OpenNTF.org Efforts for 2010", "raw_content": "A major IP and Strategy Update: OpenNTF.org Efforts for 2010\nPosted by John Head on April 8, 2010\nOn the OpenNTF.org Steering Committee call on April 6th, 2010, the Steering Committee discussed the next steps for the site, community, and organization. The following are a list of items that we wish to pursue over the next couple of months. To ensure the entire OpenNTF.org community can provide feedback to these plans, listed below are the initiatives. You will also see a time table for community input, Steering Committee voting, and an implementation date estimate. Click here to read more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1419, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 296.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://opentheword.org/category/z121/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:23Z", "digest": "sha1:CMTZZW7AEDSVJLRGXNJ3YJAYWPCZ4PS7", "length": 2013, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "opentheword.org", "title": "z121 | OpentheWord.org", "raw_content": "Freeing yourself from the mire of resentment\nSometimes we need a clear picture of what happens when we allow resentment to settle in our spirit. When that happens our pointing finger of blame is often the only thing that can be seen as we sink deeper and deeper in the bog of anger, resentment and blame. And if we don\u2019t pay attention to what is happening, the sticky mire of resentment dries and hardens on us until we can no longer move or even breathe. Great effort is required to keep our hearts from hardening when we feel life is unfair or if we keep getting offended by what people are saying or doing. I will tell you now that these other people have nothing to do with it. No one has the power to make us angry or resentful except us. It is our choice. When we become offended or point the finger of blame, we are giving other people control of our lives. We are giving our power over to them. When we remain offended and angry, we lose control \u2026\nAnd the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations\nOver the years my friend Linda and I have walked and prayed around and through the park that is planted in the center of our city. Yesterday, we sat and prayed at one of our favorite spots. The leaves were just starting to turn color and fall to the ground. And we were drawn to the passage in the Book of Revelation: 2 \u2026 On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:2 NIV) We contemplated the meaning of this verse as we have many times over the years. And like many scholars have noted, the interpretation can be unclear concerning this day and age. Many times this scripture would surface as we prayed for our nation. 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In an email conversation with me, he let me know that he had been engaged in some serious in-depth counseling. As it turns out, he had been having some blurry vision back around Essen, and as soon as the fair was over, he went to get his eyes checked. As it turns out, Friedemann has a rare from of colorblindness, and he in fact sees most colors as a shade of green.\nWhen made aware that the world was in fact made up of more colors than just shades of green, it threw him for such a loop that he had to remain in a room with stark white walls. All the furniture in the room were also white in order to reduce any color strain to his eyes. As it turns out, Friedemann\u2019s favorite color is in fact blue. 2F-Spiele is frantically working on churning out new game boxes to reflect this amazing discovery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 8952, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pamplinmedia.com/msp/129-news/415082-316597-head-on-crash-sends-three-to-hospital", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:56Z", "digest": "sha1:NQHGCAGWLUVRGSKRERHOKQJENDAVZCUP", "length": 2135, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "pamplinmedia.com", "title": "Pamplin Media Group - Head-on crash sends three to hospital", "raw_content": "Head-on crash sends three to hospital\nEmergency vehicles respond to accidents on the Warm Springs grade and Loucks Road.\nA two-vehicle, head-on crash on Dec. 12, was one of several crashes on Jefferson County roads and highways over the past week.\nOregon State Police were dispatched to the accident, on U.S. Highway 26, near milepost 107, around 1:23 p.m.\n\"The crash occurred when a westbound 1999 Ford Taurus crossed the center line into the oncoming lane and struck an eastbound 2005 GMC pickup head-on,\" said senior trooper Charles Lindberg.\nThe driver of the Ford Taurus, Ramona Rosetta Smith, 45, of Warm Springs, and a passenger in her vehicle were transported by ambulance to St. Charles Madras.\nPolice later contacted Smith at the hospital and issued citations for no operator's license, driving uninsured and failure to drive within a lane. Smith told Lindberg that a spilled drink had caused her to swerve.\nThe driver of the pickup, Marcia Joyce Soliz, 69, of Warm Springs, was also transported by ambulance to St. Charles Madras.\nThe highway was closed in both directions for about 30 minutes while emergency crews removed vehicles and debris.\nPersonnel from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services, Jefferson County Fire District, Warm Springs Police Department, Warm Springs Fire and Safety, and Oregon Department of Transportation also assisted at the scene.\n\"It was apparent speed contributed to the cause of the crash,\" the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office reported, and reminded area residents \"to slow down, drive safe, and always wear their seatbelts, especially with the winter weather approaching soon.\"\nSingle-vehicle accident\nThe Jefferson County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a single-vehicle accident on Friday, Dec. 14, at 4:50 p.m., on Northeast Loucks Road, east of the cemetery, and found a damaged vehicle off the road, and no driver.\nAfter an investigation, Ramiro Alejandro Romero-Juarez, 21, was arrested on a warrant for initiating a false report, reckless driving and reckless endangering. He was lodged in the Jefferson County Correctional Facility.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 5970, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 251.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://parliamentum.org/2012/02/14/justin-trudeau/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:20Z", "digest": "sha1:MNSRTWEFXFMNJDPSRJ6T6GBTA5HGMZFX", "length": 10812, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "parliamentum.org", "title": "Justin Trudeau Denies the Divisiveness of Politics | James Bowden's Blog", "raw_content": "\u2190 Minister Kenney on the Crown in Canada\nDawson and Forsey Clash on the Prorogation of 2008 and Over Responsible Government \u2192\nStrange Musings on Quebec\u2019s Secession\nOn Sunday, 12 February 2012, Justin Trudeau announced in a French-language interview that he would support the secession of Quebec in order to oppose and protect Quebec from the alleged right-wing policies of the Harper government. Trudeau made the following comments around the 13-minute mark:\nWhen Quebec is not involved in the governance of this country, this country becomes more right-wing. And it\u2019s not necessarily that Canadians don\u2019t have the same values as Quebeckers. It\u2019s that there\u2019s a way of seeing social responsibility, openness toward others, a cultural pride here in Quebec, which is necessary for Canada [\u2026]. And I\u2019ve always said that if the time comes when I believe that Canada becomes truly the Canada of Stephen Harper \u2013 we turn against abortion, against gay marriage, and return to the past in 10,000 different ways \u2013 perhaps I would muse about wanting to make Quebec a country. [\u2026] Absolutely, if I no longer knew Canada [as conforming to] my values.\n[My translation].*\n(As an aside, most English-language media outlets translated Trudeau\u2019s main declaration \u201cPeut-\u00eatre je me songerais \u00e0 vouloir faire le Qu\u00e9bec un pays\u201d as \u201cMaybe I would think that Quebec should become a country\u201d. But that inaccurate translation misrepresents \u201cse songer\u201d, which really means \u201cto muse\u201d or \u201cto consider\u201d, a far more conditional and hypothetical declaration than \u201cto think\u201d. This is why I don\u2019t think that Trudeau is disloyal; he\u2019s just too emotive and apparently incapable of articulating a rational argument).\nIgnorance of Loyal Opposition and of the Government versus the State\nHerein lies Justin Trudeau\u2019s warped conception of loyal opposition. Loyal opposition means responsible political opposition toward the government\u2019s policies but loyalty to the Crown, and therefore to the country; however, Trudeau wants Quebec to secede \u2013 not out of opposition to the Canadian State \u2013 but in direct response to the Harper government\u2019s policies. Normally, if one disagrees with the policies of the government of the day \u2013 they\u2019re too right-wing, too left-wing, or whatever \u2013 then one should work toward ousting the government in the next election and replacing it with another government more in line with one\u2019s own views.\nJustin Trudeau: hoisted on his own petard?\nTrudeau, however, seems to suggest something else entirely different in this interview. Essentially, his assertion (because he\u2019s not really dealing in evidentiary argumentation) rests on the premise that if Quebeckers oppose the alleged right-wing policies of the Harper government and the Conservative Party of Canada, they should consider secession as a legitimate response rather than electing a new, more left-wing government in which Quebec would receive more Cabinet representation. Alternatively, even from the standpoint of a principled secessionist, Trudeau\u2019s argument insults the intelligence of Quebeckers: Trudeau asserts that Quebeckers should not elect to secede from the Canadian federation and become a sovereign State because they oppose the Canadian federal State, but merely because they disagree with the government of the day. Justin Trudeau confuses opposition to the government\u2019s policies with opposition to the State itself; worse still, his remarks imply that he doesn\u2019t even understand the crucial distinction between the government and the State. I doubt that Trudeau truly opposes the Canadian State (the country); he just vehemently opposes the Harper government and seems incapable of articulating a coherent argument to explain why. After all, why would you work toward articulating a coherent argument when good looks and a famous last name have given you everything that you need or want?\nBy Justin Trudeau\u2019s logic, Alberta, and perhaps other Western provinces, should have seceded under the Second Trudeau Government (1980-1984) because they vehemently opposed that government\u2019s policies, like the National Energy Program. In reality, of course, Westerners simply voted overwhelming for the Conservatives in 1984. And when they became dissatisfied with the Mulroney government and the Progressive Conservative Party, they turned toward the Reform Party of Preston Manning, the Canadian Alliance of Stockwell Day, and the Conservative Party of Stephen Harper. They opposed the government\u2019s policies but remained loyal to the country. (To illustrate this principle that voters should never confuse opposition to institutions and the State with opposition to the government and its policies, many Western Canadians supported the reform of the Senate into an elected chamber in the 1980s and 1990s while their party occupied the opposition benches; however, after the Harper government took office and took control of the immense Crown prerogatives at its disposal, the clamour for an elected Senate has abated).\nTrudeau Denies the Divisive Nature of Politics\nJustin Trudeau issued a brief statement on 14 February 2012, in his typical hyperbolic theatrical style, and left the microphone amidst the clamour of anxious and frustrated journalists. He insisted stridently that his political opponents cannot interpret his \u201cmusings\u201d on Quebec\u2019s secession in response to the Harper government as disloyalty to Canada.\nTrudeau asked rhetorically and asserted:\nWhy do millions of Quebeckers not see themselves in this government? [\u2026] Because they do not like \u2013 they do not see \u2013 the Canada that we build over decades reflected \u2013 not in the policies of this government \u2013 but in the values that this government is putting forward.\nTo answer Trudeau\u2019s rhetorical question, \u201cQuebeckers do not see themselves in this government\u201d because they choose to elect primarily candidates representing the New Democratic Party, Her Majesty\u2019s Loyal Opposition, rather than electing Conservatives, who formed Her Majesty\u2019s Canadian Government. If Quebeckers had elected more Conservatives, they would enjoy a commensurately larger representation in Cabinet, and, it stands to reason, a better \u201creflection of their values\u201d in Government.\nEven more extraordinarily, Trudeau asserted \u2013 he most certainly did not \u201cargue\u201d, because arguments require evidence \u2013 that the Harper government opposes the rule of law and what he considers \u201cthe rights of the individual\u201d and basic freedoms:\nFreedom from fear, freedom from crime, freedom to love who[m] you want and to not be judged for it [i.e., \u201csame-sex marriage\u201d], freedom to do what you want with your body [i.e., \u201cabortion\u201d]. These freedoms are the very things that Stephen Harper and his government are trying to take away!\nTrudeau of course declined to offer any evidence to support these hyperbolic, fantastical assertions. To allude to one of the Liberals\u2019 favourite lines of attack against the Harper government, allow me to ask my own rhetorical question: when will Justin Trudeau support \u201cevidence-based\u201d argumentation? In addition, those remarks reveal that Trudeau almost certainly rejects the classical liberal definition of liberty as the absence of external constraints (also known as \u201cnegative liberty\u201d and generally expressed as \u201cfreedom to\u201d) and instead adopts the social democratic concept of \u201cpositive liberty\u201d through this phrasing of \u201cfreedom from\u201d, which implies that an activist State must guarantee certain outcomes.\nTrudeau concluded his opening salvo in English by asserting that his opposition to the Harper government \u201chas nothing to do with policy,\u201d even though he\u2019s \u201cupset at the direction that this government is taking the country\u201d \u2014 which by definition means that he disagrees with the Harper government\u2019s policies. He also asserted that \u201cthere are millions of Canadians who don\u2019t see, in the direction that this government is taking, a direction that is consistent with Canada.\u201d Presumably, Trudeau meant that his opposition to the Harper government rests on \u201cvalues\u201d \u2013 the values that only the Liberal Party can apparently defend (and perhaps under his leadership). These contradictory assertions betray a fundamental misunderstanding of what constitutes policy. What Trudeau mistakenly differentiates as \u201cpolicy\u201d versus\u201dvalues\u201d are in practical governmental terms, and in fact, both examples of policies against which any serious, loyal opposition party would campaign in the next election in order to replace the government. Trudeau clearly based his assertions on what he perceives, incorrectly, as the Harper government\u2019s policies, in this case, repealing same-sex marriage and restricting access to abortion.\nAmidst all his theatrical hyperbole, Trudeau lost sight of the argument that he tried to make: Canadians should elect a new government, a Liberal government, in order to replace the Conservatives and the Harper government\u2019s policies with a \u201cprogressive alternative.\u201d\nTrudeau then switched into French and accused the Harper government of promoting \u201can anti-intellectual Canada\u201d. I can only conclude that it is Justin Trudeau, content in making hyperbolic emotive assertions in place of rational evidentiary arguments, who promotes anti-intellectualism. In conclusion, Trudeau probably is loyal to Canada, but he seems incapable of abiding by his father\u2019s maxim of \u201creason before passion\u201d and thus submits his ignorance of Westminster parliamentarism and his virulent political activism in place of a logical argument against the Harper government\u2019s policies (and alleged policies). For shame. His father would be sorely disappointed.\nJustin Trudeau cannot even make a coherent argument why the Liberals should replace the Harper government. In that sense, he cannot even act as a responsible Leader of the Official Opposition and leader of an alternative government \u2013 let alone as Prime Minister. In any case, Canada restricts the hereditary principle to the Head of State; our Head of Government should not also head a familial dynasty.\nConstitutional Scholarship or Political Activism?\nWhich Party Becomes Official Opposition the Event of a Tie? Canadian Provincial Precedents\nLoyal Opposition in the United States\nThis entry was posted in Loyal Opposition and tagged elected Senate, identity politics, Justin Trudeau, Romanticism. Bookmark the permalink.\n5 Responses to Justin Trudeau Denies the Divisiveness of Politics\nPingback: \u201cLucky Pierre\u201d, by Gilbert Bowden | James W.J. Bowden's Blog\nDisloyalty or ignorance \u2013 can\u2019t it be both?\nCertainly, my question could be posed as either an inclusive \u00abor\u00bb or as an exclusive \u00abor\u00bb.\nI think that Trudeau is probably loyal to Canada, but his emotive hyperbolic assertions, inability to form a coherent logical argument, conflating of the State and government, and ignorance of the role of loyal opposition combine to mask his loyalties.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 286, "original_length": 17301, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://parliamentum.org/2015/04/06/the-peoples-republic-of-alberta-albertas-very-unparliamentary-style-of-politics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:13Z", "digest": "sha1:5QOPUYRZKNT3CV54SJEUZWS35WY2A3VM", "length": 21926, "nlines": 49, "source_domain": "parliamentum.org", "title": "The People\u2019s Republic of Alberta: Alberta\u2019s Very Unparliamentary Style of Politics | James Bowden's Blog", "raw_content": "\u2190 Fixed-Date Election Foibles in the Provinces\nThe Mandate Problem: Early Dissolutions and Fixed-Date Election Laws in Prince Edward Island and Alberta \u2192\nThe American Custom of Press Conferences and Opposition Responses\nFormer British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once explained to an American audience on C-SPAN what differentiated a Westminster parliamentary system from the American presidential system. At 21 minutes into the interview, Brian Lamb asked former Prime Minister Thatcher what she thought of President George H. W. Bush\u2019s routine of holding press conferences once per week. (Incidentally, none of his successors has been so open to the press.) Thatcher noted, \u201cWell, he doesn\u2019t go down to parliament to answer questions [once a week], which I do twice a week.\u201d[1] She continued:\nIn our system, we couldn\u2019t have done it the way you did. In our system, if I had given a press conference, then the leader of the opposition would have given one, and that would have followed the next day, and then the other parties would have given one, and that would have followed the next day. You have a system that once the president is the president, there is no leader of the opposition. There is no kind of \u2018president-in-waiting,\u2019 and I think the fact that we have an opposition which is always an alternative government makes it very different. We\u2019re available to the press for interviews from time to time. But you don\u2019t want to over-do it.[2]\nThatcher so ably explained and articulated the principle features and virtues of Westminster parliamentarism, from the Prime Minister\u2019s weekly audiences with the Queen and how liberty is best served by separating a head of state from a head of government into two offices, to the confidence convention, to the importance of loyal opposition, and why proper parliamentary debate and Prime Minister\u2019s Questions are integral to Responsible Government. More importantly, Thatcher showed why all these features of Westminster parliamentarism \u2013 particularly loyal opposition and how the opposition holds the government to account in the assembly \u2013 are inextricably bound up with one another in as part of an organic whole.\nIn a parliamentary system under Responsible Government, the government and opposition both reside within the assembly. The Ministry is responsible all acts of the Crown and must retain the confidence of the assembly in order to continue governing. Ministers introduce government policies in the assembly, and the opposition raises questions about and offers alternatives to them in the assembly. Through parliamentary privilege, members enjoy absolute freedom of speech in the chamber and immunity from charges of defamation. Ministers must prepare answers to the questions that opposition members are likely to ask, but the debates retain some spontaneity and put the government and the opposition on an even footing. The proceedings of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta are televised, so Albertans can judge the merits of the government\u2019s plan without being subjected to an expensive and scripted televised address.\nIn contrast, the American presidential system relies on a strict separation of powers between the executive and the legislature, and voters elect each branch separately. The president does not depend upon commanding the confidence of Congress. The US Constitution entrenches this strict separation of powers through the Emoluments Clause, which prohibits members of Congress from holding any executive office, such as the cabinet, and likewise prohibits any executive officer from sitting in Congress. As such, the Emoluments Clause prevented cabinet government from ever evolving in the United States. Congress can summon executive officers and compel them to testify, but in those hearings, congressional representatives and executive officers are not on equal footing. Those executive officers are answerable to Congress but accountable to the President. They have to hold the confidence of the President but not the confidence of Congress.\nAs Margaret Thatcher suggested to Brian Lamb, press conferences variously held by the president and the congressional leadership serve as the closest equivalent to Question Time in the United States \u2013 but journalists, and not elected representatives, pose the questions, and the president and congressional leaders are not required to hold the press conferences in the first place. The president and the congressional leadership react and respond to one another\u2019s press conferences through the intermediary of the press, but they don\u2019t debate and question each other directly. Members of Congress are also limited in what they can say during press conferences or interviews outside the House or Senate chambers themselves because, like Canadian parliamentarians, they enjoy parliamentary privilege and freedom from being charged with defamation only when they speak in the chamber.\nIn addition, the President\u2019s State of the Union Address is roughly equivalent to the Speech from the Throne. A custom or convention has emerged in the United States where the television networks broadcast the President\u2019s State of the Union, wherein he lays out policies that he asks Congress to consider, and then broadcast a \u201cresponse\u201d from the party that does not hold the White House. (I go into more detail on this custom here). The President\u2019s State of the Union and the opposition response are both scripted.\nJim Prentice\u2019s Televised Address to \u201cthe People of Alberta\u201d\nOn 24 March 2015, the networks in Alberta adopted this American system of televising a scripted speech from the government and a scripted response from the opposition. Premier Prentice, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, outlined his government\u2019s upcoming budget, and David Swann, leader of the Alberta Liberals, submitted a scripted video wherein he criticized the Prentice government\u2019s previous policies, but not the budget that he had not yet seen. The Government of Alberta paid for both these videos for a total cost of over $100,000. [3] The Wildrose Party \u2013 still the Official Opposition \u2013 opted to upload its \u201cresponse\u201d to YouTube for free rather than allowing the Government of Alberta to spend $29,000 on its response. Wildrose officials also told the Calgary Herald that they also refused the Government\u2019s offer to finance their \u201cresponse\u201d video because they \u201cwouldn\u2019t know the contents of [Prentice\u2019s] speech\u201d and thus could not respond to any specific points that Prentice raised.[4]\nPremier Prentice, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta\nDr. David Swann, Leader of the Alberta Liberals\nHeather Forsyth, Interim Leader of the Wildrose Alliance\nAs you can see from these videos, these sterile, scripted television addresses destroy any last vestige of spontaneity from political debate \u2013 and preclude parliamentary debate altogether. They start with self-congratulatory soundtracks with the Albertan flag fluttering in the background against an optimistic blue sky \u2013 a very clever use of priming the audience to hold favourable views toward Prentice and Swann. But they reduce politics even more to public relations and turn politicians into actors.\nThe leading man, \u201cGrim Jim\u201d Prentice, as if he was channelling President Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s fireside chats, sat down on a table with solemn clasped hands under the false pretense of familiarity; the perfectly positioned flags of Canada and Alberta framed the focus-grouped scene. Prentice told Albertans that only he \u2013 with a new electorate mandate in a new parliament \u2013 could save the province from financial ruin. Prentice presumptuously proposed a \u201c10-year plan,\u201d which would therefore take at least 3 parliaments to implement, since Alberta\u2019s fixed-date election law reduces the maximum life of a legislature to 4 years.\nHe then had to audacity to pretend that his televised address did not infringe upon the Budget Secrecy Convention. Speaking directly to \u201cThe People of Alberta, who have so much at stake,\u201d Prentice stated that the Minister of Finance would table the budget in the legislature and emphasized that he \u201ccan\u2019t pre-empt the budget and what will happen in the legislature.\u201d By definition, the very act of making this televised address and outlining the budget pre-empts parliamentary debate. While he spoke in ambiguous, carefully calculated bureaucratic language, he intimated that the upcoming budget would include a healthcare user fee of some kind, though he ruled out establishing a sales tax. Nevertheless, he announced new policies, and he has already stated in various interviews that he would seek a new mandate from Albertans on this upcoming budget and the new policies that it contains.\nHe concluded his speech with another hallmark phrasing of American folksy politics, declaring, \u201cThe fundamentals of Alberta are strong\u201d and praising \u201cthe spirit that built Alberta.\u201d\nDr. David Swann, leader of the Alberta Liberals, started his scripted televised address by greeting his \u201cfellow Albertans\u201d. Since he could not possibly have known the content of Premier Prentice\u2019s scripted televised address, he simply laid out the policies that a Liberal government would put forward. He focused mostly on social issues, like education and healthcare, and spending on infrastructure and pledged what would have to amount to hundreds of millions in new spending and new taxes. Like Prentice, he invoked the standard emotive anecdotes about being a grandfather, etc.\nHeather Forsyth, then interim leader of the Wildrose Alliance and Leader of the Official Opposition, delivered her \u201cresponse\u201d to Premier Prentice via a live feed on YouTube and thus avoided charging the Government of Alberta for the costs of producing a televised address and buying airtime. She sounds like a female version of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV). She criticized the government\u2019s high level of expenditure, wasteful spending and overall inefficiency, and corporate welfare.\nThis demagogic Albertan Model of televised addresses to \u201cthe people of Alberta\u201d draws inspiration from these American customs surrounding press conferences and the President\u2019s State of the Union speech \u2013 but it is divorced from the separation of powers of presidentialism. In any case, American Presidents would also never make special televised addresses for something as mundane as a budget. As Margaret Thatcher said, when the first minister gives a press conference or a speech, the other leaders must then scramble for air time and media attention and give speeches of their own. The Americans have adopted this custom because they lack a parliamentary system where the government faces the opposition \u2014 the government-in-waiting \u2014 in the assembly.\nBut in a parliamentary system, these press conferences and televised addresses remove public and policy debate from the legislature, where they belong, and make a mockery of Responsible Government and parliamentary privilege alike, because the government can script its statements without facing questioning, and thus shirk responsibility for some of its executive decisions, and because the opposition MPs lack the benefit of freedom of speech and the ability to pose questions directly to government ministers. By relying on this American custom of televised addresses, the party leaders can talk to you, \u201cthe people of Alberta,\u201d but they can\u2019t talk to each other \u2014 you certainly can\u2019t talk to them.\nPrentice undoubtedly violated the Budget Secrecy Convention by outlining key measures in the upcoming budget outside the legislature. I would go further and argue that Prentice put himself in contempt of parliament. (It would not amount to a breach of parliamentary privilege, however).\nVarious Speakers of the Canadian House of Commons and provincial legislative assemblies have ruled that budget secrecy merely amounts to a custom and does not fall under the scope of parliamentary privilege, because this custom arose not for the benefit of members, but to encourage stability in financial markets and to prevent insider trading.[5] However, breaching the Budget Secrecy Convention could put a minister in contempt of parliament. Vic Fedeli, Conservative MPP of Ontario, argued:\nthe intentional advance disclosure of Budget contents outside the House lessens the role of the legislature, deprives it of its ability to discharge its proper functions, and diminishes the respect due to the House.[6]\nIn 2003, Premier Ernie Eves flagrantly violated the convention by presenting the government\u2019s budget on the property of the Magna International. Speaker Carr ruled on 8 May 2003 that the Eves government had in so doing committed a prima facie contempt of parliament. Carr ruled:\nWhen the government or a member claims that a Budget presentation is needed outside the House well before it happens inside the House in order to communicate directly to the people or because of a perceived flaw in the parliamentary institution, there is a danger that the representative role of each and every member of this House is undermined, that respect for the institution is diminished, and that Parliament is rendered irrelevant. Parliamentary democracy is not vindicated by the government conducting a generally one-sided public relations event on the Budget well in advance of members having an opportunity to hold the government to account for the Budget in this Chamber.[7]\nThe same principles apply to the Prentice government in Alberta. By presenting the budget outside of the legislature, Premier Prentice has fundamentally undermined and eroded yet further parliamentary government and loyal opposition in the province of Alberta. Premier Prentice should have announced this budget in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with no additional costs. Instead, the Government of Alberta spent $75,000 so that the Premier could outline his government\u2019s upcoming budget as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and prime Albertans for the early election that he has been talking up for several months. The opposition parties should have protested Prentice\u2019s dangerous precedent and tabled a motion to hold him in contempt.\nA distinct political culture of the Province of Alberta has emerged. It has fused the authoritarian tendencies of presidentialism with the over-lapping legislature and executive and confidence convention of parliamentarism, but it has rejected both the strict separation and independence of executive and legislative powers of presidentialism and the effective intra-cameral opposition between Her Majesty\u2019s Government and Her Majesty\u2019s Loyal Opposition of a parliamentary system.\nIn December 2014, Premier Prentice re-affirmed and secured the veritable personal union between the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party and the premiership of the Government of Alberta by co-opting and destroying the Wildrose Alliance, the most effective opposition party that the legislature of Alberta had seen since the early 1990s. Throughout 2015, Prentice has hinted that he would advise an early dissolution of the 28th Assembly in order to seek both a personal mandate for his premiership, which he took on mid-parliament, and a mandate for his government\u2019s budget and new policies that they have adopted in light of low oil prices. Prentice outlined the basic elements in his government\u2019s budget during his televised address and, in my view, committed a prima facie contempt of parliament that makes a mockery of responsible parliamentary government. Since Prentice has already eliminated the most effective opposition and most plausible alternative government, the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta stands poised to win yet another parliamentary majority in the upcoming general provincial election.\nIn short, Alberta has evinced the most effective dictatorship in the Western world: the one-party quasi-presidential State. Long live the People\u2019s Republic of Alberta.\nLoyal Opposition in Alberta\nThe State of the Union Address and Loyal Opposition in the United States\nThe Contradictory American Presidency\n[1] Until Anthony Blair\u2019s premiership, the British Prime Minister did Prime Minister\u2019s Questions twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for 15 minutes. Blair consolidated the two sessions to one 30-minute PMQ each Wednesday.\n[2] Margaret Thatcher, interview by Brian Lamb, CSPAN, 9 March 1991.\n[3] James Wood and Darcy Henton, \u201cPrentice Says Albertans Will Pay New Health Free As Part of Fiscal Plan,\u201d Calgary Herald, 25 March 2015.\n[5] Ontario, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, Speaker\u2019s Ruling, 14 April 2014.\nThis entry was posted in Loyal Opposition, Parliamentarism v Presidentialism. Bookmark the permalink.\n2 Responses to The People\u2019s Republic of Alberta: Alberta\u2019s Very Unparliamentary Style of Politics\nI won\u2019t defend Premier Prentice\u2019s discussion of budgetary measures in his TV Address, but I will submit that this practice did not originate with him nor in Alberta. The practice of a Prime Minister / Premier addressing the people in a time of crisis is not at all new in Canada. I believe the first such TV Address was Prime Minister Trudeau announcing the invocation of the War Measures Act during the October Crisis of 1970, and PM Trudeau made at least one more TV Address in 1974/5 to announce the introduction of \u2018wage and price controls\u2019 \u2014 which is a budgetary measure. PM Brian Mulroney made at least one TV Address at the failure of the Meech Lake Accord in June 1990. The country was so atrociously divided between Quebec and English Canada that he made two separate Addresses in English & French rather than combining two languages in one Address. In 1989 the Mulroney PC Government\u2019s Budget was leaked in advance to Global TV, and so Finance Minister Michael Wilson actually released the Budget to the Media at a Press Conference. The Liberal and NDP Opposition was so outraged that, when Wilson formally tabled the Budget in the House of Commons the following day, they walked out of the House on mass in protest! In October 2012 Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made a TV Address to his Caucus to announce his resignation as Premier, and announce the prorogation of the Legislature. So, what just happened in Alberta is not new except for giving the Opposition Leaders an opportunity to also Address the people. I don\u2019t think this was an \u2018American\u2019 practice as much as Jim Prentice simply trying to be fair to the Opposition. This Alberta Premier\u2019s Address would never have happened were it not for the very serious economic and fiscal crisis facing Alberta. This is not going to become a normal practice.\nWhat concerns me much more is the marginalization of the Queen\u2019s Christmas Day Message. It used to be that Christmas messages were reserved for Her Majesty, and the Governor General / Lieutenant Governor and Prime Minister / Premier gave their Message on New Year\u2019s Day. Now the GG / LG / Prime Minister are releasing their Messages on Christmas Day which is marginalizing media coverage of the Queen\u2019s Message. Furthermore, the CBC used to broadcast the Queen\u2019s Message three times at Noon, 6PM & 11PM, but now CBC broadcasts it only once at Noon. CTV used to broadcast it, but now does not. Parliament should bring in a Law forcing them to broadcast the Message. The political intrusion into the Sovereign\u2019s Christmas Message is taking these political TV Addresses too far, and is a matter of greater concern.\nThank you for informing me about this other terrible precedent against the Budget Secrecy Convention in 1990, where Wilson divulged the budget to the media. That\u2019s the sort of obscure reference that is difficult to find in scholarly journals and books, and I couldn\u2019t possibly remember it from my own experience because I was only born in 1988!\nI take your point that this practice of televised addresses is not exclusive to Alberta. The federal Prime Ministers have occasionally done televised addresses, and Trudeau did set that precedent in the October Crisis, as you say. The CBC Archives contain all the prime ministerial \u201caddresses to the nation,\u201d like Mulroney after Canadians voted down the Charlottetown Accord and Chretien in 1995 in the lead up to Quebec\u2019s second referendum.\nBut I would still maintain that this case in Alberta is different for at least two reasons.\n1. When the Prime Ministers have given televised addresses, they do so in true emergencies or crises AND they alone speak in order to inform the public directly. The Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition don\u2019t produce competing videos and try to hold a debate on the television and outside of the Commons. Harper has deviated from this model, and in December 2008 both he and Dion got network airtime. And in October 2014, after the terrorist attack in Ottawa, Harper, Trudeau, and Mulcair all spoke. I also oppose those instances of televising addresses.\n2. Alberta is unique in Canada for its history, from 1905 to present, of a series of political dynasties and one-party rule. Alberta has never benefitted from a consistent, serious, and competitive opposition party. So when the Premier of Alberta takes to the airwaves and addresses \u201cthe people of Alberta,\u201d he is, essentially, launching a campaign speech. The only federal example that comes close occurred in December 2008 \u2014 but at least then the Conservatives on the one hand and the Liberal-New Democratic coalition on the other were evenly matched.\nThe overall production and presentation are also very similar to the State of the Union \u201copposition response\u201d format, where in this case the premier and opposition leaders took to the airwaves not because of a true emergency or crisis, like we\u2019ve seen at the federal level, but merely to debate basic policies and party platforms as they would in a normal day in the legislative assembly. This is precisely what happens each January in the United States after the State of the Union.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 306, "original_length": 28315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 236.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F9739759a-c55b-417a-aa76-1072aaf7e717%2F0311;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F9739759a-c55b-417a-aa76-1072aaf7e717%2F0025%22", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:13Z", "digest": "sha1:H3FTIEJEB4P5BE2M74D56GIBFRKACKRL", "length": 2988, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "parlinfo.aph.gov.au", "title": "ParlInfo - Federation Chamber : CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS : Family Payments", "raw_content": "Mr PERRETT (Moreton) (10:19): Despite the harmful legacy of the 2014 budget, the Turnbull government is still intent on hurting families by cutting the family tax benefit. Labor has managed to protect grandparent carers from the worst of the cuts, but the Turnbull agenda remains steeped in unfairness. Hardworking families will be hit hardest by these cruel and unfair cuts to the family tax benefits. In my electorate of Moreton, 8,884 families on family tax benefit A will lose $726 a year for every child. The 7,708 families in Moreton who are on family tax benefit B will also suffer a cut of $354 per family. I was raised by a single mum so I know that single parent families find it tough enough already to raise their children alone. They will face, sadly, a massive reduction in family tax benefit B when their youngest child turns 13. They will typically be facing a cut of $4,700 a year. A family with two parents and two children in school will typically be facing a cut of $2,600 a year.\nMost families understand that every dollar is crucial when it comes to balancing the family budget. Children are expensive. My boys are six and 10 and I know that it does not get less expensive as they get older. In fact, 13-year-olds can be much more expensive than three-year-olds. I am really looking forward to that! For example, active children who are involved in sports cost their family a lot of money in sports clothing, equipment and club registration and insurance. A cut of $4,700 a year for single parent families, or $2,600 a year for two-parent families, might make participating in sporting activities out of reach for many children. This is at a time when childhood obesity is on the rise. As I saw at a diabetes conference recently, even diabetes is on the rise for young children.\nIt is not only unfair; we also want our next generation to be fit and healthy members of Australian society. We want them to have had the benefit of a childhood where their parents can afford to give them healthy food, to provide them with proper medical care and education and to encourage them to be active members of society. These cuts from the Turnbull government will make that impossible for many families so many children will suffer. These are cuts to families who cannot afford more cuts. More than 600,000 families receiving family tax benefit A earn less than $40,000 a year. Once again, the Turnbull government is attacking those who can least afford it.\nOn top of that we have had flagged a raising of the GST. If the government carries through this 50 per cent hike, taking it up to 15 per cent, households will be hit by up to $4,000 extra on top of those cuts to the family tax benefit that I have outlined. They will be paying more for healthy food for their children\u2014for fruit and veggies\u2014for medical expenses, for clothing, for education, for electricity, and even sporting club fees. Labor understands fairness and values families. 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KMC directly fronts the Pacific ocean and epitomizes today\u2019s state-of-the-art medical facility. The KMC campus includes Kameda General Hospital, with 925 beds, more than 460 full-time physicians in specialties ranging from herbal medicine to laser surgery, units for intensive care in several specialties, and a 24-hour heliport adjacent to the level-I emergency and Trauma Center.\nKameda\u2019s 237,000-square-foot outpatient Clinic features a high-tech diagnostic imaging center and averages more than 3,000 patients daily.\nAlso onsite is the full-service, 56-bed Kameda rehabilitation Hospital, providing physical therapy, stroke and cardiac rehabilitation, and more. KMC\u2019s newest inpatient facility, K-Tower, opened in 2005 and offers 320 private rooms with round-the-clock visiting hours and spectacular ocean views.\nTo develop and maintain the best possible relationships with its patients, KMC strives for openness, honesty, and transparency in healthcare. Patients are treated as full participants and decision-makers. With a worldwide reputation for excellence and its recent accreditation by the Joint Commission International (JCI), Kameda has become a prime destination for international patients, expatriates, and travelers.\nMy full recovery took the better part of a year, but I survived, thanks to KMC and its well-trained staff. During my stay, I was very impressed by my beautifully appointed private room overlooking a tropical beach, and by the excellent restaurant (with some of the best wines I have found in Japan). My experience at Kameda was nothing short of fantastic\u2015and they saved my life to boot! \u2015Mark C., United States\nKameda Medical Center at a Glance\n929 Higashi-cho, Kamogawa City, Chiba Prefecture 296-8602 Japan\nPhone: +81 4 7092.2211, ext 3014 or 3005\nEmail: intl-affairs@kameda.jp\nMark C., Washington, United States\nMeditation area, Kameda Medical Center\nPatient room, Kameda Medical Center\nPatient bathroom, Kameda Medical Center\nPatients Beyond Borders Focus On: Kameda Medical Center", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 4006, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 297.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://patientsbeyondborders.com/treatment/chemotherapy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:16Z", "digest": "sha1:SFI3C6LJS4ILL7KBN2GW26MC5VCG2DTU", "length": 565, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "patientsbeyondborders.com", "title": "Chemotherapy | Patients Beyond Borders | Patients Beyond Borders", "raw_content": "Home \u203a Oncology \u203a Chemotherapy\nFew cancer patients undergo a single treatment. 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Our mission is to partner with communities in the developing world in creating permanent solutions to the water and sanitation poverty they face. We strive to extend sustainable services to everyone, without exception, in every district where we work. By achieving 100% coverage in water and sanitation, we close the gaps that leave communities vulnerable to outbreaks of diarrheal disease. And by systematically strengthening local supporting institutions, we ensure the long\u2010term sustainability of water and sanitation infrastructure and services, independent of further aid from outside charities. This is our commitment to reach Everyone, Forever.\nWater For People was founded in 1991 by leaders of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) in response to the world\u2019s growing water crisis. Critical early funding came from AWWA in the form of general support, and as Water For People has grown and refined its strategic plan, it has built a broad base of support from private individuals, corporations, and foundations. The organization continues to be the charity of choice among AWWA\u2019s over 60,000 water supply professional members, the Water Environment Federation and other sectors of North American water community. In 1995, Water For People \u2013 Canada was formed as a registered Canadian non-profit organization to better involve Canadian citizens.\nThrough over 20 years of existence, Water For People has striven to continually improve, to experiment with promising ideas, and to leverage resources to multiply our impact. Our guiding tenet is to \u201cgrow our impact without growing our footprint\u201d \u2013 facilitating rather than directly implementing water and sanitation solutions to ensure that they will be sustained by local commitment and capacity long after construction is completed. 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Just enter your email address in the form here below and you\u2019re all set.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 772, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 301.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pharmacist.com/article/new-analysis-questions-frailty-outcome-older-adults", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:10Z", "digest": "sha1:76A5XPSQRP7UNH6FEDIOS7W32LPSSBGK", "length": 3874, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "pharmacist.com", "title": "New analysis questions frailty outcome for older adults | American Pharmacists Association", "raw_content": "New analysis questions frailty outcome for older adults\nPhysical activity should be a priority for frail and nonfrail older adults\nIn the world of geriatrics research, the impact of physical activity on frailty has often been discussed. Now, a secondary analysis of a randomized, controlled trial could offer some insight on the topic.\nResearchers examined data collected from a trial that included 1,635 community-dwelling older adults in eight centers across the United States. The participants ranged from 70 to 89 years of age and had functional limitations. One group received an intervention that included a structured, moderate-intensity physical activity program incorporating aerobic, resistance, and flexibility activities. The other group participated in a health education program that mainly consisted of workshops and stretching exercises. After a 2-year follow-up, researchers found no statistically significant difference in frailty measures between the group that received the exercise intervention and the group given health education.\nEmily Peron, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCGP, FASCP, assistant professor of geriatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy in Richmond, said she was initially surprised that the frailty findings were not more impressive. Results from the 2013 Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) study have consistently supported physical activity to reduce the risk of major mobility disability among older adults with existing functional limitations, she said. This analysis, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, was a secondary analysis of the LIFE study on physical activity and frailty.\n\u201cAlthough there was no significant reduction seen in overall risk of frailty with the physical activity or health education group, this does not negate the value of either intervention,\u201d said Peron.\nPeron\u2019s own research has focused on the relationship between medication use and functional status in older adults. A common thread she\u2019s noticed between studies of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions for this patient population is that small changes\u2014like walking 150 minutes a week\u2014can make a big difference.\n\u201cI think the take-home message overall from the LIFE study is that it is never too late to make a lifestyle change,\u201d said Peron. \u201cFrom this secondary analysis, in particular, I think the biggest take away is that physical activity [as tolerated] should be a consideration for all older adults, not just those who are considered nonfrail by one definition or another.\u201d\nPeron pointed out that the Annals article is unique in that it calls into question the use of frailty as an outcome measure.\nIn the accompanying Annals editorial to the secondary analysis, Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH, and Kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH, wondered the same thing. They define frailty as a state of decreased physiologic reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors and say that increasingly, frailty has been recognized as a strong predictor of poor health outcomes. However, no single, universally accepted definition of frailty exists, they wrote.\nFor this secondary analysis, a standard definition was used to classify whether participants were frail. It included measurements of weight loss, energy level, and the ability to get up from a chair with the use of arms. To participate in the study, the groups had to be able to walk a quarter of a mile (400 m) without assistance. 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We\u2019re honored that they\u2019ve decided to join Pittsburgh Quarterly. And our readers are literally in for a treat as they bring their\u2026\nThe Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University made its debut Oct. 11, opening its doors to a new era for the school, its students, theatergoers and the city. It\u2019s built to impress. From its three-\u200bstory-\u200bwide lobby bathed in natural light to a 550-\u200bseat theater designed to give passersby outside a glimpse of backstage\u2026\nFrom Adam Lynch to Barbara Luderowski, we\u2019ve said goodbye to many influential Pittsburghers this year. Remember those who have passed away and their impact on the region \u2014 and the world \u2014 in this compilation of our Last Chapter department.\nEunice Mercedes Latshaw Ross, 94: Blazing a trail for women in the field of law wasn\u2019t easy for Ross. She became an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge in 1972, when few women held such positions. She was an expert in probate law whose opinions were considered masterful. But when she reported\u2026\nOn Sunday, Dec. 9, at The Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh Hotel, more than 200 children along with their families and friends welcomed Santa\u2019s Christmas Circus to town at Pittsburgh Mercy\u2019s 15th Annual Reindeer Ball.\nOn Saturday, November 10, members, supporters, and friends of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust came together for the first-\u200bever \u201cPromenade in the Pavilion,\u201d enjoying an elegant, European-\u200bstyle picnic (albeit indoors!) inside one of Pittsburgh\u2019s most iconic buildings.\nWings & Wildlife Art Show Supports the National Aviary\nThe National Aviary\u2019s 4th annual Wings & Wildlife Art Show began with an upscale Soiree and Benefit Auction on November 2, 2018. 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Pure set theory deals exclusively with sets, so the only sets under consideration are those whose members are also sets. The theory of the hereditarily-finite sets, namely those finite sets whose elements are also finite sets, the elements of which are also finite, and so on, is formally equivalent to arithmetic. So, the essence of set theory is the study of infinite sets, and therefore it can be defined as the mathematical theory of the actual\u2014as opposed to potential\u2014infinite.\nThe notion of set is so simple that it is usually introduced informally, and regarded as self-evident. In set theory, however, as is usual in mathematics, sets are given axiomatically, so their existence and basic properties are postulated by the appropriate formal axioms. The axioms of set theory imply the existence of a set-theoretic universe so rich that all mathematical objects can be construed as sets. Also, the formal language of pure set theory allows one to formalize all mathematical notions and arguments. Thus, set theory has become the standard foundation for mathematics, as every mathematical object can be viewed as a set, and every theorem of mathematics can be logically deduced in the Predicate Calculus from the axioms of set theory.\nBoth aspects of set theory, namely, as the mathematical science of the infinite, and as the foundation of mathematics, are of philosophical importance.\n2. The axioms of set theory\n2.1 The axioms of ZFC\n3. The theory of transfinite ordinals and cardinals\n3.1 Cardinals\n4. The universe \\(V\\) of all sets\n5. Set theory as the foundation of mathematics\n5.1 Metamathematics\n5.2 The incompleteness phenomenon\n6. The set theory of the continuum\n6.1 Descriptive Set Theory\n6.2 Determinacy\n6.3 The Continuum Hypothesis\n7. G\u00f6del\u2019s constructible universe\n8. Forcing\n8.1 Other applications of forcing\n9. The search for new axioms\n10. Large cardinals\n10.1 Inner models of large cardinals\n10.2 Consequences of large cardinals\n11. Forcing axioms\nSet theory, as a separate mathematical discipline, begins in the work of Georg Cantor. One might say that set theory was born in late 1873, when he made the amazing discovery that the linear continuum, that is, the real line, is not countable, meaning that its points cannot be counted using the natural numbers. So, even though the set of natural numbers and the set of real numbers are both infinite, there are more real numbers than there are natural numbers, which opened the door to the investigation of the different sizes of infinity. See the entry on the early development of set theory for a discussion of the origin of set-theoretic ideas and their use by different mathematicians and philosophers before and around Cantor\u2019s time.\nAccording to Cantor, two sets \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) have the same size, or cardinality, if they are bijectable, i.e., the elements of \\(A\\) can be put in a one-to-one correspondence with the elements of \\(B\\). Thus, the set \\(\\mathbb{N}\\) of natural numbers and the set \\(\\mathbb{R}\\) of real numbers have different cardinalities. In 1878 Cantor formulated the famous Continuum Hypothesis (CH), which asserts that every infinite set of real numbers is either countable, i.e., it has the same cardinality as \\(\\mathbb{N}\\), or has the same cardinality as \\(\\mathbb{R}\\). In other words, there are only two possible sizes of infinite sets of real numbers. The CH is the most famous problem of set theory. Cantor himself devoted much effort to it, and so did many other leading mathematicians of the first half of the twentieth century, such as Hilbert, who listed the CH as the first problem in his celebrated list of 23 unsolved mathematical problems presented in 1900 at the Second International Congress of Mathematicians, in Paris. The attempts to prove the CH led to major discoveries in set theory, such as the theory of constructible sets, and the forcing technique, which showed that the CH can neither be proved nor disproved from the usual axioms of set theory. To this day, the CH remains open.\nEarly on, some inconsistencies, or paradoxes, arose from a naive use of the notion of set; in particular, from the deceivingly natural assumption that every property determines a set, namely the set of objects that have the property. One example is Russell\u2019s Paradox, also known to Zermelo:\nconsider the property of sets of not being members of themselves. If the property determines a set, call it \\(A\\), then \\(A\\) is a member of itself if and only if \\(A\\) is not a member of itself.\nThus, some collections, like the collection of all sets, the collection of all ordinals numbers, or the collection of all cardinal numbers, are not sets. Such collections are called proper classes.\nIn order to avoid the paradoxes and put it on a firm footing, set theory had to be axiomatized. The first axiomatization was due to Zermelo (1908) and it came as a result of the need to spell out the basic set-theoretic principles underlying his proof of Cantor\u2019s Well-Ordering Principle. Zermelo\u2019s axiomatization avoids Russell\u2019s Paradox by means of the Separation axiom, which is formulated as quantifying over properties of sets, and thus it is a second-order statement. Further work by Skolem and Fraenkel led to the formalization of the Separation axiom in terms of formulas of first-order, instead of the informal notion of property, as well as to the introduction of the axiom of Replacement, which is also formulated as an axiom schema for first-order formulas (see next section). The axiom of Replacement is needed for a proper development of the theory of transfinite ordinals and cardinals, using transfinite recursion (see Section 3). It is also needed to prove the existence of such simple sets as the set of hereditarily finite sets, i.e., those finite sets whose elements are finite, the elements of which are also finite, and so on; or to prove basic set-theoretic facts such as that every set is contained in a transitive set, i.e., a set that contains all elements of its elements (see Mathias 2001 for the weaknesses of Zermelo set theory). A further addition, by von Neumann, of the axiom of Foundation, led to the standard axiom system of set theory, known as the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms plus the Axiom of Choice, or ZFC.\nOther axiomatizations of set theory, such as those of von Neumann-Bernays-G\u00f6del (NBG), or Morse-Kelley (MK), allow also for a formal treatment of proper classes.\nZFC is an axiom system formulated in first-order logic with equality and with only one binary relation symbol \\(\\in\\) for membership. Thus, we write \\(A\\in B\\) to express that \\(A\\) is a member of the set \\(B\\). See the\nSupplement on Basic Set Theory\nfor further details. See also the\nSupplement on Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory\nfor a formalized version of the axioms and further comments. We state below the axioms of ZFC informally.\nExtensionality: If two sets \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) have the same elements, then they are equal.\nNull Set: There exists a set, denoted by \\({\\varnothing}\\) and called the empty set, which has no elements.\nPair: Given any sets \\(A\\) and \\(B\\), there exists a set, denoted by \\(\\{ A,B\\}\\), which contains \\(A\\) and \\(B\\) as its only elements. In particular, there exists the set \\(\\{ A\\}\\) which has \\(A\\) as its only element.\nPower Set: For every set \\(A\\) there exists a set, denoted by \\(\\mathcal{P}(A)\\) and called the power set of \\(A\\), whose elements are all the subsets of \\(A\\).\nUnion: For every set \\(A\\), there exists a set, denoted by \\(\\bigcup A\\) and called the union of \\(A\\), whose elements are all the elements of the elements of \\(A\\).\nInfinity: There exists an infinite set. In particular, there exists a set \\(Z\\) that contains \\({\\varnothing}\\) and such that if \\(A\\in Z\\), then \\(\\bigcup\\{ A, \\{ A\\}\\}\\in Z\\).\nSeparation: For every set \\(A\\) and every given property, there is a set containing exactly the elements of \\(A\\) that have that property. A property is given by a formula \\(\\varphi\\) of the first-order language of set theory.\nThus, Separation is not a single axiom but an axiom schema, that is, an infinite list of axioms, one for each formula \\(\\varphi\\).\nReplacement: For every given definable function with domain a set \\(A\\), there is a set whose elements are all the values of the function.\nReplacement is also an axiom schema, as definable functions are given by formulas.\nFoundation: Every non-empty set \\(A\\) contains an \\(\\in\\)-minimal element, that is, an element such that no element of \\(A\\) belongs to it.\nThese are the axioms of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory, or ZF. The axioms of Null Set and Pair follow from the other ZF axioms, so they may be omitted. Also, Replacement implies Separation.\nFinally, there is the Axiom of Choice (AC):\nChoice: For every set \\(A\\) of pairwise-disjoint non-empty sets, there exists a set that contains exactly one element from each set in \\(A\\).\nThe AC was, for a long time, a controversial axiom. On the one hand, it is very useful and of wide use in mathematics. On the other hand, it has rather unintuitive consequences, such as the Banach-Tarski Paradox, which says that the unit ball can be partitioned into finitely-many pieces, which can then be rearranged to form two unit balls. The objections to the axiom arise from the fact that it asserts the existence of sets that cannot be explicitly defined. But G\u00f6del\u2019s 1938 proof of its consistency, relative to the consistency of ZF, dispelled any suspicions left about it.\nThe Axiom of Choice is equivalent, modulo ZF, to the Well-ordering Principle, which asserts that every set can be well-ordered, i.e., it can be linearly ordered so that every non-empty subset has a minimal element.\nAlthough not formally necessary, besides the symbol \\(\\in\\) one normally uses for convenience other auxiliary defined symbols. For example, \\(A\\subseteq B\\) expresses that \\(A\\) is a subset of \\(B\\), i.e., every member of \\(A\\) is a member of \\(B\\). Other symbols are used to denote sets obtained by performing basic operations, such as \\(A\\cup B\\), which denotes the union of \\(A\\) and \\(B\\), i.e., the set whose elements are those of \\(A\\) and \\(B\\); or \\(A\\cap B\\), which denotes the intersection of \\(A\\) and \\(B\\), i.e., the set whose elements are those common to \\(A\\) and \\(B\\). The ordered pair \\((A,B)\\) is defined as the set \\(\\{ \\{ A\\},\\{ A,B\\}\\}\\). Thus, two ordered pairs \\((A,B)\\) and \\((C,D)\\) are equal if and only if \\(A=C\\) and \\(B=D\\). And the Cartesian product \\(A\\times B\\) is defined as the set of all ordered pairs \\((C,D)\\) such that \\(C\\in A\\) and \\(D\\in B\\). Given any formula \\(\\varphi(x,y_1,\\ldots ,y_n)\\), and sets \\(A,B_1,\\ldots ,B_n\\), one can form the set of all those elements of \\(A\\) that satisfy the formula \\(\\varphi(x,B_1,\\ldots ,B_n)\\). This set is denoted by \\(\\{ a\\in A: \\varphi(a,B_1,\\ldots ,B_n)\\}\\). In ZF one can easily prove that all these sets exist. See the supplement on Basic Set Theory for further discussion.\nIn ZFC one can develop the Cantorian theory of transfinite (i.e., infinite) ordinal and cardinal numbers. Following the definition given by Von Neumann in the early 1920s, the ordinal numbers, or ordinals, for short, are obtained by starting with the empty set and performing two operations: taking the immediate successor, and passing to the limit. Thus, the first ordinal number is \\({\\varnothing}\\). Given an ordinal \\(\\alpha\\), its immediate successor, denoted by \\(\\alpha +1\\), is the set \\(\\alpha \\cup \\{ \\alpha \\}\\). And given a non-empty set \\(X\\) of ordinals such that for every \\(\\alpha \\in X\\) the successor \\(\\alpha +1\\) is also in \\(X\\), one obtains the limit ordinal \\(\\bigcup X\\). One shows that every ordinal is (strictly) well-ordered by \\(\\in\\), i.e., it is linearly ordered by \\(\\in\\) and there is no infinite \\(\\in\\)-descending sequence. Also, every well-ordered set is isomorphic to a unique ordinal, called its order-type.\nNote that every ordinal is the set of its predecessors. However, the class \\(ON\\) of all ordinals is not a set. Otherwise, \\(ON\\) would be an ordinal greater than all the ordinals, which is impossible. The first infinite ordinal, which is the set of all finite ordinals, is denoted by the Greek letter omega (\\(\\omega\\)). In ZFC, one identifies the finite ordinals with the natural numbers. Thus, \\({\\varnothing}=0\\), \\(\\{ {\\varnothing}\\}=1\\), \\(\\{ {\\varnothing}, \\{ {\\varnothing}\\}\\}=2\\), etc., hence \\(\\omega\\) is just the set \\(\\mathbb{N}\\) of natural numbers.\nOne can extend the operations of addition and multiplication of natural numbers to all the ordinals. For example, the ordinal \\(\\alpha +\\beta\\) is the order-type of the well-ordering obtained by concatenating a well-ordered set of order-type \\(\\alpha\\) and a well-ordered set of order-type \\(\\beta\\). The sequence of ordinals, well-ordered by \\(\\in\\), starts as follows\n0, 1, 2,\u2026, \\(n\\),\u2026, \\(\\omega\\), \\(\\omega+1\\), \\(\\omega+2\\),\u2026, \\(\\omega +\\omega\\),\u2026, \\(n\\cdot \\omega\\), \u2026, \\(\\omega \\cdot \\omega\\),\u2026, \\(\\omega^n\\), \u2026, \\(\\omega^\\omega\\), \u2026\nThe ordinals satisfy the principle of transfinite induction: suppose that \\(C\\) is a class of ordinals such that whenever \\(C\\) contains all ordinals \\(\\beta\\) smaller than some ordinal \\(\\alpha\\), then \\(\\alpha\\) is also in \\(C\\). Then the class \\(C\\) contains all ordinals. Using transfinite induction one can prove in ZFC (and one needs the axiom of Replacement) the important principle of transfinite recursion, which says that, given any definable class-function \\(G:V\\to V\\), one can define a class-function \\(F:ON\\to V\\) such that \\(F(\\alpha)\\) is the value of the function \\(G\\) applied to the function \\(F\\) restricted to \\(\\alpha\\). One uses transfinite recursion, for example, in order to define properly the arithmetical operations of addition, product, and exponentiation on the ordinals.\nRecall that an infinite set is countable if it is bijectable, i.e., it can be put into a one-to-one correspondence, with \\(\\omega\\). All the ordinals displayed above are either finite or countable. But the set of all finite and countable ordinals is also an ordinal, called \\(\\omega_1\\), and is not countable. Similarly, the set of all ordinals that are bijectable with some ordinal less than or equal to \\(\\omega_1\\) is also an ordinal, called \\(\\omega_2\\), and is not bijectable with \\(\\omega_1\\), and so on.\nA cardinal is an ordinal that is not bijectable with any smaller ordinal. Thus, every finite ordinal is a cardinal, and \\(\\omega\\), \\(\\omega_1\\), \\(\\omega_2\\), etc. are also cardinals. The infinite cardinals are represented by the letter aleph (\\(\\aleph\\)) of the Hebrew alphabet, and their sequence is indexed by the ordinals. It starts like this\n\\(\\aleph_0\\), \\(\\aleph_1\\), \\(\\aleph_2\\), \u2026, \\(\\aleph_\\omega\\), \\(\\aleph_{\\omega +1}\\), \u2026, \\(\\aleph_{\\omega +\\omega}\\), \u2026, \\(\\aleph_{\\omega^2}\\), \u2026, \\(\\aleph_{\\omega^\\omega}\\), \u2026, \\(\\aleph_{\\omega_1}\\), \u2026, \\(\\aleph_{\\omega_2}\\), \u2026\nThus, \\(\\omega=\\aleph_0\\), \\(\\omega_1=\\aleph_1\\), \\(\\omega_2=\\aleph_2\\), etc. For every cardinal there is a bigger one, and the limit of an increasing sequence of cardinals is also a cardinal. Thus, the class of all cardinals is not a set, but a proper class.\nAn infinite cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is called regular if it is not the union of less than \\(\\kappa\\) smaller cardinals. Thus, \\(\\aleph_0\\) is regular, and so are all infinite successor cardinals, such as \\(\\aleph_1\\). Non-regular infinite cardinals are called singular. The first singular cardinal is \\(\\aleph_\\omega\\), as it is the union of countably-many smaller cardinals, namely \\(\\aleph_\\omega =\\bigcup_{n<\\omega} \\aleph_n\\).\nThe cofinality of a cardinal \\(\\kappa\\), denoted by \\(cf(\\kappa)\\) is the smallest cardinal \\(\\lambda\\) such that \\(\\kappa\\) is the union of \\(\\lambda\\)-many smaller ordinals. Thus, \\(cf(\\aleph_\\omega)=\\aleph_0\\).\nBy the AC (in the form of the Well-Ordering Principle), every set \\(A\\) can be well-ordered, hence it is bijectable with a unique cardinal, called the cardinality of \\(A\\). Given two cardinals \\(\\kappa\\) and \\(\\lambda\\), the sum \\(\\kappa +\\lambda\\) is defined as the cardinality of the set consisting of the union of any two disjoint sets, one of cardinality \\(\\kappa\\) and one of cardinality \\(\\lambda\\). And the product \\(\\kappa \\cdot \\lambda\\) is defined as the cardinality of the Cartesian product \\(\\kappa \\times \\lambda\\). The operations of sum and product of infinite cardinals are trivial, for if \\(\\kappa\\) and \\(\\lambda\\) are infinite cardinals, then \\(\\kappa +\\lambda =\\kappa \\cdot \\lambda = maximum \\{ \\kappa ,\\lambda\\}\\).\nIn contrast, cardinal exponentiation is highly non-trivial, for even the value of the simplest non-trivial infinite exponential, namely \\(2^{\\aleph_0}\\), is not known and cannot be determined in ZFC (see below). The cardinal \\(\\kappa^\\lambda\\) is defined as the cardinality of the Cartesian product of \\(\\lambda\\) copies of \\(\\kappa\\); equivalently, as the cardinality of the set of all functions from \\(\\lambda\\) into \\(\\kappa\\). K\u00f6nig\u2019s theorem asserts that \\(\\kappa^{cf(\\kappa)}>\\kappa\\), which implies that the cofinality of the cardinal \\(2^{\\aleph_0}\\), whatever that cardinal is, must be uncountable. But this is essentially all that ZFC can prove about the value of the exponential \\(2^{\\aleph_0}\\).\nIn the case of exponentiation of singular cardinals, ZFC has a lot more to say. In 1989, Shelah proved the remarkable result that if \\(\\aleph_\\omega\\) is a strong limit, that is, \\(2^{\\aleph_n}<\\aleph_\\omega\\), for every \\(n<\\omega\\), then \\(2^{\\aleph_\\omega}<\\aleph_{\\omega_4}\\) (see Shelah (1994)). The technique developed by Shelah to prove this and similar theorems, in ZFC, is called pcf theory (for possible cofinalities), and has found many applications in other areas of mathematics.\nA posteriori, the ZF axioms other than Extensionality\u2014which needs no justification because it just states a defining property of sets\u2014may be justified by their use in building the cumulative hierarchy of sets. Namely, in ZF we define using transfinite recursion the class-function that assigns to each ordinal \\(\\alpha\\) the set \\(V_\\alpha\\), given as follows:\n\\(V_0={\\varnothing}\\)\n\\(V_{\\alpha +1}=\\mathcal{P}(V_\\alpha)\\)\n\\(V_\\alpha =\\bigcup_{\\beta <\\alpha}V_\\beta\\), whenever \\(\\alpha\\) is a limit ordinal.\nThe Power Set axiom is used to obtain \\(V_{\\alpha +1}\\) from \\(V_\\alpha\\). Replacement and Union allow one to form \\(V_\\alpha\\) for \\(\\alpha\\) a limit ordinal. Indeed, consider the function that assigns to each \\(\\beta <\\alpha\\) the set \\(V_\\beta\\). By Replacement, the collection of all the \\(V_\\beta\\), for \\(\\beta <\\alpha\\), is a set, hence the Union axiom applied to that set yields \\(V_\\alpha\\). The axiom of Infinity is needed to prove the existence of \\(\\omega\\) and hence of the transfinite sequence of ordinals. Finally, the axiom of Foundation is equivalent, assuming the other axioms, to the statement that every set belongs to some \\(V_\\alpha\\), for some ordinal \\(\\alpha\\). Thus, ZF proves that the set theoretic universe, denoted by \\(V\\), is the union of all the \\(V_\\alpha\\), \\(\\alpha\\) an ordinal.\nThe proper class \\(V\\), together with the \\(\\in\\) relation, satisfies all the ZFC axioms, and is thus a model of ZFC. It is the intended model of ZFC, and one may think of ZFC as providing a description of \\(V\\), a description however that is highly incomplete, as we shall see below.\nOne important property of \\(V\\) is the so-called Reflection Principle. Namely, for each formula \\(\\varphi(x_1,\\ldots ,x_n)\\), ZFC proves that there exists some \\(V_\\alpha\\) that reflects it, that is, for every \\(a_1,\\ldots,a_n\\in V_\\alpha\\),\n\\(\\varphi(a_1,\\ldots ,a_n)\\) holds in \\(V\\) if and only if \\(\\varphi(a_1,\\ldots,a_n)\\) holds in \\(V_\\alpha\\).\nThus, \\(V\\) cannot be characterized by any sentence, as any sentence that is true in \\(V\\) must be also true in some initial segment \\(V_\\alpha\\). In particular, ZFC is not finitely axiomatizable, for otherwise ZFC would prove that, for unboundedly many ordinals \\(\\alpha\\), \\(V_\\alpha\\) is a model of ZFC, contradicting G\u00f6del\u2019s second incompleteness theorem (see Section 5.2).\nThe Reflection Principle encapsulates the essence of ZF set theory, for as shown by Levy (1960), the axioms of Extensionality, Separation, and Foundation, together with the Reflection Principle, formulated as the axiom schema asserting that each formula is reflected by some set that contains all elements and all subsets of its elements (note that the \\(V_\\alpha\\) are like this), is equivalent to ZF.\nEvery mathematical object may be viewed as a set. For example, the natural numbers are identified with the finite ordinals, so \\(\\mathbb{N}=\\omega\\). The set of integers \\(\\mathbb{Z}\\) may be defined as the set of equivalence classes of pairs of natural numbers under the equivalence relation \\((n, m)\\equiv (n',m')\\) if and only if \\(n+m'=m+n'\\). By identifying every natural number \\(n\\) with the equivalence class of the pair \\((n,0)\\), one may extend naturally the operations of sum and product of natural numbers to \\(\\mathbb{Z}\\) (see Enderton (1977) for details, and Levy (1979) for a different construction). Further, one may define the rationals \\(\\mathbb{Q}\\) as the set of equivalence classes of pairs \\((n,m)\\) of integers, where \\(m\\ne 0\\), under the equivalence relation \\((n,m)\\equiv (n',m')\\) if and only if \\(n\\cdot m'=m\\cdot n'\\). Again, the operations \\(+\\) and \\(\\cdot\\) on \\(\\mathbb{Z}\\) may be extended naturally to \\(\\mathbb{Q}\\). Moreover, the ordering \\(\\leq_{\\mathbb{Q}}\\) on the rationals is given by: \\(r \\leq_{\\mathbb{Q}} s\\) if and only if there exists \\(t\\in \\mathbb{Q}\\) such that \\(s=r+t\\). The real numbers may be defined as Dedekind cuts of \\(\\mathbb{Q}\\), namely, a real number is given by a pair \\((A,B)\\) of non-empty disjoint sets such that \\(A\\cup B=\\mathbb{Q}\\), and \\(a\\leq_{\\mathbb{Q}}b\\) for every \\(a\\in A\\) and \\(b\\in B\\). One can then extend again the operations of \\(+\\) and \\(\\cdot\\) on \\(\\mathbb{Q}\\), as well as the ordering \\(\\leq_{\\mathbb{Q}}\\), to the set of real numbers \\(\\mathbb{R}\\).\nLet us emphasize that it is not claimed that, e.g., real numbers are Dedekind cuts of rationals, as they could also be defined using Cauchy sequences, or in other different ways. What is important, from a foundational point of view, is that the set-theoretic version of \\(\\mathbb{R}\\), together with the usual algebraic operations, satisfies the categorical axioms that the real numbers satisfy, namely those of a complete ordered field. The metaphysical question of what the real numbers really are is irrelevant here.\nAlgebraic structures can also be viewed as sets, as any \\(n\\)-ary relation on the elements of a set \\(A\\) can be viewed as a set of \\(n\\)-tuples \\((a_1,\\ldots ,a_n)\\) of elements of \\(A\\). And any \\(n\\)-ary function \\(f\\) on \\(A\\), with values on some set \\(B\\), can be seen as the set of \\(n+1\\)-tuples \\(((a_1,\\ldots ,a_n),b)\\) such that \\(b\\) is the value of \\(f\\) on \\((a_1,\\ldots ,a_m)\\). Thus, for example, a group is just a triple \\((A, +, 0)\\), where \\(A\\) is a non-empty set, \\(+\\) is a binary function on \\(A\\) that is associative, \\(0\\) is an element of \\(A\\) such that \\(a+0=0+a=a\\), for all \\(a\\in A\\), and for every \\(a\\in A\\) there is an element of \\(A\\), denoted by \\(-a\\), such that \\(a+(-a)=(-a)+a=0\\). Also, a topological space is just a set \\(X\\) together with a topology \\(\\tau\\) on it, i.e., \\(\\tau\\) is a subset of \\(\\mathcal{P}(X)\\) containing \\(X\\) and \\({\\varnothing}\\), and closed under arbitrary unions and finite intersections. Any mathematical object whatsoever can always be viewed as a set, or a proper class. The properties of the object can then be expressed in the language of set theory. Any mathematical statement can be formalized into the language of set theory, and any mathematical theorem can be derived, using the calculus of first-order logic, from the axioms of ZFC, or from some extension of ZFC. It is in this sense that set theory provides a foundation for mathematics.\nThe foundational role of set theory for mathematics, while significant, is by no means the only justification for its study. The ideas and techniques developed within set theory, such as infinite combinatorics, forcing, or the theory of large cardinals, have turned it into a deep and fascinating mathematical theory, worthy of study by itself, and with important applications to practically all areas of mathematics.\nThe remarkable fact that virtually all of mathematics can be formalized within ZFC, makes possible a mathematical study of mathematics itself. Thus, any questions about the existence of some mathematical object, or the provability of a conjecture or hypothesis can be given a mathematically precise formulation. This makes metamathematics possible, namely the mathematical study of mathematics itself. So, the question about the provability or unprovability of any given mathematical statement becomes a sensible mathematical question. When faced with an open mathematical problem or conjecture, it makes sense to ask for its provability or unprovability in the ZFC formal system. Unfortunately, the answer may be neither, because ZFC, if consistent, is incomplete.\nG\u00f6del\u2019s completeness theorem for first-order logic implies that ZFC is consistent\u2014i.e., no contradiction can be derived from it\u2014if and only if it has a model. A model of ZFC is a pair \\((M,E)\\), where \\(M\\) is a non-empty set and \\(E\\) is a binary relation on \\(M\\) such that all the axioms of ZFC are true when interpreted in \\((M,E)\\), i.e., when the variables that appear in the axioms range over elements of \\(M\\), and \\(\\in\\) is interpreted as \\(E\\). Thus, if \\(\\varphi\\) is a sentence of the language of set theory and one can find a model of ZFC in which \\(\\varphi\\) holds, then its negation \\(\\neg \\varphi\\) cannot be proved in ZFC. Hence, if one can find a model of \\(\\varphi\\) and also a model of \\(\\neg \\varphi\\), then \\(\\varphi\\) is neither provable nor disprovable in ZFC, in which case we say that \\(\\varphi\\) is undecidable in, or independent of, ZFC.\nIn 1931, G\u00f6del announced his striking incompleteness theorems, which assert that any reasonable formal system for mathematics is necessarily incomplete. In particular, if ZFC is consistent, then there are undecidable propositions in ZFC. Moreover, G\u00f6del\u2019s second incompleteness theorem implies that the formal (arithmetical) statement \\(CON(ZFC)\\), which asserts that ZFC is consistent, while true, cannot be proved in ZFC. And neither can its negation. Thus, \\(CON(ZFC)\\) is undecidable in ZFC.\nIf ZFC is consistent, then it cannot prove the existence of a model of ZFC, for otherwise ZFC would prove its own consistency. Thus, a proof of consistency or of undecidability of a given sentence \\(\\varphi\\) is always a relative consistency proof. That is, one assumes that ZFC is consistent, hence it has a model, and then one constructs another model of ZFC where the sentence \\(\\varphi\\) is true. We shall see several examples in the next sections.\nFrom Cantor and until about 1940, set theory developed mostly around the study of the continuum, that is, the real line \\(\\mathbb{R}\\). The main topic was the study of the so-called regularity properties, as well as other structural properties, of simply-definable sets of real numbers, an area of mathematics that is known as Descriptive Set Theory.\nDescriptive Set Theory is the study of the properties and structure of definable sets of real numbers and, more generally, of definable subsets of \\(\\mathbb{R}^n\\) and other Polish spaces (i.e., topological spaces that are homeomorphic to a separable complete metric space), such as the Baire space \\(\\mathcal{N}\\) of all functions \\(f:\\mathbb{N} \\to \\mathbb{N}\\), the space of complex numbers, Hilbert space, and separable Banach spaces. The simplest sets of real numbers are the basic open sets (i.e., the open intervals with rational endpoints), and their complements. The sets that are obtained in a countable number of steps by starting from the basic open sets and applying the operations of taking the complement and forming a countable union of previously obtained sets are the Borel sets. All Borel sets are regular, that is, they enjoy all the classical regularity properties. One example of a regularity property is the Lebesgue measurability: a set of reals is Lebesgue measurable if it differs from a Borel set by a null set, namely, a set that can be covered by sets of basic open intervals of arbitrarily-small total length. Thus, trivially, every Borel set is Lebesgue measurable, but sets more complicated than the Borel ones may not be. Other classical regularity properties are the Baire property (a set of reals has the Baire property if it differs from an open set by a meager set, namely, a set that is a countable union of sets that are not dense in any interval), and the perfect set property (a set of reals has the perfect set property if it is either countable or contains a perfect set, namely, a nonempty closed set with no isolated points). In ZFC one can prove that there exist non-regular sets of reals, but the AC is necessary for this (Solovay 1970).\nThe analytic sets, also called \\(\\mathbf{\\Sigma}^1_1\\), are the continuous images of Borel sets. And the co-analytic, or \\(\\mathbf{\\Pi}^1_1\\), sets are the complements of analytic sets.\nStarting from the analytic (or the co-analytic) sets and applying the operations of projection (from the product space \\(\\mathbb{R}\\times \\mathcal{N}\\) to \\(\\mathbb{R}\\)) and complementation, one obtains the projective sets. The projective sets form a hierarchy of increasing complexity. For example, if \\(A\\subseteq \\mathbb{R}\\times \\mathcal{N}\\) is co-analytic, then the projection \\(\\{ x\\in \\mathbb{R}: \\exists y\\in \\mathcal{N}((x,y)\\in A)\\}\\) is a projective set in the next level of complexity above the co-analytic sets. Those sets are called \\(\\mathbf{\\Sigma}^1_2\\), and their complements are called \\(\\mathbf{\\Pi}^1_2\\).\nThe projective sets come up very naturally in mathematical practice, for it turns out that a set \\(A\\) of reals is projective if and only if it is definable in the structure\n\\[\\mathcal{R}=(\\mathbb{R}, +,\\cdot ,\\mathbb{Z}).\\]\nThat is, there is a first-order formula \\(\\varphi ( x, y_1,\\ldots, y_n)\\) in the language for the structure such that for some \\(r_1,\\ldots ,r_n\\in \\mathbb{R}\\),\n\\[A=\\{ x\\in \\mathbb{R}: \\mathcal{R}\\models \\varphi(x,r_1,\\ldots ,r_n)\\}.\\]\nZFC proves that every analytic set, and therefore every co-analytic set, is Lebesgue measurable and has the Baire property. It also proves that every analytic set has the perfect set property. But the perfect set property for co-analytic sets implies that the first uncountable cardinal, \\(\\aleph_1\\), is a large cardinal in the constructible universe \\(L\\) (see Section 7), namely a so-called inaccessible cardinal (see Section 10), which implies that one cannot prove in ZFC that every co-analytic set has the perfect set property.\nThe theory of projective sets of complexity greater than co-analytic is completely undetermined by ZFC. For example, in \\(L\\) there is a \\(\\mathbf{\\Sigma}^1_2\\) set that is not Lebesgue measurable and does not have the Baire property, whereas if Martin\u2019s axiom holds (see Section 11), every such set has those regularity properties. There is, however, an axiom, called the axiom of Projective Determinacy, or PD, that is consistent with ZFC, modulo the consistency of some large cardinals (in fact, it follows from the existence of some large cardinals), and implies that all projective sets are regular. Moreover, PD settles essentially all questions about the projective sets. See the entry on large cardinals and determinacy for further details.\nA regularity property of sets that subsumes all other classical regularity properties is that of being determined. For simplicity, we shall work with the Baire space \\(\\mathcal{N}\\). Recall that the elements of \\(\\mathcal{N}\\) are functions \\(f:\\mathbb{N} \\to \\mathbb{N}\\), that is, sequences of natural numbers of length \\(\\omega\\). The space \\(\\mathcal{N}\\) is topologically equivalent (i.e., homeomorphic) to the set of irrational points of \\(\\mathbb{R}\\). So, since we are interested in the regularity properties of subsets of \\(\\mathbb{R}\\), and since countable sets, such as the set of rationals, are negligible in terms of those properties, we may as well work with \\(\\mathcal{N}\\), instead of \\(\\mathbb{R}\\).\nGiven \\(A\\subseteq \\mathcal{N}\\), the game associated to \\(A\\), denoted by \\({\\mathcal G}_A\\), has two players, I and II, who play alternatively \\(n_i\\in \\mathbb{N}\\): I plays \\(n_0\\), then II plays \\(n_1\\), then I plays \\(n_2\\), and so on. So, at stage \\(2k\\), player I plays \\(n_{2k}\\) and at stage \\(2k+1\\), player II plays \\(n_{2k+1} \\). We may visualize a run of the game as follows:\n\\(\\mathbf{I}\\) \\(n_0\\) \\(n_2\\) \\(n_4\\) \\(\\cdots\\) \\(n_{2k}\\) \\(\\cdots\\)\n\\(\\mathbf{II}\\) \\(n_1\\) \\(n_3\\) \\(\\cdots\\) \\(\\cdots\\) \\(n_{2k+1}\\) \\(\\cdots\\)\nAfter infinitely many moves, the two players produce an infinite sequence \\(n_0, n_1,n_2,\\ldots\\) of natural numbers. Player I wins the game if the sequence belongs to \\(A\\). Otherwise, player II wins.\nThe game \\({\\mathcal{G}}_A\\) is determined if there is a winning strategy for one of the players. A winning strategy for one of the players, say for player II, is a function \\(\\sigma\\) from the set of finite sequences of natural numbers into \\(\\mathbb{N}\\), such that if the player plays according to this function, i.e., she plays \\(\\sigma (n_0,\\ldots ,n_{2k})\\) at the \\(k\\)-th turn, she will always win the game, no matter what the other player does.\nWe say that a subset \\(A\\) of \\(\\mathcal{N}\\) is determined if and only if the game \\({\\mathcal{G}}_A\\) is determined.\nOne can prove in ZFC\u2014and the use of the AC is necessary\u2014that there are non-determined sets. Thus, the Axiom of Determinacy (AD), which asserts that all subsets of \\(\\mathcal{N}\\) are determined, is incompatible with the AC. But Donald Martin proved, in ZFC, that every Borel set is determined. Further, he showed that if there exists a large cardinal called measurable (see Section 10), then even the analytic sets are determined. The axiom of Projective Determinacy (PD) asserts that every projective set is determined. It turns out that PD implies that all projective sets of reals are regular, and Woodin has shown that, in a certain sense, PD settles essentially all questions about the projective sets. Moreover, PD seems to be necessary for this. Another axiom, \\(AD^{L(\\Bbb R )}\\), asserts that the AD holds in \\(L(\\Bbb R)\\), which is the least transitive class that contains all the ordinals and all the real numbers, and satisfies the ZF axioms (see Section 7). So, \\(AD^{L(\\Bbb R )}\\) implies that every set of reals that belongs to \\(L(\\Bbb R)\\) is regular. Also, since \\(L(\\Bbb R)\\) contains all projective sets, \\(AD^{L(\\Bbb R )}\\) implies PD.\nThe Continuum Hypothesis (CH), formulated by Cantor in 1878, asserts that every infinite set of real numbers has cardinality either \\(\\aleph_0\\) or the same cardinality as \\(\\mathbb{R}\\). Thus, the CH is equivalent to \\(2^{\\aleph_0}=\\aleph_1\\).\nCantor proved in 1883 that closed sets of real numbers have the perfect set property, from which it follows that every uncountable closed set of real numbers has the same cardinality as \\(\\mathbb{R}\\). Thus, the CH holds for closed sets. More than thirty years later, Pavel Aleksandrov extended the result to all Borel sets, and then Mikhail Suslin to all analytic sets. Thus, all analytic sets satisfy the CH. However, the efforts to prove that co-analytic sets satisfy the CH would not succeed, as this is not provable in ZFC.\nIn 1938 G\u00f6del proved the consistency of the CH with ZFC. Assuming that ZF is consistent, he built a model of ZFC, known as the constructible universe, in which the CH holds. Thus, the proof shows that if ZF is consistent, then so is ZF together with the AC and the CH. Hence, assuming ZF is consistent, the AC cannot be disproved in ZF and the CH cannot be disproved in ZFC.\nSee the entry on the continuum hypothesis for the current status of the problem, including the latest results by Woodin.\nG\u00f6del\u2019s constructible universe, denoted by \\(L\\), is defined by transfinite recursion on the ordinals, similarly as \\(V\\), but at successor steps, instead of taking the power set of \\(V_\\alpha\\) to obtain \\(V_{\\alpha +1}\\), one only takes those subsets of \\(L_\\alpha\\) that are definable in \\(L_\\alpha\\), using elements of \\(L_\\alpha\\) as parameters. Thus, letting \\(\\mathcal{P}^{Def}(X)\\) to denote the set of all the subsets of \\(X\\) that are definable in the structure \\((X,\\in )\\) by a formula of the language of set theory, using elements of \\(X\\) as parameters of the definition, we let\n\\(L_0={\\varnothing}\\)\n\\(L_{\\alpha +1}=\\mathcal{P}^{Def}(L_\\alpha)\\)\n\\(L_\\lambda =\\bigcup_{\\alpha <\\lambda}L_\\alpha\\), whenever \\(\\lambda\\) is a limit ordinal.\nThen \\(L\\) is the union of all the \\(L_\\alpha\\), for \\(\\alpha\\) an ordinal, i.e., \\(L=\\bigcup_{\\alpha \\in ON}L_\\alpha\\).\nG\u00f6del showed that \\(L\\) satisfies all the ZFC axioms, and also the CH. In fact, it satisfies the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis (GCH), namely \\(2^{\\aleph_\\alpha}=\\aleph_{\\alpha +1}\\), for every ordinal \\(\\alpha\\).\nThe statement \\(V=L\\), called the axiom of constructibility, asserts that every set belongs to \\(L\\). It holds in \\(L\\), hence it is consistent with ZFC, and implies both the AC and the GCH.\nThe proper class \\(L\\), together with the \\(\\in\\) relation restricted to \\(L\\), is an inner model of ZFC, that is, a transitive (i.e., it contains all elements of its elements) class that contains all ordinals and satisfies all the ZFC axioms. It is in fact the smallest inner model of ZFC, as any other inner model contains it.\nMore generally, given any set \\(A\\), one can build the smallest transitive model of ZF that contains \\(A\\) and all the ordinals in a similar manner as \\(L\\), but now starting with the transitive closure of \\(\\{A \\}\\), i.e., the smallest transitive set that contains \\(A\\), instead of \\({\\varnothing}\\). The resulting model, \\(L(A)\\), need not be however a model of the AC. One very important such model is \\(L(\\mathbb{R})\\), the smallest transitive model of ZF that contains all the ordinals and all the real numbers.\nThe theory of constructible sets owes much to the work of Ronald Jensen. He developed the so-called fine structure theory of \\(L\\) and isolated some combinatorial principles, such as the diamond (\\(\\diamondsuit\\)) and square (\\(\\Box\\)), which can be used to carry out complicated constructions of uncountable mathematical objects. Fine structure theory plays also an important role in the analysis of bigger \\(L\\)-like models, such as \\(L(\\mathbb{R})\\) or the inner models for large cardinals (see Section 10.1).\nIn 1963, twenty-five years after G\u00f6del\u2019s proof of the consistency of the CH and the AC, relative to the consistency of ZF, Paul Cohen (1966) proved the consistency of the negation of the CH, and also of the negation of the AC, relative to the consistency of ZF. Thus, if ZF is consistent, then the CH is undecidable in ZFC, and the AC is undecidable in ZF. To achieve this, Cohen devised a new and extremely powerful technique, called forcing, for expanding countable transitive models of ZF.\nSince the axiom \\(V=L\\) implies the AC and the CH, any model of the negation of the AC or the CH must violate \\(V=L\\). So, let\u2019s illustrate the idea of forcing in the case of building a model for the negation of \\(V=L\\). We start with a transitive model \\(M\\) of ZFC, which we may assume, without loss of generality, to be a model of \\(V=L\\). To violate \\(V=L\\) we need to expand \\(M\\) by adding a new set \\(r\\) so that, in the expanded model, \\(r\\) will be non-constructible. Since all hereditarily-finite sets are constructible, we aim to add an infinite set of natural numbers. The first problem we face is that \\(M\\) may contain already all subsets of \\(\\omega\\). Fortunately, by the L\u00f6wenheim-Skolem theorem for first-order logic, \\(M\\) has a countable elementary submodel \\(N\\). So, since we are only interested in the statements that hold in \\(M\\), and not in \\(M\\) itself, we may as well work with \\(N\\) instead of \\(M\\), and so we may assume that \\(M\\) itself is countable. Then, since \\(\\mathcal{P}(\\omega)\\) is uncountable, there are plenty of subsets of \\(\\omega\\) that do not belong to \\(M\\). But, unfortunately, we cannot just pick any infinite subset \\(r\\) of \\(\\omega\\) that does not belong to \\(M\\) and add it to \\(M\\). The reason is that \\(r\\) may encode a lot of information, so that when added to \\(M\\), \\(M\\) is no longer a model of ZFC, or it is still a model of \\(V=L\\). To avoid this, one needs to pick \\(r\\) with great care. The idea is to pick \\(r\\) generic over \\(M\\), meaning that \\(r\\) is built from its finite approximations in such a way that it does not have any property that is definable in \\(M\\) and can be avoided. For example, by viewing \\(r\\) as an infinite sequence of natural numbers in the increasing order, the property of \\(r\\) containing only finitely-many even numbers can be avoided, because given any finite approximation to \\(r\\)\u2014i.e., any finite increasing sequence of natural numbers\u2014one can always extend it by adding more even numbers, so that at the end of the construction \\(r\\) will contain infinitely-many even numbers; while the property of containing the number 7 cannot be avoided, because when a finite approximation to \\(r\\) contains the number 7, then it stays there no matter how the construction of \\(r\\) proceeds. Since \\(M\\) is countable, there are such generic \\(r\\). Then the expanded model \\(M[r]\\), which includes \\(M\\) and contains the new set \\(r\\), is called a generic extension of \\(M\\). Since we assumed \\(M\\) is a transitive model of \\(V=L\\), the model \\(M[r]\\) is just \\(L_\\alpha (r)\\), where \\(\\alpha\\) is the supremum of the ordinals of \\(M\\). Then one can show, using the forcing relation between finite approximations to \\(r\\) and formulas in the language of set theory expanded with so-called names for sets in the generic extension, that \\(M[r]\\) is a model of ZFC and \\(r\\) is not constructible in \\(M[r]\\), hence the axiom of constructibility \\(V=L\\) fails.\nIn general, a forcing extension of a model \\(M\\) is obtained by adding to \\(M\\) a generic subset \\(G\\) of some partially ordered set \\(\\mathbb{P}\\) that belongs to \\(M\\). In the above example, \\(\\mathbb{P}\\) would be the set of all finite increasing sequences of natural numbers, seen as finite approximations to the infinite sequence \\(r\\), ordered by \\(\\subseteq\\); and \\(G\\) would be the set of all finite initial segments of \\(r\\).\nIn the case of the consistency proof of the negation of the CH, one starts from a model \\(M\\) and adds \\(\\aleph_2\\) new subsets of \\(\\omega\\), so that in the generic extension the CH fails. In this case one needs to use an appropriate partial ordering \\(\\mathbb{P}\\) so that the \\(\\aleph_2\\) of \\(M\\) is not collapsed, i.e., it is the same as the \\(\\aleph_2\\) of the generic extension, and thus the generic extension \\(M[G]\\) will satisfy the sentence that says that there are \\(\\aleph_2\\) real numbers.\nBesides the CH, many other mathematical conjectures and problems about the continuum, and other infinite mathematical objects, have been shown undecidable in ZFC using the forcing technique.\nOne important example is Suslin\u2019s Hypothesis (SH). Cantor had shown that every linearly ordered set \\(S\\) without endpoints that is dense (i.e., between any two different elements of \\(S\\) there is another one), complete (i.e., every subset of \\(S\\) that is bounded above has a supremum), and with a countable dense subset is isomorphic to the real line. Suslin conjectured that this is still true if one relaxes the requirement of containing a countable dense subset to being ccc, i.e., every collection of pairwise-disjoint intervals is countable. In the early 1970s, Thomas Jech produced a consistent counterexample using forcing, and Ronald Jensen showed that a counterexample exists in \\(L\\). About the same time, Robert Solovay and Stanley Tennenbaum (1971) developed and used for the first time the iterated forcing technique to produce a model where the SH holds, thus showing its independence from ZFC. In order to make sure that the SH holds in the generic extension, one needs to destroy all counterexamples, but by destroying one particular counterexample one may inadvertently create new ones, and so one needs to force again and again; in fact one needs to go on for at least \\(\\omega_2\\)-many steps. This is why a forcing iteration is needed.\nAmong other famous mathematical problems that have been shown undecidable in ZFC thanks to the forcing technique, especially using iterated forcing and sometimes combined with large cardinals, we may mention the Measure Problem and the Borel Conjecture in measure theory, Kaplansky\u2019s Conjecture on Banach algebras, and Whitehead\u2019s Problem in group theory.\nAs a result of 50 years of development of the forcing technique, and its applications to many open problems in mathematics, there are now literally thousands of questions, in practically all areas of mathematics, that have been shown independent of ZFC. These include almost all questions about the structure of uncountable sets. One might say that the undecidability phenomenon is pervasive, to the point that the investigation of the uncountable has been rendered nearly impossible in ZFC alone (see however Shelah (1994) for remarkable exceptions).\nThis prompts the question about the truth-value of the statements that are undecided by ZFC. Should one be content with them being undecidable? Does it make sense at all to ask for their truth-value? There are several possible reactions to this. One is the skeptic\u2019s position: the statements that are undecidable in ZFC have no definite answer; and they may even be inherently vague. Another, the common one among mathematicians, is G\u00f6del\u2019s position: the undecidability only shows that the ZFC system is too weak to answer those questions, and therefore one should search for new axioms that once added to ZFC would answer them. The search for new axioms has been known as G\u00f6del\u2019s Program. See Hauser (2006) for a thorough philosophical discussion of the Program, and also the entry on large cardinals and determinacy for philosophical considerations on the justification of new axioms for set theory.\nA central theme of set theory is thus the search and classification of new axioms. These fall currently into two main types: the axioms of large cardinals and the forcing axioms.\nOne cannot prove in ZFC that there exists a regular limit cardinal \\(\\kappa\\), for if \\(\\kappa\\) is such a cardinal, then \\(L_\\kappa\\) is a model of ZFC, and so ZFC would prove its own consistency, contradicting G\u00f6del\u2019s second incompleteness theorem. Thus, the existence of a regular limit cardinal must be postulated as a new axiom. Such a cardinal is called weakly inaccessible. If, in addition \\(\\kappa\\) is a strong limit, i.e., \\(2^\\lambda <\\kappa\\), for every cardinal \\(\\lambda <\\kappa\\), then \\(\\kappa\\) is called strongly inaccessible. A cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is strongly inaccessible if and only if it is regular and \\(V_\\kappa \\) is a model of ZFC. If the GCH holds, then every weakly inaccessible cardinal is strongly inaccessible.\nLarge cardinals are uncountable cardinals satisfying some properties that make them very large, and whose existence cannot be proved in ZFC. The first weakly inaccessible cardinal is just the smallest of all large cardinals. Beyond inaccessible cardinals there is a rich and complex variety of large cardinals, which form a linear hierarchy in terms of consistency strength, and in many cases also in terms of outright implication. See the entry on independence and large cardinals for more details.\nTo formulate the next stronger large-cardinal notion, let us say that a subset \\(C\\) of an infinite cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is closed if every limit of elements of \\(C\\) is also in \\(C\\); and is unbounded if for every \\(\\alpha <\\kappa\\) there exists \\(\\beta\\in C\\) greater than \\(\\alpha\\). For example, the set of limit ordinals less than \\(\\kappa\\) is closed and unbounded. Also, a subset \\(S\\) of \\(\\kappa\\) is called stationary if it intersects every closed unbounded subset of \\(\\kappa\\). If \\(\\kappa\\) is regular and uncountable, then the set of all ordinals less than \\(\\kappa\\) of cofinality \\(\\omega\\) is an example of a stationary set. A regular cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is called Mahlo if the set of strongly inaccessible cardinals smaller than \\(\\kappa\\) is stationary. Thus, the first Mahlo cardinal is much larger than the first strongly inaccessible cardinal, as there are \\(\\kappa\\)-many strongly inaccessible cardinals smaller than \\(\\kappa\\).\nMuch stronger large cardinal notions arise from considering strong reflection properties. Recall that the Reflection Principle (Section 4), which is provable in ZFC, asserts that every true sentence (i.e., every sentence that holds in \\(V\\)) is true in some \\(V_\\alpha\\). A strengthening of this principle to second-order sentences yields some large cardinals. For example, \\(\\kappa\\) is strongly inaccessible if and only if every \\(\\Sigma^1_1\\) sentence (i.e., existential second-order sentence in the language of set theory, with one additional predicate symbol) true in any structure of the form \\((V_\\kappa ,\\in, A)\\), where \\(A\\subseteq V_\\kappa\\), is true in some \\((V_\\alpha ,\\in ,A\\cap V_\\alpha)\\), with \\(\\alpha <\\kappa\\). The same type of reflection, but now for \\(\\Pi^1_1\\) sentences (i.e., universal second-order sentences), yields a much stronger large cardinal property of \\(\\kappa\\), called weak compactness. Every weakly compact cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is Mahlo, and the set of Mahlo cardinals smaller than \\(\\kappa\\) is stationary. By allowing reflection for more complex second-order, or even higher-order, sentences one obtains large cardinal notions stronger than weak compactness.\nThe most famous large cardinals, called measurable, were discovered by Stanis\u0142aw Ulam in 1930 as a result of his solution to the Measure Problem. A (two-valued) measure, or ultrafilter, on a cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is a subset \\(U\\) of \\(\\mathcal{P}(\\kappa)\\) that has the following properties: (i) the intersection of any two elements of \\(U\\) is in \\(U\\); (ii) if \\(X\\in U\\) and \\(Y\\) is a subset of \\(\\kappa\\) such that \\(X\\subseteq Y\\), then \\(Y\\in U\\); and (iii) for every \\(X\\subseteq\\kappa\\), either \\(X\\in U\\) or \\(\\kappa -X\\in U\\), but not both. A measure \\(U\\) is called \\(\\kappa\\)-complete if every intersection of less than \\(\\kappa\\) elements of \\(U\\) is also in \\(U\\). And a measure is called non-principal if there is no \\(\\alpha <\\kappa\\) that belongs to all elements of \\(U\\). A cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is called measurable if there exists a measure on \\(\\kappa\\) that is \\(\\kappa\\)-complete and non-principal.\nMeasurable cardinals can be characterized by elementary embeddings of the universe \\(V\\) into some transitive class \\(M\\). That such an embedding \\(j:V\\to M\\) is elementary means that \\(j\\) preserves truth, i.e., for every formula \\(\\varphi (x_1,\\ldots ,x_n)\\) of the language of set theory, and every \\(a_1,\\ldots ,a_n\\), the sentence \\(\\varphi (a_1,\\ldots ,a_n)\\) holds in \\(V\\) if and only if \\(\\varphi (j(a_1),\\ldots ,j(a_n))\\) holds in \\(M\\). It turns out that a cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is measurable if and only if there exists an elementary embedding \\(j:V\\to M\\), with \\(M\\) transitive, so that \\(\\kappa\\) is the first ordinal moved by \\(j\\), i.e., the first ordinal such that \\(j(\\kappa)\\ne \\kappa\\). We say that \\(\\kappa\\) is the critical point of \\(j\\), and write \\(crit(j)=\\kappa\\). The embedding \\(j\\) is definable from a \\(\\kappa\\)-complete non-principal measure on \\(\\kappa\\), using the so-called ultrapower construction. Conversely, if \\(j:V\\to M\\) is an elementary embedding, with \\(M\\) transitive and \\(\\kappa=crit(j)\\), then the set \\(U=\\{ X\\subseteq \\kappa:\\kappa\\in j(X)\\}\\) is a \\(\\kappa\\)-complete non-principal ultrafilter on \\(\\kappa\\). A measure \\(U\\) obtained in this way from \\(j\\) is called normal.\nEvery measurable cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is weakly compact, and there are many weakly compact cardinals smaller than \\(\\kappa\\). In fact, below \\(\\kappa\\) there are many cardinals that are totally indescribable, i.e., they reflect all sentences, of any complexity, and in any higher-order language.\nIf \\(\\kappa\\) is measurable and \\(j:V\\to M\\) is given by the ultrapower construction, then \\(V_\\kappa \\subseteq M\\), and every sequence of length less than or equal to \\(\\kappa\\) of elements of \\(M\\) belongs to \\(M\\). Thus, \\(M\\) is quite similar to \\(V\\), but it cannot be \\(V\\) itself. Indeed, a famous theorem of Kenneth Kunen shows that there cannot be any elementary embedding \\(j:V\\to V\\), other than the trivial one, i.e., the identity. All known proofs of this result use the Axiom of Choice, and it is an outstanding important question if the axiom is necessary. Kunen\u2019s Theorem opens the door to formulating large cardinal notions stronger than measurability by requiring that \\(M\\) is closer to \\(V\\).\nFor example, \\(\\kappa\\) is called strong if for every ordinal \\(\\alpha\\) there exists an elementary embedding \\(j:V\\to M\\), for some \\(M\\) transitive, such that \\(\\kappa =crit(j)\\) and \\(V_\\alpha \\subseteq M\\).\nAnother important, and much stronger large cardinal notion is supercompactness. A cardinal \\(\\kappa\\) is supercompact if for every \\(\\alpha\\) there exists an elementary embedding \\(j:V\\to M\\), with \\(M\\) transitive and critical point \\(\\kappa\\), so that \\(j(\\kappa)>\\alpha\\) and every sequence of elements of \\(M\\) of length \\(\\alpha\\) belongs to \\(M\\).\nWoodin cardinals fall between strong and supercompact. Every supercompact cardinal is Woodin, and if \\(\\delta\\) is Woodin, then \\(V_\\delta\\) is a model of ZFC in which there is a proper class of strong cardinals. Thus, while a Woodin cardinal \\(\\delta\\) need not be itself very strong\u2014the first one is not even weakly compact\u2014it implies the existence of many large cardinals in \\(V_\\delta\\).\nBeyond supercompact cardinals we find the extendible cardinals, the huge, the super huge, etc.\nKunen\u2019s theorem about the non-existence of a non-trivial elementary embedding \\(j:V\\to V\\) actually shows that there cannot be an elementary embedding \\(j:V_{\\lambda +2}\\to V_{\\lambda +2}\\) different from the identity, for any \\(\\lambda\\).\nThe strongest large cardinal notions not known to be inconsistent, modulo ZFC, are the following:\nThere exists an elementary embedding \\(j:V_{\\lambda +1}\\to V_{\\lambda +1}\\) different from the identity.\nThere exists an elementary embedding \\(j:L(V_{\\lambda +1})\\to L(V_{\\lambda +1})\\) different from the identity.\nLarge cardinals form a linear hierarchy of increasing consistency strength. In fact they are the stepping stones of the interpretability hierarchy of mathematical theories. See the entry on independence and large cardinals for more details. Given any sentence \\(\\varphi\\), exactly one the following three possibilities holds about the theory ZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\):\nZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\) is inconsistent.\nZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\) is equiconsistent with ZFC.\nZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\) is equiconsistent with ZFC plus the existence of some large cardinal.\nThus, large cardinals can be used to prove that a given sentence \\(\\varphi\\) does not imply another sentence \\(\\psi\\), modulo ZFC, by showing that ZFC plus \\(\\psi\\) implies the consistency of some large cardinal, whereas ZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\) is consistent assuming the existence of a smaller large cardinal, or just assuming the consistency of ZFC. In other words, \\(\\psi\\) has higher consistency strength than \\(\\varphi\\), modulo ZFC. Then, by G\u00f6del\u2019s second incompleteness theorem, ZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\) cannot prove \\(\\psi\\), assuming ZFC plus \\(\\varphi\\) is consistent.\nAs we already pointed out, one cannot prove in ZFC that large cardinals exist. But everything indicates that their existence not only cannot be disproved, but in fact the assumption of their existence is a very reasonable axiom of set theory. For one thing, there is a lot of evidence for their consistency, especially for those large cardinals for which it is possible to construct an inner model.\nAn inner model of ZFC is a transitive proper class that contains all the ordinals and satisfies all ZFC axioms. Thus, \\(L\\) is the smallest inner model, while \\(V\\) is the largest. Some large cardinals, such as inaccessible, Mahlo, or weakly-compact, may exist in \\(L\\). That is, if \\(\\kappa\\) has one of these large cardinal properties, then it also has the property in \\(L\\). But some large cardinals cannot exist in \\(L\\). Indeed, Scott (1961) showed that if there exists a measurable cardinal \\(\\kappa\\), then \\(V\\ne L\\). It is important to notice that \\(\\kappa\\) does belong to \\(L\\), since \\(L\\) contains all ordinals, but it is not measurable in \\(L\\) because a \\(\\kappa\\)-complete non-principal measure on \\(\\kappa\\) cannot exist there.\nIf \\(\\kappa\\) is a measurable cardinal, then one can construct an \\(L\\)-like model in which \\(\\kappa\\) is measurable by taking a \\(\\kappa\\)-complete non-principal and normal measure \\(U\\) on \\(\\kappa\\), and proceeding as in the definition of \\(L\\), but now using \\(U\\) as an additional predicate. The resulting model, called \\(L[U]\\), is an inner model of ZFC in which \\(\\kappa\\) is measurable, and in fact \\(\\kappa\\) is the only measurable cardinal. The model is canonical, in the sense that any other normal measure witnessing the measurability of \\(\\kappa\\) would yield the same model, and has many of the properties of \\(L\\). For instance, it has a projective well ordering of the reals, and it satisfies the GCH.\nBuilding similar \\(L\\)-like models for stronger large cardinals, such as strong, or Woodin, is much harder. Those models are of the form \\(L[E]\\), where \\(E\\) is a sequence of extenders, each extender being a system of measures, that encode the relevant elementary embeddings.\nThe largest \\(L\\)-like inner models for large cardinals that have been obtained so far can contain Woodin limits of Woodin cardinals (Neeman 2002). However, building an \\(L\\)-like model for a supercompact cardinal is still a challenge. The supercompact barrier seems to be the crucial one, for Woodin has shown that for a kind of \\(L\\)-like inner model for a supercompact cardinal, which he calls the Ultimate-\\(L\\), all stronger large cardinals that may exist in \\(V\\), such as extendible, huge, I1, etc. would also exist in the model. The construction of Ultimate-\\(L\\) is still incomplete, and it is not clear yet that it will succeed, for it rests upon some technical hypotheses that need to be confirmed.\nThe existence of large cardinals has dramatic consequences, even for simply-definable small sets, like the projective sets of real numbers. For example, Solovay (1970) proved, assuming that there exists a measurable cardinal, that all \\(\\mathbf{\\Sigma}^1_2\\) sets of reals are Lebesgue measurable and have the Baire property, which cannot be proved in ZFC alone. And Shelah and Woodin (1990) showed that the existence of a proper class of Woodin cardinals implies that the theory of \\(L(\\mathbb{R})\\), even with real numbers as parameters, cannot be changed by forcing, which implies that all sets of real numbers that belong to \\(L(\\mathbb{R})\\) are regular. Further, under a weaker large-cardinal hypothesis, namely the existence of infinitely many Woodin cardinals, Martin and Steel (1989) proved that every projective set of real numbers is determined, i.e., the axiom of PD holds, hence all projective sets are regular. Moreover, Woodin showed that the existence of infinitely many Woodin cardinals, plus a measurable cardinal above all of them, implies that every set of reals in \\(L(\\mathbb{R})\\) is determined, i.e., the axiom \\(AD^{L(\\mathbb{R})}\\) holds, hence all sets of real numbers that belong to \\(L(\\mathbb{R})\\), and therefore all projective sets, are regular. He also showed that Woodin cardinals provide the optimal large cardinal assumptions by proving that the following two statements:\nThere are infinitely many Woodin cardinals.\n\\(AD^{L({\\Bbb R})}\\).\nare equiconsistent, i.e., ZFC plus 1 is consistent if and only if ZFC plus 2 is consistent. See the entry on large cardinals and determinacy for more details and related results.\nAnother area in which large cardinals play an important role is the exponentiation of singular cardinals. The so-called Singular Cardinal Hypothesis (SCH) completely determines the behavior of the exponentiation for singular cardinals, modulo the exponentiation for regular cardinals. The SCH follows from the GCH, and so it holds in \\(L\\). A consequence of the SCH is that if \\(2^{\\aleph_n}<\\aleph_\\omega\\), for all finite \\(n\\), then \\(2^{\\aleph_{\\omega}}=\\aleph_{\\omega +1}\\). Thus, if the GCH holds for cardinals smaller than \\(\\aleph_\\omega\\), then it also holds at \\(\\aleph_\\omega\\). The SCH holds above the first supercompact cardinal (Solovay). But Magidor (1977) showed that, remarkably, assuming the existence of large cardinals it is possible to build a model of ZFC where the GCH first fails at \\(\\aleph_\\omega\\), hence the SCH fails. Large cardinals stronger than measurable are actually needed for this. In contrast, however, ZFC alone suffices to prove that if the SCH holds for all cardinals smaller than \\(\\aleph_{\\omega_1}\\), then it also holds for \\(\\aleph_{\\omega_1}\\). Moreover, if the SCH holds for all singular cardinals of countable cofinality, then it holds for all singular cardinals (Silver).\nForcing axioms are axioms of set theory that assert that certain existential statements are absolute between the universe \\(V\\) of all sets and its (ideal) forcing extensions, i.e., some existential statements that hold in some forcing extensions of \\(V\\) are already true in \\(V\\). The first forcing axiom was formulated by Donald Martin in the wake of the Solovay-Tennenbaum proof of the consistency of Suslin\u2019s Hypothesis, and is now known as Martin\u2019s Axiom (MA). Before we state it, let us say that a partial ordering is a non-empty set \\(P\\) together with a binary relation \\(\\leq\\) on \\(P\\) that is reflexive and transitive. Two elements, \\(p\\) and \\(q\\), of \\(P\\) are called compatible if there exists \\(r\\in P\\) such that \\(r\\leq p\\) and \\(r\\leq q\\). An antichain of \\(P\\) is a subset of \\(P\\) whose elements are pairwise-incompatible. A partial ordering \\(P\\) is called ccc if every antichain of \\(P\\) is countable. A non-empty subset \\(G\\) of \\(P\\) is called a filter if (i) every two elements of \\(G\\) are compatible, and (ii) if \\(p\\in G\\) and \\(p\\leq q\\), then also \\(q\\in G\\). Finally, a subset \\(D\\) of \\(P\\) is called dense if for every \\(p\\in P\\) there is \\(q\\in D\\) such that \\(q\\leq p\\).\nMA asserts the following:\nFor every ccc partial ordering \\(P\\) and every set \\(\\{ D_\\alpha :\\alpha <\\omega_1\\}\\) of dense subsets of \\(P\\), there exists a filter \\(G\\subseteq P\\) that is generic for the set, i.e., \\(G\\cap D_\\alpha \\ne {\\varnothing}\\), for all \\(\\alpha <\\omega_1\\).\nMartin and Solovay (1970) proved that MA is consistent with ZFC, using iterated forcing with the ccc property. At first sight, MA may not look like an axiom, namely an obvious, or at least reasonable, assertion about sets, but rather like a technical statement about ccc partial orderings. It does look more natural, however, when expressed in topological terms, for it is simply a generalization of the well-known Baire Category Theorem, which asserts that in every compact Hausdorff topological space the intersection of countably-many dense open sets is non-empty. Indeed, MA is equivalent to:\nIn every compact Hausdorff ccc topological space, the intersection of \\(\\aleph_1\\)-many dense open sets is non-empty.\nMA has many different equivalent formulations and has been used very successfully to settle a large number of open problems in other areas of mathematics. For example, it implies Suslin\u2019s Hypothesis and that every \\(\\mathbf{\\Sigma}^1_2\\) set of reals is Lebesgue measurable and has the Baire property. It also implies the negation of the CH and that \\(2^{\\aleph_0}\\) is a regular cardinal, but it does not decide what cardinal it is. See Fremlin (1984) for many more consequences of MA and other equivalent formulations. In spite of this, the status of MA as an axiom of set theory is still unclear. Perhaps the most natural formulation of MA, from a foundational point of view, is in terms of reflection. Writing HC for the set of hereditarily-countable sets (i.e., countable sets whose elements are countable, the elements of which are also countable, and so on), MA is equivalent to:\nFor every ccc partial ordering \\(P\\), if an existential statement about \\(HC\\) holds in an (ideal) generic extension of \\(V\\) obtained by forcing with \\(P\\), then the statement is true, i.e., it holds in \\(V\\). In other words, if a set having a property that depends only on sets in \\(HC\\) exists in some (ideal) generic extension of \\(V\\) obtained by forcing with a ccc partial ordering, then a set with that property already exists in \\(V\\).\nThe notion of ideal generic extension of \\(V\\) can be made precise in terms of so-called Boolean-valued models, which provide an alternative version of forcing.\nMuch stronger forcing axioms than MA were introduced in the 1980s, such as J. Baumgartner\u2019s Proper Forcing Axiom (PFA), and the stronger Martin\u2019s Maximum (MM) of Foreman, Magidor, and Shelah (1988), which is essentially the strongest possible forcing axiom. Both the PFA and MM are consistent relative to the existence of a supercompact cardinal. The PFA asserts the same as MA, but for partial orderings that have a property weaker than the ccc, called properness, introduced by Shelah. 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Snacking\nMost entering freshmen and their families understand that some degree of snacking takes place in college, but they usually underestimate the amount of money college students spend eating snacks. College students will find that vending machines around campus can be linked to their dining points or will accept credit cards. This makes it very easy to swipe the card to get a soda or a snack in between classes, but doing so each day adds up. Late-night pizza delivery during study sessions seems typical of a college student, but ordering pizza even on a weekly basis can add hundreds of dollars to a student\u2019s cost of college per year.\nIt is important for students and parents to accurately budget the amount of money they will need to pay for each year of college education. Underestimating purchases such as snacks or\ntextbooks or failing to account for potentially high costs of travel, parking or participation in activities can leave students thousands of dollars short at the end of each academic year.\nMegan Dorsey is a college admissions expert and savvy SAT prep instructor who has helped thousands of students prepare for college admission. She earned her B.A. at Rice University, her M.Ed. at the University of Houston, and her Certificate in College Admissions Counseling at UCLA. Before founding College Prep Results, she served as a college counselor in the Houston Independent School District (HISD) where she developed the SAT and college-planning curriculum. In her last year in the public schools, the graduating class of 550 seniors earned over $14 million in scholarships. Megan\u2019s former students have attended a wide range of colleges and universities. When she\u2019s not advising families, Megan can be found watching Denver Broncos and\nHouston Texans football, playing chauffeur for her two children, trying to catch up on her book club reading, and visiting college campuses. You can learn more about Megan\u2019s tips for college planning on her website, CollegePrepResults.com.\nFinancial Aid College Admissions", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 6418, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 269.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://prcreative.ca/ryan/?tag=science-fiction", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:21Z", "digest": "sha1:2UDLE3E6MDVZHTQGBRUUSLE7TCXIS55J", "length": 8402, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "prcreative.ca", "title": "science fiction | Ryan Toxopeus Writing", "raw_content": "Review: Apocalypse AI \u2013 The Seven\nApocalypse AI, by A.J. Ramsey\nThe description of this book promises fast paced action and edge of your seat suspense. This could not be further from the truth.\nI have NEVER rated a book 1 star before, but this one is so, so deserving. This book spent literally 50% of its time as back story being told around a campfire. I WISH I WAS KIDDING! Just when you\u2019re thanking all the good things in the world that it\u2019s over, it\u2019s someone else\u2019s turn to tell her story! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? Campfire stories are NOT fast paced. They are NOT suspenseful.\nAnd this book hits SO MANY of my personal pet peeves, that if it weren\u2019t for Stephen King recommending that people read bad books to learn to write better, I would have deleted this one after the first chapter.\nI was so frustrated with the first chapter that I made some notes:\n\u201cStupid AI \u2013 Stops war it\u2019s winning for no apparent reason. Doesn\u2019t house multiple safe houses for its code.\u201d\nThe first point is never addressed in the book. The second, they make a sad attempt at explaining that the AI\u2019s code has become so enormous from its constant growth that it requires servers that fill a city.\nReally? An AI that cures cancer within one year of activation. An AI that can hardwire the brain to interface with the Internet. An AI that grows androids, has a limitless mechanical army \u2026 can\u2019t shrink hard drives and processors? The book takes place somewhere after 2040, I think. At that point, a super-brilliant AI should have conquered quantum computing, and maybe gone on even further. If HUMANS can shrink processors, hard drives, RAM, etc by several times on a regular basis, I\u2019m pretty sure this AI should be walking around in its own body. Or many bodies. The idea that it has made no progress on fixing its one weakness \u2013 the size of storage \u2013 is laughably bad. I mean, even if we suspend our disbelief for a moment, it has so many factories and robots all over the place, why can\u2019t it build more of these enormous servers somewhere else? It\u2019s infinitely smarter than any human, yet fails at this simple problem? It makes no sense whatsoever.\nSecond note: \u201cAwful analogy.\u201d\nThis is a quote \u2013 \u201cthink of it like tossing a grenade through DANA\u2019s (AI\u2019s) bedroom window. Even if we don\u2019t kill the AI, we can cut off its control over their robot army if we infect the core.\u201d\nI have a couple problems with this \u2026 what if DANA isn\u2019t in the bedroom at all? Then you\u2019ve wasted your grenade and done no damage. Why would blowing up the bedroom and failing to kill the AI cut it off from its robot army? Does it only have one computer in its bedroom, and there\u2019s nothing else in the rest of the house it could use to communicate?\nThere was one moment in the book where I thought, \u201cThat\u2019s actually kind of cool,\u201d when an android described its own creation and birth. Again, that\u2019s part of the insanely long info-dump exposition fireside story, so it wasn\u2019t enough to get me to like this. Honestly, the author should have started with that character\u2019s story as a stand alone book, because it sounded REALLY interesting, but not as a, \u201cHere\u2019s 50% of the book being her talking about her past\u201d kind of story. That was AWFUL. AWFUL I say.\nAnd then my #1 pet peeve of a first book in a series: it ends for no reason. There is absolutely no attempt to tie up any loose ends. It just says something along the lines of \u201cjoin us next time in book 2!\u201d and if I hadn\u2019t been holding an e-reader I would have thrown the book in a fire. I hated it so much I won\u2019t even add an affiliate link on my website\u2019s review, because I expect no one to buy it.\nMr. King, I know you said it\u2019s a good idea to read a bad book, but I didn\u2019t learn anything reading this, except that life\u2019s too short to waste on bad books.\nPosted in Review | Tagged 1 star, AI, Review, robots, science fiction\nReview: Star Rebels anthology\nStar Rebels\nRating: 3 to 5 stars\nThis is my first review of a short story anthology, and it\u2019s tricky. There were stories I loved so much that I plan on looking for more work by a few of the authors. There were others that were good, but I wasn\u2019t so hooked that I wanted to read more about the characters. There were others that were okay. Overall, I liked the composition of the anthology, and was pleasantly surprised to find it loaded with stories about female protagonists. Even the stories with male protagonists featured strong women.\nSo I\u2019ll go through, story by story, and give a brief one or two sentence review for each.\nA Tale of Two Ships was excellent, with a captivating magical sort of overtone. I want to find out what happens with the protagonist in this story.\nCarl Sagan\u2019s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe was an enjoyable read about collective, community intelligence that transcends physical forms. The alien protagonist was fascinating, but I\u2019d have to read a sample of any following books, because I feel like it\u2019s preparing to switch the POV to the human, and I feel like that story might be somewhat less interesting.\nBlood Ties felt unrealistic. You might be thinking that\u2019s not really a down-side for SF, but when an adult programmer is given a job to do, it\u2019s stressed that he\u2019s made the deadline very tight and will need help, and then his daughter has to do it all herself in the allotted amount of time? Yeah, that\u2019s not going to happen.\nPassage Out features a street urchin who\u2019s also a mathematical genius. It felt like it had an interesting backstory, and I was curious about the social disparity that continued to exist on the alternate-history Earth where aliens had intervened, at least partially.\nArcturus 5 was difficult to get a feel for at the start, because the protagonist is very alien, and the reveal of both the alien form and the political landscape came along slowly. There were a few times where little details were given to a mystery that I don\u2019t think the reader could have had a chance to figure out, or even have any way of knowing if it was technically possible. There was a lot of action, but with a diplomat as the main character, I\u2019d want to read a sample before continuing on, because it has the prospect of being pretty dry.\nTreason\u2019s Course was the reason I got this anthology, because I have loved LJ Cohen\u2019s space opera series. This story showed the back story to one of the characters who has captivated me in the series because she\u2019s so stone-cold and doesn\u2019t give away anything of her past. Seeing how some of the events and characters evolved around her was eye-opening. The scene breaks going back and forth from past to present were sometimes jarring, but the story was excellent.\nFalling\u2019s captain was somewhat unbelievable. Here stands someone in his early 20\u2019s who has apparently been a fleet captain, left, and gone and made quite a name for himself as an outlaw. He seems full of galactic experience that I found hard to believe fit into a character so young. There were certainly interesting aspects to the story, like the \u201cPrepper\u201d on the edge of space with his recycled goods. But I\u2019m really not interested in following the protagonist further.\nStarfall was an excellent story about a cyborg who\u2019s trying to find his place after his empire has fallen. Absolutely fantastic characters and pacing, and I want to read more about this story that reminds me a great deal of the tv show Firefly.\nLuminescence was a ho-hum story about an artificial human who\u2019s in a relationship with a human on a far distant moon (can\u2019t recall which one right now, but I think it orbits Jupiter. Maybe). Ancient knowledge is gained through \u201cseeds\u201d planted throughout the solar system, and I don\u2019t even remember how it ended. Wasn\u2019t very memorable for me.\nGlome kept me on the edge of my seat throughout as we watch the crew of a colony ship come out of a 1-way \u201cGlome\u201d that brings the crew to a hellish world. There are plenty of twists for a short story, and I\u2019d like to see what happens next.\nUnfinished was long. When I started reading it on my Kindle, I thought there would still be two stories left, but this was a multi-part story that examined the thoughts and feelings of artificial humans who are made to serve some unexplained dark purpose. I kept expecting the slaves to make a break for it at any time, and have no trouble escaping given their \u201cbetter than human\u201d makeup and training, but it continued to drag on.\nPosted in Review | Tagged Review, science fiction", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 28174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 267.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://prepareforchange.net/2018/09/29/wwii-bombs-had-rippling-effect-on-the-edge-of-space/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QUEY33FR2KQJBVFTE4HTTZWAFAAGGKZ7", "length": 6000, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "prepareforchange.net", "title": "WWII Bombs Had Rippling Effect on the Edge of Space - Prepare For Change", "raw_content": "September 29, 2018 September 29, 2018 by Richard Small\nBombing of a factory at Marienburg, Germany, on Oct. 9, 1943.\nCredit: U.S. Air Force/Public Domain\nNearly 80 years on, impacts from the violent bombings of World War II are still felt around the globe. Christopher Scott would know \u2014two of his aunts were killed at just 9 and 11 years of age during the London Blitz, Nazi Germany\u2019s eight-month onslaught against the British.\nThose aerial raids didn\u2019t just have rippling effects through generations of families. Scott, who is a space and atmospheric physicist at the University of Reading in the U.K., recently found that the bombs were felt at the edge of space, too.\nBy combing through archival data, Scott discovered that shock waves from the bombs briefly weakened the ionosphere, the outermost layer of Earth\u2019s atmosphere. [10 of the Most Powerful Explosions Ever]\nFrom lightning to bombs\nBetween around 50 and 375 miles (80 and 600 kilometers) above the ground, the ionosphere is where auroras are created and where astronauts on board the International Space Station live. Atoms of gas in this layer of the atmosphere get excited by solar radiation, forming electrically charged ions. The density and altitude of electrons, the negatively charged particles, in the ionosphere can fluctuate. [Infographic: Earth\u2019s Atmosphere Top to Bottom]\n\u201cThe ionosphere is far more variable than can be explained by solar activity,\u201d Scott told Live Science.\nScott\u2019s previous research had shown that lightning could enhance the ionosphere. He wanted to find out if this was due to the explosive energy of lightning or its electrical charge. So, he set out to look for well-documented explosions on the ground, and to compare the historical data with archival data from the Radio Research Centre in Slough, where scientists had measured the density ionosphere using radio pulses sent over a range of shortwave frequencies.\nScott said he originally intended to look at the effects of the London Blitz, but little information survives about the timing and munitions used for these raids. As an alternative, Scott\u2019s colleague Patrick Major, a historian at the University of Reading, provided a database on the bombing of Berlin between 1943 and 1944 and directed Scott to other data sets about Allied air raids in Europe.\nEach raid released the energy of at least 300 lightning strikes, Scott said, and historical accounts from the ground attest to the far-reaching power of bombs like the 22,000-lb. (10,000 kilogram) British \u201cGrand Slam.\u201d\n\u201cResidents under the bombs would routinely recall being thrown through the air by the pressure waves of air mines exploding, and window casements and doors would be blown off their hinges,\u201d Major said in a news release.\nWhen the researchers looked at the ionosphere-response records around the time of 152 large Allied air raids in Europe, they found that the electron concentration significantly decreased due to the shock waves from the bombs. The findings were published today (Sept. 25) in the journal Annales Geophysicae.\n\u201cI was able to see an effect in the U.K. ionospheric records from bombing over 1,000 km [620 miles] away,\u201d Scott said. \u201cI was surprised by that.\u201d\nIngo Mueller-Wodarg, a planetary scientist at Imperial College London who was not involved in the study, said the research is \u201ca neat demonstration of how the ionosphere is affected by activity on the ground, despite being many tens to hundreds of kilometers above the ground.\u201d\nThe effects of the shock waves would be temporary, Scott said, lasting under a day. \u201cThe ionosphere is largely controlled by solar radiation,\u201d he told Live Science. \u201cThe bombing represents a small impact by comparison.\u201d\nScott added that the ionosphere weakening may have affected the efficiency of shortwave radio communication, which relied on the ionosphere to reflect the signals over long distances.\nMore modern technologies, such as GPS, are affected by disturbances in the ionosphere. Another study published earlier this year found that the massive shock wave from a 2017 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket created a temporary hole in the ionosphere, which may have disrupted navigation signals for an hour or two afterward.\nMueller-Wodarg noted that there has long been speculation on whether earthquakes affect the ionosphere, with mixed results. \u201cThis study lends strong support to the suggestion that events on the ground which generate any kind of shock wave or strong impulses should be able to be felt in the ionosphere,\u201d Mueller-Wodargtold Live Science.\nScott said he also wants to find out if thunderstorms, volcanoes and earthquakes can be detected using similar methods.\nHe is also currently digitizing earlier U.K. ionospheric data with the intention to put this information online, so that volunteers can help identify more effects on the ionosphere. Doing so might help Scott understand why lightning has an impact on the ionosphere.\n\u201cThe ionospheric layer that we saw responding to the bombing was much higher than the one used in the lightning study, as it was the only one for which digital data currently exist,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThis is one of the reasons why I want to digitize the ionospheric data, so that we can look to see if the layer that was enhanced by lightning is also enhanced by the bombing. Only then can we say for sure if the lightning effect is due to shock waves or an electrical current \u2014or both.\u201d\nOriginal article on Live Science\nAs most of our readers will know there is something magical about the ionosphere, in that this cavety is what lends to the Schumann Resonance. That magical 7.83Hz frequancy for which is the pulse of the planet and gives to every living being. Seeing how devistating war\u2019s truely are, it\u2019s not just human and animal suffering, Gaia feels it in her heart beat directly!\nHumans are Waking Up: For First Time in Recorded History, Schumann Resonance Jumping to 36+\nCategories Science, Technology, TruthTags Gaia, History, science, WWII Post navigation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 16752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 267.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://primewritings.com/essays/religion/evolution-of-the-early-church.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:17Z", "digest": "sha1:ZV66HJFJWZSDNHSCYO4G5767JUC2JIHY", "length": 5909, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "primewritings.com", "title": "buy custom Evolution of the Early Church essay paper cheap. order Evolution of the Early Church essay for sale, pay", "raw_content": "Home / Free Essays / Religion / Evolution of the Early Church / Buy an essay\nCustom Evolution of the Early Church essay paper sample\nBuy custom Evolution of the Early Church essay paper cheap\nIn the first century CE, a Jewish sect started in the Palestine which marked the start of the early Christian church (Lockard, 193, 3). The roman culture was by then integrated into the early Christians\u2019 life. This was based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth who was a Jewish teacher during the time when Romans ruled Palestine. The early church was mostly influenced by the cultures that influenced Jewish faith such as Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Persian and Greek traditions. This section of the paper analyzes the early church in terms of evolution and the changes it went through to usher in the medieval church.\nThe coming of Jesus of Nazareth was a fulfillment of the Jewish law that rejected Heretics as well as the formal Jewish leaders. The early church then spread from Palestine to North Africa, southern Europe and western Asia. This was mostly accomplished in the third century 300 CE. While Jews scattered across North Africa, the number of non-Jewish Christians increased due to trade and occupation routes through North Africa and western Asia (Lockard, 195, 1). In this era, Christians believed in life after death and had rites such as baptism which was taken as an initiation rite into the church. Such rites fostered the strength of community belonging in the Christian church. The Christians also believed in the spiritual equality of all people.\nThe early church was mostly influenced by Paul\u2019s teachings which emphasized on the fact that Jesus Christ was a son of God meaning that he was a superior and divine being. Paul insisted that Jesus died for forgiveness of sins of all mankind when he was crucified. Paul also challenged the laws of Romans like slavery by insisting that all were equal in the eyes of Jesus Christ. His argument for spiritual equality was based on the fact that a young man who did not follow Jewish laws was miraculously transformed into a ollower of Christ (Lockard and Kyle, 188, 2).\nThe church in middle ages (400-1250 CE)\nDuring this time, the church changed from the early Christian church into the middle ages church popularly known as the medieval church. The time between the fourth century and the fifth century saw the fall of Rome into the rule of Barbarians. The fall of Roman Empire left the bishop of Rome as the sole patriarch of the west. The bishop was later named the pope and was the greater secular power over the municipal officials (Deanesly, 2, 1). This section of the paper focuses on the early middle ages church and how it evolved from the early church.\nBetween the fifth century and mid fifth century, the organization of the church evolved into groups in the cities which were headed by the bishop assisted by his clergymen. The church continued to grow into the countryside and a group of churches would form the parish (Deanesly, 3, 1). This means that in the medieval church, there were people who were ordained mostly by their political standing to head the church. The authority of the bishop extended to supervision of Episcopal elections which were conducted by the clergy and noble in the society. The bishop was also the head of the provincial group of churches which was known as Episcopal sees.\nThe Islamic religion is based mostly on the teachings of Prophet Muhammad who later died in the sixth century, 632 CE. The Islamic law started in the Arabian land during the Hellenistic period but it was not recognized as a religion (Berkey, 57, 1). In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Islamic religion was just emerging where people started having an Islamic identity and created patterns of religious authority. The Islamic adherence started in the deserts where the roman and other surrounding empires did not care to extend their rule. It was considered a barren land not worth governing. The Islamic religion was mostly monotheistic just like Judaism and Christianity.\nThe first dynasty of Muslim rulers was in the mid eighth century during the Abbasid revolution the successors of Muhammad. The early ages of Islamic religion depends on reconstruction of narrations which are hard to provide evidence for. The Islamic religion was much like Christianity because they believed in angels and prophets. For instance, Muhammad claimed that angel Gabriel appeared to him and gave him narrations about the religious laws of Islam which he was required to narrate in his presence. The rabbi leaders have openly agreed to subtracting or adding some information while reporting though they do not mean to lie. This is one of the issues that the Christians and Muslims do not agree on.\nThe medieval church was also different in that they trained the clergymen and formulated rules on discipline issues of the clergymen. The doctrine which was to be followed by the adherents of the medieval church was also laid down together with the canons which formed the standards and rules of governance of the church (Deanesly, 3, 1). Growth of the church and its doctrines were much affected by the political tide at the time. Some kings who ascended to power were religious while the Germans who entered the Roman Empire were neither pagans nor Arians. The church in Italy practiced heretical Christianity because congregating in one place was illegal. In North Africa though, the Christians were persecuted. This led to the formation of two religions the Roman Catholic and the Arian Christianity. Pope Gregory the great ruled the Catholic Church until his death in 593 CE (Logan, 18, 2). Most of the medieval church teachings and doctrines form the basis for today\u2019s church and its teachings. The medieval age also brought about the division of the church along doctrinal lines.\nTeachings of Siddharta Gautama\nThe Essence of Bhagavad-Gita", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 7875, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 199.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://projectdarla.com/darlamagazine/audiovisual-tinashe-x-company", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:27Z", "digest": "sha1:3LVZRPXZBVKIOIIPDC55UXHPZTKEHAVV", "length": 509, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "projectdarla.com", "title": "AUDIOVISUAL: TINASHE X COMPANY \u2014 #projectDARLA", "raw_content": "Two months after its release and Tinashe's Nightride album is still the first thing I wanna play when I wake up. She recently dropped the visuals for her single, \"Company\" and well... I'm not ashamed to say that I've (kinda, almost... well, I try) memorized this dance and do it as part of my morning ritual. If you haven't already check out this video from Tinashe, which quickly racked up millions of views on YouTube, and listen to her latest project, Nightride. 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M., Sch\u00f6berl, T., et al. (2015). Mechanical and chemical investigation of the interface between tungsten-based metallizations and annealed borophosphosilicate glass. Thin Solid Films, 583, 170-176. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2015.03.047.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1445, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.51, "perplexity": 211.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pview.findlaw.com/cmd/view?wld_id=1224597&pid=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:42:01Z", "digest": "sha1:OP23KGOVDW4XKLTHVQAEZ4VPUF6KQEYU", "length": 593, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "pview.findlaw.com", "title": "Anthony M. Salerno, P.C. - a Worcester, Massachusetts (MA) Criminal Defense Law Firm", "raw_content": "Anthony M. Salerno, P.C.\nAnthony M. Salerno, P.C. - Worcester, MA\n306 Main StreetWorcester, MA 01608\nVisit Website 866-678-4732 (24/7 Phone Line) Contact Us\nWorcester Criminal Defense Law Firm\nAggressive professional representation by the ONLY lawyer in Central Massachusetts who was also a State Trooper.\nOUI/DUI/DWI Defense\nTraveling Violation: A Legal Analysis Of the Restrictions on Athletes', New York Bar Association's International Law Review, Winter, 2012\nSalerno, Anthony (Attorney)\nSalerno, Michael Anthony (Associate)\n866-678-4732 (24/7 Phone Line)\nhttps://www.salernolawoffices.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 4787, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://qorf.org.au/about/life-members/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:20Z", "digest": "sha1:2AND4L6W7L5IU2OAV66ZGOQBCT7QEZBM", "length": 2690, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "qorf.org.au", "title": "Life Members - QORF", "raw_content": "The Management Committee may from time to time recommend to a General Meeting of members that the organisation confer life membership upon individuals who have rendered distinguished service to the Federation and/or to the wider outdoor recreation community in Queensland. (QORF Constitution)\nCelebrating 20 years of QORF\nFive Life Members have been conferred in our 20 year history since QORF was formed in 1996.\nKathy Kingsford (2009)\nRob Simson (2010)\nBrian Kross (2011)\nDave Batt (2012)\nDonna Little (2015)\nConferred 2009\nKathy Kingsford who was QORF Executive Officer from March 1999 to May 2008, has recently retired from a position with Sport and Recreation Services, Queensland Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing.\n\u201cVenerate the natural landscape and show this love of the natural world to others. I did my thesis on Landscape Aesthetics \u2013 it was first study I know of that addressed the issue of the value of landscapes as a resource \u2013 not just for recreation but for scenic aspects\u201d\nRob Simson was a pioneer of Outdoor Education in Queensland: introducing environmental studies into the curriculum; leading school excursions to Carnarvon Gorge; establishling the Outdoor Education Centre at Maroon Dam (MOEC), forming the Outdoor Educators Association of Queensland and developing orienteering in Australia. Rob passed away on 15 July 2018 in Brisbane.\n\u201cWhen looking back on QORF at that time I think the value it provided was the promotion of outdoor activity with control and standards around leadership ansd safety.\u201d\nBrian Kross joined the Seventh Day Adventist\u2019s Pathfinders Club at a young age and it soon became a way of life. Brian, at 78, is close to celebrating fifty years as a club and later district director of the organisation.\nDave Batt grew up playing in the outdoors sparking an interest in landscapes, nature conservation and outdoor recreation. These interests led to an Associate Diploma in Wilderness Reserves and Wildlife; 13+ years working for QPWS; and 18 years in various Queensland Government departments for Sport and Recreation, Forestry and Regional Planning.\nConferred 30 April 2015\n\u201cEvery now and then, I really do just have to immerse myself in deep nature, not just dance around the edges\u201d\nDonna Little spent her childhood swimming, camping along the Eastern seaboard and fossicking in the Queensland Outback. A trained teacher, the experience of leading at a US Summer Camp inspired her to facilitate outdoor opportunities for others. 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How that came to happen and how it later went is a great story, covered well both by Bruce Sterling in The Hacker Crackdown and by Steve Jackson himself on his company\u2019s web page: http://www.sjgames.com/SS/.\nA bunch of well-heeled, liberty-minded geeks got together to pay our legal bills. This organization was and still is called the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We didn\u2019t win a ton of money \u2014 I like describing what we ended up with as the Secret Service\u2019s annual sunglasses budget \u2014 but we did win, and it was enough money that Doug and Steve and some other guys thought to put it to good use by starting an Internet Service Provider. This was in 1993, the dawn of the Internet era, when AOL charged per-minute rates for a shitty, networked-but-not-actually-the-Internet experience. So it felt like we were really helping people. Also, we gave ourselves free Internet access, which was awesome.\nThere was a blurry line between who was working at the game company and who was working for the ISP. Or rather, it was a blurry boundary for me because I spent nearly all of my time at work doing whatever I could to push both of them forward. I was paid by the game company, but I\u2019d stay up all night working on something for the ISP. It was a hell of a lot of fun for a guy in the most immature stretch of his early 20s, and it\u2019s some of the most stressed out that I\u2019ve ever been in my life, but I did love it.\nDoug led the technical charge on getting the ISP off the ground, because at a rather tremendous level of detail he understood exactly what he was doing. Doug made it fun to spend more time at work because he was always very excited about some new thing, and his excitement was infectious.\nIt was no surprise then when Doug was the first of us to move to California, mining gold in Silicon Valley. The ISP\u2019s first employee was Jim McCoy, who shortly after Doug was the second one of us to move out that way, and before long the core group of people who shared that strange experience in that strange incubator had exploded out into the world in all different directions. But a good number of us ended up in California, eventually.\nAbout seven years later, Jim McCoy and my sister would meet and fall in love and marry, but before that, by the summer of 1999, I was still living in Austin working for a start-up in Austin which had just been bought out. I\u2019d declined to stay on with the new owners. The six months of watching the company get sold had been rough, though not for the reason you might think. I\u2019d had so little work to do that I was afraid that I had let myself get lazy. I thought maybe I could move to France for six months. After all, I knew how to live cheaply in France, back then, which was convenient as I had little money. I figured I\u2019d do contract work of some kind. At least it would keep me on my toes, as opposed to the half-year I\u2019d just spent on my ass.\nI never found it hard finding work. I found it hard to find something I loved doing, and I had my bar set pretty high. Also, like I said, I was still pretty immature, even for my age and my gender.\nA few weeks after leaving my job, my car died, a broken timing belt executing a perfect murder-suicide against a good number of other breakable things in and around the engine. I put it in the shop. Then my air-conditioner died, which kept my computer dead during the day. At night, when the sun\u2019s last rays had disappeared, it would return to live before being crushed again by the heat of the following day. I remained unsettled, even after the AC got fixed.\nThen for the first time in maybe six months I got an email from Doug, I forget why he was checking in, and when I mentioned to him that I was considering moving to Paris he recommended I see Silicon Valley before I left. He was gracious enough to offer to host me. He had a spare room, after all. And why not?\nDoug was the perfect tour guide. I got to catch up with Jim, too, who was doing quite well for himself at Yahoo!, and that weekend struck a very long chord in my geek hind-brain, like the last lingering tones on a Beatles album. It wasn\u2019t the Silicon Valley of my dreams, though it did undeniably feel like a dream of some kind \u2014 so strong a dream that it seemed perfectly reasonable and not at all out of the ordinary when I heard that the company where Doug was working wanted to interview me the next afternoon. An opening had come up that morning, and he had put in a good enough word for me that they were intrigued.\nIt was an international private detective agency. Their information security group, a Silicon Valley acquisition, had some interesting ideas, as people do, and were hiring.\nThe interview consisted of talking to different people for four hours, one at a time, on a variety of subjects. I asked the final interviewer what it was like working there, a day in the life. He looked like he wasn\u2019t sure how to answer, or even if he was supposed to answer, and then he said this.\n\u201cIn my last job for one of our clients, we had been hired by a company\u2019s board of directors. I had to pose as a Y2K consultant, and I had to get a meeting with the company\u2019s CEO. I had to talk convincingly with him about their Y2K coverage just so that I could be sitting close to him when the Federal marshals burst in to arrest him for corruption. I was supposed to prevent him from destroying any evidence on his computer while the marshals crossed the room to where we sat, and then I was to assist them in preserving as much of the machine\u2019s state as possible to be used as evidence against the man.\u201d\nHe sat back, letting me digest that.\nA few minutes after I walked out of his office, they handed me an employment contract and a check for what to me today is still a lot of money. They urged me to stay there, to blow off the flight home, and to begin work the next day \u2014 they had a lot going on, and they wanted me to start right then. They could send people to my tin-roofed shack in Austin to pack it up for me, if that was what I was worried about. My return flight was supposed to take off in less than three hours.\nI told them I was sorry, but that I had to take the plane. I remember the words coming out, though I could not tell you the thought process that led to me saying them.\nWe totally understand, they said. We know this is coming out of nowhere. But tell you what: this offer\u2019s good for 24 hours. Go home. Sleep. And tomorrow, you think about it. If you want the job, all you have to do is deposit the check. Then \u2014 do you have a car? Why not just get in your car and drive? It\u2019s not a bad drive. Put on some music.\nNext thing I knew, I was on the plane, in mid-flight. Against the dull roar of the engines, I thought about driving music. I tried on Led Zeppelin\u2019s \u201cGoing to California,\u201d for the appropriately dramatic moment, and noted with interest that it made me shudder, and cry.\nOh my God, I thought, I\u2019m going to have to get really mature, really fast.\nAs early as 7:30 in the morning, I began calling people. Several people told me they knew just by the look of me. I was leaving.\nMy car had been fixed. After circling the city, seeing or at least calling everyone, stopping at least briefly at every favorite haunt and every memory-filled bridge, driving every route through Austin that for whatever reason had come somehow to mean something to me, I swung by my bank\u2019s drive-through service center. A few minutes before 5 PM, I put the check in a teller\u2019s pneumatic tube and in one whoosh I was gone.\n\u2190 From the beginning", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 9401, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rainstormmediagroup.com/advertising-social-media-comparison-radio-newspaper-televison/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:34Z", "digest": "sha1:JPA25UB4TX4H5J46UMIVNDSF5D3HG35J", "length": 2922, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "rainstormmediagroup.com", "title": "Advertising on Social Media in Comparison to Radio, Newspaper and Televison | Rainstorm Media Group", "raw_content": "As a media producer with over seven years experience producing Web content, I have been able to find out the best practices to advertising for different companies.\nBefore a company sets an advertising budget, before a company opens their doors, and before they pick out a spot for the business, the first thing a company should do is create a new product that fills demand. Once the company has gauged the amount of revenue they will collect in comparison to spending costs, then they can start to create engaging ways to deliver the product to a mass market.\nThe big problem for a lot of businesses is instant gratification.\nOur generation in general is rushed to failure or success without taking the steps to refine their business plan.\nWith my company, I\u2019ve been mirroring other media outlets growth cycle on a smaller scale. I understand that I will take a loss year after year during development, but I have been wise enough not to get in too much overhead to run the company. Currently, I am building more revenue to balance the operations cost. This is a pivot I should have taken during the first year.\nAs the company brings in more revenue, I continue advertise on Google AdWords. The return on investment for my company fits best with Google AdWords overall.\nThat being said, I have used Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for social media advertising. Out of the three, I find YouTube to be the most effective medium for most companies.\nVanity metrics are similar to the amount of followers on a social media platform. It is important to note, that those numbers do nothing to increase revenue and growth for a company.\nAdvertising on social media is like putting lipstick on a pig.\nThe false conception that people are viewing, liking or sharing a piece of creative work is important can be another big problem.\nThe reality behind advertising is that television-based ads work the best overall. During my time as an undergraduate student, I attended marketing classes at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The professor noted that television and radio use a reoccurring model that displays the ad several times during a viewing or listening experience.\nWhen a consumer is shown an ad over 20 times it will start to attach to their long-term memory. Also, when a consumer goes to make a buying decision, their long-term memory is a very important piece to the purchase.\nFurthermore, social media advertising does display ads to a specific audience, but after the viewer has engage with the ad once, and if the advertising budget runs out, they will not be likely to see the ad several times in one day.\nThis creates a false impression that people will be interested in buying the product when it comes to making a decision.\nMany of my friends use social media advertising, and I hope they watch the YouTube video below to find out more on how to strengthen their product before going after a larger audience.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4149, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 254.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ralphphall.com/2016/04/07/vt-shaped-student/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:25Z", "digest": "sha1:32JJRRYIDYDLCJTG2GVPTIYSNYYPKZWE", "length": 820, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "ralphphall.com", "title": "Nneoma Nwankwo \u2013 a \u201cVT-Shaped\u201d Student | Ralph P Hall", "raw_content": "Nneoma Nwankwo \u2013 a \u201cVT-Shaped\u201d Student\nCongratulations Nneoma Nwankwo for being named Virginia Tech\u2019s Undergraduate Student of the Year! This is a significant accomplishment and is very well deserved.\nHaving worked closely with Nneoma over the past several years, I believe she provides a great example of what we will soon be referring to as the \u201cVT-Shaped\u201d student \u2013 i.e., a student with disciplinary depth, interdisciplinary and broader (universal) capacities, and a strong service/engagement ethic. Her work on menstrual hygiene management (MHM) in Africa is one example of how she is able to use her knowledge, skills, and compassion to serve the undeserved and bring attention to an important global issue.\n\u00ab Data Anonymization Presentation Congratulations Nneoma Nwankwo! \u00bb\nTags: Nneoma Nwankwo, VT-shaped student", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4602, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rattlesandheels.com/meet-my-baby-girl/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:09Z", "digest": "sha1:ALAVWWZ2MYYKHB43ULIYZTASF5NGGSYJ", "length": 1251, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "rattlesandheels.com", "title": "Meet My Baby Girl - Rattles & Heels", "raw_content": "By Adanna Baby, Breastfeeding, Motherhood, New Born, New Mom, Pregnancy November 15, 2017\nYay! I\u2019m so excited to share the news that Baby Rattles is here! Okay, so this is not new information for many of you who follow me on Instagram and have seen my stories within the last few days. My baby girl, my second daughter is here and we are all so in love with her. This beautiful baby girl joined our family at 1:32 am on 11/11, such a magical date. I make big babies so I wasn\u2019t surprised that she weighted 8 pounds 2 oz. I\u2019m going to make a video to share her birth story as soon as we\u2019ve settled in a bit and I have more of a routine going.\nIn the meanwhile, I\u2019m going to be spending my time kissing her chubby cheeks, snuggling with her and sniffing her new baby smell. I know everyone says this but she\u2019s truly completed our family, the kids are really excited to have a baby sister and they can\u2019t stop staring at her and asking to hold her. Our home feels so good with her and I am ridiculously happy, it\u2019s a euphoric feeling that I can\u2019t explain. My life is so much richer and I\u2019m filled with gratitude to have such a wonderful family.\nPrevious articleTHINGS TO DO WHILE WAITING FOR BABY TO ARRIVE\nNext article3 Ways to Encourage Kids Friendships", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rbrettlaw.com/lawyer/2017/04/11/Business-Law-Issues-and-Trends/Why-Your-Business-Needs-an-Email-Policy.--_bl29289.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:36Z", "digest": "sha1:SVYQAKXKPGSGFF47VE3YNWO5SSQ7UHYU", "length": 1760, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "rbrettlaw.com", "title": "Why Your Business Needs an Email Policy. | News & Opinions", "raw_content": "In the contemporary workplace, email is an essential and efficient form of communication. Whether it is used internally among staff members, or for exchanges with vendors and customers, email is a necessary business tool. At the same time, misuse of this technology can expose an organization to legal and reputational risks as well as security breaches. For this reason, it is crucial to put a formal email policy in place.\nBy having employees read and sign the email policy, a business can protect itself from liability if a message with inappropriate content is transmitted. Further, if personal emails are prohibited, employees are more likely to conduct themselves in a professional manner. Because personal emails tend to be more informal and unprofessional, these messages pose a risk to the company's image if they are accidentally sent to customers. Lastly, email that is used for non-business reasons is a distraction that can adversely affect productivity.\nIn order for a policy to be effective, it is necessary to provide training to all the employees, enforce it consistently and implement a monitoring system to detect misuse of the email system. Ultimately, establishing a formal email policy and providing it to all employees will ensure a business remains productive and efficient. If an employee violates the policy, a company will also have the ability to take disciplinary action. Lastly, a well designed policy will ensure the company's image and brand is protected.\nThe Law Office of Randall P. Brett has assisted many organizations in developing email and related technology polices as well as policies that protect employers and employees from harassment. 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Managers need to be knowledgeable about these types of skills in order to be effective at their jobs because managing and supervising others is one of the hardest things to do. The companies that offer courses for professionals include classes in business management and their topics include everything from managing different types of people to personalising your techniques so that your business runs smoothly. Whether you work in oil and gas, public relations, sales, or the legal profession, the people designated as managers have to know just what they\u2019re doing, which makes the companies that offer business management classes truly invaluable.\nWhether you\u2019re a junior manager, a senior supervisor, or a chairperson of a board, you need to know how to work with your subordinates. An effective manager has the right amount of education, knowledge, and skills and taking a class in business management is one of the easiest ways to accomplish this. Most of the classes offered last from several days to roughly two weeks so they don\u2019t keep you away from the office for too long but do they provide invaluable information that is guaranteed to make you a better manager. The right business management course is applicable to all types of managers including operations managers, public relations supervisors, sales managers, and even human resources managers. The companies that offer the courses provide everything you need to make it a success including all class materials, Wi-Fi access, and competent instructors who know the subject matter well. You can easily gain the knowledge you need to help you become a better manager practically overnight and the courses are inexpensive as well.\nBeing a Better Manager Just Got Easier\nManagement skills are not learned overnight but with professional development classes, you can learn what you need to know quickly, allowing you to go back to your office and apply that knowledge in order to have better relationships with everyone who works under you. Whether you have five subordinates or two hundred, the job is a lot easier once you have the knowledge and skills to back you up. These courses also give you more confidence in your ability to supervise others as well as provide you with the skills to know how to handle specific situations that you may not have known how to handle in the past. After all, supervising others is not merely telling those people what to do \u2014 far from it. It requires an understanding of human behaviour and the ability to work with people with all types of personalities, which is a lot easier to do once you\u2019re prepared for this task.\nManaging others can be complex but with the right training, you will be a lot more prepared for this challenging task. Classes for professionals include business management classes that can prepare you to be an excellent supervisor in a shorter amount of time than you think.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 5713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 230.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://realtradersblogs.com/the-best-magazine-printing-service-available-online.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:55Z", "digest": "sha1:KJEYTQ3IVNDS6BWMIDTTXYP6RNGKEQFM", "length": 686, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "realtradersblogs.com", "title": "The Best Magazine Printing Service available Online \u2013 Real Traders Blogs", "raw_content": "For a significant length of time, the magazine printing Singapore has been offering their services to a wide number of businesses in the region. They have been deemed the best in providing all kinds of magazines and other kinds of printing services for a reasonable price. It would be pertinent to mention here that despite the competitive price to suit your budget, the company would not be compromising on the quality of the printing service.\nThey have been aware of the deadlines that you would be facing. As a result, their team of experts would guarantee a relatively quick response to your demands. It would be imperative to make sure that your magazines would be printed on time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 3224, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 156.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://recoveringshopaholic.com/2013/09/16/retail-therapy-is-a-ruse/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:30Z", "digest": "sha1:6DYO6OB6BFK5FSTHSIQ5TBU7VENYHQUN", "length": 14479, "nlines": 62, "source_domain": "recoveringshopaholic.com", "title": "Retail Therapy is a Ruse \u2013 Recovering Shopaholic", "raw_content": "A few weeks ago, the following quote was posted by one of my Facebook \u201cfriends\u201d:\nRetail therapy works every time.\u201d\nI had to resist the strong temptation to fire back with, \u201cNo, it doesn\u2019t!\u201d Although I didn\u2019t want to get into a lengthy debate on Facebook, I do want to write about the concept of \u201cretail therapy\u201d here on the blog. I have some strong feelings about this term and its implications. In today\u2019s post, I share my thoughts on \u201cretail therapy,\u201d how I don\u2019t believe it\u2019s really helpful at all, and what I believe might work every time.\nSo you shopped til you dropped \u2013 did it really help anything?\nLike Nails on a Chalkboard\u2026\nEvery time I see or hear the term \u201cretail therapy,\u201d it\u2019s like nails on a chalkboard for me. I truly hate the term, for several reasons:\nIt suggests that shopping can actually serve as a form of therapy.\nIt minimizes the reality that many people actually struggle with overshopping as a serious problem.\nIt perpetuates the tendency that most people in society have to numb their pain rather than deal with it.\nOther \u201cCutesy\u201d Sayings about Shopping\nI know not everyone who uses the phrase \u201cretail therapy\u201d is trying to make the above statements or would even agree with them. Yet that doesn\u2019t stop the visceral reaction I have whenever I hear or read the term. It simply makes my blood boil! Of course, it\u2019s only one of the \u201ccutesy\u201d sayings that have proliferated in reference to shopping. Here are a few more:\n\u201cShopping is cheaper than therapy.\u201d\n\u201cWhen in doubt, go shopping.\u201d\n\u201cWhoever said money doesn\u2019t buy happiness didn\u2019t know where to shop.\u201d\n\u201cKeep calm and go shopping.\u201d\nI could go on and on. There are so many similar sayings. Just type \u201cshopping quotes\u201d in Google and you\u2019ll see hundreds of them, often accompanied by cute graphics and snappy photos.\nThe \u201cSmiled Upon Addiction\u201d\nIt doesn\u2019t surprise me that so many people make light of the very real problem of compulsive buying. After all, Dr. April Benson (author of \u201cTo Buy or Not to Buy\u201d) often refers to compulsive shopping as the \u201csmiled upon addiction.\u201d It isn\u2019t taken seriously by many people and is viewed as a less serious addiction than such problems as alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, and compulsive gambling.\n\u201cWhen I Shop, The World Gets Better\u2026\u201d\nAs I scrolled through the sea of quotes about shopping, one in particular caught my eye for its sheer raw honesty:\nWhen I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better. But then it\u2019s not, and I need to do it again.\u201d \u2013 Rebecca Bloomwood\nRebecca Bloomwood is the main character in the \u201cShopaholic\u201d book series by Sophie Kinsella. While I haven\u2019t read the books, I did see the 2009 film adaptation, \u201cConfessions of a Shopaholic,\u201d starring Isla Fisher. It was this film that really opened my eyes to the depths of my own shopping addiction. The movie is supposed to be a comedy, yet several scenes brought me to tears, as I recognized so much of myself in the experiences and struggles of Rebecca Bloomwood.\nThe Dark Side of \u201cRetail Therapy\u201d\nThe quote above exemplifies the dark side of \u201cretail therapy.\u201d We go shopping to feel better about what\u2019s wrong in our lives or to escape our negative feelings. While we are shopping, we do feel better, as we are completely immersed in the shopping experience instead of dealing with the problems in our lives.\nSo \u201cretail therapy\u201d does work, in theory, but only for a very short period of time. After we leave the mall or click \u201cbuy now\u201d on our computers, our reality comes rushing back to us. What\u2019s worse, we may also feel a rush of guilt for overspending, leading us to feel even worse that we did before we shopped.\nWhy We Continue the Ruse\nIf \u201cretail therapy\u201d doesn\u2019t work and is indeed actually a ruse, why do we continue doing it? I can\u2019t speak for everyone, but I know I continue shopping because even though I only feel better for a little while, it\u2019s still better than feeling bad all or most of the time. That little hit of emotional high, be it for ten minutes or three hours, can be mighty addictive, even when we intellectually know the high will be followed by a dip in our mood.\nMost of what human beings do is motivated by two desires:\nTo gain pleasure\nTo avoid pain\nShopping serves both purposes, as we feel good while we\u2019re shopping and avoid painful negative feelings during the shopping process. So the behavior of shopping is reinforced on both levels, making it much more difficult to stop. Of course, we often do feel pain when we open our credit card statements or peer into our overloaded closets, and that pain is frequently too much for us to bear, especially when it\u2019s piled on top of the all of the other pains in our lives. We don\u2019t know how to cope, so we rush back into the behavior we know will make us feel better \u2013 shopping.\nThe Vicious Circle of Overshopping\nWhile this vicious circle defies logic, it\u2019s what we know. It\u2019s familiar, so we keep doing it. Even as I wrote on this blog how much I hate my full closet and crave a minimalist wardrobe and quality over quantity, I bought 21 new pieces during the month of August. Sure, I gave away more than I brought in, but it still felt like two steps forward, one step back.\nClearly, I\u2019m not a stupid person. I know about cause and effect and I realize that if I keep buying more and more, I will continue to have an overly large and unmanageable wardrobe. Yet shopping has been my primary coping mechanism for years. When I feel stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, scared, drained, lonely, etc., my first thought is to go shopping. Although I hate the term \u201cretail therapy,\u201d I still persist in trying to do it, even though it doesn\u2019t work!\nIf Not Retail Therapy, Then What Does Work?\nIf shopping (or eating or drinking or drugs or whatever) doesn\u2019t work to help us overcome our difficulties in life, then what does work? There are no easy answers here. In fact, the answer is one most of us don\u2019t want to hear. We have to do the real work in our lives, and that work is often difficult, painful, and scary.\nWe have to look at what\u2019s really bothering us, because I\u2019m relatively certain your real problem is not that you don\u2019t have enough clothes, shoes or accessories in your closet (it\u2019s not mine, either). I\u2019m fairly sure your biggest problem in life is not that you don\u2019t have the latest trends in the newest \u201cit\u201d colors of the season. What\u2019s really eating us is usually far deeper \u2013 and far scarier \u2013 than issues of a sartorial nature.\nIn my life, my real problems are that my health sucks, my career is in limbo, and I\u2019m incredibly lonely and devoid of many deep connections in my life. My family relationships feel shallow and empty, I\u2019ve lost touch with most of my friends, and I have little idea how to cultivate new friendships that will fulfill me. I continue to struggle with insecurity and body image issues, as well as anxiety about my health and safety in an uncertain world.\nCraving a Short Respite from Reality\nWhen I consider all of those things for even a few moments, my head starts to spin and I feel like I just might lose my mind. It\u2019s no surprise I want to hit the shops for an oasis of beauty and sanity, if even for a short respite from reality. If I do so, will I feel better for a while? Sure, I will. Will it solve any of my problems even a teeny tiny bit? Of course not!\nThe problems of my life \u2013 or any of our lives \u2013 can\u2019t be solved overnight. We didn\u2019t get to where we are overnight, so we won\u2019t be able to dig ourselves out of the mire overnight, either. It takes daily diligence and taking slow but sure \u201cbaby steps\u201d to make progress in cultivating the types of lives we truly want to live.\nThere will be setbacks and things will feel overwhelmingly scary at times. But what\u2019s the alternative? To escape through shopping and other similar \u201cnumbing\u201d activities, only to have reality come crashing back upon us shortly thereafter? We all know that\u2019s not the answer\u2026\nGetting Off the \u201cRetail Therapy\u201d Train\nI want to get off the \u201cretail therapy\u201d train because I understand it for the ruse it truly is. It\u2019s not really any type of therapy; it\u2019s merely an escape and a temporary diversion. I want to face the issues in my life head on and put shopping into its rightful place in my life, a means to an end when there is a true need to purchase new items.\n\u201cRetail therapy\u201d does not work every time \u2013 never has, never will. There is no easy road. The only way out is through, and sometimes we might get a bit windblown and dirty in the process. But what\u2019s on the other side is better than anything we can buy in a store. It\u2019s true freedom, acceptance, and joy. I\u2019m in. How about you?\n\u2190 Useful Links on Tailoring Your Clothes\nLearning from Our Shopping Mistakes \u2192\n10 thoughts on \u201cRetail Therapy is a Ruse\u201d\nWhen this post landed in my in box I thought it said Therapy is a Ruse. I was thinking uh-oh, that can\u2019t be good \ud83d\ude42 I know that I can\u2019t engage in retail therapy-nor can I enjoy a glass of wine with dinner. Over shopping was just the latest in a long line of addictions for me. I am trying really hard to deal with the real reasons for all of these addictive behaviors. Otherwise I know I\u2019ll just come up with a new one. I have exhausted so many options that I shutter to think what I would come up with next. Excessive hamster adopting? All those wheels squeaking! I think the key to my success is focus. When I am doing what I am supposed to do: such as things that need to be done, things I want to do, tending to my social life, my spiritual life, and remembering what I learned about compulsive shopping I do well. When I stop doing those things packages are speeding their way to me. It\u2019s very simple, but sometimes so hard to do.\nI like your sense of humor, Tonya! Like you, I\u2019ve struggled with a long line of addictions over the course of my life. I agree that focus is very important in terms of dealing with these types of behaviors. I do better, too, when I\u2019m doing the things that need to be done in my life. Otherwise, I\u2019m more prone to escaping through shopping and other types of self-destructive behaviors. You\u2019re right that it\u2019s simple, but simple and easy are too completely different animals!\nI don\u2019t buy retail therapy either. It seems to me that going cold turkey (no shopping for an extended period of time \u2014 4-6 months, maybe \u2014 to modify behavior) one of the best ways to tackle over-shopping. That, and finding alternative avenues for socializing, finding self worth, etc., such as volunteering. I finally understand why, Debbie, you have continued to shop while writing this blog about reducing the size of your wardrobe (I\u2019ve been stumped by this). I still recommend cutting down (or out) the amount of $$ you spend each month so you don\u2019t give yourself permission to shop because it\u2019s a budgeted expenditure.\nI\u2019ve tried cold turkey a number of times, Dottie, as well as cutting down my budget and other behavioral types of interventions. I continued to be a shopaholic because I didn\u2019t deal with the underlying issues. I\u2019m now doing that, along with some behavioral changes, and I\u2019m gradually getting better. There is no \u201cone size fits all\u201d approach. We can suggest things to other people, but in the end, we all have to find our own paths.\nThis statement resonated with me so much I felt like crying: \u201cMy family relationships feel shallow and empty, I\u2019ve lost touch with most of my friends, and I have little idea how to cultivate new friendships that will fulfill me. I continue to struggle with insecurity and body image issues, as well as anxiety about my health and safety in an uncertain world.\u201d\nI\u2019m not a mall shopper, but I use on-line shopping in much the same way. It makes me feel better for a moment when I open that package, but it is fleeting. I don\u2019t know what the answer is but it helps just to know that I\u2019m not alone. We\u2019re all struggling.\nWelcome, Mary. I\u2019m glad my posts and this blog are helping you to feel less alone. There really are no easy answers. As I wrote, the only way out is through. We have to find new ways of meeting our needs and that\u2019s not easy. Sometimes we take comfort in even a very temporary bit of relief from our pain through shopping, but I know there is a way to find more lasting peace and joy. Like you, I don\u2019t have all of the answers, but I\u2019m bound and determined to find them!\nAnna Keski | September 17, 2013 at 12:29 pm\nI also hate \u2018retail therapy\u2019. However, I do believe in psychotherapy and in my opinion you are right now taking major strides in stopping hiding and understanding what is really going on. You\u2019ve been able to take an unflinching look at your life. You have clearly formulated the main problems. That\u2019s already a huge accomplishment.\nI think you are in a great place right now to start thinking about which issues you will be able to tackle with a gradual plan and which ones you will not be able to change. (Acceptance and forgiveness can be an alternative.)\nDon\u2019t get discouraged! When you say two steps forward, one step back \u2013 that\u2019s how real therapy often seems to work!\nThanks so much for your encouragement, Anna! I also believe in psychotherapy and I\u2019ve had a lot of it, but it\u2019s like peeling an onion and there are many layers. I haven\u2019t had therapy in a number of years and I\u2019m trying to deal with things on my own now. I\u2019m making progress, but I may need outside help at some point. I\u2019m taking it day by day. I think acceptance and forgiveness play a large role in recovery. I will do my best not to get discouraged and just take things one step and one day at a time\u2026\nI\u2019ve never really believed in the concept of retail therapy because every time I tried it I always felt worse\u2013usually within minutes of making the purchase, before I even left the store. But I would tell myself that I was committed to at least taking it home and trying it, even though I already knew I wanted to return it. I knew at the moment of purchase that nothing I could buy was a substitute for the feelings I was missing in my life at the time. Money can\u2019t buy love, and that little statement can be analyzed several different ways.\nYou are so right that money can\u2019t buy love, Deby. Clothes, no matter how beautiful they are, cannot take the place for what we really need in our lives. Shopping is not necessary BAD in and of itself, but it\u2019s not the universal panacea I\u2019ve tried to make it. I may not know how to meet all of my needs just yet, but I DO know that shopping won\u2019t do it. Old habits may die hard, but I definitely know that \u201cretail therapy\u201d is not REAL therapy!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 18269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://reeltoreelmovies.com/2012/12/21/the-christmas-special-day-21-a-wish-for-wings-that-work-1991/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:41Z", "digest": "sha1:WJ2BTXZ56NQKASDTCE2Y2EMYYGMGJUQM", "length": 6649, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "reeltoreelmovies.com", "title": "The Christmas Special Day 21: A Wish For Wings That Work (1991) | Reel to Reel", "raw_content": "\u2190 The Christmas Special Day 20: Christmas at Pee-Wee\u2019s Playhouse (1988)\nThe Christmas Special Day 22: Hooves of Fire (1999) \u2192\nThe Christmas Special Day 21: A Wish For Wings That Work (1991)\nDirector: Skip Jones\nWriter: Berkeley Breathed\nCast: Michael Bell, John Byner, Joe Alaskey, Tress MacNeille, Andrew Hill Newman, Robin Williams, Alexaundria Simmons, Frank Welker\nPlot: As Christmas approaches Opus the Penguin (Michael Bell) has one wish: a new pair of wings, because the ones he\u2019s been saddled with don\u2019t allow him to fly. Opus and his friend Bill the Cat (John Byner) have found themselves the subject of torment by a group of ducks (Joe Alaskey) who mock Opus for being flightless, to the point where Opus is going to a support group led by a young child named Ronald-Anne (Alexaundria Simmons). The other birds in the group rave, particularly a Kiwi (an uncredited cameo by Robin Williams) whose wife has left him for an albatross. After an effort at becoming an airborne vigilante fails spectacularly, Opus turns to Santa for help.\nOn Christmas Eve, though, Santa Claus (Frank Welker) suffers a mishap and falls from the sky. Opus, meanwhile, sleeps fitfully, having dreams of being a pilot. Even in his dream, though, the plane falls from the sky, because penguins can\u2019t fly. He wakes up and finds himself accosted by the ducks, who are in a panic. They take Opus to the lake, where Santa is perched on his sleigh, stranded in the middle. The ducks are scared of the icy water, and it\u2019s up to Opus the Penguin to glide out and save Santa Claus. Grasping the reigns in his beak, he tows Santa back to dry land. Having lost his hat in the rescue, Santa gives Opus his own hat, and makes him see that his courage is a gift that more than makes up for flightless wings. Opus\u2019s joy is short-lived, however, when he realizes he isn\u2019t getting his Christmas wish. On Christmas morning, he steps outside to see that the three ducks have returned, with dozens more. They grab him and pull him outside, taking him with them into the air. Bill, who we discover suggested going to Opus for help in the first place, begins running behind, and the support group disdains him from the sidewalk. But Opus doesn\u2019t care. For one day, Opus the Penguin can fly.\nThoughts: I\u2019m not sure how popular it is today, but in the 80s I remember Berkeley Breathed\u2019s comic strip Bloom Countyas being one of the more clever, slightly subversive features in the newspaper (definitely the ones carried by the New Orleans Times-Picayune). It was sharper and a bit more pointed than a lot of other strips (coughFAMILYCIRCUScough) without ever reaching the preachiness of a Doonsbury and getting bogged down in its own self-importance. The strip has been rebooted a few times over the years \u2013 under the names Outlands and Opus \u2013 and the so-called penguin Opus has not always been the star, but to me, he\u2019s the icon.\nWhile animated in a soft, lovely style that is perfectly acceptable for children, early in the special we see signs that this is an elevated cartoon, something that will go over the heads of the playground set, and possibly bore them. Opus blames the \u201caccident of birth\u201d that left him as a flightless bird on Congress rather than his mother, and suggests that Bill move into a recycling bin rather than a garbage can. These are the sort of things that adults will see as satire and kids will see as gibberish. Other not-so-subtle bits include the Kiwi who is outraged that his wife left him for a better endowed bird, a war toy store called \u201cStormin\u2019 Norman\u2019s\u201d and a cross-dressing cockaroach. Although it does a better job of disguising itself than Christmas at Pee-Wee\u2019s Playhouse, it\u2019s not a show for children.\nThe trouble is, this was 1991. The Simpsons was still new, South Park wasn\u2019t a glimmer on the horizon, and cartoons were still for kids, as far as anyone was concerned. The prime audience for this special likely dismissed it without even tuning in, and the kids who turned in looking for an alternative to their 900th screening of Rudolph gave up and turned back before Yukon Cornelius even showed up. The sequence where Opus dreams of being a pilot \u2013 helped along by footage from an old war movie \u2013 is quietly amusing in a way that isn\u2019t instantly memorable, but brings a smile to your face when you come back and watch the special again the next year.\nAnd it\u2019s a shame, because the special has a sweet little message that you don\u2019t really see anywhere else. Like Rudolph or Nestor, we\u2019ve got a story about a main character who suffers from some physical characteristic that he sees as a disadvantage. Like Rudolph and Nestor, in the end it is precisely his abnormality that allows him to save the day. Unlike Rudolph and Nestor, though, this realization isn\u2019t enough for Opus. While the message of Rudolph\u2019s story is a good one (be proud of who you are), Opus\u2019s message is considerably more realistic. Discovering you can do something useful is not, in and of itself, enough to make a person forget a lifelong dream. It\u2019s pretty unlikely that Opus had never taken an ice-cold swim before, too, so it\u2019s not like he even discovered something new like Rudolph and Nestor did. Rudolph\u2019s nose helped him achieve his dream. Opus was told his gift made his dream unnecessary, which any child could tell you is a load of penguin guano. (I know penguins don\u2019t really produce guano, please don\u2019t send me e-mails about this.)\nStill, for all the cynicism, the special ends on a very positive note. While we weren\u2019t looking the bullies, the ducks, experience their own change of heart and help our little hero have his dream after all. Most of us will never be that lucky, of course, but it\u2019s a more realistic conclusion to this particular hero\u2019s journey than most of the others we\u2019ve watched. Of course, this is a cartoon with a cross-dressing cockroach, so \u201crealistic\u201d is something of a relative term.\nAlthough I would have been 14 when this special premiered, I don\u2019t remember watching it at the time. At some point, I became aware of it, then a few years ago I found it on DVD and watched it for the first time. There\u2019s something quiet, sweet, and lovely about this special, and if you can find it, it\u2019s well worth rotating the 22 minutes into your Christmas cartoon marathon.\nPosted on December 21, 2012, in 3-The Christmas Special, Comedy and tagged 1991, A Wish For Wings That Work, Alexaundria Simmons, Andrew Hill Newman, Animation, Berkeley Breathed, Bloom County, Christmas, Comic Strip, Frank Welker, Joe Alaskey, John Byner, Michael Bell, Opus, Robin Williams, Santa Claus, Skip Jones, Tress MacNeille. Bookmark the permalink.\tLeave a comment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 11282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://reeltoreelmovies.com/2013/04/25/dorothy-gale-week-day-4-diana-ross-in-the-wiz-1978/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:29Z", "digest": "sha1:UWKPNUFBGHT6ESK2EDGK562LAVD36YRA", "length": 688, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "reeltoreelmovies.com", "title": "Dorothy Gale Week Day 4: Diana Ross in The Wiz (1978) | Reel to Reel", "raw_content": "\u2190 Dorothy Gale Week Day 3: Liza Minnelli in Journey Back to Oz (1974)\nDorothy Gale Week Day 5: Fairuza Balk in Return to Oz (1985) \u2192\nPosted on April 25, 2013, in 4-Icons, Fantasy, Musical and tagged 1978, Broadway, Charlie Smalls, Diana Ross, Joel Schumacher, L. Frank Baum, Lena Horne, Mabel King, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Richard Pryor, Sidney Lumet, Stage Adaptation, Stanley Greene, Ted Ross, The Wiz, Thelma Carpenter, Theresa Merritt, William F. Brown, Wizard of Oz. Bookmark the permalink.\t1 Comment.\nOwen | April 25, 2013 at 1:28 pm\nI saw this in the cinema with my mother. It was a long time ago. How long? My mother considered Michael Jackson to be a positive influence.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 15387, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 245.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5786", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:17Z", "digest": "sha1:4TZZZL4VLXW6OV5HHBXQAWSZCCF2BQDA", "length": 1126, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "repositories.lib.utexas.edu", "title": "The light show : mathematics, mysticism, and the music of the spheres", "raw_content": "The light show : mathematics, mysticism, and the music of the spheres\nMASCH-MASTERS-REPORT.pdf (45.99Mb)\nMasch, Ezra J.\nMy background in music and visual art has led to an exploration of combined disciplines. Throughout the past three years of graduate study at The University of Texas at Austin, my research has focused on the visual representation of music using light and sound. This area of study has touched upon a wide range of historical developments, from ancient Greek philosophy to contemporary experimental film. Through my research, I have examined the ways in which music-visualization has been influenced by shifting social and philosophical views. In turn, my own artistic practice has come to include the production of music-visualization devices. I'm interested in both the history of the light show as a cultural phenomenon, and in the development of new approaches to musical performance incorporating the union of light and sound. The following report discusses two major projects that I have worked on at UT, reflecting on the influences behind them, and their potential for growth beyond graduate school.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2647, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 132.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/8002", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:25Z", "digest": "sha1:4QKRDY3VCXGUQFBONEPZJSRKX4FD2QOL", "length": 1434, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "repository.up.ac.za", "title": "Alternative sentencing of parent offenders and implications on the rights of the child in Uganda's criminal justice system", "raw_content": "Alternative sentencing of parent offenders and implications on the rights of the child in Uganda's criminal justice system\nNgabirano, Bareebe Rosemary\nThis research seeks to demonstrate the need for alternative forms of sentencing in the Uganda criminal justice system with a specific focus on the use of community service. Approaching community service as a child protection strategy in sentencing parent offenders would be a positive step in addressing issues of child neglect and attendant problems. The study seeks to: (1) Analyse the impact of parental incarceration on children (2) Make a specific inquiry into the use of community service orders as an alternative to imprisonment in Uganda (3) Illustrate that approaching community service as a child protection strategy in sentencing parent offenders would be a positive step in addressing issues of child neglect and attendant problems (4) Make recommendations for a new course of action that will highlight and be aimed at preventing the abuse of children\nThesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2008.\nDissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Dr Atangcho Nji Akonumbo, Universit\u00e9 Catholique D\u2019Afrique Centrale Yaound\u00e9 Cameroun\nName: bareebe.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2643, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://republicofmining.com/2012/11/15/as-bribery-rules-get-tougher-resource-firms-put-on-notice-by-laura-cameron-globe-and-mail-november-15-2012/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:56Z", "digest": "sha1:M5HWH6PQS4T2WXLEXD6KYACAJRKWXX2A", "length": 3152, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "republicofmining.com", "title": "As bribery rules get tougher, resource firms put on notice \u2013 by Laura Cameron (Globe and Mail \u2013 November 15, 2012) | Republic of Mining", "raw_content": "As bribery rules get tougher, resource firms put on notice \u2013 by Laura Cameron (Globe and Mail \u2013 November 15, 2012)\nNovember 15, 2012 in Canada Mining, Canadian/International Media Resource Articles, Oil and Gas Sector-Politics and Image\nU.S. regulations will force Canadian commodity extractors to disclose all payments made to governments over $100,000\nFor Canadian resource companies, the cost of doing business abroad is about to go up. New reporting requirements passed under the U.S. Dodd Frank financial overhaul bill will require resource extraction issuers to disclose all payments made to governments over $100,000, beginning in 2014. The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations will add new expenses for Canadian mining and energy companies listed in the U.S., and may hinder their competitiveness overseas.\nSection 1504 of the bill is intended to empower citizens of resource-rich countries to hold their governments accountable for the money they receive, which often lines the pockets of corrupt officials rather than going to the betterment of the population. The regulations also seek to shed light on illegal payments made by companies to gain access to resources in developing nations.\nThe SEC\u2019s new requirements are part of an international crackdown on corruption, which has been steadily gaining momentum since the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development signed its anti-bribery convention in 1997. As part of its obligations as signatory, Canada passed the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) in 1999. But it is only in the past five years that Canadian authorities have been taking serious steps toward enforcement.\n\u201cThere was precious little action on enforcing the law until 2007,\u201d said Janet Keeping, chair of the anti-bribery organization Transparency International Canada. The major shift came in 2007 after Canada signed the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, and the RCMP formed two special teams to focus on cases of Canadian companies making illicit payments abroad.\nIn June, 2011, an RCMP case against Niko Resources led to a $9.5-million fine against the Calgary oil and gas company for bribing a Bangladeshi government official. It marked the first major prosecution under the CFPOA, and sent a message to Canadian companies that the government would no longer overlook corrupt activity.\n\u201cThe Niko Resources case said, \u2018we are going to take this seriously, this isn\u2019t just tokenism on the international scene,\u2019 \u201d Ms. Keeping said.\nIn Transparency International\u2019s annual ranking, Canada moved from last place among the G7 nations in 2011 to being listed among the most improved countries in 2012 for it\u2019s anti-bribery efforts. Now, according to their annual report, the Canadian authorities are working on 34 open files.\nFor the rest of this article, please go to the Globe and Mail website: https://secure.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/gam/20121115/RBBWBMININGCAMERONATL\nSkittish investors abandon Iamgold \u2013 by Martin Mittelstaedt (Globe and Mail \u2013 November 15, 2012)\nLet\u2019s not buy a power plant \u2013 Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal editorial (November 15, 2012)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 8277, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 256.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/24941", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:35Z", "digest": "sha1:ITBNPNUMHACVCTDBUEZGODVEE63RFMYP", "length": 2738, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "research-repository.griffith.edu.au", "title": "Bioactives v bioproducts. The road from discovery to market.", "raw_content": "Bioactives v bioproducts. The road from discovery to market.\nThe wealth of chemical diversity that has evolved with biological diversity has been used as a source of medicines by indigenous peoples for thousands of years.1,2 Research into natural products reached a peak in the period from 1970-80. Of the 877 small molecule New Chemical Entities (NCEs) arising between 1981 and 2007, around 50% were natural products, derived from, or inspired by them.3 However, by the 1990s research on natural products by the pharmaceutical industry was declining. This decline was due to various factors, including the low throughput of screening/isolation of natural product extracts. Drug discovery ...\nView more >The wealth of chemical diversity that has evolved with biological diversity has been used as a source of medicines by indigenous peoples for thousands of years.1,2 Research into natural products reached a peak in the period from 1970-80. Of the 877 small molecule New Chemical Entities (NCEs) arising between 1981 and 2007, around 50% were natural products, derived from, or inspired by them.3 However, by the 1990s research on natural products by the pharmaceutical industry was declining. This decline was due to various factors, including the low throughput of screening/isolation of natural product extracts. Drug discovery turned to high throughput screening of large libraries of pure compounds synthesised via combinatorial chemistry. Because the chemical diversity of these libraries was not always relevant to biological function, this approach was not as successful as hoped. The potential rewards from natural product drug discovery are massive despite being regarded by some as a risky, speculative \"fishing expedition\" with no guarantee of finding compounds of interest. Timelines, governed by the separation of compounds from extracts using bioassay-guided fractionation, are slower than alternative lead generation strategies. This presentation outlines various process improvements implemented at the Eskitis Institute that have streamlined the conventional biodiscovery paradigm. The efficiency gains facilitate delivery of novel chemical leads from NP screening within timelines expected by big pharma and complement HTS as a lead generation strategy. (1) Brohm, D. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 307-311. (2) Breinbauer, R.; Vetter, I. R.; Waldmann, H. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2002, 41, 2878-2890. (3) Newman, D. J.; Cragg, G. M.; J. Nat. Prod. Rep. 2007, 70, 461-477.\nhttps://www.amsa.asn.au/\nhttps://www.amsa.asn.au/conference/amsa2008_christchurch/index.php\n\u00a9 2008 Australian Marine Sciences Association. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the authors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 4101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/chemical-spills/response-tools/faqs-about-cafe.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:49Z", "digest": "sha1:MZ4BL4MPY6NVGEOAAMQM44A3I3JYB276", "length": 5260, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "response.restoration.noaa.gov", "title": "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about CAFE | response.restoration.noaa.gov", "raw_content": "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about CAFE\nHere are answers to basic user questions about CAFE, grouped by topic.\nCAFE Basics\nFate Module\nEffects (Toxicity) Module\nQ. How can I get CAFE?\nA. To get a copy, download CAFE (both Windows and Mac versions available) from this website. Follow the on-screen instructions to install it.\nQ. How much does CAFE cost?\nA. CAFE is free, as are the other software programs offered by the Emergency Response Division of NOAA OR&R.\nQ. What is the latest version of CAFE?\nA. The latest version is 1.2 (June 2016), and is available for download from the page, Downloading, Installing, and Running CAFE.\nQ. How often will CAFE be updated?\nA. CAFE will be continually updated and improved. Let us know your ideas and suggestions to improve CAFE.\nQ. What computer operating systems are compatible with CAFE?\nA. You can install and run CAFE on Windows or Mac operating systems. CAFE for Windows can be run on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 operating systems. CAFE for Mac can be run on Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10), and El Capitan (10.11) operating systems. Operating systems not listed here have not been tested and are not supported.\nQ. Is CAFE available for smartphones and tablets (such as iOS or Android devices)?\nA. No, CAFE is currently only available as a desktop program.\nQ. Is there technical support for CAFE?\nA. On the page, Getting Started with CAFE, we provide a number of resources to help you use CAFE, ranging from its basic use to detailed technical details. In addition, we\u2019ve created videos on a number of topics to help you get up and running. If you need further assistance, you can email the CAFE Specialist at OR&R.\nQ. What are the main components of CAFE?\nA. The following table shows the main components and their functions.\nAquatic Fate View fate information from three sub-modules: Structure and Physical Properties, Environmental Fate, and Analytical Methods and Uses for Chemicals\nAquatic Effects (Toxicity) View toxicity data for chemicals, oils, dispersants, and dispersant-oil mixtures\nUser-Added Data Add your own toxicity data to CAFE, and view, edit, import, export, or delete your data.\nShort Exposure Risk Reports View risk estimates for short exposure durations (1, 2, 4, or 8 hours)\nQ. What are the sources used in CAFE?\nA. Fate sources include the SRC, Inc.'s PHYSPROP database, the National Library of Medicine\u2019s Hazardous Substances Data Bank, the U.S. Department of Commerce\u2019s National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the EPA\u2019s EPI Suite\u2122. Primary sources for effects include the EPA\u2019s ECOTOX database; the European database, ECETOC; Research Planning, Inc.\u2019s DTox database, and peer-reviewed literature and reports.\nQ. Who created CAFE?\nA. CAFE was developed by NOAA\u2019s Office of Response and Restoration, in collaboration with Research Planning, Inc.\nQ. What kind of software is CAFE?\nA. CAFE was created with FileMaker Pro\u00ae, a fully relational database program that allows us to bundle the chemical and oil data with the FileMaker Runtime engine.\nQ. Where can I find more information about CAFE?\nA. On the page, Getting Started with CAFE, we provide links to published technical papers that provide extensive detail about the development of CAFE.\nQ. Where can I find the definitions of the physical properties?\nA. Each physical property has a help button, , that provides its respective property.\nQ. What is Data Applicability?\nA. Each toxicity data record (row) within CAFE was scored (e.g., high, moderate, low), based on its applicability to chemical spill response. This score was judged based on source-specific considerations. Refer to Appendix A of the CAFE User's Manual [PDF, 5.7 MB] for criteria.\nQ. What are Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSDs)?\nA. SSDs are probabilistic models generated by ranking the relative sensitivity of individual species from most sensitive to least sensitive. In CAFE, SSDs are generated for datasets with a minimum of five species by fitting the empirical toxicity data to a logistic function, defined below, where L is the curve's maximum value, and a and c the regression coefficients:\nQ. How do you read a SSD curve?\nA. The X-axis represents the concentration required to adversely affect the aquatic species based on a logarithmic scale. The Y-axis represents the percentage of the affected species. Species located to the left of the curve are more sensitive than the species to the right of the curve.\nQ. What is an HC1 or HC5 value?\nA. The estimated HC1 and HC5 (\u00b5g/L) values are derived from an SSD curve and are used as hazard concentrations under the assumption that these would be protective of 99 percent and 95 percent of the species, respectively.\nQ. What is the formula used in creating the SSD curves?\nA. In CAFE, SSDs are generated for datasets with a minimum of five species by fitting the empirical toxicity data to a logistic function, defined below, where L is the curve's maximum value, and a and c are the regression coefficients:\nQ. What do the color codes mean?\nA. The following color code scheme was adopted from the U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, representing a common scale of relative toxicity for aquatic organisms.\nMore questions, comments, or suggestions? Contact us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 7399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 327.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://restorationrefreshment.com/tag/remembering/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:47Z", "digest": "sha1:5XXFNVGNJYM6HEDNSJH7TKDXNJYC6LOA", "length": 317, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "restorationrefreshment.com", "title": "remembering \u2013 Restoration&Refreshment", "raw_content": "1 John 5:1 \"Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves His children too.\" Luke 9:48 \"Then He said to them, 'whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the One who sent me. For... Continue Reading \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1113, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://revengeofthefans.com/2019/02/04/first-trailer-for-jordan-peeles-twilight-zone-reboot-is-out/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:00Z", "digest": "sha1:75ZATPVMYBL44LK56DISE4QTQHAIUY2Z", "length": 1654, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "revengeofthefans.com", "title": "First Trailer For Jordan Peele's TWILIGHT ZONE Reboot Is Out! - Revenge of The Fans", "raw_content": "First Trailer For Jordan Peele\u2019s TWILIGHT ZONE Reboot Is Out!\nI\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve said this in every single article I written to date that\u2019s even remotely related to comedian and horror mastermind Jordan Peele, but he\u2019s on top of the world right now. Peele\u2019s second directorial effort Us is set to hit theaters in a month and a half, a trailer for his upcoming web series Weird City was released not too long ago, the man is in the process of producing a reboot of Candyman with Nia DaCosta as director and he\u2019s hard at work with his revival of the acclaimed anthology series The Twilight Zone. While we\u2019ve known some of the actors set to appear in the new iteration of the show for awhile now, details have largely been kept under wraps.\nNormally this would be the part of the article where I say something like \u201cUntil now\u2026\u201d and use that to lead into the main topic of the article, but really the first trailer for The Twilight Zone that debuted at this year\u2019s Super Bowl continues to shroud the new episodes in secrecy. But oh god, what a great teaser it is! Check it out:\nHonestly this may be my favorite trailer to air during this year\u2019s Super Bowl. The opening fake out of losing the CBS television signal just as the game is (seemingly) about to start back up was a brilliant case of trolling and the subsequent rapid vanishing of the entire stadium was quite atmospheric. We\u2019ve known for awhile that Peele would be act as the show\u2019s new narrator in the vein of series creator Rob Serling and audiences got their first taste of what to expect from Peele here.\n\u201cWhat dimension are you even in?\u201d indeed.\nTags: Jordan Peele, Super Bowl, Twilight Zone", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3990, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 261.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://richardaberdeen.wordpress.com/category/peace/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:36Z", "digest": "sha1:5WWRSSJUHU6R2PFWA5PEXMXPFUI5DYNG", "length": 63, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "richardaberdeen.wordpress.com", "title": "peace | Richard Aberdeen's Blog", "raw_content": "You are currently browsing the archives for the peace category.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 237, "original_length": 28382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 310.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://richardfenno.com/books/learning-to-legislate/synopsis", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:14Z", "digest": "sha1:E4NMEHKGQL7Z6VINBSIWGB37G2XNOO6G", "length": 1765, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "richardfenno.com", "title": "Synopsis - Richard F. Fenno Jr.", "raw_content": "Learning to Legislate\nThe Senate Education of Arlen Specter\nThis book embraces the six-year term, 1981-1986, of Senator Arlen Specter, a Republican of Pennsylvania. The story begins and ends with an examination of his election campaigns, but it focuses on the adjustment experiences of his first two years in the chamber. For much of that period, the author, Richard F. Fenno, lived in Washington and was able to follow Specter\u2019s governing activity at close range, particularly the events connected with the career-criminal legislation that forms the centerpiece of the book. The discussions of his campaigns also were formed by personal observation.\nThe dominant perspective, therefore, comes from over the shoulder of Arlen Specter and in that sense is necessarily a limited one. The view is enlarged, however, as readers will soon discover, by the members of Specter\u2019s staff. The account of the senator\u2019s major legislative efforts relies heavily on the observations of staff members who were involved in the legislative process. The perspective of the book is, most accurately, the perspective of the Specter enterprise\u2013Specter and his closest aides. In fact, the increased influence and size of senators\u2019 staffs are among the most important features of the contemporary Senate.\nFenno\u2019s scholarly attention to the adjustment experiences of Senate newcomers helps readers to understand the Senate and the careers of its members, and the transition from the activity of campaigning to the activity of governing provides a good vantage point from which to study both. This books shows the individual and communal forces that coexist in the Senate, the electing-governing rhythm by which the senators live, and the interplay of these forces on a politician\u2019s career.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 2598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 199.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://richardmbray.wordpress.com/2016/06/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:36Z", "digest": "sha1:P62TYMVZ5QSD6ELGNXSDMJLKHLT4M7KL", "length": 3448, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "richardmbray.wordpress.com", "title": "June | 2016 |", "raw_content": "SAINT\u2019S BLOOD by Sebastien de Castell\n\u201cThis is what you do, you know,\u201d Brasti called out.\n\u201cWhen you\u2019re tired. when you\u2019re scared. You throw yourself into fights you have no real chance of winning.\u201d\nI searched around for a clever reply, but the truth was, Brasti had made a surprisingly insightful observation.\n\u201cThen why keep doing it?\u201d\nI stepped into the crowd. \u201cBecause it\u2019s the only thing I know how to do that ever works.\u201d\nLast year, KNIGHT\u2019S SHADOW was the best book I read. This year, SAINT\u2019S BLOOD seems destined to take that title.\nSebastien de Castell\u2019s Greatcoats series centers around three men \u2014 Falcio, Kest and Brasti \u2014 who were once part of the king\u2019s elite judicial swordsmen, bringing law and justice to a fragile kingdom. But their king is long dead and the Greatcoats have long since been scattered to the wind, each assigned a personal mission from the king.\nBut in the previous two books, Falcio and his friends have found the king\u2019s daughter, Aline, and taken steps toward placing her on the throne and returning justice to their kingdom. In addition to Aline, they have found several other young women who, while they each bring different personalities and skills to the table, match Falcio, Kest and Brasti in their determination and belief in a brighter future for their kingdom. By this point in the series, the women are often the drivers of the plot, standing side by side with the three heroes we have followed throughout the series.\nAll three books are anchored by Falcio\u2019s heart-on-his-sleeve point of view, providing a voice that reminds me in some ways of Jim Butcher\u2019s Harry Dresden. In one moment, he can be trading barbs with Kest and Brasti, and in the same page de Castell turns the screws and suddenly creates an unexpectedly emotional moment. Somehow, de Castell has captured the humor of Scott Lynch and the poignancy of Robin Hobb. It\u2019s an awe-inspiring combination.\nde Castell\u2019s dialogue crackles throughout, from the familiar banter of Falcio, Kest and Brasti, to the face-offs between the trio and their often overpowering enemies. Each character has their own voice, from Kest\u2019s unerring pragmatism and calculation to Brasti\u2019s irreverance and refusal to take anything seriously.\nAll three books have a touch of noir in them, especially SAINT\u2019S BLOOD, as Falcio seeks to figure out who has begun killing saints and why they are doing it. Like the best noir heroes, Falcio spends almost the entire book injured in one form or another, never gaining enough time to fully recover before moving on to the next emergency, then next battle, the next crisis that could cost him everything he loves.\nThese seemingly never-ending challenges have taken their toll on Falcio over the course of the series, making him an even more interesting character. In SAINT\u2019S BLOOD, he still carries guilt after he was forced to cut off Kest\u2019s hand in KNIGHT\u2019S SHADOW, but even that guilt is overshadowed by the emotional aftereffects of the torture he suffered in that same book. de Castell writes that fear in an incredibly visceral manner, making you feel Falcio\u2019s terror as he relives the worst moments of his life.\nThis doubt and pain and fear make Falcio\u2019s determination all the more inspiring, and make his victories \u2014 however short-lived they may be \u2014 all the more enjoyable.\nPosted in Uncategorized\t| Tagged Knight's Shadow, Robin Hobb, Saint's Blood, Scott Lynch, Sebastien De Castell, Traitor's Blade\t| Leave a reply", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 4787, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ripl.lrs.org/2018/speaker/katrina-jones/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:48Z", "digest": "sha1:GA26X4RQ3CABCIRG32RNH4TZPQNJNWGG", "length": 647, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ripl.lrs.org", "title": "Katina Jones \u2013 RIPL 2018", "raw_content": "Statistical Research Analyst at Mid-Continent Public Library\nKatina Jones is the Statistical Research Analyst at Mid-Continent Public Library. She gets to spend most of her time examining statistics, demographics, and program survey results from the Library\u2019s 35 locations to support their data-driven decision making. Prior to MCPL, she was the State Data Coordinator at the Missouri State Library, working with the IMLS and Census Bureau to collect and distribute statistics for the state. Ms. Jones received her bachelor\u2019s degree in Applied Psychology and Social Science from Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\nAll session by Katina Jones", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1336, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 200.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://riserfuneralhomes.com/tribute/details/1674/Tony-Weeks/charities.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:59Z", "digest": "sha1:NTU6UIWNPI7YMGOXA72G2KZHDOBZZGQC", "length": 67, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "riserfuneralhomes.com", "title": "Charities | Riser Funeral Homes | Proudly serving Olla, Louisiana...", "raw_content": "Search for a charity of your choice to donate to in memory of Tony.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 246.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/vol25/iss1/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:03Z", "digest": "sha1:KPMOXOE7246LLISPZXTON7SWZGRXNG4P", "length": 929, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "ro.ecu.edu.au", "title": "\"The Integrated Expressive Arts and Humanities : Coping with Curriculum\" by Linley Campbell", "raw_content": "Linley Campbell, Edith Cowan University\nThe Integrated Expressive Arts and Humanities : Coping with Curriculum Change\nThe concept of curriculum integration in education has recently received increased attention. This has been largely due to the introduction of Learning Area Profiles, Statements and Outcomes, and most recently the Curriculum Framework. 'Integration, breadth and balance' is one of the seven key principles underlying The Curriculum Framework for Western Australian Schools. (Curriculum Council of Western Australia, 1998). Collectively, these documents emphasise the integration of knowledge, skills and values in the eight key learning areas of the curriculum. Such a holistic view of the curriculum is considered to be fundamental to sound educational practice.\nCampbell, L. (2000). The Integrated Expressive Arts and Humanities : Coping with Curriculum Change. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 25(1).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 235.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rockitcoin.com/what-is-blockchain-technology", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:53Z", "digest": "sha1:PXR4B5WLGPEBP5Z32AHTESMWDFYCAIG4", "length": 1748, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "rockitcoin.com", "title": "What is Blockchain Technology? - RockitCoin", "raw_content": "If you\u2019re familiar with the wide arrange of available cryptocurrencies, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ve heard of blockchain technology. Over the years, it has evolved into the backbone of not only a new internet but also one of the most cutting-edge technologies in the world: cryptocurrencies. It is now easy to buy cryptocurrencies everywhere, such as by utilizing our Bitcoin ATM in Los Angeles. But do you really understand what blockchain technology is? Here\u2019s what you should know.\nBlockchains Hold Shared Information\nJust like a Google spreadsheet, Blockchains contain shared information stored in any location. This means it\u2019s easy to verify and keep track of the information; plus, there\u2019s no one single controller, thus no single point of failure. Blockchains rely on the internet as their main source of functionality, and the internet has a pretty good track record of being a reliable source.\nTwo Main Points of Difference\nDid you know that the blockchain network checks in with itself every 10 minutes? It\u2019s called a \u201cblock\u201d chain because the group of transactions that occur within each time frame is called a \u201cblock.\u201d There are two main things that set the blockchain apart from other features on the internet: transparency and incorruptibility. First, it is transparent because everyone has access to view the entire public network. Second, it\u2019s extremely difficult to corrupt the network because you\u2019d need a ton of computer power in order to override the network.\nThere are multiple forms of blockchain adaptions currently available or in development as we speak. Thanks to blockchain technology, you can buy Bitcoin via our ATM in Los Angeles and beyond. If you have questions about blockchain or other cryptocurrencies, RockItCoin can help!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 3385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 238.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rtrfm.com.au/story/always-another-country/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:29Z", "digest": "sha1:4MSS277QILI4SPRKG6SM22U47DVPA4OR", "length": 347, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "rtrfm.com.au", "title": "Always Another Country \u00ab RTRFM / The Sound Alternative", "raw_content": "A writer, activist, mother and woman, Sisonke Msimang has lived many lives on her one lifetime.\nHer book, Always Another Country, is a memoir of soul and survival, from her life as a stateless child living in Zambia to her college years in North America, to her adult life now in Australia.\nSisonke visited RTR FM's studio to discuss the new book.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 288, "original_length": 5893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 286.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rts.org.uk/article/netbdigital-cities-exploring-nile-360", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:05Z", "digest": "sha1:XUDTFABVCVS3YOVPAU6ZE2YH33DPH47T", "length": 2879, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "rts.org.uk", "title": "NETB/Digital Cities: Exploring the Nile 360 | Royal Television Society", "raw_content": "By Chris Jackson,\nBBC Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead took the audience at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art on a journey down the Nile for an RTS North East and the Border session at Digital Cities North East.\nAfrica was the inspiration for BBC News\u2019s first virtual reality (VR) documentary, Damming the Nile, and the Corporation\u2019s man on the ground, Leithead, shared the steep learning curve with the audience in the North East where he was brought up.\nLeithead discussed Ethiopia\u2019s ambitious project to dam the Nile and the political friction it is causing further downstream in Egypt. With stunning locations, rich cultural influences and the engineering wonder of building a dam, it was an easy pitch for a 30-minute TV programme, but this was to be told in completely different way.\nAt the RTS event, Leithead revealed how VR was forcing a complete rethink of TV reporting: 360-degree cameras hand power over to the audience who can choose to look in any direction or even ignore the reporter\u2019s \u2018piece-to-camera\u2019 altogether. Not being able to direct the viewer\u2019s gaze presents a new set of challenges to the production and journalistic norms of broadcasting.\nThe all-seeing camera means there can be no cutaways or sequences, and there\u2019s a different way of writing a script to pictures when you\u2019ve no idea which way the viewer will be looking. Sound is specifically designed to help lead the user.\nFor the audience, it offers a chance to move away from being a passive observer on the sofa at home, and to immerse themselves in a story and decide what they\u2019d like to see as the story unfolds.\nUsing a VR headset is the best way to see Damming the Nile. When viewers put on a headset and headphones, they enter a virtual world travelling down the Nile. Rather than just watching the documentary on TV, there is a real sense of being with the reporter and the production team on their assignment and of becoming immersed in the story they are telling.\nFor the audience in Middlesbrough there was a chance to experience VR at first hand and get a glimpse into how much of a shake up it is in storytelling. When some put on VR headsets there were gasps of amazement. One was watching a scene on an African train and when a young passenger looked up and caught his eye, without thinking, he said hello to him, completely forgetting he was actually sat on a swivel chair in Middlesbrough.\nLeithead is now using his newly acquired VR skills to make a sequel that shines a light on the Democratic Republic of Congo.\nFor more information about how to watch Damming the Nile on a headset or smartphone, go to bbc.co.uk/virtualreality\n\u201cExploring the Nile 360 with Alastair Leithead\u201d was part of Digital Cities North East, a week-long programme of events for the creative industries in Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Gateshead, which ran from 15 to 19 October.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 4470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 247.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ru.coursera.org/lecture/fe-exam/overview-comments-joDWD", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:36Z", "digest": "sha1:YHHKRA4A6QPRPCZUK4VG623MIA3P7THM", "length": 4357, "nlines": 74, "source_domain": "ru.coursera.org", "title": "Overview comments - ABOUT THIS COURSE | Coursera", "raw_content": "This section of the course will provide you with an overview of the course, an outline of the topics covered, as well as instructor comments about the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam and reference handbook.\nOverview comments4:28\nReference Handbook13:05\nBefore we begin our review of the knowledge areas of the fundamentals of\nengineering exam, I'd like to make a few overview comments and\npointers about the structure of the exam.\nThe fundamentals of engineering FE CIVIL CBT, which stands for\ncomputer based test specifications, are shown here.\nAnd the first thing to remember of course is that the FE exam\nis a computer based test.\nIt's closed book, but you're provided with an electronic reference.\nYou can do scratch calculations on a reusable notepad.\nYou can use an on screen calculator, which you probably won't be familiar with.\nOr you can bring in an approved calculator.\nYou will have six hours to complete the exam.\nWhich contains 110 multiple-choice questions.\nAnd this six hour time includes a tutorial, break and\nalso a brief survey at the end.\nSo the actual exam time is actually less than six hours.\nThe exam uses two systems of units.\nThe International System of Units, also called SI or metric, and\nthe US Customary System, USCS, which I'll talk about in a minute.\nNow, the exam consists, as I've said, of 110 multiple choice questions,\nchosen from these 18 sections which are listed here.\nAnd the sections of the exam are not broken out like this.\nThere are simply 110 questions, without particular reference to these segments.\nOut of these 18 sections, we'll be covering in this review,\ninitially at least, these seven sections.\nMathematics, probability and statistics, statics, mechanics and materials,\nfluid mechanics, hydraulics and hydrologic systems, and structural analysis.\nAnd more sections will be added in the future.\nThese are the details of each of those seven sections\nas given in the reference handbook.\nBut as we progress you'll see that I don't follow this outline exactly and\nI will probably use somewhat different outlines for these sections.\nThe reference handbook you can obtain from ncees.org,\nand this is the only reference that you may use in the exam.\nYou can purchase a hard copy, or you can download and print the PDF manual, and\nprint it out for your own use.\nHowever, you cannot take it into the exam.\nThe only thing that will be available during the exam is the online file,\nwhich is a searchable PDF file which will be provided.\nThe actual exam will be given on a 24-inch monitor and\nthe handbook will be side by side with the questions.\nSo it's simultaneously available.\nSo, because the handbook is very, important and\nfundamental to the exam, it's very important to be familiar with it.\nIt's almost 300 pages long, which makes it difficult to know all of it.\nAnd unfortunately, the notation and terminology used in the,\nin the reference handbook, is not always standard in engineering practice.\nAnd the names are not always consistent.\nThe organization is also a little problematical.\nAnd it can be somewhat hard to find things.\nFor example, if you do a search text,\nyou have to give the exact search text to be able to find it.\nBecause the exam is the sole information source for\nthe exam, the exam questions are quite limited.\nAs I mentioned, there's six hours available,\nhowever, eight minutes of that is given up initially to a tutorial,\nthere's a maximum of a 25 minute break, and a brief survey at the end.\nSo in fact, there are only five hours and 20 minutes of exam time for 110 questions.\nIn other words, there's less than three minutes per question.\nThis means that the questions have to be very brief, and\nthat generall speaking, there are only two or three steps involved.\nAnd usually, all the information you need, such as properties and viscosity, will be\ngiven so you won't have to spend time searching through the manual to find them.\nBecause there's only three minutes per question, you have to be very fast.\nYou have to have fast recall,you have to know where the equations and\nthe relevant information is.\nSo you need to be familiar with the manual.\nYou also have to practice as much as possible.\nDo as many practice exams and questions as you can.\nEach question is a multiple choice with four possible answers.\nAnd, the format, you will have just one problem on your screen at a time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 7316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rvhsreview.org/3024/student-life/classroom-in-the-woods/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:45Z", "digest": "sha1:QKNQCMKVUPIYBSNO7CC22FID2AEE6BWA", "length": 3333, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "rvhsreview.org", "title": "Classroom in the Woods \u2013 The REVIEW", "raw_content": "As a sixth-grade student in Jefferson County, you are required to attend Outdoor Lab. Most go at least once, but some students have the opportunity to go to their summer program, and some even travel to Windy Peak or Mount Evans as a leader in high school. How does the experience of Outdoor Lab compare between a teacher, leader and a student\u2019s point of view, and how does each group think of the trip differently?\nFor those students who didn\u2019t attend Outdoor Lab, the foundation\u2019s official website describes it as, \u201ca rite of passage in the Jefferson County area\u201d and a place where students are \u201cimmersed in an outdoor academic setting for five days where they spend their time learning about themselves and how they fit into the world around them.\u201d Outdoor Lab is a week-long trip for sixth-grade students and teachers to learn more about our planet. Over the course of the week, they will learn about team building and respecting our planet through a multitude of different classes and activities.\nMrs. Jodie Miller, a teacher at Sierra Elementary, has taken sixth-grade students to Outdoor Lab fifteen times. When asked why she thinks Outdoor Lab is such an important experience for students, she said, \u201cOutdoor Lab gives students a way to experience school in a new setting, and helps build maturity and independence.\u201d When children are away from their parents for an extended amount of time, they are expected to be able to be responsible and take care of themselves. The child\u2019s parents are not present to make sure the child is doing things that they need to learn how to do on their own. Mrs. Miller said her favorite part of Outdoor Lab is to watch her students grow, and it is something she looks forward to every year.\nEmma McMurphy-Cichon was a high school leader at Windy Peak in February of 2016. She said that it is important for students to go to Outdoor Lab because, \u201cwhen I went to Outdoor Lab, social media wasn\u2019t as present as it is now, so it\u2019s especially important that kids take the time to log off the media world and immerse themselves into nature and cultivate an appreciation for the environment and our Earth.\u201d Outdoor Lab gives children a chance to be able to step out of our busy world and really appreciate nature and our beautiful planet, something they don\u2019t seem to do as much nowadays.\nAshley Porter, a sixth-grader at Oberon Middle School, went to Mount Evans in October of 2018. Ashley also enjoyed Outdoor Lab, saying \u201cyeah, it was really fun.\u201d She was so amazed by the nature at Mount Evans and talked about getting to see all different kinds of wildlife, \u201cI liked going on hikes, because there was a lot of deer.\u201d She expressed her gratitude to be able to have this experience without any distractions, such as electronics. Sometimes it\u2019s good to unplug and just experience what our beautiful world has to offer.\nAfter chatting with these three people, it is clear Outdoor Lab is widely praised and loved by pretty much everyone, no matter their role in the journey. The experience is truly something that a person will remember forever, as Emma said, \u201cMy favorite memory is still very vivid; my group was at the observatory after dinner, and we all laid down for a couple of minutes to stargaze in complete silence. With no light pollution, the stars were so bright and absolutely amazing.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 6196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 203.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sacns.scripturelink.net/2008/12/what-are-10-holy-days-of-obligation.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:58Z", "digest": "sha1:ELAXONADV6KYL2L7LXVFBXWUM5DY5GKW", "length": 4764, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "sacns.scripturelink.net", "title": "~The SACNS News Service: What are the 10 Holy Days of Obligation", "raw_content": "Canon 1246, of the Universal law of the Church: Canon Law, demands: that in addition to Sundays: unless a bishops conference transfers, or alters, with Vatican permission: such: 10 days of Obligation are to be celebrated in the Holy Church. If this is revoked: it needs permission by the Vatican. South Africa has published no information on these in South Africa: to my knowledge: for this reason: we shall simply give the dates of each of these: and assume until further notice: that we are obligated to attend on these: (In South Africa: one must attend on three days other than Sundays: c.f. Days of Holy Obligation in South Africa)\nHoly Days of Obligation in the Universal Church: (Day in Red, date in black)\n1) The Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ : Which is on 25th December: yearly (Christmas Day).\n2) The Epiphany : Which is on 6th January: yearly.\n3) The Ascension : Which is on the Thursday of the Sixth Week of the Easter season.\n4) The Body and Blood of Christ : Which is on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, which is the Sunday after Pentecost, which is also a Sunday. (11 days aft Pentecost: given below)\n5) Holy Mary: the Mother of God : Which is on 1st of January: yearly\n6) The Immaculate Conception of Mary : Which is on 8th December, Yearly\n7) The Assumption into Heaven: of the blessed Virgin Mary : Which is on 15th August, yearly\n8) Saint Joseph : Which is on 19th March, yearly.\n9) Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles : Which is on 29 June, yearly.\n10) All Saints : Which is on 1st November, yearly.\nMuch of this information is based on:\nhttp://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/holy_days_of_obligation.htm\nand The Sunday Missal, and\nhttp://www.beginningcatholic.com/catholic-holy-days-of-obligation.html\nMost churches list feast days in the week: if the list shows a day on a Sunday instead, then your church has changed it in your area.\nAccording to the Sunday Missal: Pentacost until 2040 will be: (given in pink, in dark red is Corpus Christi (Body of Christ: called the The Body and Blood of Christ above: a feast day))\n2009: 31st May: Body and Blood of Christ will be on 11th June\n2010: 23rd May: Body and Blood of Christ will be on 03th June\n2011: 12th June: Body and Blood of Christ will be on 23th June\n2012: 27th May: Body and Blood of Christ will be on 07th June\n2013: 19th May: Body and Blood of Christ will be on 30th May\n2036: 01th June: Body and Blood of Christ will be on 12th May\nInformation compiled on date of Corpus Christi: from Sunday Missal (2005; Collins; England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland version)\nHoly Days of Obligation in the Universal Catholic Church (Latin Rite):\nthe Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension, the Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Mary the Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, and All Saints.\nSome canons of note:\n\"CHAPTER I.\nCan. 1246 \u00a71. Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day ofobligation. The following days must also be observed: the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Epiphany, the Ascension, the Body and Blood of Christ, Holy Marythe Mother of God, her Immaculate Conception, her Assumption, Saint Joseph, Saint Peter and Saint Paul the Apostles, and All Saints.\n\u00a72. With the prior approval of the Apostolic See, however, the conference of bishops can suppress some of the holy days of obligation or transfer them to a Sunday.\nCan. 1247 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are obliged to participate in the Mass.\nMoreover, they are to abstain from those works and affairs which hinder the worship to be rendered to God, the joy proper to the Lord\u2019s day, or the suitablerelaxation of mind and body.\nCan. 1248 \u00a71. A person who assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Catholic rite either on the feast day itself or in the evening of the preceding day satisfies theobligation of participating in the Mass.\n\u00a72. If participation in the eucharistic celebration becomes impossible because of the absence of a sacred minister or for another grave cause, it is stronglyrecommended that the faithful take part in a liturgy of the word if such a liturgy is celebrated in a parish church or other sacred place according to the prescripts of thediocesan bishop or that they devote themselves to prayer for a suitable time alone, as a family, or, as the occasion permits, in groups of families.\" (Adapted into proper English)\nhttp://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4N.HTM\nIn South Africa: one must attend on three days other than Sundays: c.f. 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Former DUI prosecutor and State Attorney supervisor with over 35 years DUI legal experience.\nYou have 10 days to make an important decision that affects your ability to drive\nWithin 10 days of being arrested or receiving a ticket for a DUI you must either request a formal review hearing with the Department of Motor Vehicles, or, if you are eligible and it is a first time DUI , waive the hearing. As your attorney we can apply for the hearing for you and obtain for you a temporary hardship license for a period of time or for the entire period of suspension. If you do not request the formal review hearing, and you do not waive it, at the end of the 10 days after your arrest you will lose your ability to drive for a period of time. Ordinarily, if someone takes a breath test and blows over .08, after the 10 days have expired there is a 30 day period that the person can not get a permit and can not drive. If a person has refused to take a breath test, at the end of the 10 days, the person will be unable to drive for the next 90 days and will be unable to obtain a hardship permit during that time. The total suspension time for blowing over the .08 is six months and the suspension time for refusal is one year on first time DUI\u2019s and longer on second or more DUI\u2019s. The laws and rules are much different for more than one DUI no matter how long ago the last one may have been. Call us to learn what alternatives and options you may have .\nYou must act within the first 10 days. Call us so we can explain whether this is a decision right for you and if so, how you may be able to keep your ability to drive no matter what the ultimate outcome of your case is.\nWhat constitutes DUI?\nDriving under the influence is defined as driving, or being in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of either alcoholic beverages, any chemical substance set forth in Florida statute 877.111, or any controlled substance under Florida\u2019s drug laws, chapter 893, when a person is affected to the extent that the person\u2019s normal faculties are impaired. DUI is often referred to as a crime of opinion. However, available to law enforcement, and used quite often, are items such as video recording of a person\u2019s driving and field sobriety exercises, a breath test, a blood test, or urine test.\nIn discussing your case with an attorney you should be aware that there are laws set forth in the Florida statutes and the Constitution of the United States as to when a person may be stopped and for what reasons, as well as how and when each of these tests may be requested and/or administered. If an officer does not follow these laws or the statutory rules then your breath or blood test may be subject to suppression. Suppression means that it can not be used against you. We have successfully handled many suppression motions on DUI cases keeping out such things as the breath test, the blood test, urine tests, and even the field sobriety exercises. Call us and go over your options and your possibilities. There is no obligation and no fee to meet and discuss your case.\nA DUI can be a Felony or Misdemeanor\nA first or a second DUI is normally a misdemeanor offense. However, penalties increase with each successive conviction. A third DUI, where there is a previous DUI within the past 10 years, can be a felony offense. A fourth DUI, no matter what the time period of the previous DUI convictions, is classified as a felony.\nSometimes, the prosecution does not become aware of all prior offenses, or, some prior offenses may not legally be able to be considered either in the suspension process or in the conviction process under certain circumstances. You need to talk only with your attorney and you should talk immediately with an attorney if you have prior DUI arrests that are out of state or that may not show up initially for some reason. It may be advantageous to handle your case very quickly. We need to explore the prior arrests and see what may or may not be able to be used against you, whether it is likely that state will find out about them and whether they could be legally used against you. It may make the difference between a felony charge and a misdemeanor.\nCall us or email us for an appointment. Larry Sandefer is a highly experienced and respected DUI defense lawyer.\nIt is extremely important that you discuss with a qualified DUI attorney the facts of your present arrest, any previous alcohol-related stops or arrests, and any DUI or similar type convictions whether in the state of Florida or anywhere else. Your discussions with your attorney are confidential. It is important for your attorney to know these matters in order to properly represent you and take the proper actions regarding your case to come up with the best result and best course of action in your case.\nIt may be advisable for you to enroll quickly in an approved DUI school. This may help in the ultimate resolution of your case and with sentencing should you enter a plea or be convicted. There are exceptions to this general advice so consult with your attorney about your individual circumstances.\nEligibility for a license-Suspension of My License\nIf a person has no previous DUI convictions, after the \u201cno drive\u201d periods referred to above, he or she may obtain a hardship license. If a person has prior DUI convictions the eligibility to obtain a hardship permit varies. You should discuss this with an attorney to determine whether or not you may be eligible for a temporary hardship license or a longer hardship license.\nThe suspension which takes place as of the date of the arrest is referred to as an administrative suspension. It is done on behalf of the Department of Motor Vehicles and is unrelated to any court suspensions or court action that may take place on the DUI charge. When you go to court on a DUI, there are certain court imposed minimum and maximum suspension periods which would not take effect until you are found guilty of a DUI. The suspension periods differ greatly the depending on\nwhether is a first DUI, second, or subsequent, or when the DUIs occurred in relation to each other. Florida statute 316 sets forth the potential penalties and suspensions for DUI.\nQuestions we can help you with include:\nCan I get my license back\nCan my charge be reduced or even dismissed?\nIs the breath test accurate? Can we challenge the results?\nCan I be convicted of a DUI on a prescription drug? What proof do they need for a non-alcohol DUI?\nAre there things I can do to prepare for court or to help my case?\nHow do I choose the right attorney for my case?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 10003, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sandiego.surfrider.org/surfrider-foundation-pin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:08Z", "digest": "sha1:JAYEJQHVVS4K7VAVQYVYTJD6VROT3C76", "length": 371, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "sandiego.surfrider.org", "title": "San Diego County Chapter - Surfrider Foundation Pick Up a Surfrider Foundation Pin at the Hard Rock Cafe San Diego! \u2013 San Diego County Chapter", "raw_content": "Pick Up a Surfrider Foundation Pin at the Hard Rock Cafe San Diego!\nWe\u2019ve teamed up with the Hard Rock Cafe San Diego to create a signature Surfrider Foundation pin!\nPick up a limited edition collector pin today from the Hard Rock Cafe San Diego, at 801 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. A portion of the proceeds support our mission of protecting oceans, waves, and beaches!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 2292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 235.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://santicerny.com/steven-m-cerny/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:59Z", "digest": "sha1:2HOLK4UEYB3E6XBRPQKIJ3V45AOI5WGR", "length": 4403, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "santicerny.com", "title": "Steven M. Cerny - Santi Cerny - Minneapolis", "raw_content": "Steve is admitted to practice before the Minnesota Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Steve has extensive experience representing private and public sector clients in employment and business litigation. Steve represents clients in state, federal, and bankruptcy court, and before state and federal administrative agencies. Steve has litigated cases through summary judgment, jury and bench trials, and appeal.\nSteve\u2019s employment litigation practice includes representing clients in lawsuits involving claims of discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment, wage and hour violations, retaliation and reprisal, whistleblower violations, wrongful termination, and breach of contract. Steve\u2019s business litigation practice includes representing clients in lawsuits involving non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, confidential information, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, tortious interference, defamation, fiduciary duties, shareholder and member disputes, and franchise disputes.\nSteve also works closely with business owners and human resource professionals providing counsel in every aspect of the employment relationship, on compliance with local, state, and federal laws, and on taking preventative measures to avoid or minimize the risk of litigation. Steve acts as outside general counsel and litigation counsel for many established and emerging companies. Steve also advises startup companies on entity selection and formation issues.\nSteve has been recognized as a Minnesota Rising Star by Super Lawyers for the past three years, a designation reserved for no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in Minnesota. Steve also teaches as an Adjunct Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and is a mentor to law students and new lawyers. Steve frequently speaks and writes on various employment and business law subjects, recent administrative and court decisions, and changes in the law, and is quoted by various media outlets on these topics.\nWilliam Mitchell College of Law, Juris Doctor, Cum Laude\nWilliam Mitchell Law Review, Assistant Editor\nRuby R. Vale National Corporate Law Appellate Moot Court \u2013 Quarter-Finalist, Donald E. 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Vale National Corporate Law Appellate Moot Court, Mitchell Hamline School of Law\nVolunteer, Pro Se Project, Federal Bar Association\nSuper Lawyers, Minnesota Rising Star, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017\nAvvo Rated Attorney\n\u201cMinnesota increases minimum wage for employees,\u201d Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, August 8, 2014\n\u201cWage and hour battles on the rise,\u201d Idaho Business Review, June 24, 2014\n\u201cWage and hour battles on the rise,\u201d Minnesota Lawyer, June 19, 2014\n\u201cState department says it\u2019s ready for \u2018ban-the-box\u2019 enforcement,\u201d Minneapolis Star Tribune, January 6, 2014\nMinnesota Super Lawyers Magazine, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Issues\nEmail: scerny@santicerny.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 5580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 307.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sarahjaynepotter.com/dropping-commitments-focus/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:03Z", "digest": "sha1:6NQ5HQPWAS2ECYFHFKCXIYHS7333FVWA", "length": 2925, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "sarahjaynepotter.com", "title": "Dropping Commitments To Focus On You - Sarah Jayne Potter", "raw_content": "Dropping Commitments To Focus On You\nWhen thinking about the most important things in their life, most people rarely consider the most important thing of all. As things get busy, and your commitments become more pressing, it can be very hard to keep yourself focuses on the right things. Of course, you are the most important thing in your life. Regardless of the money you make, the people around you, or your position in life, your own interests should always be in your heart. Achieving this sort of goal can be a big challenge. So, to help you out, this post will be going through some of the best commitments to drop if you want to seek some enrichment.\nYour job, school, or the other work you might do will often become the biggest thing in your life. This makes sense, as it\u2019s often where you spend most of your time and will feel like the center of your existence. It doesn\u2019t have to be this way, though. With the right role, it\u2019s possible to balance your work so that it becomes something you enjoy. The first step to achieving this will be leaving your current role, though. You should never do something which makes you unhappy, even if it makes you money. So, it\u2019s worth getting on the phone to a few recruiters if you want to start making a change in this area.\nRent, bills, and mortgage payments can dominate your financial world when you are living in a permanent home. These sorts of burdens can make life very stressful, often leaving people feeling very bad about their money. Of course, though, it doesn\u2019t have to be this way. With the help of a self storage company, you can store all of your possessions somewhere and simply fly the nest. There are loads of ways to live a dynamic life. As long as you are still working, you can give yourself the chance to change your address all the time. This is a big change to make, so it\u2019s worth doing some research before deciding on it.\nFinally, it\u2019s time to think about a very big part of your life, but one that a lot of people will never consider when trying to get rid of commitments they don\u2019t need. People can be an incredible burden in your life. Whether you\u2019re with someone you struggle to get on with, or you have friends who ask you to borrow money all the time, you don\u2019t need this sort of thing in your life. Of course, when it comes to people, cutting them off isn\u2019t always the answer. Instead, you should try to work through issues with words.\nHopefully, this post will inspire you to start taking some of the stresses from your life which you simply don\u2019t need. Even if it might hold you back in other areas, thinking of yourself is always the best way to live. This doesn\u2019t mean you have to neglect the other people in your life. But, it does mean that you will have more chances to be selfish.\nEnjoy an amazing weekend in glorious Vienna\nPrevious Post The Beauty Of Purposeful Wedding Photography\nNext Post Heating Hacks For A BrrrrIlliant Winter", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 4376, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 191.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://saratogaliving.com/daily-racing-form-diversify-dominates-whitney-earns-bc-classic-berth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:24Z", "digest": "sha1:MXLZJYZW5NC6CBWP5L5GGUYO2W2A6A2Y", "length": 5220, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "saratogaliving.com", "title": "Daily Racing Form: Diversify Dominates Whitney, Earns BC Classic Berth - Saratoga Living", "raw_content": "Daily Racing Form: Diversify Dominates Whitney, Earns BC Classic Berth\nThe win, along with his victory in the Suburban Stakes last month, establishes the horse as the East Coast's leader in the older male division.\nTrainer Rick Violette waited until the day of entries to decide whether to run Diversify in the Whitney. Then Mother Nature made him wait some more.\nIn the end, it was well worth the wait as Diversify, under Irad Ortiz Jr., blasted out of the gate on top and led every sloppy step of the way to win the Grade 1, $1.2 million Whitney Stakes at Saratoga by 3 1/2 lengths over fellow New York-bred Mind Your Biscuits. It was a half-length to the hard-trying longshot Discreet Lover in third.\nIt was 6 1/4 lengths back to Tapwrit, the 2017 Belmont Stakes winner, in fourth. He was followed, in order, by Good Samaritan, McCraken, Backyard Heaven, and Dalmore.\nThe Whitney win, coupled with his 6 1/2-length victory in the Grade 2 Suburban Stakes last month at Belmont Park, establishes Diversify as the East Coast\u2019s leader in the older male division.\nThe victory also earned Diversify a fees-paid berth into the Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic on Nov. 3 at Churchill Downs. Last year, Diversify was held out of the Classic after earning a fees-paid berth by winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup.\nSaturday\u2019s Whitney card was impacted by weather. First, overnight rains prompted New York Racing Association officials to cancel the final two races on the program, both stakes scheduled for the turf.\nViewers who tuned in to watch the Whitney were probably wondering what all the fuss regarding weather was about as most of the card was run under bright sunshine. But shortly after 5:30, the clouds came rolling back in, accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain. Due to the lightning, horses were held in the paddock for nearly an hour before the race went off at 6:30 p.m., 41 minutes later than the made-for-TV revised post of 5:49 p.m.\nThe main track, which had been fast for most of the card, was sloppy and sealed.\n\u201cAll these horses were stars, they had their tack on for an hour in the paddock and they behaved so remarkably well and they ran great races,\u201d Violette said. \u201cWe happened to be best today. He\u2019s such a cool horse.\u201d\nDiversify had run such a fast race in the Suburban on July 7 that Violette felt the prudent thing to do was skip the Whitney and target the Woodward on Sept. 1.\nBut Diversify showed him all the signs that he was ready to run. He ate well. He trained well. His blood work, which Violette monitors constantly, was good.\nOn Tuesday, the morning of entries, Violette decided to enter.\n\u201cOkay, stupid, stop being a chicken and put him in,\u201d Violette said was his attitude.\nRain or shine, fast track or wet, the plan was the same. Go to the lead and try to keep going.\nThe 124-pound co-highweight, Diversify was gunned to the lead by Ortiz. He opened up a one-length lead over Dalmore after running a quarter in 23.22 seconds. It was two lengths after a half-mile in 46.50 and 3 1/2 lengths after six furlongs in 1:10.70.\n\u201cHe proved that he can go that fast and keep going, so I don\u2019t want to change anything on him,\u201d said Ortiz, who was able to get out of a commitment to ride Backyard Heaven to take his regular seat aboard Diversify.\nAround the turn, Mind Your Biscuits, who was 5 1/2 lengths off the lead under Joel Rosario, launched a rally into second by the top of the stretch. But down the lane, Diversify was long gone.\n\u201cIrad really threw the gauntlet down at the half-mile pole,\u201d Violette said, noting that Diversify \u201cdidn\u2019t quite drag him there. He said \u2018Let\u2019s go\u2019 and dared anybody to catch up.\u201d\nDiversify, a gelding by Bellamy Road owned by Ralph Evans and his daughter Lauren, covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.62 and returned $5.20 to win. He improved his record to 10 for 15 and increased his earnings to $1,959,425.\nRalph Evans credited Violette with his decision to run in the Whitney.\n\u201cI think he took a big chance today to be second-guessed about running his horse back so quickly,\u201d Evans said. \u201cI think it took [guts] on his part.\u201d\nBoth Violette and Evans said they would reserve a decision on the Breeders\u2019 Cup until a later date. Evans said he has had no luck at Churchill Downs, noting that Upstart finished 18th in the 2015 Kentucky Derby and Diversify finished fourth after gaining an easy lead in last year\u2019s Clark Handicap.\nConversely, Chad Summers, the trainer of Mind Your Biscuits, said he is now thinking of trying to get to the Classic, at 1 1/4 miles, with his horse after a solid second-place finish in his first start around two turns and first try at 1 1/8 miles.\n\u201cI thought he galloped out really good. We\u2019ll talk to Joel and the connections, but I see no reason not to move on,\u201d Summers said.\nDiscreet Lover continued his streak of running well in major races with his third-place finish. He finished fourth in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and third in the Grade 2 Suburban.\n\u201cThis horse always tries, they don\u2019t never give him no respect; he always goes off 38 or 40 to 1, we love it; we bet him and we make money and we love it,\u201d Uriah St. Lewis, owner and trainer of Discreet Lover said. \u201cI\u2019m already telling them I\u2019m running back in the Woodward.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 9349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 302.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sartoriasangiorgio.com/news/the-world-of-the-digital-currency-bitcoin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:28Z", "digest": "sha1:DYOVVA7XJS5BEHVSCPHS4QQFHNA65O6B", "length": 3097, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "sartoriasangiorgio.com", "title": "The World of the Digital Currency Bitcoin | Sartoria San Giorgio", "raw_content": "Bitcoin was introduced for the first time in 2008. The protocol was created by a programmer known under the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto. The system was designed to work thanks to a huge network of computers. The bitcoin is, in essence, long Internet addresses, of 33 characters, which are stored in an account book called \u201cBlockchain\u201d.\nThe bitcoin virtual currency faces one of its worst moments since it acquired fame and value in the market. On January 14, its price plummeted 21 percent compared to the previous day, which put it at 127 pounds. It is the lowest price of this electronic currency since March 2013. On January 15, it recovered slightly and is around 142 pounds per unit. The currency has already fallen 39 percent since December 31 of last year and its value is already 83 percent lower than its historical maximum of almost 852 pounds per unit, registered in January 2014. The future of this currency is committed. For the experts of the CoinDesk portal, it is at risk because its price is below 177 pounds. Marshall Swatt, director of technology at Coinsetter, a currency exchange house, believes that bitcoin is passing through a passing moment, as it happens with oil, and hopes that the collapse will not continue.\nThe sharp fall has begun to generate panic among those who invested in bitcoins. On January 14, a massive sale of this currency was reported. Part of those who believed in their future, now want to get rid of it as quickly as possible. This deepens their depreciation.\nOn January 12, the BitStamp exchange house suffered a cyber attack that resulted in losses of 5 million pounds. 19,000 bitcoins were stolen.\nIt was one more blow to the fragile credibility of bitcoin. We still remember, with suspicion, the bankruptcy of the Japanese exchange house MtGox, which closed its website in February 2014 after a cyber attack in which 700 million pounds were stolen in digital currencies.\nAs a result of the fluctuations of bitcoin during 2014, the medium specialized in economics Bloomberg, did not hesitate to classify it as the worst currency of the year. The Quartz business website was launched at the ready against the cryptocurrency and crowned it as the worst possible investment. Bitcoin started 2013 with a value of fewer than 10 pounds and, in a matter of 4 months, it was already above 200 pounds. The virtue of speculation and exaggerated enthusiasm took off.\nThe collapse contrasts with the support it has received from some companies and governments. For example, in July 2014, the State of California (USA) approved it; In December, Microsoft announced that it will allow the payment of applications and services with bitcoin in some of its stores in that country. Other companies have already adopted or plan to do, such as Zynga, Paypal, Overstock, Target, Amazon, Victoria\u2019s Secret, Reddit, Virgin Galactic and Subway, just to mention some of the most representative.\nWill you risk it and invest money or you will layback and see how the digital world goes crazy?\n\u2190 Luxury brands jumping from fashion to hospitality!\nLondon Fashion Week 2018 \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 253.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sassyscribeservices.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/transcription/attachment/9/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:45Z", "digest": "sha1:IEPTJQD62ZB6DMUKXGL3SWIJG2HFQGZX", "length": 81, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sassyscribeservices.wordpress.com", "title": "9 | Sassy Scribe", "raw_content": "Published October 24, 2014 at 150 \u00d7 198 in Welcome to Sassy Scribe Transcription.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 236.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://savvyroo.com/all/community-college", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:00Z", "digest": "sha1:JIMLCWKDSZFTZRBOTJYINXOIBUPYMYJ2", "length": 582, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "savvyroo.com", "title": "community-college - SavvyRoo", "raw_content": "\u201ccommunity-college\u201d Charts\nMore Money, More College... More College, More Money \u00bb\nIt's a vicious cycle, alright. That's why in Tennessee, a new bill provides two years of free tuition at a\u2026\nCommunity College May Hold the Key to Social Mobility \u00bb\nThe first contact with higher education for most college-bound students from disadvantaged backgrounds is the local community college. While community\u2026\nStudent Parents in Community College, Time Spent Caregiving \u00bb\nMany students with children, especially women with children, spend many hours a week caring for them. Almost seven in ten\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1314, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 285.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev/vol24/iss1/6/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:44Z", "digest": "sha1:UIBDIM7KOIJCSE7J3ECH373I2DXQJ36J", "length": 268, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "scholarlycommons.law.case.edu", "title": "\"A New Look at Rail Employee Merger Protection, Norfolk & Western R.R. \" by Thomas J. Murray Jr.", "raw_content": "A New Look at Rail Employee Merger Protection, Norfolk & Western R.R. v. Nemitz: An Assessment\nThomas J. Murray Jr.\nThomas J. Murray Jr., A New Look at Rail Employee Merger Protection, Norfolk & Western R.R. v. Nemitz: An Assessment, 24 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 103 (1972)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1849, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 262.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearch/76/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:58Z", "digest": "sha1:JS3REYJZXAMHUT5T5R6DTTNWI32SSZSF", "length": 837, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "scholarship.depauw.edu", "title": "\"Explorations of Quantum Entanglement\" by John Stanton", "raw_content": "Explorations of Quantum Entanglement\nJohn Stanton, DePauw University\nThis thesis develops an undergraduate level understanding of quantum entanglement by expressing its properties in three unique mediums: mathematical formalism, application in technology and experiment. The mathematical formalism of entanglement is developed by working through theoretical experiments that utilize the entangled polarization states of photons. Notation used to describe entangled photon states is then used to illustrate how other types of entangled quantum states can be used in real technology, such as is the case with quantum computing. Finally, the theoretical predictions associated with entanglement are discussed in reference to two quantum optics experiments.\nStanton, John, \"Explorations of Quantum Entanglement\" (2017). Student research. 76.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 1816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 337.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/fac_books/492/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:17Z", "digest": "sha1:JIX62CBJ7FG6VOBQCFV56KWS526JAD53", "length": 1078, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "scholarworks.boisestate.edu", "title": "\"Governing Human Well-Being: Domestic and International Determinants\" by Nisha Bellinger", "raw_content": "Governing Human Well-Being: Domestic and International Determinants\nNisha Bellinger, Boise State UniversityFollow\nThis book provides a comprehensive explanation of human well-being outcomes by analyzing the role of domestic and international political factors. The well-being outcomes under study are the building blocks of development, and play a crucial developmental role in the lives of citizens, states, and the global community. The project introduces cases from Brazil, Japan, China, and Iraq, and proposes to answer some of the pressing questions that scholars and policy-makers alike have pondered over for years. Why are there large disparities between countries in the quality of life people lead? What factors account for the general well-being of mankind? How do we improve human lives?\nChina, Brazil, Japan, Asia, Iraq, politics, well-being, wellbeing, political economy, infant mortality, educational attainment, human development\nBellinger, Nisha, \"Governing Human Well-Being: Domestic and International Determinants\" (2018). Faculty & Staff Authored Books. 492.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2061, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 225.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sciencespeaksblog.org/2019/01/16/116th-congress-senate-foreign-relations-committee-gets-new-chair-three-new-republican-members/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:27Z", "digest": "sha1:CTDKANV2VUPIH2V4PSMDBCUNPZTVGH7Y", "length": 5706, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "sciencespeaksblog.org", "title": "116th Congress: Senate Foreign Relations Committee gets new Chair, three new Republican members | Science Speaks: Global ID News", "raw_content": "The 116th Congress brings significant change to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a new chair whose record offers few \u2014 but significant \u2014 clues to his global health leanings, to three well-known, but new Republican members, all of who indicated varying views on the value of foreign aid.\nSSen. Jim Risch (R-ID)\nSen. Jim Risch (R-ID) \u2013 In his second Senate term, after a decade on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Risch will lead the committee that oversees the U.S. President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and USAID, with jurisdiction over foreign assistance as well as the State Department. While predecessor Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) came to the committee leadership post with a record of interest in global health responses, and went on to take an active role in renewing authorization for PEPFAR, Sen. Risch\u2019s investment in the \u201csoft diplomacy\u201d of international aid and disease responses is more difficult to gauge. His focus, according to his Senate site \u201con protecting the security and interests of the American people, [and] continuing to advance U.S. prosperity and leadership in the world\u201d is compatible with global health response goals, as is his stated interest in \u201csupporting human rights.\u201d At the same time, during the 115th Congress he supported S.Res.15, \u201cA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Mexico City policy\u201d (also known as the \u201cGlobal Gag Rule\u201d because it bars U.S.-funded overseas health providers from providing referrals or information on terminating pregnancies) should be permanently established.\nSen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) \u2013 We will let new committee member Sen. Ted Cruz speak for himself. Here he is in January 2016, when as a presidential candidate he was asked by Emily Sanderson, then of the Student Global AIDS Campaign about his commitment to ending HIV as an international public health threat:\nA few months later a spokesman for his campaign seemed to support this commitment, according to this Devex article, saying \u201cdisease and terror,\u201d would be the Texas Senator\u2019s greatest concerns if elected to the highest office. The details that followed were less promising for global health response enthusiasts with the spokesman elaborating that Cruz had often called for \u201cserious studies\u201d to assess the disease-carrying potential of incoming immigrants, adding that \u201cIt used to be routine for immigrants to the United States to go through extensive medical checkups \u2026 This somehow now has turned into some kind of violation of some sort of right . . .\u201d And, according to Devex, the spokesman added, \u201cI can be very fast about Sen. [Ted] Cruz\u2019s Africa policy, because he doesn\u2019t have one.\u201d Then there\u2019s this:\nin which it takes a while, but the Senator/candidate explains \u201cI do not believe we should be building health systems in foreign countries.\u201d More effective, he adds would be strengthening \u201cthe rule of law.\u201d\nSen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) \u2013 The former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate joins the United States Senate with two key committee memberships in which he can weigh in on, and sway global health responses; in addition to his seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Romney also will sit on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. This, then, is Part I \u2014 more, on what the new senator will bring to the committee with jurisdiction over public health as well as biomedical research and development programs, will follow in this 116th Congress series. In the meantime, with no previous foreign policy record, candidate Romney has projected two views of his global health philosophy. As a 2011 candidate for his party\u2019s presidential nomination in New Hampshire Gov. Romney responded to town hall meeting attendees who asked how he would reconcile his support for deep federal funding cuts with his stated support for global HIV responses, saying: \u201cAt a time when we are borrowing money to pay for things\u2026 I\u2019m very reluctant to borrow lots more money to be able to do wonderful things, if those things can be done by people making charitable contributions or by other countries that are wealthy\u2026\u201d Months later, in a statement released on the eve of AIDS 2012, the candidate vowed:\u201cWe must overcome the global challenge of AIDS.\u201d noting that the pandemic often affects \u201cthose least able to help themselves,\u201d and asserted that the U.S. should continue to be \u201ca beacon of hope for innovative research and support in overcoming the global challenge of AIDS.\u201d\nSen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC)\nSen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) \u2013 As chair of the Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee Sen. Graham called President Trump\u2019s proposal to slash a billion from PEPFAR funding \u201cradical and reckless.\u201d When the subcommittee came back with a bill that sustained global health spending, Graham said \u201cWe\u2019re inside the 10-yard line in terms of the fight against AIDS in a bunch of African countries. Now is not the time to back off. Let\u2019s pour it on.\u201d Although the South Carolina senator voted against the act that reauthorized PEPFAR and Global Fund commitments in 2008, he earned a reputation as a global health champion over the course of his leadership of the subcommittee, and was the only member to question proposed cuts to PEPFAR funding in the Obama administration\u2019s FY 2014 budget. During that period he also referred to the impact of PEPFAR funding, saying \u201cI can\u2019t think of a better example where a relatively small amount of money has such a huge impact. It would be a shame to pull the plug.\u201d\n\u2190 Lower age of consent for HIV testing linked to higher adolescent testing rates, study finds 116th Congress: Senate HELP gets new Democrat, two new Republicans \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 11464, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 238.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sciencespeaksblog.org/tag/abortion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:30Z", "digest": "sha1:HSN75NDRLPNJC5P6UV62CGZOUIE7UNOL", "length": 577, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "sciencespeaksblog.org", "title": "abortion | Science Speaks: Global ID News", "raw_content": "Global Reproductive Rights and the Link to HIV/AIDS\nThis post is by the Global Center\u2019s Rabita Aziz. Toni Bond Leonard, president and CEO of Black Women for Reproductive Justice (BWRJ), was 12 years old when she became pregnant. Her mother, a single woman unable to earn an income due to debilitating multiple sclerosis, ran their household on the $300 a month she received [\u2026]\nThis entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged abortion, Black Women for Reproductive Justice, Helms Amendment, HIV/AIDS, Hyde Amendment, Ipas, National Network of Abortion Funds on May 26, 2010 .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 5848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 257.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scottjhiggins.com/good-to-be-alive/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:09Z", "digest": "sha1:D5SR2JIR4ZE5Y4XAIEKV456X6VF2LJVT", "length": 1163, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "scottjhiggins.com", "title": "Good to be alive \u2013 scottjhiggins.com", "raw_content": "I\u2019m on the train travelling from Sydney home to Newcastle. The sun is shining as we pass over a shimmering Hawkesbury river. The music of Mumford and Sons plays through my headphones. And I can\u2019t help but feel it\u2019s good to be alive.\nThere are some significant challenges in my life right now, challenges that have engulfed me in swirling emotion and uncertainty.\nNonetheless, as I pass over the Hawkesbury I am reminded of the incredible beauty in the world and my spirit is nourished. As music plays in my ears I am blessed by the melodies that resonate deeply within me. And I head home to four of the most incredible human beings I know. Tonight we will laugh and rage and talk about issues great and small, and maybe even fight, but always knowing that we are bound by a love that is unquenchable, sharing such a high degree of comfort with each other that we can laugh and rage and talk about issues great and small, and maybe even fight.\nAnd I can\u2019t help but feel that it is good to be alive.\nChallenges for the Church #2. Living as a Minority in a Pluralist Society\nIn General, Politics, Rights & Freedoms\nPutting Sin in its Place in Proclaiming the Gospel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 2734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scottwoodardcoaching.com/blog/bringing-clarity-to-your-professional-brand/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:45Z", "digest": "sha1:EMNANHIWCP6PVKSEGSVZHM374Z447RMF", "length": 3140, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "scottwoodardcoaching.com", "title": "Bringing Clarity to Your Professional Brand \u2013 Scott Woodard Coaching", "raw_content": "Bringing Clarity to Your Professional Brand\nIn an earlier post on \u201cDeveloping Your Professional Brand\u201d, I mentioned Dorie Clark\u2019s quote that your professional brand \u201cis about figuring out who you really are and what you do best, and then living that brand out. It\u2019s the essence of authenticity;\u201d and that there are four cornerstones to be addressed when developing your professional brand: Purpose, Clarity, Focus and Strategy.\nThis post focuses on Clarity.\nClarity is about determining what you\u2019re good at; what you like to do; what you don\u2019t like doing. Related to this, is where you would like to do what you\u2019re good at.\nGetting clarity around your professional brand is a critical element of knowing the value you bring to a prospective employer or client. It\u2019s about knowing your unique talent, or as Laura Garnett calls it,your \u201cinner genius,\u201d that which you do better than anyone else.\nFor many, it\u2019s hard to assess your inner genius simply because what you do well, you do intuitively. You don\u2019t think about what it is you do best and how you do it. You see an problem, jump in and solve it. However, it\u2019s really important to be able to articulate how you add value to a project, a team, an organization. You can\u2019t assume a prospective employer or client will figure it out.\nWhen I meet with a client for the first time, I ask a series of questions that are designed, in part, to get clarity around their professional brand. I\u2019ll ask about their favorite job and what was most appealing about it. I\u2019ll ask what they liked least about it as well. I\u2019ll want them to tell me their top strengths and skills; and conversely, their weaknesses. I\u2019ll ask them what they are most proud of in their career. Then I\u2019ll ask, \u201cin a sentence or two, what is it you do well?\u2019\nTypically, their response to that last question provides a great deal of clarity around their professional brand. In fact, it often is the basis for their professional tagline that we use in their LinkedIn profile and resume.\nSome folks, though are stumped by these questions. They\u2019ve never given them much thought. They\u2019ve just proceeded through their careers doing what they do, without giving it much thought. They may have a sense of what they\u2019re good at and what they enjoy doing in their job, but they can\u2019t articulate it in terms of their value.\nFor these people, we\u2019ll often have them take the StrengthsFinders assessment. This timed, online assessment lists their top five strengths or themes, which provide a framework for them to articulate their unique talent. Armed with these themes, they can determine their unique talent and the value they can bring to an employer.\nBeing clear about what you do best and how you do it, gives you a competitive advantage in the world of work. You can position yourself as a potential asset to an organization \u2014 someone who adds value \u2014 as opposed to a commodity, who is easily replaced with someone younger, cheaper and faster.\nSo, over to you\u2026Can you be clear about what you do best, about the value you add? Can you articulate your inner genius?\nThis post originally appeared in the Portland Press Herald on July 17, 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 3801, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://screenrant.com/terrible-new-photo-of-the-predalien-from-avp-r/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:06Z", "digest": "sha1:OBTOSEIGC2OBTCAXIKSYFUITG5E3RZVY", "length": 1691, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "screenrant.com", "title": "Terrible New Photo Of the PredAlien From AVP-R | ScreenRant", "raw_content": "Terrible New Photo Of the PredAlien From AVP-R\nIf you are at all interested in seeing Aliens vs Predator: Requiem and want any sort of suspension of disbelief and sense of dread when it comes to the new Alien creature, I would recommend you not click on the image on the left. I purposely blurred and darkened the image you see to retain at least some sense of mystery about the creature because the large version is ridiculously bright, clear and completely devoid of any menace.\nIt actually looks kind of like a Halloween costume.\nThe photo comes courtesy of USA Today. I think the studio's eagerness to promote the movie also known as AVP-R has caused them to reveal too much. The Alien-Predator hybrid was one of the more anticipated things about the movie, and in the image above they've given such a clear view of the thing in such an antiseptic way that it's almost the equivalent of getting a look at it in the special effects workshop where it was created.\nNo atmosphere, mood, or even decent context. It almost looks like the actor hanging around in between takes.\nStill, despite this the brother duo who directed the film are saying all the right things to try to lure fans of the original movies back into the movie theater:\n\"We want it more like the classic early 'Alien' and 'Predator' movies we grew up on. There's a real history to these characters, people grew up with these characters when it was a serious franchise. We want to make it just as serious and dark as the originals.\"\nPersonally I hope they deliver. 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He has worked for over 25 years in the corporate finance division of several major Italian banks, including Banca Commerciale Italiana, Credito Emiliano, Banco di Napoli, Rolo Banca, and, since 2004, for Unicredit, in roles of ever-greater responsibility ranging from regional manager of Lombardy to Head of structured finance, then becoming Head of the real estate finance division. At Unicredit, he became SVP Head of Central Credit Underwriting in 2010 and in 2012 he took over the position of Head of Network Real Estate Management. He has been the managing director of Serenissima SGR since July 2017.\nTomaso Bersani\nChief Financial Officer Tomaso Bersani is Chief Financial Officer of Serenissima SGR since November 2018 and he serves also as a Board Member of the company. He joined La Centrale Finanziaria Generale Group in 2016 as the CFO of the holding company and as an Executive Board Member of the subsidiary LC Capital Solutions. He gained over 20 years of professional experience focused on Finance, M&A, Asset Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Design and Implementation, Business Process Reengineering, across different industries and organizations (business consulting, private equity, corporate). Expert in start-up and turn-around, before joining LCFG Group he worked for Enron Corp, PWC, Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori and 2 PE firms. Mr. Bersani got a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from La Sapienza University in Rome and an MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management\nAttilio Degni\nHead of Fund Management He has worked as a consultant in Banking Industry since 1988 \u2013 since 2003 as a manager \u2013 for Banca di Roma, Capitalia and UniCredit. He has been responsible for different areas including Credit Recovery, Monitoring of Performing Loans and Risk Management, both at the Group level and with reference to Italian institutions. In 2012, he started working for UniCredit as Head of Business Management of the Real Estate Network Department, and more recently, as Real Estate Market Coordinator. In Serenissima SGR since October 2017, he holds the position of Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility on Asset Management Areas, Legal and Corporate Affairs.\nFederico Roggerini\nAndrea Albertini\nAdministration department He holds a degree in Business and earned at E-Finance Master from the Cattolica del Sacro Cuore University in Milan. He later worked for IT development companies first as an functional analyst and then at client companies, leading fund management companies in Milan. Starting in 2014 he began work in the Finance Area at a real estate fund management company. This is the same position he currently holds at Serenissima SGR.\nEleonora Bambini\nPlanninig & Control department\nSabina Baruffaldi\nCompliance & AML Responsible She obtained her degree in Economics and Commerce at the University of Venice C\u00e0 Foscari, and had previously gained experience as an internal auditor in a bank in Milan, then consolidating her experience in a brokerage company belonging to the primary insurance group in Verona, where she worked for five years. She has worked for Serenissima SGR since 2005. She has served as head of the Development and Organization department. She is currently head of the Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering department.\nAndrea Bassan\nFund manager He began at Serenissima SGR in the Technical Area and is now coordinator of the Technical Office. He previously worked for RES Sviluppo Immobiliare, a Project Management company active in the field of property development that managed the development of a number of properties in portfolios belonging to Funds managed by Serenissima SGR.\nAlice Candido\nRisk Management & Valuation Responsible She earned a degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padua and later earned a PhD from the same university in Estimates and Territorial Economics. From 2005 to 2007 she acted as a professional consultant for public entities and private professional offices for environmental and territorial framework studies, environmental impact assessment, financial economic analysis of investments and validation of public works, as well as teaching at the Universities of Padua, Venice and Ferrara and collaborating in the preparation of scientific publications. She held the position of Asset Manager from 2008 to 2015 at two asset management companies in the Veneto region, mainly dealing with urban planning-administrative enhancement of property, implementation of economic-financial analyses of interventions, market analyses, cost estimates and analyses of development scenarios. She has been with Serenissima SGR since February 2016 where she handles Appraisals of the properties of the managed Funds.\nValue Added Funds He holds a secondary school diploma in bookkeeping and a degree from the University of Padua in Banking and Financial Markets. He has gained his work experience in two real estate asset management companies, in the first in a junior position and later as a Fund Manager. In recent years he has specialised in the management of development Real Estate Funds with fractional sales and Funds with an income portfolio. He has worked at Serenissima SGR since 2016 to oversee two Real Estate Funds.\nMonica Castelli\nAdministration department With an high-school diploma in accounting and book-keeping, she is working in the Finance Department. She has worked as freelance in the banking sector gathering mortgage survey information before the loans approval by credit institutions. Then she acquired two decades of experience in the administrative/accounting sector within several regional food companies.\nDuilio Cerase\nPlanning & Control Responsible A graduate in Business and Economics, he has a Master\u2019s Degree in Banking and Finance. His professional experience began at Municipality of Venice in the administration and finance department and at Agenzia delle Entrate (Italian Revenues Agency) in the tax assessments and auditing. He consolidated this experience at Banca Popolare di Garanzia where, starting in financial consultancy, he ended up as Head of Corporate Clients. Before joining Serenissima SGR he worked in the area of financial consultancy and the planning of subsidiaries at Merchant Bank Inter Media Holding Spa.\nFund manager He has a land surveyor secondary school diploma and is currently employed at the Technical Department which assists the Asset Managers of Serenissima SGR. He obtained his license to work freelance in 2002 and immediately began to work at some important technical firms in the Verona area dealing with architectural designing, town planning, supervision of works, management or orders and relations with private/public entities.\nAdriano Di Vico\nCompliance & AML department Born in Caserta, he attended the High School for Classical Studies of Santa Maria Capua Vetere Cneo Nevio and then obtained a degree in law at the Second University of Naples. He subsequently received a Master's degree (a second-level university degree in Italy) in \u201cEvaluation, Training and Development of Human Resources. Organizational Analysis and Interventions, Risk Prevention\u201d at the University of Padua. He has worked in the Corporate Affairs Department of Serenissima SGR since November 2016, dealing with the Governance of Funds and the management of subscribers.\nFabiano Ferranti\nLegal Responsible A solicitor, he works in Serenissima SGR\u2019s Legal Department. His professional and training experience includes a Master\u2019s in European Transport Law held by the University of Udine with the E.T.L. Consortium. He previously worked in the Legal Office of Friulia Spa, the Friuli Venezia Giulia regional finance company.\nElisa Fraccari\nFunds Governance Responsible Graduated with honours in Business Economics from Bocconi University in Milan. After a period working at the Bocconi SDA (Company Management School) and a five-year experience abroad with important roles in the administrative department of a well-known Spanish hotel chain, in 2004 she joined Serenissima SGR where she actively participated, with roles of increasing importance, in the start-up phase, focusing on corporate and governance aspects. She is currently Head of Corporate Affairs and reports directly to the CEO.\nAlessio Francese\nEnergy Funds - Transaction Management Alessio Francese, with a secondary school scientific background and degree of Financial Intermediary Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, has significant experience in managing electricity sector investments. He came from EstCapital SGR, Padua, where he worked as a fund manager and also collaborated on the development and start-up of the first energy real estate funds. Prior to this he was in charge of organising the project financing and M&A for photovoltaic projects developed in Italy by the multinational group Conergy AG, Hamburg. From 2001 to 2008 as an advisor for M&A transactions at the boutique firm of Benedetti Rossi & Partners, Milan, he assisted various Italian and foreign groups by performing sell/buy side mandates in various sectors such as renewable and conventional electricity generation, public transport and major retail chains. He speaks English and French fluently. He has been an asset manager of energy real estate funds at Serenissima SGR since 2016.\nMargita Hoxha\nFunds Governance department She obtained her degree in law from the University of Verona and is a native speaker of Albanian. She completed the Erasmus student mobility program in Malta and gained significant professional experience in Belgium, acquiring a firm command of English and the skills needed to perform successfully in a competitive working environment. Following a brief job rotation at a bank, in October 2016 she began her internship in the Corporate Affairs Department of Serenissima SGR S.p.A. She currently works in the Corporate Affairs Department.\nSimone Mamone\nCompliance & AML department After devoting years to the distribution of financial products, working in Italy and abroad, in 2007 he began working in the world of credit guarantee consortia. After a significant experience with one of the most important national institutions, he accepted the offer of the ICCREA Group companies to contribute to the development of a project to implement software originally designed for banks and adapt it for the Consortia. As a site manager, he is responsible for the migration of eighteen institutions, deepening her knowledge of the different structures and beginning to deal with money laundering, compliance and vigilance requirements, from supervision to risk control, including institutional relations. Since June 2016 he has worked for Serenissima SGR in the Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering department.\nSimona Marchetto\nAdministration department She works in the Finance Department where she focuses on activities relating to the management of Fund quotas and administrative and accounting issues. A graduate in Economics from the University of Ferrara, she has carried out research at the same university and also has a Master\u2019s in Finance and Management Control from the University of Pisa. She has participated in the spin-off of numerous companies of the motorway sector.\nAlessandro Mazzucco\nFund Manager Alessandro Mazzucco \u00e8 Fund Manager di Serenissima SGR dal gennaio 2019; in precedenza ha ricoperto lo stesso ruolo in Namira S.G.R.p.A, societ\u00e0 di gestione del risparmio immobiliare con sede a Milano. Nel corso degli anni ha avuto l\u2019opportunit\u00e0 di maturare in ambito immobiliare esperienze significative in contesti organizzativi evoluti e in diverse aree di applicazione avendo lavorato per oltre quindici anni per un importante gruppo industriale del nord Italia. In tale ambito ha ricoperto ruoli di responsabilit\u00e0, come responsabile Tecnico e membro del consiglio del Milano Logistic Center, centro logistico ubicato nel primo hinterland milanese, in zona sud, a meno di 20 km dal centro di Milano. Alessandro Mazzucco ha il diploma di Geometra ed ha conseguito degli attestati post diploma in tecniche della progettazione ed urbanistica.\nStella Moretti\nCorporate Affairs department A graduate in Philosophy at the University of Ferrara, she has been responsible for corporate communications, press offices and marketing for a number of international brands, working in Milan and Verona both as an employee and as a freelance professional with her own practice. Owing to her personal conviction that sharing our know-how is very important is a supporter of the new communication project named \u201cProgetto Serenissima SGR\u201d.\nEmanuele Pepoli\nExecutive Assistant Assistant Manager, he is a professional educator in training programmes and a facilitator of Law 22 operating authorization and institutional accreditation, a role he occupied prior to being hired by Serenissima SGR at Azienda Socio Sanitaria (Veneto Region). Emanuele is also the workers' health and safety representative.\nMinerva Pillinini\nLegal department After obtaining a degree in law from the University of Trieste, graduating with honours in November 2011, she began an internship in the Legal Department of Serenissima SGR. She attended the School of Specialization for the Legal Professions of Verona-Trento, earning her diploma there at the end of the two-year period. She passed her qualifying exam and began practising law in September 2015. She has worked in the Legal Department of Serenissima SGR since November 2017.\nAlessandro Sgaggio\nFund manager A graduate in Architecture, he worked both freelance and as an employee acquiring significant experience in the technical-real estate sector. After an early experience at Public Administration he was made Property Manager for a leading public company (Italian Treasury Department). He later held various roles at Autostrada BS-PD (Motorway BS-PD), the last of which being Head of the Real Estate Department. He also acquired significant technical and business management experience working on project management activities for RES S.I. where he held the role of Director.\nTiziano Simon\nCore Funds Tiziano Simon, He graduated in Accounting and Holds a degree in Law and after a long experience in the banking industry, he worked from 2005 in Serenissima Partecipazioni S.p.A. as Head of Accounting and BoD secretary. He was Director of various Real Estate Companies of the A4 Holding Group and is currently the CEO (director) of the vehicle company of the investment funds that he manages.\nAlina Sipcean\nAdministration department She graduated secondary school with top marks and a Diploma in Corporate Cash Management and as Technical Business Foreign Correspondent from the Institute Carlo Anti of Villafranca di Verona. After a significant long-term experience in the administrative division of a leading Industrial Group of Verona, a leader in the civil works sector, since May 2016 she has worked in the Finance Area of Serenissima SGR and deals mainly with the administrative and accounting demands of managed funds.\nFranco Torra\nInstitutional Funds A graduate in Business and Economics from Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, he was Real Estate & Distressed Asset Director and Board Member of Fondamenta SGR (2008-2012) where he managed the initial structuring of the Real Estate Dept., developing a team of qualified professionals and activating a relevant growth in terms of products and assets under management. From 1987 to 2000, he worked alongside a leading specialist in distressed companies management. Since 2001, he supported several companies in studying, designing and implementing entrepreneurial initiatives in start-up and restructuring. 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While it has been an effective practice for many years in resolving disputes these days it is of course a prerequisite to having a court solve the problem for you.\nThat being said there is sometimes a little confusion about what mediation is and how it works. In this podcast, David Sachs from Sachs-Gerace Lawyers discusses what mediation is and how it can be a very effective strategy to resolving disputes in their early stages.\nhttp://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/sachsgerace/mediation.mp3\nDavid: Thanks, Dan. Nice to be here.\nInterviewer: David, what is mediation?\nDavid: Well, mediation is like a structured form of negotiation. Where parties are in a dispute, or they have any problem that needs to be resolved. They are brought together, and with the assistance of the independent third-party called a mediator they are encouraged to try and resolve their dispute.\nInterviewer: Is there often a reluctance I suppose by parties to actually you know to get involved in a mediation given that there might be some you know a bit of angst between them?\nDavid: Look, there are lots of reasons why people avoid going into mediation sometimes because there is this personal animosity with the other persona and they feel nervous or uncertain about their ability to control their emotions when they are confronted with someone that they feel got some strong negative feelings about. Sure, that is one of the reasons why people are reluctant to go into a mediation.\nOften people just because of a natural human reaction prefer to kind of fight from in trenches rather than get into a bit more if I am going to extend the analogy, get into more hand-to-hand combat over their dispute.\nInterviewer: It\u2019s sort of a phenomenon isn\u2019t it now. That mediation is encouraged by courts and tribunals as part of the process.\nDavid: Look, mediation ever since there has been any commercial relations or indeed any relationships between people is the type of thing that people did in order to resolve their disputes. We can just think of the story of 2 people who are in a dispute going to see the wise person in order to make a decision or assist them with their problem.\nIn a way, a mediation is no different to taking a matter to court. Because if you strip away all of the fancy things that are litigation. All people are doing is saying we have got a dispute that we can\u2019t resolve ourselves. We are taking it into this legal structure so that a judge can decide it for us. It is just a different variation on having a third party help people to resolve a dispute.\nThe one thing that is beautiful I guess about mediation is that the participants in it can decide exactly how it is they want to do it, when they want to do it, who are the people that are going to be there. They can determine the outcome themselves.\nI think that and those elements of the process are being recognized by the legal system, the courts, and also by legal practitioners. It works, it works very effectively and so they are well encouraging and to a great degree forcing people to participate in mediation early in the court cases, in the middle of them, towards the end, really at any time during the process of a dispute.\nFrankly, good lawyers who are advising people without putting a ticket on myself. I would put myself in that category. Encourage people always to try and mediate their disputes.\nInterviewer: I suspect that there is an appropriate and effective time to do a mediation or to actually be involved in a mediation, or consider a mediation. Is that the case?\nDavid: Well, you have got to know what your case is. You have got to have some understanding of not only what it is that you want from the other party. You have also got to understand the legal basis for making that claim. You have also got to be in a position to be able to corroborate your claim. Make them good substantiate them. Probably articulate them.\nYou have also got to be able to get the similar details from the other person or people who may be involved in the dispute. Because it can be very hard to resolve something unless you have got at least some sort of agenda or framework or understanding about where people are coming from.\nInterviewer: What\u2019s the role of the mediator themselves? I mean they are trained personnel who do this on a regular basis. They have got skills around this. What do they do?\nDavid: They are kind of, they do a range of things. In fact, I have done a hundred or so mediations always in a legal context. I have seen a great variety of mediators. The common skill that I think that the mediators have is that they keep bringing people back to reality and bringing people back to I guess the real consequences of a dispute not being resolved.\nThe remind them about you know what is involved in the legal process, what the costs are, what might be the personal cost to you, the protagonist of not resolving it, and of course they also have a particular way of being able to reword the way people express their feelings, or to express the position that they want to take in a way that enables it to I guess match up more with what the other person is saying.\nIf you like are on the same page and they get a different understanding. Sometimes when you are hearing somebody say something and you don\u2019t like that person, or you feel like you have heard it all before. It is very difficult to hear them.\nWhen you hear it recast by an independent person like I think what you know Mary is really trying to say is\u2026 Sometimes it\u2019s easier to hear that. The mediator also can bring people together so that they are in the same room listening and talking to each other, including shouting and doing all sorts of things to each other including that.\nCan also bring people apart, so that you can sit in your own room and you know vent what it is how you feel about it, or what the dispute is about. You can use the mediator as a carrier pigeon. They do that and then they evaluate when the right time is to bring people together.\nIt becomes a well-managed process. Mediators can facilitate outcomes, but the ones that I like. I like mediators who are a little bit facilitative and a little bit evaluative. People who I find that as a lawyer it can be very helpful. That you can be talking to your client about the problem, but it helps when you have got an independent third-party saying you know what I have looked at your problem.\nI think these are some concerns that I have got. I think you should give them some real consideration. That can be a very useful tool in getting clients to some common ground.\nInterviewer: Yeah, it\u2019s a great way to resolve conflict isn\u2019t it. I remember a Barrister who works in Queensland Courts, and he would often say to people that were considering mediation that he would get to the top of the stairs and he would say\u2026\nOkay, if you go to the right hand side of this courthouse you know you are going to be involved in a traditional court response that may well give you an outcome that is completely from left field that you didn\u2019t expect, or you can go to the left to some conciliation rooms and you can actually have a positive impact on what sort of outcomes that you will get. Yeah, it\u2019s just a great way of resolving conflict.\nDavid: Indeed. If you want your disputes resolved by a stranger, a judge according to a legal system where unless you are a lawyer you don\u2019t really understand what the principles are, and often you may not agree with them. Certainly, the way you interpret them, or they have been explained to you.\nIf you want to have that then great. The courts are there and they can be used in that way. If you want to have some control over the way in which the dispute is resolved then mediation is an excellent way to do that.\nLike anything you know it takes two to tango. You need to get some common ground with the other person. If you can\u2019t do it the courts are still there. You are not excluding them. In the example that you used.\nYou might be able to turn to the right or turn to the left. If you turn to the left you can still go to the right afterwards.\nInterviewer: True.\nDavid: After you use the litigation system. All I would say is that people should do that, but only if they have to, and to often look I think people are getting better at it, and getting better educated about it. I think getting a bit more mature about the way they resolve their disputes, and steering away from just the reflexive I am going to court.\nWe are going to have our dispute. We are going to tell it to the judge kind of attitude. Really taking control over. Have their problems pan out. They do just have to because litigation can be too expensive, and it is a very, very, very draining process.\nInterviewer: I was going to say that what is the cost of mediation? I am assuming it is significantly less than 3 days in court.\nDavid: Depending on\u2026 Look, one of the features of mediation is that it\u2019s not just run by lawyers. The clients are definitely there, and they should actively participate in the process. That is the way I would always you know encourage people to approach a mediation.\nIt\u2019s a good idea to have a lawyer there with you to advise. Not to I guess control the process, but to assist in managing through the process, and of course one thing a lawyer can do is can prepare the documents that ultimately leads to if there is a resolution. Because you want at the end to have a settlement. A settlement means a type of agreement. That should be documented so that people are very clear about what the arrangement is, and they can walk out with a binding arrangement that can protect them if they are going forward.\nThe mediation will cost you to have your lawyer attend and you usually have to pay for the mediators time. It\u2019s a Professional Person, may or may not be a lawyer. There are very many mediators who have got legal training. That is helpful because they understand what the legal disputes are. That of course you can have mediators who are very experienced in you know human relations if it is an employment related dispute.\nIf there was a Strata dispute you were talking about you could have a very senior Strata Manager, or somebody like that who can act as a mediator. You choose. You want someone who is able to talk the language of the dispute and the language of the participants. Those things cost money. I can tell you it is a fraction of the cost of litigation with Barristers and solicitors and familiar processes, and the time the litigation takes people away from work, and you know the emotional energy and all of that sort of stuff that\u2019s the hallmark of those going to court.\nInterviewer: Yeah, it just makes sense to try and resolve these issues promptly. Mediation is a great way of doing it.\nDavid: It has gotten to the point now in Strata where it is mandatory. While you can\u2019t kidnap someone and bring them a mediation. The vast majority people are willing to at least give it a go. Even unwilling people can sometimes be surprised by how effective it is.\nDavid: Okay, thanks Dan.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 12596, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 251.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://shipwreckprojects.net/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:07Z", "digest": "sha1:BKCS6UYAWXYXAWIS245F5AMGNBGGB6FQ", "length": 7546, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "shipwreckprojects.net", "title": "Shipwreck Projects", "raw_content": "Shipwreck (disambiguation)\nA shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked, which are found either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be deliberate or accidental. UNESCO estimates that worldwide over 3 million shipwrecks, some thousands of years old, lie on seabeds.\nHistoric wrecks are attractive to maritime archaeologists because they preserve historical information: for example, studying the wreck of Mary Rose revealed information about seafaring, warfare, and life in the 16th century. Military wrecks, caused by a skirmish at sea, are studied to find details about the historic event; they reveal much about the battle that occurred. Discoveries of treasure ships, often from the period of European colonisation, which sank in remote locations leaving few living witnesses, such as the Batavia, do occur but only very infrequently. Some contemporary wrecks, such as the oil tankers Prestige or Erika, are of interest primarily because of their potential harm to the environment. Other contemporary wrecks are scuttled in order to spur reef growth, such as Adolphus Busch and the Ocean Freeze. Wrecks like Adolphus Busch and historic wrecks such as SS Thistlegorm are of interest to recreational divers that dive to shipwrecks because they are interesting to explore, provide large habitats for many types of marine life, and have an interesting history.\nThis page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Shipwreck\nA shipwreck is the term for a sunken or derelict ship.\nShipwreck may also refer to:\nShipwrecking, an accident at sea when a ship sinks\nShipwreck (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe\nShipwreck A.D., a hardcore band from Boston, Massachusetts\nShipwreck, an alternate title for the 1978 movie The Sea Gypsies\nShipwreck, a 1994 album by Chris Connelly\n\"Shipwreck!\", an episode of the anime series The Little Prince\nP-700 Granit, SS-N-19 \"Shipwreck\" anti-ship missile\nShipwreck (film), a 1931 short film\nAll pages beginning with \"Shipwreck\"\nAll pages with titles containing Shipwreck\nShipwrecked (disambiguation)\nThis page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Shipwreck_(disambiguation)\nShipwreck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of toys, cartoons and comics. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow/Marvel cartoon series in 1984, and later produced as an action figure, and finally introduced into the comic book in 1985.\nHis real name is Hector X. Delgado, and he was born in Chula Vista, California. 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He served time at Gitmo before moving on to carrier operations in the Middle East, and participating in patrolling actions in the Mekong Delta and Yokosuka.\nThis page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Shipwreck_(G.I._Joe)\nshipwreckprojects.net\nshipwreckprojects.com\nwwiishipwreck.com\nLatest News for: Shipwreck projects\n(CNN)Researchers have been investigating the incredible cargo from an 800-year-old shipwreck for years, trying to uncover its secrets ... \"Based on the results of this project, it is clear that the qingbai-style ceramics from the Java Sea Shipwreck came from a variety of kilns in China,\" the researchers wrote in an email....\nYour Views for February 1\nOnly later \u2014 after the \u201cBig Lie\u201d became accepted \u201cscience\u201d \u2014 was it revealed that the source of the data was an unscientific survey conducted by a 9-year-old for an elementary school project! ... The Ocean Cleanup project is now in Hilo Harbor for repairs....\n$100bn in sunken treasure going on the blockchain\nThe marine archaeologists working on the project include David Gallo, who co-led the most recent expedition to the RMS Titanic shipwreck site; Troy Launay, who was a member of Amazon\u2019s Apollo F-1 Engine recovery team and Claudio Bonifacio, an acclaimed shipwreck researcher....\nShipwrecked is back \u2013 and it's the Love Island/Fyre festival mashup you need\nThe return of Shipwrecked has come at the perfect time ... Unfortunately, it looks as if Shipwrecked might have another target in its sights ... The popularity of ITV2\u2019s series has clearly sparked something deep within the heart of Shipwrecked ... It seems cynical, but cynicism has always been Shipwrecked\u2019s modus operandi ... But Shipwrecked is different....\nBWVI and Its Branding Partner SponsorsOne Announce Their New Campagn for 2019 Featuring Shipwreck Jewelry ...\nBWVI) and its branding partner SponsorsOne are proud to announce the first of many humanitarian projects that BWVI will donate a percentage of the sales from the recent launch of its treasure jewelry line ... In this case the benefit goes to Chester See\u2019s work with The Thirst Project building water wells in southern Africa....\nBlue Water Launches Long Awaited Treasure Line with Partners SponsorsOne and Bradford James\nOur unique line of jewelry includes all types of treasure that Blue Water has recovered and acquired from dive projects throughout the US and Caribbean waters ... \u201cThe trade beads, gold and silver from long lost shipwrecks were originally meant for commerce ... artifacts from shipwrecks....\nArtifacts from 1857 shipwreck go up for sale in Ohio\nThe Concord Township News-Herald 03 Dec 2018\nCOLUMBUS \u2014 A submersible that helped retrieve gold from an 1857 shipwreck off the South Carolina coast three decades ago is for sale, along with the ship's large, bronze bell and other artifacts....\nSouthern Exposure: Myths crumble as galleon history uncovered\nThe Daily Astorian 03 Dec 2018\nOregon\u2019s shipwreck stories \u2014 and the apocryphal \u201cBeeswax\u201d led the way \u2014 were filled with hyperbole and imagination, reported Scott Williams, principal investigator for the Beeswax Wreck Project ... exhibit, \u201cOregon Coast Shipwrecks.\u201d....\nArtifacts from 1857 shipwreck go up for sale\nCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) \u2014 A submersible that helped retrieve gold from an 1857 shipwreck off the South Carolina coast three decades ago is for sale, along with the ship's large, bronze bell and other artifacts. The Columbus Dispatch reports the sale of items from the shipwrecked S.S....\nChina has started its first-ever excavation to find ancient treasures in Egypt\nThe rusty coin was found following a China-backed, three-year project that aimed to search for an ancient shipwreck commanded by the legendary Chinese admiral Zheng He....\nNew facilities to aid S. China Sea studies\nThe facilities will include a scientific research institute for maritime cultural heritage, a conservation workshop for salvaged shipwrecks and a training center for archaeologists. \"Launching this project reflects the country's maritime strategy and determination to boost culture,\" Hu said....\nNew facilities to aid S. 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We have taken steps to rectify this issue and insure that this will never happen again.\u201d\nAfter Nike signed Kaepernick as the face of its \u201cJust Do It\u201d campaign, conservatives immediately responded with anger. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback became a household name in 2016 when he knelt in protest of police violence against black people during the national anthem. In the first Nike ad, released in September, Kaepernick tells viewers: \u201cBelieve in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.\u201d Conservatives cast him as an unpatriotic and disrespectful ingrate, and some of the more outraged among them voiced their anger by burning and defacing socks, shoes, and other Nike athletic wear. President Trump also voiced his displeasure in a slightly incoherent answer to the Daily Caller: \u201cI think it\u2019s a terrible message that [Nike is] sending, and the purpose of them doing it, maybe there\u2019s a reason for them doing it, but I think as far as sending a message, I think it\u2019s a terrible message and a message that shouldn\u2019t be said.\u201d\nColin Kaepernick Criminal Justice", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 64413, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://smartadvisormatch.com/advisor-network/california/steven-balaban-1380366", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:07Z", "digest": "sha1:PQUB72U2ENFG2KTGET2XW6FVNIC5LJ62", "length": 1611, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "smartadvisormatch.com", "title": "Steven Balaban | Financial Advisor - Concorde Asset Management, LLC | CA", "raw_content": "Are you Steven Balaban? Claim this listing.\nSteven Balaban is a certified financial planner working in San Diego, California, who has been in the advisory business for 12 years. Balaban currently works for Concorde Asset Management, LLC. Over the course of their career, Balaban has held roles at Ubs Financial Services Inc, Disability and Independent Financial Group LLC. Balaban holds Series 63, Series 65 and Series 66 licenses, designating them as both a securities agent and an investment advisor representative, and is approved to advise clients in California. Concorde Asset Management, LLC is a financial advisory firm that has its headquarters in San Diego, California. The investment advisory business has offices in 35 locations and a total of 57 people on staff. It administers $218 million in assets under management across its 1,782 client accounts, making it one of the mid-sized investment advisory firms in the United States by assets under management. Of its 1,782 accounts, just 1% are associated with high-net-worth individuals who have at least $1 million in assets available to invest. Concorde Asset Management, LLC has a number of services, such as financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for institutional clients and selection of other advisers. Financial advisory fees typically vary depending on the type of services provided. However, fees charged by Concorde Asset Management, LLC most likely are comprised of asset-based, hourly, fixed and other fees.\nSteven Balaban Work History\nSteven Balaban has disclosures.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 4371, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 155.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://socalnightmarket.com/2018/03/08/volunteer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:22Z", "digest": "sha1:GUDDQU7R4RGCEFUNG2JI6J5NDNRSSTNJ", "length": 271, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "socalnightmarket.com", "title": "Volunteer", "raw_content": "Do you have an interest in event planning? Do you love being behind the scenes? Do you want a fun and easy way to volunteer locally? Well, we are looking for volunteers for four shifts:\nFriday, June 1: 4 \u2013 8:30 PM; 8 \u2013 12:30 AM\nSaturday, June 2: 4 \u2013 8:30 PM; 8 \u2013 12:30 AM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 168.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://socialequity.duke.edu/news/phd-student-janelle-jones-awarded-grant", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:05:13Z", "digest": "sha1:ONMGQ63U75GAGBWJC4O3AXBFVOJBYRCL", "length": 1659, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "socialequity.duke.edu", "title": "Ph.D. Student Janelle Jones Awarded Grant | The Cook Center on Social Equity", "raw_content": "Ph.D. Student Janelle Jones Awarded Grant\nPh.D. student Janelle Jones of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy, has received a one-year doctoral grant from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Jones, who specializes in economics, will conduct research on the impact of intergenerational transfer of wealth on wealth inequality and the racial wealth gap.\nResearch Project Description: Over the past three decades, both wealth inequality and the racial wealth gap have increased significantly. Research shows that inheritances, bequests, and intrafamily transfers account for more of the racial wealth gap than any other demographic and socioeconomic indicators, including education, income, and household structure. This project will examine the significance of intergenerational transfers on wealth inequality overall, and the racial wealth gap specifically, to identify policies that address growing inequality throughout the wealth distribution.\nPreviously, Jones has worked as a Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. There she researched and wrote on a variety of U.S. labor market topics, such as unemployment, job quality, and unions. Jones also served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer in Sacramento, CA where she worked for a grassroots non-profit on community health issues. Additionally, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru in the Small Business Development Program focusing on local economic development.\nJanelle holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Spelman College and a M.A. in Applied Economics with a concentration in Community and Economic Development from Illinois State University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 4413, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 129.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://solarmagazine.com/cleangrid-partners-to-change-the-way-sustainable-energy-grid-electrification-is-done/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:18Z", "digest": "sha1:UB7OD2GZHFPV4LOZ2VXXP6CH4ZWSAEV5", "length": 14663, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "solarmagazine.com", "title": "CleanGrid Partners Sets Out to Change the Way Sustainable Energy, Grid Electrification Is Done", "raw_content": "Home Interviews CleanGrid Partners Sets Out to Change the Way Sustainable Energy, Grid Electrification...\nSingapore\u2019s CleanGrid Partners is out to make a difference in the world. Flush with USD60 million of investment capital (and more to come according to management) the new clean, sustainable energy development venture aims to bring the benefits of low- or zero-emissions electricity to the estimated, 100 million-plus people across Southeast Asia who lack reliable, affordable energy access.\nMore specifically, CleanGrid Partners \u201caims to build and manage a portfolio of electrification projects valued at about USD100 million within three to four years,\u201d management says. An inaugural project \u2014 a hybrid, solar-storage-diesel community microgrid \u2014 is under construction in the Philippines\u2019 Palawan province.\nPhoto: ICMG Partners\n\u201cMuch has been researched and documented by WEnergy Global about the lack of access to electricity in ASEAN. Having worked with financial institutions, multilateral agencies and national power companies, WEnergy Global knows that the problem of a lack of access to electricity remains a chronic problem in the region,\u201d Atem Ramsundersingh, CEO of CleanGrid co-founding partner WEnergy said for a press release. \u201cThe near-term solution that delivers on immediate on-the-ground benefits is to build, own and operate smart micro-grids for off-grid electrification, which most multilateral agencies, investment companies and mega power companies are reluctant to embark on.\u201d\nSolar Magazine spoke with Ramsundersingh to learn more about CleanGrid\u2019s strategic plans, the principles and policies that guide and inform them, and how CleanGrid intends to realize its ambitious goals.\nOn-the-ground engineering experience combined with \u201cbest of breed\u201d solar, storage and smart grid technologies and investment capital\nThree Singapore-based companies are equal partners in CleanGrid Partners, having contributed the equity capital to publicly launch the company:\nClean-engineering and electrification project developer WEnergy Global;\nGlobal management consulting company ICMG Partners;\nGreenway Grid Global, a sustainable development-oriented investment company specializing in clean energy microgrids in which Japan\u2019s TEPCO PowerGrid Inc. is one of two main shareholders.\n\u201cOur new partnership will combine WEnergy Global\u2019s on-the-ground knowledge and pioneer\u2019s experience in ASEAN with the best-of-breed smart technologies that the likes of TEPCO-PowerGrid already owns,\u201d Ramsundersingh explained.\nIn addition to its first, flagship project in Palawan, CleanGrid\u2019s project pipeline includes building similar decentralized solar-storage, renewable energy and hybrid microgrids in Indonesia and Myanmar, as well as elsewhere in the Philippines.\nCleanGrid Partners has allocated an initial USD20 million to develop its initial set of projects. \u201cThe whole idea behind the portfolio we\u2019ve been developing is that our first set of projects will be part of the $100 million of assets the portfolio will grow to include. We have a commitment for the first USD60 million. If leveraged properly, in this part of the world that can be raised significantly, to USD250 million worth of assets, a 1:3 ratio,\u201d Ramsundersingh said in an interview.\nFigure 5: Increase in energy demand by 2025 over 2014 levels | Click here to see the full-size chart | Source: Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN \u2013 A REmap Analysis\nAn urgent, pressing need for low- and zero-carbon energy and electrification\nCleanGrid\u2019s three co-founders believe there\u2019s an urgent, increasingly pressing need to bring sustainable, zero- or low-emissions energy to all those across Southeast Asia who lack energy access.\nWe believe that investors, development and commercial banks and technology manufacturers worldwide must address the challenge to electrify the one billion people on our planet who have no or little access to electricity \u2013 of which over 100 million people live in Southeast Asia.\n\u2014 stated ICMG Partners\u2019 Director Gen Funahashi.\n\u201cWe can make an impact by leveraging on the best available intellectual capital and transforming the management mindset of companies and governments to bring innovative clean energy solutions to this part of the world.\u201d\nFigure ES1: Renewable energy share in the ASEAN region in total primary energy supply to 2025 | Source: Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN \u2013 A REmap Analysis\nRelying on fossil fuels and traditional, conventional technologies, development and business models just isn\u2019t an option at this point in time, according to Ramsundersingh. Doing so would mean that the greenhouse gases (GHGs) we collectively emit into the atmosphere would continue to rise, making the goal of limiting climate warming to 2 degrees Celsius, much less 1.5 degrees, set out in the U.N. Paris Climate Agreement a pipe dream, he pointed out in an interview.\nYoung, enterprising solar and clean energy companies have been experiencing extraordinary success installing mobile pay-go and other types of solar home systems (SHS) in developing and lesser developed countries, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. CleanGrid Partners is taking a different approach, one that entails building larger scale clean energy microgrids with the capacity to fuel commerce, industry and genuine, sustainable socioeconomic development, Ramsundersingh explained.\nInvesting in, owning and operating low- or zero-emissions in partnership with local organizations on islands is one focal point for CleanGrid\u2019s investment fund. The other is providing investment capital, technology, expertise and support to utilities and energy services providers already operating in markets across Southeast Asia, Ramsundersingh explained in an interview.\nGrid outages and electricity rationing are commonplace in many parts of Southeast and South Asia, Ramsundersingh pointed out. \u201cMost grids rely essentially on what amounts to late 19th, early 20th century technology and operating models. It\u2019s negligence to think we can keep expanding grids without scaling up and upgrading the technology\u2026\u201d\n\u201cWe\u2019re offering grid evaluation and grid modernization capabilities, along with capital, technology and technical support that can be used to develop sustainable energy development road maps. In that way, we\u2019re able to become a co-investor in grid modernization and electrification efforts,\u201d he said.\nCleanGrid\u2019s inaugural Sabang solar-storage-diesel microgrid project\nFive years in the making, CleanGrid\u2019s inaugural, USD9 million Sabang microgrid project in the Philippines\u2019 Palawan province will provide households, businesses and public-sector organizations with low-emissions electricity 24 hours a day, seven days a week over the microgrid\u2019s expected, 20-year life, and it will do so at significantly lower cost than other, existing options, Ramsundersingh told Solar Magazine.\nFifty percent of the electricity will come from a 1.4-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The other 50 percent will come from four new diesel-fueled generators with a total rated capacity of 1.2MW. The generators will be integrated with an intelligent, 2.4-megawatt-hour (MWh) Tesla lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system (BESS) and a systems controller that will optimize the microgrid\u2019s renewable energy production and distribution to deliver electricity at the lowest possible cost and the lowest emissions, according to Ramsundersingh.\nPhoto: ASEAN Centre for Energy\n\u201cWe\u2019ve designed the microgrid to optimize the use of intelligent battery energy storage based on local electricity loads and needs. Basically, the battery will be used to store energy and release it only when supply and demand require balancing so as to make up for shortfalls in PV generation,\u201d Ramsundersingh said.\nCleanGrid\u2019s project also includes building out a 14-kilometer transmission-and-distribution network that will serve an initial group of 650 customers. Around 500 will be a mix of low-, middle- and high-income households. Small-, medium-sized and larger businesses and public services organizations, such as schools, churches and government facilities, will make up the rest, Ramsundersingh elaborated.\nSmall and home-based businesses in Palawan are paying as much as USD1 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to generate electricity using diesel gen-sets. Hotels, resorts, restaurants, souvenir shops and other larger businesses are doing likewise, and paying USD0.60-0.70/kWh, according to Ramsundersingh. \u201cThis project will provide all consumers\u2014 households, small, medium and large businesses\u2014 affordable, 24\u00d77 energy access for 20 years or more,\u201d he said.\nCleanGrid looks to key commercial, industrial and public-sector organizations with comparatively large, consistent energy needs to serve as core microgrid customers, he explained. \u201cTypically, they\u2019ll account for 80 percent of energy consumption. In the case of Palawan, we\u2019ll have at least 50 mid- to large-sized entities consuming almost 80 percent of the electricity the microgrid produces. Local schools, churches, households and small, home-based businesses will consume the other 20 percent,\u201d Ramsundersingh said.\nLooking ahead, CleanGrid is searching for ways to maximize the percentage of renewable energy coursing across its microgrids, the aim being to raise it to 100 percent. \u201cWe can use non-food-based biodiesel to run Caterpillar diesel gen-sets in some instances, for example,\u201d Ramsundersingh said.\nWith many of its Philippines project sites located on or near coasts, CleanGrid is exploring the use of tidal power generators to replace diesel gen-sets. \u201cWe\u2019re currently studying the feasibility of combining solar and tidal generation to provide full, 100-percent renewable electrification using technology from Netherlands that can be deployed on floating platforms 50-100 meters from shore,\u201d Ramsundersingh said. \u201cMost of our sites are on islands\u2026We\u2019ve done some very raw, satellite-based analysis regarding tidal movements and we see possibilities there.\u201d\nOn the road to 100-percent renewable energy for islands and rural communities\nWEnergy and CleanGrid have conducted a lot of research and development work in Singapore to ensure that its microgrids can be deployed rapidly and deliver high-quality electrical energy affordably and securely with very high reliability at utility scale across Southeast Asia the vagaries of weather, climate and overall operating conditions notwithstanding, according to Ramsundersingh.\nSoutheast Asia is rife with opportunities to roll out solar-plus-storage and other, hybrid forms of clean, sustainable energy microgrids, Ramsundersingh and CleanGrid believe. \u201cWe believe in real partnerships and long-lasting relationships with local communities. We\u2019re not just out there to collect assets and feed pension funds. That\u2019s one of the reasons we really wanted to partner with a company like TEPCO that not only has the capital, but also substantial grid expertise,\u201d Ramsundersingh said.\nBoats at the Dock at Palawan, Philippines\nThe world\u2019s leading multilateral development banks and multinational power industry corporations have been much too slow in realizing the market\u2019s potential, and its central importance in helping resolve urgent and increasingly pressing energy, environmental and socioeconomic problems that are now prevalent worldwide, however, he continued.\nWe see 100 million-plus potential customers for decentralized, low- and zero-carbon microgrids out there and the demand is growing. This market is opening up and they\u2019re [leading power industry players, multilateral development and commercial banks] are just not moving into it.\nThere are a variety of new, largely unproven models that can be applied in order to see a rural or island electrification or grid modernization project through to fruition, Ramsundersingh explained. \u201cWe may have to smart meter every connection, for instance. All the big suppliers\u2019 minimum orders quantities are around 10,000 pieces. We might need 1,000 or 4,000,\u201d Ramsundersingh continued. \u201cYou could use traditional meters and have a human being check them, but we can\u2019t operate that way. For one thing, that model is very vulnerable to corrupted behavior and unaccounted-for losses. We need remote monitoring, data gathering and analysis capabilities,\u201d he said.\nOne alternative business model CleanGrid is exploring for very small communities where individual households aren\u2019t smart metered involves working with local partners to offer prepaid energy service packages. \u201cThere\u2019s a notion among traditional investors that people in these areas aren\u2019t educated about paying and fail to pay their bills. As it turns out, we\u2019ve found they tend to be very disciplined about paying their bills. Typically, the problem in communities where that isn\u2019t the case is that they won\u2019t pay you if you fail to provide excellent quality of service.\u201d\nA long-term commitment and a willingness to \u201cstretch their brains\u201d\nCleanGrid\u2019s long-term commitment and its hands-on, community-centered, \u201cboots on the ground\u201d approach to solar and sustainable, clean energy investment, technology and project development distinguishes the company from others in the field, according to Ramsundersingh.\n\u201cWe waited five years to get our license in the Philippines,\u201d Ramsundersingh noted. Government agencies, and even many power and energy industry insiders, typically lack the tools and systems required, or a genuine willingness, to evaluate new clean energy technologies and projects, including their business cases. \u201cWe didn\u2019t walk away after five years and burn our equity. We made promises to local communities and we didn\u2019t abandon them. Now, the project\u2019s underway; the bulldozers are running, and the government is showing us respect for that. We even pushed the government for new rules to open up the market and approve projects faster going forward. It\u2019s been complicated, but we\u2019ve done it. Now the doors are open for others to follow.\u201d\nMoreover, \u201cit doesn\u2019t cost that much money. It\u2019s the thinking power, the willingness of everyone to stretch their brains, that\u2019s needed to make microgrids a reality for all these people. We can\u2019t just walk away, and for any of a number of reasons. That\u2019s simply not the way to deal with 1 billion people. If we as engineers, as developers, don\u2019t do it, who will? The big corporations, the development and commercial banks, governments, they\u2019re just not making it happen. One billion people amounts to an economic force that can not be neglected. If they started to install coal plants, burn forests and rely on fossil-fuel vehicles and machines we\u2019ll all be choking on the emissions,\u201d Ramsundersingh concluded. comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 20538, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 335.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sprout.beanstox.com/how-to-invest-in-stocks-even-if-you-dont-know-where-to-start/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:34Z", "digest": "sha1:IJAWAWGWDLQDNF5QTLCFPNPZ7JY7KW5F", "length": 3643, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "sprout.beanstox.com", "title": "How To Invest in Stocks, Even if You Don\u2019t Know Where to Start | Sprout@Beanstox", "raw_content": "How To Invest in Stocks, Even if You Don\u2019t Know Where to Start\nIf you have just started out on your investing journey, you may be unsure of the best way to build your portfolio. Perhaps you haven\u2019t even executed your first trade yet. As a new investor, how do you know what to invest in? Here are 5 tips to help you start building your portfolio.\nDon\u2019t be a Stock Picker, be an Investor\nMany financial advisors will suggest that individuals start investing in ETFs before they move on to individual stocks. ETFs give investors exposure to multiple sectors, asset classes, and companies through a single instrument. For example, if an investor wants to invest in technology, he or she can buy an ETF that will give him or her exposure to the entire US technology sector. Investing through ETFs makes it easier for first-time investors to construct diversified portfolios. Before you start investing in ETFs, make sure to check the prospectus, located on the ETF provider\u2019s website, so that you know exactly what companies the ETF is invested in.\nStart Investing in What You Know\nIf you want to invest in individual stocks, start by looking at the companies you know. If you are continually consuming certain products and brands, there must be a reason. Why not own pieces of those companies?\nDon\u2019t Try to Beat the Market\nDon\u2019t get wrapped up in picking the next big winner. Instead, make sure you know how companies make money and how they plan to expand and grow in the future. Keep up to date on news items related to stocks you are investing in or are thinking about investing in. Remember, you don\u2019t want to get sucked into the next \u201cdot com bubble.\u201d\nPrice Isn\u2019t Just a Number\nA good metric to look at when evaluating a stock is the P/E ratio (price to earnings ratio). This is a measure of a company\u2019s price relative to its earnings. The P/E ratio of a stock can help you determine whether a stock is undervalued or overvalued. Generally speaking, the lower the P/E ratio the better. A common threshold used by investors is a P/E of 20 or less, however, investors should compare P/E ratios to that of other companies in the same industry. Some industries, like the Restaurant industry, historically have P/E ratios higher than 20, so it\u2019s important to compare companies to their peers when assessing their value.\nInvestors should note that P/E ratios can be a valuable tool, but they don\u2019t tell the whole story. Before investing in a company, investors should understand the company\u2019s plans for growth and their revenue stream.\nDiversification may be the most important part of building a portfolio. The idea is to spread your investments across multiple asset classes, sectors, and even geographic locations to help lessen volatility in your portfolio. For example, if you are invested in technology, consumer goods, and healthcare and the consumer goods industry underperforms, you\u2019re entire portfolio won\u2019t be impacted because you are also invested in healthcare and technology. If you had invested all your assets in consumer goods, you would be more affected by volatility in that industry,\nOldies can be Goodies\nMany people want to invest in the hottest stock, but don\u2019t be afraid to invest in stocks of companies that have been around for the while. They may not be poised for growth, but often, these companies pay dividends and are relatively stable investments.\nStart Investing with the Right Mind Set\nAs you begin to build your portfolio, remember to think like an investor, not a speculator. Think about the companies and industries you consume; follow them in the news and ask yourself if you want to own part of that company.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 7988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 203.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ssl.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=35&gid=5406&site=summithealth.adam.com&login=SUMM2111", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:08Z", "digest": "sha1:APYQFNCJKTWEJSOLGC2M7DGQUIS42MC4", "length": 3602, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "ssl.adam.com", "title": "Summit Health | The Peak of Good Health", "raw_content": "WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- As abuse of injected heroin and other addictive opioids spreads throughout the United States, heart experts warn of a growing threat: strokes caused by infections contracted through dirty needles.\n\"People need to be more aware that stroke can be a devastating complication of injecting opioids,\" said the lead author of a new study, Dr. Setareh Salehi Omran. She's a fellow in vascular neurology at the Weill Cornell Medical Center and Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.\nReporting this week at the annual meeting of the American Stroke Association, Omran's team said the rate of hospitalizations for stroke rose 20 percent per year between 2008 and 2015, coinciding with the worsening of the opioid epidemic.\nAs the researchers explained, injecting heroin or other opioids can enable bacteria to get into the body. These germs then travel via the bloodstream to infect and inflame heart valves -- a dangerous condition called infective endocarditis.\nLooking at U.S. data on hospitalizations between 1993 and 2015, the researchers identified nearly 5,300 patients hospitalized with stroke from opioid-related infective endocarditis. These cases have risen steadily: from 2.4 per 10 million people in 1993 to 18.8 per 10 million people in 2015, the findings showed.\nOnce infective endocarditis occurs, clumps of infected tissue can break off and travel to the brain's blood vessels and block them, triggering stroke.\nThese types of stroke have become more common in recent years, Omran's team said, with the largest increase among whites in the northeastern and southern United States.\nStroke hospitalizations rose among Americans of all ages and genders, but the greatest increases over the past decade have occurred among women and people younger than 45, the study authors said.\nAll of this \"parallels the rise in heroin overdose-related complications and deaths, which tripled between 2010 and 2015,\" Omran noted in a meeting news release.\nTwo doctors who've seen these tragic cases firsthand agreed there's cause for alarm.\n\"This study is a wake-up call,\" said neurologist and stroke expert Dr. Richard Libman.\n\"These types of strokes can be devastating,\" added Libman, who helps direct neurology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y.\n\"Antibiotics are sometimes useful for the prevention of recurrent stroke, but at other times, antibiotics are insufficient and these patients may require major cardiac surgery to prevent recurrent stroke,\" he said.\nDr. Nicole Berwald directs emergency medicine at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. 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According to Omran, \"efforts to minimize prescription opioid abuse are important in addressing this public health problem, since the highly addictive nature of opioids can lead some people to turn to cheaper alternatives, such as injectable opioids like heroin.\"\nThe study was also published Jan. 30 in the journal Stroke.\nThe American Heart Association has more on infective endocarditis.\nSOURCES: Richard Libman, M.D., vice chair, neurology, Long Island Jewish MedicalCenter, New Hyde Park, N.Y.; Nicole Berwald, M.D., chair, emergency medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, New York City; American Stroke Association, news release, Jan. 30, 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 4062, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 256.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://st-john-nepomucene.org/events/bereavement-mass-4-pm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:14:13Z", "digest": "sha1:4LMR2UT3PZQ5NT2DUJ3KCZJRAS7A6A2M", "length": 298, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "st-john-nepomucene.org", "title": "St John Nepomucene | Bereavement Mass - 4 pm | Cleveland, OH", "raw_content": "Bereavement Mass - 4 pm\nBereavement Mass & Social - We will remember those who passed away and were buried from our parish from November 1st, 2017 thru October 31st, 2018. We will also remember all our loved ones who have passed away. Afterwards, everyone is invited to a social in the parish hall.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 1525, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 320.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stardate.org/astro-guide/bubbles-sheets-and-voids", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:20Z", "digest": "sha1:JG7OWRI65FDRKQAHAFHHEVH3TZGA7RUX", "length": 465, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "stardate.org", "title": "Bubbles, Sheets and Voids | StarDate Online", "raw_content": "Bubbles, Sheets and Voids\nSuperclusters of galaxies are arranged in structures that look like sheets or walls, surrounded by voids and filaments in the large-scale structure of the universe. Together, walls, voids, and filaments cause the large-scale structure of the universe to resemble foam bubbles. Sometimes walls, such as one dubbed the Great Wall, are the result of the intersection of several filaments.\nEmptiness Vast \u201cvoids\u201d between galaxies July 20, 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 238.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stjosephwritersguild.wordpress.com/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:25Z", "digest": "sha1:7TIPBMGXTQKCAYTP5V23SAHKY35BCRQO", "length": 1387, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "stjosephwritersguild.wordpress.com", "title": "About", "raw_content": "The St. Joseph Writers Guild has had a long history in St. Joseph, Missouri. Prior to the 1950s, creative writers were a part of the St. Joseph Art League. They shared their passion for the arts with many who pioneered the arts movement in the city. There were renowned names in the group, such as Wall, Geiger, Herzog, Tootle, Kirkpatrick, Welch, and Wyeth. The roster read like a \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of modern elite St. Joseph society.\nIn the 1950\u2019s, the writers guild was a branch of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) in Washington, D.C. We made a name for ourselves by hosting local, state, and regional meetings in St. Joseph. Two of our writers served as president of the Missouri chapter. Many of our chapter members received notable awards for their writing.\nIn 1979, the St. Joseph branch disbanded from the NLAPW in order to join an organization with a base that was closer to home, the Missouri Writers Guild. Many of our local members served as state board members, held state offices, and accumulated numerous awards over the years for their writing skills.\nToday the St. Joseph Writers Guild has a heart for writing and for writers. We encourage anyone who writers or loves words, to seek us out. We respect all people; all are welcome, from every creed, social standing, and even age. We have had members from 11 to 90+ since writing knows no limits or boundaries.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1978, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 160.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://store.awmc.ca/product/1014-C/gospel-the-power-of-god", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:55Z", "digest": "sha1:J55IOBM7XPCV7ISFGNI3PBTPZ5WVI6FN", "length": 1366, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "store.awmc.ca", "title": "Gospel: The Power of God (1014-C) - AWMC", "raw_content": "This teaching reveals the great theme of Romans which is the power of the gospel. The true gospel is much different than what many people today think it is and it produces much more than what most people realize it does. Andrew shares that the gospel and God's grace are the same thing.\nWhy Holiness?\nIf God loves us because of His grace, not our goodness, then why live holy lives? This is a question Paul addressed more than once. In fact, unless this question arises, the gospel has not been presented the way Paul presented it. Romans 6 gives two very important reasons why Christians should live holy lives. Neither of these reasons has to do with God accepting us or loving us more.\nIt is not only hard to live the Christian life, it's impossible! Romans 7 and 8 contrast two ways of trying to live the Christian life. The way described in Romans 7 results in frustration and defeat which are the results many Christians are experiencing today. Romans 8 describes the victory that is only available through the power of the Holy Spirit living through us.\nMost of the preaching on righteousness centers on the good that we do. There is another type of righteousness that comes from God as a gift. Only this gift of righteousness has any virtue in our relationship with God. This teaching will help you get out of self-righteousness and into God's righteousness.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 3530, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/franklinbaytop", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:25:22Z", "digest": "sha1:2D6P7IT6JJQ6K2YFHHBJPM7QWQZFUK2F", "length": 8668, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "store.cdbaby.com", "title": "Franklin & Baytop | Searching for Frank | CD Baby Music Store", "raw_content": "Searching for Frank\nby Franklin & Baytop\n\u00a9 Copyright - R. Franklin / Patuxent Music (660498015629)\nAcoustic finger style blues guitar with vocals from the 1920's and the 1930's.\n2. Changed the Locks\n3. Crazy About You\n5. Some Cold Rainy Day\n6. 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Later in life, however, inspired by Archie Edwards, Michael learned both guitar and harmonica. He also learned to play the bones from one of Edwards\u2019 barbershop buddies, a percussionist known as \u201cMr. Bones.\u201d Since Mr. Bones passed away, Baytop has been carrying on this relatively obscure tradition with links to the minstrel show era and African percussion tradition. He also carried on other lessons learned in Archie Edwards\u2019 barbershop through his leadership in the Archie Edwards Blues Foundation which has kept the barbershop as a memorial to Edwards and the musicians of his generation while providing a place for younger musicians to gather and play in a community of like-minded blues performers.\nRick Franklin honed his skills in the same regional musical matrix. Following a brief flirtation with electric blues, he turned to classical lessons where a fellow student turned him on to Blind Blake and Reverend Gary Davis. As Rick put it, \u201cFrom there it\u2019s just been finger-picking blues.\u201d He has worked for a number of years with the trio Franklin, Harpe and Usilton, two guitars and percussion specializing in Hokum, jug band material, and good time blues. He has also planned and performed in educational programs with Archie Edwards and John Jackson. Today he plays with various artists, working diverse venues including farmers markets, where he keeps the street musician tradition going.\nBaytop and Franklin exemplify a regional commitment to finger-picking blues which they inherited from artists such as John Cephas, Warner Williams, the late Archie Edwards and John Jackson. These artists were part of a generation of acoustic blues players who brought their music to the region from its earlier roots in Virginia and the Carolinas. This brand of blues and good time dance music retained strong ties to the songster based orientation of Stokes, Sane, and other street singers of an earlier era. Along with their shared music pedigree, both men inherited a philosophical commitment shared by Edwards, Cephas and Jackson that placed a premium on keeping the musical memory of earlier artists alive as part of an ongoing chain of tradition. As Baytop explains, \u201cAs Archie [Edwards] always said, it\u2019s like running a relay race\u2026you carry it as far as you can, and then you pass the baton off.\u201d\nBoth have been guided by this charge, passing the music along through example and by more overt teaching. While they both obviously enjoy playing, it\u2019s important, as Rick reminds us, to put the music and its traditions in context so listeners bear in mind where it came from: \u201cKeeping the music alive is always a goal. The tradition of a lot of this music was not so much in concert halls or folk festivals, but on the streets, and in people\u2019s homes at private parties.\u201d Their vision of blues as cultural heritage also provides an everyman\u2019s view of history, to balance the educational focus on great men and women. As Baytop explains, \u201cI always thought about what my grandfather would think. What were the kind of things he would think about, or the guys that would come down the street, the regular guys. And I found that in the blues, especially in the stories, blues told great stories.\u201d\nFrank Stokes [1888-1955] was born in the south Memphis suburb of Whitehaven, Tennessee. Learning guitar as a youngster, he plied his musical wares in nearby Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee working with medicine shows or playing country jooks and picnics in the company of such artists as Jim Jackson, John Estes, Gus Cannon, Willie Brown, Son House, Charlie Patton, and his Memphis partners Dan Sane, Jack Kelly, and Will Batts. A fixture of the Memphis music scene, he was a blacksmith as well as a street musician and is considered one of the founding fathers of Memphis blues and, quite possibly, the best among many outstanding Memphis blues artists. Blues, however, was only a part of his diverse repertoire. Like his Delta counterpart, Charlie Patton, he was a \u201csongster,\u201d whose repertoire spanned the 19th and 20th centuries, encompassing pop tunes, minstrel showpieces, and ragtime dance tunes. As a medicine show veteran and a street musician, he needed variety to satisfy various audiences who would also request the best known songs of the day.\nFortunately for blues history, he recorded over forty songs for the Paramount and Victor labels from 1927 to 1928. Nineteen of these were guitar duets with his partner, Dan Sane. Recording together as The Beale Street Sheiks, the duo\u2019s recordings testify to their musical prowess and diversity. These sides probably include their signature songs and most requested material as well as the songs the record companies thought had the best chance to sell. But they only represent a portion of what they would have performed on the streets, playing Church Park, working parties and picnics, or serenading the white folks at the Peabody Hotel. Moreover, they only span two years out of a career that lasted up to the 1950\u2019s.\nStokes\u2019 partner Dan Sane, or Sain, was born in Hernando, Mississippi some ten miles south of Whitehaven. Depending on economics and opportunity, the two guitarists also worked with the South Memphis Jug Band which included Jack Kelly and violinist Will Batts, and were part of an ever changing aggregation of jug bands and street musicians that made Memphis their home. Part of the first urban migration, these musicians included John Estes, Memphis Minnie, Joe McCoy, and other major recording artists from Mississippi and Tennessee drawn to the opportunities in Memphis.\nAlthough a tribute to Stokes and Sane, and the Memphis music community of the late 1920\u2019s and early 1930\u2019s, it also draws on the work of other similar musical aggregations that ranged beyond Memphis to Chicago. The goal was to reach beyond what Stokes and Sane recorded to what they might have heard -- the soundscape that provided a contextual backdrop for their musical output. As Rick puts it, \u201cWhat these guys recorded wasn\u2019t necessarily what they played all the time. What they recorded never really showed how much material they had. So what we try to do is include songs they might have played as well as what they recorded; to put the two together to show what the musicians of that period were doing.\u201d\nBlues has always been a vehicle for grassroots history and a site for memory, bringing the past into the present day. As the proverb goes, \u201cYou don\u2019t know where you are going if you don\u2019t know where you have been.\u201d As many blues artists will tell you, blues are about real life, or as one artist put it, \u201cSomebody has lived that life.\u201d And, as Baytop explains, this also holds true of the Memphis artists: \u201cThese guys were real\u2026John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Frank Stokes, Bukka White. I mean, they were real and their music was real. It wasn\u2019t fantasy, and it wasn\u2019t \u2018fun and blues time.\u2019 It was raw. It was what they were, who they were. It\u2019s a way of looking at something. You get a chance to look into who they were.\u201d It opens a window on the Memphis street scene and the musical range of that era. But more than that, it is a contemporary example of finger-picking excellence. While paying tribute to other guitar heroes, it is music for today, a potent and danceable alternative to electric blues rock. 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Joel is regarded by many as one of the best commentators and analysts' we have in the game today -- so if you want to get ahead of the game, get ready to tune-in! Beautiful attacks are rightly celebrated, as a successful attack often produces an aesthetic finish. A successful defense often suggests unbridled play by the opponent. Before a game is concluded, there are moments when victory might go in either direction. Defense is difficult, and one or two errors can make a game appear much more one-sided than it actually was. Consider the game contested in the Russian Team Championship between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Sanan Sjugirov. You are going to like the finish, but deeper analysis indicates tenser moments in earlier play.\nMarvellous video!!! Review by cool64chess\nI love that video and it was a marvellous video!!! Great played by Ian Nepomniachtchi :D (Posted on June 18, 2016)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 4277, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 258.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://store.philamuseum.org/item/159634/i-too-sing-america-the-harlem-renaissance-at-100/1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:11Z", "digest": "sha1:E4MHJIPP4VN65P6VS2YG3CIZCJG3WNOX", "length": 5012, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "store.philamuseum.org", "title": "I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100 | The Philadelphia Museum of Art Store", "raw_content": "I Too Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100\nWil Haygood, guest curator for the Columbus Museum of Art's I Too Sing America: Harlem Renaissance at 100, is a Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Haygood has written 4 biographies of major Harlem figures who were all touched by the Harlem Renaissance. His King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr., won the Richard Wright-Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award, the Deems Taylor Biography Award, and the Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award from the Black Caucus of the ALA His Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson, was a PEN/ESPN Book Award Finalist. Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America received the Scribes Book Award, the Ohioana Book Award, and the Honor Book Award from the Black Caucus of the ALA. At the Columbus Museum of Art, Carole Genshaft is Curator at Large, Anastasia Kinigopoulo is Assistant Curator, Nannette V. Maciejunes is the Executive Director, Drew Sawyer is Head of Exhibitions and William J. and Sarah Ross Soter Associate Curator of Photography,\nWil Haygood (Author), Carole Genshaft (Contributor), Anastasia Kinigopoulo (Contributor), Nannette V. Maciejunes (Contributor), Drew Sawyer (Contributor)\nOne hundred years after the Harlem Renaissance emerged as a creative force at the close of World War I, I Too Sing America offers a major survey on the visual art and material culture of the groundbreaking movement.\nIt illuminates multiple facets of the era--the lives of its people, the art, the literature, the music, and the social history--through paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, and contemporary documents and ephemera. The lushly illustrated chronicle includes work by cherished artists such as Romare Bearden, Allan Rohan Crite, Palmer Hayden, William Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley, and James Van Der Zee.\nThe project is the culmination of decades of reflection, research, and scholarship by Wil Haygood, acclaimed biographer and preeminent historian on Harlem and its cultural roots. In thematic chapters, the author captures the range and breadth of the Harlem Renaissance, a sweeping movement which saw an astonishing array of black writers and artists and musicians gather over a period of a few intense years, expanding far beyond its roots in Harlem to unleashing a myriad of talents upon the nation. The book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Columbus Museum of Art.\nRizzoli Electa, 2018\n\"One measure of an exhibition catalogue\u2019s quality is the degree to which it makes you want to go see the exhibition. In the case of this volume, let us just say that, since picking it up, I have been wracked with pain that I have not been able to visit the Columbus Museum of Art to catch the show it accompanies, which runs through January 20. It is a sumptuously illustrated tome, with reproductions of pieces, variously iconic and little-known, by Palmer Hayden, Lo\u00efs Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Augusta Savage, Horace Pippin, and many, many more. Haygood is a biographer and journalist (famed for writing the story that became the film The Butler), and he\u2019s accomplished the rare feat of weaving together rich scholarship with luminous prose. Including contributions from a variety of experts, it takes an expansive view of its subject, looking not only at visual art but vernacular photography, writing, and periodicals of the movement. 'The Harlem Renaissance lives,' Haygood writes. 'It sings. It continues to do its part to explain America to itself, and also to the world.' This book is a superb vehicle for that remarkable story. \u2014Andrew Russeth\n\"Celebrating the centennial of the creative and intellectual flowering, \u201cI Too Sing America\u201d is a unique exploration of the subject that brings a journalist together with his hometown museum and the community where he grew up in Columbus, Ohio... Titled after Langston Hughes\u2019s iconic poem, \u201cI Too Sing America\u201d considers the Harlem Renaissance \u201cas a movement not confined to either upper Manhattan or the interwar period, but as a historical moment of national and international significance that continues to have reverberations far beyond its typically noted end date in the mid-1930s.\u201d The catalog is a wonderful volume lavishly illustrated with the art and photography that defined the Renaissance. Haygood\u2019s essays on how Harlem emerged as the mecca of Black America, the feverish publishing the period sparked, the dance, theater, and music the era engendered, the two Reverend Powells, and W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston, appear throughout the volume. 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The 21st century calls us to action, to lead now and long into the future.\u201d\nThe 2018 Strategic Plan\nThe University of Southern California\u2019s ascent as one of the world\u2019s premier research universities is unparalleled. Accelerating our rise will require a more expansive view of the role of higher education within and beyond the academy. To be the great 21st century research university, we must lead through values \u2013 reaffirming our commitment to our core academic principles, to our code of ethics, and to each other, while adding new voices and exploring new, equitable ways of acting in the world.\nWe must lead through people \u2013 nurturing a cadre of faculty, students, and staff who embrace not just the entrepreneurial spirit, but the inclusive spirit and the convergent spirit as well. We must lead through impact \u2013 seizing opportunities and solving the intractable problems of our city and the world, supporting the underserved who wish to improve their lives and the lives of others, and reinventing medicine and caregiving to improve health and wellness for all. And we must lead through transformation \u2013 asking how we might reimagine higher education, elevate the value of a university degree, expand access and opportunity for those of immense talent who will make us the most prosperous society in the world, and reimagine the college experience to prepare graduates to face world challenges with optimism and purpose. The 21st century calls us to action. The University of Southern California will answer that call.\nFor USC to be a leading voice in the 21st century, we must be known not just for what we do but how we do it.\nOur faculty, staff, and students across the university embrace USC\u2019s entrepreneurial, inclusive, and convergent spirit.\nTo become the most impactful 21st century university, USC will be both a great global institution and a great local friend and neighbor.\nAudacity has been a defining characteristic of USC. As we reinvent the future, we will simultaneously reinvent ourselves.\nUSC & Los Angeles\nThroughout their histories, USC and Los Angeles found ways to turn moments of crisis and contradiction into new pathways to human happiness: to turn paradox into progress. More...\nOur 2018 Strategic Plan: Answering the Call charts our path forward as a leading global research university by asking us to re-commit to our core academic and societal values, to invest in people who embody entrepreneurial, convergent, and inclusive spirits, to invent the future and support our communities, and to reinvent higher education for the 21st Century. The plan is ambitious and our success depends not just on adequate resources, but on leadership and engagement by our world-class faculty, staff, and students.\nWe have already made multiple investments in support of the Strategic Plan. We have increased funding for research infrastructure, created inter-school research centers such as the USC Race and Equity Center, the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society, the Center for Human-Applied Reasoning and the Internet of Things (CHARIOT), and launched programs aimed at confronting the complex issues of homelessness, security & sustainability, lifespan health, and immigration & global migration. We have new initiatives related to arts for social change and in teaching excellence. We have taken major steps to advance diversity, access, and opportunity across the university in ways that are coming to fruition. We are just getting started, and in the weeks ahead I will update you on additional initiatives in these areas.\nOver the next five years my office will be allocating a minimum of $10 million per year to further advance the goals of the 2018 Strategic Plan.\nAs part of this effort, I have asked the Academic Senate to establish faculty committees for each of the four pillars of the Strategic Plan. These committees will be in charge of soliciting proposals from our community and allocating the necessary resources.\nWhile it will be up to the faculty committees to design the types of proposals to be considered, the kinds of efforts we want to sponsor will strengthen our culture and refocus us on our core academic values. They will be in keeping with the Strategic Plan\u2019s main tenets: leading through impact, people, values, and transforming our university. I urge you to think beyond your area of expertise, across schools. I encourage you to reach bigger and broader to strengthen our intellectual community.\nI will update you once the committees are established and when they have designed their requests for proposals. In the meantime, we have a new strategic plan website, https://strategic.usc.edu/ that I invite you to visit. We will add new information to the site as we have it.\nAs our plan states: our mission is urgent, our energy boundless, and our vision sweeping. Let\u2019s take on this challenge together.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 6870, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 318.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://strongsvilleanimalhosp.com/veterinary-topics/choosing-your-pet/ferrets/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:38Z", "digest": "sha1:RPTLNF3ZZDUBTZ5O336RDCE2ZZ3YDZOE", "length": 1205, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "strongsvilleanimalhosp.com", "title": "Veterinarian in Strongsville, OH | Strongsville Animal Hospital", "raw_content": "Ferrets come in many color variations and the average life span of a ferret is 8 to 10 years.\nThe AVMA recognizes that ferrets (mustela putorius furo) are being kept as pets and for research purposes. In those states or areas where ferret ownership is legal, the AVMA recommends responsible ferret ownership. This includes knowledge pertaining to ferret husbandry (care, nutrition, housing, and the species\u2019 habits). It is also recommended that no ferret be left unattended with any individual incapable of removing himself or herself from the ferret. It is also important that your ferret have proper care by a veterinarian legally authorized to practice veterinary medicine. This includes preventive medicine and medical or surgical care.\nThe average life span of a ferret is 8 to 10 years. When fully grown, females weigh about one and a half to two pounds while males are generally about twice the weight of females. A female\u2019s length is about twelve inches nose to tail and the males are about sixteen inches. Ferrets come in many color variations. Most are shades of brown, grey and black with the mask, feet and tails generally being the darkest in color. \u201cAlbino\u201d ferrets are white with pink eyes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 476, "original_length": 13777, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stthomassource.com/content/category/business/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:52Z", "digest": "sha1:GNLDVOGIFW5AUCM5ADOLRBMCDGRGWQOF", "length": 2221, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "stthomassource.com", "title": "Business | St. Thomas Source", "raw_content": "Source Staff - February 13, 2019\nBDO USVI PMO group will operate within the V.I. Public Finance Authority\u2019s Office of Disaster Recovery, which will provide strategic oversight for the expected $8 billion in federal disaster recovery funds allotted to the V.I.\nSource Staff - February 7, 2019\nV.I. law authorizes the lieutenant governor in his capacity as insurance commissioner to institute proceedings in V.I. courts that will enable him to take possession of all Real Legacy\u2019s assets located within the territory.\nRecognizing the hard work and determination of the territory's tourism stakeholders as well as its residents, communities, friends and supporters from near and far, Commissioner-designee Joseph Boschulte said the tourism sector had emerged from the ravages of two hurricanes \"stronger and more hardened.\"\nWAPA Launches Auto Pay Service\nIn addition to Auto Pay, customers can choose from a variety of options by which to pay monthly utility bills.\nBohlke International Airways Commemorates 60 years in Business\nThe company hosted an appreciation event for its clients and partners over the weekend at Leatherback Brewery.\nSource Staff - January 30, 2019\nSmedleyUSA, a United States Mainland-based firm with over 80 years of health care technology experience, has opened SmedleyUSVI on St. Croix.\nCruise Ship Schedule for St. Thomas for February 2019\nThese are the ships that will be calling on St. Thomas docks at the West Indian Co. Dock in Havensight, unless otherwise indicated.\nLove City Car Ferries Advises on How to Check In With a Reservation\nJust like you need to check in when you are catching a flight, it is also necessary to check in once you reach the vessel.\nViya Offers Assistance to Federal Government Employees Affected By Shutdown\n. As federal government employees are grappling with the federal government shutdown, Viya extends relief to employees who are directly affected by the impasse in Washington, DC.\nWater Island Restaurant to Offer Free Lunch to U.S. Coast Guard and Families\nThe U.S. Coast Guard is the only branch of America\u2019s military branch currently working without pay. But crews are still being deployed and that means their families are left at home without a paycheck.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 6235, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://studentshare.org/visual-arts-film-studies/1441203-film-analysis-the-trueman-show-is-suggested-please", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:06Z", "digest": "sha1:3ZMC2Y6DINQUEHWN3SEIQDVEAMYF5TM6", "length": 11228, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "studentshare.org", "title": "Film Analysis - The Truman Show Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 2500 words", "raw_content": "Film Analysis - The Truman Show\nFilm Analysis - The Truman Show - Essay Example\nThis essay is a review of the famous film \"The Truman Show\". \"The Truman Show\" is a postmodern fable that subjects Truman to a world of deceits from the moment of his birth. Truman was raised and molded as per the whims of his Creator, who also gave a real-like life to him\u2026\nAuthor: fritsched\n\"Film Analysis - The Truman Show\"\nDownload file to see previous pages These different stages in the story of a drama are organized in to a sequence by the construction of certain devises called as \u2018narrative\u2019. It is the narrative that defines a story in terms of space and time. It also decides and structures the dramatic elements and the events of the story. The narrative can also manipulate the awareness of audience by using a series of \u201cco-creative techniques\u201d such as \u201cflashbacks, replays of action, slow motion, speeding up, jumping between places and times for constructing the story world for specific effects\u201d (Schmidt 2011). There exist some theories that govern the narrative that share some links with the theories of drama. Both the narrative and the drama draw their theories from Aristotle\u2019s \u201cPoetics\u201d, where he explains that topics such as \u201ccharacter, plot, beginnings and endings, poetic justice, and the goals of representation, are as relevant to narrative theory as to a poetics of drama\u201d. In the modern times, however, most theorists follow the view of Roland Barthes who stated that \u201cnarrative is present in myth, legend, fable, tale, novella, epic, history, tragedy, drama, comedy, mime, painting [think of Carpaccio's Saint Ursula], stained glass windows, cinema, comics, news item, conversation\" (Richardson 2012). Though there are similarities in the literary and filmic narratives, there exist diverse dissimilarities when the narrative strategy is articulated through the medium of films. Since films use various cinematographic modes for the aesthetic expression of narrative, the concept of generalization that rules a dramatic film and a literary text gets obscured. The filmic...\nThis study is an analysis of a drama film, \u201cThe Truman Show\u201d and the narrative constructed in it. \"The Truman Show\" (1998) is an American drama film directed by Peter SWeir and written by Andrew M. Niccol. The film has a voyeuristic setting that allows its viewers to gaze upon the everyday life of Truman. A few close-up shots of the producers and the main characters of the Show provide an insight as well as the base for the main plot of the film, which is Truman's life. The time marker and the show credits are inserted in the Show while allowing the show viewers to watch their star Truman. Thus, the filmic audiences are provided with a 'window within a window' style of spectatorship. For instance, Truman is being gazed by the hidden camera in Meryl's necklace; his neighbors, friends and colleagues; the actors on the set; the production crew; the 'global' audience members of the television show on the film set; the real film spectators in the theaters; and finally the gaze effected by the subjectivity and reflexivity of the narrative text. Reality is a perception created by the temporal and spatial continuum. A successive and mutual blending of images gives these images a chronological function. In this film, the representation of reality is done not by the conventional integration or dissociation of time and space and image and sound. The subject of the show, Truman\u2019s life, is a continuum in the electronic space, for the broadcast viewers. Truman's life, like any theater performance, is a staged performance by a group of artists who plays their roles to perfection. ...Download file to see next pagesRead More\nDramatic Function\n(\u201cFilm Analysis - The Truman Show Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 2500 words\u201d, n.d.)\nRetrieved from https://studentshare.org/visual-arts-film-studies/1441203-film-analysis-the-trueman-show-is-suggested-please\n(Film Analysis - The Truman Show Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 2500 Words)\nhttps://studentshare.org/visual-arts-film-studies/1441203-film-analysis-the-trueman-show-is-suggested-please.\n\u201cFilm Analysis - The Truman Show Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 2500 Words\u201d, n.d. https://studentshare.org/visual-arts-film-studies/1441203-film-analysis-the-trueman-show-is-suggested-please.\n...takes inspiration from his experiences and the time he spent in the cream of these elite social circles. Moreover this particular novel was also made in a film which further shows the extent of Capote\u2019s popularity. Capote always said in 1978, \u2018I had to be successful, and I had to be successful early\u2019 apparently the author was able to fulfill his dream to the dot. He is considered to be the pioneer who introduced a new genre in the field of literature i.e. the Nonfiction Novel. This new genre of literature deals with the depiction of character and stories that were inspired from and are related to or about the people surrounding the writer. Although Capote gained a lot of popularity amongst his fans for...\nCritical analysis of a tv show of film\n...in their future. Juno herself wonderfully shows the kind of solid and sincere relationship she always wanted a child to be under the influence of during his or her growing up years and thus decides to give the baby to the perfect couple who will be able to raise it with love and patience. The movie falls under a genre of romantic comedies as it includes heavy wit, sarcasm as well as a teenage romance blossoming with the men in Juno\u2019s life. The movie also includes a high level of satire throughout the course of Juno\u2019s nine months of pregnancy during the movie. Moreover, a good script and well spoken dialogues help to give weight age to the film\u2019s \u2018immature storyline\u2019 and help the characters evolve on the...\n...lives the way they are interpreted on TV screens. This makes us not only out of control of our lives but also dependent on TV shows for making any major decision that concerns our very existence. Maybe that is the reason that Christof wanted to present a show that could be more real than any other. A show that people would love to watch and link with their own lives. The movie\u2019s basic theme is that \u201cknowledge brings control.\u201d (Mercadante) When a person is totally aware and familiar with his situation, he can gain control over it. That is, if the situation he thinks to be true is actually true. Now in the film, Truman thinks he knows his life and he does...\nMills and Berger with The Truman Show\n...with. However, it can be said that this can sometimes be subjective as there already exist biases that twisted and sculpted the facts to fit the sociological culture. Truman 7 There was a shock at first in Truman\u2019s sociological discoveries. Because of these discoveries, he had the urge to review each situation that happened to him in the past that might help him connect the dots and answer his questions. After which, his curiosity and will to discover the answers to his questions grew stronger which led him to find the end and the truth. Truman 8 The Truman show can be said to challenge the truth about the everyday life of each person. Because of this...\nPostmodern at The Truman Show\n...What are characteristics of post-modern aesthetics Analyse the body of work of one artist in any medium. How is this work post-modern A post-modern cinematic piece such as The Truman Show operates at many levels of meaning. Some of these levels will be explored in this piece with direct references to scenes from the movie directed by Peter Weir, starring Jim Carrey playing the eponymous Truman. Carrey's character, the everyman of modern suburbia, leads an average suburban life. The post-modern aesthetic of the film is a deep irony that pervades Truman's life because he is the subject of a reality television show. We will concentrate on...\n...Our modern society is so dependent nowadays on the means of global communication for its proper everyday functioning, that we can hardly imagine our life without mass media. The example of the huge role of mass media in the modern world is a perfect exemplification of how we often become dependent on the means which initially were aimed at making people freer, and, in its turn, the film \"The Truman Show\" offers a very interesting interpretation of possible consequences and ramifications of the enormous power of mass media in modern societies. The film tells us a story of the life of Truman Burbank, who since his birth is being incessantly shown throughout...\n...\ufeff\u201cThe Truman Show\u201d \u201cThe Truman Show,\u201d the show within the movie of the same title, portrays Truman Burbank as the ultimate consumer, because he is also the ultimate source of corporate marketing information. In today\u2019s world, large corporations use focus groups and other methods to target their consumers. They are very interested in every last detail about their consumer\u2019s wants and needs, and why they prefer certain brands to others; it is almost like psychology, but it appears in a corporate environment. In the show, which must keep going in order to sustain its own world, Truman Burbank is the...\nAnalysis of a drama film-The Truman Show\n...\ufeffAnalysis of a drama film-The Truman Show A movie, also called a film, cinema or motion picture is the process of developing an art form with a series of still or moving photographic images either recorded using cameras or created using animation techniques or visual effects. The essence of a film as well as its conceptual framework that describes its relationship to reality, other art forms, audience and society are analyzed in the disciple called Film Theory. As per the Film Theory, the films are classified in to different film genres depending on the narrative...\nAnalyzing philosophical themes in the The Truman Show\n...The Truman show The film \u201cthe Truman show\u201d is a reality show on television has been developed to record the life of Truman who grows to belief that his reality, his life is normal and the world that he lives in is actual. The Truman show put forward the idea of worldview. It utilizes the religious and philosophical statements to present its intended message. The Truman show is sometimes overt, subtle, and convincing. Rationally, Truman was right to escape from his home to attain the freedom he was yearning for as a human being....\n...explored the relationship of Man with the artifacts of his creation with whom he to come to terms with although this may be incorporated into the daily lives as something essentially normal. As individuals gets caught in the novelty of modern life, they begin to saturate their cognitive capacities leaving them to be complex individuals. A similar aspect of post-modern city life in front of the screen is considered in the film The Truman Show where life seems to be centered around a mere piece of technological gadget - a Television. The film bases its plot around the central character Truman Burbank and his TV show called The...\nLet us write or edit the essay on your topic \"Film Analysis - The Truman Show\" with a personal 20% discount.\nLet us find you another Essay on topic Film Analysis - The Truman Show for FREE!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 14629, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 257.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://studiolegalesimbula.com/en/practice-items/registrazione-marchi-e-brevetti/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:27Z", "digest": "sha1:LDZAEVYR6PF62C4O474WMBR5YZC3IS36", "length": 658, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "studiolegalesimbula.com", "title": "Software | Studio Legale Massimo SimbulaStudio Legale Massimo Simbula", "raw_content": "Simbula Law firm provides legal assistance and consultancy in relation with Application and System Software (both web and mobile applications).\nThe Law Firm draft and negotiate complex software sale/purchase and license agreements and their general terms and conditions.\nThe assistance include an in-depth analysis of firmware, device driver, utilities, operating system, plug-ins, embedded softwares, microcode, etc..\nThe Firm assists also the company in the compliance analysis of its business with the general terms and conditions set by Apple Store, Google Play and the other relevant app market, for the distribution of application for portable devices.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 1391, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 281.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://submissiveguide.com/dsrelationships/articles/ask-submissive-guide-new-to-ds-and-ldr", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:28Z", "digest": "sha1:GI3GFWDGE6FJ6NA43WJ3XDXT3GG6EVUJ", "length": 2655, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "submissiveguide.com", "title": "How Do I Manage a Long Distance D/s Relationship Due to Deployment? - Submissive Guide", "raw_content": "Dear SG,\nMe and my boyfriend have been talking about this. He's convincing me into it. We haven't experienced anything yet. I'm new at this, he\u2019s a dominant. But he's leaving for 9 months deployment and I don't know how to do this long distance relationship.Sincerely,New to D/s\nDear New to D/s,\nI\u2019m sorry to hear your boyfriend will be gone for so long. Whether you\u2019re kinky or not, long distance relationships are difficult even at the best of times.\nRegarding D/s, I suggest you use the time that he\u2019s gone to learn as much about BDSM, kink, and D/s as possible. Read through the pages here on Submissive Guide, follow other blogs, listen to podcasts, and take a look at different books that can teach you what all of this means. That will go a long way in helping you decide whether you want a D/s relationship with your boyfriend and what you think you might enjoy as a submissive.\nAs for what to do while he\u2019s deployed, that may be tough, especially since communication can be tricky while he\u2019s overseas. Try, as best as you can, to establish a routine for talking to one another, whether it\u2019s Skype, email, or phone calls. The more you can talk to each other, the easier the distance will be, kinky or not.\nIf you want to play around with D/s while you\u2019re apart, there are a few things you may want to consider. There\u2019s orgasm control (if that\u2019s something you\u2019re both interested) - you can only have so many orgasms at certain times or with permission. He could give you tasks to do - exercises, things to read, a journal to write in, a specific bedtime or routine to follow in the morning - that you\u2019ll do each day. When you speak to him, you\u2019ll report how you did and if you had any problems or how you felt about it all.\nThose are just some ideas of things to try and that\u2019s assuming you\u2019re enthusiastic and ready to get started. There\u2019s nothing wrong with simply doing your research and waiting until he gets back to develop this new dynamic in your relationship.\nWhether you wait or you jump in with both feet, the biggest thing to remember is communication. When you can talk to him, you need to be honest with how you feel and do what you\u2019ll say you\u2019ll do. You also want to listen to him and give him space to communicate with you, as well.\nNo matter when you decide to try out D/s in your relationship, take it slow, be patient with each other, and remember, it\u2019s supposed to be fun and exciting (at least most of the time). If it feels like nothing but work and you\u2019re not getting any pleasure out of it, you may need to slow down or reassess what you\u2019re doing and what you want to try.\nI'm Ready to Get Kinky, How Do I Talk To My Partner?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 3656, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 243.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://suggestions.livejournal.com/1124902.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:58Z", "digest": "sha1:ZPKR347B54P4CBDIVGGZN52OA2P6PUDW", "length": 1926, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "suggestions.livejournal.com", "title": "Combining Tags: suggestions", "raw_content": "Jessica ( imjustdifrent) wrote in suggestions,\nimjustdifrent\nCombining Tags\nI would like to be able to combine two tags into one.\nWhen one enters the \"manage tags\" portion of their journal, it allows them to see what tags are already existing, as well as providing an option to view the journal entries with that specific tag, an option to rename a tag, and an option to remove a tag from one's journal. Unfortunately, one cannot simply click on two tags and combine them into one or change the tags on multiple entries at once. For example, I have several entries with individual family members' names as tags. If I wanted to change it so that all of those entries were simply tagged \"family\", I would have to go one by one through each family member, to each individual entry, and manually change it. When you have over a thousand tags to several hundreds or thousands of entries, this can be a daunting task that is more easily put off more and more or forced to be a gradual thing when one has the time. Therefore, I propose that LiveJournal release a feature allowing us to combine multiple tags into a single, much simpler tag. Or, if it is possible, make it so that I can rename the tag and give it the same name as an already existing tag. If I give it a unique name that doesn't currently exist as a tag, it already edits all entries with the old tag and give it the new one instead. With the new feature, we could just rename the tag \"sister\" as \"family\", and LJ would automatically remove the \"sister\" tag from the entries and replace it with \"family\".\nManaging one tag that is attached to several entries would be much simpler.\nYou could manage tags on multiple entries, not just one.\nReducing the number of tags would take a lot less time.\nIt would take time to update the current \"Manage Tags\" page.\nI do not have the brain power or coding knowledge to hack and fix this problem myself.\nTags: tags, \u00a7 implemented", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 3949, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 307.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sundancesquare.com/wells-fargo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:52Z", "digest": "sha1:IDUPBI3HGYZBNMNIZYACIQW4FC53MJIL", "length": 408, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sundancesquare.com", "title": "Wells Fargo | Sundance Square", "raw_content": "Enter the spacious lobby of Wells Fargo Tower and you can\u2019t miss it. There\u2019s even an authentic stagecoach \u2013 \u008a\u0097\u0096the symbol of the company\u008a\u0097\u0096 on display. Today, Wells Fargo continues to provide personal, responsive service by connecting customers to essential financial services 24 hours a day \u2014 by ATM, phone, or personal computer, as well as through a growing network of traditional and supermarket branches.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 990, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 224.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sunriseshorthops.com/2017/12/15/arizona-diamondbacks-who-is-the-2017-rule-5-selection-albert-suarez/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:53Z", "digest": "sha1:5KFHFLKAMBWIROUIRZASZMCIJHDV4L74", "length": 3420, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "sunriseshorthops.com", "title": "Arizona Diamondbacks: Who is the 2017 Rule 5 Selection Albert Suarez? \u2013 Sunrise Short Hops", "raw_content": "With the 14th pick in the 2017 Rule 5 draft, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected Albert Suarez, a 28-year-old right-handed swingman from the Giants. Suarez pitched in parts of the last two seasons with the Giants. Here are this statistics from 2016 and 2017:\nFirst off, Suarez was a starting pitcher for almost his entire minor league career. He started 113 of the 119 games he appeared in. The last two years he has been utilized in long relief and as a spot starter at the major league level. The D-Backs already have a swingman in Randall Delgado, but Suarez will provide good depth as Delgado may still be a slight question mark health-wise.\nSuarez\u2019s fastball averages 93.5 MPH which he throws 49.1% of the time. Suarez has been clocked at 96 MPH though. His offspeed arsenal includes a curveball (25.6%), slider (16.5%), and changeup (8.7%). His curveball is his go-to offspeed pitch which had a pitch value WAR of 1.5. After selecting Suarez, D-Backs GM, Mike Hazen told MLB.com that, \u201cHe\u2019s pitched in the big leagues and we like his stuff. He\u2019s got a good curveball. We think he could slot right into the competition that we\u2019re going to have next year.\u201d\nHis curveball wasn\u2019t his only positive value pitch in 2017 though. His fastball WAR was 1.1 in 2017 while it was 0.2 in 2016. Strictly pitching out of the \u2018pen and an improved fastball value in 2017 led to a higher K/9 rate of 9.66.\nSuarez was not a strikeout pitcher in the minor leagues as he only struck out 377 batters in 557.2 innings. Pitching out of the bullpen might have played his fastball up a tick though. In the video below, Suarez gets three strikeouts with his fastball at 96, 94, and 95 MPH. This was his first start from the 2016 season, but these strikeouts in the first two innings shows he can bring that velocity up in shorter stints.\nWhile many will look at his ERA as an indicator of his \u201cstruggles\u201d from 2017, his FIP and plate discipline metrics beg to differ. His FIP was 3.79 in 2017 which was a huge improvement from 2016. According to Fangraphs, FIP \u201cmeasures what a player\u2019s ERA would look like over a given period of time if the pitcher were to have experienced league average results on balls in play and league average timing.\u201d Basically, it is an alternative to ERA that can better represent performance. A 3.79 FIP is considered to be above average.\nHis O-Swing% was 31.3 in 2017 which is a little better than average, and his Z-Swing% was 59.9% which is above average. O-Swing is the pitches swung at outside of the strike zone, and Z-Swing is pitches swung at in the strike zone. These two metrics show that Suarez was average or better at getting batters to swing at more balls and fewer strikes. His FIP, O-Swing, and Z-Swing numbers all improved in the big leagues from 2016 to 2017 too.\nThe Diamondbacks already had a bullpen that looked full but with the potential to possibly upgrade. 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McDonald, 214 U.S. 191 (1909)\nChesapeake and Ohio Railway Company v. McDonald\nThe federal question must be properly and seasonably set up in the state court in order to give this Court jurisdiction to review under \u00a7 709, Rev.Stat.\nWhere the state statute provides that an appeal from an order refusing to remove a cause to the federal court must be taken within two years, and no appeal is taken, and the highest court of the state decides that an appeal from the judgment in the case taken more than two years after entry of the order refusing to remove does not bring up that order for review, the federal question has not been properly preserved, and this Court has no jurisdiction.\nA federal constitutional objection may be waived so far as having the right of review of a judgment in the state court is concerned where the question is not made in the state court by proper procedure. Harding v. Illinois, 196 U. S. 78.\n31 Ky. 500, affirmed.\nThe defendant in error, J. W. McDonald, as administrator of Nancy J. Wilson, deceased, on March 23, 1900, brought\nsuit in the Lewis Circuit Court of Kentucky against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and the Maysville & Big Sandy Railroad Company, and certain employees of the former, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Nancy J. Wilson. On May 29, 1900, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, a corporation of Virginia, filed a petition for removal of the case to the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and an order of removal was made accordingly. On September 3, 1902, the case having been remanded by the United States circuit court, it was redocketed in the state court. On January 19, 1903, the plaintiff discontinued the action as against the five individual defendants. On January 21, 1903, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company filed another petition to remove the case to the United States circuit court on the ground of separable controversy. This motion for removal was overruled by the Lewis Circuit Court, and, thereafter, on May 19, 1904, the case went to trial in the Lewis Circuit Court, and that court directed a verdict for the railroad companies. Upon appeal to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, that judgment was reversed. 27 Ky. 778.\nA second trial of the case in the Lewis Circuit Court, on September 27, 1906, resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant in error. From that judgment, an appeal was taken to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and it was there affirmed. 31 Ky. 500.\nThe federal question attempted to be presented grows out of the alleged error in refusing, upon the second application, to remove the cause from the Lewis Circuit Court to the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.\nThe right to review a judgment of a state court by error proceedings in this Court is regulated by \u00a7 709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. To lay the foundation for such right of review, it is necessary to bring the federal question in some proper manner to the consideration of the state court whose judgment it is sought to review; if this is not done, the federal question cannot be originated by assignments of error\nin this Court. The federal right asserted in this case comes within the third class named in \u00a7 709 of the Revised Statutes, wherein a right, title, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the United States, and the decision is against such right, title, privilege, or immunity. In this class of cases, the statute requires that such right or privilege must be specifically set up and claimed in the state court, and in any of the classes of cases mentioned in \u00a7 709 it is essential that the record disclose that the federal question involved was decided, or that the judgment necessarily involved the federal right, and decided it adversely to the claim of the plaintiff in error. Columbia Water Power Co. v. Columbia Street Ry., 172 U. S. 475; Fowler v. Lamson, 164 U. S. 252; Clarke v. McDade, 165 U. S. 168, 165 U. S. 172; Capital City Dairy Co. v. Ohio, 183 U. S. 238, 183 U. S. 248. In the latter case, this Court said:\n\"It is settled that this Court, on error to a state court, cannot consider an alleged federal question when it appears that the federal right thus relied upon had not been, by adequate specification, called to the attention of the state court, and had not been by it considered, not being necessarily involved in the determination of the cause. Green Bay & Miss. Canal Co. v. Patten Paper Co., 172 U. S. 58, 172 U. S. 67; Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler County, 166 U. S. 648, 166 U. S. 654-655, and cases cited.\"\nIn the opinion of the Kentucky Court of Appeals in this case, the question of the correctness of the order of removal is not considered, nor is there anything in the record to indicate that the alleged error in refusing to remove the case on the second application was brought to the attention of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In this Court, the assignments of error concern the alleged error in refusing to remove the case upon the second application, and avers that the Kentucky Court of Appeals erred in holding, in substance and effect, that the plaintiff in error had no such right of removal. But, as we have said, the assignments of error in this Court cannot enlarge the right of review. Moreover, it is apparent that, if the question of the right of removal was brought before the Kentucky\nCourt of Appeals upon the judgment to which this writ of error is prosecuted, it would not have considered the question. The refusal to remove upon the second application was in January, 1903. The judgment which was taken to the Court of Appeals for review in the present case was rendered on September 27, 1906.\nThe Kentucky Civil Code of Practice provides that an appeal from judgments and final orders, which includes such orders as the one now under consideration (Hall v. Ricketts, 9 Bush, 366, 370), shall not be granted except within two years after the right of appeal first accrued. No appeal was taken from the order refusing to remove within two years. At the time when the appeal in the present case was made to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, it was too late to review the order refusing to remove. In the case of M. & B.S. R. Co. v. Willis, 31 Ky. 1249, 1252, the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, dealing with the question, said:\n\"It is further insisted that it was error not to grant the request of appellant to remove the action to the federal court. This motion was based upon the ground that the original petition did not state a good cause of action against either the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, which is a foreign corporation, or the resident defendant, the Maysville & Big Sandy Railroad Company. . . . The action of the lower court refusing to transfer the action was made and entered in July, 1903, and it is now too late to raise any question as to the regularity of this ruling. In fact, this appeal is prosecuted alone from the judgment rendered in October, 1906, and under no state of case could this court review an error of the character complained of, committed in 1903.\"\nIt is contended, however, that, if the case were a removable one, the effect of filing a petition and bond was to divest the jurisdiction of the state court, and this has been said in decisions of this Court upon the subject. This does not mean, however, that the right to review the judgment of a state court only by proper proceedings under \u00a7 709 of the Revised Statutes\nis in anywise altered or modified. When the state court, upon the second application, refused to remove the case, it was the privilege of the railroad company to take a transcript of the record and make an application to file it in the federal circuit court, and if that court sustained its jurisdiction, it might have protected the same by injunction against further proceedings in the state court, or, if the latter court refused to surrender the record, a writ of certiorari could issue to require its transfer to the circuit court of the United States (Chesapeake & O. R. Co. v. McCabe, 213 U. S. 207), or, remaining in the state court after that court refused to remove, it might, after final judgment, have brought the case here for review; but this does not mean that it could have a review of the judgment of the state court when it has failed to invoke the judgment of that court within the time prescribed by the statute of the state for the review of such orders. Under the statute in Kentucky, the review of the order refusing to remove could only be had within two years. Within that time, the plaintiffs in error could have taken the question to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and if the ruling was against it, after final judgment, could have brought the case here for review. But it could not remain in the state court, without any attempt to have the order refusing the removal reviewed within the statutory period, and escape its judgment on the ground that it was void, if against it, because the case was a removable one.\nIn Harding v. Illinois, 196 U. 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This was then followed by TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio) with the creation of the TNC-1 in 1982 and then the TNC-2 in '84-'85. In 1985, the packet radio revolution ignited when TAPR sold over a thousand TNC-2 kits. The TNC-2 was what was needed to make this mode, that a few experimenters were playing with, into something that every amateur could enjoy... Read more\nIntroduction to Packet Radio Packet radio is a particular digital mode of Amateur Radio (\"Ham\" Radio) communications which corresponds to computer telecommunications. The telephone modem is replaced by a \"magic\" box called a terminal node controller (TNC); the telephone is replaced by an amateur radio transceiver, and the phone system is replaced by the \"free\" amateur radio waves. Packet radio takes any data stream sent from a computer and sends that via radio to another amateur radio station similarly equipped. Packet radio is so named because it sends the data in small bursts, or packets. The current TNC standard grew from a discussion in October of 1981 at a meeting of the Tucson Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society... Read more\nAPRS APRS was developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, for tracking and digital communications with mobile GPS equipped stations with two-way radio. It has grown to encompass just about every aspect of Amateur Radio. TAPR supports this aspects of the hobby... Read more\nPacket Radio: What? Why? How? Don't let the ham digital revolution pass you buy! If you own a packet station or think you might buy one soon, this book is a must for your reference library. Published and endorsed by TAPR, the inventors of the TNC-II. Why reinvent the wheel? Save hours of time and endless frustration getting started, and find hundreds of tips and short cuts from ham radio's digital experts... Read more\nDigital Communications Conference The ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. Topics include, but are not limited to: Software defined radio (SDR), digital voice, digital satellite communications, Global Position System (GPS), precision timing, Automatic Position Reporting System\ufffd (APRS), short messaging (a mode of APRS), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), HF digital modes, Internet interoperability with amateur radio networks, spread spectrum, IEEE 802.11 and other Part 15 license-exempt systems adaptable for Amateur Radio, using TCP/IP networking over amateur radio, mesh and peer to peer wireless networking, emergency and Homeland Defense backup digital communications, using Linux in amateur radio, updates on AX.25 and other wireless networking protocols ... Read more\nBBS Sysop Guide If you think you might be establishing or operating a packet radio bulletin board system, then this book is for you. Save hours of time and endless frustration getting started, and find tips and short cuts from ham radio's digital experts. Finally, a book with things you need to know about in order to operate an amateur packet BBS, explained in easy-to-understand English, not overly-technical mumbo jumbo! ...Read more\nTAPR Software Library In addition to supplying various kits and firmware, TAPR maintains a library of topic related software. TAPR attempts to provide the latest versions of all software Examine the TAPR Software Library.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 4524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 298.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tax-id-online.com/application/corporation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:46Z", "digest": "sha1:3XVMUZPQ2EU7VD5KG5PF433MTUVCXR4R", "length": 379, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "tax-id-online.com", "title": "2019 Corporation Federal Tax ID / IRS SS-4 Form", "raw_content": "2019 Corporation Tax ID / SS-4 Form\nA corporation is a legal entity established by a charter granting it certain legal powers, rights, privileges, and liabilities. A corporation can be established by a person or group of people with a charter from the state's secretary of state. After a corporation is created, it becomes its own entity and generally has an indefinite lifespan.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 7705, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 142.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://techfeatured.com/13537/global-financial-crisis-of-2008", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:00Z", "digest": "sha1:F7XCERHL3QPRXVRMR3DOANIRY3WZE4BW", "length": 5545, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "techfeatured.com", "title": "Global Financial Crisis of 2008 - Tech Featured", "raw_content": "Home News Global Financial Crisis of 2008\nOn the one hand, many people are concerned that those responsible for the financial problems are the ones being bailed out, while on the other hand, a global financial meltdown will affect the livelihoods of almost everyone in an increasingly inter-connected world. The problem could have been avoided, if ideologues supporting the current economics models were not so vocal, influential and inconsiderate of others\u2019 viewpoints and concerns.\nA collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market and the reversal of the housing boom in other industrialized economies have had a ripple effect around the world. Furthermore, other weaknesses in the global financial system have surfaced. Some financial products and instruments have become so complex and twisted, that as things start to unravel, trust in the whole system started to fail.\nThe extent of the problems has been so severe that some of the world\u2019s largest financial institutions have collapsed. Others have been bought out by their competition at low prices and in other cases, the governments of the wealthiest nations in the world have resorted to extensive bail-out and rescue packages for the remaining large banks and financial institutions.\nSome of the bail-outs have also been accompanied with charges of hypocrisy due to the appearance of socializing the costs while privatizing the profits. In the meanwhile, smaller businesses and poorer people rarely have such options for bail out and rescue when they find themselves in crisis.\nTo some extent risky borrowers bear some responsibility, but overall they have lost out; lenders are being bailed out, while those taking out risky loans either have lost their homes, or face a real threat of losing their home in the near future.\nThere is the argument that when the larger banks show signs of crisis, it is not just the wealthy that will suffer, but also potentially everyone. With an increasingly inter-connected world, things like a credit crunch can ripple through the entire economy.\nMany have blamed the greed of Wall Street for causing the problem in the first place because it is in the US that the most influential banks, institutions and ideologues that pushed for the policies that caused the problems are found.\nAmerica is still immensely attractive to skilled immigrants and is still capable of producing a Microsoft or a Google. Even its debt can be overcome. It has enormous resilience economically at a local and entrepreneurial level.\nFor the developing world, the rise in food prices as well as the knock-on effects from the financial instability and uncertainty in industrialized nations is having a compounding effect. High fuel costs, soaring commodity prices together with fears of global recession are worrying many developing country analysts.\nMany believed Asia was sufficiently decoupled from the Western financial systems. Asia has not had a subprime mortgage crisis as many nations in the West have, for example. Many Asian nations have witnessed rapid growth and wealth creation in recent years. This lead to enormous investment in Western countries.\nIn recent years, there has been more interest in Africa from Asian countries such as China. As the financial crisis is hitting the Western nations the hardest, Africa may yet enjoy increased trade for a while.\nWhile the media\u2019s attention is on the global financial crisis (which predominantly affects the wealthy and middle classes), the effects of the global food crisis (which predominantly affects the poorer and working classes) seems to have fallen off the radar. The two are in fact inter-related issues; both have their causes rooted in the fundamental problems associated with a neoliberal, one-size-fits-all, economic agenda imposed on virtually the entire world.\nBorrowing at a time of recession seems risky, but the idea is that this should be complimented with paying back during times of growth. Likewise, reducing interest rates sounds like there would be less incentive for people to save money, when banks need to build up their capital reserves. However, as the real economy starts to feel the pinch, reduced interest rate is an attempt to encourage people to take part in the economy.\nWell-designed regulations may protect us in the short run and encourage real innovation in the long. Much of our financial market\u2019s creativity was directed to circumventing regulations and taxes. Accounting was so creative that no one, not even the banks, knew their financial position. Meanwhile, the financial system resisted many of the innovations that would have increased the efficiency of our economy. By reducing the scope for these socially unproductive innovations, we can divert creative activity in more productive directions.\nThe most powerful international institutions tend to have the worst democratic credentials: the power distribution among countries is more unequal, and the transparency, and hence democratic control, is worse.\nAlthough history often shows that those with agendas of power tend to win out, history also shows us that power shifts. A financial crisis of this proportion may signify the beginnings of such a shift. During periods of boom, people do not want to hear of criticisms of the forms of economics they benefit from, especially when it brings immense wealth and power, regardless of whether it is good for everyone or not.\nPrevious articleWhat Every Forex Trader Ought To Know About Expert Advisors\nNext articleHow to Make Money Trading Currency Online the Easy Way", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 9174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 251.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://technologists.com/kaybuena/kaybuena.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:28Z", "digest": "sha1:K7K4BBF27DBRQGRAO4ENJIVDQC3CVM4X", "length": 3011, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "technologists.com", "title": "Carlos' Guide to KayBuena.com", "raw_content": "home > kaybuena\nCarlos' Guide to KayBuena.com\nI mostly just take direction and make KayBuena.com the way Kay (aka Caroline) wants it. However, depending on her interests/thinking at any given time her site is changed, it can be (intentionally or unintentionally) confusing. This page is my attempt to clarify and brag about some of what she has done.\nThe music sections are pretty self-explanatory. The main things to point out:\nIgnoring some very early pre-MP3.com stuff, all of the music files were as much targeted at MP3.com in 1999 as anything. With the demise of the original MP3.com in late 2003, some of the organization of the music pages makes a little less sense, but is still apropos in my opinion.\nThe recordings were made at various times between 1973 and 1998.\nExcept for a little of the pre-MP3.com stuff, all the recordings are available in both MP3 and Real Audio format.\nIn 1999, there were three primary Kay Buena albums created/sold on MP3.com, with about 40 of her recordings. The songs are eclectic, so they were listed in various genres at MP3.com: country, blues, rock, Reggae(!), folk, etc. Some of those were very popular on the MP3.com genre and overall charts, often at the top of the genre charts in the spring/summer of 1999. (Thanks to https://web.archive.org/ some of the MP3.com charts are still visible. Though the songs charted higher than in the archives I can find, it is still interesting to find \"Kay Buena\" in archived Country Blues, Folk and Reggae charts. See, also, what used to be on RollingStone.com.) Probably the ones that were the most popular were\nIf Only Midnight Wouldn't Come\nSweet Baby Blues (February 1975 version)\nDirty Phone Calls\nLonely Man (December 1973 version)\nLonely Man seemed to be the favorite of the MP3.com staff, and was specially featured on their pages from time to time. It was supposed to be on one of the free MP3.com \"sampler\" CDs, but we never received a copy of that sampler if that happened.\nAll of the music pages have lyrics for her songs. There are miscellaneous other writings at various places on the site, most notably Report on Comp Carnage--April 5, 1998--Texas, which gets some heavy spikes of traffic due to the links at The Register, e.g., 102 ways to kill your computer and their contest to give away one of the two Comp Carnage works she sent them (Competition: The Winner of the bullet riddled mobo).\nMore recently, she has been writing in her blog, which supercedes The Secret Weblogs of Kay Buena, a collection of drawings and writings.\nBesides the works already mentioned above, and the album cover in the left column, https://kaybuena.com/art.html has an eclectic collection of drawings and photos of her mixed-media works.\nOlder works not visible at KayBuena.com\nBefore she was known as Kay, Caroline was privileged to be the student of the late Charles Umlauf. I think many of her student era works are wonderful, especially the sculptures:\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Buena\nhttps://Technologists.com/~sauer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 3248, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 210.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://techterms.com/definition/tcp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:07:59Z", "digest": "sha1:OAVLH3UMQ4V2PYMOZBWEFTHOLU4VTCQK", "length": 2219, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "techterms.com", "title": "TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Definition", "raw_content": "Home : Internet Terms : TCP Definition\nStands for \"Transmission Control Protocol.\" TCP is a fundamental protocol within the Internet protocol suite \u2014 a collection of standards that allow systems to communicate over the Internet. It is categorized as a \"transport layer\" protocol since it creates and maintains connections between hosts.\nTCP compliments the Internet protocol (IP), which defines IP addresses used to identify systems on the Internet. The Internet protocol provides instructions for transferring data while the transmission control protocol creates the connection and manages the delivery of packets from one system to another. The two protocols are commonly grouped together and referred to as TCP/IP.\nWhen data is sent over a TCP connection, the protocol divides it into individually numbered packets or \"segments.\" Each packet includes a header that defines the source and destination and a data section. Since packets can travel over the Internet using multiple routes, they may arrive at the destination in a different order than they were sent. The transmission control protocol reorders the packets in the correct sequence on the receiving end.\nTCP also includes error checking, which ensures each packet is delivered as requested. This is different than UDP, which does not check if each packet was successfully transmitted. While the built-in error checking means TCP has more overhead and is therefore slower than UDP, it ensures accurate delivery of data between systems. Therefore TCP is used for transferring most types of data such as webpages and files over the Internet. UDP is ideal for media streaming which does not require all packets to be delivered.\nhttps://techterms.com/definition/tcp\nThis page contains a technical definition of TCP. It explains in computing terminology what TCP means and is one of many Internet terms in the TechTerms dictionary.\nAll definitions on the TechTerms website are written to be technically accurate but also easy to understand. If you find this TCP definition to be helpful, you can reference it using the citation links above. If you think a term should be updated or added to the TechTerms dictionary, please email TechTerms!\n\u2039 Task Bar | TCP/IP \u203a", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2665, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://telcoenergyefficiency.com/company/pmr/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:54Z", "digest": "sha1:HMZNEOWE7CFEWVHBKWSN45CJRK4IVMRV", "length": 691, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "telcoenergyefficiency.com", "title": "Telco Energy & Infrastructure Efficiency \u00bb PMR", "raw_content": "PMR is a market research and consulting company active within over 25 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Since 1995 we have assisted more than 500 global corporations and many other regional companies to continuously increase their market share, successfully enter new territories and optimise costs. We specialise in construction, retail, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, IT and telecommunications. However, our experience extends to many other industries. Our 100 in-house professionals fluently speak together more than 15 languages. In addition to our tailored research and business consulting projects we also publish annually almost 100 ready sector reports and information services.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 259.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://teresastfrances.com/medium-morris-county-nj/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:10:22Z", "digest": "sha1:VUKMLUZF7H7AMKYJ6NDI2E4GWU2URBNO", "length": 3130, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "teresastfrances.com", "title": "Medium Morris County NJ", "raw_content": "Have you been searching for a psychic near Morris County NJ? My goal is to help people live a more fulfilling life and connect them with the ones they care about. We aren\u2019t alone. My life\u2019s work has been spreading this spiritual truth. When it comes to your daily life, a personalized psychic reading is capable of offering a significant amount of help. This can include assisting you in finding guidance in your career or relationships or connecting you to loved ones who have passed on. When you are looking for spiritual messenger near Morris County NJ or other local areas, there isn\u2019t anybody you need to get in touch with but Teresa St. Frances. For a personalized reading, get in touch with me right away.\nPsychic medium suicide prevention in Morris County NJ is something that\u2019s incredibly important to me. Do you feel different? Does life feel like a challenge? Do you sometimes feel like just giving up? There\u2019s hope when you\u2019re suffering from anxiety, depression, drug addiction, or anything else. If you are searching for someone who is capable of relating, this is a way I have felt myself. Also, I am the author of \u2018What Happens the Day After \u2013 Messages from Adolescent Suicides.\u2019 Would you like to find out more about what I can offer in terms of psychic medium suicide prevention near Morris County NJ? Book a personal reading by calling me today.\nIf you\u2019re trying to find a clairvoyant near Morris County NJ for a house party, call Teresa St. Frances. Take advantage of this unique and revealing experience. Each member of your party will receive a personalized reading that they\u2019ll be sure to remember for a lifetime. A Q&A session is going to be available for you and your guests afterwards, which is going to provide a great deal of information regarding the spiritual and angelic realm and how it relates to protection and healing. These types of readings are meant for six to ten people, and parties additionally must be within one hour of Bergen County NJ. For a evidential psychic medium near Morris County NJ for your next party or get together, there isn\u2019t anyone else you need to contact. Book a reading today!\nIs a trusted animal communicator in Morris County NJ something you\u2019re interested in finding? Then look no further. Most people think that communicating with their pets is out of reach. However, this is a gift I am pleased to have been blessed with. You may be sure that your furry friend is going to feel comfortable on our first meeting thanks to my considerable experience. This has uses far beyond simple communication however, but is perfect if you want to address behavioral issues. Readings are capable of being done at your home, in my office, or even over SKYPE. If you\u2019ve got more than one pet, please take into account the fact that you will require additional time, as readings are 30 minutes for each pet. If you are trying to find for a evidential psychic medium near Morris County NJ that performs pet readings, look no further than Teresa St. Frances.\nIf you\u2019re looking for an experienced and qualified spiritual medium near Morris County NJ contact me today to book a reading.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 4571, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 263.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041140/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:04Z", "digest": "sha1:VASFCRTQM3ZP3RHWBNYEUMIARAWGYTS2", "length": 574, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "texashistory.unt.edu", "title": "Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 307, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930 - The Portal to Texas History", "raw_content": "Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 307, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930\nWhite, James C. October 9, 1930.\nMain Title: Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 307, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930\nWhite, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 307, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1930, newspaper, October 9, 1930; Brownwood, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041140/: accessed February 15, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 8634, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 159.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/CROSBY/browse/?fq=str_year:1923", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:54:12Z", "digest": "sha1:GEUCPQ4VPLO42KIQRINWUESACZVAIGRV", "length": 172, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "texashistory.unt.edu", "title": "Search Results - - 1 Result - The Portal to Texas History", "raw_content": "Collection: The Crosbyton Review Year: 1923 Clear All Filters\nThe Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, October 26, 1923\nCreator: Boyle, R. B.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 2900, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 247.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/china-slams-philippines-for-south-china-sea-hypocrisy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:32Z", "digest": "sha1:WRAKAYJWXI2GGX2IND2YABDRE67KMRFY", "length": 3014, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "thediplomat.com", "title": "China Slams Philippines For South China Sea \u2018Hypocrisy\u2019 | The Diplomat", "raw_content": "China slammed the Philippines for its hypocrisy on the South China Sea after Manila said that it would resume repair and reconstruction works there, news outlets reported Friday.\nWhile the Philippines had halted such activities last year and suggested other countries do so as well because it was concerned about potential effects on its ongoing legal case against China, Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario had said Thursday that it would resume some activities. The move came amid massive Chinese land reclamation efforts there which Philippine officials say is designed to bolster Beijing\u2019s territorial claims and alter the status quo before any legal verdict is even reached by the arbitral tribunal at The Hague.\nBut on Friday, China used del Rosario\u2019s comments as an opportunity to turn the tables on the Philippines. According to Reuters, foreign policy spokesman Hua Chunying said China was now \u201cseriously concerned\u201d by Manila\u2019s decision to resume works in the South China Sea, which was both an infringement of Beijing\u2019s sovereignty and hypocritical.\n\u201cOn the one hand the Philippines makes unreasonable criticism about China\u2019s normal building activities on its own isles, and on the other announces it will resume repairs on an airport, runway and other illegal constructions on China\u2019s Spratly Islands, which it illegally occupies,\u201d Hua said.\n\u201cThis is not only a series infringement of China\u2019s sovereignty, but it also exposes the Philippines\u2019 hypocrisy,\u201d she noted at a news briefing. She also called on the Philippines to withdraw from the islands.\nForeign Minister Albert del Rosario had emphasized Thursday in his remarks that the Philippines would only be proceeding on repair and maintenance in the South China Sea, and such works \u2013 which would include repairs on an airstrip \u2013 would not violate the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea because it did not alter the status quo dramatically.\n\u201cWe are taking the position that we can proceed with the repair and maintenance,\u201d del Rosario said according to Reuters.\nThis was in stark contrast to China\u2019s massive land reclamation activities, which del Rosario said aimed to change the status quo and enforce its infamous nine-dash line claim to control almost the whole South China Sea.\n\u201cChina is accelerating its expansionist agenda and changing the status quo to actualize its nine-dash line claim and to control nearly the entire South China Sea before\u2026the handing down of a decision of the arbitral tribunal on the Philippine submission,\u201d he said.\nChina in the South China Sea\nChina land reclamation\nNine-Dashed Line\nPhilippines in the South China Sea\nSouth China Sea arbitration\nTerritorial Disputes in South China Sea\nPhilippines Fires Back at China\u2019s South China Sea ChargesNo China Compromise on South China Sea After Philippines Case: Top Chinese ExpertUS Blasts China\u2019s \u2018Great Wall of Sand\u2019 in the South China Sea The Challenge to China\u2019s South China Sea ApproachChina Blasts ASEAN Head for South China Sea Remarks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6735, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 336.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thedollarbuild.com/use-these-hidden-assets-to-build-your-personal-wealth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:01Z", "digest": "sha1:V44XQ3ZTSOHG67BSTW6Z7H4M4FCIHSCL", "length": 2852, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "thedollarbuild.com", "title": "Use These Hidden Assets to Build Your Personal Wealth - The Dollar Build", "raw_content": "Use These Hidden Assets to Build Your Personal Wealth\nWhether money is tight, or you would like to increase your net worth by investing in your business, sometimes you need to think outside the box and find value you can turn into money instead of getting into debt or struggling on. If you complete a reality check, chances are that you are going to find some unused assets to use for building wealth. Below you will find a few ideas to get you thinking.\nWhether you paid off your mortgage or not, you will be able to release equity of your property, provided that it is worth more now than it did when you bought it. The more you paid off the home the better chance you will have to release equity. If you cannot do this, alternatively you can downsize and use the money left over to improve your business and profitability.\nUnused Skills\nIf you have had a few jobs before you started up your own business, chances are, you can put them in good use again. As an example, a financial background will help you offer more for your coaching clients. You can add value without having to invest more, and can grow your reputation and market share by differentiating yourself on the competitive market. If you are good at DIY, you can save on your office renovation, and if you have experience dealing with stock investments, you can double your business savings.\nOne of the most often ignored, hidden assets is legal claims. Whether you were wrongfully dismissed, or suffered an accident on the road, or a public place, you shouldn\u2019t hesitate to contact Chester Law Group to get free advice on personal injury claims. No matter if the accident happened three years ago; you can still have a case, and get the compensation you deserve, and invest the amount in your business to grow your personal wealth.\nBeing creative can really pay off. If you have invented a new work process or software for your company, it is important that you register your patent before other companies would get their hands on your invention and use it for free. If your patent is registered, you can get a compensation every time it is used, and you can charge companies to get access to the information.\nIn case you already have one successful business, and several new ideas you cannot make come true due to the lack of money and resources, you can still make extra money. Build your wealth by selling your ideas to angel investors, or get backed by venture capitalists. If you can diversify your income, you will get a better financial security.\nWhen looking for new sources of income and cash injection for your business, you will need to think about what you already have and what you can turn into a profit. Make sure that you are able turn your skills, knowledge, and creativity into cash, so you can increase your financial stability and net worth for many years to come.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 4291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 297.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theedgeconference.com/edge-2017-line/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:02Z", "digest": "sha1:6YPS3CD3ROSRRMDXXNDPY52574RNYKLR", "length": 2628, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "theedgeconference.com", "title": "The EDGE 2017 Line Up - The EDGE Student & Leaders Conference", "raw_content": "One of the pillars of The EDGE is our dedication to finding high-quality speakers, musicians, and artists who love connecting personally to your students off-stage as well as on-stage. This year, we are excited to continue that tradition with a stellar ministry team (plus some yet-to-be-named surprises).\nLet me give you a quick introduction\u2026\nBen Glenn (a.k.a. \u201cThe Chalk Guy\u201d) is no stranger to The EDGE and always gets a great response from students and youth leaders alike.\nBen creates stunning performance art using chalk and canvas. He also shares his personal journey of faith as it pertains to growing up with a learning disability.\nThroughout his formative years, Ben struggled with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) ultimately finding it impossible to stay interested in school and leaving following his junior year in college.\nServing as Pastor of the Franklin location of Cross Point Church, Kevin is just as comfortable preaching as he is leading worship music. He is passionate about seeing people become fully devoted followers of Christ.\nKevin grew up in Franklin, TN. He served on staff at Inlightened Ministries as well as a church in Northeast Georgia before moving back to Franklin with his wife Katie.\nRobbie Robison\nRobbie speaks at youth events, camps, conferences, and churches of all sizes and styles. He has a passion for student ministry and experience to back it up. His high-energy storytelling approach to preaching the gospel will engages and inspires students.\nCraig is the founder and president of Inlightened Ministries, Inc., an independent Christian non-profit organization assisting ministries across the United States to engage in effective ministry to students.\nA dynamic speaker and talented worship leader, Craig has traveled across the United States speaking and leading praise and worship music at conferences, camps, retreats, rallies, revivals, and any other place where God (and logistics) allow him to serve. He has a fun, magnetic personality that draws people into the Word of God and a passion for people of all ages, races and backgrounds.\nCraig currently lives in Nicholasville, KY, where he serves as lead pastor at Nicholasville Baptist Church and president of Inlightened Ministries, Inc.\nAnd that\u2019s the line-up for this winter\u2019s EDGE Conference in Gatlinburg, TN! But it doesn\u2019t stop there. As always, there will be more surprises in store both on-stage and off-stage, along with our amazing volunteer team to assist your group with anything along the way.\nWe hope to see you at The EDGE Conference this January!\nTags: conference, Edge conference\nPrevious PostWhy the EDGE?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3390, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 235.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2015/02/13/st-mary-the-virgin-and-all-saints-church-in-fotheringhay/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:54Z", "digest": "sha1:XNINXTLUZ4MRSCDJ7T7EKRZTNHHLYKQG", "length": 10138, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "thefreelancehistorywriter.com", "title": "St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church in Fotheringhay \u00ab The Freelance History Writer", "raw_content": "St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church in Fotheringhay\nFebruary 13, 2015 By Susan Abernethy in Medieval History, Tudor History Tags: Battle of Wakefield, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Duke of Gloucester, Edmund Earl of Rutland, Edmund Langely Duke of York, Edward Langely, Falcon and Fetterlock, Fotheringhay, Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay Church, George Duke of Clarence, House of York, King Edward IV, King Richard III, Plantagenet, Queen Elizabeth I, Richard Duke of York, St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church, War of the Roses, William Horwood\t8 Comments\nSt Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church in Fotheringhay, Northampton, England (Photo by the author)\nWhile visiting Fotheringhay Castle, the site of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, we took a short walk down the road to St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church in the village of Fotheringhay. While I knew the church was connected with the castle and the House of York, the building contained many fascinating features and was abundant with the history of the War of the Roses.\nSimon de St. Liz (Senlis), Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton began building a castle at Fotheringhay in the twelfth century on the north side of the River Nene. Several decades later, a Cluniac nunnery was founded just to the west of the castle. The nunnery later moved to Delapre. When Edmund Langely, fourth surviving son of King Edward III and first Duke of York took over the castle, he established a college of priests within the castle grounds with the express assignment of praying daily for the souls of himself and his family. It was known as \u201cThe Collegiate Church of the Annunciation and St. Edward the Confessor within the Castle of Fotheringhay\u201d.\nWith the death of Edmund in 1402, his son Edward inherited the castle. Following the wishes of his father, in 1411 the college was moved from the castle south of the river to the south side of an existing Norman church on the site of the former Cluniac nunnery. Starting in 1415, the chancel of the Norman church was reconstructed and extended to form the Quire and Lady Chapel of the Collegiate Church and the dedication of the foundation was changed to St Mary the Virgin and All Saints. That same year, Edward Langely was killed at the Battle of Agincourt. His body was brought back to Fotheringhay and buried in the partially built Quire and construction on the college came to a halt.\nRestoration of the college began in 1432 and in 1434 a charter was granted to Edward\u2019s nephew, Richard, Duke of York to start a church. There is a record of the man who became the master mason on the building project. His name was William Horwood and the contract states Duke Richard would pay him \u00a3300 if his work was satisfactory. If his work was not adequate, he risked going to prison. The nave was rebuilt and extended to match the Quire and it remained in use as a parish church. Horwood immortalized himself in a carving on the nave wall with a humorous gargoyle. There are also grotesque carvings representing Horwood\u2019s dog Blaster, Duke Richard, his wife Cecily Neville and a Green Man.\nTower and Lantern of St Mary the Virgin and All Saints Church in Fotheringhay (Photo by the author)\nThe material used to build the church was limestone ashlar and the church was given a lead roof. The most arresting feature of the church is the Lantern and Tower. The tower contains a bell chamber. The Lantern at the top of the Tower used to be lit in medieval times to guide hunters returning home from Rockingham Forest. Inside the building, if you stand directly under the Tower and look up, you can see one of the most striking features of the church. There is a beautiful fan vaulted ceiling and a modern painting of the Yorkist Falcon and Fetterlock symbol.\nFalcon and Fetterlock symbol of the House of York on the fan vaulted ceiling of the tower of the church (Photo by the author)\nBy 1460, construction was still ongoing and King Edward IV was granted a new charter and he refounded the college. In that same year, King Edward\u2019s father Richard Duke of York and his son Edmund, Earl of Rutland were killed at the Battle of Wakefield, the first significant battle of the War of the Roses. Their bodies were buried in Pontefract Castle. In 1476, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III, had an elaborate ceremony to bring the bodies of his father and brother to be reinterred in the church at Fotheringhay. Thomas Whiting, Chester Herald, has left a detailed account of the events:\n\u201cOn 24 July [1476] the bodies were exhumed, that of the Duke, \u201cgarbed in an ermine furred mantle and cap of maintenance, covered with a cloth of gold\u201d lay in state under a hearse blazing with candles, guarded by an angel of silver, bearing a crown of gold as a reminder that by right the Duke had been a king. On its journey, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, with other lords and officers of arms, all dressed in mourning, followed the funeral chariot, drawn by six horses, with trappings of black, charged with the arms of France and England and preceded by a knight bearing the banner of the ducal arms.\nFotheringhay was reached on 29 July, where members of the college and other ecclesiastics went forth to meet the cortege. At the entrance to the churchyard, King Edward waited, together with the Duke of Clarence, the Marquis of Dorset, Earl Rivers, Lord Hastings and other noblemen. Upon its arrival the King \u2018made obeisance to the body right humbly and put his hand on the body and kissed it, crying all the time.\u2019 The procession moved into the church where two hearses were waiting, one in the choir for the body of the Duke and one in the Lady Chapel for that of the Earl of Rutland, and after the King had retired to his \u2018closet\u2019 and the princes and officers of arms had stationed themselves around the hearses, masses were sung and the King\u2019s chamberlain offered for him seven pieces of cloth of gold \u2018which were laid in a cross on the body.\u2019 The next day three masses were sung, the Bishop of Lincoln preached a \u2018very noble sermon\u2019 and offerings were made by the Duke of Gloucester and other lords, of \u2018The Duke of York\u2019s coat of arms, of his shield, his sword, his helmet and his coursers on which rode Lord Ferrers in full armour, holding in his hand an axe reversed.\u2019 When the funeral was over, the people were admitted into the church and it is said that before the coffins were placed in the vault which had been built under the chancel, five thousand persons came to receive the alms, while four times that number partook of the dinner, served partly in the castle and partly in the King\u2019s tents and pavilions. The menu included capons, cygnets, herons, rabbits and so many good things that the bills for it amounted to more than three hundred pounds.\u201d\nThe 15th Century pulpit in the church at Fotheringhay, said to have been donated by King Edward IV (Photo by the author)\nA magnificent chantry chapel was built over their remains in the Quire in 1477. When Cecily Neville, Duchess of York died on May 31, 1495, she was buried in the tomb with her husband and their son. The pulpit which can be seen today dates from the fifteenth century and it is believed King Edward IV donated it to the church. Richly carved and ornamented, it has been restored to its magnificent medieval colors. It is decorated with the arms of the house of Plantagenet and the symbols of the House of York; a white boar, white lion and black bull for the three Yorkist brothers, Richard III, Edward IV and George, Duke of Clarence.\nThe college was dissolved in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under the reign of King Henry VIII. Later the buildings were granted to Dudley, Duke of Northumberland and he had the chancel pulled down but left the nave as a parish church. The lead roof of the college cloister and the choir were taken down, leaving these areas to decay and eventually collapse. The bodies of the York family were moved to unmarked graves in the churchyard. In 1566, Queen Elizabeth I visited Fotheringhay and was disgusted at the lack of respect for the graves of her ancestors \u2013 her paternal grandmother was Elizabeth of York, King Edward IV\u2019s eldest daughter. She ordered the remains be exhumed and reburied in the parish church with proper monuments. The tombs are of a typical Elizabethan, sixteenth century design.\nElizabethan monuments mark the tombs of the House of York family members on the right and the left (Photo by the author)\nOther changes to the church have been made over the years including Georgian box pews which were added in 1804 and new stained glass windows decorated with coats of arms and symbols of people connected with the church. Over the east tower arch is a royal coat of arms for King George III dating from 1807. In the entry porch, above the door to the Treasury chamber is a small stone lion that came from Fotheringhay Castle. The Perpendicular architectural style is just beautiful and the church is filled with light from the many windows. Even for those who are not fans of the War of the Roses, this church is a medieval masterpiece.\n\u00ab The History of Fotheringhay Castle\nThe History of Craigmillar Castle \u00bb\nWow, what a fantastic history, Susan! Such a lovely building as well but I am not sure about the idea of digging people up and their lying in state! Another blog I follow, by Lynne Jenkins, has a recent post about Fotheringhay Church. You might like her photos: https://blosslynspage.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/pulpit-sunday-fotheringhay-church-northamptonshire/\nHer pictures are better than mine! LOL!! It\u2019s a very nice post and the pulpit really is beautiful.\nThere is a medieval rabbit warren close by, but with very limited public access. The scotch thistles that grow on the castle mound were allegedly sown by Mary Queen of Scots when she was a prisoner at Fotheringhay. Some years ago they were DNA tested to see if this may be true but I never discovered the results of the tests. There are quite a few Fotheringhay records held in the Westmorland Archive at Northamptonshire Records office.\nWhat a magnificent church! 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It is a trend that has repeated itself thousands of times in the legal picture of professionals who form themselves in the school of law. Eventually, they will start their own business, maybe because of the school of law, depending on the university you graduate from, has classes related to business management or administration, which makes many businesspeople consider delving into the professional.\nIt is also linked to a broad understanding of business construction and startup development because of many attorneys who have to be informed about the subject because of the extensive laws that cover company owners and the rules of starting a company, the rules of patented content, etc. because of many clients who are company owners themselves, this leads the professionals to begin their paths in the entrepreneur field.\nThis is the case of the legal expert and former attorney Andrew Rocklage. He now runs his own business in Boston, is the owner and operator of Sky Zone Trampoline Park, and it was an idea that is making tons of success as a park for families and kids to delve, with the unique idea of having the sole focus of a playground with trampolines that throws people very high in the skies, as the name suggests.\nAfter graduating from the renowned Suffolk University Law School, Andrew Rocklage went to graduate in the Isenberg, School of Management, of course, since he saw a lot of his passion in the realm of business administration.\nAfter having worked as a Law Clerk for the lawyers\u2019 team of Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy P.C. and, after that, for the group Avery, Dooley & Noone, LLP, his business career began.\nHe has also worked for EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals as their legal consultant, but he had already delved into the realm of a business owner and startup development, while the idea for the Sky Zone Trampoline Park was already in his mind.\nIt wouldn\u2019t take too long until the creation of the park, in August 2015. 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At that time May told the commons \u201cNobody wins when stop and search is misapplied. It is a waste of police time. It is unfair, especially to young, black men. It is bad for public confidence in the police,\u201d she told MPs.\nMay was right. Random stop and searches are unfair, and there is no evidence that they lead to reduced levels of knife-crime. What we need, as Humphrys\u2019 female guest explained, is to follow Scotland and implement greater public health response to knife crime; to have more community police officers working within schools, within the NHS and within mental health projects, to target the problem head-on, working with young men to protect and educate them against violence.\nInstead of re-implementing random stop and search policy, as Humphrys posed, I think it would be helpful to look at the underlying causes of knife-crime in the UK.\nIf Humphrys went out and spoke to some of the young men who are carrying knives on the streets of London, he would have a better chance of understanding why these young men are carrying those weapons, and what should be done about it.\nMy own brother was arrested last year for carrying a knife and for acting in a way that was threatening to public safety. If Humphrys came and spoke to my brother, he would see that greater police enforcement is not going to solve the problem.\nIn fact, if he took the time to speak to my brother he might be surprised to find a rather average-looking teenager: a spotty, muscly young boy. With swept back mousy-brown hair and lynx radiating from his armpits.\nWhat he might not see is what lurks beneath the skin surface. He might not understand the fear, the angst, the anger that has built-up inside of this boy. He might not see how this young teenager has been repeatedly bombarded with images and ideas, on social media, and in film, of what it is to be a man. He might not see the glamour, perpetuated through video games and mainstream Hollywood films, of gang life and gang culture, that has influenced this young boy. He might not see a boy who has been so narrowly confined by his own gender expectations, he no longer knows how to feel (and deal with) his emotions.\nBut my brother is, after all, just a boy. And he is a boy who is desperate to be loved and to have intimate relationships with other people, just like any other human being. He is a boy who has grown up with an addiction to social media, and the internet, and probably porn. He is a boy who has been fed lies about what it is to be a man, and he is a boy who vehemently believes that violence and strength will win him the attention and affection of girls.\nThese are some of the issues we are facing. And these are some of the issues that are leading to increased knife crime and increased levels of anger in young men. While a portion of the \u2018blame\u2019 of course falls on my brother\u2019s head (for carrying his knife in the first place) greater enforcement and greater punishment (as Humphrys posited) won\u2019t solve the problem.\nThis is a much larger, and much more toxic problem than The Today programme suggests and we are all collectively responsible for educating, protecting and helping young boys to grow into healthy, unafraid, empowered young men.\nPreviousThere are no vaginas in Myanmar?\nNextThe Future of Dating", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 5063, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 224.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thereadersroom.org/2016/11/18/non-1001-book-review-small-great-things-jodi-picoult/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:56Z", "digest": "sha1:B5CIWW575TYR6SMUJXRRA6C363FLTUIV", "length": 4368, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "thereadersroom.org", "title": "Non 1001 Book Review: Small Great Things Jodi Picoult | The Reader's Room", "raw_content": "Non 1001 Book Review: Small Great Things Jodi Picoult\nJodi Picoult\u2019s book is a timely release since it tackles issues of racism in America. Book Worm reviewed the book and here are her thoughts\u2026\nPublished in: 2016 (Release date October 11 in US)\nFind it here: Small Great Things\nThis ARC was provided by Hodder and Stouton (via NetGalley) in exchange for an honest review.\nSynopsis from Goodreads: Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years\u2019 experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she\u2019s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don\u2019t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?\nBook Worm\u2019s Thoughts: Those of you who have read a Jodi Picoult book will know that her stories are often told from multiple viewpoints and this book is no exception. In this novel we hear from Ruth, an African American nurse, Turk, the white supremacist father, and Kennedy the white public defender. All three have different opinions on race and racism and this makes for uncomfortable reading.\nTurk is racist and homophobic and there is no getting away from the fact that the sections written by him are full of hatred and violence. This is not a pleasant viewpoint to read.\nRuth has tried her hardest to make a success of her life and to ensure that her son has the best of everything and is not limited by the colour of his skin. What makes these sections so hard to read is that what Ruth believes is shown to be illusion. No matter how well she thinks she fits in, she is still separated by skin colour.\nThe sections written by Kennedy were perhaps the hardest for me because they were not extreme they were smack bang in the centre of how I feel \u2013 I am white and I don\u2019t consider myself racist \u2013 Kennedy feels exactly the same until Ruth shows her that is a privilege to be in a position where you can consider yourself as colour blind because being white means you don\u2019t have to worry about colour, there is so much Kennedy and I take for granted that might not be the same if our skin colour was different.\nThis is a hard book to read but it is well worth it and is a timely novel to read given the state of political events around the world. It made me think about my daily actions and how much I take for granted. It has made me realize that no matter how far we have come in terms of relationships with others, be they different skin colours, different religions, or sexual orientation, we still have so far to go and we should never lose sight of that.\nWho would enjoy this book: This is a tough one as it\u2019s not a book that is an enjoyable read. Instead I will say that if you are white you should read this book just to understand how lucky you are to have been born the colour you are.\nWant to try it for yourself? You can find a copy here: Small Great Things\n\u2190 Non 1001 Book Review: Zero K Don DeLillo\nWinter Reading Challenge \u2192\n\u201cRuth shows her that is a privilege to be in a position where you can consider yourself as colour blind because being white means you don\u2019t have to worry about colour\u2026\u201d It\u2019s interesting that you note this because i was just thinking about this yesterday when I read comments from people all up in arms that it was noted that The Rock was the second non-white man to ever be named \u201cPeople\u2019s Sexiest.\u201d \u201cWhy does everything have to be about race? I don\u2019t see color!!!\u201d was the complaint and I thought, after having wondered whether, indeed, there were any other \u201csexiest\u201d men of color, \u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to not have to notice race.\u201d Picoult\u2019s books don\u2019t normally pique my attention, but it sounds like she gracefully tackled a difficult topic and I may have to pick this one up. Thanks for a really thoughtful review.\nI would say this topic is tackled really well in the book. There were several instances that made me think surely that must be artistic license but then I wondered is it really or do I think that because it has never happened to me and I have never even worried that it might.\nIt is definitely a book that makes you think.\n89 Small Great Things | The Thousand Book Project", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 285, "original_length": 12657, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 312.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://therealdeal.com/2016/10/04/here-are-the-nyc-re-players-who-made-the-forbes-400/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:04Z", "digest": "sha1:YUTEPKEMTOTI26RV25MQVMPVE6GT6KNZ", "length": 1835, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "therealdeal.com", "title": "Forbes 400 | Donald Trump | Stephen Ross", "raw_content": "Stephen Schwarzman, Stephen Ross and Richard LeFrak cracked top 100\nClockwise from left: Stephen Ross, Jerry Speyer, Sam Zell, Richard LeFrak, Stephen Schwarzman and Leon Black\nOf the country\u2019s wealthiest billionaires, the biggest New York real estate players barely crack the top 50.\nThe latest Forbes 400 ranking of wealthiest Americans lists Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman as No. 45, with a net wealth of $10.3 billion. Stephen Ross, chairman of the Related Companies, follows with a net worth of $7.4 billion and a ranking of 58th on the list, and Richard LeFrak ranked 73rd on the list with $6.7 billion.\nMeanwhile, Donald Trump\u2019s net worth checks in at $3.7 billion, $800 million less than last year. All told, the top 400 billionaires have an aggregate net worth of $2.4 trillion. Of that, those in the real estate industry\u2014 across the country \u2014 are worth a combined $129 billion.\nHere\u2019s a rundown of figures tied to New York real estate who made Forbes\u2019 list:\n1. Stephen Schwarzman, $10.3B #45\n2. Stephen Ross, $7.4B, #58\n3. Richard LeFrak, $6.7B, #73\n4. Leon Black, $5B, #105\n5. Sam Zell, $4.7B, #117\n6. Henry Kravis, #124\n7. Sheldon Solow, $4.4B, #128\n8. Leonard Stern, $4.1B, #134\n9. Jerry Speyer, $3.7B, #156\n10. Donald Trump, $3.7B, #156\n11. Jeff Sutton, $3.6B, #174\n12. Nathan Blecharczyk, $3.3B #194\n13. John Catsimatidis, $3.3B, #194\n14. Jeff Greene, $3.3B, #194\n15. David Rockefeller Sr., $3.1B, #214\n16. Allan Goldman, $3B, #222\n17. Jane Goldman, $3B, #222\n18. Amy Goldman Fowler, $3B, #222\n19. Diane Goldman Kemper, $3B, #222\n20. Charles Cohen, $2.8B, #239\n21. Barry Diller, $2.7B, #246\n22. Mort Zuckerman, $2.7B, #246\n23. Joshua Harris, $2.5B, #274\n24. Marc Rowan, $2.5B, #274\n25. David Walentas, $2B, #353\n[Forbes] \u2014 Kathryn Brenzel\nTags: Donald Trump, jerry speyer, Richard LeFrak, sam zell, Stephen Ross", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3333, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 232.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thesafewordsclub.com/never-claw-werewolf-princess-little-bedtime-stories-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:02Z", "digest": "sha1:BKBZ4P3KYDXGA5VTUO2MOCBOMB3A32XI", "length": 4892, "nlines": 62, "source_domain": "thesafewordsclub.com", "title": "Never Claw a Werewolf Princess (Little Bedtime Stories #3) \u2022 The SafeworD/s Club", "raw_content": "(Author\u2019s Note: This story is the third in a series of stories that feature princesses, twisted fairy tales, and an interrupting co-narrator. For ease, I\u2019ve numbered them in the title. While they really don\u2019t have to be read in a specific order, there are sometimes references to previous stories. I hope you enjoy. \u2013 Dean)\nOnce upon a time in a small village beside a great forest, there lived a young girl. On her eighteenth birthday, she was given a hooded cloak the color of dried blood.\nYou haven\u2019t interrupted.\n\u201cWhy are you feeling my forehead? I\u2019m not sick. I was listening. Isn\u2019t that the point?\u201d\nOh. Then, I will continue.\n\u201cWait. Since we already stopped, I have questions.\u201d\n\u201cI could have just listened, you know. Anyway, you didn\u2019t say she was a beautiful princess.\u201d\nShe is beautiful, just thought you might be tired of me saying everyone is beautiful.\n\u201cEveryone is beautiful. You can still say it.\u201d\nGood point. She isn\u2019t a princess though.\nHer parents aren\u2019t a king and queen.\n\u201cSo. I bet her daddy calls her princess.\u201d\nWhat if she doesn\u2019t have one?\n\u201cShe doesn\u2019t need a daddy to call her princess to be one. It\u2019s just nice when he does.\u201d\nOnce upon a time in a small village beside a great forest, there lived a beautiful princess. On her eighteenth birthday, she was given a hooded cloak the color of dried blood. The giving of the cloak is a family tradition always given for the eighteenth birthday and is to be worn during the next full moon.\n\u201cReally? Thought you were a writer or something. The best you can do is Red?\u201d\nThat\u2019s just a shade of red.\n\u201cBut, it sounds better than Red.\u201d\nScarlet was excited when she was given her cloak. That night was the first night of the full moon and she was to go to her grandmother\u2019s house deep in the woods before nightfall. She took water, a satchel of food, and her knife and headed into the forest.\n\u201cShe has a knife?\u201d\n\u201cShe\u2019s a werewolf?\u201d\n\u201cA werewolf that needs a knife?\u201d\nIt\u2019s still day and it\u2019s her eighteenth birthday, so she hasn\u2019t changed yet and you are getting ahead in the story.\n\u201cDoes Scarlet know she\u2019s a werewolf?\u201d\nI make this up as I go.\n\u201cYou don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen?\u201d\n\u201cThen, how do you know I am getting ahead in the story if you don\u2019t know the story either?\u201d\nBecause I haven\u2019t gotten there yet.\n\u201cThat shouldn\u2019t make sense. What\u2019s next?\u201d\nScarlet is walking through the forest when she comes across a man walking alone.\n\u201cPrince Charming? I thought there was supposed to be a wolf.\u201d\nTechnically, Scarlet is the wolf in the story. And, I never said he was a prince.\nDo you want him to?\n\u201cIf he is going to die, then he has to be the Prince. It\u2019s a pattern.\u201d\nScarlet is walking through the forest when she comes across a prince walking alone.\n\u201cNow, it\u2019s getting good. She\u2019s going to eat him.\u201d\n\u201cJust wait. And, when will Princess Awe Some show up.\u201d\nShe\u2019s not in this story.\n\u201cAgain? Why not?\u201d\nShe has nothing against werewolves. Her favorite cousin is one.\nProm night. Full moon. Hairy date.\n\u201cI want to hear that story. It\u2019s like Teen Wolf meets Carrie.\u201d\nNot quite. Let\u2019s finish this story first.\n\u201cI\u2019ve been listening.\u201d\nThe Prince goes into full charming mode, even showing Scarlet his jeweled long sword.\n\u201cEwww. SFW please.\u201d\nIt\u2019s a sword. Really. The Prince claims he knows the forest well and that there is a faster path to her grandmother\u2019s house. He leads her off the main path deeper into the woods. The Prince does everything he can to slow Scarlet down so he can spend more time with her. They even stop for a meal and Scarlet shares her food and water with him. It is getting later and later in the day.\nThe Prince runs out of delaying tactics and they arrive at grandmother\u2019s house just as the full moon rises. Scarlet\u2019s grandmother is waiting and congratulates Scarlet for bringing her first kill with her. The Princes turns just as Scarlet grabs his hand and cuts it with her knife. She brings his hand to her mouth and licks his blood.\n\u201cWhoaaa. You even used the knife. Don\u2019t stop now.\u201d\nThe taste of the Prince\u2019s blood triggered Scarlet\u2019s transformation and she turned into a wolf. The Prince, thinking himself charming and not very brave, fainted.\nBe nice. He\u2019s about to be eaten. Some people don\u2019t handle that very well.\nAfter their meal, Scarlet and her grandmother run through the great forest, playfully chasing rabbits and deer until they come upon a clearing lit by the moon. There, they meet with other wolves and Scarlet is welcomed into the pack. She gives the pack back the hooded cloak, it\u2019s color now brightened with the blood of the Prince.\n\u201cWhat happened to the woodsman that kills the wolf?\u201d\nGrandmother ate him years ago.\n\u201cSo\u2026. not sleeping again.\u201d\nOkay, I\u2019ll stay.\n\u201cThis is the part where you tell me what\u2019s next but it won\u2019t be tonight.\u201d\nIs it? I think there will be a gorgon.\n\u201cReally? I\u2019m ready.\u201d\n\u2190 Big Bear and Little Cub\nA new Dom\u2019s tale. 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Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:09142012-115522353", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 889, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 316.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thesoutherneronline.com/68261/comment/class-ranking-provides-unnecessary-stress-and-competition-between-students/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:14Z", "digest": "sha1:5B6KYKD5XPDFGECKDEU5UHN3NCPEQMD4", "length": 3091, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "thesoutherneronline.com", "title": "Class ranking provides unnecessary stress and competition between students \u2013 the Southerner Online", "raw_content": "Ellie Werthman, Co-Editor in ChiefOctober 8, 2018Leave a Comment\nSeveral members of the Class of 2018 just prior to graduation on May 24, 2018 at the Georgia World Congress Center.\nSitting in advanced placement classes, walking the crowded hallways, playing in the big game or debating in a big tournament, they are among us: the top students in each grade.\nEach grade at Grady has around 300 to 400 students. Each competitive student fights to move up in rank or struggles to stay ahead of their successor while drowning in the numbers they believe define them.\nThe rivalries that fuel the tension in accelerated classrooms are rooted in class ranking. The difference in GPAs between number two and number three or number 15 and number 16 can be as small as .01.\nReleasing class ranking creates a learning environment where students become less interested in learning and more engulfed in making the grades needed to beat out the person ahead of them. Some students even talk about sabotaging the person in front of them.\nBy the time senior year rolls around, the positions of valedictorian and salutatorian are envied but rarely ensured. Top students begin to talk about who they want to be in each position and how to get them there.\nThe people at the top of the class have small differences in GPA, so there is little purpose in fostering a competitive environment that increases stress for students and prioritizes a number grade over learning.\nYes, at Grady, technically sharing class ranking is optional. However, if people can approximate where a student falls in comparison to their classmates, it is not difficult to place one unknown student when people discuss class ranking to see where people fall on the list and where there are \u2018open\u2019 spots. So while it may be a confidential number on your transcript, so grade, but competitive students will share their rankings and learn the grades of their peers.\nDoing away with class ranking on transcripts allows students to find pride in their own successes rather than where they fall in comparison to others.\nSome schools across the country, such as Arlington-Lee High School in Arlington, Va., have done away with a single valedictorian position altogether. I do not believe this is the only alternative. Top students should still be recognized for their relative success within their classrooms. Schools can reward students\u2019 senior year for being in the top five percent and award honors to students in the latter part of senior year, in order to recognize them for their hard work without class rank being known.\nIn my freshman year, I attended The Westminster School in Atlanta, a prestigious private school known for sending students to top-tier universities, and this is the system currently used there.\nIn addition, class ranking does not even play a crucial role in the college admissions process. It offers schools a perspective into the rigor of a high school. If colleges recommend seeing a class ranking during their admissions process, Grady can create a system in which class ranking is sent to schools confidentially.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 239, "original_length": 8665, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 325.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thetruthaboutpetcancer.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:14Z", "digest": "sha1:JRCXFP6DZZMHDR6VBJP3WOLIYMQTBLAC", "length": 1937, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "thetruthaboutpetcancer.com", "title": "Watch FREE - The Truth About PET Cancer April 4, 2018", "raw_content": "Sign up below\u2026 48 Hr REPLAY Marathon is under way!\nLeading Animal Health and Cancer Specialists\nRelease FREE 7-part Docu-Series on the Pet Epidemic No One Talks About\u2026\nReserve your spot to watch the The Truth About PET Cancer docu-series \u2014 Coming Soon!\nEnter your name and email below right now, and you\u2019ll be the first in line to see the entire 7-part docu-series for FREE.\nYes, Register My Spot\nWe respect you and your pet\u2019s privacy. 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The information is presented for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure such conditions. The information contained herein is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a doctor or qualified healthcare professional. Therefore, this information is not intended as medical advice, but rather a sharing of knowledge and information based on research and experience. 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Photo courtesy of Bishop Ireton.\nMrs. Denise Tobin, principal of Bishop Ireton High School, announced that seniors Catherine Green and Erin Markle have been named National Merit Semifinalists.\nAbout 16,000 students nationwide have been named semifinalists, and they will compete for 7,400 scholarships worth more than $32 million. Students obtain semifinalist standing by scoring in the top 1 percent of U.S. high school students on the Preliminary SAT test taken by high school juniors. The finalists in the scholarship competition will be named in February.\n\u201cWe are so proud of Catherine and Erin for their hard work and effort in a very rigorous academic program and congratulate them for earning this distinct honor. They represent the standards of our school and we are blessed to have such talented students,\u201d remarked Tobin.\nSeniors Austin Baney, Katherine Beutner, Michelle Dwyer, Helen Hong, Annelise Miranda, Brandon Phan, Paul Poling, and Joseph Siedlarz have been named Commended Students in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.\nAbout 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2016 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying Test (PSAT/MMSQT\u00ae).\n\u201cWe are blessed to work with this group of highly motivated students. Their families can be proud of the academic success they have achieved. Bishop Ireton congratulates these talented young women and young men for demonstrating academic excellence.\u201d\nPrevious articleSt. Stephen\u2019s & St. Agnes School Excels at National Latin Convention\nNext articleMaury Elementary School Receives 2015 Let\u2019s Move! 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Her daughter, Cecily was born with a heart condition, requiring the newborn to need a heart transplant.\nShow host Jacquie Fenske sits down with them to talk about how life is different and their journey so far.\nFollow their journey on Candace\u2019s blog: http://cecilyroseheart.blogspot.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 370, "original_length": 6991, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thrivehive.com/author/jbelkin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:14:13Z", "digest": "sha1:JBTRRRNYNGH7PZWZUHTOBZPFHWHKGYFZ", "length": 838, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "thrivehive.com", "title": "Julia Belkin, Author at ThriveHive", "raw_content": "With 2019 upon us, you are probably looking to make some changes to your productivity and organizational toolkit. 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For many business owners, their home [\u2026]\nHow to Create a Holiday Gift Guide Your Customers Will Love", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 265, "original_length": 5511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 237.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tjohnsonmediagroup.com/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:12Z", "digest": "sha1:UB5UW5W547QWJ3USCZATMR3ICVIQWCFT", "length": 4679, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "tjohnsonmediagroup.com", "title": "About - Tracy Johnson Media Group", "raw_content": "Great radio is a blend of art and science, and it\u2019s driven by passionate air personalities. That\u2019s why you can trust us for consulting and talent coaching.\nTracy Johnson is the founder of the Tracy Johnson Media Group. He excels in programming and\npromotion consulting and talent coaching that attract fans, grows ratings and generates revenue.\nHe\u2019s programmed great radio stations, leading two stations in San Diego from \u201cworst to first\u201d, earned dozens of radio industry awards and been named \u201cBest Programmer In America\u201d by Radio Ink magazine.\nIn addition to his long career in programming, Tracy managed a group of stations for 10 years and has worked with hundreds of media brands to develop digital content, promotion and revenue strategies.\nGrowing up in a farming community in central Nebraska, I became an on-air personality at the local radio station at the age of 14. While attending the University of Nebraska, I became morning personality and program director of KFRX, at age 20, leading the station to 7 years of #1 ratings.\nAt KFRX, I learned the value of combining a disciplined approach to programming with exciting, fun personality and promotion. This has been the foundation of a long, successful career.\nIn 1989, I joined Alan Burns & Associates, teaming with Alan to work with some of America\u2019s great radio stations, including Z100/New York, B96/Chicago and dozens more. Working with Alan was like getting a Masters Degree in programming.\nWorst To First x 2\nShortly after joining CHR KKLQ (Q106) in San Diego, General Manager Bob Bolinger and I engineered the first of two worst-to-first successes. We recruited Jeff & Jer, altered the format and injected the station with fun to take the market by storm.\nWithin six months, we grew from 19th to 1st, scoring #1 ratings in every daypart and every demographic.\nTwo years later (1994), I left Q106 to join B100-FM and KFMB-AM. B100 had fallen victim to the Q106 success, and was ranked 23rd in the market, but not for long. We changed the station\u2019s name to Star 100.7, and march to #1, achieving a rare worst-to-first rise twice in the same market.\nWith an emphasis on creating revenue that delivers ratings and revenue, I was promoted to the General Manager position for the stations. Within two years, we delivered the highest revenues and profits in the history of the respected stations.\nFor 10 years, I was proud to lead KFMB AM and FM as the class of the San Diego market, delivering record ratings, revenue and market status.\nThe experience of managing two legendary properties and balancing art (performance), science (programming) and leadership (management) provided a rare combination of skills and experience that continues pay off for clients worldwide.\nAlong with the hands-on experience, Alan Burns and I co-authored the book Morning Radio: A\nGuide to Developing On-Air Superstars in 1998. The book quickly became an international success, serving as a blueprint for personality radio for thousands of broadcasters in more than 45 countries.\nRadio legend Scott Shannon described it as \u201cThe best book I\u2019ve ever read about radio\u2026period.\u201d\nMy second book, Morning Radio II followed in 2002, bringing even more attention to a growing resume.\nSince then, I rewrote the original Morning Radio, updating the concepts to reflect a changing media universe. Morning Radio Revisited was published in 2013.\nEventually, it became clear that my path pointed to sharing the concepts and experience would lead to what has become the Tracy Johnson Media Group.\nOur emphasis is on building dominant brands through nurturing and promoting high profile air personalities, guiding stations with sound programming strategies and introducing exciting promotions that result in ratings and revenue success.\nWith a hands-on approach to working with clients worldwide, our client roster is filled with success stories in all formats.\nThere\u2019s nothing more exciting than building a passionate audience base through creativity, promotion and using contemporary tools in digital media. I love the thrill of developing talent, helping them find an on-air voice based on their real-life personality.\nContrary to common misconceptions, traditional media is alive and well. It\u2019s changing, for sure. It\u2019s under financial pressure, no doubt. It must be reinvented, and it\u2019s exciting to use the power of reach and influence to develop new sources of engagement and revenue in an evolving world.\nI\u2019m currently working with radio stations, television personalities and am involved with digital initiatives, and couldn\u2019t be happier with the potential for growth and expansion. Are you the next success story?\nWe Develop On-Air Superstars", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 5256, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 249.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tobindentalcare.com/gerd-dental-problems/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:01Z", "digest": "sha1:QKYHRU4FXXRVI7YR2DB2DF5CFHQUZS26", "length": 2436, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "tobindentalcare.com", "title": "GERD & Dental Problems - Oral Health - Garden City Dentist - Dr. Nancy Tobin", "raw_content": "Gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as its more common and easier to pronounce acronym GERD, is an uncomfortable problem associated with digestion. But while the issue originates in the gut it can have a negative on oral health. If you suffer from GERD, our Garden City dental office has some insight for you.\nWhat Is GER/GERD?\nGastroesophageal reflux (GER) is the medical term used to explain what happens when stuff inside the stomach comes up into the esophagus. The result is often the feeling of heartburn or indigestion. If symptoms of GER happen more than two times a week for several weeks, it could be a sign of GERD. GERD is a more serious, long-lasting problem that can lead to more health concerns. It\u2019s important to note that if someone has GER, it doesn\u2019t always mean they have GERD.\nDental Concerns Linked to GERD\nSince GER/GERD increases the mouth\u2019s exposure to acid, it also increases the risk for dental problems and tooth damage. In fact, acid is one of the worst things for our pearly whites. It can easily wear down protective tooth enamel, increase the risk of decay, and quite literally eat away at teeth. People with GER/GERD are more likely to have bad breath, decay, and cavities than those without the condition. Additionally, dealing with the effects of GER/GERD may also increase sensitivity, which can be painful and make sufferers not want to brush their teeth. However, it\u2019s crucial to still brush and floss regularly. Using a soft toothbrush and a toothpaste designed for sensitive teeth can help reduce any discomfort.\nSigns of GER or GERD vary from person to person and can even be different based on age. Besides feeling the discomfort of heartburn, there are several other common symptoms including:\nHow to Reduce the Risk of Dental Problems\nYour dentist in Garden City, as well as your family doctor, may recommend certain changes in diet and habits to help reduce GERD symptoms and dental problems associated with it. Some recommendations include:\nStay away from sour treats\nLimit spicy foods\nWhile it\u2019s important for everyone to visit the dentist regularly, it\u2019s incredibly crucial for those with GERD. Dental visits at least every six months can help protect smiles from the acid produced from GERD or catch any problems early when they\u2019re easily treatable. If you\u2019re in need of a dentist, we welcome you to call our dental office in Garden City to schedule an appointment with us today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 6184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 320.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tobindentalcare.com/how-does-oral-health-affect-heart-health/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:30Z", "digest": "sha1:W3JFEPLNUNZ6INQ4BQOTS43DHBK6D5F5", "length": 1299, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "tobindentalcare.com", "title": "How Does Oral Health Affect Heart Health? - Gum Disease - Garden City Dentist - Dr. Nancy Tobin", "raw_content": "February marks the beginning of a month-long dedication to heart health. It\u2019s officially known as American Heart Month, and its purpose is to raise awareness of the risks associated with heart disease. Many people know that things like smoking and a poor diet can cause troubles with the heart, but at our dental office in Garden City, we also know that your oral health can affect your heart health.\nYou may have heard the expression that the eyes are the window to the soul, and while that may be true, another part of your body can tell you a lot about your overall wellbeing. The truth is, your mouth can give your dentist in Garden City insight to other problems that may be going on in the rest of your body. More specifically, researchers have found a connection between gum disease and an increased risk for heart disease.\nIf you notice any of the signs of gum disease, it\u2019s important to see your Garden City dentist as soon as possible.\nThe team at our Garden City dental office wants to encourage all of our patients and neighbors to practice a good oral hygiene routine at home as well as get professional teeth cleanings and dental checkups at least twice a year. These appointments can help catch and treat gum disease before it has a chance to cause bigger, more serious complications.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 6080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 259.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://today.reframemedia.com/devotions/the-rocks-split", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:45Z", "digest": "sha1:5H5BJ4ZRJPXF7ZG5V2ADSONKH5T5W3NK", "length": 1653, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "today.reframemedia.com", "title": "The Rocks Split - Today Daily Devotional", "raw_content": "The Rocks Split\nThe curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. \u2014 Matthew 27:51-52\nGod, who split the mountains and rocks in the story of Elijah (1 Kings 19:12), also caused the rocks to split when Jesus died on the cross. And Jesus\u2019 death changed history\u2014not only for human beings but also for the world God made. Through his life and death, Jesus broke the stranglehold that sin and death had over us as well as God\u2019s creation (see Genesis 3; John 3:16). Jesus opened a new way for us to live\u2014with God and for God\u2014so that we can have life to the full, as God intended from the beginning. What a great reason for giving thanks!\nThe curtain in the temple had separated the people of God from the inner sanctuary, where God\u2019s powerful presence came to dwell in Old Testament times. So the tearing of the curtain meant that God\u2019s presence was no longer separate from his people, and God\u2019s Spirit would now come to live in the people\u2019s hearts.\nIn this splitting open there\u2019s a death and new birth all at once. It\u2019s something like breaking open a geode: a gnarly looking rock that, when broken open, reveals beautiful crystals inside. Only by breaking the geode can the stunning creation on the inside be revealed.\nIn Christ, God reveals the beau\u00adtiful life he intended for us all along. The Lord breaks through, showing his good and powerful love for us all.\nLord Jesus, thank you for opening this new way for us to be your people, God\u2019s people. In your name and by your power, Amen.\nDevotion topics: Christianity, Doctrine, New Life, God, Holy Spirit, Life, Personal Growth, Purpose", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3272, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://today.reframemedia.com/devotions/time-out-for-worship-2013-01-06", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:18Z", "digest": "sha1:3XNZOE5WHRWBPXCZVKDDLKFZALOEMKCI", "length": 1453, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "today.reframemedia.com", "title": "Time Out for Worship - Today Daily Devotional", "raw_content": "Time Out for Worship\nToday, in almost every country, millions of people will come together in chapels and in churches, indoors and outdoors, to worship God. Others, not able to join in, will worship God by way of radio or television or Internet. For Christians, Sunday is a day to worship.\nSadly, not everyone feels the need to worship. A Christian college student told me that public worship was a waste of time. \u201cChristians,\u201d she said, \u201cshould be out there doing something worthwhile instead of sitting in church.\u201d When I asked someone why he had not been in church for the past 18 years, he simply said, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing there for me.\u201d\nSo why worship? Psalm 100 gives the answer. Worship is our imperfect way of acknowledging who God is. It is our way of saying thank-you to God for all he has done for us through Jesus Christ. Worship is intended to give God his due.\nAnd when we worship, we \u201cworship the LORD with gladness,\u201d with hearts filled with joy and gratitude. Psalm 100 gives us several reasons: God made us; we belong to him. The Lord is good; his love endures forever. God\u2019s faithfulness continues through all generations.\nMake sure you worship this God today and every day!\nLord, thank you for the freedom to worship you publicly. Bless those who do not have this freedom or who are not able to join with others. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.\nDevotion topics: Bible, Books of the Bible, Psalms, Christianity, Discipleship, Worship, Church", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://topshelforganizing.com/tag/staging/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:17Z", "digest": "sha1:I5SHD3WG7P3IDDSRCLASGHH52CDX2JTW", "length": 1015, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "topshelforganizing.com", "title": "Staging | Top Shelf Organizing", "raw_content": "House to House Parts 1 & 2\nThis job began as a simple packing job but grew to include staging the home for pictures and then unpacking the kitchen in their new home. This busy family of 4 includes 2 full-time working parents and 2 high-schoolers (plus a couple of cats and a dog). Naturally, they have a very busy, full life, so packing up their home and getting it ready for pictures before they put it on the market was just too much for them to do. Matt Kirkegaard with Keller Williams Realty contacted me and asked if I would be willing to help them out through this process and of course I said yes.\nThe first stage of this job included packing up the kitchen and random spaces around the home including the hall closet and their home office. As I packed I made sure to leave things to help with the staging process and tackled some of that at the same time.\n*Slide the blue line R and L to see the Before and After pictures\nHead over to the next post to see the pictures of their new kitchen by clicking here!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 4847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 326.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://totalsurvival.net/which-survival-rifle-would-be-best-for-your-own-self-defense/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:59Z", "digest": "sha1:ERGIHKC7LDLX4OSD5XLACEDFNO3A7KC7", "length": 9470, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "totalsurvival.net", "title": "Which Survival Rifle Would Be Best For Your Own Self-Defense? - Total Survival", "raw_content": "Which Survival Rifle Would Be Best For Your Own Self-Defense?\nA survival rifle is a weapon that you can easily carry in your bug out bag and use with limited defensive capabilities.\nLet\u2019s talk about these so-called survival rifles. When I say survival rifle, I am not talking about your main battle rifle. Your AR-15 is a good all-around rifle, but it\u2019s best if you use it for self-defense. A survival rifle in this sense is one that you can easily carry in your bug out bag and use for general survival measures with limited defensive capabilities.\nThese rifles are almost exclusively.22 long rifles, and while this limits defensive capability, it does still have considerable capability. The .22 long rifle is an excellent survival caliber for a lot of reasons. First off, there\u2019s the sheer amount of ammunition you can carry. You can throw a 500-round brick in your backpack without a huge difference in weight, and it hardly takes up any room. The .22 survival rifle is often very cheap and common, except for the occasional ammo scare that dries up the supply. Because the rounds are cheap and easy to find, a person can get a lot of practice with their .22 rifle. These rifles are not only handy in a SHTF situation, but in any outdoor hunting and hiking situation.\nThese rifles will not replace your main battle rifle, but they will serve to complement your primary weapon. These weapons are designed to become very compact and disappear into a pack, making them very handy and very convenient to carry.\nSo, we will define these survival rifles for the sake of this article as small, concealable, shoulder-fired, small caliber rifles. These rifles will be general-purpose rifles or even more like \u201cjack of all trades\u201d rifles.\nHenry AR-7\nWe will start with an original survival rifle\u2014a very unique, very odd looking little rifle. The Henry AR-7 was designed for Air Force pilots all the way back in 1959. Since then, developers have slightly upgraded the weapon throughout the years and it has become a camper\u2019s best friend.\nThe AR-7 is a semi-automatic rifle that fires from an eight-round box magazine and comes with two magazines. The rifle is a takedown rifle and conveniently breaks down into three components. The rifle breaks down into the barrel, receiver, and buttstock. In addition, the barrel and receiver both fit inside the hollow buttstock. The buttstock is water resistant and has the ability to float (should it find its way into water), and if it takes a fall, it is impact resistant. The rifle only weighs three and a half pounds and is less than seventeen inches long when packed into the buttstock.\nPutting the weapon together is incredibly easy and quick. The receiver attaches to the stock and the barrel screws into the receiver. Construction and take down is completely toolless. Both the barrel and receiver are coated with ABS plastic and Teflon to completely and absolutely resist corrosion. Handling the weapon is odd at first, as you lack a forward grip and are forced to either grip the thin barrel or the front of the receiver. However, the light recoiling round makes it easy to control and shoot accurately. One of the key advantages I see for this survival rifle is the price. In fact, for less than $300, this weapon can be yours.\nNow, this is another odd rifle that has been around for a few decades, but unlike the AR-7, the M6 Scout never made a huge splash in the firearms industry. This is probably due to the weapon\u2019s odd appearance and limited capabilities. The M6 Scout is made by Springfield and has been around since the 1970s. Recently, the rifle has had a bit of a resurgence with the increase in people becoming more prepared for less-than-optimistic situations.\nHow to hide your guns and other off-grid caches\u2026\nThe M6 Scout has the distinct advantage of being chambered in both .22 long rifle and .410 shotgun rounds. We\u2019ve gone over the .22 long rifle, but the .410 is its own handy cartridge. Like any shotgun shell, there is a variety of different loads that the .410 can hold. The main three are birdshot, buckshot, and slugs. The .410 is capable of taking medium and small game at close range.\nThe .410 birdshot round is a proven snake destroyer, and the slugs have their place in self-defense and hunting. The M6 has one less than desirable feature: it\u2019s an over-under double-barrel weapon. The top barrel is .22 and the bottom barrel is .410. The advantage of a .410 barrel is that gauge adapters will allow you to fire rounds like 9mm and 38/357 out of your shotgun barrel.\nFor compactness, the rifle breaks in half at the breech. Consequently, you can store the firearm in a very short package. The rifle is very lightweight and very Spartan. There is almost no furniture on the rifle, and this keeps the weapon lightweight and compact. The stock does open and it allows you to store ammo inside.\nThis is a very unique firearm that\u2019s quite an interesting weapon to shoot. The ability to fire precision rifle shots or a wide variety of shot is something any backpacker or prepper can appreciate. This weapon may not match the firepower of the AR-7, but it does beat it in versatility.\nThe Ruger 10/22 needs no introduction. This survival rifle has been the poster gun for all .22 rifles for the last 50 years. The Ruger 10/22 is an incredibly versatile rifle with more accessories than any rifle I\u2019ve ever seen. This is America\u2019s .22 rifle. The newest model combines the well-known Ruger platform with the ability for you to break it down into two pieces.\nThis rifle is probably the least compact of the three, but it offers the most comfort and reliability. The Ruger is an incredibly reliable weapon, and the amount of accessories available is staggering. The list includes high-capacity magazines, scope mounts, sights, and the ability to switch out the integral parts with easy-to-find match-grade pieces. Take this little .22 and load it with a BX 25 magazine and a red dot sight, and you\u2019re ready to rock and roll all day long.\nThe weapon is probably easier to strap down than it is to pack. Even so, it\u2019s still plenty easy to transport. Ruger even offers a backpack with Molle straps and a very prominent Ruger logo (not very discreet) that they\u2019ve designed perfectly for carrying the weapon. You can never go wrong with a Ruger 10/22.\nBigger Bore Options\nIf you are interested in a larger caliber takedown rifle, I have recently come across two that are very interesting. The first is an AR-style carbine chambered in a variety or in pistol rounds. The next rifle is a full-sized Browning hunting rifle. These weapons are larger and heavier but considerably better for defense and hunting.\nThe Aero Survival Rifle\nThe Aero survival rifle is designed to resemble the look and feel of an AR, but it is chambered in a pistol caliber. The little carbine accepts Glock magazines, so you know that plenty of high-capacity options will be available. The weapon is chambered in 9mm, .40 caliber, and .45 ACP. Moreover, the ammo can be interchangeable with your sidearm.\nThe rifle comes apart without tools, and it breaks into less than half its normal length. It drops easily into a backpack, giving you a close-to-medium-range hunting and self-defense weapon. This survival rifle features some rail space for optics or folding iron sights as well as a flashlight or foregrip. The stock is an M4-style six-position adjustable.\nBrowning Lever-Action Takedown Rifle\nBrowning is a very well-known firearms maker of high-quality rifles, handguns, shotguns, safes, and just about everything else in the firearms world. Their lever-action takedown rifle is no different. This rifle is an excellent choice as a hunting rifle, and it even has some excellent defensive capabilities. For those poor folks who live in a less-than-free state like California or New York, this rifle is completely legal in either\u2014for the time being anyway.\nThe weapon feeds from a detachable box magazine and can chamber full-powered rifle rounds. The weapon can be chambered in fourteen different calibers from 22-250 to .375. These options give you long-range and hard-hitting bullets. The lever action guarantees reliable and quick feeding.\nThe weapon weighs around seven pounds and is bulky compared to any other survival rifle that we\u2019ve mentioned. Once the Browning is broken down, it still fits in a hiking pack though, and it is relatively easy to strap to the side or top. This rifle is an awesome choice when you need a full-sized and full-powered rifle to take game, especially at longer ranges. Browning has a winner with this rifle. I only wish it was easier to find.\nYou may also enjoy reading an additional Off The Grid News article: 10 Practice Drills Guaranteed To Make You A Highly Skilled Concealed Carrier\nDo you have any other suggestions for survival rifles suitable for self-defense? 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The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.\" -- Abraham Joshua Heschel\nThe Old Man and the Academy\nThe changing nature of knowledge\nIn which I organize a lecture, or: mystical businessman meets intellectual bureaucracy\nThe Wikileaks Hangover\nThe Death of Experience\nStudent-Speak Lexicon, Vol. 1\n\"Be more stupid and you will feel better.\"\nHealth (Mental)\nAwakened Heart Project\nLETTERS TO A BUDDHIST JEW: A book I co-authored\nZen Lineage\nThe Family Blog-Roll\nBest of blogolalia\nTamarika: Mined Nuggets\nZoketsu Norman Fischer's Blog\nAliBlog\nTikkunGer\nAine Livia\nWhen searching for a way to procrastinate, I often read, which is absurd, because my procrastination is supposed to help me avoid reading. I'm preparing for my comprehensive exams, and for a Hebrew reading exam to boot. I've got a major research paper to redraft, which has to be submitted prior to my exams (I'm also still working my day job). Still, for the first time in awhile, I've decided to add back blogging to the ways I can procrastinate. Because Facebook and Twitter just don't get me enough bang for my procrastination buck.\nI've decided to add a post to my dormant blog (I know, I know, stop the presses) because I'm approaching an interesting juncture in my life and I want to think out loud about it: people are telling me I have to start thinking of myself as a scholar, even though the scholar (at least one who is paid, and isn't contingent) is an endangered animal. Add to that my age -- roughly twice that of most people in my PhD program -- and my late start, and it seems I'm facing dim academic prospects, indeed. Even if my work is any good.\nHowever, I'm trying to earn my stripes as a scholar, not necessarily as a perfesser. I don't need scholarship to provide me with a career. Don't get me wrong: I would love to teach and to write, perhaps do a post-doc in a place I'd otherwise never live. I'd like to keep doing the work. But I don't see sitting at too many conferences, hat in hand, waiting for an interview that won't amount to anything.\nSo what do I want out of it, exactly? Why am I doing this to myself? And my wife (and my son, who could give a crap)?\nI thought about this after reading some of the excellent and incendiary articles and blog posts of Rebecca Schuman (God, I hope I spelled her name right), a post-academic advocate for the intellectual downtrodden, who are legion. She makes the point that outrage is an entirely appropriate response to the way the academy treats its underlings. I think she's right.\nBut I'm of two minds, because I'm of two worlds -- three, really. I have a home life, which anyone who has a home has; work life, which anyone who has a job has; and school life, which any student has. These separate lives elbow each other for space; they overlap, but they don't intersect. As a result, my mind slips gears every now and then: I find myself thinking about the university as a business, the business as a learning experience, and home life as all of the above.\nSo on one level, I think, Why should the academy be any different? Subject to the same sorts of pressures, they may do a more articulate job of venting their spleens, but spleens they still have. The outrage endemic in the academy seems to me to be about diminishing resources, feelings of impotence, and the resulting fury about how those scarce resources are divvied up. I see those same dynamics at play in the industry in which I work. Heck, in the world. When resources get scarce, people get creative, and they get nasty. They draw sharp boundaries, they appoint gatekeepers, and they oil their guns. Deals get done in ways that would make Machiavelli blush. Generally, the rich get richer. People on the outside are scared, angry, and desperate. And they say so.\nDr. Schuman's rage is creatively destructive. I get what she's saying and doing. I mean, I don't think I'd say some of that stuff, but I both defend her right to say it and applaud her willingness to suffer whatever consequences may come (I judge the consequences to have been mostly positive).\nAnd that's key: she's standing beside her words, fully visible and identifiable, not just saying \"F*ck this, everything sucks,\" but citing specific instances of obtuseness and naming names. The invective spewed in her direction is a symptom of how fragile peoples' psyches are. How rigid and humorless are the incensed! More to be pitied than censured.\nThere are too many disciplinary silos in the humanities, and this leads to a kind of intellectual inbreeding, an almost suffocating insularity, and to emotional hypochondria. Add to that the perpetual insecurities of the scholar, be she employed or unemployed, and the crumbling of the entire system to which she has directed her considerable resources, and -- well, it's surprising conferences aren't strewn with limbs, attended by armored grad students, eating each other alive.\nThat said -- I could be part of the problem. I'm exactly the kind of guy who could perpetuate the system against which Ms. Schuman rages. I could work as an adjunct and probably not wind up living under a bridge, or dying under my debts. I could bounce from place to place, or struggle to teach at several of them at once. I could find a bracing challenge in becoming an administrator or executive director, since I've run a business (heck, I'm an executive director now).\nSo maybe humanities graduate programs should consciously seek older students -- people who've made enough to labor for a pittance, but still have energy and expertise to do the work; people who are done having kids, who know a thing or two, who don't take everything terribly personally . . . and who do the work because they love it.\nNot as many young people would get into humanities PhD programs. So what? That would mean not as many of them would emerge disillusioned, debt-constrained, and un- or under-employed. People like me would take the jobs that aren't really jobs at all. We'd be smart enough to confront bureaucratic monstrosities, and even-keeled enough to not sweat the small stuff. We'd train a generation or two of students who could see us modeling how to synthesize realms of experience and stages of life. They'd benefit from our connections, not only in our current fields but in the other fields we'd worked in. We wouldn't treat teaching as an imposition, and we wouldn't cram scholarly journals with our desperate attempts at self-promotion.\nThere might even be the occasional donor in a graduating class -- someone who tweaked her will to endow a chair or a scholarship fund.\nOf course, this could just be reverse age discrimination. And it might make the problem worse: what, Johnny got rejected from Yale Divinity School, but his dad got in ??\nEach day, I carry a briefcase full of books to my office. Some days, the books never make it out of the briefcase. I arrive with the best of intentions and with fervent ambition. Somehow, though, time runs through me, instead of the other way around, and I go home, wondering what happened to all those plans, all those breaths and heartbeats.\nThis is because I live at least a double life. As a working person, I have a business to run (or at least, oversee). As a student, I have a constellation of books swirling around me, a galaxy of concepts strung through the lobes of my brain -- a universe to learn. The job can easily overwhelm the education: the former is compulsory, the latter a luxury. In work, it has to get done now. In study, there are exceptions, extensions, and other kinds of excuses. The intellectual life is lived in the gray matter -- and the gray area of shades of meaning, shifts of perspective, angles of interpretation -- that live between the covers of a book.\nAnd a book is a hard nut to crack. Sequential concentration and uninterrupted focus are (usually) required, so that you can follow the progression of narrative, or idea built upon idea. No such attention is (usually) required by the internet, which encourages you to follow trains of thought through links and searches to whatever happens to cross your mind.\nIt's this phenomenon that I think is largely responsible for, or reinforcing of, our twin national curses: attention deficit and eroding civility. In short, we're forgetting how to concentrate: how to learn, listen, think and relate to another. Searching online follows a path of our own design, and, perhaps subconsciously, we begin to believe the universe is patterned after our own thoughts, and we can't for the life of us figure out why others don't see it as we do. A book demands that you submit to the author's conceptual or figurative universe. Sure, you can close the book, just as you might click through to another web page, but if you return to the book, and read it through to the end, you will have been immersed in the author's world. You will have submitted.\nThis reflects a sea change in the nature of knowledge: what is perceived as true or compelling is now transmitted by means of an interactive interface much less subtle than the act of interpretation demanded by reading. As it's less subtle, it can be produced, transmitted and updated more quickly, disseminated more widely, and made more compelling visually. This fires neurons and receptors that engage us primarily emotionally. Our cognition is rooted in a visceral certainty reinforced by the assumption that it should be universally recognized that the facts are what we perceive them to be.\nThe ability to ponder and the luxury of contemplation cannot be carried from the classroom or the library to the office. Similarly, the instant track-switching of online searches can't be transferred to the books in my briefcase -- not, at any rate, by my feeble mind.\nAt work, what I know and don't know is divided into two rigid categories. The battle is to fill up the former category by emptying the latter. At school, the line is blurry, uneven and shifting, like the undulations on the beach caused by shifting tides.\nThe challenge this year will be to live these different ways at the proper times, and still be present, at home, at work, and at school.\n--T.A.\nThis past week I organized my first event at the university. It was my first true encounter with the mighty bureaucracy that stands behind the academy.\nAll I wanted to do was found a club for older students at the Divinity School. That part was easy. All I had to do was say, \"We exist,\" and behold, we existed. And it was good.\n\"We\" have been named \"Gray DSA,\" which is the chapter of the Divinity School Students Association (DSA) that I've formed to represent those of us who are older and/or have major commitments outside our student life (like jobs, families, and season tickets). All I wanted to do for our first event was to sponsor a lecture. So I sent a few calls and e-mails and was delighted to find the agreeable and erudite Daniel Greene, a U. Chicago PhD in History and director of the Scholl Center for American History and Culture at the Newberry Library pictured below). Danny (as I came to know him) has just published a book, The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism: The Menorah Association and American Diversity, and agreed to speak on the book to anyone I could scrape together.\nSo I went about figuring out how you try to cut through the clutter at the university, which, on any given day, probably offers more than 100 extracurricular lectures, symposia, concerts, plays, happenings, sporting events and violent crimes on view. I should have realized that getting posters made, securing a time slot, reserving a room, getting notice of the event onto calendars and listservs, getting the speaker paid, and manning the doors of Swift Hall so people would be able to get in (the doors lock automatically at 5:30, just when the talk was scheduled to begin) was like adding a course to my workload.\nAt 5:30, there were three people in attendance. Danny was very kind and patient, offering to turn the lecture on the Jewish origins of cultural pluralism (the subject of his just-published book) into more of a discussion. Fortunately, six Israeli students -- on a week's visit from Tel Aviv University -- came in a few minutes late (they'd been locked out, and finally someone in the building passed by and let them in). Danny's lecture then turned into a free-flowing lecture/discussion, enlivened by the fairly dim views these bright young Israelis took on how American Jews sought to assimilate (and, in the Israelis' view, forfeited their Jewish identity) in the early part of the 20th century.\nDanny's lecture focused on the man who apparently coined the phrase \"cultural pluralism.\" Horace Kallen was a philosopher, educator and co-founder of the New School for Social Research in New York, and a student of William James at Harvard. Despite coming very close in his early writings to the \"biology is destiny\" argument, Kallen, in later work, emphatically renounced this view. He was also instrumental in founding the Harvard Menorah Society, which later became the Intercollegiate Menorah Association (amazing to ponder how it was a Jewish, early 20th-century version of Facebook). The group sought to foster an inclusive version of American identity, and a cultural definition of American Jewish identity.\nKallen's ideas were in direct response to the idea of the \"melting pot,\" in which individual identities and ethnic backgrounds were fused into one shiny new American brand. Kallen felt that \"democracy is hyphenation,\" and he used the metaphor of the orchestra to illuminate the ways in which ethnic and historical backgrounds could come together (although Kallen was pointedly asked, \"Who's the conductor?\") without sacrificing their historical, ethnic or religious identities. Kallen was reacting specifically against the ideas propounded in The Melting Pot, Israel Zangwill's popular melodrama, which Kallen felt erased history by proposing to erase cultural identity.\nKallen was born in Germany. His father was an Orthodox rabbi, came to the U.S. in 1887 at the age of 5, earned his B.A. at Harvard in 1903 and his PhD there in 1908. George Santayana was his advisor. The titles of his works are clear distillations of his thought: Why Religion? (1927), Individualism -- an American Way of Life (1933), and Secularism is the Will of God (1954) being good examples.\nSo the event was the kind of modest success I'd hoped for, not only in terms of attendance but because the lecture was stimulating and thought-provoking, and the discussion was lively. The notion that a self-described Jewish secular humanist would promote a cultural basis for Jewish identity, and in so doing help develop a particularly American idea of cultural pluralism was fascinating. Kallen studied and collaborated with some of the greatest minds of the 20th century, and founded an important university. His life is one long example of the kinds of opportunities Jews were afforded in the U.S. in the early 20th century, even as anti-Semitism here was on the rise.\nAfter the lecture, two fellow \"Gray DSAers\" and I adjourned to a Hyde Park eatery to discuss what sort of things the organization should tackle in the future. Really, we want to do two things: sponsor interesting, educational events; and help students who are older, employed, and/or otherwise \"out in the world\" to navigate the double labyrinth that is the Divinity School within the University.\nI'm on the verge of completing the first year of the PhD program, my third year back in school. Partly because I'm fighting a cold, I'm utterly exhausted. And still thrilled. I move between worlds, which I've always liked. I bring a major weakness from the business world, however: I'd rather get something done on time than get an extension of the deadline in order to do a better job. As my advisor has cautioned me, once something has your name on it and is out in the world, you can't take it back. Better to do a careful job and take extra time.\nGabe is off on his first solo trip -- a weekend jaunt to New York to visit his cousin Maya.\nHe's a product of his era, and his North Shore shtetl, in some ways: he's been to London, Paris, and Israel, but never New York City. He's flown dozens of times but was a little apprehensive about suddenly having to be alert and in charge of himself. Until now, airports have been one of those transitional zones, like the car (until he started driving this Fall), where he simply got used to looking at the back of his parents' heads, occasionally being handed something to eat or drink, and following along. At 15, he's ready for a change.\nI remember my first, almost disastrous solo trip. At 16(?), I flew from Chicago Midway to Green Bay -- with a stopover in Milwaukee -- to visit a friend at his family's summer cabin just outside Stevens Point, Wisconsin. We were allowed to get off the plane in Milwaukee, and I got absorbed in a video game. When I looked up, the plane was gone.\nI rushed over to the gate attendant. This was a simpler time, and I was a \"kid\" traveling alone, so they called the plane back to the gate. I was ushered out onto the tarmac, and had to board the plane through the entrance at the back, under the tail. They folded the stairs down, and as I climbed into the plane, I was greeted by the sight of every single passenger turning around in their seat and glaring at me. I know, it sounds like a bad dream, but I'm pretty sure it was real.\nThe rest of the trip was a lot of fun.\nEvery milestone with Gabe now feels like a separation, a sprouting of wings. He is quiet, disciplined, self assured but not cocky. He sees much more than he says. Sometimes I have to remind myself he's still a kid. The girls grew and left suddenly, it now seems. I'm sure someday soon it will feel the same way with Gabe. But that only occurred to me this morning, when I left him at airport security, fumbling in his pockets for his boarding pass.\nOne of the perplexing truths of human history is that even the most noble aspirations get turned to the most devious ends. Nothing endowed with a will of its own, or placed in the hands of a being possessed of such will, ever stays purely good or purely evil for very long, if it even started out that way.\nTo my mind, the protestations of transparency by the wizards of Wikileaks are dangerously disingenuous -- such profound opacity from the champions of transparency is not to be trusted. The necessary evil of dipomacy has always depended on simple veils and elaborate obfuscations. Shorn of those elements, none of the players in the diplomatic game is safe.The release of sensitive communications will cost the lives of mid-level operatives and will ensure that government retreats further from the reach of its own citizens.\nThere's only one good that can come of this:\nLess communication will be trusted to technology. Diplomacy, and its subsequent analysis, will be carried on in face-to-face encounters. Words and gestures will be synthesized and analyzed using sensory apparatus. Conversations will be had.\nThe near-term result of Wikileaks -- and the constant invasions of privacy that our media, electronic and otherwise, virtually and ceaselessly demand -- is that people will have to resort, once again, to talking with and touching each other, in direct encounter and in each other's physical presence, in real time.\nThe sad part is that they will have to do so out of the range of gunship helicopters and in rooms swept for electronics.The range of human discourse and human freedom is shrinking exponentially. It will survive, but it will have to do so out of the reach of all the technology whose invention began with a burst of creativity and an altruistic dream of universal benefit.\nSoon we will live in bubbles, and only speak and interact within those bubbles.\nOtherwise, nothing will be sacred, and nothing real will be spoken, ever again.\nAs I struggle to organize and synthesize thoughts for a slew of papers -- stopping frequently to gaze out the window at winter's first brushstrokes on the backyard canvass, or play a game of online pool to which I'm hopelessly addicted -- I also find myself confronting a terrible fear. Like most of the thoughts I struggle to articulate, it's probably already been organized, synthesized and better articulated by someone else. And I could probably find exactly how, and by whom, by Googling the title of this post. Within moments, I'd have access to dozens of eloquent disquisitions on this very topic. But, for reasons that may become clear below, I'm not going to submit my forming thoughts to Googlization. It would be antithetical to what I'm trying to say here.\nThe passing of my brother-in-law Jacques has given added urgency to the fear I hope to properly characterize in this little rectangle of virtual contact. Jacques was a person who was held prisoner, not just by the Russians, but by life itself. Life coddles some of us and kicks the ass of the rest. We all know who we are. We live in fear that life will shunt us from the former group to the latter. Perhaps it was Jacques' ironic good fortune to have been transferred to the ass-kicked category before he was really old enough to confront mortality. He spent the rest of his life staring it down. When I think of his life one word flashes in neon in my mind's eye:\nMy fear, quite simply, is that we are living in the Age of the Death of Experience. Within the past two decades, every action and interaction has begun to be submitted to the mediation of the experience and perspective of others, at greater speeds and depths, so that now, unmediated, uncontemplated experience -- a shock to the system, a real live threat or opportunity, the sensory thrill of the immediate and unexpected that even the angels cannot know -- is something for which younger generations are becoming thoroughly unequipped. The idea that you lean into the world with your physical being is vanishing. You now deputize technology to lean for you. Search engines, touchscreens and digital hieroglyphics cease to be tools, and become replacements for experience.\nI worry about this mostly for those in subsequent generations, because I have already been formed by seeking and sifting experience, and for me, the hegemony of the digital is a graft onto reality, not reality itself. The brain is a tremendously adaptive organ, and I see, especially in my fellow students and in my children, the extent to which authentic experience -- which I guess I would define here as what is undergone -- comes after the screens of categorization, rather than helping shape them.\nI am not saying we should all live as Jacques did -- what he experienced as a prisoner in the Soviet Gulag was not something that most people could survive physically, let alone psychologically. Nor am I saying we shouldn't attempt to order and interpret our experience, or refuse to benefit from the experience of others or technology's capacity to help us have more beneficial, salutary, thoughtfully orchestrated lives -- in other words, better experience.\nWhat I am saying, or trying to say, is something very important is passing away, and its passing is dangerous. What's passing is instinct, sensory acuity, and sponteneity. Without these three qualities, experience is shallow, packaged, lacking individuality. It becomes more like a package of gum, and less like a meal from scratch.\nWe still do things. We still have experiences. But more and more, they are set up for us, in rows, by engines of organization. They lack immediacy, because immediacy is dangerous, unpredictable, and often inefficient. And an experience that is orchestrated or anticipated is moved far enough away from the narrow ledge of immediate life that, imperceptibly, we get bored by the here and now, and seek more rather than less ordering of experience to give it more customized depth and flavor. We wind up sucking the life out of life.\nWe also have abandoned the parental, generational responsibility of letting our children find out how to improvise around life's sinkholes. They are now children of ordered experience, and when immediacy raises its head, they panic, and speed-dial us from their smartphones.\nThe vast generalities I'm throwing out are, I know, vulnerable to real and legitimate criticism:\nI'm romanticizing experience. \"Experience\" is a euphemism for being ground down by the mortar and pestle of life, something that still happens to 99 per cent of the world's population, which would just love a little less experience, thank you.\nIn writing this, I'm casting stones at the glass house in which I live. Here I am, happily typing on a keyboard, publishing thoughts that don't deserve publication, bloviating about nothing because I can, being abstract because technology makes it so easy. When I could be out \"experiencing.\"\nIn fact, by going back to school, haven't I, in some sense, chosen to shield myself from this \"experience\" that I'm romanticising?\nThe ability to order and direct experience, and to organize and synthesize information, is one of the hallmarks of progress, civilization -- even evolution. What could be wrong with that?\nAren't I just being a Luddite? A cranky old man? \"In my day, I walked 12 miles to school! Uphill! Both ways!\" Am I just longing for what was, sensing my own obselescence?\nThere's no such thing as the \"death of experience.\" The numerous mediations we place between ourselves and the immediate and physical don't by one iota change the immediate and physical nature of life. It just makes it more possible for us to order and understand it, which can't be a bad thing.\nTo take these objections one at a time:\nThis criticism fails to distinguish between \"experience\" and \"life.\" While it's true that life is hard and our screens on experience are meant to sift out the unpredictability and increase individual control, the ability to simulate, orchestrate and customize also, inevitably and increasingly, deadens our senses.\nIt's true, I live in the glass house. I'm throwing stones at it so I can break holes in it, and let in real air and light.\nActually, school, so far, has been one of the most rewarding episodes of my life, precisely because it's helping me evaluate and analyze experience, which I've actually had. Although graduate school is clearly designed for younger, suppler minds than mine, it's built on a medieval monastic model of intensified concentration; distilled experience. In that way, we students are like time travelers. It feels as if we're part of an institution desperately trying to stay relevant, and doing so the old-fashioned way, by throwing us into a cloister where together we can intensify each other's experience of learning and growing.\nAs a culture, or perhaps a species, we don't know when enough is enough. Like the sorcerer's apprentice, we can't stop what we've begun. There comes a point on the curve where we cease ordering our experiences, and the tools we've fashioned to order our experience begin to order us, begin to modify us to conform to its own existing strengths. I suppose the Terminator films, The Matrix, Transformers, Iron Man, the Tron movies, and countless others are popular attempts to come to grips with this notion.\nI am a cranky old man. But I only walked a block to school, and it was flat.\nAgain: we are approaching a point on the experiential curve where we will be understood by our technology more than our technology will help us understand. It has begun to order, rather than deepen, our experience.\nWhat's bugging me might be very basic: with my colleagues at school, with my son at home, I see the world being learned through screens, and I see the neural wiring being not assisted but defined by technology. This represents a huge shift in the nature of human experience. Technology has gone from shielding us from the natural world to shielding us from each other. We live in a fully-body condom of computerized conformity from which, in our corner of the world, there are fewer exits than entrances. Our growing inability to govern ourselves, to see past our own interests, to put an idea instead of a need at the center of our consciousness -- to actually do anything or make anything -- will be our undoing. (I'm reminded of the late comic Greg Giraldo's lament that we don't \"make anything in this country anymore, except porn and autistic kids.\")\nExperience has until now begun with contact. Now it begins with a Google search. What's lost is the ability to improvise one's way through upheaval. We have, in varying degrees, the necessary sensory and mental equipment to improvise through upheaval, but that requires instinct and improvisation. When everything is ordered and rehearsed, packaged and delivered, instinct and improvisation become quaint. Communities of inquiry and spiritual seeking become little more than early music ensembles, sawing their tunes out on the ancient contraptions for which they were composed and on which they sound, to our modern ear, depressingly alien.\nWe will each soon be the center of the universe, and our individual ethers will be composed only of delectations chosen from our own personal menus of deliberated delight. Our days will consist of indulging in our own preferences, and our relationships will be carried on on keyboards, in chat rooms, over electronic transoms, in virtual time, from separate rooms.\nJacques and Annie talk to a class of high school students in Eugene, Oregon, 2000.\nMy cell phone rang Friday night as the One True Wife and I were going to bed. As is my custom on Friday night, I ignored it. It stopped ringing -- and then the land line rang. That's when your blood runs cold.\nMy sister Martha was on the phone: Jacques had died.\nJacques, as he freely admitted, was from another planet and another era. He was a giant Romanian, with the look of a Teutonic knight. He had hands the size of George Foreman's, and thunderous, gnarled feet. He had survived imprisonment and slave labor in the Soviet Gulag, from which he managed to escape in the dead of winter (and if you read his book on the experience, you marvel at the fact that he had feet at all). He had been a lumberjack, a short-order cook, a prize fighter, a U.S. soldier, the owner of a jazz bar, an actor, and God knows what else. He was a black belt in karate. He was an avid reader and chess player. He hated humanity but loved people. He loved my sister Annie. And he really loved cats.\nHe was my Annie's significant other for almost exactly 39 years, and her husband for about 15 of those. It was a relationship that was hard to understand until you spent a lot of time in their company. They bickered, argued, hurled accusations, fed each other, made each other double over with laughter; lavished love on their cats, worked out, read -- they did everything together. They were \"Brains & Brawn\" -- Annie and Jacques even wrote a thriller, featuring Annie as \"Brains\" and Jacques as \"Brawn\" -- but Annie developed brawn of her own over the years with Jacques; and his street smarts and powers of observation, and his hunger for music and his appreciation for language, betrayed a brain that, like his body, was incredibly strong despite and perhaps even because of the privations it suffered.\nJacques became a towering presence in my life during my teen years, when he did his best to rip my friends and me from the grip of the cerebral insecurity and repressed sexuality that was, sadly, the hallmark of my high school experience. He simply couldn't understand what we agonized over. You liked a girl? So kiss her. She didn't want you to? Kiss her again. She smacks you? Laugh and move on. We thought so hard about so much that was of so little consequence to him. Our moral agonies were useless luxuries to him, and our appetites were busy trying to tell us the only thing worth listening to: follow your hunger.\nThe cover of the Japanese version of Jacques' book, with a picture of him as a teenager.\nHe sustained me physically through my angst-ridden 20s when I was living in New York and trying to figure out what to do with myself. Jacques practically force-fed me the gut-busting, mouth-watering meals he would cook up on the tiny gas stove in the 5th-floor walkup that he and Annie shared in Greenwich Village. The evenings in that garret were straight out of The Owl and the Pussycat (in which he had a memorable cameo), or Breakfast at Tiffany's: a cacaphony of cats, Erroll Garner, a Clint Eastwood or Martin Scorsese movie on TV, street noises, radiators or air conditioners (as the season dictated) -- and Jacques' bellowed orders, observations and exclamations (the most oft-repeated and memorable: \"What the f*#k is the matter with you?!!\") -- and the smacking of lips and sipping of sweetened coffee in the winter, or ice tea sipped from plastic pyrex measuring cups in the sweltering summer. There was one memorable evening spent slurping Szechuan noodles while watching a Nova episode in which a tiny camera was, shall we say, positioned to capture audio and video of the journey of a human sperm to the egg. At one point, the tail of the sperm thrashed in unison with the noodle I was inhaling. That almost killed my appetite, but not quite.\nJacques was determined to help me develop a bullshit detector. Most people, he was sure are lying, thieving, cheating, murderous bastards, and it was very important to understand what they were after. It was more important to understand what you were after. He felt I had talent and wasted it agonizing over it. He wanted to clear a path in front of me.\nHe could have: he had the largest hands of any human being I'd ever met. I made it a habit to shake hands with him, at least 10 times, each time I saw him. He would grimace and make his karate-master noise (\"Eeeeeuuugggh!!\") as he squeezed my hand, but clearly he wasn't even trying, while I squeezed with all my might and felt my bones turning to soup between his palm and the first knuckle of each digit. The next day my wrist would feel like it had been pinned under a truck all night. (Jacques showed me a photo of himself as a young fighter, in which he posed in a boxer's stance with the great Jack Dempsey: their fists were the same size.)\nAll these impressions don't add up to anything, I know. They recur to me now because their store has been capped. Jacques was partly gone before I knew him, but precisely because of that was more vividly here than anyone I've known -- possessed of fevered dreams and haunted by his enslavement, he was a bullshit-buzzsaw. He just couldn't take it -- didn't have time for it. He was also, perhaps, a little jealous of anyone who could indulge in the luxury of bullshit: they had time on their hands and food in their bellies, and they felt safe -- a feeling that had left him well before I was born.\nJacques was a dreamer, and he wanted his dream to be Annie's dream: he wanted the story of his life to be told in a movie. It may yet happen, but it didn't happen in his lifetime. It wasn't that he wanted fame and fortune -- not only that. I always felt that he wanted people to know how they were balanced on the knife's edge and thought they had all the room in the world. It was almost as if he experienced a demonic version of Harry Potter's Platform 9 3/4 -- he was swept onto a train and into slavery, and after that, part of him was exquisitely conscious of this different dimension of human evil and raw misery. He needed the people he loved not to get near that edge; too many had already gone over it.\nI was lucky enough to visit Annie and Jacques less than a week before he died. He was much thinner, and greatly weakened by dementia, and only intermittently conscious, but when awake his eyes widened at the sight of me. He grasped and crushed my hand as always, and smiled his heart-breakingly beautiful smile. When I told him I missed his cooking and would love some of his trademark grilled eggplant dip, he managed to say, \"Soon.\" Annie played Erroll Garner for him and fed him ice cream. After polishing off most of a pint, he looked at her adoringly, kissed her, and said, \"Me love you,\" which was how they always said it to each other, and how Annie and I say it to each other now, and how Jacques will go on, in every expression of love between us, for the rest of our lives.\nI'm trying to build my lexicon of contemporary student-speak. I really feel this should be an open-source work, so feel free to chime in. As you can see, it's still pretty thin (because I never talk to anybody), so please help me, and all those other students, navigate the jungle of contemporary discourse by contributing your knowledge.\nIt seems the percentage of people who never say exactly what they mean has remained steady, at about 99%, but figuring out what they are trying to say is harder than ever.\n2010: \"We should be Facebook friends\" = 1980: \"Let's do lunch.\"\n2010: \"I can't make it to class; can you e-mail me your notes?\" = 1980: \"Can I have your digits?\"\n\"What classes are you taking?\" = \"How are you? (the non-sincere variety)\"\n\"Do you like this class?\" = \"Who hates this class more: you or me?\"\n\"I really like what you said in class the other day\" = \"Do you ever shut up?!\"\n\"I don't feel well\" = \"I'm hung over.\"\n\"I find Nietzsche's criticism of Hegel's view of history so jejeune\" = \"I was not breast fed.\"\n\"U. Chicago is weird\" = \"U. Chicago is weird.\"\n\"Hyde Park sucks\" = \"I'm homesick.\"\nThat's about it for now . . . stay tuned . . . and please help grow the lexicon.\nBaruch (Benedict) Spinoza, 1632-1677\nPaul Mendes-Flohr is providing a fascinating look at Jweish memory and Jewish history in his class on the topic. The reading begins (chronologically) with Spinoza, often referred to as \"the first modern Jew,\" and continues through the 20th century, emphasizing the flourishing of Jewish historiography that began with Spinoza's Biblical criticism and flowered with Mendelssohn and the Berlin Haskalah. The idea of the class is to try to gain a better understanding and fuller appreciation of how Jewish memory and Jewish historiography have been shaped by Biblical and prophetic models of memory and progress; how those models contributed to Enlightenment thinking and then circled back to separate Jewish historical consciousness from Jewish religious memory.\nProfessor Mendes-Flohr has even brought in that great \"Jewish\" thinker Friederich Nietzsche, who, while often cited as inspiration for the rise of Fascism and Nazism, also warned of the weaknesses of the \"monumental\" view of history he espoused. In Professor Mendes-Flohr's words (from the lecture notes he freely shares), Nietzsche understood that this view of history could result in \"a frenzy of fanaticism, and [encourage] visionary hotheads and plain scoundrels to destroy empires, assassinate princes, ignite wars and revolutions.\" In Nietzsche's own words (from his essay, On the Uses and Abuses of History), if monumental history -- built around exemplary historical figures and their heroic deeds -- is placed in the hands of \"talented egoists and wild crowds of evil rascals, then empires are destroyed, leaders assassinated, wars and revolutions instigated.\"\nNietzsche, of course, was not Jewish, and is tarred with the brush of being the preferred philosopher of the Nazis. Here, however, is what he said about the Jews in Human, All Too Human:\nAs soon as it is no longer a matter of preserving nations, but of producing the strongest possible European mixed race, the Jew is just as useful and desirable an ingredient as any other national remnant. Unpleasant, even dangerous, qualities can be found in every nation and every individual: it is cruel to demand that the Jew be an exception. In him, these qualities may even be dangerous and revolting to an unusual degree; and perhaps the young stock-exchange Jew is altogether the most disgusting invention of mankind. In spite of that, I should like to know how much one must forgive a people in a total accounting when they have had the most painful history of all peoples, not without the fault of all of us, and when one owes to them the noblest man (Christ), the purest sage (Spinoza), the most powerful book, and the most effective moral law in the world. Moreover, in the darkest times of the Middle Ages, when the Asiatic cloud masses had gathered heavily over Europe, it was Jewish free-thinkers, scholars, and physicians who clung to the banner of enlightenment and spiritual independence in the face of the harshest personal pressures and defended Europe against Asia. We owe it to their exertions, not least of all, that a more neutral, more rational, and certainly unmythical explanation of the world was eventually able to triumph again, and that the bond of culture which now links us with the enlightenment of Greco-Roman antiquity remained unbroken. If Christianity has done everything to orientalize the Occident, Judaism has helped significantly to occidentalize it again and again: in a certain sense this means as much as making Europe's task and history a continuation of the Greek.\nFriederich Nietzsche, 1844-1900\nNietzsche walked the line between brilliance and insanity until he fell off on the wrong side. But that's not my point. My point is that Jewish memory, as enshrined in the Bible and affirmed by the rabbis, kept Jewish memory apart from critical historical consciousness, even as Jews were kept apart from the broad stream of history. This had a remarkably profound and lasting effect on the way Jews remember things, and on what we consider progress to be. For millennia, Jewish memory was pegged to seminal events in Jewish history, and circumscribed the same mnemonic circle over and over again: every calamity was a reminder of the Temple's destruction, every victory was an Exodus.\nEven now, today, we see ourselves -- don't we? -- as burdened by an enormous individual and collective responsibility to do well, get it right, be the rising tide that lifts all boats, and to remember and redress injustice. This kind of thinking isn't limited to Jews, but it is, to a very large extent, the result of Biblical imperative and rabbinic law, and the ways in which these informed Christian thought. As Enlightenment thinking pulled philosophy away from religion, \"talented egoists\" cherry-picked philosophy for ideas that could foment radical change and wholesale destruction.\nWhich isn't to say that talented egoists didn't or don't exist in the religious sphere. It's to say that our memory and history are inflected with -- messianic hopes! We remember our own and society's failures, and we work to try to help everything and everyone progress toward an Event or Goal that, in the back of our minds if nowhere else, is ultimately redemptive. As the historian Nathan Rotenstreivch said, Jewish history is \"a synthesis between meaning and reality.\"\nNathan Rotenstreich, 1914 - 1993. This is the cover of the \"Bibliography of the Writer Nathan Rotenstreich\"\nIt's stimulating to read and think about history and memory -- especially when you're old enough to have a little of the former, and to start losing a little of the latter (thereby appreciating it all the more). But I wonder: what good does it do? At the end of the day, what have you got? Perhaps all this cerebrating and remembering overheated poor Nietzsche's brain. After all, he was reportedly counseled to chill out: \"Be more stupid,\" his colleague Immermann told him, \"and you will feel better.\"\nI am fascinated to be discovering how deeply Jewish my thinking is, despite my deeply un-Jewish upbringing; amazed to understand how we are all -- even, perhaps especially the most strident atheists -- wired to think like good little messianists: there's an ultimate state at which things should arrive, and we must help get our world to that state.\n\"Be more stupid and you will feel better.\" These immortal words should be inscribed at the gates of every university and library, in order to scare away the meek, the dilettantish and the sensible.\nBut they haven't scared me yet.\nis covered with books, papers, index cards. Texts in Hebrew and English lay in loose embrace; a stapler stands guard, squaring off against a calculator. A picture of my family stands on binder-clipped tip-toes. My old meditation bowl/bell sits at quiet attention.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 239, "original_length": 45973, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 310.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uafrontier.com/en/category/religion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:55Z", "digest": "sha1:K2SY5VYCRJIUTMXHFTW7ESHKJCIMT246", "length": 1088, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "uafrontier.com", "title": "Religion - UA Frontier", "raw_content": "There is a detailed statistical information on religious organizations in Ukraine during the period from 2008 to 2013 on IRS (Institute for Religious Freedom) website. Lets use it and look at regional differences in the increase (or decrease) in the number two largest orthodox communities \u2013 Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and Ukrainian Orthodox Church\u2026\nProtestant churches in Ukraine rarely get the attention of the mass media and typically are not subject to public debate. However, the dynamics of growth and the number of communities are not inferior to many churches that are considered traditional in Ukraine. Number of Baptist communities comparable to the number of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic\u2026\nOver the past seventeen years, the number of religious communities and clerics of the main Christian churches in Ukraine steadily grew (according to risu.org.ua data). The total number of religious communities increased from 13 300 to 23 200. The largest increase in absolute numbers has the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) \u2013 nearly 5900 communities.\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 126.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uglybadger.com/digital-marketing-for-financial-services", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:55Z", "digest": "sha1:426OLA7U72UO2N7G2PEI46CRBI5TZFCY", "length": 2651, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "uglybadger.com", "title": "Digital Marketing For Financial Services | UglyBadger Media", "raw_content": "Our team specializes in financial digital marketing services at a cost that's affordable for you and your business. Read on to learn how we do just that.\nThere are new opportunities for the financial service industry to help bring in more business through digital. Consumers are thrust to the forefront, as our financial marketers focus on making meaningful connections with your customers and members. At the same time, we help financial institutions begin to differentiate themselves from the competition by humanizing their brand, and delivering interesting, valuable information to consumers with a consistent voice that they can relate to. Read on to learn more...\nDigital marketing done right with packages available for all types of financial services. See what we offer...\nYour financial website is the most important component of your marketing strategy. It serves as the hub of all of your online activity. It is where you will make money, or lose money. We design websites that help you generate the most conversions. We do this by delivering an attractive design, responsive theme, and user-friendly websites.\nSearch engine optimization is the art of getting your business to the top of search engines for keywords related to your industry. Our team of experts pride themselves on being the best in the business and have great expectations for themselves. Contact us to see how this service can accelerate your business goals.\nCreating a vibrant online community via social media serves to increase brand loyalty and adoption of services for banks and credit unions. Our social media marketing agency helps your financial services generate immediate results on social media. We connect your inventory to thousands of people who may be interested in them. Our social media marketing will allow you to leverage the most cost-effective and targeted form of advertising available in a world constantly connected to social.\nContent marketing will continue to flourish this year, as financial institutions seek to make their content stand out across multiple channels to attract and convert new consumers. A key insight from the a survey on digital marketing trends found that most marketers felt that content marketing is this year\u2019s most important digital trend. Writing, storytelling, editing and publishing valuable content across multiple channels, financial marketers will focus on content marketing as a prime initiative. Two key areas of focus for financial institutions conducting content marketing in 2018 will be creating sticky content that distinguishes from the competition and scaling content efficiently across multiple channels.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 263, "original_length": 11847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uhallnyu.wordpress.com/tag/smoothies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:57Z", "digest": "sha1:WOLSM4XNYWLNBLRPS7O6PLCMBZ7TAV2X", "length": 514, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "uhallnyu.wordpress.com", "title": "smoothies | uhallnyu", "raw_content": "Recharge with the Resource Center RESCHEDULED\nPrograms, Resource Center\nOOPS! We\u2019re sorry\u2026 due to some technical difficulties, we aren\u2019t able to provide smoothies for you today, as we had planned. But don\u2019t worry\u2026 we\u2019re rescheduling, and we\u2019ll have delicious smoothies and other goodies next week! More to come\u2026\nCome by the Mailbox room and have some free smoothies with the Resource Center! We\u2019ll be serving from 4:30PM to 6:30 PM! It will be a fun and delicious way to recharge from a brutal first week of class!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1797, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 242.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uisd.net/28232", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:55Z", "digest": "sha1:EASPPDWR73KQMCELMA45DSCOY3EA5I6Z", "length": 1487, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "uisd.net", "title": "United ISD - Students", "raw_content": "In an effort to accomplish our mission, we embrace change as it represents the world our students will enter as they continue their journey in life. The district has placed great emphasis on college and career readiness with the incorporation of real-life situations that allow the development of critical thinking, problem-solving and builds communication skills. Along with cognitive development, we aim for our students to become well-rounded individuals by providing them with many opportunities to excel in academics, the arts, and athletics.\nThis message remains true in every classroom where students are held to the highest academic standards and challenged with a curriculum filled with rigor and relevance. Our educators remain committed to student achievement and continually motivate and guide students toward success. United Independent School Districts\u2019 tradition of excellence is a result of the support and successful collaboration between parents, teachers, administrators and the school board. These partnerships have led to the opening of new facilities and campuses, the enhancement of technology-rich instructional environments and resources and academic programs that focus on global learning.\nOur students are provided with limitless opportunities to learn and succeed. All students should feel safe at school and have the tools and resources they need to achieve their best.\nStudent Page Resources\nParent Portal Online Registration Information\nStudents Navigation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 4566, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 270.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uk.news.yahoo.com/two-more-photographs-prince-louis-112300892.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:28Z", "digest": "sha1:K5VHGU6YYNBT3FG4UHRO5W7PP6IKXGRN", "length": 1639, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "uk.news.yahoo.com", "title": "Two more photographs of Prince Louis have been released", "raw_content": "Two more photographs of Prince Louis have been released\nHarper\u2019s Bazaar 18 November 2018\nEarlier this week, Clarence House released never-before-seen portraits of the royal family to mark Prince Charles' 70th birthday.\nNow, royal fans have been treated to another two photographs from the shoot and Prince Louis certainly steals the spotlight.\nFollowing in his older brother Prince George's footsteps, the six-month-old tot can be seen cheekily playing with his grandfather's face in the snap while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex lovingly look on.\nIn a surprising turn of events, Prince George and Princess Charlotte are unfazed by their little brother's behaviour and instead pose accordingly for the photograph, which was released this morning by the Sunday Times.\nIf that isn't enough to tug at the heartstrings, a second portrait depicts Prince Charles embracing his youngest grandchild while the six-month-old smiles on.\nThe images taken in the grounds of Clarence House were released to commemorate the heir to the throne's 70th birthday and were shot by royal photographer Chris Jackson.\nFor the group shot, the Duchess of Cambridge wore this year's most coveted \u00a31,750 polka dot dress by London-based designer Alessandra Rich - an ensemble also worn by Suits actress Abigail Spencer and Pippa Middleton.\nMeanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex stuck to her sartorial guns in a monochrome shift dress by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy.\nThe nation has celebrated Prince Charles' birthday with a number of events this week from the ITV's star-studded We Are Most Amused and Amazed to a private Buckingham Palace dinner hosted by the Queen.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 4954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uk5g.org/about/the-team/alex-connock/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:32Z", "digest": "sha1:GIO2UXYQGSQKOPU6I3CKXJ54MTXRUQRB", "length": 808, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "uk5g.org", "title": "Dr Alex Connock", "raw_content": "Dr Alex Connock\nManaging Director - Missile Digital Studios\nDr Alex Connock is an entrepreneurial and academic specialist in digital video content and e-commerce. He is founder of digital content creation company Missile Digital Studios, having previously been MD of Endemol Shine North (2012-17) and co-founder (with Bob Geldof) and CEO of Ten Alps (1998-2011).\nHe tutors the Creative Entrepreneurship Master's degree at the National Film and Television School, is entrepreneur in residence at Europe\u2019s leading business school INSEAD, Associate Fellow at the Said School of Business at Oxford University and visiting professor at Salford University, Sunderland University and MMU.\nHe is also a trustee of UNICEF UK and a director of the Halle Orchestra.\nOrganisations related to Alex\nMissile Digital Studios", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 1443, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 176.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uncommondescent.com/computer-science/john-searle-talks-to-google/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:25:26Z", "digest": "sha1:772VS4EVUBKXKDRT4UZCESJUPK7IIXD7", "length": 23676, "nlines": 104, "source_domain": "uncommondescent.com", "title": "John Searle Talks to Google | Uncommon Descent", "raw_content": "First, the question of whether computers are conscious is a common one in the Intelligent Design debate, and Searle does a good job showing why computers are not conscious.\nSecond, the interaction between Searle and the rest of the community is a toned-down replica of the debate that the mainstream ID community has with the evolutionary biology community. Searle, not being an expert in computer science, asked basic questions that anyone might come up with reading a basic book about the subject. These questions, thirty years on, have yet to be answered, yet they were seen as preposterous at the time. Still today, the materialists seem to ignore rather than answer his argument.\nAlong the same lines, Searle notes that early on people were constantly trying to snow him with techno-babble. They would say, \u201cwell, your model doesn\u2019t include X, so it is irrelevant,\u201d where X is something like a power supply. Searle didn\u2019t always know what X was, but after five minutes of investigation, it becomes obvious that X is totally irrelevant to the argument, and is just a matter of some person trying to assert their authority in the matter, not really answering the question.\nThird, it is interesting to me that the way that Searle gets most legitimately beat up is by not taking his own argument seriously enough. He believes that humans are machines \u2013 he follows materialism. Kurzweil\u2019s argument essentially goes like this \u2013 the causal powers of the brain aren\u2019t any different than the causal powers of electronics, and if you can map one to the other in an equal logical footing, why aren\u2019t they equivalent? Searle basically just sidestepped it by saying (rightly) that neuroscience has no idea how the brain works, so you can\u2019t say that you know how to replicate it. But if we are just machines, Kurzweil\u2019s argument stands \u2013 we *can* implement consciousness on machines.\nHowever, if you take the chinese room argument more seriously that Searle does \u2013 that we *must* be more than machines to hold a semantic component \u2013 then Kurzweil\u2019s argument simply falls on its face.\nPart of me thinks that this is why materialists like Searle are given a higher place in academia while they would probably never invite Plantinga to give a similar account (though they both cover the same conceptual space) \u2013 with Searle, since he is a materialist, he never fully challenges their conceptions. Additionally, Kurzweil always has an out \u2013 if we assume that everything is material, then we know that there is no causation beyond the material by simple implication. However, if you bring in someone who believes in a larger causative universe, then your argument is left without foundation.\nAnyway, I did not watch it to the end (I\u2019m 45 minutes in but I have other things I need to do today), but I thought that both the general significance of the Chinese Room argument to ID, the intellectual similarities of the struggle between simple, basic, obvious questions and people who want to assert their authority rather than answer them, and the general problems of materialist assumptions with reality meant that it was worth the opportunity to post.\nAnyway, let me know your thoughts, and especially if anything interesting happens past the 45-minute mark.\nEpigenetics: Aeon writer says Darwin\u2019s theory is \u201cincomplete\u201d\nAfter Royal Society conference on evolution, ID proponents meet at Cambridge today\n17 Replies to \u201cJohn Searle Talks to Google\u201d\nSo this still comes down to the position that the hard problem of consciousness is still hard? \u201cHard\u201d as in \u201cwe still don\u2019t know one way or the other\u201d?\nI don\u2019t view the computer I am typing this comment into as being conscious and I don\u2019t know of anyone that does. I am not aware of any researchers into even the most advanced forms of AI as claiming that they have achieved artificial consciousness. Is there anyone who has read such a claim?\nI should also say that I am instantly put on my guard when I read or hear critics attack \u201cmaterialism\u201d and \u201cDarwinism\u201d. Anyone familiar with these topics, especially those with tertiary-level education, should be aware that \u201cmaterialism\u201d is an obsolete concept in philosophy and \u201cDarwinism\u201d, meaning Darwin\u2019s original theory of adaptation through random mutation and natural selection, is no longer the whole of current evolutionary theory. Implying that they are is disingenuous and suggests someone pursuing an agenda rather than simply exploring legitimate alternatives.\nSeversky \u2013\nI find your comment quite amusing. You seem to be mad that (a) I am combatting materialism, and (b) that I believe there are a significant number of people that hold to materialism.\nFirst of all, (b) is simply wrong. Materialism still holds a very large contingent in academia (as does neo-Darwinism). This talk is proof positive. Even Searle can bring himself to separate from materialism. Additionally, even if people decide that they aren\u2019t materialists, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that they instantaneously stop thinking like materialists. For any large academic endeavor, such thinking gets ingrained in people\u2019s minds, and even after a theory is disproved and every agrees it is disproved, aspects of it still linger on.\nAlso what is amusing is that you think that the \u201chard\u201d problem of consciousness is that we don\u2019t know what creates consciousness. If that\u2019s what you think, you (like many others) have grossly misunderstood the hard problem of consciousness. The hard problem of consciousness is that the stuff of physics (not just the stuff as in \u201chere are the elements\u201d but even the concept of elements) doesn\u2019t have anything mind-like in it at all. It\u2019s not even possible to conceive of how to make a connection.\nLet\u2019s compare it to, say, time-travel. I don\u2019t believe time-travel is possible, but I *do* have a conception of how it might be done if it were. The concept of time and space maps to the time and space objects, and I can see that if I move X from one point in time and space to another point in time but at the same space, I will have achieved time travel.\nThere is simply no comparative way to map consciousness. The stuff of physics simply is not the same thing we are describing with consciousness. It is possible that someone may come up with an answer, but it won\u2019t be with anything that we would today recognize as physics (for instance, if someone posited a mind-first view of reality \u2013 that would indeed connect the pieces, but it wouldn\u2019t look like physics).\nI find it amusing overall that you seem to be agreeing with us, but mad that we are having the conversation. Or, perhaps, your view is more materialistic and neo-darwinistic than you let on, but you want to leave those below the surface and prevent the criticism. You want to drop the label because of its implications.\nIf you are not a materialist, then do you think that real AI is possible using Turing machines on the right program? If so, how does that comport with not being a materialist? Or are you using the word materialist in a different way than I am familiar with?\nAs far as computers and AI, there are *many* who say that AIs will become sentient as they become more powerful, and that processing power or algorithms are all that is necessary. Searle\u2019s Chinese Room Argument shows that this is not the case.\nOne other note \u2013 even if neo-Darwinism was not held by mosts biologists (I would argue the reverse), most of academia has not been on top of developments in evolutionary theory over the last two decades, and are still operating on the assumption that neo-Darwinism is true. If that is the case, then shouldn\u2019t we all be ripping on neo-Darwinism together to make sure that this information about the demise of neo-Darwinism gets out?\nSeversky: Anyone familiar with these topics, especially those with tertiary-level education, should be aware that \u201cmaterialism\u201d is an obsolete concept in philosophy \u2026\nDaniel Stoljar on behalf of the Stanford website disagrees with you:\nPhysicalism is sometimes known as \u2018materialism\u2019. Indeed, on one strand to contemporary usage, the terms \u2018physicalism\u2019 and \u2018materialism\u2019 are interchangeable. But the two terms have very different histories. \u2026 materialism as traditionally construed is not a linguistic thesis at all; rather it is a metaphysical thesis in the sense that it tells us about the nature of the world. \u2026 therefore, there was a clear reason for distinguishing physicalism (a linguistic thesis) from materialism (a metaphysical thesis). \u2026 physicalism is not a linguistic thesis for contemporary philosophers\u2014and this is one reason why the words \u2018materialism\u2019 and \u2018physicalism\u2019 are now often interpreted as interchangeable.\n[plato.stanford.edu]\nSecond, the interaction between Searle and the rest of the community is a toned-down replica of the debate that the mainstream ID community has with the evolutionary biology community.\nI don\u2019t think that\u2019s true. The ID folk are typically making an anti-materialist argument. But Searle is not at all anti-materialist.\nI\u2019ll add that I usually enjoy listening to Searle, though I don\u2019t fully agree with him.\nI see that he is now saying, in effect, that computers don\u2019t really compute. It\u2019s just that we interpret them as computing. I\u2019ve been saying that for a long time, though I see it as a side issue.\nI see the problem here, is that people don\u2019t agree on the meaning of \u201cmachine\u201d. Personally, I don\u2019t think we are machines. But I also don\u2019t believe that there is anything mystical or supernatural going on. In the view of some folk, that there is nothing mystical or supernatural implies that we are machines. Obviously, I disagree what those folk mean by \u201cmachine\u201d. But there does not seem to be a good clear definition of \u201cmachine\u201d that can settle these disagreements.\nWhile I don\u2019t think we are machines, I also don\u2019t think we are \u201cmore than machines\u201d. We simply do not have criteria available that would allow us to say \u201cwe are more than machines\u201d or \u201cwe are less than machines\u201d. We are unable to make such comparisons.\nNeil Rickert: I usually enjoy listening to Searle, though I don\u2019t fully agree with him.\nDo you not fully agree with Searle or do neurons in \u201cyour\u201d brain not fully agree with Searle? Or are the two the same?\nIf it is the case that that the neurons in \u201cyour\u201d brain don\u2019t fully agree with Searle, then is that disagreement based on chemistry alone? If so, in what sense can this be considered a rational disagreement?\nIt seems to me immensely unlikely that mind is a mere by-product of matter. For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true. They may be sound chemically, but that does not make them sound logically. And hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms. In order to escape from this necessity of sawing away the branch on which I am sitting, so to speak, I am compelled to believe that mind is not wholly conditioned by matter.\u201d\n[Haldane, \u201cWhen I am dead,\u201d in Possible Worlds: And Other Essays \u2013 1927]\nOrigines: Do you not fully agree with Searle or do neurons in \u201cyour\u201d brain not fully agree with Searle?\nI do not fully agree with Searle. I have no idea whether the neurons agree, though I am inclined to doubt that individual neurons have the capability of either agreeing or disagreeing.\nNeil Rickert:\nI do not fully agree with Searle.\nQuantify your agreement/disagreement.\nCalculate your agreement/disagreement in terms of neurons per stance.\n\u2013 What do you mean with \u201cI\u201d, if not the neurons in the brain?\n\u2013 Is your disagreement with Searle caused by (neuronal) chemistry alone? If so, in what sense can this be considered a rational disagreement?\n\u2026 let us suppose that brain state A, which is token identical to the thought that all men are mortal, and brain state B, which is token identical to the thought that Socrates is a man, together cause the belief that Socrates is mortal. It isn\u2019t enough for rational inference that these events be those beliefs, it is also necessary that the causal transaction be in virtue of the content of those thoughts . . . [But] if naturalism is true, then the propositional content is irrelevant to the causal transaction that produces the conclusion, and [so] we do not have a case of rational inference. In rational inference, as Lewis puts it, one thought causes another thought not by being, but by being seen to be, the ground for it. But causal transactions in the brain occur in virtue of the brain\u2019s being in a particular type of state that is relevant to physical causal transactions.\n[Reppert]\nMung: Quantify your agreement/disagreement.\nThis is ridiculous. I can detail my disagreements. I cannot quantify them. There is no agreed way to count.\nMy main disagreements:\n(1) Searle does not understand the Systems reply.\n(2) Searle thinks that consciousness needs a scientific explanation. But it doesn\u2019t. Rather, it is a philosopher\u2019s problem, not a scientist\u2019s problem.\nIn a bit more detail: Neuroscientists can investigate what the brain is doing. They see what it looks like from the outside. But conscious experience is what it looks like from the inside.\nOrigenes: What do you mean with \u201cI\u201d, if not the neurons in the brain?\n\u201cI\u201d refers to the whole person acting in an environment. I am a skeptic of \u201cbrain in a vat\u201d ideas. I am also skeptical of brain/mind identity hypotheses.\nNeil Rickert: \u201cI\u201d refers to the whole person acting in an environment.\nIncompatible with materialism. Is \u201cthe whole person acting in an environment\u201d a conglomeration of chemicals interacting with chemicals? If so, there is simply no ground for the theistic notion of a \u201cwhole person\u201d \u2014 as one thing \u2014 who \u201cacts\u201d; suggesting free will or at least some sort of top-down causation.\nMore generally: a \u201cwhole person who acts\u201d cannot be grounded by blind particles in motion.\nFOR SOLID EVOLUTIONARY REASONS, WE\u2019VE BEEN tricked into looking at life from the inside. Without scientism, we look at life from the inside, from the first-person POV (OMG, you don\u2019t know what a POV is?\u2014a \u201cpoint of view\u201d). The first person is the subject, the audience, the viewer of subjective experience, the self in the mind.\nScientism shows that the first-person POV is an illusion. Even after scientism convinces us, we\u2019ll continue to stick with the first person. But at least we\u2019ll know that it\u2019s another illusion of introspection and we\u2019ll stop taking it seriously. We\u2019ll give up all the answers to the persistent questions about free will, the self, the soul, and the meaning of life that the illusion generates.\nThe physical facts fix all the facts. The mind is the brain. It has to be physical and it can\u2019t be anything else, since thinking, feeling, and perceiving are physical process\u2014in particular, input/output processes\u2014going on in the brain. We can be sure of a great deal about how the brain works because the physical facts fix all the facts about the brain. The fact that the mind is the brain guarantees that there is no free will. It rules out any purposes or designs organizing our actions or our lives. It excludes the very possibility of enduring persons, selves, or souls that exist after death or for that matter while we live. Not that there was ever much doubt about mortality anyway.\nTHE ILLUSION THAT THERE IS SOMEONE INSIDE that has thoughts about stuff is certainly as old as the illusion that there are thoughts about stuff. They almost certainly evolved together as a package deal. But if the physical facts fix all the facts, there can\u2019t be a me or you inside our bodies with a special point of view. When it fixed the facts, physics ruled out the existence of selves, souls, persons, or nonphysical minds inhabiting our bodies. It\u2019s easy to see how it ruled them out, much easier than it is to see the illusion of aboutness that fostered them. Seeing the illusion of self helps loosen the hold of the illusion of purpose, plan, and design. If there is no one to cook up and carry out plans, purposes, and designs, then they couldn\u2019t be real, could they? As for free will, it\u2019s also hard to see its point without a self to have free will.\n[Rosenberg, The Atheist Guide To Reality, Ch. 9 & 10]\nOrigenes: Incompatible with materialism.\nI am not a materialist. I\u2019m some kind of behaviorist (but not the BF Skinner kind).\nIs \u201cthe whole person acting in an environment\u201d a conglomeration of chemicals interacting with chemicals?\nNo. Maybe a conglomeration of behaviors (including chemical behaviors, information behaviors, cognitive behaviors, physical behaviors), but not merely a conglomeration of chemicals.\nAnd I\u2019m not a fan of scientism, nor do I agree much with Alex Rosenberg.\njohnnyb @ 2\nDaniel Stoljar, in the entry on Physicalism from the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which Origines quotes in another post, writes:\nSome philosophers suggest that \u2018physicalism\u2019 is distinct from \u2018materialism\u2019 for a reason quite unrelated to the one emphasized by Neurath and Carnap. As the name suggests, materialists historically held that everything was matter \u2014 where matter was conceived as \u201can inert, senseless substance, in which extension, figure, and motion do actually subsist\u201d (Berkeley, Principles of Human Knowledge, par. 9). But physics itself has shown that not everything is matter in this sense; for example, forces such as gravity are physical but it is not clear that they are material in the traditional sense (Lange 1865, Dijksterhuis 1961, Yolton 1983). So it is tempting to use \u2018physicalism\u2019 to distance oneself from what seems a historically important but no longer scientifically relevant thesis of materialism, and related to this, to emphasize a connection to physics and the physical sciences. However, while physicalism is certainly unusual among metaphysical doctrines in being associated with a commitment both to the sciences and to a particular branch of science, namely physics, it is not clear that this is a good reason for calling it \u2018physicalism\u2019 rather than \u2018materialism.\u2019 For one thing, many contemporary physicalists do in fact use the word \u2018materialism\u2019 to describe their doctrine (e.g. Smart 1963). Moreover, while \u2018physicalism\u2019 is no doubt related to \u2018physics\u2019 it is also related to \u2018physical object\u2019 and this in turn is very closely connected with \u2018material object\u2019, and via that, with \u2018matter.\u2019\nI don\u2019t agree with the implication by Stoljar that the distinction between \u201cmaterialism\u201d and \u201cphysicalism\u201d is trivial. In the context of religious attacks on so-called materialistic science or materialism, the older, cruder notion of matter given in the Berkeley quote is what is implied and needs to be corrected. Just as does the canard of \u201cDarwinism\u201d, that Darwin\u2019s theory of natural selection is the be-all and end-all of the current theory of evolution.\nActually, we seem to be in agreement here. I understand the hard problem of consciousness to mean that we don\u2019t have an materialist/physicalist account of how our experience of consciousness arises from the neurological activity of the physical brain. All we observe is that, for example, the death or destruction of the physical brain coincides with the end of the associated consciousness, that stimulation of the physical brain by implanted electrodes or transcranial EM fields are reported to induce changes in conscious experience by the subjects and that the cognitive deficits in Alzheimer\u2019s disease, for example, are associated with physical changes in the brain. Also, correct me if I\u2019m wrong, we have no observations of a consciousness existing apart from a physical substrate like a brain.\nAgain, I agree with the suggestion that we may well need a different physics to explain the material/physical basis of consciousness.\nI don\u2019t think I\u2019m mad about the conversation. In a previous post, I described my position, slightly tongue-in-cheek, as atheistic materialism version 2.0 (a/mat 2.0) meaning I hold a physicalist/naturalistic view of the universe which does not include belief in a god. I can\u2019t absolutely rule out the existence of a god or a designer but I don\u2019t see any compelling evidence for one and, for all practical purposes, I act as if they don\u2019t exist.\nIt depends what you mean by AI here. We have been talking about consciousness. I believe that one day there will be an artificial consciousness but I have no idea how it might be achieved. Neither will anyone else, of course, until we have a materialist/physicalist theory of same.\nYes, \u201cwill become\u201d. Nobody is saying we are there yet\nWhat other disciplines think of current evolutionary theory is as irrelevant as what biologists think of string or multiverse theory. In fact, I am often surprised by just how wide of the mark otherwise accomplished academics can be. That said, biologists should be doing all they can to ensure that others understand the current state of evolutionary thought. Does that mean \u201cripping on Neo-Darwinism\u201d? I don\u2019t know. Does teaching contemporary physics mean \u201cripping on\u201d Newtoniam mechanics?\nNeil Rickert: I am not a materialist. I\u2019m some kind of behaviorist \u2026\nBehaviorism doesn\u2019t entail a position on what reality consists of. In my book you might just as well have stated that you are a republican.\nOrigenes: Is \u201cthe whole person acting in an environment\u201d a conglomeration of chemicals interacting with chemicals?\nWithout a \u2018person\u2019 as an overarching binding principle there is no coherency that grounds your \u201cwhole person acting in an environment\u201d. IOWs if \u2018person\u2019 is reducible to uncontrolled behaviors of various items then it does not make sense to speak of a \u201cwhole person acting in an environment\u201d.\nOrigenes: Behaviorism doesn\u2019t entail a position on what reality consists of.\nWe don\u2019t actually know what reality consists of. People don\u2019t agree on the meaning of \u201creality\u201d. For that matter, we don\u2019t know what matter is. That\u2019s why I am neither a materialist nor an immaterialist.\nI\u2019m also not a reductionist.\nMay I suggest that you stop trying to compartmentalize me. If you have something to say on the actual topic, then post that. Otherwise you are just sidetracking the discussion.\nNeil R: We don\u2019t actually know what reality consists of.\nSome people understand that fermions and bosons fail to ground all of reality and therefore hold that materialism is false.\nNeil R: People don\u2019t agree on the meaning of \u201creality\u201d.\nWhy do you care what people agree on? Understanding is not a social enterprise.\nNeil R: For that matter, we don\u2019t know what matter is.\nWe should all know what it is not: it is neither conscious nor thinking nor sentient nor teleological.\nNeil R: That\u2019s why I am neither a materialist nor an immaterialist.\nDoesn\u2019t follow.\nNeil R: I\u2019m also not a reductionist.\nYet, by your own admission, you are an evolutionist. Evolution reduces organisms to accidental trait / gene carriers which succeed on the basis of chance.\nNeil R: May I suggest that you stop trying to compartmentalize me. If you have something to say on the actual topic, then post that. Otherwise you are just sidetracking the discussion.\nRather than sidetracking the discussion, like some do, I am consistently building on this excellent observation of JohnnyB:\nHe [Searle] believes that humans are machines \u2013 he follows materialism.\nHowever, if you take the chinese room argument more seriously that Searle does \u2013 that we *must* be more than machines to hold a semantic component \u2026\nComputers (and human beings as perceived by materialism) do not understand things, because \u201cthey\u201d are not persons \u2014 there is no one who understands \u2014 and second because rationality is not grounded by parts acting according to laws.\nOrigenes continues with more off-topic sidetracking. I will not further respond to his comments.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 255, "original_length": 33597, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 301.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://unexpectedpaths.com/2012/03/04/awp-day-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:02:09Z", "digest": "sha1:JCOXHHHFZHDY3OIMKYK5XASKLQUXBYAI", "length": 5609, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "unexpectedpaths.com", "title": "AWP Day 3 |", "raw_content": "As you read this, I\u2019ll be making my way to O\u2019Hare to head back to the Shenandoah Valley. I loved being in Chicago. It\u2019s been a long time since work took me there for a two-week period, but I\u2019d forgotten how much I love city skylines. Yesterday, we had low clouds and snow flurries, and it was cool to see the tops of skyscrapers disappear into the clouds. Lake Michigan was gray and chilly looking, but as much as I love my mountain view at home, Chicago is a beautiful city to gawk at.\nI loved being around so many other writers\u2013overhearing the bar conversations was a high point of my day. Writers talk about their characters as if they were real people, and I was glad to see that wasn\u2019t eccentric. They talk about craft and rejections and where is the idea for their next book going to come from\u2013all the things that I can relate to, and that\u2019s comforting. But, let\u2019s see how Day 3 went for me.\nBTW, if you get to Chicago, go to Kitty O\u2019Shea\u2019s, an Irish pub in the Hilton on Michigan Ave. Great pub food, great beer, great Irish history decor. I had lunch there every day and wish I could transport it to the Valley.\n\u201cConnecting with Readers via Your Website and Social Media\u201d appeared, on paper, to be a promising seminar for first thing Saturday morning. I\u2019m not as self-conscious about technology or social media as many of my contemporaries. I was too much of a Trekkie for that. I built a computer in the early 1980\u2019s and was on-line with CompuServe (remember that) at about the same time. Still, social media was something I initially regarded as being for \u201cthe young folks.\u201d (Amazing how we reach the point where we sound like our grandmothers, isn\u2019t it?)\nI started using Facebook for the typical reason a white female over 50 does\u2014to keep up with her grandchildren. Then, I moved to where they live, but I stayed with Facebook because I found that writers had Facebook pages, and I could pretend to be friends with them. I consider myself still a dabbler in both Facebook and Twitter, though I\u2019m learning how to use each to better benefit for my writing life. I\u2019ve blogged for a couple of years now, and I rather like \u201cfollowing\u201d on Twitter some of my literary icons\u2014Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, and so forth.\nSince I\u2019d like to be more than a dabbler in social media, I went to this seminar eager to pick up useful tips. And I did\u2014from the last panelist. When a seminar on how to use social media starts with a panelist who tells you she turned down the offer twice before accepting, that she has a YouTube channel which she doesn\u2019t update, that she doesn\u2019t Tweet and doesn\u2019t update her Facebook page, and has a website that she generally ignores until a book comes out, you begin to think it might be a waste of time. I\u2019m leaving off the names of the panelists for a reason.\nIndeed, several of the first few panelists confessed their fear of, distaste for, and dread of websites and social media. One said very little on the topic but used the opportunity to do a reading of a self-indulgent essay about seeing the wild ponies from Chincoteague\u2014then alluding to the fact his walk along the poop-laden beach was in Maryland. (It\u2019s Virginia.) His social media connection was that a Facebook follower had mentioned his work had taken on a depressing tone and that make him examine his work. Really? That was it?\nThe final panelist, whose time had been shortened by the others\u2019 going over time and not understanding how to use the laptop provided to display websites on a screen, was the only one to give practical tips and suggestions:\nUse only the social media you\u2019re comfortable with; don\u2019t try to do it all\nWhat social media you do us should be a facet of your personality; just remember nothing you say is private\nUse Facebook and Twitter as your water cooler if you work from home; they help to keep you from being insular\nRecognize you might discouraged by posts and Tweets from other writers about their success; don\u2019t be bitter or jealous but be fulsome with your congratulations\u2013you never know the connection you might make\nThe more you give\u2013compliments, praise, congratulations\u2013the more you get from social media\nSince it\u2019s so easy to create a website, do it now! Even if you haven\u2019t sold a book yet, do book reviews of others\u2019 work, link to writing websites or writing contests or even other writers\u2019 sites\nIf you love an author\u2019s work, use social media to connect and tell him or her so\nIf you\u2019re not comfortable with social media, make certain you approach publishers who will help you, not reject you because you don\u2019t have a platform\nNext year, he should do the whole panel, and that would improve its practicality. My first, small disappointment of the conference.\nI\u2019m avoiding the Book Fair today because I\u2019ve no room left in the single suitcase I brought. As it is, United is likely to charge me an overweight fee for it in addition to its usual $25 rip-off, I mean, baggage fee.\nBecause a computer problem at my hotel kept me from printing out my boarding passes and the subsequent 20 minutes on the phone with United Airlines, all the afternoon sessions I wanted to attend were SRO, or sitting room only as well. I didn\u2019t want to subject myself to that indignity, so another quiet afternoon writing, followed by packing to go home. Is it time for that already? I just got here. I\u2019m having too much fun, and now I have to go home? As far as I\u2019m concerned this could go on a few more days\u2014or someone needs to invent that time machine so I can go back and attend all the seminars I wanted to attend in the same time block.\nYep, I\u2019ll be in Boston next year for AWP13.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 255, "original_length": 15668, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://unexpectedpaths.com/2012/09/25/to-nano-or-not-to-nano-this-year/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:20Z", "digest": "sha1:XJURSAKBXJ56IQPNKDP2YQZX6253M4KO", "length": 3606, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "unexpectedpaths.com", "title": "To NaNo or Not to NaNo This Year |", "raw_content": "To NaNo or Not to NaNo This Year\nBefore you know it, November will be here. November is National Novel Writing Month\u2013the challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in thirty days. I\u2019ve participated since 2008 and have had great fun. In 2008, I still worked full-time and had a travel schedule that was fairly typical for me then\u2013of the thirty days in November, I was on the road for thirteen of them. So, my first NaNoWriMo was 50,000 words in seventeen days.\nIn 2009 I was freshly retired and starting a new life in a new town, and I was thrilled with the fact that I only had NaNo to focus on for the whole time of the challenge. The next two years were the same.\nThis year, well, I seem to have a full plate. I have a manuscript I want to submit to a contest, and the window for submissions begins November 15. The MS is in good shape right now, but, of course, before submitting it, I\u2019ll want to go over it thoroughly.\nI have a second manuscript\u2013my Spy Flash flash fiction stories\u2013which I\u2019ll complete in mid-October. I\u2019d like to get that out via Kindle Select in December, which means that November would be formatting, editing, double-checking the formatting, more editing and revising\u2013in other words, the final polish.\nI also blog three times a week, every week, and I have a novel MS currently in a critique group, which means revisions on that are on-going. So, will I have time to write 1,667 words per day? That certainly has never been an issue in the past, but before I\u2019ve always put everything aside to concentrate on NaNoWriMo.\nWriting, as with everything in life, is balance, something I\u2019ve tried to achieve this past year by establishing a writing work schedule. I\u2019ve stuck to it well, except for the submissions part. I did increase that percentage this year\u2013with two successes out of six submissions\u2013but I didn\u2019t submit as consistently as I planned. However, the manuscript I\u2019m submitting to the contest contains forty of my 100-word stories, which I\u2019d saved and accumulated specifically for this contest. That might make up for my slacking off in submitting. At least, I think of it that way.\nI\u2019ve come to enjoy the NaNoWriMo camaraderie\u2013both on-line and during local \u201cwrite-ins\u201d\u2013so much that I can\u2019t imagine not doing it. And this would be a landmark year for me and NaNoWriMo\u2013my fifth year. (I like collecting the little web badges.) I have a project that\u2019s been simmering for a while that I\u2019d like to flesh out more, and NaNoWriMo is perfect for that\u2013it \u201cforces\u201d you to get that first draft down.\nSo, to NaNo or not to NaNo? That is the question. I\u2019m still pondering the answer.\nEditing, National Novel Writing Month, Revising, workload, writing contests\n\u2190 Fantasy Friday Fictioneers\n4 thoughts on \u201cTo NaNo or Not to NaNo This Year\u201d\nmlfables\nWell, this will be the first year that I properly do the NaNo. I tried it a couple of years back, but I did it with a haphazard approach.\nHopefully this year, I will be much more prepared to get in the 50k words (I am going to plan my story out first, so that I can spend all of November just writing the story).\nI would say do it. It\u2019s only 1,667 words and you don\u2019t have to write them all in one sitting. If you write a little bit for a few minutes every once in a while, you would be able to pull through! =]\nfindingmycreature\nI have no doubt you can do it! Quite a lot of creative projects you have going on there, exciting stuff.\nSounds very ambitious to me\u2013I\u2019ve never written more than 2000 words in a day and that is definitely not the norm. 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And while I know mental health to be an inherently personal experience, there is undoubtedly a collective crisis, with more people than ever reporting experiencing distressing symptoms. In fact, 8% of people are currently experiencing anxiety and depression, with 75% of young people not receiving treatment.\nMental health disorders in any capacity or any level of severity needs to be address, and the sooner we open up the conversation, the sooner societal attitudes will change for the better, hopefully expanding treatment opportunities and support networks.\nFor those who are experiencing feelings of anxiety, or perhaps you just don't know where to start, here's a list of a few of the things I found useful when experiencing panic attacks. It's also important to seek professional help but perhaps most importantly, to remember that you are not alone in this.\nIn the midst of a panic attack, my mind races and my apocalyptic thoughts take over - but it's totally irrational. Puzzles are a fantastic way to alleviate the panic by refocusing my mind on something purely logical. It doesn't matter what puzzles; I used to carry around a Rubik's cube at all times when I was at university (yes, even to nightclubs) but now I prefer apps on my phone. Peak is a great brain training app that provides 30 games covering memory, attention and mental agility. Or, I use Candy Crush (yes, really) - it's basic enough to be manageable in the grips of panic but challenging enough to require your full attention.\nMental health disorders can be painfully isolating, at least, it was for me. I felt so ashamed and embarrassed about what was happening and convinced that no one would understand, or would think I was crazy, that I simply didn't tell anyone. This led to avoidance behaviours and ultimately, made the problem far, far worse.\nI've now adopted what can only be described as an 'over-sharing' approach. There's nothing I won't tell you about my past experience or present mindset. And it's indescribably liberating. Plus, you'll be surprised at how many people around you have had similar experiences.\nWhile I don't find it useful to involve anyone if a panic attack has already set in (saying it out loud seems to exacerbate the fear), it's great to be able to say to friends and colleagues \"my OCD is really bad at the moment\", so if I have to disappear for half an hour to have a panic attack, I don't worry that they'll think I'm slacking off or that they think I'm weird.\nThis term is thrown around a lot at the moment, but I find that taking care of yourself is one of the most fundamental tools when suffering from a mental health disorder. Anxiety and depression can make you feel very down on yourself, angry at your mind and embarrassed about your behaviour. A little self care goes a long way to show your self a little appreciation and kindness that you definitely deserve. For me, self care comes in the form of a bath. A really indulgent bath with bubbles, a face mask, a book and a cup of tea.\nSimple and free acts of self-care to try if you\u2019re feeling anxious\nKatie Teehan\nI'm a huge advocate of sleep and refuse to accept our society's damaging association between sleep and laziness. In my opinion, it's our negative attitude towards sleep that led to a whole host of our epidemic health problems. Sleep is key not only for physical wellbeing, but mental too. Prioritise it.\nEstablish good sleep hygiene with a reasonable bed time and enough time to wind down beforehand. And if you need a nap, you need a nap (just don't do it too late in the day).\nPerspective is a wonderful thing when you're deep inside your own mind and even an hour of volunteering a week is a great way of bringing your thoughts back to the world around you as well as making you feel proud about something you've done. Ok, so it may not be totally selfless, but everyone's a winner. .\nIt doesn't need to be a stereotypical feelings journal, but writing things down is a great way of offloading all those negative thoughts onto the paper. I usually end up making lists of all the things I'm worried about, followed by a to-do list of all the tasks and chores I need to alleviate the underlying stress. 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The country club was established in 1893 and boasts of being one of the 5 founding members of the USGA. The course is located in Newport, Rhode Island.\nSince its founding, the US Open has evolved into one of the most popular tournaments on the calendar of golf and the US Open results have always impressed everyone. The first ever US Open tournament featured 36 holes, putting 10 professionals and 1 amateur on the Newport Country Club course. Horace Rawlins made history that day by emerging the winner, and he took home $150 prize money and the trophy for the US Open championship.\nUS Open History\nDuring the first few years after its establishment, the US Open tournament saw British immigrant golfers dominating the event. However, the first American to win the US Open championship came in 1911 and it was John J. McDermott. He not only took home the win for the 1911 US Open Championship edition, but he also successfully defended it the following year.\nThe championship grew in popularity and started to attract professional golfers from allover the world. US Open golf champions have come from numerous countries. Fans as well were not left behind and wanted to sample the world-class entertainment provided by the event. However, the popularity of the sport grew tremendously when amateur golfer Bob Jones won the championship four times, topping the US Open leaderboard.\nIt was in 1922 when the USGA decided to introduce ticket sales for the fans, and because the championship had attracted many golfers who wanted to participate, the USGA had to introduce qualifiers in 1924. Two years later, the event format transitioned from 2 days of 36holes to 2 days of 18 holes and 36 holes to be challenged on the third day.\nThe event presented a strict challenge that distinguished US open winners from the amateurs. In fact, the last amateur to take home the win was John Goodman and he did it in 1933. Since then, the championship has been used to highlight the top ranking golfers including Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus who went on to win the event 4 times. In fact, only 4 golfers have won the US Open Championship 4 times and they include Nicklaus, Hogan, Jones, and Willie Anderson.\nToday, the US Open is a huge event having more than 9000 entrants, both professional and amateurs. However, the rules implemented for the qualifiers ensure that only the best golfers are allowed to compete for the prize money, amounting to about $2million according to the recent statistics.\nLast year brought US Open champions and amateurs alike to compete for the coveted trophy at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont & Plum. Even though the course was quite challenging, top-class golfing skills were on display as the professional golfers battled it out. Like all competitions, there has to be a winner to take the prize and lift the trophy. 2016 edition saw Dustin Johnson winning his first major in the tournament. He was followed closely by Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy. Shane Lowry came a distant 4th.\nUS Open 2019 Summary: Results and US Open Past Winners\nThe 2019 US Open cup winner is an American professional golfer currently listed at number 1 by the official World Golf Ranking. Dustin Johnson was born in Columbia, SC, and was active in collegiate golf at Coastal Carolina University. He not only won the 2019 Open cup edition, he also took home the win for the 2017 Genesis Open. And that\u2019s not all, Dustin Johnson finished in a tie at 2011 Open cup and 2015 US Open. His record boasts 5 world Golf Championship trophies, making history as the first professional golfer to win in all four golf majors. It\u2019s one of the best US Open golf champions.\nFuryk, Piercy, and Lowry all tied at second with 279 points, as the US Open results showed. Furyk\u2019s history with the sport goes a long way back since he turned professional in the early 90s, although he plays golf since his early childhood. Furyk plays on the PGA Tour, he won the FedEx Cup in 2010, and the 2003 US Open championship. Piercy, on the other hand, won the PGA Tours three times. He played his collegiate golf at San Diego State University. Shane Lowry also plays on the PGA Tour. He turned professional in 2001. He won his first PGA Tour at the Reno-Tahoe Open.\nUS Open Winners List\n2018 \u2013 Brooks Koepka \u2013 United States\n2016 \u2013 Dustin Johnson \u2013 United States\n2015 \u2013 Jordan Spieth \u2013 United States\n2014 \u2013 Martin Kaymer \u2013 Germany\n2013 \u2013 Justin Rose \u2013 England\n2012 \u2013 Webb Simpson \u2013 United States\n2011 \u2013 Rory McIlroy \u2013 Northern Ireland\n2010 \u2013 Graeme McDowell \u2013 Northern Ireland\n2009 \u2013 Lucas Glover \u2013 United States\n2009 \u2013 Tiger Woods \u2013 United States\nThis year\u2019s event will be hosted at Erin Hills Country Club in Erin, and it is scheduled to take place on June 15-18. It will be the 117th edition of the famous golf tournament. This year\u2019s event will make history for being the first ever US Open Championship to be hosted in Wisconsin, northwest of Milwaukee.\nThis year\u2019s edition will see legendaryUS Open winners battling it out for the cash prize fund totaling $12 million, which means that the competitors will be fighting for $2million prize money. Legendary golfers such as Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, and Angel Cabrera will be there for the event, yet Dustin Johnson is definitely the favourite to win. 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It is a grossly one-sided approach that is morally bankrupt and would only serve to undermine ongoing efforts toward peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. There is not one single mention of Hamas in the resolution, when Hamas is chiefly responsible for the recent violence in Gaza. The text criticizes \u201cexcessive\u201d and \u201cindiscriminate\u201d use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, when in fact, it is Hamas that fired 70 rockets indiscriminately into Israeli towns this week. The resolution calls on Israel to immediately cease its actions in self-defense, but makes no mention of Hamas\u2019 aggressive actions against Israeli security forces and civilians. The resolution calls for immediate steps toward ending Israeli restrictions on access into Gaza, while making no mention of Egypt\u2019s restrictions and no mention of Hamas\u2019 deliberate attacks against Israel\u2019s determined efforts to provide humanitarian access into Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing. Those who choose to vote in favor of this resolution will clarify their own lack of fitness to take part in any credible negotiations between the two parties.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2750, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 233.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uwb.readsh101.com/take-the-fear-out-of-financial-aid/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:11Z", "digest": "sha1:V4AXDBNNFMMODYVR7TDAFLXWVVFFFY6Q", "length": 7374, "nlines": 52, "source_domain": "uwb.readsh101.com", "title": "\ufeff Take the fear out of financial aid: Learn how to manage loans and grants - University of Washington-Bothell", "raw_content": "Home Prosper Money Take the fear out of financial aid: Learn how to manage loans...\nTake the fear out of financial aid: Learn how to manage loans and grants\nGreat news: There are many ways to pay for school. In fact, about 64 percent of respondents to a recent Student Health 101 survey said they have a combination of grants and loans to help pay for tuition and other expenses.\nUsually awarded based on merit, such as excellence in sports or academics.\nDon\u2019t need to be paid back, sometimes based on certain conditions.\nFelecia Hatcher, author of The C Student\u2019s Guide to Scholarships, had marginal grades in high school, but excelled in other activities. She was awarded $130,000 in scholarships. Her advice: Focus on what you\u2019re great at or what you love. \u201cScholarships are essentially someone investing in you,\u201d she says. \u201cReally show who you are and why you deserve one.\u201d\nHatcher won all local scholarships. \u201cThe pool is so much smaller,\u201d she says. If you volunteer in your community, there may be scholarships based on service. If you work, your company might have money available for employees. Your hobbies, interests, and even personal struggles can all help qualify you for merit-based money.\nJamie Dickenson, a certified educational planner, helps students figure out how to pay for college. She says that your school\u2019s financial aid officer needs to be your \u201cnew best friend.\u201d \u201cStart right in your back yard,\u201d she explains.\nJasmine O., a senior at Wesley College in Dover, Delaware, says her financial aid office was a great resource. \u201cI was given loads of scholarships to apply for, and I received extra funds,\u201d she shares.\nAlso check out your academic department, where money may be available for upper-class students.\nDickenson says it\u2019s important to apply for aid each year. If you didn\u2019t get any scholarships last year, try again. Allison C., a sophomore at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, works in her school\u2019s financial aid office. She says students don\u2019t realize what\u2019s available. \u201cI\u2019ve received three scholarships by being active and communicating,\u201d she explains.\nUsually awarded based on financial need.\nDon\u2019t need to be paid back.\nThere are many sources for grants, from state and federal governments to non-profit organizations and even research and travel programs. Federal grants, such as the Pell program, usually have a maximum dollar amount that can be awarded over a person\u2019s lifetime.\nThe government also offers Work-Study jobs: part-time positions that are often on campus. These are coordinated directly with your school.\nLearn more about Federal Work-Study Programs\nAt some schools, you can participate in federalWork-Study programs. In these jobs, you\u2019re paid partially by the U.S. Department of Education, and partially by your school.\nThe jobs can be on- or off campus, but will likely be in your area of study or in community service. You apply for these positions in the same way you would a federal student loan, and if you get one, you\u2019ll work part-time and make at least minimum wage.\nNot all schools have Work-Study positions. If yours doesn\u2019t, ask about Residential Advisor (RA) positions or other paid roles on campus. You may get your housing at a reduced rate or even free, and possibly a break on some of your school fees, too.\nThere are many different kinds of loans as well as lenders.\nAll loans have to be paid back.\nSome are based on financial need.\nThe federal government runs a program calledFederal Student Aid, for example, and offers bothsubsidized and unsubsidized loans. These are available to undergraduate students who can demonstrate financial need. If subsidized, the loan\u2019s interest is paid for you (by the government) until you\u2019re done with school.\nUnsubsidized government loans are available to anyone, regardless of financial need. This is true of bank loans, too. You\u2019ll likely have to start paying interest on these loans right away, right when you enroll in school.\nLoan applications can be complicated. For a bank loan, you might need a cosigner, someone who\u2019ll be responsible for paying back your loan if you can\u2019t. For government loans, you\u2019ll probably need detailed information from your parents or guardian.\nSometimes loan applications can be derailed by the simplest of mistakes. Dickenson says, \u201cMany students miss their deadlines because they don\u2019t check their email.\u201d\nIf you\u2019re offered a loan, you don\u2019t need to take all of the money available. If you don\u2019t need it, don\u2019t borrow it! The \u201ccost of attendance\u201d information published on your school Web site can help you plan for how much you\u2019ll need.\nManaging Loans\nOnce you\u2019re in school, keep on top of your loan:\nKeep records of money you receive.\nKnow when you\u2019ll be expected to start making payments.\nFind out what your minimum payments will be.\nUnderstand when interest will start to accrue and whether the rate is fixed, meaning it never changes, or variable.\nSome loans have grace periods, meaning time after you\u2019ve borrowed when you don\u2019t need to make payments. Inquire about factors that may influence when you need to start repaying\u2014such as certain kinds of work or service to your community. Some programs even forgive some portion of loan debt, meaning some of it won\u2019t be owed.\nLauren C., a senior at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, says, \u201cBefore I borrowed I did a lot of research and entered different figures into college calculators.\u201d Now she sets an alarm on her computer as a reminder to pay monthly.\nIf you have loans for living expenses, it may be tempting to use some for items that aren\u2019t related to school.\nAvoid this temptation\nCan\u2019t I Spend Just a Little Bit?\nIf you receive money directly from a lender, it might be tempting to spend a bit of your big check on a night out or a new pair of shoes. But remember: You\u2019ll be paying it all back later, with interest.\nCarrie O., a junior at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, advises, \u201cLoans should be used for things that must be paid for.\u201d\nHer philosophy is, \u201cPay when you can (even if you don\u2019t have to), and more than you have to.\u201d If she doesn\u2019t spend her entire loan, she gives it back at the end of the year.\nIt can be hard to keep track of how much you\u2019re spending. Try organizing your money into separate accounts and making a budget for the school year. While a loan may seem like a lot of money at first, figuring out how to make it last for the whole year might put things into perspective.\nCarrie has a job to cover her non-school expenses. If you find yourself needing extra spending money, consider a part-time job, even for just a few hours a week.\nThere are plenty of free Web sites and apps for managing financial commitments. You can set up payment reminders and goals, and see everything in a spiffy graphic form, too.\nResearch scholarships based on your skills and interests.\nMake an appointment with a financial advisor at your school.\nMake sure you understand the terms of all financial aid, especially loans.\nGather all your loan documents in one place.\nUse free sites or apps to stay on top of your financial commitments.\nU.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid, Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)\nUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, Scholarships, Grants, and Loans Differences\nTheresa Ketterling is a freelance writer and recent graduate of the University of King\u2019s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 268, "original_length": 13778, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uzinggo.com/properties-s-block-elements/organization-periodic-table/chemistry", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:31Z", "digest": "sha1:V4OBV6WRGTWEYVSA6BJI6X34VASQ3CIF", "length": 1365, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "uzinggo.com", "title": "Properties of s-Block Elements | The Periodic Table | Uzinggo", "raw_content": "ZingPath: Organization of the Periodic Table\nOrganization of the Periodic Table\nExplore the full path to learning Organization of the Periodic Table\nYou will get to learn about the major groups of elements found in the Periodic Table and their properties. 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Glaser\nwireless sensor networks, ecological monitoring, rock mechanics, geophysics, nano-seismology\nMechanical and electrical engineering design, 3D-printing, manufacturing, energy systems, wireless sensor networks, sensors/MEMS/NEMS, IT systems, automated manufacturing & inspection\nSubscribe to wireless sensor networks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 4324, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 217.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vegansupernova.com/2017/09/10/what-about-bacon-though/sweets/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:57Z", "digest": "sha1:7Y346Z37IAAXSZSJ7D6YGJ3DMPFULKVN", "length": 44, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "vegansupernova.com", "title": "sweets | VeganSupernova", "raw_content": "September 10, 2017 September 10, 2017 ~ Anna", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 3720, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 208.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://venturebeat.com/2014/07/02/e-sports-league-that-prohibited-women-hearthstone-players-reverses-policy-after-talking-with-blizzard/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:55Z", "digest": "sha1:TDXSCVWJEP7UAPEZJAKXLLNZRSLFEWMR", "length": 2744, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "venturebeat.com", "title": "E-sports league that prohibited women Hearthstone players reverses policy after talking with Blizzard | VentureBeat", "raw_content": "E-sports league that prohibited women Hearthstone players reverses policy after talking with Blizzard\nJeff Grubb@jeffgrubb\t July 2, 2014 9:54 PM\nAbove: A typical match in Hearthstone.\nAfter causing a controversy, an international e-sports league is changing its rules to welcome women players after having discussions with one of competitive gaming\u2019s most-important publishers.\nThe International E-sports Federation (IESF) is ending its policy that prohibits women from competing against men in pro-gaming competitions, according to a post on its website. Earlier today, the Finnish Assembly Summer 2014 e-sports tournament came under fire from critics when people learned that women could not enter a number of its competitions. The Finnish league explained it was making its rules in accordance with the South Korean-based IESF. That governing body originally decided to segregate men and women because it is trying to get e-sports into the Olympics, which has very few gender-integrated events.\n\u201cThe IESF has listened to the gaming community and has carefully considered their opinions,\u201d reads the notice. \u201cUpon hearing these concerns, the IESF convoked an emergency session of the IESF Board to respond.\u201d\nAs a result of that meeting, the IESF tournaments will have an \u201copen for all\u2019 category, which were previously the men-only events for Hearthstone, Dota 2, and Ultra Street Fighter IV. The IESF tournaments also had women-only events for StarCraft II and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 \u2014 those will remain as they are.\nWe reached out to Hearthstone developer Blizzard earlier today, and the company made it clear that it was not happy with the IESF\u2019s policy.\n\u201cOne of our goals with e-sports is to ensure that there\u2019s a vibrant and also inclusive community around our games,\u201d a Blizzard spokesperson said in a statement provided to GamesBeat. \u201cWe do not allow the use of our games in tournaments that do not support this, and are working with our partners to ensure they share the same goal.\u201d\nBlizzard told GamesBeat that it was in touch with the IESF and that it understood the organization would change its rules. Soon after that, the IESF posted the policy change to its website.\nIf you\u2019re wondering why the IESF still has women-only events if it is trying to stamp out gender discrimination, the organization explained that it wants to provide extra opportunities for women.\n\u201cFemale gamers make up half the world\u2019s population, but only a small percentage of e-sports competitors are women,\u201d reads IESF\u2019s note. \u201cThe IESF\u2019s female-only competitions aim to bring more diversity to competitive play by improving the representation of women at these events. 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In addition she leads the CVMBS Health and Wellbeing Task Force, assists in coordination the Veterinary Orientation for incoming veterinary students, directs and teaches the Healer\u2019s Art Course, a discovery model course in values clarification and professionalism, and teaches in the Veterinary Medicine Foundations courses.\nDr. Fonken is a licensed psychotherapist, and holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education from Colorado State University and a Master\u2019s Degree in Agency Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado. Over the last 30 years she has worked in private practice, clinical hospital settings, and non-profit, governmental and educational settings.\nShe is currently a member of The Veterinary Mental Health Professionals group, the AAVMC Veterinary Wellness Action Group and is a past member of the AVMA Wellness Roundtable. She has been involved in the planning and implementation of the annual AAVMC Veterinary Health and Wellness Summits for veterinary colleges, students and practitioners. Most recently she has enjoyed traveling the country offering presentations and workshops to veterinary professionals in the area of strengthening wellbeing through the practice of healthy resilience and compassion satisfaction.\nA native of Colorado she spends her free time out in nature, trail running, hiking, skiing and enjoying outdoor adventures with her two sons.\nThis interactive session will provide an in depth look at Imposter Syndrome; what it is, where it comes from, and how it impacts our work and wellbeing. We will explore strategies to help break free from the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that hold us back and work toward becoming the truly capable people we are.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 4217, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 179.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vettechcareers.macomb.edu/jobs/search?job=10737342&SEO=1&page=4", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:46Z", "digest": "sha1:JYHTJ4SR6J5VQG5M2UZFNMBJ2B3KOMEF", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "vettechcareers.macomb.edu", "title": "'small OR animal OR internal OR medicine OR specialist OR generous OR signon OR bonus OR relocation OR package OR STATECODE:\"PA\"' Jobs | MCC Career Center", "raw_content": "Texas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 4923, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 137.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vietnam-business-law.info/blog/2014/2/27/equitisation-alternatives-in-vietnam", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:44Z", "digest": "sha1:WDJIKRHLCSGOVIW6LVJAOHDXO64T7273", "length": 2357, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "vietnam-business-law.info", "title": "Equitisation alternatives in Vietnam \u2014 Vietnam Business Law", "raw_content": "Equitisation alternatives in Vietnam\nEquitisation (c\u1ed5 ph\u1ea7n h\u00f3a) is often considered the more preferable way to privatize a wholly State-owned enterprise (100% SOE). However, there are other alternatives to equitisation as follows:\nRestructuring Equitisation: Equitisation can only be applied to 100% SOE which is organised in the form of a single-member limited liability company (LLC) and which has positive owner equity. If a 100% SOE which is a single-member LLC has negative owner equity then the 100% SOE could be put through a restructuring/equitisation process with the participation of the Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) and other creditors in accordance with Circular 194/2013 of the Ministry of Finance. The end result of the restructuring/equitisation process is also a new joint stock company established from the assets and liabilities of the 100% SOE.\n\u201cSale\u201d under Decree 109/2008: A 100% SOE which is a single-member LLC can be sold to one or more investors including foreign investors in accordance with Decree 109/2008, if the 100% SOE cannot be equitised or if the Prime Minister allowed the 100% SOE to be sold. In practice, few 100% SOEs have been sold in accordance with Decree 109/2008. It appears that a sale under Decree 109/2008 is an asset sale rather than an equity sale.\nFree grant under Decree 109/2008: A 100% SOE which is a single-member LLC and which has a total assets value of no more than VND 15 billion and has no valuable real property can be granted for free to the employees of the 100% SOE in accordance with Decree 109/2008, if the 100% SOE cannot be equitised or if the Prime Minister allowed the 100% SOE to be granted for free. Again, in practice, few 100% SOEs have been sold in accordance with Decree 109/2008.\nConversion into two members or more LLC: Under Decree 71/2013 and Circular 220/2013 of the Ministry of Finance, a 100% SOE which is a single-member LLC can also be converted into two members or more LLC by way of sale of equity interests to other investors. The conversion needs to be approved by the Prime Minister. Conversion into two members or more LLC seems to be a new alternative.\nWritten by Nguyen Quang Vu On February 27, 2014 In Merger & Acquisition\n\u2190 Role of legal representatives in companies in VietnamScope of real estate business by a foreign-invested developer in Vietnam \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 7829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 259.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vivitravels.com/en/discover-italy/activities/walking-tour-uffizi-gallery-monolingual-tour-florence", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:23Z", "digest": "sha1:YDGH5L3ARUAASEKT5KIJXUHLLMZAHJG3", "length": 1482, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "vivitravels.com", "title": "Walking Tour & Uffizi Gallery Monolingual Tour | viviTravels", "raw_content": "Home / Destinations / Italy: Tours and Trip Ideas / Activities / Walking Tour & Uffizi Gallery Monolingual Tour\nWalking Tour & Uffizi Gallery Monolingual Tour\nMeeting point My Tour office via Martelli 33red, Florence\nThe tour starts in the early afternoon from My Tour Office in Via Martelli 33red where after the check-in you\u2019ll enjoy an excellent and complete introductory tour dedicated to those who want to know all the facts and secrets of two thousand years of Florentine history, from the city\u2019s Roman origins to a 15th century palace, from the Ponte Vecchio, through the famous Uffizi courtyard, to the wonders of the architecture of Brunelleschi\u2019s Dome which overlooks the Baptistery golden \u2018Gates of Paradise\u2019. After the walking tour you will visit one of the most famous museums in the world: the Uffizi. Your knowledgeable guide will explain the works of the greatest artists from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: Cimabue, Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, and many more. You will recognize original world-famous paintings you have seen in books, magazines, and on TV close-ups. You will learn about the secrets of the artist's\u2019 craft, techniques and tools. Looking at the most famous artworks of the period, you will be able to understand why Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance. Personalize your museum experience. There is no need to rush off at the end of the tour. You may stay inside the museum until closing time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 4625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vladimirribakov.com/google-assumes-various-people-ceos-bitcoin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:57Z", "digest": "sha1:BRS5XOWJEFLBPPDSP44PAJ2FMJYA3LGO", "length": 3211, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "vladimirribakov.com", "title": "Google Assumes Various People Are the CEOs of Bitcoin", "raw_content": "Home Crypto Currency News Google Assumes Various People Are the CEOs of Bitcoin\nGoogle Assumes Various People Are the CEOs of Bitcoin\nWarren Buffett is not the CEO of Bitcoin. Sorry about that.\nGoogle Assumes Various People Are the CEOs of Bitcoin. One of the most popular parts about Bitcoin is that it is not necessarily run by a single entity. However, that has not stopped Google from assuming that Warren Buffett and a few other major players in the finance field are the CEOs of Bitcoin.\nA Reddit thread on the r/Bitcoin subreddit has found that a Google search for \u201cBitcoin CEO\u201d or another similar term will result in a result showing that many important figures in the finance world are the CEOs of Bitcoin. This is in spite of how Bitcoin is not handled by a certain board, not to mention how no one is aware of the identity of the person who is believed to have created the currency.\nThe Reddit post shows that prominent investor Warren Buffett is one of the people associated with the development of the currency. This comes as Buffett has been critical of the cryptocurrency field and could be a risk.\nAjay Banga, the CEO of MasterCard, is another of the reported CEOs of Bitcoin. This comes even though he referred to cryptocurrencies as \u201cjunk\u201d in the past.\nJamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is the third CEO being reported as a CEO. He was particularly critical of the currency field and referred to Bitcoin as a \u201cscam.\u201d\nThe three figures appear to have been listed on the search because of their involvements in the financial field. This includes the power that the entities hold through their investments and other endeavors they have entered into. The figures have also become noteworthy people for how their statements often trigger changes in the market based on sentiment and other valuable factors that may come about.\nPart of this comes as Google has various algorithms for identifying different points relating to the Bitcoin. This includes adding names of people in the financial field. The information carousel produced by Google for some search results will list random details on certain people or other items relating to a particular field. The data is listed even as the content in question might not always be fully accurate.\nThe searches that people make for details on the mythical CEO of Bitcoin are a sign that people are interested in the currency and that they want to know more about how the Bitcoin works. But even then, people would be disappointed to find out that there are no particular CEOs of the currency.\nThe closest bit of information people have on the background of Bitcoin is that a person who goes by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto is believed to have created the currency nearly ten years ago. But the identity of Nakamoto has never been revealed. It is also believed that Nakamoto may be a catch-all identity for several people responsible for the creation of Bitcoin. Also, any online actions that the Nakamoto entity has engaged in appear to have ceased over the past few years, thus suggesting that no one might ever truly find information on the currency.\nComment: can we see the bitcoin flourishing in the next two years given the high inflatoo rate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 338, "original_length": 21869, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 249.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vm.fi/en/digital-support-and-the-operating-model-for-digital-support", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:39Z", "digest": "sha1:N3ESJM2NKBKWGXUQA6AS5E4AEFBFAPL5", "length": 3463, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "vm.fi", "title": "Digital support and the operating model for digital support - Valtiovarainministeri\u00f6", "raw_content": "Digital support and the operating model for digital support/\nDigital support is important so that all people can be guaranteed the possibility of using digital public services. Digital services make day to day life easier, as you can use the services anywhere and at any time.\nDefinition for digital support\nDigital support is support and assistance in the use of digital communication with authorities, services and smart devices, the purpose of which is to help the customer use smart devices and e-services independently and safely as well as to understand the general principles for digital services.\nDigital support comes in many forms. It can include:\nface-to-face support (e.g. service points, peer support and support at home)\nremote support (e.g. chat, telephone or video assistance)\ntraining (e.g. online training, adult education centres and videos)\nMap available on locations that provide digital guidance\nMany different actors provide digital support including for example customer service points shared by numerous authorities, many libraries, organisations and adult education centres, as well as authorities and companies.\nThe Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older People's Senior Surf project has published a map app, on which customers can look up many places around Finland that provide guidance on digital services. View the Guidance point map.\nDigital support operating model offers assistance to customers\nThe digital support operating model describes how the availability of digital support can be organised in Finland so that it reaches those people who do not know how or unable to use digital services. The AUTA Project has formed the foundation for the digital support operating model. The project run from 1 July 2016 to 29 December 2017.\nThe operating model is a model built on many actors and strong cooperation. It is a flexible and forms parallel with the development of digital society and it takes into account changes in both the need for digital support and in digital formats. The implementation of the operating model will begin with county pilots ((LINKKI alasivulle).\nRoles for digital support operating model:\nThe Population Register Centre will support digital support providers and develop digital support nationally. Its role will include for example provision of training for digital support providers and the compilation of good digital support practices. The aim is to develop the conformity and quality of support provided throughout Finland. The Population Register Centre's role will be launched and it will be developed during the regional pilot period.\nCounties will hold the role of regional coordinators and developers for digital support. The county will assess the need for regional digital support and put together local network of digital support providers. The aim will be to ensure the availability and accessibility of digital support taking into account regional special characteristics.\nBoth actors will compile and collect information on the realisation and availability of digital support, which will be used in its further development.\nThe Ministry of Finance will further develop the national operating model for digital support, direct the Population Register Centre's activities as a implementing body for digital support and be responsible for any amendments that will need to be made to legislation.\nSanna Juutinen, Project Coordinator, tel. +358 (0)2955 30506, sanna.juutinen(at)vm.fi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 252, "original_length": 9647, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 337.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://voyagersanspeur.com/2016/10/27/30000-steps-75-floors-and-a-large-dose-of-nostalgia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:33Z", "digest": "sha1:MJE437LP4I4WYDTU24UPFJSPTSAKGMAN", "length": 6108, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "voyagersanspeur.com", "title": "30,000 steps, 75 floors, and a Large Dose of Nostalgia \u2013 Sans Peur", "raw_content": "On Thursday I headed straight for the Eiffel Tower upon waking. Another stop I had not planned, but I was making great time with all my sites and had time for more. It\u2019s such an iconic landmark, it seems bizarre to actually be next to it. As you walk towards it, you can catch glimpses of it through the Eiffel-style buildings. It feels like you\u2019re looking at something from another word. It\u2019s so large compared to everything that seems so relatively normal surrounding it. You feel so small as you approach it, and that morning there was a sort of haze that made it seem even more fantasy like.\nThe stairs up the Eiffel Tower are no joke\nIt was early, so the line was short. I skipped to the front with my ID, and was soon climbing the countless stairs to the upper levels. The stairwell did a good job of making you feel safe during the climb by surrounding you with rails and iron, and yet it was open air enough to not feel claustrophobic. The stairs weren\u2019t crowded at all for obvious reasons, but every time I passed others going up or down, we shared a nod of understanding. We were hot, fatigued, but happy. Next to me, the giant elevator cables strained and pulled up loads of tourists, the giant counterweights methodically pumping up and down at the bottom.\nI reached the second level. Paris was awash in a light fog and looked magical. The city sprawled out in all directions, and I could see landmarks like Sacre-Coeur, Notre Dame, the Louvre, and the Seine river snaking through it all. The climb was certainly worth it, though the long elevator line for the top level was long enough to not tempt me to continue up at all.\nStairs to the top of the Arc de Triomphe. Endless spiral staircases would become a theme in Paris\u2026\nBack on the ground, I ordered an Uber to save my feet the walk to the Arc de Triomphe. One terrifying drive later and I was at the Arc, going down into the tunnel to pass underneath the busy roundabout to get to the entrance. Honestly, I think the Arc is more impressive from the outside and on the ground than the top. The top has a good view of the Champs-Elysees, but after seeing the sights of Paris from the Eiffel Tower, it was too similar, and not as high. I\u2019m glad I went once, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019d make an active choice to go again.\nI walked down the Champs-Elysees with the intention of finding the Grand Palais museum. It was lunchtime, and the streets were crowded with Parisians and tourists out to eat. After a leisurely lunch myself, I bought tickets to what I thought was the Grand Palais, but was in fact a discovery museum. The most expensive ticket I bought on my Paris trip and it wasn\u2019t even for anything I wanted to see. I consider it a donation. The Grand Palais itself isn\u2019t open to the public, but the Petit Palais was, and was the museum I\u2019d been looking for.\nThe elegant courtyard of Le Petit Palais\nThe Petit Palais is probably up there as one of my favorite museums in Paris. It\u2019s considered the Musee des Beaux Arts, and houses the type of artwork I love most. 17th and 18th century art, the building itself open and airy, with painted ceilings and intricate wrought iron designs over the tall windows. It felt like walking into La Belle Epoque. I wasn\u2019t overwhelmed by art either, unlike at the Louvre. I felt like it was easier to appreciate what was before me in smaller doses. Intricate porcelain objects, furniture, jewelry cases, and even a sedan chair were interspersed with paintings and statues. A small courtyard in the center was overgrown with greenery and bubbled with fountains, creating a gorgeous setting amongst the pillars of the walkways and colorful windows.\nNext, I walked over to Place de la Concorde with a nutella crepe and Orangina as a snack. I sat on a low concrete wall to eat and watch people go by, thinking about all the lives lost to fanaticism and the guillotine during the Reign of Terror, right here in this space. Marie Antoinette for one. I am oddly fascinated by the French Revolution. How people were swayed so strongly by beliefs and plunged into violence and fear, distrust and betrayal. To me, the Egyptian Obelisk that now graced the center of the square doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense, but there is a plaque on the ground to commemorate the deaths of Marie Antoinette and her husband, Louis. To the right was the National Assembly \u2013 I couldn\u2019t help but wonder what MA\u2019s final thoughts were in this place.\nThe Monet I had known my whole life \u2013 the real one, anyways, at Musee d\u2019Orsay, Paris\nI continued through the Jardin de Tuilieries. It\u2019s a beautiful open space with perfectly trimmed trees and bushes, but I may prefer the Luxumbourg gardens a bit more. It could of course be down to the side of the garden I was on or the season I was visiting, who knows. Crossing the Seine, I entered the Musee d\u2019Orsay, another one of my favorite museums in Paris. Originally a train station, this large building on the riverfront now houses famous pieces of art from the Impressionists among others. I saw paintings I\u2019d studied my whole life finally in person. Works by Monet, Manet, Rodin, Van Gogh, Cezzane, Toulouse-Lautrec\u2026 Most notable for me was the painting by Monet of a woman and child walking in a field of red flowers. A copy of this painting hung over our couch at our house on Fairmont Street my entire childhood. I also saw the painting of a woman in white with an umbrella, being buffeted by wind. This was the painting I had attempted to copy onto a shelf for my final art history project in high school, and if that taught me anything, it\u2019s that impressionistic painting is extremely difficult, and certainly not my talent.\nI metroed home for the evening, glad that navigating the maze-like stations was getting easier and easier. I\u2019d still like for the stations to have twice the number of signs, and the signs themselves should be twice as large as well. I picked up a hot baguette sandwich with potato, cheese, and salami along with a delicate pastry and spent the rest of the evening in, resting my screaming feet.\nArc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower, Musee d'Orsay, Paris, Petit Palais, travel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 10102, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://w2bergen.com/2014/09/22/birthday-party-fun/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:01Z", "digest": "sha1:B4EHAHNW7DM7UFAKNV3D2L7NVTYOYH6G", "length": 3498, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "w2bergen.com", "title": "Birthday Party Fun\u2026.. \u2013 \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.''AND LET THE FUN BEGIN''\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..", "raw_content": "Birthday Party Fun\u2026..\nSeptember 22, 2014 June 23, 2017 w2bergen 1 Comment\nWell another week has gone by. Another week closer to winter and another week closer to leaving and starting the new life of fulltime RVing. Tomorrow I have to go back to work and put in my 2 days of imprisonment for the week. Oh well, it is giving us insurance for now. Thursday is another appointment to the dentist. I think it is a tryon of the real thing\u2026.lol. The DENTURES\u2026. and then in Oct., out with the old\u2026.and in with the new\u2026.grrrrrrrr. Kind of scary\u2026Just give me drugs..\nThis weekend I had several things happening. For one a Wonderful Person passed away. I never met Tina, but I went to school with her father in law, Russ. Her husband, Willie and his sister Jamie, went to school with my kids. Plus I work with Jamie now. Tina passed away from cancer at 37 leaving her husband and 2 little kids. She was originally from Russia. Her wake was Saturday. Her life is such a wonderful heartwarming story of inspiration and love for family. I must share it but with permission from Willy. They are having a Celebration of her life later so I hope to share her story later date.\nLater Saturday night, my son gave a party for his girlfriend Brandy. She turned 40. He likes to do everything big. So they hired a band and backed the drop deck trailer into the back yard.\nHow Brandy loves to Karaoke\nEveryone had quite a good time. Even the little kids. Their was plenty of food. Brandy made Italian Beef. Rich found a huge Slicing Beef Roast in the freezer. Already precooked and seasoned. We don\u2019t know where it came from, Imagine that. \u2026.. lol\u2026. So he cooked and cut it into slices and put it in a roaster, filled with Aus Jois\u2026..I made Taco Salad. Everyone just loves it, and a cheeseball and another dip. Another first\u2026\u2026Brandy and Scott asked me to go make a beer run at 11pm. Imagine that\u2026.His Mother getting his beer?\u2026. The sober one had to go for beer\u2026Another first for me\u2026.\nScotts Harley had a bad tire on the back, so he decided to do a burn out to blow it up\u2026..silly\u2026but entertaining\u2026\u2026After 2 different trys\u2026.It never blew\u2026but lots of smoke and noise.\nThe little kids had fun watching but were really tired by the end of the night\u2026.\nCheers to the 40 year old\u2026..Happy Birthday Brandy\u2026.\nI tried to get a good picture of Brandy and Scott, but he wouldn\u2019t cooperate. He kept making silly faces\u2026.He doesn\u2019t like to smile cause he has dimples\u2026.lol\u2026I used to point them out to everyone, when he was a kid. I guess I must have embarrassed him to no end as a child\u2026 .. lol\u2026\u2026Ive marked him for life\u2026.The things parents do. But\u2026\u2026..since he wouldn\u2019t cooperate and smile, Im just going to post all the pics I took \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..\nSorry Scott\u2026.lol\u2026.\nWell time to do some more work as to cleaning out\u2026.Have done some good deals selling on fb these past weeks. Cleaning out a lot of stuff. Now today, I am going to work on my sewing stuff. Rich found some plastic containers that will fit in the upper cabinets in the bedroom. So now I need to go through my sewing supplies and consolidate. So far I have bought 4 containers, but room for more\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.lol\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..Always room for MORE\u2026\u2026 Until next time\u2026..\n\u2190 It Is Sure Cold Out\u2026\u2026\u2026..Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\u2026\u2026..\nIts Official\u2026\u2026Dec. 1\u2026\u2026Texas Sunshine\u2026. \u2192\nOne thought on \u201cBirthday Party Fun\u2026..\u201d\nI love your blog \u2026 you are so whitty & entertaining , maybe one day you will write a book for us ?\nthe blog came to my email 1 time and not anymore , saw this in your fb feed ! \ud83d\ude42\nhave a great week kiddo !", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 8178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 265.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wallace.org/event/closed-for-new-years-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:57Z", "digest": "sha1:F2QABPJLJWZL526OTPBUALIAFH2WXUYD", "length": 99, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "wallace.org", "title": "Closed for New Year\u2019s \u2013 The Wallace Centers of Iowa", "raw_content": "\u00ab Closed for New Year\u2019s\nClosed for New Year\u2019s \u00bb\nBoth locations will be closed Wednesday, January 1.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 1658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 206.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wanada.org/ford-to-cut-10-of-salaried-workers-in-north-america-asia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:56Z", "digest": "sha1:WJAVFQGPOX2B4MKKYOVM544IHJTKOLNS", "length": 1307, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "wanada.org", "title": "Ford to cut 10% of salaried workers in North America, Asia | WANADA", "raw_content": "Ford to cut 10% of salaried workers in North America, Asia\nFirst Ford said it will cut 10 percent of salaried workers in North America and Asia, by attrition and voluntary buyouts. Then a few days later, the automaker announced that its CEO Mark Fields was leaving his position, to be replaced by Jim Hackett, currently head of Ford Smart Mobility LLC. The move is part of a management shakeup that will take effect June 1.\nFord\u00eas sales decreased 7.1 percent in April, and its stock price is 40 percent lower than it was when Fields took over as CEO in 2014. The company has made major investments in future technologies, including artificial intelligence to develop a fully autonomous vehicle, a broader lineup of electric vehicles, and mobility services such as ride sharing. Analysts have said such investments are wise, but current product in the showroom is at least as important.\nThe F-series pickups continue to score high sales month after month. But one successful model lineup is not enough. Some of its other products are rather dated, says Joann Muller of Forbes. The Escape, Explorer and Fusion will not be updated until 2019. And Ford still doesn\u00eat offer a small SUV or mid-sized pickup. They are coming in the next few years, but their absence is a problem in the current market, Muller says.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2438, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wanderingmenace.wordpress.com/tag/humor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:35Z", "digest": "sha1:B6N4ON2ELQVJAYXWPDRYQVRYDUPOYSL5", "length": 2095, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "wanderingmenace.wordpress.com", "title": "humor | Wandering Menace", "raw_content": "Passports, sandwich-wrappers, and monster love affairs\nShe\u2019s baaaaaaaaaack\u2026\u2026.\nThat\u2019s right. After sending me on a wild goose chase that would have given Sam and Frodo a run for their money, Zilla returned this morning.\nShe\u2019s been snoozing since eight, but I suspect I\u2019ll get an answer as to her whereabouts later this afternoon.\n-She\u2019s wearing parachute pants that are neither worn out enough to be vintage, nor from this decade. I suspect foul-play with that busted up time machine of mine. It would also explain the armor on her right arm, which is either from a Gladiator television prop chest, or the real-deal.\n-Her passport has stamps from various countries, including a short-stint in Pakistan earlier this year, which I can assure you-I have some questions about\u2026.\n-She appears to have acquired real-estate, scuba, skydiving, pilot, taxi, and rickshaw licenses. Two of which expired in the late nineties. One of them appears to have expired at some point in the early 16th century, but the bite marks make it hard to tell for certain.\n-She has a tattoo indicating a romance has transpired between herself and what appears to be a mythical creature yet to be identified.\n-Her backpack has sandwich wrappers from at least five different airports. There is also an unopened bottle of pickles inside.\n-I can\u2019t be certain, but I think she\u2019s lost weight.\n-Her journal is hard for me to read (those twiggy branch fingers of hers to blame), but it seems she has either won the lottery in the past, is planning to do so in the future, or has drawn up an assassination plan for JJ Abrams.\nI\u2019m going to be having long chats with her in the upcoming days to get her stories and find out why on earth she found it acceptable to leave for such an extended period of time. Unacceptable, I assure you.\nRegardless, I wanted to let you all know as soon as she got in.\nObviously, we have much to discuss.\nI\u2019ll be traveling around to your blogs in the next weeks to catch up on your news.\nTags: adventure, cultural disasters, food, humor, sandwiches, travel\nCategories little Zilla, Uncategorized, vacations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 233, "original_length": 22922, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 303.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wanttoknowit.com/where-do-the-new-england-patriots-play/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:58Z", "digest": "sha1:LIZCQGQFAE6GB4YL37AF23J3KPIA5RMV", "length": 1384, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "wanttoknowit.com", "title": "Where do the New England Patriots Play", "raw_content": "Where do the New England Patriots Play\nThe New England Patriots (often called the \u2018Pats\u2019) play in the AFC East as part of the National Football League (NFL). But where do the New England Patriots play? This post will answer that question and then tell you a few interesting facts about the Patriots.\nWhere do the New England Patriots Play?\nThe Patriots play at Gillette Stadium, located 21 miles southwest of downtown Boston. The address of Gillette Stadium is 1 Patriot Place, Foxborough, Massachusetts. The stadium was originally called CMGI Field before Gillette purchased the naming rights of the stadium after the \u2018dot com\u2019 bust. The stadium is accessible by rail on the Providence/Stoughton and Franklin lines only when an event (other than soccer) takes place at the stadium.\nInteresting Facts about the New England Patriots\nThe Patriots are one of only two teams in the history of the NFL to win three Super Bowls in four years. The Dallas Cowboys are the other.\nWhen the NFL and AFL merged in 1970, the Patriots were placed in the AFC East Division where they still play to this day.\nIn 2007, the Patriots became on the fifth team to go undefeated in the regular season. Unfortunately, they lost the Super Bowl to the New York Giants (17-14).\nThe team was originally known as the Boston Patriots until they relocated to Foxborough in 1971.\nWhere do the Carolina Panthers Play", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2647, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 122.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://waterintheworks.wordpress.com/category/cities/edmonton/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:05Z", "digest": "sha1:TWZPYZ5OR4WTKM24DQMX6TZVM7WPZ5SK", "length": 9443, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "waterintheworks.wordpress.com", "title": "Edmonton \u2013 Water in the Works", "raw_content": "February 8, 2013 by mickiegirlca\nAJ: Centralized systems vulnerable to climate change conditions\nvia: Alternatives Journal, Jan. 2013 / Lifecycles 39.1\nBest in Flow\nby Stu Campana\nYOU JUST TOOK A WATER BALLOON TO THE FACE. The good news is that, as a Canadian, you are rarely so pressed to think about the quality and abundance of your water. Globally, there is enough clean and fresh water for everyone. Nevertheless, huge shortages remain in many parts of the world due to the naturally uneven distribution of the water cycle (among other factors). Even more problematic, the cycle is easily disrupted: small climatic shifts can quickly bring too much or too little, wreaking havoc on conventional water management systems.\nThese systems are proving inadequate to the challenges created by climate change. Because Canada has been spared the harshest impacts (so far), we are largely unprepared for major water cycle shifts. Fortunately for us, there are lessons to be learned from many communities (including a few homegrown examples) that have already adopted decentralized water management strategies. What we need to absorb are not the designs themselves, but the principles of resilience and low-impact development, which are essential to building a water system that can withstand shocks.\nTo clarify, the concept of decentralized systems is intended as a geographical distinction rather than a political one. In this context, both centralized and decentralized systems can refer to public or private and municipal or federal initiatives.\nMost Canadian cities use water from a single source and dispose of it in a single location. The system works well enough under normal circumstances; there\u2019s no real need to recycle when freshwater remains in ready supply. This centralized structure, however, is like an 18-wheeler on a treacherous highway, struggling to cope with changes in speed and direction. Enough of both, and it might crash.\nIncreases in the intensity of flooding, droughts and storms are all expected impacts of climate change on water cycles. \u201cNew patterns of wind, humidity, and ambient temperature are already dramatically altering the weather map,\u201d wrote Chris Wood, author of Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America, in a 2005 article. \u201cSome parts of the country are receiving more rain than ever before; other regions are drying up.\u201d Moreover, Wood argues that \u201cCanada\u2019s multibillion-dollar investment in water infrastructure\u201d is already outdated: \u201cIt will not be able to either contain the massive floods or ameliorate the droughts of the future.\u201d\nNo, perhaps not. An anecdote from our nation\u2019s capital may help explain why.\nFor most of one day in early September 2012, it rained heavily in Ottawa \u2013 not an uncommon event for the time of year, or one likely to raise alarms. Yet the capital region\u2019s residents were unpleasantly surprised to find that the rainfall had caused 63.5 million litres of diluted sewage to overflow into the Ottawa River. Ottawa\u2019s stormwater system is typical of a mid-sized Canadian city: made up of no less than 1500 kilometres of pipes, including some overlap with the sewage system. The labyrinth of pipes is not designed to handle large influxes of water, and the results are more or less catastrophic when it happens.\nLike most of the world, Canada\u2019s cities are ill equipped to handle sweeping problems such as contaminated water supplies and widespread flooding. Ottawa\u2019s sewer system can\u2019t cope with an enormous rain deluge any more than India\u2019s water reserves can withstand weeks of drought. Centralized systems are vulnerable to climate change conditions because the size and nature of the infrastructure makes adaptation difficult. Breaking water management structures down into discrete, independent and decentralized systems builds resilience against fluctuation.\nPosted in Brazil, Canada, cities, climate change, decentralization, Edmonton, flooding, Germany, Halifax, India, infrastructure, Ottawa, rainwater management, stormwater management, water management\t| Leave a comment\nPostmedia News: Alberta harvest first crop of waste-raised willows\nEDMONTON \u2014 After flourishing on waste water from the town\u2019s sewage treatment plant for more than two years, Whitecourt\u2019s biomass crop of willows and poplars was ripe for harvest.\nAnd last week, researchers brought in three different machines to cut, chip or bundle the various varieties of the fast-growing wood.\nWhile trees aren\u2019t usually on the list when farmers decide what crops they will plant, these species are being tested as both fuel and a way to naturally dispose of treated waste water and sludge.\nWhitecourt offered the seven-hectare site beside its treatment plant to researchers in 2006, along with an electricity hookup and an unlimited supply of waste water to irrigate the young trees with underground pipes.\n\u201cThe cut last week was our second on that site. The irrigated trees were 30-per-cent larger than the ones that weren\u2019t irrigated, and we think they will be a good fuel source for our wood-burning power plant,\u201d says Peter Yackulik, the town\u2019s project manager.\n\u201cThe question to be answered is what will it take to commercialize this operation in the future.\u201d\nThe project is part of a federally led research program, with Alberta leading the way.\nWhitecourt was the first test site in Canada, and there are now five locations in the province, says Richard Krygier, a researcher with Natural Resources Canada\u2019s Canadian Wood Fibre Centre.\nSaskatchewan is also interested, and Krygier hopes what has started here will eventually be copied across the country.\nThe other municipalities taking part with Whitecourt \u2014 Edmonton, Camrose County, Grande Prairie and Beaverlodge \u2014 met recently with government and industry supporters to form the Alberta Rural Organic Waste to Energy Network (AROWEN) to exchange ideas and encourage others to consider their approach.\n\u201cThere are now 24 municipalities, companies or government departments working on this project,\u201d says Krygier, listing an irrigation firm, a nursery company and a laboratory.\nThe research may provide an alternative way to treat waste water. Most areas with fewer than 5,000 residents still use lagoons and primary treatment systems, which eventually discharge into streams and rivers.\nLarger centres with state-of-the-art sewage systems, such as Whitecourt and Edmonton, still have to dispose of the leftover sludge.\nResearchers are studying the effects of applying this material to fields of willow trees, where it breaks down and acts as a natural fertilizer.\nEdmonton\u2019s project involves using sludge with trees on a test plot near the new remand centre being built on the city\u2019s northern outskirts.\nThese trees produce biomass that can be burned for heating or to generate electricity, or in the future could be used in bio-products such as chemicals and drugs.\nAt the Whitecourt site, Krygier says five varieties of willow and two types of poplar were planted on irrigated and non-irrigated land.\nThe waste water is the same highly treated effluent discharged into the river, so it really can\u2019t be considered sewage.\n\u201cThis was our first project and we weren\u2019t prepared to work with something that was a little \u2018fresher\u2019,\u201d Krygier said, referring to sewage treated only to the primary level.\nUsing soil moisture sensors, irrigation occurred when the young trees were so dry they needed extra water.\nIrrigation only works during the growing season, so a town relying on willow fields would need a winter waste water storage site, such as an engineered wetland, Krygier says.\nHarvesting was done with a Claas unit, which did a good job quickly chipping the stalks, a baling machine and a cane cutter pulled behind a tractor.\nIt\u2019s a new application for equipment many Alberta farmers are already accustomed to using. Farmers also have plenty of experience handling chipped material (silage for dairy cows) and round bales of hay and straw.\n\u201cBut you are talking $35,000 for the cutter, $140,000 for the round bailer and $160,000 for the Claas head unit, so we were demonstrating different equipment scales of harvesting.\u201d\nThe willow and poplar chips are being dried in the yard of Edmonton\u2019s Northern Forestry Centre, testing a new technique adopted from Ireland \u2014 pumping air through slotted pipes under the pile \u2014 that has been modified by a local grain-drying firm.\n\u201cIn Ireland they could dry wood chips with 45 to 50 per cent moisture content, which is what they are right now in winter, down to 18 to 20 per cent in four months,\u201d Krygier says.\nThe chips will be studied and graded at a national forestry research lab to determine their quality.\nOther countries, such as Sweden, have plantations of fast-growing trees harvested every few years just like crops. If it makes economic sense, large areas of brush land, marginal farmland and even the land under power lines could support willow crops in Alberta.\ndcooper@edmontonjournal.com+\nUsing wastewater to irrigate short rotation crops delivers dual dividend (Logging and Sawmill Journal, Nov 2011)\nFor more information about this method, contact Martin Blank at (780) 435-7309 or Martin.Blank@nrcan.gc.ca, Richard Krygier at (780) 435-7286 or rkrygier@nrcan.gc.ca, or Derek Sidders at (780) 435-7355 or dsidders@nrcan.gc.ca\nPosted in agriculture, Alberta, Edmonton, forestry, irrigation, Natural Resources Canada, technologies, wastewater treatment, water reuse\t| Leave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 14785, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wearechangetv.us/2012/06/media-dismisses-warning-about-tyranny-and-troops-on-the-street-as-kooky-conspiracy-theory/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:25Z", "digest": "sha1:44OOALZZ5G3LOZGUMXE6I3IENWKVIGLV", "length": 3304, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "wearechangetv.us", "title": "Media Dismisses Warning About Tyranny and Troops on the Street as Kooky Conspiracy Theory | WeAreChangeTV.US", "raw_content": "Media Dismisses Warning About Tyranny and Troops on the Street as Kooky Conspiracy Theory\n(PRISON PLANET) Chad Garrison\u2018s critique of the news that the Army is driving military vehicles through the streets of St. Louis, Missouri, is typical of the media response to this outrageous event \u2013 a local television station\u2019s coverage \u201creally ignited the crazies\u201d in the same way Orson Welles\u2019 War of World radio broadcast did in 1938, Garrison chides.\nGarrison, who writes for the River Front Times, neglected to note that Welles\u2019 drama was pure fiction, whereas the troops on the streets of St. Louis are real.\nIn addition to lambasting Zero Hedge and other sites covering the deployment, Garrison singled out Alex Jones who he sarcastically states produced the video below \u201cfrom a basement bunker.\u201d\nMr. Garrison\u2019s inability to understand the significance of troops on the streets is sadly normal behavior on the part of the establishment media (and much of the alternative media, as the River Front Times is billed as a St. Louis \u201calternative\u201d).\nIn fact, we note today, many residents in St. Louis are praising troops on the streets. According to a Fox 2 St. Louis report, \u201cpeople who live and work in the area think the army training is a good idea.\nAbhorrence to standing armies is spelled out in the Declaration of Independence, a document many Americans unfortunately do not know and would not understand if they bothered to read it.\n\u201cA standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty,\u201dJames Madison warned during a speech delivered at the Constitutional Convention in 1878. \u201cThe means of defense against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.\u201d\nIn a letter to Madison penned in 1787, Thomas Jefferson lamented the fact that the Bill of Rights does not include a restriction on standing armies. \u201cThe following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAll troops of the United States shall stand ipso facto disbanded at the expiration of the term for which their pay and subsistence shall have been last voted by Congress.\u201d\n\u201cThe spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force,\u201d he wrote to Chandler Price in 1807.\nThe \u201ctraining\u201d conducted in St. Louis is yet another example of the state conditioning us to the presence of a standing army in our midst. It has little to do with al-Qaeda or phantom terrorists. It is, as Madison noted, an instrument of tyranny designed to enslave the people.\nFor more on this, see Chuck Baldwin\u2019s post breaking down the threat to liberty posed by standing armies.\nhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/media-dismisses-warning-about-tyranny-and-troops-on-the-street-as-kooky-conspiracy-theory.html\nTags: alternative media, Army, conspiracy, Dismisses, front, Garrison, Kooky, love, Media, Missouri, Orson Welles, rights, River Front Times, St. Louis, street, the streets of St. Louis, theory, Times, Troops, tyranny, Warning, we are change\nWhistleblower Exposes The Fact That TSA Hiring Criminals on Purpose\nNATO in Syria: Will Turkish Plane Become the New Excuse?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 6186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wearyourvoicemag.com/body-politics/jessamyn-stanley-yoga", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:35Z", "digest": "sha1:2WQRRSQXCNOGJKHMDVZJWBPLZRX5DBUB", "length": 9319, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "wearyourvoicemag.com", "title": "Jessamyn Stanley is Here to Tell You to Ignore the Haters: Yoga is for Every Kind of Body /", "raw_content": "Beth Winegarner Aug 8, 2016 Body Politics\nJessamyn Stanley has been an inspiration to curvy yoga practitioners and yoginis of color since she launched her Instagram account years ago to connect with others who love yoga. She\u2019s the perfect antidote to all those snobby, seemingly perfect, LuluLemon-clad yoga-doers. You know the type.\nThese days, she\u2019s a teacher, traveling the country to lead classes in person and offering online lessons through @codyapp. Stanley also just announced that she will be releasing her first yoga book, Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On The Mat, and Love Your Body, next spring. You can pre-order it here.\nI recently talked with Stanley about the benefits of yoga \u2014 and representation. Here\u2019s what she had to say:\nWYV: How did you first get into yoga?\nJS: In grad school, I was going through the ending of a long term relationship. It was a scary and dramatic ending. I had fallen out of touch with my graduate program, and I was slipping into a really dark depression. One of my classmates encouraged me to do yoga. I had tried it once in high school and hated it, but [my friend] eventually wore me down.\nSo I went, and I loved it. Everything that was difficult before \u2014 the breathing, the poses, the heat \u2014 I loved it. I realized that in my day to day life, I wasn\u2019t challenging myself. I was basically sleepwalking through life, and yoga helped wake me up from that.\nBut I couldn\u2019t afford to keep practicing at a yoga studio. I found a way to do it as work study, which required practicing four or five times a week. Eventually, it gave me the confidence to leave grad school and move to Durham, North Carolina. But when I got here, I didn\u2019t have the work study, and I stopped practicing.\nThen a lot of sad things happened \u2014 my mom died unexpectedly, my grandmother died, and I found myself back in a place of depression. So I thought, \u2018What helped me before?\u2019 I started doing yoga at home. It was like taking any kind of medicine; I was just looking for anything to help me not hate myself and not hate everything around me.\nI started reading online and I learned so much about yoga \u2014 the asanas, the history. This was around the time Instagram was getting popular, and students were taking pictures of themselves and talking. It was like having a studio, but online. Over time, I noticed the people responding to me were saying, \u201cWow, I didn\u2019t know a fat girl could do yoga.\u201d And I thought, \u201cThat\u2019s a problem.\u201d People genuinely believe that an active fat person can\u2019t exist.\nIn the beginning [of my yoga practice], it was me showing up, not knowing what kind of experience I\u2019d have. But I had to do it every day, because it\u2019s literally saving my life. And it\u2019s not something you do on your mat one or two hours a day \u2014 it\u2019s something you do every minute of your life.\nWYV: How long did it take for you to find a diverse, body positive yoga environment?\nJS: The fact of the matter is, most spaces aren\u2019t body positive. Usually I was the only fat person there, the teacher was talking down to me, and the students were also giving me that feeling. And, overwhelmingly, that\u2019s what I still encounter, literally all over this country and in other countries.\nThat being said, there are a number of spaces I\u2019ve encountered that are body positive. In New York, Atlanta, the Bay Area, Portland. But that\u2019s about it. To be frank, I\u2019m only referring to Western yoga. I think there\u2019s also a tendency to believe that a body positive class has to have lots of modifications. But body positivity expands beyond the needs of one particular group. I feel like there are body positive classes that aren\u2019t body positive, to my mind. And there could be more, for sure. I don\u2019t think anyone could argue with that.\nWYV: Have you had to make any adjustments to poses for your body? Like, for some poses I have to move my belly out of the way.\nJS: The big issue, overall, is we\u2019re trying to avoid the elephant in the room, which is you\u2019re fat or you\u2019re missing a leg or whatever. People want to pretend that\u2019s not the issue. I feel like it\u2019s better to say, \u201cOK, I\u2019m fat. That doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t want to make these shapes.\u201d\nRelated: What I Learned About Self-Love from a Yoga Challenge\nIt\u2019s not a big deal. Even if it\u2019s a pose you\u2019ve never done, you know you have to get your belly out of the way or your ass or your breasts or whatever. I spent a long time trying to pretend my body isn\u2019t the way it is. I have really broad shoulders, and when I do downward facing dog \u2014 that was one of the poses that \u2026 I didn\u2019t understand why people are doing this. I couldn\u2019t hold it. Over time, I realized I was trying to mimic smaller bodied people. If you look at broad shouldered people, their hands need to be farther apart. I have another teacher friend who is a ballerina. She\u2019s very small, very flexible. But she has broad shoulders, and she holds her hands far apart [too].\nBeing able to practice in any size body is a conversation you need to have whenever you\u2019re practicing.\nWYV: I\u2019ve talked to some plus-size women who say they\u2019ve never thought they would be able to do yoga, and I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the same. What do you tell people who say that?\nJS: That\u2019s not the case. The reason you think that is because the only image we\u2019re ever given for what women should look like is slender, white, young. If you\u2019re not in that category, they\u2019re not going to put you on TV.\nFor me, it has helped that the media has never reflected what I look like, so it\u2019s like, you can\u2019t go by what they\u2019re saying. It\u2019s the patriarchy: if they don\u2019t wanna fuck you, they\u2019re not going to put you up there.\nI know that I can do whatever I want to do \u2014 it\u2019s not just yoga. The tendency to say, \u201cI can\u2019t do something,\u201d it\u2019s not just athletics. They probably also say. \u201cI can\u2019t do blank because of blank.\u201d\nBut when you try [athletics] and it\u2019s fun and awesome and you can do it, it suggests you can do those other things too. You can\u2019t be the prey of people who want to oppress.\nWYV: Now that you\u2019re offering classes and inspiration to other plus-size folks, what kinds of responses have you gotten from people who are taking those classes or seeing your images on instagram etc?\nJS: It\u2019s always like, just, \u201cThank you for treating me like a human being.\u201d I create the environment that I would have wanted back in the day. I want a teacher who will let me in the room, who will let me modify [poses] the way I want to, if I\u2019m doing a pose my own way and it\u2019s not wrong. So many teachers want to show all their knowledge, but that\u2019s not the other person wanting to enjoy the practice.\nThat\u2019s what the practice actually is. And people who don\u2019t get that, they\u2019re not teaching yoga. They\u2019re just teaching asana.\nPractice isn\u2019t easy. They hear it\u2019ll calm you, it makes you energetic, etc. It\u2019s not easy. It\u2019s hard as fuck at points. Sometimes you cry. But you need to cry. You need to have that experience. And when I can say, \u201cI\u2019ve been there, I hear you. And I will give you an assist during your child\u2019s pose so you can enjoy it more,\u201d it will always result in a positive experience for everyone.\nA big realization for curvy people is that we\u2019re taught if you do anything athletic, you need to be good at it. When I was a kid, I was always the slowest. Tried to break my ankle so many times so I wouldn\u2019t have to participate. I was told, \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t do this; you\u2019re not good at this.\u201d\nAnd when you\u2019re bigger bodied, you\u2019re taught you need to be doing it for weight loss. And that you need to have your whole body covered up. But when I get hot, I wonder: why can\u2019t I just do what everyone else is doing?\nWYV: What\u2019s your favorite yoga pose and why?\nJS: For a long time, it was camel because it was so impossible \u2014 it felt completely out of my reach. It grew to be a major part of my practice. It was dolphin, which is low key one of the most difficult pose and involves so much full body integration. It felt like it took everything out of me, but that was the beauty of it \u2014 it took me to a place I couldn\u2019t get to otherwise.\nAnd then it was the wide-legged straddle. It seems like a very easy pose, but it\u2019s a massive hip opener. And hips hold all our fight and flight. If you don\u2019t empty out your hips, you\u2019ll have low back pain obviously, but you\u2019re also holding all that emotion. I would do it for long periods of time, and I was just weeping on the inside.\nNow? I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s a specific one that\u2019s my favorite. My meditation \u2014 at this stage of my life, the things I see when I look within myself are more profound than any shape my body has ever made. I\u2019ve had things come up in and after meditation. It\u2019s weird; I was very scared to meditate. I didn\u2019t say i was scared. I said it was boring, or I was weirded out. We are not taught to honor internal thought. But the inward journey is so profound, because so much of our unhappiness comes from the boxes we live in: emotional boxes, spiritual boxes. I haven\u2019t gotten over the boxes, but it\u2019s helped me acknowledge those boxes. 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His short stories have been published in Conjunctions, Epoch, One Story, Shenandoah, Tin House, TriQuarterly, and other magazines, and his story collection was a finalist in the Iowa Short Fiction Awards. He holds a Ph.D. in English from New York University, where he taught literature and writing. Brian's texts and artwork can be found at www.brianbooker.com.\nHe reads an excerpt from his novel-in-progress, \"The Affected Districts.\"\nbooker2010.mp3\nSARA ELIZABETH JOHNSON\nSARA ELIZABETH JOHNSON is a graduate of Cornell University and the MFA program at the University of Oregon. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming inNew England Review, Shenandoah, Cutthroat, Willow Springs, Tampa Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Verse Daily, and Best New Poets 2009. She is the recipient of an AWP Intro Journals Project Award and was a finalist for the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship.\nShe reads her poem, \"Because I Never Spoke.\"\njohnson2010.mp3\nSAMUEL LEADER\nSAMUEL LEADER grew up in England, studied philosophy at Oxford University, then moved to Orange County and got an MFA from UC Irvine, where he teaches writing and literature. He is working on a novel about French resisters and collaborators during and after the Second World War.\nHe reads an excerpt from his novel-in-progress, \"You and I.\"\nleader2010.mp3\nREBECCA LINDENBERG's poetry appears in Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly,Gulf Coast, POOL, Barrow Street, Western Humanities Review, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a generous Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize and a Tennessee Williams Scholarship to the Sewanee Writers Conference, among other honors and awards. She is currently completing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Utah.\nShe reads an excerpt from her poem, \"Love: An Index.\"\nlindenberg2010.mp3\nSARA MAJKA grew up along the Northeast coast and spent many of those years on Cape Cod. Her stories are published or forthcoming in A Public Space, The Massachusetts Review, PEN America, and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars.\nShe reads an excerpt from her story, \"An Anthology of Small Homes.\"\nmajka2010.mp3\nSecond-year Fellow MICHAEL MORSE lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is on leave from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, where he teaches English. A recipient of degrees from Oberlin College and the University of Iowa, he has published poems in various journals--including A Public Space, Agni, Field, Ploughshares, The Canary,The Hat, The Iowa Review, The Literary Review, Tin House, and Spinning Jenny--and in the anthologies Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn (New York University Press, 2007) and Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama's First 100 Days (University of Iowa Press, 2010).\nHe reads his poem, \"Void In Compensation Is When She Doesn't Talk To Me.\"\nmorse2010.mp3\nMARGARET REGES\nMARGARET REGES is from Michigan. A graduate of the University of Michigan and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, her poems have appeared or are forthcoming inShenandoah and cream city review. She is a frequent contributor to All Music Guide, where she once worked as an assistant editor in the pop department.\nShe reads two poems: \"Diver\" and \"Hill.\"\nreges2010.mp3\nGREG SCHUTZ received his MFA from the University of Michigan, where he has also taught English and served as a Zell Postgraduate Fellow in Creative Writing. His first published story recently won the Juked Fiction Prize.\nHe reads his story, \"You Are The Greatest Lake.\"\nschutz2010.mp3\nMELISSA TUCKEY is most recently from Washington, D.C. She's here in Provincetown with her husband, Dave Phillips and dog, Jack. She's a graduate of George Mason University's MFA program and holds an MA from Ohio University. Her chapbook, Rope as Witness, was published by Pudding House Press. Her poems have appeared in Beloit Poetry Journal, Hayden's Ferry Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Verse Daily, and other journals, and most recently anthologized in Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing. Past awards include fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, and a residency at Blue Mountain Center. 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Cruse Family Dentistry offers to address all of your dental needs\nIn addition to the top-quality cosmetic and restorative dentistry procedures available at our practice, such as porcelain veneers and dental implants,Root Canals, Dental Crowns, Dental Bridges, our Dr. Cruse offers a comprehensive range of general and family dental care to help maintain the health of your teeth and gums.\nDr. William J. Cruse has been a practicing dentist for more than 16 years and is a member of the American Dental Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the Texas Dental Association and the San Antonio District Dental Society.\nHe has placed great emphasis throughout his career on continued dental education, training in the latest techniques to help patients achieve successful results that have both aesthetic and functional benefits. Our entire team of experts at Dr. Cruse\u2019s Family and Cosmetic Dentist office are here to give you a first-class dental experience and the results you expect and deserve.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2065, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://windowsadmins.com/amazon-music-windows-10-available-now-microsoft-store/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:46Z", "digest": "sha1:ZFQD4LERBYUB2VYLH2HLGTDIYUHJSLAF", "length": 1659, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "windowsadmins.com", "title": "Amazon Music for Windows 10 available now from Microsoft Store - Windows Admins", "raw_content": "Amazon Music, Microsoft Store, PC, Windows 10, Windows Blog\nAmazon Music for Windows 10 available now from Microsoft Store\nWe\u2019re excited to announce that Amazon Music for Windows 10 is now available to download in the Microsoft Store* in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Japan.\nWith Amazon Music on Windows 10, you can enjoy, discover, and share millions of songs from today\u2019s chart-topping artists wherever and whenever you want. Amazon Music includes two streaming service options, Amazon Music Unlimited and Prime Music. With Amazon Music Unlimited, subscribers can explore a full catalog of tens of millions of songs, thousands of hand-curated playlists and stations at their fingertips, on all their devices, with new releases from today\u2019s most popular artists. Included in your Prime membership at no additional cost, Prime Music offers ad-free access to more than two million songs with over one thousand playlists and stations.\nWe\u2019re proud to collaborate with Amazon Music to make it easy for customers to enjoy music anytime, anywhere with ad-free listening and on-demand and offline playback on Amazon Music. You can also learn more about today\u2019s exciting news over on the Amazon Music Blog.\n*Available on Windows 10 PCs and tablets. To download this app, your PC or tablet must be running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update or greater. If you\u2019re not sure which version of Windows your PC is running visit this link. To learn how to get the Windows 10 Anniversary Update click here.\nPrevious PostEVGA 1080TI Founders (Plus Watercooling later)Next PostRazer Turret Wireless Gaming Keyboard/Lapboard + Mouse [Immaculate Condition]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 4174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 316.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://winesvinesanalytics.com/template.cfm?content=54668§ion=news", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:21Z", "digest": "sha1:XTC2RGJYUZQBPGHGZMF3T4T7JSODEI3K", "length": 4833, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "winesvinesanalytics.com", "title": "Grant Funds Illinois Viticulture/Enology Program - Wines Vines Analytics", "raw_content": "Grant Funds Illinois Viticulture/Enology Program\nOnline classes offer certificates and degrees to support Midwest industry\nby Jane Firstenfeld\nRachel Cristaudo, (left) did many jobs at Pomona Winery, including washing strawberries for fruit wine, before joining Rend Lake College as project coordinator for its new VESTA online viticulture and enology program.\nIna, Ill. -- A half-million dollar grant funded by the National Science Foundation is helping to establish viticulture and enology programs at Rend Lake College in Southern Illinois. Rachel Cristaudo, former winery manager and administrative assistant for the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, has been appointed project coordinator. Cristaudo will be working with Steve Holman, a professor of biology who is the program's senior personnel at the school. The $500,000 grant began last year, when Holman began getting state approvals for the new associate degrees. Certificates in the two specialties will require about 30 credit hours each, with no general education or prerequisite classes.\nThese are especially appealing, Holman told Wines & Vines, to nontraditional students: retirees, entrepreneurial types and those who have some exposure to the wine industry but need practical education prior to leaping into planting vineyards or opening a winery of their own.\nRend Lake is the most recent Midwestern community college to sign on with the Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance (VESTA) Regional Center of Excellence, which offers certifications and associate of applied science degrees in grapegrowing and winemaking through online courses. VESTA is headquartered at Missouri State University in Springfield. Northeast Iowa Community College, with campuses in Calmar and Peosta; and Redlands Community College in El Reno, Okla., are also part of the VESTA program, which was inaugurated four years ago. During that period, the participating colleges have provided online education for some 275 students in almost 30 states, according to Holman. Vesta issues certificates at Missouri State, while degrees are awarded through the participating schools.\nAlthough the courses are taught online, Holman already has lined up practicum sites at nearby vineyards and wineries, to provide hands-on experience throughout the year. \"The practicums are built into the online courses,\" Holman said. \"They've been very successful.\"\nCristaudo started her new job April 1, and her first and most important duty is recruitment of students for the new program. With a master's degree in English as a second language, which she has taught; three years of working in various capacities including manager at Pomona Winery in nearby Pomona, Ill., and her acquaintance with Southern Illinois growers and winemakers along the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, she felt the VESTA position would be a great fit, utilizing both her educational and winery experience.\nShe and Holman are especially excited about the prospect of establishing a dual-credit program allowing local high school students to earn certificates in grapegrowing--\"not winemaking,\" Holman emphasized. \"Nor will they be tasting any wine.\"\n\"Some other things we want to work on are establishing advisory committees from within the grape and wine industry,\" Cristaudo said. \"We want them to tell us what kind of courses they want to see us offer and what kind of education potential employees need. We want to identify partner wineries and vineyards throughout the state for field work and internships.\" Although VESTA courses are taught online, Cristaudo pointed out that they are tailored to the seasonal activities of the industry.\nCristaudo believes that offering these programs through community colleges provides an advantage, even for online learners. \"In a smaller setting, you can have more one-on-one contact.\"\nHolman said that plans are under way to expand the VESTA program to as many as a dozen other neighboring states. Funding for the Rend Lake grant will expire in about three years, by which time, Cristaudo said, the college hopes to have enrolled around 200 students in the program.\nAs in other U.S. winegrowing regions, skilled labor is in increasing demand, and it's harder to come by. In the Midwest, programs like this can help people from traditional local agriculture backgrounds transition to a fast-growing and potentially more profitable agricultural endeavor--and encourage those from more urban settings to see the benefits and learn the realities of growing grapes and making wine.\nCredits earned in the VESTA program can be transferred to four-year institutions. \"We want to be able to help our students to find jobs,\" Cristaudo concluded.\nTo learn more about Rend Lake College, visit rlc.edu. For a complete list of courses, schedules, applications and job vacancies, visit vesta-usa.org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 9625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/mounties-search-for-missing-senior", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:38Z", "digest": "sha1:YQMV3VIGGVTFNHKJWVFYYQDI7WOPIRWT", "length": 961, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "winnipegsun.com", "title": "Mounties search for missing senior | Winnipeg Sun", "raw_content": "Mounties search for missing senior\nVernon Karl Otto was last seen on May 29 at 1:00 p.m., working in his field near his residence located near Stead, Man.Handout/RCMP\nRCMP is asking for the public\u2019s assistance in locating a senior who hasn\u2019t been seen since Tuesday.\nOn Wednesday, at 12:40 p.m., the Selkirk RCMP were notified about a missing 66-year-old man from the RM of St. Clements. Vernon Karl Otto was last seen the previous day at 1 p.m., working in his field near his residence located near Stead, Man., about 90 km northeast of Winnipeg.\nOtto is described as white, six-foot-two, 200 pounds, blue eyes, and gray balding hair. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a gold watch and black casual shoes.\nAnyone with information is asked to call the Selkirk RCMP at 204-482-1222, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477, submit a secure tip online at http://www.manitobacrimestoppers.com or text \u201cTIPMAN\u201d plus your message to CRIMES (274637).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 4230, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 219.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://worldpolicy.org/2015/12/25/the-burden-of-women-in-south-sudan/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:13Z", "digest": "sha1:FVB45R3K4QD2QYO6YXSOBD47BWAT7TBE", "length": 7841, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "worldpolicy.org", "title": "The Burden of Women in South Sudan - World Policy", "raw_content": "The Burden of Women in South Sudan\nDecember 25, 2015 May 29, 2018 Ayo Awokoya, civil war, sexual violence, South Sudan, Violence\nBy Ayo Awokoya\nThe establishment of peace talks in South Sudan signifies the willingness of South Sudan government and armed opposition to cease the escalation of violence in the civil war, but in the midst of the peace negotiations there was a disturbing omission: only three out of 10 delegates were women. In the face of a conflict that uses sexual violence as a means to subjugate, humiliate, and murder women and girls, this proves to be a grave problem for ensuring long-term peace for South Sudanese women.\nActs of rape have long been accepted as an inevitable part of warfare, but recently this notion has begun to change. Sexual violence is utilized as a tool of war and is a measure used with the intention to cripple and destroy ethnic groups and communities. The level of devastation wrought upon the victims, their families, and their communities is blatant and irrefutable. While this is prominent in many parts of the world, the use of sexual violence as weapon of war is especially perverse in South Sudan.\nIn the wake of South Sudan\u2019s descent into civil violence and anarchy, the level of sexual violence against South Sudanese women is particularly belligerent. At the core of these acts is the intention to target the heart of the community\u2019s societal makeup: the woman. Through their gendered roles, the women of South Sudan they are responsible for the stability of the filial household. They are the providers, the water gathers, and the child-bearers; in essence, women represent the vitality of the community.\nWhen a woman becomes a victim of rape, she is immediately ostracized from the community. She is rejected and abandoned by her family. Sexual violence is an effective strategy of war exactly because of its ability to dismantle the familial ties that hold communities together. It also performs the act of ethnic cleansing through the merging of tribal bloodlines.\nIf the victim falls pregnant the unborn child is often perceived as a corruption of the tribe\u2019s bloodline and when these acts are performed on a large scale the devastation is evident. It is also because of the importance of the role South Sudanese women play within society that they become victims of sexual violence. Their torture at the hands of their violators becomes a tormenting, ever-consuming symbol of a defeated and broken community.\nIn order to rectify the vulnerability South Sudanese women and girls experience, greater female representation is needed in peace talks and negotiations. The incorporation of South Sudanese women will allow for the creation of policies that would help prevent and protect individuals who are increasingly vulnerable to acts of sexual violence. There is a need for women to be involved at all stages of the peace process. South Sudanese women and girls play a crucial role in facilitating the basic necessities of their respective communities; they build and maintain the societal structures within a community.\nThrough offering their homes as a center for rehabilitation for soldiers, their willingness to establish educational facilities, and their ambition to be a part of the workforce that revitalize the economy; women presence in the peace talks are necessary. Their presence, skills, and various perspectives are essential in the state-building projects South Sudan will undergo after the violence has ceased.\nThese women should represent the several ethnic tribal communities that exist within South Sudan. The Nuer and Dinka compose of the majority of South Sudan\u2019s population, but the existence of other ethnic groups cannot be ignored\u2014the talks should create a space in which the tribulations and struggles of these women are also acknowledged. In addition, female participation in these talks would bring about a shift in attitudes. Roles that were previously assigned based on patriarchal standards and gender norms and practices would be challenged when women address serious political and economic issues.\nWomen become strong actors when they can decide the kinds of conditions they wish to live in, and this in effect alters society\u2019s perspective on the type of action a woman is able to take. Engaging women in peace talks humanizes them as individuals and undermines local attitudes that recognize women as property. The perpetuation of patriarchal norms has restricted the women of South Sudan to a state of helplessness and dependency, which in effect makes them vulnerable to acts of sexual violence. These women are endangered because of how they are perceived in the eyes of the community, and greater female participation in political processes will help change that perception.\nThere is also a culture of impunity that allows and accommodates for the emergence and perpetuation of sexual violence in the South Sudan conflict, though this culture exists not only in South Sudan but also throughout the Africa continent. It is recognized by the United Nations that mass acts of rape and sexual violence in conflict is a crime against humanity. Leaders from the South Sudanese government and rebel opposition need to be held accountable for the deliberate use of sexual violence against civilians.\nThe judiciary in South Sudan is institutionally weak and corrupt; alone it cannot adequately persecute the individuals responsible. Therefore a multilateral collaboration between South Sudan and institutions such as the ICC, the U.N. and the African Union needs to take place to set up an impartial court that can investigate the atrocities committed by all fighting forces. If these actors fail to take full action, this culture of impunity will continue to perpetuate.\nThrough the victim\u2019s perspective we can identify the social and economic conditions that make women susceptible to acts of sexual violence. The open dialogue encourages and reinforces the idea that sexual violence used as a tool in combat is not simply a gender issue, but rather a security issue that undermines the human agency of South Sudanese women and girls. The effects of sexual violence are not only limited to the destabilization of the community.\nThe spread of HIV is often intentional, used as a biological weapon to inflict a slow death upon the victims as they, with limited access to medical treatment, succumb to the effects of the virus. In conjunction with the threat of HIV, many victims die as a result of the injuries they received during the attack. There have been cases where victims have died from genital mutilation, penetration through the use of foreign objects and from the brutality of the assault. As a security threat, the seriousness of sexual violence in warfare cannot be understated, it is a tool that can be used as way to carry out genocide.\nThe top tiers of the South Sudanese government and the opposition need to acknowledge that female integration into the peace process is necessary to rebuild South Sudan as a functional society that is able and willing to address the issues that threaten the security of its citizens. Sexual violence as a weapon of war is such a security issue. It is only through the testimonies brought forward by the women of South Sudan that their suffering can be validated. Justice can only be achieved through a representative political body that seeks to rectify the structural weaknesses that allow women and girls to be vulnerable to malicious acts of sexual violence.\nAyo Awokoya is British born of Nigerian origin and currently pursuing a master\u2019s in international relations at the University of Nottingham.\nNauru: A Cautionary Tale\nHIV & the Arab Spring: the Unseen War\nIn Print: \u201cHome in Honduras\u201d\nAfrican Angle Human Well Being Risk & Security\nThe Use of Rhetoric Promoting Sexual Violence in Burundi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 8890, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 189.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://writtenbyemzie.wordpress.com/2017/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:44Z", "digest": "sha1:5XQQDRBC4K3RNOAYNEJFMRCUGGORKEZG", "length": 1283, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "writtenbyemzie.wordpress.com", "title": "maj | 2017 | Written by Emzie", "raw_content": "My guide to ESC Semi Final 2\nIt\u2019s Thursday and time for the Second Semi Final of Eurovision 2017. Even though Sweden doesn\u2019t have any official entry in this evening\u2019s Semi Final we still have a lot of Swedish people to cheer for tonight.\nSo, this is what happened in yesterday\u2019s Semi Final in Kyiv. The contest, whose slogan of the year is Celebrate Diversity, is hosted by three young white males. A lot of people find that quite odd. Eurovision hosts generally don\u2019t get too much love from the fans or the viewers (if your name isn\u2019t Petra Mede, then you become an icon).\nLet\u2019s start this Eurovision week with a bang, bringing out one of this year\u2019s favourites on stage at once. Robin Bengtsson has a current ranking of third place in this year\u2019s competition according to the bookmakers of the world, after Portugal in second and just before Bulgaria who\u2019s currently in fourth. Wa-a-ay ahead of all the others though is Italy, who\u2019s already qualified for the Grand Final on Saturday being one of the Big Five.\nOnce again the Eurovision frenzy is upon us and just as usual it won\u2019t go unnoticed in my blog. For those of you who subscribe to it for other reasons than to delve into all there is to know about this enchanting competition please bear with me \u2013 it\u2019ll be over in a week.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 4978, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wsrz.iheart.com/content/2018-11-15-new-jersey-couple-homeless-man-allegedly-made-up-story-report-says/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:00Z", "digest": "sha1:DZKSRVI5TWR2MR4YKGGWGZ73IWV4JHCR", "length": 4847, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "wsrz.iheart.com", "title": "New Jersey Couple & Homeless Man Allegedly Made Up Story, Report Says | 107.9 WSRZ", "raw_content": "New Jersey Couple & Homeless Man Allegedly Made Up Story, Report Says\nA New Jersey couple who has been accused of scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from a homeless man last year allegedly conspired with him to concoct a fictitious story that went viral last year, Burlington County prosecutors announced Thursday afternoon.\nAccording to the complaint obtained by NBC Philadelphia, Mark D'Amico, Kate McClure, and homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr. will face charges including conspiracy and theft by deception after they worked together to make up the feel-good story in order to raise money for a GoFundMe campaign.\nThe trio allegedly kept up their deception by preventing donors to the GoFundMe campaign from gaining information that would \"affect their judgement about solicited contribution to that fundraising effort,\" according to the complaint.\n\"The entire campaign was predicated on a lie,\" Burlington County prosecutor Scott Coffina said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. \"Less than an hour after the GoFundMe campaign went live McClure, in a text exchange with a friend, stated that the story about Bobbitt assisting her was fake.\"\nOne of the texts allegedly sent by McClure to one of her friends read, \"OK, so wait, the gas part is completely made up but the guy isn't. I had to make something up to make people feel bad. So, shush about the made up stuff.\"\nCoffina said the couple first met Bobbitt a month before launching the fraudulent campaign near the Sugarhouse Casino in Philadelphia, near the I-95 off-ramp where the homeless veteran was living on the street at the time.\nThe only accurate thing about the trio's story, Coffina said, is the fact that Bobbit served in the Marines as an ammunition technician from 2002 to 2004.\n\"He deserves our appreciation for his willingness to serve our country as a United States Marine and he has our sympathy and concern for the homelessness that he's experienced, as well as his publicized struggle with addiction,\" Coffina said. \"But it is imperative to keep in mind that he was fully complicit in the scheme to defraud contributors, promoting the campaign in multiple media appearances and posing with Amico and McClure for a Philadelphia Inquirer story in front of a gas station that he did not buy gas from.\"\nEvery dime of the donated money is gone according to Coffina. Most of it was allegedly squandered by D'Amico and McClure on luxury handbags, a trip to Las Vegas, and a BMW. At least $9,000 of the money was used to pay back relatives who they owed money. They also \"hit the casinos hard\" Coffina said. Bank records produced by prosecutors showed the couple withdrew more than $85,000 at or near casinos in the Atlantic City, Philadelphia and Las Vegas areas.\nD'Amico and McClure turned themselves in to the Burlington County prosecutor on Wednesday. Bobbitt was arrested by Philadelphia police Wednesday night on charges of being a fugitive from justice, Philadelphia police said. He's expected to be extradited to Burlington County where he will face charges related to the GoFundMe scam.\nThe viral tale began late last year after the homeless veteran supposedly handed McClure and D'Amico his last $20 after she ran out of gas on a freeway ramp in Philadelphia. The New Jersey couple were supposedly moved by Bobbitt's generosity and set up a GoFundMe campaign to help raise money for the former Marine to get into a house.\n\"Johnny did not ask me for a dollar, and I couldn't repay him at that moment because I didn't have any cash, but I have been stopping by his spot for the past few weeks,\" McClure wrote in her post at the time.\nThe kind gesture and photo quickly went viral, with more than 14,000 people donating a little over $400,000 in just a few weeks time.\nHowever, a few months after the story initially went viral, Bobbitt began publicly alleging that the couple had kept the money for themselves and spent it on things like vacations to Las Vegas, a new BMW and other luxury items.\nLast August, attorneys for Bobbitt filed a lawsuit against the couple to try them to account for the money and turn it over to him saying that the homeless veteran had only received about $75,000.\nThe couple denied Bobbitt's allegations, saying that they believed he had fallen back into drugs and withheld the money out of concern for his health.\nGoFundMe promised that the 14,000 donors who contributed to the campaign last year would have their money refunded.\n\"While this type of behavior by an individual is extremely rare, it's unacceptable and clearly it has consequences. Committing fraud, whether it takes place on or offline is against the law. We are fully cooperating and assisting law enforcement officials to recover every dollar withdrawn by Ms. McClure and Mr. D'Amico,\" GoFundMe said in a statement.\nPhotos: Burlington County Prosecutors Office", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 6695, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.1horoscope.net/meaning-of-dream-grave/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:24Z", "digest": "sha1:H4ENZAZPIXHU3OMR5I4EG7VGCEDZRXTR", "length": 785, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.1horoscope.net", "title": "Meaning of dream: Grave | 1 Horoscope Net", "raw_content": "Dream Grave\nThis symbolizes a consideration of the past; a sense of identity that no longer serves you that has been put to rest.\nThe presence of a grave implies that the death has already occurred.\nThe person in the grave, if you know him or her, will give you clues to the consideration of what aspects of self are under consideration.\nPerhaps you are mourning something or someone from your past.\nA secondary symbolic meaning has evolved that has emerged through the media.\nA graveyard is also home to all of the dark elements associated with death: ghouls, goblins, vampires, and other creatures of the night.\nThis setting in a dream may symbolize the fear of death and be an indication that you are in the realm of shadow material.\nMeaning of dream: Draught\nMeaning of dream: Desk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1226, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 300.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.887theriver.ca/2018/03/driver-facing-multiple-charges-stop-mount-forest/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:55Z", "digest": "sha1:UWNLUEHZOEMSTETO6CZBSPEMD6NXKCGD", "length": 976, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.887theriver.ca", "title": "Driver facing multiple charges after stop in Mount Forest | 88.7 The River", "raw_content": "Driver facing multiple charges after stop in Mount Forest\nWELLINGTON NORTH \u2013 A female driver is facing numerous charges after being caught driving while intoxicated.\nWellington OPP received a tip yesterday around 11:45 in the morning about a possibly impaired driver travelling northbound on Highway 6 in Wellington North Township.\nOfficers located the vehicle on Main Street north, in Mount Forest.\nDuring a conversation with the driver, police concluded that the woman was under the influence of alcohol. Officers arrested 51 year old Mille Anne Reville of Sault Ste. Marie. The woman was taken to a local OPP Operations Centre for further testing.\nReville has been charged with Driving with Over 80 mgs of alcohol in 100mL of blood, Impaired Driving, Driving while Disqualified and Driving while Under Suspension. Her driver\u2019s licence was suspended and her vehicle was impounded for 45 days. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph court on April 13, to answer to the charges.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1493, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 296.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.9indianews.in/2017/06/rabri-devi-owns-over-18-flats-18-parking-spaces-sushil-modi.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:18Z", "digest": "sha1:FRBWYE43PSBVNVPSWAYZXRCTLVHM3KAV", "length": 3175, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.9indianews.in", "title": "Rabri Devi owns over 18 flats, 18 parking spaces: Sushil Modi - 9INDIA NEWS Rabri Devi owns over 18 flats, 18 parking spaces: Sushil Modi - 9INDIA NEWS", "raw_content": "Home National Rabri Devi owns over 18 flats, 18 parking spaces: Sushil Modi\nRabri Devi owns over 18 flats, 18 parking spaces: Sushil Modi\nWith the Income Tax Department attaching the benami properties of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's relatives, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday alleged that former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi owns more than 18 flats and 18 parking spaces in Patna.\nSushil Kumar Modi said, \"The land on which the complex has been built was bought by Rabri Devi when she was the Railway Minister. For all those whom she provided jobs, higher education and other needs, she (Rabri) had taken bribe and bought this land which is worth more than Rs. 18 crore. She owns more than 18 flats and 18 parking spaces in Patna alone. There is also another area which is under the name 'Sherya Construction' it was bought in 2011 and another complex which is on 'Ranjan path- which consist of 10 flats in it under the name Marachhiya Devi (mother of Lalu)\".\n\"There is another property near to J D Women's College close to Sheikhpura district. That area has a four story building which consist of 16 flats from here eight is on Rabri's name. So if you feel, she hails from a poor family or will help the poor then don't think that will be possible. There is also another Mall coming up in the city which is on Rabri's name and worth Rs. 7.50 crore,\" Modi added.\nThe Income Tax department today attached a total of 12 plots of Lalu's daughter Misa Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav and ex chief minister Rabri Devi, and sisters Ragini and Chanda Yadav.\nUnder the name of Rabri, three Plots in Jalapur, PS Danapur and Patna were seized, whose market value is Rs. 20 crore.\nEarlier this month, two summons to Misa were also issued, but after she failed to appear, the I-T department proceeded to seize the properties which were raided in May.\nOn June 13, the I-T Department summoned Shailesh Kumar, in connection with the benami assets and tax evasion case registered against him.\nOn June 7, the I-T department slapped a fine of Rs. 10,000 against Shailesh on account of not appearing for interrogation.\nEarlier, Misa Bharti and her husband Shailesh were summoned by the I-T department in connection with a 'benami' assets case.\nThe summons were issued days after the arrest of Bharti's Chartered Accountant (CA) Rakesh Agrawal, in connection with an Enforcement Directorate probe into a Rs. 8,000 crore money laundering racket, involving two Delhi-based businessmen and a few political entities.\nAgrawal was arrested under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for allegedly being instrumental in providing accommodation entries (illegal funds) to launder the money of businessmen brothers - Virendra Jain and Surendra Jain.\nThe I-T department in its summons reportedly said it wishes to question Misa and her husband on transactions conducted by M/s Mishail Packers and Printers Private Limited.\nThe I-T department had conducted raids and surveys at about 22 locations in Delhi and adjoining areas in connection with alleged benami deals of Rs 1,000 crore by Lalu's family. (ANI)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 9486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 323.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.abuseipdb.com/check/113.160.209.165", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:18Z", "digest": "sha1:XQSU6GQY4U74EI2CZUZV7MRE7TUSW6IJ", "length": 181, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.abuseipdb.com", "title": "113.160.209.165 | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group | AbuseIPDB", "raw_content": "This IP address has been reported a total of 72 times from 17 distinct sources. 113.160.209.165 was first reported on December 2nd 2017 , and the most recent report was 3 days ago .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 4332, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 186.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.accountingclassroom.co.za/about/our-lecturers/richard-starkey-casa-mcom/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:31:13Z", "digest": "sha1:GPD2Q2S7A5SHVYNIGJXIMLL3XPMOLKVM", "length": 450, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.accountingclassroom.co.za", "title": "Richard Starkey CA(SA) MCom \u00bb Tabaldi Unisa Study Aids", "raw_content": "He has spent most of his life studying while working and completely understands what you are going through when it comes to part time and distance learning. Richard is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has a Masters Degree in accounting from the University of Pretoria. He completed his undergraduate BCompt as well as his CTA through UNISA as a part time student. He has been lecturing and teaching UNISA accounting courses for more than 5 years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 5571, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 108.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aceinfosolutions.com/team/wayne-wilkinson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:16Z", "digest": "sha1:POLQ32F7BRDPKNY5MHVD3FAXFEVSDU6L", "length": 1166, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.aceinfosolutions.com", "title": "Wayne Wilkinson | AceInfo Solutions", "raw_content": "Wayne Wilkinson, Executive Vice President and COO, is an accomplished leader with substantial experience leading defense, intelligence and technology organizations through periods of rapid growth and development. A government contracting veteran with two decades of experience, his expertise spans all areas of business including strategic planning, business development, operations and finance.\nMr. Wilkinson has held several key executive roles at various government contracting organizations including Data Technologies & Analytics, LLC (Novetta Solutions), Harding Security Associates, Athena Innovative Solutions and L-3. Most recently, he served as the chief financial officer at Whitney, Bradley and Brown (WBB). Prior to WBB, he served as president and COO for DTA (Novetta Solutions).\nMr. Wilkinson holds a B.S. in accounting from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and an M.B.A. from Marymount University. His industry involvement includes MissionLink, AFCEA International, Association for Corporate Growth, ExecutiveBiz\u2019 4\u00d724 Cyber Group, Intelligence and National Security Alliance, Potomac Officers Club and Professional Services Council.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3, "original_length": 1206, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 242.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.addictionacademy.com/2011/12/difficulties-in-treating-hiv-in-drug-users/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:18Z", "digest": "sha1:N3FJQNAG4CYB3CQUYXLO6W4XBGRTJDUP", "length": 2349, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.addictionacademy.com", "title": "Difficulties in Treating HIV in Drug Users", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blog \u00bb Difficulties in Treating HIV in Drug Users\nDifficulties in Treating HIV in Drug Users\nThe difficulty in treating HIV and AIDS in drug abusers lies partly in the fact that many of these abusers are not actively seeking treatment in licensed facilities that can treat the co-occurring disorders. Oftentimes, even medically trained physicians are not able to properly diagnose a substance abuse problem. This allows the addiction to continue undetected.\nFurther, proximity to care and willingness to receive treatment is a major hurdle in treating HIV and AIDS. Because most drug abusers who have contracted HIV are Injected Drug Users, they tend to be found in areas with less access to treatment facilities and hospitalization services. Traditionally, outreach to these groups has been very difficult and communities and treatment centers must figure out how to reach these people effectively to effect significant change.\nA great deal of difficulty in treatment can stem from a lack of understanding as well. Counselors may not have a full grasp of the treatment of co-occurring disorders and may not know the best practices of treatment for patients with HIV or AIDS. Further, counselors and drug addicts may not be able to communicate effectively because of disparate backgrounds, language barriers, ethnic tensions, lifestyle differences and sexual orientation issues. Group and individual therapy is even more effective when targeted to the client\u2019s particular co-occurring diseases.\nBoth HIV and drug addiction are treatable and both diseases can be slowed, meaning that there is hope for those who are both HIV positive and abusing drugs. Treatment must be comprehensive and unique based on individual circumstances. Medication and regular hospital support will be very important. Traditional treatment for drug abuse and addiction, including group therapy and individual therapy as well as the environment in which they are treated will also play a large role in the recovery.\nFinally, addressing spiritual issues through support programs as well as management of anger, stress and emotional issues will be an important part of any treatment program\u2019s success.\nThe bottom line is that treatment of one life-altering disease is complex, let alone two. Treating these two epidemic diseases requires specialized care and hard work.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 7195, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 208.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.addictionca.com/South_Carver/Massachusetts/Drug_Rehab_and_Alcohol_Treatment_Centers_Directory.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:17Z", "digest": "sha1:VVO77U3TBYWBW7DOFTC25OOFE3MF6FMO", "length": 4394, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.addictionca.com", "title": "South Carver, MA. alcohol abuse rehabs drug rehabilitation programs", "raw_content": "Drug Rehab and Treatment Centers Information South Carver, Massachusetts\nLooking for Drug Rehab and treatment centers in South Carver, Massachusetts?\nThere are numerous drug and alcohol treatment facilities solutions to people residing in the South Carver region. You will need to recognize each of the varieties of rehabilitation choices available in South Carver, AB., to be able to pick the ideal rehabilitation approach for yourself or a family member. Choosing the right alcohol and drug rehabilitation facility in South Carver is an essential factor in the treatment of substance abuse, addiction and alcoholism. This data will help ensure you fully grasp your various rehab possibilities allowing an individual to have the greatest chance of a successful end result.\nLet's take a look at the different alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in South Carver, Massachusetts choices that correlate with the circumstances of the person seeking treatment.\nInpatient alcohol and drug rehab in South Carver, AB. is often a rehab choice ideal for those who need health-related intervention in the course of treatment or individuals with substantial drug use histories. Men and women will experience both mental and physical dependence to drugs and alcohol even after a short period of time, so inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in South Carver is regarded as the most beneficial rehabilitation possibility in the majority of situations. Because of dependence and addiction, women and men will often struggle to recover with the minimal solutions available from outpatient treatment programs in South Carver, Massachusetts where drugs remain easily obtainable when they leave the outpatient program. Likewise, individuals in rehab who take part in outpatient treatment instead of inpatient alcohol and drug treatment in South Carver remain prone to negative relationships and conditions which may get in the way of their process of recovery. If someone lives with an abusive partner or maintains associations which entail abusing drugs, any rehab endeavours in outpatient treatment are done in vain. This is why in-patient alcohol and drug treatment in South Carver, AB. will generate more beneficial outcomes that may prove long lasting unlike an outpatient drug and alcohol rehab facility where advantages could be very minimal and acute.\nIn South Carver there is both short-term and long-term inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation. Short-term is often a 30-day center, while long-term inpatient alcohol and drug rehabilitation in South Carver, Massachusetts is a lot more in depth and rehabilitation lasts 90-120 days generally speaking. It is deemed an excellent environment for clients as it is a secure drug-free environment where they are able to heal both mentally and physically without interruptions. Preferably, women and men proceed within a long-term in-patient alcohol and drug treatment facility in South Carver for the optimum stretch of time allowed, to enable them to deal with anything which can cut across their abstinence after they depart treatment. Because of the fact that detoxing and becoming physically stable can take 2-3 weeks by itself, the 3 to 6 months in long-term in-patient drug treatment in South Carver will be time well spent and significantly more efficient than short-term facilities.\nThe key aspect of all if you or a loved one is struggling with a drug abuse or addiction concern is to get it resolved right away, call someone and seek the advice of experienced addiction professionals and have an evaluation and rehab options to ensure the biggest potential for a recovery.\nThere are no local drug rehab listings for South Carver, Massachusetts so we have provided the 6 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from South Carver:\n(Plymouth is 6.2 from South Carver)\n(Wareham is 6.4 from South Carver)\n(East Wareham is 6.7 from South Carver)\nIn 2009, rates of current alcohol use were 3.5 percent among persons aged 12 or 13, 13.0 percent of persons aged 14 or 15, 26.3 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, 49.7 percent of those aged 18 to 20, and 70.2 percent of 21 to 25 year olds. These estimates are similar to the rates reported in 2008.\nAmong persons aged 12 or older, the rate of current illicit drug use in 2008 was 9.8 percent in the West, 7.6 percent in the Midwest, 8.2 percent in the Northeast, and 7.1 percent in the South.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 11202, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 301.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.addleshawgoddard.com/en/insights/insights-briefings/2018/real-estate/msp-committee-calls-for-further-action-in-relation-to-equal-rights-of-appeal-in-planning/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:01Z", "digest": "sha1:DCFAE5KIRMEU2FYALKASSV7VKMTEB234", "length": 3272, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.addleshawgoddard.com", "title": "MSP Committee calls for further action in relation to equal rights of appeal in Planning | Addleshaw Goddard", "raw_content": "MSP Committee calls for further action in relation to equal rights of appeal in Planning\nThe Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill has been produced.\nMSPs have called for further action by the Scottish Government in relation to equal rights of appeal as they want people to feel involved in the planning system at all stages.\nSarah Baillie, Planning Partner, said:\n\"The Scottish Government have put forward a Bill which many felt didn\u2019t go far enough to be a step change or that it required further consultation because the detail was simply not there. The Committee have agreed with the general principles of the Bill but have called for a series of changes and amendments to be made.\nA clear theme running through the report is the importance of empowering communities to have a meaningful say on the kind of place they want to live in. It is interesting that the Committee consider that the current proposals are not enough to soothe frustrations felt by local people over the existing system but make no explicit comment or reference regarding the development sector's views.\nDevelopers typically commit many thousands of pounds on an application before it even comes before committee and there are concerns about performance and delays on major applications which the Scottish Government were trying to address through planning performance monitoring but the Committee have suggested that this is removed.\nWhether rights of appeal in the planning system should be equalised or not has also been a long standing issue on which there is a wide range of views. There is however, for the first time, notable political support for an \"equalisation\" agenda. Although, as far as I can see there was no new evidence presented to the Committee to support such a proposition. An Independent Review Panel and the Scottish Government\u2019s view is that a Community Right of Appeal is unnecessary.\nThis is a position fully supported by the development and investment sector who have made it clear that such an approach will extend the development process even further, make smaller developments unviable and require more officer time at a time when resources are scarce. It could lead to delays, uncertainty, reduce early engagement and investment in the housing and developments necessary to support people to live and work in their local area. Most worryingly, it could push investment outside Scotland where such rights don't exist and also delay further the building of much needed new homes.\nHowever, the Committee of MSPs clearly considers that there is an imbalance in a system whereby the applicant can appeal decisions that have been taken in clear accordance with the development plan. It has suggested that planning appeals should only be allowed in certain circumstances and there should be rules to deter repeat appeals or applications. But often this has been necessary because development plans are out of date and do not reflect current market or economic conditions.\nThe Committee have urged the Scottish Government to look at this issue again and it will be interesting to see how they will or can respond to this.\"\nSarah Baillie\nLand and Buildings Transaction Tax \u2013 3 yearly returns now due!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 343, "original_length": 10188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/health/2018/02/07/pessimism-about-old-age-may-be-a-risk-factor-for-dementia-study-finds/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:50Z", "digest": "sha1:Q3GTEKOFF3K5NZILQP2XA6GGAOA3LQPV", "length": 4674, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.adn.com", "title": "Pessimism about old age may be a risk factor for dementia, study finds - Anchorage Daily News", "raw_content": "Pessimism about old age may be a risk factor for dementia, study finds\nAuthor: Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times\nPeople who are pessimistic about what life is like during old age may be helping to make their fears come true.\nA new study finds that older Americans with negative beliefs about aging were significantly more likely to develop dementia than their peers who embraced their senior years with zeal.\nThe difference was hardly trivial: Study participants who had positive beliefs about aging were 44 percent less likely to develop dementia over the next four years than were their counterparts with negative beliefs.\nEven after the researchers accounted for other risk factors for dementia \u2014 including smoking, diabetes and cardiovascular disease \u2014 they still found that the odds for the condition were lower among those with a positive attitude toward aging.\n[Salon: In Alaska, baby boomers lead in pot store clientele]\nAlso striking: The apparent benefits of positivity were even greater among the subgroup of adults whose genes put them at greater risk of dementia. In fact, the researchers said, a positive attitude toward aging could essentially erase the handicap associated with carrying a risky variant of the APOE gene.\nJane Auchter, 85, a resident at Encore at Avalon Park assisted living facility, takes a virtual-reality trip to the Grand Canyon on July 12, 2017. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)\nThe findings, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, suggest that fighting negative stereotypes about aging could have broad benefits for public health.\nA host of earlier research shows that attitudes about growing older may influence cognitive performance, most likely because they affect levels of stress. There's even some evidence that the brains of people who are pessimistic are more likely to have the amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles associated with Alzheimer's disease.\nStereotypes aren't easy to overcome. But considering that there are no treatments that can cure dementia (or even do much to slow it down), researchers are eager to spot any risk factor that people can actually change.\nFor the new research, a team led by Becca Levy of the Yale School of Public Health used survey results from the Health and Retirement Study, which is conducted every other year by the University of Michigan Institute of Social Research.\nLevy and her team focused on a cohort of 4,765 older Americans (their average age was 72) who answered five questions about their attitudes toward aging. For instance, participants were asked whether they were as happy now as they were when they were younger, whether they felt that things got better or worse with age, and whether they felt less useful as the years piled on.\nThe cognitive status of the study participants was assessed by a standard test conducted over the phone. Among other things, they were asked to count backward from 20, to name the president and vice president and to recall a list of 10 items. Only people who did not have dementia when they entered the study were included in the analysis. Participants retook the test every two years.\nFinally, most of the study participants provided saliva samples that were sent off to the National Institutes of Health to see whether they had a version of the APOE gene that put them at increased risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. Among those who were tested, 26 percent had an e4 variant of the gene, which makes the disease more likely.\n[Too old for sex? Not at this nursing home]\nIn the four years after joining the study, 4.6 percent of the adults with negative beliefs about aging went on to develop dementia. So did 2.6 percent of the adults with positive beliefs.\nAmong those with an e4 variant of the APOE gene, 6.14 percent of adults with negative beliefs about aging developed dementia, compared with 2.7 percent of those with positive beliefs.\nBoth of the differences remained statistically significant after the researchers controlled for age, sex, educational history, initial cognitive performance, health conditions and other factors that influence dementia risk. In the entire group, having a positive attitude toward aging was associated with a 19 percent reduced risk of dementia; in the high-risk group, those with a positive attitude were 31 percent less likely to develop dementia.\n\"Age beliefs tend to be internalized early in life and then remain stable over the lifespan, without interventions,\" Levy and her colleagues wrote. \"Our finding could provide a rationale for a public-health campaign to combat the societal sources of negative age beliefs.\"\nThe study was funded by the National Institute on Aging.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 234, "original_length": 8113, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 269.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.adoni-maropis.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:48:02Z", "digest": "sha1:N4JSHEXCLTZ4N774J76Y7ZATJFWPMF3G", "length": 998, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.adoni-maropis.com", "title": "Adoni Maropis - Home", "raw_content": "ACTOR (Demo Reels)\nIn regards to acting:\n\"I'm usually the man in black... but, truly, I'm not quite like that. I'm more of a soft soul... hopefully a heart of gold! But, I must say, I love reaching in me and bringing out these characters within me! Ahhh... the passion and joy of freeing up and acting/creating/being!\"\nIn regards to being an athlete:\n\"I've been a passionate and creative warrior/athlete my whole life. It's such a tremendous part of me, like breathing. And when competing, I believe it's the same as when one is performing as an actor in that you practice and train, yet on the day... free up and let it rip!\"\nIn regards to writing a script with my father:\n\"Writing a script with my father (my hero) has been my greatest achievement and the most incredible labor of Love.\" Thank you, Baba. I love you so much!\"\nIn regards to life:\n\"The three keys to life: Love, Laughter, and Fitness!\"\nIn regards to a saying I came up with as a very young child:\n\"He who Laughs... Lasts!\"\n-- Adoni", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.adp.com/resources/articles-and-insights/adp-research-institute/wvi/key-contributors-to-construction-industry-growth.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5F3FKYLPK7WG4KLF3IRSS7L2QOADWDJE", "length": 6599, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.adp.com", "title": "Key Contributors to Construction Industry Growth", "raw_content": "Key Contributors to Construction Industry Growth\nAccording to the ADP Workforce Vitality Report (WVR), the construction industry has continued to show strong growth. The industry grew 6.6 percent during the third quarter of 2017, according to the WVR.\nThis growth and the continued growth in 2017 accounts for tens of thousands of new jobs, according to ADP's National Employment Report. For example, according to the report, construction organizations added 62,000 jobs in the month of October alone.\nThis is a piece of a long-term, global trend identified by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in its research of the global construction market. PwC forecasts a growth in construction volume by 85 percent, to $15.5 trillion worldwide by 2030. Three countries \u2014 China, the U.S. and India \u2014 lead that growth and account for more than half of the global change.\nExploring the Continuing Growth Trend\nThe economy seems to be in an upward swing, but where are these jobs coming from, specifically? Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), says, \"The rapid pace of hiring is consistent with ABC's backlog survey, which indicates that the typical nonresidential construction firm can look forward to many more months of activity. With continued aggressive investment in commercial properties and still-low interest rates, backlog will continue to expand among many contractors.\"\nIn addition, the Architectural Billings Index (ABI), a key leading indicator for the construction industry, jumped late in 2016 due to growing economic confidence. The ABI reflects the approximate nine to 12-month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending and is used as a signal to indicate the relative strength of the industry overall. The December 2016 bump on the index was the largest of any other month of the year. Kermit Baker, chief economist for the American Institute of Architects, predicts that single-family and institutional building sectors have the greatest potential for further expansion over the coming year, reports Building Design & Construction.\nLegislation at a federal level will influence continued growth in home ownership and home construction. ForConstructionPros.com reports that the government's increases in budget allocations toward home ownership initiatives, sustainable community development and access to affordable housing has been and will continue to be a key factor in growth. Population growth is another factor, with the report explaining that America's population will grow to 338 million by 2020. Each of these components is pushing the construction industry forward, creating a stronghold of hiring and economic growth.\nLessons for Other Industries\nSome construction CEOs say that finding qualified talent is their number one challenge, according to Willis Towers Watson. Additionally, ABC reports that Basu reiterated this challenge facing employers, \"For contractors, this is likely to mean even more difficulty in finding suitable workers to complete projects,\" he says. \"While the industry unemployment rate has been rising, there is no assurance that new entrants into the U.S. labor force possess the skills necessary to work on today's construction projects. This also likely implicates faster wage growth within the nation's construction workforce.\"\nHistorically, one of the consequences of growth is outpacing the available supply of talent. This challenge faced by the construction industry has three embedded lessons that can be translated to any employer facing a scarcity of talent, whether in health care, technology or another industry.\n1. Identify Mission-Critical Roles\nAs employers struggle to find the right talent, it will start to feel like every hire is high priority. In reality, there are probably just a small handful of hires that are truly mission-critical, and other gaps can be filled temporarily by overtime, cross-training and other short-term talent strategies. For instance, project managers are key roles in a construction project, and these workers are the linchpin in a great building effort. Prioritizing these hires will bring a faster ROI than taking a one-size-fits-all approach to talent acquisition.\n2. Create a Build and Buy Strategy\nIn the past, it's been satisfactory for firms to explore a build-or-buy talent strategy. In other words, do we hire or do we train for the talent we need? Today, firms have to do both. Not only do they have to focus on hiring as outlined in the point above, but they also have to think about how to build the right skills into their workers so they can be both agile and high-impact.\n3. Compete on Elements Beyond Compensation\nFinally, in a competitive market with many job opportunities, businesses have to think beyond compensation as a competition measure. Workers may cross the street for a few additional cents per hour, but they will stay at the right employer if there is a strong culture in place. Cultural elements such as transparency, recognition and development opportunities can help workers to stay engaged when they might otherwise consider leaving for another job. People may come for the pay, but they often stay for the culture.\nWhile the construction industry is expanding rapidly and creating new jobs, it is also creating a strain on firms to find and retain the best talent, as evidenced by the increasing unemployment rate in this rapidly growing sector. The answer is to leverage a strong talent management strategy for finding, engaging and retaining the best talent in order to remain competitive and continue to grow.\nAbout the Report: The ADP Workforce Vitality Index is a comprehensive, quarterly measure of U.S. workforce dynamics that looks at key labor market indicators, such as employment growth, job turnover, wage growth and hours worked. This report yields deeper insights into workforce dynamics and trends than previously available.\nCalendar of Report Releases\nFor media inquiries about the ADP Workforce Vitality Report, please call 201-400-4583 or email Allyce Hackmann.\nADP Workforce Index\nGet ADP Workforce Index updates in your inbox\nWage Growth: A Regional Comparison of the West vs. the South\nDespite strong employment growth nationwide, wage growth in the South still lags behind wage growth for workers in the West, according to the ADP Research Institute\u00ae Workforce Vitality Report (WVR).\nEducation and Health Care Employment Opportunities Could Continue to Thrive in 2017 and Beyond\nAs the internet continues to fundamentally transform the economy, wage growth in the information industry endures.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 311, "original_length": 16133, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 318.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.adp.com/spark/articles/2018/06/hiring-a-freelancer-balancing-big-potential-and-possible-pitfalls.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:04:08Z", "digest": "sha1:YGFEXNOXPXEFFMAXM42DEZW2DVGEA7WK", "length": 3337, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.adp.com", "title": "Hiring a Freelancer? Balancing Big Potential and Possible Pitfalls", "raw_content": "Hiring a Freelancer? Balancing Big Potential and Possible Pitfalls\nFreelancing is on the rise. According to Quartz, in fact, the number of Americans working for themselves could hit 42 million by 2020. If you run a small or midsize business (SMB), hiring a freelancer may be the ideal solution to a looming deadline or project outside of your staff's skills. But choosing to outsource work to freelancers isn't always smooth sailing. Here's what you need to know about balancing the potential of outsourcing with the pitfalls of contract work.\nAs noted by The Next Web, freelancers often demand a higher average hourly rate than full-time employees (FTEs) because they have special skills and access to multiple projects, rather than being tied to your business alone.\nAccording to Dr. William R. Osgood, managing director of the Knowledge Institute for Small Business Development, finding the right price point means doing your homework. \"Take the trouble to define the task that needs to be done,\" he recommended in a recent interview. \"Be as specific and comprehensive as possible.\" This allows you to create a scope of work (SOW) that includes specific costs and timelines to form the basis of a freelance arrangement.\nHow long should it take to complete a specific project and how often should you pay your freelancers? Dr. Osgood suggests arranging an upfront deposit once an SOW and a clear understanding of deliverables and costs have been established, to be followed by milestone-based payments. With crystal-clear milestones that leave no room for interpretation, you and your freelancers can establish a reliable payment process and project pace.\nNot all projects go as planned. Your best bet to help avoid disaster is a combination of solid communication and oversight. Use a tracking system, such as program evaluation and review technique (PERT) or critical path method (CPM) to not only identify the amount of time required to complete a project, but also to facilitate work sharing and reporting. You can even set up a Google Doc to act as a shared repository.\nIt's important to arrange meetings between any freelancers and FTEs who interact regularly. Give both parties a chance to address any concerns and help ensure there's always an open line of communication in the event of a conflict or issue.\nWhile hiring freelancers offers a way to complete tasks quickly and reduce overhead, Dr. Osgood points out that the IRS and DOL are cracking down on contract employees who are actually FTEs in disguise. To minimize this problem, make sure outsourced providers are:\nAn LLC, S- or C-corp or other legal entity\nCovered by their own workers' compensation policy\nBound by a clear, written, signed, results-based contract\nProvided a 1099 at the end of each year\nFreelancing is quickly becoming the new normal of American corporate culture. It offers big benefits to SMBs, but mistakes can be costly. You could be on the hook for back taxes and penalties or fines that may equal or exceed these taxes. When hiring a freelancer, be sure to consider pricing, pacing and protection to ensure you maximize the potential of that arrangement. 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But, as House of Music makes clear, the difference between the Tonies and their successors is that they know how to seamlessly incorporate hip-hop and new jack swingbeat into their essentially traditional sound. Embellishing soul and funk with slamming '90s beats, Tony! Toni! Ton\u00e9! sounds modern, and they can successfully accomplish their fusion of the traditional and contemporary. More importantly, they can do this within the framework of memorable, catchy songs, whether its the party funk of \"Let's Get Down\" or the balladry of \"Let Me Know.\" In short, House of Music continues the Tonies' tradition of excellence and demonstrates that the group is getting stronger and better all the time.\nTimothy Christian Riley / Raphael Saadiq / D'Wayne Wiggins\nElijah Baker / Raphael Saadiq / Kelvin Wooten\nGeorge Archie / David Blake / Raphael Saadiq\nTil Last Summer\nTimothy Christian Riley / John T. 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If you get the answer machine (sorry!) just leave a message and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.\nTelephone: 0800 8799 269 or 01582 629594\nAddress: 18 Station Road, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, AL4 8BY", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 304.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alwihdainfo.com/The-Zayed-Sustainability-Prize-Calls-for-Submissions-from-the-African-Continent_a63772.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:04Z", "digest": "sha1:QFMVA5SDHZZNOPCHM4KO5BMMQ6MTWEGH", "length": 583, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.alwihdainfo.com", "title": "The Zayed Sustainability Prize Calls for Submissions from the African Continent", "raw_content": "The Zayed Sustainability Prize Calls for Submissions from the African Continent\n[The Zayed Sustainability Prize](http://www.zayedsustainabilityprize.com/en/) (www.ZayedSustainabilityPrize.com) is now open to applicants from across the African continent. 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According to the report only 10.7 percent of the U.S. workforce is \u201corganized,\u201d and of those who are organized, more than one in three is employed in the public sector. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, union membership has been steadily declining since they began keeping track in 1983.\nLast week Secretary of Defense General James Mattis, ordered a Pentagon review of the F-35 and Air Force One replacement plans. Mattis\u2019s order comes amid President Trump\u2019s criticism of the high costs of the projects. Mattis\u2019s review will look for ways to reduce costs in both projects and both reviews have been ordered to begin \u201cimmediately.\u201d\nEakinomics: Confusion at the Border\nThe economy closed out 2016 growing at a paltry 1.9 percent annual rate, reinforcing the need for structural (supply side) reforms that can raise the long-run trend rate of productivity and overall growth. Among the possibilities is tax reform, especially business tax reform that would lower the corporate tax rate and diminish its negative impacts on growth and competitiveness.\nTo date, the leading proposal for tax reform has been the House \u201cA Better Way\u201d blueprint, which contains a hotly-debated provision for \u201cborder adjustment.\u201d As I have emphasized previously, border adjustment is not trade policy. Indeed, its primary role in the House proposal is to protect the integrity of the U.S. tax base. Border adjustment would be imposed by excluding all cross-border transactions from the tax base \u2014 revenues from exports would not be taxed, while costs from imports would not be deducted. Because cross-border transactions are excluded, their value cannot affect a firm\u2019s tax liability. In the absence of this provision, there is huge opportunity for tax avoidance in a territorial system. 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Candidates must have a Ph.D. in communication sciences and disorders or a related field and qualify for appointment as a full professor. They should have an internationally recognized research program that complements departmental strengths. A strong history of extramural funding is required for the position. Preference will be given to candidates with evidence of successful academic leadership, a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, and mentorship of students and faculty.\nThe successful candidate will lead our growing department to continued excellence and national recognition. The candidate will be expected to provide exceptional vision, leadership, and administrative direction to the Department, while fostering a culture of excellence in interdisciplinary research, scholarship, teaching, and service to the community and profession. The Chair will:\nAdvocate for University, community, and extramural support for the Department\nAdvance the strategic plans of the Department, College, and University, to promote the standing and reputation of the Department nationally and internationally\nPursue development opportunities, and work collaboratively with other disciplines and programs within the College and the University\nPromote continued dedication to the Department's faculty, student, and educational program diversity.\nCSD has a diverse portfolio of funded research from NIH, NSF, Department of Defense, Department of Education, and Industry sponsors complemented by a strong body of clinical, research, and academic faculty. The interdisciplinary faculty are engaged in basic, applied, and translational research that include areas such as language, literacy, and bilingualism, speech and voice perception and production, communication device development, device and drug evaluation, neuroscience, neurogenics, and molecular biology. The department has partnerships with biomedical engineering, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, the USF Morsani College of Medicine, the Byrd Alzheimer's Institute, the Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research, and the Rightpath Research and Innovation Center. CSD has over 250 graduate students and 500 undergraduate students in four degree programs: Bachelor's with three possible concentrations, Master's in Speech-Language Pathology, Doctor of Audiology, and Doctor of Philosophy. The Department trains future professionals and serves the Tampa Bay community through the USF Hearing Clinic, USF Speech-Language Clinic, Bolesta Center at USF (Listening and Spoken Language Center), and Hands On USF (sign language interpreting service). Additional information about our programs are available at https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/csd .\nThe University of South Florida is a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success. USF is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the top tier of research universities, a distinction attained by only 2.2 percent of all universities. The Carnegie Foundation also classifies USF as a community-engaged university. It is ranked 43rd in total research expenditures ($505.9M FY2016) and 38th in federal research expenditures for public universities by the National Sciences Foundation. The USF System has an annual budget of $1.6 billion, an annual economic impact of $4.4 billion, and serves over 48,000 students in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota-Manatee.\nTo apply, please visit the USF online application system at: https://www.usf.edu/work-at-usf/careers and search for Job ID 18714. You must submit: 1) A cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) description of current research activities and future plans, and 4) statement of administrative activities and leadership philosophy. For questions regarding the position, please contact Search Committee Chair Dr. Catherine Rogers at [email protected]. Visit https://www.usf.edu/ods/documents/system-facts/usf-system-facts-2018-19.pdf for a snapshot of the University of South Florida. According to Florida Law, applications and search committee meetings are open to the public. For ADA accommodations, please contact Laura Hemphill at [email protected] at least five working days prior to need. USF is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 7315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 177.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.anchin.com/professionals/christopher-j-noble", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:43Z", "digest": "sha1:T3R6NFQJJWXJ3TAHKYWCUUJMKJDESRWY", "length": 3639, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.anchin.com", "title": "Christopher J. Noble", "raw_content": "Partner, Leader of Anchin's Technology Group\np 212.840.3456f 212.840.7066Christopher.Noble@anchin.com\np 212.840.3456f 212.840.7066e Christopher.Noble@anchin.com\nChristopher J. Noble, CPA, CGMA, is an accounting and audit partner at Anchin with more than 15 years of experience. Chris is the Leader of the Firm\u2019s Technology Group and a member of the Construction Industry Group. He specializes in providing accounting, business, and tax planning services to privately held businesses and investment funds. His clientele ranges from start-ups to aggressively growing entrepreneurial businesses to well-established companies in various industries including software and technology, construction, retail, wholesale and manufacturing.\nIn addition to traditional audit and tax services, Chris provides value added services to clients through mergers and acquisitions consulting, helping to secure debt and equity financing, international accounting and tax strategies, tax credits and incentives (including the research and development tax credit), and consulting on ultimate exit and succession planning strategies.\nHe is an advisory board member of leading technology organizations in the tri-state area, frequently speaking and hosting industry events and has been featured in publications including SmartCEO. Chris is also deeply involved in the career development of Anchin\u2019s professional staff. He interviews technical prospects, mentors the staff, and instructs in-house professional development seminars. Chris is also an integral member of Anchin\u2019s CARE Committee, which organizes and conducts the Firm\u2019s charity as well as recreational events.\nChris obtained his Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting from Baruch College Zicklin School of Business, graduating Summa Cum Laude. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA).\nTechweek Recap: How to Successfully Execute Mergers & AcquisitionsNovember 10, 2017\nAnchin recently sponsored Techweek New York, a week-long conference which exists to spread wealth creation to a diversity of places and people through supporting the emergence of substantial and sustainable businesses, which they call Hero Companies.\nVenture-Backed Activity Grows in 2017, but So Does the Average Investment LifeSeptember 26, 2017\nWhile 2016 saw somewhat of a correction in Venture Capital activity from the highs of 2014-2015, 2017 has begun a rebound and is on pace to top 2016. However, data has shown a growing disparity between the number of VC investments and the number of exits by venture-backed companies, indicating that late-stage companies have increasingly chosen to continue raising capital rather than move forward with an exit.\nTrusting Leadership: Member Spotlight with Christopher NobleMarch 7, 2017\nTechnology Practice Leader Christopher Noble featured in a member spotlight by Thuzio Executive Club\nBalancing risk and reward: A roundtable discussion on fast growthJuly 1, 2016\nAnchin Technology Practice Leader, Christopher Noble, shares his best strategies for managing technology change, attracting A players and bringing outside financing to the table.\nManaging growth: Growing a business from startup to finishSeptember 1, 2015\nSmartCEO and Anchin Technology Practice Leader Christopher Noble gathered alumni of the Future 50 program which honors up-and-coming, fast-growth companies, to look back on past challenges and share future plans.\nBaruch College of the City University of New York, B.B.A., Accounting", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 7462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/new-research-unravels-rise-and-fall-ancient-cambodian-city-mahendraparvata", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:02Z", "digest": "sha1:6TB72PTAWH6OGPH4JH4CLPKD4AHBJZBR", "length": 3776, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.ancient-origins.net", "title": "New research unravels rise and fall of ancient Cambodian city Mahendraparvata | Ancient Origins", "raw_content": "A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE has shed new light on the ancient city of the Khmer Empire era, Mahendraparvata, which was rediscovered in June last year by an Australian team of archaeologists.\nThe existence of the city, located on the slopes of Phnom Kulen Mountain in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, had been known for decades, and Cambodians and their ancestors have been living in that part of Southeast Asia, apparently without interruption, for thousands of years. However, much of it lay concealed by forest and earth until mapped and uncovered by an archaeological expedition with the aid of airborne laser scanning technology.\nThe significance of last year\u2019s discovery is that the high-tech LiDAR scanning device enabled researchers to \u2018see\u2019 the city in immense detail, down to tiny clearings in the forest and piles of dirt left over from a building construction.\nAccording to Dr Damien Evans, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Sydney, and member of the research team: \u201cEven the smallest and simplest human interventions in the natural environment \u2013 clearing a patch of land and building a field wall around it, or piling up a bit of dirt to build a house on \u2013 can, in aggregate, have profound impacts on regional ecosystems and create a material legacy that can influence the destiny of a people for hundreds of years into the future.\u201d\nThe evidence that emerged from the use of the mapping technology supported the theory that the severe environmental impact of deforestation and the dependence on water management led to the eventual demise of the civilization of Angkor.\nThe latest study, conducted by a team of archaeologists led by Dr Dan Penny from the University of Sydney, sought to examine this theory further by examining soil cores and vegetation samples from one of the ancient reservoirs in the region for evidence of intensive land use during the occupation of Mahendraparvata, which began in 802 AD. The research revealed more than four centuries of intensive land use around the ancient city, including the operation of a reservoir, and suggested the Phnom Kulen plateau was flooded in the mid to late 8th century AD.\nThe main historical and geographical significance of the Phnom Kulen plateau lies in its role as Angkor\u2019s source of water. However, the settlement in Mahendraparvata was intensive enough to trigger extensive soil erosion within the reservoir over a span of approximately 250 years beginning in the middle of the 9th century. This is the first indication that settlement was not only extensive, but also intensive and enduring, with a marked environmental impact.\nThis supports the view that vast exercise in terraforming eventually played a role in undoing the civilization of Angkor. According to Dr Evans, the local authorities have inherited the ancient legacy of hydraulic engineering and are currently engaged in an epic struggle to prevent potentially disastrous flooding around the temples, even as the explosive growth of nearby Siem Reap city creates new challenges to the integrity and sustainability of the site.\nDr Evans describes the true significance of the research: \u201cIn places like Cambodia, the surface of the landscape contains an entire history of how humans have interacted with their environment, with each successive civilization inscribing its own distinctive chapter and shaping the future direction of the narrative. For the very first time, LiDAR allows us to literally shine a light into the forgotten pages of that history, and to appreciate the stories of places like Angkor in all of their awe-inspiring grandeur and complexity.\u201d\nLisa Way wrote on 4 February, 2014 - 04:31 Permalink\nThis website fascinates me to no end!\nancient-origins wrote on 4 February, 2014 - 07:14 Permalink", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 14852, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 172.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.androidpolice.com/2015/10/01/the-nexus-protect-website-goes-live-ahead-of-nexus-shipping/?utm_source=ausdroid.net", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:00Z", "digest": "sha1:7EBKTJ65BIPNV4UUMF32Y5VMR75NIZ77", "length": 1266, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.androidpolice.com", "title": "The Nexus Protect Website Goes Live Ahead Of Nexus Shipping", "raw_content": "The Nexus Protect Website Goes Live Ahead Of Nexus Shipping\nGoogle announced Nexus Protect on Tuesday as a way to get a little more peace of mind with your new phone. Nexus Protect is a warranty program that offers two years of coverage for hardware failures and accidental damage. The claims website was just a placeholder before, but now it's alive. Not that you can do much with it.\nYou can't make a claim on the site yet, but that's understandable as no Nexus Protect-backed devices have shipped yet. You can learn a little more about the program, though. There's a section for general info, FAQs, and details on Assurant, which manages the program for Google. You will eventually be able to file new claims and track existing ones via the My Nexus Protect website.\nNexus Protect costs $69 for the Nexus 5X and $89 for the Nexus 6P. It includes two replacements for broken devices during the two year term, each one with a $79 deductible. Defective phones will still be replaced as always, but you get next business day shipping on all replacements.\nMy Nexus Protect\nVerizon Launches Go90, A Free Video Streaming Service With A Social Spin Aimed At Mobile Devices\nShowtime's Cable Subscription-Free $11 Monthly Plan Comes To Android In The Form Of A New App, ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 278, "original_length": 8898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 327.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.angloschools.com/recruitment/pathway-courses/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:08Z", "digest": "sha1:BWY7KRIJS6GWOPDVWGHVCEXCULLFHSKJ", "length": 948, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.angloschools.com", "title": "Pathway Courses - ASIS \u2013 Gateway to the Best of British Education", "raw_content": "ASIS works with a large number of top UK boarding schools & Pathway Colleges. More than 95% of all their pupils go on to universities in the UK, including Oxford and Cambridge, Imperial, University College London, London School of Economics and other members of the elite \u2018Russell Group.\u2019\nASIS can facilitate entry into short-term Pathway Courses where English language can be improved while a student gets familiar with the British educational system. Typically, students study English for 15 to 20 hours a week (some of the courses are subject and curriculum focused) and the rest of the time is spent on activities and cultural enrichment programs.\nPathway courses act as a much needed bridge for many international students \u2013 not only do they help with language skills but they also allow students to integrate and familiarise themselves with their new environment thus giving them a firm foundation on which to base their academic development.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1907, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 172.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.animalsasia.org/intl/social/jills-blog/2011/05/21/bears-on-farms/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:52Z", "digest": "sha1:ASWXKTF73QONVZ6B5GV7YVWPB77LNAUQ", "length": 933, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.animalsasia.org", "title": "Bears on farms", "raw_content": "Bears on farms\nThanks so much for your concern about the bears that may be stranded on abandoned farms in the areas effected by the recent earthquake. We too are very concerned about these bears and have been in touch with the authorities in these areas. We have already made it clear that we are ready and willing to accept all bears recovered from the farms.\nUnfortunately, the locations of these farms are in the most severely affected areas and while rescuers are racing to evacuate people from these areas, access inwards is restricted and therefore we cannot physically go and see for ourselves.\nHowever, Toby our General Manager at the rescue centre, is in constant contact with the authorities and working to get any information available. It is a difficult time at the moment as the local authorities are obviously stretched to their limit, but we hope eventually to get access to assess the situation and recover the bears.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.annlatinovich.com/artists-invitation-only", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:56:10Z", "digest": "sha1:HWYV4PM7AUMXJDNK57JHJ5674A2MIJ2M", "length": 1306, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.annlatinovich.com", "title": "ARTIST'S INVITATION ONLY - Ann Latinovich", "raw_content": "BY ARTIST INVITATION ONLY\nWe're seeking families with children, ages 2+, to participate in Latinovich's upcoming exhibits \"For the Love of Family\". Artworks will feature families, children and couples from the Chicagoland area.\nThis year's highly anticipated exhibitions will be seen by thousands in the Chicago area and will be featured by local media coverage and press articles.\nWorks of art created during the following dates will be on display in two different galleries located along Michigan Avenue in Chicago.\nWe would like you and your family to be featured in this year's newest collection.\nWe've opened up the FOLLOWING DATES to create this series.\nTO APPLY FOR AN EXCLUSIVE SITTING, please fill out the contact form below as we have limited openings for this prestigious event.\n*Offer includes a complimentary sitting and an 8x10 finished print. $750. Value\nFamilies (with children ages 2+) and couples (no age is too old!) are the inspiration for this series inspired by Impressionists Cassatt and Degas.\nHow did you hear about the exhibits?\nWould you like us to stay in touch via our mailing list or email subscription?\nWho is interested in participating?\nWhat are you most interested in capturing in a work of art?\nIf you are under 18, please provide your parent/guardian contact information", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 6402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 325.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.anti-aging-bhrt.com/surprise/az/hrt-androgen-treatment.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:11Z", "digest": "sha1:OK342FQBV7V3VCMLDB3PGLRCOAK73XLD", "length": 864, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.anti-aging-bhrt.com", "title": "Androgen Deficiency Therapy in Surprise, AZ", "raw_content": "Androgen Replacement Therapy in Surprise, AZ\nA popular delivery method for BHRT is through the use of hormone pellets. A pellet the size of a grain of rice is injected into the muscle. The pellet dissolves over the course of weeks or months as it distributes hormones throughout the body. Because of this extended release, fewer treatments are needed over the course of the year. In all forms of BHRT, the dosage and medication schedule is uniquely designed to meet the needs of each patient. It is largely because the treatment is tailored to each individual patient that BHRT has not yet been approved by the FDA. BHRT is a fantastic way to treat androgen deficiency as well as imbalances in a wide variety of other hormones. Talk to a specialist about diagnosing and treating your androgen deficiency today. Call (480) 771-9276 or contact Melody Gambrel online.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 5328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 196.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.antibodypedia.com/gene/1076/S100A12/antibody/2328039/ABIN2579851", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:49Z", "digest": "sha1:AEAPGHZWTE7YPDLQ5FONLIATC352PMHY", "length": 75, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.antibodypedia.com", "title": "Antibodypedia - ABIN2579851 - antibodies-online S100A12 antibody", "raw_content": "anti-S100 Calcium Binding Protein A12 (S100A12) (AA 1-92) antibody (Biotin)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 1290, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.54, "perplexity": 103.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.apr.org/post/pabst-blue-ribbon-gets-reprieve-will-continue-be-brewed-millercoors", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:06:52Z", "digest": "sha1:37ZZSOXTRW634GYK3DXU7XJHQMIL7QVY", "length": 3228, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.apr.org", "title": "Pabst Blue Ribbon Gets A Reprieve, Will Continue To Be Brewed By MillerCoors | Alabama Public Radio", "raw_content": "Pabst Blue Ribbon Gets A Reprieve, Will Continue To Be Brewed By MillerCoors\nBy Bill Chappell \u2022 Nov 29, 2018\nPabst Brewing and MillerCoors have ended a legal fight that lasted more than two years, extending a contract under which MillerCoors brews beer for Pabst.\nPabst Brewing and MillerCoors have ended a legal dispute that had put the fate of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz and other blue-collar beers in doubt, reaching a settlement as a jury considered their case. Under the deal, MillerCoors will continue to brew the beers under contract for Pabst.\nMillerCoors had been trying to terminate the 20-year arrangement when the current contract runs out two years from now \u2014 but Pabst balked at that idea, saying the contract includes options for an extension. The company filed suit, daunted by the task of keeping PBR, Schlitz, Old Milwaukee, Colt 45 and other beers in the market without MillerCoors brewing them.\nDetails of the deal were not released; in separate statements, both parties described it as an \"amicable\" end to the case that was first filed in March 2016.\nIn the clash, MillerCoors said it no longer made financial sense to brew for Pabst. In its suit, Pabst said MillerCoors was essentially trying to put it out of business.\nDespite its name, Pabst Brewing does not brew most of the beer it sells.\n\"Really, the way to think about them is more as a beer marketing company,\" as Matthew Weinberg, an economics professor at Ohio State University, told Marketplace last week.\nIn addition to national labels such as PBR, the case raised the threat that Pabst would no longer be able to keep longtime regional beers flowing in their local markets. The company's portfolio ranges from Pabst Brewing to Lone Star in Texas and Olympia in Washington state.\nFor example, The Baltimore Sun's coverage ran under the headline, \"Is Natty Boh at risk of extinction?\"\nThose have been put to rest, after the two companies worked out a settlement in the court case, as a panel of jurors deliberated for nearly two days. As it considered a potential decision, the jury asked to review more than 40 pieces of evidence, according to records from the Milwaukee County Clerk of Circuit Court.\nWith a new deal reached, a Pabst spokesperson says the company \"will continue to offer Pabst Blue Ribbon and the rest of our authentic, great tasting and affordable brews to all Americans for many, many years to come.\"\nThe contract-brewing deal was made in the first place because Pabst and MillerCoors once viewed their customers as coming from very different parts of the market \u2014 but that dynamic has shifted since 2000, due to the beer industry's being reshaped by consolidation, the surge of craft beer and other changes.\n\"Maybe there are more customers out there [now] that are kind of indifferent between buying, for example, Miller High Life and PBR,\" Weinberg told Marketplace last week. \"So I think it's become more of an issue now than maybe it used to be.\"\nThe contract-brewing dispute came four years after Pabst Brewing was sold for hundreds of millions of dollars to a partnership between entrepreneur Eugene Kashper and TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco private equity firm. The company is currently based in Los Angeles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 5757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 265.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aptclinics.com/pediatric-occupational-therapy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:58Z", "digest": "sha1:YU7MIZPOQHIW35SGMV5M33HXKG3ZH7ZY", "length": 5949, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.aptclinics.com", "title": "Pediatric Occupational Therapy | Advanced Physical Therapy", "raw_content": "Typically, when people hear the term \u201coccupational therapist,\u201d they associate it with work or job-related tasks. When we discuss pediatric occupational therapy with someone unfamiliar with the profession they are confused as to why a child would need therapy to return-to-work. However, the term \u201coccupational\u201d just refers to how one occupies their time. For adults, that can be dressing themselves, cooking, driving, golfing, parenting, work, etc. For children, it might be school tasks, dressing, feeding themselves, and PLAY. One of a child\u2019s most important \u201coccupations\u201d is play. Children develop strength, balance, coordination, social skills, and hand dexterity during these activities.\nWho do Pediatric Occupational Therapists work with?\nThe American Occupational Therapy Association explains that \u201cOccupational therapy practitioners work with children, youth, and their families, caregivers, and teachers to promote active participation in activities or occupations that are meaningful to them.\u201d This highlights the fact that when it comes to pediatrics, the caregivers and/or the teachers are a major piece of the therapy. They provide valuable information to help individualize the treatment, and they can also perform activities at home and school that help the child meet their therapy goals. Pediatric occupational therapists work with a variety of children and diagnoses including Down\u2019s Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder/Sensory Processing Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Brachial Plexus Injuries, general orthopedic injuries, and delayed milestones.\nI always tell people, if it looks like we are just playing, then I\u2019m doing my job well. We try to make all our activities as engaging and fun as possible. However, every piece of that task has a purpose. For instance, it might look like we are just playing a game of \u201cOperation\u201d, but in that task we are working on the correct grasp to hold a pencil; we might be in tall kneeling to work on balance and core strength; and we can reach up to place the pieces on a shelf to work on strength and range of motion. Each task has a purpose, but in the end, we try to make it all play. If we are doing therapy to improve feeding abilities (motor or sensory issues), we will do a lot of play with the food and may not even do much eating until we establish a level of comfort with the therapy and with food. Commonly, true sensory and motor-based feeding issues involve a lot of anxiety, so that will always be taken into account. The caregivers can sit in on therapy or wait in the waiting room. Depending on the situation and goals for the session, it might work better to have the therapist be one-on-one with the child or for the caregiver to watch certain techniques the therapist is using with the child.\nHow does someone obtain occupational therapy services for their child?\nTo receive occupational therapy, you need a script/referral from a primary care physician, child-developmental specialist, physician\u2019s assistant, nurse practitioner, chiropractor, or surgeon. There are several different settings and avenues where a child can receive occupational therapy depending on age, diagnosis, and other criteria. If you think your child would benefit from outpatient occupational therapy services, it would be beneficial to discuss it with your/their doctor. You can also contact us with any questions at 316-263-0003.\nEven though the holidays are over, with the shopping and delivering of presents over the last several weeks, I thought it would be beneficial to talk about toys. Play and being able to use and manipulate toys is such a critical piece of development for children. They learn creativity, problem solving, and develop important motor skills during this time. Recently, children are starting to display delays in milestones as well as weakness and decreased balance compared to their counterparts in previous decades. In a study by Lin et al (2017), researchers found that preschoolers who utilized touch-screen devices for greater than 60 minutes, displayed weaker fine motor skills compared to preschools who had less screen/computer time. There are many possible contributors to this; however, one major thing we can do to help is to give them opportunities to develop and improve these skills through play and different toys. Stacking blocks, balls, shape sorters, pretend play sets, coloring books, and toys that require reach and pinch are very beneficial for developing gross and fine motor skills. Even though tablets and TV do have educational programs available, they do not provide the motor development of those basic toys. Even using a crayon for drawing instead of a stylus can provide different feedback to the child and help with handwriting as they get older. Sometimes less electronic/automatic toys and more creative/building toys can help children reach their milestones.\nFinally, as I have worked with children more and more, I am better able to understand the difference between behavioral and sensory issues. As we are going through the hustle and bustle of shopping and running errands, it is important to remember that the child throwing a \u201ctemper tantrum\u201d in the store might actually have a sensory processing disorder and is overwhelmed by the crowds and noises. A child who seems to be misbehaving may have a disability that is not visible. We are seeing a shift in society as we learn more and become more aware and understanding of these conditions. This is very promising, and I hope parents in those situations are feeling more supported and less judged.\nContent provided by Angela Gerstenkorn, MOTR/L\nLing-Yi Lin, Rong-Ju Cherng & Yung-Jung Chen (2017) Effect of Touch Screen Tablet Use on Fine Motor Development of Young Children, Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 37:5, 457-467, DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2016.1255290\nhttps://www.aota.org/~/media/Corporate/Files/Practice/Manage/Presentation-Resources/Brochure/What-is-OT-Peds.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 6914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 273.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.archaeologous.com/activity/35/kusadasi-horseback-riding-picnic-lunch-included/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:07:43Z", "digest": "sha1:BKGABNRJBXLQRX7KMPLGHUWQP6DVJOZ7", "length": 425, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.archaeologous.com", "title": "Kusadasi Horseback Riding (picnic lunch included)", "raw_content": "This relaxing \"dream come true\" for some people, begins around 9 am. One rides through trees along a mountain road and then onto the beautiful Turkish beach. Once at the waters\u2019 edge, you can gallop on the sand, ride the horses in the sea and even stop and take a swim and/or relax on the beach. A great day for the whole family.\nThis is a special and memorable experience which lasts three hours and includes a picnic lunch.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1228, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 278.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/Press-Releases/2018/Bishop-Burbidge-and-U-S--Bishops-Conference-Respond-to-Kentucky-High-School-Shooting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:05Z", "digest": "sha1:GSSSD2Z6TZFSJEGSOJITGKUJBNRTQOWH", "length": 1509, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.arlingtondiocese.org", "title": "Bishop Burbidge, U.S. Bishops Conference Respond to Kentucky High School Shooting", "raw_content": "Bishop Burbidge and U.S. Bishops Conference Respond to Kentucky High School Shooting\nBishop Burbidge, U.S. Bishops Conference Respond\nto Kentucky High School Shooting\nWASHINGTON\u2014Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston and President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued the following statement on today\u2019s shootings at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky. The shooting has left up to two dead and more than a dozen others injured.\n\u201cOver the past two days in Kentucky and Texas, we have witnessed painful reminders of how gun violence can tragically alter the lives of those so precious to us \u2013 our school children. We pray for eternal rest for those who have died. Let us pray, too, for the families, teachers and friends who must now endure the suffering of losing those dearest to them. We stand in solidarity with the children who face a long road of recovery from serious injuries. May they find comfort in a loving community. As Christians, we experience this pain as if it were our own. Let us reach out in compassion to assist the grieving and may we move forward in greater resolve to treat one another as children of God, so that unthinkable acts like this become more and more rare and love more and more present in the world.\u201d\nKeywords: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, gun violence, school shooting, Marshall County High School, Benton, Kentucky, solidarity, compassion, love.\nSec, DD,DP,DioNews,CathPress, CNS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 280, "original_length": 7277, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 291.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.art-madrid.com/en/shop/artist/faile", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:47Z", "digest": "sha1:D2URNEYNGUH4HOOKJOW7RTQIOEQXLTLE", "length": 924, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.art-madrid.com", "title": "Faile, works on sale | Art Madrid Market", "raw_content": "Faile, works on sale\n\"Street artists to their core, Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller make up FAILE, an artistic collaborative whose kinetic, image-saturated paintings, prints, sculptures, and installations have been enlivening public spaces and city and gallery walls since the turn of the 21st century. Though they are busy with exhibitions and public commissions across America and abroad, they remain focused on the street, where their work first appeared as stickers, posters, and stencilled images.\nDemocratic and urban, FAILE is influenced by manga and the rhythm of city life, as evidenced by the mash-up of comic book and cartoon characters, advertising and propaganda slogans, bright patterns and colours, and historical and pop cultural references animating their work. With the same savvy wit that infuses their compositions, Faile claims that their name refers to the notion that \u201cyou could Faile to succeed\"\".\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 3233, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 262.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/channel/audio/kids-audio-tour/209/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:08Z", "digest": "sha1:L4DOQ537ZYZ4CD5SSZRDTUWAFED4TL5K", "length": 47289, "nlines": 72, "source_domain": "www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au", "title": ":: Channel :: Art Gallery NSW", "raw_content": "Kids audio tour\nExplore a world of art, including Australian art from colonial to present day, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, old masters, Asian and contemporary art. Suitable for 5-12 year olds (with an adult).\n01 Welcome to the Kids tour\n02 Stephen Croft\n03 Puck on a toadstool\n05 The Sea Hath Its Pearls\n06 Requiescat\n07 Snowdrop and the seven little men\n08 The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon\nWhen contemplating this picture it is useful to bear in mind that the second half of the nineteenth century was a period remarkable for archaeological researches and discoveries, especially by English expeditions. The British Museum was a treasure house of antiquities increasingly valued by artists as a reference library. Egypt and the Middle East replaced Greece and Italy as the focus of curiosity. 'The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon' can be contextualised against a craze for orientalist narratives in literature, music and visual art. The wildly composite architectural system of Solomon's temple is reprised in the frame, which bridges the temporal and spatial distance between viewer and subject. The artist has been so obsessed with the accuracy of his details, however, that the figures seem somewhat doll-like. Trained in Paris under Gleyre, Poynter was at heart a Salonist for whom artistry resided in weight of detail rather than dramatic synthesis. AGNSW Handbook, 1999.\n09 The snake charmer\n10 Sydney Heads\n'Sydney Heads', the only known Sydney subject by the artist, is a product of von Gu\u00e9rard's first and only excursion into New South Wales in November 1859, when he visited Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Illawarra region. The painting was worked up in his studio in Melbourne six years later, most likely on the basis of a preparatory drawing now in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. Von Gu\u00e9rard's atmospheric rendering of this light-filled scene, together with his sensitive and precise depiction of topographical detail and human activity within a tightly controlled composition, makes 'Sydney Heads' one of his finest paintings. Von Gu\u00e9rard reverted to the composition of the drawing in his 1865 painting of the view - flattening the foreground slope and decreasing the North/South breadth of the Harbour and scale of the hills beyond Manly to increase a sense of space and grandeur. Addition of a tree to the left of Vaucluse Bay provided a picturesque framing device, whilst he also transformed the rough heathland of his 1860 painting to elegantly grassed slopes - perhaps to appeal to a contemporary preference for countryside of a more tamed, European appearance. Details such as the group of figures around a fire at right, added foreground interest - improving the overall balance of the composition. He bathed the scene with the rose-tinted light of late afternoon, clearly intending an altogether more luminous and poetic impression than in his painting of 1860. Von Gu\u00e9rard's painting, 'Sydney Heads' 1865, with its combination of elevated sentiment and remote and wild, yet partly civilised subject, relates to both homestead portraits and wilderness views in his oeuvre. As such the work takes its place within a wider international context of European artistic engagement with newly colonised lands, finding particular parallels for example with the contemporaneous work of the 'Hudson River School' artists in America. As Joan Kerr, Australian colonial art historian, comments in the catalogue to The Artist and the patron exhibition (1988), picturing the harbour 'was an almost obligatory subject for amateur and professional alike\u2026This was not only \"the most beautiful harbour in the world\" it was the first sight of the new land for many arrivals and the first step towards regaining the ancestral home for many departures'. In Eugene von Gu\u00e9rard's 'Australian Landscapes', containing twenty four colour lithographs of landscape views (published by Hamal and Ferguson, c.1867 - 68), plate XXII 'Sydney Heads, New South Wales' is described thus; 'From the summit of a knoll on the roadside from Sydney to the narrow promontory known as the South Head, is visible the lovely prospect depicted by our artist ... The road to the South Head is deservedly a favourite drive with the inhabitants of Sydney, and the stranger passing over it for the first time experiences a succession of demands upon his admiration, as each bend in the road discloses to him some new combination of sea and shore and sky, each lovelier than the last'. The various extant versions of the painting and the lithograph which was the last work to be completed of the subject by von Gu\u00e9rard, offer a number of interpretations of the pencil drawing. Focusing on what has been described as one of several classic views encompassing Sydney Harbour's quintessential qualities, and painted by innumerable artists, von Gu\u00e9rard's 'Sydney Heads' depicts a broad sweep of landscape from Vaucluse Bay on the left to Watson's Bay and Sydney Heads at the right, with the road to the South Head in the foreground. Despite partial screening by vegetation and buildings, the accuracy of his transcription of the view may be confirmed today from the vicinity of 'Johnston's Lookout' in Vaucluse, the probable viewpoint for the artist's preparatory drawing. However, whilst clearly concerned with accurately and informatively depicting a view already well known for its 'picturesque' synthesis of grandeur and beauty, von Gu\u00e9rard also aimed to transcend mere topography. Von Gu\u00e9rard scholar Candice Bruce suggests that during the artist's training at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf (c.1839 - c.1846) he probably saw the work of the principal German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, whose style and mood his work later evoked, and became familiar with treatises by the main exponents of German Romanticism, Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) and 'Novalis' [dates]. The influence of von Gu\u00e9rard's earlier teacher in Rome, Giovannibattista Bassi - who taught in the traditions of Salvator Rosa, Poussin and Claude - also encouraged an interest in concepts of 'the sublime' and 'the picturesque' in art. In the newly established landscape class at the Academy, von Gu\u00e9rard was encouraged to go on long sketching trips in pursuit of the new naturalism or 'Naturegetreue wiedergabe' (a response true to nature). For the German Romantic landscape painter, each painting was an 'Erdlebensbildnis' or painting of the life of the earth, in which a focus on the microcosmic details of nature led to an awareness of the macrocosmic presence of the soul of the world. No detail was inessential. Hence von Gu\u00e9rard's attention to detail, visible particularly in the painting of the foreground trees and shrubs, which was typical of his practice, and demonstrated the specific influence of the German 'Nazarene' painters with whom he had also enjoyed some contact in Rome. A key belief of the German Romantic painters was that painting should be an expression of personal insight into the divine qualities perceived in nature. In 'Sydney Heads', von Gu\u00e9rard celebrated with semi-religious reverence, the sublime beauty of the scene. Selecting an elevated viewpoint affording a panorama of the harbour and its surrounds, the artist aimed to inspire a sense of awe and wonder in the viewer by accentuating the vastness of the sky and by implication, suggesting the great expanses of the world beyond. [Helen Campbell, 'Eugene von Gu\u00e9rard - Sydney Heads 1865', Australian Collection Focus Series, AGNSW, 1999]\n11 The prospector\n12 The flood in the Darling 1890\n'The flood in the Darling 1890' is one of several ambitious canvases painted by WC Piguenit in response to the devastating rains that inundated the western region of New South Wales in 1890. It reflects his respect for the terrifying yet sublime power of nature so admired by exponents of 19th-century German Romantic painting. The largest flood recorded since 1864, waters broke the embankment and submerged the remote township of Bourke \u2013 an event Piguenit witnessed first hand. However, rather than depicting the destroyed buildings and railway lines, and the loss of livestock and human life, he has rendered the calm after the deluge. A vast expanse of sky, land and water is rendered as a symphonic celebration, with billowing purplish-hued clouds reflected across a vast glistening expanse reaching towards the viewer \u2013 ibises the only living creatures populating the tranquil landscape. Son of a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1830, William Charles Piguenit was raised and schooled in Hobart, and spent 22 years working in the Department of Lands survey office as a draughtsman. Although he received rudimentary instruction in painting, he was largely self taught. After leaving the survey office in 1872, he began making sketching and photography trips to remote and spectacular regions in the Tasmanian wilderness. He achieved early success through public patronage when he exhibited his works in the annual Sydney and Melbourne academy shows. His striking 'Mount Olympus, Lake St Clair, Tasmania, source of the Derwent' was the first work by an Australian-born artist to be acquired, in 1875, by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. That same year, Piguenit joined an artists and photographers camp in the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains. By 1880 Piguenit had settled in Sydney with his family. Continued patronage by the Gallery enabled him to tour New South Wales and Tasmania, providing fresh inspiration for his grand, sweeping landscapes and measured studies of the natural environment. Piguenit continued his successful career well into the 20th century, including the completion, in 1903, of the commanding 'Mount Kosciusko' which was commissioned by the trustees of this Gallery; the majestic depiction of the continent\u2019s highest peak marking the enormity of the Federation of Australia in 1901.\n13 The Golden Fleece\nTom Roberts painted 'The Golden Fleece' while staying at Newstead Station in the New England tablelands of northern NSW. It is part of a series in which Roberts payed homage to rural life and pastoral industry, and captured vanishing traditions such as the use of manual shears. Originally called 'Shearing at Newstead', this painting was renamed to reference the Greek myth in which the Argonauts voyage to the end of the world in search of the Golden Fleece. The title reflects Roberts' creation of the rural worker as 'hero', and his evocation of Australia as an Arcadian land of pastoral plenty. The work's frame is attributed to John Thallon, the famous 19th-century Melbourne carver and gilder, and was restored in 2010.\n14 Bailed up\nTom Roberts conceived the idea of a bushranger picture while he was staying at Inverell in northern NSW. He painted 'Bailed up' largely en plein air. It tells as much of the qualities of the local landscape as of its staged drama. Roberts superbly captures the summer heat conditions, which render to stillness the dramatic circumstances of a Cobb & Co hold up. The scene was painted from a purpose-built platform in a stringy bark tree, giving the work its high vantage point. Roberts modelled the figures on Inverell townspeople, including stagecoach driver 'Silent Bob Bates' who had been held up by local bushranger 'Captain Thunderbolt' three decades earlier.\n15 Across the black soil plains\nInspired by his experiences as a youth in the bush near Warren, NSW, George W Lambert began this ambitious work at the age of 26, while living with his mother at Hornsby. He worked in a small shed in the garden, and had to position the painting diagonally across it, even then unable to stretch the canvas to its full extent. The painting was enthusiastically received as a heroic portrayal of bush life, displaying Lambert's innate skill at draughtsmanship. It was awarded the Wynne Prize for landscape painting for 1899, and the following year Lambert left for London with the first New South Wales Society of Artists Travelling Scholarship. This work was acquired by the Gallery in 1899.\n16 Holiday in Essex\n17 Spring frost\nAwarded the Wynne Prize in 1919 and painted the same year as Roland Wakelin's and Roy de Maistre's experiments in colour harmony, 'Spring frost' is one of Elioth Gruner's most critically acclaimed achievements. With its impeccable sense of light and tone, and its vigorous foreground brushwork, 'Spring frost' is a tour de force, and perhaps the most loved Australian landscape painting in the Gallery. Elioth Gruner painted 'Spring frost' according to 19th-century plein-air conventions, but the work also demonstrates a contemporary succinctness of form. To complete the painting - one of his largest compositions - en plein air, Gruner built a structure to protect the canvas from the weather, and wrapped his legs with chaff bags to avoid frostbite. Although painted largely outdoors at Emu Plains, its large size and somewhat theatrical quality make it likely that Gruner completed parts of it later, in his city studio. This work was acquired by the Gallery in 1939.\n18 Waterbrain\nRusty Peters, like many East Kimberley painters, spent his youth working as a stockman on cattle stations throughout the Kimberley, and earned a reputation as an accomplished horse breaker. Along with other Gija community elders, Peters was influential in establishing the Ngalangangpum bicultural school \u2013 the first school at the main Gija community Warmun (Turkey Creek) \u2013 ensuring that instruction in Gija law and culture was prominent in the curriculum. In 1989, Peters moved to Kununurra, where he worked as an assistant at Waringarri Aboriginal Arts, a community owned Aboriginal art cooperative. He often worked closely with Rover Thomas, the East Kimberley's most renowned painter and a co-founder of the regional contemporary painting movement. Although Peters occasionally produced small canvases during this period, he did not begin painting in earnest until 1998, after he had left Waringarri to join the newly founded Jirrawun Aboriginal Arts. Since then he has had a series of successful group and solo exhibitions, including the 2000-02 travelling exhibition 'Two Laws ... One Big Spirit', in which he collaborated with artist Peter Adsett. In his most ambitious canvas to date, the immense, twelve-metre long 'Waterbrain', 2002, Peters departs from the specific themes of country and Ngarrangkarni that normally form the focus of East Kimberley painting. Instead, he chooses to explore the cycle of life and learning that is universal to all peoples. Read from left to right, the canvas presents a chronology of the process of birth, growth and learning from conception to adulthood. At the lower left are waterweeds among which, according to Gija belief, the spirits of unborn children reside before entering the mothers womb to become the spirits of human beings. The next panels deal with birth and infancy, when a child moves from crawling, to walking, to running, although his or her brain has yet to begin to absorb the teachings of his or her culture. The large circular motif at the centre shows the adult brain \u2013 the child has grown up and is beginning to have his or her own ideas. The next panels deal with the education that transforms a child into a full member of adult society. As a symbol of the culmination of the individual's education. in the final panels Peters depicts the artefacts his elders taught him to make and which, before the coming of European settlers, all Gija men needed to know how to create in order to survive. Eric Kjellgren in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004 \u00a9 Art Gallery of New South Wales\n19 Nyamiyukanji, the river country\n20 Tutini (Pukumani grave posts)\n21 Buluwana\nBuluwana was a woman of Wumuddjan subsection, and one of the first people to inhabit the Kurulk clan region at Ngandarrayo. The Ngandarrayo site is on a large escarpment outlier. The camping places along this outlier are rich in rock art. During the time of great drought, Buluwana and her family were camped at Ngandarrayo. They were weak from thirst, and close to death, when the group was confronted by the malevolent gigantic form of the Death Adder snake. Buluwana tried to run away with the rest of her family, but was crushed and turned to stone. An arrangement of rocks still remains in the ground as Buluwana's present-day form. Only her head protrudes as a prismic standing stone - the rest ofher body is under the ground. Other human remains lying on rock ledges are said to be those of more early ancestors. The Ngandarrayo site is a place of great significance to people of the Kurulk and Kulmarru clans, and is classed as a highly sacred and dangerous place. from Hetti Perkins et al., 'Crossing country: the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004\n22 Mardayin ceremony\n23 red tides\nThe title comes from newspaper reports of red algae blooms appearing in Sydney Harbour because of too much nitrogen in the water. Watson associated the deadly red blooms with whaling and the sites of Aboriginal massacres where the waters turned red with blood. The work was created for the 1997 Biennale in Venice, another water city where the 'sound of the water is everywhere, especially at high tide, you can hear the waves against the buildings, licking history away'. Her work is about 'memories washing over me', whether the tidal flow of stories from her grandmother's country in Queensland or the history of her Sydney Harbour home - the recurring wash of private and public memory. Peter Emmett, 'Sydney: metropolis, suburb, harbour', 2000\n26 Gunmirringu funeral scene\nDr David Malangi was born in central Arnhem Land the year after the Methodist Mission was established at Milingimbi. His early years were spent in this area, where he received initiation into Manyarrngu culture from his parents and extended family. He began painting in earnest after World War II. In Australia, Malangi is probably best known as the artist whose work was featured, without his knowledge or permission, on the one dollar note in 1966. He was also one of the first Aboriginal artists to have his work included in an international exhibition of contemporary art, at the Biennale of Sydney in 1979. In 1988 he collaborated on The Aboriginal Memorial \u2013 a group Of 200 log coffins now on permanent display at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra \u2013 to mark 200 years of European occupation of Australia. Malangi was honoured with the Australia Council Emeritus Award in 1998. 'Gunmirringu funeral scene', 1983, was one of eight bark paintings that the artist exhibited in the 1983 Australian Perspecta at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, as an incontrovertible land rights statement. The works were created and put together after discussions with the artist about his concerns for the safety of his sacred sites, under threat from mining and commercial fishing. Gunmirringu, the great ancestral hunter, is central in Malangi's art. Here, Gunmirringu is shown lying in state. His clansmen are around him, holding clapsticks, singing ceremonial songs and dancing. Darrpa, the deadly brown snake, which bit and killed Gunmirringu, is shown alongside. Around him also are the spoils of his last hunt: yams, nuts and a butchered kangaroo, which commonly refers to the death of a person. Gunmurringu's was the first funeral, and this story tells of how death came into the world. It is enacted through ceremony and art to assist the passage of the soul after a member of the clan dies. In this composition, the ceremony is framed within two flowering stringy bark trees. These trees often refer to the raga, or white berry bush, under which Gunmirringu sat, cooking his food, when the snake struck. The beautiful small bark, 'Food pattern of trees', is a more direct reference to the raga. It is a much earlier painting than 'Gunmirringu funeral scene'. Its overall design is more intricately wrought and its colours softer than later, more characteristic, barks by Malangi. Steven Miller in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004 \u00a9 Art Gallery of New South Wales\n27 River mouth map\nThis Dhamala is the river mouth where there are different types of shells and fish, then the same area, maybe two creeks. Datam \u2013 waterlily roots; Rakay, circle (water chesnut); freshwater but in the saltwater on a mud flat. This is our traditional area and that is why we don\u2019t want any mining or balanda fishing there. The river where we were walking is where our dreamings are. We have grown up with our culture and have kept it. Our sacred sites, our ceremonies, and secret dreamings. My people and ancestors have lived here for a long time. In other areas too people's ancestry goes back a long way \u2013 people still retain their laws and their culture and land. Description of painting from upper left corner, Left hand side referes to the Ngurrunyuwa (eastern bank of the river) \u2013 Garangala Rock with Lunggu, Glyde River, Raga nuts, Creeks, Beach were Gunmirringu sat, Sea eagle tree, Conch shell. The right hand side of the bark refers to Dhamala (the western side of the bank), from upper right \u2013 Milmindjarrk waterhole, Bilma (clapsticks), Dhona (sacred digging stick), mud skipper, catfish. [Art Centre documentation]\n28 The curve of the bridge\nThroughout its construction, which was completed in 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge inspired many artists to redefine their visions of the city and the harbour by incorporating this new industrial structure. This painting shows the massive frame-work in mid-construction, emerging from the shores of North Sydney. It reveals Grace Cossington Smith\u2019s view of the bridge as a dynamic work-in-progress. In a powerful translation of forms through colour and light, the painting radiates optimism and energy in a celebration of modern engineering and, more broadly, the modern age. The artist made many pencil studies onsite, which she inscribed with notes on colour, took back to her studio and transformed into an iconic expression of Sydney\u2019s most enduring urban monument.\n29 Australian beach pattern\nCharles Meere was one of a group of Sydney artists whose work modernised classical artistic traditions as a means of depicting national life during the inter-war period. The epitome of his vision is Australian beach pattern, a tableau of beach goers whose athletic perfection takes on monumental, heroic proportions. Meere created a crowded and complex composition through the pattern of figures, which appears as a still-life of suspended strength. This iconic painting encapsulates the myth of the healthy young nation symbolised by the tanned, god-like bodies of the sunbathers. This work was a finalist in the 1940 Sulman Prize and was acquired by the Gallery in 1965.\n30 The camp\n31 Five bells\nFive bells was my first commission to paint in situ to cover a wall \u2026 I didn\u2019t hesitate. I brushed a line around the core theme, the seed-burst, the life-burst, the sea-harbour, the source of life. Inside and around this core, I painted images drawn from metaphors and similes in [Kenneth] Slessor\u2019s poem of our harbour city, and from my own emotional and physical involvement with the harbour, and with my young family in Watsons Bay \u2026 I wanted to show the Harbour as a movement, a sea suck, and the sound of the water as though I am part of the sea ... The painting says directly what I wanted to say: \u2018I am in the sea-harbour, and the sea-harbour is in me\u2019. John Olsen, 1999\n32 Matisse at Ashford\n33 A pair of tomb guardian figures\n34 Chinese scholar's set\nChinese scholar\u2019s set with inkstone, brush rest, ceramic water dropper and seal\n35 Japanese art sword and court mount 1751\nOn loan courtesy Colin McDonald\n36 N\u00f4 theatre costume\n37 Woman of Venice VII\n38 Von den Verlorenen ger\u00fchrt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss\n'Von den Verlorenen ger\u00fchrt, die der Glaube nicht trug, erwachen die Trommeln im Fluss' is the title of each of two works, one painting and one floor installation. It is not uncommon for Kiefer to use the same titles again and again. This is because of his sustained commitment to certain themes that he pursues over many years. These two works represent two such themes in Kiefer's development and although they look very different as objects they are two sides of one key idea in his mature work. The horizon in Kiefer's work is always more than a landscape feature, it is highly charged symbolically. 'Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe' 1984-86 in the Gallery's collection includes a propeller which has the potential to fly over the horizon transcending the boundary between heaven and earth. In many of Kiefer's paintings and sculptures there are ladders, wings, rockets, Ziggurats, snakes and rainbows that all in some way suggest the idea of transcendence. The broken stairs in 'Von den Verlorenen ger\u00fchrt...' correspond to the broken propeller suggesting the dream of climbing above the horizon and yet it is a dream that is doomed to fail. This ambivalence towards transcendental aspiration is common to much art of the late twentieth century. For example Ken Unsworth's sculpture 'Rapture' 1994 in the Gallery's collection takes the form of a stairway to heaven frustrated when the stairs made of the keyboards of a grand piano arrive at the body of the piano which is stuffed with straw and will never sound the music of the spheres. The floor installation belongs to a body of works that reverse the passage between heaven and the earth. This is often represented by emanations from above sometimes in the form of poured lead attached to a painting or hanging in space like the finger of God. Many of Kiefer's recent works have more to do with the stars which according to the 16th century philosopher Robert Fludd each have their equivalent in a flower on the earth. Here we see a pile of glass plates that have fallen as a shower over piles of human hair (material human presence). Inscribed with one of 9000 star numbers, each piece of glass represents a heavenly intervention or emanation. Human hair is woven throughout the glass in a reference to the Egyptian Queen Berenice, who often appears in Kiefer\u2019s works in the form of long locks of hair. Berenice was famous for her beauty and as an offering to the gods to bring her husband safely back from war, she cut her tresses and placed them on the temple altar. The Gods were so pleased with the offering that they took the hair into the sky where it became the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice\u2019s hair). The constellation of Coma Berenices is centred between Canes Venatici to the north, Virgo to the south, Bootes on the east and Leo on the west border. The following text is taken from the 2005 exhibition literature when these works were first shown in London: Kiefer's elegiac oeuvre is based on a vast system of themes and references relating to the human condition, explored through a highly emotive use of material and medium. In his muscular artistic language, physical materiality and visual complexity are equal to the content itself, which ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy, apocalypse, and belief. As corollary to this breadth of content, Kiefer employs an almost bewildering variety of materials including - in addition to the thick oil paint that is the base of all his large-scale works - dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding 'real' materials to the illusionistic painted surface of his gigantic tableaux, he has invented a compelling 'third space' between painting and sculpture. Few contemporary artists match Kiefer's epic reach; the provocative and paradoxical nature of his work suggests that he embraces the notion of the modern artist who stands resolutely outside society, flaunting its histories, its taboos and its myths. By assimilating and utilizing the conventions and traditions of history painting, he goes beyond them, mingling viewpoints and presenting contradictory interpretations while emulating the genre's grandiloquence. Anselm Kiefer was born in 1945 in Donaueschingen. As a young artist in a Germany reeling from the after-shocks of the Second World War, he opted for a thoroughly and obviously indigenous art, of native subjects, values and symbols that contended with the fraught territory of German history and identity. In the late 1970s he started to make large, highly worked books that began with photographs staged in his studio, gradually gaining body through the application of lead, paint and other collage elements. These impressive objects indicated the way to the complex, process-oriented works of his mature period. In 1991 Kiefer left Germany, eventually settling in the south of France. In the same year he made an exhibition of paintings stacked randomly on top of each other as if discarded. This led to a hiatus in his art production that lasted more than three years. After this he began making new work with a wholly new subject matter, themes and references, dealing with central spiritual and philosophical concerns of our time. Over the past four decades, Kiefer has exhibited his work extensively throughout the world and is included in the world's most prestigious public and private collections.\n39 L'altra figura\nGuilio Paolini came to international note as a leading member of the arte povera group in Italy in 1967. Like the others, he uses found materials and often introduces historical and literary references into his imagery. Works such as this have a poetic quality that is common with arte povera and yet there is a strong conceptual and critical streak that is not normally associated with the group. Many of his installations directly critique assumptions about art history and play with the rules of perspective to disclose their paradoxical illusionism. \u2018L\u2019altra figura\u2019 (the other figure) is a deceptively simple play on the classical theme. The two heads raised on plinths to the height of a modestly sized viewer are identical plaster casts of a Roman copy of an earlier Hellenistic bust. The busts show the heads slightly at an angle to the body, their faces turned to reflect each other precisely. This slightly sideways glance lends a degree of animation to what would otherwise be a static mirroring. It is as if they have both just turned to catch the other's gaze; perhaps it is the dramatic incident that has just occurred between them. On the floor surrounding the two plinths is the manifest evidence of a minor disaster. Another bust that seems to have crashed to the floor, shattering into multiple pieces of plaster, is just barely recognisable as the third of a kind. The twins may be thought of as a related pair or a mirroring of one but three is the beginning of an indefinite number, suggesting infinite reproducibility or endless cloning. A common theme of Paolini\u2019s work investigates representational strategies in art since the Renaissance, including modernist aspirations to find the essence of things. Mirroring is the most immediate form of mimetic representation so it is reasonable to begin to see this as a work that follows this line. The Greco-Roman heads also incline us to suspect narratives from antiquity. Could the smashed figure lying on the ground, in a more-or-less circular arrangement, be the rippled effect of the reflection in a pool disturbed by Narcissus reaching out to caress his own loved image? This would certainly be a poetic take on the impossibility of possessing the desired object in representation. The degree of fragmentation of the third head also suggests a fall from a great height; could this be the mythical Icarus, who ignored his father\u2019s warning not to fly too close to the sun? This pragmatic warning masks a greater peril since the sun is Apollo riding across the sky in his chariot. Apollo for Plato was the ultimate source of pure form, something representation could never capture, although neo-Platonists and modernists dreamt of doing so. Poor Icarus got carried away and soared towards this great source but was struck down by the jealous god for his presumption. \u00a9 Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006\n40 Motormouth\nCallum Morton\u2019s sculptures combine incisive social observation, ideas about urban design and contemporary living, and an interest in the legacy of minimal sculpture. \u2018Motormouth\u2019 continues his consideration of the intersections between public and private space and in particular the \u2018non-spaces\u2019 of urban design such as freeways, shopping centres, service stations, cinemas and convenience stores. These are the generic buildings and sites that are designed as transit zones between destinations or as backdrops to their intended function. We don\u2019t usually notice their architecture except as an indicator of this function. Morton\u2019s sculptural versions reintroduce narratives that are at odds with the social design of these places and yet are somehow entirely appropriate for the setting. \u2018Motormouth\u2019 is a sculpture of two freeways, scaled 1:10 and perfect in detail down to the dirty realism of their distressed, water-stained concrete marked with graffiti. It appears to be a realistic model but is in fact an elaborate representation of what a generic freeway should look like rather than being a copy of an existing structure. The freeways are raised on pylons above eye height, frustrating our desire to see what is on the superstructure, though logically it should only be scaled-down cars. Freeways are designed to move people efficiently and rapidly between city centres and satellite suburbs, from home to work, from boardroom to bedroom, or at the very least to get you across town in time for your meeting. They are the key people conduits of modern urban design and, as with other mid 20th-century projects, they had a progressive utopian agenda to make life more time efficient and productive. And on a good day they still do this. On others they are a battleground where the tensions between the private and public functions of cars and freeways erupt. In \u2018Motormouth\u2019 you can hear the sound of a traffic jam on the lower freeway. Inevitably in the frustration at being kept waiting, anger boils over and conflict ensues. Cars are a private, personal zone in which we move through a public arena, one in which we feel empowered and in control. Despite the social contract that keeps us on the correct side of the road and heading in the same direction, in our car our rules count as we adjust the seats, the climate, the music, to create a pod between us and the world. However road rage is a rapidly growing social issue and while studies have come up with several interlocking reasons for this phenomenon, it seems to hinge on the tension between the collective rules we need to regulate cars, roads and driving and our rampant individualism. There is no doubt that contemporary city life is faster: we have more to do, so we don\u2019t expect to be kept waiting. As the title puns, we are the inevitable product of our own social and technological designs. \u00a9 Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006\n41 Spyrogyra\nFor the past 30 years Tony Cragg has consistently produced original ideas and a remarkable diversity of forms employing a vast array of materials and techniques. It is difficult to characterise his work within a specific style or art movement. In the early 1970s a new generation of British sculptors celebrated a certain freedom from the snares of style which had bedevilled their immediate predecessors. Under the influence of conceptual art, a pluralist environment in which almost anything could happen began to flourish. Conceptual artists proclaimed the subservience of material form to content, thereby allowing any material or method to be employed in their service. Some artists took this dictum to devalue the material properties of \u2018fine art\u2019 and began privileging media associated with popular culture, including text, photography and video over more traditional materials. Cragg, by contrast, was among those who translated this freedom into an infinite possibility for systems and material processes with which to conjure new and provocative objects. In this he had more in common with the European arte povera artists than with Transatlantic conceptualism. His early works included materials such as coloured plastic fragments found along the Thames embankment, old furniture and machine parts. These were always ordered according to precise systems reflecting both his scientific orientation and the working ethic of rigorous systems and logical processes that prevailed in British art schools at the time. In Cragg\u2019s work, however, there was always room within this order for random variation, just as there is in nature. Paradoxically the limitation imposed by these systems was liberating because they replaced the constraints of reproducing appearances on the one hand and the formal recipes of basic design on the other. Working within these systems, artists could incorporate all manner of material, even celebrating excesses of material diversity without losing the logic of the form. \u2018Spyrogyra\u2019 captures the general good humour of Cragg\u2019s sculpture while embodying some of the most profound aspects of his work as a whole. The bottle rack is of course a reference to Duchamp\u2019s famous Readymade, \u2018Egouttoir\u2019 (bottle rack) 1914 1; this alludes to the playful conceptual aspect of Cragg which so often makes witty allusions to art history. The structure is however far more open and intuitive than Duchamp\u2019s original. The spiral immediately suggests DNA and organic couplings, which are ubiquitous in Cragg\u2019s forms. Each rod attached to the spiral can take certain kinds of bottles, not a unique bottle but one of a general kind. As a result every time it is assembled it changes in the particular but maintains its essential form. In this way it mimics the genetic accommodation of kind and individuality. The reference to scientific structures is invariably a key theme in Cragg\u2019s work. 1. Or, literally \u2018detaster\u2019, a play on the idea of the readymade as a challenge to taste in art \u00a9 Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006\nIn 'Killing time' Ricky Swallow has synthesised his interests in time passing, personal and collective memory, everyday experiences and the history of art. Swallow's earlier sculptures were often carefully crafted duplicates of recently retro items, such as beatboxes and BMX bikes, or reworked record turntables with scaled-down narrative scenarios that blend science fiction and scientific fact. More recently he has made carvings of the animate and inanimate conceived and realised at a ratio of 1:1. 'Killing time' is the most ambitious work that Swallow has made to date and is likely to remain so for some time due to the onerous and time-consuming physical task of working in such detail on this scale. It was the centrepiece of Swallow's solo exhibition at the Australian Pavilion in the 2005 Venice Biennale. While 'Killing time' visually recalls 17th-century Dutch still-life painting and even the work of such a virtuoso illusionist woodcarver as Grinling Gibbons, the subject matter is derived from Swallow\u2019s personal experience. The son of a fisherman, he has faithfully depicted every sea creature that he recalls capturing, killing and eating during his life. The various fish, lobsters, oysters, crabs and others are displayed on a table which duplicates the table around which Swallow\u2019s family ate dinner. While 'Killing time' uses the visual language of a particular genre of painting and wood-carving, it is also an intensely personal act of remembering; it is another 'evaporated self-portrait' as Swallow has described his sculptures, which call on specific personal memories while also having a commonly recognisable subject matter. 'Killing time' is carved mainly from laminated jelutong, a pale coloured hardwood used commercially for prototypes and pattern-making but also by woodworking hobbyists for whittling. The illusionism of the sculpture is emphasised by the attention to detail in the lobster, the lemon peel that hangs over the edge of the table and the rippling folds of the tablecloth pushed to one end. However the monochromatic timber and the dramatic side-lighting, devised by Swallow to create strong shadows and highlights, point to the inherent unreality of transcribing animate form into inanimate materials. There is a loop of commemoration and death that permeates this work, both in the references to the still-life genre and in the fact that the sculptor killed these creatures in the first place, long before carving this de facto memorial. In the 17th century, vanitas still-life paintings portrayed the abundance of natural life and worldly goods to celebrate this abundance while pointing to the fact that it was only transient, just as life itself is. The title 'Killing time' refers to this sense of life stilled in art, to the act of remembering and recording something from the artist\u2019s past, and to the time spent on carving this labour-intensive sculpture. \u00a9 Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006\nThrough photographs, objects and installations Simryn Gill considers how we experience a sense of place and how both personal and cultural histories inform our present moment. Her work also suggests how culture becomes naturalised, an almost invisible part of our physical environment. Gill often works with books, narratives and texts that provide a framework through which we order and describe the world around us. 'Forest', has the appearance of an etymological proposition where Gill quite literally takes printed words back to roots. Not their roots, as in the source of their meaning, but rather the growing, evolving, decaying nature from which the raw material for books is derived. Gill tore up the fibrous matter of book pages and grafted fragile strips of text into the natural environment. Attached to tropical plants, they look like natural forms, becoming exuberant banana florescences, dangling aerial roots on fig trees, mangroves emerging from mudflats, variegations on the leaves of lush tropical foliage and decaying vegetation at the base of epiphytic ferns. The original plant interventions occurred in places where a tamed nature was in the process of becoming wild again, in decrepit gardens and decaying buildings in Malaysia and Singapore. There is something of a 'lost cities' quality to these works, as nature is in the process of reclaiming culture if not civilisation. Gill's photographic records of her interventions recall botanical drawings and are printed in subtle tones of gray. In keeping with their observational purpose, they depict space up close and there are no vistas, faraway horizons or the distant sublime. They have something of the claustrophophic closeness and rank fecundity of tropical vegetation, which taxed the romantic imaginations of the 19th century. Gill's text has only a brief life out in the landscape as, if it is not eaten by insects, it rapidly rots away under the onslaught of the elements. While we may suspect that culture is impermanent, evolving and probably contingent, we do not really expect such classics as 'Frankenstein, The origin of species or Robinson Crusoe' to become 'cultural compost'. Gill has developed a form of wood-pulp fiction in which she 'literalises the landscape', stories and legends have taken root off the pages of books and grown into a fantastic local flora of transplanted narratives.\n44 Wall drawing #1091: arcs, circles and bands (room) 2003\nFirst drawn by: Kazuko Miyamoto First installation: Panza di Biumo residence, Varese, Italy, June 1980 Sol LeWitt\u2019s wall drawings are executed by professional draughtspeople from sets of instructions generated by the artist. LeWitt emphasised the idea or concept of an artwork over its visual realisation, hence his assertion that his instructions are themselves the work of art. \u2018Wall drawing #337\u2019 and \u2018Wall drawing #338\u2019 exemplify this process: both works are drawn by professional draughtspeople following LeWitt\u2019s instructions. The artist\u2019s methodology has been likened to that of a composer: the works are manifested by others, and no single drawing is ever the definitive version. In a 1971 interview LeWitt commented: \u2018I try to make the plan specific enough so that it comes out more or less how I want it, but general enough that [the draughtspeople] have the freedom to interpret. It\u2019s as though I am writing of piece of music and somebody else is going to play it on the piano.\u2019\n45 Two Wrapped Trees\n46 White terrier\n47 TV cello\nNam June Paik was a pioneer of video installation in the early 1960s. Associated with the international conceptual movement Fluxus, Paik regularly collaborated with other Fluxus artists such as Joseph Beuys and George Maciunas. In 1976 John Kaldor invited Paik and his collaborator, the cellist Charlotte Moorman to create a Kaldor Public Art Project in Australia. As part of the project Moorman played the \u2018TV cello\u2019. Made from three televisions removed from their sets so that their inner workings can be seen, with an attached cello bridge, tailpiece and strings forming a cello-like instrument. \u2018TV Buddha\u2019 was also made in Sydney in 1976 using an old wooden Maitreya (Buddha of the future) from the Kaldor collection. \u2018Kaldor candle\u2019 was made in 1996 for John Kaldor, who remained friends with Paik until the artist\u2019s death in 2006. Both \u2018TV Buddha\u2019 and \u2018Kaldor candle\u2019 employ a conceptual use of video \u2013 first developed by Paik \u2013 in which a camera and a monitor loop in real time, blurring the object\u2013subject distinction. This feedback idea was used by leading conceptual artists in the 1970s, including Bill Viola, Dan Graham and Mike Parr.\n48 Framework houses\n49 Southern gravity\n'From thunder and summer rains on the high South African veld to a day\u2019s work in Sydney. A terracotta clay and water work made with a fast hand. I make one part of the image, and the forces of nature make the rest. The macro-scale and the micro-scale, deliberation and chance. I walk away with bats flying high over the Domain.' Richard Long 2011 Richard Long has made the act of walking in remote and extraordinary landscapes into an art form. It is during these walks that he arranges natural objects such as rocks into geometric forms which he then photographs. \u2018Southern gravity\u2019 was commissioned by John Kaldor specially for the John Kaldor Family Gallery. Long\u2019s mud drawings relate to the water lines poured over rock shelves that he often makes on his walks. Like the artist\u2019s stone works, \u2018Southern gravity\u2019 is based on a geometric shape but the application of the mud is done with such an intensely energetic movement \u2013 akin to a ritual dance \u2013 that striking traces of the artist\u2019s hand gestures are left behind. The wet mud splashes, drips and sprays over the underlying geometry, expressing not only the speed of execution but also the effects of gravity. The finer drips create the impression of a shower that is almost like the rain in a Hokusai print.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 48276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 299.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2008/08/15", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:37Z", "digest": "sha1:XDREYJZ73RO2FQQ2UPHGZ33CWCHETLZT", "length": 3891, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.artsjournal.com", "title": "August 15, 2008 | About Last Night", "raw_content": "TT: Greasepaint under the redwoods\nIn today\u2019s Wall Street Journal drama column I review three shows, Burn This, All\u2019s Well That Ends Well, and Bach in Leipzig, currently being performed at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, plus an off-Broadway show, the Irish Repertory Theatre\u2019s production of Around the World in 80 Days. I liked them all. Here\u2019s an excerpt.\nOutdoor theater festivals are like picnics\u2013the food tastes better when eaten al fresco, but sometimes it rains. Shakespeare Santa Cruz, founded in 1981, splits the difference by performing in two different theaters, one outside and the other inside, both of them deep within the woodsy campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Each summer the company presents two Shakespeare plays in a natural amphitheatre located in a redwood grove and two modern plays in a nearby 527-seat indoor theater equipped with stadium seating and a thrust stage. I\u2019ve been hearing exciting things about the festival, so I flew out to California last weekend and caught three shows there, all of which were worthy of their sylvan setting.\nLanford Wilson\u2019s \u201cBurn This,\u201d to be sure, no longer looks quite so fresh as it did in the long-ago days when the wisecracking gay second-banana character had yet to become a clich\u00e9. Twenty-one years after it transferred to Broadway, \u201cBurn This\u201d can now be seen for what it is, a sentimental variation on \u201cA Streetcar Named Desire\u201d in which the crazy girl is a workaholic choreographer who lives in a converted loft and longs to get a life, the tough-guy stud is a closet aesthete and everybody lives happily ever after. No wonder it ran for 437 performances!\nOn the other hand, Mr. Wilson is a playwright of quality, and if \u201cBurn This\u201d has a core of mush, it\u2019s also well made, well written, very funny when it wants to be and an effective vehicle for four interesting actors and a director who knows how to shift them into overdrive. Shakespeare Santa Cruz delivers the goods\u2026\nIf you long for theatrical froth whipped up with insolent panache, you\u2019ll have a hard time finding a more satisfying show than the Irish Repertory Theatre\u2019s production of \u201cAround the World in 80 Days,\u201d Mark Brown\u2019s stage version of Jules Verne\u2019s 1873 novel about a stiff-upper-lipped Londoner who uproots himself from the Reform Club to go charging around the globe. Co-produced with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the company that brought you John Doyle\u2019s miniaturized revival of \u201cCompany,\u201d \u201cAround the World in 80 Days\u201d is performed on a very, very small stage on which Phileas Fogg (Daniel Stewart) and his trusty servant Passepartout (Evan Zes) circumnavigate the world via steamship, express train and chartered elephant. The cast consists of five actors and two \u201cFoley artists\u201d who supply sound effects and incidental music in full view of the audience\u2026.\nTT: Sousa the storyteller\nRegular readers of this blog may recall that I ran into the tuba-playing son of a member of the Sousa Band on one of my recent theater-related journeys. He loaned me a copy of Marching Along, John Philip Sousa\u2019s long-out-of-print 1928 autobiography, which I read and found (somewhat to my surprise) to be utterly fascinating.\nI resolved at once to write a \u201cSightings\u201d column about Sousa and his memoirs, and the fruits of that resolution will be published in tomorrow\u2019s Wall Street Journal. It turns out that Sousa, who also wrote three full-length novels and 138 newspaper and magazine articles, was as vigorous and engaging a prose stylist as he was a composer, and Marching Along offers a vivid glimpse of his offstage personality.\nTo find out more about Sousa and Marching Along, pick up a copy of Saturday\u2019s Journal and see what I have to say.\n\u201cThe web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 9811, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 234.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ashra.net/community/threads/genuine-spell-casters-with-guarenteed-results.268/page-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:38Z", "digest": "sha1:RTSU2WBX6TDVYJKFYRXSR4EF6GZSBC6F", "length": 1434, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.ashra.net", "title": "Genuine Spell Casters with Guarenteed Results | Page 2 | Forums", "raw_content": "I have been looking for a trustworthy spell caster who cares about my situation. I am so glad I found Ashra because she is genuine. Although, she does not know me personally and does not have to help me, she is going out of her way to help me with my situation. It gives me hope that things with my ex will start to turn around and we can reconcile our differences. Ashra is my last hope of making things work out.\nAfter trying other \u201cspell casters\u201d in the past, I now know that Ashra is a real spell caster and her spells actually work. I truly believe that Ashra is the only genuine spell caster online and she is the only one that I will trust. She is really kind and really wants to help people with their situations. She doesn\u2019t do it for the money like other spell casters. Ashra even casts her spells for free and that\u2019s really great! I really hope that more people will find out about Ashra and get her help. I\u2019m still glad that I found her again and I gave her a chance.\nAfter doing a bit of research online I couldn't find any other spellcaster that has as many people singing their praises as much as people do about Ashra. It truly is staggering and it gives me a lot of hope that the spell she will cast for me will work in bringing the love of my life back home to me. I can't attest to her success because my spell hasn't been cast yet but I really hope to be another one of her success stories!\nSheShines, Mar 11, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 296.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asiaone.com/asia/indonesian-minister-calls-harsh-punishments-sexual-abuse-convicts", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:31Z", "digest": "sha1:5QQBCFQIY3UIWIRQYPE6MBR2I6QICHX7", "length": 1284, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.asiaone.com", "title": "Indonesian minister calls for harsh punishments for sexual abuse convicts, Asia News - AsiaOne", "raw_content": "Indonesian minister calls for harsh punishments for sexual abuse convicts\nJAKARTA - Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Linda Gumelar demanded that the police go all out in hunting those deemed responsible for sexual abuse, and called for severe punishments for those convicted of such crimes.\n\"The law enforcement stage is crucial. That is why the police need to pull out all the stops in investigating,\" Linda said.\nHowever, she also criticised the maximum five-year sentence stipulated in the Criminal Code (KUHP) for people found guilty of sex crimes, arguing that it was too lenient to provide a deterrent effect.\n\"Someone convicted of such an offence can be released and commit the same crime, while the victims suffer for life. This is not just,\" she said.\nTherefore, she went on, the police should have powers to monitor suspects, as they can under the Child Protection Law, which also carries harsher punishments. She said the Child Protection Law's maximum sentence for similar crimes was 15 years' imprisonment.\nRecently, the Jakarta Police detained two people, outsourced cleaners at the Jakarta International School, over allegations gang raping a 6-year-old pupil. The police said they were still investigating the case and searching for more perpetrators.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 226.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asiaone.com/showbiz/british-police-say-peaches-geldof-died-heroin-overdose-paper", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:32Z", "digest": "sha1:G526NLMLWD3EIAZSESCEG6F4DYUVSFVO", "length": 3834, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.asiaone.com", "title": "British Police to say Peaches Geldof died of heroin overdose: Paper, Entertainment News - AsiaOne", "raw_content": "British Police to say Peaches Geldof died of heroin overdose: Paper\nBritish police will confirm on Thursday that Peaches Geldof, the 25-year-old daughter of Band Aid founder and musician Bob Geldof, died of a heroin overdose, The Times reported, without citing sources.\nGeldof, a media and fashion personality in her own right and a mother of two boys, was found dead at her home in Wrotham, Kent, in southern England, on April 7.\nAfter an inconclusive post-mortem examination into Geldof's death, Kent Police said investigations would continue but that the result of a toxicology report could take several weeks.\nThe Times said the result would be announced on Thursday afternoon by Detective Chief Inspector Paul Fotheringham during a brief hearing in Gravesend, Kent. Kent Police could not be reached for comment.\nPeaches was only 11 when her mother, television presenter Paula Yates, died from a heroin overdose, aged 41.\nRolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, model Kate Moss and Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, were among the mourners who attended Geldof's funeral in Davington, Kent last month.\nBob Geldof 'beyond pain' at death of daughter Peaches\nSocialite Peaches Geldof died in her home at the age of 25 on Monday.\nA private ambulance leaves the house of Peaches Geldof after she was found dead at her home in Kent.\nA police car and members of the media wait alongside onlookers outside the house of Peaches Geldof.\nPeaches is the second daughter of Band Aid founder and musician Bob Geldof and a media and fashion personality in her own right.\nKent police issued a statement saying the death was being treated as a \"non-suspicious but unexplained sudden death\".\nPeaches, a mother of two young sons herself, was just 11 when her mother, television presenter Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose aged 41 in 2000.\nIn her last Twitter message on Sunday, Peaches posted a photograph of her as a baby being held by her mother, with the words, \"Me and my mum\".\nThe private ambulance leaves the house of Peaches Geldof.\nPeaches' second husband is Tom Cohen, the singer in the now-disbanded group S.C.U.M\nA police forensic officer leaves the house of Peaches Geldof after she was found dead at her home in Kent April 7, 2014.\nA private ambulance leaves the house of Peaches Geldof near the village of Wrotham in Kent, southern England.\nLive Aid founder Bob Geldof said his family was \"beyond pain\" at the death of his socialite daughter Peaches\nPeaches was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.\nPolice officers stand by a police vehicle outside the driveway of the house of Peaches Geldof near the village of Wrotham in Kent, southern England, on April 7, 2014 where the twenty five-year-old was found dead earlier in the day.\nA police forensics officer is seen outside the house of Peaches Geldof.\nKent police said in a statement: \"Police were called at 1:35 pm on 7 April 2014 to an address near Wrotham following a report of concern for the welfare of a woman.\n\"A woman aged 25 was pronounced dead by South East Coast Ambulance Service.\n\"Officers are working to establish the circumstances around the death.\"\n\"The local coroner has been informed and a post-mortem is expected to be carried out in the next few days,\" the statement said.\nIn her last Twitter message to her 190,000 followers on Sunday, Peaches posted a photograph of her as a baby being held by her mother, with the words, \"Me and my mum\".\nHer father Bob, who put together a huge live rock show in 1985 to raise money for the Ethiopian famine, said of his second daughter: \" Peaches has died. We are beyond pain.\nSharon Osborne later said it was \"unimaginable\" what the family was going through, while X Factor mogul Simon Cowell tweeted: \"The few times I met Peaches she was a sweet, funny warm person. Much love to her family she has left behind.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 5654, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 182.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.askmen.com/recess/most-annoying-trends-of-2014-8.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:52Z", "digest": "sha1:O3ODWY4HS6JGNNTD7WTB7HU4CB6DULRL", "length": 259, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.askmen.com", "title": "\u201cWhite/Black People Be Like\u201d Vines: Most Annoying Trends Of 2014 - AskMen", "raw_content": "Racial stereotyping is quickly becoming one of the biggest and most popular sources of comedic relief on Vine. But why? Whatever happened to good old jokes that didn\u2019t rely on racial stereotyping? There\u2019s literally millions of better ways to be funny on Vine.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 2995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 190.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.associatedsteelerectors.org/events/monthly-ase-meeting-23/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:47Z", "digest": "sha1:2XNYZASV7NPNS3FC6D7RWIT6QWURVWJV", "length": 48, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.associatedsteelerectors.org", "title": "Monthly ASE Meeting | Associated Steel Erectors", "raw_content": "Thursday, December 20, 2018 - 11:30 am - 1:30 pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 710, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 32.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.austinadventures.com/travel-resources/6-reasons-youll-love-argentina-darcie-connell/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:24Z", "digest": "sha1:LGX27EYOLQUZNYWNZ6ITUWRB45IGFLP5", "length": 5314, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "www.austinadventures.com", "title": "6 Reasons Why You'll Love Argentina | Austin Adventures", "raw_content": "6 Reasons Why You\u2019ll Love Argentina by Darcie Connell\nBy Austin Adventures Guides / April 15, 2013\nThere\u2019s only one word to describe Argentina:\nIt translates to calm, peaceful and, well, tranquil.\nAnd during my trip to Argentina last year, I fell in love with Argentina and immersed myself in a tranquillo state of mind.\nAs the eighth largest country in the world, Argentina has something for everyone. From lively Buenos Aires to the wildlife haven of Patagonia and Mendoza\u2019s wine regions, this South American country is truly tranquillo.\nAnd if that isn\u2019t enough, here are six reasons why you\u2019ll love Argentina.\n1. The City of Buenos Aires\nBuenos Aires is the capital city of Argentina and is located on the Atlantic coast, and it\u2019s no wonder, the city\u2019s name translates to \u201cGood Air.\u201d\nBuenos Aires is broken into neighborhoods (barrios) that each have their own personality and special characteristics.\nPalermo has a young vibe with botanical gardens, a zoo and hip restaurants.\nRecoleta is an upscale area with countless plazas, parks, and the historic cemetery where Eva Mara Duarte de Per\u00f3n (aka Evita), Argentina\u2019s First Lady from 1946 to 1952 \u2013 rests today.\nMonserrat has famous Plaza de Mayo and excellent shopping in the galerias.\nPuerto Madero is the old port district that rapidly changed into a trendy business center with limitless hotels and restaurants. This area is great for walking.\nLa Boca is a vibrant area that sits at the mouth of the Matanza River. It\u2019s famous for its colorful buildings and tango dancers.\nNavigating to each of the barrios is easy and inexpensive using the city\u2019s subway (subte) and bus system.\n2. World-class Cuisine\nArgentina\u2019s cuisine is strongly influenced by Italian and Spanish cultures. Common dishes include cheeses, olives, and cured meats.\nBut Argentina is best known for their high-quality beef that includes:\nTenderloin (bife de lomo)\nSkirt steak (entra\u00f1a)\nShort ribs (asado de tira)\nFlank steak (vaco)\nSirloin/NY strip (bife de chorizo)\nMost beef is served with potatoes and chimichuri \u2013 a sauce made with parsley, oregano, garlic, olive oil, and vinegar.\nFor snack lovers, pizza and empanadas \u2013 a meat stuffed pastry \u2013 are also very popular.\nFor desert, you\u2019ll have an array of options with bakeries nearly on every corner. The most famous sweets usually contain dulce de leche, which tastes and looks similar to caramel.\nDon\u2019t expect a big breakfast. Argentines prefer a light breakfast usually consisting of cappuccino or espresso and small croissants (media lunas) followed by a heavy lunch with steak and potatoes or pizza.\nPizza in Argentina\n3. Premium Wine Tasting\nArgentina\u2019s the fifth largest wine producing region in the world but they\u2019ve starting to make the shift from quantity to quality, producing more premium wines. Their most notable wines are Malbec and Torrontes.\nMalbec is a dark, red wine that has hints of cherry and plum. It\u2019s no surprise it pairs perfectly with beef.\nTorrontes is a white wine that\u2019s known as \u201cthe liar\u201d because it has a sweet Muscat smell with a dry taste.\nMost of Argentina\u2019s wine regions hug the Andes mountain range as it\u2019s an ideal climate and terrain for vineyards.\nMendoza is located at the base of the Andes (about an 11 hour bus ride west from Buenos Aires) and is a great city for wine tasting.\nWine Store in Mendoza\n4. Charismatic People\nMost Argentines are descendants of European immigrants \u2013 mostly Spanish and Italian \u2013 who settled in Argentina during the 18th and 19th centuries.\nArgentines are friendly, curious, and engaging. Not to mention beautiful!\nArgentines have a strong sense of community so it\u2019s common to see people chatting on the street corner or in cafes.\n5. Tierra del Fuego in Patagonia\nTierra del Fuego translates to \u201cLand of Fire\u201d and is an archipelago on the southernmost part of the South America. The main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego is shared between Argentina in the east and Chile in the west.\nTierra del Fuego National Park is located 6.8 miles (11 km) west of Ushuaia and has stunning scenery with waterfalls, forests, lakes, mountains and glaciers and impressive wildlife viewing including several species of birds, the guanaco, red fox, North American Beaver, and muskrat.\n6. A Country Frozen in Time\nArgentina is anything but mass market. It\u2019s an endless procession of small shops, bakeries, butchers, produce stands, and restaurants \u2013 all different from the ones before. You\u2019ll feel like you\u2019ve stepped back in time to when things moved slower and people lived simply.\nFrom old cars putting down the road, to shoe shiners working for Argentine pesos and colonial architecture displayed around the plazas, Argentina is a refreshing cultural shift from the everyday hustle and bustle commonly found in the United States or Europe.\nOld Car in Argentina\nHave you been to Argentina? Share what you loved about it in the comments below!\nAbout the author: Darcie Connell is the founder of Trekity \u2013 a website that provides daily travel tips for women and TravelBloggerAcademy.com. In 2012, Darcie fell in love with Argentina after spending 10 weeks exploring Argentina\u2019s wine region of Mendoza and the lively capital city of Buenos Aires. Follow her on Google +1 and Twitter.\nAdventure Travel Home Travel Resources 6 Reasons Why You\u2019ll Love Argentina by Darcie Connell", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 7507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 338.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.austinadventures.com/travel-resources/look-dordogne-part-1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:09:32Z", "digest": "sha1:44ODVE77KJZJOR3ZIUVHIBCGOTICFGQA", "length": 3744, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.austinadventures.com", "title": "A Look at Dordogne (Part 1) - Austin Adventures", "raw_content": "I can think of something special to say about every region where we offer our bicycle trips, because otherwise we would not be offering them at all. But the region which is most special to me is the Dordogne Valley. The Dordogne River rises in the Central Massif of France and runs westwards towards the Atlantic. This river region is a land where the towns have hardly spread beyond the limits of their ancient walls, and the countryside is untarnished.\nMost foreigners visiting the continent of Europe make straight for Paris, and rightly so; no country, save France, could have made Paris. Yet Paris is not France, any more than New York is the United States. The real life of France is elsewhere, especially in the farms and the little country towns. It is only by observing them that one can understand the toughness, the vitality, the resilience of that manner of living and thinking.\nThe Middle Dordogne runs through the country called P\u00e9rigord Noir, or Black Perigord. It is a land of delights. These can be summed up as beautiful form, color, and detail. The Dordogne itself is graceful. Here it is not a great river, but a wide and lively stream. It is entirely natural, flowing along with varied current between banks that usually are tree-fringed, curving to meet cliffs or steep slopes from one side of its bed to the other.\nIt is a colored country. In spring the flowers succeed each other so fast that the hillsides change their tint daily; in the fall the woods hang orange against the blue sky. But the basic color, revealed in the cliffs, in the soil, and in buildings, is that of the rock. Limestone is naturally white. More often, iron and other metals have dyed the stone with a multitude of colors. In some places it is amber, in others pink. In the rays of the setting sun a circle of cliffs will burn as though the rock is on fire.\nThere is constantly varying detail. Every bend of the river, every turn of the road alters the view. The river holds its trees growing up and down in reflection. A golden village pyramids up to the church tower in steeped red roofs. A castle shows its turrets coquettishly to the valley below, for it was carefully designed to do so.\nThe highlight, no doubt, is the prehistoric caves near Les Eyzies. I have probably visited the Grottes de Font de Gaume twenty times with our groups, and continue to get goose bumps each time when I have the privilege of admiring them once more. The walls are covered with outlines, bas-reliefs and paintings still faintly visible. There are mammoths, reindeer, horses and most of all bisons, dating from about 25,000 to 15,000 years BC! The techniques of drawing vary, and are peculiarly interesting because they employ many of the devices of stylization used by artists of the post-impressionist and later schools. Some of the beasts are outlined in a heavy black pigment, while the rest of their bodies are colored in red or ochre yellow. In some cases the softness of animal fur is rendered by what seems like blowing the paint on to the rock.\nBut there are other things to see in this district. Sarlat is one of my favorite little towns in Europe. During Napoleonic times the town was cut from north to south by the \u201cRue de la R\u00e9publique\u201d, which turns its shopfronts to the passer-by. But leave it on either hand and you will see why the whole of Sarlat is a \u201cMonument Class\u00e9\u201d. Both sides display Sarlat\u2019s treasure of old streets, alleyways and medieval houses. One of the town churches has been turned into stores, with its gargoyles hanging over the market place. That must be one of the most decorative squares in the world, with its irregular shape and buildings of many dates pleasantly harmonized. To be continued\u2026\nLook for part 2 on Thursday!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 241.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.austinfashioninitiative.com/blog-feed/2019/1/29/re-examining-fashion-my-time-on-the-red-dot", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:36Z", "digest": "sha1:YW4JHVMTJFMHIV6GS5PUX6Q7D65QHMLT", "length": 24437, "nlines": 63, "source_domain": "www.austinfashioninitiative.com", "title": "Re-Examining Fashion: My Time on the Red Dot \u2014 Austin Fashion Initiative", "raw_content": "Inside my TEDx Talk at Texas State University\nHaving the opportunity to reflect, write and share a TEDx talk really has a way of putting your work under a microscope of your own making. It's rigorous, to say the least, to focus your work on a core central idea that can clearly be communicated in under 18 minutes; an idea that is both timely and possesses the capacity for a decent amount of longevity when you send it out into the ether of the internet.\nBut whether or not we all have the opportunity to share our great ideas in the TED format, working through the process of reflection, examination and research to clearly situate your work is extraordinarily rewarding because it provides a conduit to drive the next iteration of your work forward. This is the behind-the-scenes look at my TEDx talk, offering a reflection on my experience and what I've learned throughout the process. Plus it's an opportunity to expand on how my 'great idea worth sharing' came together.\nFirst thing first when preparing for a talk of this nature is understand that because your time is so limited you have to distill things down to the most concise and clear point that you can. Every sentence and phrase should have an impact, and everything should be connected by a common thread so that the journey that you go on as you progress through the talk is continually entertaining, informative and revealing. It's not easy and I spent countless hours writing and re-writing the talk in collaboration with my speaker coach, Jonathan Alba, who was an exceptional resource and fantastic to work with throughout the process.\nWhen I first sat down with Jonathan we talked about discovering that one central idea. I say discovering, because of course you should be giving a talk on what you know, so you already do know what your central idea is, you just might not know that you know it yet. This was and is -- and probably always will be -- a challenge for me, because I don't think in the way of singular topics and subjects. In all of my work I am always drawing connections between multiple ideas, trying to identify and understand how they fit together, how they're related, how they impact each other. It's not always about the deep-dive, but understanding how the depth of ideas are connected across the big picture. The central idea becomes the relationship of multiple elements, not the elements themselves. I was challenged by supervisors on this in the writing of my PhD thesis, and I think even Jonathan was a bit skeptical of my ability to relate three seemingly disparate ideas revolving around the fashion industry to each other and not give a talk that was a mess. In the end, I think we came to create a talk that we could be proud of.\nIn my talk, I wanted to bring together the relationship between our cultural understanding of the fashion industry, our need to address issues of sustainability in apparel manufacturing, AND our opportunity to enhance the industry through entrepreneurship on a global scale. Even at the beginning of preparing for the talk I was not as succinct as that previous sentence in defining the parameters. I just knew that I was questioning, studying and deliberating over each of these issues on a continual basis.\nThe central argument that I'm making in my talk, comes from my own unique set of circumstances, experiences, and perspective. I couldn't have given any other talk, because this is where the fashion industry and I stand at this point in time. But I'm happy to say now that through this process, I've learned so much that keeps propelling me forward.\nWatch the TEDx Talk:\nThe Full Annotated Transcript\nHow Clothes Impact Your Life: Re-examining Fashion\nJust so that I can make sure we\u2019re all on the same page here \u2026 How many of you got dressed this morning?\nI would check around and make sure everyone has their hand raised, otherwise, you're probably going to need to have an awkward conversation with your seat mates. But hopefully we've established that we're all wearing clothes today and none of us are naked.\nAll kidding aside, you thought about the clothes that you put on today. You probably thought what you would be doing, the weather, where you were going, and who you would see. Even if if you think you know nothing about fashion, you thought enough about it to decide which clothes that you put on your body today.\nThis opening 'hook' as writers like to call it, is taken right out of numerous meetings I've had with a number of individuals who upon hearing about my background and work reply something along the lines of \"Oh, that's cool, I know nothing about fashion.\" To which I like to gently inform and thank them for \"showing up wearing clothes\", because we need to lay some ground rules that this isn't an industry that's off limits to people who aren't designers, models, 'influencers', etc. We all think about what we wear, and we all make our own individual rules about what we will and will not put on our body, and in this way we all have our own sense of style (whether or not we all agree that a particular style is in good taste). But you know what you like and you know what you like to wear, and therefore you know something about fashion.\nI love fashion. And more specifically the business of fashion. So much so that I pursued a PhD in it. And I'll let you in on a little secret: the fashion industry as we know it is obsolete, and is in drastic need of change to make it more technologically innovative and sustainable.\nLet me be fair, is every active business currently in the industry obsolete? No. But is the industry in the midst and on the verge of drastic change that will impact us all? Yes. And in that way, the systems we've set-up in the industry are obsolete, and there will of course be winners and losers as processes and technologies shift, influencing how apparel items are designed, produced, sold and consumed. We're already seeing it moving its way throughout the supply-chain beginning with the 'retail apocalypse'.\nBut I've come to realize that changing the industry begins with changing our perspective of how we make meaning from fashion. That's what I'm here to do: to re-examine our emotional connection to the fashion industry in order to open up the door to entrepreneurship and innovation, and make the industry more sustainable.\nHere you have my one central idea.\nBeing in my position gives me a front row seat to our cultural understanding of fashion as frivolous and unimportant. Let me give you a particularly memorable example:\nNear the end of my first year of research. I returned home to our small town in Texas for a visit to friends and family. My little brother and I were sitting around a dinner table, when someone asked me what I was working on. I began to answer proudly that I was working on my PhD. Before I could explain further, my little brother said, \u201cBut It\u2019s not a real PhD because it\u2019s in fashion.\u201d\nNow, I realize that he meant it as a joke. But I also know that it cut me to the core, to hear in a very public way that someone I love so much, didn\u2019t see the value in the thing that I loved doing. Or at least thought is was something worth laughing about.\nBut if you think about it, is it any wonder?\nWe think of fashion as frivolous because we don\u2019t need to be pretty, handsome, or attractive. Fashion is merely the stuff of women and the home. Something that our mothers and wives do for us. Silly things to keep us preoccupied. It\u2019s not serious or for smart people. It\u2019s for people who have nothing better to do.\nFashion is merely the constant consumption of goods that ceaselessly move in and out of our lives. The industry is criticized and mocked for constantly telling us what we should be buying and wearing at this moment in time, as trends go in and out of style.\nLet me be clear. I am not an expert on the cultural studies of fashion. But I know enough to relate it to my own experience. Having a 'PhD in fashion' is unusual. I realize that. But we do talk a lot of about the frivolity of the industry as a judgement against our extravagant consumerism, and it's a reasonable observation that only begins to highlight the depth of problems that plague the industry. But, it's also not the whole picture, which provides a glimpse into why consumption isn't inherently bad.\nBut also consider this: Fashion is an industry that touches every human life. We are all participants. We all adorn our bodies with something. And we all exchange things of value to obtain the things with which we adorn our bodies. It is valued at more than $2.4 trillion dollar annually. On a personal level, fashion is both an opportunity for self expression and a way of aligning yourself with your culture and community.\nBut let's face it: Fashion, and the purchase of apparel, is at this point, purely an emotional decision. For the most part, we don't actually need new items of clothing. But I believe that this emotional decision not only imperative to the development of our economy, but the development of our humanity. And I believe fashion has the power to change the world. But not if we don't take it seriously.\nI love this point. When we ridicule fashion and the people who love it, we are ignoring the importance of it to our own individuality and collective humanity. What we wear has a profound impact on who we are, how we perceive ourselves and how we are perceived. We've already laid the ground rules that we all wear stuff ... this isn't going to change and it is important, like I say here, to both our economy and our development as a global society.\nNot since the invention of the sewing machine have we truly revolutionized the way our clothing is made. We\u2019ve achieved \u2018efficiencies\u2019 in the industry, speeding up the rate at which clothing is produced by sacrificing quality and creativity, placing increasing pressure on other aspects of our supply chain, including the individuals who make them. Every item on your body today was made with human hands.\nRe-examining our collective relationship to fashion is how we'll achieve an industry that is innovative and sustainable. Fashion is considered the second most polluting industry in the world. And for the last decade the discussion of sustainability continues to rise. And yet, what is sustainability?\nI struggled with how to phrase this point. Because I actually am annoyed by the 'statistic' that 'fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world'. As much as I tried to research this point (what are the other top polluting industries in the world?) I had a hard time finding the actual research study that made this claim, with the only origin I could find being a statement Eileen Fisher made while accepting an award. I worked to qualify the statement by saying that 'fashion is considered', but the reality is the actual statistic has not been verified, and I appreciate those who are starting to draw attention to this issue (see here and here). However, the central idea that I want to illustrate here is not this statistic per say, but to highlight that the industry is highly polluting, how we manufacture and distribute products is wasteful in many respects, and we have been increasingly using the 'sustainability' buzzword within the fashion industry to market new products, in many cases products that are marginally better in some aspects to the detriment of others. Some of these products are providing us with profound improvements, but defining and determining what is 'sustainable' is a challenge because multiple arguments can be made about products and processes as to why they are and are not sustainable. For those of us who are not sustainability experts, myself included, it is certainly confusing.\nFashion is something I work with and I learn about every day, and I\u2019m confused. Gosh, I have a PHD in Fashion and I still don't get what it means to make this industry sustainable.\nComing to an answer or single definition as to what is sustainable brings into question not only how we consume and dispose of our apparel, but also, every element of our supply-chain and the profound interdependency one element has on others. Fashion is a global industry, fractured across small businesses and independent suppliers. There isn\u2019t a single solution, and every decision we make will have positive and negative consequences. That\u2019s why it\u2019s time to re-examine the fashion industry.\nIs it better to recycle plastic bottles and convert them into threads that then go into making our apparel items? We are already seeing t-shirts and tote bags on the market made from polyester derived from recycled plastics. But now we know that washing those t-shirts, and other garments containing synthetic thread causes microscopic particles of plastic to end up in our water supply and food-chain. Is that the best option?\nOr is it a return to the way we used to make clothes, called \u2018slow fashion\u2019 with craftsman and artisan production, often produced locally or in the country of origin and made using organically grown cotton, wool and linen. But what about all this I hear about the substantial energy and water used in the growth those materials. Or the shortage of skilled labor to make those types of garments? For most this is a luxury that we can't afford. Simply returning to the original process of apparel manufacturing is like returning to a horse and buggy in rejection of the combustion engine. We must push forward.\nThe third option is that we should simply stop consuming, or at least consume less, buy vintage \u2014 but that requires a massive change in behavior that is inconsistent with our human desires. We use fashion \u2014 not only the consumption of it, but the creation of it \u2014 to express who we are and how we feel. That is not a static element, but a part of our identity that changes and evolves over time. Some things will remain constant and others move in and our of our life.\nI think these three examples provide a great perspective on the confusion around sustainability. Making the argument for or against any of these strategies for improving the industry is very complex. I'm not in any way saying here that the improvements or benefits these strategies of production and consumption provide are 'wrong', but that the benefits aren't exactly 'right' either. When we talk about making improvements to the industry to make it more sustainable, it's important to remember that the industry intersects vast elements of our economy (and individuals' livelihoods) and our individual cultures, and making changes to behaviors along both of those dimensions is extremely difficult. The best that we have to work on our guidelines defined by the UN's Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. But again, much of the focus on this is on large established companies, and it remains difficult for entrepreneurial design businesses to source materials and labor that is both sustainable and allows them to be competitive in the market.\nIn this way, I can mark moments of transition in my life by changes in my closet. Items that have stuck with me over the years. Things I\u2019ve let go. And new things that bring me joy when I discover them.\nThe democratization of fashion means that we now have the power to use our clothing to express who we are and the way we want to live. The importance and diversity of expressing ourselves through the items that we wear will and should only increase. Fashion signifies where we are from, our culture, our norms, our belonging to common ideals, while at the same time showcasing our individuality, our diversity, our aspiration. Fashion is simply one component of our freedom of individual identity, our capacity for creativity, and our path to self-actualization.\nI came to fashion reluctantly. I too didn\u2019t take it seriously even though I loved it immensely. Growing up, fashion was not important except when it was. We would get dressed up for special occasions because it was important that we were dressed appropriately. But to express joy and delight about these things that you brought into your life meant that you were vain and silly, materialistic and selfish.\nI spent my teenage and college years reading the pages of American Vogue and never even considered that this thing that I loved, this thing that I thought about every day when I got dressed in the morning - fashion, could really be a part of my life. I was a girl from a small town. What chance did I have to be part of an industry reflected in the pages laying before me.\nAfter I completed my Master\u2019s degree, I missed something. I missed the academic journals. And I was reading Vogue and I saw these great articles about \u2018emerging designers\u2019. The entrepreneurs who were building new companies. And I wanted to know what we understood about this aspect of the industry scientifically. I went back to the library and began my search. And nothing. I found articles on established brands in fashion - Burberry and Ralph Lauren. I found articles on internationalization of retail. But there was this huge gapping whole in our academic literature on fashion entrepreneurship.\nAnd what now seems like just the next step in my journey but was actually years of stress and struggle, I moved my husband and my dog across an ocean to London. I enrolled in the London College of Fashion to pursue my PhD. And I found myself plopped right into the industry that I had admired from afar.\nDuring my time in London, I learned two things. The first: that the fashion industry as we know is obsolete. The second: that the awesome individuals who are working in this industry are no more special or extraordinary than any number of individuals I meet anywhere else in the world. They were just lucky enough to have access to participate.\nAnd the reality is ... there is fantastic talent around the world, and it's time that we empower individuals to innovate through entrepreneurship.\nAgain here, weaving the thread of the talk through our cultural understanding of the industry, and providing an example from my perspective developed from my own set of experiences and observations of how we make meaning from fashion. But of course, the next step here is to bring in the third element: entrepreneurship. I feel so fortunate to have met so many extraordinary individuals within the fashion industry, and I know personally from hearing their stories of their own challenges and struggles to achieve what they have achieved. But my argument here is that we know now that the industry needs all of us --- who wear clothes --- to take it seriously so that we can access the talent needed to push our industry forward. It's a shame in any respect to waste talented human capital, and the advancements in technology that we have today give us the opportunity to empower individuals through entrepreneurship globally. We all benefit from innovation.\nThis understanding has propelled me forward to the next step.\nThe future of the industry will be built through disruptive entrepreneurship and innovation that changes the way we design, experience, buy, make and dispose of our clothing. It is going to take innovators to design new business models and apply new technology to move beyond our constant consumption of limited resources. So I launched Aesthetic Ventures, a company to build other companies. My mission is simple: to connect extraordinary entrepreneurs with the resources they need to profoundly impact the future of fashion. I believe a new era of fashion is emerging. One that is sustainable, ethical, meaningful, functional, aspirational and joyous. Sustainability and technological innovation should not be a unique selling proposition, but the status quo. We can innovate every segment of the supply chain from design to production, and distribution to disposal.\nBuilding a successful company is hard. Building a successful company that changes the world sounds crazy enough that it\u2019s worth pursuing. I generally always feel like I am at the bottom of a mountain ready to begin my ascent. I begin with what I know: I am a researcher. In my role I learn about, connect and work with individuals who each are making an impact in their own way. My thinking here is that if we can link together miniature disruptions and resources, we can build on incremental innovations to have a powerful impact. Everything begins with one small seed of progress at a time. With Aesthetic Ventures, I'm beginning with a very select core set of capabilities to help emerging fashion companies build enduring brands, create meaningful products, and scale their companies for maximum reach.\nI don't have all the answers of how the fashion industry will change. But I do know that we can begin with re-examining our perspective on fashion, recognizing how important this industry is to our individual and cultural identity.\nLike when I found the gap in our understanding when I began my PhD research, I see an opportunity to open up access to this industry through entrepreneurship to anyone, any where that has an innovative solution, technology or business model. My work in this area is only just beginning. But I believe that improving our fashion supply-chain begins with re-examining our perspective, recognizing the power and meaning that fashion holds in our lives.\nI first became aware of how important what I wore was to my life, when I realized that many of my most important memories are intimately connected with what I wore for the occasion.\nLike the year my baby brother was born. I don\u2019t remember much detail about this time. Except that I was so happy to be a big sister. The look of his beautiful face. And my perfectly pink polka-dot dress that I wore to his christening. It was important to me that I be beautiful when I celebrated this new baby that had just entered my life. I was six, and even then I knew that the clothes that I put on my body meant something.\nAt the beginning of the talk I had to give my little brother a bit of big sister payback in calling him out on his joke, which did get a good laugh, and yes, did crush me inside. But I totally understand how he came to make the argument that 'fashion wasn't real' or 'important.' But being a big sister is so important to me that I couldn't help but show through that how meaningful our clothes are to our experience of cherished events in our lives.\nWe are all participants in this industry. We all put these items on our bodies everyday. They are gifts and cherished items that mark the passage of time in our lives. They are splurges and lucky finds in vintage stores. They are made by us and for us.\nWhen it comes to fashion, if you have a great idea, technology or solution, please pursue it. Build the company, because we need more innovation faster.\nIf you already work in this industry, do everything you can to improve it. As I said at the beginning, fashion is my business. I LOVE IT, and this is what I'm dedicating my life to.\nBut I also get that most of us will only ever just wear clothes. And that's totally cool. Buy the things that you love. But also love the things that you buy. Because these are the items that you live your life in.\nRecognizing the power and meaning of what we wear is for each of us such a tangible and profound opportunity to begin improving our industry because it will influence our buying decisions, and also what we design, and how we produce items. When we dehumanize fashion we are extinguishing our own creative humanity and limiting our opportunities for innovation within an industry that impacts each one of us.\nDelivering this TEDx talk was such an honor and it will be a memory that I cherish. I am also tremendously aware that this talk isn't the result of six months of work, but my entire lifetime of experience, and at least 10 years of research, study and reflection, both of which are the result of the influence of countless individuals, my awesome little brother included. The one thing I wanted to achieve with this talk is to share how we are connected to the fashion industry in such a way that helps us each recognize our own power to contribute to it, and hopefully in doing so we'll inspire the entrepreneurs who will provide clarity on sustainability so that together we can build the future of fashion.\nOnward in collaboration and kindness.\nTo learn more about my work with Aesthetic Ventures, connect with us via our website.\nOlder PostCelebrating the Presentation of it all", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 25409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.austinnaturalfunerals.com/obituaries/James-Brice-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:17Z", "digest": "sha1:45YSAKHJED64BM7Y5TNZCTGTGN5JRA5W", "length": 484, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.austinnaturalfunerals.com", "title": "James Edward Brice Jr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "James Edward Brice Jr.\nJames (Jim) E. Brice, Jr. (Jimmy to his sisters) left us on November 13, 2018. He was born in Ocala, Florida on February 1, 1948. His father, James E. Brice, Sr., and his mother, Mary E. Scott, predeceased him. Jim graduated from Jesuit High... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of James Edward Brice Jr. created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nJames (Jim) E. Brice, Jr. (Jimmy to his sisters) left us on November...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2537, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 135.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.authorsguild.net/services/members/2845", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:44Z", "digest": "sha1:46TVPABZU7KKWCV3PPIWESP42HARJ64J", "length": 1986, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.authorsguild.net", "title": "Profile - John Whittier Treat - The Authors Guild", "raw_content": "Home > Member Benefits > Member Profiles > John Whittier Treat\nTwitter @johnwtreat\nJohn Whittier Treat lives in Seattle. He has published short stories in Jonathan and the QDA: Queer Disability Anthology, and has work included in the recent anthology of Washington State poets, Washington 129 (Sage Hill Press, 2017). In 2015 Big Table Publishing issued his novel, The Rise and Fall of the Yellow House, about the early years of the HIV epidemic in the Pacific Northwest. It was a finalist for the 2016 Lambda Literary Foundation Prize for Best Gay Fiction. His opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times, the Huffington Post, and Out magazine. His latest book is The Rise and Fall of Modern Japanese Literature (University of Chicago Press, 2018). He is now at work on a novel about a stutterer who saves the world. www.johntreat.com.\nThe Rise and Fall of the Yellow House\nIn 1983 twenty-nine year-old JEFF leaves New York for a new start in Seattle. There he meets HENRY, a twenty year-old heroin addict; and NAN, an older divorced woman looking to fill the new emptiness in her life.\nJeff and Henry fall in love despite their problems with drug, alcohol and a fear of AIDS as the epidemic slowly arrives in the Pacific Northwest. Nan buys a large house \u2013\u201cThe Yellow House\u201d-- on Capitol Hill, Seattle\u2019s gay neighborhood and starts to host AA and other twelve-step groups for gay men. Jeff and Henry move into Nan\u2019s Yellow House to help, but tensions erupt when Jeff\u2019s anxieties about Henry, addiction, and his health drive him back to New York for a visit. For days Jeff roams Manhattan aimlessly, not sure why he left Seattle; meanwhile, in the Yellow House Henry is found dead from a gunshot wound with an empty syringe near his body. It might have been murder or suicide\u2014 no one will ever know. But when Jeff learns of Henry\u2019s death in New York, he sets out for a reconciliation with his dead lover that will happen either in his demented mind, or just possibly in reality.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 4130, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.authorsguild.net/services/members/3538", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:28Z", "digest": "sha1:MMAJIFXMC6G5SKIGXJLUX6PMKW5PIWQV", "length": 4629, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.authorsguild.net", "title": "Profile - Dwight Harshbarger - The Authors Guild", "raw_content": "Home > Member Benefits > Member Profiles > Dwight Harshbarger\nBetsy Pyle\nTwitter @dwightharshbar1\nMascot Books, Herndon, VA\nMascot Books, pending\nDwight Harshbarger\nBio, Dwight Harshbarger\nDwight\u2019s recent (2019) historical fiction novel, A Quiet Hero, tells the true story of French General Ren\u00e9 Carmille\u2019s sabotage of the WWII Nazi census of French Jews, saving the lives of thousands. Carmille also provided twenty thousand counterfeit identity cards to members of the French resistance, and built mobilization codes for hundreds of thousands of troops. The codes were instrumental in the successful 1942 Allied invasion of Northern Africa.\nDwight is the author of three earlier novels, two of them focusing on failures of safety management resulting in injuries and fatalities. Valley at Risk \u2013 Shelter in Place (2015), is a fictionalized account of the fatal 2008 explosion at Bayer CropScience's Institute, West Virginia plant. An investigative reporter explores the flawed management practices leading to the explosion and the company's later attempts to cover up those practices. She then unearths decades of chemical spills, leaks and explosions. Her investigative journey takes her into the corporation\u2019s dark history.\nDwight\u2019s 2009 novel, Witness at Hawks Nest described the human tragedy of hundreds of acute silicosis deaths (and their cover-up) in Union Carbide\u2019s construction of the giant Hawks Nest hydroelectric tunnel in southern WV during the 1930s \u2013America\u2019s deadliest and least known industrial disaster. The WV Library Association recognized Witness at Hawks Nest with its 2011 book of the year award.\nHis first novel (2005), In the Heart in the Hills: A Novel in Stories, described the struggles of a boy and an Appalachian community during and following WWII. The intimate connections of community members deepen, twist, and teach \u2013 until they are suddenly pulled apart.\nDwight is known for his work in applied psychology, including a seven-year tenure as the Executive Director of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. Dwight co-founded the CCBS accreditation of safety programs based on principles of behavior.\nDwight studied at West Virginia University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of North Dakota, where he received his Ph.D., and Harvard University, where received a post-doctoral fellowship. He returned to WVU and served as a tenured professor of psychology and later as a professor in the School of Public Health. He has a wide range of corporate consulting experience in the USA and Asia, and served as a senior vice president at Sealy, Inc., and Reebok International, Ltd. Dwight is a senior fellow of the Cambridge Center. He continues to serve as an industrial / management consultant and has designed and operated a wide range of behavior-based programs, including behavioral safety programs.\nHe is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. He received the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Network, Association for Behavior Analysis International.\nA Quiet Hero (Mascot Books)\nIn control of Europe, the Reich asks: the Jews, who are they? Where are they? The Nazis carry out a census of Jews in each of the Occupied countries. After the census in Holland, the Nazis arrested and murdered 75% of the Dutch Jews. In France, after a similar census, 25% of the Jews were murdered. A Quiet Hero tells the true story of how lives were saved in France.\nAt Vichy France\u2019s National Statistical Service (SNS) in Lyon, the Director, Gen. Ren\u00e9 Carmille, and his key aide Miriam Dupr\u00e9 know spies are everywhere. At any minute they may be arrested. With the help of Charles, who moves through the inner circles of governments all over Europe--including the Reich--they race against time to sabotage the census-based lists of Jews and mobilize the Resistance to combat the Nazi death machine. History tells us they were successful, but at what cost?\nReichsf\u00fchrer Heinrich Himmler will not meet his quotas of French Jews. He demands of Lt. Col. Adolph Eichmann, \u201cWhere are the lists?\u201d Through a double agent within SNS, Himmler learns that Gen. Carmille has sabotaged the Nazi census. The Gestapo arrives at SNS to arrest Carmille and his aides. In self-defense, Miriam kills an agent and flees across the city to a safe house in Vieux Lyon. Carmille is arrested, tortured, and interrogated. He is later sent to Dachau.\nMiriam tells the true story of Gen. Ren\u00e9 Carmille\u2019s leadership that saved the lives of thousands of Jews\u2014the story of A Quiet Hero.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 6963, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 194.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ayreshotels.com/blog/hotel/you-can-find-it-anywhere", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:01Z", "digest": "sha1:PL3YPQIGZUT22XJ7QCU5JIG3K26V2GYB", "length": 957, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ayreshotels.com", "title": "YOU CAN FIND IT ANYWHERE", "raw_content": "My porch in Indonesia and, of course, the coffee mug!\nHello and greetings from Don Ayres 3! Returning from a surf trip in Indonesia and coming back to work is not an easy task, but after some reflection and actually entering into our corporate office at Ayres Hotels is was not as bad as one might think. Surfing good waves in a warm and tropical place is very good and invigorating for an old guy like me, but returning to work at Ayres Hotels is also an invigorating place to come back to. You see I love our team at corporate and our teams at our hotels. We are all engaged in caring about people, valuing teamwork and delivering results. We have fun at work here. Our goal is to keep our guests satisfied and happy. We are so lucky to be able to serve them. I will return to Indonesia hopefully the same time next year (and hopefully for a month) and then I will be back to work again, and I thank God for a wonderful place to work here at Ayres Hotels.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 250, "original_length": 5693, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ayreshotels.com/events/redondo-beach/httpwwwvillagerunnercommanhattan-beach-running-store", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:21Z", "digest": "sha1:5K3LBCZ4JCAFUPNIBR3LAMKE3KNG7ERJ", "length": 266, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.ayreshotels.com", "title": "21st Annual 4th of July 5K", "raw_content": "21st Annual 4th of July 5K\nCelebrate 4th of July in a healthy way, be part of this community annual 5K. This event has been the fastest growing event in the South Bay area. Register now online now!\nVillageRunner Store 1811 A Catalina Ave. Redondo Beach, CA 90277 USA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 260, "original_length": 4429, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 315.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.azslogans.com/vote-for-_______-to-get-things-done/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:33Z", "digest": "sha1:3QXHMMMSTUHOIWVYEEU47XPHAIMTEBFN", "length": 521, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.azslogans.com", "title": "Vote for _______ to get things done", "raw_content": "Vote for _______ to get things done\n[url=https://www.azslogans.com/vote-for-_______-to-get-things-done/][img]https://www.azslogans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/azslogans-3686-600x400.jpg[/img][/url]\nShe is the one who\u2019ll get things done\nGood things come to those who bait\nPhillips \u2013 Let\u2019s make things better\nNitrogen keep the things cool\nI enjoy things without sugar\nMoney can buy things but not happiness\nThere are many things other than money that can make you rich\nIf you wanna be weak, drugs are the things you seek", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 2294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 245.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.backsandus.com/article/chiropractic-treatment-of-spinal-fracture", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:18Z", "digest": "sha1:5PX7HDK3ZZ7PYZM3T24VYVRQ64IHVFVD", "length": 3669, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.backsandus.com", "title": "Chiropractic Treatment of Spinal Fracture - Boardman, OH Chiropractor - BACKS and US Chiropractic Center", "raw_content": "Two recent studies have been published that discuss the successful management of spinal fractures with chiropractic treatment.\nThe first1 describes the case of a 49-year-old man who, after a fall on his buttocks, developed an \"oblique (zone III) fracture through the fifth sacral segment with slight anterior displacement of the distal fragment.\"\n\"Neurological examination was unremarkable. On orthopaedic examination, the buttock pain was elicited by stressing the sacroiliac (SI) joints, but the distal sacral pain was not aggravated. Patrick's test was negative.\"\n\"Palpation revealed marked tenderness of the distal sacrum. Both SI joints were tender and hypermobile. Palpation of the lumbosacral and gluteal musculature did not recreate the patient's symptoms.\"\n\"After obtaining the patient's informed consent, the SI joints were manipulated with the patient in side-posture, once on each side, with a contact over the proximal SI joint. Interferential current was applied over the sacrum for analgesia. The patient felt markedly improved immediately.\"\nFurther chiropractic treatment consisted of four daily treatments, and then five more treatments during the next two weeks. At that time the patient was discharged.\nIn the second case2, the authors describe the case of a 18-year-old man with a Chance fracture of L3. The man was sitting in the middle rear seat of a car that hit a tree. He was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, where the resident physician told him that radiographic findings were normal. He reported low back pain and paresthesia in the left leg. He was given pain medications and sent home.\nThe patient had the same symptoms 3 days later, but was again told that everything was normal. An orthopaedic surgeon then evaluated the radiographs and diagnosed a \"nondisplaced fracture of L3 confined to the posterior fourth of the vertebral body.\"\nThe patient was brought to the chiropractic physician twelve days after the accident. \"The chiropractic interpretation of the radiographic examination contradicted the opinion verbally provided by the orthopedist at the hospital. Plain films demonstrated a Chance fracture of L3, extending from both laminae through the pedicles and transverse processes and continuing into the posterior-inferior portion of the vertebral body of L3, passing through the inferior end-plate. It was clear that there was a posterior displacement of the posterior-inferior aspect of the upper part of the L3 vertebral body.\"\nAfter careful examination of radiographs and CT images, chiropractic treatment was instituted.\n\"After the second adjustment to L3, the paresthesia to the left leg had resolved and the low back pain had reduced considerably. The patient was adjusted on three occasions at L3 over the course of a week...Approximately 1 month after beginning chiropractic care, the patient reported that the leg symptomatology, including the uncontrollable knee flexion, was very much improved.\"\nAt four months after the accident, the patient had no paresthesia in the left leg, and had occasional minor low back pain.\nThe authors of both studies warn that extreme caution should be observed when working with severe spinal trauma. We recommend that those interested in these studies obtain complete copies for themselves.\nSteiman I, Grod JP. Spinal manipulation in a case of sacral fracture: presentation in a chiropractic office. Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association 1996;40(3):145-149.\nPlaugher G, Alcantara J, Hart CR. Management of the patient with a Chance fracture of the lumbar spine and concomitant subluxation. 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I offer short and long-term counselling to adults in Brighton and Hove.\nI specialise in working with common mental health issues including:\nLooking for a therapist can seem daunting at first, so I offer a low-cost initial session to enable the two of us to meet and discuss what you would like to gain from therapy and to see if you would like to work with me.\nI see my role as creating a safe, empathic space where the client can explore the issues that our troubling them and develop a deeper level of insight and understanding. Through this process of exploration and reflection, individuals can let go of negative habits which are holding them back.\nI have worked in a variety of industries and so understand the pressures we face in the modern workplace. I believe that counselling can provide us with the tools to manage our feelings, understand ourselves at a deeper level and enable us to live happier, more integrated lives.\nAnxiety, Bereavement, Abuse, Loss, Trauma, Depression, Health related issues, Sexuality, Self esteem, Cultural issues, Men's issues, Child related issues, Relationships, Sex-related issues, Redundancy, Stress, Anger management, Work related issues\nThis page was printed from https://www.bacp.co.uk/profile/8f53625c-5390-e711-80e8-3863bb351d40/therapist?location=Brighton", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 4480, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 277.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.baezlawfirm.com/how-to-avoid-a-hit-and-run-car-accident-conviction-in-florida/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:03:36Z", "digest": "sha1:LYQVKJKHDTJWCLKS6UTPC6JSTT3VHY4N", "length": 4064, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.baezlawfirm.com", "title": "How To Avoid A Hit And Run Car Accident Conviction In Florida | Orlando Hit And Run Lawyer", "raw_content": "How to Avoid a Hit and Run Car Accident Conviction in Florida\nHit and run car accidents are taken very seriously these days, especially as the roads become more and more flooded with drivers, and the risk for car accidents increase every day. More often than not \u2013 so long as there is no negligence involved \u2013 a car accident merely results in some points to your record, a few penalties, and some fines. However, if you were to leave the scene of an accident, you could face a lot more than points to your driving record and some fines; a hit and run car accident is viewed as a crime, and as such, is treated and prosecuted as a criminal offense.\nWhen Fleeing the Scene of an Accident is a Misdemeanor\nWhile a fleeing the scene of an accident is always an inconsiderate move, there are two instances in which Florida law views the offense as criminal:\nWhen unattended property is damaged (Florida Statute 316.063): When a driver hits unattended property \u2013 including an unattended vehicle \u2013 they are required to make a concerted effort to locate the owner of the property to inform them of the accident. If the owner of the property cannot be found, the driver who caused the damage is required to leave a note with his or her name, address, contact information, and registration information in plain sight, near or on the damaged property, where the owner of the damaged property can be expected to find it. Failure to comply with the provisions laid out in this statute can result in a second degree misdemeanor if caught, and can carry up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine\u2014on top of the fines imposed by the DMV.\nWhen attended property is damaged (Florida Statute 316.061): When a driver crashes into another vehicle or property that is occupied by another individual, and if the accident results only in property damage, they are required by law to remain at the scene of the accident until they have completed their statutory duties as a Florida driver. A Florida driver has the duty to perform the following after an accident: exchange information with the occupants of the damaged property, including name, address, and registration; present their driver\u2019s license; and lastly, notify law enforcement of the accident. A driver who fails to comply with his or her statutory duties will be charged with a second degree misdemeanor, and can receive up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.\nWere You Panicked?\nOftentimes, when a driver flees the scene of an accident, they do so not because they want to get out of paying for damages or because they were engaged in some illegal activity prior to the crash (such as drinking and driving), but simply because they panicked. If you can prove that you committed a hit and run because of your natural \u201cfight or flight\u201d instinct, and not because you were trying to avoid law enforcement, the Orlando hit and run lawyers at The Baez Law Firm may be able to build a solid defense with that information. Furthermore, if there were any extenuating circumstances that added to your stressed state of mind\u2014such as a recent death in the family, a professional problem, or a relationship issue\u2014we may be able to prove to the judge that your decision making abilities were hindered at the time of the accident, thereby causing you to flee the scene of the accident in a moment of panic.\nConsult an Orlando Hit and Run Lawyer\nAt The Baez Law Firm, our traffic offenses lawyers understand that car accidents can induce fear and panic, thereby causing the drivers of both vehicles to make rash decisions. Unfortunately, some of those rash decisions\u2014such as fleeing the scene of the accident\u2014can result in misdemeanor charges and jail time. We make it our job to present the circumstances surrounding the accident and its aftermath in the best possible light to the judge. If you were recently involved in a hit and run accident, contact the Orlando traffic offenses lawyers at The Baez Law Firm to learn more about how we can help you avoid a conviction. 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Mosley - Baltimore Sun", "raw_content": "Preston: Ravens have a lot to weigh in negotiations with free-agent-eligible linebacker C.J. Mosley\nRe-signing Pro Bowl inside linebacker C.J. Mosley should be one of the Ravens\u2019 top priorities during the offseason, but they need to proceed with caution.\nMosley, 26, is a good player but not a great one.\nUnder former general manager Ozzie Newsome in recent years, the Ravens have overpaid players such as nose tackle Brandon Williams and safety Tony Jefferson.\nBut Newsome also has a history of allowing inside linebackers such as Jamie Sharper, Brad Jackson, Bart Scott and Ed Hartwell to move on because most of the linebackers\u2019 money was allotted for the salary of star Ray Lewis.\nNow, the Ravens are in different territory.\nEric DeCosta is the new general manager and his first major decision will be the status of Mosley. Do the Ravens put the franchise tag on him, or do they offer Mosley a five- or six-year deal worth around $65 million to $75 million, which would make him the highest-paid inside linebacker in the game?\nMosley is good, but not yet in the class of the Carolina Panthers\u2019 Luke Kuechly or Seattle Seahawks\u2019 Bobby Wagner, the two highest-paid inside linebackers in the NFL. Kuechly signed a five-year, $62 million contract in 2015, and Wagner, one of the most feared hitters in the NFL, is averaging $10.75 million a season.\nMosley might not even be as good as the New York Giants\u2019 Alex Ogletree, who makes $10.50 million a year. You can crunch and compare statistics and talk about the different systems each of the above players perform in, but Mosley appears a step away from becoming a great player.\nThe first-round pick out of Alabama in the 2014 draft simply hasn\u2019t made enough big plays yet, especially in crunch time.\nThe Ravens advanced to the NFL playoffs for the first time in four years, and maybe that is an indicator of things to come.\nThe Ravens are ushering in a new general manager as longtime assistant Eric DeCosta replaces Ozzie Newsome, who has basically run the team\u2019s on-the-field operations since...\nHe does a lot of other things well. He is one of two players to record at least 500 tackles, eight sacks and eight interceptions since he entered the league. The other is Kuechly.\nMosley\u2019s agents will also point out to DeCosta that Kuechly\u2019s contract was signed more than three years ago and that Mosley is one of leaders on defense. Not only does he call signals, but there isn\u2019t anyone ready to step in if Mosley enters free agency and leaves.\nIt\u2019s hard not to like him. Mosley is undersized at 6 feet 2 and 250 pounds, but he makes up for it with his speed and temperament. He loves contact, attacks runners and is a reliable tackler because of his leverage. Mosley also does a good job of disengaging blockers with his hands.\nThe Ravens need new stars who were drafted by the team, like former Pro Bowl players Jonathan Ogden, Peter Boulware and Ed Reed.\nThe Ravens will be picking 22nd when the NFL draft begins in Nashville, Tenn., on April 25.\nFor a look at various options predicted for the Ravens in Eric DeCosta\u2019s first draft as general manager, click through the photos above.\nBut there are other things to consider: Despite all the tackles, Mosley hasn\u2019t had a lot resulting in losses. He is a liability in pass coverage, and his stiff hips don\u2019t allow him to turn and run with good running backs in pass coverage. He isn\u2019t effective as a blitzer, often getting lost in the piles of humanity.\nIn essence, he\u2019s isn\u2019t a complete linebacker. He\u2019s a good one, just not a great one.\nMosley has the ability and personality to be the face of the organization. He is thoughtful and a hard worker, and his teammates like him. He is active in the community, and you never have to worry about where Mosley is the night before a game.\nThe Ravens could put the franchise tag on Mosley for next season, which would force them to pay him around $15 million. That wouldn\u2019t be a smart move. They might try to re-sign him before free agency begins March 13, but they need to be careful of the cost.\nWith the Ravens\u2019 season-ending 23-17 loss Sunday to the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL playoffs, an offseason rife with uncertainty began in Baltimore.\nBut the weekend of wild-card-round action clarified at least one aspect of the Ravens\u2019 to-do list: They know where they\u2019ll be picking in April\u2019s...\nThe Ravens have gotten a bargain from Mosley, who signed a four-year $8.87 million deal as a rookie. He has 579 tackles, nine interceptions, six forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries and 8.5 sacks. He has been named to the Pro Bowl four times.\nThe Ravens might offer him a lucrative contract with a lot of the money to be paid out in the first couple of years, and that would allow them to renegotiate in the final couple of years.\nBut they need to be careful. Mosley\u2019s number is 57, not 52.\nStories, columns, pictures and videos covering the playing career and post-retirement life of the legendary Ravens safety.\nThe Ravens' Michael Crabtree, left, catches a 7-yard touchdown pass in front of the Chargers' Casey Hayward Jr., right, with 1:59 left in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles won the wild-card-round game, 23-17, on Jan. 6, 2019, at M&T Bank Stadium.\nRavens wide receiver Michael Crabtree catches a 31-yard touchdown pass from Lamar Jackson in front of Chargers defensive back Casey Hayward with 6:33 left in the fourth quarter in a 23-17 wild-card-round loss to Los Angeles at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 7370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barder.com/on-july/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:49Z", "digest": "sha1:6R7B4RTMSFBWG34CPWN3LHSRO73XXDWW", "length": 16448, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.barder.com", "title": "On July \u2013 Brian Barder's website and Ephems blog", "raw_content": "The Kabul conference and David Cameron\u2019s pilgrimage to Washington have generated plenty of articles and interviews agonising about Afghanistan. Ministers are asked what would happen in that country if \u201cwe\u201d withdrew \u201cour\u201d forces next week [approved answer: the Taliban take over the country again, invite al-Qaeda back, bombs explode all over London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast]. This, though, suggests a confusion over who \u201cwe\u201d are. If it means we the UK, the correct answer is presumably that either American or some other NATO country\u2019s troops would replace ours, and the war would continue without missing a beat. But questioners and those answering them seem to assume that without the British contingent, the whole NATO effort would collapse, surely an improbable scenario: or alternatively that if the British pull out, the Americans would give up and pull out too \u2013 an even more improbable assumption. Perhaps it\u2019s just a case of everyone identifying \u201cus\u201d and the Americans as inseparable twins, joined at the hip: whatever \u201cwe\u201d decide to do about Afghanistan, the Americans will have to do whatever we do \u2013 a self-evidently ludicrous proposition, when you think about it. We\u2019ve done more than our share in Afghanistan, and suffered many more than our share of deaths and maimings there. Someone else\u2019s turn, surely? As for the timing of and necessary conditions for the end of the whole western intervention in Afghanistan, the Americans will decide those, whatever we think and whether or not we\u2019re still there. However, our coalition ministers clearly want out, and soon, which is something to be grateful for.\nCameron\u2019s visit to Washington collided with the resurrection by some American Senators of the controversy over the release in August 2009 on compassionate grounds by the Scottish government\u2019s Justice Secretary of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the Libyan convicted (quite possibly wrongly) of responsibility for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Many, not all, American relatives of Lockerbie victims, and their Senators, are furious, not only that al-Megrahi was released, but also that he\u2019s still alive, 11 months after being released on the grounds that he had only three months to live. This seems to strengthen suspicion that the mass murderer was actually released in exchange for a lucrative Libyan oil drilling contract being awarded to BP (BP! All together now: \u2018Booooo!\u2019). Herein lies one of several Lockerbie mysteries. In 2007 the then British government agreed that al-Megrahi should not be excluded from the scope of the Prisoner Transfer Agreement (PTA) being negotiated with Libya, as the UK side had originally demanded. Jack Straw, then UK Justice minister, publicly acknowledged that this \u2018concession\u2019 (which implied that al-Megrahi could be transferred to serve the rest of his prison sentence in Libya) was motivated by British commercial interests in Libya, including the BP contract. But it was part of the original UN-approved agreement on the management of the Lockerbie suspects that if either of them was convicted, as al-Megrahi was, he would serve his sentence in the UK (in practice meaning in Scotland, as the whole process was to be conducted under Scottish law). Question: when Blair and Straw made their concession to the Libyans under which al-Megrahi was not after all to be excluded from the PTA, did they know, and remind the Libyans, that whatever the PTA said, under the original agreement approved by the UN, al-Megrahi couldn\u2019t be transferred to serve the rest of his sentence in Libya? There are plenty of other murky questions still to be answered about the whole affair, but this must surely be one of them.\nStill on al-Megrahi: I was sorry to hear Messrs Obama and Cameron at their White House news conference today (20 July) vehemently denouncing the Scottish Justice Secretary\u2019s decision to release Megrahi on compassionate grounds after independent medical opinion had declared that he was dying of terminal prostate cancer and would probably be dead within three months. Under Scottish law that prognosis provided clear grounds for compassionate release. Obama and Cameron are decent humane people and it\u2019s hard to believe that they really disapprove so strongly of such an obviously humane decision by the Scots. Presumably they both think it expedient to condemn the release in order to placate the grieving Lockerbie relatives and, especially, the indignant Senators. I doubt whether we\u2019ll ever know whether the decision was really based solely on compassion for a dying man, or whether it was influenced, even subliminally, by pressure from London not to let al-Megrahi die in prison for fear of the effects of that on UK commercial interests with Libya, or (perhaps more likely) by fear of what might be revealed if al-Megrahi\u2019s appeal against conviction was allowed to proceed. Several well informed people believe there are skeletons in this cupboard which powerful people in the UK and the US want to keep securely and permanently locked away right where they are.\nAnother issue in a politically exciting but depressing month has been the proposed Graduate Tax, under which the escalating cost of university tuition (in England? England and Wales?) would be funded by university graduates who would pay a special tax once their earnings rose to levels that enabled them to pay it. Coalition LibDem minister St Vincent Cable floated the idea and four of the five aspirants to the Labour party\u2019s leadership have endorsed it. None of these worthies has explained how it could be fair to pick out graduates to be made to pay income tax twice on the same income, given that if their university degrees were responsible for increasing their incomes, they would automatically pay more tax on the additional earnings anyway. Nor was it obvious that this specific one of the many factors causing above-average earnings should be singled out for a special tax. There seems no more reason to make graduates pay retrospectively for their university education than to make those who learned their three Rs at state schools pay for their school education, or to impose a special extra tax on those who owe their health or even their lives (and consequently their earning power) to their treatment under the National Health Service. If extra revenue has to be raised to pay for our universities, it should surely be paid mainly by the richest in our society, by definition those best able to pay for it. Graduates in their first few years after leaving university won\u2019t usually be among the richest, nor qualify as those best able to pay more tax. These simple principles really shouldn\u2019t have to be spelled out to those with aspirations to lead HM Loyal Opposition and ultimately our government.\nThere has been extensive discussion in recent days of the manifest injustice, even suffering, caused by the system of Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection, or IPPs, introduced by David Blunkett when home secretary as a form of preventive detention. Several thousands of people on IPPs who have served the \u2018punishment\u2019 element of their prison sentences (by no means only for serious offences) are kept in prison until they can demonstrate to a parole board that they won\u2019t re-offend if released \u2013 something that it\u2019s inherently impossible to prove. As a result, already grossly overcrowded prisons are even more overcrowded by prisoners who\u2019ve done their bird but whom the parole boards won\u2019t release. The Kafka-esque character of this monstrous regime has been emphasised in a major report on IPPs issued during the month by the Prison Reform Trust and in reports by the head of the Parole Board and prison governors, among several others. Yet in the hour-long oral questions to Justice Ministers on 20 July in the house of commons, the last before the long summer recess, not a single question about IPPs was asked. Let\u2019s hope that notwithstanding this apparent lack of interest in the issue on the part of our MPs, IPPs will be subjected to rigorous reappraisal as part of the coalition\u2019s welcome review of sentencing policy, due to report in the autumn. Those IPP prisoners who have served their tariffs but who are being made to wait for years to attend the behaviour management courses effectively required by parole boards as evidence of reform and rehabilitation, and then for years more while they wait for the parole board to consider their cases, and then for an indefinite period of years after that when the parole board has not dared to risk releasing them, should clearly be released without further ado. Some will reoffend, but that\u2019s just a risk we have to accept as a cost of living in what ought to be a free society. Even more IPPers would not reoffend if released, and those are being indefinitely incarcerated for no reason whatever.\nAs I pounded the treadmill in the gym while listening to Mahler on my iPod and reading some familiar Keats to relieve the boredom (licks finger and chalks an imaginary figure 1 on imaginary blackboard), it occurred to me that there are four discrete propositions in the famous couplet \u2014\n\u2018Beauty is truth, truth beauty,\u2014that is all\n\u2014 and that all four propositions are not only untrue, but actually absurd.\nIf you look north, there is a great deal of scepticism here in Scotland about the guilty verdict in Mr Megrahi\u2019s trial. Setting aside the conspiracy theories about the secret services hiding evidence, there is much concern about the quality of the trial process; the general feeling is that a jury might well have gone for not proven which is probably why there was no jury. The hypocritical rantings of the senators who seem to have forgotten the causation of Lockerbie as a revenge by Iran for the Americans downing a civilian flight, and then decorating the captain who ordered it are frankly sickening and accordingly, it is very concerning as a Scot to hear the British Prime Minister failing to defend due process here. The SNP will reap a dividend from this.\nI can\u2019t however escape the view that in the end Kenny MacAskill was pretty certain that there were problems with the guilty verdict and so, as he did not wish to end up with Mr Megrahi dead in a scots prison and found to be innocent, he was able to use compassionate release to cut what would have been the gordian knot.\nBrian writes: Thank you for this. I agree very much with everything you say. There is an impressive body of respectable opinion, by no means all professional conspiracy theorists, which is not convinced that al-Megrahi was properly convicted. It\u2019s impossible to know whether this doubt was a factor in Kenny MacAskill\u2019s mind when he made his decision: fortunately for him, there were ample other grounds for compassionate release.\nIt does look however as if some of those concerned were anxious that al-Megrahi\u2019s appeal should not be heard, either because it would risk bringing Scottish justice into disrepute by discrediting the original trial as unfair and defective, or for more sinister reasons (as I have hinted in my post above). Or were the likely consequences of al-Megrahi\u2019s appeal possibly succeeding simply too awful to contemplate \u2014 for example, the reactions to be expected in the US, and the appalling questions then to be answered: if the two Libyan suspects didn\u2019t do it, who did? And what compensation would be due to al-Megrahi or, if he had died in the meantime, his family?\nSo why did al-Megrahi agree to abandon his appeal before it could be heard? Was it because he feared that he would not live long enough to see it determined, or because abandoning the appeal was a condition, implied or explicit, of his release on compassionate grounds? Perhaps someone should put this question to al-Megrahi while he is still alive.\nTom Berney says:\nI thought the spectacle of Cameron denouncing the Megrahi release was appalling in a foreign country . He is after all the PM of UK. In ths case he was not just criticising a decision by a political a opponent but also the legal system which allowed it. You would think he would feel obliged to defend British practices when abroad. It was pure populism, as were the attitudes of Obama, Hillary and the Senators. Has there ever been a time when US authorities have consulted foreign relatives over a decision to execute or commute a prisoner\u2019s sentence?\nNone of us know whether Megrahi was guilty or how valid the three months prognosis was but it is very clear that the man is very seriously ill and poses no further threat to anyone. The various conspiracy theories look very unlikely. There were several people involved in the process. None of them have suggested they were pressured into it. Also the politics of it look improbable. I doubt very much that the SNP and Labour party are on such good terms that the SNP would accept a Labour instruction to make a controversial decision on the basis that Labour could subsequently criticise them for it and that SNP would not reveal it. And then, of course, there is the hypocrisy of Britain and USA happily dealing with Gaddaffi who presumably if Megrahi was guilty, was the instigator of the bombing, while neither the Obama, Cameron or the Senators give a fig for the relatives feeilngs on that.\nOh, and on the Keats there is the story of ex-Miner and Communist MP Willie Gallacher being wooed to believe in God by a pretty young thing at a London reception. \u201cLook at the rose,. It is beauty and beauty is truth. God made the rose so God is truth \u2026\u201d .. \u201cI see\u201d said Willie, \u201cNow can you do the same thing with a rotten egg?\u201d\nBrian writes: Thank you for this, Tom. I entirely agree with your indictment of Cameron for his public dismissal in a foreign country of a perfectly reasonable and legally watertight decision by a senior member of the Scottish government. Having virtually been wiped out in Scotland, the Conservatives might show a little more respect and tact in commenting on the Scottish government\u2019s actions.\nI\u2019m generally suspicious of conspiracy theories but in this case I smell a number of rats \u2014 not least because of the decision of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) in June 2007 after lengthy study of the case to refer it to the High Court for a second appeal against conviction. We also had a number of reports by Hans K\u00f6chler, who had been an international observer of the original trial, appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who described the decisions of the trial and appeal courts as a \u201cspectacular miscarriage of justice\u201d. Some of the relatives of the victims, who have naturally followed all the proceedings closely, are doubtful whether al-Megrahi was properly convicted. There is a strong suspicion that Iran may have been involved, including a specific Iranian said to have been in the pay of the CIA (I am not of course suggesting that the CIA could have been involved in planning or carrying out the bombing). Al-Megrahi\u2019s fellow-Libyan co-defendant was unanimously acquitted by the judges. There\u2019s a good deal of doubt about the actual whereabouts on the relevant day of the principal prosecution witness, on whose testimony al-Megrahi\u2019s conviction effectively stands or falls, and about his alleged identification of al-Megrahi at the trial which was both shaky and possibly compromised. Even the vehemence of American protests at al-Megrahi\u2019s release tends to arouse suspicion: what beans did they fear he might spill once out of prison? Why all the effort to prevent the second appeal from coming to court? And so on. It really does look as if someone, somewhere, has been and still is hiding something.\nI agree however that it\u2019s unlikely that the British Labour government was involved in any kind of conspiracy with the Scottish Executive, not least because of enmity between Labour and the SNP and the obvious risk that the wily Alex Salmond would use any double dealing against it. All the same, I wonder why the previous UK government and the US government have hitherto refused to allow Salmond to release the texts of their correspondence with him about the issue \u2014 correspondence which Salmond says he is ready to release immediately if the other two governments will consent to release. Perhaps we shall at last be allowed to read that.\nI love the Willie Gallagher story!\nNext story Lockerbie resurgens: al-Megrahi, the myths and the unanswered questions\nPrevious story End of the UK or a federal rebirth? 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Photo: ullstein bild/Getty Images\nAs economist Joseph Schumpeter explained, new technologies put some industries into irreversible decline while increasing and even creating whole new ones. The microprocessor, for instance, has been guilty of nothing less than industrial mass murder. It has killed off the typewriter and adding machine, the telephone answering service, photographic film, and carbon paper, to name just a few of special interest to writers and readers.\nMeanwhile, convenient computing has greatly boosted such old industries as the mail-order business (now called online shopping), while creating such entirely new ones as computer hardware and software and social media. Not all computer programmers work for software companies by any means. Even something as seemingly old-fashioned and mechanical as the automobile nowadays needs upward of 100 million lines of computer code to operate.\nAround the turn of the 20th century, the internal combustion engine brought forth the same creative destruction. It created the most important industry of the century\u2014that of automobiles. It also made heavier-than-air flight possible, eventually dooming both ocean liners and long-distance passenger trains.\nThe petroleum industry, once threatened by the loss of kerosene sales as electric lighting spread in the late 19th century, got a huge and continuing boost from ever-increasing gasoline and diesel sales.\nAs the automobile and trucking industries boomed, the leather industry declined, because horses and mules disappeared from roads and farms and their harnessing went along with them. Blacksmith shops also rapidly vanished, although many of them put in gas pumps and became garages.\nLike the fuel and fueling industries, the automobile turned rubber into one of the great industries of the 20th century.\nFor many decades, rubber was merely a curiosity called gum elastic and had very limited uses. It acquired its modern name only in 1770 when the great chemist Joseph Priestly discovered that it was good for rubbing pencil marks from paper.\nRUBBER IS BOTH WATERPROOF AND ELASTIC, but the main problem with rubber was that it was hard at low temperatures and increasingly soft and sticky at higher ones. Then, about 1840, Charles Goodyear in the U.S. and Thomas Hancock in Britain discovered that heating rubber and adding sulphur to it stabilizes it, a process called vulcanization after the Roman god of fire.\nWith vulcanization, the modern rubber industry began to rise. It was put to use in shoes, waterproof clothing, machine belts (often replacing leather), bushings, balls, rubber bands, and myriad other products.\nIn the 19th century, rubber principally came from a tree known as Hevea brasiliensis that grows wild in the vast Amazon basin. While demand was low, natives could gather all that was needed. But as demand grew, a boom developed and entrepreneurs moved in to exploit the possibilities. The result was hugely profitable for those at the top and devastating to the Indians who had lived undisturbed for thousands of years.\nThe so-called rubber barons carved up the jungle into separate domains and forced the Indians to gather the rubber, paying them a pittance for it. Discipline was savage. Roger Casement, a British consul in South America, described the treatment of the Indians as being \u201cof the most atrocious kind, including murder, violation, and constant flogging.\u201d\nWhile the Indians suffered, cities such as Manaus, where the Rio Negro and Amazon River meet in the middle of the rain forest, and Bel\u00e9m, near the mouth of the Amazon, flourished. They were among the first cities in the country to develop sewers, running water, and electrification.\nManaus even built an opera house that rivaled in gilded opulence, if not in size, those of Europe and New York. While it has four tiers of boxes, the theater holds only 700, while New York\u2019s first Metropolitan Opera House, built around the same time, held about 3,600 people.\nGathering rubber from the wild was very inefficient; as demand for rubber rose, so did the price. In the short term, that was good for the rubber barons: Rubber exports from the Amazon rose from 2,100 tons in 1855 to 10,000 tons by 1879. Unfortunately for the barons, an alternative supply was already developing.\nIn 1876, the explorer Sir Henry Wickham quietly gathered 70,000 seeds of Hevea brasiliensis while staying with his family in Santar\u00e9m, in northern Brazil. He smuggled them to England, where he gave them to Joseph Hooker, director of Kew gardens outside of London.\nHooker was one of the greatest 19th century botanists and explorers. He sprouted the seeds and sent the seedlings off to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Malaya, where the climate matched that of the Amazon, with high, even temperatures and steady, plentiful rainfall. In plantations there, the rubber was far more easily gathered. Brazilian wild rubber could not compete with the domesticated product, and as Malayan production increased, Brazilian production declined.\nBut rubber prices remained volatile. This caused chemists to search for synthetic rubber. Russia and Germany were the first countries to succeed, and World War I caused production of synthetic rubber to soar in both countries as they were cut off from foreign supplies by naval blockade.\nBut World War I armies relied largely on railroads and horses for transportation. The more mechanized armies of World War II were much more dependent on rubber. In 1941, Japan seized Malaya, where, by that time, much of the world\u2019s rubber came from.\nIn 1940, fortunately, B.F. Goodrich chemist Waldo Semon (the inventor of vinyl) developed Ameripol, a synthetic rubber that could be manufactured much more cheaply than earlier synthetic rubbers. Other synthetic rubbers soon followed. But the commodity was still in critically short supply and virtually unobtainable for nonwar purposes. At home, the years of World War II were the golden age of the flat tire.\nA massive effort was undertaken to produce synthetic rubber, and by the end of the war, 50 plants were turning out a volume of synthetic rubber about twice as large as natural rubber production had been before the war.\nWorld rubber production today is about 28 million tons, 58% of it synthetic. As long as rubber tires support the automobile, production can only go up.\nJOHN STEELE GORDON is the author, most recently, of An Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power.\nThe price of creating the rubber industry was the destruction of older industries\nAs economist Joseph Schumpeter explained, new technologies put some industries into irreversible decline while increasing and even creating whole new ones.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 8509, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 257.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/new-google-powered-smartwatches-set-to-launch-in-2017-1482463047", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:35Z", "digest": "sha1:JCIOFNZKQMQNVPMV27SGGTEUWBW4N5NP", "length": 2097, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.barrons.com", "title": "New Google-Powered Smartwatches Set to Launch in 2017 - Barron's", "raw_content": "http://www.barrons.com/articles/new-google-powered-smartwatches-set-to-launch-in-2017-1482463047\nNew Google-Powered Smartwatches Set to Launch in 2017\nAccording to a new report, Google is planning to launch a new line of Android Wear smartwatches in 2017. Getty Images\nAlphabet , the parent company of Google, is doubling down on smartwatches, planning to launch a new line next year. The watches are expected to have standalone apps that don\u2019t depend on a phone and will include Android Pay and Google\u2019s new voice assistant, according to The Verge. It\u2019s hard to imagine that the watches will move the needle much for Google in the short term, but the partnerships it makes in wearables could pay off down the line.\nHow to Read Tim Cook\u2019s Apple Watch Comments\nForget the Apple Watch...Consumers Want Simple Wearable Devices\nThat could up the company\u2019s competition with Apple , whose smartwatches have added nifty features but don\u2019t seem to be selling very well.\nIn an interview with The Verge, Jeff Chang, product manager of Android Wear at Google, said that the company \u2013 which has already made Android-powered watches that are on the market today \u2013 is working with an unidentified manufacturer for its new line. The watches will carry the manufacturer\u2019s branding, but will run on the Android platform.\nMore manufacturers are expected to release Android-based watches throughout the year, Chang said. Google is looking long-term with its Android devices, trying to eat into Apple\u2019s lead as the category (very) slowly ramps up.\n\u201cThis is a marathon, not a sprint,\u201d he said. \u201cThis category of product is here with us to stay.\u201d\nGoogle investors shouldn\u2019t expect much from the division yet, but if wearables do take off, Google\u2019s model of teaming with outside manufacturers for wearables could prove to be a smart choice. It\u2019s certainly worked for Google\u2019s Android-based smartphones.\nBig Picture: Google is planning to launch new smartwatches next year that could pay off down the road.\nAlphabet, the parent company of Google, is doubling down on smartwatches, planning to launch a new line next year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 3579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Animal-Euthanasia-FK4VV2KTC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:56Z", "digest": "sha1:JPJCJLA2DIDNY3NFGAAEE2FBXG3Q5B2G", "length": 7812, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.bartleby.com", "title": "Animal Euthanasia Essay - 1658 Words | Bartleby", "raw_content": "Animal Euthanasia Essay\nTo Kill or Not To Kill In the past few decades, there has been a big uproar regarding the topic of euthanasia in dogs. Euthanasia used to be a term used to end the suffering of a life by putting them in a painless and permanent state of sleep. I believe that today, the term \u2018euthanasia\u2019 when referred to dogs has transformed to a word used to justify the mass murder of dogs across the world. Most people will agree that the only time a dog should be put down is when it is sick or suffering from pain. I believe that if a dog is euthanized for any other reason, the person in control is guilty of committing an abominable act. They do not call dogs \u201cmans\u2019 best friend\u201d for nothing. With proper training, every single dog has the potential of \u2026show more content\u2026\nThe problem is the lack of education dog owners have about altering their dogs. If the benefits were understood, more people would be altering their dogs.\nEuthanasia should be thought upon and observed very carefully before being put to use. It used to be a treatment but is now mostly used as a weapon to kill. . In the Irish Veterinary Journal, Pete Wedderburn believes \u201c\u2026the government ought to proceed with compulsory micro chipping, a license for life and a discounted license fee for neutered pets\u201d (Wedderburn 530). This is one way to really help lower the number of dogs being euthanized. Furthermore, it will be thought upon twice before euthanizing a dog since the dog is now neutered and will not be able to produce more dogs. Not allowing a dog to reproduce may be a bit cruel but a big step towards lowering the kill rate. Having the dog micro chipped and placed inside a database will also help influence the decision of a shelter or breeder of whether or not to put down a dog. There are numerous pet owners surrendering their dog due to personal reasons and inadequacy in taking responsibility for their dogs. This also adds to the overpopulation of dogs.\nAccording to a survey conducted by the American Humane Association, out of the 1000 shelters who responded to the survey, 2.7 million of 4.3 million animals (64 percent) are being euthanized. Out of this euthanized number, 56\nEuthanasia Essay : Euthanasia And Euthanasia\nThis is why Euthanasia is important and summarizing the research that I found on Euthanasia. Euthanasia is important because there is a lot of arguments about Euthanasia. Some people support it and some people do not support Euthanasia (Euthanasia and assisted suicide- Arguments). Euthanasia allows people to be free from physical pain. It is the hastening of death of a patient to prevent further sufferings (Euthanasia Revisited). The religious argument states God chooses when human life ends. Euthanasia\u2026\nEuthanasi Euthanasia And Involuntary Euthanasia\nIntroduction: When suffering gets to be too much, the severely ill have the choice of euthanasia. Euthanasia is the practice of ending an organism\u2019s life as an act of mercy to relieve them from their agony. Even though this practice which is commonly referred to as an assisted suicide seems harmless in the grand scheme of life, it has caused a lot of controversy surrounding it. That is what makes euthanasia so interesting. There are countless different categorizations, methods, and tiny details to\u2026\nEuthanasia Is The Intentional And Painless Ending Of Life For Animals\nEuthanasia is the intentional and painless ending of life for animals that are suffering from an incurable disease. In small animals is performed by an injection into the vein of an agent consequently ending in the death of the pet. When an animal is euthanized they become unconscious which is firstly followed by respiratory arrest and then cardiac arrest. If there are no cardiovascular defects in the animal generally within 30 seconds of unconsciousness cardiac arrest will occur. \u2013 \u00a9 2014 Veterinary\u2026\nostensibly to relieve him/her from severely unrelenting pain and suffering is called Euthanasia. The word Euthanasia is derived from a combination Greek prefix, \u2018Eu\u2019 and \u2018thanatos\u2019 meaning good and death respectively (Humphry 1-A). According to Webster\u2019s Dictionary, Euthanasia is the practice or an act of ending the life of a hopelessly sick or injured person and will eventually lead to his/her death. Euthanasia\u2014commonly referred to as mercy killing draws and a lot of unending debates and unparallel\u2026\nActive Euthanasia And Passive Euthanasia\nActive euthanasia Active euthanasia is also known as \u201cassistant suicide.\u201d Euthanasia is usually used for people suffering from terrible pain and incurable disease. Some people relate euthanasia to suicide. However, euthanasia is very different than suicide and taking someone off their life support. I believe active euthanasia is better than passive euthanasia and will demonstrate my opinions. The different between active euthanasia from passive euthanasia is let the patients less suffering, less\u2026\nThe Horrors of Animal Euthanasia Essay\nThe Horrors of Animal Euthanasia Due to the domestication of cats and dogs their populations have skyrocketed. This is due in part to the lack of pet owners acting in a responsible manner. These responsibilities include the spaying and neutering of pets. These numbers of homeless animals in communities have caused humane societies to euthanize too many animals. This, I feel is a violation to animal rights and is a cruel way for these animals to have to leave this world. I disagree\u2026\nEuthanasia For Animals Essays\nEuthanasia One of the most widely debated topics in the animal industry is euthanasia. The topic of euthanasia causes arguments around the world because the word takes the best of the emotional side of human nature causing the people against euthanasia to feel that it is inhumane, unfair, and a sin to euthanize animals for any reason. In a way these emotional feelings overcome the human mind thus stop them from thinking logically. Even though the word euthanasia can have several meanings throughout\u2026\nShould Animals Be The Mass Euthanasia Of Animals?\nAside from the specific effect on individual pets, buying pets from pet stores is a massive contributor to pet overpopulation, which, in turn, leads to the mass euthanasia of animals. Animal shelters are put in charge of more than 7.6 million pets per year, 3.9 million of them being dogs (Pet Statistics sec. 1). This massive amount of animals is much more than most shelters can handle, meaning that they are forced to euthanize millions of potential pets every year, simply for the sake of making room\u2026\nEuthanasia: The Second Death of Animals\npet-beauty. Not only how to make animals beautiful, but what pet\u2019s body structure looks like should be learnt for studying the subject. She said all of the sacrificed animals for anatomy classes are abandoned animals. This is because, according to her, once abandoned animals are sent to an animal shelter, they will be euthanized unless they are adopted in 10 days. Therefore, the interested parties generally accept the opinion that abandoned animals facing euthanasia had better be sacrificed for education\u2026\nCommunication in Euthanasia of an Animal Essay\nimportant that communication is part of a euthanasia. In most cases clients pets are a large part of their life, they would want it to be stress free and painless for there animals ending. The decision that the clients have to make to get to this stage is usually hard for them so it is crucial that they are clear on how a euthanasia takes place and the possible after effects. This is so that the client is not disturbed if any unfortunate movements happen once the animal has passed away. Also communication\u2026\nMore about Animal Euthanasia Essay\nPsychology and Infidelity Liberty University Essay\nJason and Medea Essays\nWomen in Africa and the Middle East Essay\nSt.Jerome Essay", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 9552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 260.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Columbian-Exchange-PKCBZ2LZVC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:16Z", "digest": "sha1:WBYNXQFYV6YP53PE47NUFCHKO3L3TS7H", "length": 7851, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.bartleby.com", "title": "Columbian Exchange Essay - 2042 Words | Bartleby", "raw_content": "On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus departed from Palos, Spain to begin his journey across the Atlantic Ocean. This was the first of many voyages that allowed him to explore a New World where he was able to discover plants, animals, cultures and resources that Europeans had never seen before. The sharing of these resources and combination of the Old and New World has come to be known as the Columbian Exchange. During these explorations, the Europeans brought diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, typhoid and bubonic plague to the New World, wiping out entire Indian populations. There were also many other populations wiped out due to complications that came from this exchange. Were these explorations and the wiping out of entire \u2026show more content\u2026\nTo get to his destination, Columbus used instruments such as celestial navigation, astrolabe, quadrant and dead reckoning. He spotted land in October of 1492 and decided to explore. When the very first settlers arrived to the New World, they brought many changes, which had a large impact on the physical areas of the new world. The Europeans needed labor, which led to the import of slaves from Africa. As the explorers came to the New World and began to make changes, the Native American population began to drastically decline while the European population in the New World began to increase. More and more people began to move to cities instead of staying in rural areas, which created more urbanized living. Before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, different parts of the world had been developing on their own. The Eastern and Western hemispheres were completely separate and they had no way of trading or communication. The people were all completely different, having been brought up in completely different cultures. They each had their own set of diseases, plants, animals and crops. However, this was all about to change with the exploration of the New World by Columbus and the other Europeans. When the Europeans first arrived, some of the Native Americans thought they might be Gods while others thought of them as invaders. However, they began to communicate, and they began to learn about what the other culture had to offer.\nWhat Is the Columbian Exchange?\nThe question that is foremost in our minds is \u201cWhat is the Columbian Exchange\u201d? A historian named Alfred Crosby describes this Columbian Exchange as the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and the Americas after the arrival of Columbus\u2019s arrival in the Caribbean in 1492 It has been said that due to lack of human control during this evolutionary time in history of the continents, the Columbian Exchange greatly benefited the people of Europe and their colonies, but brought\u2026\nThe Discovery Of The Columbian Exchange\nand Queen Isabella of Spain. They accepted his plan, and Columbus set sail in 1492. In October, he spotted an island and claimed procession for Spain, even though there were people already there. Shortly after this, The Columbian Exchange began to take place. This was the exchange of things between new and old worlds. The Europeans brought many diseases to the New World, which caused epidemics to race throughout the Indian population. In the 1600s, England began to use its power. It began to push\u2026\nFlora And Fauna Of The Columbian Exchange\nFlora and Fauna in the Columbian Exchange The voyage undertaken by Christopher Columbus to attempt to find a more direct route to India would fail in it 's goal. Columbus would not reach India, instead he would land on the banks of a world entirely unknown to Europeans of the time period. His \u201cdiscovery\u201d of this New World would have far reaching consequences for both the world he found, and the world from which he departed. This new landmass would prove to be incredibly important in world affairs\u2026\nEffects of Columbian Exchange Essay\nThe Effects of the Columbian Exchange It was the year 1492, and a man by the name of Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain where he then landed in the present day Americas, sparking one of the most important events in the world, the Columbian exchange. The Columbian exchange has shaped the world to what it is today with the exchange of goods from the Old World to the New World, and vice versa. The Columbian exchange caused numerous short and long-term effects in the Americas and many other\u2026\nThe Columbian Exchange On The World\nMiguel Rocha Mr. Hollinger History 1301-20246, 8:00 to 9:20 A.M. 14 September 2014 Columbian Exchange There were many factors that the Columbian Exchange affected the world. It all began with the legendary sailor, Christopher Columbus. In the year 1451, Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa (Irving 2). King John II of Portugal Hired Christopher Columbus as his merchant marine in 1477. At the time, Portugal was colonizing kingdoms and creating trades with African territories on the Atlantic\u2026\nEssay on The Columbian Exchange: Chocolate\nThe Columbian Exchange: Chocolate During the time frame of 1450-1750, the Columbian Exchange was at its height of power and influence. Many products were introduced from foreign lands, like animals such as cattle, chickens, and horse, and agriculture such as potatoes, bananas, and avocados. Diseases also became widespread and persisted to distant lands where it wreaked devastation upon the non-immunized people. One such influential product during this time period was the cacao, or more commonly\u2026\nAtlantic and vipers on the other. After 1492, human voyagers in part reversed this tendency. Their artificial re-establishment of connections through the commingling of Old and New World plants, animals, and bacteria, commonly known as the Columbian Exchange, is one of the more spectacular and significant ecological events of the past millennium. When Europeans first touched the shores of the Americas, Old World crops such as wheat, barley, rice, and turnips had not traveled west across the Atlantic\u2026\nThe Columbian Exchange Into The New World\nThe way of life significantly changed for the Native Americans after Europeans imposed the Columbian exchange into the New World. Along with the exchange of livestock and plants came unprecedented and unintentional deadly diseases that, in turn, practically wiped out the Native American population as a whole (textbook, 19). The decimation of the population occurred at alarming rates, which affected the trade of products between countries. The natives were not massacred by the popular belief of guns\u2026\nThe Columbian Exchange The Columbian exchange created an enormous interchange of various political ideas, cultures, foods, diseases, animals, and people between the old world and the new world, this give and take relationship caused many changes some positive and some negative between the two areas and help redistribute resources between the two hemispheres. There were many positive things that happened as a result of the Columbian exchange. Potatoes and corn became major food sources for\u2026\nThe Columbian Exchange Essay example\nThe Columbian Exchange is the exchange of plants, animals, food, and diseases between Europe and the Americas. In 1492, when Christopher Columbus came to America, he saw plants and animals he had never seen before so he took them back with him to Europe. Columbus began the trade routes which had never been established between Europe and the Americas so his voyages initiated the interchange of plants between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, which doubled the food crop resources available to people\u2026\nMore about Columbian Exchange Essay\nClimate Change is NOT a Problem Essay\nHomosexuality and the Christian Church Essay\nDepatriarchalizing in Biblical Interpretation Essay\nAnalysing the Portrayal of Eddie Carbone as a Tragic Hero Essay\nUnderstanding Islam and Muslims Essay\nW.E.B Du Bois vs. Booker T Washington Essay", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 9419, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 169.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.beckersdental.com/dentists/34048-biolase-elects-new-ceo-promotes-cfo-5-insights.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:24:18Z", "digest": "sha1:LIYBYKW76QFHNCHMGDJNRTKSJ3MSCTXH", "length": 962, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.beckersdental.com", "title": "Biolase elects new CEO, promotes CFO: 5 insights", "raw_content": "Biolase elects new CEO, promotes CFO: 5 insights\nBiolase named Todd Norbe its new CEO.\n1. Mr. Norbe serves as a senior executive on Biolase's board of directors. He joined the board in June.\n2. Most recently, Mr. Norbe served as president of North America for KaVo Kerr, a subsidiary of Danaher Corp. He also served as vice president and general manager of Metrex Medical \u2014 Sybron Dental Specialists, which was acquired by Danaher.\n3. Mr. Norbe served on the Dental Trade Association Foundation's board as well as the National Children's Oral Health Foundation's board.\n4. Biolase also promoted Senior Vice President and CFO John Beaver to executive vice president and CFO.\n5. Mr. Beaver joined Biolase in October 2017. Prior to joining the company, he served as CFO of Silicor Materials. He also worked as the senior vice president and CFO at Sterling Chemicals.\nMassachusetts dentist arrested for using fellow dentist's name to file $218K in claims: 5 insights", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 10072, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 280.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bet.com/news/politics/2012/11/16/ayanna-pressley-is-widely-viewed-for-higher-office.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:32Z", "digest": "sha1:BS7BJSE7GEQNOGME4GMNWI6TLUIPFM3L", "length": 2324, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.bet.com", "title": "Ayanna Pressley Is Widely Viewed for Higher Office | Ayanna Pressley | Politics | BET", "raw_content": "\u201cBut there may be other opportunities that emerge. And let\u2019s just say that I\u2019m open to other possibilities.\u201d\nThose possibilities are reflected in the potential changes in the state\u2019s political scene. There is the possibility that a congressional seat could open. If President Obama nominates Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry to a cabinet position, Congressman Mike Capuano is widely expected to run for the Senate seat.\nMeanwhile, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino has been beset by health challenges this year. The mayor recently had another setback and will remain hospitalized indefinitely as doctors try to determine what caused a fresh surge of pain in his ailing back. That has led many in Boston to speculate that Menino might not seek re-election next year.\nPressley has a strong background in Massachusetts politics. She has worked as a senior aide to Joseph P. Kennedy II when he served in the House of Representatives. She later worked for 11 years as political director to Sen. Kerry.\nShe first ran for the city council in 2009 as a candidate in one of four at-large council seats. She won and became the first woman of color ever elected to the 13-member council. When she ran for re-election in 2011, she won with the largest number of votes of any of the council members.\nSince coming to the council, she has been an outspoken champion of issues related to women and families. In fact, she created and chairs a new standing committee on women and healthy communities.\n\u201cMy goal is to make sure that the city of Boston works for everybody,\u201d Pressley said, \u201cThere is a misconception that people get when they hear about women\u2019s issues. But anything that affects women affects an entire family. They are extremely important.\u201d\nSpecifically, she said, she is committed to fighting for equal pay for women as well as working to ensure that women have access to adequate health care.\nShe said that running for office is always challenging \u201cbecause it\u2019s always more difficult for a woman to raise money than it is for a man.\u201d She added, however, that her candidacy had always been discounted because \u201cpeople thought I didn\u2019t fit the model of what a candidate in Boston should be.\u201d\nNonetheless, she added, \u201cconventional wisdom lasts only until it\u2019s no longer conventional wisdom.\u201d\n(Photo: Courtesy of Boston City Council�)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4822, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 119.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=heb+13%3A8-10&version=ESV", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:22Z", "digest": "sha1:OMRY5OHUFO3ZPPR4O2S4TS6IZHV3PEDC", "length": 510, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.biblegateway.com", "title": "Heb 13:8-10 ESV - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and - Bible Gateway", "raw_content": "8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tent[a] have no right to eat.\nHebrews 13:10 Or tabernacle\nHebrews 13:8 : ch. 1:12; John 8:58; Rev. 1:4, 8; [2 Cor. 1:19]\nHebrews 13:9 : Jude 12; See Eph. 4:14\nHebrews 13:9 : See Col. 2:16\nHebrews 13:10 : [1 Cor. 9:13; 10:18]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 238, "original_length": 25919, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 257.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bigbluemarblebooks.com/forthcoming-books/2019/3/25/jacqueline-winspear-the-american-agent-a-maisie-dobbs-novel", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:58Z", "digest": "sha1:7N23XYJE5NK6RWJKZN7ZGNLWUNKYWQO5", "length": 1238, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.bigbluemarblebooks.com", "title": "Jacqueline Winspear: The American Agent (A Maisie Dobbs Novel) \u2014 Big Blue Marble Bookstore", "raw_content": "Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-turning tale of love and war, terror and survival.\nWhen Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice\u2014Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie get out of Hitler\u2019s Munich in 1938. MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon\u2019s death.\nAs the Germans unleash the full terror of their blitzkrieg upon the British Isles, raining death and destruction from the skies, Maisie must balance the demands of solving this dangerous case with her need to protect Anna, the young evacuee she has grown to love and wants to adopt. 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Based on the painting by Winslow Homer.\nJennie Luna Alameida (author), Rae Mendiola (illustrator)\nThis book features bold, vivid illustrations and a repetitive story line to familiarize readers with various species of dinosaurs\nDalmatians are known for their sleek white coats dotted with black spots. Extremely loyal and active, Dalmatians love to go on hikes with their owners and do other outdoor activities. Students will trace the Dalmatian's evolution from coach dog to faithful pet. Blastoff! Series\nSheila Griffin Llanas (author)\nThis book introduces young readers to the iconic armadillo. Easy-to-read text examines the armadillo's development as a cultural icon, from its migration to the United States to its status as the state small mammal of Texas. Readers will also learn about the armadillo's body, its appearance, size, and special shell. The armadillo's unique reproduction is discussed, as is pup development and life cycle. Readers will discover what armadillos like to eat, and how they use their sticky tongue and claws to grab their insect meals. Also covered is the armadillo's habitat, and a range map shows where in the world they live. Informative sidebars highlight additional information, including the armadillo's scientific classification. Predators, including humans, are also discussed, along with the armadillo's expanding range and its status as both icon and pest. Bolded glossary terms, phonetic spellings, and an index enhance readability for young iconologists. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.\nThis book introduces young readers to the bald eagle, a sacred animal in many cultures. Easy-to-read text examines the bald eagle's development as a cultural icon, from Native American totems and rituals through early American admiration, to today's status as the United States's national symbol. 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They have drab-colored plumage (feathers) of olive-greens, grays, browns, black, and white, with some signs of yellow, depending on the species. Males and females look alike with respect to their plumage, except for three species. Two species have yellow wing patches, and one species has orange on the head and rump. Honeyguides have a short and sturdy bill (with most species having a raised rim on the nostrils to prevent liquid foods from entering), a long tail with very short feathers, which is marked with white bars and tipped in a dark color, and strong legs with strong zygodactyl (zye-guh-DACK-tuhl) toes (two toes [second and third] pointing forward and two toes [first and fourth] facing backward). They have long and hooked claws and long, narrow, and pointed wings. They also have very good senses of sight, sound, and smell. 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He was an outstanding choice as Director General at CERN which is one of the most demanding and exciting jobs in science.\u2019\nProfessor Heuer said: \u2018It's more than just an honour for me to receive an honorary degree from the University of Birmingham, it's also a great personal pleasure. My working relationship with the Birmingham physics department goes back well over 20 years, and I have many friends here. I worked with the Birmingham group in the 1980s and 90s on the OPAL experiment at CERN. Today, it's great to see them continuing to make strong contributions to the LHC experimental programme.\u2019\n1. Professor Rolf Dieter Heuer will receive a Doctor of Science (DSc) from the University of Birmingham.\n2. There will be an opportunity to photograph the honorary graduand in the 15 minutes prior to the degree ceremony. 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Jiselle's sultry vocals are accompanied by Matthew Callope on trumpet, Robb Lauer on drums, Joe Twohy on piano, and Shannon van der Reck on bass. They want to have a good time, they want you to have a good time, and they want to break your heart just a little.\nThis is our special SPOOKY gig, folks! Come on down, buy a drink, and celebrate the thinning of the veil.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 328.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2016/october/2016-christmas-parties-at-blackpool-fc-/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:09:06Z", "digest": "sha1:5LTCGD4DSQATIY2ROGAHWEYZDSYJFBJ5", "length": 789, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.blackpoolfc.co.uk", "title": "2016 Christmas Parties At Blackpool FC - News - Blackpool FC", "raw_content": "2016 Christmas Parties At Blackpool FC\nFestive Line-Up Confirmed\nBlackpool FC are delighted to present the 2016 Christmas Party line-up at Bloomfield Road.\nFifty Shades of Magic Mike will perform on Friday 2 December (7pm-1am). The act is a tribute to the phenomenon that is Fifty Shades of Grey and Magic Mike.\nTickets are available to over-18s only at a price of \u00a319.95 each, which includes Prosecco on arrival, a DJ and a hot buffet.\nMeanwhile, Blackpool FC presents its annual Family New Year\u2019s Eve Party on Saturday 31 December (7pm-1am) at Bloomfield Road.\nTickets stand at \u00a315 for adults and \u00a310 for children, which includes a family DJ with games and a hot buffet. Please note there will be no fireworks.\nTo book either call 0844 847 1953 or visit www.eticketing.co.uk/blackpoolfc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 1957, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 225.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.blueletterbible.org/web/num/13/30/s_130030", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:24Z", "digest": "sha1:IQSGU22QZIATGGR4AVTVRHKN75YFZNIQ", "length": 2994, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.blueletterbible.org", "title": "Numbers 13:30 (WEB) - And Caleb stilled the people", "raw_content": "Numbers 13 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)\nNum 13:1 - And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,\nNum 13:2 - Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.\nNum 13:3 - And Moses, by the commandment of the LORD, sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.\nNum 13:11 - Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manassah, Gaddi the son of Susi.\nNum 13:16 - These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.\nNum 13:17 - And Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go ye up this way southward, and ascend the mountain:\nNum 13:18 - And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell therein, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;\nNum 13:19 - And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;\nNum 13:20 - And what the land is, whether it is fertile or barren, whether there is wood in it, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes.\nNum 13:21 - So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men come to Hamath.\nNum 13:22 - And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)\nNum 13:23 - And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.\nNum 13:25 - And they returned from exploring the land after forty days.\nNum 13:26 - And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.\nNum 13:27 - And they told him, and said, We came to the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.\nNum 13:28 - Nevertheless, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover, we saw the children of Anak there.\nNum 13:31 - But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.\nNum 13:32 - And they brought an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have passed to search it, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it, are men of a great stature.\nNum 13:33 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, who come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 567, "original_length": 24524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 327.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bluemontvineyard.com/last-friday-celebrations/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:39Z", "digest": "sha1:P3OUFZR52F5IQU4WXR6FH3RZERTUQTSA", "length": 253, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bluemontvineyard.com", "title": "Last Friday Celebrations \u2013 Bluemont Vineyard", "raw_content": "Last Friday Celebrations\nJoin us in the Tasting Room on the last Friday of every month for live music and extended hours!\nLast Friday hours are 11:00 a.m. \u2013 9:00 p.m.\nFeaturing live music by Jason Masi from 4:30 p.m. \u2013 8:30 p.m.\nTasting Room Info & Menu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2183, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 143.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/treatments/imaging-and-radiology/ultrasound", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:19Z", "digest": "sha1:WCQROLNWK6NW7OQTZI3XEYFYBHHW5Z3L", "length": 2208, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.bmihealthcare.co.uk", "title": "Ultrasound Scans | BMI Healthcare UK", "raw_content": "An ultrasound scan uses high frequency wave sounds to create an image of an organ in the body. Ultrasound is very high frequency sound that cannot be heard by the human ear, but can be detected using a machine called an ultrasound scanner.\nIt can be used to look at all soft tissue structures and blood vessels. It cannot be used to look at bones or the lungs or gastro-intestinal tract in detail.\nWhat are the benefits of an ultrasound?\nAn ultrasound scan does not use x-rays. The ultrasound waves are delivered by a small handheld sensor, which is similar to a microphone. As sound waves are used, rather than radiation, the procedure is thought to be completely safe.\nAs well as being used to monitor an unborn baby in a pregnant woman, ultrasound is also used to highlight congenital heart disease, examine the prostate gland, uterus and ovaries and other organs of the body. Ultrasound is also used during surgery such as biopsies (where the tissue sample is taken for analysis).\nFor some procedures you may be asked to fill your bladder by drinking plenty of water. For other procedures, you may be asked not to eat or drink anything for up to four hours before the test. Your consultant will give you advice.\nThe examination will be carried out by a consultant radiologist. Usually an ultrasound procedure will take between fifteen minutes and half an hour, but it depends on the examination.\nYou will be asked to lie down on a couch. Some cold gel will be applied to your body \u2013 this enables the sensor, which is passed over your skin, to pick up sound waves and an image of the part of the body being scanned is produced. The gel may be cold.\nWhen will I get my ultrasound results?\nResults will usually be sent to the doctor who referred you within two days of your ultrasound scan.\nUltraound scan costs are covered by most medical insurance policies, but please check with your insurer first. If you are paying for your own treatment the cost of the procedure will be explained and confirmed in writing when you book the operation. Ask the hospital for a quote beforehand, and ensure that this includes the surgeon\u2019s fee, the consultant radiologist\u2019s fee and the hospital charge for your procedure.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 8575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 245.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bndes.gov.br/SiteBNDES/bndes/bndes_en/Institucional/Press/Noticias/2013/20130321_acre.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:46Z", "digest": "sha1:6HWZLBULDSUMWOCXJIE2NTNMRYY7L3A4", "length": 3071, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.bndes.gov.br", "title": "Together with the governments of Acre and RJ, the BNDES signs an agreement to foster the environmental asset market - BNDES", "raw_content": "Together with the governments of Acre and RJ, the BNDES signs an agreement to foster the environmental asset market\nThe Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), the state of Rio de Janeiro and the Acre Institute for Climate Change and Regulation of Environmental Services (IMC) signed a technical cooperation agreement aimed at stimulating the development of a market for environmental assets in Brazil.\nThe document was signed on March 21 by the President of the BNDES, Luciano Coutinho, the Governor of Acre, Ti\u00e3o Viana, and the Secretary of State for the Environment of Rio de Janeiro, Carlos Minc. The Managing Director of the BNDES\u2019 Environmental Division, Guilherme Lacerda, also attended the event.\nThis agreement paves the way to develop a carbon market in Brazil. The carbon market emerged in Europe in the previous decade so that companies could negotiate their carbon emission quotas, since many of them emit higher amounts than those allowed by governments. Due to this, they can buy shares from other companies to remain within the established limit.\nIn Brazil, structuring a carbon credit market is a challenge that will require the creation of regulatory standards and specific metrics for these assets.\nThe BNDES has participated actively in discussions concerning the creation of a carbon market, both in an environmental perspective, to foster a low-emission economy, and from the competitiveness viewpoint in the Brazilian industrial sector.\nAmong the possibilities created from this agreement is a knowledge network, exchange of experiences and training to provide support for companies to measure, manage and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.\nOne of the efforts expected is that the BNDES and the governments of Acre and Rio de Janeiro will form a working group to discuss issues, such as taking inventories of corporate carbon. The inventory is a needed step so that companies can trade market carbon credits in a future voluntary emission market.\nAnother step is to define the reduction targets and how permitted carbon emissions will be distributed among market participants. From this distribution, participants can trade permitted emissions among themselves or buy carbon credits from other projects.\nIn addition to the carbon market, other assets may be discussed. The agreement seeks to give rise to a wide-ranging debate on environmental issues, such as water, biodiversity, among others, while laying the foundations to create environmental assets referred to in these issues, including regulation, standards, metrics and methods, for example.\nThe document was signed with the states of Rio de Janeiro and Acre because of their specific features. In Rio de Janeiro, discussions on the state carbon market have advanced significantly, and the state of Acre is a reference for credits arising from initiatives of Emission Reduction by Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). 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Most Americans today have forgotten Coolidge's legacy; but Reagan knew well that Coolidge's programs in the 1920s presaged the conservative movement toward smaller government and reduced taxes. Historian Robert Sobel looks at Coolidge's impressive record as president-his four tax cuts, his yearly budget surplus, his success shrinking the debt-in this expansive biography of a forgotten American icon.\nPublisher Regnery Publishing Inc\nPublication City/Country Washington DC, United States\nIII Edwin Meese\nAbout Robert Sobel\nRobert Sobel, journalist, author, and professor of Business History at Hofstra University, has written more than thirty books, including Herbert Hoover at the Onset of the Great Depression and The Great Bull Market: Wall Street in the 1920s. He lives in Long Beach, New York.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 4351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 336.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.booksource.com/Products/Pura-Belpre-Author-Award-Winners-And-Honors-(Spanish)__SP-PB1-spc-17.aspx?FromSearch=True&categoryid=e5117e42-2eae-4a8e-b059-05f2e4c8ed15", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:56:11Z", "digest": "sha1:Q5EHLMVVDQ7PEL5IMM3FQPI35DPYIC4P", "length": 1015, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.booksource.com", "title": "Pura Belpre Author Award Winners And Honors (Spanish) - Booksource", "raw_content": "Home > Spanish & ELL > Latino Heritage & Culture\nPura Belpre Author Award Winners And Honors (Spanish)I 8 books\nThis award is named after Pura Belpre, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpre Award is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, an ALA affiliate.\nSP-PB1 17\nDevolver Al Remitente (Return To Sender)\nEl Sonador (The Dreamer)\nEsperanza Renace (Esperanza Rising)\nFederico Garcia Lorca (Spanish Edition)\nSeries: Cuando Los Grandes Eran Pequenos\nLazaro, Georgina\nMas Alla De Mi (Reaching Out)\nSeries: Francisco Jimenez Memoirs (Book: 3)\nJimenez, Francisco\nZ 5.8 910L 7-12", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 8774, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 291.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/the-nature-of-things", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:40Z", "digest": "sha1:QRTLBW7NTNA3T5PPOYBQ64BWIPBW22K3", "length": 3478, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.boosted.org.nz", "title": "The Nature of Things | Boosted", "raw_content": "'The Nature of Things' is a fifteen-minute sensory experience. Enveloping the audience in an aural and visual meditation, the work explores continuities and discontinuities between environments in India and Aotearoa - seemingly a world apart, yet both an integral part of the same biosphere. It signals notions of our changed and changing relationship with the natural world and our collective global responsibilities towards the environment and each other.\n'The Nature of Things' is an installation-based work in a 20ft shipping container. It has been accepted as part of The Performance Arcade 2019 (Feb 21 - Mar 3). This annual festival takes place on Wellington's waterfront in a number of shipping containers. It attracts artists from NZ and overseas, and last year had close to 90,000 visitors.\nWe will be making the installation kitset so it can be disassembled at the end of the festival and exhibited elsewhere. We have already secured another gallery space for exhibition later this year.\nOur initial BOOSTED goal is $2,500. This will go towards the design costs and construction of the installation, which is designed to be reused and exhibited again. The total cost of the design and build is $4,300, and any extra over the amount we're asking for will go to that. If we exceed that, the money will be used to tour the installation after its initial exhibition.\nWe are partners in life, love, and art!\nNeil: I am a sonic artist working with music and environmental recordings. I spent fifteen years in the music industry in London followed by ten years in the film industry in Wellington, and I'm currently lecturing in sound. In 2018, I completed a month-long artist's residency at Earthskin, Muriwai, to compose, record, and craft the audio component of 'The Nature of Things'.\nCharlotte: I am a mixed-media artist working in painting, moving image, and installation. My work has been exhibited in public and dealer galleries in New Zealand. I have a BFA (film) from Ilam, Canterbury University, and am currently undertaking a Masters in Climate Change Science and Policy at Victoria University of Wellington. My background in museums and oral history informs my experiential art practice. Concerned with narrative in a conceptual and abstract form, observations from the real transform into interpretations of the essence.\nhttps://www.theperformancearcade.com/neil-aldridge\nWHAT WE'VE ACHIEVED SO FAR?\nThe audio composition is completed and the visuals are nearing completion! We have managed to secure all of the equipment we need for the duration of the exhibition, through 'in-kind' support. We have also been given a significant discount for the acoustic treatment to line the shipping container, which is critical to enhance the audience experience.\nBOOSTED is an all-or-nothing campaign. If we don't reach our goal in 18 days, all donations are returned to the donors. All donations to Boosted by NZ donors are 33% tax deductible.\nIf you cannot give financially, you can help immensely by sharing this among your network. People will only donate if they know about the campaign. Please help by spreading the word!\nThank you for talking the time to visit our Boosted page, and if we are successful in funding The Nature of Things, please come and experience the show! We'd love to see you there (we'll be on-site from 10am-11pm while the show is up!).\nNeil & Charlotte\nBronwen Newton\nNicola Pauling\nBrian Pauling\nTrish & Keith Sarr & Johnston\nGeorgina Barber", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 4268, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 240.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.botany.org/Resources/Ohio.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:43Z", "digest": "sha1:LSW4F7AUKC5MLGF2RBSZ2CK7XN5RT4RM", "length": 5313, "nlines": 60, "source_domain": "www.botany.org", "title": "Botanical Society of America - State Resource and Reference Links", "raw_content": "OHIO REFERENCES\nSuggested Web-links\nCincinnati Wild Flower Preservation Society - founded 1917, also known as the Southwest Chapter of the Ohio Native Plant Association\nhttp://home.att.net/~cwfps/\nOhio Prairie Association - contains list of Ohio prairie plants, map of prairie locations\nhttp://www.ohioprairie.org/\nNative Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio - contains some nice images of Ohio plants\nhttp://groups.msn.com/NativePlantSocietyofNortheastOhio/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us\nhttp://dir.gardenweb.com/directory/onps1/\nBotanizers Club - Wilderness Center (near Wilmot, OH)\nhttp://eteamz.active.com/sites/botany/\nOhio Department of Natural Resources - links to Ohio parks, vegetative history of the state\nhttp://www.dnr.state.oh.us/\nOhio Natural Heritage Database (Division of Natural Areas and Preserves) - contains more than 13,000 records representing known locations for Ohio's rare plants and animals.\nhttp://www.dnr.state.oh.us/dnap/heritage/\nOhio Plant Biotechnology Consortium - state-supported group supporting collaborative research among scientists from across Ohio.\nhttp://opbc.osu.edu/\nThe Nature Conservancy - Ohio - includes information on TNC preserves in the state\nhttp://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/ohio/\nHerbaria and Collections\nThe Ohio State University Herbarium (OS) - includes list of type specimens\nhttp://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~herb/herbarium.htm\nMiami University - Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU) - includes constantly updated list of type specimens\nhttp://www.units.muohio.edu/herbarium/\nOhio University - Bartley Herbarium (Bryophyte Home Page) - features a searchable bryophyte database\nhttp://vis-pc.plantbio.ohiou.edu/moss/bryophyte.htm\nKent State University Herbarium (KE)\nhttp://dept.kent.edu/biology/herbarium.htm\nYoungstown State University (YUO) - also includes information on the Trumbull Arboretum\nhttp://www.as.ysu.edu/~biology/research.htm\nOhio Wesleyan University - The Jason Swallen Herbarium\nhttp://go.owu.edu/~herbweb/\nCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden - home of the Local Flora Project, based on a database of herbarium specimens collected from surrounding universities (University of Cincinnati, University of Northern Kentucky, etc.).\nhttp://www.cincyzoo.org/Conservation/GlobalConservation/localflora/lfp.html\nBraun, E.L. 1989. The Woody Plants of Ohio. 2nd edition. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH. 362 pp.\nBraun, E.L. 1967. The Monocotyledoneae: Cat-Tails to Orchids (The Vascular Flora of Ohio, Vol 1.). Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH. 464 pp.\nCooperrider, T.S. 1995. The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio: Part 2, Linaceae through Campanulaceae. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH. 656 pp.\nCooperrider, T.S., A.W. Cusick, & J.T. Kartesz. 2001. Seventh Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ohio. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH. 195 pp.\nFisher, T.R. 1989. The Dicotyledoneae of Ohio: Part 3, Asteraceae. Ohio State University Press, Columbus, OH. 280 pp.\nShowman, R.E. & D.G. Flenniken. 2004. The Macrolichens of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey 14(3): 1-279.\nCooperrider, T.S. 1982. Endangered and Threatened Plants of Ohio. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, OH. 92 pp.\nMcCance, R.M. and J.F. Burns. 1984. Ohio Endangered and Threatened Vascular Plants: Abstracts of State-listed Taxa. Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, Department of Natural Resources, Columbus, OH.\nRose, M.A. 1998. Identifying Noxious Weeds of Ohio. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 23 pp.\nSchaffner, J.H. 1910. The Pteridophytes of Ohio. Proceedings of the Ohio State Academy of Sciences 5(5): 265-305 (Special Paper #16). 40 pp.\nSchaffner, J.H. 1917. The Grasses of Ohio. The Ohio State University Bulletin 21(28): 256-329 (Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin 9, Vol 2). 77 pp.\nSchaffner, J.H. 1928. Field Manual of the Flora of Ohio. R.G. Adams & Co., Columbus, OH. 638 pp.\nTaylor, C.J. 1967. The Lichens of Ohio. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 227 pp.\nWeishaupt, C.G. 1971. Vascular Plants of Ohio: A Manual for Use in Field and Laboratory. 3rd ed. Kendall Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA. 292 pp.\nWolfe, J.N. 1940. A Catalog of the Lichens of Ohio, with Notes on Geographic Distribution in the State and a Key to 80 Genera. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 50 pp.\nRegional Floras\nAiken, W.H. 1911. Catalogue of the Ferns and Flowering Plants of Cincinnati, Ohio & Vicinity. Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, OH. 57 pp.\nBraun, E.L. 1928. The Vegetation of the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus, OH. 134 pp.\nHerrick, J.A., T.S. Cooperrider, & C.H. Hobbs. 1966. A Key To Spring Wildflowers of Kent and Vicinity. Kent State University, Kent, OH. 75 pp.\nAndreas, B.K. 1989. The vascular flora of the glaciated Allegheny Plateau region of Ohio. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 191 pp.\nPicture Guides and Specialty Books\nHenn, R.L. 1998. Wildflowers of Ohio. Indiana University Press, 215 pp.\nMcKoewn, D. 2001. The Gardening Book for Ohio. Cool Springs Press, Nashville, TN. 448 pp.\nMcKoewn, D. 2005. Month-by-Month Gardening in Ohio. Cool Springs Press, Nashville, TN. 352 pp.\nTekiela, S. 2001. Wildflowers of Ohio Field Guide. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN. 410 pp.\nTekiela, S. 2004. Trees of Ohio Field Guide. Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN. 254 pp.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 406, "original_length": 13305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 299.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bradford-delong.com/2014/07/morning-must-read-ari-phillips-paul-ryan-says-climate-change-is-an-excuse-to-illegally-grow-government-and-raise-taxes.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:08Z", "digest": "sha1:EVBWTCLTSZXMNBSDDZ2UGGDSHV7Y44QR", "length": 1450, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bradford-delong.com", "title": "Morning Must-Read: Ari Phillips: Paul Ryan Says Climate Change Is An Excuse To Illegally Grow Government And Raise Taxes", "raw_content": "Over at Grasping Reality: Neel Kashkari Finds Out Our Big Macroeconomic Problem Is Lack of Demand\nA Note on the Shape of Yesterday's GDP Growth Number\nMorning Must-Read: Ari Phillips: Paul Ryan Says Climate Change Is An Excuse To Illegally Grow Government And Raise Taxes\nAri Phillips: Paul Ryan Says Climate Change Is An Excuse To Illegally Grow Government And Raise Taxes: \"Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Wednesday that...\n...'climate change occurs no matter what', but that the EPA\u2019s recent efforts to reduce emissions from existing power plants are 'outside of the confines of the law', and 'an excuse to grow government, raise taxes and slow down economic growth'. Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington, Rep. Ryan said that he would argue that the 'federal government, with all its tax and regulatory schemes' can\u2019t do anything about climate change. He said that what climate regulations 'end up doing is making the U.S. economy less competitive'.... Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act requires the EPA to develop regulations for 'air pollution which may endanger public health or welfare'. In 2007 and again in 2011, the Supreme Court ruled that carbon pollution fits under that category. EPA chief Gina McCarthy recently said that she wouldn\u2019t put forth a rule that 'doesn\u2019t respect the Clean Air Act and isn\u2019t legally solid', and that she is confident the regulations will survive any legal challenge....\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 242, "original_length": 8055, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 268.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.brainstormstudio.com/why-you-should-be-using-slideshare-for-your-business/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:20Z", "digest": "sha1:5V445B53KOZKYQ54D5B3TU6HDVAFJTYB", "length": 2976, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.brainstormstudio.com", "title": "Why you should be using Slideshare for your business | Brainstorm Studio", "raw_content": "Why you should be using Slideshare for your business\nMost businesses have a stock pile of materials saved as Powerpoint presentations, PDF\u2019s, videos and webinars.These assets are relevant and useful to their company, but can be complicated to view and share online. SlideShare solves this problem by making presentations readily available on SlideShare\u2019s website (which receives 60 million monthly views)and easily shareable through social networks like: Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter.\nWhat is Slideshare?\nSlideShare is a platform that allows people to upload and share slideshow presentations. It can also be used for portfolios, resumes, and other documents. Because it is owned by LinkedIn, it easily integrates into LinkedIn profiles. This makes it easy to share business presentations with your Linkedin viewers, connections and groups. Slideshare contributes to a collaborative and inclusive business model by making presentations available to everyone online. This creates the potential for new leads and more exposure for businesses.\nPlus, SlideShare is easy to use. It can be used to share presentations publicly or privately within networks. It can support documents, videos, and PDFs, which allow its users to be creative with their presentations. Having past presentations on SlideShare gives businesses the ability to present an impressive portfolio to potential clients without making them sit through hours of presentations. SlideShare is an important tool for any business that wants its ideas to be found and shared by a wide audience.\nBenefits of Using SlideShare\nAccessibility:Presentations always have the potential to reach more people. The Internet allows for wider sharing possibilities than have ever been present before. Do not limit access to a presentation to those who physically attended an event or meeting. SlideShare ensures that this content is readily available to anyone who missed the presentation. It is also useful for those who would like to go back and study the material again.\nNew Leads:SlideShare is also great for introducing new people to past presentation materials. Think of SlideShare as a portfolio of talks and presentations. Anyone online can stumble across this portfolio and discover information on a business. They can then share these presentations with their networks on LinkedIn or other sites, which leads to even greater exposure.\nAnalytics & Feedback:In many business environments, there are few opportunities to discover how a presentation was received. Slideshare allows people to comment and contribute, providing valuable feedback. Plus, views, comments and shares can be analyzed for a presentation. This is useful for gauging if a presentation provides engagement for a target audience.\nSlideShare is a great opportunity for branding, increasing social media presence and generating new business. Give it a try and you\u2019ll see a boring Powerpoint can easily be re-purposed into a fun, interactive presentation!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 3393, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bramanhonda.com/vehicle-comparison/honda-accord-vs-hyundai-sonata-miami-fl/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:48Z", "digest": "sha1:7RFHVLHZPBS3OOYYIQDDFGMVMJTT675I", "length": 3203, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.bramanhonda.com", "title": "Honda Accord vs Hyundai Sonata Miami FL | Braman Honda", "raw_content": "Getting around Doral, Hialeah, and Miami is much easier and more fun when you\u2019re behind the wheel of a high-quality midsize sedan such as the Honda Accord or the Hyundai Sonata. These two exciting midsize models offer outstanding features that you\u2019re sure to love, including thrilling performance and useful technology. Take a closer look at the 2018 Honda Accord and the 2018 Hyundai Sonata so that you can decide which midsize sedan you should take for a drive in the Florida sunshine.\nHonda vs Hyundai: Engine Performance\nEngine performance is an important factor to consider when you\u2019re investing in a new car. If you\u2019re not quite certain whether the Accord or the Sonata is the right vehicle for you, take a look under their hoods to help with your decision. While both of these automobiles are available with 2.0L turbocharged engines, their ratings are much different.\nWith the engine of the Hyundai Sonata, you\u2019ll have 245 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque, which should make it easy to get around town. If you\u2019re a driver who can never get enough engine power, however, you need to hop inside the Honda Accord, which offers top engine ratings of 252 horsepower and 273 lb-ft of torque.\nAccord vs Sonata: Technology Package\nWhether you drive the 2018 Accord or the 2018 Sonata, you\u2019ll enjoy a variety of useful technology features. Both of these vehicles, for example, offer infotainment systems with Apple CarPlay\u2122 and Android Auto\u2122, allowing you to control your favorite smartphone features such as streaming music easily. The Accord and Sonata also offer navigation systems, but only the satellite-linked system of the 2018 Honda Accord provides real-time traffic information.\nOne tech feature that you will only find in the Honda Accord is a mobile hotspot. With this hotspot, you\u2019ll always have an internet connection, giving you access to a world of information while you\u2019re on a road trip.\nWhich Vehicle Offers Standard Safety?\nEveryone wants to know that their vehicle is safe, and in both the Accord and the Sonata, you\u2019ll have access to an array of intelligent safety systems. With the Sonata, for example, you\u2019ll have the option of equipping your sedan with safety features such as Automatic Emergency Braking, Lane Keep Assist, and Blind Spot Monitoring.\nThe advantage of driving the Accord is that your safety features will come standard. Honda Sensing\u00ae is now standard on all Accord models, meaning you\u2019ll have access to the world\u2019s best safety features every time you go for a drive. With Honda Sensing\u00ae, you\u2019ll have similar safety systems as the Sonata, as well as innovative features such as Adaptive Cruise Control with Low-Speed Follow and Traffic Sign Recognition. Driving the Honda means having comprehensive safety and total peace of mind.\nVisit Braman Honda in Miami for a Test Drive\nWhile the Hyundai Sonata possesses many fine qualities, it\u2019s clear that the Honda Accord is the better midsize sedan overall. Stop by Braman Honda in Miami today or contact us online so that you can learn more about the Honda Accord and schedule a test drive. With our dealership team on your side, you\u2019ll easily find a Honda vehicle you\u2019ll want to take home in Hialeah, Doral, or Miami.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 6773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 317.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/local/2017/08/17/california-bill-1-year-in-jail-for-using-wrong-transgender-pronoun/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:04:31Z", "digest": "sha1:RN6PSYNLFDOLBO7VKJBGGFID5PUFM5QD", "length": 1935, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.breitbart.com", "title": "California Bill: 1 Year in Jail for Using Wrong Transgender Pronoun | Breitbart", "raw_content": "California Bill: 1 Year in Jail for Using Wrong Transgender Pronoun\nA new bill being considered by the California State Senate would punish people who \u201cwillfully and repeatedly\u201d refuse \u201cto use a transgender resident\u2019s preferred name or pronouns\u201d in a public health, retirement or housing institution.\nThe bill, SB 219, was proposed by State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco). It includes several other provisions that require a health facility, for example, to honor the gender identity of a patient, meaning that the patient must be admitted to a room that comports with his or her chosen gender; allowed to use whatever bathroom he or she wants to use; and wear whatever clothing or cosmetics he or she decides to wear. It has gone through several amendments.\nCBN News notes: \u201cFines for repeat offenders could be as high as $1,000 and a jail term of up to a year.\u201d\nCBN also reports the testimony of the California Family Council\u2019s Greg Burt:\nHow can you believe in free speech, but think the government can compel people to use certain pronouns when talking to others? \u2026 This is not tolerance. This is not love. This is not mutual respect. True tolerance tolerates people with different views. We need to treat each other with respect, but respect is a two-way street. It is not respectful to threaten people with punishment for having sincerely held beliefs that differ from your own.\nCalifornia Democrats have also taken up the transgender cause as part of their \u201cresistance\u201d to President Donald Trump. In February, when the Trump administration reversed an Obama administration directive on transgender bathrooms in public schools, thus allowing states and local communities to set their own policies again, California protested vigorously in favor of the idea that the federal government should impose a uniform standard everywhere as a matter of civil rights.\nLocalPoliticsCalifornia DemocratsresistanceScott WienerTransgender", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 5179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/business/call-to-extend-licensing-controls-in-hove-after-rise-in-crime-1-8594116", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:59:40Z", "digest": "sha1:QYCUKAZPC35DFUAAMSTECN2GXHR7LEMY", "length": 3129, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk", "title": "Call to extend licensing controls in Hove after rise in crime - Brighton and Hove Independent", "raw_content": "Call to extend licensing controls in Hove after rise in crime\nThe existing special stress area and cumulative impact zone, as well as the proposed extension into Hove\nDrinkers, drug users and related criminal and anti-social behaviour have prompted a review of licensing rules for the centre of Hove.\nConservative councillor Andrew Wealls said: \u201cThere is a concentration of anti-social behaviour and alcohol and substance misuse related disturbance in a number of roads in Central Hove.\n\u201cThere are emergency accommodation premises, some of which are entirely unsupported, a children\u2019s home, two Equinox-run homes for women recovering from alcohol and substance misuse, two hostels for stag and hen dos and people needing emergency (self-supported) accommodation.\u201d\nHe set out the problems and a call for action in a letter to Brighton and Hove City Council\u2019s licensing committee \u2013 and he was supported by Labour councillor Clare Moonan.\nThey urged the committee to include their ward, Central Hove, in the council\u2019s \u2018special stress area\u2019 \u2013 the name for a zone where new alcohol licences are subject to greater scrutiny.\nAnd now a consultation is under way to help the committee to decide if extending the special stress area is the best way to tackle the concerns about crime and disorder and public nuisance.\nAny business applying for a new licence would have to show that it had robust plans to ensure that it would not add to the area\u2019s problems.\nCurrently the city\u2019s special stress area takes parts of Hanover, St Peter\u2019s and North Laine, Queen\u2019s Park, Brunswick and Adelaide and Goldsmid wards.\nThe Police.uk crime map shows 124 reported crimes in Central Hove in June and 96 in what it calls the Adelaide area, immediately to the east.\nIncidents of anti-social behaviour include three in Church Road, three in Seafield Road and two in Fourth Avenue.\nThe public consultation also includes considering the licensing terms for caf\u00e9 bars across the city.\nOfficials suggested that the term \u2018caf\u00e9\u2019 is more appropriate because these businesses are small food-led caf\u00e9s or delis where alcohol is not the primary source of income and the venues do not open late.\nOver the past year the number of new caf\u00e9 bar licences has risen while the number of pubs and clubs has fallen.\nAs of March 2018 there were 323 pubs, bars and night clubs, 297 restaurants and 89 caf\u00e9 bars.\nConcern has been raised about the increase in the number of caf\u00e9 bars granted a licence in the heart of Brighton and Hove.\nThe consultation asks whether the closing time of caf\u00e9 bars should be moved from 11.30pm to earlier in the evening, with participants asked to write in their own suggestions.\nResidents raising concerns at council licensing panels have highlighted problems with the number of licensed premises in an area designated a cumulative impact zone.\nThe zone covers the centre of Brighton and Hove, with council policy presuming that new licence applications would be turned down other than in exceptional circumstances.\nThe concentration of licensed premises, particularly in the North Laine area, has been blamed for an increase in public nuisance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 4629, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.britannica.com/topic/library/The-history-of-libraries", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:07Z", "digest": "sha1:NBSXLZR2XZFRLP3FNSETOIX4QUC2X6AO", "length": 8119, "nlines": 65, "source_domain": "www.britannica.com", "title": "Library - The history of libraries | Britannica.com", "raw_content": "The history of libraries\nIn earliest times there was no distinction between a record room (or archive) and a library, and in this sense libraries can be said to have existed for almost as long as records have been kept. A temple in the Babylonian town of Nippur, dating from the first half of the 3rd millennium bc, was found to have a number of rooms filled with clay tablets, suggesting a well-stocked archive or library. Similar collections of Assyrian clay tablets of the 2nd millennium bc were found at Tell el-Amarna in Egypt. Ashurbanipal (reigned 668\u2013c. 627 bc), the last of the great kings of Assyria, maintained an archive of some 25,000 tablets, comprising transcripts and texts systematically collected from temples throughout his kingdom.\nMany collections of records were destroyed in the course of wars or were purposely purged when rulers were replaced or when governments fell. In ancient China, for example, the emperor Shih huang-ti, a member of the Ch\u2019in dynasty and ruler of the first unified Chinese empire, ordered that historical records other than those of the Ch\u2019in be destroyed so that history might be seen to begin with his dynasty. Repression of history was lifted, however, under the Han dynasty, which succeeded the Ch\u2019in in 206 bc; works of antiquity were recovered, the writing of literature as well as record keeping were encouraged, and classification schemes were developed. Some favoured a seven-part classification, which included the Confucian classics, philosophy, rhymed work (both prose and poetry), military prose, scientific and occult writings, summaries, and medicine. A later system categorized writings into four types: the classics, history, philosophy, and miscellaneous works. The steady growth of libraries was facilitated by the entrenchment of the civil service system, founded in the 2nd century during the Han dynasty and lasting into the 20th century; this required applicants to memorize classics and to pass difficult examinations.\nGreece and Alexandria\nIn the West the idea of book collecting, and hence of libraries as the word was understood for several centuries, had its origin in the classical world. Most of the larger Greek temples seem to have possessed libraries, even in quite early times; many certainly had archive repositories. The tragedian Euripides was known as a private collector of books, but the first important institutional libraries in Athens arose during the 4th century bc with the great schools of philosophy. Their texts were written on perishable materials such as papyrus and parchment, and much copying took place. The Stoics, having no property, owned no library; the schools of Plato and of the Epicureans did possess libraries, the influence of which lasted for many centuries. But the most famous collection was that of the Peripatetic school, founded by Aristotle and systematically organized by him with the intention of facilitating scientific research. A full edition of Aristotle\u2019s library was prepared from surviving texts by Andronicus of Rhodes and Tyrannion in Rome about 60 bc. The texts had reached Rome as war booty carried off by Sulla when he sacked Athens in 86 bc.\nAristotle\u2019s library formed the basis, mainly by means of copies, of the library established at Alexandria, which became the greatest in antiquity. It was planned by Ptolemy I Soter in the 3rd century bc and brought into being by his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus with the collaboration of Demetrius of Phaleron, their adviser. The founders of this library apparently aimed to collect the whole body of Greek literature in the best available copies, arranged in systematic order so as to form the basis of published commentaries. Its collections of papyrus and vellum scrolls are said to have numbered hundreds of thousands. Situated in a temple of the Muses called the Mouseion, it was staffed by many famous Greek writers and scholars, including the grammarian and poet Callimachus (d. c. 240 bc), the astronomer and writer Eratosthenes (d. c. 194 bc), the philosopher Aristophanes of Byzantium (d. 180 bc), and Aristarchus of Samothrace (d. 145 bc), the foremost critical scholar of antiquity.\nIn Asia Minor a library rivaling that of Alexandria was set up at Pergamum during the reigns of Attalus I Soter (d. 197 bc) and Eumenes II (d. 160/159 bc). Parchment (charta pergamena) was said to have been developed there after the copying of books was impeded by Ptolemy Philadelphus\u2019 ban on the export of papyrus from Egypt. (Parchment proved to be more durable than papyrus and so marks a significant development in the history of technical advances in the dissemination of knowledge.) The library was bequeathed with the whole of the kingdom of Pergamum to the Roman people in 133 bc, and Plutarch records an allegation that Mark Antony gave its 200,000 volumes to Cleopatra, to become part of the Alexandrian library.\nNext page Rome\nhistory of publishing: Growth of libraries\nGrowth in the book trade led naturally to growth in libraries. Some of the oldest collections of books developed into national \u201ccopyright libraries,\u201d of immense value for bibliographical purposes. Sir Thomas Bodley opened his famous library at Oxford in 1602, and in 1610 the\u2026\nChina: Cultural developments\n\u2026been made for the imperial library. The catalog of this collection, which dates from the early 1st century ce, was prepared after comparing different copies and eliminating duplicates. The list of titles has been preserved and constitutes China\u2019s first bibliographical list. The works are classified according to subject, but many\u2026\neducation: The cultural revival under Charlemagne and his successors\n\u2026cultural revival, Charlemagne formed a library (the catalog of which is still extant), had texts and books copied and recopied, and bade every school to maintain a scriptorium. Alcuin developed a school of calligraphy at Tours, and its new script spread rapidly throughout the empire; this Carolingian minuscule was more\u2026\neducation: Mesopotamia\n\u2026activity and training was the library, which was usually housed in a temple under the supervision of influential priests. Methods of teaching and learning were memorization, oral repetition, copying models, and individual instruction. It is believed that the exact copying of scripts was the hardest and most strenuous and served\u2026\nSweden: Cultural institutions\nEvery municipality has a public library where books are loaned free of charge. The libraries are often centres for other cultural events as well. Scientific libraries, including the largest ones, like the University of Uppsala library and the Royal Library, are also open to the public. Sweden has one of\u2026\nMore About Library\nIn architecture: Museums and libraries\ncomparison with museum\nIn information processing: Primary and secondary literature\nApellicon\nIn Apellicon Of Teos\nIn Ashurbanipal: Personality and significance.\nIn Antoine-Alexandre Barbier\nIn Thomas Bray\nIn education: The cultural revival under Charlemagne and his successors\nIn history of publishing: Greek books\nIn history of publishing: Growth of libraries\nThe Catholic Encyclopedia - Libraries\nlibrary - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)\nlibrary - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)\nH.H. Richardson\nThe Isl\u0101mic world\nThe Middle Ages and the Renaissance\nThe role of the European monasteries\nThe new learning\nEffects of the Reformation and religious wars\n17th and 18th centuries and the great national libraries\nEmergence of national collections\nThe effects of the French Revolution\nOther national collections\nThe library operation\nTraining and library management\nThe professional librarian\nAcquisition and supply\nCataloging by author and subject\nCatalog systems\nVehicles for catalogs\nCatalog standardization\nThe Universal Decimal system\nThe Library of Congress system\nThe Bliss system\nThe Colon system\nThe Marxist system\nFuture-conscious manufacturing\nReference and retrieval\nRetrospective searching\nCurrent-awareness service\nLibrary extension programs\nInterlibrary relations\nCooperative acquisition and storage\nCooperative cataloging\nAssociations and international organizations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 284, "original_length": 13912, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 248.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bsa-insurance.com/products/auto-insurance/roadside-assistance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:43Z", "digest": "sha1:7STMGMCQNF3KIV3BBJAG6LN6N6TJWNND", "length": 724, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bsa-insurance.com", "title": "googleWebmaster", "raw_content": "Roadside Assistance - Carmel CA & Monterey CA - Brown Spaulding & Associates, Inc.\nRoadside Assistance in Carmel and Monterey, CA\nOn the road, anything can happen. 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Property Insurance may insure your home from the following types of damage:\nThere are many additional coverage types that are available to safeguard your home and belongings, and it\u2019s important to talk with a representative at Brown Spaulding & Associates, Inc. who can help you find the right policy.\nAs is the case with many other features of Home Insurance, additional coverage can vary greatly depending on your policy, which is why it\u2019s important to discuss your individual insurance options with Brown Spaulding & Associates, Inc. before making a decision.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 243, "original_length": 6792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 225.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buecher.de/shop/sloterdijk-peter/in-the-world-interior-of-capital/-/products_products/detail/prod_id/37706084/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:23Z", "digest": "sha1:RCY6DDQ6JWS62HVBVVMGVTXE42ZW3EMJ", "length": 2876, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.buecher.de", "title": "In the World Interior of Capital von Peter Sloterdijk - Fachbuch - b\u00fccher.de", "raw_content": "Towards a Philosophical Theory of Globalization\nDisplaying the distinctive combination of narration and philosophy for which he is well known, this new book by Peter Sloterdijk develops a radically new account of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The author takes seriously the historical and philosophical consequences of the notion of the earth as a globe, arriving at the thesis that what is praised or decried as globalization is actually the end phase in a process that began with the first circumnavigation of the earth ? and that one can already discern elements of a new era beyond globalization.\nIn the end\u2026mehr\nCompanion Contemporary Political\nContemporary Metaethics\nIn the end phase of globalization, the world system completed its development and, as a capitalist system, came to determine all conditions of life. Sloterdijk takes the Crystal Palace in London, the site of the first world exhibition in 1851, as the most expressive metaphor for this situation. The palace demonstrates the inevitable exclusivity of globalization as the construction of a comfort structure ? that is, the establishment and expansion of a world interior whose boundaries are invisible, yet virtually insurmountable from without, and which is inhabited by one and a half billion winners of globalization; three times this number are left standing outside the door.\nVerlag: Wiley John + Sons / Wiley, John, & Sons, Inc\nArtikelnr. des Verlages: 1A745647680\n\"Confirms Sloterdijk as the thinking European's Slavoj Zizek, as restlessly digressive as his Slovenian counterpart, but even more intellectually reckless and better company.\"\n\"In the last few years Sloterdijk has moved from a figure of relative obscurity in Anglophone debates to being one of the key thinkers of our time. This wide-ranging, engaging, thoughtful and provocative book illustrates why. An unashamedly grand narrative, it engages with both the philosophical and political complexities of the question of the world. It is once again presented in a very fine translation by Wieland Hoban.\"\nStuart Elden, Durham University\n\"Peter Sloterdijk never disappoints when it comes to producing an original point of view. Equally, he never disappoints in the magnitude of his ambitions. In this deeply original and hyper-ambitious book, he presents a history of globalization, no less. In doing so, he resurrects what has become a tired and hackneyed term by reconstituting it as a drama of location but one wherein the notion of location is itself brought into the play as a central element of the plot. And what a play it is, the play of an ever-increasing density of events and an ever-decreasing concentration of purpose which - if we're not very careful - will produce a 'last orb'. Wonderful stuff which restores our faith in the power of grand narratives.\"\nNigel Thrift, University of Warwick", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 7313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 259.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.burlingtoncountydivorce.com/Property-Division/Qualified-Domestic-Relations-Orders-QDROs.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:54Z", "digest": "sha1:D6JY4W2JBIXC52MMZTZ6VHFRBEDWCM5C", "length": 3075, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.burlingtoncountydivorce.com", "title": "Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | Burlington County QDROs Lawyer", "raw_content": "A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is an important document ultimately signed by the Court ensuring that a spouse (or ex-spouse) receives a portion of retirement benefits of the other spouse (or ex-spouse) pursuant to the division of assets agreement in a divorce. Many times both spouses in a divorce proceeding will be in need of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. This Court Order is eventually sent to a bank or institution where the retirement accounts are located.\nAn experienced matrimonial attorney will ensure that this Order precisely and accurately outlines how these accounts are distributed, when the money may be distributed, what happens if one of the parties dies, and many more extremely important details. This is a critical and complex legal instrument and oftentimes involves the largest assets in divorce proceedings. If your divorce settlement involves the preparation of a QDRO or QDROs, it is important to work with a matrimonial attorney who can oversee and manage the process for you, make sure that your interests are protected, and that you either maximize \u2014 or minimize \u2014 the division of assets in your divorce.\nChristopher R. Musulin, experienced family and matrimonial law attorney and founder of Musulin Law Firm, LLC, represents clients in Southern New Jersey counties and throughout the nation in all matters under the realm of matrimonial and family law. With more than 30 years of legal experience, Attorney Musulin continues to study the law and all the current changes to the legal landscape. His thorough understanding and personalized approach to legal representation provide a significant benefit to the firm's clients, as he provides sound legal guidance.\nAttorney Musulin emphasizes that a lot is at stake since the QDRO process oftentimes involves the largest assets of a divorce action. If the QDRO process is mishandled, problems arise that may cost a litigant tens of thousands of dollars. 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The law firm will make sure that the Qualified Domestic Relations Order is in congruence with the terms of your final divorce settlement and that you are in compliance with the Court order.\nTo discuss a QDRO or any other aspect of your divorce proceedings, call 609-267-0070 or contact the firm online for a consultation with an experienced lawyer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 6775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 254.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/india-intercontinental-missile-test-agni-5-2018-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:58:02Z", "digest": "sha1:MNRZUWF6TZQSPBZ3XVXBU5HOP2HYSA55", "length": 6578, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.businessinsider.com", "title": "India intercontinental missile test of Agni 5 - Business Insider", "raw_content": "India's latest missile test puts it closer to joining an exclusive club and will 'make China think twice'\nA surface-to-surface Agni V missile during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, January 26, 2013.\nIndia successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, giving it strike capabilities currently had by only a few countries.\nThe test comes amid a heightened period of tensions with India's nuclear-armed neighbors, Pakistan and China.\nIndia has been beefing up its military capacities in recent years, buying hardware and developing missiles.\nIndia successful tested the Agni 5 missile on Thursday, moving it closer to joining the small group of countries with access to nuclear-capable intercontinental missiles.\nThis is India's first successful test of the Agni 5 at its full range, the Indian Ministry of Defense said in a release. The test also marks a significant step in India's military development amid tensions with China and Pakistan.\nThe missile test was conducted on an island off India's east coast, flying for 19 minutes and covering more than 3,000 miles. It was the fifth such test and the third consecutive one firing the missile from a canister on a road-mobile launcher, the Indian Ministry of Defense said. All five tests have been successful.\nThe ministry said \"all objectives\" of the latest test were met and that it \"reaffirms the country's indigenous missile capabilities and further strengthens our credible deterrence.\"\nThe Agni 5 is the most advanced in the Agni series, part of a program that began in the 1980s. It has a range of more than 3,100 miles and puts India among countries like the US, China, and Russia that have access to intercontinental ballistic missiles. The missile is also set for incorporation into India's Strategic Forces Command, which oversees the country's nuclear-weapons stockpile.\nThe three-stage missile is 55 feet long and is capable of carrying a payload of more than 1.5 tons, which is enough to carry \"fusion boosted fission warheads with a yield of 200-300 kilotonnes,\" according to an editorial by Saurav Jha, the editor-in-chief of the Delhi Defense Review.\nHeightened tensions with India's neighbors\nA surface-to-surface Agni V missile is launched from Wheeler Island off the eastern Indian state of Odisha, April 19, 2012.\nREUTERS/Indian Defence Research and Development Organization\nIndia is currently in a tense period of relations with its western neighbor, Pakistan, with which it has long had a contentious relationship. New Delhi has said it faces a threat from Pakistan's development of a nuclear missile program of its own.\nNew Delhi and Beijing went through a protracted standoff over a sliver of land in the eastern Himalayas over the summer \u2014 the worst border dispute between the two countries in three decades. The number of faceoffs between Indian and Chinese personnel in disputed areas on their shared border increased considerably in 2017.\nA still image of Indian and Chinese troops clashing on the border in the eastern Himalayas, August 15, 2017.\nThe Print/Twitter\nThe latest period of border tension was punctuated by a brief hand-to-hand, rock-throwing clash in another disputed area in the western Himalayas.\nChina has criticized India's development of the Agni 5 and expressed dismay about India's growing defense ties with the US and other countries in the region.\nIndia has been boosting its military development over the past few years, largely in response to the growing Chinese presence in the region, which is home to heavily trafficked and strategically valuable shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean.\nBeijing now has a presence at ports in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Djibouti, and has a growing relationship with the Maldives. China's navy, its submarines in particular, is increasingly active in the Indian Ocean, especially around the Malacca Strait, through which the country passes about 80% of its fuel supplies.\nIndia has expanded its anti-submarine-warfare capabilities and its acquisition of military hardware, like warships and fighter jets. It is also looking to boost its domestic military industry through partnerships with international firms.\nAdvances in India's missile technology\nWith the Agni 5, New Delhi is now able to hit targets in most of China \u2014 including major cities on its east coast. The missile's mobile-deployment capacity also makes it harder to track and boosts India's second-strike capabilities. Its reentry vehicle may also mitigate ballistic-missile defenses being developed by China.\n\"If there are hostilities, and if there are contingencies, then India has something which can deter China or at least make China think twice,\" Nitin A. Gokhale, an independent national-security analyst in India, told The New York Times.\nWhile some aspects of India's missile development have faced setbacks in recent weeks, there have been significant advances in its missile technology as well.\nIndia's Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles, mounted on a truck, during a full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, January 23, 2006.\nREUTERS/Kamal Kishore\nIn late November, India's air force said it become the first air force in the world to successfully test an air-launched Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, after firing one of the 5,500-pound, two-stage missiles from a modified Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet at a sea target off India's east coast.\nThe successful test in November gave India the ability to launch the missile from sea, land, and air.\nThe Brahmos, which is based on Russia's P-800 Oniks sea-skimming cruise missile, was a joint project between New Delhi and Moscow. Russia provided 65% of the missile's components, while India supplied the majority of the rest.\nThe Brahmos is reportedly able to carry a 660-pound warhead up to 250 miles, traveling at speeds up to Mach 3. That combination of speed, range, and explosive power makes the missile a threat to large surface ships, like aircraft carriers, as well as to fortified targets on land. Its speed and low altitude may also mean that anti-missile defenses, especially shipboard ones, would have trouble intercepting it. There is also speculation the missile could be modified to carry a nuclear warhead.\nSEE ALSO: With an eye on China, India is looking to buy more US-made advanced sub-hunting planes\nDON'T MISS: Trump's leaked review of the US's nukes seems to confirm Russia has an underwater nuclear doomsday weapon\nNOW WATCH: These 10 maps will change the way you see the world\nMore: India Nuclear Weapons Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles China", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 8978, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 199.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/one-bedroom-apartments-across-the-us-2015-12?r=UK", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:27:45Z", "digest": "sha1:IBJBYNFIHTXMUMD2XEL7P3MHRAI5HZP6", "length": 6701, "nlines": 58, "source_domain": "www.businessinsider.com", "title": "One-bedroom apartments across the US - Business Insider", "raw_content": "Here's what a one-bedroom apartment looks like in America's most expensive rental markets\nFor $1,900 a month, you can rent this contemporary apartment in Miami.\nWith rents on the rise in several of America's largest cities, it's always helpful to know what your money can get you.\nThe sad truth, however, is that it'll go a lot farther in some cities than others. A one-bedroom apartment in New York City, for instance, goes for about $2,000 more than the same-sized apartment in Dallas.\nWith the help of real-estate marketplace Zumper and its December national rent report, we've compiled a sampling of one-bedroom listings in the 20 most expensive markets in the US.\nEach listing is within $100 of the respective city's median rental price.\n20. AUSTIN, TEXAS: Luxury one-bedroom apartments are available at The District at Soco for just over $1,100.\nEach unit features a gourmet kitchen with a built-in island countertop, a dishwasher, and stainless-steel appliances.\n19. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: This updated apartment is just three blocks from Lake Calhoun.\nNeighborhood: Cedar Isles\nThis apartment building has laundry rooms on every floor and a brand-new fitness center with a sauna and indoor pool. The units feature a spacious bedroom and bathroom.\n18. DALLAS, TEXAS: Rent a one-bedroom in a gated community with a fitness center, clubhouse, and pool for less than $1,200 a month.\nNeighborhood: Deep Ellum District\nThese units have contemporary finishes, custom kitchens, and in-unit washer-dryer connections. The surrounding community is home to Baylor students and young professionals.\n17. LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA: For $1,200 a month, you can rent this fourth-floor condo in the city's downtown area.\nThis unit has one bedroom, plus a built-in Murphy bed in the living room. The green-tiled kitchen, however, could probably use some renovating.\n16. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: This quirky lofted one-bedroom goes for just over $1,200 a month.\nThe kitchen is small, but the lofted bedroom space makes up for it. There are wood floors throughout, plus a floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace.\n15. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND: One-bedroom units in a renovated Victorian row home rent for just over $1,200 a month.\nNeighborhood: Mt. Vernon/Penn Station\nIn the building's entryway, there's a grand staircase and a marble fireplace. All units boast laundry machines, keyless entry, and bathrooms featuring a rain-head shower, heated floors, and designer light fixtures.\n14. ATLANTA, GEORGIA: In downtown Atlanta, you can rent a 19th-floor apartment with a stunning skyline view for about $1,400 a month.\nThe kitchen and living room are one in this open-floor apartment located near the highway.\n13. DENVER, COLORADO: The historic Norman Building offers up a retro-looking one-bedroom with mountain views for under $1,400 a month.\nNeighborhood: Washington Park\nThe small kitchen has checkered floors and red walls with tons of cabinet space. There's crown molding throughout.\n12. PORTLAND, OREGON: For just under $1,400 a month, you can rent a house with a garage and a large, unfinished basement.\nThis 700-square-foot house is outdated but charming, with hardwood floors, large windows, and even an eating nook in the kitchen.\n11. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: You can get a 660-square-foot apartment in sunny San Diego for less than $1,600 a month.\nWhile it's not the hippest place you can live in San Diego, North Park is on a path to revitalization. Plus, the apartment's living room is spacious, and the bathroom and kitchen are modern with all-black cabinetry.\n10. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: You can rent one-bedroom units in the Sidney, a 15-year-old building located in the city's most densely populated neighborhood, for just under $1,700 a month.\nThe complex boasts charming courtyards and frequent social events, and the apartments are unique. Tenants have the option of adding hardwood floors for an extra $100 a month.\n9. MIAMI, FLORIDA: You can rent this completely remodeled apartment with ocean and city views for just under $2,000.\nSave for the awkward fridge placement in the granite countertop kitchen, this unit is pretty nice, with wood floors and in-unit laundry.\n8. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: You can rent an apartment for under $2,000 on a palm-tree-lined street near Beverly Hills.\nThe apartment seems to have an awkward layout, but the kitchen has a dishwasher, and there's a private balcony.\n7. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: This bright one-bedroom located in the heart of the theater and financial district is available for just $2,000 a month.\nNeighborhood: The Loop\nThis doorman building is full of 24-hour amenities, like a massage-therapy room, fitness center, media and game rooms, and even a library.\n6. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA: This bright and spacious one-bedroom condo is available for slightly over $2,000 a month and is minutes from Cambrian Park.\nNeighborhood: Cambrian area\nThere's tons of counter space in the kitchen, a spacious balcony, and a pool in the complex.\n5. WASHINGTON, D.C.: You can rent this one-bedroom in a building with a rooftop pool and grill for $2,150 a month.\nNeighborhood: Dupont Circle\nThe kitchen is a bit outdated, but the apartment is cozy and has brand-new flooring throughout. The building has a nice entry and a 24-hour front-desk attendant.\n4. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA: For just over $2,000 a month, you can get this condo with a private balcony and a gated garage parking spot.\nNeighborhood: Oakland Ave.\nThere's a laundry room on every floor, and building amenities include a swimming pool and clubhouse.\n3. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: You can get this garden level one-bedroom for just under $2,400 a month, including the cost of air conditioning, heat, and water.\nLocated in a newly renovated brownstone, this unit has oak-wood floors, stainless-steel appliances, granite countertops, and full-closet shelving done by California Closets.\n2. NEW YORK, NEW YORK: In the second-most expensive rental market in the country, you can get this laundry-less, dishwasher-less one-bedroom for $3,200 a month.\nThis corner unit in a newly renovated building has a small kitchen, but the appliances and cabinets are newly replaced.\n1. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: For about $3,500 a month, you can rent a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco's Noe Valley neighborhood, sometimes known as \"Stroller Town\" for its high number of young families.\nNeighborhood: Noe Valley\nThere is hardwood flooring, in-unit laundry, and a newly remodeled kitchen with stainless-steel appliances.\nSEE ALSO: Here's what a four-bedroom home looks like in America's most expensive markets\nSEE ALSO: A New York City apartment is renting for $300,000 a month\nMore: Features Rental Prices San Francisco New York City", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 234, "original_length": 10073, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 321.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bustle.com/articles/133803-inspirational-coming-out-videos-from-cosmopolitan-rounds-up-some-of-the-most-heartwarming-coming-out-stories", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:57:54Z", "digest": "sha1:GAIQI7NTBPB2HOBXJKVV7REDMV25UYBD", "length": 3220, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.bustle.com", "title": "\"Inspirational Coming Out Videos\" From Cosmopolitan Rounds Up Some Of The Most Heartwarming Coming Out Stories On YouTube \u2014 VIDEO", "raw_content": "\"Inspirational Coming Out Videos\" From Cosmopolitan Rounds Up Some Of The Most Heartwarming Coming Out Stories On YouTube \u2014 VIDEO\nPrepare the tissues, folks, because Cosmopolitan recently rounded up the most inspirational coming out videos on YouTube, and it's a doozy (in the best way, of course.) The eponymous video features some of the website's most heartwarming coming out stories, from established vloggers like Troye Sivan to relative unknowns whose coming out stories were often the impetus for going viral. No matter their amount of Internet fame, though, each story makes it clear how much of a leap of faith the prospect of coming out requires for many LGBTQ people \u2014 but also how rewarding it can be when it goes well.\nWith the legalization of same-sex marriage and historic advances in laws protecting LGBTQ people, it's easy to assume that homophobia is on its way out in the modern day. However, the reality is that many LGBTQ people still face discrimination, even from the places they would least expect it; even if someone knows intellectually that their family is likely to accept them for who they are, there's no way to know for sure until they come out. As a result, a common refrain in the video is relief: Relief that it's out there, relief at being accepted, and relief that they can stop pretending to be someone they're not.\n\"I'm gay. It feels so good to say that,\" beauty blogger Ingrid Nilsen says in her now-famous coming out video, and others echo the sentiment again and again.\nThen-high school senior Jacob Rudolph sums up the feeling of pretending to be someone else in a coming out speech that later went viral. \"I've been acting as someone I'm not... You see me acting the part of 'straight' Jacob, when I am in fact LGBT,\" he says. \"I am what I am, and that's how I'm going to act from now on.\"\nIf four minutes of watching people proudly accept themselves isn't enough to make you reach for the tissues (you heartless monster), the reactions of their audiences are sure to do so. The stereotype of people \"always knowing\" someone was LGBTQ turns out to be kinda-sorta based in truth; many say they were just waiting to be told in person. Most notably, one mother uses props to express her total lack of surprise when her son came out.\n\"For us, it was like, 'Are you coming out?'\" she says before opening a nearby door. \"Not yet? OK.\"\nOf course, a montage of successful coming out stories only serves to highlight the fact that too many LGBTQ people have a very different experience. More than 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, with family rejection being the most common factor for their homelessness. Furthermore, the Human Rights Campaign writes that LGBTQ youth are twice as likely to be physically assaulted at school than their non-LGBTQ peers.\nOn the other hand, it really does get better \u2014 not just as LGBTQ youths grow up, but as society grows to accept them. Would there have been as many successful coming out videos twenty years ago? Probably not, and that's what makes Cosmopolitan's montage so powerful. Check out the video below:\nCosmopolitan.com on YouTube\nFor more LGBTQ stories, check out Bustle on YouTube.\nImages: Cosmopolitan/YouTube (2); Giphy (2)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 3544, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bustle.com/articles/13488-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-to-expand-grab-your-wallets-potter-fans", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:23Z", "digest": "sha1:YOSPODLU7SO3XDWDKIMXYBDKJGHRXED3", "length": 2779, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bustle.com", "title": "Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Expand \u2014 Grab Your Wallets, Potter Fans!", "raw_content": "Wizarding World of Harry Potter to Expand \u2014 Grab Your Wallets, Potter Fans!\nMost Harry Potter fans would probably sell their souls to Voldemort in exchange for experiencing their favorite moments from the series. RIding the Hogwarts Express, drinking a butterbeer at the Leaky Cauldron, picking out a wand at Ollivanders. Get ready, because in just a few months you'll be able to do all of those things and it won't cost your soul, just $128 and a plane ticket. You may have heard of, or already visited, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adventure, but, in a live webcast Thursday morning, Universal revealed the Wizarding World of Harry Potter would expand.\nThe studio's plans are amazing \u2014 but a little tricky. The current Wizarding World is supposed to depict Hogsmeade, the village where third-year-and-up Hogwarts students take weekend trips. The theme park has three rides and some shops from the series, including Ollivander's, Honeydukes, and the Three Broomsticks.\nIn Thursday's webcast, Universal Orlando representatives joined Harry Potter cast members Evanna Lynch, Matthew Lewis, and James Phelps to give a preview of the planned Wizarding World of Harry Potter \u2014 Diagon Alley. What is Diagon Alley? Harry's first real exposure to the wizarding world, where wizards and witches do their shopping and evil blonde men slip possessed books to children.\nDiagon Alley will include the Leaky Cauldron, a larger Ollivander's (since that's where the store really is), Weasley's WIzard Wheezes and a few more shops, but who cares because Weasley's Wizard Wheezes is going to exist. Here's an official artist's rendering of the planned shop.\nThat alone is worth the admission, but there will also be additional rides, including Escape from Gringotts, the details of which are being kept a secret for now, except for its description as a \"multi-sensory, multi-dimensional journey\" and these renderings.\nOh, and there's more. Besides Diagon Alley, there will be Knockturn Alley, the shopping center for dark wizards. As for the rest, there's good news and bad news. Bad news first: the Wizarding World of Harry Potter \u2014 Diagon Alley will be in the Universal Studios park, while the original Wizarding World is in its Islands of Adventure park. That means you'll have to spend more money on a two-park ticket to see all of the Harry Potter attractions.\nThe good news? It's will be completely worth it, because the Hogwarts Express will connect the two, with Diagon Alley containing King's Cross Station.\nRight now the Wizarding World of Harry Potter \u2014 Diagon Alley is set to open in the summer of 2014. So Potterheads, you only have a few months to wait. Get those Galleons ready.\nImages: universalorlando/Instagram, Universal Orlando Resort/Facebook", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 3037, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 303.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buyautoparts.com/howto/symptoms-of-bad-ignition-coils.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:58Z", "digest": "sha1:EF7CL4IOTAWNSGKVB3WC52FK2MCF4EDR", "length": 3543, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.buyautoparts.com", "title": "Symptoms of Bad Ignition Coils", "raw_content": "Home > How To > How to Repair Ignition Coil > Symptoms of Faulty Ignition Coils\nSymptoms of Faulty Ignition Coils\nThe ignition coil is the source of the spark that ignites the air-fuel mixture in the engine's combustion chamber. The ignition coil receives a voltage of 12V from the car's battery and multiplies it to a higher voltage level. The multiplied voltage is then delivered to the spark plugs at the right time, which in turn ignites the air-fuel mixture in the cylinder. Knowing the signs of failure of ignition coils can save you a whole lot of time and trouble. Of course, a faulty ignition coil will have a bad influence on the engine's performance. This specific section concentrates on the symptoms exhibited by an ignition coil when all is not fine with it.\nA weak spark is the first sign that the ignition coil may be failing. During acceleration, the air and fuel that is forced into the cylinders extinguish whatever spark there is, which causes the car to stall. So, if a car is running on a weak spark, the car will be able to turn on, but will stall out soon after acceleration. If you have already ruled out that you don\u2019t have a faulty battery, the ignition coil may be something to look into.\nMost ignition coils are fitted within a housing that is filled with oil. If the coil overheats, the housing will break, causing an oil leak. An oil leak can mean that you have a flooded carburetor and the vehicle will run very poorly. Double check to see if there is clear oil leaking around the ignition coil housing, and be sure to replace the coil before it completely fails.\nCar Won't Start at All\nIn some cases, complete failure of the ignition coils will prevent you from turning on your car at all. If there is a clicking noise when you try to turn over the car, you can rule out the ignition coil. But, if there is no noise at all, this is an indication that the ignition system has failed. A failed coil will prevent any spark, and in turn, no combustion for the car to turn on.\nDegraded Performance of the Catalytic Converter\nA weak spark will fail to burn the air-fuel mixture fully, which causes the incompletely burned fuel to exit along with the exhaust gases. Fuel in the exhaust can be detrimental to the catalytic converter. If the catalytic converter goes bad, it will result in increased emissions and poor engine performance.\nSome of the above mentioned symptoms also indicate a failure of other ignition system components such as the spark plug or its wires and distributor cap. Do a proper check to detect the right issue and attend to it as soon as possible. If you are unsure, consult with a certified mechanic and get the problem addressed at the earliest.\nA faulty ignition coil triggers the OBDII check engine codes from P0300 to P0312 and P0350 to P0362; each code implies a specific problem with the ignition coil.\nReplacing the ignition coils can be done by any regular DIYer. We always recommend following the safety precautions specified in your owner's manual.\nIf you are interested to know about the function, working and other aspects of the ignition coil in detail, along with tips on buying a replacement coil for your vehicle, you can read through our buyer's guide.\nBuyAutoParts.com has composed a \u201cWe Make it Easy\u201d video series which includes videos of different installation and maintenance procedures. The video depicting how to replace ignition coils can be found here.\nWe would be happy to know your thoughts on this article. Please leave your feedback in the comment section below.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 4912, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/britney-spears-work-hiatus-dad", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:49Z", "digest": "sha1:2Q4P247YIX4GQR4R7FSUISG3H32XHBC2", "length": 2171, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.buzzfeednews.com", "title": "Britney Spears Has Put Her Las Vegas Shows On Hold To Be With Her Family", "raw_content": "Britney Spears Has Put Her Las Vegas Shows On Hold To Be With Her Family\n\u201cIt\u2019s important to always put your family first\u2026 and that\u2019s the decision I had to make.\u201d\nPop star Britney Spears announced Friday that she\u2019s going on a \u201cwork hiatus\u201d and putting her scheduled Las Vegas shows on hold indefinitely in order to focus on spending time with her family after her father\u2019s recent health struggles.\n\u201cI\u2019ve been looking forward to this show and seeing all of you this year, so doing this breaks my heart,\u201d she wrote on social media. \u201cHowever, it\u2019s important to always put your family first\u2026 and that\u2019s the decision I had to make.\u201d\nThe news comes just three months after Spears told fans that she would be gearing up for a new residency in Vegas called Britney: Domination, which was set to begin at the Park MGM resort next month.\nBut two months ago, her dad, Jamie Spears, was suddenly rushed to a hospital after his colon spontaneously ruptured. After surgery, he spent 28 days in the hospital in recovery.\nBritney said her father almost died in the ordeal.\n\u201cWe\u2019re all so grateful that he came out of it alive, but he still has a long road ahead of him,\u201d she wrote.\n\u201cI am dedicating my focus and energy to care for my family,\u201d she wrote on her website. \u201cWe have a very special relationship and I want to be with my family at this time just like they have always been there for me.\u201d\nSince 2008, Spears has been under the conservatorship of her father, a precaution taken after the singer\u2019s tumultuous breakdown in the mid-00s. This means he has been responsible for managing his daughter\u2019s affairs, from finances to her personal well-being.\nRecently, there\u2019s been speculation that her father was looking to end the decadelong agreement.\nSpears said she hoped fans would understand the difficult decision she made and thanked her loyal base for their support.\n\u201cThank you to all my fans for your continued love and support during this time,\u201d she said. \u201cI apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and I look forward to the time when I can be back on stage performing for all of you.\u201d\nThe star ended her statement by referring people seeking refunds to Ticketmaster.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 3670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 197.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.byanyothernerd.com/2014/11/short-story-326-curried-cow-by-ambrose.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:51:55Z", "digest": "sha1:6MKAHUQ3HG3RPSBG44DNZPD5LUKID6JL", "length": 1454, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.byanyothernerd.com", "title": "Short Story #326: Curried Cow by Ambrose Bierce", "raw_content": "Short Story #326: Curried Cow by Ambrose Bierce\nTitle: Curried Cow\nThe narrator introduces the reader to his Aunt Patience who is a widow living on a farm in Michigan with her favorite cow. The cow is entirely disagreeable to everyone and she has not been capable of having anyone help her with it. She continues to go through farm-hands who leave on account of the cow and how nasty it can be to everyone. However, after her husband's departure, she starts to look for a new husband. This triggers a marrying frenzy throughout the state to avoid her, but one man, the Reverend Berosus Huggins is available and Patience secures him as a husband. After they are married, Patience insists that he go and take care of the cow. However, he reports to know nothing of the cow but promises to go and take care of her. Huggins goes out to look at the cow but does not directly approach her. He studies her at length before setting to action. He takes his clothing and sets them upon a cast-iron pump to make it look like a man. The cow eventually makes her way over to this and gives it a hard kick, thinking it is the man. The kick sends her tumbling backwards and bewildered. In the aftermath as she recovered from her injured leg, Huggins because the cow's best friend and the cow no longer is as vicious.\nA typical Bierce tall-tale with it's a mixture of ridiculousness (people marrying in droves to avoid Patience) and smarts (Huggins disguising the pump).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 406, "original_length": 11030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 308.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.c4rj.org/join-us/volunteers", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:38Z", "digest": "sha1:NX6225L7PK4GZGZBVPAG3UWASMMNVOIL", "length": 3232, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.c4rj.org", "title": "Volunteers \u2014 Communities for Restorative Justice", "raw_content": "C4RJ volunteers practicing in circles during a training (left); supporters at C4RJ's 2016 Expanding the Circle Benefit Event (right).\nThis video features three C4RJ volunteer talking about what drew them to this work and why they stay.\nWatch this video to learn why a volunteer has supported C4RJ with his time. His interview (starting at 1:07), paired with donors and community members, is part of a longer piece called \u201cFinding Courage: Addressing Harm with Restorative Justice Circles\u201d also available on YouTube.\nThere are few organizations out there as fortunate as C4RJ when it comes to volunteers. They are our greatest asset.\nOur volunteers number more than 100 and hail from 38 cities and towns, even in places where C4RJ is not currently active. Their strength lies not only in their numbers, but also in their life experience as educators, lawyers, homemakers, grandparents, business people, world travelers, retirees, and youth.\nAnd why do they commit hours a month after work and on weekends to support restorative justice? Well, we asked them \u2014 click on the videos to the right to see what some of them said.\nOur volunteers put in anywhere from 1 to 20 hours a week in a variety of roles. Some serve as event planners, others as community representatives on cases. Some prefer to work on committees to raise funds, write press releases, or help with outreach in new communities. The bottom line is that if you have time, talent, and commitment, we can use your help.\nClick here to learn more about ways to get involved.\nC4RJ volunteers commit to joining a team for at least a year. Many have been with us for much longer; a few since our inception! The teams generally meet once a month for an hour or two to review new policies, debrief a tough case, or brush up on skills. Circles are scheduled outside team meetings and will require additional time. Specialized roles require advanced training and greater time commitment.\nIt all starts with your interest, an application, an interview, and an introductory training. All adult volunteers who work on cases will be CORI\u2019d (Criminal Offender Record Information) and cleared by the area police department. The qualities we look for in a volunteer candidate: commitment (including available time), listening skills, patience, asking open-ended questions (or being willing to learn how), thoughtfulness, being non-judgmental but firm when necessary, and care for the well-being of a community.\nIf you\u2019re interested in volunteering, please complete this online form.\n\u201cEvery single time I complete a case, I am awed by the power of community; the offender is able to look you in the eye. And victims are so thankful.\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m so impressed with the impact of restorative justice on victims, offenders, supporters, and the community. This gives a chance for real healing. That's what brought me here in the first place, and what keeps me coming back.\u201d\n\u201cIf someone told me a few years ago that I\u2019d have the capacity to work with offenders and victims in this way, I\u2019d say they were crazy. But you don't have to be a rocket scientist to volunteer here. You just have to know the principles and trust the process. It's amazing to watch.\u201d\n\u201cWhy am I here? Two words: psychic income.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 5677, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.californiacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/transportation_and_sales_of_a/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:43Z", "digest": "sha1:FAOSCKU3LPOG6FPUPJARNTPKLYV3QNHB", "length": 3673, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.californiacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com", "title": "Transportation and Sales of a Controlled Substance \u2014 California Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog \u2014 June 24, 2013", "raw_content": "Transportation and Sales of a Controlled Substance\nThousands are sent to California prisons every year as a result of law enforcement agencies aggressive crack down on drug trafficking. Undercover operations can last a year or longer before an actual arrest is made. This was true in an operation that lasted a year and ended with the arrest of 16 people in Santa Ana, on suspicion of being involved in illegal distribution of narcotics. The distribution of narcotics operation included distributing crack cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin.\nOften times, many of those arrested and/or convicted are innocent and many are drug addicts who are in need of treatment. Addressing a person\u2019s drug addiction is much more effective than sending them to prison.\nTransporting, importing and selling or distributing controlled substances is a felony in California. This is also known as drug trafficking.\nTransportation of Narcotics: Is when an individual or group knowingly transfers the substances from one place to another. Whether the amount is small or large, transporting drugs is considered a serious offense.\nDrug distribution: Is the act of selling narcotics to others.\nThe consequences of drug transportation and/or distribution vary depending on several factors. Some of the mitigating factors include:\n1. The type of drug,\n2. The location,\n3. The amount, and\n4. Whether or not minors are involved.\nConsequences of being convicted of drug transportation or drug distribution may include the following:\n1. A long prison sentence,\n2. Large fines,\n3. Parole or probation which may include, drug testing, rehab, counseling, and search and seizure of property,\n4. Being required to register as a narcotics offender,\n5. Forfeiture of assets, and\n6. Deportation (if not a U.S. citizen).\nIf you are found guilty of importing large quantities of narcotics from another country, the penalties are much more severe.\nAs a criminal defense attorney who has defended many individuals for drug transportation and sales, I am aware of the many important factors associated with this crime. I pay close attention to all details but two very critical details are: the quantity of drugs and, prior criminal record, specifically prior drug convictions. The quantity will point to the question of whether or not the drugs were for personal use or distribution. Someone with a prior conviction of sales of narcotics could be facing a minimum 3-year enhancement, which is added to the time he would serve if convicted on the new drug charge.\nAs an experienced criminal defense attorney, I am well aware and equipped to utilize the best defenses and/or sentence alternatives to get the best result possible. For example, drug treatment would be more appropriate than jail time. Especially for non-violent individuals who may suffer with a drug problem. Depending upon the situation, there are alternatives.\nIn California, if you qualify, you could be eligible for Proposition 36, which would allow substance abuse treatment instead of jail time, or Diversion, is another alternative, which would allow the case to be dismissed after a period of time if all requirements were fulfilled. There is also Drug Court, which is a program that involves supervision and treatment.\nThere are alternatives and therefore, it is critical that anyone being charged which a seriuos drug charge needs the representation of an experienced criminal defense attorney.\nIf you would like to know more about Drug Trafficing, Transportation of Narcotics and/or Distrbution of Drugs, contact Orange County Criminal Defense Attorney William M. 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Its entrance was situated adjacent to the Central Public Library. The Cowgate runs from its junction with St Mary's Street (formerly St Mary's Wynd) and the Pleasance to the Grassmarket. Cattle were driven along this route when entering Edinburgh from grazing land outside the city. The Cowgate Port was a gateway through the Flodden Wall situated at the street's east end. William Channing's drawings and paintings from the bound volume of his 'Sketches in Edinburgh', give an artist's impression of tenement life in the mid 19th century. His drawings are glimpses into the past down the narrow Closes and alleyways of the Old Town. We see higgledy-piggledy houses and tenements towering skywards, laundry hanging from windows across the walkways and local characters talking in the streets. Channing's delightful sketches are particularly valued for their representation of the architectural elements and details of buildings and closes now much changed or long since disappeared.\nAlison's Close led north from the Cowgate, close to the foot of Candlemaker Row. Its entrance was situated adjacent to the Central Public Library.\nThe Cowgate runs from its junction with St Mary's Street (formerly St Mary's Wynd) and the Pleasance to the Grassmarket. Cattle were driven along this route when entering Edinburgh from grazing land outside the city. The Cowgate Port was a gateway through the Flodden Wall situated at the street's east end.\nFurnishings > Equipment > Washing lines\nPeople > Adults\nPlaces > Edinburgh areas > Cowgate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 4574, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.carvernorwalk.org/blog/2017/5/19/the-hour-hometown-love-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:01:47Z", "digest": "sha1:TY6LITQYREOV7DJSAVS45WSWFFXA5COD", "length": 3573, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.carvernorwalk.org", "title": "The Hour: Hometown Love 2 \u2014 Carver Foundation of Norwalk", "raw_content": "The Hour: Hometown Love 2\nFNX hosts Hometown Love food drive, barbecue\nBy Kaitlyn Krasselt, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 See the article here at The Hour\nNORWALK \u2014 Growing up, Kenneth Shuler \u2014 better known by his stage name FNX \u2014 didn\u2019t always know where his next meal would come from.\nNow, despite the fact that he no longer lives in Norwalk, Shuler is hosting the second annual Hometown Love event in conjunction with the Gorge Washington Carver Center and Factory Underground.\n\u201cThe sad fact is that I grew up in poverty, and from a broken home,\u201d Shuler said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t always know where our next meal was coming from. Ever since then I wanted to give back, to help others in need.\u201d\nShuler\u2019s goal for the event \u2014 which includes a 10-team basketball tournament and barbecue cookout \u2014 is to collect more than 1,000 nonperishable or canned food items to be distributed to families by the Norwalk-based food pantry Person-to-Person, as well as raise at least $10,000 for Carver summer camp scholarships.\nThe entrance fee for the event, which takes place from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Carver Center on Academy Street in Norwalk, is two non-perishible items per person. Financial donations can be made directly to the Carver Center or to the GoFundMe page Shuler set up to fund the event as well as collect money for scholarships.\nShuler first launched Hometown Love, named after a song on his debut album, in June 2016, with the goal create a fun, interactive community-pride event, and to feed as many people as possible with a canned-food drive. He also wanted to partner with the Carver Center as he attributes much of his success to the center\u2019s guidance during his formative years in Norwalk.\n\u201cIt\u2019s all about the children,\u201d Shuler said. \u201cI believe that to support the Carver is to invest in the future of Norwalk and this the least that I can do for my hometown.\u201d\nShuler is returning to Norwalk to host the event after a tour in Canada where he was able to perform his music alongside similar artists, and several speaking engagements at area schools where Shuler was invited to share his story.\nThough he\u2019s never been shy about sharing it, Shuler said he\u2019s been shocked and humbled by the number of people who claim they were inspired by his story and subsequent success.\n\u201cI never thought I\u2019d be talking to kids about my life,\u201d Shuler said. \u201cI\u2019m still taken back by the appreciation. I think about growing up and those instances that someone impacted me and they probably didn\u2019t even know it. That means a lot to the youth, and to think maybe I\u2019ve done that ... it\u2019s just crazy. I never thought I could do that.\u201d\nHometown Love is sponsored by FNX Music, the Carver Foundation, Factory Underground, Darien Rowayton Bank, Willis-Towers Watson Insurance, AIM for a Better Tomorrow, Phi Beta Sigma, Norwalk 2.0, local author Kamichi Jackson and the Greater Norwalk Arts Council.\nMarc Alan, marketing director for Factory Underground, has helped Shuler since the beginning to support and market Hometown Love \u2014 both the album and the event \u2014 and said the success of the event is not only important for FNX and the Carver Center, but for the arts community of central Norwalk.\n\u201cBeing involved in the Norwalk community overall is really important to Factory Underground, but especially the downtown Arts District which we are proud to call home, for us and all the local business here,\u201d Alan said.\nkkrasselt@scni.com; 203-354-1021; @kaitlynkrasselt\nNewer PostHometown Love 2!\nOlder PostJoin us for our next MEETING OF THE MINDS open forum tomorrow on the subject of Addiction", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 4975, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.caseificioangelocroce.it/en/contact-information/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:46:06Z", "digest": "sha1:GQ4IA367ZEOBGXOD6UN42UEMMCIMAE4G", "length": 224, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.caseificioangelocroce.it", "title": "Caseificio Angelo Croce | Contatti : Produzione Formaggi e Latticini", "raw_content": "Strada Provinciale 234 (SP234) km 40 \u2013 Casalpusterlengo (LO)\nMonday to Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. And from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.\nANGELO CROCE SRL COMPANY\nStrada Provinciale 234 (SP234) km 40 Casalpusterlengo (LO)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 982, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.5, "perplexity": 69.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/236431/100-homes-in-wake-of-flood", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:32Z", "digest": "sha1:GYFJDZI7FECWWO2YMEPSSPWQ3P4VQMYZ", "length": 1942, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.castanet.net", "title": "100 homes in wake of flood - BC News - Castanet.net", "raw_content": "100 homes in wake of flood\nKevin Rothwell - Sep 13, 2018 / 11:29 am | Story: 236431\nPhoto: Regional District of Kootenay Boundary\nGrand Forks was devastated by floods in May.\nResidents of flood-ravaged Grand Forks are receiving 100 new homes as part of an expedited plan by the provincial government.\n\u201cPeople in Grand Forks are experiencing extraordinary loss, and that is why we are taking extraordinary measures to make sure they receive the help they need as quickly as possible,\u201d said Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. \u201cThe province is fast-tracking these much-needed housing projects to support the community in long-term recovery efforts.\u201d\nThe new Community Housing Fund will see the construction of more than 50 affordable rental homes for families and seniors, so they are able to stay in their community. Construction is expected to be completed by fall of 2019.\nA second project is also underway to help people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Grand Forks. BC Housing has purchased a property at 7382 2nd St. to build up to 50 homes with 24/7 support services, including meal programs and life and employment skills training. These homes will be funded through the new Supportive Housing Fund. If a development permit is approved by the city, construction is expected to start in January.\nA new transition housing project is under construction for women and children fleeing violence. The project will provide a safe place for women and children in Grand Forks in need of shelter and trauma care. This housing is expected to be completed in December.\nPublic information meetings are planned for later this year to gather additional information on residents needs. 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As people are transformed, they begin to allow the love of Christ to radiate out of every part of their lives. Here are some snapshots of the living gospel in Bolivia.\nIn a small, isolated community of llama farmers,the local church recognized a marginalized group of people who were suffering: the elderly. Over time, many young people have left the small community to look for better work opportunities and, in the process, left their aging parents behind. Many of these seniors become increasingly isolated as they progressively lose their abilities to cook, clean, care for themselves or socialize. The local church, filled with the love of the gospel, has invited these seniors out of their seclusion and welcomed them into their building. They come to get breakfast, lunch and supper. They come to use the bathroom and have a warm shower. They come to be with friends, to feel loved and cared for, and to be in community. For Zacharias, one of the seniors, having the opportunity to serve his friends has been very empowering. \u201cI came to know Jesus later in my life, but I understood right away that I needed to love God and love my neighbour,\u201d he says. \u201cI am still young and have more strength than others; some of my friends can barely lift their cups up to their mouths, but I can pour them their tea. I can help with whatever strength I have.\u201d As this small church lives out the gospel, they ease the physical, emotional and spiritual poverty of vulnerable and forgotten people and introduce them to the loving community of Christ.\nAfter engaging a community for more than a year through the CBM Chagas project, which helps protect families against this deadly disease, local church members witnessed the impact: when they asked if anyone wanted to accept Christ, an entire family stood up. Over time, they had developed a friendship with project staff who frame their training around a biblical worldview. Alongside a Canadian short-term mission team, they also participated in the transformation of their homes \u2013 to safeguard them from the virus-carrying insect that thrives in adobe walls and thatched roofs. The family experienced the love of Christ, they saw it impact their lives and they wanted in. The gospel lived out has the power to transform, restore and save.\nLiving in the middle of a red-light district, Goretty Jora, a member of First Baptist Church in Cochabamba, saw the children of sex workers being neglected, locked in their homes, abused and exposed to things no child should have to see. Her eyes and heart were opened by a gospel that did not allow her to be idle. Over time, she has transformed her home into a centre for these vulnerable children called Emmanuel Foundation. Every time she sits down to help them with their homework, she expresses that Jesus has given them potential. When she teaches them responsibility, she shows them that they are a valuable part of Christ\u2019s community. As she provides them shelter when it\u2019s not safe for them to go home, she teaches them that they deserve to be secure and loved. Goretty\u2019s actions and words demonstrate God\u2019s overflowing love and the lives of the children in her project are being transformed by a living gospel.\nKallie Hutton\nCBM Field Staff in Bolivia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 6036, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.centralonline.tv/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:18Z", "digest": "sha1:2BTFE4I5HAYUQX3R4BLCWXJJTMLAK7RL", "length": 1361, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.centralonline.tv", "title": "Central Church - A place where it's okay to not be okay!", "raw_content": "1001 New Beginnings Dr.\nSun - 10AM & 11:30AM & 1:00PM\n2015 S. Hualapai Way\nSun - 10AM & 11:30AM\n5670 La Costa Canyon Ct.\nSun - 9:30AM & 11AM\n1460 Tree Line Dr.\nSun - 9AM, 10:30AM, & 12PM\nSun - 9:00AM, 10:20AM & 11:45AM\n400 Quietwater Boardwalk\nSun - 9AM\nWarners Bay, Australia\n290 Hillsborough Rd.\nSun - 10AM\nMater Academy | Sunday 10:30AM\n3445 Mountain Vista St. Las Vegas, NV\nCentral Henderson | Sunday 6PM\n1001 New Beginnings Dr. Las Vegas, NV\nSun - 10AM y 12PM\nSun - 9AM & 11AM\nCentralonline.tv\nSun - 4:30AM, 7AM, 8:30AM, 10AM, 11:30AM, 1PM, 2:30PM, 4:30PM & 6PM, 7:30PM, 9PM, 10:30PM\nSource Your Blessing\nJud Wilhite serves as Senior Pastor of Central Church. Under Jud\u2019s leadership, Central is dedicated to introducing people to Jesus and helping them follow Him. He is known for his conversational approach to teaching the Bible and his passion to help others know God and love Him more. Jud is a Best-Selling author who has written several books including The God of Yes, Pursued, and a study Bible for new believers, The Uncensored Truth Bible for New Beginnings. His teaching segments are heard nationally on KLOVE radio. Jud and his wife, Lori, reside in the Las Vegas area with their two children, Emma and Ethan, and a slobbery Bulldog named Roxy.\nApp / Social Media\nWE EXIST TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO JESUS AND HELP THEM FOLLOW HIM.\nAUS: 02 4947 8781", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 2692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 264.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ceocouncilforgrowth.com/energy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:30Z", "digest": "sha1:2GTMFNKEX5XIKGKN3SS5YYQPWIKEDIRC", "length": 1624, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.ceocouncilforgrowth.com", "title": "Energy | CEO Council for Growth", "raw_content": "Greater Philadelphia Energy Action Team\nThe CEO Council for Growth, the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (GPCC), and Select Greater Philadelphia, have assembled a multi-industry energy consortium of 80+ business, public sector, labor and academic leaders known as the Greater Philadelphia Energy Action Team (GPEAT). GPEAT is working together to capitalize on the Marcellus and Utica natural gas reserves and leverage the Greater Philadelphia\u2019s energy and manufacturing assets to accelerate economic growth in these sectors, with the ultimate vision of establishing the region as the nation\u2019s next Energy Hub. GPEAT\u2019s primary objectives are:\nPromote pipeline development from Pennsylvania shale gas wells to the Greater Philadelphia region to increase the supply of hydrocarbons used in heating, manufacturing, petrochemical processing and in other industries\nAttract more energy-intensive manufacturing companies to southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware, and thereby grow demand for natural gas and NGLs and stimulate direct and indirect economic growth and job creation in the region\nGPEAT released a report detailing the opportunities and challenges for Greater Philadelphia to leverage the Marcellus/Utica natural gas resources to accelerate growth in our region.\n2016 Report: A Pipeline for Growth: Fueling Economic Revitalization with Marcellus and Utica Shale Gas\nFor a brochure about this sector, view: Energy Opportunities in Greater Philadelphia\nTo learn about the latest news surrounding our energy initiative, visit: http://news.gpcc.com/expertise/energy-and-manufacturing/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1979, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 329.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cfrmagazine.com/2018/07/drama-as-house-of-representatives-member-introduces-as-rapc-member.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:15Z", "digest": "sha1:OGIS4OPMROZO4EWPTS24TRPDGHRCMKRM", "length": 1102, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.cfrmagazine.com", "title": "Drama at House of Representatives' as lawmaker introduces himself as R-APC member - cfr magazine", "raw_content": "News Politics Drama at House of Representatives' as lawmaker introduces himself as R-APC member\nDrama at House of Representatives' as lawmaker introduces himself as R-APC member\nThere was a mild drama at the house of representatives when a lawmaker introduced himself as member of the Reformed-All Progressives Congress (R-APC).\nThe R-APC, a breakaway faction of the APC, is made up of aggrieved members in the ruling party.\nAccording to TheCable, Bode Ayorinde from Ondo state had stood up to contribute to a debate on the floor of the house but his colleagues interrupted him immediately he said \u201cI\u2019m a proud member of the R-APC\u201d.\nThe lawmakers kicked against the mention of R-APC on the floor, saying it is not officially recognised as an existing political party in Nigeria.\nMohammed Bago, an APC lawmaker from Niger state, told Ayorinde the R-APC is not recognised as a party in the lower legislative chamber, a statement that was supported by his colleagues in the ruling party.\nAyorinde, however, continued with his speech, but only after the intervention of Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3028, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 219.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/PT%206634", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:07Z", "digest": "sha1:6P7KFCTRFOHNG4M6K47DTOKS3CM5SK6R", "length": 2054, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.chandos.net", "title": "A Certain Slant of Light Classical PentaTone", "raw_content": "Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra\nNo. 1, Nature, the Gentlest Mother\nNo. 2, There Came a Wind like a Bugle\nNo. 3, The World Feels Dusty\nNo. 4, Heart, We Will Forget Him\nNo. 5, Dear March, Come In!\nNo. 6, Sleep Is Supposed to Be\nNo. 7, Going to Heaven!\nNo. 8, The Chariot\nNewer Every Day (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra)\nNewer Every Day (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Silence\nNewer Every Day (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, I'm Nobody! Who Are You?\nNewer Every Day (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, Fame\nNewer Every Day (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra): No. 4, That I Did Always Love\nNewer Every Day (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra): No. 5, Goodnight\n4 Dickinson Songs (Version for Voice & Orchestra)\n4 Dickinson Songs (Version for Voice & Orchestra): No. 1, Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers\n4 Dickinson Songs (Version for Voice & Orchestra): No. 2, A Bird Came down the Walk\n4 Dickinson Songs (Version for Voice & Orchestra): No. 3, There's a Certain Slant of Light\n4 Dickinson Songs (Version for Voice & Orchestra): No. 4, Because I Could Not Stop for Death\nPoems of Emily Dickinson (Excerpts)\nPoems of Emily Dickinson (Excerpts): Down Time's Quaint Stream\nPoems of Emily Dickinson (Excerpts): The Bible\nPoems of Emily Dickinson (Excerpts): Fame\nPoems of Emily Dickinson (Excerpts): The Earth Has Many Keys\nPoems of Emily Dickinson (Excerpts): Take All Away from Me\nSolo: Lisa Delan Soloist\nOrchestra: Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra\nThe exceptional nature and musicality of Emily Dickinson\u2019s poetry has attracted many composers. A Certain Slant of Light features musical settings of Dickinson poems by four outstanding American composers: Aaron Copland, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie and Michael Tilson Thomas. The collection of songs featured on this album reveals the diversity of Dickinson\u2019s oeuvre, as well as the rich 20th- and 21st-century tradition of American art song composition. These songs are interpreted by the renowned American soprano Lisa Delan, together with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille under the baton of Lawrence Foster.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 341, "original_length": 6752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 336.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.charity-gifts.org/unicef/help-unicef-raise-money-by-mining-crypto/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Donation4charity-TheCharityBlog+%28Donation4Charity+-+The+Charity+Blog%29", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:21Z", "digest": "sha1:ASAQT5RM5H25FXOFZH62GXWRGBMUZEGR", "length": 4982, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.charity-gifts.org", "title": "Help Unicef Raise Money By Mining Crypto | Charity GiftsHelp Unicef Raise Money By Mining Crypto | Charity Gifts", "raw_content": "Home / UNICEF / Help Unicef Raise Money By Mining Crypto\nCategory: UNICEF\nUnicef has started to raise money in a similar fashion to the way SETI@Home searches for extra-terrestrial intelligence. The children\u2019s aid agency of the United Nations is trying to use cryptocurrency mining to raise much needed funding. Unicef, in a bid to raise funding for children who live in conflict ridden Syria is asking gamers, fans of e-sports and people who have computers with powerful graphics cards to help it in its endeavour to mine the cryptocurrency Ethereum.\nUnicef has named the project Game Chaingers and all you need to do if you want to help the agency raise money is visit the website and provide with a few details about your system so that the mining software can be configured for your PC and installed. Game Chaingers will make use of your graphics card to mine Ethereum which will be deposited in Unicef\u2019s account immediately. It goes without saying that the more people who participate the more money Unicef will be able to raise. In fact, if enough people join the effort a considerable sum could be raised.\nUnicef needs alternative sources of funding\nUnicef says the project was born from the necessity to find now sources of income since most of its donors are aged over 50 already. By asking younger people to donate their PC\u2019s processing power instead of straight out asking for cash, it is possible for people to give to charity even when they otherwise would not.\nNo need to worry about extra electricity consumption\nWhen asked whether running the program would result in higher than normal electricity consumption, the children\u2019s aid agency responded that it would not. This is because the process that takes place is not quite the same as mining cryptocurrency on your own. Unicef only borrows part of your processing power and only asks that people participate briefly and punctually. This means if the only thing that is stopping you from helping this charity raise money is concerns about energy use of the environment, then you have nothing to worry about whatsoever.\nGuide Dogs Urges General Public To Put Their Dogs On A Leash\nUnicef Says Number Of Female Adolescents Infected By HIV Is Worrying\nSeptember 21, 2018 at 1:47 am by Sharat\nLast year approximately thirty teenagers aged between 15 to 19 per hour were infected by HIV according to a report by aid agency Unicef. It should come as no surprise that the vast majority or two thirds were girls. A Unicef spokesperson says that it is not just a health crisis but it is also a crisis of agency. The spokesperson adds that in most countries females across all age groups lack access to information or services. In most cases they simply lack the ability to even say no to unsafe sex.\nwas last modified: August 2nd, 2018 by Sharat\nUnicef Says Forced Separation Of Migrant Families Heart-breaking\nUnicef executive director Henrietta Fore says children should not be separated from their migrant parents, referring to the controversial practice by the US government on its border with Mexico. Following a domestic and global outcry President Trump signed an executive order halting forced separation but refused to be cowed by the criticism. Ms Fore says that the stories of children and babies being separated from parents whose only crime is to seek safety is heart-breaking.\nwas last modified: June 21st, 2018 by Sharat\nUnicef Working With Partners To Contain The Spread Of Ebola In DRC\nUnicef is working with partners and the government in order to scale up its response to Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of community workers have been mobilised in order to increase awareness amongst families and their children, teaching them how to protect themselves from the virus. Community workers also play a critical role in delivering information to various communities about how they can obtain an Ebola vaccination.\nSuperstar DJ Paul Oakenfold To Compose Soundtrack For This Year\u2019s Soccer Aid For Unicef\nOne of the world\u2019s biggest DJ\u2019s Paul Oakenfold has composed some music and donated it for use in the credits that will feature in the celebrity announcements of Soccer Aid for Unicef this year. The track has already been used in announcements made last month by a variety of celebrities including Robbie Williams, Usain Bolt, Gordon Ramsay and many more.\nDavid Beckham Lends His Support To UNICEF\u2019s Anti-Bullying Programme\nDavid Beckham in his role as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF recently travelled to Indonesia to meet with children that have been victims of classroom violence and bullying. David Beckham\u2019s UNICEF Fund which is called 7 has managed to transform the lives of millions of children from all over the world. 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The project was created by Canadian actors Liane Balaban and Vanessa Matsui, and costume designer Jenna Wright, who have partnered with iThentic, Playback\u2019s Digital Company of the Year. The contest launches on January 17th with a submission deadline of March 1, 2013.\n\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time for women in the world right now \u2013 and Crankyfest is part of the wave of men and women saying \u2018enough.\u2019 Enough objectification. Enough violence. Enough of this limited portrayal of the female experience in massmedia. Women are people, and they have stories. And there happen to be a ton of incredible ones about periods. Now with Crankytown and Crankyfest, there is a designated place to share those experiences, and your vision as a filmmaker,\u201d said Liane Balaban.\nCrankyfest\u2019s international jury is comprised of industry experts Meaghan Rath (Being Human), Jane Grenier (Conde Nast/Teen Vogue) and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight). There are both jury and audience awards, which include a prize pack filled with filmmaking tools and a weekender bag from Everlane.com. The launch event for Crankyfest will feature a live auction of an Everlane backpack with proceeds going to Huru International, a charity that provides sanitary pads to at-risk-girls in Kenya. Crankytown will also premiere four celeb first period stories, including Jessica Par\u00e9 (Mad Men) and Ryan Cartwright, (Alphas, Mad Men).\n\u201cThink about it. Period stories are a no-brainer: There\u2019s blood, there\u2019s surprise, there\u2019s drama. And more often than not, a whole lot of comedy,\u201d said Vanessa Matsui.\nApplicable films can be from any genre, must be three minutes or less in length, and must take periods as their subject matter. Crankytown\u2019s own videos serve as inspiration (playlist below).\nAbout Crankytown\nCrankytown is a 2011 Gemini-nominated web site about menstruation, featuring videos, stories, poems, and animation about periods. Crankytown has been featured on Q with Jian Ghomeshi, The Grid, She Does the City, Thefrisky.com, The Toronto Star, and Bust Magazine.\nAbout iThentic\niThentic is an online video destination site, launched in 2006, that aggregates, produces and distributes the very best video content. The company is headquartered in Toronto with offices in New York City and is a leading producer of web series, including recent Rockie Award winner Guidestones. It was recently named the 2012 Digital Company of the Year by Playback Magazine. Smiley Guy Studios, an award winning animation and new mediastudio, is the operating partner with Jonas Diamond as CEO and Catherine Tait as Chair of the company.\nhttp://www.crankyfest.com/\nLabels: call for submissions, Canadian, contest, film, filmmaking, shorts, social issues, web, women", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 238, "original_length": 9701, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chooseoxfordcollege.co.uk/ranking/subject/maths-philosophy/tutors-for/age.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:03Z", "digest": "sha1:PJTMSG7KTD4K53CECPLJHFUFYOHHEKPO", "length": 108, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.chooseoxfordcollege.co.uk", "title": "Oxford college ranking by: large number of tutors for mathematics and philosophy, old college", "raw_content": "Ranking of Oxford colleges according to: large number of tutors for mathematics and philosophy, old college.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 5729, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.churchtown.org.uk/news/?pid=3&nid=1&storyid=45", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:58Z", "digest": "sha1:JBOJIBJWOYMHJ73Y3XB5FEIGYZGCKXCN", "length": 433, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.churchtown.org.uk", "title": "Churchtown Primary School - International Day", "raw_content": "There will be a an International Day at King's Gardens on Saturday 21st May from 11am until 4pm.\nThe event is a cultural celebration of the diverse communities that make up Southport and its surrounding areas. Every child in school is designing an individual banner which will be added to ribbon and used to decorate the park.\nPlease see the poster for more information.\nInternational day flag comp\nInternational Day more info poster", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 2970, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cityofkingman.gov/residents/agenda-posting-location", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:23Z", "digest": "sha1:BGJKANDLSDCLOYFWXEFZ4AGWD2EZUAO3", "length": 538, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.cityofkingman.gov", "title": "Agenda Posting Location | City of Kingman, AZ", "raw_content": "Agenda's for upcoming City Council, Commission and Board Meetings will be posted in the following location at least 24 hours before the start of the meeting.\nOn the board at the top of the stairs and handicap ramp on the Spring Street side of the building (Available 24/7)\nOn the board in the hallway between the Water Department and Council Chambers (Available during business hours only)\nOn the board in the entry way of the City Engineering building located at 220 N. 4th St (Available during business hours only)\nOn the City\u2019s website", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 3459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 185.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.clareecho.ie/oconnell-confident-clare-will-bounce-back-from-limerick-setback/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:45:01Z", "digest": "sha1:W5HPX56GYZELVDPB4LASTJEXRHBPRNLZ", "length": 1980, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.clareecho.ie", "title": "O'Connell confident Clare will bounce back from Limerick setback - The Clare Echo News", "raw_content": "*Ciara Grogan tries to get away from Caoimhe Lyons. Photograph: Veronica McMahon\nIn the wake of Clare senior camogie\u2019s side second defeat of the year, manager Ger O\u2019Connor expressed his faith that they would \u201cbounce back\u201d in time for their group game of the league.\nClonlara\u2019s O\u2019Connell succeeded Trish O\u2019Grady in the hotseat, his record thus far reads as one win, two defeats. After sticking with Limerick for large spells of last Saturday\u2019s game, he felt their counterparts running game proved difficult to handle. \u201cWe had an even first half, second half Limerick looked much better, their running game caught us down the middle of the field and they were the better team in the second half, deserved to win\u201d.\nWith ten weeks of training completed, Ger has been impressed by the effort of the panel to date. \u201cIt\u2019s a whole new system and setup that we\u2019re trying to do. It\u2019s a process, we said to them it could get negative at times and we have to stick with it and they will, they have been brilliant for the last ten weeks we\u2019ve been together, this is a setback but we\u2019ve three weeks to prepare for Dublin. We will go back, meet Tuesday night and go over things to try improve what we need to improve\u201d.\nAn away game with Dublin is their final outing in the group series of the Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League. The former Clare goalkeeper maintained their trip to the capital will be a test of the panel\u2019s character. \u201cWe\u2019ve had two good performances up to now, second half didn\u2019t go the way we wanted it to go but it\u2019s in a work in progress, there will be setbacks and this is one of them and we\u2019ll see how the girls bounce back\u201d.\nTags: ClonlaraGer O'ConnellLittlewoods Ireland National Camogie League\n*Photograph: O\u2019Connors Cross c/o Cllr Cathal Crowe Water supply has been restored to parts of Parteen\nPrevious Story Previous post: More strikes would break health service Junior Minister claims\nNext Story Next post: \u2018Funding will come for a Shannon project\u2019 \u2013 Breen", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 5374, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 336.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.clareflorist.co.uk/blog/articles/2010-10-some-are-red-none-are-blue-look-at-the-roses-delivered-to-you/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:17:46Z", "digest": "sha1:2JDHM6MWLG2EFD2ZPAJA36YBKIXO2EI7", "length": 1391, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.clareflorist.co.uk", "title": "Some are red, none are blue, look at the Roses we can deliver to you! | Clare Florist Blog", "raw_content": "Some are red, none are blue, look at the Roses we can deliver to you!\nFriday, October 08 2010 by Hayden Clarke\nI thought that this week I would pick a particular flower variety and give you wonderful readers some (hopefully interesting) facts and information about it.\nSo on with The Rose...\nA rose is a perennial flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a multitude of colours. The rose is one of the most popular and comonly sold florists' flowers. Around 150 million rose plants are purchased by gardeners worldwide every year. The largest rose garden in the world is found in Cavriglia, Tuscany, Italy. It is the home to over 7500 different species of roses.\nRoses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. A bouquet of red roses is often used to show love and affection - especially as a Valentine's Day gift.\nThe rose is the national flower of England and the USA and is the symbol of the England Rugby team (and Union).\nIt is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England.\nA wonderful Photographic study of Rose flower translucence.\nThe 'White Rose' was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.\nAnd finally... A famous rose quotation:\n\"What is in a name? That which we call a rose. 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They\u2019re infused into every aspect of how we do businesses. But the vision we have for our company goes beyond the basic expectations you should have of any business partner.\nAs the name implies, ClickSeed is focused on growth. To us, growth is a strong and apt metaphor for the results we achieve through our work, but it\u2019s also at the core of what we\u2019re about as a company. We view growth from the following perspectives:\nIn an industry that\u2019s filled with talented and knowledgeable service providers, ClickSeed stands apart as a true partner in the growth of your business. Helping you grow your business is the only way to grow ours, so you have our total commitment to helping you grow your business and continually working to increase your return on the investment you make in us.\nWhether an employee is here for a short time or committed to a career with ClickSeed, professional growth is a constant. We never stop educating our clients and our people. The rapid changes in our industry demand it, but we wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.\nIt takes special people to consistently produce results that beat out the toughest competition. To do that requires that we take time to cultivate our minds, bodies, and spirits. Ensuring our people have the time and flexibility to pursue personal goals and volunteer activities is an essential part of our culture and key to our continued success.\nThat\u2019s how we think of ourselves as a company, and we hope it aligns with the kind of digital marketing partner you\u2019d like to work with. To learn more about how we approach our work and what you can expect as a ClickSeed client, fill out our contact form so we can set up a time to talk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 302.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cmemeeting.org/cme-conferences-florida/take-your-turn-in-space-at-the-kennedy-space-center", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:42Z", "digest": "sha1:HZCZ3LYK3ODP37VCAC3RBXTCMDUQPAJH", "length": 2759, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.cmemeeting.org", "title": "Take Your Turn in Space at the Kennedy Space Center (CME Travel News)", "raw_content": "Home > CME Travel News > Take Your Turn in Space at the Kennedy Space Center\nThe city of Palm Coast, Florida is home to some of Florida\u2019s most beautiful waterways, parks and recreational spots. Palm Coast, Florida, located just north of Daytona Beach, showcases a dozen parks and over a hundred miles of trails for running, walking, biking and more. In addition to offering many attractions right within its city limits, Palm Coast is also close to many other famous Florida attractions. One of the most notable attractions that the city of Palm Coast sits close to is the renowned Kennedy Space Center, outside of Orlando.\nIf you are up for a short drive, the Kennedy Space Center is located only a little over an hour south of the heart of Palm Coast, making it an ideal day trip while you are visiting the Atlantic coast of Florida. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers visitors and up close and personal viewing point of launches coming from The Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Visitor Complex is also packed with exhibits, photographs, artifacts and more, providing a history of the country\u2019s space program as giving you a taste of what it is like to train as an astronaut.\nThe Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex showcases the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, rockets that have taken a stroll through space and more. Get an up close look at a moon rover, see what it is like to be on the International Space Station or watch an IMAX movie to get a feel of what it is like to be on another planet. Take a turn with Astronaut Training Simulators or take part in the Shuttle Launch Experience to give you a taste of what it would be like to \u201cblast off.\u201d\nIn addition to self guided walking tours through the Visitor Complex, The Kennedy Space Center also offers guided bus tours that get you closer to the source of the action. The Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour, takes you past the ropes where you can see iconic launch sites active facilities that are working to get more people to space. The Bus Tour is included with your admissions ticket, with the option to purchase an additional Special Interest Tour to get an even closer look.\nAdmission ticket prices are based on age and the number of days you plan on visiting the Space Center. If you are planning on stopping by the Kennedy Space Center during your visit to Palm Coast, here are some additional tips to start planning your trip to The Kennedy Space Center.\nThe Kennedy Space Center offers fun and enjoyment for all ages as it showcases the United States space program and the milestones the U.S. has overcome to send shuttles, and even people, to space. Take in the great feats of history while enjoying the very best that Palm Coast, Florida has to offer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 8829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 175.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coachaina.com/words-2013/2013/06/18/whats-good-54", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:47:22Z", "digest": "sha1:EHEZIMVBDTNCTQSMF2CPNUIDBIGDDCFI", "length": 1674, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.coachaina.com", "title": "What's Good??? | Coach Aina Love", "raw_content": "My pets.\nMy muscles.\nMy outlook on life.\nEverything that got me to where I am now.\nDo the thing you resist doing. It is something I try to get all of my riders and clients to do. What you are trying your damnedest to get out of is the very thing that will doggedly pursue you until it is acknowledged in some way. What you resist persists. When you are avoiding something it will, at some point, be too big to ignore. It is something that I have to remind myself of on a regular basis.\nWho wants to do what they don't want to do? I mean, if it isn't fun, if it highlights an area of weakness or demonstrates a part of your life that you haven't gotten a handle on then sweeping it under the rug is an appealing option. No one want to feel like a failure, especially if that something you are avoiding is actually within your control to manage. So often our avoidance is irrational. We tend to avoid things that would, when we faced them, give us a sense of peace and calm like nothing else. We make the thing that we are afraid of really big until it takes up space in a disproportionate way to the size of the issue.\nTry facing that thing, that scary monster under your bed. No, don't try, do it. It is time to get out from under the thing (your own mind) that is playing tricks on you. Facing your fears has a power in it that is unrivaled. When you do the thing that scares you you realize that fear is never the issue, it is the lack of trust in yourself. You can handle what you are given, I promise. You can deal with whatever shows up in your life, you are strong enough.\nTagged: avoidance, fear, resistance, scary\nNewer PostHow Are You Doing?\nOlder PostThere Is More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3123, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/articles/lets-talk-critters-they-deserve-holidays-too/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:55Z", "digest": "sha1:VSSVFYGQVBD3SY4NKTFOUIEGH4LAZVR7", "length": 4063, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.coastalbreezenews.com", "title": "Let's Talk Critters \u2013 They Deserve Holidays, Too | Coastal Breeze News", "raw_content": "Let\u2019s Talk Critters \u2013 They Deserve Holidays, Too\nWe live in a beautiful county and state, surrounded by lush growth with several different types of environments that are home to many varieties of wildlife. Because we have an appreciation for our local environment, most of us try to coexist in ways that don\u2019t harm the critters around us. There\u2019s also the other group; the ones that purposely try to run over a tortoise crossing the road as though that animal had somehow, personally, threatened the driver.\nLet\u2019s start with the gopher tortoise, native to the southeastern United States, including Florida. You\u2019ve probably noticed the signs warning that a particular area is a known path for the tortoise to cross the road because those signs are posted about the tortoises on Marco Island.\nA gopher tortoise is designated a \u201cKeystone\u201d species because it digs burrows that provide shelter for at least 360 other animal species, including rabbits, burrowing owls, snakes, armadillos, lizards, quail, frogs and toads and about 350 more. Because of the keystone designation, gopher tortoises are a federally protected species. Florida regulations state clearly that it is illegal to handle or disturb gopher tortoises or to bother their burrows.\nPredators include armadillos, fire ants, snakes, hawks, but human interference via habitat destruction is probably the most intrusive. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, there are four options to consider when gopher tortoises are on property to be developed:\n1. Avoid development.\n2. Avoid destruction of the burrow.\n3. Relocate tortoise burrow on site (permit required).\n4. Relocate tortoise burrow off site (permit required).\nPermits are $300, the cost to relocate a tortoise can vary, but it could cost $500 for catching, transporting and releasing the animal, and a $1,000 payment to the owner of the relocation site. That speaks volumes about the value of this tortoise! It takes them 10 to 25 years to reach sexually maturity (imagine if that was us!) and when mature, the females lay three to 15 eggs compared to the loggerhead sea turtle, that lays 80 to 100 eggs, up to three times per year. And yes, the loggerheads have their challenges too.\nWarning! Gopher tortoises do NOT swim. Some well-meaning citizens have taken them to ponds and placed them in the water, where they promptly sink and perish. Don\u2019t think you can take that tortoise home, it\u2019s illegal. Besides, how would you feel if an identified, threatened critter died on your watch?\nTortoise #2 starts fighting back, but gets pushed upward by #1 to try and flip it over and immobilize it.\nTortoise #1 is about to flip #2 and win its burrow back. Knowing that these gopher tortoises are threatened and can\u2019t be crowded or threatened, it was time to back away. The stars had to continue on their own with no audience.\nPhotos by Jory Westberry | Tortoise #1 begins a fight with #2 to oust it from #1\u2019s burrow. Admittedly, it\u2019s hard to see, but the clashing was loud and determined.\nFlowers are on the preferred dining list for the gopher tortoise.\nTheir diet is varied and includes grasses of many varieties and about 200 varieties of plants within the habitat where they live. Corn, beans, leafy vegetables, most fruits, flowers including dandelions and other weeds. Prickly pear cactus pads, pine needles and shrubs are also on their varied diets. They need water, but rarely are seen drinking from a pond or river. Rather they use their thick, strong legs to dam the water that runs down into their burrow during a rain or they can take water from the plants during the dry season.\nSeriously, can\u2019t we be more tolerant and share our environment? Who was here first? Not us. The ancestry of the gopher tortoise dates back 50 million years. Yes, there\u2019s development going on all around us, but we can make accommodations that will reach a hand across the burrow, the forest or the Gulf to \u201cshare the road.\u201d\nMore info on our endangered animals coming up soon. Have a wonderful holiday filled with love and acceptance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 7396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 313.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cockburnarc.com.au/News-and-Events/News/Timelapse-Video", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZNZD6A7S6PLG2B4SPLBTE4FPG6KVNBMZ", "length": 291, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.cockburnarc.com.au", "title": "Timelapse Video - Cockburn ARC", "raw_content": "This timelapse from August 2016 shows the greater part of the building structure coming together.\nAerial footage from back in August 2016 shows the greater part of the building structure coming together.\nThis video shows timelapse footage only, to a music background. There is no commentary.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 255, "original_length": 4182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 315.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coe.int/en/web/secretary-general/home", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:45Z", "digest": "sha1:SGS2HRGY6SLO3ISFM7DJJBERNQZCDCIU", "length": 1071, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.coe.int", "title": "Secretary General", "raw_content": "The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland, today expressed his deep...\nDeputy Secretary General website\nSecretary General to PACE: Russian people would suffer most if Russia leaves the Council of Europe\nMr Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland is the 13th Secretary General of the Council of Europe.\nThe Secretary General has the overall responsibility for the strategic management of the Organisation. Mr. Jagland was elected in September 2009. In June 2014, he was re-elected, and his second term in office commenced on October 1, 2014.\nThe former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Norway, Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland, was also the President of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) and the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party. He is a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.\nfocus on Ukraine focus on Ukraine\nInternational Advisory Panel on Ukraine\nSpecial Advisor of the Secretary General for Ukraine\nSpecial Representative Special Representative\nSpecial Representative of the Secretary General on Migration and Refugees - Tom\u00e1\u0161 Bo\u010dek\nFreedom of media Freedom of media", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 4337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 136.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coladaily.com/2018/07/13/springdale-welcomes-new-dollar-general-at-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:29:53Z", "digest": "sha1:OPTHXFKTV4NYV72DYUABEQWRBIIMQIBJ", "length": 1373, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.coladaily.com", "title": "Springdale welcomes new Dollar General at ribbon cutting ceremony - ColaDaily.com | You need the news, not the paper", "raw_content": "Springdale welcomes new Dollar General at ribbon cutting ceremony\nDollar General, 2922 Platt Springs Rd. Karamie Sullivan photos.\nSpringdale Mayor Michael Bishop, police chief Kevin Cornell, members of the Chamber, and employees of the city gathered Thursday afternoon for the newest ribbon cutting in the town. Dollar General celebrated their opening on 2922 Platt Springs Road.\nBishop laughed that he nearly had forgotten the new Dollar General was there when he went to get his food supplies for the fourth of July. \u201cI\u2019m three blocks behind here, and if I could have sent y\u2019all anywhere, I would have put you right here,\u201d he said. He welcomed the store into Springdale. \u201cIf there\u2019s anything myself or the town can do, please know we\u2019re your neighbor.\u201d\nDollar General\u2019s District Manager Reggie Chapman spoke to the crowd and expressed his gratitude to residents for attending the ribbon cutting. \u201cWe want to say thank you for coming out and welcoming us into your town. At Dollar General our mission is about serving others, not just with great merchandise at a great price, but also being involved in our community, and serving our community as well,\u201d said Chapman.\nThe store is currently open for business. Their hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.\nhttps://www.coladaily.com/2018/07/13/springdale-welcomes-new-dollar-general-at-ribbon-cutting-ceremony/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 355, "original_length": 19752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 291.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.companyrescue.co.uk/guides-knowledge/guides/how-can-i-adjourn-or-stop-a-winding-up-petition-3787/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:37:10Z", "digest": "sha1:QJ3FN2KIYEUIQQST4EQTZYSWYG2IIBFG", "length": 3186, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.companyrescue.co.uk", "title": "How can I adjourn or stop a winding up petition? - Company Rescue", "raw_content": "Adjourn or stop a winding up petition\nIn order to stop a winding up petition taking effect once it has been issued then you need to act quickly to save your business! The court, which has the power to grant the winding up order, also has the power to grant an adjournment of the hearing at which the petition is presented. An adjournment may be granted if the court can be persuaded that the company needs more time to come up with the money or that the amount of the debt is disputed.It may be that the company can come up with all the money owed at a later date, an example of this maybe the sale of a valuable asset such as a property is currently on the market so the money is not immediately available. However, if the debt is in dispute, and this can be proven, then the court has the power to dismiss the application.\nWarning: Recent case law has indicated that the service of a winding up petition might make it harder to trade. All transactions will be voided if the company goes into liquidation which will mean that suppliers and advisors will not be willing to continue to support the company as a subsequent liquidator will demand all monies back. See this page for more details which will be updated as the situation changes. In essence, seek advise the moment your company receives threats of a winding up petition.\nIt should be borne in mind that if the court is to adjourn the hearing they will need a good reason. As such, you will need a barrister to argue the case, backed up with documentary evidence. We have a number of people we can recommend who will can help you so please ask for details. A first adjournment can cost just c.\u00a3400 if your evidence is produced quickly and clearly.\nIf the company is unlikely to be able to pay off the whole debt then the company may get the petition adjourned and withdrawn if the directors propose a company voluntary arrangement ( CVA). We have on numerous occasions had winding up petitions withdrawn after presenting a draft CVA to the court. However, in order for this to be successful we do need time to prepare the draft so it is always pays to act in time. Please read our case studies on how we have defeated winding up petitions by proposing CVAs.\nOne way to stop a winding up petition (WUP) being issued is to serve a notice of intention to appoint an administrator. Once this is notice has been sent to the court a moratorium is created over the company preventing any creditor from starting any legal action, such as a WUP, or continuing any existing legal action against the company without express permission from the court. The directors can file such a notice and so can the floating charge holder. This can be done very quickly once the insolvency practitioners have agreed to act and a lawyer has been instructed. The process is a bit more expensive but is usually only done as a last resort. The insolvency practitioners and the directors will usually seek a sale of the business in this time or a further injection of capital.\nDo not delay and call us on 08009700539 or out of hours you can call on 07974 086779\nCall a local office and one of our Regional Managers will come and see you. All for no charge!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 8460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 278.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.computerlanguage.com/results.php?definition=NURB", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:41:55Z", "digest": "sha1:N5ERGCOYUOBCMBVAIANGGWELKVHRNTE7", "length": 410, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.computerlanguage.com", "title": "NURB - CDE Definition", "raw_content": "Definition: NURB\n(NonUniform Rational B-spline) A type of b-spline that is very flexible. NURB curves can represent any shape from a straight line to a circle or ellipse with very little data. They can also be used for guiding animation paths, for approximating data and for controlling the shapes of 3D surfaces. NURBs are known for their ability to control the smoothness of a curve. See spline and b-spline.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 143.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.computeroutpost.com.au/item/a-lrcp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:22Z", "digest": "sha1:6NIN2KNAILK3NZNQ6NY327BXIGZBFNU2", "length": 910, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.computeroutpost.com.au", "title": "Combat Land Rovers Portfolio N0 1 1855206048 9781855206045", "raw_content": "Combat Land Rovers Portfolio N0 1\nby Bob Morrison, R.M. Clarke\nIt was the strong allegiance of owners to their Land Rovers that prompted the creation of LRO Magazine in 1987 and following that in the late nineties of LRM. Bob Morrison has been writing during this period on all aspects of the military Land Rover both historically and as the vehicles evolved in later years.\nThis book is a compilation of some of these articles that are mainly concerned with Land Rover\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s change from the old style vehicle into a frontline, liaison and command unit. Many articles cover the Wolf as it was introduced to the forces in all its guises.\nIncluded in the list are WMIK equipped Wolves on duty in Sierra Leone, SOVs serving with the US Rangers, Desert Patrol Vehicles in Kenya, CAVs at work in Bosnia & Kosovo. APVs in service in Ireland, RAF 127s, 130s and 110 FFRs. 300 illustrations including 48 pages of colour.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 3351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/print/375486/oracle_drafts_openjdk_bylaws/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:32:47Z", "digest": "sha1:T7NV2T7WOHBCUSXKMQKBFKUPQQATN45Y", "length": 1819, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.computerworld.com.au", "title": "Oracle drafts OpenJDK bylaws - open source, Oracle, software, application development, Languages and standards - Computerworld", "raw_content": "Oracle drafts OpenJDK bylaws\nOracle has posted a draft set of bylaws for the OpenJDK open-source Java implementation\nOracle has issued a set of draft bylaws that it hopes will guide the process of developing its preferred open-source version of the Java programming language, the OpenJDK.\nThe goal of the governance document is to encourage \"members to act in an open, transparent, and meritocratic manner,\" the bylaws state. OpenJDK is the open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition.\n\"This is a starting point, not a done deal. There are numerous bugs and missed corner cases in this draft and, no doubt, even more numerous ways in which it can be improved,\" wrote Mark Reinhold, chief architect of the Java 7 Platform who served as editor for the document, in a blog post.\nReinhold will accept and consider comments until March 3, after which he will submit it to OpenJDK Community members for ratification.\nSome criticism has already been weighed against the work's heavy reliance on Oracle and IBM personnel.\nIn addition to Reinhold and another Oracle worker, two employees of IBM also helped draft the document, along with Java developer Doug Lea and the Eclipse Foundation Executive Director Mike Milinkovich. Reinhold also borrowed from the work of Sun Microsystems' interim OpenJDK governance board.\nIn a Twitter post, Forrester analyst Jeffrey Hammond noted that the bylaws favor a \"duopoly\" that Oracle and IBM are now building over the control of Java, a charge that he detailed in a recently released report.\nMike Gualtieri, another Forrester analyst, echoed a similar sentiment on Twitter as well, accusing Oracle of running a \"puppet governing board.\"\nMilinkovich, however, defended the work, noting that the draft \"largely succeeded\" in setting up an impartial governing structure.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 2581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.concerto.be/359-infrabel-ipad-publication.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ARS5F6LCSRMCDWSWLSST2CFCSDJJGYPI", "length": 626, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.concerto.be", "title": "Infrabel: iPad publication", "raw_content": "Recruitment iPad presentation\nInfrabel, the Belgian railway network manager, is constantly seeking new talents: some 500 new employees are hired every year. Besides a brochure, sheets, and a specific website, Concerto developed an iPad presentation tool to promote the enterprise. The app is used by the Infrabel \u201cambassadors\u201d in face to face meetings with potential candidates. it can also be downloaded on the AppStore by anyone interested in working for the company.\nThe app holds a lot of contents developed by the agency, including animated key facts and figures, videos, interviews, interactive schematic drawings, maps\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 1087, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 301.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.constance-lake-constance.com/experience-explore/attractions/lenk-fountain/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:30Z", "digest": "sha1:QT2NASWTIWDLLTGHMC3QWR7MSXUOIJSC", "length": 480, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.constance-lake-constance.com", "title": "Lenk fountain on Constance's main thoroughfares", "raw_content": "A real eye-catcherLenk fountain\nStriking and particular, the Lenk fountain entertains passers-by and drivers on one of Constance's main thoroughfares. The fountain features caricatures of more than 300 notable personalities by local artist Peter Lenk. You can find out more about the fountain here.\nTIP: The Lenk fountain is only a short walk from St.-Stephans-Platz, the venue for one of the two popular weekly markets and the annual Constance wine festival at the end of July...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 228, "original_length": 9262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 309.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.contraception.org.au/methods/withdrawal/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:31:19Z", "digest": "sha1:ZVOEQVCQJR7F2PIJGYLS3QSPJVMRZFTZ", "length": 2186, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.contraception.org.au", "title": "The Withdrawal Method | Contraception Choices", "raw_content": "WithdrawalPaul Hambly2018-09-25T16:28:55+00:00\nPull out method, Coitus Interruptus\nInterrupts sex, high failure rate, sperm can be released before ejaculation.\nHow does the Withdrawal Method work?\nVery simply, the Withdrawal Method is the act of withdrawing the penis from the vagina before ejaculating. However, even when used perfectly, 40% of men have pre-ejaculate that contains sperm, which means that there is still a significant risk of pregnancy even when practiced perfectly, making this approach relatively ineffective when compared to other methods.\nTip: The Withdrawal Method works best when combined with another method of contraception, such as Fertility Awareness, or a Diaphragm.\nHow do I use the Withdrawal Method?\nThe Withdrawal Method requires the person with the penis to pull out of the vagina, and move away before they ejaculate. To ensure maximum efficacy, there can be no ejaculate in, on, or around the genital area of their partner, as even a small amount of semen anywhere membranous is enough to cause a pregnancy.\nIf you\u2019re considering using the Withdrawal Method you may want to consider:\nSTI Status \u2013 Have a conversation with your sexual partner about when their last STI check was (and whether they\u2019ve had any new sexual partners since then). The Withdrawal Method won\u2019t protect you against STIs.\nPractice \u2013 If you\u2019re considering using the Pull Out Method as your only means of contraception, consider having a few practice rounds with a condom first. This can help both of you to gauge how difficult it might be to use perfectly 100% of the time and whether you want to consider combining methods.\nCombining Methods \u2013 The Withdrawal Method is ideal for using in combination with another method of contraception such as Fertility Awareness or a Diaphragm.\nBackup Plan \u2013 You can purchase Emergency Contraception over the counter, and it\u2019s a good idea to keep a few spares in the medicine cabinet in case of ejaculation before withdrawal.\nConversation \u2013 If this is your only method of contraception, have a conversation with your sexual partner about what will happen in the case of an unplanned pregnancy and ensure you\u2019re both on the same page about it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 6069, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 316.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.corridorcareers.com/locations/independence-ia", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:15:29Z", "digest": "sha1:IBMMZHHLNJUE5SSFZTGIQGTZ23XZPLWT", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.corridorcareers.com", "title": "Jobs in Independence, Iowa | Corridor Careers", "raw_content": "There are currently no jobs in Independence", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 759, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 330.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.counterfire.org/articles/analysis/18706-the-british-state-and-the-city-part-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:13Z", "digest": "sha1:QDZBRCBS7QGM7VGZMBIWYZDSNP4WHCCE", "length": 17237, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "www.counterfire.org", "title": "The British state and The City - part 2 - Counterfire", "raw_content": "British 20 pound notes. Photo: Pixabay\nBut to return to the state created post-1688, it contained one obvious fault line and another which only became apparent once decline had really set in. The obvious one was Ireland\u2019s uneasy place within the United Kingdom. The Irish Question dominated British politics from the 1880s until 1914, destroying the once dominant Liberal Party in the process, and thus allowing the pro-imperialist party of the landlords and brewers to become the party of British capital. The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty resolved the issue fundamentally, and when the gerrymandered partition state of Northern Ireland blew up in 1968-1969 the British state was able to contain and isolate the Troubles before reaching an accord with their Republican opponents. Northern Ireland remains an unstable political and economic slum but it will not come anywhere near doing what Home Rule did to Gladstone, the British state has accepted its possible departure.\nThe second fault line is Scotland. That this should be the case would have been beyond the ken of the Victorian or Edwardian bourgeoisie. Unlike Ireland, Scotland joined the UK on equal terms. Its industrialists, bankers and landowners were an integral part of the British bourgeoisie. Edinburgh was an intellectual hub beyond any English provincial city. Scots were to the fore in creating and ruling Empire and the British elite flocked there to shoot game, fish salmon and trout and play the golf links. All of this was epitomised by Queen Victoria choosing to stay each autumn at Balmoral, as the Queen still does.\nYet Scotland\u2019s position was rather odd. It had a separate legal and education system, and a separate established Church, but political power was centralised on Westminster. It was neither a centralised French Republic nor a federal system as in the USA, Germany or the new Dominions such as Australia and Canada.\nAll of this was masked because from the Napoleonic Wars until the 1956 Suez debacle Scottish national identity could find popular expression in a celebration of Empire and imperial victory. But post 1918 and even more post 1945 Scotland had slipped from being at the cutting edge of the British economy. Its success in the 19th and early 20th century had depended on the staples of British industrialisation: coal, iron and steel, heavy engineering and shipbuilding. That dependence meant Britain\u2019s industrial decline took a traumatic turn north of the border. Scottish capital was virtually wiped out in the inter-war years.\nBeginning in the 1920s and 1930s the reaction to this was the emergence of modern Scottish nationalism. It took decades for it to reach the hegemony it enjoys in today\u2019s Scotland, notwithstanding the 2014 referendum result, and relied on Labour failure and hatred of Tory Westminster governments with no mandate in Scotland to achieve success.\nWhere Anderson scores in his analysis of the UK state is by identifying the key real of the City of London, and its links to the 18th century elite which endure in so many ways. The Bank of England was established in 1694 as a private bank which lent money to enterprises like the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company, the East India Company and slave traders, guaranteeing rich profits for the new bank. In the curse of the 18th century Britain was involved in a series of long and costly wars with France over which state would be the world\u2019s number one power. The Bank of England became the government\u2019s bankers, loaning out money to fund wars and being paid back through increases in taxation to pay the interest (National Debt also increased).\nThe City also become the centre for shipping insurance, foreign exchange transaction and much else, benefitting from its close connection to the Port of London, that great trading entrepot.\nBy the mid-19th century when Britain was the workshop of the world and dominated global trade the Bank of England was not just sole banker to the British government but also banker to other British banks, making loans to both. It also held Britain\u2019s gold reserves \u2013 sterling could still, theoretically, be cashed in for gold \u2013 and issued bank notes, thus regulating the flow of money.\nWhile Britain was the workshop of the world post-industrial revolution it is easy to overlook the rise of the City in the same period:\n\u201cTwo economic sectors thus grew up side by side under the Pax Britannica, without intrinsic structural connexion other than a common imperial framework. At best, the City\u2019s export of capital\u2014some of it in reality re-export\u2014helped finance foreign imports of British goods, mainly in the underdeveloped world, while its invisible earnings covered the trade deficit. The latter was the more important function, and threw into sharp relief the relations between industrial and commercial capital in Victorian England. For between 1820 and 1870, the heyday of the \u2018workshop of the world\u2019, London\u2019s commercial and financial revenues alone\u2014setting aside any investment income earned overseas\u2014grew at a steadily faster rate than the export of manufactures. City profits were 30 per cent of the total value of exports in 1820: by 1880 the figure had risen to 50 per cent.\u201d - Perry Anderson, The Figures of Descent, New Left Review I/161, January-February 1987\nAs Geoffrey Ingham points out: \u2018no other industrialised society has ever acted as host to a centre which has undertaken such a large share of the world capitalist systems, commercial, banking and financial activities. Britain was not only the workshop of the world but also its clearing house.\u2019 (Geoffrey Ingham, Capitalism divided?: the city and industry in British social development, Palgrave Macmillan, 1984, p. 40)\nAnderson notes regarding the last quarter of the 19th century:\n\u201cThe contrast with America was marked already by this date. There, heavy industry\u2014railroads, steel, later petroleum, auto\u2014generated fortunes incomparably larger than any agrarian wealth and overtopping those of the richest financiers as well. In absolute size, after the Civil War, the greatest US industrialists had left their British counterparts well behind; by the Gilded Age they dwarfed them. In Germany too, the summits of capital were uncompromisingly industrial, commanded by the Ruhr giants Krupp, Thyssen and Stinnes. It was the absence of figures like these which distinguished the Victorian economy.\u201d\nIndustrial capital remained small in relation to its rivals, Stagnant and then falling productivity in comparison to its rivals was already a feature of British capitalism. The steel, chemical and electrical industries could not compare with the size of US or German plants, or their output. Increasingly British industry relied on imperial and captive markets: Glasgow\u2019s Springburn locomotive plant for instance. As Anderson points out:\n\u201cThis turn in the pattern of trade was accompanied by a surge of overseas investments. After 1870, capital exports regularly surpassed capital formation at home; by the last years before the First World War, their volume was twice as large. The value of UK holdings abroad in1913\u2014no less than 43 per cent of the world total\u2014was probably greater than that of US corporations in 1973. This enormous outflow generated rentier revenues that for a brief Edwardian spell even exceeded the City\u2019s commercial and financial earnings.\u201d\nThe British ruling class was aware that Britain had been surpassed by the USA and Germany, and a certain sense of gloom invaded its circles post-1914. But there was no clear strategy as to how to respond and restore British industrial dominance. There was an attempt to foster cartels but little emerged on the scale of its American and German counterparts. There was too an attempt to force down labour costs and living standards fell in the first decade of the 20th century. But there was no clear strategy for industrial revival. Meanwhile the City pressed ahead, and shadowing it continued imperial expansion, but now in dangerous rivalry with Germany, France and the USA. Facing this Britain could no longer ruled the waves and allied with Japan whose navy could protect Britain\u2019s Asian possessions. It was also forced to break from a policy of no permanent treaties with European powers by signing up with France and Russia in case of war with Germany.\nPolitically things also changed.\nAfter the repeal of the Corn Laws and the split that brought in the Tory Party the Liberals ruled, and seemed the natural party of government linking aristocrats and the bourgeoisie and able to rally those working class men who gained the vote as the century progressed. The Tories were not out, however. Disraeli showed how they could muster popular support by being the party of Empire, \u201cJingoism.\u201d They were well placed to exploit the great political crisis of the late 19th century, Irish Home Rule. They fought this tooth and nail in alliance with Ulster Unionists and dissident Liberals, Joseph Chamberlain above all, and after defeating Gladstone, they held office under Salisbury and Balfour.\nThe Tories also won a significant social base in London and the South East (although Labour began at an early stage to colonise inner London), in alliance with the City and winning the support of the property owning middle classes, many relying on investments for their income. The Conservatives and the City formed a close, strategic, alliance:\n\u201cThe City counted on the party to provide the climate of political stability essential for its role as the world\u2019s financial capital; the party in turn relied upon the City for financial advice and support.\u201d (Robert W. D. Boyce, British Capitalism at the Crossroads, 1919-1932: A Study in Politics, Economics, and International Relations, Cambridge University Press, 1987, p. 21)\nThis wasn\u2019t without hiccups. When Chamberlain succeeded in forcing through support for ditching free trade in favour of imperial preference, creating a protected Sterling bloc, it effectively split the party and the British elite. The City was opposed for good reason but so too were the major industrialists dependent on imports of raw materials and on export markets. Industry was split with cotton, coal and shipbuilding, the three biggest employers supporting free trade. Textile accounted for more than half of the UK\u2019s manufacturing exports, but these were largely to the Dominions, colonies and, above all, India. Protected markets. Coal was still a major exporter while shipbuilding relied heavily on naval orders. On the other hand the engineering industry championed protectionism. The City opposed it citing possible unrest if tariffs forced up food prices. The result was electoral defeat and the return of the Liberals in 1906.\nProtectionism was a response to the global economic crisis which began in 1873. But it was only response. The others were a growth in the concentration of capital, the construction of monopolies and a fusion between the big banks and industry, finance capital. In Germany the banks lent money on a long term basis to firms who responded by giving them a seat on the board. These three measures helped US and German capital to recover from the late 1880s onwards and to move forward in terms of penetrating the global market at Britain\u2019s expense.\nBritish industry remained based on a large number of small to medium sized firms who feared monopolisation and jealously defended their independence. They had never relied on the City for finance rather they used their own retained profits or local banks in the north and Midlands.\nIn captive foreign markets, dependent on British investment profits could still be made using old plant and techniques. Neither was their need to splash out cash on research and development.\nIn this sense, British capitalism was a victim of its own success. It had not needed state intervention to industrialise. Germany, Japan and other states needed to help foster industrialisation. So Germany constructed a system of technical education. British employers could rely on the successful ways of the past.\nThe fact industry did not speak with one voice continued even after the Federation of British Industry, today\u2019s CBI, was founded in 1916. The divisions were apparent over the post-war debate on returning to the Gold Standard. In this sense, Britain contrasted with Germany where industry formed a very effective lobby in pursuit of its own interests.\nThe majority of the British ruling class hung onto free trade despite its rivals using protectionist measures to foster newer and more efficient industry.\nThe First World War was a decisive turning point, one which British industrial capitalism missed. Being on the victor\u2019s side and seeing the Union Jack fly over even greater parts of the globe could not mask Britain had lost financial as well as industrial dominance to the USA and was no longer the global hegemon. The country was heavily in debt and faced an embittered working class at home and a rising tide of resistance in the Empire. It could not afford the costs of policing that.\nThe Lloyd George government, a coalition the Tories of his supporters among the Liberals, did address what strategy was needed for the economy, but the magic talisman they sought was a return to the Gold Standard when Sterling could nominally be redeemed in gold. This orthodoxy was accompanied by the prioritising of balancing the books, eliminating the budget deficit.\nAs A.J.P. Taylor pointed out:\n\u201c... men, reared in the stable economic world of the later nineteenth century, assumed that a country could not flourish without a balanced budget and a gold currency.\" (A.J.P. Taylor, The Origins of the Second World War, Penguin, 2001, p. 15)\nThe Treasury and the Bank of England were the embodiment of that belief.\nAlready, in January 1918, a committee of inquiry into post-war currency and exchange policy formed, in January 1918, by the Ministry of Reconstruction, chaired by the Governor of the Bank, Lord Cunliffe. Alongside him was the government\u2019s chief economics adviser and Treasury official, Sir John Bradbury, the Cambridge University Professor of Political Economy, Arthur Cecil Pigou and ten international bankers. Virtually every witness they heard came from the City with the exception of the Federation of British Industry\u2019s representatives who, while accepting a return to the Gold Standard, argued the priority was more the balance of trade.\nThis was simply ignored in the committee\u2019s report which stressed inflation as the key danger. It supported the immediate restoration of the Gold Standard. If this did not happen the committee warned of mounting inflation, a flow of gold from the City and that the UK\u2019s trade would be put at risk.\nIn 1919, faced with a mounting working class insurgency, the Lloyd George postponed returning to the Gold Standard until 1925 and also baulked at the other measure of economic orthodoxy, balancing the books and eradicating the budget deficit.\nBut in the spring of 1920, as the strike wave waned, the government felt confident enough to push through severe cut backs in government spending. It also raised interest rates in a move which helped create economic deflation.\nThe old staple industries of the British economy \u2013 coal, iron and steel, cotton and shipbuilding \u2013 were badly hit by the collapse in international orders and greater competition. Between 1920 and 1929 the share of total employment accounted for by these staples fell from 30 to 25 percent.\nIn the course of 1920 unemployment rose to 10 percent, and it did not fall below that until the Second World War.\nHigh interest rates also meant the cost of servicing government debt rose which required higher taxes and that affected domestic consumer demand.\nIn October 1924 the Tories under Stanley Baldwin were returned to office. Winston Churchill, who had just re-joined the party, was made Chancellor of the Exchequer.\nAs Chancellor Churchill aimed for an immediate return to the Gold Standard and to ensure Sterling be kept at a fixed exchange rate in relation to the US Dollar, with one pound equalling $4.85. Unemployment already stood at one million but Churchill, with the support of the Cabinet, the Governor of the Bank of England, Montagu Norman, and the City, decided on a policy of deflation to bolster the exchange rate.\nIn April 1925 he announced the UK would return to the Gold Standard. The move was insured by US financial support, $200 million from the Federal Reserve and $100 million from J.P. Morgan. In both the UK and the US there was confidence that this move would boost international trade. The problem was pre-1914 the Gold Standard had been based on Britain\u2019s financial strength, now it was based on foreign borrowing, the withdrawal of which would bring it down. Secondly, the \u00a34.85 to \u00a31 exchange rate was disastrous for British exports.\nCoal had been a key export pre-war but Britain had not regained its old markets in Europe and the mining industry lacked investment and suffered from low productivity. Maintaining, let alone boosting, coal exports required, as a consequence wage cuts, which precipitated the 1926 General Strike and subsequently yearlong miners\u2019 strike before starvation brought its defeat.\nAll of this contains strong echoes of the Thatcher years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 20229, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 232.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/country-houses-for-sale-and-property-news/listed-16th-century-wiltshire-manor-house-10981", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:40:45Z", "digest": "sha1:DMCIITLUCJNWNJICPG2MLBFAPHZWU6ZP", "length": 2374, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.countrylife.co.uk", "title": "Listed 16th century Wiltshire Manor House - Country Life", "raw_content": "Listed 16th century Wiltshire Manor House\nwiltshire property thumb\nThis beautiful 16th century Grade II Listed manor house sits in an elevated position just outside of the quintessential Wiltshire village of Swallowcliffe. It is believed that there has been a settlement at this site since at least the Iron Age, but the existing property at Swallowcliffe Manor dates back to the 16th century.\nInside, the house has good ceiling heights and large windows letting in plenty of light. The symmetrical nature of the house allows for double and triple aspect rooms, while the property provides flexible living over three floors and has extensive cellars. Of particular note is the entrance hall which boasts many traditional features including a beautiful stone floor. For all its charm, the house would certainly benefit from some modernisation.\nOn the first floor is the substantial master suite with dressing room and bathroom, five further bedrooms, and three further bathrooms. The second floor offers the further bedrooms as well as a secondary kitchen and extensive attic storage with potential to convert.\n* Summer sale \u2013 subscribe to Country Life\nAlmost all of the gardens lie on the south and western sides of the house, with far reaching views across the valley. The garden is well matured and of a manageable size and includes a walled garden that encloses the swimming pool.\nBeyond the garden is a fenced paddock which contains the foundation layout of the old Iron Age settlement, and was also the site of an old tennis court but is currently used for the grazing of sheep. Further land lies to the north west and south side of the house. There is extensive woodland within the grounds containing a variety of species \u2013 the land comes to around seven acres.\nAdjacent to the house are a number of outbuildings dating back to the early 20th century that include a garage for three cars, open garaging for a further four cars, garden sheds, greenhouse, stabling for five horses and a tack room.\nSwallowcliffe Manor is located just outside the Wiltshire village of Swallowcliffe, just two miles from Tisbury. Shaftesbury is nine miles and Salisbury 13 miles. Heathrow Airport is 89 miles.\nThe guide price is \u00a32,950,000. For further information please contact Knight Frank on 0207 861 1549 or visit http://search.knightfrank.com.\n** Country houses for sale in Wiltshire", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 5280, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cphi-online.com/fiera-milano-to-host-cphi-worldwide-2020-news076060.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:17Z", "digest": "sha1:RGS6UGU55VQXJHVCTWG3G7BE32Z3RKGN", "length": 2145, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.cphi-online.com", "title": "Fiera Milano to host CPhI Worldwide 2020", "raw_content": "Home Conference & Exhibition News Fiera Milano to host CPhI Worldwide 2020\nThe exhibition district will see the world's largest pharma industry event.\nCPhI Worldwide, the world\u2019s largest pharma event, will return to the Fiera Milano venue (13-15 October) in 2020 bringing more than 47,000 professionals and 2,600 exhibitors from more than 150 countries. The 3-day exhibition, organized by UBM, will bring the world\u2019s pharma community to Milan and occupy over 250,000 m2.\nFiera Milano has secured this premier global exhibition, and the largest in pharmaceuticals, ahead of a number of prominent international venues. Milan, and the Lombardy Region, were chosen thanks to the weight of the regional pharma industry and the caliber of its exhibition centre. The pharmaceutical industry in Italy is worth more than \u20ac30 billion, with Lombardy the largest regional hub.\n\u201cFiera Milano with this announcement is taking another important step towards the delivery of the strategic plan launched in May\u201d commented Fabrizio Curci, CEO of Fiera Milano. \u201cGlobal international events such as CPhI Worldwide find Milan and its fair a unique platform.\u201d\nCPhI Worldwide, which in 2020 will be hosting its thirty-first edition, covers the entire pharmaceutical supply chain and is by far the most comprehensive hub for global pharmaceuticals. It is a key networking and new business event driving forward the industry\u2019s growth.\nOrhan Caglayan, Brand Director at CPhI Worldwide, added: \u201cIt\u2019s been a particularly successful couple of years for CPhI Worldwide, as the world\u2019s largest pharma event we have seen a remarkable growth in numbers. At the 2020 edition we anticipate 2600+ exhibitors and around 47,000 attendees, so the challenge we have is to find a venue large enough with excellent infrastructure. Fiera Milano was an ideal choice, combining a comprehensive venue and a strong pharma industry. Italy is Europe\u2019s second pharma market in terms of production, a major export hub, and Milan is the heart of this nation\u2019s industry. As a result, we expect to attract substantial international attendees to one of Europe\u2019s primary pharma manufacturing centres.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3967, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130806/REAL_ESTATE/130809936/downtown-champion-liz-berger-dies", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:20:08Z", "digest": "sha1:HBOEBTMBZ7CINYGHJDUIP3MLVLKZLMAC", "length": 3971, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.crainsnewyork.com", "title": "Downtown champion Liz Berger dies", "raw_content": "Downtown champion Liz Berger dies\nMarilynn K. Yee/The New York Times/Redux\nLiz Berger advocated for lower Manhattan after 9/11 and Superstorm Sandy.\nElizabeth Berger, who championed the revitalization of lower Manhattan in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and later led the effort to help businesses in that area recover from Superstorm Sandy, died Monday at Bellevue Hospital Center. She was 53.\nThe Alliance for Downtown New York Inc., which Ms. Berger led since 2007, said the cause of death was pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her husband, writer Frederick Kaufman, a professor at the City University of New York, and two children.\nMs. Berger was an unabashed partisan of the neighborhood where she lived, and was once described in The New York Times as \"excitable [and] fancifully attired.\" Ms. Berger is credited with helping spur many innovations in lower Manhattan, including the Re:Construction program that turned omnipresent construction sites into large scale canvases for public art and the effort to provide free Wi-Fi service throughout the square mile below Chambers Street.\nShe worked right up until her death, attending a board meeting on transportation options to Newark Airport two weeks before entering the hospital. Her passing spurred words of remembrance from the city's leaders in government and the private sector, many of whom worked side-by-side with her to restore lower Manhattan.\n\"Liz Berger loved our city with passion and gave her great intelligence and inventiveness to New York without reserve,\" Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, in a statement. \"She was more than an advocate for lower Manhattan, she was a partner in building its future. As new transit hubs, skyscrapers, full access to our waterfront and a fresh vitality emerge downtown, Liz's influences are everywhere to be seen.\"\nWhile at the alliance, Ms. Berger successfully advocated for full funding and timely completion of the Fulton Street Transit Center; the reconstruction of Fiterman Hall, just north of the Trade Center, after its near destruction during 9/11; and the enactment of commercial leasing incentives following the terrorist attacks.\n\"She was a fighter,\" said William Rudin, president of Rudin Management and chairman of the Association for a Better New York. \"She fought her illness for many years and that same tenacity was evident in her work and focus on downtown.\"\nMs. Berger was also involved with a variety of civic organizations in New York City beyond her professional obligations. She was, at various times, a board director of The Municipal Art Society, Film Forum, Second Stage Theatre, American Museum of Natural History Planetarium Authority and the New York Building Congress. She was also a mayoral appointee to the board of the Trust for Governors Island.\nBorn in New York City in August 1960, Ms. Berger attended Yale College where she created her own major, \"The Study of the City.\" She built government relations practices at the law firms Lord Day & Lord Barrett Smith and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, as well as Claudia Wagner's law office.\nMs. Berger got to know Ms. Wagner and other veterans of Mayor Ed Koch's administration after working for the former mayor, first as an intern and later as a liaison to the City Council. John LoCicero, Mr. Koch's longtime confidant, recalled first meeting Ms. Berger as a young girl when her mother ran a storefront campaign office for Mr. Koch's 1969 bid for Congress. As a member of his administration, she was instrumental in pushing for a gay rights bill, among other pieces of legislation.\nFor years she fought the cancer that would later claim her life. Some 10 years ago, Ms. Berger lapsed into a coma. \"It was finished. She was dead on the table,\" Mr. LoCicero recalled. \"But she came though. She came through.\"\nVisions for 'Next NYC' are sublime to strange\nPol drops opposition to big Brooklyn project\nMeatpacking district condo a 9-month sellout\nCourt OKs Joe Bruno mail-fraud trial", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 308, "original_length": 12405, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 243.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cransac-les-thermes.fr/en/stay/sleep/lodge.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:07Z", "digest": "sha1:3WVSV32URY767AR4ZKFJM6JGMKSKCYZT", "length": 1653, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.cransac-les-thermes.fr", "title": "\ufeff Lodge", "raw_content": "Site officiel de Cransac les Thermes cransac-les-thermes.fr - Lodge\nSituated in the old mining area of the Aveyron, the g\u00eete enables you to make the most of the environment but also of the industrial heritage of the Aubin-Decazeville area.\nL'\u00e9tape centre is situated in the heart of the village and welcomes you for your stop-over.\nGuest rooms, gite At Livinhac-le-Haut, we welcome pilgrims, families and holiday makers. Village located on the GR 65. Ideal stop and a must between Conques and Figeac.\nLocated on the passage of the Road to Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (GR 65), at a little less than 2 km from the city centre of Decazeville, that it dominates.\nSituated in a meander of the Lot, the village of Livinhac le Haut constitutes an ideal stop-over on the Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle between Conques and Figeac.\nLa vita e bella is for the hikers and pilgrims in the environemental's philosophy: the laught is the best way between 2 people\nSituated in the heart of the village, with Bouillac ch\u00e2teau as its backdrop, the centre, next to the village hall, provides for sporting events, family reunions or marriages.\nIn the Camino of Santiago de Compostela\nAt the entrance to Livinhac le Haut, village situated on the GR65 Chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle, the g\u00eete is in an old house with a large garden.\nLa Coquille Bleue welcomes you all year round, whether you are a pilgrim on the road of Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle or a holiday maker, for stays of one or several days. Welcome from 3 pm, groups maximum 6 persons.\nElodie and Jean-Marie, pilgrim, welcome you in a family lodge, in the town, near to the shops and on the GR65", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 5590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 313.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.crcpress.com/Endocrine-Therapy-in-Breast-Cancer/Miller-Ingle/p/book/9780429222108", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:10Z", "digest": "sha1:DT5BA7TSP4I3ZESZP34ZLGXWFSG6I7BA", "length": 404, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.crcpress.com", "title": "Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer - CRC Press Book", "raw_content": "William R. Miller, James N. Ingle\nMarch 8, 2002 by CRC Press\nThis reference evaluates and describes the latest strategies for hormone suppression and blockade in the management of early and advanced stage breast cancer and explores the effects of tamoxifen, selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), aromatase inhibitors, and their combination on both breast cancers and normal tissues.\nEndocrine T", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 12325, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 146.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.creativelive.com/class/become-working-artist-lisa-congdon/lessons/gallery-shows-personal-and-juried", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:21:37Z", "digest": "sha1:2FZAZ6W4B42UC2OXYFGENMY3WQ42KCNM", "length": 26252, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.creativelive.com", "title": "Gallery Shows: Personal & Juried from Secrets to Making Money as an Artist: Online Class with Lisa Congdon", "raw_content": "Money & Life > Business Basics > Become A Working Artist > Gallery Shows: Personal & Juried\nThe next thing we're gonna talk about is organizing your own show um and especially something that lisa and I have done together um we how to show at a gallery in new hampshire together in two thousand eight we knew the gallery owner we made this proposal to her we, you know, collaborated on a theme and made work around it and helped her to publicize it. So um first thing you want to decide is whether you want to sort of develop and pitch your own show or whether you want to develop and pitch to and it doesn't have to be a gallery could be a cafe or a store a place that has room to hang art a group show on dh the benefits of group shows are that you can really involved the other people in the show in promoting it and the onus is not all on you to create all of the work except for that if you're organizing it you also our project manager, so be sure yeah, you're clear on we'll get responsibilities yeah in a little bit, but yeah it's a big it's, a it's a whole other undertaking making bu...\nt it's a nice way to make something happen yeah instead of like waiting around around that's right that's right onda lot of eyes to own a store that had a gallery for a few years and um occasionally people would email me or and say I have this idea for a show and I noticed you have a gallery space are you and taking submissions? Are you interested in this and it's actually how I got a few shows and these worth this was with people I had no relationship with before s o a lot of places even smaller galleries will be interested in and what you have to say you want to scout locations and again a location needs to make sense so do your research is it a place that regularly shows are what kind of art do they show? Um see another one of your responsibilities if you're the organizer is to figure out what the theme of the show is, um and here the artist will be so, um, that of course all has to sort of fit into, um you know, if if you're showing in a place that has had shows before, do your research on what kind of shows that they had, you might even want to go to the owner or the gallery owner with with a couple of different options. Two I think there are some organizations locally and I'm sure nationally also who have information on their website about how they receive proposals yes, exactly like this so southern exposure is one of those I mean, but there are many so if you do a little bit of scouting, you'll find that they'll have dates and the type of things they're looking for and what they want in their packet and on dh, then I would say, just remember that there are so many art spaces out there who need to do programming, you know, month after month after month, and, well, some it's not that welcome, ah lot will be quite welcome to receive an idea. Yeah, and part of your responsibility as the organizer is to promote, which we're going to talk a lot about ways to do that in the marketing section. But you have any good tips for promoting lisa? I think that's, your department e, you're really good at it carry as a gallery curator and someone who manages this kind of thing all the time. What do you guys usually do to promote your shows? Wait, do quite a bit, we always do a press release, and we try and do some targeted marketing. So if it's, an exhibition about textiles, were looking far and beyond into, you know, the guilds and the various publications that might be media specific, we're definitely working on social media and trying to push that out there, sometimes we buy ad space, so it may be that if you're working with the collective and you're gonna ten of you are going to do a show somewhere you might want to go in on an ad in the east bay express or someplace where you can afford word of mouth every single person involved in this show if it's one of these collective shows each one of you should make a pact you're all gonna launch you're going to use instagram and twitter and facebook and you're going to use every platform you possibly can and hopefully you know support each other's posts as well a proponent of postcards and snail mail and stuff too I really like it when I get a card for so I think that I put it on my fridge I actually remember to go if I get a card like there's something about it it is rare now so it feels even more special in some ways so I really like having a physical thing too besides all the social media which definitely is a big part of it we'll talk about postcards I understand your responsibility so if you are going to organize a show, remember that you are ultimately responsible for like you might want to get the input of the gallery or store or cafe owner but ultimately you're responsible for finding the artist you're responsible for communicating to them what kind of work they need to turn in by when deadlines when silent to be whether they need to also submit photos or the website if they you know all the information they need to turn in for any kind of press you're doing or the list of work that's going to be available so you're sort of in charge of you know, the more people in the show the harder and harder it is yeah but also communicate clearly with everybody about what you want so everyone should have work and it should be framed and wired and ready to go and communicate with everyone in there if you're the organizer about how things are going to be designed someone's going to have to design the installation and it's you know it's that's a touchy thing because there are always good spots and not great spots in every gallery and so talk about that be upfront about it and make sure everyone has a sense of what the floor plan is going to be and that everyone gets three pieces or whatever this is good whatever it was like I miss make sure everybody knows no yeah yeah no surprises yeah and if you want people to show up to the opening which obviously you d'oh you know be clear about that and I think this sort of like organized community and professional communication not just with the person who's hosting the show but with the other artist is really, really important all right? We're gonna move on to the last part of this conversation, and this is an area in which cary is actually an expert she hosts and curious, um, great shows in her gallery all the time. Um, so carrie tells what is a juried show? Let me just start by saying there are two different kinds of exhibitions that that I tend to organize one is an invitational, which is where I'm going out into the world, and I'm deciding on what the theme of the conceptual ideas, and I'm inviting the artists I'm choosing each specific work, the other format is a juried show, and that is where often at the bedford will have a theme sky or yellow or whatever on dh, we're inviting artists most likely it's on a national scale to submit work that has that pertains to that specific thing. We always invite some guests, jurors, and they might be in brooklyn or lola or whatever, and this is we can do this now very easily, because we're using a platform called slide room, so you're going to go on slide room. And as lisa said, you're going to follow their directions about how to size your images and how to submit them so that when we look at them, they're not showing up, um, as postage stamps, because your work won't show up, and you won't get in then otherwise eso and and usually there is a fee to enter and this helps defuse the cost of using that platform and paying our jurors which we always do and usually there's an option to put either two or three works in for instance and I would say if you're going to go through all the bother, go ahead and pay the extra little it's usually an extra five dollars whatever to put one more in so that you could do as lisa said, you can have your three images and line them up and think about how they're going to be shown um label them slide one two, three so they go in there but that that is the other thing that you'll see on every online platform is there'll be a different way in which they want you to label the slide and do that so that all of that information is really clear however whoever is managing her administering that part of the the jury show so so how do they work? So I submit something either online or I used to be on the board so that exposure which is this art organization in san francisco and we had a couple of jury chose where people actually their work off and the juror actually was the juror or jurors were actually looking at the work that and I think it's probably far less common now, maybe more common previously but what with the juror looking for and how did they make decisions about what? What gets jered or selected for the show and what doesn't I think this is again where you do your research so first off there's a website called call for entry um and it lists almost every during show that you can imagine now they almost all funnel through they're not all of them but a lot of them really do and so it's a great sort of place to start called for entry dot com um no it's called for enter I think it's not work but if you if you search for them you'll find them on dh but logos is like cafe or something call for entry like they're being cute but that's a great place to start and there's and there's another list in the back of our tink to more of additional juried show yeah, I think this is another place where you get to do research so look at who the jurors looking through the spaces how many is this there? Only during show how many jared shows have they done before or do they have online images of what they're pasturing shows look like if you get the name of the jurors who are they who where they curating what kind of work do they like? What other shows that they carried it? You can actually figure a lot out about a juror by googling them and if they tend to like abstract working you're a photo realist than maybe that isn't the jury chauffeur you to enter like you can figure some of that out and it'll save you heartache and time and money to do that and to make it a point to do that and I know it depends on the theme of the show, but generally they're looking for our that fits into that theme in this maybe interesting in some way I have to say when I jury a show and there's no theme, which is more a really tasty ok, I I don't know if other juror zahra's ecumenical as I am, but I often do try and look for the various media and photography and I like a show if it's a community show I like I appreciate a show that has the the various genre that are represented so so you would know that about me if you see that I'm during a show then versus museum curator who is more more minimal yeah and and I think you can figure that out it's not that you know it's not that difficult to figure out those clues you know? The other thing I was thinking is in the end I used to do this a lot when I was really young I did a lot of jury chose when I first was out of college and ultimately, what I found is that they end up being lines on the resume, and I began to like I began to look at but it's a museum or is there curator? I want my work in front of him, and so I think the big decisions are what is the venue? Is that an important venue? Is that interesting for you to go to santa fe? Perhaps because there is a lot of other activity in santa fe and you could go and meet someone and talk about why I've got a show in town, and there also might be a juror that you would like to get your work in front of and that I think important in terms of where they're coming from. Where do the curate I think that's huge, I think that's often a new like not talked about or looked at enough you're like whoever the jurors curator's are like sponges. They remember everything. So even if they don't put you into a show that there during if they like your work for whatever it may be, your work doesn't fit into the sky theme, even though you thought it did, they don't, I think it does, but if they like your work, they're going to remember your name. And they're going to remember your work and then five years later you get a phone call and they'll say can you come to the studio because this is a great opportunity for people who want to break into the fine art world to start getting shows on there wasn't a great yeah unity chris we have any questions from the online audience butchery chose well jackie just wants to know our jury chose really worth submitting to she says they look legitimate on a cv do people interpret jury chose differently than other shows a guy question I think you get it depends on the venue it depends on the juror like I think if you on ly have jury chose on your resume it starts toe strain honestly, I don't think you need to say it's jury yeah I mean I really don't think that has anything to do with the price of bananas I just don't care you know it's you have to show it mizuki missoula museum and that's where you showed I think that's fine interesting thing about jared shows at least at the bedford and a lot of other places is there's money involved usually so this last show what that we just had was walnut creek one hundred was supported by the lesser foundation and there were three thousand dollars worth of worth of award money so you know people are walking away with five hundred dollar prizes that's worthwhile as well. That pays for your shipping and potentially your, you know, trip to santa fe or wherever the show is. So I can. Because weighing your options yeah, the questions from the audience are hand back there. Okay? I wanted to make a very brief pitch for the san francisco women artists organization, especially since the vast majority of us are of the female gender and it's, an organization that we had a gallery on sacramento. We're going to be opening one on irving street, and I invite everybody to go to the website and look at it. It's, theirs juried shows there's also going to be walls for rent and other kinds of activities. So there are all these ways if you figure out on the internet it's a great resource for that digging deep into places where you can insert yourself in the art community and it it first they may not feel very prestigious. Maybe not, but this is the way that you build your c v. This is the way you build your resume. If not, everyone's gonna end up in a prestigious gallery right off the bat. It's also could practice. Yes, like, this is the way for you to figure out well with my order, right, right. Did the order okay, the order didn't work, so you think our maybe my what I thought was cohesive wasn't cohesive enough, right? And so you try again and you re work it until you get a positive response and getting accepted as a lot of fun. Yeah, yeah, it really is it's great for the morale. So other questions now we have another question that came in the chat room. This one comes from canaan marissa gil they say my question is for international artist what extra steps wouldn't artist from outside of the us need to do in order to show their work in the u s gallery? A lot of the jury chose that I see are open teo artists internationally, I actually have started doing a lot of research on pinterest and if you go to my pinterest board, you'll see some of the research that I'm doing, and I think I'm not sure if other curator zehr doing this as well, but I think that there there there are various ways in which one can push your work out there bye bye of social media's I think the only thing you need to be worried about with international is the cost of stuff like that seems to be the only barrier is shipping costs and time constraints and stuff because otherwise I don't really think it matters everybody it's really the world is global when I was curating for a small gallery in my shop several years ago and I had two or three over the course of a couple of years two or three shows with ours from europe in canada so the world is so small I feel like so many of the artist friends that at least lisa and I have made over the last especially initially on the internet even though we live in the same city you know our international artists so the world is very small and uh sort of online our community to yeah I feel like it's just about cost because it is still kind of expense a ship a crate and then especially if it's a solo show or if you're in a smaller group show you want to go but if they're smaller works it's doable yeah no there's ways around it but I feel like that's the barriers the cost issue more than anything any other questions and in general about don't necessarily about jared shows but in general that you wantto ask lee sir carry before we wrap up yeah ana how do you make I mean for example near gallery how is the best way of receiving or somebody wants to send me for a solo show or something like that? Do you also have people that have submitted to you okay? This is the body of work that I want to show our because you say some of them are by invitation, but has there been a you know what would you recommend for somebody that wants to I have a shoot? They're actually on our website there is if you go into opportunities if you go into the link for opportunities we have how you khun submit and people send packets all the time but stacks and stacks of packets to look at and over the course of the year we have two or three times where we view it all we take a big chunk of seventy or eighty, so to lisa's point we're looking, but we're looking at the images pretty fast and reviewing for what we're planning on in the future or sometimes I'm just banking artists because I'm interested in the work and want to remember them and that's the one way I will do it, I think the package you put together is really important. I don't know if you're going to talk about that in your marketing like what? What should be in the packet? We have a few specific things that we asked for in terms of the amount of images and the way in which they're there they're packaged but um if it's a cold call, I wouldn't consider putting two or three eight by ten or five by seven images of the work in there, not just a cd it's rare that I get a pack shinning let's I'm so curious let's open this up right now because you're busy and but if there's a few pictures in there and I like something I like them I will put the cd in and I'll look further I do one thing to you is because when I worked in together you have to be patient like sometimes we didn't look at packets for six months and I would always just bat your back right away wait feel bad for the artist like as an artist I would feel horrible but there was just no way to get to them and so six months later we would finally look at them and then finally get back to people so you just have to be patient teo and not expect the worse because you're not hearing anything and every gallery has well either. Generally speaking, I'm sure they're exceptions to this will either tell you that they're not accepting submissions and don't bother them if that's what they say or they will tell you how to submit and so always go on the gallery or you know the institutions website and find out what do your research first before you start sending out lots of guys can't find it then call yeah pick up the phone, which is something we don't do as much anymore yeah christian my name's, christian davies and a painter this came up a little bit earlier in the morning, the idea of gallery representation and how did that was listed as goal that was mentioned a couple times, and I was wondering if you guys could speak to what's entailed and gaining gala representation if and maybe cem cem tips or steps towards heading in that direction as far as working exclusively with one gallery and still being open to show in multiple places? Um, well, there are terms I get thrown around like exclusivity usually means that the gallery once to be in charge of your career, that one space is going to be in charge of making contact with every other space. So that something that you went away, whether or not that that that's something you want to give up, like being able to be your own ancient and show another spaces in terms of building a relationship with the gallery, I think the best analogy is a dating analogy. Um, so it's, like you meet and you figure out, if you if you have some kind of connection, they might offer you a group show like that might be like your first date, um and if that goes well, and if they're interested and they do a studio visit like what's going on, maybe they'll offer you a two person show like they're sort of different sometimes happens really fast, like, you know, like dating that sometimes, like instantaneous. Okay, thank you. Thank you. All right, great let's do this thing, but you just never you don't know. And I think you want to think about, like, what region you have calorie representation in on how far away they are and whether or not you want to do with that, and once you are actually sort of in cahoots with the gallery, you have to think about what that means in terms of schedule, how often are you going to be exhibiting with them? What are you responsible for? What are they responsible for? For each relationship is different, it is really like a marriage. Each gallery that you work with sort of has different expectations, and you have to be ready to deal with that. The very short answer to a very discussions were also sort of wondering, how do you even get into cahoots with the gallery? Really? Ask out a gallery in the same way, way think what we talked about, like making the connections like when I was in the gallery, the way that we met other artists was usually through artists that we already represented, so making friends with artist, going to openings like making friends with characters like I've been introduced to galleries through curator sze they say hey, this is someone that I think you might be interested in and then the gallery contacts me so it's really about widening your network and connecting with artists and curators tze and gallerist on dh everybody and again being willing to talk about your work and you know and whatever way feels comfortable like if you're like this kind of person and then you do it that way if you're like a shy and quiet person than you do in a shy and quiet kind of way like I think you could do it authentically and I also think you know, back to the idea of a relationship you've already done your home work by the time you get to this gallery and you know you're making a certain kind of work and they're showing a certain kind of work so rather than at the opening which is not the place teo engage in a police pay attention to me visiting and you know, just during the regular open hours and striking up a conversation about the work that's here and why you're interested in it and what why it's meaningful to you and within the context of that conversation what you're doing and how that that there's there's a dovetail there if you khun help coax that along that understanding about what you're making versus what this gallery is doing there could be some good synergy there for you thanks this question just came in and it's a good sort of general wrap up question here about the gallery so I want to take this one three people have voted on this one too but when taking work to a gallery for the first time is it smart to consult with them on price? I'm assuming it's in their best interest to assist on the pricing pricing is a whole other ballgame president segment twenty oh stegman I don't know you I've had I've had I've had both I've had a couple of shows that commercial galleries where I send him the checklist in the price and that's what's posted so I've set the price and I have also had a couple of experience experiences where they've said you know it seems a little hi or this one seems a little low or whatever yeah and we've had a discussion about it so if you are unsure and you feel comfortable with the idea that they might say hey you know fifteen is high for an eight by ten can we bring it down to nine fifty? I think there'll be a sale at nine fifty if you're going to be comfortable with that open up that dialogue if you don't want that dialogue don't bring it to the table but the the dealer knows his or her clients and so they'll know that the difference between fifteen and nine fifty there's a threshold there for them I had a solo show in two thousand eleven at a gallery in san francisco, and what the gallery was sent to me was, I want you to set the prices initially. What do you and then and then lie minute review them, and I'm going to suggest adjustments, if any, and some prices she thought were perfect and some she thought, should actually be lower. And some, she thought, should be higher. And I it was in my best interest to trust her judgment because she knew her market and she was pretty right on. So I think you have tohave prices. I don't think you can walk into a situation with a I have no idea your mind like that you cannot do in any way, shape or form, but I do think that depending on this base and the person that there's wiggle room and I think also when you're entering a show or, you know, it's it's, another artist who's organizing the show or it's not as sort of a big deal show where, whatever, at a sort of higher and gallery. It's, always going to be up to you to set the prices, rarely is there for enabling that's going to go on there. But the more the heart higher echelons you get in the art world, the more negotiation there needs to be with the person who's responsible for selling your, I'm sure you'll talk about it. But it is important to be consistent with your pricing structure, like you don't get to be like, hey, it's this today and that tomorrow, that energy, they say, if you sold a piece that's done, raise this size at twelve hundred that's, an established price for you now, so you're not going higher or lower. That's not to your advantage, keeps right system. There. There's a formula to raising your prices eventually, to this has been a fantastic thank you so much for your expertise here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 497, "original_length": 45722, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 323.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.crosswalk.com/church/pastors-or-leadership/finding-a-real-god-in-a-chasm-of-unreality.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:35:54Z", "digest": "sha1:O4ZWBBZMEG47KNPKG55RONUNQ7ZMT3FS", "length": 8042, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.crosswalk.com", "title": "Finding a Real God in a Chasm of Unreality", "raw_content": "Finding a Real God in a Chasm of Unreality\nCaroline Leal WORLD News Service\nEditor's note: Content warning for parents. This article contains some graphically violent descriptions.\nDavid Weiss is watching himself commit suicide again. He lies rigid on the ground, his head on a train track, feeling vibrations against his neck as a locomotive barrels closer. He hears the hum of the diesel engine and the moan of the train\u2019s horn. When the mass of steel hurtles past, there\u2019s no scream, only a quiet snap\u2014and his head disappears. His torso goes limp. He smells blood.\nThen the hallucination ends.\nThough only lasting a second or two each time, such graphically detailed hallucinations are normal for Weiss, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in 2005. A committed Christian, Weiss experienced a faith crisis following his diagnosis and has since rediscovered his Christianity amid the ravages of mental illness. His hallucinations occur several times a day, increasing in frequency and intensity in times of depression or stress. Most are violent episodes in which every sight, sound, and smell is real.\n\u201cI see myself committing suicide while looking on from a third person perspective. \u2026 Sometimes when my hallucinations are really bad, I am paralyzed, experiencing my suicide in a non-stop barrage of creative death,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cThat is when I go to the hospital.\u201d\nA 27-year-old from Tucson, Ariz., Weiss grew up in a strong Christian family and accepted Christ after eighth grade. He became a youth group leader and started evangelizing at his public high school. A straight-A student with big dreams, Weiss received a full-ride scholarship to the University of Arizona. But during his first semester, his dreams turned into nightmares.\nWeiss remembers lying on his bed at home during Thanksgiving break, too agitated to leave his room. He saw razor blades dancing across the walls and ceiling. \u201cI was afraid they were going to cut me. So I hid in my bed and shook,\u201d Weiss recalled. \u201cI wondered why God would let this happen to me.\u201d When his symptoms continued, he found himself in a mental hospital, facing an uncertain future while his scholarship and aspirations slipped away.\nThe medical staff quickly released Weiss from the hospital after he said \u201cthe right words\u201d\u2014but his schizophrenia persisted. He began doubting God\u2019s existence, sinking into depression as spiritual passion gave way to anger and grief.\n\u201cAs the years dragged on, I stopped crying,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cI stopped feeling. I just did what I had to do. I learned to dream.\u201d\nWeiss\u2019s detailed fantasies soon became more real than the outside world. He once dreamed for two weeks about living aboard a space station where he braved meteor showers, traveled faster than the speed of light, and defeated a Russian ultra-nationalist while simultaneously wooing a pretty French doctor. During the delusion, he neither talked nor bathed, and barely slept.\nMeanwhile, Weiss\u2019s parents tended to his needs and clung to faith. He often awoke to find his mother praying Scripture and singing praise songs over him. \u201cOur worst nightmare was coming true,\u201d said Weiss\u2019 mother, Trudy. \u201cMental illness tentacles reached back generations on both sides of our family. It seemed he felt better for a day or two, and then the decline would start.\u201d\nWhen other treatments failed to work, Weiss underwent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) sessions, treatment that induces mild seizures to relieve depression or schizophrenic symptoms. But after a record 24 ECT sessions (eight to 12 is standard) and $300,000 in medical expenses, Weiss\u2019s doctors classified him as resistant to both medication and ECT. He would have to learn to adapt to the illness, the \u201cillusion of normalcy\u201d his new goal.\nToday, Weiss lives one house away from his supportive parents and studies nursing. Keeping active helps him cope, although he still spends much of the time alone doing homework or sleeping off medication. His daily hallucinations are typically violent depictions of his own death, but not always\u2014he once saw a giant fish smoking cigarettes in his bathtub. Bouts with depression are frequent. Suicidal thoughts remain familiar enemies.\nBut while the pain is overwhelming at times, Weiss refuses to abandon faith. He wandered for three years following his diagnosis, after which he tried being an agnostic, then merely a theist.\n\u201cBefore my illness I always thought I had something to offer God,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cWhen I became ill, I was the one in need.\u201d As his life began falling apart, reason gave way to fatalism and submersion into angry self-pity, \u201cIt was there that I met my merciful and graceful God,\u201d he said.\nAfter exhausting all options, Weiss eventually reembraced his faith and worked through his bitterness. Now, when depression rises, he prays. When tempted to isolate himself, he focuses on others, interacting with family and volunteering at a nursing home three times a week.\nWeiss and his family attend a conservative church that offers mixed reactions to his illness. His pastors express understanding and many people write letters of encouragement, but some well-meaning inquisitors are skeptical, asking whether he\u2019s secretly gay or harboring unconfessed sin. Other believers have accused him of demon possession or of not being a \u201creal\u201d Christian.\nWhile the church offers some support, Weiss confesses his experience makes him more reliant on the medical community for help. \u201cI just think the church misunderstands the mentally ill,\u201d he said. \u201cOften people try to \u2018fix\u2019 me. \u2026 I just want to be accepted as I am.\u201d\nAccording to Matthew Stanford, that need for acceptance is a trademark of the mentally ill in churches. Stanford is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Baylor University and director of The Grace Alliance, the national non-profit organization that serves the mentally ill and their families.\nIn a 2011 study, Stanford surveyed 293 Christians who approached their local church for assistance in response to a personal or family member\u2019s diagnosed mental illness. Approximately 30 percent of those surveyed reported a negative interaction, including abandonment by the church, being told their problem was solely spiritual in nature, or having their illness dismissed or denied.\n\u201cWhat this shows is that lots of churches may be affected by mental illness, but by and large, the body of Christ is simply unprepared to minister effectively these people,\u201d Stanford said.\nBecause mental illness is a problem of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, Christians tend to \u201cover-spiritualize\u201d the issue and undermine biology, Stanford said. He advocates a holistic approach that ministers to both the physical and spiritual aspects of mental illness. Cultural stigmas surrounding mental illness, combined with a general fear of psychiatry and psychology in the church, Stanford said, leaves congregations unequipped to deal with the mentally ill. Yet research consistently shows that clergy\u2014not psychologists or other mental health experts\u2014are the most common source of help sought in times of psychological distress.\n\u201cThat being the case, I honestly believe that mental illness is the great mission field of today,\u201d Stanford said, noting that 450 million people in the world struggle with some form of mental illness. \u201cThe church needs to stop being afraid of that.\u2026You can\u2019t put mental illness in a little box, because it\u2019s a mess. But that\u2019s OK. The church is for messy people.\u201d\nFor Weiss, life with schizophrenia has been a journey of accepting the reality of grace when disappointment and delusion threaten to overwhelm. He admitted it\u2019s hard to let go of the dreams, but he\u2019s grateful for a renewed spiritual walk and a mercy he didn\u2019t know before his illness\n\u201cEvents have taken place that have changed my life forever,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cMany of these events have left deep scars on my soul. Though my illness persists, I have finally met the God I had heard about but never truly experienced. A God who heals.\u201d\n(c) WORLD News Service. 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The basis for the assessment must be included on the site form and in the report.\nResearch projects undertaken on private land (i.e., not under tribal, federal or state ownership, lease or control) and with private or grant funds are not required to submit a research design to the Division for review, although the Division will be happy to provide comments if requested. Similarly, the final project reports do not have to be reviewed by the Division, although the Division strongly requests that it receive a copy of the final report in order to maintain a comprehensive library of archaeological research in the State. 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Two recent studies suggest that histologically similar tumors from different brain regions are molecularly distinct because they arise from distinct populations of site-restricted progenitor cells. 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Christopher Sale and his two highly skilled hygienists cover all aspects of dentistry ensuring you get the best possible care under one roof.\nThe Dental Practice in Edinburgh \u2013 Christopher Sale\nThe Dental practice in Edinburgh was originally established in the mid 1980\u2019s and has been featured in an issue of Harpers and Queen. The current owner, Christopher Sale, took over in 2010.\nWe strive for excellence in all aspects of care. The practice is set within a beautiful Georgian flat in the heart of Edinburgh. You will be personally welcomed at the door and seated within our charming waiting room, where if there is time, tea or coffee is available. Our team will keep you updated every step of the way.\nOur ethos at Christopher Sale Dentistry is that teeth should be saved and that we focus our treatments around prevention.\nChristopher Sale Dentistry Team\nAbout Christopher Sale -Your Dentist\nChristopher comes from an art background and draws on these skills when applying his dentistry. He has two qualifications, his primary degree from Bristol University and a *Prosthodontic degree from Edinburgh University.\nA degree in *Prosthodontics provides a deeper understanding of materials and their application in aesthetics and the dynamic functionality of the mouth. By understanding these basic building blocks it helps to improve predictability and outcomes of treatments, thereby optimising success. We are also able to save teeth, where others deem them useless.\nChristopher obtained his primary dental degree from Bristol University in 1995. In 2002, he entered a 3 year advanced training program at Edinburgh University, gaining his Master of Clinical Dentistry Degree in 2005, passing with distinction.\nSince then further postgraduate studies include gaining:\nMembership of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (Fellowship exams)\nMembership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Joint Faculties exams)\nCertification in Invisalign Orthodontics\nChris has worked in both corporate and family practice settings. After obtaining his degree, he held a teaching and tutoring position at Edinburgh\u2019s\u2019 Post-graduate Institute, where he was involved in the specialist training pathway. For the corporate body he held an senior position, involved in guidance, treatment planning and accepted referrals in all aspects of dentistry from a pool of 16 dentists based in Edinburgh (4 practices), Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen.\nPrior to coming to 47 Dublin Street, Chris also held a Lecturing and Tutoring position with a leading Implant company.\nChristopher lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Alison, son Jack, daughter Isabella and their Labrador Winston. His main passion is Cricket and he represents Kinross and Haddington throughout the summer. He also enjoys Golf, Tennis, Fly Fishing and Cycling. He follows all sports and is a regular attendee of the International Sevens Tournament with his son Jack and likes to visit Wimbledon and Lords when the chance arises.\nIn his spare time he enjoys board games, chess and mathematical puzzles. In recent years, Chris has gone back to his art roots developing his work with acrylics and oils.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 5082, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.csiwealthteam.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:02Z", "digest": "sha1:WFU44XRHAISZXXH2DKLIO3ARRWPCVWNL", "length": 467, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.csiwealthteam.com", "title": "CSI Wealth Team an business and finance news blog", "raw_content": "Why You Should Start Using Reliable Commercial Office...\nHow to Save on your Purchases this Holiday...\nMovie ticket booking online \u2013 way to spend quality...\nBe Careful When Making Online Hotel Booking with Your...\nSaw is a tool which consists of a sharp-teethed blade made to cut through things. It is most commonly used to cut through a piece of wood be it a tree, a wooden log, a wooden sheet, etc. Saw is sometimes used even to cut through metal or stone. Using...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 5881, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cubatravelservices.com/explore-cuba/havana/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:27Z", "digest": "sha1:VTB43YMEJWXNQCBQNTBRF2VLB7RKWKAM", "length": 3111, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.cubatravelservices.com", "title": "Havana - Cuba Travel Services", "raw_content": "Home | Explore Cuba | Havana\nHavana is an unparalleled city rich in culture, history and tradition. It is proud of its preserved architectural heritage and colonial past. The famous Habana Vieja (Old Havana), where the city began more than five centuries ago, is one of the best preserved architectural designs in the Americas. Its historic urban center, cobblestone plazas, and surrounding fortifications were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Today you\u2019ll see a mix of structures from the Baroque and Neoclassical eras as well as conventional modern buildings.\nAs the nation\u2019s capital, it is by far the most populated city even though it is the smallest province. The blend of African and Spanish heritage makes it one of the most unique cities in Latin America.\nThese influences have given Havana a strong foundation of art, literature, ballet, sports, and science. It is a fountain of inspiration for poets and musicians alike. Visitors can feel the hopeful energy and inspiration in the city as entrepreneurs yearn to share their local food, art, and customs.\nFrom history, culture, and nightlife, Havana has it all. Places like the famous Tropicana Cabaret, La Bodeguita del Medio, Gran Teatro de La Habana, and the Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n make this city a must see when discovering Cuba and all its splendor.\nHavana has a series of beaches spread out along the Via Blanca highway east of the city. If you\u2019re driving from Havana to Matanzas, pull off at one of the pristine to enjoy the white sand beaches.\nBest Things to Do in Havana, Cuba\nCuba Travel- Walking Tour of Old Havana/Habana Vieja\nCastillo del Morro - Formally known as Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, this picturesque fortress guards the entrance to Havana bay and offers a splendid view of the city.\nEl Malec\u00f3n - The promenade that runs along the sea on the northern shore of Havana. Known as a local hang out spot, you\u2019ll find many Cubans here enjoying each other\u2019s company and the fresh ocean air, especially closer to sunset.\nTropicana - Also known as \u201cParadise Under the Stars,\u201d this popular outdoor venue dates back to 1939, and served as the center of Cuba\u2019s jet-set nightlife during the 1940s and 1950s. Celebrities such as Nat King Cole performed at this famous cabaret.\nFinca Vigia \u2013 \u201cLookout Farm\u201d was Ernest Hemingway\u2019s house where he lived and wrote most of his work.\nMuseo de la Revoluci\u00f3n \u2013 This museum is dedicated to the Cuban Revolution. The building was the former Presidential Palace and the interior was decorated by the world-famous Tiffany\u2019s of New York.\nEl Cementerio de Crist\u00f3bal Col\u00f3n - A cemetery named after Christopher Columbus and noted by its beauty with architectural styles ranging from the Renaissance to Classical and Art Deco periods.\nEl Capitolo \u2013 The national capital building was styled after the U.S. Capitol and completed in 1929. This emblematic structure stood as the house of Congress until the end of the Cuban Revolution in 1959.\nBirthplace of the mojito\nNickname \u201cCiudad de la Columnas\u201d (City of Columns)\nHome to Parque John Lennon, a public park honoring John Lennon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 4286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 199.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.culturewarresource.com/christian-uc-berkeley-student-senator-refuses-to-resign-over-belief-gender-is-not-a-choice/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:48Z", "digest": "sha1:5X2PRXUQ6XWIE6WMDU4SLZAEQ7W2MZIP", "length": 4344, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.culturewarresource.com", "title": "Christian UC-Berkeley Student Senator Refuses to Resign Over Belief Gender Is Not a Choice", "raw_content": "Home Freedom Academic Freedom Christian UC-Berkeley Student Senator Refuses to Resign Over Belief Gender Is Not...\nIsabella Chow, a conservative University of California-Berkeley student senator who is facing calls to resign because she believes gender is biological and is not an individual\u2019s choice, says she plans to stand up for the values of the Christians who elected her.\n\u201cThere\u2019s a Christian community and campus that has been praying for me and encouraging me throughout all this. And if I don\u2019t represent their views, who else will?\u201d Chow told Campus Reform in a recent interview.\nThe student senator represents the Associated Students of the University of California party Student Action. Due to her recent abstention from voting on a resolution to oppose Title IX changes proposed by President Donald Trump to define gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, Chow\u2019s own party has disowned her.\n\u201cAs a party, we are committed to ensuring that the rights and dignity of the Queer and Trans community on this campus are guaranteed. As a party, we are committed to establishing and defending access to reproductive health services,\u201d the party said in a statement earlier this month.\n\u201cThat is why we, as a party, have resolved to part ways with ASUC Senator Isabella Chow due to inconsistencies between her beliefs and the mission of Student Action. While we respect Senator Chow\u2019s leadership and community work, we cannot allow the actions of our elected officials to oppose what in our assessment is inviolable \u2014reproductive health and wellness resources, legal protections for survivors of sexual violence, and community space for vulnerable members of our student body.\u201d\nIn her abstention from voting to oppose Title IX changes at an Oct. 31 ASUC Senate meeting, Chow said in a statement that even though she believes in God\u2019s love for all people she could not vote against her faith.\n\u201cThat said, I cannot vote for this bill without compromising my values and my responsibility to the community that elected me to represent them. As a Christian, I personally do believe that certain acts and lifestyles conflict with what is good, right and true. I believe that God created male and female at the beginning of time, and designed sex for marriage between one man and one woman. For me, to love another person does not mean that I silently concur when, at the bottom of my heart, I do not believe that your choices are right or the best for you as an individual,\u201d she said.\n\u201cWhere this bill crosses the line for me is that I am asked to promote a choice of identities that I do not agree to be right or best for an individual, and to promote certain organizations that uphold values contrary to those of my community. After lengthy conversations with many of my community leaders and advisors, I have chosen to abstain from voting on these bills tonight,\u201d she explained.\nThe definition of sex was made far more complex through a series of decisions made by the Obama administration which loosened the legal concept of sex in federal programs, including in education and health care, recognizing sex largely as an individual\u2019s choice and not determined by biology.\nThese decisions have long angered conservatives and Chow believes it\u2019s time to fight back.\n\u201cAs a Christian, I believe that God redeems and he uses all situations for the good of those who love Him. There is so much happening, and even though it\u2019s been a really, really rough week for me, I know that God is working and I know that he is using this to strengthen the church, to awaken the church in a sense,\u201d Chow told Campus Reform.\n\u201cI want the church to be able to dialogue even more about where we stand on this theologically,\u201d she added. \u201cI think that it\u2019s time for the church to stop being silent. And it\u2019s time for the church to start speaking up, and to back our words with actions that really reflect the love and the truth of Jesus.\u201d\nPrevious articleChristian News Site \u2018LifeSiteNews.com\u2019 Blacklisted by Web Host\nNext articleCity Ordinance: Austin Churches Must Hire Homosexual, Transexual Pastors\nDoctor expelled from four Boston area hospitals citing health risks of LGBT lifestyle\nNotre Dame Professor: Our Schools Are Committing \u2018Civilizational Suicide\u2019\nCollege student kicked out of class for telling professor there are...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 9851, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 314.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dailydemocrat.com/2018/10/09/only-minor-injuries-in-i-80-collision/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:47Z", "digest": "sha1:4ZFF5OAMTQQX2Y6XZO5AB75ZDG4VB3WW", "length": 1229, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.dailydemocrat.com", "title": "Only minor injuries in I-80 collision \u2013 Daily Democrat", "raw_content": "Only minor injuries in I-80 collision\nA major accident on Tuesday morning near Davis resulted in only minor injuries to three people, although traffic was tied up into the evening in the eastbound lanes.\nAccording to the California Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 10:13 a.m. when a Freightliner traveling in the middle lane on I-80 eastbound, just west of Mace Boulevard, drifted into the right lane and collided with a Volkswagen, also traveling east in I-80. There was no report that either vehicle was exceeding the speed limit.\nAs a result of the collision, the Freightliner overturned and came to rest on its right side, on the right shoulder.\nThe driver of the Freightliner, identified as Amanda Kennedy, 36, and her passenger, Joe Kennedy, 45, both of Savannah, Georgia, were both taken to and treated at the UC Davis Medical Center for minor injuries.\nThe driver of the Volkswagen, identified as John Redmond, 77, of San Francisco, also suffered minor injuries and was also treated at the UCD Med Center.\nNeither alcohol or drugs was believed to be a factor in this collision, according to the CHP.\nA portion of the roadway remained closed as of 4 p.m. The highway was expected to reopen completely by 6 p.m.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 4111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 176.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/world-famous-choreographer-twyla-tharps-50th-anniversary-tour-to-start-in-dallas-7082159", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:19:55Z", "digest": "sha1:J32TGVIRDDU4P46RM23ERNN7HNSF53IX", "length": 2606, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.dallasobserver.com", "title": "World Famous Choreographer Twyla Tharp's 50th Anniversary Tour to Start in Dallas | Dallas Observer", "raw_content": "World Famous Choreographer Twyla Tharp's 50th Anniversary Tour to Start in Dallas\nDanielle Georgiou | February 11, 2015 | 9:54am\nTo celebrate her 50th anniversary as a choreographer, Twyla Tharp is actually giving us a gift. She's going back out on a national tour debuting a program of new works, and Dallas is getting the biggest gift all--we get to host the opening night of the tour. On Sept. 18, with a second night on Sept. 19, Tharp's tour will open TITAS' 2015/2016 season.\nThe Fiftieth Anniversary Tour will be the first time since 2002 that Tharp has toured a group of dancers, and the works presented will celebrate Tharp's now-famous dance-making that blends and blurs the line between ballet and modern dance, pushes our understanding of what dance can be and highlights what has made her so popular on television, Broadway stages and Hollywood films. Over the past five decades, Tharp has choreographed more than 160 works: 129 dances, 12 television specials, six movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows and two figure-skating routines. She has received 19 honorary doctorates, two Emmy Awards, one Tony, the Vietnam Veterans of America President's Award, the 2004 National Medal of the Arts, the 2008 Jerome Robbins Prize and a 2009 Kennedy Center honor. In October 2014, she was named the Joyce Theater Foundation's 2014-16 artist-in-residence.\nIt's a huge coup for our city and TITAS, which will host the work in association with the AT&T Performing Arts Center. They recognized the need for this tour to happen and to happen here, and that's why they are co-commissioning these first two evenings of the tour.\nThis decision also brings national recognition to TITAS and ATTPAC, as they join four other leading dance partners and performing arts centers across the United States in supporting this tour. Dallas is now on a list of pivotal stops on the dance tour train that contains The Joyce Theatre in New York City and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.-- the two centers who initiated the commissioning of the evening. Besides TITAS and ATTPAC, the other members of the consortium include the Ravinia Festival Association/Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. The tour will stop in 15 cities over 10 weeks.\nTITAS presents the World Premiere of Twyla Tharp's 50th Anniversary Tour, Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19 at 8 p.m. at the Winspear Opera House. Ticket information is forthcoming. Visit www.attpac.org/twyla for developing details.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 5650, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 150.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.danspapers.com/2013/06/watchcase-construction-revealed-in-sag-harbor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:47:08Z", "digest": "sha1:A7YGLQZC4TYRLG6UIMNAU7JSZAEZMOE4", "length": 6891, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.danspapers.com", "title": "Watchcase Construction Revealed in Sag Harbor | Dan's Papers", "raw_content": "Home/From The Paper/Featured Stories/Watchcase Construction Revealed in Sag Harbor\nWatchcase Construction Revealed in Sag Harbor\nDavidRattiner June 13, 2013\nBulova Construction. Photo Oliver Peterson\nAfter years of struggling for approvals and financing, the once deteriorating Bulova Watchcase Factory in Sag Harbor is well on its way to becoming a world-class and historically sensitive apartment complex in the heart of the village. The \u201cWatchcase\u201d site will include a total of 64 units\u201447 lofts within the factory and 17 units in adjacent townhouses and bungalows\u2014a recreation center with pool, underground parking and more.\nSEE THE PHOTO GALLERY HERE.\nOn Thursday, June 6, Cape Advisors, the developers responsible for the project, invited assorted guests and members of the press for a tour of the former factory building and a completed apartment within it. While the building is still surrounded by scaffolding and blue plastic mesh, and nearly all of it is still under construction, the spec apartment is complete, with no detail ignored.\nEach loft will be unique, but all of them will feature high ceilings, exposed brick, private outdoor space and garden with lovely views of Sag Harbor and a mix between the historic and the new\u2014a theme that\u2019s at the core of the entire development. Some apartments, for example, will make use of the watchcase factory\u2019s four precious metals vaults as kitchens, including the massive, nearly impenetrable stone walls and muscular iron door frames. The main factory lofts, 46 of which have yet to be finished, are already available for sale, in one-, two- and three-bedroom options.\nA representative from Corcoran Sunshine, the firm marketing the project, said on Thursday that 19 of the 47 units went into contract within the first 10 days of becoming available. The purchases were based solely on the one spec apartment and a number of computer-generated images of the completed project, but those involved with the development don\u2019t seem surprised.\n\u201cThere is nothing comparable,\u201d the marketing rep said, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s exotic, that\u2019s why it\u2019s valuable.\u201d He noted that 17 townhouse units, which line the streets around the factory building and remain under construction, have not yet hit the market.\nNick Racanelli of Racanelli Construction, the company actually building the project, agreed that the units would sell out quickly. He called the project \u201ca feather in the cap\u201d for his company and promised that Sag Harbor will behold a \u201cliving, breathing monument\u201d when the factory\u2019s scaffolding finally comes down in July.\nThe entire project is expected to reach completion around Memorial Day, 2014.\nWhat is known by most as the former Bulova Watchcase Factory has a long history in Sag Harbor. The site started as a cotton mill in the 1850s, when the village was a whaling port and industrial center on the East End. It became the Joseph Fahys & Co. watchcase works later in the 19th century, and then Bulova took over, according to Jack Beyer of Beyer Blinder Belle Architects. Beyer said the Bulova factory saw its heyday around World War II, when it employed some 500 workers from Sag Harbor and the surrounding areas.\nOver the decades, the village shifted from an industrial center and factory town to a summer resort and haven for artists and writers. The new apartment complex looks to bridge the old and the new, giving a nod to its rich history and accommodating the needs of this new residential demographic.\nThe brick factory building is being lovingly restored and made structurally sound with careful consideration of its 19th century industrial character. The updated design makes good use of the building\u2019s many windows, which allow sunlight to pour in and helped workers see their intricate watchcase materials.\nBy raising the floor, the designers have made it possible for residents to easily look out the windows and enjoy the expansive view, while at the same time creating a cavity underfoot to store plumbing, HVAC and other equipment needed for state-of-the-art household functionality.\nHigh ceilings feature old-growth southern yellow pine beams, salvaged from around the site, and the cornice outside has been restored to nearly the exact specifications and materials of the original.\nSurrounded by Washington, Division, Sage and Church Streets, Watchcase will be a \u201cvillage within a village\u201d when it\u2019s finished. The complex will feature a large, concealed underground parking garage with designated and/or private parking. The central courtyard and pavilion will include a year-round heated, 62\u00d724-foot outdoor pool, a fitness room with yoga/aerobics studio and locker rooms with sauna and steam rooms and a private spa treatment room.\nAn attractive club room, designed and furnished by interior designer Steven Gambrel\u2014the man who decorated, beautifully, the spec apartment shared with guests on Thursday\u2014will have a lounge and catering kitchen for private parties and meals.\nThe main factory building will have a large lobby area with lounge, \u201cmonumental\u201d fireplace, \u201cinglenook\u201d seating area and wine bar with local wines in one of the former precious metal vaults.\nResidents will enjoy a variety of services and resort-style amenities, including concierge services, doorman, resident superintendent, a \u201chouse\u201d driver in the summer season, poolside chair, towel and beverage service in summertime, private storage and fully-managed household services upon request.\nThe nine townhouses were designed to appear very different from one another in order to maintain the neighborhood\u2019s eclectic and historic charm. Cape Advisors notes that the homes are inspired by the many sea captains\u2019 houses that populate Sag Harbor, and each will have private parking. Units will have 10-foot ceilings, large multi-level terraces and garden, spacious interiors and wood-burning fireplaces.\nAnd the entire Watchcase site will feature thoughtfully planned landscaping year-round, including 50 varieties of native plants, shrubs, flowers and trees by award-winning landscape architect Quennell Rothschild & Partners.\nPerhaps the project\u2019s biggest draw (and one of the reasons it was even possible), Watchcase is just a minute\u2019s walk from Sag Harbor\u2019s Main Street and its many shops and restaurants.\nWithout this nearby attraction, brimming with history and life, it\u2019s doubtful anyone could accomplish a project of such magnitude. Beyer opined that the factory\u2019s new construction and use could be the most important thing to happen in the community since the factory was first built.\nMuch work remains, but the former Bulova Watchcase Factory is clearly destined to make its mark. What Beyer called a \u201cdeteriorating, threatening, hulk of a building\u201d and \u201ceyesore\u201d when he started the project in 2006, will stand as a stalwart bastion of old Sag Harbor, and a brilliant symbol for the new.\nMark Lieb Discusses Selling his North Fork Winery", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 592, "original_length": 16151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 291.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/node/58", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:42:43Z", "digest": "sha1:NTVRY26EHMIJLWSQ5O74WKX5TFU2B3I2", "length": 2984, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.darwinproject.ac.uk", "title": "Awards | Darwin Correspondence Project", "raw_content": "In 1991 the Modern Language Association of America awarded its first ever Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters to the editors of The correspondence of Charles Darwin. The Morton N. Cohen Award was established in 1989 by a gift from Morton N. Cohen, professor emeritus of English at the City University of New York, and is made biennially. The Award is given to an edition which provides readers with a clear, accurate, and readable text; necessary background information; and succinct and eloquent introductory material or annotations, and which is itself a work of literature.\nThe citation reads: In editing The correspondence of Charles Darwin, Frederick Burkhardt, Sydney Smith, and their collaborators have triumphantly met the monumental challenge presented by the varied contents, which range over nineteenth-century life from the domestic sphere to the frontiers of science. Providing extensive yet discreet annotation and luxurious but always pertinent front and back matter, the six volumes already published are not only meticulous in their scholarship but enjoyable to read, to consult, and even to browse through. Among numerous outstanding contenders for the first Morton N. Cohen Award, this virtually flawless edition sets a high standard for future competitions.\nIn 1997, the Project\u2019s founder, Frederick Burkhardt, was awarded the Founders\u2019 Medal of the Society for the History of Natural History. The medal is awarded to persons who have made \u201ca substantial contribution to the study of the history or bibliography of natural history\u201d.\nIn 2000 the Barra Foundation established the Burkhardt Fellowship and Burkhardt Symposium at the American Philosphical Society, in honour of the Project\u2019s founder, Frederick Burkhardt.\nThe American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States, presented the 2003 Thomas Jefferson Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences, to Frederick Burkhardt, the Project\u2019s founding editor, in recognition of a lifetime of extraordinary service and distinguished achievement, including his role as guiding light and presiding inspiration of the Darwin Correspondence Project.\nQueen\u2019s Anniversary Prize in higher and further education\nOn 19 February 2003, at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty the Queen presented the University of Cambridge with a Queen\u2019s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for the Darwin Correspondence Project. The Prizes, awarded every other year, recognise and reward the outstanding contribution that universities and colleges in the United Kingdom make to the intellectual, economic, cultural, and social life of the nation. The Prizes are awarded within the national honours system and are the highest honour available to academic institutions. The Project competed with many hundreds of applicants from the entire spectrum of educational endeavour in Britain to become one of the twenty winners for 2002.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 384, "original_length": 11924, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 138.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.davpack.co.uk/blog/considerations-when-choosing-packing-tape/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:38Z", "digest": "sha1:ZCHZD4WN72J4GXENT4PPSXSUUXK6PGYH", "length": 6585, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.davpack.co.uk", "title": "Considerations when choosing packing tape", "raw_content": "Considerations when choosing packing tape\nIn the world of packaging, there are some products it\u2019s perfectly understandable that people might struggle a bit, and need some help deciding on the best packaging solution for their business. Heat sealers, for example, or plastic strapping. But surely, one would think, packing tape is packing tape? You unroll it, attach it to the lid of your cardboard box and it holds it down. Job done!\nWell, yes and no, because when you take a few minutes to look into the subject a little deeper, you could find that it\u2019s a little more confusing than you might have been expecting.\nSticky decisions\nAt first glance, the straightforward, low cost solution would appear to be polypropylene tape, and in many cases it is. But even that\u2019s not the end of it because, once you\u2019ve got that far, you need to work out the relative advantages and disadvantages of acrylic, hot melt and solvent tape. Is it worth paying that little bit extra to buy branded products, like 3M Scotch tape? And why would anyone not choose low noise tape if there was an option?\nAnd, of course, polypropylene isn\u2019t always the right choice, otherwise that would be the only tape on offer. So in what circumstances is vinyl or glass reinforced filament packaging tape a better route to follow?\nYou might also be wondering if there is any practical difference between the clear and brown packing tape; well, that\u2019s the easy bit \u2013 there isn\u2019t.\nHot Melt Polypropylene Tape (Synthetic Rubber)\nThis is usually going to be the lowest cost option which, along with its initial fast tack properties and reliable seal on cardboard boxes, will often make it the packaging tape of choice. It\u2019s not as good at sticking to different surfaces as acrylic tape and it won\u2019t cope with extreme temperatures and rough or recycled board as well as solvent tape; it will also yellow with age \u2013 although not as quickly as solvent. But if you just need your cardboard boxes securely sealed so they can be safely shipped from A to B, those minor quibbles don\u2019t come into the equation.\nWill generally cost a bit more than hot melt tape, but comes with enough useful bonuses to make those extra few pennies per roll more than justified. For starters, it works just as well on glass, wood, metal and many plastics as it does on cardboard. Where it really scores well, though, is in its resistance to ageing, discolouration, weathering and sunlight. Add to those its excellent clarity and visual appeal and you have a tape that is particularly popular in the food packaging and consumer product industries, where appearance is going to be vital. Last but not least, the seal on cardboard strengthens over time as the adhesive seeps into the fibres of the box, making it ideal for cartons likely to have a long shelf life.\nSolvent Based Tape (Natural Rubber)\nThis is probably going to be the most expensive option, but it does come with what is often described as a far more aggressive adhesion \u2013 in plain English, that means it\u2019s a lot stickier. It\u2019s also far better at dealing with extreme temperatures, damp conditions and high humidity, all of which make it ideal for use on heavy duty and export packaging. It\u2019s just as effective when used on uneven or rough surfaces, as well, although it does yellow with age far more quickly than the other options.\nBranded products will always cost a bit more, whatever you\u2019re buying, but what is it you\u2019re actually paying for? Some people will swear they can\u2019t tell the difference between, for example, Nescafe and Tesco instant coffee and wonder why anybody wastes their money paying more for the former. Others will decry the latter as a cheap imitation and never touch it. Tape is no different.\n3M Scotch tape is probably the best known name in the world of packaging tape, and is one which people trust \u2013 many won\u2019t use anything else. Many suppliers will also sell unbranded tape, which costs less and which a lot of users buy regularly and are more than happy with. Occasionally, someone might try it out and it doesn\u2019t work for them.\nBasically, for everyday packing it\u2019s a perfectly good choice. But you may find that it isn\u2019t the strongest tape around, nor is it ideal for long-term sealing, damp conditions or extreme temperatures. Chances are, however, that you won\u2019t notice the difference \u2013 except for the fact that once you make the switch, you\u2019ll end up paying a lot less than you did before.\nThe advantage of this option is fairly obvious given the name, and in a busy packing room, the difference is very noticeable. A dozen people using normal tape will make considerably more noise than a dozen people using low noise tape, and this is undoubtedly something worth giving serious thought to if the working conditions and hearing of your operators are things you care about.\nNevertheless, there\u2019s no escaping the fact that under certain conditions and on some surfaces, it offers less adhesion than the standard tape. But, as with the unbranded tape, there\u2019s every chance it will work perfectly and the only change you\u2019ll notice is that it\u2019s a lot quieter around the workplace than before.\nFor starters, vinyl tape is stronger than polypropylene and lasts longer under the sort of conditions under which polyprop will fail, such as extreme temperatures and long-term storage. It also exhibits handy resistance to humidity, chemicals and moisture. Those bonuses alone could well make vinyl worth the little extra you\u2019ll need to pay for it. Conversely, it\u2019s also the easiest to tear by hand, which means you probably won\u2019t need a dispenser to use it.\nYou may think some of our other tapes are strong, but none of them compares to this. You can tear the average roll of tape with smart use of the teeth; try that with this stuff and you\u2019ll most likely end up with your teeth forcibly extracted and stuck solidly to the still intact tape. With a vertical tensile strength of 150lb/inch and sometimes more, this is seriously heavy duty tape that will stick to metals and plastics as well as cardboard.\nThis really is the tape you\u2019re going to need to think about when packaging cardboard boxes ready for export, because that phenomenal strength will hold the carton together through the roughest treatment likely to be dished out. And although that stronger performance does naturally come at a higher price, that\u2019ll be quickly wiped out when you have to use twice as much standard packing tape to achieve anything like the same degree of carton strength and stability.\n\u00ab A guide to choosing a custom cardboard box\nAn environmental guide to plastic carrier bags \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 9329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.deityandhumanity.com/was-christ-still-god-when-he-died.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:39Z", "digest": "sha1:SIASEP5KHFM2FSEYTUQCFDBNIJDLEKIH", "length": 5528, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "www.deityandhumanity.com", "title": "Was Christ Still God When He Died? - Deity and Humanity", "raw_content": "Was Christ Still \"God\" When He Died?\nLet's attempt to answer this question by first asking a series of other questions. My suggested answers are beneath each question, and a fuller discussion of these issues follows after that.\nDid God die on the cross?\n- Yes & No.\n- God in totality did not die.\n- The Son died and was raised by the Father, through the power of the Holy Spirit.\n- The human who was a manifestation of God (but still God) died.\nWhat was Christ\u2019s relationship to God?\n- There is only one God.\n- Christ is called God.\n- Christ is also called the Son of God.\n- Christ is differentiated from God.\nHow could Christ, the fulness of God, die? How could this same being be said to have been raised by God?\n- Christ was a limited manifestation of God while on earth.\nSo, did God die on the cross?\nLet's now explore some of these questions in more detail. Philippians 2:7 is a good basis for our discussion of these things.\nPhilippians 2:7 \u2013 Christ Jesus \u2013\n\u201c[He] made Himself of no reputation \u2026\u201d\n\u201c[He] made Himself nothing \u2026\u201d\n\u201c[He] emptied Himself \u2026\u201d\nThe \u201cemptying\u201d of Himself and \u201cmaking Himself nothing\u201d, referred to in Philippians 2:7, is sometimes suggested to teach that Christ shed His deity (or \"God-ness)\" when He died. In addition, there is the thought that God couldn't possibly be dead at any time.\nBelow are a number of reasons why I believe Christ could still actually be said to be \"God in the flesh\" when He died....\n(a) The entire passage of Philippians 2:3-8 is about humility. It was not written as a creed about the deity or humanity of Christ. Statements concerning His being are mentioned, but they are mentioned in the context of Paul giving the reader an example of humility - namely, Christ, Who had a right to all the privileges of being God, but laid aside the privileges, not His deity.\n(b) The statement in that passage about \u201cemptying Himself\u201d is spoken of in the context of what Christ gave up in becoming human, not what He gave up at His death.\nLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. (Philippians 2:5-7)\n(c) Acts 20:28 speaks of \u201cthe church of God, which He purchased with His own blood\u201d. This was God\u2019s own blood that was sacrificed on the cross \u2013 otherwise we are speaking of the blood of a man only. This verse supports the idea that Christ retained His deity on the cross.\n(d) Philippians 2:5-11 echoes Isaiah 45:21-24, which is printed below. It reinforces that it was Christ as both God and man Who died on the cross, not just a perfect man. Notice a few points - (i) the repetition of the term \u201cGod\u201d in this passage; (ii) how \"God\" is linked with the terms \u201cSaviour\u201d and \u201csaved\u201d; (iii) how these phrases are connected to the One to whom \"every should bow and tongue confess\".\nThere is no other God besides me, a just God and a Saviour;\nLook to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth!\nI have sworn by Myself;\nThe word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,\nThat to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue take an oath.\nHe shall say, \u2018Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength\u2019.\nTo Him men shall come,\nAnd all shall be ashamed who are incensed against Him. (Isaiah 45:21-24)\n(e) God alone is the saviour of mankind, not a mere man who acts only on behalf of men. Several statements in Isaiah chs 40-48 speak of God being the only Saviour of Israel. Isaiah 45:22 extends this to include \u201cthe ends of the earth\u201d. The language is deliberate, and the principle appears to be the same, whether it is Israel being saved from the invading nations, or mankind in general being offered salvation from sin \u2026\nIf Christ wasn\u2019t fully man, then we don\u2019t have a Saviour.\nIf Christ wasn\u2019t fully God upon His death, we still don\u2019t have a Saviour, because it is God who is mankind\u2019s Saviour \u2013 a role that has been reserved for God only, and not a mere man, not even a perfect one.\n(f) If Christ laid aside His deity somehow before His death, it raises a number of questions:\n\u00b7 When exactly was His deity shed? If it was shed, it must have been only a moment before His death, as His last words were, \u201cFather, into your hands I commend My spirit\u201d (Luke 23:46). He still was able to call upon \u201cthe Father\u201d, and this was quite some time after He had cried out \u201cwhy have you forsaken Me?\u201d (Matthew 27:46).\n\u00b7 If He shed His deity, at what point did His deity rejoin Him \u2013 upon resurrection, or some time after resurrection?\n(g) We could also ask this question - Before He died, did He at some time remove that part of His DNA on the cross, which He had received when the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary (Luke 1:35)? To suggest such a thing is to suggest something quite contrary to truly human makeup, whereupon we cannot simply remove part of ourselves inherited by one of our parents. Christ was fully human, and if His DNA was a completely different type to ours, then He wasn't really human after all. As a human, He was our perfect substitute; not other animal or \"half-man\" would truly be able to die in our place.\n(h) On the cross, God in essence did not die \u2013 He is \u201cfrom everlasting to everlasting\u201d (Psalm 90:1). However, the one Who was both God and Man in essence died, and rose again, because He was granted the power to do so (John 10:18).\nThose are the main reasons why I believe Christ could still actually be said to be \"God in the flesh\" when He died.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 9431, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 232.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/11/15/police-3-faculty-injured-during-brawl-indian-river-high-school/868473001/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:49Z", "digest": "sha1:WUTXUELODUL6ME2YJAT227SDL6AVZIZ6", "length": 3346, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.delmarvanow.com", "title": "Police: 3 faculty injured during brawl at Indian River High School", "raw_content": "Police: 3 faculty injured during brawl at Indian River High School\nDelaware State Police charged three students in connection with a fight that occurred at Indian River High School.\nPolice: 3 faculty injured during brawl at Indian River High School Delaware State Police charged three students in connection with a fight that occurred at Indian River High School. Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/11/15/police-3-faculty-injured-during-brawl-indian-river-high-school/868473001/\nGray Hughes, rghughes@delmarvanow.com Published 5:55 p.m. ET Nov. 15, 2017 | Updated 11:57 a.m. ET Nov. 16, 2017\nState police say a fight broke out at Indian River High School on Monday, Nov. 13.(Photo11: Staff photo by Hannah Carroll)Buy Photo\nDelaware State Police have arrested and charged three students in connection with a fight that occurred Monday at Indian River High School.\nThe brawl injured three staff members and one student, according to a state police release.\nAn investigation by the Delaware State Police School Resource Officer and Dagsboro Police Department found that three female students, ages 17, 16 and 15, entered the school's main office and attacked another 17-year-old student, who was sitting in a chair.\nUPDATE: School district says fight was 'isolated incident'\nThe 17-year-old \"aggressive\" student was put in another room when school staff attempted to break up the fight, police said.\nBut she continued to be disorderly by pounding on the glass and wood portions of the office door, destroying the office blinds in the process, police said.\nWhen a staff member tried to calm her down, the student attempted to leave the office by pushing the staff member, causing injury to their hand.\nAs the 15-year-old student was being removed, she pushed a male staff member, causing him to fall to the floor. When another faculty member tried to intervene, the 15-year-old made contact with him, causing him to fall to the floor and injure his shoulder, police said.\nThe 16-year-old was removed by staff without any further incident.\nThe 17-year-old student victim was taken from the scene by ambulance and was transported to Atlantic General Hospital, where she was treated and released for a head injury and cuts to her face, police said.\nTwo staff members were transported to Beebe Walk-In Care, where one was treated and released for a shoulder injury and another was treated and released with a knee injury, police said.\nThe 17-year-old student has been charged with rioting, two counts of third-degree assault and criminal mischief. She was arraigned at the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and released on $5,500 unsecured bond.\nThe 15-year-old student was charged with rioting and two counts of third-degree assault. She was arraigned at the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and released on $5,000 unsecured bond.\nThe 16-year-old student has been charged with rioting and one count of third-degree assault. She was arraigned at the Justice of the Peace Court 3 and released on $4,000 unsecured bond.\nThe school district made a statement Thursday morning.\nREAD MORE: 20 years after Capano arrest, juror breaks silence\nRead or Share this story: http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2017/11/15/police-3-faculty-injured-during-brawl-indian-river-high-school/868473001/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 5231, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 223.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dentetrading.com/product/arabescato-vagli-10444-2cm-polished-124%C2%B1-x-79%C2%B1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:07Z", "digest": "sha1:UFT2V47C7NSFKIVJERU6YRBHZKLR72PE", "length": 129, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.dentetrading.com", "title": "Arabescato Vagli 10444 2cm Polished 124\u00b1X79\u00b1 - Dente Trading", "raw_content": "Categories: Black, Grey, White, Italy, Polished, New Arrivals, 71 < 80, 121 < 130, Marble Slabs, Vintage Collection, 3\u20444in or 2cm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 2263, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 230.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.desertradioaz.com/2017/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:41Z", "digest": "sha1:C4QVGGBZEMY36ER3XWJFZY4U77PKDJ2X", "length": 14487, "nlines": 125, "source_domain": "www.desertradioaz.com", "title": "Desert Radio AZ - KDAZdb", "raw_content": "No Valley freeway construction closures over Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-4, 2017\nNo state highway construction closures over Labor Day weekend.\nVisit az511.gov for real-time information on traffic conditions.\nStossel: Politician Who Wants an End to the War\nMeeting to discuss I-19 frontage road alternatives in Rio Rico\nPublic invited to help identify preferred choice\nPHOENIX \u2013 Southern Arizona residents and business operators are invited to ask questions and offer comments about options for improving the Interstate 19 east frontage road between Rio Rico and Ruby Road at a public meeting on Sept. 13.\nThe event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Calabasas Middle School, 131 Camino Maricopa in Rio Rico. The meeting will be an open house format with a presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m.\nCommunity input will help determine which alternative will be selected for design and construction of improvements on the east frontage road.\nDuring a 30-day comment period beginning Sept. 13, comments also can be submitted in these ways:\nCall the ADOT Bilingual Project Information Line at 855.712.8530\nEmail to Projects@azdot.gov\nMail written comments to ADOT Communications, 1655 W. Jackson St., MD 126F, Phoenix, AZ, 85007\nComments must be received by Oct. 13 to be included in the public record.\nPlease visit the azdot.gov.I\u2026\nWork to improve the intersection of State Route 90 and Buffalo Soldier Trail in Sierra Vista to start late September\nThe Arizona Department of Transportation has delayed the start date of a pavement and improvement project at the intersection of Buffalo Soldier Trail and Hatfield Street (milepost 316) in Sierra Vista.\nThe $2.6 million project will consist of paving and widening the shoulder of the roadway; adding a designated right-turn lane; constructing a new sidewalk, guardrail and culvert; improving drainage; installing signage; and replacing traffic signals and street lights.\n\u00b7 Work is scheduled to begin in late September and continue through summer 2018.\n\u00b7 Crews are scheduled to work from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.\n\u00b7 Shoulder and lane restrictions will be scheduled on SR 90, Buffalo Soldier Trail and Hatfield Street.\n\u00b7 The speed limit will be reduced in the work zones.\n\u00b7 Expect heavy delays and consider alternate routes when work begins.\nDrivers should proceed through the work zone with caution, slow down and watch for construction personnel and equipment. For \u2026\nMilestones mark six months for Ina Road/I-10 interchange project\nWork is more than halfway complete on west side of I-10\nMARANA \u2013 Six months in, signs of progress abound at an Arizona Department of Transportation project creating a modern traffic interchange at Ina Road and Interstate 10 and more efficient traffic flow through a growing area.\nCrews recently poured concrete to create a deck for the first of two new bridges carrying Ina Road over the Santa Cruz River just west of I-10.\nWith supports in place on the west side of I-10, drivers soon will see the first girders set for a bridge that will carry Ina Road over Interstate 10 and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The former interchange configuration had local traffic passing under I-10 and waiting as several dozen trains crossed Ina Road each day.\n\u201cThose are important milestones in this project,\u201d said Dan Casmer, ADOT\u2019s resident engineer for the project. \u201cOur teams have done a great job staying on schedule despite the extreme heat earlier this summer and the heavy monsoon rains.\u201d\nCrews are now mor\u2026\nThe Darkness - Solid Gold\nCFAS Gym Renovation\nAll Hands Update: Headlines for Wednesday, August 30, 2017\nShadow Flight: \"John Feiertag\"\nMy Messy MOS: Motor Transport Mechanic\nHARDEST WORKING TOWNS\nWith everything Labor Day has come to symbolize the end of summer, the beginning of the school year, a weekend of good deals at the mall. It can be easy to forget its purpose: to celebrate workers' contributions to America. Americans everywhere work hard, but in honor of the holiday, SpareFoot.com crunched some numbers recently and found the metro areas where the hardest-working Americans live.\nHere is SpareFoot's list of the 12 Hardest-Working Towns in America:\nResidents here don't actually work the longest hours, although they're close. The Twin Cities won because of how likely residents are to have two jobs or to be part of dual-income families. Also, the share of the population that doesn't work at all is small.\nThe percentage of people who don't work at all in Madison is lower here than anywhere else among the 100 biggest metro areas in the U.S. On top of that, the total number of hours worked per capita is higher here t\u2026\nGET RID OF THAT SPARE TIRE\nTrying to get rid of that spare tire? Here's how to do it, according to fitness guru John Wharton.\nMuch more important than what you eat is the fact that you eat something each morning to get your metabolism started. A stomach full of bacon and eggs burns more calories than a stomach that's still asleep.\nEat more frequent, but smaller meals.\nMost servings give your digestive system more than it can burn, and if you only eat twice a day, your body stores the extra calories as fat.\nDehydration hurts metabolism.\nIt also creates a 1- to 2- percent drop in performance. You really can't drink enough water.\nDon't eat so many carbohydrates.\nHowever the no carb diet is not a good thing for an active person. It's hard on the kidneys shrinks your energy storage, and gives you mood swings. Instead, go for low-carb foods -- fruits, vegetable, and salads instead of grains, pasta, rice and potatoes. If you have to get your fix of high-carbs, do it before noon or right \u2026\nCOUNTRY STARS GO BACK TO SCHOOL\nA NASH Country Pulse Poll reveals what would happen if Country music stars went back-to-school. Country radio listeners across the U.S. were polled using Katz Media's national consumer panel. Here are some findings:\nWith a boring study hall on their schedule, respondents would be looking to Blake Shelton to save them. Over half the respondents (57%) voted Blake Shelton as the class clown. Sliding through in the living room in their socks, these participants (27%) felt like jamming out to Garth Brooks' \"Friends in Low Places\" for their \"Risky Business\" moment. With 39% of the votes, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were chosen as the Homecoming King and Queen; with runner-ups Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood holding 23% of the votes. After the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen, 30% of the respondents said they would want to slow dance to \"When You Say Nothing At All,\" by Allison Krause. Reba McEntire is a school favorite among the respondents, as o\u2026\nAs Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc on the Lone Star State on Friday, a Cypress, Texas Best Buy apparently decided drinking water was a very precious commodity! Now the retail giant is apologizing big time after charging $42.96 for a 24-pack of bottled water. A 12-pack of Smart Water was selling for $29.98 with a warning there was a \"Limited Supply.\" After a photo of the insane prices went viral and outraged tweeters pummeled the big-box retailer, a rep issued a mea culpa, calling the pricing \"a big mistake\" made by an employee. The worker calculated the costs based on the price per individual bottle, which is how Best Buy usually sells its water. The electronics giant says they were focused \"on helping, not hurting\" Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey. The rep said, \"It won't happen again.\" Meanwhile, more than 600 complaints of outrageous prices have poured into the Texas Attorney General's office, including stores charging $100 fo\u2026\nAccording to a recent study, the low fuel light will come on for about 18% of drivers today. 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So far, Harvey has dumped twenty trillion gallons or rain. A 3-mile wide asteroid is going to pass relatively close to the earth tomorrow, just so you know. In Great Falls, Montana, a woman called 9-1-1 to complain about the quality of the meth she had just purchased. Having a beard helps you beat cancer? A new study claims that a beard can protect a man's face from 90 to 95% of harmful UV rays from the sun. Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million towards Harvey relief efforts, while Kim Kardashian and her family on Tuesday donated \u2026\nIn 1881, the very first U.S. tennis championships were played at Newport, RI. They tried playing them on clay, but after a while, Clay said it was hurting his back.\nOn this day in 1887, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope, a device which produced moving pictures.\nSince the phone had been invented 11 years before, they were ready to ring the second the movie started. Ironically, Alexander Graham Bell was sitting behind him when his invention, the telephone, went off. The Kinetoscope, which I'm pretty sure was some kind of mouthwash, was actually a device that allowed you to enjoy moving pictures. If only he had been stopped, there might never have been a single Pauley Shore movie.\nIn 1895, the very first professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA.\nAnd that was the end of getting home projects done on Sundays\u2026\nIn 1939 Frank Sinatra, 23, records \"All Or Nothing At All\" with the Harry James Band.\nIn 1959 \"Put Your Head On My Shoulders\" by Paul Anka enters the U.S. top 40 chart.\nIn 1963 \"Be My Baby\" by the Ronnettes (produced by Phil Spector) enters the U.S. top 40 chart.\nIn 1963 \"My Boyfriend's Back\" by the Angels hits #1 on the U.S. top 40 chart and stayed there for 3 weeks.\nIn 1965 The Beatles perform at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, CA, the last concert of their 1965 U.S. tour.\nIn 1967 Following the death of Brian Epstein, the Beatles announce they will assume management of their own affairs.\nIn 1968 Private Eye magazine reports that John Lennon & Yoko Ono's album &quo\u2026\nIn 1688 Preacher and novelist John Bunyan, author of \"The Pilgrim's Progess,\" dies in London.\nIn 1886 The first major earthquake recorded in the eastern U.S. occurs at Charleston, South Carolina, killing up to 110 people.\nIn 1887 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, a device which produced moving pictures.\nIn 1888 Mary Ann Nicholls is found murdered in London's East End in what is generally regarded as the first slaying of Jack The Ripper.\nIn 1903 A Packard completes America's first transcontinental car trip, driving from San Francisco to New York in 52 days.\nIn 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt signs an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.\nIn 1941 The radi\u2026\nIn 1908 Novelist, William Saroyan (Time of Your Life) [d: 5-18-81]\nIn 1913 English radio astronomer, Sir Bernard Lov\u2026\nReid Scott and Wife Elspeth Keller Expecting Baby No. 2: It's a Boy! 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So close, in fact, that the BBC Sound Of 2016 poll has resulted in a joint fifth placing.\nBritish producer Mura Masa and upcoming group WSTRN received the exact same amount of votes for this year's list, which is selected by over 100 music industry experts.\nMura Masa - real name Alex Crossan - is a 19-year-old musician from Guernsey who started posting tracks on SoundCloud two years ago and quickly found his streams topping 20 million plays.\nHis most popular tracks include 'Firefly' featuring Nao, and 'Love for That' with Shura.\nWSTRN - a West London trio consisting of Akelle Charles, Haile and Louis Rei - have already scored a Top 5 hit in the UK with 'In2'.\nThe band are now focusing on completing their debut album to capitalise on the success of their breakout smash.\nThe winner of the BBC Sound Of 2016 poll will be announced on Friday (January 8), with the runner-up acts to be revealed daily throughout the week.\nYears & Years won the BBC Sound Of 2015 poll and went on to claim both a No.1 single with 'King' and chart-topping album with Communion.\nBlossoms come fourth in BBC Sound of 2016 poll\nBBC Sound of 2014: Fifth place revealed\nThe Drums take fifth in BBC Sound list\nMarina comes second on BBC Sound list\nBBC and Sky in joint licence bid\nBBC Sound of 2014: Who placed third?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 4098, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.directferries.com.ua/smyril_line.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:47Z", "digest": "sha1:QTVX2OXRQ5AYB5MBOR5OJ2LMU4CD7IHK", "length": 1070, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.directferries.com.ua", "title": "Smyril Line - Ferry Booking, timetables and tickets", "raw_content": "Smyril Line is a Faroese ferry company running services that link the Faroe Islands with the neighbouring countries of Denmark, to the southeast, and Iceland, to the northwest, across the North Sea and North Atlantic.\nInternational passenger, car and freight services have been operated since 1983, aboard the modern, multi-purpose vessel MV Norrona. 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In terms of routes, the seasonal Troon-Larne service uses the P&O Express fast craft, the year round Cairnryan-Larne service utilises cruise ferries, while the Liverpool-Dublin route is completed by conventional ships.\nThe business established its ferry services in the late 1960s, originally just operating in the North Sea and English Channel, but the world famous brand P&O Ferries we know today was founded in 2002, offering multiple routes all around the United Kingdom and Ireland. P&O Ferries\u2019 ships have everything you would need to keep the whole family happy on the Irish Sea thanks to the well-equipped children\u2019s entertainment areas and arcade rooms, for the slightly older kids. Also on-board are numerous shops selling discounted products and luxurious club lounges, ideal for the longer England-Ireland route.\nWith directferries.com you can find P&O Irish Sea timetables, fares and book P&O Irish Sea ferry tickets. Where applicable we\u2019ll also compare P&O Irish Sea with alternative ferry companies.\nP&O Irish Sea routes and ports\nOnboard P&O Irish Sea\nAll P&O Irish Sea routes\nCairnryan to Larne / Larne to Cairnryan\nDublin to Liverpool / Liverpool to Dublin\nP&O Irish Sea Customer Reviews\n'Emmanuel' travelled with P&O Irish Sea on European Highlander\n'Michael' travelled with P&O Irish Sea on European Causeway\n'Daniel ' travelled with P&O Irish Sea on European Causeway\n'Stephen' travelled with P&O Irish Sea on European Highlander\nBelfast to Liverpool Birkenhead\nDublin to Holyhead", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 269.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dmcs.org/admissions/admission-requirements", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:52:26Z", "digest": "sha1:RIMCRQPYH7V6WOATQNL5JXSO6YKQM3M4", "length": 2790, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.dmcs.org", "title": "Admission Criteria - Des Moines Christian School :: Urbandale, Iowa", "raw_content": "Our admission criteria are built on the assumption that Des Moines Christian School is in a partnership with Christian families. The following criteria are used to determine if our school is the right school for your child at this time.\nAt least one parent or guardian has a personal testimony of a relationship with Jesus Christ.\nThere is membership in, or regular attendance at, a church in which the Bible is sincerely believed to be the inspired word of God which is the basis for all life and learning.\nThere is an understanding of and agreement with the mission of Des Moines Christian School to provide children with a Christ-centered education in which Jesus Christ is acknowledged in every area of life.\nThere is a commitment on the part of the parents to support the work of Des Moines Christian through prayer, volunteering, and faithfully meeting all financial obligations.\nParents desiring to send students to DMCS are in a Biblical marriage which is defined as a covenant relationship between one man and one woman. Single parents or guardians are in a Biblical relationship.\nEach student gives evidence of a commitment to the learning process based on past records and entrance interviews.\nEach student gives evidence of or potential for emotional stability, a satisfactory behavior record, and adequate social adjustment.\nThere are a variety of ways to learn about Des Moines Christian School. Exploring the website is a great place to start. Once you've had an opportunity to explore the website, we'd love to meet you! Please contact Admissions Director Jill Frey at (515) 334-2240 to schedule a personal tour, to schedule a shadow day, or if you simply have questions about our school.\nWe are delighted that you are choosing enrollment at Des Moines Christian School for your family! To enroll, please complete the application for admission.\nOnce we receive your completed application, we will contact you and schedule an orientation meeting with one of our principals or directors. The purpose of this orientation meeting is for us to gather academic and social information about your student and also to gather information about how your relationship with Jesus Christ impacts your role as parents. The meeting is an opportunity for you to meet the principal and will acquaint you more fully with our mission, beliefs, and school policies. If there are supporting documents that are requested for this meeting, a list of those documents will be emailed to you after the interview is scheduled.\nAfter your orientation meeting, you will be contacted regarding next steps. 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Yes, as doctors, we can talk to you about what to expect, what size you want, and other relevant factors. However, you should be prepared before you schedule your first appointment. You are investing time in talking to us, and some things may shorten your consultation time or tell you if you need to wait before you even come in. Then again, if you know the facts about breast implants, it may confirm for you that you are moving in the right direction. If you are interested in getting the surgery, it may just prepare you so that you will not be surprised by what is to come.\n8 Things You May Not Know about the Best Breast Augmentation in New York\nYou May Get an Unexpected Answer: Depending on your size right now, you may not be able to get bigger breasts. If you try, they may be oddly shaped. Your breasts could sit too high, or they may look rounder than they should be. We may recommend that you consider going bigger, or at least consider it. Before you come in, be prepared for these curveballs, and be open to new ideas.\nPrepare Your Home & Clothes: If you need looser shirts that also button up, this could make a significant difference in the way you experience your recovery. Also, something as simple as buying your groceries and doing your laundry beforehand could reduce your stress as you heal.\nDon\u2019t Be Afraid of Prescription Drugs: Painkillers can be your friend. If you do not have them, you could face potentially severe discomfort and pain. You don\u2019t have to tolerate extra pain with a smile on your face. We may recommend painkillers like Vicodin, which are proven to significantly reduce pain and improve your experience if you do it right. However, if you do not like the idea of drugs like Vicodin, we can also prescribe alternatives like IBUprofen.\nTouch Your Breasts: When you first change your breast size, it will be new and exciting. Even if you love the size, though, you will still need time to adjust. Your adjustment period will be significantly faster and more pleasant, and it will be faster if you touch them, look at them, and make an active effort to move forward early on. Breasts will be heavier at first, which is the biggest adjustment you will have to make, but it will become more normal\nTake a Walk: You may want to take a few days off to heal. However, this does not mean that you should stay down. Yes, you should avoid strenuous exercise during your 8-week recovery. However, you should also take a walk on a regular basis. Get the blood flowing, and your body will heal faster.\nYou Don\u2019t Have to Tell Everyone: Yes, some people will notice right off the bat. If you go significantly bigger, there are undoubtedly people who will notice. You don\u2019t have to announce it if you don\u2019t want to, though. If sharing your new breasts makes you feel better, feel free to tell people around you and show it off. If you feel fabulous, but you have reservations about how people will react, you don\u2019t have to tell a single soul.\nAsk for Help: Whether you need a ride after your surgery or to follow up appointments, or if you require assistance preparing food or getting your groceries, don\u2019t be afraid to ask for help. You don\u2019t need to hire a professional nurse. Just ask a friend or family member who you trust to help you out as they can. You might not realize how many people are perfectly willing to help you out.\nCall Your Doctor: If you have any questions or concerns, whether before or after your surgery, never be afraid to call your doctor. Many patients have hesitated because they feel silly. 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Therefore the time involved in the recovery process can vary greatly.\nTreatment options for an ankle sprain\nReturn to sports and exercise after a sprained ankle\nLarry Fedora rants on CTE, football and the future of our country\nPeroneal tendon subluxation: A challenging result of many ankle sprains\nWhat can you do to prevent repeated ankle sprains?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5980, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 206.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.drsara.com/about-us/overview", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:47Z", "digest": "sha1:VPIMBVENYIRKJDZHIXGESBAJEZPRRY2N", "length": 6114, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.drsara.com", "title": "Sex Therapy Georgetown, Washington, DC, Postpartum Depression Chapel Hill, NC", "raw_content": "Effective Therapy With Dr. Sara\nDr. Sara E. Rosenquist, PhD, ABPP, FACHP, is a board-certified clinical health psychologist and fellow of the Academy of Clinical Health Psychology (FACHP). She is a sex therapist certified by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists and an approved consultant, certified in the practice of hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.\nDr. Rosenquist graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology in 1986 from the University of Kentucky and completed her internship at Duke Medical Center. She also completed fellowship training in sex therapy and hypnosis. Before opening her private practice, Dr. Rosenquist was Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at UNC-Chapel Hill where she taught personality and behavioral medicine. She is also a member of the International Society for the Study of Women\u2019s Sexual Health, Sexual Medicine Society of North America and Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.\nDr. Sara helps families, couples and individuals with hypnosis, sex therapy, marriage counseling, sex addiction, postpartum depression, insomnia and infertility issues. She is the author of After The Stork: The Couple\u2019s Guide to Preventing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression and enjoys working with clients at her office in Cary, NC.\nWhy I chose this specialty\n\u201cI wrote my dissertation on postpartum depression in couples because, after all, women and men become moms and dads together. Whatever stresses burden one, strains the other. I found out that just as many adoptive parents as birth parents suffer from postpartum depression and nearly as many men as women do, too. I started out seeing mostly women for postpartum issues and gradually discovered all the many layers of challenges couples face together. One of the challenges that came up most frequently was sex. When a couple is getting along well enough and sex is happening often enough, it only accounts for about 15% of marital happiness. But when one or the other partner becomes depressed, or anxious, or ill, sex drops out or becomes conflicted. And when sex is absent or conflicted in a relationship, it accounts for upwards of 75% of marital unhappiness. As a health psychologist, I also discovered that sex drops out or becomes a source of difficulty and disappointment when health becomes a problem. So physical health, emotional health, relationship health and sexual health are all intricately interrelated. As a psychologist, I work to marshal the strength of weak forces in the direction of health and vibrancy.\u201d\nWhat I enjoy most about it\n\u201cWhat I love about this specialty is precisely that I don\u2019t know what the problem is really going to turn out to be at first blush. For example, a man might come in with PE, but it might turn out that he\u2019s trained himself over the years to ejaculate quickly because his wife grimaces with pain every time they have intercourse. Or I might see a woman with low desire and maybe it turns out her husband has difficulty ejaculating so she feels \u2018selfish\u2019 and loses interest. The point is that I love disentangling the many pieces, solving the mystery of layers and subtle forces that interact to create the problem. I prefer not to make assumptions. Instead, I like to assess a couple first together, then each individually, so I can make appropriate referrals and rule out or in, things that need to be ruled out or in. So often the best answers, the most thorough answers, aren\u2019t \u2018either/or\u2019 but rather \u2018both/and\u2019 or \u2018all of the above.\u2019\u201d\nMy philosophy/approach to patient care\n\u201cI passionately believe in integrative care \u2013 the kind of care that takes into account the whole person \u2013 mind, body and spirit, in many and varied contexts \u2013 family, work, community and culture. I put a lot of time, money and care into cultivating professional relationships with other disciplines and specialists who can help me put mirrors in my blind spots and who value my input as mirrors into theirs.\u201d\nWhat I hope to give my patients\n\u201cI hope to give my patients my complete and undivided attention and the benefits of both my training and my many years of experience. There is artistry to doing good psychotherapy. A musician might be classically trained and spend years practicing scales, but there comes a moment when artistry takes over \u2013 then there\u2019s jazz. I hope to provide my patients with the artistry that only comes when experience combines with credentials. And I hope to empower my patients to live life more fully and joyfully, even when things don\u2019t go their way.\u201d\nWhy my practice is different or better than similar practices in our area\n\u201cI like to think that what makes me different is that I am a clinical health psychologist trained in the integrative care of complex medical and reproductive health concerns. I like to believe that what makes me better is my unique combination of credentials and experience.\u201d\nMy personal interests/hobbies & community involvement\n\u201cI grew up as a TCK (which stands for Third Culture Kid) as a foreign service brat in Tunisia, Argentina, Uruguay, Thailand and El Salvador. I spoke French in kindergarten and relearned it in college. Although I can travel comfortably in francophone countries, I can\u2019t really do therapy in that language. But I can and do offer therapy in Spanish, as I\u2019ve remained bilingual. I\u2019d love to help expats, immigrants and adult TCKs understand what growing up between cultures does to identity formation \u2013 both the challenges and the benefits. I\u2019ve given workshops on the TCK experience and would love to do more since this is such an international area. I love red wine, dark chocolate and food blackened in a 50-year-old iron skillet. I also love to dance the Argentine tango \u2013 chest to chest, cheek to cheek, backwards in stilettos.\u201d\nGet your life and relationships back on track. Click here to Schedule an Appointment, or call (866) 337-4911 for more information. We welcome patients from Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Raleigh, Georgetown, DC and neighboring locations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 8005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dualshockers.com/super-mario-world-meets-the-world-of-westeros-in-new-game-of-thrones-inspired-intro-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5OXA2AG2B7U25GTBRODMNJZFZF6A4YM2", "length": 1368, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.dualshockers.com", "title": "Super Mario World Meets The World of Westeros in New Game of Thrones-Inspired Intro Video", "raw_content": "Super Mario World Meets The World of Westeros in New Game of Thrones-Inspired Intro Video\nWith Game of Thrones currently airing its fourth season on HBO, its iconic opening intro sequence has been well-parodied on many other shows and mediums, and now thanks to an awesome fan-made video, it has now gotten the classic 8-bit treatment through Super Mario World.\nCreated and released by YouTube user NicksplosionFX, the new video \u201cVideo Game of Thrones: Super Mario World\u201d takes viewers through the world of Mario a la Game of Thrones, even including a great 8-bit-ified version of the Game of Thrones theme music to accompany it.\nYou can check out the full video for \u201cVideo Game of Thrones\u201d below, along with a side-by-side comparison video comparing it to the original \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d intro:\nThe SNES Classic Edition Gets a Nostalgic Launch Trailer; Available Now\nNintendo has released a '90s-themed launch trailer to celebrate the newly-released Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition.\nNew York City\u2019s Subway Reimagined as a Super Mario World Overworld Map\nThe SupaBoy HandHeld is SupaBalla! See For Yourself\nReport: Telltale Games Hit with Major Layoffs, Future Projects Canceled [UPDATE]\nReigns Is Getting a Game of Thrones Edition for Mobile and Steam\nBehaviour Interactive Developing a Free-to-Play Game of Thrones Strategy Game for Mobile Devices", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 2790, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 311.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.duffelblog.com/2012/10/top-u-s-general-tries-to-distance-himself-from-nuke-afghanistan-from-orbit-comments/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:13Z", "digest": "sha1:TTV7D3YBC6C3TXD3PM3ATBOKQ2YVN4SM", "length": 3377, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.duffelblog.com", "title": "Top U.S. General Distances Himself From 'Nuke Afghanistan From Orbit' Comments", "raw_content": "KABUL, AFGHANISTAN \u2013 The top U.S. General in Afghanistan has distanced himself from recent comments on the situation there, saying that \u201cit was simply a bad joke that was not reflective of his overall view,\u201d according to a written statement from International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) public affairs.\nGen. John Allen, the commander of ISAF, was quoted last week by a reporter with Newsweek as saying, \u201cWe should just take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It\u2019s the only way to be sure.\u201d He went on to also offer a harsh rebuke of President Hamid Karzai, saying \u201cwe should just grease this rat-fuck son-of-a-bitch right now.\u201d\nBelieving that the remarks were off-the-record, he continued to talk of a different strategy for the war.\n\u201cOkay. We have several thousand canisters of CN-20,\u201d he said, pointing to a map of the suspected location of Haqqani network operatives. \u201cI say we go back in there and nerve gas the whole fuckin\u2019 nest.\u201d\nAfter an aide cited the possibility of collateral damage and the strong probability that the Karzai government would disapprove, Allen then became frustrated, saying \u201cThat\u2019s great, this is really fuckin\u2019 great, man. Now, what the fuck are we supposed to do? We\u2019re in some pretty shit now, man.\u201d\nThis isn\u2019t the first time an officer has faced criticism for remarks to major news outlets. Gen. Stanley McCrystal was relieved of command after a Rolling Stone profile revealed controversial quotes, including him asking, \u201chow do I get out of this chicken-shit outfit?\u201d of one of his aides. His predecessor, Gen. David McKiernan, was also relieved after referring in public to the troop surge as \u201cjust another bug hunt.\u201d\nOne of the most embarrassing statements, however, came from Vice Admiral Bill Gortney, who briefed the Navy SEAL Team sent to rescue Capt. Richard Phillips from a group of Somali pirates in 2009. \u201cIt\u2019s a rescue mission, you\u2019ll love it,\u201d he told them before going over plan details. \u201cThere\u2019s some juicy pirates\u2019 daughters we have to rescue from their virginity.\u201d\nAllen\u2019s comments received condemnation from the Obama administration, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.\n\u201cWe certainly need to work with our Afghan partners and come up with a more tactful approach,\u201d said Clinton to members of the media. She later remarked that U.S. forces need to be more productive in their application of force, using flame units only instead of rifles. \u201cOh, and no grenades,\u201d she added.\nAlthough Allen backtracked from his \u201cnuclear comments\u201d, he did criticize the Secretary as \u201cmisguided and wrong on the rules of engagement.\u201d\n\u201cHell why don\u2019t you put her in charge?,\u201d Allen mockingly asked, \u201cWhat are we supposed to use now, harsh language?\u201d\nAlthough the U.S. is not currently considering a nuclear strike of Afghanistan, defense officials in Israel are looking into a possibile first strike against Iran.\n\u201cWe definitely feel that if the regime continues to enrich uranium, we will be forced to nuke the site,\u201d said Defense Minister Ehud Barak as he explained scenarios over a blueprint of the Iranian nuclear facility. \u201cUnfortunately we cannot insert a team of soldiers into the area, because you can see that their target would be right under the primary heat exchangers.\u201d\nRelated Topics:Gen. John AllenGeneral\nRetiring general starts mail-order Anthrax delivery service\nAFRICOM General Killed By Wildebeest Stampede", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 345, "original_length": 29467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 239.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.e-teaching.org/news/termine/tagungen/aict2010_track_elearningandtelecommunications", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:41Z", "digest": "sha1:FVA6VHNSBV74VPB7CUMO7VIRUUCFLKNR", "length": 711, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.e-teaching.org", "title": "AICT 2010 / Track E-Learning and telecommunications \u2014 e-teaching.org", "raw_content": "AICT 2010 / Track E-Learning and telecommunications\nThe workshop focuses on the latest trends in e-learning and also on the latest IT technology alternatives that are poised to be-come mainstream strategies in the near future and will influence the e-learning environment. The conference participants will consider how, when and where e-learning helps to solve the training needs, what are the challenges of creating and managing vast amounts of e-learning, how the upcoming IT technologies influence e-learning and how the Web based educational materials should be developed to meet the demands of the long-life, motivated and very often self-directed students.\nhttp://www.iaria.org/conferences2010/AICT10.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 3065, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 185.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2019/02/06/sports/eastern-softball-team-off-to-decent-start/160716.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZT2POZDPPXJLPHAQFOAG5V2QL4Z2BRJN", "length": 231, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.easternnewmexiconews.com", "title": "Eastern softball team off to decent start - The Eastern New Mexico News", "raw_content": "RIO RANCHO \u2014 Call it a reasonably good opening weekend for Eastern New Mexico University\u2019s softball team and its new head coach Kara Zeiter. The Greyhounds emerged from it with a .500 record and that\u2019s better than it could\u2019ve gone.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1595, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 164.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Womens-Formal-Short-Slim-Fit-3-4-Sleeve-Dress-Ballgown-Floral-Printed-Chic/232681084166?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160406134228%26meid%3Dd675477943094cdca3926b3649de77d5%26pid%3D100625%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D7%26b%3D1%26%26itm%3D232681084166&_trksid=p2367844.c100625.m3682", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:16:01Z", "digest": "sha1:TPB5VPO2UEOWREND62LUTSSDWZDCTMYV", "length": 2606, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.ebay.co.uk", "title": "New Women's Formal Short Slim Fit 3/4 Sleeve Dress Ballgown Floral Printed Chic | eBay", "raw_content": "WOMEN'S SIZE 10 -20 NEW WHITE GREY BLACK 3/4 SLEEVE FLORAL SHORT DRESS\nNew Women's Formal Short Slim Fit 3/4 Sleeve Dress Ballgown Floral Printed Chic\nWomens Slim Fit Short Sleeve Lace Lapel Collar Floral Prom Formal Dress Ballgown\nS-4XL Chiffon Short Sleeve Dress Party Prom Women's Ballgown Slim Fit Formal New\nChic Ladies Floral Lapel Full Length Ball Gown Slim Fit 3/4 Sleeve Dress Elegant\nDetails about New Women's Formal Short Slim Fit 3/4 Sleeve Dress Ballgown Floral Printed Chic\n- Select - UK XS=Asian M UK S=Asian L UK M=Asian XL UK L=Asian 2XL UK XXS=Asian S\nPattern: Floral Garment Care: Machine Washable\nSeason: Spring Length: Short/Mini\nSleeve Type: 3/4 Sleeve Neckline: Classic Neckline\nStyle: Ballgown Occasion: Formal\nExcludes: Africa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Iceland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Vatican City State, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bermuda, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Armenia, China\nNew Women's Formal Short Slim Fit 3/4 Sleeve Dress... New Women's Formal Short Slim Fit 3/4 Sleeve Dress...\nShort Sleeve Ballgowns Formal Floral Dresses for Women,\n3/4 Sleeve Ballgowns Formal Floral Dresses for Women,\nChiffon 3/4 Sleeve Ballgowns Formal Floral Dresses for Women,\n3/4 Sleeve Formal Ballgowns for Women,\nLace 3/4 Sleeve Ballgowns Formal Floral Dresses for Women,\nLace 3/4 Sleeve Short/Mini Formal Floral Dresses for Women,\n3/4 Sleeve V Neck Ballgowns Formal Floral Dresses for Women,\n3/4 Sleeve Formal Ballgowns Short/Mini Dresses for Women,\n3/4 Sleeve Floral Dresses for Women with Slimming,\nLace Short Sleeve Formal Floral Ballgowns for Women", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 237, "original_length": 11949, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 318.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ed.ac.uk/ppls/news/university-of-york-pullum-prize", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:23:52Z", "digest": "sha1:3UITYMNRYXHKPNQU43F67CQCGUXUX5WU", "length": 892, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.ed.ac.uk", "title": "University of York names prize after School's Professor | The University of Edinburgh", "raw_content": "University of York names prize after School's Professor\nThe University of York has named a prize after Geoffrey K Pullum, our School\u2019s Professor of General Linguistics.\nThe G. K. Pullum Prize in Linguistics and Mathematics was awarded on Thursday 29 June for the first time, to top student Elisabeth Fritzsch at the University of York.\nGeoff is an alumnus of the University of York and currently teaches linguistics here at the School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences (PPLS) at the University of Edinburgh.\nHe is a co-author of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002) and is also known for his contributions to the language blogs Language Log, and Lingua Franca at The Chronicle of Higher Education.\nGeoffrey K Pullum\nLingua Franca at The Chronicle of Higher Education\nPPLS Graduations\nYou may also be interested to read about PPLS Graduations on Monday 3 July 2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 6218, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 170.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/public_engagement/gary-redmond.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:45:46Z", "digest": "sha1:ENW6P2MTDQVFY4OPHUWCRNOKTUHEL3DD", "length": 1685, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.edmonton.ca", "title": "Gary Redmond, Community Co-Chair :: City of Edmonton", "raw_content": "Dave Gajadhar\nKaren Zypchyn\nStacey Aidun\nStephanie Kowal\nGary Redmond, Community Co-Chair\nGary Redmond\u2019s first interaction with the City of Edmonton was borne of frustration: He didn\u2019t like a development that would remove precious green space from his southside neighbourhood, and helped organize a community group to oppose it. As a consultant with an extensive background in facilitation, including work related to air quality and the oil and gas industry, Gary had been through this process before.\n\u201cA lot of my work is to bring diverse stakeholders together to find that common ground,\u201d he says, adding that in Edmonton, \u201cThere are some big decisions that are being made about density and infrastructure. At a community level, sometimes there are unintended consequences. By bringing communities together, we can share amongst ourselves, but we can also work with the other stakeholders.\u201d\nUltimately, Gary says that his group\u2019s engagement with the City didn\u2019t actually lead to the outcome they were hoping for. But he was very impressed with how well they were treated by Council. Group members came away feeling respected, and like their concerns were not just heard, but seriously considered. That aligns with his professional belief about what the true goal of facilitation is. \u201cIf it\u2019s done right, typically all parties will find some wins and some challenges,\u201d he says. \u201cIn the end, can you live with what you got? More often than not, the answer is yes.\u201d\nPlus, there were other positive side effects to the public engagement process. \u201cIt brought together many neighbours who hadn\u2019t met each other,\u201d Gary says, \u201cwhich I thought was a fantastic outcome to a challenging issue.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 247.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.educationchoices.com/Education-Articles/Criminal-Justice/Should-I-Become-a-Paralegal-Before-Law-School.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:21Z", "digest": "sha1:5FF5VZ7SBQCWWYKQR7NGCEXHSZMQVRCE", "length": 3285, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.educationchoices.com", "title": "Should I Become a Paralegal Before Law School? | Education Choices", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Education Articles \u00bb Legal & Criminal Justice \u00bb Criminal Justice \u00bb Should I Become a Paralegal Before Law School?\nShould I Become a Paralegal Before Law School?\nAs a law student, one of the most common questions is whether it can be advantageous to become a paralegal prior to enrolling in law school. When determining if you should become a paralegal, the first area to consider is if it will assist you with your law school application. Although becoming a paralegal is an extremely prestigious career to have, it does not explain whether it will help you to further your career as a future lawyer.\nWhen applying for law school, the board of administrators will analyze your experiences after post secondary schooling to determine if you are ready to be enrolled in law school. Although the majority of individuals may assume that becoming a paralegal before law school will help to impress the board of administrators, that is not always the case. With experience as a paralegal, you will provide the impression that you have experience with administrative tasks but not real court experience.\nThe second area to consider prior to applying for a paralegal position is whether it will give you the legal experience that you need before entering law school. As previously mentioned, paralegals are quite versed with administrative tasks but it is rare that you will gather any substantial lawyer related experience. Considering that the majority of paralegals work within large firms, there is always more paperwork to do than areas of law to learn. If you are looking for a paralegal position that may provide you with valuable law experience, look into the not-for-profit sector as they focus more on developing their volunteers with valuable law skills.\nThe third area to consider is whether becoming a paralegal will assist you with acquiring a job as a lawyer after law school. The majority of law firm recruiters examine the grades that the candidates received during their time in law school. Your work experience prior to enrolling in your school of choice is generally irrelevant to these individuals. Although being a paralegal may have brought you into the world of law, your future career will rely on what you learned during your schooling. There have been instances where law firms specifically search for candidates who have experience with paralegal firms or other areas of law. These firms are searching for those individuals with the most work experience.\nAlthough becoming a paralegal before law school has the possibility of not assisting you with getting a career, there are many benefits associated with the paralegal profession. As a paralegal you will be able to see how other lawyers work and gather a general idea of the law profession. If you work within a smaller firm, you may even be provided with the opportunity to shadow a lawyer for a day. With this experience, you can determine if you are still interested in being a part of the legal profession.\nBecoming a paralegal before law school may have been disadvantageous for many, but there are some individuals who found it to be quite advantageous. Becoming a paralegal will not tarnish your experience in law school or your credentials, therefore the decision is based on your personal wishes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 282, "original_length": 9363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 308.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1995/02/08/20mig.h14.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:26Z", "digest": "sha1:3FSOJXHPTZ7W7W2JM2OKT2277HANBWDK", "length": 7654, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.edweek.org", "title": "Demise of Records System For Migrant Students Causes Concern - Education Week", "raw_content": "Demise of Records System For Migrant Students Causes Concern\nThese days, Sharyn S. Foster has a lot of questions.\nAs the person responsible for funneling a host of education-related services to roughly 6,000 migrant students in Polk County, Fla., she is used to uncertainty.\nBut, last fall, Congress made drastic changes in the federal law that currently provides $300 million a year to help states educate migrant students. As a result, Ms. Foster and educators like her across the country are facing widespread confusion about how they will administer their programs and exactly who will benefit from them.\nA major source of their distress will be the loss, by the end of this month, of the records-transfer system created to help schools keep track of migrant students, many of whom move several times a year to follow the harvests. Without such records, schools lack information about the health, immunization status, and academic standing of migrant students.\nIn addition, eligibility requirements for federal aid--which provides migrant students with services ranging from tutoring and counseling to limited health care--have changed. As of July 1, many migrant students will no longer be eligible.\nAt the same time, the mechanisms for distribution of federal aid to the states are evolving.\n\"We just don't even know how to plan for next year,\" Ms. Foster said.\nTo try to answer some of these questions, the Education Department last month sought public comment on issues such as records transfer and funding schemes. The responses will be included in a report due to Congress by April 30, along with the department's recommendations for any interim measures needed to insure that migrant students continue to receive services.\nState directors of the migrant program created the national Migrant Student Record Transfer System with federal funds in 1969 to speed the transfer of school records to the people who work with migrant students, especially teachers, counselors, and nurses.\nBut observers say the system grew into a mechanism for state and federal management of the migrant program, with little direct benefit for the students it was intended to serve--a population that now numbers about 800,000.\nThe National Commission on Migrant Education, authorized by Congress in 1988, described in its 1991 report a system that was largely noncomputerized, underused, missing vital information, slow, and expensive. Estimates of the annual cost of state participation run as high as $30 million, on top of $6 million in federal money. (See Education Week, Sept. 4, 1991.)\nCongress and the Education Department decided last year not to renew the federal contract with the system's Little Rock, Ark., office, effectively abolishing the records-transfer system. The new Title 1 migrant-education law leaves the states to decide how to fill the vacuum, using part of their federal migrant-education funds.\nBut the law also requires the department to help states. To that end, department officials will sponsor a meeting later this month to discuss records-transfer issues with the state migrant directors and data experts, said Bayla F. White, the director of the office of migrant education.\nMany larger states have records systems that can track students' movements within a state. But many educators fear that without a national system, essential information will be lost when migrant students cross state lines.\nLouis T. Marsh, Florida's migrant-education director, worries about the thousands of migrant students who regularly leave and enter the state. Each year, roughly 25,000 of the state's 65,000 migrant students will leave at least once, and about 6,500 will enter a Florida school for the first time.\nHe said his state relies on the M.S.R.T.S. to find the student's last school so that the new school can obtain records through the mail, with a telephone call, or by fax.\n\"But the minute the kid crosses the border out of state we have very little we can rely on,\" Mr. Marsh said.\nA few years ago, Florida tried giving migrant students their records on a \"credit card\" to carry with them from school to school. But the idea failed.\n\"They go on the road and throw away anything that's not essential,\" Mr. Marsh said. \"We haven't been able to communicate that educational records are essential.\"\nSearching for Options\nThe records are vital, educators say, because without them students may not receive credit for completed coursework, teachers are left in the dark about where to place new students, and children may not receive necessary immunizations. In some states, migrant students have a dropout rate as high as 40 percent.\nThe new law, which was part of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, requires that states continue to transfer records. But it does not say how, so state and local officials are scrambling to craft emergency plans.\n\"I just wish they hadn't gotten rid of the old system without coming up with a new one,\" said Ms. Foster of the Polk County schools.\nFrank L. Contreras, the Texas migrant-education director, is asking states to help develop a new national system, using more recent technologies than the outdated M.S.R.T.S. Officials in 20 other states have shown interest, but a new system likely would not be up and running until fall at the earliest, Mr. Contreras said.\nOther states, such as Arizona, are considering an electronic records-transfer program marketed by the Minneapolis-based National Computer Systems.sic.lrs But Jane Hunt, Arizona's migrant-education director, said she was not yet ready to sign a contract because she was not sure how much the system would cost.\nFederal officials have relied on the M.S.R.T.S. to calculate how many days a student spends in a state for purposes of divvying up funds to states. By fiscal 1996, which starts Oct. 1, they will need a new system.\nSome migrant educators fear that some of the options floated by the Education Department--such as using 1994 data in giving aid to states for a number of years after that--would create inequities because the migrant population is so mobile.\nMs. Hunt of Arizona recalled that a few years ago floods destroyed the lettuce crop in Yuma, driving migrant families into neighboring states in search of work. If the funding scheme is not flexible enough, Ms. Hunt and others said, the money will not follow the children.\nTargeting Mobile Students\nBecause of big changes in the program's eligibility criteria, there will be fewer children to follow. Based on the new criteria, but using 1993 data, the Education Department estimates that 252,000 children out of roughly 800,000 would no longer have been eligible for services.\nUnder the old law, students remained eligible for up to five years after they had moved between districts or states to follow a harvest. The new law will give them access to the counseling, health, and tutoring services for only two years after such a move.\nBut students who no longer fit the federal criteria may receive assistance for an additional school year if their schools cannot offer them comparable services through another program.\nMany educators agree that the change will help direct services to the students who need the most help--the highly mobile students whose education is interrupted most often. In changing the eligibility criteria, the Clinton Administration sought to offer more services to each student than was possible before, Ms. White of the Education Department said.\nBut many educators worry that the new Congress, with an eye toward slashing federal largess, will seize upon the smaller number of students to cut the program's funding.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 13185, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2010/08/25/tln_fung_letthemplay.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:34:18Z", "digest": "sha1:RJQYODA74MG3CVULOIX56T6ON6EHS2YF", "length": 7758, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.edweek.org", "title": "Let Them Play - Education Week Teacher", "raw_content": "By Jane Ching Fung\n\"What is 'Choice Time?,'\" she demanded. \"Students don\u2019t have time to play.\"\nMy heart sank when I heard these words coming from the mouth of a district administrator. Everyone on our kindergarten team had included \"Choice\" minutes in her daily schedule. Choice was a time for students to engage in centers and activities that were not teacher directed, assigned, or graded but intentionally designed to be open-ended, student driven, and to promote unstructured interactions among the children.\nDare I say that \"Choice\" was time set aside for our young students to play?\nSince when did the word \"play\" become outlawed in kindergarten? I remember a time when kindergarten classrooms were stocked with wooden blocks, paint, and dramatic-play corners complete with costuming, furniture, appliances, and play food. Not so long ago, there was a period during the day when we encouraged kindergarten students to freely explore, create, and interact with the materials and people around them.\nOn the surface, children may appear to be only \"having fun\" during this unstructured time, but take a closer look and you\u2019ll discover what I know: Play is so much more than idle entertainment. Play, including the ability to make your own choices, helps children develop and use essential social-emotional and academic-learning skills. Through play, I have seen my students develop social, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities in a safe, risk-free environment. Has our early childhood curriculum become so narrow that we now focus only on what is being tested and ignore all the other areas in a young child\u2019s development?\nAs a primary teacher for the past 25 years and as a parent, I know that play is the foundation of learning. Young children have a natural desire to explore the world and the people around them; play provides them with an avenue to discover things on their own and to develop autonomy. In today\u2019s diverse classrooms, providing opportunities for every student to choose and engage in activities meaningful to them can produce positive results in all areas of the curriculum. Learning is another word for it.\nKenny was a reluctant learner with special needs. During the more structured, academic times of the day, he would often cry for his mother, put his head down on the rug, or sit at his table waiting for someone to help him. Kenny was academically behind his peers and he knew it. He couldn\u2019t write his name or draw simple pictures, so he shut down. They only time Kenny felt success during the school day was when he was able to build a city with blocks, engage in dramatic play with friends, or explore lines and shapes using playdough.\nThere is no failing when you play. Play allowed Kenny to develop his self-esteem and his interpersonal skills. He learned how to work with and communicate his needs to others and in return his friends provided excellent role models during the other periods of the day. His attitude towards school and himself changed and he was willing to put more effort in his work.\nChristopher, a child with autism and speech delay, also used choice time to develop his social and communication skills. Interactions with others during play taught him how to communicate his needs and wants. Christopher was able to learn how to work cooperatively in a social setting without the pressures of a structure. Through play, he was able to work out conflicts with peers and come to realize that others had different points of views.\nMore cognitively demanding, structured tasks posed a challenge to Christopher, who would fail traditional forms of assessments. While he was unable to produce a pattern or sort objects on paper for a math test, he was able to demonstrate his understanding of the concepts when he was playing with colored teddy bears and lined them up in a pattern or while he sorted foods into categories. Play proved to be one of the best ways for Christopher to show what he knew.\nFor students learning English, there is not a more powerful way to acquire and develop oral language than in a natural setting. I noticed that Cassandra, a native Spanish speaker, would often pass or remained quiet when asked to participate in class discussions, but during Choice Time she actively engaged in conversations with her English counterparts, readily exchanging thoughts and ideas. Play provided Cassandra with opportunities to interact with her peers in a stress-free environment. She saw value in using her new language during a more social setting.\nVoices From Choice Time Past\nAllowing students opportunities to make choices and play with materials does not take away from academic time. Academic skills are embedded in all aspects of play. When Alessandra plays school, she writes sight words she has learned in class and asks her \"students\" to read them aloud. When Hamza constructs his Lego car, he has deliberately planned which pieces he will need to form a vehicle that is symmetric and will move. When Junieth plays restaurant, she uses the charts in the room to write a menu while her friends sort the play food. The evidence is overwhelming: Young children learn through play.\nI asked my former students, all adults now, to share their thoughts on choice time and self-directed play. This is what they said:\nHannah: \"During play, I could actually socialize with other children, which I did not get at home. If it weren\u2019t for play time, I never would have learned to interact with other people.\"\nShirley Jean: \"I wasn\u2019t always playing with others, I was reading. It was a fun time to catch up on random reading. But what I think I liked doing most was the puzzles with my friends on the rug. It was a challenge to us to get the puzzle finished before center time was over. Every day, we tried to beat our original time to see if we could get the pieces together without as much difficulty as the days before. Not only did it allow us to think and work together, but it also helped create strong friendships.\"\nKathleen: \"I was able to be a child\u0097carefree, lively, innocent, and spontaneous. I was able to run around and let out all the energy inside me so that when it was time to go back on the rug, I could focus and not be all squirmy and distracted.\"\nDante: \"(It) allowed us to exercise our brains and imaginations, while at the same time developing our social skills through team work and/or compromise.\"\nRaul: \"It was fun. I got to interact with others while building structures and engineering ways to create something huge through teamwork. It created an environment of friendship and joy. It was a very healthy part of my education and growing up.\"\nSebastian: \"Playtime gave me the tools to be around different people from various cultures, and interact with them on many levels inside and out of the classroom. Sometimes playtime gives students a reason to come to school\u0097and if students can have something to look forward to at school, even if it isn\u2019t academically related, it\u2019s good for them to be excited in classroom and hopefully that excitement will manifest into a greater excitement for learning.\"\nI am not advocating that we get rid of direct instruction and structure; what I am saying is that there are crucial learning skills that young students need to develop and make sense of on their own. Play provides a path for students to acquire these abilities, as well as academic skills.\nStudents may not have \"time\" to play, but they need to play.\nJane Ching Fung is a kindergarten teacher and new-teacher mentor in inner-city Los Angeles. A 2002 winner of the Milken Educator Award, she is a National Board certified teacher and a director of the National Commission on Teaching and America\u2019s Future. She is also a member of the Teacher Leaders Network.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 13118, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 279.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eifonline.org/speaker-profile.html?id=256:Christoph%20Steck", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:03:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZVGCLXTKHBGSNXYIZEROKHOQ374JNCSC", "length": 1841, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.eifonline.org", "title": "European Internet Forum - Speaker Profile", "raw_content": "Mr\tChristoph Steck\nDirector Public Policy & Internet\nChristoph Steck is Director Public Policy & Internet at Telefonica.\nIn this role, he oversees the strategy and management of Telefonica\u00b4s global Public Policy work. He steers the advocacy and defines its positions on Internet Policies and Governance and other policy issues that shape the Digital Economy. He is also Chairman of the Internet Governance workgroup of ETNO, the European Network Operators Association, and Co-chair of the Task Force on Internet and Telecommunication of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).\nHe joined Telefonica in Germany (at that time O2) in 2002 and has managed in various positions since then Regulatory Affairs, Government Relations and Corporate Responsibility for the company, since September 2008 in its global headquarter in Madrid and lately as Chief Regulatory Officer for Telefonica Europe (until March 2013).\nHe is responsible for the advocacy of Telefonica at many key international organisation and business associations (like G20, OECD, ITU, ICANN, ICC, ERT) and is a recognised expert for digital policies and Internet Governance. In 2014 he was selected to be a member of the ICANN High-level Panel on Global Internet Cooperation and Governance and also represented international business at the High-level Committee of NETMundial, the global multistakeholder conference on the Future of Internet Governance in Sao Paulo. He oversees also the publication of the widely recognised and groundbreaking Digital Manifesto of Telefonica.\nChristoph Steck is a qualified German lawyer and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from IE Business School. He studied Law and Human Rights at the Universities of Cologne, Munich and London (UCL) and is also Associate Professor at the School of Communication of IE University in Madrid.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 148.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.elderlawetn.com/01/caring-for-abusive-parent/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:38Z", "digest": "sha1:OZSC5RIGQM6DNZQKFJ7USHYV3Y7O57ML", "length": 3491, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.elderlawetn.com", "title": "Caring for an Abusive Parent | Elder Law of East Tennessee", "raw_content": "Caring for an Abusive Parent\nBy Connie Taylor, LCSW\nAn article recently published in The New York Times blog, \u201cA Risk in Caring for Abusive Parents,\u201d describes the correlation between depression and providing care for an aging abusive parent. Adult children who choose to provide care for abusive or once-abusive parents are at higher risk than other caregivers of experiencing depression or other negative effects on their health. This article sparked a lot of conversation in the elder law and elder care communities about how adult children respond when their abusive parents require assistance as they age.\nAdult children who are faced with care decisions for abusive parents react in many different ways, ranging from withdrawing completely and refusing to have any contact to working even harder than most to provide care in the hope of finally getting their parent\u2019s approval. A lot of the time I work with adult children who have reached a point of general ambivalence: they don\u2019t actively wish their parent to come to harm, but they can\u2019t stand to be the one providing care for their abuser. In some instances, when their roles are reversed and the adult child is in the position of making decisions on behalf of an abusive parent, the pattern of abuse is also reversed, and the embittered child becomes the abuser.\nAs an elder care coordinator, I often find myself in the middle. In cases where the elder is a former or current abuser, I do my best to provide support for the abused child or children while still ensuring that the elder receives the care he or she needs. I may be the one to attend care planning meetings or serve as an advocate for the elder so the child doesn\u2019t have to; I serve as a nonjudgmental sounding board when the child is conflicted about care issues; and I always provide an objective voice throughout the problem-solving process. I also do my best to link the adult child with the supports he or she needs to handle the abusive parent\u2019s aging process in whatever way he or she chooses: I can recommend hired caregivers, assist with placement in a care facility, help to enroll in caregiver courses, and help to find caregiver support groups. My presence in the middle can ensure that everyone gains access to the support systems they need while minimizing the emotional impact on the family of the abuser. It allows the adult child to remain as distant as he or she wishes while still knowing that his or her relative is getting the care they need.\nOutsiders are often judgmental when faced with an adult child who does not immediately run to the aid of his or her aging parent. Although children are not obligated to take care of their parents in their old age, many people (elders and caregiving professionals in particular) more or less expect it. Experience has taught me that when a child does not run to the rescue of a parent in need, there is usually a good reason for it. Professionals in elder care, elder law, and other fields related to aging adults should do their best not to judge and should keep an eye open for signs of abuse or other underlying causes. In cases where abuse, either past or present, is suspected, it may be wise to engage a social worker, licensed counselor, or other qualified professional to help the child and the rest of the family cope with the situation at hand. It is not the time to try to repair a broken relationship, but it is important to ensure that everyone involved gets the care and support they need.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6108, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 218.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/08/how-to-carry-a-sense-of-home-with-us-wherever-we-go/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:23:37Z", "digest": "sha1:ZMXD25MEQ7Q6UEEVA6XMA63HBUXYE37O", "length": 5672, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.elephantjournal.com", "title": "How to Carry a Sense of Home with us Wherever we Go. | elephant journal", "raw_content": "How to Carry a Sense of Home with us Wherever we Go.\nOne evening, two years ago, two of my friends tried an experiment on me.\nWe\u2019d had a few drinks and had gotten a bit loud while discussing the topic of having a sense of home.\nWe all lived in countries we did not grow up in, and had moved around most of our lives. But, unlike me, they felt an attachment to one country above the rest. They could name the one place that they considered their home. They believed I should as well, and wanted to challenge me to choose a place I felt most attached to.\nThey asked me to name the first country that came to mind.\nQuickly, without thinking, I was to blurt out what was in my gut.\nBut all I had was silence.\nMy mind was blank. How could I choose?\nI don\u2019t have any one location that I hold close to my heart. I have many. I was born in one country, raised in another, studied in a third, my family is from a fourth, and my career has taken me to others. When people ask, \u201cWhere are you from?\u201d I don\u2019t know what to say. It is not a question I can avoid, for it comes right after the customary, \u201cHow are you?\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s your name?\u201d Yet, I dread it.\nWhen I am asked, I pause and consider how likely is it that I will see that person again. If it is likely, I give them the full answer. It if is unlikely, I choose one country or two. India, Mexico, Colombia, United States, or whatever suits the conversation.\nEven when I share my full story, the initial pause I take helps me get my guard up. I don\u2019t know what the reaction will be. Sometimes I get an \u201cOh cool!\u201d from those interested to know more. Other times I get a flat \u201cOh,\u201d and a step back from those who consider me to be too different for comfort.\nIt either results in great conversation, or is an immediate conversation killer.\nBecause I have moved around, I do not feel attached to any particular place. Yet, I feel attached to them all\u2014and this is what confuses people. They believe I have to have a country I feel most attached to, a number one on the list. I must have one place I consider my home. This is what my friends had expressed that night.\nAnd I can understand that. A person\u2019s sense of home is an integral part of their identity, of who they are. And so it is for me. It just so happens that several places form part of my identity.\nI have to admit, it can be disconcerting.\nThere are times I feel out of place because I know I do not belong. I am always the outsider, the person who is different, who is not quite like the rest. Yet, part of me always belongs. I find it easy to feel connected to the places I live in or visit. I can adapt to different locations, and I can make a space for myself anywhere I go.\nFor those of us who lack this sense of belonging, it still is important to form a home identity, or we risk feeling permanently displaced. We just have to be a little more creative about it.\nWe form attachments in ways that allow us to be mobile.\nSo, instead of feeling attached to a place, we increase our attachment to other things:\n>> People: When we feel connected to someone, although distance does not allow us to share the same space as them on a regular basis, a connection, a true connection, is not broken by time and space. But, we need to make sure we keep in touch regularly, and to let people know we still care. Keeping these connections everywhere we go helps us feel that we belong.\n>> Images and videos: Looking upon familiar faces brings comfort to any foreign place. Seeing images of the people who mean the most to us helps us feel connected. And although still images are irreplaceable, video contact gives us the impression that a touch is a simple matter of reaching through cyberspace.\n>> Reading: Reading allows us to escape. It gives us a place to go to, and allows us to connect with other people and other places, no matter how fictional they are.\nIt is especially useful when we want to ease into a space. We can feel perfectly at home with a good read while curling up on a comfortable piece of furniture, waiting on an uncomfortable chair in the airport, or enjoying a delicious drink at an outdoor caf\u00e9.\n>> Music: Music can also transport us, or it can offer the perfect accompaniment to any environment. It can move us to our feet to dance heartily to the tunes we love best. It fills the tiny nooks of our being that in turn feed our souls.\n>> Food: Food can give us comfort unlike any other. We rely on food for every occasion, however challenging or celebratory. And, we live in a time where it is easy to find any kind of food from any place in the world. So it is likely we will find tastes that comfort us\u2014if we take the time to look for them.\nEven so, some of the traditional foods of India, Mexico, and Colombia can be hard for me to find. When that happens, I choose similar flavors, such as spices, chili, and fruits, albeit not all together. One or the other usually does the trick. And that is key. Looking for ingredients that are similar to those we cherish can help us feel the comfort we seek.\n>> Nature: No matter how the scenery changes from place to place, spending time in nature is grounding. It helps us feel attached to the larger world. We feel we are a part of the place we are in, at least for that moment, and thus we belong.\nI may not be as fortunate as others who have a strong sense of belonging, but I feel blessed that I can carry my sense of home with me everywhere I go, no matter where it is.\nImage: Pedro Ribeiro Sim\u00f5es/Flickr; Toa Heftiba/Unsplash\nAcademy Apprentice/Audit Blogs,Adventure,Elephant Academy,Right Livelihood,Travel belonging,expat,home,living abroad,lonely,sense of home,Travel,wanderer elephant journal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 10652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/northeast/the-turners-mill-redcar/security/contact/thank-you", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:10Z", "digest": "sha1:XMYXHI3O24E5TZDAY3XFTJY6IYS3LBWX", "length": 353, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.emberinns.co.uk", "title": "Thank you", "raw_content": "The Turner's Mill\nGreenstones Road, Redcar, North Yorkshire, TS10 2RA 01642 496021\nOpen today: Opening Hours: (Monday) 11:30am to 11pm (Tuesday) 11:30am to 11pm (Wednesday) 11:30am to 11pm (Thursday) 11:30am - Midnight (Friday) 11:30am - Midnight (Saturday) 11:30am - Midnight (Sunday) 11:30am to 11pm\nGreenstones Road, Redcar, North Yorkshire, TS10 2RA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1343, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 122.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.emcaustralia.com.au/course/country/australia/page/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:19:42Z", "digest": "sha1:ATZNSQRMWAFUPFOZ4KX46VIZBM3PWIR5", "length": 161, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.emcaustralia.com.au", "title": "Australia Archives - Page 10 of 40 - EMC Australia", "raw_content": "Bachelor of Environmental Science, Bachelor of Marine Science and Management\nBachelor of Foreign Science and Management\nBachelor of Forest Science and Management", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 214.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.employershealthco.com/benefits_insights/recent-wellness-program-litigation-and-the-cadillac-tax/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:49:35Z", "digest": "sha1:GAAOC6HY4PVIS4QYJKINIQZTL3N2UEOT", "length": 9522, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.employershealthco.com", "title": "Recent Wellness Program Litigation and the Cadillac Tax - Employers Health Coalition", "raw_content": "April 1, 2015 by Zachary Hostetler, J.D., MBA // Vice President, Account Management\nAs plan sponsors grapple with rising claims cost, many have turned to wellness programs to not only reduce costs, but also to improve the well-being of their plan participants. With the impending Cadillac Tax threatening a 40 percent excise tax on high-cost health coverage, wellness programs could be a key element in plan sponsors\u2019 strategies to reduce claims cost and the overall cost of coverage.\nFor self-funded plan sponsors, the total cost of health coverage as regulated by the Cadillac Tax is primarily driven by (1) the unit cost of each claim and (2) the number of units consumed by plan participants. Many pundits suggest heading off this tax by increasing plan participant cost sharing, but not all plan sponsors are in a position to take such a step, and the plan sponsor will likely still retain the lion\u2019s share of the costs. Moreover, shifting premium cost sharing has no direct impact on the total cost of coverage.\nThus, plan sponsors evaluating the ROI of wellness programs must carefully review wellness programs as they present one of only a few means to potentially reduce the number of units of health care consumed by their plan participants.\nWhether a plan sponsor has a robust or fledgling wellness program in place or has just begun considering one in light of the Cadillac Tax, recent litigation attacking wellness programs has given many plan sponsors pause. This article will provide a brief regulatory overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) wellness program regulations, as amended and promulgated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA); a summary of the recent Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) litigation; and plan sponsor best practices.\nUnderstanding how to construct a sound wellness program, compliant with the laws and regulations, is not only crucial to avoiding a complaint from the EEOC but also integral to the program\u2019s success and longevity.\nThe ACA categorizes wellness programs as either participatory or health-contingent depending on the program\u2019s standards for receiving a reward. While all programs are generally prohibited from discriminating against plan participants based on a health factor, a program\u2019s classification dictates the size of the reward a plan sponsor may make available to the plan participant and if it must offer a reasonable alternative standard (RAS).\nUnder a participatory program, such as incentivizing a participant\u2019s completion of a health risk assessment or reimbursement for a gym membership, the reward is not contingent upon satisfaction of a standard related to a health factor. These programs are not related to a health factor as there is no requirement that participants perform any physical activity or achieve a health-related outcome. A participatory program may offer an unlimited reward, but the plan sponsor should be aware of any potential tax implications of such program to the plan sponsor and plan participant.\nUnlike participatory programs, health-contingent programs are strictly regulated by the ACA because under these programs the reward is contingent upon a participant satisfying a standard related to a health factor. Generally, health-contingent offerings must provide an RAS, and plan participants must be given an opportunity to qualify for the reward at least once every year. Health-contingent programs must also be reasonably designed to promote health or prevent disease. The size of the reward is limited to 30 percent of the total cost of coverage under such programs, but programs that involve a tobacco cessation component may increase the total reward to 50 percent.\nHealth-contingent programs are further divided into two subcategories: activity-only and outcome-based. An activityonly program, such as walking 30 minutes a day, requires the individual to complete an activity related to a health factor but does not require any specific health outcome. Activityonly programs must offer an RAS to individuals for whom it is medically inadvisable or unreasonably difficult due to a medical condition to participate. Plans are permitted to require physician verification of the need for an RAS under activity-only programs, but only if such request is reasonable under the circumstances.\nAn outcome-based program, such a maintaining a BMI of less than 25, requires a plan participant to attain or maintain a specific health outcome. Interestingly, the requirement that a plan participant not use or discontinue the use of tobacco products falls under this category. Outcome-based programs must provide an RAS to any individual who does not meet the initial standard or who requests an alternative. Plan sponsors must include a notice of the availability of the RAS in all materials describing the program. An example of this notice released by the Department of Labor (DOL) can be found on the DOL website.\nPending EEOC litigation\nIn 2014, the EEOC filed lawsuits against three employers claiming that the employers\u2019 wellness programs violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Due to these actions, it\u2019s important that plan sponsors are cautious when structuring wellness programs to ensure compliance with other federal laws.\nIn the first two suits, employer premium contributions were contingent upon the employee\u2019s participation in the plan\u2019s wellness program. These programs included a biometric screening and health risk assessment. In each case, if an employee failed to participate in the program for any reason, the employee was responsible for paying the entire premium. The EEOC asserts each program was not voluntary because of the significant penalty triggered for not participating and, citing the ADA, states that employers cannot require medical examinations or seek disability-related information from employees unless such an inquiry is part of a voluntary wellness program.\nAlthough these cases are still pending, it is clear that the structure of these programs does not comply with ACA requirements and were seemingly low hanging fruit for the EEOC to challenge.\nThe EEOC filed its third suit, which was not decided on the merits, against Honeywell alleging violations of both the ADA and GINA. Plan sponsors should take specific note of this suit as this program appears to comply with ACA requirements and appears to be reasonably structured. Honeywell\u2019s program levied surcharges on employees who refused to participate in the wellness program. Among other components, the wellness program included a biometric screening for all plan participants including spouses if they were enrolled in the plan. Failure to participate in the program resulted in ACA compliant surcharges of up to $2,500 and discontinuation of employer HSA contributions of up to $1,500.\nCiting the ADA, the EEOC alleged that this program was not voluntary because of the additional cost placed on the employees if they did not participate. The EEOC also cited GINA, stating that the employer\u2019s request for genetic information was not voluntary and broadly asserted that the employer, acting as the plan sponsor, was seeking genetic information for underwriting purposes. Also, because GINA defines genetic information to include current medical information of family members, including relatives by affinity (e.g., spouse), the EEOC also alleged that the program resulted in the unlawful request of genetic information as it related to the employee.\nNuanced ACA rules and recent EEOC litigation should serve to reinforce the need to carefully and strategically construct a wellness program.\n\u201cAs more regulations dictate what a wellness program can and can\u2019t do, there is the shifting of focus from establishing penalties for non-participation in activities to creating an overall healthy and productive environment for employees, which enhances individuals\u2019 overall state of well-being,\u201d said Traci Barry, MS, senior director, strategic health initiatives at Employers Health. \u201cHelping employees with the multiple facets affecting health risk factors is proving to be the most effective use of resources in improving workforce health and organizational performance.\u201d\nPlan sponsors should continue to embrace or explore wellness programs but should do so on firm legal footing. Employers utilizing health-contingent programs should carefully review and understand the requirements surrounding reasonable alternative standards including, but not limited to, notice requirements and when such alternatives must be provided. Even if a wellness program complies with the ACA, plan sponsors must be aware of the interplay of other federal bodies of law such as GINA and the ADA. Specifically, plan sponsors must consider: (1) the voluntary nature of the program, (2) the type of information collected, (3) how information is collected, (4) how information is used and (5) recent EEOC proposed regulations published April 20, 2015 regarding EEOC enforcement approaches and wellness program design requirements.\nIt can be argued that progressive initiatives, such as wellness programs, stand in contrast to compliance activities. Likely, in many organizations, there is a tension between ardent wellness program advocates and wellness program skeptics who foresee the compliance burdens of such a program. However, uniting as a team to avoid the excise tax may align these interests and create a positive result for the plan.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 10839, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 288.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.empr.com/home/news/drug-news/high-uric-acid-levels-linked-to-greater-mortality/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:45Z", "digest": "sha1:DIAIIN3MSXYTWZURVHNAGVK6DLROIU7Z", "length": 1523, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.empr.com", "title": "High Uric Acid Levels Linked to Greater Mortality - MPR", "raw_content": "High Uric Acid Levels Linked to Greater Mortality\n(HealthDay News) \u2014 High serum uric acid levels are associated with greater risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, but not cancer mortality, in elderly adults, according to a study published online August 16 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.\nChen-Yi Wu, MD, PhD, from Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, and colleagues utilized the Annual Geriatric Health Examination Program (2006\u20132010) to estimate the all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality risks associated with serum uric acid levels in elderly adults.\nThe researchers found that men had significantly higher uric acid levels than women (P<0.001), and mean levels increased with age (P<0.001). High serum uric acid levels were an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, compared to normal levels in men and women, with the strongest association found for cardiovascular mortality. This association with cardiovascular mortality was independent of other cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and glomerular filtration rate levels. Men with levels in the second quartile had the lowest hazard ratios for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality.\n\u201cFurther studies are warranted to investigate the prognostic implications and potential utility in the monitoring of therapy,\u201d the authors write.\nCardiovascular Disease Geriatric Illnesses\nClose more info about High Uric Acid Levels Linked to Greater Mortality", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 4797, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 280.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.energy-floors.com/within-no-time-crowdfunding-target/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:58:21Z", "digest": "sha1:AOEHNPI3ERTQDKZIEBR2QKY4OOEILDQO", "length": 2027, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.energy-floors.com", "title": "Within no time EUR 200,000 raised through crowdfunding \u2022 Energy Floors", "raw_content": "June 21, 2018 By Energy Floors\n\u2018The Story\u2019 by Michel Smit\n\u2018An innovation that is able to involve so many people in the generation of sustainable energy, immediately circulates positive energy as well. This is what we see with our investors,\u2019 says Annemieke Hoogenboom, Investment specialist at OnePlanetCrowd.\nActive play and learn\nThe Gamer is one of our new floors: an energy generating floor for playgrounds that is focussed at children in primary schools. The kids can take part in the games actively: calculation, reaction and memory trainers. This enables the floor to contribute to achieving three objectives in the primary school phase, starting with addressing children\u2019s lack of physical exercise, which results in obesity. We aim to promote a healthier lifestyle by stimulating children to exercise more. Secondly the children are given the opportunity to learn through action, which results to better outcomes than passive learning does. Last but not least, the Gamer generates energy through solar-panels integrated into the tiles, which provides the school with sustainable energy.\n\u2018It was really exciting, partially because we have never done anything like this before, and when we reached the maximum amount of \u20ac200,000 last night at 22:58 the group chat of Energy Floors went out of control!\u2019\nThis is how the money will be invested\nAirports, stadiums and train stations\nThe amount that has been collected will not only give the Gamer a boost, it will also be invested to make a success of the Walker. The Walker is capable of turning every pavement and bicycle lane into a smart and interactive energy generator. It is suitable as a source of energy for LED lighting and smart signage, as well as for the collection of data in crowded areas like airports, stations and train stations.\n\u2018Right now we are celebrating, but soon we will get back to work in order to provide as many schools and other crowded areas as possible with our newest Smart Energy Floor,\u2019 according to Michel Smit.\nRead more about the Gamer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 3758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2009/11/22/rockstars-beaterator-subbing-for-music-teachers-in-some-nyc-pub/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:38Z", "digest": "sha1:EJAJ2WQRMODFCBDE66QD7EMYJYFWTYN4", "length": 1155, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.engadget.com", "title": "Rockstar's Beaterator subbing for music teachers in some NYC public schools", "raw_content": "Rockstar's Beaterator subbing for music teachers in some NYC public schools\nDespite a relatively low-key launch on the PSP this past Fall, Rockstar Games' Beaterator is showing back up in the news this week for reasons that we couldn't have seen coming from a mile away. It turns out that kids in some NYC public schools are getting their music education by means of the beat making application and PSPs, with a custom workshop being taught by Dubspot.\nCBS2 News reports that students from the East Side High School in Manhattan are being instructed on not just using Beaterator's tools, but also creating fully fleshed out tracks. \"They're able to learn music theory in a different format ... it's the same information, just a different way of presenting it,\" the class' teacher says. Copies of Beaterator and PSPs are being provided for free, as is the classroom. We've contacted Rockstar to see if it plans on expanding the program into other cities.\n[Via Rockstar Games]\nIn this article: Apple, beaterator, dubspot, east-side-high-school, education, iPod, music, new-york-city, nyc, nyc-public-schools, rockstar, rockstar-games, Rockstar-Leeds, school", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 3498, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.engieinsight.com/blog/2018/10/business-resiliency-climate-change/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:18Z", "digest": "sha1:NBYW2FQFLLSM4AVU5W3FI7ARZS5LP5DR", "length": 4848, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.engieinsight.com", "title": "Determine Your Business\u2019 Resiliency to Climate Change | ENGIE Insight", "raw_content": "Companies of all sizes and across all industries can all relate to the old adage, \u201cHope for the best but prepare for the worst.\u201d That\u2019s why scenario analysis has been used to incorporate \u2018wild card\u2019 outcomes into strategic planning. After the economic downturn during the \u2018great recession\u2019 of 2008-2009, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank act requiring mandatory stress testing, a type of scenario analysis, to understand the health of our banking system.\nThe last several years have shown us, however, that it\u2019s becoming more of an imperative to add climate change scenario analysis into long-term financial and operational disclosures. For instance, oil and gas companies have been pressured by investors to run and share the outcomes of their scenario analyses.\nFrom droughts in the West that lead to fires and water restrictions, to severe storms in the East that affect transportation and supply chain, to southern hurricanes that temporarily halt oil and gas production, climate change is affecting cities and businesses.\nOrganizations must consider how climate-related risks and opportunities may evolve and their implications on business using scenario analysis, a forward-looking assessment of risk.\nUsing published global climate-related scenarios (both physical and transitional) businesses have a starting point to tailor their own analysis for disclosure and decision-making. Let\u2019s look at the evidence: In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy extended over 1,000 miles and brought some of the highest storm surges to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. In New York City, loss estimates exceeded $19 billion with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority sustaining roughly $5 billion in damages to the city\u2019s infrastructure and lost revenue. In late August 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Houston and surrounding areas with a vengeance, dumping 51.88 inches of water over six days, creating a 1-in-1,000 year flood event, and causing more than $125 billion in damage, second only to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While businesses in these areas may have been prepared for a typical hurricane or winter storm season, these atypical events created enormous losses that few expected.\nIn 2015, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) established the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and developed four disclosure recommendations that organizations should use in their financial filings. These recommendations are geared mainly toward companies in the financial, industrial, materials, utility and real estate sectors, but can be adopted by any large or small company holding debts or assets.\nClimate-Related Financial Disclosure Recommendations\nDisclose the actual and potential impacts of climate-related risks and opportunities on the organizations\u2019 business, strategy and financial planning where such information is material.\nDisclose how the organization identifies, assess, and manages climate-related risks.\nReporting and disclosures can be done in financial filings, sustainability reports, or other reporting framework disclosures such as CDP and PRI, with no additional costs involved. The recommendations have already gained widespread global support (primarily in Europe) and, like other efforts such as RE100 or We Mean Business Coalition, it is a voluntary, company-driving initiative. So far, TCFD is backed by 290 organizations and the G20 finance ministers\u2014investors, associations, policymakers and companies with a market cap of over $6.6 trillion.\nThis effort provides a response to company stakeholders and investors that are looking for greater clarity and transparency on the impacts of climate on an organization\u2019s current and future financial performance. A recent survey found that 17 percent of European pension schemes consider the financial impact of climate change in their investments, up from five percent in 2017.\nThe survey also uncovered that 10 percent of companies incentivize boards to prioritize climate risks, while 34 and 28 percent, respectively, are considering physical risks and regulatory and transition risks associated with climate change beyond six years.\nOn our Coast to Coast Sustainability Tour, we discovered that water scarcity and infrastructure is and will continue to be a huge concern for many businesses coast to coast, particularly in Houston where memories of Harvey are still fresh. A similar scenario recently played out in the Carolinas after Tropical Storm Florence hovered over the region for several days, dumping feet of rain. These types of extreme weather events are expected to increase in frequency and intensity. Climate change scenario analysis is an essential tool to determine current and future water risks. Is your business prepared?\nBlog: How Businesses Can Survive Water Scarcity and Rising Costs\nBlog: Five Reasons Climate Action is Relevant to Business", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 7201, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 232.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.enotrans.org/events/categories/webinars/?pno=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:53:25Z", "digest": "sha1:N3EJNA6R5V4KBRRINSXTHFZUQHTLINLU", "length": 5896, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.enotrans.org", "title": "Webinar - The Eno Center for Transportation", "raw_content": "The Eno Center for Transportation > Webinars\nAsk the Experts: A Very Transportation January\nEno experts will discuss and analyze the leaked Trump administration infrastructure plan, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce\u2019s proposed 25 cent gas tax increase, the future of the American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV START) Act, the potential return of earmarking, U.S. DOT\u2019s new safety data initiative, and more.\nJoin Eno, Securing America\u2019s Future Energy (SAFE), and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) on December 12 for a webinar to discuss the potential of AV technology for people with disabilities, active legislation before Congress, as well as next steps.\nAsset Recycling Webinar\nEno is honored to host Australian Ambassador Joe Hockey and Jennifer Aument from Transurban for a webinar discussion on asset recycling in Australia and its potential here in the United States.\nAsk the Experts: Transportation Policy Priorities in the Second Half of 2017\nJoin Eno at 1:00pm ET on Thursday, July 13 for a live members-only \"Ask the Experts\" webinar.\nSafer, Faster, Cheaper: Aviation Certification for the 21st Century\nIn order to ensure the continued safety and viability of the U.S. aviation industry reform is needed. Eno\u2019s latest report highlights the issues with the current certification procedures and recommends key policy reforms. Join the authors for a discussion of their findings on Monday, June 19.\nScenario Planning Resources: New Approaches to Support the Next Generation of Scenario Planning in Transportation\nCommunities constantly evolve and change in response to social, political, economic, technological and environmental forces. Effectively planning for this change in transportation requires the cultivation of a participatory and informed decision-making process that regularly considers what is likely to happen, what could happen and what the community wants to happen in the future.\nThe Road to Autonomous & Electric Vehicles\nThis presentation will explore key enabling technologies, trends and adoption drivers for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). AVs require the confluence of new technologies like sensor fusion, artificial intelligence, connectivity and security, in addition to a supportive policy, certification and regulatory environment.\nJoin the Eno Center for Transportation on Thursday, June 1 at 4pm ET for a webinar on our newest report \u2013 Adopting and Adapting: States and Automated Vehicle Policy. This paper provides guidance on how states should prepare for an automated future by adapting their approach to motor vehicle regulations, infrastructure investment, and research.\nTolling the Interstates: Allowing States Greater Flexibility to Fund Their Infrastructure Needs\nSince 2008, Congress has transferred more than $140 Billion dollars from the General Fund to supplement the Highway Trust Fund. Congress has also taken a no new taxes position and not raised the federal gas tax since 1993. To fill the funding gap, nineteen states and the District of Columbia have raised their gas tax since 2013. However, given rising demand, states are desperately seeking new ways to finance and fund their major infrastructure needs.\nReport Release \u2013 Beyond Speculation: Automated Vehicles and Public Policy\nOn May 2, Eno will release Beyond Speculation: Automated Vehicles and Public Policy. The report provides a multifaceted set of recommendations that address the most pressing policy issues for automated vehicles.\nTransportation at the Ballot Box: Tracking and Explaining Success\nThe ballot box can be an effective way to increase funding to create more livable communities through transportation. In 2016, with over $250 billion at stake, voters approved approximately 70% of measures. While it is easy to describe anecdotes to illustrate success stories of local ballot measures, tracking success across the country is challenging.\nPolicy Webinar: Modernizing Air Traffic Control \u2013 From the Perspective of Labor\nOn March 30, President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, Paul Rinaldi will join former U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan and Eno Aviation expert, Rui Neiva for a webinar on the subject of ATC reform.\nUnderstanding the Travel Trends of Teens and Young Adults\nDriving has been flat or declining for much of the 2000s, especially among the so-called Millennial Generation. Explanations for this break with a near century long driving trends abound: Young adults are rejecting the suburban, auto-oriented lifestyles favored by their parents; a new greener ethos is...\nWebinar: What can the Trump administration do for transportation safety?\nUnintentional death is the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S. Safety programs that prevent car crashes, drug overdoses, and workplace death and injuries should be prioritized by government officials. How can data and programs help our government officials improve safety?\nReport Release: Time for Reform \u2013 Delivering Modern Air Traffic Control\nThe Eno Center is issuing a new report - Time for Reform: Delivering Modern Air Traffic Control. The report includes the latest news, facts, and figures regarding the industry. It also includes policy proposals and an overview of what other countries are doing in this space.\nLife in the FASTLANE: Improving Federal Freight Grants\nJoin the Eno Center for Transportation for a webinar on our newest report \u2013 Life in the FASTLANE: Recommendations for Funding a Federal Freight Program. Following the brief presentation there will be time for Q&A.\nPolicy Call with Eno Senior Fellow Jeff Davis\nThe House of Representatives has completed action on the surface transportation reauthorization bill (H.R. 22, the DRIVE Act)\nJoin Eno Senior Fellow and Editor of ETW for a policy call update on the current state of the Highway Bill and the recent Highway Trust Fund extension.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 11080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 330.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eonline.com/news/754032/charlize-theron-it-s-hard-being-a-gorgeous-actress", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:12:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ONALZ5HBB6LHPRY567CJRLIEJSJQOY3X", "length": 2054, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.eonline.com", "title": "Charlize Theron: It's Hard Being a Gorgeous Actress | E! News", "raw_content": "Charlize Theron: It's Hard Being a \"Gorgeous\" Actress\nAlexi Lubomirski/British GQ\nIt's a fact Charlize Theron knows all too well. The actress has become known in the film industry for rejecting parts that that trade on her beauty. It's served her well, as she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2004 after she put on 30 lbs. and wore prosthetics to portray serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster. She earned her second Oscar nomination in 2006 for her role as a gritty iron miner in North Country. And when she signed on to star in 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road, Theron decided that a buzz cut would look better with her character's prosthetic arm.\nThough she's been the face of Dior for years, Theron says her beauty has often worked against her. \"Jobs with real gravitas go to people that are physically right for them and that's the end of the story,\" she says in British GQ's May issue. \"How many roles are out there for the gorgeous, f--king, gown-wearing eight-foot model? When meaty roles come through, I've been in the room and pretty people get turned away first.\"\nNEWS: Charlize Theron discusses her rift with Tom Hardy\nSometimes, though, the right role comes along at the right time.\nThe actress net returns as Ravenna, the vain Evil Queen, in Universal Pictures' The Huntsman: Winter's War, a prequel to 2012's Snow White and the Huntsman. According to Theron, her character's plight mirrors what many of her Hollywood peers feel in real life. \"We live in a society where women wilt and men age like fine wine. And, for a long time, women accepted it,\" she tells the magazine. \"We were waiting for society to change, but now we're taking leadership. It would be a lie to say there is less worry for women as they get older than there is for men...It feels there's this unrealistic standard of what a woman is supposed to look like when she's over 40.\"\nBritish GQ's May issue is on sale Thursday in both print and as a digital edition.\nPHOTOS: Charlize Theron's best looks\nTAGS/ Charlize Theron , GQ , Magazines , Celebrities , Top Stories", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 6430, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 255.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.equineadventures.co.uk/sluts-boothby-graffoe.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:00Z", "digest": "sha1:UNUQW24EJKIKNDUJ6ZKOK7RFZRE7IZYV", "length": 449, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.equineadventures.co.uk", "title": "Sluts Boothby Graffoe: 3 Alternative Places For Free Sex", "raw_content": "Sluts Boothby Graffoe?\ncall girl Boothby Graffoe, prostitute Boothby Graffoe, hookers Boothby Graffoe, escort agency Boothby Graffoe, whores Boothby Graffoe, gfe Boothby Graffoe, girlfriend experience Boothby Graffoe, shagging Boothby Graffoe, brothel Boothby Graffoe, strippers Boothby Graffoe, dogging Boothby Graffoe, fuck buddy Boothby Graffoe, hookups Boothby Graffoe, free sex Boothby Graffoe, sex meet Boothby Graffoe, nsa sex Boothby Graffoe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 5269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.52, "perplexity": 318.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eriereader.com/article/about-town-block-party-supports-american-red-cross", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:06Z", "digest": "sha1:LMBFAMHEM6ANN7O4FUOXJFLAY4Q2LTHH", "length": 4934, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.eriereader.com", "title": "About Town: Block Party Supports American Red Cross - Erie Reader", "raw_content": "About Town: Block Party Supports American Red Cross\nThis wouldn?t be complete without a charitable event attached to a great cause. And this event is a regular Thursday night occurrence: the Erie Downtown Block Parties?a summer staple provided by the Erie Downtown Partnership. U Pick 6 is hosting one and the group has personally chosen the Erie chapter of the Red Cross as the official recipient of all funds they receive through their donation drive efforts that night.\nThe American Red Cross is the country's largest private relief organization and an iconic image on the national scene. It does not rely on government funding\u2014something many local and national charitable organizations can't yet say \u2014and it trusts the generosity of the local community, both in funds and volunteers. In Erie County alone, members of the Red Cross touch over 50,000 lives annually not only in relief and emergency services, but by delivering preparedness education, offering military messaging, and helping to provide lifesaving blood.\nAccording to Pam Masi, executive director for the local chapter, \"Annually, we provide disaster relief services to upwards of 500 individuals in the county. Whether someone is homeless through a manmade or natural disaster such as floods or power outages we immediately step in and help out.\" Education is a vital component of their life saving techniques. \"We go into the schools and different organizations all the time to help people prepare. We inform them, that while the most important thing to do in an emergency situation is to save themselves and their families and loved ones, what they don't realize is they're still leaving their livelihood behind. Their everyday life - from prescription medications, credit cards, drivers licenses, car keys and even school uniforms and books \u2013 are gone and those are the details that many don't think about or don't have time to think about. Our caseworkers are great intermediaries for this. They are there in your first hours, first days, first weeks and see you throughout the first month so those affected can get back to being self-sufficient.\" In addition, the group provides emergency military messaging abroad or on the homefront. \"If someone at home needs to get in contact with someone serving, the Red Cross is mandated to put through that message.\"\nAnd they are always looking for volunteers. Masi tells me, \"97 percent of our group is volunteer-run. We have a record of 65 volunteers that do everything from casework to clerical to fundraising, to being on call 24/7 to respond to emergencies. There's such a wide array of opportunities for any level of skill \u2013 as little or as much as you like.\"\nOne of the partners of U Pick 6 Tap House, Thomas Brasco, has been volunteering for the group since 2005. \"My mother and I got involved during Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. At the time it was the only avenue in Erie that I was aware of that could get us there.\" In addition, Brasco's raised money himself through training and running the Chicago marathon.\nAnd he wants to keep up the efforts.\nSo, like all things \"About Town,\" this wouldn't be complete without a charitable event attached to a great cause. And this event is a regular Thursday night occurrence: the Erie Downtown Block Parties\u2014a summer staple provided by the Erie Downtown Partnership. U Pick 6 is hosting one and the group has personally chosen the Erie chapter of the Red Cross as the official recipient of all funds they receive through their donation\ndrive efforts that night.\n\"The most important thing to our team \u2013 is making the Block Party all about charity again. Actually, that is something that is very important to Russ Stachewicz, another owner in the group. The big thing we want pushed is that we're trying to make the block party all about charity again \u2013 Russ and myself \u2013 I'll give Russ more credit than that. Because that's what they are supposed to be about.\"\nSo, without further adieu, the details:\nU Pick 6 Tap House Block party: Thursday, June 21 6 p.m.\nThe event will feature opening act Romantic Era, followed by headliner, M80s. There will be several other things on hand, including, but not limited to, chainsaw carving exhibitions by Brian Spraque; Golf Etc\u2026 will be bringing a traveling golf range to hold a closest-to-the-pin contest. There will be flair and other items for sale including Red Cross buttons that have been \"Scaliszed\" by local designer Todd Scalise (who also happens to be the Erie Reader art director) as well as a limited number of T-shirts, water donated by Tops Markets, and hot dogs donated by Curtze. As always, the event is free and open to the public.\nU Pick 6's goal is to raise the most funds any block party has made to date. Let's help them meet that.\nAlso, if anyone's interested in helping out the local chapter, they are always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in helping out, please call 833-0942, Ext. 230.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 6955, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 312.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.escrypt.com/en/news-events/ces-2018", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:05Z", "digest": "sha1:27ELBIU5G5OQ7BY6TK2AO3BBCPSDRHPV", "length": 1113, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.escrypt.com", "title": "CES 2018: Smart Mobility - Securely Connected | ESCRYPT", "raw_content": "The Internet of Things and smart mobility have been fixtures at CES for some time now. \u201cSimply connected\u201d is the motto at Stand 14018 in Central Hall, the exposition space of Germany\u2019s leading technology corporation, Bosch. Because \u201csimply connected\u201d also means \u201csecurely connected\u201d at all times, ESCRYPT will be demonstrating how the networked vehicles of today and the future can be protected against cyberattacks, manipulation and data theft.\nV2X security solutions (CycurV2X, CycurV2X-SCMS) ensure the protection of real-time communication in the embedded systems of vehicles and traffic systems, as well as the security of the accompanying public key infrastructure. And they guarantee data protection. For example, rolling certificate management prevents a vehicle from generating movement profiles. Additionally, the ESCRYPT Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solution (IDPS), which consists of the attack detection system CycurIDS and forensic software for a high-performing cyber defense center in the backend, provides additional security against hacker attacks throughout the entire vehicle life cycle.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 7303, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 289.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.esportsearnings.com/players/25547-kiss-petr-gusev", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:14:43Z", "digest": "sha1:JD55OKVNG2TFGMPLIDP2QKZTOBF27MAJ", "length": 269, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.esportsearnings.com", "title": "Kiss - Petr Gusev - DotA Player Profile :: Esports Earnings", "raw_content": "Petr \"Kiss\" Gusev - DotA Player\nOut of the 3 tournaments awarding cash prizes that Kiss had competed in, the largest amount was $678.20 from OSPL Winter 2010 (DotA) on December 17, 2010. His 2nd place finish makes up 80.65% of his total prize money won.\nBaHaMuT $876.54", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 3250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eurofoodbrands.co.uk/news/prestigious-sunday-times-report-acknowledges-euro-food-brands-growth-and-potential/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:03Z", "digest": "sha1:ER25TFIBZ7ILA6E2KGEAXLV63OO32UMJ", "length": 2032, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.eurofoodbrands.co.uk", "title": "Prestigious Sunday Times Report Acknowledges Euro Food Brands' Growth and Potential - EuroFoodBrands", "raw_content": "Prestigious Sunday Times Report Acknowledges Firm\u2019s Growth and Potential\nEuro Food Brands has been named by The Sunday Times as \u2018One to Watch\u2019 in its annual \u2018Top Track 250\u2019 report.\nIt\u2019s among just ten firms identified for their sustained growth and future plans \u2013 and joins \u00a31bn-valued Brewdog brewery and the fast-expanding burger chain Five Guys.\nThe sales and marketing firm, established in 1991 and headquartered in Northamptonshire, is the sole UK and Ireland importer and distributor of international food brands such as illy coffee, Reese\u2019s, Barilla pasta, Peppadew, and the iconic American soup brand Campbell\u2019s.\nDespite contending with a weaker pound in the last financial year, Euro Food Brands saw its revenue rise by an impressive 19% to \u00a3117m. Having sold nearly 17m cases of premium foodstuffs in 2017, it\u2019s anticipating further growth in the next twelve months. The firm employs 123 in the field and across three office, warehouse and training centre locations.\nStephen Barlow, Euro Food Brands\u2019 CEO, said:\n\u201cTo be recognised in this way is a real mark of our team\u2019s hard work in challenging times. That, and nearly three decades\u2019 experience of importing and distributing premium food brands, means we\u2019re well set for the years ahead.\u201d\n\u2018The Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 \u2018Ones To Watch\u2019 list showcases Britain\u2019s private mid-market companies whose sustained growth or plans for the future merit recognition. It\u2019s produced by Fast Track, the Oxfordshire company that researches Britain\u2019s top-performing private companies. All those shortlisted are visited by its team and assessed for inclusion.\nAlong with their fellow nominees, Euro Food Brands has just been featured in a supplement in The Sunday Times and could potentially be judged the national winner of the \u2018Ones To Watch\u2019 category. This will be announced at a dinner later this month. The 2017 winner was Pip & Nut, the nut butter brand.\nThe full Ones to Watch List\nhttp://www.fasttrack.co.uk/league-tables/top-track-250/top-track-250-ones-to-watch/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2649, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 289.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-drugs-crisis-scottish-government-targets-unpopular-and-controversial-ways-of-saving-addicts-lives/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:40Z", "digest": "sha1:3FN4P7766BKE6AENF6NWO2RHHECHMMUS", "length": 5328, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk", "title": "Dundee drugs crisis: Scottish Government targets \u2018unpopular and controversial\u2019 ways of saving addicts\u2019 lives - Evening Telegraph", "raw_content": "The Scottish Government could introduce \u201ccontroversial\u201d and \u201cunpopular\u201d tactics in an effort to cut the number of drug-related deaths.\nHealth Secretary Shona Robison, who also represents Dundee City East, admitted that despite huge investment in tackling substance abuse, the number of deaths had continued to rise.\nNow she\u2019s prepared to develop \u201cinnovative\u201d new approaches to tackling drug deaths.\nIt\u2019s likely that will include so-called shooting galleries \u2014 facilities in which addicts are able to inject drugs in a safe environment.\nHealth chiefs say that evidence from similar centres overseas shows they reduce death rates because of their controlled nature.\nHowever, their introduction has been met with some public and political resistance \u2014 with the majority of Tele readers taking part in a recent poll saying they didn\u2019t think such a move would save lives, and concerns raised about their presence in communities.\nMs Robison said: \u201cWe are concerned by the ongoing rise in drug-related deaths across Scotland, and are fully committed to tackling the damaging impact of drugs in Scotland.\n\u201cThe nature of Scotland\u2019s drug problem has changed and our refreshed strategy will ensure the treatment and support offered by services are realigned to better meet the needs of those who are most at risk as a result of their substance use.\n\u201cWe are prepared to take forward innovative, evidence-based approaches in order to tackle this issue, even if at first they may be unpopular or controversial.\n\u201cThis is highlighted by our support for Glasgow\u2019s safe drug consumption facility, a matter which we will continue to press the UK Government on to devolve powers or to change current laws to allow the introduction of such facilities. Dundee has launched a commission to investigate ways to tackle the area\u2019s problem, and we will continue to support Dundee throughout this process.\n\u201cWe have invested more than \u00a3746 million to tackle problem substance use since 2008, the vast majority directly supporting local prevention, treatment and recovery services. Despite this investment drug deaths have continued to increase over this period.\u201d\nJoe FitzPatrick MSP, whose Dundee City West ward covers many of the areas badly affected by drug deaths, says a focus is needed on the causes of addiction.\n\u201cMany of those involved have unfortunately been battling addiction for years, if not decades, which places them at a higher risk of premature death,\u201d he said.\n\u201cOur understanding of the causes of drug addiction has been evolving in recent years, with more emphasis being placed on the underlying factors, such as poverty and deprivation.\n\u201cThe Scottish Government is set to publish its new drugs strategy in the summer, and this will help to focus our ongoing efforts to tackle the harmful effects of drug abuse.\n\u201cI know that everyone involved locally is determined to save lives, and the new Dundee Drug Misuse Commission is a clear signal of intent from the council and health partnership, and it will be important in improving understanding of why people turned to drugs and what we can do to help them get off them for the long-term.\n\u201cAs politicians, we all need to come together and back an evidence-based approach to help tackle this issue, as is being put forward by the medical experts. And we need to recognise that some of the proposals being put forward might be controversial, but lives are at stake.\u201d Dr Emma Fletcher, NHS Tayside\u2019s consultant in public health, insisted plenty was already being done on the issue.\nShe said: \u201cWe are aware that one of the reasons for the increase in drug deaths is due to an older population of drug users who are experiencing multiple health conditions.\n\u201cIn Tayside we do everything possible to closely monitor emerging risks and keep people safe through the provision of treatment and support.\n\u201cThis includes an extensive Naloxone programme, encouraging those at risk and their families to have Naloxone in their homes so that it can be administered in the event of an overdose.\n\u201cWe are also improving the communication and information sharing between prescribing services and individuals.\n\u201cWe offer targeted and specific intervention to individuals who have experienced non-fatal overdoses to avoid further incidents.\n\u201cMost significantly, during 2018, Dundee Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP) will be holding an independent commission on drug misuse in Dundee which will focus on examining the reasons and causes of drug use in the city, and the impact on individuals, families and communities.\n\u201cThe first meeting of the commission will take place at the end of this month and will also focus on drugs deaths, identify and investigate the key causes, and highlight what needs to happen to reduce drug deaths.\n\u201cThe commission will listen to the views of individuals, families and communities affected by drug use and by drug deaths. The commission will also consider what has worked elsewhere in Scotland, elsewhere in the UK and other countries to combat drug misuse and drug deaths, including approaches to achieve prevention and recovery.\n\u201cTowards the end of 2018, the commission will recommend practical and achievable actions that should be followed in Dundee.\u201d\nHomeless 20 times more likely to die from drug misuse\nAlcohol-related deaths in Northern Ireland at record high\ndrugs.death", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 10510, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 227.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.everydayknow.com/things-to-say-to-make-your-girlfriend-cry/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:46Z", "digest": "sha1:WFADEKHTXAT3NVKNZAIVC2ARXA3D2OS5", "length": 10739, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "www.everydayknow.com", "title": "25 Sweet Things To Say To Make Your Girlfriend Cry - EverydayKnow.com", "raw_content": "Home Love & Relationship 25 Sweet Things To Say To Make Your Girlfriend Cry\n25 Sweet Things To Say To Make Your Girlfriend Cry\nIt might take a lot to think of something on your own that is so sweet and endearing it brings a tear to her eye. However, with our help it will certainly be no problem at all! We have all of the most romantic, sweetest, beautiful and perfect things for you to say to your girlfriend anytime and anywhere. We guarantee these to make her heart swell up two sizes and if tears aren\u2019t stinging her eyes\u2026 Well, she might just be heartless! Check out the following 25 sweet things to say to your girlfriend to make her cry.\nThings to Say to Your Girlfriend to Make Her Cry\nYou love your girlfriend, so you want to do everything possible to make her happy. More importantly, you want her to fall as deeply in love with you as you are with her. These things to say to your girlfriend to make her cry will leave her feeling adored and cherished. Sending your girlfriend cute, sweet text messages like this is one of the best ways to show that you are thinking about her.\nYou can send these messages in the morning when she wakes up so that she is thinking about you for the entire day. They are also a great option for before bedtime so that you are the last thought on her mind as she falls asleep. With any luck, she will fall asleep and dream about being next to you.\n1. When I close my eyes I see your face inside my eyelids. When I open my eyes I find myself missing you more than ever.\n2. Every time that I see your face I turn into a giant puddle of mush. The things that you seem to do to me. No one else could have that effect on me the way that you do.\n3. You are the most beautiful girl. And not just when it comes to your looks. Your personality is beautiful. Your humor is beautiful. Your voice is beautiful. The way that you smile is beautiful. Talking to you is beautiful. Doing anything and everything with you is beautiful. Not every moment in life is beautiful, but every moment spent with you is.\n4. You came into my life and changed it for the better. I don\u2019t think there will ever be enough words to say just how much I appreciate you and everything that you have done for me. I can\u2019t imagine where in life I would be if you hadn\u2019t showed up to save me.\n5. You want the truth? I could talk about you all day and all night and still have millions of beautiful things to say about you. But saying too much could get boring really quickly. So I\u2019ll just say that I think you are the most wonderful woman on this planet and I\u2019m blessed that you are my girlfriend.\n6. I am thankful you are mine. I would walk to the ends of the Earth just to make you mine all over again if I had to. There is nothing that could stop us from being together, because in my heart I know we are meant to be.\n7. There is no doubt that I don\u2019t have everything in life that I want, but all that truly matters is that I have you.\n8. When I am by myself I think of so many things that I could say to you. However, when I finally see you I can\u2019t say anything because you make me speechless.\n9. Just one smile from you drives me crazy. Your touch is the most amazing thing I have ever felt. Your scent is the most amazing of smells. Your eyes are the most amazing thing I can look at. I see you in everything that I look at. Because you are all I want to ever see.\n10. I know that there are other people in the world, but I can\u2019t picture myself being with anyone other than you. I only want you. Even on your worst days, even when you feel like you messed up and even if we don\u2019t always see eye to eye. Even after all of that I still want just you.\n11. Just being near you takes the breath right out of my body. There are so many things that I want to say to you, but when I see you I lose my voice. I only hope that my eyes can say what my words cannot. That I love you to the moon and back.\n12. The most beautiful sound in the world is your laugh. It chimes through the air like a beautiful instrument. I could use it to sing many lullabies. It is the most beautiful sound in the world.\n13. You are the kind of girl who is always smiling and laughing no matter what is going on around you. You pick people up when they are feeling so down. You are always there to lift up the spirits of the people around you. You are a girl who is afraid of love, but deserving of it more than anyone.\n14. I feel like I was the luckiest person alive to be blessed with such an amazing girlfriend. I don\u2019t think that I have ever told you this before, but you are going to be a great wife someday. My wife. That is a promise.\n15. Has anyone ever told you that you are perfect? Well, they should have. You should have been told that you are perfect every minute of everyday forever.\n16. My love for you has done nothing but grow and grow. And I think that the only time that this love inside me for you will stop growing\u2026 Is the day I am laid to rest. But then I shall keep loving you in the afterlife.I won\u2019t even skip a beat.\n17. The fire inside me is a passion that I have for you. The passion is a passion that ignites a happiness that seems everlasting. As long as you are by my side I shall always have it.\n18. Life without you is like having a broken pencil. So pointless. It would be like having a ship without a sail. Or peanut butter without jelly. Without you in my life I would be incomplete in every way imaginable.\n19. When you are not with me my blood runs cold. The nights grow long without you by my side. I toss and turn with an emptiness growing inside of me. I only feel comfort when you come again to stay.\n20. I just want to take a minute to let you know how thankful I am for you in life. You have been the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. Everything you have done for me and everything you will do for me is appreciated. More than words can say. So I\u2019ll just simply say: Thank you.\n21. Whoever would have guessed that I would fall in love with my best friend? You can\u2019t me by surprise. But it was the best thing that has caught me off guard in my entire life.\n22. I want to love you until I can\u2019t anymore. I want to hold your hand every chance that I get. I want to be by your side through thick and thin. I want to laugh at each one of your jokes. I want to stare into your eyes every moment I get. And I want to kiss your lips whenever they are free. I want you and nothing else.\n23. You must be an angel that was sent down from Heaven to look after me. You are the perfect person for me. I don\u2019t know what i would do without you in my life to guide me, love me and support me.\n24. The sun does not seem to shine when you are away from me. The moon doesn\u2019t come out to play either. Everything dies when you are not by myself. But everything comes alive the moment I see your beautiful smile next to me again.\n25. You are not the average girl. No, you are extraordinary. You are something more perfect than I could ever find the words to describe. How did I ever get so lucky to have such an amazing girlfriend like you?\nIf you need sweet things to say to your girlfriend to make her cry, the following ideas will work wonders. You can always modify these different texts and messaging ideas so that they match your exact relationship and your girlfriend\u2019s personality. With texting options like these, you can be certain that your girlfriend will feel loved and appreciated by you.\n1. I hope that you will find someone who brings you happiness and everything you want out of life. More importantly, I hope that that person will always be me. I wish that I could wake up and fall asleep thinking about you each and every day.\n2. Whenever I am with you, I keep having to pinch myself to see if I am truly awake. Each moment with you feels like a dream that I never want to wake up from.\n3. As soon as we started dating, it was like my entire future disappeared overnight. Now, the only plan I have for the future is having you in my life. I just want to stay with you forever.\n4. Whenever I have a difficult day ahead of me, the only thought that manages to get me through is thinking about lying with you when I come home at night. You are my everything.\n5. As soon as we say good-bye, I immediately start counting down the minutes until we can be together again. The only thing that brightens our good-byes is the thought of getting to say hello again.\nRomantic Things to Say to Your Girlfriend to Make Her Cry\nThese romantic things to say to your girlfriend to make her cry are one way to show how much you care. By giving her one of these messages, you show that you love her and are thinking about her constantly.\n1. I promise that time and distance will never come between us. No matter how far apart we are, my love can travel light years in a split second just to be with you in spirit again. You are always here in my heart, and thoughts of you constantly fill my mind. I never thought that I could ever fall in love like this, and you have become the sunshine that lights up my soul.\n2. I know that it is impossible for me to give you the world, but I can give you my heart. I promise that I will hold you close forever and always do my best to make you happy. You are the best thing that ever happened to me.\n3. Your love has opened my eyes to a new world full of wonder and amazement. Because of you, I look forward to waking up every moment because I might get to see you and hold you close during the day.\n4. The day I met you was the day my life truly began. Now, my memories of the past seem so dark and lifeless because you weren\u2019t in them. I just hope that you will continue lighting up my life forever.\n5. Your smile is so beautiful that it could light up the world and give hope to the hopeless. I find myself looking up jokes or remembering funny things during the day just so that I can see you smile at me again. Keep smiling, beautiful.\nPrevious article15 Songs About Love Triangles\nNext articleMy Girlfriend Is Boring: Why and What to Do\nChris allan November 12, 2018 at 10:39 am\nComment: i liked it\nThank you for sharing your positive comment. Have a great day, Chris!\nLloyd February 5, 2019 at 9:09 am\nAny way you web people can explain life to a girl and tell her that she is meant for you and make her understand that she is beautiful,smart,and talented?\nWeb Admin February 5, 2019 at 11:00 am\nThe best way to share your thoughts and feelings with someone is to speak to them. Of course, it is important to ensure that your words and conversation are appropriate to your relationship. Nourish this relationship by spending additional time with her in person. After you speak with her, ensure that you give her an opportunity to share herself with you as well. Have a great day, Lloyd!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 13460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 297.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/exmouth-residents-views-on-strand-redevelopment-plans-1-442244", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:21:48Z", "digest": "sha1:4UENTJHSWH4FKR4MSWOWTFLVLHJCLDBI", "length": 3421, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.exmouthjournal.co.uk", "title": "Exmouth residents' views on Strand redevelopment plans | Latest Exmouth News - Exmouth Journal", "raw_content": "Exmouth residents' views on Strand redevelopment plans\nRESIDENTS have been voicing their opinions on calls to utilise Strand gardens as home to year-round Exmouth festival activities. Regeneration work on the area, to cost \u00a33million, is due to start in February and expected to be completed next November. Once\nRESIDENTS have been voicing their opinions on calls to utilise Strand gardens as home to year-round Exmouth festival activities.\nRegeneration work on the area, to cost \u00a33million, is due to start in February and expected to be completed next November.\nOnce the refurbishment is finished, staff at Exmouth Town Council hope the gardens will be used for entertainment activities, including musical shows and house attractions such as arts and crafts stalls, taking place throughout the year.\nDespite a number of people being supportive of the festival plans, some, however, remain worried about the regeneration proposals.\nJohn Fletcher, of Barnfield Avenue, said: \"I think it's going to be an absolute disaster. It will kill the traffic circulation. I would much prefer to see the area left as it is.\n\"We already have the Manor Gardens which fulfils its function really well with the new bandstand there.\"\nHis wife, Janet, added: \"There isn't a problem with how it is now, although, they do need to drain the area properly.\"\nMichael Jefferies, 65, of Ashleigh Road, said: \"It is a waste of time and money.\"\nJanet Butler, 59, of Ashleigh Road, said: \"If they can make it modern with a Victorian facade, put back the railings and do it up, all they need to do is get the drainage sorted out.\n\"Last week it was like a swimming pool.\"\nJanet, who works in Exmouth Market, added: \"We get all the tourists in here and the majority are elderly or young families who go to Sandy Bay.\n\"The younger ones have come from ultra-modern towns and want to come somewhere different.\n\"I'm not against modernisation, but they have a mish-mash here of everything. If you look at Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton, they've got the right idea.\n\"They haven't put up stupid blue bus shelters and space ship-style lights. They have kept their features in keeping with the towns.\"\nSonia Thorn, 59, of Maristow Avenue, said: \"I don't think it should be touched. Just put the railings back and enhanced. Make it like it used to be. They shouldn't mess around with it.\"\nSupporting the festival plans and regeneration calls, John Stuart, 42, owner of Headmasters, said: \"I think the redevelopment will be good for Exmouth.\n\"I think the one-way system they are planning to introduce will be really good as well. I feel the town should become a bit more cosmopolitan.\"\nAnd, Phil Hooton, 43, who runs Swordfish Gallery, in The Marina, said: \"I think it is a good idea. It will make the area a bit more continental.\n\"The Exmouth Festival, which we're involved in, is a great event and it would be good to keep that vibe going.\n\"This is one of the first areas you see when you come into the heart of the town and it needs a tidy up. The development plans will freshen it up.\"\nRachel Evans, 41, of Exeter Road, said: \"Even though I like everything about Exmouth as it is, you have to move with the times.\n\"I think if they could change certain little bits of the town it would help.\n\"Exmouth is a little bit old fashioned now. It can't be a bad thing having a festival spirit and activities taking place all year round. Youngsters will like it as well.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 232, "original_length": 7312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 244.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.extrachai.com/nutritional-facts-and-health-benefits-of-licorice-tea/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:08:07Z", "digest": "sha1:3E56AMCGZEEIKA6JINCDG4KPMAMDJ525", "length": 10367, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.extrachai.com", "title": "11 Nutritional Facts and Health Benefits of Licorice Tea - ExtraChai", "raw_content": "Licorice is a plant which is also called liquorice in British English. In India, it is called mulethi. It\u2019s also known as the sweet root, which turns out to be fifty times sweeter than sugarcane. The plant is native to the continents of Europe and Asia. It has been commercially used as a sweetener in candies and beverages but has ample medicinal properties. It has been used as an overall medicine for several centuries in the Mediterranean countries. While the licorice tea has been quite popular for curing diseases in countries such as Egypt, India, it has been a part of the Ayurvedic medicine history. In China, it is called \u201cThe Great Detoxifier\u201d being a part of the Chinese medicine system for years. Licorice root is available in many forms which are either having glycyrrhizin or deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL). DGL is licorice with glycyrrhizin removed and thus, a safer form for medicinal uses. Licorice Tea has a plethora of benefits.\nNutritional and Health Benefits of Licorice Tea\n1. Nutritional Points\nWhile glycyrrhizic acid is the main component of licorice root, there are several nutrients which add medicinal benefit to the use of the plant. There are several flavonoids and saponins which have health-promoting properties. Along with sugars and starches, there are several amino acids and essential oils that are important for the functioning of the body. Also, there are minerals like manganese and phosphorus, which are important for several bodily reactions. The Vitamin B group is also present, which is an important class of nutrients allowing regular order in several body organs. Hence, this \u201cGrandfather of Herbs\u201d has several properties which make it boast its therapeutic usefulness.\n2. Good for Stomach Disorders\nLicorice tea is largely used for the treatment of problems in the gastrointestinal tract. DGL is the safer option for those taking licorice for most stomach problems. The anti-inflammatory properties of glycyrrhizic acid can help repair the stomach lining in the cases of stomach ulcers which is quite a common problem. It is also helpful in the cases of food poisoning and heartburn. The extracts can also boost the immunity of the body protecting it from bacteria and other microbes which cause stomach disorders. According to studies, glycyrrhizic acid can control the growth of bacteria H.pylori which can cause stomach problems. The moderate laxative properties can relieve bowel problems and calm your digestive tract effectively. Licorice root also has a moistening effect in the walls of the oesophagus and the stomach which prevents damages by stomach acid.\nAccording to studies and experiments, licorice root tea is an effective remedy for mouth ulcers and duodenal ulcers and can also boost overall digestive activities. Two to three cups of regular consumption of licorice tea can do wonders to your stomach health.\n3. Controlling Diabetes and Obesity\nLicorice root extracts are perhaps the best alternative to sugar for people with diabetes. While the sweetness remains natural, several health benefits are added to your tea dosage. Moreover, it contains an anti-diabetic substance called amorfrutine which has anti-inflammatory properties. It has been found to develop insulin resistance in the body by helping to reduce the blood sugar levels. According to a study, a molecule in licorice called glabridin is seen to protect nerve cells from cognitive decline which may be caused by diabetes and other neuropathic conditions. Consumption of roasted licorice is seen to treat conditions like diabetic nephropathy which is damage in kidney cells due to diabetes. Studies have also suggested that licorice has anti-obesity effects such that it can reduce triglyceride levels in the blood and also reduce the accumulation of adipose tissues in the abdomen.\nRegular consumption of licorice root tea can have very positive effects on oral problems like gingivitis and other microbial infections. Dental plaque formation is considerably reduced by licorice, and it also protects the teeth and gums from incoming problems. Applying licorice directly in the mouth is a traditional Ayurvedic method to control tooth decay. Recurrent canker sores can be dealt well with licorice which has been seen to reduce the size of ulcers considerably. Apart from the sweet taste to the mouth, these properties are the reason that licorice is used in toothpaste and mouthwashes.\nThe antiviral and antibacterial properties of licorice root can be effective against several toxicities affecting the body. It cleans the respiratory system by producing healthy mucus wearing away the old, sticky mucus lining. This keeps the entire bronchial system healthy and fresh. It also has the property to flush away toxins from the kidney removing stones and other unhealthy particles. The detoxifying properties also keep the liver clean. It also can fight infections in the body. Several infections can target you due to fungal and bacterial microbes landing on you. Women are prone to vaginal yeast infections which can be treated with licorice root. Not only does it fight away these infections, but also heals wounds and protects it from further damage.\n6. Maintains Reproductive Health\nSeveral women experience pre-menstrual symptoms like nausea, bloating, and mood swings. Menstrual cramps are also very painful for many women. Licorice root tea has anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties, along with the capacity to balance the oestrogen levels of the body. Thus, it can be very effective in fighting away PMS and menstrual cramps. It also helps women in their menopause stage when they are prone to mood swings and hot flashes due to a high level of antioxidants and phytoestrogens. Isoflavone is a phytoestrogen that helps level the oestrogen and progesterone levels in the body. Licorice can also treat hirsutism, which is a disease causing excessive hair growth in women. It can also help women affected by polycystic ovary syndrome.\n7. Reduces Stress and Depression\nLicorice root tea is said to a natural anti-depressant. It has the property to energize the production of steroids like cortisone and aldosterone in the body. Low levels of cortisone in the body are often the cause of stress and depression which is seen as bodily fatigue, reduced level of activity and increased anxiousness in every surrounding. Increased production of cortisone helps regulate insulin which in turn maintains the blood sugar level. The blood pressure is also balanced, and thereby, an overall calmness overcomes the body relieving it of stress and anxiety.\n8. Cardiac disorders and Blood pressure\nLicorice is rich in antioxidants which helps the reducing of oxidation of LDL cholesterol and thus, reduces the chances of atherosclerosis. Arterial blockages are harmful since they can also cause heart strokes leading to instant death. Licorice root tea also has the properties to increase the production of bile and therefore assists in keeping the cholesterol check. Low cholesterol in blood guarantees a healthy heart. The tea also balances the blood pressure avoiding it to be too low. Low blood pressure is a sign of fatigue and internal weakness. Two cups of tea can refresh you up such that all these blood flow problems to keep in check other heart problems as well.\n9. Cold and cough treatment\nLicorice root tea is the best herbal tea to cure a cough and cold. Throat coat tea is a popular throat remedy which is made by combining marshmallow root, licorice root and elm bark. As an antiviral, it fights the infections effectively and also adds up to your immunity status to stay protected. It can also treat a sore throat. A hot cup of licorice tea has nutrients with anti-inflammatory properties which provide you instant relief from the pain aiding faster recovery. It opens up your nasal passages and helps the bad mucus to let go of your system. Ayurvedic doctors strongly recommend licorice tea to clean the bronchial passage. Studies have also shown that glycyrrhizin has properties to reduce asthma.\nLicorice root has been observed by some researches to aid cancer treatment in some cases. It has an anti-tumour activity which prevents tumour proliferation and also prevents the toxicity of chemotherapy to affect the body. It can prevent prostate and breast cancer by promoting cell death of the toxic cancerous parts. By reducing inflammation, it also can reduce chronic prostatitis. While some Chinese practices do incorporate it into their cancer treatment operations, larger associations still need to exemplify on the research.\nAmong other benefits, the anti-inflammatory properties help in relieving the pain by arthritis. It can also reduce the chances of diseases like tuberculosis because of its anti-microbial properties. Moreover, it is also great for your skin and hair. Licorice root has been an established treatment of eczema, skin rashes, and dry skin. It is a natural agent to smoothen and hydrate your skin keeping it protected from external agents like sun or pollution. It has properties to help hair growth, keeping your scalp healthy to reduce dandruff and is also used to reduce premature baldness.\nThese advantages hold valuable ground only if a limit is maintained. Overindulgence may cause some severe side effects like water-retention in the body cells, muscle cramps, headaches, and high blood pressure. Thus, beyond the prescribed limit the benefits may overturn. Pregnant women and children should check with a doctor to get a fixed prescription of licorice such that it doesn\u2019t harm them. Individuals with thyroid problems and pre-existing history of heart problems and medications should also check before starting on licorice. Hence, licorice root tea is a very strong treatment for several problems but only under a fixed dosage.\n10 Herbal Teas for Relieving Constipation and Make You Poop 8 Incredible Health Benefits of Valerian Root Tea 11 Easy to Implement Home Remedies for Hot Flashes 7 Scientifically Proven Health Benefits of Marshmallow Root 13 Amazing Health Benefits of Valerian Root 10 Best Teas for Relieving Stress and Anxiety 10 Best Tonsillitis Home Remedies For Helping Your Throat 8 Crazy Nutritional Facts and Health Benefits of Oolong Tea 12 Nutritious Facts and Health Benefits of Papaya 18 Health Benefits of Tomatoes- Nutrition Facts, Carbs, and Side Effects", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 11364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 273.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.facingsouth.org/2013/03/institute-index-the-iraq-war-at-10.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:25Z", "digest": "sha1:YSALCSB6SD6OZCSYQMJ3AK2OFMVPKEMY", "length": 2103, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.facingsouth.org", "title": "INSTITUTE INDEX: The Iraq War at 10 | Facing South", "raw_content": "INSTITUTE INDEX: The Iraq War at 10\nBush_auth_iraq_war_0.jpg\nSince the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began 10 years ago this week, number of people who have been killed in the ensuing violence: at least 190,000\nPercent of those who died that were civilians: more than 70\nNumber of Iraqis killed last month alone: 220\nNumber of Iraqi children orphaned in the conflict: 5 million\nEstimated number of Iraqis displaced by the war: 2.7 million\nPercent of displaced Iraqis who said they wished to return home in 2006: 45\nPercent of displaced Iraqis who said they wished to return home in 2012, with the decline blamed on the lack of security: 6\nTotal number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq: 4,488\nMinimum number of U.S. contractors killed there: 3,400\nOf the 10 states that suffered the greatest number of troop deaths in Iraq*, number in the South: 4\nOf the 10 bases that suffered the greatest number of troop deaths in Iraq**, number in the South: 5\nAmount the Bush administration initially estimated the war would cost: $50 billion to $60 billion\nMinimum amount the war will actually cost U.S. taxpayers: $2.2 trillion\nSince the war was funded through borrowing, what the cumulative interest could amount to through 2053: $3.9 trillion\nAmount the U.S. is now spending annually to compensate veterans and victims of its past wars: $40 billion\nNumber of people who are still receiving benefits related to the Civil War, which ended 148 years ago: 2\nDate on which the statute of limitations runs out for possible crimes committed by President George W. Bush related to fraud in launching and continuing the war: 1/20/2014\n* CA (519), TX (454), FL (218), PA (217), NY (210), OH (207), IL (177), MI (168), GA (151), and VA (142)\n** Fort Hood, TX (509); Camp Pendleton, CA (345); Camp Lejeune, NC (295); Fort Campbell, KY (224); Fort Carson, CO (202); Fort Bragg, NC (197); Fort Lewis, WA (191); Fort Stewart, GA (183); Fort Riley, KS (140); Fort Drum, NY (119)\nINSTITUTE INDEX: The cost of war\nInstitute Poll: Opposition to Iraq War Growing in Southern States\nNorth Carolinians not happy with Bush war policy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 3611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 303.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.familytravelersmagazine.com/blog/five-reasons-you-should-go-to-the-delray-beach-open", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:15:38Z", "digest": "sha1:4O3FXIQEZQ4GWQCKUXFZFWRTL44DR5UU", "length": 2079, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.familytravelersmagazine.com", "title": "Five Reasons You Should Go To The Delray Beach Open - Family Travelers Magazine", "raw_content": "Five Reasons You Should Go To The Delray Beach Open\nJack Sock photo by Thomas Routzong\nWe have been enjoying the Delray Beach Open for more than a decade. It is one of our favorite tennis tournaments so we have put together a list of five reasons you should go to the Delray Beach Open too!\n1) NEW AND OLD - It\u2019s the perfect place for fans to catch a glimpse of some of the young guns of today and some of the most recognizable pros of yesterday.\nThe Delray Beach Open in sunny Delray Beach, Florida offers the amazing combination of an ATP World Tour event and an ATP Champion's event. See the stars of today and your favorites from the past.\n2) THE BEST OF THE BEST - The ATP World Tour event features some of the most successful players in both men\u2019s pro singles and doubles.\nIn 2017, the Delray Beach Open boasts the number 3 singles player on the planet (Milos Raonic), the number 1 American singles player (Jack Sock), a US Open singles champ Juan Martin Del Potro and the most successful doubles team of all time (the Brian brothers).\n3) Pro tennis today is all about power and those who can control it. It is not unusual to see these guys crushing serves at over 150 mph. A tennis court is only 78 feet long. Imagine a ball rocketing toward you at 140 or 150 mph.\nCroatian Ivo Karlovic has recorded serves at over 156 mph. Canadian Milos Raonic has served at 155 mph.\nAmazingly, talented players today have the hand-eye coordination to hit these balls back.\n4) UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL - There are matches playing simultaneously on multiple courts plus players warming up on others. Some of the seats are literally just 10 feet from the lines of the court! You are so close, you can see the fuzz being pummeled off the tennis ball and the sweat flying off the players.\n5) LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - Delray Beach is a delightful city and sunny Florida is a great place to be in February.\nFor more information, visit http://www.yellowtennisball.com\nLearn more about Delray Beach at https://mydelraybeach.com/visitors/index.php\nArticle by Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 3679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 286.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fanbolt.com/12219/the-impossible-dvd-review-a-remarkable-and-exceptional-movie/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:27:27Z", "digest": "sha1:BHELX33SKYZE4DSKBX3JOUSLHAKHHX7V", "length": 3563, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.fanbolt.com", "title": "'The Impossible' DVD Review: A Remarkable And Exceptional Movie | FanBolt", "raw_content": "\u2018The Impossible\u2019 DVD Review: A Remarkable And Exceptional Movie\nThe Impossible DVD Review\nBased on an incredible true story, The Impossible paints a terrifying picture of what it was like to be in Thailand on the morning of December 26th, 2004. Thousands of people were killed in Southeast Asia that day, and the remarkable story of the Belons was what inspired this film.\nIt\u2019s Christmas vacation for the Bennett family. Maria, Henry, and their three sons Lucas, Thomas, and Simon are vacationing in Thailand. On the morning of December 26th, the family is relaxing around the pool when they witness the ground start to shake and a distance hum rising up from the beach. Maria freezes in terror as she notices the massive wall of water which is engulfing everything in front of them.\nThis is the part of the film that is incredibly difficult to watch. The audiences follow Maria as the water tumbles her body across the landscape cutting, stabbing, and bruising her every inch of the way. Director Juan Antonio Bayona does an incredible job at making audiences hold their breath here. Minimal sound effects accompany the scenes of devastation. You only hear the sounds that you would have heard had you been the one tossed around and crushed by the waves. This subtle touch creates a very powerful sequence which leaves you grimacing every time Maria gets sucked back under the water.\nMaria has not lost all her family however, after several minutes of being carried inland by the waves, she sees her oldest son Lucas. Together the two look for a place where they brace themselves and regain their strength. Soon help arrives to take them to a nearby hospital. Lucas doesn\u2019t want to leave his mother\u2019s side, but is also wanting to find the rest of their family.\nI know I\u2019ve said it before, but this film isn\u2019t easy to watch. However the experience that it gives you not only humbles you but also gives you hope. I won\u2019t say anything more in regards to the plot for those of you that aren\u2019t familiar with the story of the Belon family, but it truly is an exceptional story.\nNaomi Watts gives an incredible performance, one that earned her an Oscar nomination. Ewan McGregor also delivers a solid performance, but the true star here is Tom Holland, who plays the oldest son Lucas. Holland does an incredible job at transitioning between vulnerability and determination. Pulling the heartstrings of the audience as if we\u2019re all marionettes, Holland shows us incredible growth in his character \u2013 at the beginning of the film he is a child on Christmas vacation \u2013 by the end of the film, he is selfless and he has grown into a remarkable young man. Why Holland wasn\u2019t nominated for an Oscar is beyond me.\nSpecial features on the DVD release include audio commentary, a special casting featurette, deleted scenes and more.\nOverall, The Impossible tells a story that should have been just that, impossible. But it\u2019s a rewarding experience very much worth having for movie lovers. This is one of the most powerful films I\u2019ve seen a long while. Not many films have the ability to humble and impress audiences with the endurance of such horrific situations and do so with this degree of strength and grace. We often forget how amazing we all can be in the face of catastrophe, and The Impossible gives audiences an inspiring reminder to be good and help others. Something we should be doing at all times \u2013 not just in times of disasters.\nTags: DVD ReviewEwan McGregorMovie ReviewMoviesNaomi WattsThe ImpossibleTom Holland\nNice review! I\u2019ll be watching this movie very soon.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 6286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 317.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fanbolt.com/22789/forza-horizon-theres-a-shooting-star-on-the-horizon-seriously/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:26Z", "digest": "sha1:JEKJU2PHJIECQDVKNO7IUGZPXIQ4LGXF", "length": 5366, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.fanbolt.com", "title": "Forza Horizon: There's A Shooting Star on The Horizon... Seriously! | FanBolt", "raw_content": "Forza Horizon: There\u2019s A Shooting Star on The Horizon\u2026 Seriously!\nForza Horizon: There\u2019s A Shooting Star on The Horizon\u2026Seriously!\nWell, as you saw yesterday, I scored Forza Horizon 9.5 out of 10. I focused on the main parts of the game and even mentioned how great the open world is to explore. However, instead of going into more detail about that in the review, I thought it would be fun to have a separate article that focuses on the open world and all of the \u201cgoofing\u201d around that you can do. So pretty much, here is an article that is focused on the less serious side of Forza Horizon.\nI absolutely love racing games and the Forza series is no exception \u2013 a series that now includes the open world of Colorado. I love being able to explore in Forza Horizon. There are many items to find and collect, a lot of traffic to dodge, other drivers to race against, and speed traps and zones to test your high speed capabilities that will be sent to the leaderboards. There is a lot to the open world gameplay, but when it comes to racing games, I like to take a less serious side to the gameplay and goof around. What\u2019s great about Forza Horizon is that I am no longer constricted to a single course, but now have a whole world to try and jump to new heights, similar to what you see in the picture below.\nNow in Forza Horizon, even though it is an open world, there are a lot of points that still keep you on a basic course. However, there are also areas where you can have all kinds of fun and find many ways of \u201cjumping\u201d around. One of those ways is by visiting the local golf course and taking your high speed vehicle of choice out on the back nine. That\u2019s probably the best place for it and there isn\u2019t much else like it in the game. Still, you\u2019ll want to come in from a road at high speeds in order to hit the course just right, otherwise you won\u2019t get nearly as much speed to make the entire \u201cjumping\u201d experience worth it. Here is a video of me driving in to the golf course from one of the better roads that line you up for a jump.\nObviously there is a ton of messing around that you can do on the golf course. Another thing that is great about the online play is that you can join friends in the open world and drive around together. This means you can try to go head-on with your friends and time a spot just right to make the jump even crazier. Crazy is obviously the idea behind this article, but as I said, it\u2019s just another way to goof around in a game that you can easily spend hundreds of hours in. I can be a very serious racer when it comes to racing games, but there becomes a moment in time where you just want to see what else is possible.\nAnother thing you\u2019ll notice is that on many occasions you\u2019ll struggle to avoid the oncoming traffic. Now I love that there is oncoming traffic in this game, it makes it more exciting and causes you to swerve to perfection in a race, otherwise you\u2019ll probably be tapping the Y button to rewind. When you do accidently hit an oncoming car, more often than not they\u2019ll just slide off to the side. However, you may come across moments where things get a little crazy and you end up sending the oncoming car flying to the moon. It hasn\u2019t happened often for me, in fact, it\u2019s only happened three times during my review process. But, if you do catch a car just right, this is what you could see.\nAnother thing that\u2019s a lot of fun about exploring the open world is simply driving throughout at super high speeds. I found one road in particular in a small downtown area which I liked, that is both fun and challenging to drive as fast as possible through the downtown area without hitting anything. With small one lane roads and a lot of trees, it\u2019s a difficult task to perform, but it sure is fun to try. The video below shows it best, and I still failed at the end, but that\u2019s an example of other fun things that can come about as you play through the game.\nYou\u2019ll have many high speed and high flying moments, and there are areas that if you hit them at the right speeds you can jump and roll quite a bit. Some of those will actually find you. The whole point of this article is that the open world is massive, it\u2019s huge and it takes time to travel, even when you are on the highway going 250+ miles per hour. I\u2019m sure there will be others that find new areas to get some hang time from above and I look forward to seeing what it is they do find. It\u2019s always fun to see flying cars, especially when it\u2019s not supposed to happen.\nOne more thing to make note of is that the video replay and photo taking ability in the game creates an even more fun experience when dealing with craziness, allowing for high flying photo shoots. Obviously with those photos, I was able to angle the images just right to make a cool looking photo. So you definitely have that to look forward to in this \u201ccrazy high flying arcade racer!\u201d\nFinally, I would like to share with you one last photo that I captured while I was star gazing one night. I was able to capture this shooting star on camera, or should I say it\u2026shooting car! It\u2019s a shooting star car in the Colorado skies that folks visiting the Horizon Festival may have seen!\nThis video shows you how I created the shooting star.\nAlright, silliness is over now, back to serious gaming! By the way \u2013 follow me on Twitter for more possible crazy gameplay pictures! @CaffeinatedGamr", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 8200, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 232.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fandor.com/cast_and_crew_members/christian_wagener", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:14:50Z", "digest": "sha1:Y7GWJJI5CY7RKEQ4ZTREOUQDTDCY3MKX", "length": 409, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.fandor.com", "title": "Christian Wagener", "raw_content": "Focusing on ten Michelin 3 Star chefs, THREE STARS depicts the everyday drama of life in gourmet restaurants and includes exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access to some of the world\u2019s most talented chefs as they work in their gastronomic laboratories, hunt for exquisite ingredients in...\nFocusing on ten Michelin 3 Star chefs, THREE STARS depicts the everyday drama of life in gourmet restaurants.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 1698, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 297.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fastcalculus.com/calculus-differentiation-product-and-quotient-rule-27751/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:00Z", "digest": "sha1:B6AEOSMCII5HZFRK2S2YHZ4BZPL5A4IH", "length": 59, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fastcalculus.com", "title": "Calculus: Differentiation: Product and Quotient Rule - #27751 - FastCalculus", "raw_content": "Question: Find the derivative of \\[f(x)={{e}^{2x-5}}(x+3)\\]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.67, "perplexity": 114.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fastcalculus.com/calculus-general-differentiation-28358/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:43:09Z", "digest": "sha1:P6UM2GKA3I7YFPHKSEQ34UND34UX3PSG", "length": 277, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fastcalculus.com", "title": "Calculus: General Differentiation - #28358 - FastCalculus", "raw_content": "Question: A farmer wants to enclose two adjacent rectangular regions, as shown below, next to a river, one for sheep and one for cattle. No fencing will be needed on the river side, but 210 m of fencing is available. What is the area of the largest region that can be enclosed?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fengshuiweb.co.uk/advice/animalmarch2017.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:03Z", "digest": "sha1:OXPT7BUNF54CVAMGENAWN5PDJ3Q5BYJS", "length": 3948, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.fengshuiweb.co.uk", "title": "March 2017 Chinese Animal Predictions - Feng Shui Store", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb March 2017 Chinese Animal Predictions\nMarch 2017 2nd Month Gui Mao (Yin Water Rabbit)\nThe Chinese Animal Predictions are only a general perspective guide for the twelve earthly branches of the Chinese almanac for March 2017.\nIn this post, I have attempted to point out the factors that may affect you beneficially this month and also those of which you should beware of according to your animal sign. You should also take in to account the Flying Stars for March 2017 when using the Chinese Animal Predictions.\nPlease do not think that because, for example, you read that March 2017 will have problems for the month and you read below that March 2017 will not be good, you will therefore have a bad month. No, a positive attitude and hard work combined with knowledge of what the month ahead has in store for you will enable you to avoid many problems and disappointments.\nPlease click the relevant animal below for the predictions for March 2017. If you are unsure about which animal you are, please follow the chart below by finding your date of birth.\nIf you would like to discover your Chinese Animal, please click the image below for our free Chinese Animal Calculator.\nPlease click the relevant animal below to view the advice for March 2017.\nThe Rat will need to keep a close watch on their finances in March as there is risk of financial loss and it would be wise for the Rat to spend time reading over paperwork when\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThis is looking to be a very promising month for the Ox and they can enjoy and make significant progress with whatever they try their\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThe Tiger could come across conflicts in March and will need to avoid or work around problems if they occur. It would be wise to avoid overspending this month as\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThe Rabbit will need to apply care with their finances this month as there is risk of loss and unexpected expenses and the Rabbit may be caught out if they\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThe Dragon\u2019s month is looking to be fairly mixed in March. The Dragon will have some exciting opportunities this month but will also have\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThe Snake is looking to be a fabulous month for the Snake with a lot of promise, especially where financial matters are concerned. The Snake can\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThis is a great month for the Horse to make progress in their plans and projects as they can accomplish a lot in March when they dedicate time to\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThis is looking to be a very good month for the Goat during March and they will have a lot of luck on their side at what they do. The Goat can benefit from a business trip\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThe Monkeys work life is looking very promising in March and they can look forward to good relations with coworkers this month. The Monkeys\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nThe Rooster will need to apply care with their finances this year as there is risk of financial loss due to lack of attention when signing documents and reading\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nMarch is looking to be a fairly neutral month for the Dog with no problems in particular to worry about. The dog can accomplish a lot this month although\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nMarch is looking to be a good month for the Pig and should be one where the can look forward to promising results in what they do. This is a great time for\u2026 Click here to find out more\u2026\nCharacteristics of the Fire Rooster\nMarch 2017 Chinese Animal Predictions March 2017 2nd Month Gui Mao (Yin Water Rabbit) Starts from 5th March 2017 to 3rd April 2017 Are you really prepared for 2017? The Chinese Animal Predictions are only a general perspective guide for the twelve earthly branches of the Chinese almanac for March 2017. In this post, I have attempted to point out the factors that may affect you beneficially this month [\u2026]\nGoat \u2013 November 2017 Chinese Animal Predictions", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 10776, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fergusondental.ca/meet-dr-alan-ferguson", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:33Z", "digest": "sha1:Y5Q37A2YSONOVC7HSHDOA2MGZDKSB7GP", "length": 1273, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.fergusondental.ca", "title": "Alan Ferguson, DDS | North Vancouver BC Dentist", "raw_content": "Dr. Alan Ferguson\u2019s goal is to serve people in a way that makes a difference. He has a commitment to excellence in individual, health-centered dental care, and understands that preventive and restorative dental care has a transformative impact on a person\u2019s life.\nDr. Ferguson is a native of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. He attended the University of Glasgow, where he was awarded his degree in dentistry and dental surgery. Shortly after graduating, he moved to Canada and spent time practicing in Newfoundland and Labrador, and set up his own general practice in Labrador City.\nDr. Ferguson completed postgraduate training at the University of Western Ontario, where he achieved National Board Certification. He credits the experience gained from practicing in Labrador City without the benefit of any dental specialist in the area as an essential reason for his busy and successful practice today.\nDr. Ferguson has been established in North Vancouver for more than 20 years. He is a member of the Canadian Dental Association, the British Columbia Dental Association, and the British Dental Association.\nOutside of dentistry, Dr. Ferguson enjoys fishing, skiing, motorcycling, and football (soccer), and never misses a game of his favorite team, the Glasgow Rangers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 2424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 90.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.feries.com/umbria/citta-di-castello/marvelous-hamlet-into-the-untouched-nature-2422660", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:12:19Z", "digest": "sha1:FRBS7KPIFRNW6IHX4ZP4IV3N7W64ZRMH", "length": 2116, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.feries.com", "title": "Marvelous Hamlet into the untouched nature #2422660", "raw_content": "Villa la Cittadella is a small village that is located within a corner of eco-sustainable paradise immersed in a park of 12 hectares and surrounded by hills adorned with olive groves, vineyards and chestnut groves.\nThe village dates back to the XVII \u00b0 century. It overlooks the beautiful valley of Valtiberina Umbra and borders to the west with Tuscany.\nIn the structure guests will find a completely private panoramic swimming pool, an organic vegetable garden from which can be collect the vegetables and also a small fishing lake to delight in pleasant moments.\nAll the structures of the village are scattered in its large park, about 12 hectares, and have been restructured in a wise and respecting the ancient origins. The walls with exposed stone are the undisputed protagonists of the external style. The various houses are connected with each other with practical and rustic paths of meadow and gravel.\nThe interiors are bright and airy, with floors that range between artisanal terracotta and parquet. The wooden ceilings give a rustic air and at the same time refined to all the spaces.\nThe apartments can accommodate a total of 20 people, divided into 18 comfortable double rooms and 2 single rooms. At guests' disposal there are also 10 bathrooms equipped with all modern comforts. Each room is characterized by typical rustic elements, made by local craftsmen.\nVilla la Cittadella can be considered an \"ecoborgo\", because it is able to generate, through a photovoltaic system, the energy necessary to the whole structure; it also has a pond of \"phytodepuration\", that can recycling water that can be used again for irrigation. In addition, guests can taste and buy the products of the organic farm and visit the oil mill and the cellar inside the village itself.\nThe village is therefore ideal for large families and groups of friends who want to spend quality time in contact with the most real and pure nature of the Umbrian Apennines, always counting the fact that you can easily reach all the near artistic cities and attractions.\nPer soggiorni di due settimane, 14 notti, sar\u00e0 applicato uno sconto.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 317.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ferrarili.com/racing-headlines.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:24Z", "digest": "sha1:TPZNFUHFAHZTTYEHVTZP4GXRXRAVVEC5", "length": 3870, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.ferrarili.com", "title": "Racing Headlines | Ferrari of Long Island", "raw_content": "Ferrari Challenge Video\nRACES RUN, CHAMPIONS CROWNED\nby Ferrari in Races,\nThe final two rounds of the North American Ferrari Challenge could not have taken place at two more exciting venues. Round eight (a non-points race) took place in mid-November during the U.S. Grand Prix at the brand new $350 million Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas in front of a reported weekend crowd that was in excess of 265,000 spectators. Then, just two weeks later, at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain the World Finals took place in front of more than 30,000 spectators and included the final for the North American series.\nThe nine race series of the 2012 North American Ferrari Challenge began in March at the IndyCar street circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida. The series was first designed in 1993 to allow Ferrari owners an opportunity to compete with fellow Ferrari enthusiasts. The series has progressed and today allows Ferrari owners to compete with special Ferrari 458 Challenge racers on some of the world's greatest racetracks.\nThe U.S. Grand Prix weekend had the largest entry of all of the 2012 Ferrari Challenge races with 34 cars. Both races were won by Emmanuel Anassis from Montreal, Canada, driving for the Ferrari Qu\u00e9bec dealership. The racing was extremely close with Venezuelan Alex Popow, driving for the Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale team finishing second in the first race by just 2.063 seconds. The margin of victory was even tighter in the second race with Austin's own Mark McKenzie finishing just 1.248 seconds behind Anassis.\nThe World Finals was a major celebration of all things Ferrari with more than 50 historic Ferrari racing cars on display and on the track, and appearances by Ferrari Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. Eleven North American drivers made the long trip to Spain for the two races in the final weekend of the 2012 North American Ferrari Challenge. With two classes of racing: the Trofeo Pirelli class for experienced racers and the Coppa Shell race for less experienced racers. In race 1, Enzo Potolicchio from Venezuela won the Trofeo Pirelli race while Jim Booth from Charleston, SC was victorious in the Coppa Shell race. The next day, Venezuelan Alex Popow, won the Trofeo class with Damon Ockey from Calgary, Canada winning the Coppa Shell.\nLinks to the video on Ferrari.com ? http://corseclienti.ferrari.com/2012en/home/index/\nFinishing third on both days in the Trofeo Pirelli class in Spain was Onofrio Triarsi from Short Hills, New Jersey. These results, along with his season-long success at other venues resulted in his winning the North American series championship for 2012. Damon Ockey, who finished second on the first day in the Valencia Coppa Shell Race finished as series champion in the North American Coppa Shell series.\nThe 2013 calendar for the North American Ferrari Challenge has been set and promises even more excitement. For the first time, the series will kick off its season at the 51st running of the legendary Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race on January 26-27. Ferrari's connection to the endurance classic is well established?the iconic Ferrari Daytona got its name to honor the company's 1-2-3 finish in the February 1967 24-hour race with its 330P4 sports racing car.\nThe second race of the 2013 season will take place on April 12-14 with a new and exciting venue, the Interlagos Circuit in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. This will be followed by the challenging Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point in the wine country of California. Next will be Canada's Mosport Circuit in September, the home of the Canadian Grand Prix in the 1960s and ancestral home to road racing in Canada. Eight race weekends are scheduled for the 2013 North American Ferrari Challenge, including a return to the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas and the World Finals at a location that is still to be determined.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 8154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fian.org/library/publication/a_human_rights_analysis_of_gene_drives/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:55Z", "digest": "sha1:NUKAGYH3X3JFEUWGXQBEJO4DQWFR4ZF2", "length": 430, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.fian.org", "title": "FIAN International: A Human Rights Analysis of Gene Drives", "raw_content": "A Human Rights Analysis of Gene Drives\nA new briefing published today by FIAN International shows how the gene drive technology undermines peasants\u2019 control over genetic resources and agroecology, threatens biodiversity and poses incalculable risks for human health.\nIt also sheds light on how science is increasingly manipulated to meet corporate interests, rather than to serve the public good.\nYou can access the analysis here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 1838, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 332.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fidelitybankonline.com/Your-Life/Your-Home", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:37Z", "digest": "sha1:IP5H6BYPPVDY4IHKLPNINHIMFZH7TIH7", "length": 190, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fidelitybankonline.com", "title": "Your Home - Fidelity Bank", "raw_content": "It\u2019s where the heart is. It\u2019s also where the \u201csmart\u201d is. If you manage your money correctly, your home can be a strong asset to your overall purchasing power. Let us help you understand how.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 355, "original_length": 10878, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 271.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fieldingnair.com/team/jay-litman/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:27Z", "digest": "sha1:BO4AHY46R4B2CNGOJ6YSNXB7PUO2CMH2", "length": 3738, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.fieldingnair.com", "title": "Jay J. Litman, AIA |", "raw_content": "\u201cJay\u2019s evolution towards a project-based, collaborative educational model grew from his per\u00adsonal interest in the education of hearing impaired children using an \u201cinclusion\u201d model.\u201d\nJay J. Litman, AIA\nPrincipal & Rhode Island Studio Director\nJay J. Litman, AIA has a deep understanding and appreciation of the educational challenges facing both children and adults within the teaching and learning environment. His 38-years of professional experience has focused primarily on the planning and design of PreK-12 educational facilities; campus planning and design; public and private libraries; and historic rehabilitation. His project background also extends to urban planning, housing and commercial.\nHe is deeply involved in the emerging theories of project-based, collaborative teaching and learning that is reshaping the language of modern school design. His evolution towards a project-based, collaborative educational model grew from his personal interest in the education of hearing impaired children using an \u201cinclusion\u201d model. The emerging theories of the time mandated fundamental changes in the design of the classroom environment such as; learning in smaller groups, working collaboratively on project based assignments, creating multiple modes of learning within one classroom as well as paying attention to acoustics and lighting. It became immediately apparent that the current 100-year old factory model for public education was highly resistant to change at the most fundamental levels.\nAs a FNI Partner and Head of the Rhode Island Studio, Jay advocates a workshop driven approach for the design of new schools and community campuses both in the United States and internationally. He has led FNI teams for new or revitalized schools and campuses in countries such as Switzerland, Russia, Japan, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. The Sinarmas World Academy in Serpong, Indonesia was recognized by CEPFI (A4LE) with an International Award of Distinction.\nJay is presently heading our efforts to establish a new multiple international school campus in Kazan Russia; major modernization of all schools in the Chappaqua School District (NY), a major renovation to the Canadian Academy in Kobe, Japan; and a new Middle School for a private Catholic Academy in Tampa, Florida.\nFor the last few years he has been developing the idea of a new curriculum component centered on design and problem-solving. This has led to the development of the \u201cSTEAM Learning Center\u201d. The STEAM Lab teaches student to envision, invent and build their ideas. This goes far beyond the limitations of a \u201cMaker Space\u201d. This vision has now resulted in the design and (in-progress) construction of several major STEAM projects both at International, Public and Private School Campuses.\nAnother Innovation developed in the Rhode Island studio is the Educational Innovation Lab. The \u201cI-Lab\u201d is and educational laboratory where teachers have the ability to incorporate teaching and learning methods into the curriculum units that could not be adequately delivered in a traditional classroom. This is the place where education practice and spatial design work in harmony. It demonstrates how new teaching and learning methods benefit from spaces specifically designed to fit a new model of education. The I-Lab enables self-directed, independent and group learning which, research indicates is a key form of knowledge acquisition; students who work together learn more. It provides the infrastructure where faculty can ignite discussion, coach, give feedback, demonstrate, supervise, observe and consult with student teams as they collaborate. There are now three built here in the US with several more in the works.\nContact Jay J. Litman at jay@fieldingnair.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 4364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 247.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/sister-rosetta-tharpe-documentary-2011/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:10Z", "digest": "sha1:5E42MCD2LTWQLAUE7GDHZZJ7ERM4SDOB", "length": 1154, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.filmsforaction.org", "title": "Sister Rosetta Tharpe -Documentary 2011", "raw_content": "Sister Rosetta Tharpe -Documentary 2011\nSister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 \u2013 October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. As a pioneer of mid-20th-century music, she attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that... read more\nSister Rosetta Tharpe (March 20, 1915 \u2013 October 9, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. As a pioneer of mid-20th-century music, she attained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and rhythmic accompaniment that was a precursor of rock and roll. She was the first great recording star of gospel music and among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll audiences, later being referred to as \"the original soul sister\" and \"the Godmother of rock and roll\".[1][3][4][5][6] She influenced early rock-and-roll musicians, including Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.[7][8][9]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 8027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 38.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/engaged-with-china-on-issue-of-kailash-mansarovar-yatra-via-nathu-la-govt/993324/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:18:08Z", "digest": "sha1:WXIJA4LU2CEJLECLF4ICMIHD4UZGSOLP", "length": 1914, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.financialexpress.com", "title": "Engaged with China on issue of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Nathu La: Govt - The Financial Express", "raw_content": "Engaged with China on issue of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Nathu La: Govt\nThe Doklam standoff began on June 16 after the Indian troops intervened and stopped the Chinese Army from building a road in the area claimed by Bhutan as it posed a security risk to Chicken Neck, the narrow corridor connecting India with its north-eastern states.\nThe government is engaged with China on the issue of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the Nathu La route which was not undertaken this year in the aftermath of the military face-off between India and China,. (PTI)\nThe government is engaged with China on the issue of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via the Nathu La route which was not undertaken this year in the aftermath of the military face-off between India and China. The issue was also raised by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during a meeting here a fortnight ago, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha. \u201cThe Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via the Nathu La route was not undertaken in 2017 after the Chinese government cited unfavourable conditions to ensure the safe and smooth conduct of the yatra on this route,\u201d Singh said. \u201cThe government of India is engaged with the Chinese government on this matter. The EAM also raised the issue with Chinese foreign minister during his visit to India en early December 2017,\u201d he also said.\nThe Doklam standoff began on June 16 after the Indian troops intervened and stopped the Chinese Army from building a road in the area claimed by Bhutan as it posed a security risk to Chicken Neck, the narrow corridor connecting India with its north-eastern states. In the backdrop of the face-off, China had stopped Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage through the Nathu La pass, demanding that India withdraw its troops from Doklam. Finally, the two armies \u201cdisengaged\u201d on August 28.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 5460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2018-12/45432213-global-blockchain-technologies-corp-and-x2-games-enter-into-acquisition-agreement-296.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:13:34Z", "digest": "sha1:ITYA7ECBMMOGZAJ5MFIOZETNQZRCAMUX", "length": 10653, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.finanznachrichten.de", "title": "Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. and X2 Games Enter into Acquisition Agreement", "raw_content": "Aktien\u00bbNachrichten\u00bbGLOBAL GAMING TECHNOLOGIES AKTIE\u00bbGlobal Blockchain Technologies Corp. and X2 Games Enter into Acquisition Agreement\nGLOBAL GAMING TECHNOLOGIES CORP\nWKN: A2PEA9 ISIN: CA37959M1041 Ticker-Symbol: BWSP Frankfurt | 15.02.19 | 17:10 Uhr\nGlobal Blockchain Technologies Corp. and X2 Games Enter into Acquisition Agreement\nAfter the proposed acquisition of X2 Games was announced by BLOC in October, the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement in which BLOC will acquire X2 Games and BLOC will separate its exchange-related interests into a spinout entity. X2 Games will introduce several exciting elements to BLOC, including its current library of interactive gaming projects, as well as the leadership of Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari.\nVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - December 4, 2018) - GLOBAL BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (CSE: BLOC.U) (FSE: BWSP) (OTC Pink: BLKCF) (\"BLOC\", or the \"Company\") announces that further to the previously announced proposed transaction between BLOC and X2 Games Corp. (\"X2 Games\"), as announced in a press release dated October 10, 2018, the companies have entered into a definitive agreement whereby the Company will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of X2 Games (the \"X2 Games Shares\") by way of a three-cornered amalgamation (the \"Transaction\"). The Transaction will introduce the leadership of Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell and Hollywood creative director and VFX visionary Zai Ortiz to BLOC's operations, as BLOC pivots to focus on gaming-related projects.\nPursuant to the terms of the Transaction, BLOC will issue 330,519,541 common shares in the capital of the Company at a deemed price of $0.15 per share in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding X2 Games Shares, for an aggregate purchase price of $49,577,931.15. All intellectual property rights to X2 Games' current game projects will become part of BLOC, including four digital interactive games for Amazon Alexa. One of these games, titled St. Noire, has a pre-release date set for Q1 2019, with three other Amazon Alexa games set to be launched in early 2019. A trailer of St. Noire can be seen at http://www.st-noire.com/amazon-alexa.\nAs a result of the acquisition by BLOC of X2 Games, a spinout entity will hold BLOC's exchange-related interests (the \"Spinout\"). Only BLOC's shareholders as of the record date of December 4, 2018, will be entitled to consideration as a result of the Spinout. These interests are as follows:\nAll rights, work product, and assets related to the development of the Laser blockchain.\nAll holdings of Laser Technologies Corp., Cayman Islands subsidiary of BLOC.\nAll rights, work product, and assets related to the development of the Singularity digital asset and forex exchange.\nAll rights and work product relating to the business and technology development of Stratus.\nAll rights and work product relating to the development of any Middle Eastern Cryptocurrency Spot Exchange.\nBlockchain Technologies DMCC, Dubai subsidiary of BLOC.\nAll rights and interests relating to the investment in Hyperion Crypto Exchange Inc.\nBLOC's investment in Quisitive Technology Solutions Inc.\nAll rights in and to agreements between BLOC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise or its affiliates.\nShidan Gouran, President and CEO of the Company, commented \"As a result of this transaction, we will have delivered three prosperous lines of business to our shareholders in just over a year's time. Bringing Nolan and Zai, as well as their creative works into BLOC enables us to build a stronger footing in the ever-growing interactive gaming space. Then, with expanded operations for FORK, and continued developments with our exchange operations in the Spinout, we have a wide range of business interests in our family of companies. We expect things to go well with each of these companies before 2018 is out, with some very exciting prospects on the horizon for 2019.\"\nThe Transaction is subject to the receipt of certain approvals, including regulatory approvals and the approval of shareholders of X2 Games (\"X2 Games Shareholders\") at a special meeting to be called of X2 Games Shareholders to approve the Transaction (the \"X2 Games Meeting\"), and the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions. The Board of Directors of X2 Games (the \"X2 Games Board\") has unanimously recommended that X2 Games Shareholders vote in favour of the resolution to approve the Transaction, which will be the subject of the X2 Games Meeting expected to be held in the fourth quarter of 2018.\nIt is currently expected that, subject to receipt of all regulatory, shareholder and other approvals, and the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions, the Transaction will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018.\nMore information about X2 Games and its projects can be found at www.x2.games.\nOn behalf of the Company:\nShidan Gouran, President and CEO\ninfo@globalblockchain.io\nGlobal Blockchain Technologies Corp. Investor Relations\nAbout Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.\nThe Company provides investors access to a basket of direct and indirect holdings within the blockchain space.\nThe Company is focused on streamlining the currently arduous, lengthy, and complicated process that interested investors must undergo to gain exposure to the blockchain space, with a view to becoming the first vertically-integrated originator and manager of top tier blockchains.\nBLOC is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (\"CSE\") and its common shares trade under the ticker symbol \"BLOC.\" Additional information relating to BLOC is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, the CSE at www.theCSE.com, as well as on the Company's website at www.globalblockchain.io.\nThis news release contains \"forward-looking information\" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Generally, any statements that are not historical facts may contain forward-looking information, and forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as \"plans\", \"expects\" or \"does not expect\", \"is expected\", \"budget\", \"scheduled\", \"estimates\", \"forecasts\", \"intends\", \"anticipates\" or \"does not anticipate\", or \"believes\", or variations of such words and phrases or indicates that certain actions, events or results \"may\", \"could\", \"would\", \"might\" or \"will be\" taken, \"occur\" or \"be achieved\". Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to the Company's goal of streamlining the current arduous, lengthy and complicated process that interested investors need to undergo in order to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency space with a view to becoming the first vertically integrated originator and manager of top-tier blockchains and digital currencies. The Company has no assets and its business plan is purely conceptual in nature and there is no assurance that it will be implemented as set out herein, or at all. Forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions the Company believes to be reasonable at the time such statements are made, including but not limited to: statements and expectations regarding the ability of the Company to (i) successfully engage senior management with appropriate industry experience and expertise, (ii) gain access to and acquire a basket of cryptocurrency assets and pre-ICO and ICO financings on favourable terms or at all, (iii) successfully create its own tokens and ICO's, and (iv) execute on future M&A opportunities in the cryptocurrency space; receipt of required regulatory approvals; the availability of necessary financing; permitting and such other assumptions and factors as set out herein. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: risks related to changes in cryptocurrency prices; the estimation of personnel and operating costs; general global markets and economic conditions; risks associated with uninsurable risks; risks associated with currency fluctuations; competition faced in securing experienced personnel with appropriate industry experience and expertise; risks associated with changes in the financial auditing and corporate governance standards applicable to cryptocurrencies and ICO's; risks related to potential conflicts of interest; the reliance on key personnel; financing, capitalization and liquidity risks including the risk that the financing necessary to fund continued development of the Company's business plan may not be available on satisfactory terms, or at all; the risk of potential dilution through the issuance of additional common shares of the Company; the risk of litigation. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information set out in this presentation, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such forward-looking information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by laws. Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.\nNachrichten zu GLOBAL GAMING TECHNOLOGIES CORP\nMi XFRA FRA:New Instruments available on XETRA - 13.02.2019-001\nDi XFRA FRA: DELETION OF INSTRUMENTS FROM XETRA - 12.02.2019\nThe following instruments on XETRA do have their last trading day on 12.02.2019 Die folgenden Instrumente in XETRA haben ihren letzten Handelstag am 12.02.2019 ISIN Name CA05552G1054 BLVD CENTERS...\nDi XFRA ISIN-CHANGE\nEinstellung Aufnahme ISIN Name \"Einstellung mit Ablauf:\" ISIN Name Ab dem: Anmerkungen CA37958L1076\tGlobal Gaming Technologies Corp.\t12.02.2019 CA37959M1041 Global Gaming Technologies Corp.\t13.02.2019...\n07.02. Global Blockchain Technologies changing its name to reflect gaming focus\n07.02. 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This is a volunteer semester-long program for undergraduate and graduate students interested in working within a government agency.\nApplicants must be at least 18 years old and enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university. The program also accepts students who have graduated in the past 2 years from undergraduate or graduate school.\nThis internship will give students hands-on experience in research, analysis, statistics, coordination of briefing books, report preparation, meeting and conference planning, letter writing, and covering meetings, hearings, and/or legislative sessions. Internships are offered in all 26 departments of the United States Trade Representative office in Washington, D.C. Other internships may be available in Beijing, China, and Geneva, Switzerland.\nUnited States Trade Representative is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries. It is part of the Executive Office of the President.\nustr.gov/about-us/human-resources/employment/student-internship-program\nustr.gov/about-us/human-resources/employment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 4851, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 87.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.finnewsnetwork.com.au/archives/finance_news_network200728.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:33Z", "digest": "sha1:PB7KN2FLXKSXWL27YMOG3OARDHTF3S4D", "length": 6651, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.finnewsnetwork.com.au", "title": "\ufeff Windlab (ASX:WND) 1H18 results | Finance News Network", "raw_content": "ASX:WND\nWindlab Limited (ASX:WND) Executive Chairman and CEO, Roger Price talks about the company's 1H18 results, strategy and outlook.\nRachael Jones: Hello, I'm Rachael Jones for the Finance News Network. Joining me today from Windlab Limited (ASX:WND) is Executive Chairman and CEO Roger Price. Roger, welcome back to FNN.\nRoger Price: Hi, Rachael. It's great to be here.\nRachael Jones: Now, Windlab Limited (ASX:WND) is a wind farm developer and operator with projects in Australia and internationally. Can you tell us more?\nRoger Price: So Windlab Limited (ASX:WND) uses world-leading atmospheric modeling and wind energy prediction tools to identify wind resources around the world. We've done that now successfully in parts of North America, Australia and Southern Africa to build a big development pipeline of over 50 projects, 7,500 megawatts of potential capacity. Importantly, about 1,500 megawatts of that already has development approval and, once financed, is ready to build. About half of it is in Australia, and that includes exciting projects like Kennedy Energy Park, an industry first wind, solar and battery storage hybrid nearing completion in Far North Queensland, Australia.\nRachael Jones: Roger, now before we get to your results, your industry always seems to be in the news and at the front of political discourse. What can you tell me about that?\nRoger Price: Well, that is a very interesting topic. It seems that successive federal governments have been unable to reach any sort of bipartisan agreement and implement long-term stable energy policy. With the lack of that policy, it does impact investor sentiment and confidence. We find that that leads to delayed investment decisions, tighter supply, and ultimately higher prices. Now that's not good for energy users, and no one thinks it is. It most probably means some short-term perturbations for the renewal energy industry in Australia. But importantly, over the medium term, we actually don't think it'll make that much difference, and that's simply because of market dynamics.\nWind and solar are now the cheapest forms of generating technology you can build. In Australia, over the course of the next 10 years or so, we will turn off about a third of our coal fire generators, some 9 gigawatts of capacity because they are simply too old. They'll be over 50 years of age. They are inefficient. They're expensive to operate. They are dirty. That capacity will be replaced by wind and solar, and we'll see that occur purely because of market dynamics.\nRachael Jones: Thanks, Roger. Now to your first half 2018 results, what were the highlights?\nRoger Price: Well, I think, in a nutshell, things have gone as planned. We operate on a calendar year-end, so June, 2018 was our half-year results. The revenue for the first half was modest, but that is as planned, where most of our revenue this year will come from the financing of a large project called Lakeland in Far North Queensland, Australia, a 100 megawatt wind farm. That is scheduled for the second half of the year, and with that, we'll see most of the revenue delivered in the second half of the year. But even in the first half, there are some good financial highlights. Perhaps the most important one is we have seen a 40 per cent year-on-year growth in recurring revenue between asset management fees and distributions from operating wind farms.\nRachael Jones: Excellent. Now to strategy and share price. What can you tell me about the company's strategy?\nRoger Price: Well, that's pretty easy really. We are just looking to do more of the same. We have used our technology to identify the best wind resources in the markets that we operate. We have built out over the last few years a capability in the organisation to do everything from greenfield identification, development approval, financing, construction and now asset management. We have completed projects by the Coonooer Bridge Wind Farm in Kiata in Victoria, Australia, which are now the best performing wind farms in Australia by capacity factor. We've got 50 more projects to do in our pipeline. So really, all we are seeking to do is do more of the same, one or two projects a year. By doing that, we will grow value for the company and for shareholders.\nRachael Jones: Could you provide a comment for us on the share price over the last 12 months?\nRoger Price: We're a little bit frustrated by the share price. We don't think it reflects the true value of the company nor the performance of the company since we IPO'ed the business in August last year. I think there's most probably three reasons for that. I mentioned before the political discourse, the uncertainty of the political level playing on investor sentiment. So I think that that's got to have some impact on our share price. We had a number of long-term shareholders in the business who supported the company when it was a private company investing 10, even 15 years ago, and with the IPO, some of them have sought to sell their position, which has put some downward pressure on the share price.\nI also think it's fair to say that with very, very few comparables on the ASX, the market is still coming to grips with both the sector and Windlab Limited's (ASX:WND) business model. All of that said though, the business is delivering. We're meeting the milestones we said we'd deliver. We're focused on operating the business, and we feel if we continue to deliver, the share price will take care of itself.\nRachael Jones: To the last question now, Roger. What is the outlook for the company and why should investors consider adding Windlab Limited (ASX:WND) to their portfolios?\nRoger Price: Well, what I think investors should look for over the course of the next couple of months is the Lakeland Wind Farm, Queensland, Australia reaching financial close. That will deliver a significant revenue event for the company and should top off a successful year for the business. At a larger scale though, renewable energy is now an enormous global business, over $400 billion a year invested internationally, and Windlab Limited (ASX:WND) has a number of great opportunities. Yet Australian investors have very limited exposure to this sector. There are very, very few established, profitable businesses on the ASX that investors can invest in. Windlab Limited (ASX:WND) provides one of those rare opportunities. We have a successful track record of both growth and profitability, and I think it's fair to say at our current share price, we most probably represent great value.\nRachael Jones: Roger Price, thanks for the update.\nRoger Price: Thanks, Rachael.\nCoonooer Bridge Wind Farm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 228, "original_length": 11204, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 250.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.finra.org/industry/rule-filings/sr-nasd-1999-076", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:03Z", "digest": "sha1:J6MCDU647ENOAUOOM3ZU2OPTVGOWZOOH", "length": 1399, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.finra.org", "title": "SR-NASD-1999-076 | FINRA.org", "raw_content": "Amendments to the Code of Procedure and Other Provisions\nThe NASD, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NASD Regulation, Inc., is filing with the SEC a proposed rule change that includes: (1) clarifying the Department of Market Regulation's role in disciplinary proceedings; (2) requiring members to designate, as the custodian of the record on the Form BDW, persons who are associated with the firm at the time the forms are filed; (3) clarifying the authority of hearing officers and making some limited changes to that authority; (4) clarifying the scope of the Association's document production requirements; (5) providing for hearing panel review of staff determinations to impose limitations on member firms' business activities because of financial and/or operational difficulties; (6) providing for changes to the process for appeals of disciplinary actions, statutory disqualification proceedings, and certain other accelerated proceedings; (7) providing for a streamlined process to impose bars or expulsions for the failure to provide information to the Association; and (8) providing for a process by which the Association can more expeditiously cancel memberships of firms that fail to meet the Association's eligibility and qualification standards.\nText of Proposed Rule Change, as Amended PDF - 157.43 KB\nResponse to Comments and Amendment No. 2 to Proposed Rule Change PDF - 10.38 KB", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 3788, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.flgov.com/performing-electronic-notarization", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:20:59Z", "digest": "sha1:MUSALNHTBZI5GBHMM4WQKGZ2QFN6JIFQ", "length": 712, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.flgov.com", "title": "Performing Electronic Notarization", "raw_content": "Performing Electronic Notarization\nYou are encouraged to review Section 117.021 and Section 668.50 of the Florida Statutes, as well as research Florida\u2019s Uniform Electronic Transaction Act. There is no additional appointment required; if you are currently appointed as a Florida notary public, you will need to contact any certification authority and research companies that offer digital certificates.\nPlease be advised, however, electronic notarization does not in any way exempt you from the laws governing notaries public in Florida, so you may wish to review Section 117.107(9) of the Florida Statutes before proceeding. If you need assistance interpreting the law, please consult with a personal attorney.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2216, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 299.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.flydubai.com/en/destinations/travel-ideas/how-to-spend-48-hours-in-belgrade", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:05:13Z", "digest": "sha1:AVFLKIKXJSR4SCBQJTOIDYBJJ7CYV7V4", "length": 4868, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.flydubai.com", "title": "How to spend 48 hours in Belgrade | flydubai", "raw_content": "Serbia\u2019s capital is pulsing with life. Forward thinking, brave and proud in equal measures, Belgrade has a modern gritty side, coupled with a rich and exciting heritage stretching back hundreds of years through a trying past.\nBegin your discovery of this city and wander among the art nouveau and brutalist architecture, staring in wonder at the enticing mix, and explore the centuries as you find tangible nods to the legacy of Belgrade, painting a picture of a turbulent yet tantalising history on every corner.\nWhether you\u2019re visiting for a short time as part of a longer trip discovering more of Serbia or are on a quick stop in the country, there\u2019s plenty to see and do with just 48 hours to spare in Belgrade.\nDay One \u2013 Art and History\nStart your first day in Belgrade by grabbing yourself a takeaway coffee to sip as you admire the capital\u2019s thriving street art scene. Graffiti has been a constant attraction in the city since the early 80s, when a series of murals was born to bring the history of Serbia to the streets. Some of these can still be seen today, but now they sit among a vibrant modern street art scene, birthed in 1995, which has seen the city bathed in colourful pieces over the past two decades. See the very best by heading to Branko\u2019s Bridge, Bra\u0107e Krsmanovi\u0107 Street and Karadjordjeva Street.\nOnce you\u2019ve seen the external artwork, head to U\u0161\u0107e Park in New Belgrade to visit the first of two art galleries, the Museum of Contemporary Art. The building itself is the best and most impressive example of the city\u2019s modernist architecture. Make your way inside and you\u2019ll find a staggering 8,000 pieces of work on display, including the largest collection of Yugoslav art in the world.\nAfter all this, you\u2019ll no doubt be starting to feel peckish. Head out of the park to Top of the Hub, boasting stunning views of the Sava River.\nOnce you\u2019ve had something to eat, make your way over Branko\u2019s Bridge to Muzej Zepter, which houses a collection of works by contemporary Serbian artists. This beautiful 1920s building boasts eclectic interior design and a permanent collection that gives an overview of Serbian art from the second half of the 20th century.\nIt\u2019s then just a short walk to the city\u2019s symbolic landmark, Kalemegdan Fortress in the picturesque Old Town. More than 115 battles have been fought here over the years and the citadel was even destroyed and rebuilt more than 40 times. Start in the Upper Town, where you\u2019ll see the Military Museum, Clock Tower and Victor Monument. Then head towards the river and the Lower Town to see the Gunpowder Magazine, Hamam and Neboj\u0161a Tower.\nFor dinner, head to Dva Jelena, located on Skadarska Street. This restaurant is famous for its traditional menus, created in the 1920s, with highlights including steak \u010cika Dura, a well-known variant beloved in Serbia.\nDay Two \u2013 Yugoslavian Belgrade\nBefore you start exploring, make your way to Supermarket Concept store for breakfast. The shop sits on the site of the first ever discount supermarket to be opened in former communist Yugoslavia and is designed by one of Serbia\u2019s leading creative collectives to bring together the past and present of Belgrade seamlessly. Treat yourself to an American style breakfast washed down with fruit and vegetable juices.\nThe first stop of the day is at the Museum of Yugoslavia, which houses 200,000 artefacts representing Yugoslavia\u2019s fascinating history. On weekends, you can join a free tour to discover the photographs, artwork, documents, films, and weapons.\nNext, make your way to the Royal Compound, which was commissioned between the two world wars by King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, for a two-hour tour. The Royal and White Palaces in the Dedinje neighbourhoods were used by the communist regime after World War II.\nFrom here, it\u2019s time to see one of the few remaining symbols of the former Yugoslavia at Top\u010dider Depo. The Blue Train, which was once used to transport Yugoslavia\u2019s president on official business, is now a museum. Step inside to see the art deco detail as you make your way through the wagons from the dining room to Tito\u2019s lounge and office, and see the opulent way those with power travelled in days gone by.\nThe final stop of the day is Nikola Tesla Museum. The man on the 100DIN note is one of the world\u2019s greatest inventors and physicists. As well as experiencing the interactive elements that bring his greatest discoveries and inventions to life, you can see Tesla\u2019s ashes, immortalised in a golden orb.\nMake your way back to the Kalemegdan fortress and stop off for dinner at Bella Vista. Take a seat on the terrace and overlook the river as you tuck in to European seabass, prepared Dalmatian-style. If you\u2019re here over the weekend, you can also listen to live music as you sip brightly coloured cocktails.\nExplore Belgrade's art and history when you book a flight with flydubai.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6977, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 210.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/03/08/3-best-oil-stocks-for-your-portfolio.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:45Z", "digest": "sha1:UZ7OGFT6Y7O5D5JNB2WHSRSC457MSFGS", "length": 6465, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.fool.com", "title": "3 Best Oil Stocks For Your Portfolio -- The Motley Fool", "raw_content": "3 Best Oil Stocks For Your Portfolio\nLooking for the best oil stocks for your portfolio? Here are three from some of our top energy experts.\nJason Hall, Tyler Crowe, and Matthew DiLallo\nSource: ConocoPhilips.\nThe oil market is roiling right now, with crude oil prices still about half what they were less than a year ago. To paraphrase Warren Buffett, oftentimes the best investments come when Mr. Market is fearful, and prices are way down. The key to Buffett's \"being greedy while others are fearful,\" though, is knowing the difference between a beaten-down stock and a business that is in trouble.\nWith that in mind, we asked three of our energy experts for their thoughts, and they gave us their three best oil stocks for your portfolio: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX), and Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:MMP), three companies that do very different things in the petroleum business. Does one of them fit your portfolio? Let's take a closer look.\nMatt DiLallo (COP): ConocoPhillips is one of the best oil stocks for an investor looking for an energy producer as a core holding. There are three reasons why I like ConocoPhillips best: It has a strong balance sheet, offers global diversification, and has put a priority on growing both production and margins. Those key features enable the company to withstand weak oil markets and then thrive once conditions improve.\nAs we saw over the past year, the price of oil can turn on a dime, which is why having a strong balance sheet is a must. ConocoPhillips has an investment-grade credit rating and its debt trades in the A to AA range. The company also has no near-term debt maturities, plenty of credit capacity, and a lot of cash on its balance sheet. This strong balance sheet not only provides ConocoPhillips with significant security during the downturn, but it gives the company tremendous flexibility to create value should a compelling opportunity arise.\nThe other big difference between ConocoPhillips and most other U.S. independent oil companies is its vast geographic diversity. The company's operations span the globe, as well as different energy projects. These include operations in all key U.S. shale plays, oil sands operations in Canada, offshore production in the North Sea, LNG assets across several continents, and deepwater exploration programs around the world. This gives the company the flexibility to invest wherever it can earn the highest returns.\nReturn-driven growth is what really differentiates ConocoPhillips from other large oil companies. Its focus isn't on simply growing production, but on growing its highest-margin production. The company plans to boost production and margins by 3%-5% per year, which would provide annual cash flow growth of 6%-10%, adjusted for commodity prices. That's the opposite approach of most other energy companies that must rely almost solely on production growth.\nAdd it all up and ConocoPhillips is one of the best overall oil stocks for the long-term investor.\nJason Hall (PSX): Phillips 66 is one of the largest and best refiners in the world, and its refining business is a cash cow, having produced 37% of the company's net earnings and 41% of earnings adjusted for one-time events in 2014. Furthermore, demand for refined products is strong and growing. The company's long-term story, though, is tied to growing both its midstream and chemicals businesses.\nThe company expects to grow its adjusted EBITDA by about 32%, to $8.4 billion, in 2018; this would by and large be a product of growth in the midstream and chemicals businesses, and not its refining or marketing segments. Why? Cheap natural gas and liquids, which are driving huge investment in both infrastructure and manufacturing capacity in the U.S. Not only will Phillips 66 continue to reap the profits from its oil refining operations, but it will also benefit from expanding its pipeline operations, and taking advantage of cheap domestic gas as a feedstock for its chemicals business. Last year these segments produced 34% of earnings. In less than five years, these segments could account for more than half of Phillips 66's earnings, even as the refining business continues to pump out gobs of cash.\nTyler Crowe (MMP): Since Matt and Jason picked a producer and a refiner, I think it's only fitting that I pick the segment of the energy industry that works as the go-between for these two segments: pipelines and midstream. With so much more oil and gas moving around the U.S. these days. I'm very bullish on the future of Magellan Midstream Partners.\nWith the nation's largest network of refined petroleum product (gasoline and diesel) pipelines, as well as an extensive storage and terminal business that generates more than 85% of its revenue from fees, Magellan Midstream is a lower-risk investment in the energy space in which its success does not wax and wane with the price of oil in a way akin to those producers and refiners.\nWhat really sets Magellan apart from the midstream industry is management. Not only did it have the wherewithal to buy out its general partner -- which makes it less expensive to raise capital -- but the team has proven adept at allocating capital to a right blend of organic projects and acquisitions. This approach has enabled the company to grow its distribution at a compound annual rate of 12% since 2001, as well as maintain a safe distribution coverage that leaves a little extra cash on hand to fund those projects and acquisitions.\nThe oil price crash might not have sent shares of Magellan plummeting, but it hasn't done the stock any favors, either. As long as Magellan can meet its target of raising distributions by 15% this year, investors getting in today can expect that 3.45% distribution yield to pay off quite well.\nJason Hall owns shares of Phillips 66. Matt DiLallo owns shares of ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66. Tyler Crowe owns shares of Magellan Midstream Partners. The Motley Fool recommends Magellan Midstream Partners. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.\nNYSE:MMP\nPhillips 66 (PSX) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript\nThis Oil Stock Continues to Focus on Capturing This $800 Billion Opportunity\n3 Best Oil Stocks For Your Portfolio @themotleyfool #stocks $PSX, $MMP, $COP", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 11502, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.forabetterlife.club/fitness/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:48:59Z", "digest": "sha1:CS6AHIAQEZQN5FWGFDLILDCHH7V4LGL7", "length": 49, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.forabetterlife.club", "title": "Fitness Archives \u2014 Page 2 of 4 \u2014 For A Better Life", "raw_content": "July 5, 2017 Fitness, Health, Lifestyle, Wellness", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1662, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 202.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/08/17/uber-serves-up-its-food-delivery-service-ubereats-to-san-francisco/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:26:48Z", "digest": "sha1:OQNQO27W7J7R4OW3YLQHSEADJTPFMIVY", "length": 2999, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.forbes.com", "title": "Uber Serves Up Its Food Delivery Service, UberEats, To San Francisco", "raw_content": "Uber Serves Up Its Food Delivery Service, UberEats, To San Francisco\nUber's food delivery product, UberEats, is coming to its hometown of San Francisco. (Courtesy Uber)\nSan Francisco's newest food delivery company bears a familiar name: Uber.\nThe ride-hailing service will start delivering hot meals from local restaurants to users in San Francisco, the company said Tuesday. The product, called UberEats, lets users order through the app and choose from a few menu items during set hours each day. Of the six cities where Uber already offers food delivery, some are limited to lunch, while others also do dinner and brunch, and the menu changes daily.\nSince its 2010 launch, Uber has been aiming to expand from its black-car service roots to what it calls an \"urban logistics fabric\" -- a network of hundreds of thousands of drivers able to deliver not just a ride but any item within a few minutes. The company seems intent on pushing forward on delivery, despite a few bumps along the way. Uber lost out to Postmates, a delivery and courier service, on deals with retailers like Apple and Starbucks , according to the Wall Street Journal. That same Journal story detailed other hiccups with the service: customers sometimes ordered food accidentally, thinking they were hailing a car. Drivers who were used to always staying in their cars now had to park on the street and jump out to pick up or drop off food. Sometimes orders were so low that food was thrown away at the end of the day, drivers said.\nSan Francisco, Uber's hometown, has long been a place where it has experimented with new products like UberPool, its carpool service. It could prove to be a tough market for Uber's food delivery. The city is flooded with services that promise to deliver something to eat in just a few minutes, whether it's from the restaurant across town (Caviar, Postmates) or from their own kitchens (Munchery, Sprig). Uber's San Francisco food offering will start with weekday lunch in the Financial District and South of Market district. Meals will usually cost between $8 and $12 with a $3 delivery fee.\nOther ride-hailing companies have seen delivery as not just a side project but a new goal. Sidecar, which started as an Uber competitor, has mostly pivoted to providing delivery for other businesses. Its CEO Sunil Paul said Sidecar was outgunned in capital from Uber and Lyft, which had raised much more venture funding. Sidecar's biggest delivery client is Eat24, a Yelp-owned online ordering platform for local restaurants.\nUber also redesigned its app Monday to emphasize food delivery as much as transportation, TechCrunch reported. Its food delivery service operates in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, Toronto and Barcelona. Uber has dipped a toe in other versions of delivery, too -- it operates UberRush, a bicycle courier service in New York City, and operated UberEssentials, which delivered corner-store items, in Washington, D.C. for several months before shutting it down in January.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 5770, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 316.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.france-medailles.com/trophee-bois-et-verre-transfert-couleur-compris-haut-20-cm-c2x23171033", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:28Z", "digest": "sha1:QK35FQ77K4TECDYDQQCDIHT3RAAZRNVP", "length": 13, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.france-medailles.com", "title": "Troph\u00e9e Bois Et Verre Transfert Couleur Compris - Haut. 20 Cm", "raw_content": "(Code: V09-T)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 2731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 334.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/20150710-france-pull-greece-back-brink-grexit-hollande-tsipras", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:48Z", "digest": "sha1:5Z6RGGASRSZRNLD4EQWCQBQ2DANIVORI", "length": 6361, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.france24.com", "title": "Did France pull Greece back from brink of Grexit?", "raw_content": "Did France pull Greece back from brink of Grexit?\nAFP | File photo of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande\nObservers of the Greek debt drama have credited France for helping revive talks after the fallout from Greece\u2019s referendum left the country on the brink of Grexit.\nFrench officials sounded typically upbeat on Friday, a day after Greece\u2019s left-wing government submitted reform proposals aimed at staving off the country\u2019s bankruptcy and its exit from the eurozone.\nPresident Fran\u00e7ois Hollande described the Greek proposals as \"serious and credible\", saying Athens had \"shown a determination to stay in the eurozone\u201d. He also said the government\u2019s decision to submit the proposals to Greek lawmakers showed \"power, commitment and I would also say, courage\u201d.\nEarlier, Hollande\u2019s economy minister, Emmanuel Macron, said Greece\u2019s reform package \u201ccould meet the expectations\u201d of eurozone creditors, before repeating calls for some form of debt relief \u2013 the Greek government\u2019s central demand.\nAccording to several media, French officials have at least one good reason to hail Greece\u2019s proposals: they helped draft them.\nOn Thursday, several media including Le Figaro, the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal reported that France had dispatched a team of experts to Athens to ensure the Greek reform package was creditor-compatible.\nQuoting unnamed sources at the French Finance Ministry, Le Monde said Friday that French experts had been working hand in hand with Greek negotiators for several days. \u201cThe Greeks hold the pen, but they\u2019re using us as sparring-partners,\u201d said one source. \u201cWe\u2019re not telling them what to write, but advising them about which measures would be acceptable\u201d to the creditors, added another.\nHow Europe is sleepwalking towards Grexit\nLe Monde said members of the EU Commission were well aware of France\u2019s involvement, adding that critics were keen to exaggerate the French role in order to stress the Syriza government\u2019s alleged incompetence.\nFrench journalist Jean Quatremer, a keen observer of the Greek debt crisis and EU politics, tweeted that \u201cif the Eurogroup accepts Greece\u2019s plan, we will have to thank @fhollande [the French president], who has been maneuvering talks over the past week\u201d.\nOthers remarked that French leaders had been slow to react, allowing Germany to dictate the terms of crisis talks on Greece for months. \u201cNice to see the French standing up for a change,\u201d tweeted the Guardian\u2019s Ian Traynor.\n\u2018Utmost geostrategic importance\u2019\nFrance hasn\u2019t always been this vocal during the seemingly never-ending Greek drama. In fact, the French government kept a relatively low profile during the tortuous five months of negotiations that followed Alexis Tsipras\u2019s election in January.\nParis gave Greece\u2019s new prime minister a sympathetic hearing as he toured European capitals at the start of his mandate looking for debt relief. But French officials were noticeably non-committal when it came to supporting his pleas to ease the austerity measures imposed on Greece by its EU creditors.\nAll that changed two weeks ago after Tsipras caught creditors off-guard by announcing a referendum on austerity. Eurozone countries who had kept quiet about their desire to kick Greece out of the single currency suddenly came out all guns blazing. With Grexit looking increasingly likely, Paris also sprung to action, making it clear Greece\u2019s exit from the euro was not an option.\nWithin minutes of Tsipras\u2019s referendum triumph, Hollande called the Greek premier to warn him that Athens had but a few days to make new proposals to fuming creditors. \u201cHelp me to help you,\u201d the French president added.\nSince then, French officials have been relentless in their calls for a deal, endorsing the Greek government\u2019s calls for some form of debt relief.\nIn a passionate speech before French lawmakers on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said France \u201crefuses a Greek exit from the eurozone\u201d and was doing \u201ceverything it can to bring all parties to a compromise\u201d. Keeping Greece in the euro is of \u201cutmost geostrategic and geopolitical importance\u201d to France, Valls added.\nMeanwhile, Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said Greece should not be turned into another Versailles Treaty, referring to the post-World War I settlement that saddled Germany with unsustainable debt and helped foster the rise of Nazism.\n\u2018One doesn\u2019t expel Plato\u2019\nLike Germany\u2019s Angela Merkel, French officials do not want to go down in history as those who presided over the break-up of the single currency union. Unlike their German counterparts, the French also feel a cultural affinity to Greece and firmly believe in the country\u2019s role within the EU, which they like to see as more than merely a monetary union.\n\u201cOne does not leave Plato waiting at the door of Europe,\u201d former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing famously said when the question of Greece\u2019s membership of the EU first came up in the 1970s. On Thursday, EU Economy Commissioner Pierre Moscovici echoed that view by stating: \u201cOne does not expel Plato from Europe\u201d.\nDomestic politics are also at work as Hollande\u2019s socialist government needs to cater to the increasingly disgruntled left-wing of his party and electorate.\nHow do you say 'austerity' in German?\nIt was not so long ago that France \u2013 not Greece \u2013 was the champion of Europe\u2019s anti-austerity camp.\nIn the run-up to his successful presidential bid in 2012, Hollande was full of fiery rhetoric about ditching belt-tightening and promoting growth. The German chancellor, he said, would simply have to back down. As it turned out, Angela Merkel has barely budged.\nIn his first weeks in office, Hollande huffed and puffed but precious little happened. Paris did secure a vague pledge to promote growth in the EU, but Germany\u2019s hallowed \u201cstability pact\u201d \u2013 which places a strict 3% cap on budget deficits across the EU \u2013 remained intact while Hollande\u2019s cherished Eurobonds were junked.\nThree years later, the only U-turn in economic policy has come from France itself, with the socialist government abandoning its traditional Keynesian ethos in favour of labour market reforms. Naturally, this prompted applause in Berlin and dismay among socialist supporters.\nWhat better chance for Hollande to restore his left-wing credentials than by saving Greece from the clutches of austerity-mad creditors?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 8541, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.freespirits-online.co.uk/meet-the-crew/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:44:00Z", "digest": "sha1:SBFLERH54A23LFFU5D4VAE4DK53FNWOE", "length": 3003, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.freespirits-online.co.uk", "title": "Meet the Crew - Freespirits Scotland", "raw_content": "Steve Thomas has worked in the outdoor industry since 1983, during which time he has served in the military, in commando forces, managed one of Scotlands largest outdoor centre and then, in 1995, opened the doors of the Freespirits Outdoor Company for everyone and anyone to come and share in his brand of adventure.\nFreespirits is Scotlands longest running outdoor company specialising in white water rafting and a variety of other activities and is, quite simply, the UKs leading and premier outdoor activity provider.\nSteve\u2019s ethos has always been the same, which is surround yourself with excellence and you will not go far wrong, which is exactly what he has done with his team. It is also his belief that Freespirits is a family, and not just a place of work.\nAll trained and assessed by Steve, every member of the Freespirits family brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills to the table, which, coupled with a sense of humour and enthusiasm with no boundaries, makes for the finest instructors in the UK. Steve is the training officer for the Scottish Rafting Association and an Assessor for the International Rafting Federation, giving him the opportunity to ensure he has the best raft guides available. Some of the guides are full time, some part time, but all are part of the family.\nThe oldest guide of them all, Steve, has 35 years of experience taking people out on all activities. The old man of the Scottish outdoor scene. (But still the best!!)\nJP brings a huge amount of international experience to the Freespirits family. Raft guide, canyoneer, abseiling and a huge amount of hair. Superb all round Instructor with a gentle and calming manner.\nScotty has been with us for 5 seasons now, having also gained experience in a variety of countries around the world during the Scottish winter months. Young, sharp, and very enthusiastic.\nANDY DREDDS\nHas been with Freespirits for longer than either he or Steve can remember. The ultimate all year rounder, with rafting, canyoning and abseiling in the summer months and one of Scotlands most respected ski patrollers.\nBIG IAN\nScarily big yet surprisingly gentle, an expert white water rafting guide and also expert canyoneer of 5 seasons with Freespirits. Ian is not only a great Instructor, he is also good for lifting heavy weights.\nWithout a doubt, one of the Freespirits families most loyal members. Kamal is one of our most experienced guides, having guided in his homeland of Nepal, various places around the world and now with us here in Scotland.\nRosie has proved herself over the years to be one of Freespirits, and Scotland's, best female guides. Great with adults and kids alike, she has an amazing sense of humour and is always first to put people at ease. (Being Steve's daughter, she also has a job for life.)\nGreat fun, infectious personality and in Steve's opinion, THE best female raft guide in Scotland. (Don\u2019t tell Rosie) Years of experience and an attitude second to none makes Looby our very own English rose.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 4569, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 303.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/scnf/recreation/bicycling", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:59:05Z", "digest": "sha1:RNKYJFXLIJUSQEN7767BVPDGNZSCKEKE", "length": 58, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fs.usda.gov", "title": "Salmon-Challis National Forest - Bicycling", "raw_content": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/scnf/recreation/bicycling", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 1810, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 246.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.furnishedhousing.com/locations/ak/anchorage", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:04:32Z", "digest": "sha1:SPVWD33EHGRCS4D3XR73MRGFUOEN4M26", "length": 977, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.furnishedhousing.com", "title": "Anchorage | Alaska | Furnished Apartments", "raw_content": "Furnished Apartments in Anchorage, AK\nOne of the more unforgettable areas of the United States is found in Anchorage, which not only offers striking views of the outdoors, but is also rich in history, as evidenced by the Alaska Native Heritage Center, where visitors can learn about the indigenous culture through storytelling, dancing and historical reproductions. Another must-see in the area is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a yearly competition between mushers and their teams of focused, athletic canines. How Churchill Makes You Feel at Home Anywhere Since its founding, Churchill has focused exclusively on helping clients feel at home anywhere they may be traveling. Now 30 years later, Churchill leads the way in the ...\n5210 Mockingbird Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507\nHighlands Luxury Apts.\nAnchorage Corporate Apartments\nMockingbird Drive, Anchorage, AK 99507\nCordova Square\n1101 Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501\n6646 and 6634 Whispering Loop, Anchorage, AK 99504", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 3555, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 323.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gaia.com/video/confirming-our-connections", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:53Z", "digest": "sha1:MXTWNTOI26KJFA7ZXR2PHMMDWPKSTH5W", "length": 658, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.gaia.com", "title": "| Gaia CMS | Gaia", "raw_content": "Confirming Our Connections\nS1:Ep532 minsJanuary 2017\nFor three hundred years, scientists have worked to come to an objective understanding of the natural world and our connection to it. Along the way, some false assumptions were made and these notions became a part of the enforced doctrine. As technology and techniques continue to improve, new results to old experiments are challenging these assumptions. We explore the results of cutting edge experiments which confirm that all things are contained within a field which can be influenced by our emotions and innermost beliefs. 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Around the campfires at the gatherings musicians share their talents and inspire everyone to join in song. These harmonies grow from the spontaneous being of those working together to make beauty in the world. By sharing this music we are affirming the spiritual unity of all life. 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A meansville title loans is a reasonable option when you\u2019re in between paychecks and need a little bump to get you through. You do have to apply for a title loans in person, but can always call ahead to see what you can do to speed the process up. Don\u2019t panic about how you\u2019re going to pay your bills because you always have the option to take out a short term title loans.\nThanks to the extended meansville office hours, you now have the option to fill out a title loans application in the evenings after work or on a Saturday morning. If you own your car outright you are one step closer to qualifying for a title loans. The best part to taking out a small title loans is that you use your vehicle as collateral yet drive away in your vehicle with the money in your wallet. Having worked in the title loans industry for years, we understand that one of the most important factors is speed at which the money is delivered. Although nobody likes to have to borrow money, it\u2019s sometimes inevitable and in these instances a title loans may just be the best solution.\nApplying in meansville for a quick title loans is quicker and more convenient than you would ever think. There are some minimum requirements that you must meet in order to qualify for a meansville title loans. There are low cost title loans offices all over the country including the office in meansville. Here in meansville we can directly deposit the funds into your checking account. The title loans will be directly deposited into your checking account the business day after your application is approved.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 3794, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gale.com/thorndike/two-and-two-mcsorley-s-my-dad-and-me/-/N-5pZ1z12z3fZ1z12ecl?Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=646147529273633156662394522163472554&Nr=205", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:23Z", "digest": "sha1:5WBE7EGWQ5A5QW5EIJLJIRVPKVHJ4G3G", "length": 1732, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.gale.com", "title": "Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me - Rafe Bartholomew - Thorndike - 978-1432841966", "raw_content": "Since it opened in 1854, McSorley's Old Ale House has been a New York institution. This is the landmark watering hole where Abraham Lincoln campaigned and Boss Tweed kicked back with the Tammany Hall machine. Where a pair of Houdini's handcuffs found their final resting place. And where soldiers left behind wishbones before departing for the First World War, never to return and collect them. Many of the bar's traditions remain intact, from the newspaper-covered walls to the plates of cheese and raw onions, the sawdust-strewn floors to the tall-tales told by its bartenders.\nBy turns touching, crude, and wildly funny, Rafe's story reveals universal truths about family, loss, and the bursting history of one of New York's most beloved institutions.\n\u201cMcSorley's Old Ale House had been a Manhattan legend for more than 100 years when the author's father was hired on to work the taps. . . . The nostalgia-drenched memoir makes us want to revisit the joint.\u201d\nA \u201cbig-hearted memoir of a lifelong romance with New York City's oldest (continuously operating) saloon . . . a watering hole for artists, politicians, and oddballs, a storehouse of oral tradition passed through generations of staff . . . [Bartholomew's] portrayal of the rough humor and blue-collar warmth feels completely earned.\u201d\n\u201cThere is no bar in New York City perhaps even all of America with as much history as McSorley's Old Ale House. . . . but for former Grantland editor Bartholomew, McSorley's was just home. . . . The author expertly weaves together entertaining stories from his nights behind the bar . . . with more poignant moments between father and son. . . . 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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.\nDavidson\u2019s offers a generous benefits compensation package including a competitive wage as well as voluntary benefits including medical, dental, and life insurance. 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James Cullinane revisits the five games that finally capsized the company.\nYesterday, the remains of THQ were hurled like so much berley into publisher-infested waters. It was an ignominious end to a company that for many years had been a staple of the videogame landscape.\nTHQ had, of course, released many excellent games. Company of Heroes was the highest-rated real-time strategy title ever to be released. After an unsteady start, the Saints Row series found its niche as an irreverent sandbox next to Rockstar\u2019s increasingly honed Grand Theft Auto franchise. WWE reliably delighted wrestling fans each year, and 4A\u2019s uniquely Ukrainian take on the apocalypse in Metro 2033 was immensely satisfying.\nBut it wasn\u2019t by accident or bad luck that the company went under. For years, THQ appeared to be willfully ignorant of a rapidly changing market, and by the time it was startled into action it was perhaps already too late.\nWhat follows is a selection of five games that precipitated THQ\u2019s collapse.\n5: Homefront\nHomefront was a spectacular disappointment for gamers, particularly in light of THQ\u2019s sabre-rattling assurances that the game would be a legitimate Call of Duty and Battlefield competitor.\n\u201cIf you're contemplating Homefront as an inclusive package, forget it,\u201d wrote Gameplanet upon its release. \u201cConsider it to be a better-than-expected multiplayer distraction at best, and wait for E3 in June to see if we get an apology for the campaign and an explanation as to how the sequel will be better.\u201d\nSo convincing was THQ\u2019s pre-game chest-beating, that when the global review embargo lifted and critics unanimously shied away from top marks, bewildered investors fled, and the value of THQ shares on the stock market slipped almost 25 per cent in a single day.\nHomefront is the most minor offender amongst the games listed here. It shipped approximately 2.6 million units \u2013 enough to recoup THQ\u2019s investment, and little more. However, the cost to THQ\u2019s brand was much harder to quantify. Six months later, it shuttered Homefront developer Kaos Studios.\n4: Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online\nA title that never saw the light of day, Dark Millennium began as an ambitious massively multiplayer online game based on the hallowed Games Workshop intellectual property.\nSolid numbers around an unreleased game are rarely reliable, but it was initially estimated that THQ was prepared to spend at least US$50 million to develop and market Dark Millennium.\nIn February last year, the first cracks began to show: \u201cWhile the game in development promises to be a high-quality consumer offering, because of the large financial commitment and associated risks, we are being realistic about our resources and we are actively seeking a partner for this compelling new MMO,\u201d said THQ CEO Brian Farrell.\nNone was found, and in what appears to be an attempt to make lemonade, Farrell declared in March that, \u201cbased on changing market dynamics and the additional investment required to complete the game as an MMO, we believe the right direction for us is to shift the title from an MMO to a premium experience with single and multiplayer gameplay, robust digital content and community features.\u201d\nIn its subsequent quarterly financial report, THQ chalked up approximately US$30 to US$50 million in non-cash software development charges \u201cresulting from decisions made related to the company's previously-announced product strategy\u201d.\nDark Millennium burned a hole in THQ\u2019s pocket that it could not repair.\n3: Red Faction: Armageddon\nRed Faction: Armageddon was a true middle-market game: \u201cIf Red Faction: Armageddon isn't treated like it's going to revolutionise the gaming world, it won't disappoint,\u201d we wrote in our review. Such descriptions were the hallmark of a middle-market game: unspectacular, but not disappointing. Rental fodder.\nThe only problem was that the middle market, like the rental market, scarcely existed anymore in 2011. Red Faction carried the price tag of a triple-A, but none of the production value. It\u2019s almost surprising to hear that THQ\u2019s expectations were higher.\n\u201cWe are disappointed in our first quarter financial performance,\" said Farrell. \u201cSales of Red Faction: Armageddon and our licensed kids titles were below our expectations, and the late release of UFC Personal Trainer also adversely impacted the quarter.\u201d\nThe company's plans for another Red Faction game were promptly discarded.\n2: Darksiders II\nDespite impressing many critics and pleasing a dedicated cadre of fans, Darksiders II turned out to be the final nail in the coffin.\n\u201cAlthough Death takes the protagonist's role, Frankenstein's monster might have been more appropriate, for Darksiders II is once again a game cobbled together from the bits of other games in a way that probably shouldn't be natural,\u201d we wrote recently. \u201cThe real surprise turns out to be that, for a second time, a game that borrows so heavily can end up working as well as it does.\u201d\nThis urgent appeal to fans of action gaming wouldn\u2019t be enough. According to sales tracker NPD, the game moved a meagre 247,000 units in its first month on US store shelves.\nFor new THQ president Jason Rubin, Darksiders II was a lesson too late in the economics of videogame publishing: \u201cObserving this and other recent industry releases, one is left with a firm understanding that in the current marketplace, only the absolute top tier of releases is making impact on the game consumer.\u201d\n1: uDraw\nAll the above games have contributed to a greater or lesser degree in the collapse of THQ, but the debilitating blow from which the publisher would never truly recover was the uDraw tablet. Some readers may not have even heard of it, and that\u2019s probably telling in itself.\nuDraw was a drawing peripheral designed for the Wii, and targeted at children. It enjoyed moderate success upon its launch, in part due to the backing of a number of Disney tie-ins.\nTHQ then attempted to bring the uDraw to the HD market with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions, but neither platform had the requisite installed base of young families.\nBrian Farrell described the uDraw as one of the biggest mistakes he had experienced [note: not \u201cmade\u201d \u2013 accountability is an antiquated notion] in his 21 years working in video games.\nEven now there are vast warehouses stacked to the roof with uDraw tablets. The uDraw left THQ with a staggering US$100 million shortfall, and buried the publisher alive under more than 1.4 million unsold boxes.\nTo point to five products that played a part in THQ\u2019s fall is in some ways enlightening, but it doesn\u2019t quite paint the whole picture. For years, THQ operated perfectly happily in the middle market. It produced large numbers of licensed tie-ins, and adequate but often forgettable games such as MX vs ATV and Destroy All Humans! It did so with tighter budgets on the expectation of smaller, more frequent returns.\nTHQ is the unfortunate poster child of the collapse of that middle market, a shift that has been underway and gathering speed for many years. As consumers have more access to information, fewer are prepared to pay the same price for two products that represent vastly different value. When Red Faction: Armageddon and Red Dead Redemption both retail at the same price, the choice is hardly difficult for most consumers.\nIt is better to have tried and failed, than to have whimpered meekly as the ground fell away below it.\nIncreasingly, publishers must either create triple-A entertainment experiences that can compete against the likes of FIFA, Assassin\u2019s Creed, Grand Theft Auto, and Call of Duty, or they must concede the boxed retail price-point and look to greener pastures in mobile and downloadable development.\nTHQ knew this, and it nobly struggled to muscle a position amongst game publishing\u2019s elite, but it was never able to fully achieve the transition. Even so, it is better to have tried and failed, than to have whimpered meekly as the ground fell away below it.\nIts fate, to be torn apart and cannibalised by the remaining members of the pack, perfectly illustrates how vicious the games publishing business has become. Soon, we will transition into a new console generation, and the stakes will become higher again. Marketing and production costs will increase while shelf space will remain as scarce as ever, and the hole in the middle will expand further outwards towards the edges.\nTHQ will not be the last publisher to be swallowed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 12344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gamingtechlaw.com/2018/10/iconsumer-eu-copyright-directive-proposal.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:10Z", "digest": "sha1:P6JEL5QG4ODBEU4JGFYD6YWTBMDMYHNC", "length": 5230, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.gamingtechlaw.com", "title": "\u00a9hanges. What's new in the EU Copyright Reform Proposal?", "raw_content": "iConsumer #6 \u2013 \u00a9hanges. What\u2019s new in the EU Copyright Reform Proposal?\nFrom the date of release (i.e. 7 January 1972), the single \u201cChanges\u201d has been deemed David Bowie\u2019s aesthetics and artistic manifesto. Lots of young people of different generations loudly have been singing these lyrics:\nThere\u2019s gonna have to be a different man\nIn the last few years, the EU institutions have proposed changes to several rules of the EU copyright legal framework that particularly concern the digital environment.\nThe Directive\u2019s Proposal on Copyright in the Digital Single Market\nAs anticipated by Tommaso Ricci, on 12 September 2018, the EU Parliament approved several amendments to the EU Commission\u2019s proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (the \u201cProposal\u201c), that includes the new controversial rules on copyright in digital environments. The aim of the Proposal is to reform and harmonise domestic laws on copyright of the Member States in order to create a digital single market in the EU, i.e. to establish common rules to better protect creative works online.\nNevertheless, the Proposal raised questions and concerns on the effects that the new rules would entail for the Internet content. The most controversial provisions are\narticle 11 of the Proposal, that sets out new rights for publishers, and\narticle 13 that imposes the application of technical measures to prevent the unauthorized spread of copyright protected works without previously getting an appropriate licence.\nSince there are lots of topics of discussions, it is hard to totally support or come up against the provisions of the Proposal. In this post, let\u2019s impartially discuss both the pros and cons of the new rules.\nArticle 11 and the \u201cLink Tax\u201d rule\nArticle 11(1) (as lastly amended by the EU Parliament) states that\n\u201cMember States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC so that they may obtain fair and proportionate remuneration for the digital use of their press publications by information society service providers\u201c.\nThis remuneration would amount to a sort of \u201clink tax\u201d, that is to say a remuneration for any preview or snippet published by information society service providers.\nThis rule is an attempt to balance the rights of the publishers (mainly, newspapers) with the ones of the new emerging digital platforms, like Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Indeed, the latter usually show and exploit news content through snippets and previews, without asking any permission and offering remuneration in return. The lack of revenues from digital content constitutes a serious problem for publishers, that already undergo the decrease in sales of paper copies of newspapers.\nAccording to several commentators, the Proposal may threaten the free flow of data and information, which is a pivotal requirement of a democracy. Indeed, the new publishers\u2019 rights would create broad ownership rights in news and other information, and such rights would be territorial (i.e. one for each Member State). The rights would be owned by institutional producers of news, such as the most important newspapers. Nonetheless, press publishers already have other property rights in their publications: for example, they could enforce the sui generis right in databases, since the definition of database according to the Directive 96/9/EC is broad enough to encompass newspapers.\nArticle 13 and the \u201cUpload Filter\u201d rule\nArticle 13 regulates the use of protected content by online content sharing service providers storing and giving access to large amounts of works. Article 13(1) (as amended by the EU Parliament) states that\n\u201conline content sharing service providers perform an act of communication to the public. They shall therefore conclude fair and appropriate licensing agreements with right holders.\u201c\nFurthermore, article 13 (2a) of the Proposal states that\nThis article requires that service providers should take appropriate technological measures to block the spread of copyright protected content where this activity is not subject to an appropriate licence, such as the Content ID technology already used by YouTube. This would certainly put a stop to users\u2019 attitude of communicating digital creative works without seeking the authorization of the rightholder. Moreover, non-profit entities are not included in the scope of this rule, and would not suffer from an unjustified burden when promoting the flourishing of culture.\nSomeone believes that an \u201cupload filter\u201d rule would undermine the free spread of contents in digital environment, and so, legally speaking, the freedom of expression of the users. Filter technologies are not perfect, and may block not only infringing works, but also other works whose spread does not infringe the rights of the copyright holder, or that are parodic creations (e.g. memes).\nThe negotiations among the EU Council, the Parliament and the Commission may lead to modifications of the text released by the Parliament. But time flies, and in few time the Proposal will be a new piece of the jigsaw of the EU Copyright law. 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Find out about the \u2018battle\u2019 over the Belgian network between mobile devices from the Cupertino company since the beginning of the year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 231, "original_length": 7936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 180.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.genelex.com/2007/10/29/metabolic-polymorphisms-and-cancer-susceptibility/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:55:01Z", "digest": "sha1:QAS454Z72SOD6GBISRQ77K4OSM5ILGYQ", "length": 1496, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.genelex.com", "title": "Metabolic Polymorphisms and Cancer Susceptibility | Genelex", "raw_content": "Metabolic Polymorphisms and Cancer Susceptibility\nHome / Data / Metabolic Polymorphisms and Cancer Susceptibility\nThe vast majority of cancers arise as a consequence of exposure to environmental agents that are toxic or mutagenic. In response to this, all higher organisms have evolved complex mechanisms by which they can protect themselves from environmental challenge. In many cases, this involves an adaptive response in which the levels of expression of enzymes active in the metabolism and detoxification of the foreign chemical are induced. The best characterized of these enzyme systems are the cytochrome P450s, the GSTs and the NATs. An unfortunate consequence of many of these reactions, however, is the creation of a toxic or mutagenic reaction product from chemicals that require metabolic activation before realizing their full carcinogenic potential. Altered expression of one or more of these drug metabolizing enzymes can therefore be predicted to have profound toxicological consequences. Genetic polymorphisms with well defined associated phenotypes have now been characterized in P450, GST and NAT genes. 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The challenge? Wiring speakers in a way that would make the music volume seamless and identical across the taproom, as well as including a separate system for the manufacturing space and speakers outside on the patio.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/video/craig-kilborn-at-the-fhm-magazine-100-sexiest-women-at-la-news-footage/wi_9250208", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:04:26Z", "digest": "sha1:YR3QP7K4T64WIWFNOE36CCTTH7MJGLQ6", "length": 182, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.gettyimages.in", "title": "Craig Kilborn at the FHM Magazine 100 Sexiest Women at La Boheme,... 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In order for your business to thrive, you need to constantly re-examine your short and long-term goals and be prepared to make the changes necessary to expand your business. From developing new marketing strategies to finding ways to distribute and deliver your product to a larger customer base, there are a number of new opportunities and challenges to face as your business grows.\nKeeping up on your target market can be time consuming. It may be more cost effective for you to hire someone to research the changing needs of your customers and watch what your competition is doing, allowing you to concentrate on running the business.\nAdvertising isn't the only way to reach your market. You can promote your business in other ways: sponsor charity events, hold a contest, speak on the radio or at seminars. You can even keep a mailing list, and send your customers holiday cards.\nThough it's of paramount importance to pay all of your bills in an accurate and timely fashion, the fact is that your employees rely upon and plan around their payment schedule. Even a 'minor' delay of a single day in receiving a paycheque can cause an employee serious hardship.\nThere are numerous companies that provide payroll service as their principle businessand you can rest assured that everything will be accounted for and will be in full compliance with all federal and provincial regulations, no matter how complex your payroll structure is.\nUnless your customers pay immediately on receipt of goods or service-if you run a caf\u00e9, for example-then you may be in a position where you are extending credit. In this case, you'll need an effective system for monitoring and collecting receivables, and you'll require a clearly defined collection policy. All of your customers must be aware of your collection policy and you must be willing to enforce it in the event that a receivable becomes overdue.\nRemember that G&F Financial Group is here to provide the advice you need and to help your business grow from a start-up to a self-sufficient operation.\nIt's also crucial to have the right number of employees to promote and support growth. Having too many employees not only slows financial growth, but can cause workplace inefficiency if your workers are idle. That said, you don't want to overwork your employees. Determining whether you need new employees is a cost/benefit question. The obvious hard cost is in the form of wages and benefits, but you should also consider the time and effort required to train new employees. On the other hand, the benefits of having new workers are sometimes hard to quantify. Will new employees free up time for you to market your services? Will they directly increase production or allow you to serve more customers or clients? Are there new roles that need to be filled in order to provide new or better services? If you can't answer yes to one of these questions, you probably shouldn't hire anybody.\nOf course you want to hire someone who can get the job done, but you also want someone you can get along with.\nThere are a lot of options available to employers when looking for new personnel. Both the provincial and federal government have programs in place to put workers and businesses together, and there are many private employment services that can help you find the right candidate.\nYou never want to have operational downtime because you've run out of production supplies. To ensure this doesn't happen, you need dependable suppliers. Do your research and ask other businesses until you find a supplier with a solid record of filling their clients' needs.\nExternal markets & FX considerations Expand/Collapse\nWhile there is almost nothing you can do to affect the value of the Canadian dollar, there are some precautions you can take to make sure your business doesn't go under due to a fluctuation in FX.\nChoose an appropriate market. Your target market must have a need for the product or service that you plan to provide; these new customers must also be able to afford a price that will allow you to profit.\nIt can be a challenge to expand your business outside your home province, let alone outside of Canada. Learning all of the regulations and researching the various options is time consuming, but essential to success.. Developing foreign markets is a long-term commitment, but one that can be very rewarding if handled wisely.\nTechnology is an important part of any business. Determining your specific technology needs is simply a matter of informing yourself. Take stock of the tasks that need to be performed in order to operate your business effectively and determine which of those tasks can be made easier and more efficient through technology. There are many different ways you can determine what you need. Ask questions and do your research., By becoming an educated consumer, you will save time and money when it comes to purchasing, installing and operating new technology.\nDoing business on-line\nMore and more businesses are looking to the internet as a way to reach a broader customer base and increase sales and profits. Establishing yourself on the web is reasonably inexpensive and straightforward. Having an e-commerce site will allow your business to receive orders from customers over the internet via credit card transactions or other secure payment methods. Combine this with the ability to ship your product, and your business could potentially serve customers around the globe.\nTaxes Expand/Collapse\nYou also need to consider the added stress on yourself. Is it worth it? Many entrepreneurs have expanded their enterprises only to have their business take over their lives. Unchecked expansion may be great for the bottom line, but what are the other costs? Deciding whether or not to expand your business into new markets can be difficult and complicated, make sure you have all the facts before moving ahead.\nIf you own a restaurant, and your competitor is building a patio, it's easy to deduce that they're planning to increase their summer business. If you're the president of an investment brokerage and your competitors hire a dozen graduates from a local fine arts college, you may need to hire a professional analyst to figure out what they are up to. In any case, once you determine what your competition is planning, you need to decide how their actions will affect you. Do you want to compete directly, or let them test the waters first? Whatever you do, your actions need to conform to your own long-term plans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 21950, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ginapiccalo.com/contact-gina/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:55:10Z", "digest": "sha1:MVMNLEHSANISPCBJTG4UZP57VBGXIOZG", "length": 153, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ginapiccalo.com", "title": "Contact \u2014 Gina Piccalo", "raw_content": "Let's talk! Just like I'm doing here with \"Twilight\" and \"Jessica Jones\" writer Melissa Rosenberg for the Writers Guild Foundation.\nLINKEDIN TWITTER IMDb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 423, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 307.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.globalsoccerstore.com/eng/teams.html?dir=desc&order=position", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:57Z", "digest": "sha1:KMIAJAESETN3W47TRY4EIOE3H7CXJGBU", "length": 27, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.globalsoccerstore.com", "title": "Teams", "raw_content": "Estonian National Team (10)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 458, "original_length": 10511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.69, "perplexity": 184.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.globalyoungvoices.com/my-story/2017/10/27/young-indian-changemaker-launches-top-educational-program-to-promote-innovation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:40Z", "digest": "sha1:RIUWN7LOTJFNGKBQ4X464O72ALFPGJTH", "length": 2360, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.globalyoungvoices.com", "title": "Young Indian changemaker launches top educational program to promote innovation \u2014 GLOBAL YOUNG VOICES", "raw_content": "Sankalp Mohan Sharma is a contributor of GYV working on sustainable development across the globe. His work focuses on climate change, water conservation and human rights. He has influenced thousands through his speeches at global organizations like the United Nations. Sankalp interviewed Agnishwar, the CEO of Ignite India, for GYV.\nAgnishwar Jayaprakash is a young changemaker born and raised in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Agnishwar has been harvesting technology and innovation working on a social cause with a goal to give back to society. He is an international swimmer and currently holds six Indian national records in the sport.\nIn 2014, he took off on a journey inspired by former Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to empower youth across India through his innovative startup ecosystem known as Ignite India, which is now well-established in over 7,000 schools across the nation.\nAgni's dad founded the Agni Foundation, a non-profit that works for the less privileged. Agni followed in his dad's footsteps, starting the Ignite India program in 2014 to \"introduce and encourage entrepreneurship in Indian schools.\"\nPresident Kalam launched Ignite in April 2015 in Chennai. In February 2017, the startup became officially recognized by the U.N. as one of the top educational movements focusing on innovation and technology for young student entrepreneurs.\nAgni is a U.N. Youth Ambassador and a strong advocate who promotes youth action toward the 17 U.N. Social Development Goals. In 2015, he conceptualized and produced Ezham Arivu, a talent hunt TV show for students, to showcase innovation among school and college students.\nIn this interview, Agni spoke about his work and ideas on the U.N. 2030 Agenda. He also highlighted the importance of youth inclusion to achieve the U.N. goals for a more sustainable world.\nSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER CONSERVATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, SPEECHES, GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS, SANKALP, AGNISHWAR, INGNITE INDIA, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, SOCIAL CAUSE, JOURNEY, INDIAN PRESIDENT, APJ ABDUL KALAM, EMPOWER YOUTH ACROSS INDIA, INNOVATIVE SARTUP ECOSYSTEM, AGNI FOUNDATION, NGO, TOP EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT, UNITED NATIONS, UN YOUTH AMBASSADOR, YOUTH ACTION, 17 UN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS, EZHAM ARIVU, TALENT SHOW, INNOVATION AMONG SCHOOL, COLLEGE STUDENTS, UN 2030 AGENDA, YOUTH INCLUSION, SUSTAINABLE WORLD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 4550, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 220.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.globeseries.com/forum2018/convention-centre/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:16:28Z", "digest": "sha1:W7GPYFKIT7TXVE4MXRWOE3ZC6IHX4BGW", "length": 892, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.globeseries.com", "title": "Convention Centre - GLOBE Forum", "raw_content": "The award-winning Vancouver Convention Centre has been built to the highest environmental standard.\nGLOBE Forum attendees will be pleased to learn that the venue\u2019s iconic West Building has been awarded LEED Platinum certification (version 4) for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance, by the Canada Green Building Council. The recent award means the Vancouver Convention Centre is the first double LEED Platinum convention centre in the world.\nAs well as offering a remarkable example in environmental excellence, the venue boasts one of the most beautiful settings in the world. Located on Vancouver\u2019s downtown waterfront, attendees can take pleasure in watching the city\u2019s famous float planes take-off and land against a stunning mountain backdrop.\nSituated in the heart of downtown Vancouver, the venue is surrounded by an array of hotels, restaurants, entertainment and shopping.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 2420, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 136.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.go-newmexico.com/Rocky-Canyon-Campground/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:39:08Z", "digest": "sha1:CGK4FYWNWUO4AMRVG5EF3EYA2YPZLZ2F", "length": 424, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.go-newmexico.com", "title": "Rocky Canyon Campground", "raw_content": "Rocky Canyon Campground\nLocated on Forest Road 150, approximately 19 miles from the Wilderness Ranger Station in Mimbres. It is a fairly small campground with 2 picnic tables and a toilet available. No drinking water. Very little room for campers or trailers. During hunting season there are usually hunting camps set up in the campground with horses hi-lined. FR150 can be very rough, so we advise a high clearance vehicle.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 440, "original_length": 17564, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 279.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.god.tv/video/FzcG43ZjE6ui2vv674DQ53lvl3SPr5Kz", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:49:04Z", "digest": "sha1:ONEEPXNO6YV4FNAH5R34S4VWXYCLX6PB", "length": 165, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.god.tv", "title": "GOD TV Page not found \u2013 GOD TV", "raw_content": "God's Word teaches us how to live and the Holy spirit gives us the strength to do what it says. Joyce shares one lesson that will make a big difference in your life!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 972, "original_length": 42385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 174.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gogreenwithoc.org/zero-waste", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:36:10Z", "digest": "sha1:IJEKOYTYW6ZUJRYXVXVKNSMI5WDAGV3L", "length": 2198, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.gogreenwithoc.org", "title": "Zero Waste \u2014 Go Green OC", "raw_content": "If you\u2019re not for Zero Waste, how much waste are you for?\nZero Waste is a goal that is ethical, economical, efficient and visionary, to guide people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.\nVolunteer with us to begin the ban/fees on plastic bags, the elimination of plastic water bottles, help shelve-the-straw and much more!\n\u0093It\u2019s not about perfection, it\u2019s about making better choices.\u0094\nZero Waste means designing and managing products and processes to systematically avoid and eliminate the volume and toxicity of waste and materials, conserve and recover all resources, and not burn or bury them.\nZero waste is an ambitious, long-term goal to nearly eliminate the need for disposal of solid waste. Zero waste is not a literal goal; we will always have some materials that cannot be recycled and cannot be designed out of the system. However, the vision of zero waste is to get as close as possible to zero disposal.\nZero waste goals cannot be achieved through a single policy. Achieving them requires a combination of sustainable practices such as product and packaging redesign, product stewardship, waste reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, and the latest technologies of recovering materials for their highest and best uses. Striving toward zero waste requires a comprehensive approach to solid waste management. It employs policy, program, educational, and technical solutions to managing wastes generated.\nAddressing zero waste involves a change in perspective, rethinking the notion that generating waste is inevitable and instead mirroring natural cycles where all outputs are used as inputs to another process. Zero waste encompasses the full life-cycle of the products and materials we use every day. It includes the product design; manufacturing; distribution; and the use, reuse, and recycling of materials. This means everyone \u2013 consumers, manufacturers, governments, and businesses \u2013 has an important role in facilitating zero waste.\nSign our online form to say, I want a Ocean City to be the first resort town in the country to move towards zero waste!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2648, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 290.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gohosting.com.au/clients/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=45", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:16Z", "digest": "sha1:W3JMLZPJKDYY2AXZMNMIBKGVXIHCBKQ3", "length": 704, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.gohosting.com.au", "title": "What is cPanel and why do i need it for my Virtual Server? - Knowledgebase - GoHosting Pty Ltd", "raw_content": "Most of the time when a customer comes to us asking for a Linux Virtual Server to host their PHP website, blog or other web application we recommend that they elect for the optional cPanel Control Panel system. cPanel has become an industry standard hosting platform and assists the customer in many ways including setting up the server with apache, PHP and MYSQL. It also provided email hosting services. The customer will have an easy to use control panel interface where they can control most aspects of the server. cPanel also provide ongoing updates and support for the server which greatly improves stability and security of the system. cPanel is a great tool for sys admins and novice users alike.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 3674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 302.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goldfm.com.au/news/gold-coast/tiger-numbers-on-the-rise-thanks-to-dreamworld", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:13Z", "digest": "sha1:VAB3TH3SR6N6PX3RCZBEUUKUKJKDDLS5", "length": 959, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.goldfm.com.au", "title": "Tiger Numbers On The Rise Thanks To Dreamworld | triplem network", "raw_content": "Tiger Numbers On The Rise Thanks To Dreamworld\nSumatra's tiger population increases\nSumatra's tiger population is recovering thanks to conservation efforts by Dreamworld.\nThe theme park's Wildlife Fund has raised $2,000,000 to help pay for anti-poaching groups in Sumatra, Nepal and Russia, and it seems to be paying off.\nGeneral manager of life sciences Al Mucci said there had been a recorded increase in the number of big cat sightings on the Indonesian island over the past six months.\n\"Our anti-poaching team... did 57 patrols and saw evidence of tigers 57 times, so that's the first time ever in the last four or five years that that's occurred,\" he said.\n\"Numbers are there and they're increasing, and only one snare was picked up...where in previous years over 40 or 50 snares were discovered,\" he said.\n\"The presence of these men and women, who actually risk their lives doing this, they're actually deterring the trade of illegal wildlife,\" he said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 2433, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 166.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goldhillsgolf.com/mens-club-newsletter/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:28:19Z", "digest": "sha1:O6ZALDLSOBIK5Q2FUH2I74O2CSCXYNOH", "length": 2297, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.goldhillsgolf.com", "title": "Men's Club - Gold Hills", "raw_content": "Chad\u2019s Corner\nThere\u2019s Gold in them Hills!! Don\u2019t miss out on capturing a little gold of yourself during the 2016 Gold Rush. The Gold Rush will take place on Saturday, November 5th. With tee times starting at 9:00 a.m. The Gold Rush is a 2 person (Front nine scramble, Back nine, Best Ball) open to all members and guests. The entry is a nugget for members ($45) and two nuggets for guests ($65). Entry includes: Green Fee, Cart Fee, Range, Lunch, and prize fund. There will also be skins (optional). Gross and Net payouts for both prize fund and skin payouts. Don\u2019t miss out on claiming your Gold!! Contact the pro shop for more information.\nAs many of you have noticed, there seems to be an issue with the batteries in several of our golf cars. We are currently reviewing the three proposals to swap out our existing golf carts. In the mean time, we are exploring the issues in regards to why our batteries are failing in such a short time period. We want to make sure the issues are resolved before making that very important decision. Thank you for your patience as we go through this important process.\nThe Sip N Shop is scheduled for December 17, 2016. This event is a great way to spend your book money while enjoying hosted appetizers and a glass of complimentary wine or beer. The Sip N Shop will be available from 9:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Savings will range between 20 -75% off!! Don\u2019t miss out on all the fun!\nAre you looking for a place to hold your Christmas Party? Our Christmas setting and exquisite menu will wow your guests! Space is limited. For more information, please contact me today @ 246.7867 ext. 202\nNovember Shoe Sale\nIn the month of November, ALL shoes will be marked down 20%. If you are in need of shoes, this is the month to buy! All shoes (in stock) will be marked down 20%. Stop by today and save!\nThanksgiving Shot Gun\nWe will be open Thanksgiving morning for our annual 9:00 a.m. Shotgun. If you would like to play Thanksgiving morning give us a call and we will save your spot. Keep in mind, there will be no other services provided.\nReminder, Daylight savings ends November 6, 2016. Don\u2019t forget to set your clocks back 1 hour. First tee time will remain 7:30 a.m.\nFrom the Entire staff at Gold Hills, we would like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3170, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 305.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk/2012/07/times-up-take-yourself-out/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:30:14Z", "digest": "sha1:IYQZT26WTNTZPAW6NRT2T4C52ILRFZRO", "length": 2998, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.goodfuneralguide.co.uk", "title": "Time's up, take yourself out - The Good Funeral Guide", "raw_content": "Time\u2019s up, take yourself out\nA theme that we like to explore on this blog is the way in which longevity has reconfigured the landscape of dying. The blessing of long life has its downside: protracted decline. We are likely to linger longer, much longer, than our forebears. There\u2019s a physical cost in chronic illness and possibly, also, mental enfeeblement. There\u2019s the emotional cost to the elderly and their families. And then there\u2019s the financial cost, which the government has wrestled with and now kicked deftly into the long grass.\nIn the Sunday Times Minette Marrin wrestled with it, too. I\u2019ll have to quote a lot of it because the ST website is paywalled. She suggests some interesting solutions:\nLast Thursday the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) announced in a chilling report that the escalating costs of an ageing population will mean yet more national austerity. Pointing out that the proportion of people over 65, who now make up 17% of the population, will rise to 26% by 2061, it estimates many increased costs, in care of the elderly, health and pensions, amounting to an added \u00a380 billion a year in today\u2019s money.\nIn the next 20 years, the number of people over 70 is set to rise by 50%, reaching nearly 10m, according to the Office for National Statistics.\nThe OBR states that Britain\u2019s public spending will be \u201cclearly unsustainable\u201d over the next 50 years, despite the spending cuts. So, far from care for the elderly rising above today\u2019s inadequate standards, it is almost certain to fall further below them. There\u2019s no money now and in future there\u2019s going to be even less.\nUniversal bus passes (which cost \u00a31 billion a year), winter fuel allowances (\u00a32 billion) and free television licences must go.\nEveryone must accept that their savings, including their homes, may have to be spent on paying for care in old age. There\u2019s no universal right to leave one\u2019s property to one\u2019s children.\nTaxes of all kinds must rise hugely, or else there will have to be a large hypothecated tax upon people reaching old age. Services to old people must be reduced \u2026 Health service care must be rationed for the very old. Palliative care of every kind should be available, but not ambitious treatments.\nThere should be fewer old people. I\u2019ve often felt the best thing one can do for one\u2019s children is to die before real infirmity sets in. The taboo against deliberately shuffling off this mortal coil, as people did in other cultures in the interests of younger people, is wrong. Most people say they never want to be a burden to others in old age; it would be good if more of us felt able to prove we mean it, by taking a timely and pleasant walk up the snowy mountain. Especially since there\u2019s no money left. [Our bold]\nCategory: Attitudes to older people , dying , End-of-life issues , euthanasia , Good death , medical interventions in dying , self-deliverance\nWest Grinstead says not in our back garden July 16, 2012\nThe Duke and The King \u2013 The morning I get to hell July 16, 2012", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 7639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 258.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goodnightpeds.com/blog/does-your-child-get-carsick-here%E2%80%99s-what-you-should-do", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:00:08Z", "digest": "sha1:CQYVHHTB26FCJ7I7KTOWI2T7OPSVWZXG", "length": 3638, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.goodnightpeds.com", "title": "Does Your Child Get Carsick? Here\u2019s What You Should Do", "raw_content": "Motion sickness is a common condition that causes one of your balance-sensing body parts (i.e. ears, eyes, sensory nerves, etc.) to feel movement while the other parts do not. These mixed signals can cause a number of symptoms, including nausea, fatigue, dizziness, vomiting, and a general feeling of not being healthy, all of which fall under the \u201cmotion sickness\u201d category.\nIf you\u2019ve ever experienced motion sickness, you know first-hand that it can be incredibly uncomfortable and debilitating. As such, motion sickness is usually the last thing you\u2019d want your child to experience. If your child does show signs of motion sickness, it\u2019s likely they are doing so between the ages of 2 and 12. The symptoms of motion sickness vary depending on a child\u2019s age.\nFor example, dizziness is generally the main symptom of motion sickness for children under the age of 6. On the other hand, children over the age of 12 typically develop nausea or a mild stomach ache as their primary symptom.\nPrevalence of Motion Sickness\nThe main cause of motion sickness is a sensitive inner ear, the part of the ear\u2019s anatomy that helps maintain balance. According to Seattle Children\u2019s Hospital, motion sickness can develop in the following situations:\nAs a car passenger driving on winding roads, 25% of people will develop motion sickness symptoms.\nUnder extreme conditions, such as boating on the high seas, over 90% of people will experience motion sickness.\nDid you know? Motion sickness is strongly genetic. In fact, if one parent suffers from the condition, there is a 50% chance the children will have it as well.\nIt\u2019s important to note that motion sickness is not a mental or emotional ailment, which means cognitive therapies cannot make this condition go away. We bring this up because there is a common misconception that motion sickness can be remedied through \u201cwill power.\u201d This is not true \u2013 only conservative techniques and some medications can help prevent and relieve motion sickness.\nMotion Sickness Care Advice\nThere are a few simple remedies you can employ to prevent and alleviate symptoms related to motion sickness. To prevent motion sickness from occurring, here are a few self-care tips that may help:\nDiscourage reading or watching movies during travel\nCrack open a window for fresh air, whenever possible\nPack light snacks, like crackers and water, to keep nausea at bay\nKeep a stock of plastic bags in an easy-to-reach location in case of vomiting\nIf your child is old enough, have him or her sit in the front seat so they\u2019re looking out the front window. If they haven\u2019t met the age or weight requirements for the front seat, have them sit in the middle back seat. Looking out the front window will help limit motion sickness, as the side windows can cause dizziness.\nIf your child has already gotten sick from the car or boat ride, here are a few ways you can reduce their discomfort:\nHave them lie down immediately after their travel\nEncourage small sips of water during and after the car or boat ride\nIf your child has thrown up, place an ice pack on his or her forehead. The colder temperatures will help alleviate headaches and fever common with vomiting.\nWhen to Visit Good Night Pediatrics\nIf your child\u2019s symptoms become worse or do not go away after 8 hours, call or visit a Good Night Pediatrics clinic immediately. These symptoms could indicate a serious condition or health problem that requires immediate medical attention. For more information, please visit our Locations page to review our clinic hours and the best phone number to reach our team. We would be happy to answer questions or concerns you may have!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 4658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr4911/text", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:46Z", "digest": "sha1:UE4MJ2C5ASILJK55BDTCVRUD7S5KHI7K", "length": 11423, "nlines": 89, "source_domain": "www.govtrack.us", "title": "Text of H.R. 4911: Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act of 2018 (Introduced version) - GovTrack.us", "raw_content": "H.R. 4911 (115th): Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act of 2018\nMr. Smucker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned\nTo establish a Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform.\nShort title; purpose\nThis Act may be cited as the Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act of 2018 .\nThe purpose of this Act is to establish a Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform.\nThe Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform\nThere is established is an independent commission to be known as the Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform (hereafter referred to as the joint commission ).\nThe joint commission shall carry out the following duties:\nStudying procedures on the budget and Federal expenditures.\nConducting at least four public hearings to examine potential budget process reforms before dissolution of the joint commission.\nSeeking recommendations from economists, experts, Members of Congress, Federal agencies, educational institutions, State legislatures, and private organizations on ways to reform the congressional budget process.\nDrafting a bill that amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.).\nSubmitting a report to each House of Congress containing the bill it recommends and such other matters it deems appropriate.\nThe joint commission shall examine the following issues and include a summary of its findings respecting those issues in the report required under subsection (b)(5):\nPotential changes and enforcement tools to ensure an on-time completion of the congressional budget process.\nProcedures to address mandatory spending levels.\nThe impact of instituting long-term debt limits.\nProcedures to increase inclusiveness and transparency in the congressional budget process.\nThe feasibility of a balanced budget amendment.\nThe impact of a binding congressional budget.\nThe need to reauthorize the Congressional Budget Office in an effort to provide greater assistance to the House and Senate Budget Committees.\nThe feasibility of changing the fiscal year from October 1st to January 1st so it aligns with the calendar year.\nThe examination of whether or not there should be term limits for members to serve on the Budget Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate.\nThe efficiency of annual budgeting in comparison to biennial budgeting.\nThe joint commission shall be composed of the following 23 members:\nThe chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.\nThe ranking member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives.\nThe chair of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.\nThe ranking member of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.\nThe chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.\nThe ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.\nThe chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.\nThe ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.\nThe chair of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.\nThe ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.\nThe chair of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.\nThe ranking member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate.\nThe Director of the Office of Management and Budget.\nThe Comptroller General.\nTwo Members of Congress nominated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.\nTwo Senators nominated by the Majority Leader.\nTwo Members nominated by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.\nTwo Senators nominated by the Minority Leader of the Senate.\nThe nominees shall be appointed not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.\nEach member shall be appointed for the duration of the commission. A vacancy in the joint commission shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint commission. A vacancy shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointments were made.\nThe joint commission at its first meeting shall elect a member of the commission who is a legislator to serve as chair of the joint commission.\nThe chair of the Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform shall appoint a Director, who shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.\nThe Staff Director, with the approval of the commission, the Director may appoint and fix the pay of additional personnel.\nUpon the request of the Director of Staff, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail any of the personnel of that department or agency to the Commission to assist the commission in carrying out its duties under this Act.\nThe following restrictions relating to the personnel of the Commission shall apply to the staff of the commission:\nThere may not be more than 15 persons on the staff at one time.\nThe Director may employ and fix the compensation of such staff as the chair considers necessary.\nExperts and consultants\nThe joint commission may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for a comparable position paid under the General Schedule.\nThe Commission shall hold its first meeting within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.\nThe Commission shall hold meetings at the call of the chair of the joint commission.\nThere is authorized to be appropriated $800,000 to the joint commission to carry out its duties.\nThe travel expenses of members of the joint commission and staff shall be paid for from appropriated funds. Staff and members of the joint commission shall abide by the Government travel rules set forth by the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.\nCongressional consideration of reform proposals\nIntroduction; Referral; and Report or Discharge\nOn the first calendar day on which both Houses are in session, on or immediately following the date on which the report containing the bill it recommends is submitted to Congress under section 2, a single bill shall be introduced (by request)\u2014\nin the Senate by the majority leader of the Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and\nin the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for himself and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or by Members of the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives.\nThe implementation bills introduced under paragraph (1) shall be referred to any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in the Senate and any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives. A committee to which an implementation bill is referred under this paragraph may report such bill to the respective House without amendment.\nReport or discharge\nIf a committee to which an implementation bill is referred has not reported such bill by the end of the 15th calendar day after the date of the introduction of such bill, such committee shall be immediately discharged from further consideration of such bill, and upon being reported or discharged from the committee, such bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.\nWhen the committee to which an implementation bill is referred has reported, or has been discharged under subsection (a)(3), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House to move to proceed to the consideration of the implementation bill, and all points of order against the implementation bill (and against consideration of the implementation bill) are waived. The motion is highly privileged in the House of Representatives and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the implementation bill is agreed to, the implementation bill shall remain the unfinished business of the respective House until disposed of.\nAn implementation bill may not be amended in the Senate or the House of Representatives.\nDebate on the implementation bill, and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit the implementation bill is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the implementation bill is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.\nImmediately following the conclusion of the debate on an implementation bill, and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final passage of the implementation bill shall occur.\nRulings of the chair on procedure\nAppeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to an implementation bill shall be decided without debate.\nCoordination With Action by Other House\nIf, before the passage by one House of an implementation bill of that House, that House receives from the other House an implementation bill, then the following procedures shall apply:\nNonreferral\nThe implementation bill of the other House shall not be referred to a committee.\nVote on bill of other house\nWith respect to an implementation bill of the House receiving the implementation bill\u2014\nthe procedure in that House shall be the same as if no implementation bill had been received from the other House; but\nthe vote on final passage shall be on the implementation bill of the other House.\nRules of the Senate and the House of Representatives\nThis section is enacted by Congress\u2014\nas an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of an implementation bill described in subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and\nTermination and disposition of records\nThe joint commission shall terminate not later than the earlier of\u2014\n2 years after the date of enactment of this Act; or\nthe date upon which the bill referred to in section 2(b)(4) is signed into law by the President.\nUpon termination of the joint commission, its records shall become the records of the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 321, "original_length": 17798, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 183.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/veep-lauds-pentecost-church-for-growth.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:10:18Z", "digest": "sha1:RVMUU4TNWHG23MBZKOQ7PO5DDDXSG5YI", "length": 3345, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.graphic.com.gh", "title": "Dr Bawumia lauds Pentecost Church for growth - Graphic Online", "raw_content": "Dr Bawumia lauds Pentecost Church for growth\nApostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah (2nd right) handing over the keys to the new police station to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (2nd left), during the ceremony. Looking on are Mr Thomas Yaw Adjei-Baffoe (left), Deputy Central Regional Minister, and Mr Henry Quartey (right), a Deputy Minister of the Interior. Picture: EDNA ADU-SERWAA\nThe Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended the Church of Pentecost for its growth and development, using its own resources, without any external support.\nHe said the church had provided an example that with the right leadership, the vision of a Ghana beyond aid was realistic.\nCiting the indigenous church\u2019s ability to extend to about 100 countries using home-grown resources and putting up a world-class centre for holding international and local meetings, he said the government could learn from the church.\nDr Bawumia was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 43rd General Council Meeting of the church at the Pentecost Convention Centre at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region.\nDuring the four-day meeting, which has the theme: \u201cRemain in Christ and His basic message\", a new chairman for the church will be elected\nThe current Chairman, Apostle Prof. Opoku Onyinah, who has held the position for 10 years, will retire and end 42 years as an active minister of the church.\nDr Bawumia urged the church to use its influential platform to educate its members on the need to pay taxes for the economic development of the nation.\nHe commended Apostle Prof. Onyinah for his services to the Church of Pentecost and the nation as a whole.\nHe described Apostle Prof. Onyinah, who has been a member of the National Peace Council, as a statesman who was dedicated to peace.\nTouching on how the church could shape the moral fabric of society, he said: \u201cWe have to use the church to nip anti-social behaviours in the bud by directing the moral compact to what is faith and fit for a good society. Children must be taught not to take what is not theirs, while parents set good examples in order to fight corruption.\u201d\nAccounting for his 10-year tenure, Apostle Prof. Onyinah said the church, presently in 99 countries, currently had more than three million members worldwide.\nOut of the number, he said, more than 2.5 million were in Ghana, constituting 85 per cent of the total worldwide membership.\nIn Ghana, the membership of the church represented approximately nine per cent of the total Ghanaian population of 29 million as of December 2017, he added.\nApostle Prof. Onyinah said the church had eight health institutions, comprising one hospital and seven clinics; 84 basic schools, three vocational schools, two senior high schools and a university in Ghana.\nThe church used the occasion to hand over a GH\u00a25.2-million two-storey police station to the Ghana Police Service.\nThe facility includes a barracks to accommodate senior and junior officers on a 4.9-acre land.\nThe Inspector-General of Police, Mr David Asante Apeatu, said the facility would contribute to the achievement of the police transformation agenda to a world-class police organisation.\nHe expressed gratitude to the church and said the station would be put to good use to enhance police visibility, as well as gather information from the community.\nDaily Graphic Newspaper, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 7148, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 247.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greatgardenplants.com/zone_finder", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:53:54Z", "digest": "sha1:OEIYS6XYT2TMR2NGYZQ5EBZHCJHGHW2J", "length": 829, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.greatgardenplants.com", "title": "Plant Hardiness Zone Finder - Great Garden Plants", "raw_content": "Home/zone finder\nTo find your USDA hardiness zone, enter your zip code below and click \"Go\"\nThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has devised a system to provide gardeners with a basic guide to plant hardiness. The Hardiness Zone Map system divides the United States and Canada into numbered zones based on lowest average winter temperature. Even within a zone, different micro-climates exist, such as large urban areas which may be warmer or land situated at different elevations.\nWhat Effects Plant Hardiness\nThe Hardiness Zone Map is a valuable tool but it is not foolproof. There are a variety of factors that can influence the hardiness of a given plant in a garden. These factors include: soil type, drainage, snow cover, exposure to wind, winter, rainfall (or lack of), as well as fluctuations in temperature.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 5719, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 219.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenhornranch.com/the-wrangler/2018/7/31/a-greenhorn-getaway", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:10Z", "digest": "sha1:BLEUWJCJTWAB5PHJJZWQIXGZ2J7KILRU", "length": 3518, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.greenhornranch.com", "title": "A Greenhorn Getaway \u2014 Greenhorn Ranch", "raw_content": "By Peter Derbonne\nSandy feet and sunshine are enough to keep us rooted in spite of the hustle that defines the Orange County lifestyle. On the days I spend more time in traffic than surfing, I\u2019m focusing on growing my businesses and my family so we can enjoy our slice of paradise living the California lifestyle I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to enjoy for most of my life.\nBut, as the freeways and population grows, so does my family and my business. Busier and busier, it\u2019s become more difficult than ever before to pull away and put each other first. In spite of all of our distractions, my wife and I came together with shared values. We knew we wanted to put our family first. When our to-do\u2019s become interruptive, we find ourselves off-kilter. It takes a thoughtful and intentional decision to put our priority back in center focus. Greenhorn Ranch brings us back together in a way I didn\u2019t think possible as my daughter reaches the end of her college years and my son continues to indulge his lust for adventure around the globe.\nWhen I stepped onto Greenhorn Ranch for the first time, it was as though I\u2019d taken the deepest breath I had since I was 12. Something about the air is just different. A 600+ acre playground hidden away in Northern California\u2019s Lost Sierra with horses and thousands of miles of trail took my breath away. My friend, David James, had invited me to visit his college stomping grounds near the Feather River at a little known Dude Ranch in Northern California.\nI am the farthest thing from a cowboy, a rancher. A surfer to my core, I\u2019m a Southern California guy who loves big cities and has had some success in business. I was convinced David was nuts when he asked if I\u2019d be interested in a Dude Ranch.\n\u201cNo way,\u201d I said. So when he asked me to accompany on a trip to visit his prospective investment, I went as a friend and trusted advisor. Why not get on a horse and go fishing for the weekend? No swell anyway.\nBut when I got here, my guard came down. Mountain air and high sierra sun got the best of me. Then I met Ralph and Trish. They were cut from the cloth of another time. They built the ranch, and their lives, on the mindset that hard work and an honest intent to do good was enough. Refreshing is an understatement. Their presence in conversation and the love you feel when you step onto this ranch is pure magic. I knew it was special and I had to keep it alive. I had to be a part of it and write a new legacy.\nFamily values, love, outdoor adventure and the spirit of the west is alive and well here. Each visit, my family grows a little closer. An all-inclusive vacation, we don\u2019t leave the property once we park for the week. No distractions, just relaxed time as a family under one roof. My wife isn\u2019t preoccupied with keeping our lives on track, my daughter is hundreds of miles away from her closest friends and might even forget where her phone is from time to time. My son comes alive in the remote and rugged terrain. Solitude and a family trail ride give us a sense that the more life changes, the more things stay the same. We are still undoubtedly here for and with one another. We are still the young family that once set out together for their first adventures. My wife and I are still wild and free and come together in the spirit of adventure day in and day out.\nRemote and out of reach, I am reminded of why I work hard, what the woman I love is made of, and how much my kids still have to teach me.\nI hope you\u2019ll #cultivateyourcowboy with us.\n-Peter Derbonne", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 4328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 308.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenhousecanada.com/news/experts-weigh-in-is-cannabis-addictive-30908?custnum=&title=&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:04Z", "digest": "sha1:YBFGL5ZAKI72OKWMUWWGGQZ3PFVJF6HJ", "length": 2155, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.greenhousecanada.com", "title": "Experts weigh in: is cannabis addictive? | Greenhouse Canada", "raw_content": "Experts weigh in: is cannabis addictive?\nWritten by\tMary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers\nJan. 29, 2016 \u2014 What are the symptoms, risks, and health consequences of \u201ccannabis use disorder,\u201d and what is the status of current research efforts to identify effective treatments for cannabis addiction?\nThe answers to these questions, and whether cannabis is more or less addictive than tobacco or alcohol, are presented in a timely and informative Roundtable Discussion, \u201cLegal or Illegal, Cannabis Is Still Addictive,\u201d published in the new peer-reviewed journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.\nThe article is available open access on the Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/can.2015.29004.rtd) website.\n.\u2028Roundtable moderator and journal editor-in-chief Daniele Piomelli, PhD, University of California-Irvine, School of Medicine, leads a vibrant discussion among the distinguished panelists: Margaret Haney, PhD, New York State Psychiatric Institute-Columbia University Medical Centre, New York, NY; Alan Budney, PhD, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH; and Pier Vincenzo Piazza, MD, PhD, Magendie Neurocenter, INSERM, Bordeaux, France.\nThe roundtable participants focus on topics such as the specific features of cannabis use disorder, cannabis withdrawal, and the lack of U.S. FDA-approved treatments for cannabis addiction and ongoing clinical trials to test investigational agents and approaches.\nPiomelli asks the panelists to respond to the provocative question of whether studies to discover therapies for cannabis addiction should continue.\u2028\u201cLaws and attitudes toward cannabis are changing, and this is a welcome development after so many years of irrational closure,\u201d says Piomelli.\n\u201cStill, we should not forget that cannabis is a drug and, as such, is far from harmless. This roundtable explores the addictive potential of cannabis, which both preclinical and clinical studies have now firmly established.\u201d\nMore in this category: \u00ab Tweed partners with cannabis connoisseur Snoop Dogg\t| Vaporizers at cost for some medical cannabis patients \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 5527, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 312.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenterraceteas.com/pages/social-responsibility", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:54:55Z", "digest": "sha1:GY5QJ4JEA4HQ4FVFKONMXS3RX3Y3XN3H", "length": 3637, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.greenterraceteas.com", "title": "Social Responsibility | Green Terrace Teas", "raw_content": "Tea Review: Bi Luo Chun Green Tea by Teaxplorer\nTea Review: Shan Lin Xi Premium High Mountain Oolong by @Amanda\nTea Review: Ali Shan High Mountain Oolong by Teaxplorer\nTea Review: Shan Lin Xi Premium High Mountain Oolong by Teaxplorer\nHow to Cold-Brew Loose Leaf Tea\nDitch the Teabag\nTea Making: Western Style vs. Chinese Style\nSocial Responsibility HOME PRODUCT COLLECTIONS PREMIUM TEAS TEAWARE BREWING GUIDE NEWS ABOUT US FAQs Your cart (0)\nAt Green Terrace Teas we believe strongly in giving back to the community and, as such, actively contribute to various local charity and environmental groups in Taiwan. We are currently proud contributors to the following organizations:\n\"Tzu Chi Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1966 by Dharma Master Cheng Yen in the impoverished east coast of Taiwan. The Foundation has been contributing to better social and community services, medical care, education and humanism in Taiwan for nearly 40 years...Since its founding, the Foundation has dedicated itself in the field of charity, medicine, education, environmental protection, as well as the promotion of humanistic values and community volunteerism. The humanitarian work is both a means to help those in need, and also a way to open the eyes of the volunteer to the harsher side of life, so that through giving, they may find spiritual happiness and life's true meaning.\" Learn more at: http://www.tzuchi.org.tw/\nTHE FIRST SOCIAL WELFARE FOUNDATION\n\"Facing the great need of good-quality care and training services for developmentally disabled children in Taiwan, \u201cThe First Children\u2019s Development Centre\u201d was established in Taipei City in 1980. Since then, in response to the increasing needs island-wide, we have stably expanded the range of services in terms of training targets as well as service contents, and hence transforming ourselves in 1997 into a nationwide social welfare foundation. Currently, within the 7 development centers and 1 group home, we serve about 800 disabled persons of various types at different age levels. Besides, we conduct many outreach programs. Our service programs are classified into four main categories: \u201cchildren\u2019s services\u201d, \u201cadults\u2019 services\u201dand \u201crehabilitation & assistive technology services\u201d, \u201cfamily supportive services\u201d. Our mission is to help those with developmental delay and disabled conditions to obtain satisfactory progress and quality life careers through our warm attitude and professional services.\" Learn more at: http://www.diyi.org.tw/\nANIMALS TAIWAN ASSOCIATION\n\"Animals Taiwan Association is a non-profit social organization duly established under the laws of the Republic of China for the pursuit of the following objectives: to promote the welfare of all Taiwan's animals through, but not limited to, public education, humane population control and the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing of Taiwan's free-roaming animals.\nAnimals Taiwan is responsible for the following duties:\n1. To rescue animals in danger and provide emergency medical treatment.\n2. To provide short-term shelter service and long-term adoption plans for needy stray animals.\n3. To promote responsible pet guardianship, including encouraging the public to neuter and properly train their animals.\n4. To promote the humane treatment of animals, including humane methods of controlling the population levels and health of free-roaming animals.\n5. To establish liaison and cooperative relationships with government and related organization(s).\" Learn more at: http://www.animalstaiwan.org/\nSocial Responsibility Search About Us All Products Your cart (0)\nCopyright \u00a9 2019 Green Terrace Teas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3967, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 299.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.guitar-muse.com/new-dream-theater-album-release-date-and-title-7170", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:40Z", "digest": "sha1:PZTRMY7BLCECQOVHLS7MIGPJGACSARND", "length": 2551, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.guitar-muse.com", "title": "New Dream Theater Album Release Date, Title, And Video", "raw_content": "June 7, 2013 June 8, 2013 Tim Monaghan\t0 Comments\nWe\u2019ve fully explored all of the elements that make us unique, from the epic and intense to the atmospheric and cinematic.\u201d \u2013 Petrucci\nDream theater fans won\u2019t have to wait too much longer for the next album, although it is going to be a little bit longer than the estimated \u201cSummer of 2013\u201d that Dream Theater originally talked about back in May.\nThe album will be self-titled, and will be available on September 24th, 2013, and was engineered and mixed by both John Petrucci and Richard Chycki, who is known for his work with Rush, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Our Lady Peace, Trivium, and many more.\nThis will be the first album that features Mike Mangini in a writing capacity \u2013 Mike replaced long time drummer Mike Portnoy after writing had begun for the last album, back in late 2010.\nJohn Petrucci is pretty impressed with what Mangini has been able to come up with in the studio, saying \u201cWhen people hear the drumming on this album, they\u2019re gonna be pretty freaked out. On the last album, he did a great job, but he wasn\u2019t there for the writing process and he was interpreting drum parts that I had programmed.\u201d\nPetrucci also says, \u201cWe\u2019re back to writing as a band \u2013 we feel like this album is our strongest work to date. It\u2019s our most cohesive and broadest expression of our different styles and sounds. We\u2019ve had a different sonic perspective, having Rich Chycki engineer the record.\u201d\nChycki had this to say: \u201cIt\u2019s really amazing to see a band like this \u2013 they have a lot of depth, and put in a lot of attention into the detail of their work, whether it\u2019s from a playing point of view or a songwriting point of view.\u201d\nPettruci\u2019s Guitar Sound\nWhen it came time for John to describe the sound he wanted in the studio, he described it as a \u201crich piece of chocolate cake.\u201d He was looking for a \u201cmultilayered, rich, satisfying sound, with a lot of body and depth, with just the right amount of icing on the top.\u201d\nYou can watch the video below to get a little preview of Dream Theater in the studio, as well as some more context on the quotes above.\nDream Theater in the studio\nWe\u2019ll be bringing you more information as it becomes available, but from the sounds in this video, it seems like the album will bring fans a lot of what they are anxiously awaiting, as well as some newer, more dynamic sounds, and a fresh bout of creativity.\nAlice In Chains: New Album Release Date, Cover Art,\u2026\n\u2190 Mississippi Fred McDowell: Learning Slide Guitar With a Steak Bone\nSteve Vai \u2013 Naked Tracks Volumes VI and VII \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 4178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 200.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.h2oasisfloatcenter.com/articles/float-therapy-in-oklahoma-the-unique-experience/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:58Z", "digest": "sha1:SFLSLXWMPEUY6JJTTVI4ALH5RZ3CG2UG", "length": 5121, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.h2oasisfloatcenter.com", "title": "Float therapy in Oklahoma | you can start floating around town", "raw_content": "Float therapy in Oklahoma | the unique experience\nFloat therapy in Oklahoma | floating around town\nWhenever you\u2019re wanting to see results in your Wayne to see that there\u2019s going to be different ways to make sure that you\u2019re getting the help that you\u2019re needing you\u2019re going make sure that you\u2019re not wasting time because were going to be happy to work with you time and time again to what you in the right direction is that you get the absolute best from your floating session so when you\u2019re looking for float therapy in Oklahoma. 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You need to go ahead and call us up for the float therapy in Oklahoma that are going to be able to join your peace of mind like never before to your body so that you can experience how what is like to flow into your gravity and this is going be an option that is going to be terrific for you if not really sure where to go and what to do. You need pick up the phone today\nThese options that we have here going to be able to point you in the direction that you need to go to let us make sure that you\u2019re not wasting time you\u2019re not going anywhere else for letting us show you these moves to get to the float therapy in Oklahoma that you need to get because were going to be making sure that your learning more about the solutions today these options we have here going to be fantastic. So if you\u2019re not sure where to go. 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On that same day the Empress faces a forced marriage, with a fatal accident soon follow. 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Materials for preschoolers through adults fill its shelves. Access to magazine & newspaper articles, databases and books at other Connecticut libraries is available through ResearchITCT, Connecticut\u2019s digital library.\nHagaman Library Strategic Plan 2008-2012\nIn 1909, East Haven was one of 15 Connecticut towns without a library. The state offered to furnish a case of books if a responsible person to take charge could be found. Miss Lottie Street volunteered and on July 1, 1909, the first library in East Haven opened for business in a coatroom of the old town hall.\nWithin two years, this location became overcrowded. The board of directors leased a small, one-story structure behind the Kirkham building. In 1917, the library moved once again to the old post office building. It remained there until it moved to the present location in 1928.\nThe current library building was erected in 1928 thanks to the generosity of Mr. Isaac Hagaman. An addition to the original structure was completed in 1975.\nThe first mention of children\u2019s programming occurred in the 1923 annual report. At the request of the State library, the East Haven Library celebrated Children\u2019s Book Week and for a short time tried to schedule story hours. These were soon discontinued due to lack of facilities. At the same time, the librarian asked for suggestions for books needed in schoolwork. Cooperation between the library and schools was another state requirement.\nIn 1926, the East Haven Public Library Bulletin listed titles by Louisa May Alcott, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain and Jules Verne. There were many books that were probably considered the \u201cSweet Valley High\u201d of the time, among them \u201cCarolyn of the Sunny Heart\u201d and \u201cPeggy Stewart at School\u201c. Preschoolers would have found few picture books on the shelves.\nHistory of East Haven by Sarah Hughes (full-text on Google Books)\nMurals painted by Charles D. Hubbard\nMural Pamphlet\n1929 Library Minutes \u2013 Vote on Commissioning Murals\nLetter from Mr. Charles D. Hubbard to Library Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Ellsworth E. Cowels- accepting commission\nThank you note from Mr. Charles D. Hubbard\nNote on woman who posed for the childrens\u2019 mural for the figure of Circe\nHartford Courant Article: Artist\u2019s Legacy\u2026\nAbout the display cases in the rotunda.\nLocal History Resources at Hagaman Library", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 4635, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 275.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.halalgirlabouttown.com/hello-halal-baby-about-town/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:15Z", "digest": "sha1:O74D4ZK4AWXDA6VCXGSU36RIEVLLKUMA", "length": 193, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.halalgirlabouttown.com", "title": "Hello Halal Baby About Town! - Halal Girl About Town", "raw_content": "Three months ago, we welcomed a little baby boy into our family.\nBorn at 4:11am on 9th July, 2018;\n6 pounds 8 ounces, 21 inches long.\nHis name is Aadam,\nAnd we can\u2019t wait to give him the world!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 1448, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 145.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hamptons.com/North-Fork/Headlines/21709/East-End-Aquarium-Welcomes-Three-New-Friendly.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:40:58Z", "digest": "sha1:HGA2EBENZEL25KOWV67QMT5AXM2STSPT", "length": 2354, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.hamptons.com", "title": "East End Aquarium Welcomes Three New Friendly Faces | North Fork | Headlines", "raw_content": "East End Aquarium Welcomes Three New Friendly Faces\nSimon and Jim are African Black-footed Penguins. (Courtesy Photo)\nIt's been a busy beginning of the year for the Long Island Aquarium, who recently welcomed a few new adorable guests.\nSlydell. (Courtesy Photo)\nAmong the additions are Simon and Jim, two African Black-footed Penguins, who came to the Aquarium as part of an exchange program. Since African penguins mate for life and the Aquarium had an uneven ratio, they relocated two of their female African Black-footed Penguins, Elaine and Jerry, to the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia, which brought Simon and Jim to the East End.\n\"The Long Island Aquarium is thrilled with the new addition of two male African Black-Footed Penguins that were obtained via a penguin swap with the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia,\" shared Darlene Puntillo of the Long Island Aquarium. \"These new boys will bring an even ratio of our male to female population and will allow two of our existing females new mates.\"\nHuman intervention, including commercial overfishing of the species' primary food source, oil spills and the collection of guano (which penguins use to create their nests) as fertilizer, has led to a severe decline in the African penguin population in the wild. In an effort to help with public support for conservation of African Black-footed Penguins, many zoos and aquariums participate in a breeding program. Simon and Jim's big move means they will now have a fair shot at finding love when they get a little older and have the chance to interact with the Aquarium's colony. Simon, the older penguin is currently being showcased, while Jim must lose the rest of his baby feathers before he can meet the public.\n\"We're hoping there will be successful breeding in the future which helps us promote the conservation of these endangered species in the wild, by raising public interest and awareness,\" added Puntillo.\nThe Long Island Aquarium also has a new guest at their Otter Falls exhibit, Slydell, an eight year old male who came to the Aquarium through the EcoTarium in Worcester, Massachusetts. In return, the Aquarium sent their male otter, Stark, to Worcester as part of the Ambassador program.\nThe Long Island Aquarium is located at 431 East Main Street in Riverhead. 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A previous, more exhilarating trailer was covered by yours truly here, but this new installment still manages to bring the action.\nThe trailers all have similar points of emphasis: Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron are mercilessly pursued by a gang of savages following the relative destruction of the world. Only the truest survivors remain.\nThe new footage for Mad Max: Fury Road features light, soothing music as dramatic and violent scenes unfold. The action in the previous trailer was superior, but the music and vibe to this one seem equally strong.\nMad Max: Fury Road will be shown at the Cannes Film Festival May 14, 2015. It will then hit theaters with a wide release May 15, 2015.\n[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woHTUsl66BY[/youtube]\nRelated Items:charlize theron, Mad Max: Fury Road, movie trailers, Tom Hardy, trailers\n\u2018Venom\u2019 Is Chaotic But Darkly Comedic\nVenom Trailer: Lots Of Tom Hardy, But No Venom Or Spiderman\nToronto Raptors Now Extinct, What\u2019s Next?\niZombie Review: 1.7: Maternity Liv", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 2872, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 297.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.harringtonplasticsurgery.com/surgical/breast-enhancement-surgery/sientra-implants-study/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:52:33Z", "digest": "sha1:PSBMUOTBXU2TF46P2KP4KNXEXDP4PCPD", "length": 2810, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.harringtonplasticsurgery.com", "title": "Sientra Breast Implants Study | Dr. Jennifer Harrington Sientra Implants Study \u2013 Harrington + Associates | Minneapolis Plastic Surgeons", "raw_content": "Home > Surgical > Breast > Sientra Implants Study\nAs a leader in the field of plastic surgery, board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Jennifer Harrington was appointed as the medical director for the longest clinical study to date on the effects of high-strength silicone gel (\u201cgummy bear\u201d) breast implants. Her leadership in the area of women\u2019s health and safety has benefited not only her own patients in the Twin Cities area, but also women nationwide.\nAs a firm believer in delivering the highest quality cosmetic services, Dr. Harrington has used Sientra products since the beginning of her practice. Dr. Harrington\u2019s patients who took part in the study between 2002 and 2007 reported their happiness with both the product and their results.*\nThe results of the study, published in the April 2018 issue of the ASPS Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal, show a lower rate of capsular contracture in textured breast implants compared to smooth, and zero incidence of breast implant\u2013associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma in study participants. In other words, Sientra\u2019s gummy bear breast implants indicate a comprehensive degree of both safety and effectiveness.*\nThe Online Annual Sientra Implant Study (O.A.S.I.S.) was designed to assess long-term outcomes of silicone gel breast implants. The study collected extensive health data from participants who had either round or teardrop-shaped gummy bear breast implants filled with a high-strength cohesive gel.\nSientra gummy bear implants offer women the advantage of maintaining their shape regardless of potential ruptures or other complications. These implants also offer a natural feel that mimics the texture of breast tissue. Sientra offers gummy bear implants in either round or anatomical form so women can select the implant that will work best with their natural anatomy.*\nThe study included both breast augmentation and breast reconstruction patients who chose high-strength silicone gel implants. Dr. Harrington reimbursed her patients who completed surveys to assist in the collection of thorough and accurate data. Her patients are also required to revisit her yearly for up to 10 years to ensure that they continue to enjoy their results as well as optimal breast health.\nFor more information about Sientra\u2019s round and shaped implants, visit the Sientra patient website.\nFor more information about the O.A.S.I.S. study, read a discussion from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.\nIf you\u2019re new to our practice or would like more information about breast augmentation, contact us today to schedule a complimentary consultation. We look forward to helping you achieve your dream look.\n*This information, based on Sientra\u2019s 2018 published study, is for education only and is not meant as a guarantee of results. Your results may vary.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 367, "original_length": 18555, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 277.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hartwick.edu/about-us/institutional-research-effectiveness/hartwick-data/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:18:10Z", "digest": "sha1:SRLKAXT23LIIWQZIXN4MMEWA6YDK7ITD", "length": 1271, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.hartwick.edu", "title": "Hartwick Data - Hartwick College", "raw_content": "The Fact Sheet is compiled each academic year by the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness. It is designed to provide a convenient and concise source of information from key College units. 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She was a Christian who loved her children, family and friends.\nShe is survived by her daughters: Gloria and Dennis Latty, Karen and Bobby Cooper, and Sharon and Ross Blackwell; 9 grandchildren;24 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.\nShe was preceded in death by her daughter; Susan Smith; granddaughter; Sheri Oreskovich; and great-great-grandson; Jason McClung.\nGraveside services will be held Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Maple Hill Cemetery. 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Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a case that may have substantial impact on the future of Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) due to the central issue of tribal immunity. Metro Detroit patent litigator Glenn Forbis spoke to Law360 in anticipation of the upcoming arguments, discussing both the background of the case and the impact it may have.\nThe Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe previously partnered with Allergan PLC to shield the latter\u2019s Restatsis drug from review at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In 2016, Allergan reportedly paid the tribe more than $13 million, plus additional ongoing royalties, to take ownership of the patent for Restatsis and license it back to the company. That same year, Restatsis allegedly generated $1.5 billion in revenue.\nAt stake is whether tribal sovereign immunity applies in IPRs. The PTAB determined in February that it does not. They also found that Mylan had proven that the patents in question were likely invalid.\nThe PTAB\u2019s decision was immediately appealed, but not before it could find support from several big players, including the U.S. Department of Justice and Senior U.S. Circuit Judge William Bryson, who oversaw the matter in district court. Judge Bryson has stated that he has \u201cserious concerns\u201d about the agreement between the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe and Allergan as well as the effect it could have on Inter Partes Reviews.\nAlthough many expect Mylan to prevail, the wildcard nature of Allergan\u2019s defense strategy has some patent owners considering the alternative. \u201cIf tribal immunity were to pass muster,\u201d Forbis said, \u201cthere would be a gaping loophole that would be attractive for many patent owners, depending on the size of their litigation and the value of their patents.\u201d\nWith oral arguments scheduled to take place Monday, June 4, expect patent owners and other interested parties to be watching very closely.\nHarness Dickey Sponsors IPO Video Contest\n\u201cFederal judge awards fees in Octane case,\u201d Inside Counsel, September 8, 2015\nJoel Samuels to Present \u201cTrademark Year in Review\u201d CLE\nTwo Harness Dickey Attorneys Join Panel Talks at IPO Annual Meeting\n\u201cIntelligent Design,\u201d Michigan Lawyers Weekly, September 10, 2012", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead.php/unsung/topic/25803/threaded/300444", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:43Z", "digest": "sha1:267DR55TQQ6OF3KQGNJUILQQQ2RWSUD2", "length": 184, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.headheritage.co.uk", "title": "Julian Cope presents Head Heritage | Unsung Forum | Favorite Lyrics", "raw_content": "Re: As Loud as Hell, a Ringing Bell....\nI adore that song xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ;-)\nAs Loud as Hell, a Ringing Bell.... 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We support the person with the behaviour, and their family/wh\u0101nau and support networks, to develop strategies to reduce the impact it has on their lives.\nDepending on the age and needs of the person, Explore Specialist Advice can support you in the following ways:\nEarly intervention: for children and young people with early stages of challenging behaviour and their family/wh\u0101nau and support networks. Support focuses on enabling the child or young person to remain in their home, school and community environments.\nGeneral behaviour support for children and young people: focuses on people whose challenging behaviour has a significant impact on their life. We involve wider support networks in the home, school and community in our behaviour strategies.\nGeneral behaviour support for adults: for adults whose challenging behaviour is having a significant impact on their lives. Involves wider support networks in home, work, vocational and community environments.\nOur services are free for people eligible for disability support services.\nDownload an Explore Specialist Advice information brochure.\nContact your local Needs Assessment Service Coordination (NASC) agency for a referral.\nContact Explore Specialist Advice to find out more about our services.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 3175, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 324.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthylittlecooks.com/img_5083/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:57:10Z", "digest": "sha1:BNCHN2X4QW2YRPMHKFJMHINMEMVUN7T4", "length": 105, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.healthylittlecooks.com", "title": "Skinless Fried Chicken Baked \u2013 Healthy Little Cooks", "raw_content": "Skinless Fried Chicken Baked\nPublished September 9, 2013 at 2448 \u00d7 3264 in Skinless Fried Chicken Baked .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 300.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.heartofflorida.com/news-room/four-corners-er-to-host-health-fair-saturday-free-14411", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:51:06Z", "digest": "sha1:G6Q4R7TLCN7MBUHLHA2TYUGCTR64RWOV", "length": 1251, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.heartofflorida.com", "title": "Four Corners ER to Host Health Fair Saturday; Free Health Screenings, Activities for Kids | Newsroom", "raw_content": "Home/About Us/Newsroom/Four Corners ER to Host Health Fair Saturday; Free Health Screenings, Activities for Kids\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Feb. 11, 2019) Four Corners ER will be hosting a free Community Health Fair on Saturday, Feb. 16 and will be offering free health screenings and activities for children.\nThe event will be held from 10 am to 1 pm at the new standalone emergency room located at 17430 Bali Blvd., Winter Garden. The Four Corners ER, a department of Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center, is located at US-192 and Avalon Road.\n\u201cWe are very excited about the opening of the new Four Corners ER and the services it will be providing to the community,\u2019\u2019 said Randy Spivey, ER Director for the new ER. \u201cWe would love to have everyone come out and see the new facility, meet the staff and physicians and take advantage of the health screenings we will be offering.\u2019\u2019\nHealth screenings will include blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and body mass index (BMI). There will also be free online heart health assessments.\nThere will also be special events for the children as well. 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Julia Gray found five things you should think about before you bid...\nFollow our five steps to auction success\n1. The first step is to find auction houses that sell properties in the area you\u2019re looking in. London auctions have properties in London and the home counties, but often also much further afield. Outside London, auction houses are more likely to specialise in local properties. Once you\u2019ve found an auction house, get on its mailing list for auction catalogues. The catalogue should be available a few weeks before the auction, and will have viewing times, guide prices and conditions of sale.\n2. Legal documents for each lot should be available to download from the auction house\u2019s website. Read them carefully and send them to your solicitor, as they could affect how high you bid and if you bid at all. Searches are often included in the legal documents, but if they\u2019re not, ask your solicitor to do them before the auction, although this could, of course, be a waste of money. The same applies to a survey - if you don\u2019t want to pay for one on a property you may not buy, ask a good builder to view the property with you. Houses and flats being sold at auction often require modernisation, and not being aware of the full extent of the work required could prove very costly.\nThere's more to buying at auction than meets the eye\n3. Research the local housing market before the auction so you know how much the property is worth, and decide on your maximum bid accordingly. The temptation at auctions is to get carried away and bid higher than your maximum. If you\u2019re worried about this, get someone to bid for you, or bid by proxy, where you authorise the auction house to bid on your behalf up to a specified limit.\n4. Before the auction, check what ID you need to register to bid and what methods of payment are accepted for the deposit. If you\u2019re the successful bidder, you\u2019ll have to exchange contracts and pay a deposit (usually 10 per cent of the purchase price) and a fee to the auction house immediately. The completion date is often four weeks from the date of the auction, but it can vary. If you fail to complete on that date, you could lose your deposit and even be sued by the seller. For this reason, paying cash is a much safer way to buy property at auction than with a mortgage.\n5. The guide price is the price the auction house expects the property to sell for, but properties often fetch much more. Lots will usually have a reserve price and only the auction house knows what it is. If the bidding doesn\u2019t reach the reserve, it may be possible to do a deal with the seller, via the auction house, on the day. 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She had to settle for a silver medal too in the individual event after losing the women\u2019s singles final to Saina Nehwal.\nThis was another of many losses in summit clashes for the three-time World Championships medallist but Sindhu seems unperturbed.\n\u201cMy performance at the Commonwealth Games was good enough. You keep winning and losing, you keep learning and keep coming back stronger. It is good that in Commonwealth Games we did well in the team event, winning the gold for the first time which is a very big thing,\u201d Sindhu said.\n\u201cApart from that in individual events, the silver medal was good. At the end of the day, one player has to win and another has to lose. But overall it has been good.\u201d\nThe year 2018 is a gruelling one for Indian badminton players with Commonwealth Games, Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Asian Games and World Championships listed in the calendar along with several other important events.\nThough she skipped the Uber Cup to rest, the Hyderabadi is now fit and raring to go.\n\u201cThe (ankle) injury is fine now. I need to strengthen it more. Injuries are a part of life, they keep coming and going. You need to keep yourself fit,\u201d said Sindhu.\nThough she has come close, the No.1 rank has eluded Sindhu whose best position has been a world No.2. But having achieved so much, do rankings really matter now?\n\u201cRankings do not matter because if you do well and win tournaments, it will go up. So you shouldn\u2019t think about it that much. 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Only the Vought Vindicator and Douglas Devastator (none survive), Martin Mariner (one) and P-61 Black Widow and P-63 Kingcobra (four each) exceed the much-maligned \u201cSonofabitch Second Class\u201d in rarity: Six Helldivers survive, and the Commemorative Air Force\u2019s ship is the sole flyable example.\nA seventh, however, will be joining the mini-fleet as soon as lots of mud is washed away and some serious rebuilding is done. A latemodel SB2C-4, recovered from a reservoir near San Diego, will be restored and displayed at Pensacola\u2019s National Naval Aviation Museum.\nThe -4 was arguably the best of the Helldivers, the result of nearly 97,000 engineering changes that Curtiss was forced to make during the lifetime of the design. Earlier variants were poorly constructed, riddled with engineering faults, underpowered, had some severe structural weaknesses and were characterized by what one British test pilot termed \u201cappalling handling.\u201d They were in nearly every way inferior to the airplane they were intended to replace, the Douglas SBD Dauntless (which had its own designator-derived nickname,\u201cSlow But Deadly\u201d). The hulking but relatively fast SB2C-4 won grudging respect, however, and did well as a carrier-based dive bomber over the Marianas, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa.\nThe Helldiver lifted from the water of the Lower Otay Reservoir on August 20 had been ditched by Ensign E.D. Frazer after an engine failure during a training flight from the deck of the carrier Wasp, cruising off the California coast. Frazer and his rear-seater, Joseph Metz, climbed out of the still-floating bomber, swam ashore and casually hitchhiked back to their land base, Brown Field, in San Diego. Neither Frazer nor Metz are still alive, but Frazer\u2019s son, Richard, was present when his late father\u2019s airplane came out of the water. He looks forward to visiting Pensacola with his grandchildren, to show them the airplane their great-granddad flew.\n-Stephan Wilkinson\n60-Year-Old Airmail Surfaces\nA horrific airliner crash that most Americans never heard about is still so notorious in Europe that two popular French dramatic films, made in 2001 and 2004, were partially based on it. In 1950 Malabar Princess, an Air India Lockheed L-749 Constellation flying through heavy snow, centerpunched Mont Blanc so near the summit that half the airplane ended up on one slope, in Italy, and the other half on the other side, in France. Not only were all 40 passengers and eight crew killed on impact, one of Europe\u2019s most famous Alpine guides was lost in an avalanche during a fruitless rescue mission. The Constellation was en route from Cairo to refuel at Geneva, Switzerland\u2014one leg of a journey from Bombay to London. The passengers were all merchant seamen being flown from India to crew a new ship in England.\nOver the six decades since that disaster, Mont Blanc\u2019s glaciers occasionally spat out parts of the Constellation as rivers of ice moved in mysterious ways. A mountain lodge manager awoke one morning to find an entire main gear leg, complete with two wheels and one tire, sitting outside his snack bar. That lodge, the Chalet du Glacier, today has a small museum of Malabar Princess artifacts. Numerous other pieces of the Constellation (including half of a Wright R-3350 engine) have been amassed by a local mountain climber, Daniel Roche, who is currently trying to sell them to collectors, having been unable to interest local organizations in establishing a museum specifically for their display.\nYet it wasn\u2019t until this past June that the most eerie of all the Connie\u2019s remains literally surfaced: A large canvas mailbag filled with letters and cards posted 60 years ago in Bombay was found by a Scottish university student, Freya Cowan, during a University of Dundee climbing expedition to study glacier patterns and global-warming clues. The mailbag had been carried some 8,000 feet down from the crash site by a glacier and had popped to the surface near a large boulder behind which a modest Cowan fortuitously chose to answer a call of nature.\nThe university has been restoring, recording and preserving the letters and in a few cases has been able to finally send them on to descendants of the intended recipients. All the letters in the bag had U.S. addresses.\nA strange postscript: In 1966 a Boeing 707 letting down for an approach to Geneva crashed into the summit of Mont Blanc only yards from the wreckage of Malabar Princess. Its airline? Air India. The only survivors\u2014briefly\u2014of that crash were some of the 200 Indian lab monkeys being carried in the cargo hold, which rescuers found wandering in the snow.\nNational Aviation Heritage Invitational Awards\nIn conjunction with the 47th Annual National Championship Air Races at Stead Field in Reno, Nev., the National Aviation Heritage Invitational was held on September 19. The competition awarded trophies in five categories, with top honors being the presentation of the Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy.\nMore than 30 beautifully restored aircraft were on hand to compete, ranging from a 1959 Piper PA-24-250, owned by Nevadan Russell Taylor, to a 1970 Douglas TA-4J from Pacific Aero Ventures of Arizona. Airplanes were judged on the technical merits of their restoration, with the goal being to restore each plane as close to its factory delivery specifications as possible.\nA theme surfaced in the antiques category, with the arrival of three aircraft designed when mail, rather than passengers, was the payload of choice: Addison Pemberton\u2019s 1928 Boeing 40C1, North Pole Pass Airways\u2019 1929 Hamilton Metalplane in Northwest Airways markings and Jim Slattery\u2019s 1929 Waco JYM, also in North west Airways markings. Among the an tiques, the 1929 Hamilton Metalplane received the Orville and Wilbur Wright Trophy, which was collected by Chuck Wentworth. Pemberton\u2019s Boeing 40C1 received the National Aviation Hall of Fame\u2019s People\u2019s Choice Award.\nBill Scott, of Reno, took home the Paul E. Garber Trophy for his restoration of a classic 1945 Grumman G44A. His four-seat amphibian was resplendent in an overall red with black trim paint scheme that glistened in the hot sun.\nJohn O\u2019Connor from Downers Grove, Ill., received the Henry \u201cHap\u201d Arnold Trophy for the restoration of a 1945 Goodyear FG-1D Corsair. This bent-wing bird was recovered from El Salvador in the mid-1970s by Frank Arrafut, who spent nearly 30 years painstakingly rebuilding it. To complete the restoration, the plane was moved to John Lane\u2019s Airpower Unlimited in Jerome, Idaho, with O\u2019Connor acquiring it as it neared completion.\nThe Howard Hughes Trophy for large aircraft went to a 1934 Douglas DC-2, flown by Clay Lacy and restored by Pete Regina. Reno was this transport\u2019s final appearance, as it was slated to be flown to Seattle\u2019s Museum of Flight to join its collection of commercial aircraft.\nThe Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy was presented to William Allmon of Las Vegas for the restoration of his 1945 North American P-51D, a former NACA test aircraft. Re stored by John Muzala\u2019s Pacific Fighters of Idaho Falls, Idaho, it wore NACA 127 markings and was flown with models mounted on a wing cuff to obtain transonic wind-flow data for comparison with results obtained in wind tunnels. Allmon\u2019s Mustang wing mounted both original and reproduction models. For more info, visit heritagetrophy.org.\n-Nicholas A. Veronico\nFrom Tadpole to Amphibian\nGrumman engineer David Thurston served as the lead designer on the F9F Panther and development-and-test supervisor for the F11F Tiger, and he played a major role in bringing the F6F Hellcat to production. But his longest-lived design was a small single-engine, general aviation land/water plane, the Lake Amphibian. Amphibians are rare and expensive birds, since their hulls are too vulnerable for bush flying, where floatplanes rule and there\u2019s usually so much water around that nobody needs runway capability anyway, so they remain sport planes for well-off amateurs. (When Lakes were last sold new, in the mid-2000s, a top-of-the-line Turbo Seafury listed for $749,000.)\nThurston\u2019s amphibian, which he initially began to design as an ultimately canceled postwar Grumman project, the G-65 Tadpole, was for nearly 60 years the only game in town. It stayed in production from 1948 until 2006, though some say a single unit was built in 2007. Only the Beech Bonanza, among production lightplanes, boasts a longer continuous lifespan.\nThe Lake Amphibian, the last of which had four seats and 270 hp, was originally called the Colonial Skimmer, a two- or three-seat, 150-hp airplane. By the time the Tadpole morphed into the Skimmer, Thurston was sharing the design work, and the company they\u2019d founded, with friend Herbert Lindblad, a former Republic Aviation engineer.\nThis past September the very first Skimmer, the number-one prototype (with barely 115 hp), was flown to San \u2013 ford, Maine\u2014site of the former Lake factory\u2014so that Dave Thurston, now 92, could be reunited with the airplane that started it all. Owner John Staber had spent 11 years restoring the Colonial Skimmer XC-1, which he\u2019d bought as a basket of parts without knowing it was the historic prototype. So the aircraft that greeted Thurston in September was literally better than new, since prototypes are built as tools to fly, test and tweak, while restorations are done with an eye toward cosmetic perfection.\nOriginally published in the January 2011 issue of Aviation History. To subscribe, click here.\nAircraft, aircraft restoration, Aviation History, Current Events, News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 14122, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 324.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.historynet.com/the-mysterious-death-of-judge-george-wythe.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:39:27Z", "digest": "sha1:USDVH2C34IRQY4MNEEQ5SKC3AYTVCWLV", "length": 18930, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "www.historynet.com", "title": "The Mysterious Death of Judge George Wythe | HistoryNet", "raw_content": "The Mysterious Death of Judge George Wythe\nPresident Thomas Jefferson credited George Wythe as having made him \u201cthe most honest advocate of my country\u2019s rights.\u201d\nGeorge Wythe sat up in bed on the morning of May 25, 1806, and rubbed his eyes with his thin, bony fingers. Frail, stooped and nearly bald at age 80, he hardly looked like one of the most respected men in America. A much younger George Wythe had earned the moniker \u201cthe father of American jurisprudence\u201d and counted among his prot\u00e9g\u00e9s such leading intellects as James Monroe, John Marshall and Henry Clay. But Wythe\u2019s prize pupil was President Thomas Jefferson, who credited his \u201cfaithful and beloved mentor\u201d as having made him \u201cthe honest advocate of my country\u2019s rights.\u201d In turn, Wythe had the honor of topping the list of seven Virginians who, in 1776, signed Jefferson\u2019s magnum opus: the Declaration of Independence.\nNo pair of public men in the upstart republic had been so close for so long as Jefferson and Wythe. In 1759, when Jefferson was a 16-year-old freshman at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg he met Wythe, then 35, a lawyer and member of the House of Burgesses representing the college. Jefferson\u2019s father had died two years earlier, and Wythe and his wife, Elizabeth, who had no children of their own, took a special liking to the brilliant but emotionally rudderless youth. After completing his studies, Jefferson served as Wythe\u2019s law clerk for five years and sat in on state legislative sessions, where he met George Washington, Patrick Henry and George Mason. Jefferson and Wythe would serve in the legislature together, and from 1776-79, the two spearheaded an effort to overhaul and rewrite the code of laws in Virginia.\nAfter the death of his wife, Wythe left Williamsburg for the new state capital in Richmond in 1791, where he continued to dispense legal wisdom as the chief judge of the Virginia Chancery Court. On this Sunday morning, the elderly magistrate followed his usual routine at his elegant home in Richmond\u2019s fashionable Shockoe Hill neighborhood. He doused himself with a bucket of ice-cold water from the well in his backyard, then returned to his room to dress and read the newspapers until his maid, Lydia Broadnax, brought him his breakfast of eggs, toast, sweetbread and hot coffee.\nBroadnax, 66, had been Wythe\u2019s faithful servant since he freed her from slavery two decades earlier. She carried the breakfast tray upstairs and then returned to the kitchen to have a cup of coffee with Michael Brown, a 16-year-old mulatto boy who lived in the house and was Wythe\u2019s latest intellectual prot\u00e9g\u00e9. A few minutes later, Broadnax was stricken with horrific pains, and Brown collapsed on the table. Upstairs, Wythe finished his coffee and then vomited. When a doctor arrived to find all three in terrible agony, the judge raised himself up on the pillows of his bed and said in a hoarse whisper, \u201cI am murdered.\u201d\nFor the next 3 1/2 months, all of Richmond would be fixated on the fate of one of its most famous residents and on what turned out to be an increasingly bizarre tale of familial greed, incompetence on the part of attending physicians and local officials, and grandstanding lawyers. Overshadowing the affair were intractable race laws that Wythe and Jefferson had failed to untangle when they revised the Virginia Code and which ultimately contributed to a tragic miscarriage of justice.\nRichmond\u2019s three most renowned physicians, James McClurg, William Foushee and James McCaw, all showed up to tend to the members of the Wythe household. The doctors had trained at the world\u2019s finest medical school at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and had helped Virginians through smallpox and yellow fever epidemics during the past 10 years. They were soon convinced that the symptoms exhibited by Wythe, Broadnax and Brown\u2014sudden, severe stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea and acute pain\u2014pointed to cholera, not attempted murder. All three victims had eaten strawberries the night before, and the fruit had a whitish hue that looked like mold. Though cholera was usually caused by contaminated water, it had also been linked to overripe fruits and vegetables.\nCholera was often fatal within 48 hours, and Richmond resi\u00addents stood by with bated breath, waiting to see if an epidemic threatened. As that deadline of fear came and went, Broadnax began to recover, though the trauma she experienced permanently damaged her eyesight. Meanwhile Brown and Wythe remained in critical condition, the judge all the while stubbornly rejecting the doctors\u2019 original diagnosis. Wythe insisted fervently that he and his housemates had been poisoned by his ne\u2019er-do-well grandnephew and namesake, 18-year-old George Wythe Sweeney.\nSweeney, the grandson of Wythe\u2019s sister Anne, was a frequent visitor to the Wythe home. He sometimes stayed for weeks or months and had assumed an air of entitlement, as if he were Wythe\u2019s own son. The brash, headstrong and irresponsible young man came and went as he pleased, and Wythe tried to exert a positive influence on him without much success. Sweeney was a regular at Richmond\u2019s notorious gambling dens, and to pay his prodigious debts, he was not above selling books stolen from Judge Wythe\u2019s prized library or even kiting checks using his uncle\u2019s name. The exasperated judge finally threatened to cut his profligate nephew out of his will if he didn\u2019t change his ways.\nThe night before the mysterious illness descended on the Wythe household, Broadnax had come upon Sweeney in the judge\u2019s office, reading his will. Moreover, she told the doctors and others who came to visit the ailing judge, Sweeney acted mighty peculiar the morning everyone took sick. He insisted that Broadnax, whom he called \u201cAunt Liddy,\u201d fix him some toast before she made his uncle\u2019s breakfast. While she was busy at the griddle, Sweeney poured himself a cup of coffee. She noticed him fiddle with the coffeepot\u2019s lid and toss a small piece of paper into the stove. Then he quickly ate the toast, finished his coffee and hurried out the door.\nTwo days later, Sweeney cashed a $100 check with his uncle\u2019s signature at the Bank of Richmond. Knowing the judge\u2019s grave condition\u2014and aware that Sweeney had passed bad checks on at least six other occasions\u2014the bank president called for a constable. With Sweeney already under suspicion of forgery, Wythe\u2019s doctors agreed to search the young man\u2019s room for evidence of poison. They found a bowl of strawberries and a glass vial that contained a suspicious white powder.\nOn June 1, Michael Brown died. He was the last in a long line of young men that Wythe had taken under his wing and tutored over the years. Back in Williamsburg, the Wythe house was always full of students and their guests, surrogate children to George and Elizabeth. White students weren\u2019t the only ones to benefit from this largesse. Wythe was convinced that blacks were as intelligent as whites and, given the same opportunities, would be just as successful. Moreover, he was so fond of Brown that he had planned to leave part of his considerable estate to him. Now, with Brown\u2019s death, that share was slated to be added to Sweeney\u2019s inheritance.\nGravely ill and overwhelmed with grief, Wythe sent for his lawyer, Edmund Randolph, and wrote his nephew completely out of his will. The next day, June 2, Sweeney was arrested on forgery charges and incarcerated in the Henrico County jail. Wythe refused Sweeney\u2019s request to post the $1,000 bail.\nGeorge Wythe died on June 8, and Richmond prepared an elaborate funeral, the largest held in the state\u2019s history to that time. Hundreds of somber official mourners\u2014members of Congress, state legislators, judges and lawyers\u2014crammed the statehouse on June 11 for the eulogy by William Munford, another Wythe prot\u00e9g\u00e9. Businesses in the city shut down for the day, and thousands of Virginians quietly lined Main Street as the funeral procession traveled the three miles to the gravesite at St. John\u2019s Church, where Patrick Henry had given his famous \u201cGive me liberty or give me death\u201d speech. But one very important person was not in attendance: Because of slow mails, President Jefferson did not learn of his dear friend\u2019s death until the day after the funeral.\nSweeney was soon ordered to stand trial for the murders of Wythe and Brown, and the circumstantial evidence against him was damning. The morning after he was arrested for forgery, a slave belonging to Richmond jailer William Rose found pieces of paper and clumps of white powder in the garden just a few feet from the jail wall. Dr. McCaw determined it was arsenic. Taylor Williams, a friend of Sweeney, claimed that Sweeney had asked him for advice on procuring poison. Assuming Sweeney wanted to kill rats, which ran amuck all over the city, Williams suggested ratsbane, a common arsenic-based poison. Richmond Mayor William DuVal, a friend of Wythe, told police he had found what he believed to be arsenic powder in a shed on the judge\u2019s property. Two slave carpenters working there had watched Sweeney grind a chunk of something with an ax into powder.\nAt first the case against Sweeney appeared to be open-and-shut, especially since Philip Norborne Nicholas, Virginia\u2019s highly regarded attorney general, would be the chief prosecutor. But just before the trial was set to start on Sept. 1, 1806, Sweeney was astonished to learn that he had two volunteer attorneys: William Wirt, an ambitious and brilliant young trial lawyer looking to make a name for himself, and even more surprising, Wythe\u2019s longtime friend Edmund Randolph.\nWirt craved fame and power and was eager for a high-profile case. In a letter to James Monroe, he admitted he was convinced of Sweeney\u2019s guilt: \u201cThe young villain had been in the habit of robbing his uncle with a false key, had sold three trunks of his most valuable law books, had forged his checks on the bank to a considerable amount and wound up his villainies by this act.\u201d Getting an obviously guilty defendant off the hook, Wirt confided to his wife, would \u201cgive me a splendid debut in the metropolis.\u201d\nRandolph, on the other hand, was trying to reclaim his once-promising career. Appointed by President George Washington as the first attorney general of the United States in 1789, he subsequently served as secretary of state until 1795, when he resigned after being accused of passing along privileged information to the French ambassador to the United States. Two years later, it was alleged that while attorney general, he had \u201cmisplaced\u201d $50,000, and the U.S. government ordered him to pay it back. If he could win the Sweeney case, Randolph could jumpstart his legal career and start paying down his government debt.\nThe key to the prosecution\u2019s case was testimony from the medi\u00adcal dream team of McClurg, Foushee and McCaw who performed autopsies on Wythe and Brown. The effects of arsenic poisoning on the body were well known and relatively easy for trained eyes to detect. In arsenic cases, blood vesicles in the gastrointestinal tract rupture, causing severe inflammation in the stomach. The doctors testified that the stomachs of both victims were inflamed and full of bile, another sign of arsenic poisoning.\nUnder cross-examination, however, the doctors quickly found themselves hedging their conclusions. Dr. McClurg, always eager to ingratiate himself with important political figures, had given the autopsy results to Virginia Governor Thomas Cabell that summer. And Cabell passed those results along to his brother-in-law\u2014William Wirt\u2014enabling the defense to put together a careful line of questions that revealed the doctors had conducted only a cursory examination of the victims and could not identify the cause of death with any certainty. McClurg was forced to admit that the presence of bile in the stomach also indicated other bowel troubles of the kind he had often treated the elderly Wythe for. He also admitted that the build-up of bile in such a young man as Brown was unusual but not impossible.\nWhat turned out to be most damning was the shocking revelation that the doctors did not examine the lungs or hearts for evidence of inflammation caused by arsenic. Nor did they check for any external signs of poisoning such as conjunctivitis in the eyes or a blackening of the penis. They performed none of the well-known chemical tests to detect arsenic.\nConventional wisdom held that arsenic took the lives of its victims in three or four days, but Brown lived for seven days, and Wythe for 14. Therefore, McClurg, McCaw and Foushee each testified, arsenic might have killed Wythe and Brown, but it was also possible that the stomach bile was the culprit. They could not be absolutely sure.\nThe defense also had little difficulty casting doubt on the material evidence\u2014the arsenic found in Sweeney\u2019s room and in the packet he\u2019d tossed over the jailhouse wall. Wirt and Randolph pointed out that half the residents of Richmond had arsenic in their homes for the legitimate purpose of killing rats.\nFinally, the law itself played into the hands of the defense. Since 1732, Virginia had prohibited blacks, free or slave, from testifying against whites, a provision in the state code that Wythe and Jefferson let stand. None of the black witnesses could be called by the prosecution. Lydia Broadnax could not tell the court that she saw Sweeney put something in the coffeepot the morning she and the others became ill. Neither could any of the whites that she\u2019d told her story to because even second-hand testimony from blacks was inadmissible.\nThat left the prosecution with a very circumstantial case against Sweeney. After less than an hour\u2019s deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.\nSweeney still faced forgery charges that carried a sentence of several years in prison. There was little doubt that, in the language of Virginia\u2019s forgery law, he was able to \u201cfalsely and deceitfully obtain or get into his hands or possession\u201d money from his uncle\u2019s account by using a \u201cfalse token or counterfeit letter.\u201d But Sweeney\u2019s forgery trial started\u2014and ended\u2014the day after his murder acquittal when the defense told the jury and the courtroom full of startled spectators that the law applied to forgery against a person, not an institution like a bank. When Wythe and Jefferson had revised the Virginia Code in the late 1770s, there were no commercial banks in the state, and in the intervening 30 years, no one had thought to amend the law to include public financial institutions. Sweeney, therefore, could not be tried for breaking a law that did not exist. The judge dropped the forgery charges. George Wythe Sweeney was a free man.\nA few weeks after Wythe\u2019s death, Richmond Mayor William DuVal sent a touching letter to President Thomas Jefferson. \u201cI believe that the great and good Mr. Wythe loved you as sincerely as if you had been his son; his at\u00adtachment was founded on his thorough knowledge of you, personally,\u201d DuVal wrote. Some years ago, he mentioned that if there was an honest man in America, Thomas Jefferson was that person; everything he said has been verified.\u201d\nJefferson wrote back to DuVal: \u201cI had reserved with fondness, for the day of my retirement, the hope of inducing [Wythe] to pass much of his time with me. It would have been a great pleasure to recollect with him first opinions on the new state of things which arose soon after my acquaintance with him; to pass in review the long period which has elapsed since that time.\u201d The president was also saddened by the death of Michael Brown, whom he had agreed to take in as a White House boarder if Wythe should die while the young man was still in his care: \u201cI sincerely regret the loss of Michael not only for the affliction it must have cost Mr. Wythe in his last moments, but also as it has deprived me of an object for attention which would have gratified me unceasingly with the constant recollection and execution of the wishes of my friend.\u201d\nWythe bequeathed his treasured collection of books to the president, adding to Jefferson\u2019s voluminous collection that would form the basis of the Library of Congress in 1815.\nGeorge Wythe Sweeney left Richmond soon after the trial. He drifted to Tennessee, where he was later convicted of horse theft and served several years in prison. After his release, Sweeney vanished without a trace from the historical record.\nThe Virginia legislature was quick to amend its forgery laws within months of the Sweeney trial, but was unmoved in its stance against allowing blacks to testify against whites, even though it appeared obvious the murderer of one of the nation\u2019s most influential figures had walked free as a result.\nThree decades earlier, George Wythe and his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Thomas Jefferson had broached the thorny issue of the legal status of blacks when they revised the Virginia Code, and even introduced an amendment calling for the emancipation of slaves, although they knew it would never be passed. Wythe and Jefferson also discussed changing court procedures for blacks\u2014a move that could have greatly altered the outcome of Sweeney\u2019s murder trial. But the two greatest legal minds in Virginia quickly dismissed the idea. \u201cThe public,\u201d said Jefferson, \u201cwould not yet bear the proposition.\u201d\nNew laws allowing the testimony of blacks in legal proceedings in Virginia were finally passed in 1867 under a Reconstruction government.\n3 Responses to The Mysterious Death of Judge George Wythe\nIn Colonial Williamsburg, the tour guides of the Wythe House claim that Lydia warned Mr. Wythe he was being poisoned. This article was very interesting to me as I was curious about the whole story.\nGeorge Wythe | Facts, Biography, Signer, Murder says:\n[\u2026] details of the Murder of George Wythe then I would recommend this article written by Bruce Chadwick.The Mysterious Death of Judge George Wythe By Tristan Wolfe \u2022 Biographies \u2022 Richard Henry Lee Benjamin Harrison VAmerican [\u2026]\nCatharine McRae says:\nThere is much speculation that Michael Brown was Wythe\u2019s son by Lydia Broadnax. She was certainly his mistress. That Wythe intended to leave Michael Brown an inheritance was more indication of this. In addition, when Jefferson was struggling with his own public slurs and difficulties surrounding his own mistress, Sally Hemmings, he called upon Wythe to act as his lawyer, knowing Wythe, given his own domestic situation, could not refuse him. On my last trip to Williamsburg, I asked the guide to discuss the true story of Wythe and his murder and she did not agree to do so, saying it occurred in \u201dRichmond, not here\\ but Wythe and Lydia certainly did live in Williamsburg and Michael Brown was certainly born there, probably in the Wythe house. I visited some years ago and I now hear quite detailed discussions and tours about the blacks who worked in /Williamsburg is now part of the program.\nAmerican History, Historical Figures, Social History, Thomas Jefferson, True Crime", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 23481, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 269.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hiwwt.org.uk/events/2019-02-14-journey-around-some-uks-best-wildlife-hot-spots", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:50:03Z", "digest": "sha1:HGKL6UZHDABHMOVRFTM4IVMVSOU4ITVA", "length": 57, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.hiwwt.org.uk", "title": "A journey around some of the UK's Best Wildlife Hot spots | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust", "raw_content": "A journey around some of the UK's Best Wildlife Hot spots", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 3775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 188.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hobbyfarms.com/hospital-technology-moves-to-the-vineyard/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:22:41Z", "digest": "sha1:AMH5QKV45TF2P77LMBBOBRVZ4SIT4VSN", "length": 2725, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.hobbyfarms.com", "title": "Hospital Technology Moves to the Vineyard - Hobby Farms", "raw_content": "Hospital Technology Moves to the Vineyard\nScientists use CT scans to learn more about how plants respond to drought and disease.\nUSDA scientists are performing CT scans on grapevines to learn about how water and pathogens move through the plants\u2019 xylem, which could clue them into how a plant species performs against drought and disease.\nA scientist with the USDA\u2019s Agricultural Research Service in Davis, Calif., has opened a window into the vascular networks of a number of crops by performing computed tomography scans\u2014known to most of us as CAT or CT scans\u2014on them.\nAndrew McElrone, a plant physiologist, is using the X-ray technology more commonly performed on the human body to study how water and pathogens move through a grapevine\u2019s xylem, a part of its vascular tissue. The xylem consists of tube-like elements that pull water and minerals from the roots and up through the plant, which means it plays a major role in the plant\u2019s growth and survival. When a plant takes up water from its roots, water passes through these tubes as if it were sipping water through a straw, and thousands of these tubes are used in the process.\nDrought conditions increase tension on the water in healthy xylem tubes, making them more susceptible to the formation of air bubbles, called embolisms, which interrupt the water flow and lead to damage or even death of the vine. By using the CT scan, scientists can study embolism formation and the connections between xylem tissues in fine detail to help determine how plants respond to water stress and other changing conditions. It also should assist in efforts to breed crops better equipped to tolerate drought and resist disease.\nMcElrone, on the other hand, is using the CT scan to investigate how some pathogens target and spread through the xylem tissue. He found that a key to infection susceptibility is the presence of specialized \u201cbridge cells\u201d that serve as connections among xylem tubes. His research has shown that grapevines with more bridge cells are more susceptible to Pierce\u2019s disease, which can lead to severe vineyard damage. This leads him to believe the strength of links between bridge cells and xylem tubes could contribute to how easily pathogens pass through the plant.\nMcElrone\u2019s manuscript of the study has been accepted in the Journal of Visualized Experiments, with an accompanying film that demonstrates the CT scanning technique for other scientists. Much of McElrone\u2019s work has focused on grapevines, but he is working with other researchers to use the technology to study other crops, including walnuts, sunflowers, citrus and blueberries.\nRead more about this research in the April 2013 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.\nTags disease, drought", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 7398, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hodgsonruss.com/newsroom-news-AnnouncingtheGatewayFDABlog.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:33Z", "digest": "sha1:NQXUNMOAUVUU65JKHDGH5AQN5XSFSBMP", "length": 817, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.hodgsonruss.com", "title": "Announcing the GatewayFDA Blog: Hodgson Russ LLP", "raw_content": "Announcing the GatewayFDA Blog\nEntering the U.S. market can be difficult\u2014and when your product is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it can be downright intimidating.\nHodgson Russ is proud to announce the launch of GatewayFDA, a blog that provides analysis, commentary, and resources to help foreign pharmaceutical and medical device companies make sense of ever-evolving FDA regulations and understand the complete range of U.S. legal issues that may complicate bringing a drug, medical device, or other FDA-regulated product or service to market in the United States.\nGatewayFDA is written by a team of attorneys experienced in successfully guiding FDA-regulated companies through regulatory, corporate, intellectual property, licensing, product liability, and other critical U.S. legal challenges.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1802, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 142.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/ghostland-actress-sues-producers-set-face-injury-1092713", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:44:58Z", "digest": "sha1:C7VRZABUIE32WT62R7TUZZEJLHDVQ4YX", "length": 1672, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.hollywoodreporter.com", "title": "'Ghostland' Actress Sues Producers Over On-Set Face Injury | Hollywood Reporter", "raw_content": "March 07, 2018 10:59am PT by Ashley Cullins\n'Ghostland' Actress Sues Producers Over On-Set Face Injury\nTaylor Hickson in May 2017\nTaylor Hickson says an injury to her face that occurred during filming resulted in a permanent scar.\nA 20-year-old Canadian actress who was injured while shooting the soon-to-premiere horror movie Ghostland is suing Incident Productions, claiming an on-set injury is keeping her from booking jobs.\nTaylor Hickson says she was filming an emotionally charged scene in December 2016 that required her to pound on a glass door. After being directed to pound harder, she claims, she asked both a producer and the director if it was safe and was assured it was.\nDuring one take, the door shattered and Hickson's head and upper body went through the glass, according to the complaint filed March 1 in Winnipeg.\n\"As a result of the Incident, the Plaintiff badly cut the left side of her face,\" states the lawsuit. \"She was rushed to hospital and received approximately 70 stitches. She has since undergone treatment including laser treatment and silicone treatment, but over one year post-Incident, has been left with permanent scarring on the left side of her face (the \"Injury\"). It is unknown at this time if any further treatment, including plastic surgery, would reduce the visual appearance of the Injury.\"\nHickson claims it is industry protocol that in such a scene either safety glass would have been used or a stunt double would have done it, and that producers failed to ensure her safety on set.\nThe actress is seeking damages for future loss of income and mental distress, and alleges that she has struggled to find work since the injury.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2529, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 260.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.homesnacks.net/best-cities-for-singles-in-connecticut-1211040/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:06:50Z", "digest": "sha1:VNX3GFS5YGKGDSTLMZJHKZRS7L3HI53Z", "length": 8748, "nlines": 89, "source_domain": "www.homesnacks.net", "title": "These Are The 10 Best Cities For Singles In Connecticut For 2019 - HomeSnacks", "raw_content": "These Are The 10 Best Cities For Singles In Connecticut For 2019\nWe used science and data to determine which cities in Connecticut have the best set up for singles: no kids, no old people, and a lot to do.\nEditor\u2019s Note: We updated this article for . This is our second time ranking the best cities for singles in Connecticut.\nAre you trying to find love in Connecticut?\nIf you live in Connecticut, there\u2019s a pretty good chance there are a lot of singles in your area. The Constitution State ranks in the top 10 when it comes to number of people over the age of 18 who aren\u2019t married, or in a serious relationship. That\u2019s great news for people looking for their match.\nSo, where are the best cities for singles in Connecticut? We\u2019ve got the answers here.\nThese are the best cities for singles in Connecticut for 2019. Try not to jump in the car with a dozen roses:\nWest Haven (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nNew Haven (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nHartford (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nNew Britain (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nBridgeport (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nNew London (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nStamford (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nWaterbury (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nAnsonia (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nMiddletown (Photos | Homes For Sale)\nThe most boring place in Connecticut? That would be Shelton.\nAnd after you find a mate, you\u2019ll no doubt want to start a family and buy a home right? Don\u2019t forget to check out the best places to live in Connecticut or the safest places to live in Connecticut.\nFor more Connecticut reading, check out:\n10 Best Places To Live In Connecticut\n10 Cheapest Places To Live In Connecticut\n10 Best Places To Raise A Family In Connecticut\nHow do you determine which city is best for singles in Connecticut anyways?\nTo give you the places in Connecticut which are best for singles to find one another, we have to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city, and make some assumptions about what single people like.\nHow we crunched the numbers for the Constitution State\nWe threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using the 2013-2017 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of Connecticut, we looked at every single city in the state. We paid particular attention to:\nThe higher the score, the better the city is for singles to find one another. We also limited our results to cities with populations over 12,000 people. For Connecticut, that meant a total of 20 cities.\nRead on to see why West Haven is the talk of the town while Shelton is probably a bit on the boring side.\n1. West Haven\nMore on West Haven: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nWest Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2010 census, the population of the city was 55,564.\nSource: Wikipedia User Versageek | GFDL\nMore on New Haven: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nNew Haven, in the U.S. state of Connecticut, is the principal municipality in Greater New Haven, which had a total population of 862,477 in 2010. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, and is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Connecticut, with a population of 129,779 people as of the 2010 United States Census. According to a census of 1 July 2012, by the Census Bureau, the city had a population of 130,741.\n3. Hartford\nMore on Hartford: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nHartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford\u2019s population was 124,775, making it Connecticut\u2019s third-largest city after the coastal cities of Bridgeport and New Haven. Census Bureau estimates since then have indicated Hartford\u2019s fall to fourth place statewide, as a result of sustained population growth in the coastal city of Stamford.\n4. New Britain\nSource: Wikipedia User Bmr1987 | CC BY 3.0\nMore on New Britain: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nNew Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Hartford. According to 2010 Census, the population of the city is 73,206.\n5. Bridgeport\nSource: Wikipedia User see above. Comp | CC BY-SA 3.0\nMore on Bridgeport: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nBridgeport is a seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the largest city in the state and is located in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound. Bridgeport had a population of 144,229 during the 2010 Census, making it also the 5th-most populous in New England. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford to the east. The Greater Bridgeport area is the 48th-largest urban area in the United States. Located 60 miles from Manhattan and 40 miles from the Bronx, Bridgeport is also part of the New York metropolitan area.\n6. New London\nMore on New London: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nNew London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States. It is located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, Southeastern Connecticut.\nMore on Stamford: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nStamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643. As of July 1, 2014, according to the Census Bureau, the population of Stamford had risen to 128,278, making it the third-largest city in the state and the seventh-largest city in New England. Approximately 30 miles from Manhattan, Stamford is in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk Metro area which is a part of the Greater New York metropolitan area.\n8. Waterbury\nSource: Wikipedia User Daniel Case, Gr | GFDL\nMore on Waterbury: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nWaterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, 33 miles southwest of Hartford and 77 miles northeast of New York City. Waterbury is in New Haven County, Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, Waterbury had a population of 110,366, making it the 10th largest city in the New York Metropolitan Area, 9th largest city in New England and the 5th largest city in Connecticut.\nSource: Wikipedia User Milfordwoman | GFDL\nMore on Ansonia: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nAnsonia is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, on the Naugatuck River, immediately north of Derby, and about 12 miles northwest of New Haven. The population was 19,249 at the 2010 census. The ZIP code for Ansonia is 06401. The city is served by the Metro-North Railroad. Ansonia Station is a stop on the railroad passenger commuter service\u2019s Waterbury line, connecting to New York\u2019s Grand Central Terminal. Ansonia also is served by the Connecticut Transit bus carrier. Connecticut Route 8 serves Ansonia.\n10. Middletown\nSource: Wikipedia User Joe Mabel | GFDL\nMore on Middletown: Photos | Homes For Sale | Data\nMiddletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck. It received its present name in 1653. Middletown was included within Hartford County upon its creation on May 10, 1666. In 1784, the central settlement was incorporated as a city distinct from the town. Both were included within newly formed Middlesex County in May 1785. In 1923, the City of Middletown was consolidated with the Town, making the city limits of the city quite extensive.\nThere You Have It \u2013 The Best Cities for Singles in Connecticut for 2019\nIf you\u2019re looking for a breakdown of cities in Connecticut ranked by criteria that most would agree make a place a great spot for finding a single person (and potentially love), this is an accurate list.\nHere\u2019s a look at the most boring cities in Connecticut according to the data:\nThese Are The 10 Best Places To Retire In Connecticut\nThese Are The 10 Richest Cities In Connecticut\n10 Safest Places In Connecticut\nDetailed List Of The Best Cities For Singles In Connecticut\n1 West Haven, CT 55,044 35.1\n2 New Haven, CT 130,884 30.7\n3 Hartford, CT 124,390 30.9\n4 New Britain, CT 73,069 34.4\n5 Bridgeport, CT 147,586 33.8\n6 New London, CT 27,147 30.9\n7 Stamford, CT 128,851 37.0\n8 Waterbury, CT 109,250 34.7\n9 Ansonia, CT 18,953 39.1\n10 Middletown, CT 46,747 37.0\n11 Bristol, CT 60,498 40.4\n12 Torrington, CT 35,078 45.2\n13 Meriden, CT 60,241 42.6\n14 Derby, CT 12,700 40.9\n15 Norwich, CT 39,875 37.0\n16 Milford, CT 52,331 44.7\n17 Danbury, CT 84,573 37.6\n18 Naugatuck, CT 31,649 39.2\n19 Norwalk, CT 88,537 39.2\n20 Shelton, CT 41,282 46.8", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 13828, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 212.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/northville/2015/07/24/northville-teen-top-science-camp/30414607/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:08:57Z", "digest": "sha1:AT2OBZZDJVTX2BVSY25LEUCVCJFYCSTQ", "length": 2222, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.hometownlife.com", "title": "Northville teen at top science camp", "raw_content": "Northville teen at top science camp\nSamantha Kargilis, a Northville High graduate, attended the 2015 National Youth Science Camp.\nNorthville teen at top science camp Samantha Kargilis, a Northville High graduate, attended the 2015 National Youth Science Camp. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/northville/2015/07/24/northville-teen-top-science-camp/30414607/\nSamantha Kargilis\nSamantha Kargilis, a recent Northville High School graduate, was selected to represent Michigan as a delegate to the 2015 National Youth Science Camp. Kargilis joined 113 other top high school graduates representing the U.S. as well as students from around the world. The NYSC is located in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.\nShe plans to attend Stanford University in California for a biomedical engineering major, with plans to become a physician.\nFor three and a half weeks, the delegates were exposed to various scientific lectures and activities, as well as the opportunity to explore music, art, and the outdoors.\nEach year, scientists from various disciplines travel to the camp to present lectures and lead directed studies. This year\u2019s lecture topics included: statistics and science policy, finding a cure for cancer, and fractal mathematics. Throughout camp, a Directed Study series provides extensive \u201chands-on\u201d experiences in specific fields. Delegates have the opportunity to dissect a human brain, discuss cybersecurity, and search through the DNA sequence of a genetic disease.\nIn addition to learning about groundbreaking scientific research, delegates explore their natural surroundings through an extensive outdoor program consisting of hiking, caving, mountain biking, and rock climbing. The delegates may choose from seminars ranging from Ultimate Frisbee and swing dancing to discussions of philosophy, travel, religion, and culture.\nThe National Youth Science Camp, operating for over 50 years since its inception in 1963, is operated by the National Youth Science Foundation. For more information, visit www.nysf.com.\nRead or Share this story: http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/northville/2015/07/24/northville-teen-top-science-camp/30414607/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3902, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 243.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.honigman.com/firm-newsroom-events-Ernst--Young-Entrepreneur-of-the-Year-Awards-Central-Great-Lakes-2008-06-12-2008.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:41:55Z", "digest": "sha1:UWOEDG7RN3S55CKSEKBGMUOMEOPJCSLV", "length": 70, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.honigman.com", "title": "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Central Great Lakes 2008: Honigman Business Law Firm", "raw_content": "Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Central Great Lakes 2008", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 1317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 59.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hotel-online.com/press_releases/release/lonely-trio-struggle-to-keep-hotel-palmyra-alive", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:37:10Z", "digest": "sha1:TKAGOQU3OQKZXTH4AOWJFMZ2H2R4VQ2X", "length": 3973, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.hotel-online.com", "title": "Ravages of War: Lonely Trio Struggle to Keep 140 Year-Old Hotel Palmyra in Baalbek, Lebanon Alive | Hotel Online Hotel Online", "raw_content": "Hotel-Online \u00bb News \u00bb Ravages of War: Lonely Trio Struggle to Keep 140 Year-Old Hotel Palmyra in Baalbek, Lebanon Alive\nRavages of War: Lonely Trio Struggle to Keep 140 Year-Old Hotel Palmyra in Baalbek, Lebanon Alive\nKate Maddox | The Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon | December 4, 2013 1:00am\nDec. 04--BAALBEK, Lebanon -- Located directly across the street from the ruins at Baalbek, the Hotel Palmyra owes its existence and success to the site's ability to attract tourists. A list of its foreign visitors would include French Gen. Charles de Gaulle, German Kaiser Wilhelm II and Albert Einstein. Lebanese icons, such as Fairuz and Sabah, were known to frequent the renowned hotel in the '60s during the popular Baalbeck Festival.\n\"It was the best hotel in Baalbek at the time,\" Ghassan Karaa, the current manager of the Palmyra, says from his spacious office off the grand entrance hall, with a desk that features the building's sole phone -- and not much else.\nVery few people have stayed at the hotel in recent months, let alone drunk or danced till dawn among the ancient statues and antique furniture as they did.\nFounded in 1874, the Palmyra is on the verge of entering its 140th year, and the memories of its glory days have faded as much as the tapestries that seem to cover every surface in the building.\nKaraa has been with the hotel since 1989, but his two employees Ahmad and Abu Ali -- down from as many as 40 at its peak -- have been there much longer. Ahmad, who has worked in the restaurant for over 50 years, knows all the stories from the golden age when the festival brought guests in by the carload to eat, drink and party till the wee hours of the morning -- and he's more than happy to share them with any visitors that ask.\nThe Palmyra was built by a Greek entrepreneur and served as an exotic retreat for the more adventurous European tourists that trickled through to see the ruins on tours of biblical lands in Palestine and Syria and craved the Oriental feel the hotel still exudes.\nBefore WWI, Kaiser Wilhelm II stayed there when he signed a charter for a joint excavation of Baalbek with the Ottoman Empire, and later his troops took up residence in the hotel, just as the British forces would do 20 years later during WWII.\nAnd through all this, the Palmyra never closed its doors.\nEven during the most violent days of Lebanon's Civil War, the hotel welcomed guests, Karaa says. The most illustrious are immortalized with signed black-and-white pictures on the Palmyra's wall of fame and include the likes of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and Jean Cocteau. Cocteau, who stayed for a month in 1960, left several sketches that now hang throughout the building.\nThese days, however, there are not many people famous or otherwise frequenting the hotel, and Karaa says business is worse than it ever was during the Civil War: \" Baalbek didn't have as many problems then.\"\nKaraa and his employees blame the conflict in Syria, saying they have no bookings till New Year's Eve and that the number of guests was even abysmal in the summer.\n\"This year has been hard. Very hard,\" Karaa says.\nBut despite the city's proximity to the Syrian border, the Hezbollah security checkpoint steps away from the hotel and the Army tank positioned directly in front of the entrance to the ruins, he says, \"The security concerns don't affect us.\"\n\"They don't involve us,\" bellhop Abu Ali adds.\nWith a single room going for $80 a night, the rates are a bit too steep for Syrians fleeing the violence next door, and Karaa struggles to make ends meet.\n\"There is a little trouble with money. We are paying the bank more than we are taking in,\" he says sadly.\nIt seems that closing the doors to the gently lit rooms and halls steeped in history would break the hearts of the three men that have cared for it all these years.\n\"The hotel is like a house, we have been here for such a long time,\" Karaa says. \"So just like everyone else, we say 'God willing, everything will be fine.'\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 6708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 285.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hoteltermeolympia.com/en/thermal-spa-stays/mud-therapy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:38:50Z", "digest": "sha1:P64W6DNTLYSG4PKVKLHUJ5ZMCCOO3FEX", "length": 1083, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.hoteltermeolympia.com", "title": "Mud Therapy | Hotel Terme Olympia - Montegrotto Terme", "raw_content": "Fangotherapy in Abano Montegrotto\nOur formula for well-being\nIt is the generosity of our land, with its extraordinary qualities, that offers new energy to those who come here for a \u201cspa cure\u201d or simply to test the beneficial and relaxing effects of thermal spa treatments. The mud therapy department in Abano Montegrotto such as ours at Hotel Terme Olympia \u2013 affiliated with the National Health System - was classified as \"Super\" by the Ministry of Health, i.e. with the highest level of quality and effectiveness. The attention to detail, the discretion and professionalism of the medical staff - coordinated by the health care director of the facility - make the guests feel comfortable and fully enjoy the application of the mud that was left to mature in contact with salso-bromo-iodine water from Euganea: an exceptional remedy for osteoarthritis, rheumatism, inflammation and other pathologies involving muscles, bones, joints and skin. Simply show your prescription, completed by your healthcare practitioner, for free access to the dimension of wellness. Hotel Terme Olympia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 252, "original_length": 7100, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.howtodebtsettlement.com/mississippi/hernando/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:02:25Z", "digest": "sha1:SCS6CO6V54RJ6DLC72CO2Z44QKIFW3EI", "length": 11368, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.howtodebtsettlement.com", "title": "Is Settling Debt Ideal For You? Discovering The Right Hernando, Mississippi Debt Settlement Company", "raw_content": "Finding The Ideal Debt Settlement Solutions In Hernando, Mississippi\nHas consumer debt become a headache for you? Do you find yourself unsure of how to proceed now? Have credit cards grown to be a hindrance to your capacity to make it from week to week? It might be time for you to turn to a debt settlement service in Hernando, Mississippi.\nWhenever consumers with troubling debt get anxious, they typically turn to their single best hope: a debt settlement company.\nMany people are turning to debt settlement programs now, more than at any time before, because of the increase in consumer credit card debt, medical bills, and student education loans. For a lot of consumers, the consumer debt is far too big in comparison with their earnings to make them acceptable debt settlement clients.\nTroubled individuals are able to work with a debt settlement service to enable them to work out their debt repayment dilemma. When you've got debts ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 or even more, you might find assistance in debt settlement programs. Your debt may be due to rent costs, education loans, or credit cards.\nWhy do you consider debt settlement programs in the first place? A good reason is that it allows you to steer clear of going bankrupt. Individual bankruptcy is a remedy to your debt, but it'll affect you for the rest of your life. If you can choose an action which won't end up being a lasting mark on your own record, it's a simple enough choice. The consumer bankruptcy will stay on your credit report for 10 years, but plenty of credit, employment, and loan product applications inquire if you have ever declared consumer bankruptcy. It isn't really fair to have a personal bankruptcy in your past that could always impact everything else you want to do. If you ever tell lies about this, you're likely to be charged with fraud and find yourself in jail, and you could also lose your job.\nIf you settle your debts with all your creditors, you'll be able to avoid individual bankruptcy. Countless people consider getting in touch with a debt settlement company a last resort approach, and it typically is. The implications of bankrupties are substantially worse than working with a debt settlement company.\nA debt settlement program will stay on your credit 7 years, which isn't as long as a personal bankruptcy, and it isn't going to appear as negative as a consumer bankruptcy. There is no open record of you ever using a debt settlement organization, and so as soon as it drops off your credit, no one is ever going to know you worked with a debt settlement company.\nThe objective of debt settlement programs is not to cheat creditors out of what they are owed. Debt settlement is for those individuals that have no means of paying off the entire measure of debt they are obligated to pay. This is a last resort. A debt settlement program assists people who find themselves truly unable to settle what they owe. The service fees and interest of creditors mean that you may have paid whatever you spent if not more.\nYour creditors will not receive as much (or anything at all) once you go bankrupt as they can if you choose debt settlement. Through consumer bankruptcy , they are more likely to receive nothing at all. This truth is the primary reason that so many credit card companies are more likely to accept debt settlements.\nIt doesn't take so long to pay off debts through debt settlement. With an ideal debt settlement strategy, you'll pay your debt in 2 to 4 years, but you might be able to finish in one year or a bit less. It is significantly less time than you'd require to repay your debt normally (and this is not typically an option when you're looking into debt settlement programs ). This is faster than other debt relief alternatives out there. It requires 3-5 years to finish debt consolidation programs, credit counseling plans, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing.\nWhile personal bankruptcy demolishes your credit ranking and your reputation, debt settlement will be able to protect you against such damages. A debt settlement program is not out there as public record. People who want to find out if you've ever chosen bankruptcy proceedings can find it super easy to learn. The population can access bankruptcy records by using federal government bankruptcy courtrooms or, just to ensure it is somewhat less difficult, through online subscription services. Although a debt settlement package will normally show up on your credit report, it doesn't reduce your overall credit score as a personal bankruptcy filing could.\nYou can keep making use of your credit cards. Except if the debt settlement contract directly resrticts you from using your charge cards, it will be possible to continue utilizing them. In this way you could still rely on your credit card for emergency situations. Then again, in case you currently owe serious money, you might not get to keep using your credit card or get approval for newer credit lines. Moreover, using your credit cards could defeat the purpose of a debt settlement program.\nIt's possible to cause it to be much easier to deal with what you owe. You can actually give up distressing over attempting to make numerous monthly payments with different rates to a number of collectors once you enter a debt settlement plan. A single monthly payment is all you'll have to concern yourself with.\nMonthly bills and rates are considerably reduced. With debt settlement programs, you can have more affordable payments and interest rates. For this reason, you'll have more cash available every month to look after your important needs.\nThere are definitely unfavorable drawbacks to debt settlement programs. You might have to pay income taxes on the forgiven debt, not all settlement deals are accepted, and there will be a noticeable effect on your credit. Repaying your debts without debt settlement, when you can, is much easier than making use of debt settlement. Even so, for many, it really is the best course of action they have to pay back debt without bankruptcy options. You must consider the strengths of debt settlement programs against the adverse implications. debt settlement\nYou must be ready for the possibility of the loss of property. Many people decide to use assets, like a home or a car, as collateral for the debt settlement programs financial loan. If you do this, you risk surrendering the collateral if you don't pay up promptly. A lot of times, a company will only work with you if you present them some collateral. The services will want this certainty of being compensated, just in case you be unable to manage your end of the commitment. You just aren't seen as a very dependable creditor whenever you choose debt settlement programs, and collateral can compensate for that.\nThere might be hidden fees, and you will need to be mindful of them beforehand. Low monthly payments and interest rates will not guarantee that you won't find yourself paying more than you expect through debt settlement programs. You'll have an extended loan repayment term in return for these reduced interest rates and monthly payments. The prolonged timeline of payment often means that you inevitably pay a lot more over time, particularly when you have been indebted for an extended time.\nThere are tax-associated drawbacks to think about. The Internal Revenue Service could find the cancelled debts to be taxable income. According to your situation, you might have to pay taxes on it. If your credit card providers and collectors report the cancelled debt, it will likely be regarded as taxed income.\nThe price is going to include 10% to 20% of the actual balance along with one small application charge. It will be payable during the period of one or two years. For those who owe around $30K, you're likely to pay about three thousand. Reducing debt by half helps it be well worth the expense. A lot of people who look at the math for a minute agree.\nA debt settlement company gets in touch with your creditors to make deals to help you. Many creditors will say yes to a settlement deal that's 50 % of the actual balance due. However, a settlement amount can fall between 40 and 60%, the average. Companies usually agree to these significant deals in what they're supposed to be paid since they may not get paid anything at all without the debt settlement service. When consumers end up in such a dire circumstance, they might go bankrupt at any time. It can be hard for banks and creditors to tell what will come about. A genuine hardship customer could have huge life challenges making it virtually inconceivable for them to pay off their bills. Furthermore, they realize that it's highly improbable for them to get anything more if they don't consent to a deal.\nNobody would be wise to choose the huge step of debt settlement without some serious contemplation. You are going to find it harder to obtain new loans and credit because of the impact for your credit profile.\nIf you have other available choices, look into them carefully. For anyone who is looking in the face of bankruptcy, choose settlement instead. You need to explore other available options before you choose something as extreme as a debt settlement program. It is not a way to be free from having to pay your creditors . It is only worthwhile if you are completely past additional options.\nYou will need to think about the cost, the status, and the standard of the debt settlement service you hire. A company which excels in these 3 aspects is a great one to work with.\nWhat Are The Central Rewards of Debt Settlement Programs?\nDebt settlement harms your credit rating, but helps it in time as you pay off the debt. You can even get debt free in under one year. For about one fourth of all debt settlement clients, that is true. Another 75% or so do it in a two- or three-year time period. Getting on top of things takes time. Most debt settlement agencies will contact with their customers at least once monthly, whether they need to or otherwise. An excellent debt settlement company is much like an ally in your fight against consumer debt.\nHow To Choose The Perfect Hernando, Mississippi Debt Settlement Company For Your Situation\nCheck with your state Attorney General and customer protection service before choosing a debt settlement solution. They will be equipped to tell you if any kind of complaints were registered with the agency.\nConduct the important research. You should know how much time it will require, the amount it'll cost you, and what kind of support you'll get. Know what you'll be billed and stay away from big up front fees.\nIf you can find a service which will assist you in person, this is the way to go. Many businesses will provide face to face, online, and phone services, but you will want to ideally go with a service that offers all three. It can help to talk to an actual professional in person rather than going through a phone advisor.\nDon't think that a solution is free, affordable, or even just reputable simply because it may have a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153nonprofit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d status. A sketchy service could attempt to cover up how much they demand rates that are very high.\nAlways read critiques before you choose, and put together a list of companies to compare.\nhttp://www.howtodebtsettlement.com/mississippi/heidelberg/index.html http://www.howtodebtsettlement.com/mississippi/hollandale/index.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 13083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 311.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hrplustas.com.au/vacancies/general-practitioner/gp-vmo-ochre-medical-centre-scottsdale", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:33Z", "digest": "sha1:A5MKONJXIWT7CCL552JJS4BP6PNROHEU", "length": 3620, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.hrplustas.com.au", "title": "GP/VMO - Ochre Medical Centre Scottsdale | HR+", "raw_content": "Ochre Medical Centre Scottsdale\nLocation: North West Tasmania Occupation: General Practitioner Title Description: GP/VMO Position Type: Full Time\nOchre Health is seeking a vocationally registered GP/VMO with no restrictions to join them on a full-time basis in Scottsdale, a small, picturesque rural community in north-east Tasmania. Previous experience as a rural general practitioner is highly desirable. Applications will also be considered from non-VR GPs with general registration and recent ED experience.\nThe practice provides emergency services to North East Soldiers Memorial Hospital, which has 19 acute beds and is conveniently located adjacent to the practice, along with the town\u2019s 30 bed residential aged care home. The VMO roster is currently 1:4.\nYou will see a variety of cases and will therefore need to be proficient with common general practice conditions and also to hold a current emergency medicine certificate (APLS, ELS, etc) with recent experience in an unsupervised setting. Obstetrics and anaesthetics are not required.\nAs an accredited teaching practice, there is a regular intake of medical students, GP registrars and John Flynn scholars. The practice also hosts a junior doctor from the Launceston General Hospital on a 13 week GP rotation program. A feature of the practice is its ability to provide a wide range of clinical experiences to doctors preparing to attain vocational recognition and therefore an interest in teaching is highly desirable.\nOpening hours are Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm and Saturday morning 9am to 11am. After hours cover is shared on a roster basis and the surgery also uses the deputising service GP Assist.\nOchre Medical Centre Scottsdale works cooperatively with its sister medical centre in Bridport, a pretty seaside town 25 kilometres away, which is open two days per week.\nOnly an hour\u2019s drive from Launceston, Scottsdale is a town of 2,500 people set amidst rolling green hills and rich pasture land. The main industries are pine plantations, dairy and potato farming. The world-class Barnbougle Dunes Golf Links at Bridport, Blue Derby mountain-biking park, Bridestowe Lavender Estate, great beaches, bush-walking and wineries are all within easy reach.\nSituated in a well-equipped and purpose-built facility constructed in 2012, Ochre Medical Centre Scottsdale has five consulting rooms, a three-bay treatment room, a procedure room and onsite pathology. Doctors working at the practice use the radiology services at the local hospital, with digital plain film services available Monday to Thursday. The Bridport building is relatively new and has three consulting rooms and a dedicated treatment room.\nOchre Medical Centre Scottsdale provides shared antenatal care, and a school dental team is based in the local hospital. The town is well supported by visiting health professionals in the fields of social work, mental health, psychology, physiotherapy, podiatry, paediatrics, cardiology, diabetes education, nutrition, exercise physiology, care co-ordination and Australian Hearing.\nThe practice employs a pool of registered nurses to assist with CDM, immunisations and women\u2019s health, with two on duty each day at Scottsdale and one at Bridport. Administration staff include a practice manager and four reception staff.\nEnjoying AGPAL accreditation, the practice operates a mixed billing model and is fully computerised using Best Practice.\nException earning potential of $300,000 - $350,000 per annum\nTeaching payments\nDWS location one hour\u2019s drive to Launceston and 20 minutes to Bridport (coast)\nDate advertised: Wednesday 12th April 2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 7023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lord-maginnis/essential-to-counter-to-i_b_10853404.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:00:11Z", "digest": "sha1:XP7X7KBSIXEO6XUKGZ3KKA7F4UU34LI4", "length": 4444, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.huffingtonpost.co.uk", "title": "Essential to Counter to Iran's Regional Misconduct | HuffPost UK", "raw_content": "Essential to Counter to Iran's Regional Misconduct\nAs we approach the first anniversary of the Iranian nuclear deal, tens of thousands of activists and Iranian dissidents are set to rally this Saturday in Paris, calling for Tehran's nefarious conduct at home and in the region to be tackled. One of the primary messages at this rally will be to condemn Iran's role in the massacre of the Syrian people and to demand an end to its assistance to the Assad government.\nLord Maginnis An independent Ulster Unionist member of the UK House of Lords and member of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom (BPCIF),www.iran-freedom.org\nLittle attention has been paid to Iran's role in not only propping up a dictatorship in Syria, but in fuelling a sectarian strife there and in Iraq that has created and sustains groups like Daesh. Iran's behaviour has been nothing short of criminal, and its ongoing involvement in the spread of terror has to be confronted in order to obtain a durable peace in the region.\nIran's policy of aggressive expansion has not slowed down after the nuclear deal, but has in fact intensified during the Presidency of that over-rated and so-called \"moderate\" Hassan Rouhani. Besides the continuing military and logistical involvement in support of the Syrian dictatorship, there is support of Shiite militias in Iraq, and ongoing support for armed groups in Yemen. Behind each of these conflicts is a callous strategy by Tehran designed to expand its sphere of influence and gain a stronger foothold throughout the Middle East.\nIn Iraq, Tehran has taken advantage of the calamity created by Daesh in order to reassert its hegemony in the country. Despite the removal of its chief ally in Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, the rampant sectarian repression inflicted by his government continues and Iran continues to pour its military and logistical strength into the conflict. This includes armed forces, and the presence of IRGC commanders to lead Shiite militias, many of whom should clearly be deemed guilty of war crimes.\nIt's fairly obvious that, had Iran not propped up the dictatorship of Assad, the chaos from that country would not have spilled over into Iraq and Daesh would be virtually non-existent. Instead, we are left with a bloodbath in Syria, genocide in Iraq, and a crisis in Yemen, as Iranian backed rebels march across the country.\nIran's policy of \"exporting the revolution\" is intended to re-energise a demoralised base, to maximise whatever is left out of its legitimacy abroad and to cover up its failures at home. The regime has sought to create icons out of its war heroes by popularising their exploits abroad, as evidenced by the fervour surrounding its General Qassem Soleimani. The regime recognises its diminishing appeal at home, particularly among Iran's youth. It uses, therefore, an aggressive foreign policy in order to maintain a perpetual state of crisis internally - a strategy it employed to prolong the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980's, and to excuse its crack-down on dissent and opposition internally.\nLong past is the time to end the West's policy of appeasement towards the mullahs in Tehran. It only emboldens their lust for power and expansion. The international community must meet its responsibility to effect an end to Tehran's inflammatory actions in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. The U.S., with the U.K., has surely some obligation to identify with the Iranian people and with their organized resistance, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).\nIts President, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, has for decades been unwavering in her promotion of NCRI's 10 point plan for a democratic Iranian future. As common dissent grows within Iran, the ayatollahs would become more vulnerable to domestic pressure if that were able to display more evidence of international sympathy. Their extreme sensitivity to the activities of the Resistance in general and Mrs. Rajavi in particular points toward Tehran's Achilles heel.\nThree years after the emergence of the Rouhani front it is ever more evident that finding \"moderates\" in his ruling theocracy is mere wishful thinking - a dangerous delusion. Confronting Iran for its egregious conduct at home and its belligerence in the region is an essential first step to avoiding further sectarian bloodshed and future warfare. The Western governments should surely recognise this reality.\nMORE: iran iraq daesh hassan rouhani ncri Middle East Maryam Rajavi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 8204, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 281.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maroon-5-adam-levine-super-bowl-halftime-show_us_5c54738ce4b043e25b1c4767", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:11:37Z", "digest": "sha1:7TMXZRXTDK6MBRFCQ42CF3ZKT5YIKIK3", "length": 2836, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.huffingtonpost.com", "title": "Maroon 5's Adam Levine 'Listened To Myself' Before Taking Super Bowl Halftime Gig | HuffPost", "raw_content": "Maroon 5's Adam Levine 'Listened To Myself' Before Taking Super Bowl Halftime Gig\nOther big-name artists, including Rihanna and Cardi B, reportedly turned down performing because of their support for Colin Kaepernick.\n\ufeffMaroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, who had seemed to be avoiding questions about performing at Sunday\u2019s Super Bowl halftime show, said he \u201csilenced all the noise and listened to myself\u201d to decide to accept the controversial gig.\n\u201cNo one thought about it more than I did,\u201d Levine told \u201cEntertainment Tonight\u201d Thursday in his only interview before the Super Bowl. \u201cI spoke to many people. Most importantly though, I silenced all the noise and listened to myself, and made my decision about how I felt.\u201d\nThe band, which will be joined by rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott at the halftime show in Atlanta, has faced backlash for accepting the gig from fans angered by the NFL\u2019s attempts to stifle players protesting racism and police brutality, led by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.\nThe issue of players kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games has become a stand-in for larger cultural divisions. President Donald Trump has regularly weighed in on the issue against protesting players, using it to stoke a culture war and rally his political base.\nA number of high-profile artists reportedly turned down invitations to perform at the usually coveted halftime show this year \u2014 including Rihanna and Cardi B \u2014 because of their support for Kaepernick.\nMaroon 5 and the NFL this week canceled the band\u2019s pre-Super Bowl press conference, a tradition for the halftime show performers, in what appeared to be an attempt to steer clear of questions about the controversy.\nLevine told \u201cEntertainment Tonight\u201d he and the band \u201cexpected\u201d some controversy, with people\u2019s \u201cinsatiable urge to hate a little bit.\u201d He wouldn\u2019t directly talk about the player protests, saying the band wants to \u201cspeak through the music\u201d and just perform \u201cwithout becoming politicians.\u201d\nWe are going to do what we keep on doing, hopefully without becoming politicians and continuing to use the one voice we know how to use properly. When you look back on every single Super Bowl halftime show, people just can\u2019t \u2015 it\u2019s this, like, insatiable urge to hate a little bit. I\u2019m not in the right profession if I can\u2019t handle a little bit of controversy. It\u2019s what it is. We expected it. We would like to move on from it, and, like I said earlier, speak through the music.\nCivil Rights Groups To Hold Social Justice Rally In Atlanta Before Super Bowl\nNFL Commissioner Blasted For Dodging Questions On Colin Kaepernick Situation\nTravis Scott And Big Boi To Join Maroon 5 At Super Bowl Halftime Show\nMaroon 5 Is 'Blocking Out The Noise' Amid Super Bowl Halftime Show Backlash\nSuper Bowl Colin Kaepernick Adam Levine Maroon 5 Super Bowl Halftime Show", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 4414, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/10/09/iphone-5s-5c-second-wave/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:33:30Z", "digest": "sha1:5K6JUOK74A2SK37RZWRCL776O27ES27G", "length": 2676, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.idownloadblog.com", "title": "Apple announces major iPhone 5s/5c expansion", "raw_content": "Apple announces major iPhone 5s/5c expansion\nApple initially launched its new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c handsets on September 20 in the United States and an additional ten major international markets. Today, the company announced a major expansion that will see both handsets hit more than 25 new markets around the world beginning October 25, with more than a dozen additional countries receiving both handsets on November 1.\nThe full breakdown is right after the break\u2026\nApple said that starting Friday, October 25, the flagship iPhone 5s and the colorful iPhone 5c will arrive in Italy, Russia, Spain and more than 25 new markets.\nHere\u2019s the full list of markets set to receive the devices starting October 25: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French West Indies, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion Island, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and Thailand.\nOn November 1, both new iPhones will hit Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Colombia, El Salvador, Guam, Guatemala, India, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.\nAs per usual, the new iPhones will available through Apple retail stores, online and select Apple Authorized Resellers. With this expansion, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available in over 60 countries come November 1.\nEvery customer who buys an iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c at an Apple retail store will be offered free Personal Setup service, helping them customize their iPhone by setting up email, showing them new apps from the App Store and more, so they\u2019ll be up and running with their new iPhone before they leave the store.\nCustomers can learn more about iOS 7 and their new device through new free workshops at all Apple retail stores worldwide.\nCurrently, both new handsets are available in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore.\nApple previously said it sold nine million iPhone 5s/5c units during the opening weekend.\nThe company aims to make the new iPhones available in more than a hundred countries across nearly 300 carriers, a notable improvement over the 240 carriers that used to offer the iPhone 5 since its introduction last September.\nRecently, more than a dozen regional U.S. carriers started offering the new devices, among them prepaid telcos Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile.\nPhones4U liquidating its entire iPhone, iPad stock in the UK\nT-Mobile\u2019s Cyber Monday: $100 off 64GB iPhone 6, more iPhone discounts", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 5703, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 174.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ifa.ie/results-agriculture-fisheries-council-22-october/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:43:44Z", "digest": "sha1:IP2NFCD4MXWCBGJ4S4URN4CWV3F2F4F6", "length": 1839, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.ifa.ie", "title": "RESULTS: AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL - 22 OCTOBER - Irish Farmers' AssociationIrish Farmers' Association", "raw_content": "RESULTS: AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL \u2013 22 OCTOBER\nRESULTS: AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL - 22 OCTOBER\nAgriculture and Fisheries Council, 22/10/2015\nMain results below \u2013 Find full results here\nMinisters held an exchange of views on the contribution of agriculture to climate change mitigation. This debate was organised in the light of the adoption of the 2030 EU climate and energy package which set substantial cuts for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for the year 2030. It comes also on the eve of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in Paris beginning in November this year.\nThey agreed that although agriculture is a source of GHG it also participates directly or indirectly in the reduction of emissions. In this regard, the reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in particular the greening of the direct payments is an important tool to consider.\nPresidency note \u2018Towards climate-smart agriculture\u2019\nTackling climate change in the EU\nMinisters reached a political agreement on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea which fixed for 2016 the maximum quantities of fish which can be caught for the commercially most important stocks in the Baltic Sea. The quantities of fish from specific stocks that can be caught take into account available scientific advice and provisions introduced by the recently reformed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), such as the landing obligation and maximum sustainable yield (MSY).\nThe Council was also briefed on EU-Norway annual consultations in the framework of their bilateral fisheries agreement. The main concerns expressed by member states covered the management arrangements for the jointly-managed fish stocks and the exchange of reciprocal fishing possibilities in EU and Norwegian waters.\nManaging the EU\u2019s fish stocks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 3590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 267.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ilookbetter.com/articles/how-to-care-for-and-maintain-dental-implants-176.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:19:24Z", "digest": "sha1:XZPWF5L37XZSKIS4467S7VCHOMI3ATDE", "length": 2662, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.ilookbetter.com", "title": "How to Care for and Maintain Dental Implants - iLookBetter.com", "raw_content": "Among the many options available nowadays to replace missing teeth, dental implants are undoubtedly one of the best. Essentially dental implants replace both the lost teeth as well as its roots with artificial alternatives, providing a replacement that looks and feels entirely natural.\nOne thing that you should know about dental implants is that they can last a very long time \u2013 possibly even your entire lifetime. The only caveat is that in order for that to happen you need to care for and maintain them properly, though that isn\u2019t as complicated as you might think.\nA big part of the care of dental implants involves cleaning them regularly and thoroughly. The good news is that in the majority of cases that requires nothing more than normal dental hygiene \u2013 including brushing and flossing regularly. Nowadays there are special types of dental floss designed to be used to clean dental implants, and you should ask your dentist for recommendations.\nIt is important to only use toothbrushes and dental floss when cleaning however, as any sharp or hard implements could scratch the surface of the implants and damage them permanently. If that happens then bacteria will thrive in the damaged surface, and it could even lead to a gum infection.\nOf course if you do have implants it is also recommended that you stick to your regular dental appointments \u2013 at least twice a year. During these appointments your dentist can inspect your implant for any damage, and also take a look at the surrounding tissue for any signs of infection.\nIt is worth noting that there are several other risk factors that could affect the care and maintenance of your dental implants \u2013 such as smoking and drinking. Both of these activities are generally bad for your dental hygiene, and particularly bad for implants and the surrounding tissue. In fact if you\u2019re a heavy drinker or smoker your dentist may not want to run the risk of placing implants in the first place, as the risk of infection and possible rejection during the healing stage will be high.\nAll in all however it should be clear that dental implants don\u2019t require any \u2018special\u2019 care outside of the normal recommended dental hygiene routines. Assuming you already carry those out then you should have little or nothing to worry about \u2013 especially seeing as any issues are likely to be picked up early on during your regular checkup.\nOf course if you do have any queries or want to know how to improve your dental cleaning habits you could ask a dentist at dental implants Surrey for advice. At the end of the day it makes sense to keep your dental implants in good condition, so that they last as long as possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 3789, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 267.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ilookbetter.com/articles/improving-the-abdominal-area-appearance-liposuction-vs-tummy-tuck-30.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:21:43Z", "digest": "sha1:NIK4F4KROL6EGWEHJKVXBJLYWCT47DIT", "length": 3772, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ilookbetter.com", "title": "Improving the Abdominal Area Appearance: Liposuction vs. Tummy Tuck - iLookBetter.com", "raw_content": "A lot of plastic surgeons report that the abdominal area is among the most requested areas for procedures, either by means of abdominal liposuction or through the popular \u201ctummy tuck\u201d procedure. Yet, UK patients often tend to mix up those two procedures, even though they are essentially different. And while the decision whether to go ahead with either procedure will be largely determined by a consultant at the respective London liposuction clinic which the patient has decided to visit, it is important that patients know how those procedures differ from one another and what abdominal area \u201ccondition\u201d each of those procedures is generally appropriate for.\nAs already noted, the abdominal area is among the body areas whose appearance causes the most concern among plastic surgery clients, and particularly among female patients. As people approach their middle years, the proportion of fat to body weight tends to increase, with this trend often being more visible in women than in men. And since this extra fat favours the upper body over the hips and thighs, the waistline tends to increase as well. Significant losses of weight on the other hand may lead to excess skin or stretch marks in the abdominal area, with those also being among the most common traces of pregnancy on the female body. It is no wonder therefore that people often turn to plastic surgery with the purpose of improving the appearance of their abdominal area.\nSo, when going to a London liposuction clinic or another plastic surgery facility, UK patients may have read about abdominal liposuction and tummy tuck as two possible solutions. So, what exactly is the difference between these two plastic surgery procedures? First, liposuction of the abdomen is usually used for removing pockets of fat, which do not respond to either exercise or diets, meaning that liposuction is usually the choice in the case of excess fat in the stomach area.\nNevertheless, liposuction is usually not a solution for a saggy stomach, since fat removal procedures essentially do not affect the skin. In some cases, liposuction may even worsen the loose skin condition since it removes the \u201cfoundation\u201d on which the skin rests, thus leaving even looser skin. This is where the \u201ctummy tuck\u201d procedure comes in; this procedure, also known as abdominoplasty, involves the removal of excess skin and fatty tissue from above the bikini line. A tummy tuck may also be appropriate in instances when the abdominal muscle has been damaged due to pregnancy or surgery and is no longer responsive to toning with exercise.\nSo, it is obvious that the two procedures are quite different and address different problems. In addition, when making a decision with a consultant from their London liposuction clinic, patients need to be aware that the two procedures are not interchangeable, meaning that in certain cases, patients may have to go through both liposuction and abdominoplasty so as to achieve the desired results. Yet, one of the main principles determining the choice of one procedure over the other is the amount of loose skin versus the amount of unwanted fat. Skin elasticity, or the degree to which the skin will be able to contract after liposuction, is also an important factor determining the right type of surgical procedure, since in some cases the skin can tighten very well after liposuction, effectively eliminating the need for the generally more invasive tummy tuck procedure.\nBoth abdominal liposuction and tummy tuck are used for improving the appearance of the abdominal area. Yet, when visiting their London liposuction clinic for a consultation, patients need to be aware that since the procedures address different issues, choosing one of them will not be simply a matter of personal preference.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 4947, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 220.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.imqs.co.za/news-articles/7-infrastructure-interventions-to-reduce-municipal-water-loss/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:50:58Z", "digest": "sha1:S7GXYZ33CZ5QHTWVST7C2CZQYFMX7X2N", "length": 5006, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.imqs.co.za", "title": "7 INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE MUNICIPAL WATER LOSS | IMQS Software", "raw_content": "Utilities need to ensure that quality water is provided to all relevant sectors of society. Water loss is a major threat to water security. Drakenstein Municipality, in South Africa\u2019s water strapped Western Province, has been successful in bringing down water losses from 34% to an average of 11%, at its lowest, with these 7 infrastructure-related interventions.\nWater scarcity is a societal issue that, according to the World Economic Forum\u2019s 2015 Global Risk Report, ranked as the number one global risk in terms of expected impact.\nIn South Africa you don\u2019t have to look much further than the City of Cape Town to see how climate variability and rapid urbanization put pressure on depleted water resources in water scarce environments. With dams at critical levels and Cape Town at an estimated \u201cless than 100 days of water\u201d, water security takes on a more personal meaning for all effected citizens.\nWater Conservation can be defined as:\nThe minimization of loss or waste, care and protection of water resources and the efficient and effective use of water.\nAlthough crisis elevates the need for systematic water conservation practices, proactive measures lead to sustainable outcomes.\nIn this regard, City of Cape Town\u2019s neighbour, Drakenstein Municipality, stands as an example for others. In 1999, Drakenstein\u2019s water losses stood at 34% and were increasing. The municipality began prioritising projects and introduced a 20-year project plan that has helped to curb the crisis and save over R700 million.\nThe following 7 interventions have helped Drakenstein drastically reduce its water loss.\n7 INFRASTRUCTURE-RELATED INTERVENTIONS\nFrom an infrastructural perspective, according to South Africa\u2019s Strategic Framework for Water Services, owners of water-services infrastructure need to:\nMaintain a register of water services infrastructure assets\nPut a system in place to manage this infrastructure in terms of a maintenance and rehabilitation plan\nThis plan must be based on the principle of preventative maintenance and must be part of the water services development plan\nInfrastructure assets must be rehabilitated and/or replaced before the end of their actual and estimated useful lives\nNecessary capital funds must be allocated for this purpose\nOne of the biggest threats to sustainable and equitable water services, according to the Strategic Framework, are:\nUnder-expenditure in maintenance\nUnder-investment in rehabilitation\nIn order to prioritise the rehabilitation and/or replacement of water infrastructure assets before the end of their actual (AUL) and estimated useful lives (EUL), Drakenstein makes use of the IMQS Water Module. IMQS Water Module is a software package that facilitates the management of all water service infrastructure-related information, which, at Drakenstein, is centralised in a self-developed Asset Management System.\nIMQS Water consists of software solutions focused on:\nWater Demand Management (WDM)\nWater Services Development Planning (WSDP)\nThe fundamental information required to analyse water demand and consumption comes from Municipal Treasury Databases (or similar sources of data) where monthly meter readings are stored along with stand related information. Once the results have been generated by engineering software, the WDM component can display customisable, geographic views on the data and deliver relevant information based on a person\u2019s role in the water-demand cycle.\nThe IMQS Water Module helps to centralise financial and engineering information in a GIS-centric information management system that provides municipal managers with a spatial representation of their water networks. An integrated, digital view of the asset landscape facilitates decision-making for maintenance management and helps managers to locate their assets in space, and understand their assets over time.\nSeven key interventions over the past 17 years have helped Drakenstein curb water loss:\n1. Pipe replacements\n2. Bulk and domestic water meters replacement\n3. Pressure management\n4. Leak detection and repair\n5. Stepped water tariffs\n6. Public awareness campaigns\n7. Upgrade information and management tools\nA ONE-WORLD-VIEW OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE LANDSCAPE\nBy acquiring a one-world-view of its infrastructure asset landscape, Drakenstein has been able to systematically manage its water distribution network over time.\nKey infrastructure-related initiatives have brought water losses down to an average of 16% \u2013 11% at its lowest. Between 1999 and 2014, water loss reduction translated into R700 million water savings. In the 2015/2016 financial year, water losses stood at just 13%.\nA decreased loss of water has enabled the municipality to delay the construction of reservoirs and large pipelines for several years. Reaction time to attend to burst pipes was also reduced to less than one hour. Finally, there was also a decrease in the occurrence of burst pipes.\nFor more information on IMQS\u2019s Water Module check our Infographic or download our White Paper.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 7068, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 339.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.incharge.org/2016/10/27/big-spending-big-debt-predicted-2016-holiday-season/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:13:06Z", "digest": "sha1:PASQJVOI4GAWHKTI6DQ67VV432B6EDVH", "length": 7244, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.incharge.org", "title": "Big Spending, Big Debt Predicted for 2016 Holiday Season", "raw_content": "Holiday sales are expected to jump in 2016 as increasingly confident consumers prepare to lavish spending on gifts for friends, relatives and business associates.\nSeveral forecasts, including a closely followed one from the National Retail Federation (NFR), all predict a strong season for both brick-and-mortar stores and online merchants during the all-important weeks before Christmas. The peak shopping period begins on Black Friday \u2013 the sale-saturated day after Thanksgiving \u2013 and lasts till Christmas Eve.\nThe NRF predicts a 3.6% jump in sales this holiday season over 2015 when sales reached $626.1 billion. The increase surpasses the historical annual average by 1.1%.\n\u201cAll of the fundamentals are in place, giving strength to consumers and leading up to believe that this will be a very positive holiday season,\u201d NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay said.\nCredit Card Debt Balances May Rise\nWhile that is good news for businesses, it\u2019s a warning to sign for consumers already struggling with credit card debt. One survey after the 2015 holiday shopping season revealed consumers added nearly $1,000 to their credit card debt balances with purchases made during the holiday season.\n\u201cJanuary is a rude awakening for many consumers,\u201d said Karen Carlson, Director of Education at InCharge Debt Solutions. \u201cAt 20 \u2013 25% interest, a few thousand dollars in holiday debt can haunt you until Halloween 2017.\u201d\nInCharge recommends consumers make a holiday budget and try to save money on holiday expenses wherever possible.\nDespite potential downdrafts from a tumultuous presidential election and an unseasonably warm fall, consumers are well-positioned to spend. The Conference Board\u2019s Consumer Confidence Index, a monthly measure of how consumers view the nation\u2019s economic condition, has been rising. In September, the index hit its highest level since the Great Recession in 2008. Meanwhile, the nation\u2019s unemployment rate has hovered near 5% this year \u2014 less than half the rate during the economic downturn.\nEconomic Factors Forecast Spending\nThe NRF\u2019s forecasting model is based on factors including consumer credit, housing and financial market information, disposable personal income and previous monthly retail sales data.\n\u201cConsumers are in a much stronger position compared to where they have been,\u201d Shay said. \u201cConsumers are the one element in the economy that really looks good.\u201d\nHoliday sales forecasts are notorious for changing after the shopping season gets underway, but economists can make educated guesses using new surveys and decades of sales data.\nAverage Household Holiday Spending\nPricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the nation\u2019s largest accounting firms, also has entered this year\u2019s prediction arena with an optimistic forecast. The company suggests holiday spending will rise 10% from the 2015 season, with household spending averaging $1,121.\nThe biggest jump \u2014 23% \u2014is forecast for consumers earning less than $50,000 annually. That group is expected to spend $837 on gifts, travel and entertainment. Households earning more money are forecast to spend just 4% more than last year for an average of $1,388.\nThe PwC report didn\u2019t speculate on why spending in lower-income households will rise so much more than their wealthier counterparts. It found that as wealth increases, spending will likely decrease. Those earning more than $150,000 are expected to spend less this year than last.\nNPD Group, a retailing advisory and marketing firm, forecasts consumers will pay an average $636 this year, a 3% increase from 2015. Based on a survey, NDP found 14% of consumers plan to spend more than last year, and 17% said they would spend less. But just 12% of holiday shoppers this year said the state of the economy would have a \u201csignificant impact\u201d how they spend, less than in the past two years.\nNPD also pointed out that people often say they will hold the line on spending, then go over budget when they hit the stores. Last year, for instance, 16% of consumers said they would spend less than in 2014, but in a post-holiday survey, 20% said they spent more than they had planned.\nCredit cards remain the preferred method for buying gifts. Consumer added nearly $1,000 to their credit card debt during the holiday season of 2015. NPD said 57% of shoppers used credit cards for at least some of their holiday season purchases in 2015, resulting in 22% still having 2015 holiday debt to pay off in fall 2016.\nOnline Sales and Digital Interaction to Drive Holiday Sales\nBoth PwC and the NRF predict a double-digit increase in online holiday retail sales, continuing a long-running trend. Online sales accounted for $61.9 billion of holiday sales in 2015. PwC forecasts a 25% rise in digital sales. Most of that ($56.4 billion) came from desktop sales, while almost $13 billion came from sales via mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.\nThe NRF expects a 7 \u2013 10% increase in non-store sales, which totaled $105 billion in 2015.\nLittle more than a decade ago, online sales were a tiny part of the mix. This year, NPD predicts online purchases will account for 38% of all holiday sales, up from 33% in 2015 and 29% in 2014.\nEven if shoppers aren\u2019t making the bulk of their purchases online, they are relying on digital devices for research. Financial services company Deloitte LLP forecast a digital interaction will play a role, directly or indirectly, in 67% of all holiday purchases this year.\nMerchants and travel companies won\u2019t know if this growing consumer optimism will translate into a banner sales year until after all the receipts are tallied. But that hasn\u2019t stopped retailers from preemptively hiring hundreds of thousands of extra sales workers for the holiday rush, just as they did last year.\nThe NRF predicts 640,000 \u2013 690,000 seasonal workers will be added to payrolls during the holiday shopping season, in line with last year\u2019s 675,000. The strength of consumer spending will likely determine the portion of those jobs that become full-time positions in 2017.\n(2016, October 10) Glad Tidings for Retailers This Holiday Season. Retrieved from: https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2016/glad-tidings-for-retailers-this-holiday-season/\n(2016, September 27) The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increased in September. Retrieved from: https://www.conference-board.org/data/consumerconfidence.cfm\nReynolds, T. (2016, October 4) National Retail Federation Forecasts Holiday Sales to Increase 3.6%. Retrieved from: https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/national-retail-federation-forecasts-holiday-sales-increase-36\nWeisbaum, H. (2016, October 18) Consumers Will Spend Almost $800 Billion on Holiday Shopping. Retrieved from: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/consumers-will-spend-almost-800-billion-holiday-shopping-n667646\nHowland, D. (2016, October 6) PwC: Holiday Spending Poised to Surge 10% over 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.retaildive.com/news/pwc-holiday-spending-poised-to-surge-10-over-2015/427564/\nNA, (2016, January 8) Final 205 Desktop Online Holiday Sales Reach $56.4 Billion, Up 6 Percent vs. Year Ago. Retrieved from https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2016/1/Final-2015-Desktop-Online-Holiday-Sales-Reach-56-Billion-Up-6-Percent-vs-Year-Ago", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 11071, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 269.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/doctor-who-spoilers-jodie-whittaker-1201929965/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:53Z", "digest": "sha1:MQN4BX33YNQYOPOQZFS7WWWFNMYI3ZRZ", "length": 1980, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.indiewire.com", "title": "\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Producers Pretended the New Doctor Was a man | IndieWire", "raw_content": "\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Producers Avoided Spoilers by Pretending the New Doctor Was a Man\nJodie Whittaker's casting was kept secret until the last possible moment.\nJodie Whittaker, \u201cDoctor Who\u201d\nCopyright BBC Worldwide 2017\nAs with any major announcement, Jodie Whittaker being named the 13th Doctor was a closely guarded secret. So much so, in fact, that higher-ups at BBC braced themselves for spoilers by pretending that the new star of \u201cDoctor Who\u201d was going to be another man \u2014 an effort that included using a male body in the visuals presented to their visual-effects house for storyboards of the scene in which the Doctor regenerates.\nRead More:\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Star Jodie Whittaker Demanded the Same Salary as Peter Capaldi\n\u201cThe BBC actually had us quote her first scene before we knew it was gonna be Jodie, via storyboards,\u201d Louise Hastings said, according to Radio Times. \u201cAnd the storyboards had been drawn with a man as the Doctor, so that was a bit of a surprise! I was looking through a list of the favorites to be the Doctor and comparing them to the pictures, but I was wrong, I couldn\u2019t figure it out. They threw us off the scent.\u201d\nRead More:\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Finally Introduces the First Female Doctor as Jodie Whittaker Debuts \u2014 Watch\nWhittaker made her official debut as the 13th Doctor during \u201cTwice Upon a Time,\u201d last year\u2019s Christmas special. She\u2019s best known for her appearances in \u201cBroadchurch,\u201d \u201cAttack the Block,\u201d and the \u201cBlack Mirror\u201d episode \u201cThe Entire History of You.\u201d Her predecessor Peter Capaldi\u2019s tenure began when he took over for Matt Smith in 2017.\nThis Article is related to: Television and tagged Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker\n\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Season 11 Review: Standalone Episodes Failed the 13th Doctor\n\u2018Doctor Who\u2019: The First Female Doctor Is Fine Enough \u2014 But She Needs To Get Scary\nFrom \u2018Sabrina\u2019 to \u2018Steven Universe,\u2019 Family-Friendly TV Has Grown a Social Conscience\n\u2018Doctor Who\u2019 Delivers a \u2018Proper Awesome\u2019 Episode That Is Pacifist, Pro-Science, and Anti-Gun", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 214, "original_length": 6660, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 307.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200910/21/P200910210328.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:38:46Z", "digest": "sha1:DXCCF535QSYGC6HQAWSIY7O5IMRX4NPK", "length": 978, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.info.gov.hk", "title": "Government's response to the press release of the Privacy Commissioner", "raw_content": "Government's response to the press release of the Privacy Commissioner\nA Government spokesman issued the following statement today (October 21):\nGovernment thanks the Privacy Commissioner for his meeting with representatives from the Narcotics Division of Security Bureau, Education Bureau and Department of Justice on October 15, 2009 and his statement issued today (October 21) on the Trial Scheme on School Drug Testing in Tai Po District. The Privacy Commissioner's valuable views and comments on the Trial Scheme are much appreciated. They have been taken into account by Government before it released the Scheme details on October 19.\nGovernment is pleased to see that the Privacy Commissioner has indicated that he has no objection to the Trial Scheme. Government has taken great care to ensure that the Trial Scheme is legally in order, and will engage the Commissioner as appropriate on issues which concern personal data privacy as it further takes the Scheme forward.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 1200, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 284.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.inhofe.senate.gov/newsroom/photo-gallery/inhofe-visits-oklahoma-soldiers-in-ukraine-", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:36:59Z", "digest": "sha1:KURHGMIJRZJ6AJ4ONDD2LKJ6JZBJPDAL", "length": 346, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.inhofe.senate.gov", "title": "Photos | Newsroom | U.S. Senator for Oklahoma Senator James M. Inhofe", "raw_content": "Inhofe Visits Oklahoma Soldiers in Ukraine\nU.S. Jim Inhofe visited the National Guard Soldiers of Oklahoma\u2019s 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Ukraine. A contingent from the 45th, commanded by Colonel David Jordan, has been in Ukraine since January on a yearlong mission to join partner nations\u2019 militaries in helping train the Ukrainian Army.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 1775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 219.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life-sciences/report-24410.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:11:53Z", "digest": "sha1:TDSUKQOFOQRXW2RC324VFW3ZITT5EXYP", "length": 1778, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.innovations-report.com", "title": "Stem cells illuminate early stages of human development", "raw_content": "When introduced to the world in 1998, human embryonic stem cells were considered heralds of a new age of transplant medicine. The prospect of an unlimited supply of cells and tissue of all kinds to treat disease captured public imagination and enthusiasm.\nBut lost in the glitz of the cells\u0092 potential to treat an array of devastating and sometimes fatal diseases was another quality that, when all is said and done, could match even the prospect of remaking transplant technology.\nThe lab feat is important because prior to the advent of human embryonic stem cells, science\u0092s primary window to early development was through studies of mice and other animal models. Human embryonic stem cells and the work of Golos\u0092 team has now brought the very first stages of human development, as an embryo implants itself in the uterus, within reach of science. The work could one day help clinicians better understand and treat diseases of pregnancy such as preeclampsia, a disorder that occurs only during pregnancy and the postpartum period and that, by conservative estimates, kills at least 76,000 women and infants each year.\nGolos said that when the embryoid bodies were transferred into an artificial matrix that mimics the network of proteins that surrounds all of the cells in our bodies, his group observed a dramatic increase in trophoblasts\u0092 secretion of hormones associated with pregnancy.\nCo-authors of the new Endocrinology paper include Behzad Gerami-Naini, Oksana V. Dovzhenko, Maureen Durning and Frederick H. Wegner of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, and James A. Thomson of the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center and the UW-Madison Medical School\u0092s Department of Anatomy.\n- Terry Devitt 608-262-8282, trdevitt@wisc.edu\nTerry Devitt | EurekAlert!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 10454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 330.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.inquisitr.com/5289914/apple-homepod-2-will-come-with-facial-recognition-according-to-new-leaks/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T18:34:32Z", "digest": "sha1:CNPCOH7FMRJUWZLTACKIGQANSOCGENGF", "length": 3291, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.inquisitr.com", "title": "Apple HomePod 2 Will Come With Facial Recognition, According To New Leaks", "raw_content": "There is absolutely no shortage of rumors and leaks when it comes to Apple products, and the HomePod is no different. The tech giant released the HomePod in 2018 and it was the company\u2019s first attempt at creating a smart speaker. Despite the underwhelming sales of the device, the company is rumored to be working on an updated version, HomePod 2, which may feature Face ID, according to a report from Forbes.\nAn Apple patent application, which was initially spotted by MacRumors, is the evidence being used to back this new leak. While the patent did not identify the smart speaker by name, it does describe a voice-controlled assistant device such as a \u201ccountertop speaker\u201d with a number of embedded sensors and cameras that will be used to recognize \u201chand gestures and other three-dimensional gesture input.\u201d This could mean users may be able to control the HomePod by waving or clapping their hands.\nAs for the rumored Face ID feature, the patent explains that the HomePod could possibly be able to identify and acknowledge users close to the smart speaker using \u201cfacial recognition.\u201d The new sensors could also allow the HomePod to measure the distance of the user from the device. Face ID will likely push the smart speaker closer to multiple user profiles.\nDavid Ho, the president of Apple supplier Inventec, previously said his company has been noticing a trend toward both facial and image recognition technology being implemented into smart speakers. However, he didn\u2019t get into details, nor did he share which speakers in particular.\n\u201cWe see trends that engineers are designing smart speakers that will not only come with voice recognition but also incorporate features such as facial and image recognition,\u201d Ho told reporters, according to a report from MacRumors.\nApple's HomePod is out today, but is it worth $349? The Siri-enabled device is all about the music first, and about smart assistant stuff second. The HomePod isn\u2019t just one speaker, it\u2019s actually eight of them, all controlled by Apple\u2019s own A8 processor and tons of custom software. The HomePod\u2019s power cord is built in and wrapped in fabric, and on top, there are LED-backlit volume buttons and a display that acts more as a touch surface. However, Siri just can\u2019t do nearly as many tasks as Alexa or Google Assistant. And the HomePod is tightly locked inside Apple\u2019s ecosystem. It\u2019s tied more closely to a single iPhone and iCloud account than any other smart speaker. Despite all of this, it is, by all accounts, a superb speaker for its size. ???? @happicamp\nA post shared by The Verge (@verge) on Feb 9, 2018 at 7:57am PST\nAnd Apple analyst Jeff Pu has also predicted the possible launch of a Face ID-enabled HomePod in 2019.\nThe multi-page patent went on to describe many other possible features that could be added to Apple\u2019s smart speaker, including \u201cambient light sensing, displaying a sunshine icon if sunny weather is forecast, displaying the logo of a sports team that wins a game, and heart rate sensing.\u201d\nThe patent application was reportedly filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in July, 2017, which was six months prior to the launch of the first HomePod speaker. However, it wasn\u2019t made public until late January due to an 18-month confidentiality period, which is standard for patents.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 5795, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/nokia-corporation-adr-nok-google-inc-goog-winning-big-in-this-market-245286/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:27:31Z", "digest": "sha1:SH4PVXT4G73UALZ3QAPVQ6MBE6D6WCQ2", "length": 3083, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.insidermonkey.com", "title": "Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK), Google Inc (GOOG) Winning Big in this Market - Insider Monkey", "raw_content": "Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK), Google Inc (GOOG) Winning Big in this Market\nThe Middle East smartphone market may not be as strong as other parts of the world, such as the United States and Europe; however, it is achieving strong growth with some companies taking full advantage.\nBoth Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) are winning big in this part of the world. These companies realize that there are other markets that are just as important, if not more so, but emerging markets are often times the key to future growth.\nAccording to a recent report by IDC, two phones out of every five sold in the Middle East are smartphones. This goes a long way in showing just how far the market has come in a short period of time. It also shows why companies like Nokia and Google want to spend time here.\nHow do Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Fit in?\nThe number of smartphones sole in the Middle East during the second quarter of 2013 shows just how much growth is taking place in this region. Smartphone volume is up 16.4 percent when compared to the same period of 2012. In its Middle East figures, IDC includes Turkey but leaves out North Africa and Egypt.\nNokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) continues to remain the brand leader with 45.2 percent market share. The company has a huge lead, with its closet competitor being Samsung with 18.3 percent of the market. That being said, Samsung is coming on strong with \u201cnearly half of all the smartphones sold in the region in Q2 2013.\u201d\nWith Samsung performing at such a high level, you can only imagine what this means for Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android. You got it: this operating system is number one in the region with 60 percent share of overall smartphone volume. It is important to note, however, that Android is facing stiff competition in the Middle East, thanks to iOS and Windows operating systems.\nSimon Baker, program manager at IDC, noted, \u201cas the smartphone markets of the developed world become saturated, the Middle East is becoming more important to handset makers.\u201d\nAt this point, it is obvious that Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) are aware of the importance of spending resources in the Middle East.\nThese hedge fund managers like what they see from Google: Robert Karr, Daniel Benton, Sandy Nairn, Gregory Bylinsky, and Christopher Hansen.\nNokia Create Helps Promote This\nAndroid Continues to Lead Here\nIs Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (MRH) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds? Is Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (CCRN) Going to Burn These Hedge Funds? What Hedge Funds Think About Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN) Hedge Funds Are Crazy About Enstar Group Ltd. (ESGR) Brookfield Office Properties Inc (USA) (BPO): Insiders and Hedge Funds Aren... Thomson Reuters Corporation (USA) (TRI): Hedge Fund and Insider Sentiment Unchanged...\nAndroid Christopher Hansen Daniel Benton Google Inc (GOOG) Gregory Bylinsky IDC Middle East smartphone market NASDAQ:GOOG Newsfeed Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK) NYSE:NOK Robert Karr Sandy Nairn", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 6738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 293.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/senate-republican-leader-tom-kean-endorses-bob-hugin-senate/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T19:35:15Z", "digest": "sha1:D7I6M3MZN46A3GGRVDLTJFMUM7Z6T67S", "length": 772, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.insidernj.com", "title": "Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean Endorses Bob Hugin For Senate - Insider NJ", "raw_content": "Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean Endorses Bob Hugin For Senate\nFebruary 13, 2018, 12:01 pm | in\nWestfield, NJ \u2013 Following Bob Hugin\u2019s announcement that he will seek the Republican nomination as a candidate for United States Senate, Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean released the following statement:\n\u201cBob Hugin is a man of great character and accomplishment. His experience as a Marine veteran, self-made business leader and generous philanthropist more than qualify him to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate. His candidacy provides a beacon of hope for the people of this state who are tired of a sending a Senator with a shameful void in ethical standards to Washington. Bob Hugin has my full, enthusiastic support in his campaign to unseat Bob Menendez.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479101.30/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215183319-20190215205319-00160.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4052, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.intechopen.com/books/the-species-problem-ongoing-issues/the-species-problem-why-again-", "date_download": "2019-02-15T20:15:47Z", "digest": "sha1:C5D65LIRSTP2PARL62S5ZOYQYF37CBBL", "length": 91655, "nlines": 161, "source_domain": "www.intechopen.com", "title": "The Species Problem, Why Again? | IntechOpen", "raw_content": "The Species Problem, Why Again?\nBy Igor Ya. Pavlinov\nSubmitted: January 12th 2012Reviewed: July 30th 2012Published: February 6th 2013\nHome > Books > The Species Problem - Ongoing Issues\nIgor Ya. Pavlinov\nZoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia\nThe Species ProblemOngoing IssuesEdited by Igor Pavlinov\nThe Species Problem - Ongoing Issues\nEdited by Igor Ya. Pavlinov\nEvery scientific discipline, in the semantic terms, is a set of theoretical constructs, i.e theories, concepts, ideas, etc., of different levels of generality. One of paradoxes of development of the science lies in the fact that the more general and fundamental are constructs of such kind, the less clearly can they be delineated at the level of common understanding and defined by means of formal language of the given discipline. As a result, the latter may be likened to a building with a very shaky foundation (basic concepts), with pretty loosely aligned walls (derived concepts), and with a roof just looking quite solidly (the facilities of solving technical problems).\nThe idea of the species belongs to such basic conceptions in the biological sciences, this idea has being been acknowledged repeatedly over the centuries. Accordingly, in the light of the above paradox, the species notion was and remains to be among the most disputed and controversial in biology, with a compass of viewpoints ranging from acknowledging the unconditional and self-evident objective reality of the species to denying it as an objective (natural) phenomenon. Despite the efforts of generations of theoreticians, it appeared impossible to reach a universal and all-suiting understanding and definition of what is the species of living organisms, i.e. the \u201cbiological species\u201d in its most general (not particular Mayrian) sense.\nThe fundamental nature of the species notion in biology has led to an attempt to establish a particular biological discipline about it proposed to be called \u201ceidology\u201d or \u201ceidonomy\u201d (after the Greece term \u201ceidos\u201d, see 2.2; not in sense of Husserl) [1-6]. Its focal point was declared to be development of some general theory of the species of living beings, which would explain both the existence and most general properties of the species as a natural phenomenon, along with variety of its manifestations in different groups of organisms reflected by particular species concepts.\nDisputability and ambiguity of the basic notion of the species has generated the well-known \u201cspecies problem\u201d, which appears to be of the same fundamental character to biology as that notion. It was explicitly highlighted in the early 20th century [7-8], but it is clearly much older; as a matter of fact, it had emerged, though without an official nomination, at the time when both natural philosophers and subsequently natural scientists had began to use the term \u201cspecies\u201d (\u201ceidos\u201d) to describe the diversity of both organisms and other things. Current attitude toward this problem varies from its ignoring by practicing biologists to its explicit fixation in theoretical studies as a particular theoretical construct built upon the species notion. Not a once biologists and philosophers participating in the discussion of this problem tried to offer their understanding of the species as more or less radical and more or less general solutions of the species problem. But each of them appeared eventually proved to be more or less particular and not deciding but just supplementing the problem and thus making it far more \u201cproblematic\u201d. So the species problem in biology seems to be doomed to remain eternal as a consequence of fundamentally irremovable disputability and ambiguity of the very notion of the species.\nIn this chapter, I draw attention to some key issues of the species problem as it is seemed to me now. First, I shall try to delineate somehow what precisely might be called the \u201cspecies problem\u201d and to identify its origins, both historical and cognitive. Second, I shall present possible scientific and philosophical contexts of its analysis, with emphasis on the non-classical philosophy of science. Third, I shall consider, within the latter philosophy, a possible natural science context of the consideration of the species problem represented in the form of a \u201cconceptual pyramid\u201d, a part of which is the species notion as a theoretical construct. At last, it will be shown that another \u201cradical solution\u201d of the species problem may be just to acknowledge objective multiplicity of the \u201ckinds of species\u201d of living beings, corresponding to which is subjective multiplicity of the species concepts.\n2. Whence the species problem\nAny cognitive problem is systemic by its nature, and the species problem provides no exception. It is structured, multifaceted, multi-component, with the issues of different levels of generality and significance interacting within it. These issues appear and disappear with the development of the problem, which, in its turn, is caused by development of the scientific discipline in which it has been subsisting. In particular, taxonomic aspect of consideration of the species problem was dominating previously, while its \u201cdetaxonomization\u201d is noticeable at the present time, according to which the \u201cspecies in classification\u201d becomes separated from the \u201cspecies in nature\u201d and it is the latter that is now being considered as a focal point of the species problem [9-11]. Respectively, discussion of this problem should begin with consideration of the following key issues: What is the species problem? Why is it about just the species? Why is it just the problem? [10, 12-13].\n2.1. What is the species problem\nGenerally speaking, any problem is generated by a cognitive issue that has no clear-cut single answer, and this is true for the species problem. The latter is a consequence of the above-stressed irremovable ambiguity of the species notion (in its general biological sense), which means impossibility to give an exhaustive comprehensive theoretical definition of the species as a biological phenomenon. This is referred to as the \u201cspecies uncertainty\u201d [14-15].\nI think, however, that ambiguity of the species concept in itself is not the whole problem. Its important (maybe the core) part seems to be a contradiction between polysemy of the species notion and unsuccessful striving of discussants to reduce it to a single most general (or at least most appropriate) definition common to the entire biology.\nAn aspiration for a unified comprehension and definition of the species is quite understandable; every science must have some unified thesaurus, through which the subject area of that science is uniformly described. From such a perspective, usage of some common term for a certain natural phenomenon\u2014in our particular case, for a manifestation of diversity of organisms\u2014implies that the phenomenon in question is endowed with a unique property, which allows to recognize it among other phenomena of the \u201csame kind\u201d. Therefore, the history of the species problem appeared to be largely a story of searches for such a fundamental overall property of the species (\u201cspecieshood\u201d, see 5), which could be adequately reflected in a single definition.\nThe species problem, in such a general meaning, emerged simultaneously with the very notion of species (= eidos) in the Ancient times, where it initially had quite different interpretations (see 2.2). In the scholastic period, this ambiguity has been reduced to a logical interpretation of the species. In modern times, however, dominated became biological understanding of the species as a group of organisms, which diverse interpretations are currently being tried to reduce to its evolutionary or genetic (reproductive) or operational meanings. Another contemporary attempt, if not to reduce but at least to put diverse treatments in some order, is to build a kind of \u201cconceptual pyramid\u201d of different levels of generality of these treatments (see 4.1).\nOne of the key issues that shapes contemporary understanding of the species problems concerns explanation of emergence of both the species (in the general sense) as a natural phenomenon and actual diversity of its manifestations. I think that there cannot be any properly developed theory of the species (whatever might it be) without putting and answering these fundamental questions.\n2.2. Why the species\nFundamental status of the species concept has deep historical roots, without reference to which one can hardly understand the reasons for such a great attention paid both to the species proper and to the species problem under consideration.\nIn a very rough approximation (for details, see [2, 16-17], the history of the term \u201cspecies\u201d dominating nowadays in biology goes back to the Aristotelian notion of \u201ceidos\u201d denoting certain \u201cform\u201d through which the formless \u201cmatter\u201d assumes its actual existence. So, the \u201cspecies\u201d (= \u201ceidos\u201d = \u201cform\u201d) such treated was \u201cexternal\u201d with respect to the \u201cmatter\u201d, which is evident, for instance, from Theophrastos\u2019 concept of plants changing their \u201cspecies\u201d due to changes of conditions of their growth [18]. Under this naturphilosophical doctrine, the actual existence of any natural body is impossible without respective \u201ceidos\u201d making the thing what it is. This ontology had been supplemented by a cognitive construct called later \u201cgenus-species scheme\u201d by neo-Platonists and scholastics, in which the \u201ceidos\u201d=\u201dspecies\u201d got rather logical status of one of the universal categories of knowledge. According to this integrated onto-epistemological construct, the \u201ceidos\u201d=\u201dspecies\u201d is universal and fundamental in both to the Nature itself and to the knowledge about the Nature. Therefore, nothing can exist without the species, be it a body in the objective world or its image inferred within the logical generic-species subjective scheme. This led to a strong belief of earlier Aristotle interpreters formulated explicitly by Boethius that \u201c[if] we do not know what is the species, nothing would secure us from misunderstandings\u201d (translated from the Russian edition [19]).\nStrictly speaking, it is this Ancient historical and cognitive landmark from which it is reasonable to trace the above \u201ceidology\u201d with its presumption of universality and fundamentality of the species, whatever its particular interpretation may be, and all that is associated with it. Searching for a \u201cfinal answer\u201d to the question \u201cWhat is the species?\u201d gave birth to some \u201cBoethian tradition\u201d. It was brought to biology by Aristotelian A. Cesalpino having first applied explicitly generic-species scheme to classification of botanical objects. Subsequently, it was filled in part with the biological content by J. Ray, and then fixed by Linnaeus, for whom it was the species that was the basic unit of the Natural System. So, past and present theoreticians, having tried and still trying to answer somehow the above question, were and still are \u201cBoethians\u201d, as they were and still are believing this issue is one of the most fundamental in biology.\nPossible answers to that \u201cBoethian question\u201d have been being traditionally sought most often in the framework of the dichotomy preset by neo-Platonists and early scholastics in the form of opposition of realism vs. nominalism [13, 20-22]. Commitment to the realism requires acknowledge of the species objectively and undoubtedly existing as a kind of fundamental and universal \u201cunit of Nature\u201d. Nominalists deny objectivity (reality) of the species in the sense just indicated, or at least do not recognize its particular fundamental status in the hierarchy of the Nature (bionominalism, see [11]), though acknowledge necessity and universality of the species as a useful \u201cunit of classification\u201d.\nDiscussants, even belonging to opposite research schools, can quite agree with each other in recognition of fundamental status of the above \u201cBoethian question\u201d, whatever its particular answer might be. For instance, both \u201cmethodist\u201d Linnaeus and \u201cnaturalist\u201d Buffon (in his later years) believed in objective (real) status of the species as a universal and fundamental \u201cunit of the Nature\u201d. On the other hand, evolutionist Darwin, rejecting alongside with logician J. Bentham distinctiveness of the species as a fundamental taxonomic and eventually natural category, called however his famous book just \u201cThe Origin of Species...\u201d, and not of races or of something like that.\nOne of peculiar manifestations of the \u201cBoethian tradition\u201d, I think, is an exaggerated attention to the species category displayed by many biologists who use to pay too much attention to it. Due to this, other aspects of the biological diversity, both \u201cvertical\u201d (e.g. supraspecific groups) and \u201chorizontal\u201d (e.g. ecomorphs), are usually treated as of secondary importance. This standpoint seems to be obsolete with regard to modern understanding of biodiversity, but it nevertheless still persists in contemporary biology thus impoverishing the overall picture of the biodiversity [23].\n2.3. Why the problem\nA brief answer to this question was given above (see 2.1); the problem is that the notion of species, which has become fundamental for biology due to, among others, its \u201chistorical burden\u201d, cannot be filled with a single content [12, 17, 22]. It has many meanings, which cannot be reduced to a single, albeit rather complicated, formula such as \u201c The species is...\u201d.\nAn ambiguity of the species notion has as deep historical roots as this notion itself. It has been originally used to refer to essentially different phenomena, some of which belonged to the actual diversity of organisms, while others to the ways this diversity was described. And this is one of the main sources of the species problem.\nThus, Aristotle understood the \u201ceidos\u201d as both the groups of organisms (e.g. \u201ctetrapods\u201d) and the essential properties characterizing them (e.g. \u201ctetrapodness\u201d). Such \u201cdual\u201d (from the modern standpoint) usage of the same term \u201ceidos\u201d was quite natural to the Ancient understanding of the Nature as the \u201cPhysis\u201d and understanding of the species (eidos) as the \u201cform\u201d shaping the matter [24] (see 2.2). This standpoint was partially preserved in the natural history at least until the 16th century (occurred in J. Ray\u2019s writings, see [25]. However, these two aspects of the Ancient understanding of the species (eidos), as a taxon or as a meron, are recognized in the modern biology as fundamentally different, so their joining under the same term became removed by separation of two aspects, taxonomic and meronomic, of the organismal diversity [26]. Accordingly, taxonomically treated \u201ceidos\u201d became fixed as the species, while its meronomic treatment provides the notion of homologue.\nFurther, although Aristotle distinguished terminologically between \u201cnatural\u201d and \u201clogical\u201d groups and seemed to use the term \u201ceidos\u201d only to designate the second ones [16], scholasticism united them under the single Latin term \u201cspecies\u201d. It has not probably been without influence of Thomism, as one of its key ideas related to the topic under discussion was assertion of the unity of three \u201chypostases\u201d of the essences\u2014before things (ante res), within things (in rebus), and after things (post res)\u2014as different aspects of the same universal organizing principle of the world of both things and ideas. Modern natural science recognizes a necessity of handling the \u201cnatural species\u201d separately from the \u201clogical species\u201d [10, 11, 12, 13, 27], but this is not yet reflected properly in the existing thesaurus of \u201ceidology\u201d. And this also contributes to the problematic situation; obviously, any discussion of ontological status of the species becomes meaningless if it is not indicated explicitly what kind of \u201cspecies\u201d, natural or logical, is referred to (see also 3.4).\nAn important source of the species problem, in its general sense, is the multidimensional nature of the \u201cspecies in nature\u201d understood also in its general sense. It means that the species a) is a member of different natural processes, and b) it possess its own internal structure of different kind. Every aspect of the species natural history (e.g. genealogical, ecological, reproductive, etc.) can be fixed in the form of its key (essential) property to be used for elaborating certain species concept, which is advocated by its authors and proponents as a \u201cprincipal\u201d one. An aspiration for ascribing a universal meaning of the species to such particular concepts \u200b\u200band, accordingly, the belittling of other concepts leads to competition between them, which however can be inconsistent under certain circumstance (see 5.2).\nA particular aspect of the species multidimensionality and thus of the species problem became apparent relatively recently; it is the necessity for separate consideration of \u201cthe species taxon problem\u201d and \u201cthe species category problem\u201d [16, 28-29]. In the terms adopted here, the species category is defined by the specieshood, while the species taxon is (quite roughly) defined by particular manifestation of the specieshood in particular groups of organisms.\nOne of the sources of the species problem is that biologists (and occasionally philosophers) put quite different questions analyzing the species concepts and their applications; this was noticed repeatedly by many authors [9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 22, 30-34]. Some of these questions are about essential properties of the species (i.e. about the above mentioned \u201cspecieshood\u201d), others deal with the mechanisms of emergence and sustainable subsistence of the species, and more others consider how to recognize particular species in the empirical studies. In this regard, the species problem is quite comparable to the homology problem or to the gene problem; in each of them, respective unit, though uniformly called (the species, the homologue, the gene, respectively), are recognized and treated much differently in particular research programs.\nPretty curious seems to be a kind of \u201cpsychological\u201d source of the species problem, i.e. conviction of the debate participants that this problem does actually exist [35]. Due to this, the species problem takes certain kind of independence and self-sufficiency as a particular conceptual construct interested mainly to some theoreticians.\nIt is important to bear in one\u2019s mind that the species problem is a dynamic construct. It has been developing in parallel with development of both the natural science and the philosophy of science, responding one or another way to the new ideas elaborated by them. Accordingly, the content of the problem has been changing with time; some of its aspects fallen away, some came as new ones to gain particular attention. One of the most important recent changes was due to completing the above rigid dichotomy between \u201crealism vs. nominalism\u201d to a trichotomy by adding a modern version of the conceptualism to them [10, 27, 36]. The latter brings its own focus to the general species problem, which allows to take a fresh look at the multidimensional nature of the species proper and to legitimizes the \u201cspecies pluralism\u201d (see 3.1).\n3. Understanding species: Cognitive situation\nOne of the most important in the contemporary cognitive science is the notion of cognitive situation, within which object, subject, purpose, and means of knowledge are determined. Understanding of its content and structure was changing considerably with the evolution of philosophy of science. The most significant shift occurred in the second half of the 20th century in connection with transition from the classical to the non-classical scientific paradigm [37]. The latter evidently, albeit it is not fully acknowledged yet, affects understanding of the entire species problem [10].\n3.1. Classical vs. non-classical views of the species\nClassical science is based on the following key assumptions. The Universe is organized (structured) by a single principle; the structure of the Universe is therefore linear and admits a reduction of its diversity to a minimum (\u201catomic\u201d) level; the unity of the Universe as a global natural phenomenon is reflected in the unity of a \u201cfinal theory\u201d describing it; it is comprehended by means of a unified general method (in its broadest sense, i.e. Organon). This general idea, in its \u200b\u200bnatural philosophy version, is rooted in the Biblical worldview, according to which the Universe arose as a result of realization of the unified plan of Divine creation, and none other that Linnaeus wrote that \u201cNatura est lex Dei\u201d (see [38]). In the positivist version of the classical science, emphasis is made not on the unity of the Universe origin, but just on the method of its cognition; it is acknowledged that \u201cthe world is simple and allows as a simple description\u201d following some unified protocol (R. Carnap). This general position is known as the onto-epistemological monism.\nWith respect to the species issues, monistic position, in its extreme form, is expressed in the recognition of the species as a universal unit of organization of the living matter, which existence does not require any proof [2]. Accordingly, there can be only one \u201ctrue\u201d species concept (or theory) describing (and eventually explaining) this universal phenomenon by means of some universal theory. In a more moderate version, which recognizes validity of different concepts, it means a possibility to elaborate finally an \u201cideal\u201d [39], or a \u201cprimary\u201d [40-42], or a \u201cuniversal\u201d [43] species concept, in relation to which other concepts, though locally true, have a subordinate (secondary, derivative) status. But it turns out that different philosophical backgrounds leads to different understanding of which exactly species concept (theory) should be considered as \u201cprimary\u201d. An emphasis on ontology leads to aspiration for as broad as possible biologically meaningful definition of the species. An emphasis on epistemology presumes search of as wide as possible operational theory-neutral concept. So, in some broadest perspective, any such candidates for a \u201cuniversal\u201d species concept provide just some partial decisions of the overall species problem.\nThe non-classical scientific paradigm is based on acknowledging complexity of both the Universe and of any of its components (fragments, aspects, levels, etc.), which are endowed with some emergent properties and are ontologically irreducible to each other. This means a fundamental impossibility of any kind of \u201cuniversal theory of everything\u201d; instead, different components (fragments, aspects, etc.) of the Universe are described by different partial theories that do not compete with each other but are complementary [44]. A part of non-classical paradigm is the modern conceptualism, according to which no empirical knowledge can exist out of the context configured by an informal (content-wise) theory of certain level of generality. The same is thought to be true for the method; a unified \u201cOrganon\u201d (except for the comparative method in its most general sense) is impossible, various mutually irreducible components (fragments, aspects, etc.) of the Universe are described by particular methods satisfying conditions of the relevant informal theories. Of essential importance is recognition of irremovable presence of an \u201cobserver\u201d in the cognitive situation; it is the cognizing subject that chooses somehow what and how exactly should be investigated in the Universe. This means fundamental impossibility of any kind of \u201cabsolutely objective\u201d knowledge. From this it follows the onto-epistemological pluralism, with respect to the species issues meaning the following.\nIt is acknowledged, as an initial condition for analysis of the species problem, that (a) the biota is objectively structured in multi-faceted and multi-level ways, (b) one of manifestations of this structuredness is the subsistence of certain structural units, and (c) one of these units is what is usually called the species. Further, it is recognized that, just like the biota itself, the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d understood in such a very general sense is by itself a complex and multi-faceted phenomenon. Recognition of this \u201cspecies unit\u201d in its whatever manifestations at the theoretical level is based on an informal (biologically meaningful) theory, which provides some general criteria of what is the species as a natural phenomenon. Therefore, any kind of theorizing about the species involves, by necessity, explicit fixation of some biologically meaningful context within which this natural phenomenon with its properties (manifestations) should be considered. Different mutually irreducible manifestations of the species are reflected in different species concepts which describe it in various ways and thus are complementary to each other. Together, they constitute a kind of general conceptual space as an \u201cexistential domain\u201d of the species problem as a theoretical construct (see 3.2). It is also acknowledged that any empirical species concepts (in particular, those based on the similarity as such) are biologically sound only if they are correlated with certain biologically meaningful (evolutionary, or ecological, or else) theoretical concept. And, at last, no empirical identification of a particular \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d is possible without the above informal concept defining the species at theoretical level, as it is just the meaningful theory that indicates to a researcher what and how to \u201csee\u201d (to research) in the Nature (A. Einstein).\n3.2. Three-partitioned cognitive situation for the species problem\nCognitive situation [37] is, in general, three-partitioned; it includes objective (ontological), epistemic and subjective components. The first component defines what to study, the second defines how to study, and the third defines who studies. In the framework of classical and non-classical paradigms, interrelations between these components are interpreted in significantly different ways.\nIn the classical science seeking for an \u201cabsolutely objective\u201d knowledge by an \u201cabsolutely objective\u201d method, the mutual influence of the above three components is though to be minimized. With this, the learning subject is \u201cexcluded\u201d from the cognitive situation in order to eliminate its influence on the results of the learning, so the entire situation is supposed to be two-partitioned, consisting of non-interrelated ontological and epistemic components.\nIn the non-classical science, an irremovable presence and interaction of all the above three components of cognitive situation is acknowledged, which means the following. The objective component forming ontological basis of the species problem is construed taking into account certain epistemological conditions (e.g. observability). Epistemic component, as a set of principles and standards of studying the species issues, is formed, on the one hand, by a subject of the cognitive activity and, on the other hand, should be adequate to the ontology of the object (e.g. to its probabilistic nature). Subjective component in its most general sense embraces the entire spectrum of the learning subject ranging from particular scholars to scientific communities formed around particular scientific paradigms (research programs). It is the subject that captures, in some or other way, certain aspect of the biotic structure, in which context it becomes meaningful to consider the species (in its general sense) as an element of that structure. This \u201ccapturing\u201d is a kind of cognitive act that makes it possible to identify the species in the cognitive situation as something liable to a theoretical comprehension and empirical identification. And it is the learning subject that, after all, decides how to define and to study that structure.\nEach of these components exists in the cognitive situation by means of various concepts, definitions and occasionally personal ideas fixing them some or other way. This means that each cognitive situation involves a kind of \u201cconceptualizing the world\u201d [45] and therefore is associated with certain \u201cconceptual space\u201d [46], outside of which it does not exist. Such a \u201cspace\u201d should be outlined as explicitly as possible; as a matter of fact, if some phenomenon is not reflected in concepts and definitions (or at least does not appear as a part of personal knowledge), then it is absent in the cognitive situation and cannot be reasonably investigated. One of such conceptual spaces is built around the species notion and eventually the species problem. This space can generally be regarded as three-dimensional; its \u201ccognitive axes\u201d correspond to the above three components of the cognitive situation. Such an understanding of the latter allows to consider every partial species concept as a local area (subspace) in that conceptual space, so its content can be properly and fully determined only by its projecting onto all three axes of that space. In particular, the latter means that, say, evolutionary species should be apprehended not in an \u201cabsolute\u201d sense as something unconditionally existing in the Nature but as a particular aspect of the biota\u2019s structure recognized by a particular research community based on a particular theoretical concept.\nWith this way of considering particular species concepts, it is to be taken into account that they can be \u201cloaded\u201d with each of the components in a different degree; or, in other words, they can be projected onto corresponding axes of the conceptual space in different ways. In this regard, it is important to emphasize that these axes, although intercorrelated because of interaction of respective components of the cognitive situation, can be considered as \u201corthogonal\u201d in some utmost sense. Therefore, the species concepts, to the extent that they are \u201cloaded\u201d with (projected onto) basically different axes, may have substantially different cognitive meaning, with some of them being primarily ontological (e.g. phylogenetic) while others being primarily epistemological (e.g. phenetic). Such way of viewing of the overall conceptual space allows to stress that only the species concepts basically \u201cloaded\u201d with (projected onto) the same \u201ccognitive axis\u201d may be considered as the items of the \u201csame kind\u201d, and thus may compete with each other (for instance, evolutionary and phylogenetic concepts). Contrary to this, species concepts basically \u201cloaded\u201d with (projected onto) different \u201ccognitive axes\u201d are not of the \u201csame kind\u201d and cannot compete directly in the given conceptual space; the instances are theory-burden phylogenetic and theory-neutral phenetic concepts. What compete actually under such a circumstance are not particular species concept but respective \u201ccognitive axes\u201d which are given more or less significance within the frameworks of particular natural science philosophies.\nFurther structuring of the overall conceptual space of the species problem is an important issue involving each of its \u201ccognitive axes\u201d. Thus, the object (ontological) axis includes, for instance, ecological and phylogenetic aspects of subsistence of the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d; or its phenomenological (e.g. genealogy) and causal (e.g. reproductive mechanisms) aspects. The epistemological axis includes, for instance, logical or mathematical foundations of the researches concerning the species subject. At last, the subject axis includes personal (intuitive) or \u201ccollective\u201d (paradigmal) attitude to the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d. All this has a significant relevance to consideration of certain conditions of comparability and \u201ccompetibility\u201d of the species concepts considered elsewhere (see 5.2).\n3.3. Species concept as an onto-epistemological model\nIn considering structure of the cognitive situation of the species problem, it is fundamentally important to understand that its objective (ontological) component encompasses not infinite objective reality (the Universe itself), but its finite model (representation) suitable for its handling as a theoretical construct. This model is given in a form of fixed concepts and definitions, it emerges as a result of some reduction operation, which is based on certain ideas of what is essential and what is not for analysis of the species problem. First, the biota is \u201cextracted\u201d from the Universe by breaking off some of its relationship with other components of the Universe irrelevant to representation of the biota in terms of its own structure. Then some structural units of the biota are singled out, one of which is designated as the species. When considering these items, only those characteristics of the biotic structure become evidently included that are deemed relevant to the species problem. This sequential operation of reduction is resulted in an onto-epistemological \u201cspecies model\u201d as a part of the objective component of cognitive situation of the species problem.\nEach such \u201cspecies model\u201d is a biologically meaningful theoretical construct, which in more conventional terms is usually called the \u201cspecies concept\u201d. It provides an item that could be properly denoted as the \u201cspecies in theory\u201d. As it can be seen from the foregoing, the latter exists in the form of certain verbal definitions, which allow to distinguish the species from other units in the biotic structure (e.g. macro-monophyletic groups, ecomorphs, discrete age and sex groups, etc.). The combination of these definitions, as noted above, outlines the conceptual space of the species problem, and each onto-epistemological species model (concept) can be regarded as a local area of that space. In the terms adopted here, the less reducing is a species model, the greater part of conceptual space is occupied by the respective area.\nIn Max Weber\u2019s terms (see [47]), such an ontological species model can be interpreted as an \u201cideal type\u201d that fixes essential properties of what is perceived by a researcher as the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d being an objective natural phenomenon. Various properties are regarded as essential or nonessential under some biologically meaningful theory, which defines simultaneously (a) particular consideration aspect of the biotic structure in general and (b) the candidates \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d in particular. It is such a theory that gives a reduction basis resulted into a particular ontological \u201cspecies model\u201d (this issue is considered in some detail in one of the following sections, see 4.2). It is clear that the more reducing a model is, i.e. the more supposedly \u201cnonessential\u201d properties are dropped in its design, the more distant it is from the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d being modeled, so the poorer and the more partial is it in its content. For instance, the genealogical species model is more reducing and less meaningful than the evolutionary one; there is \u201cless\u201d of the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d in the former than in the latter.\nIt is clear that the ontological models are not the only possible. Epistemological models (concepts) figure along with them, which are construed with a minimum appeal to the objective component of cognitive situation. These include various types of operational concepts aimed at developing methods for identifying and describing some structural units by tradition called the species. But, from the conceptualism standpoint, such models and respective units they allow to recognize are biologically \u201cempty\u201d without reference to any and meaningful theory therefore cannot be related directly to the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d. It is possible to talk also about \u201csubjective models\u201d as manifestations of personal knowledge, i.e. of scientists\u2019 intuitive images about how the biota is structured at the species level.\nIt should be emphasized that degree of reduction of the ontological species model (concept) depends on degree of \u201cmeddling\u201d of a subject (researcher) into the cognitive situation. As it was pointed out above, it is the subject that decides, which of the relations of the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d with its \u201cUmgebung\u201d are to be omitted in order to make the \u201cspecies in theory\u201d meeting certain epistemological criteria, for example, to make it more operational. It is seen from this that the more reducing the ontological species model (concept) is due to its operationalization, the less of objective and more of subjective components is embedded in it. From this viewpoint, for example, definition of the species as a phylogroup is more \u201csubjective\u201d (in the sense just indicated) than its evolutionary definition. At best, such reducing models can be more appropriate, under conditions of operationalism, as \u201cintersubjective\u201d (in the sense of Popper), which does not indispensably implies they are more \u201cobjective\u201d.\nThere can be quite a lot of ways of reducing cognitively infinite Universe to particular ontological biota models and of further reducing the latter to some finite ontological species models. The potential number of such reducing models are just as many as informal theories of the biotic structure can be elaborated to infer essential criteria for construing the species models (presumably, they are not infinitely numerous). Any such finite \u201cspecies in theory\u201d, as noted above, is necessarily a reducing partial representation of cognitively inexhaustible multidimensional \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d. This means that certain natural phenomenon denoted by the \u201cspecies\u201d notion, in its most general understanding, may be represented by a number of partial ontological species models (concepts). This serves as a prerequisite for the \u201cspecies pluralism\u201d from the very beginning of construing the species problem at the ontological level.\nIn a more general and a more formal sense, each of the theories serving as reducing base for elaborating particular species models (concepts) can be considered as a \u201cpossible world\u201d in sense of Kripke. Each of these worlds is defined by a variable (or a set of variables), which are treated as most significant for understanding and defining the species, be they genealogical, ecological, ethological or any other possible consideration. This formalism might be of use from a semantic standpoint in considering definitions and naming different \u201ckinds of species\u201d (see 5.2). Besides, from a more practical viewpoint, it allows to distinguish, in some informal way, \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cbad\u201d species, with the former being uniformly recognized in different \u201cpossible worlds\u201d defined by different variables [10].\nIn the analysis of objective component of the cognitive situation within the non-classical scientific paradigm, one of theoretically meaningful issues in the species problem becomes the determination of not competitive relations between the onto-epistemological species models (concepts) but the conditions of their mutual interpretability, i.e. of translation of statements of one concept into those of another with minimal loss of information. Obviously, the greater is overlap of the areas in the general conceptual space corresponding to different species models (concepts), the more they are mutually interpretable. This standpoint makes cognitive situation of the species problem more clearly structured and allows a more accurate solving of practical tasks of comparison of particular species classifications based on different onto-epistemological models (concepts).\n3.4. Species as \u201cone of the many\u201d\nIn the classical tradition, the species is considered a priori as a basic unit of the Natural System (see 2.2). This tradition is continued by the modern concept of biodiversity, according to which the species is the latter\u2019s basic unit [48]. But if the Natural System had a naturphilosophical status of the universal \u201claw of Nature\u201d, in which the species took a unique place (see \u201cPhilosophy of Botany\u201d of Linnaeus), the biodiversity is merely an epiphenomenon of some fundamental property of the biota, namely of its structure. I believe that, in modern biology, it is the biotic structure, and not some Natural System of naturphilosophy, that should be represented by certain informal model in the cognitive situation of the species problem. The implications of this substitution is that this structure is not only multi-level, but also multifold, with the species can be seen as just \u201cone of the many\u201d units of this structure [23].\nThe currently dominating paradigm of biodiversity (or rather, of the biotic structure) implies that the latter is subdivided into two internested hierarchies, phylogenetic and ecological [49]. At the same time it is presumed that they are obviously not completely independent of each other but are, as a matter of fact, just mutually irreducible aspects of the single structured biota.\nPhylogenetic aspects of the biotic structure corresponds to the multi-level phylogenetic pattern in which the species is \u201cone of the many\u201d monophyletic groups of different levels of generality. This viewpoint was anticipated by those biologists of the 19th century who rejected fundamental status of the species as a unit of either classification or evolution (see 2.2), this idea is currently reflected in designation of the species, according to the phylogenetic species concept, as a phylospecies or cladospecies or just as a phylogroup [50-52].\nEcological aspect of the biotic structure corresponds to the hierarchy of ecosystems, with its own basic structural units (elements). Within this general conception, it is possible to fix ecospecis at some level of ecological hierarchy defined by its position in the niche structure of local communities [53-55]. However, there is another approach do describing community structure, which basic unit is the ecomorph, i.e. an array of organisms characterized by unity of ecological and morphological characters, irrespective of their phylogenetic history [56-57]. These ecomorphs may, for example, be age stages in organisms with \u201cdiscrete\u201d ontogeny (like larvae and imagoes in insects with complete metamorphosis), or gender groups performing different functions in the ecosystems (like mosquito\u2019s males and females), or occasionally castes in the social insects. In the terms of ecological structure, all these units are equivalent in the sense they take some comparable fixed positions in the hierarchy of ecosystems. In this perspective, the species in its \u201clocal\u201d interpretation (as \u201cnon-dimensional species\u201d of Mayr) is just \u201cone of the many\u201d of such ecomorphs. Indeed, it presumably does not matter for some waterfowl community, if respective ecological niches are occupied by different species of aquatic and terrestrial predatory insects or by larval and imago stages of the same dragonfly species.\nThe above consideration allows to emphasize that the species as a unit of the biotic structure is not an a priori given \u201cbasic\u201d natural phenomenon, which is obligatory \u201cthe same\u201d (in a sense) in all hierarchies of the biotic structure. It is just one of several manifestations (aspects) of that structure, so it is not the \u201cspecies\u201d but a \u201cspecies unit\u201d, which is fixed somehow by a subject of the cognitive situation based on some ontological model (theory) of the biota. The latter model includes, as its part, indication of certain essential characteristics and parameters (structural, functional, temporal, etc.) that allow to fix certain units of the biotic structure (biodiversity), among which there might be the \u201cspecies unit\u201d in question. It is evident that various ontological models fitting certain research programs may presume various ways of fixation of the latter unit. In one case, it will be a phylospecies, in another \u2014 ecospecies, in the third \u2014 biospecies, etc. Taking into account the above ideas of the conceptual space, these units coincide to the extent that the parameters of the \u201cspecies models\u201d fixing them overlap in that space.\nSuch a theoretical (cognitive) determination of the ways of fixation of the \u201cspecies units\u201d of the biotic structure leads to a conclusion that the aforementioned \u201cspecies pluralism\u201d (see 3.1) is actually unavoidable. Moreover, its inevitable extension (hopefully asymptotic) can be assumed because of supposed progressive complication of the concepts of the biotic structure including causes and principles of its organization, functioning and evolution.\n3.5. In what senses are the species \u201creal\u201d?\nWithin an intersection of the ontological and epistemological components of cognitive situation of the species problem (see 3.2), theoretical issues concerning the species \u201cmodes of being\u201d are most important. One of these involves ontology of the \u201cspecies units\u201d, which consideration is based on certain epistemic criteria of the species reality.\nApproaches to solve this issue\u2014or rather this problem, because it does not have any unique trivial solution\u2014has being been discussed in a great amount of literature since the neo-Platonists (see 2.2). Previously, it most often was considered in the context of the classical scientific philosophical paradigm, according to which the species are either \u201creal\u201d in the sense that they exist objectively in the Nature (position of realism), or \u201cunreal\u201d being just outputs of some cognitive activity (position of nominalism).\nWithin the non-classical onto-epistemology, which important part is the contemporary conceptualism (see 3.1), diversity of the very \u201creality\u201d is acknowledged; by this, I mean not the above S. Kripke's plural \u201cpossible worlds\u201d, but the \u201cthree worlds\u201d in sense of K. Popper [58]. According to the latter, the \u201cfirst world\u201d corresponds to the objective reality, this is what exists \u201cin fact\u201d outside an observer. The \u201csecond world\u201d corresponds to the subjective reality in consciousness (and unconsciousness) of a researcher, which is composed of subjective images reflecting what exists (or occasionally does not) \u201cin fact\u201d. The \u201cthird world\u201d (or a substantial part of it) corresponds to the theoretical reality, that is to the conceptual space in which the species problem is considered.\nIt is evident that those \u201cthree worlds\u201d of Popper correspond to a degree to the three basic components of cognitive situation or, what is almost the same, to the \u201caxes\u201d of the conceptual space outlined above (see 3.1). From this it follows that the issue of the species reality as a part of the respective problem gains a particular emphasis; the question of whether the species is real or not should be raised with taking into account existence of those different realities. So this question becomes complete if only certain \u201ccognitive axis\u201d is indicated, as well. The \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d possess a reality which is used to be denoted as an objective. The \u201cspecies in theory\u201d is also \u201creal\u201d, but its reality is different, it is that of a theoretical construct within the overall conceptual space. To a researcher, his/her own ideas of the species are part of his/her mental subjective reality, so it is also \u201creal\u201d in a peculiar manner. Thus, all these \u201cspecies\u201d existing in different Popperian \u201cworlds\u201d, are obviously \u201creal\u201d in their own ways, though their realities are of essentially different ontology\u2014and this is another aspect of the \u201cspecies pluralism\u201d. With this perspective of considering species \u201crealities\u201d, one of the key issues is to establish a correspondence between all of them.\nIn this regard, the \u201cspecies in classification\u201d deserves close attention. Classification can be considered as a model (representation) of some aspect of the structure of biological diversity, so it can be attributed with some reservations to the \u201cthird world\u201d of Popper. But this is not a theoretical reality in its strict sense; rather, the \u201cspecies in classification\u201d is a judgment (hypothesis) about the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d put forward on the basis of some data at hands within the scientific context provided by particular \u201cspecies in theory\u201d. Thus, the \u201cspecies in classification\u201d is a kind of connecting link between all three \u201cspecies realities\u201d allowing to set a required correspondence between them.\n3.6. Cognitive styles\nThe subjective component of cognitive situation is multidimensional and multilevel, like its other basic components. In referring to it in the non-classical theory of science, attention is most often paid to division of overall scientific community into research schools adhered to particular paradigms (research programs). This implies a particular theoretical interpretation of empirical data by members of this community according to a particular theoretical construct underlying respective paradigm (research program). This is, that is to say, an \u201capparent\u201d non-personal manifestation of the subjective component. Relevance of this \u201cparadigm effect\u201d to the present issue is quite obvious; every sufficiently general species concept (biological, phenetic, phylogenetic, etc.) serves as a core for the formation of a particular paradigm (or is a part of respective research program). Therefore, this level of organization of the subjective component is considered in a lot of publications and so is hardly worth being discussed here any longer.\nMuch less attention is drawn to a lower level of the subjective component corresponding to the individual cognitive styles underlying researchers\u2019 personal (tacit) knowledge [59, 60]. These styles are responsible for forming an array of the Popperian \u201cthird worlds\u201d. Cognitive (thinking) styles are implied by researchers\u2019 way of perception of the world, they are diverse and multifaceted, can be ordered (in the simplest case) in pairs of opposites [61]. Examples include researchers\u2019 inclination for holistic or reduction vision of the whole biota and any of its structural elements, for intuitive or rational way of knowledge, etc. A pair of opposites \u201ctypological vs. population\u201d thinking styles is known to be quite relevant to the species problem [62-63].\nIn the framework of contrasting classical and non-classical scientific paradigms (see 3.1), of special significance is the pair of \u201cdiscrete vs. fuzzy\u201d thinking, which corresponds evidently to the dichotomy of \u201cdiscrete vs. fuzzy\u201d logic [64]. The principal meaning of fuzzy thinking is that it frees a researcher from having to look for the sharp edges where they cannot in principle be drawn. \u201cSplitting\u201d phyletic lineages into fragments corresponding to the \u201cvertical species\u201d of paleontologists is an example of situations where such a thinking style is more than relevant. Another typical example is the interspecies hybridization; if it is not widespread in nature and not absorptive, it does not preclude recognition of the species status of respective units. In both these cases, the species are treated as \u201cfuzzy\u201d entities, contrary to the provisions of \u201cxenotaxonomy\u201d (in sense of [65]). This \u201cfuzzy\u201d term was suggested for a particular case of prokaryote species [66- 67], but it certainly deserves more wide treatment just outlined [10, 68]. Finally, this style allows to see not so dramatically the entire situation with the \u201cspecies pluralism\u201d; at least some of the ontological species models (concepts) are not exclusive but overlap and complement each others due to their having certain conceptual constructs in common, so, in a sense, these concepts are not \u201cdiscrete\u201d but \u201cfuzzy\u201d.\n4. Defining species: Conceptual pyramid\nAny sufficiently advanced theoretical construct (theory, concept, etc.) is organized in a conceptual pyramid, which is caused by certain reason of logical nature.\nAccording to the classical theory of definitions [69], each notion can be sufficiently strictly defined only within the above mentioned logical genus-species scheme (see 2.2). This means that (a) each particular notion must be related as a \u201clogical species\u201d to a more general notion as its \u201clogical genus\u201d and (b) within the latter, several \u201clogical species\u201d should be distinguished as the latter\u2019s partial notions, so that any each of them can be properly defined only with reference to its counterparts within the same \u201clogical genus\u201d. Therefore, in order to define the species as a natural phenomenon, it is necessary to define, first, that natural phenomenon which notion can be considered as a \u201clogical genus\u201d for the biologically meaningful species notion and, second, those natural phenomena, which notions can serve, along with the species notion, as different \u201clogical species\u201d within the given \u201clogical genus\u201d properly defined.\nSimilar though less formal hierarchical scheme of definitions is implied by well-known G\u00f6del's incompleteness theorem. Elaborated initially as purely mathematical, in its more general epistemological interpretation [70-71] it affirms that any theory (concept) cannot be exhaustively defined in the terms of the language of this theory (concept) itself. For such a definition to be properly construed, a kind of meta-language is required, which belongs to a theory (concept) of higher level of generality (\u201clogical genus\u201d), with respect to which the given notion is its partial interpretation (\u201clogical species\u201d).\nAll the above has a direct bearing on the analysis of logical structure and content of the species problem. First of all, both argumentation schemes imply that species concepts should be arranged in a kind of \u201cconceptual pyramid\u201d of various levels of generality, with the most general concepts belonging to the \u201ctip\u201d of the pyramid and the least general ones being placed at its base. \u201cPyramidal\u201d shape of the resulting structure is due to the fact that, at each level of generality, partial concepts are evidently more numerous than more general (inclusive) ones. Next, each species concept of lower generality level gains its substantiation only within the context provided by the concept of higher generality level. At last, what is quite important, such a \u201cpyramidal\u201d construction of the entire species problem means that within the species concept(s) proper, even of the highest generality level, the very notion of species cannot be well defined.\n4.1. Pyramid(s) of the species concepts\nThere more than 20 species concepts are currently recognized [16, 17, 41, 72-74]; as it was pointed out (see 2.1), such a multiplicity is one of the core aspects of the species problem. Each of these concepts provides its own species definition (although not quite strict in most cases), based on a particular understanding of what are essential properties constituting the key parameter of the \u201cspecieshood\u201d.\nSeveral classifications of the species concepts and definitions of different levels of generality were elaborated for ordering such a multiplicity of concepts. The latter are grouped in each of these classifications according to the parameters that are taken as the most important by respective authors for ordering the concepts. This appeared to be resulted in several hierarchical arrangements of the species concepts, with their amount reflecting number of the bases (ordering parameters), which can be fixed for classifying those concepts. This gives rise to a peculiar aspect of the species problem, now it is not diversity of the concepts proper, but of their classifications.\nIn one of the earlier versions of such conceptual pyramids, recognition of \u201cprimary\u201d and \u201csecondary\u201d species concepts was proposed [40-41]. This implies that the primary concepts include more characteristics of the species than the secondary, so the former are more general and less in number while the latter are their partial interpretation and thus are more numerous. In a sense, this idea is similar to that of Gilmour [75] who suggested to recognize \u201cgeneral purpose\u201d (primary) and \u201cspecial purpose\u201d (secondary) classifications. In the just mentioned Mayden\u2019s [41] classification, evolutionary species concept is referred to as the primary, because it actually is one of the most inclusive in its content. However, a systemic consideration of the species [9, 10, 76], though not explicitly formulated as a concept (see below), provides its even more general treatment, so it is the latter that can claim to be the primary, indeed, for this particular conceptual pyramid.\nIn another, more general approach to elaborating classifications of such kind, one of the most important grounds giving fundamentally different conceptual pyramids, I believe, might be consideration of the species in accordance to the ways they are considered within the conceptual space.\nOne such classification presumes distinguishing among concepts corresponding to either ontological or epistemological considerations of the species [77]. As it was mentioned above (see 3.2), they can be considered as different \u201cprojections\u201d of the general species concept onto different \u201caxes\u201d of the conceptual space, so they may be considered as equivalent in this respect. The former are theoretically laden and give an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat is the species as a natural phenomenon (evolutionary, genealogical, reproductive, etc.). The latter are theory-neutral and indicate how to distinguish particular species whatever might be their theoretical foundations (operational taxonomic unit, minimal recognizable unit, etc.). However, from the conceptualism standpoint addressed to ontology (see 3.1), such a hierarchy cannot be considered as well established, because, in biology as a natural history science, formal operational concepts cannot function as sound scientific constructs outside the context given by biologically meaningful informal concepts. Attributing them an equal status (rank in the conceptual pyramid) yields a biased view of the entire species problem as it implies substitution of theoretical issues about meaningful species definitions by elaborating facilities for practical species identifications [10, 33, 39, 41, 74, 78]. Within the above hierarchy of the \u201cprimary\u201d and \u201csecondary\u201d species concepts, operational ones are nothing more than \u201ctertiary\u201d ones belonging to the lowest level of the conceptual pyramid.\nClose to the previous one by its meaning is a division of the species concepts reflecting their belonging to the \u201cfirst\u201d and the \u201cthird\u201d worlds of Popper (see 3.4), which are the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d and the \u201cspecies in theory\u201d (or maybe the \"species in classification\u201d). Proponents of this division offer to use the term \u201cspecies\u201d to designate a unit of taxonomic classification, while natural units (populations) are to be denoted by some different terms [11, 79-81]; this idea goes back to Aristotle, see 2.3).\nAnother type of classification of the species concepts by general onto-epistemological criterion is a hotly debated interpretation of the species (in general sense) as a class, or as a cluster, or as a historical group, or as a individual (see 5.2). Such a classification by its content may be, with some reservations, considered as not actually biological but rather philosophical [39].\nIn the classification of species concepts elaborated on the basis of biologically meaningful criteria, a distinguish is made between diachronic and synchronic or, which is nearly the same, between historical and structural groups of concepts [82]. The former are evolutionary concepts, including the phylogenetic one, while the latter include, for example, typological and reproductive (genetic) concept. Recognition of structural and processual concepts [13] is close to this categorization; to them I would add a functional (ecological) group of concepts.\nSome classification can be elaborated on the basis of what is taken as the principal parameter of the \u201cspecieshood\u201d to be used for a theoretical species definition; this gives the following principal groups of the species concepts [17].\nthe species as a similarity-based commonality unites such concepts as typological, phenetic, genetic, all presuming sharing particular traits by the species; also commonality of ontogenetic processes shared by conspecifics [83] and homeostatic property cluster concept [84] can be mentioned here;\nthe species as a reproductive commonality summarizes generational and biological (in the narrow sense, i.e. \u201creproductive\u201d) concepts; fitting this category is also recognition concept [85-86], where emphasis is made not on the isolation, but on the integration, the latter gives the cohesion concept [87];\nthe species as a historic commonality, these are phylogenetic, or genealogical concepts in both general and various partial interpretations;\nthe species as a evolutionary commonality of both historical origin and peculiar \u201cevolutionary role\u201d of conspecifics;\nthe species as a particular ecological commonality according to the ecospecies concept, or to the functional concept of Khlebosolov [88]. It is to be mentioned that biosystematics was the first to have developed a detailed hierarchy and nomenclature of ecologically treated \u201cspecies units\u201d in parallel to the taxonomic \u201cLinnaean species\u201d [53, 89];\nthe species as a systemic unit [76] including its treatment as an element of the biota being a non-equilibrium system [9, 10, 23].\nIn discussion of the pyramid of the species concepts itself, one of the principal question is, whether it is possible to elaborate something like an \u201cideal\u201d species concept, which would include in its definition all manifestations of the species units existing in the biological nature [10, 39, 41, 90-91]. The aforementioned evolutionary species was a suggested candidate for such a concept, as it is characterized by combination of evolutionary, genetic and occasionally ecological parameters [41, 92]. A more general definition of the species as a structural unit of the biota considered as evolving non-equilibrium system should also be mentioned in this respect. One of the promising ideas seemingly never discussed before can be an elaboration of a kind of general \u201cframework concept\u201d [93]; it provides a meaningful interpretation of the conceptual space and formulates biologically sound conditions, under which particular species concepts of different levels of generality can be inferred.\n4.2. An \u201cultimate beginner\u201d for the species concepts\nAny of the conceptual pyramids of the species problem, in the ways of their construing considered in the previous section, remains closed on itself. However, in the terms of the above genus-species scheme supplemented with epistemologically interpreted incompleteness theorem (see 4), any kind of the \u201cspecies pyramid\u201d should be built into a concept (theory) of the next higher level of generality. The latter is designed to serve as a \u201clogical genus\u201d for any of \u201cideal\u201d or \u201cuniversal\u201d species concepts as its partial \u201clogical species\u201d. This provides a possibility to fix such a content-wise consideration context of the entire species problem, in which the most basic questions of the species theory (which is still absent) becomes meaningful; what is the species as a unit of the biotic structure, how it differs from other such units, why and how it emerged, and finally what (if any) is the species level of this organization.\nOf the existing theories, which can serve as something like \u201csuperstructure\u201d over the conceptual pyramid of the species problem, two have been most often being discussed for decades, evolutionary and ecological ones. In the context of the evolutionary theory, process of evolution is, rather metaphorically, represented in a form of (reduced to) branching phyletic lineages, which fragments are treated as (phylo)species. This theory sets the context for the phylogenetic species concepts. In the context of ecological theory, the (eco)species is treated as an element of the ecosystem structure; this serves as a justification for the ecological species concepts. As noted above (see 4.1), within the conceptual pyramid of the species problem proper, these two groups of concepts are thought to be generalized by the evolutionary species concept. But the latter itself remains without a more general justification. For such a justification, some higher-level ontological model (meta-model) is requested, which would treat the biota on a unified basis of both evolutionary and ecological standpoints.\nSuch a model would imply that the biota is a global evolving ecosystem. Within biology, a rather general theory of phylocenogenesis presumes such consideration, according to which phylogenetic development of the species units occurs within the ecosystems providing them with the diversity of ecomorphological units [94]. However, there is a more general ontological model (concept) treating the biota as a non-equilibrium system described in the terms of synergetics mentioned already in the previous section. From this perspective, any system of such kind is \u201cdoomed\u201d to develop, and its development leads to its hierarchical structuring [95]. In the case of biota, its historical development, commonly referred to as the biological evolution, entails its structuring due to causal relationships that regulate flows of matter, energy, and information [96]. Thus, the biotic structure, with all its constituent elements (units), is an inevitable (axiomatic) consequence of historical development of the biota as a non-equilibrium system.\nMeanwhile, according to this model, though presuming evolution of the biota as a whole, different categories of causes (proximate, initial, material, etc.), to the extent that they are independent and are not reducible to each other or to a single more general cause, act in a complementary manner and give rise to mutually irreducible and mutually complementary aspects (manifestations) of the overall biotic structure. Two such general aspects are being usually considered, the above mentioned ecological and phylogenetic, each with its own specific hierarchy; there are might be more of them, but these two are enough for the present issue. In each of them, their own structural elements (units) of different levels of generality are being patterned, which not only are not obliged to, but even cannot coincide, as they are generated by the discordant causes.\nAn important part of the structuring of the evolving biota is appearance of (quasi)discrete elements (units) of certain (not exactly fixed) levels of generality. One of these are of higher levels (such as local ecosystems or monophyla), others are of lower levels (such as ecomorphs or species). In the latter case, following the established tradition, at least some of these elements (units) can be uniformly designated as the species, though with explicit indication of the hierarchy they belong to (phylo-, eco-, etc.). At the same time, it is to be kept in one\u2019s mind that, in some approaches to describe these hierarchies, it is possible to do without the notion of species at all (see 3.3).\nIn this regard, again and inevitably, a fundamental question arises about what, if any, is exactly the \u201cspecies in general\u201d in its traditional meaning inherited from the classical science. To answer it within the above general causal model of the evolving biota, of primary importance becomes a task to elaborate a concept of some universal element (unit) of the biotic structure, with which it could be possible to associate actually \u201cprimary\u201d, or \u201cideal\u201d species concept. The latter should probably include a reference to an area of\u200b\u200b intersection (or interaction) of general categories of causes, under which effect certain structural unit equally relevant to both (and other conceivable) hierarchies is emerged. Evolutionary species concept, not a once mentioned above, seems to fit this condition more than any other biologically meaningful concept. However, attempts to elaborate something more extensive in its content used to be resulted in so called \u201ccombinatorial\u201d type of concept (in sense of [97]), with not definition proper, but with just a more or less long list of properties thought to be essential for the species (such as in [2]).\nSuch a \u201ccombinatorial\u201d status of the general species concept seems to be due an effect of the so called \u201cHull principle\u201d [10, 98-99], which means theoretical impossibility for the multidimensional \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d to be defied by a single exhaustive \u201cformula\u201d. This principle, in its turn, is a consequence of (a) inverse relationship between strictness and richness of any natural science concept and/or notion and (b) the uncertainty relation between mutually irreducible species characteristics presumed by the principle of subsidiarity. With the \u201cHull principle\u201d in effect, the above mentioned framework concept (see 4.1), and not a definition, might be a candidate for such a desired theoretical construct. It would allow to fix and to investigate certain pattern of structural organization of the biota at the level of generality attributed traditionally to the species.\nIn the cognitive situation given by the biota\u2019s ontological model just outlined above, any general definition of the species, whatever might it be, should be a final link in a downward cascade of definitions of higher levels of generality, forming their own conceptual meta-pyramid. At the latter\u2019s tip, there appears such (or any other appropriate) biotic model as an \u201cultimate beginner\u201d for the species concepts in general. At some lower level of this meta-pyramid, definitions of the causes of the biotic structure are fixed, then definitions of elements (units) of that structure go, and finally a definition of the species as one of these elements (units) of the biotic structure is formulated. Such a cascade of the inclusive definitions corresponds clearly to the sequential reduction of the initial basic ontological model to some particular species model (concept) (see 3.3).\nIt follows from the foregoing that, in a general biological theory relevant to the species issues, one of the principal notions should be not that of the species, but of a discrete element (unit) of the biotic structure. So, the \u201cspecies problem\u201d turns out to be the \u201cbiotic unit problem\u201d. As it was indicated above, such a unit (element) may be conventional species, phylogroup, ecomorph, age phase, etc., and the species in its current common understanding is just \u201cone the many\u201d of these elements. Accordingly, the tip of the conceptual pyramid of the species problem proper should be not any \u201cideal\u201d species concept proper, but rather the general concept of the unit (element) of the biotic structure, a particular case of which is the species concept being sought.\nIt is evident that such a biotic model, whatever general might it be, should have its own meaningful foundation, which means that it itself should be built into a higher-level pyramid, in which the model in question becomes a \u201clogical species\u201d of some \u201clogical genus\u201d. So the point is that an \u201cultimate beginner\u201d at far higher level of generality is needed for substantiation of the very biotic model. This obviously extends the cognitive situation of the entire species problem beyond the biological issues.\nRemaining within the framework of the above synergetic model, it might be reasonable, in order to substantiate a possibility to treat the biota as a particular kind of the non-equilibrium system, to look at some other versions of the latter to analyze how they are being structured and if there is something in common to all them that might somehow correspond to the species in its general biological understanding. System of scientific knowledge may serve as another instance of such kind of non-equilibrium systems, which development, according to evolutionary epistemology, can be liken to the biological evolution [100]. From this perspective, particular scientific ideas and concepts can be considered as particular \u201cspecies\u201d or some \u201cspecies-like entities\u201d that are born, live and extinct just like the biological species [101-102]. One cannot exclude that such an expanded way to consider the species problem would allow to formulate it more correctly for the biological science. In this context, of certain meaning could be an idea of \u200b\u200bthe \u201contological species\u201d [11, 103] as a manifestation of the same type of organization of such systems, regardless of their particular natural, cognitive, or any other status.\n5. Evolving specieshood\nIt was noted above that, within a given cognitive situation, designation of any natural phenomenon by a single notion implies that it is endowed with certain fundamental property that is preserved in all its appearances and thus distinguishes it from other natural phenomena of the same kind. In the classical terminology, such a property is routinely designated as the essence; as to the species in its most general sense, its essence was suggested to denote as the \u201cspecieshood\u201d [9, 10, 99, 104]. By an initial assumption, it is the latter that makes the species what it is by its \u201cnature\u201d, distinguishes it from other units of the biota\u2019s structure, and marks eventually the species level of organization of the living matter, i.e. defines the \u201cspecies as a rank\u201d.\nFrom this, it is evident that one of the key issues in the species problem is that about the \u201cspecieshood\u201d, namely, about that possible specific quality, which makes any species the species and distinguishes the latter from other units of the structured biota. The main part of this issue is, whether a fixed level can be found in the hierarchical structure of the biota that would correlate quite strongly with the \u201cspecieshood\u201d.\nAddressing to the essence (essential characteristics) of the species as a natural phenomenon obviously involves the species problem in what is called the \u201cmodern essentialism\u201d. I do not intend to discuss here this very sophisticated matter; I would rather note only that, if the \u201cspecies is Nature\u201d is not supposed to be just an arithmetic sum of its constituent organisms, but is indeed a natural phenomenon endowed with some emergent properties, then it is quite normal to speak of its essence [105-106].\nThe main objections against essentialist interpretation of the species, within the biological consideration of the species problem (i.e. leaving aside philosophical arguments for and against essentialism), are as following: the species (a) evolve and (b) are organized in different ways. This contradicts an initial assumption of the classical essentialism, according to which essences should be permanent and universal for particular commonalities (such as \u201cnatural kinds\u201d). The latter point corresponds evidently to the stationary world picture originated from the classical (Platonic) natural philosophy. However, within the contemporary global evolutionism, a fundamentally different interpretation of essentialism is rather admissible, allowing for a possibility of evolutionary changes of the essences themselves [107].\n5.1. Evolution of the species\nThe above (see 4.2) synergetic model of the biota as an evolutionary non-equilibrium system may be taken as a background of a concept of the evolving specieshood. According to this model, life on Earth had historically originated and then was gradually developing; this is a kind of the \u201ccentral dogma\u201d of the whole modern evolutionism. This development implied gradual structuring of the biota, including before all formation of ecosystems and their complication by means of structuring the flows of matter, energy and information.\nA part of this gradual structuring was as gradual formation and perfection of units of the biotic structure involved in the regulation of these main flows. Partly repeating (see 4.2), it should be emphasized that these flows are patterned by different categories of causality, and to the extent that the latter generate and arrange these flows more or less independently, structural units of the ecosystems are formed within each flow more or less independently from each other, as well. Using the current terminology, one can assume that structuring of the ecological component includes formation and specialization of ecomorphological units (ecomorphs), while structuring of the phylogenetic components includes formation and specialization (differentiation) of the phylogenetic units (let they be termed species).\nThis idealized model presumes that the \u201cecomorph way\u201d of organizing the biota was being formed along the formation of ecosystems as a mode of structuring the flows of matter and energy. Respectively, the \u201cspecies way\u201d of organizing the biota was being formed with the formation of phylogeny as a mode of structuring the information flows. The both was being formed simultaneously but due to different causes. It follows from this consideration that such a dissociation of ecological (ecomorphs) and phylogenetic (species) ways of structuring the evolving biota lead to a well known discrepancy between units of ecological and phylogenetic patterns. On the one hand, this made it principally possible for the species units to become ecomorphologically differentiated, with emergence of ecologically different \u201cmorphs\u201d (such as age phases) within them. On the other hand, different species evolved similar ecomorphological features to fit similar ecological niches. The above mentioned phylocenogenetic theory (see 4.2) allows to connect these ways of the biota structuring in a general model; this provides a meaningful theoretical background for a metaphorical interpretation of the species as \u201cgenealogical actors\u201d playing particular roles in the \u201cecological theater\u201d accordingly to certain environmentally and historically written \u201cscripts\u201d [39].\nAs it was noted above, this ontological model is more consistent with treatment of the species as a phyletic lineage. As to the \u201cspecieshood\u201d, it can be generally understood from this perspective as basically an ability of stable reproduction of species-specific epigenetic systems (in sense of [108]) in the course of their evolution. This reproduction is carried out through mechanisms that provide (a) certain closeness of the species gene pools, and (b) transfer of the genetic information with minimal distortion from generation to generation [109-110]. Cleavage of these gene pools (speciation) leading to the divergent phylogeny is, from the synergetic standpoint, a consequence of structuring the biota at the ecosystem level.\nThis model implies the following general picture of the evolution of both the \u201cspecies\u201d as a natural phenomenon and the \u201cspecieshood\u201d as its essential characteristics. First, the species as a unit of the biotic structure was formed not immediately, but gradually with the evolution of biota. Second, the main direction of evolution of the species, as a biological phenomenon, was perfection of mechanisms for maintaining the integrity and stability of this unit at the epigenetic level. Finally, these mechanisms may be different in different groups of organisms, which expose different manifestations of the specieshood.\nSpecifying to a degree this evolutionary scenario, one can assume the following. At the beginning of historical formation of the species, there were loosely organized units of the prokaryotic diversity without effective mechanisms of epigenetic stability maintenance, so they cannot be strictly distinguished as ecomorphs or species proper [111]. At the end of this evolution, there are units with highly developed mechanisms of maintenance and transfer of relatively stable integrated epigenetic systems by means of bisexual reproduction. Thus, the peak of the specieshood evolution appears to be the biospecies in its \u201creproductive\u201d understanding, i.e. that of Dobzhansky\u2014Mayr.\n5.2. So many kinds of species\u2026\nAccording to the above model, two main conclusions about ontology of the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d can be drown.\nFirst, a general framework for consideration of the species ontology in its general sense should be the process-structuralism treating the species as a \u201cprocess-system\u201d [112]. In a more particular version, the species such understood can be considered as a more or less tightly organized \u201chistorical group\u201d [113]. The latter amendment allows to emphasize phylogenetic parameter as one of the key characters of the specieshood.\nSecond, this model can serve as one of the ways of ontological justification of the species being endowed objectively with different kinds of ontology. Indeed, both the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d as a unit of the biotic structure and the specieshood as its essential characteristic change with the evolution of the biota. This results in that both degree and ways of integration of the species such understood may be different due to various natural history of the particular groups of organisms. So the species (even in its narrow phylogenetic meaning) appears to be a heterogeneous unit, and its heterogeneity is quite objective, though at least in part it does reflect different ways of looking at nature. In the traditional terms, this heterogeneity is referred to as different \u201ckinds of species\u201d.\nFrom the standpoint of ontology, the least integrated historical groups may correspond to \u201cnatural kinds\u201d with an added historical dimension [104], this case is partly fits the category of \u201ckumatoid\u201d [114]. The most integrated groups may correspond to the ontological category of the individual or rather the \u201cquasi-individual\u201d [10, 39, 99, 113, 115-120].\nGoing back to the core of the species problem (see 2.1), it becomes more than clear that the ontological model just presented involves recognition of the \u201cspecies pluralism\u201d as an irremovable part of that problem. It should be acknowledged as a part of the objective reality, so it seems to be reasonable not to \u201cfight\u201d with it but to reflect it somehow in the thesaurus of the above \u201ceidology\u201d (see 1). This means, among other things, that recognition of heterogeneity of the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d requires to fix different \u201ckinds of species\u201d terminologically to make the above thesaurus more adequate to that reality. An example with A. Dubois\u2019 \u201cmayron\u201d, \u201csimpson\u201d, \u201ckyon\u201d, etc. [121] indicates that there is a big room for a \u201cterm-creativity\u201d. But do new terms actually provide any solution? [122].\nA part of this issue should be terminological separation of different stages and forms of \u201cbeing\u201d of the species unit proper. A radical response to this question is a suggestion to call \u201cspecies\u201d only those units which meet the reproductive criterion and to treat any other forms of organismal diversity at this level of generality as simply \u201cnon-species\u201d [8, 28, 109]. A more moderate and therefore more sensible would be to use existing apt terms such as \u201cquasi-species\u201d, \u201cpara-species\u201d and \u201ceu-species\u201d [10, 13, 109, 123-124] to refer to different stages and results of evolution of the specieshood.\nAnother part of the same issue is clarification of conditions of correct comparison of different species concept. For instance, routine direct contrasting phylogenetic (genealogical) and biological (reproductive, genetic) species concepts seems to be incorrect, because they are relevant not to the same but to clearly different aspects of the specieshood. Using the formalized terminology introduced above (see 3.2), they correspond to projection of the same notion of the species to different \u201csub-axes\u201d of ontological axis of the conceptual space. Indeed, the phylogenetic species concept considers respective unite from the phenomenological point of view, fixing its place in the sequence of phylogenetic events. Unlike this, reproductive concept considers the species from the causal point of view, pointing to a specific mechanism that maintains integrity and isolation of the species. Therefore, they cannot directly compete in the same conceptual space. In order to eliminate this confusion, it seems reasonable to fix the term \u201cbiological\u201d for the \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d of any living organisms in its general (mostly evolutionary) sense, and to use a special term for the species outlined by the Dobzhansky\u2014Mayr\u2019s concept to refer correctly to its principal character; it might be cospecies, with its prefix borrowed from the cohesion concept of Tempelton [125].\nFor such a terminological fixation of various \u201ckinds of species\u201d to be sound, it is requested first of all to make it clear whether there actually is some fundamental unit in biotic structure, viz. the \u201cspecies in general\u201d, which may be designated as a \u201clogical generic\u201d notion with respect to the \u201clogical species\u201d notions of the different \u201ckinds of species\u201d. If supposedly there does not exist such a unit proved conclusively to be the same for the various aspects of the biotic structure (ecological, phylogenetic and occasionally any other), then perhaps it is unjustified to use a single rooted notion of the \u201cspecies\u201d (or \u201cspecion\u201d of Duboi [121]), albeit with different prefixes.\nTo put this question a little bit more formally, it can be considered as a matter of semantics of the term \u201cspecies\u201d. It seems to be clear that, for the latter to be really a rigid designator, as Ereshefsky [73] supposes, its denominator (referent) should be defined as strictly as possible. In this particular case, \u201cstrictly\u201d means \u201cnarrowly\u201d; accordingly to the terms adopted here, the subspace occupied by the species notion within the general conceptual space (see 3.2) should be restricted to a certain fixed meaning minimizing its different treatments. Otherwise, the term \u201cspecies\u201d will remain a non-rigid designator distinguishing different entities in each of possible worlds construed by either phylogenetic or ecological or ethological or else variables.\nIn such a case, the species notion should probably be restricted to the phylogenetic (genealogical, generational) understanding of the species. Accordingly, for the units recognized in the ecological hierarchy at the level of generality comparable to that of the species, it is possible to use such a term as \u201cecomorph\u201d or any other proposed, say, in the framework of biosystematics (see 4.1).\nAs for the \u201cspecies in classification\u201d belonging to the \u201cthird world\u201d of Popper (see 3.4), it makes sense to use the term \u201ctaxospecies\u201d to designate it. This allows to fix terminologically that single level of common structure of biota, which refers to different partial manifestations of a hypothetical \u201cspecies in Nature\u201d of the same, though also hypothetical, \u201cspecies rank\u201d.\n6. What if not the species?\nOne aspect of the overall species problem is the strong embeddedness of the species notion in the thesaurus of many fundamental and applied biological disciplines. This seems to prevent any actually radical solution of that problem presuming rejection of the species notion (as suggested in [126]), because it would lead to a substantial reorganization of the conceptual apparatus at the expense of that rejection. The reason is quite obvious; such a rejection entails necessarily rejection (or replacement) of other terms associated in one or another way with the species notion.\nFor example, replacing species by phylogroup should entail in an obvious way replacing of speciation by some other, such as phyliation [127]. Generally speaking, there is nothing critically wrong with such a change in case of strictly phylogenetic interpretation of biological evolution. However, it is not evident that other biological disciplines taking the latter in a more extended sense will enjoy abandon the concept of speciation in their descriptions of historical changes of the biological objects studied by them.\nIn ecology, as noted above (see 3.3), the species notion is not obligatory for description of the structure of local ecosystems, it is enough to deal with ecomorphs. However, in comparative analysis of different ecosystems, there is an evident need for some basic units of comparison that allow to relate soundly ecomorphs, recognized in each of the local ecosystems, to each other. It occurs that it is the species that fulfills currently such a function; for evolutionary ecologists, ecomorphs exist in the local ecosystems not by themselves but as manifestations of the local populations of widespread (different or same) species [128].\nIt seems to me that this particular aspect of the species problem is not just a consequence of conservatism of the conceptual apparatus of biology, but reflects one of the universally valid epistemological principles. According to the latter, in order to explore any differences between the objects, one must have some basis for comparison by which these objects can be considered as components of a single commonality (elements of the same set, tokens of the same natural kind, etc.) possessing some fundamental feature(s) in common. For many research tasks in biology, this basis means conspecificity, i.e. belonging of organisms, differing from each other in some way, to the same species as objectively existing natural unit possessing some unique particular manifestation of the specieshood. From this perspective, it is clear that, in order to get rid of the species notion in biology, it is necessary to introduce other basis for comparison, with substantiating such a replacement by reference to some biologically meaningful and sufficiently general theory.\nDevelopment of the species problem seems to be directed toward a better understanding of the following biologically meaningful questions: what is the species in its general (biological rather than formal) understanding, viz. if there is the species as a universal (all-embracing) unit of the biotic structure, or it has but a partial character; why and what are manifestations of this \u201cspecies in general\u201d and what are the causes of existence of both such \u201cspecies in general\u201d and its particular manifestations (\u201ckinds of species\u201d).\nIt seems to me that a necessary condition for development of the species problem in such a way should be comprehension of its complexity, not allowing for any radical and simple (including purely empirical) solutions. This complexity of the problem in question reflects complexity of both the entire cognitive situation, in which this problem is explored, and that fragment of the ontological component, which corresponds to the general species concept.\nOne of manifestations of the species problem is arrangement of the species concepts and definitions of different levels of generality into a conceptual pyramid. Its \u201cultimate beginner\u201d should be a kind of ontological model, in which a causally based conception of the species is inferred as one of the structural elements of the biota as an evolving non-equilibrium system.\nThe impetus for the further effective development of the species problem in the direction just pointed may be its consideration within the context of non-classical scientific paradigm. In particular, of great importance should be understanding of the cognitive situation as a conceptual space that is shaped by interaction of three components, viz. objective (ontological), epistemic and subjective [129]. Such a consideration provides eventually understanding of the species concept in its both general and partial senses as a particular cognitive construct. This will give a fresh look at the content of the entire multi-dimensional species problem, at its structure and key questions, as well as at relationships between different species concepts as \u201cforms of being\u201d of this problem.\n2.Whence the species problem\n3.Understanding species: Cognitive situation\n4.Defining species: Conceptual pyramid\n5.Evolving specieshood\n6.What if not the species?\n7.In conclusion\nIgor Ya. Pavlinov (February 6th 2013). The Species Problem, Why Again?, The Species Problem - Ongoing Issues, Igor Ya. Pavlinov, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/51960. Available from:\n